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Year: 1878

1.-The first shall be last and the last shall be first" This is the way it will be with the candidate the Enterprise has brought out so early in the campaign. for Delegate to Congress. The Enterprise predicts the success of Mir Campbell but unless its prediction in this case turns out contrary to every other prediction it has made with such matters, he will most certainly be defeated. A yet, not single one of its predictions, as to who are beipg trained for the race or by whom trained or backed. have come true. Both its editor and all it correspondents exhibit an inexcus- able ignorance on tiiis question. Neither are they good a; guessing. Other papers are accused of cow ardice because they have announced their men. Men of small minds often mistake discretion for coward ice and quite as Often mistake pure cussedness for courage. There i' many a slip between the cup and rp," and there will be many 6 change in the public mind betweer this and next November. Tht HERALD will have its man in du, time and do it's best to run him in In the mean time we beg you, MT Enterprise to keep up your black guard;sm about the Parrott, Carpe Baggel, etc, and do all you can t

 kick us into notoriety and we wi

 see that "your chickens come hom to roost," by and by. 1t is alOn

 road that has no turn"
Year: 1878

METEoRoLoG1CAL.-Th following table
shows the state OF the thermometer tFah-
renbeit) on each day during the month Of
lowest points reached during the twenty
four hours and the condition Of the weather
at sunrise each day. The readings were
made at sunrise from an elevated position
in the eastern portion OF the city:
Year: 1878




The ignorant is walking with upright front
every day into higher and broader light;
the laborer, with his hand OF toll, ana BY
honest industry, is massing wealth that is
making him the capitalist and the dispenser
OF grateful charities.


More than that: such efforts are !.


THE BEGINNING OF COMMUNISM, -,
which is the end of liberty. The ignorant
cannot take by violence the learning OF the
educ Gated; nor can the poor take by force
and long enjoy the property OF the wealthy.
Property lies at the foundation OF true clvl-
Iization, and the latter cannot live without
it. Force cannot permanently destroy pro
perty, though it may, in the effort, destroy
its own liberties. But property must and
will survive, though it call upon despot-
ism to save it.


l I cannot look with any favor or any hope
on any Of those ultra parties which have
from time to time struggled for foothold
in the country, and grasped at the ma
chinery OF Government to hoist themselves
into power. do not mean to say that their
friends so regard them, but lido mean to
say that they are deadly to the peace ii not
the safety of the republic. would not
take away from labor any protection It has;
nor would + refuse it any protection 1t
ought to bave. Butt would give 1t no ia.
yor that ]. deny to capital. The humblest
cabin in the mountain fastnsss should
have tbs same protection that is given TO the
llordliest mansion OF the rich but no more.
Each is, Ii the eye OF tho law, .
Year: 1878

An instance of the ferocity of the
Leopard occurred in the case Of the
missionary Schmidt This worthy man
had gone cut with party Of Hotten-
tots TO a certain Moravian station to
hunt some hyenas, which had been very
destructive to their hOcks, and. in
company with one Of the men, entered a
thlcket In pursuit of beast they had
wounded. Instead Of the hyena. how
ever, the dogs started leopard. which
instantly sprang on the HottentOt and
bore him TO the ground. Mr.. Schmidt
instantly ran forward TO the aid Of the
man, with his gun cooked but before he
could get an opportunity Of firing. the
animal left the HOttentOt and flew with
fury Mt himself I'm the scuf1e he
dropped the gun, but luckily fell above
the leopard with his knee on its stomach


The animal seized him by the left
arm with his Jaws, and kept striking
MIN with his paws. AID tearing his
clothes in tatters from his breast


schmidt, however, being a powerful
man, succeeded, after receiving another
severe bite or two, in seizing the leonard
by the throat with his right hand and
held IT down, in spite Of its desperate
struggles, for n few minutes. and until
MS strength was on the point Of giving
way when HottentOt on the outside
OF the jungle, who heard his cries, came
to the rescue, and shot the ferocious
beast through the heart, 80 that its
death was instantaneous. Had any life
been left, its dying struggles mighthave
been fatal to Mr. Schmidt As IL was.
he was 80 terribly lacerated that for
several weeks his life was in the
greatest danger. The Hottentot who
was first attacked was less severely
wounded, but his face was so much { ,rn
by the enemy's talons, that his eyes
were filed with blood, ana he was unable
to render any aid to the missionary who
had so generously come to his aid.
Year: 1878

A prosy man is like the clack of a
mill when IL is empty.


Read not books alone, but men and
be careful TO read thyself.


The credit that is got by lie lasts
only till the truth comes out.


Applause is the SPUR of noble minds,
the end and aim of weak ones.


Tomorrow is the day on which lazy
folks work and fools reform.


Motives are like harlequins; there is
always a second dress beneath the first


We should do well 10 take counsel
from the wise and warning from the
foolish.


When the character of any one is
discussed, silence in the good d-natured is
censure.


When society begins to profit by a
mans misfortnnes, his difficulties do not
soon terminate.


How immensely would our converse
ton be abridged if all mankind would
speak only the truth


Trust him little who praises all him
less who censures all and him least
who is Indifferent TO ALL


Abuse is the penalty levied on the
bond of praise, and can be rendered ef-
fective only when noticed.


DO come and see u.s." sounds very
well, but how much heart is there i'm it,
IN nine cases out of ten?


To quell the pride even Of the great
est, we should reflect how much more wC
owe to others than TO ourselves.


PreJudices are like rats and a man,
mind like trap; they get in easily
and then perhaps can't get out at all


IL you turn away from worthy mer
because they are humblv clad, they car
boast that you cut their coat and pan
falcons.


An act by which we make one friend
and one enemy is a losing game, because
revenge is n much stronger principl,
than gratitude


Tie who sports compliments, unless n,
knows how TO make q good aim, may
miss his mark and be wounded by Tn,
recOil of his own gun.


How many amusing and ridiculOu
scenes should we witness if each pair %
men that secretly laugh az each othc
were to do it openly
Year: 1878

AN editorial writer ON the New York
Epre8 says: CO. We arc all Of us too
busy to read in column what we can
read in paragraph. The man or men
whO would make q successful newspaper
today are taught for their first lesson
the great secret Of cOnCiseness and CON
densation. The man who can turn a
bright paragraph is more read than the
esstyist who writes learned articles, q
column long, for the London Timfs."
Year: 1878

The editor of the Marshall 1owa) Stotesnaass says that, after considering the question all winter, he comes to the conclusion every spring that the c,rcus is immoral but then the bill poster comes along with the big pictures, and his mind changes as follows: As we gaze at the lions, tigers, and monkeys, and think that nature made all of them, we are not 50 sure. And when we look at the beau tiful young lady, with nothing on but a blue ribbon round her waist, with one leg pointing to six o'clock and the other to high noon, and think that nature made her, too, just as she was, except the ribbon, we begin to lean up to the circus. Butwhe the brass band begins to play and the elephants go round, we rush for front seat to get in ahead of the deacons, who always wear stove-pipe hats and won't sit down in front.
Year: 1878

The naval review in Portsmouth har- bor was, owing to the unpropitious weather, failure, it having been found impossible to carry out the evolutions that had been intended. In all twenty FIX vessels were in line. They repre- sented every class in the service, from the magnificent iron-clad down to the modest and harmless looking torpedo boat. No other Power in Europe could probably have made such magnificent exhibition. Her Majesty was present and signalled her satisfaction from the royal yacht.
Year: 1878

The source of nine-tenths of the bodily ills of mankind is deficiency of vital power. No portion of the physical machinery can eff ciently perform its allotted duty if there is in- sufficient motive force in the system. Invigor- ate, therefore, in order to regain health. For the restoration of lost vitality, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters are the best tonic that can be selected, since they not only impart fresh vigor into the debilitated system, but over- come disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels which interfere with complete assimi- lation of the food, and thus perpetuate weak. ness. The Bitters likewise cure and prevent malarious levers, remedy debilitated urinary troubles, and eliminate from the blood through the kidneys the impurities which originate gout, rheumatism and dropsy. Appetite, di gestion, sleep,-in short, euery essential con dition of health, are promoted by their use.
Year: 1878

The Talmud has this legend IA rabbi bade his servant, cn q Friday morning, go to the market and purchase the best thing he could find for the Sab bath. The servant brought him a tongue. The following Friday he con- manded him to go to the market and buy the worst thing he could find. Again he brought @ tongue" Both the best and the worst tongues are to be found in hu- man heads. How is it with mine, won- der9
Year: 1878

rule to their selfish purposes, but
elevate themselves on the necks Of
, prostrate people. They are the |
real communists, who would reduce
the masses OF the American people
to serfdom. Were their influence
and opportunities as great as their
lust for dominion. there might be
occasion for apprehension. Hap
PLY, with all the arrogance born OF
unlimited wealth and continued
success they are powerless to work
out their pernicious ends.


These Ghouls (not Goulds) Of So
ciety, we see II stated, are prepar
ing an immense ovation to Ulysses
Grant on his return from his for
eign junket, which has been main
ly at government expense. 1t has
been arranged to receive him with
royal honors, and thus place him
squarely in the field as Presi-
Dental candidate. Underneath
this ostentation is concealed the
design to revolutionize the govern
ment, and convert 1t into a militia
ry oligarchy with Ulysses as Chief
Mogul. That there may be no mis-
take about the matter, we have
only to point to the vaporings Of
Jay Gould, and the significant
tone Of certain portion OF the Re-
publican press.


The cry of Communism" that is
heard from one end Of the land to
the other is but step in this pro.
gramme. Like that stale shibbo-
leth, the "blooiy shirt,n it is put
forward to serve the purpose OF
making C@,arism a necessity. 1t
comes with very i'll grace, how
ever, from the class of people that
has made Grantism synonym for
official debauchery and public
pecuiation and profligacy.


But there Is really very little
wool about all this cry. Grant Is
being trotted out rather too soon.
Though his trainers evidently have
a warm admiration for him, theii
intemperate zeal is likely to over
reach itself, and place another
n1me Mt the head of the Republic
can ticket in 1880. Should Grant
be nominated he can be defeated
with scarcely an effjrt. His name
possesses no magnetism, except for
the army of ollicehoiders l00,00
strong. With the people he Is an
object Of great aversion. When his
record is picked to pieces, u process
that generosity has hitherto pre-
vented, he will be found Of the rot.
ten rOttenest.
Year: 1878

The summer Is passing away
without those riots that were to
call for Grant. Just how the no.
tlon grew up that Grant would be a
wonderful man to crush out riots
we do not know. 1t was stated,
however, by Jay Gould, a laboring
man Of the city Of New York.
Cjncinnuki Commercial.


No doubt it occurred to Jay
Gould that q few hundred thousand
less Of humanity would give what
remained more room for amassing
wealth, rs he has done, by crooked
means. He offered a cool million
80 make Grant dictator during the
Emergency, and would no doubt
give a million more to perpetuate
military absolutism. There are no
bounds to the possibilities of these
Cnearists. They would not only
subordinate freedom and popular
Year: 1878

4 NEW method of pressing letters
in glass has been invented BY resident
of Wheeling, Va. The process is very
simple one. The letters to be used are
raised on the face of the plunger
used in pressing the glass in the moulds.
This method leaves the glass plate smooth
on either side and beside does away with
any artistic skill in coloring letters, as any
one can take brush and fill the letters
with the coloring matter. As glass is the
most durable substance known and one OF
the cheapest, this invention will enable IN
surance companies to provide the plates
which indicate the name of their companies
and which are placed on the property in
sured, at much less cost than the tin plates
now in use. The glass; too, is capable OF
any degree of ornamentation, and when
the die and plunger are once made thou
sands of plates may be struck from the
mould. The same may be said Of all tho
varieties of advertising plates and cards
which are used in great numbers.
Year: 1878

er changes. The other is couple of frog
under the floor of the police Office, which
which have never yet been seen by any Of
the officers, but who presage storm sew
eral hours in advance of the barometrical al
indications by series of peculiarly dis
cordant croaks. No matter how clear and
bright the night, the police officers then
make it point to prepare for storm, and
the warning has never proved in vain.
Year: 1878

A New York man. against whom proceed
inps for limited divorce had been begun
by his wife, testified that ne had to keep
his hair closely trimmed to prevent his
wife from pulling it out. When a man
takes such a mean advantage of his wife
we are not surprised to hear that she wants
a divorce. No doubt if he had permitted
his hair to grow as long as wild-eyed
gpiritualists, s, SO that she could get good
grab and drag him around the room three
or four times q day to relieve the aull
monotony of her household duties, shs
would never have thought of bringing suit
for divorce. Husbands should read Lesson
from this. HTE q ~ .j-2.-4a * 21...-4a..sss4&
Year: 1878




EFFoRTs have for some time past been
made, in England, to discover method
Of applying iron and wood in combination
in shipbuilding, SO as to realize the strength
and durability Of iron and the buoyancy Of
wood, thus enabling the vessel to be
sheathed with anti-fouling metal, and, by
this means, to obtain greater speed and
weight-carrying powers. Recently, ves-
sci has been constructed with view to
realizing this end. She is an iron three
masted schooner, of 236 tons, clipper built,
planked with wood from keel to gunwale
which is fastened to the iron by means Of
wooden bolts with iron heads driven from
the inner side of the ship, forming a se-
cure fastening, and preventing all galvanic
action; over this Flanking, she is sheathed
with the ordinary yellow metal. Impor-
tant results are anticipated with regard to
speed from this method over the ordinary
iron vessel, and the planking is also said
to be adaptable to the restoration Of old
iron vessels.
Year: 1878

A hard working poor widow named Smith some
time since purchased of Singers sewing machines
on instalments. By saving and hard work she
managed to pay the agent $63, leaving 81
yet to be paid. He then Threatened to
take the machine away il she did not
pay the remainder on the very day it was due. She
was unable to do this and begged for little extra
times The agent obdurate and Mrs. Smith, who
has two little to clothe and feed told her story
to Judge Bixby. in the Fifty seventh Street Court,
yesterday. The magistrate sent letter of interces-
sion to the company
Year: 1878

THE incident which recently occurred
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad should lead thought,
full people to recollect upon the great
power for evil which a malicious indivld-
ual possesses, and the impegfeetion of the
means of restraint which our criminal
system affords. The number of vicious
and reckless persons in our country has
alsrmingly increased; and the many
chances Of escape from the penalties which
the laws provide tend to give encourage
ment to those who are at war with society
and to render life and property very inse
cure. fw are to depend upon pena
system 10 defend US from the violence an,
depredations of lawless men it is quit
time to agitate the matter Of rendering i
more efficient than that which now make
q burlesque Of Justice
Year: 1878

The Toledo (O.) Blade says: Last
week old Mrs. Belts, mother of DIR.
Belts, 80 miles from Toledo, died sud
denly. 1t was feared that some doctor
might be tempted to disturb the remains
to satisfy his professional curiosity as to
the cause of death. This, as well as the
fact that there had been considerable
body-snatching in that quarter, prompt
ed the friends to place guard over the
remains


Last night about II O'Clock the grave
robbers appeared. The man who had
been placed on guard had left his post
for a short time, but soon he heard a
wagon approach and stop before the
cemetery fence. The burying ground
is but short distance from the village.
He hurried to the spot, and, looking
toward the grave, he could see three
men standing near it. He ran, and
when within pistol range fired five shots
in rapid succession at the robbers. They
ran out of the ground, but as
he fired the last shot he saw one OF
the men fall, and heard him
cry out to the others, elm shot-don't
leave mel" The guard gave the alarm,
and soon scores of men were in pursuit,
but the men had driven away in the
wagon, and had escaped. When the rob-
bers left the cemetery one hastened to
the wagon-a single, spring wagon
and drove down the road, while the
wounded man assisted by his compan-
ion, hastened to a point near a creek
not far distant, where they took the
wagon. The wounded man bled terri
bly,, it being possible to track him over
his painful route by the blood stains,
and to see not only where he fell, but
also where at the creek he washed his
wounds. The men had not yet begun
to dig the grave, but were prepared to
take out the body in short order.
lodge was in session in the town, and
hardly three minutes after the alarm
was given the cemetery and the road
leading thereto were filled with men
1t would not have been safe for the
body-snatchers to have been captured
fban
Year: 1878

A YOUNG man attended one of the
Murphy meetings in Troy, NY, with his
fiancee, and was induced by her to sign
the pledge. A companion in the au-
dience at the time declared he would
induce the reformed man to break his
obligation within week. He succeed
ed in accomplishing his fell design, and,
when the young man came to his senses
after the debauch, he was so chagrined
and mortified that he sought for conso-
Iation in excessive drink, and by the next
Monday was corpse.
Year: 1878

IT was determined at a recent Cabi-
net meeting that the Secretary of the
Treasury should, as soon as practicable,
invite further subscription to the pub
lie loan of 4 per cent. bonds, and 80
conduct it that all subscribers in all parts
of the United States shall have free and
easy opportunity to subscribe to bonds
of any amount authorized by law,
througH I National s Banks and
bankers of established credit, and to
give every facility allowed by law to
convert postal orders, certificates of de-
posit and United States notes into coin
for the payment of bonds, and where
necessary, to sell coin to facilitate sub
scriptions, and to favor any legislation
that Congress might see fit to adopt to
promote the deposit of savings for the
funding of the National debt.
Year: 1878

In is reported that a bill is now in
course of preparation, providing for the
issue by the Government of bond OF
low denomination for the purpose OF
funding the public debt. The idea is to
adopt, as near as possible, the French
system, and make the denomination of
the bond as low as So, in order to
bring it within the reach OF small
depositoEs= in savings-banks. 1t is
estimated the 5000, 100000 now in the
different sayings-banks would be imme-
diately Withdrawn and invested in such
aioan, and the loan will be accepted in
place of National savings-banks. 1t is
proposed that the Government shall
issue the bonds directly and not employ
syndicate or other outside agency. 1t
is believed a loan of this description
would be very popular.
Year: 1878

THE Chicago Tribune Washington
correspondent learns that a plan is in
contemplation al, the Treasury Depart
ment to send 10 the Senate a bill in
tended as compromise for the Bland
bill. The proposition will be to so
amend the Bland bill as to make the
silver dollar equal to a greenback, and
legal tender to the same extent as the
United ? States notes are. This
movement, however, viii not
be made if the amendment
prevails in the Senate restricting the
1egal-tender 1imit.of the dollars. An
other proposition of the opponents of
the Bland bill is to coin a dollar of the
same value intrinsically as the gold dol
lar on the basis of the present price of
silver. 1t is manifest, from the fact that
these different expedients are being con,
sidered in official circles, that the Presi-
dent is anxious to avoid a veto, and does
not desire to break-,with Congress upon
thesilver question:
Year: 1878

is becoming well known throughout the principle States of the Union, while the doctors manner of Diagnosis and treat ment is far superior to that of any other medical Electrician, as proof of which no

 better evidence can be offered than the testimony ef the hundreds of patients

 cured at his institution.
Year: 1878

"It has always been the case that Flee tricity is an manageable and disap- pointing agent in the hands of the gen eral practitioner We have do doubt this will continue to be the case we fully be- licve it must become strict specially, confined to few, and to institutions devo- ted to the purpose. But it is altogether to be desired that all practitioners ae- quaint themselves with it's theories, and with the results that, in skilled hands and under fayoring surroundings, it is capable of producing"
Year: 1878

That fish may be sealed much cas- fer by first dipping into boiling water about q minute.

 That salt fish are quickest and best freshencd by soaking in sour milk.

 That salt will curdle new milk hence in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc, the salt should rot be added until the dish is prepared.

 That fresh milk beginning to sour will sweeten if placed out of doors in the cool air over night.

 That clear boiling water will re. move tea stains and many fruit stains Pour the water through the stain and thus prevent it spreading over the fabric.

 That boiling starch is much i'm. proved by the addition of sperm ol salt, or both, or little gum arabic dissolved.

 That beeswax and salt will make your rusty irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot rub them first with the wax rag, then SCOUT with paper or cloth sprinkled with salt.

 That blue ointment and kerosene mixed in equal proportions, and ap piled to bedsteads, is an unfailing bug remedy, and that a coat of whitewasf is ditto for the walls of log house. That kerosene will make your tea kettle as bright as new. Saturate . wooden rag and rub with it. It will also remove stains from the clean var nished furniture.

 That cold rain water and soap will remove machine grease from wash able fabrics.