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Year: 1878




To THE EDrroR OF THE HERALD:--


SrR-Some weeks since discovered that William
W. Burnham. bookkeeper and cashier of the Dock
Department. was defaulter to tho amount
Of $4,000. placed the matter before
the President and Treasurer. We At once
determined that public justice must be satisfied by
the arrest and punishment Of the defaulter. and
that the city treasury should suffer the defales
tion. Without the knowledge OF Mr.. Burnham or
any Of his friends paid into the city treasury
the whole amount Of the defalcation No portion OF
this money has been reimbursed to us. The pecuni
ary loss falls entirely the Commissioners. The
condition Of the citys accounts with several
parties rendered it at that time very preiudicial
to the citys interests to make the defacation pub
fore. while keeping Mr.. Burnhsm under survei-
lance. devoted ourselves TO fastening in every poss
BILE way the time when arrest could be made
without prejudice to the city. The matter probably
this direction. The defaulter is now in custody
under . warrant charging him with embezzlement.
It may be proper to add that Nj. Burnham
has occupied the position Of bookkeeper and cashier
in the department since its organization.
aud that some of our most eminent citizens
have taken occasion to speak to the pres
mcndaton Of his capacity. fidelity and integrity.
The present Commissioners have paid this money
for their own satisfaction. We have not done
because we consider ourselves in any way
in any just insurers Of the fidelity
Of subordinates, for under the existing
charter we have no right To remove any of our subor
dnates unless cause under the legal definition of
that term, can be alleged aud after hearing sus-
tained No private judgment or opinion which we
entertain as to the character and quality OF men,
every private business. avail in any public de-
partment under the present law. II. +. DIMOCK-
Year: 1878

Tho Long Island Railroad crossing n the corner OF
Atlantic aud Van sckieu East New York, was
the OF another fatal accident last evening The
victim was Horace A. Miller, formerly wealthy real
sstato dealer vho IA attempting to the track
ahead Of approac hing train was struck with such
force that he was thrown several feet and instantly
killed Coroner Nolan was notified.
Year: 1878

well dressed woman who was found at the Grand
Central Depot last night acting in strange manner.
was taken before Inspector Dilks. She said her
name was Sarah Albee and her age thirty i've
years. She had left her residence at Somervle.
Mass, and had only arrived by the Boston express
when she taken into custody. She said that she
had been placed in lunatic asylum, but had been
moved from there short time previously. She had
fed from home, fearing that her husband would
murder her. She was placed in charge of Matron
Webb and her friends were notified Of her where
abouts
Year: 1878

A man who thought he would
present bis wife with material for
a new dress was somewhat sur
prised to zee tho dealer slip the
cloth In an envelope and say he
would have the buttons sent right
UP on droy.--worccstcr Press. !.
Year: 1878

The journals announce that this
season more than the ordinary
number of brides is being "given
away" We protest against this
phrase. The give away in many
marriages is on the mans part
New York Hearld.
Year: 1878


tainly the physical stomach not
sooner than the mental. The mind
demands for It's food something bet
ter than the dry bones of mathemat-
les. The problems of life are not
all figures and algebraic equations.
When one meets his family at the
close Of the day he dosen't talk on
long division nor cipher out future
happiness by the rule of three
When he talks to his family or his
friends, he uses, or certainly ought
to use, grammar. When he reads
in his paper abont the capitulation
of Adrianople, he dosen't locate by
allegation. He who does not know
grammar, either from books or inn
bibed with his mother tongue, is
compelled to feel his weakness
every time he takes his pen to
write, and to exhibit it almost every
time he opens his mouth to speak.
Every day, indeed almost every
waking aour of ones life, language
is on the the tongue; that language
too whose purity it is duty to pre-
serve, and concerning which Shak-
speare sighed because that little
isle imprisoned all its sweetness
Its substance, if not its sweetness,
is now found in almost every nook
and corner of the great globe, and
he who does not wish to learn to
speak it in its purity nor to write
it correctly does not wish for a vast
amount of treasure which the
world holds in an open hand.


Every body gets tired of study
ing one thing after a while. Even
grown folks would rather be ex-
cused from three months diet of
fractions. a fellow once said to
his hostess, "Yes, | like liver for
seventy or eighty meals, but for a
steady thing it gets monotonous
after a while" 1t is just SO with
1 -S,N, " A. u r,
study, next to the most important,
and not to be in any way under
rated, but no scholar who has life
enough to make it worth his while
to live can study arithmetic alone
and keep out of mischief. The
great majority Of the faculties of
the mind will have nothing to do
with figures and they will not sleep
all day and any attempt to compel
them to do so will prove both fruit
less and harmful. Idleness and
mischief are in close communion
with all such one sided mental ac-
tivity. This must be so. The mind,
and especially the youthful mind,
is so constituted by nature that
after studying certain subject for
a time, those faculties employed
must rest. AS soon as those fac
ulties, not the whole mind, become
weary, they refuse to work. 1t is
useless to compel them. The eff
fort will he mere dawdling. Other
faculties are fresh they should he
put TO work, and when these are
weary, still use others in their
stead.
Year: 1878

THERE was a session of the United
States States Senate Friday. We
desire to give this fact all the promi-
nence that its importance deserves. We
should like to sec it displayed on trans
eparency over the Presidents desk and
have a printed notice sent to Senator
Sharon. For it is evident that the seDa-
tors have conquered their remarkable
prejudice against sitting on Friday and
have come to the conclusion that they
are just as good as the gentleman for
whom the day has been set apart from
time immemorial by the hangman.-Bdt'
Gazette.


A clumsy man with big feet, Is the
greatest strain wrecker" u lady knows.
Year: 1878

Stop spending so much for fine clothes,
rich food and style, Buy good healthy food,
cheaper and better clothing; get more real
and substantial things OF life every way,
and especially stop the foolish habit of run
ming after expensive and quack doctors, or
using so much of the vile humbUg medicine
that does you only harm, and makes the
proprietors rich, but put your trust in the
greatest of all simple pure remedies, Hop
Bit!ers, that cure. always al triliing cost,
and you will see better times and good
health. Try it once. Read u il in another
column.
Year: 1878

which it intimates reminded us OF our duty
and suggested the contribution, But we will
not do the good people OF New Orleans. whom
we are anxious to assist to the limit OF our
ability, the injustice of holding them respon-
sible for the falsehoods OF paper which re-
ceives at their hands such general contempt
In support of which, II any proof is needed,
we copy an extract furnished us from D
d letter. agn written by na r1sons prominent buS.
gentleman In this city: "We are glad to no"
tice your city has escaped the yellow sconrgey
and hope your quarantine will preserve YOU
from it. We have great contempt for the In
situations OF the paper you mer,t ton Know
ing the ties which unite our two cities, no
sensible man will ever indorse the words OF
the Times"


= This is certainly q remarkable case. e.. The ,l
but whom it is solemnly reiterated, and
doubled, no excuse can exist. Up to this time
Mobile has collected for her suffering sisters
nearly $1,000, and to-day the committees are
upon the streets taking up q new collection.
Besides this we have sent a large number OF
nurses and doctors. 1t is hard, In view Of our
exertions, to be subjected to such reproaches.
Year: 1878

AMBoY, Ill, Sept. 13.--Not less than 10000
people attended the soldiers reunion here
Yesterday, and the crowd was nearly as large
to-day, the greatest attraction being sham
engagement between rebel and Union sol
ders. The former occupied, with six pieces
of artillery, al angle in the opening OF timber
by q creek. A portion of the latter, under
cover of timber, occupied position directly
in front, while the main body waiting its op-
portunity was drawn up in the rear and
concealed by timber from the enemy, each
about half q mile from the fort. Firing from
under cover by the right flank was COM
menced by the boys in blue on skirmishing
party sent out from the battery.


The second division was Immediately for
warded to their support, covered by the guns
of the fort Several obstinate engagements
followed, when the rebels turned and retreat
ed steadily, though under q CALLING fire and
hot pursuit by the UniOnists This was the
signal of attack by the main body, who now
rushed with a yell, for forty-three guns were
turned upon them, and the garrison rushed
out in its defense. Twice did the defenders OF
the Union have to retire before the deter
mined rebels, but rallying third time, and
with shout that rent the air, they made q
hayonet charge that was impossible to with
stand, and the fort and its occupants were at
their mercy. The manGuvering was well
carried out on both sides, and the satisfaction
to spectators was intense.
Year: 1878

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 13.--All the mail from
the North was stopped at the edge OF the city
tonight by the quarantine officer and
dumped on the ground The quarantine Off
Ger did this In accordance with the following
resolution OF the Dallas board of health: "No
mail from points beyond the State, line will
be allowed to enter the city except tirst-class
sequently mixed with any matter not disin-
fected, which shall be attested by q certificate
to that effect from the postmaster of the office
where said mail was So disnfected. The said
certificate shall be attached to each mail
pouch containing such matter"
Year: 1878

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 13.-Yesterday morning
q report was sent to the health office that
there was O whole family down with yellow
fever health officer was sent to the place
and found Pat Coffee, wife, and five children,
all with the yellow fever. They came from
Memphis few days ago. They. were at
once taken to the yellow fever hospital.


Another case was reported on Floyd street.
but it was not decided whether it was case
of yellow fever or not. The patient was from
Memphis
Year: 1878

Secretary Sherman, conversing about par
ties, said that he could not see the necessity
of SO much agitation of the greenbAck ques
ton as an element in politics, as that subject
would not even be seriously limited at In the
Forty-sixth Congress, as it would before that
be SO etfectually settled as to be perfectly sat
isfactory to the whole people to permit fnaD-
cial questions to pursue their natural
course He thinks the movement had better
be abandoned and it's advocates support the
Republican party, which has always been the
party OF honest money
Year: 1878

The court mantle made for the wedding
dress Of the Princess Marie Of Prussia is Of
cloth Of silver, and has train six yards
lOng-almOst long enough to reach from tha
altar to the church door,
Year: 1878

Great Eastern-has at last found her legiti-
mate sphere. She is to be used as cattle
transport, and will ply between Texas and
London. She will carry 2200 head Of cattle
and 26OO head of sheep.
Year: 1878

One of the pleasantest recoflections Of the
Centennial trip to Philadelphia thousands of
peonfe will connect with their pleasant quarters
and agreeable treatment at the COlonnade Hotel.
Year: 1878

What was that stern patriot, Gen. S. j.
Anderson, doing in the years from 1860 to
1865? Was he fighting for his country |?
Was he supporting the Government in its
attempt to put down the rebellion? Was he
training with the war wing or with the peace
wing of his party? For which side were his
voice aud vote given? The people OF this
District would like to know.-PREss.


Some of them do know. Between the
years named 1t is generally understood that
Gen. Anderson was earnestly and actively
engaged in prosecuting a 'fire in the rear'
on the brave men of his own and other
States, who were at the front sacrificing
everything, life included, in saving the Union.
From all accounts that's what Anderson was
doing. And strange to say, in little more
than dozen years thereafter he is candi-
date for Congress in the loyal First District
OF Mane!- Union and Journal. s,as asssxs
Year: 1878


Dyspepsia and Debility
Dyspepsia and Debility
Dyspepsia and Debility
Almost Invariably Yield to the
TONIC AND INVIG0RAHING EFFECTS
PERUVIAN SYRUP
PERUVIAN SYRUP
Protected Solution Of Pro-
tOxide of Iron.
Year: 1878

The intelligent foreign correspondent of
one Of the Boston papers sees the end of the
Austrian empire approaching The Berlin
Congress did the business. Before the
Christmas snow falls, or at any rate before
the May flowers, he eloquently says there
will be another war. The astonishing pre-
dictions are made that the Magyars will help
on the Pan-Slovanic movement, and that
Russia will reconstruct Poland. That is
enough for one letter.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations, The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve coEl-
mancatiops that are not used.
Year: 1878

paper emissions by the government are
Of nature SO liable to abuse, L may say
SO certain TO be abused, that the wisdom of
the government will be shown by never
Trusting itseif W ih SO sed ucinx and dan
gerous a power.o
Year: 1878

THERE is a call for Manton Marble to write
in cypher altogether hereafter as he did in
the Tilden campaign, his cypher is so much
clearer than his English. By the way, why
does not some one reverse the famous saying
about Augustus and Rome? Since Marble
left the World the World has been a s'brick."
Year: 1878

There is loud call on Eli Perkins to initiate
that Illinois lecturer who blew his brains out
as part of his entertainment OF course
Eli can't contract to blow out any more brains
than he has got. It is the pantomime the nee
pie want to see.- Washington Post.
Year: 1878

Have you enemies? Go straight on and mind them not If they block up your path, walk around them, and do your duty regardless of their spite. X man who has no enemies is seldom good for anything. He is made of that kind of material which Is so easily worked that everyone has a hand in it. \ sterlng characler-one who thinks for himself, and speaks what he thinks -is always sure to have enemies. They are as necessary to him as fresh air; {; they keep hIm alive and active. A celebrated character, who was sur rounded with enemies, used to remark l: ' They are sparks which, if you do not blow. will go out of themselves" Let this be your feeling while endeav- Oring 10 live down the scandal of those who are bitter agalnst you. If you stop to dispute, you do as they desire, and open the way for more abuse. Let the poor fellows alone; there will be a reaction if you perform your duty, and hundreds who were once alienated from you will flock to you and ac- knowledge their errors.
Year: 1878

EREEil ANY PERSON WHO WILL U make and forward me a list of the names Of reliable persons Of their ac- quaintance who wish 10 procure an instru- ment, either Piano or Organ, l will use my best endeavorS to sell them one, and for every Piano I succeed Tn selling to their list within one year, I will credit them with Si0. and for every Organ s5, to be applied on payment Of either Piano or Organ; and when it amounts to sum sufficient to pay for any instrument, seiec- ted at the lowest wholesale price, will immediately ship the instrument, free, or after any amount is credited the balance may be paid me in cash and will then ship them the instrument. They need not be known in the matter, and will be doing their friends a real service, as l shall make special offers to them, selling a superior instrument for from one-half to two-thirds what Is ordinarily asked by agents. Please send me list at once, and afler you have made inquiry, you can add to it. Address,

 DANIEL F. BEATTY.

 Washington, N.J.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star.


MILWAUKEE, WIS, March Elm the Wis
consin Senate at Madison yesterday. Prices
resolution amending the Constitution to
prohibit the liquor traffic was lost by 13
yeas to IA nays. The bill restricting capital
punishment was lost on tie vote


A prominent lumberman, who has just
returned from an extended visit through
the lumber regions of Northern Michigan
brings most discouraging reports. Every
where during the trip through the pineries
he saw huge piles of skidded logs that can
not be banked and run down this season in
consequence of the small amount of snow
that has fallen this winter There is no
snow on the ground now.


The average annual cut Of timber at the
different points along the shore of Lake
Michigan is about $50 600, 900 feet, and
logs equal to that amount were cut this
winter; but it is doubtful whether, under
the most favorable circumstances, one-half
of the entire stock can be got down to the
mills. The balance will remain in the
woods, subject to the danger of destruction
by fire, which, if last years experience is
repeated, win cause loss of millions of
dollars to the owners.


The situation is about the same in North
ern Wisconsin and Minnesota, and marked
advance in the prices of all grades of lum-
Der is anticipated.
Year: 1878




National Associated Press to the Star.


NEWPORT, r. l., March 6.-Jesse A. Pal
mer, of Little Compton, who has been in
Jail in this place for committing dastardly
outrage on Mrs Martha Dyer, nearly eighty
years of age, who lived alone, as reported
last week, was taken to Teverton, where he
was examined. The aged lady was placed
on the witness stand and swore the prisoner
had entered her house on the night of the
23d of February, and, after knocking her
down, brutally assaulted her. She had
known the prisoner thirty years, and al
though there was no light in the room. she
they had been informed by the complainant
of the outrage and then had examined her
wounds.


Counsel for the prisoner undertook to
prove an alibi, and called several witnesses,
who swore that the prisoner did not leave
his brothers house. Counsel for the prose-
cution endeavored to have the prisoner 8
brothers testimony ruled out as he had
been in prison on a charge OF murder; but
the Judge overruled the objection. The
Court found prisoner probably guilty, and
held him to await the action of the Grand
Jury at the March term Of the Supreme
Court and as the offense is not bailable, he
was brought to this city and committed to
the County Jail. The Courtroom was
packed, and there was an evident desire on
the part of many present to take the law
into their own hands. The scenes during
the examination were disgraceful there be-
ing no order, and the spectators allowed to
make all the commotion they desired. The
session lasted over four hours, and sixteen
witnesses were examined.
Year: 1878

EMMA GILLIs, young married woman,
living ON the corner of Fifteenth and Plum
streets, rebelled against her lord and
master yesterday, and in the quar-
rel that followed knocked him
to the floor with an AK handle
She then kept on kicking and beating him
until the officers interfered, when the hus-
band revived enough to swear out a war
rant against his wife. This morning sem
tence was suspended over her for the pro-
lection of her husband.
Year: 1878

Harvest never comes to such as SOW
not.


The only way to make a friend is to
be one.


He who boasts Of multitude Of
friends, hath none.


He who gives a triAe meanly is fer
meaner than the triie.


There is no such thing as an easy
chair for discOntented man.


Men are like words; when nOtproper-
" placed, they lose their value.


A mans own good breeding is the
best security against other peoples ill
manners.


Good company and good conversation
are the very sinews Of virtue. Good
character is above all things else.


Never tell a man he's a fool; in the
frst place ne won't believe you; in the
next, you make him your enemy.


There is nothing that so convinces a
man that there is truth in religion as
to see true religion in Christians.


The best society and conversation in
the world is that in which the heart
has a greater share than the head.


Make no haste to be rich, if you
would prosper. Small and steady gains
give competency with tranquility Of
mind.


The Germans have this good prOverb
That thefts never enrich: aims never
impoverish: nor prayers hinder any
work.


Live on what you have; live ifyou can
Mess; do not borrow either, for vanity
will end in shame and the pleasure in
regret.


Say nothing respecting yourself, eth
er good, bad or Indifferent; nothing
good, for that is vanity; nothing bad,
for that is sffectatiOn; nothing indif-
fereHt, for that is silly.


A mans first difficulties begin when
he is able to do as he likes. So long as
a man is struggling with obstacles, he
has an excuse for failure or short
coming; but when fortune removes
them all, and gives him the power oI
doinY as he thinks best, then comes the
| TRIAL
Year: 1878

The anomalies Of Russian life and
character are literally without end, and
it is a curious one that, while official
rank commands the very highest re-
spect, hereditary rank is scarcely at all
esteemed. Since the days Of Peter the
Great the highest places in the public
service have been open to men OF all
ranks, and the DOblsSse have been ell
bowed continually By gentlemen OF the
pavement who have won place and
power by energy and intellect. In this
strictlyautOcraUc government personal
worth and ability carry with them all
the possibilities of promotion which are
theirs in the most democratic of repub-
lies. The man who holds high place
is highly esteemed, not the man whose
great-grandfather held high place. He
who has the coUntenanCe Of the Gar
is the aristOcrat, even Enough he may
have been a subaltern officer last weeB
a drummer-bOy the week before, and a
lackey last year.