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Year: 1879

Night air and damp weather are held
in great horror by multitudes of persons
who are sickly or of weak constitutions,
consequently, by avoiding the night air,
and damp weather, and changeable
weather, and weather that is considered
too hot or too cold, they are kept with
in dOoors much the largest portion Of
their time, and as a matter of course
continue inYalids, more and more ripen-
ing for the grave every hour; the reason
is, they are breathing an impure atmo-
sphere nineteen-twentieths of their
whole existence.


As nothing can wash us clean but
pure water, so nothing can cleanse the
blood, nothing can make heakh-giving
blood, but the agency of pure air. So
great is the tendency of the blood to be-
come impure in consequence of waste,
and useless matter mixing with it as it
passes through the body, that it requires
hOgshead of air every hour of our lives
to unload it of these Impurities, but in
proportion as the air is vitiated, in such
proportion does it infallibly fail to relieve
the blood of these impurities, and inn
pure blood is the foundation of all dis
ease. The great fact that those who are
out of doors most, summer and winter,
day and night, rain or shine, have the
best health the world over, does Of itself
falsify the general impression that night
airor any other out door air is unhealthy
as compared with indoor air at the same
time.


Airis the great necessity Of life; so
much so that if deprived Of it for a mo-
ment we perish and so constant is the
necessity Of the blood for contact with
the atmosphere that every drop in the
body is exposed to the air through the
medium of the lungs every two minutes
and a.half of our existence.
Year: 1879

Gypsy is the largest of Mr.. Barnum's
six elephants now at the hippOdrOme.
She is also the most intelligent, and in
ring feats and all the tricks for which
other elephants have been famous, as
well as in unnumbered others that
Gypsy's trainer claims as her own, she
is remarkably clever. Gypsy is possessed
of wonderful sagacity; never until re-
Gently has she had occasion to demon
strate how little she owed to her educa-
ton. when it becomes necessary for her
to act promptly for herself


She was ordered out for rehearsal and
followed her keeper from the stall in the
menagerie, to the gate opening into the
circus. At this point there is level
bridge of thick plank, covering sub
terTanean apartment twenty-five feet
SQUARE, in which in times past, il was
customary to house certain mysterious
animals until the exigencies of 'Blue-
beard" or other pantomimes required
their presence in the upper world, when
they were shot to the surface through
the ordinary trap.


Gypsy was nearly across the bridge
when, with crash, the heavy timbers
rave Way, and down into the cavern,
fifteen feet below, the ponderous beast
fell. fiat upon her side. The circus hands
were Immediately on the spot, and va
rious unsuccessful attempts were made
to get Gypsy out.


At last Mr.. June bethought him of
the natural sagacity of the animal, and
ordered a number of bales of hay to be
brought. One by one these were rolled
into the cavity, and as one came down
GYPSY placed her fore feet upon it and
waited patiently for the next, taking
care to place it in position before she
attempted a further ascent. She was
soon able to'mount to the surface, where
she was met with cheers. She suffered
no injuries more serious than slight
abrasion of the skin on her side.


"You'H never get Gypsy to cross that
bridge again." Mr.. Keeler, Snowman
of thirty years experience, said. ''When
an elephant has once met with an acci-
dent, it viii forever avoid the spot where
it occurred. Some years ago was show
ing Empress, bigger elephant than
Gypsy, up in Vermont. Once we were
entering a little town through which a
narrow but deep stream ran. This was
spanned by a strong wooden bridge, but
it was not strong enough to support the
elephant. The bridge went to pieces
under five tons of solid flesh, and she
fell into the creek. We had a Nicode-
mus's own time in getting hero out. Three
years afterward we were about to enter
the same town. Meantime the bridge
had been made level with the street,
houses had been built right up to it on
either side, the bridge was covered with
dirt, and none of us knew that it was
within a mile Empress did know. We
tried all sorts of ways 10 get her up the
street, but she wouldn't bulge and at
last we were obliged to take her around
the town and lead her off by another
road. She went like lamb"
Year: 1879

Who ever wished to correct the illu-
sions of childhood2 All of US can look
back to time when we believed Vividly
that our parents were perfect, and be-
heVed dimly that the whole gToWn-up
world was perfect. The child knows, in
deed, that there are bad people in the
world, but they have nothing to do with
the world in which he and his compan-
ions dwell, and when he thinks about
them, he is puzzled how to find room for
them. We have heard of a child so
moderate that he only produced two
perfect men besides his fatherto confute
the doctrine of original sin, (woman evi-
IDENTIFY being not included in its scope
but most of us would have brought for
ward a much larger body of witnesses on
his side. Now, no one would say that
you gave a child tFuer view of his IA
ther and mother if you made him under
stand that they were two very faulty be-
ings, with as much to repent of as the
naughtiness of his playfellOws. 1t is
not that truth had better be sacrificed
to love; we do sometimes feel that Of
these illusions in latter life, and any one
who will put the two states of mind side
by side will at once see their difference.
It is that the illusion is actually a truer
feeling than any you could substitute for
it. It is the natural, healthful condition
of the mind of child, the one which
puts him into his place with regard to
his elders, which enables them to do
their part toward him, and him to do his
towards them. It bears every test of
truth, except that of being Independent
of position. 1t is the truth for the par
ticular stage Of development.
Year: 1879

Putting commercial considerations
aside, and looking merely at social ones,
how great an alteration will there be in
the ways of civilized beings if flying is
brought within the reach of all who. can
buy an engine and some durable wings.
To take the most poetic relation of
life, what different thing will courtship
be when lovers seek the clouds, as Of
course they will, and when VOWS are ex-
changed in the air. Lord Lytton tried to
describe something of this kind, but his
hero was clumsy fellow who could not
learn to manage his wings, and con-
stantly had to be caught by the woman
who loved him. Very different will be
the case with the vigorous and we'll
trained young Englishman, who will
take the lady whom he admires out to fly
Just as ladies are now taken out for a
drive, or will perchance, urge his suit
when lowering outside her second floor
window, and will perch on the sill to
learn his fate. Then, in the more prosaic
part of life, in the ordinary routine of
commonplace daily existence, what
strange alterations will occur Our an
cestors would have laughed at any one
who had told them that the time would
come when the throngs in the streets
would have under their feet men of
business who were being dragged to and
from their daily work and it is equally
difficult for us to conceive that perhaps
in the next century the peaceful ramb-
lers by the Regents park will find the
sky overhead suddenly darkened at a
certain time in the afternoon by the
great fiocks of city men who are flying
to their homes in the far northwest.
There will, of course, be some inconve-
nience from the general acquisition of
powers of flight; but then every great
change brings with it certain amount
of suffering. Thus it is terrible to pic
ture the feelings of the quiet house
holder of the future when he learns that
large number of school boys have re-
Gently been let loose, and are flying
about the neighborhood; or that the
crew of a man-of-war recently paid off
have bought aerial machines and may
appear at any moment Such drawbacks
as these, will, however, be trifiing when
compared with the vast advantages
which men will gain from the possession
of wings. Perhaps the most striking
of these will be the facility which viii
be given for the pursuit and detection
" SAAAAlC' ~ - 4AOt easy " pACGu4 2 q II
ing policeman, or to imagine injunctiOns
to move on coming from above the CHM
ney-pots; but it is perhaps possible to
realize how perfect feeling of security
the inhabitants of London VIII have
when they know that all over the me-
tropolis watchful inspectors are poised
in mid air, and that soaring constables
are constantly on the lookout. Let it be
hoped that when these days come men
will not forget to whom they owe so
much, and will regard the members of
the eronautical society as benefactors of
humanity, and worthy of enduring
fame.-SdtlrdGy ReUielU.
Year: 1879

The London Lancet has some comments
on this topic which may be read with as
much profit here as in London. 1t says
If a man were deliberately to closet
himself for some six or eight hours
daily in a stuffy room, with closed doors
and windows (the doors not being
opened to even change the air during
the period of incarceration) and were
then to complain of headache and de-
bility, he would be Justly told that his
own want of intelligent foresight was
the cause of his suffering. Nevertheless,
this is what the great mass of the people
do every night of their lives with no
thought of their imprudence. There
are few bedrooms in which it is perfectly
safe to pass the night without something
more than ordinary precautions to Sc
cure an inflow of fresh air. Every sleep
ing apartment should, of course, have a
fireplace with an open chimney, and in
cold weather it is well if the CRATE con-
tains small fire, at least small enough
to create an upcast current, and carry of
the vitiated air of the room. In all such
cases, however, when a fire is used, it is
necessary to see that the air drawn into
the room comes from the outside of the
house. BY an easy mistake 1t Is possible
to place the occupant of bedroom with
q fire in a closed house in q direct cur
rent of foul air drawn from all parts of
the establishment. Summer and winter
with or without the use of fires, it is
well to have free ingress for pure air.
This should be the ventilator's first con-
cern. Foul air will find an exit if pure
air is admitted in sufficient quantity, but
it is not certain pure air will be drawn
in if the impure is drawn away.


Sofara as sleeping rooms are concerned,
it is wise to let in air from without. The
aim must be to accomplish the object
without causing a great fall of tempera-
ture or a draught. The windows may
be drawn down an inch or two at the
top with advantage, and fold of muslin
will form "ventilator" to take off the
feeling of draught. This, with an open
fireplace, will generally suffice, and pro
duce no unpleasant consequences even
when the weather is cold. 1t is, howev-
er, essential that the air outside should
be pure. Little is likely to be gained by
letting in fog or even town mist,
Year: 1879

a California paper vouches for the
truth of the following: "Billy Watson,
whose cabin did adorn the slope of the
Newark Valley range, but at the present
time is scattered over considerable
territory, had been absent from his
humble abode for some weeks on pros
pecting trip. Before his departure he
placed half a dozen giant powder cart
ridge explosives in his stove oven, to Sc
cure them from being spoiled by the
dampness during his absence. When he
returned to the domicile he was hungry,
and without thinking of the contents Of
his stove, he built up n roaring fire, Sic
ed off some bacon, and started to put on
the tea-kettle. That reminded him that
there was no water in the house, and
seizing the pail, he journeyed to the
spring about 100 yards distant. It is
lucky he did so, for the trip probably
saved his life, and gave him chance to
relate to us the inevitable sequence to
that incident. We think that Billy ex-
aggerates when he ikens that explosion
to an earthquake, and his statement
about there not being timber enough
left to furnish material for a toothpick IS
absurd. However, he saved the water
pail, and is of the opinion that baked 81.
ant powder cartridges are Il species OF
yiands liable to raise things more euect-
uallv than Yeast powder cakes.
Year: 1879

FooL's PARADIsE-We must all live
aceflling to the light we have, and, If
we cannot see for ourselves that our par
adise is only that of fools and not of
men, we must abide by the conseauen-
ces of our darkness, as the blind must
bear the broken heads which come
when they run full tilt against a wall.
The fools paradise of certain success,
when there are no means by which it
can be insured, is not to be confounded
with the true patience and courage of
persevering men. This, if one likes, is
noble, and the power by which the
world is moved; the other is pathetic by
its futility, and deplorable as a waste, a
misdirectiOn, and delusiOn,
Year: 1879

A spiders net suspended across the
path of Sir Samuel Brown, as he walked
one dewy morning in his garden, was
the prompter that gave him the idea Of
q suspension bridge across the Tweed. d.
Year: 1879

People have a greater respect for the
sun than they do for the moon. 1t
pleases a girl to tell her that she has a
sunny disposition, but tell her that she
has a luny one, and then see.
Year: 1879

The baby has gone to school, al me-
What viii the mother do
With never O call to button or pin,


Or tie little shoe?


How can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little "hindering thing" away
Another basket to I'll with lunch,


Another good bye to say,
And the mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away;
And turns with sigh that is half relief
And half a something akin to grief
She thinksOf q possible future morn.
When the children, one by one,
VIII 50 from their homes ont into the world,
To battle with life alone
And not even the baby be LEFT to cheer
The desolate home of that future year.
She picks up garments here and there.
Thrown down in careless haste;
And tries to think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced;
If thehouse were always as still as this,
How could she bear the lOnellnessF
Year: 1879

The preparations made for the due oh.
servauce of Decoration day, were far more
elaborate throughout the country than they
have been in recent years. The most i'm
pressive demonstrations have been military
paradcs. In New York the whole of the first
Year: 1879

The love that survives the tomb is
the noblest attribute of the soul If
it has woes it has likewise its designs;
and when the overwhelming burst OF
grief is lulled into the gentle tear OF
recollection, then the sudden anguish
and convulsive agony over the pres
ent ruins of all we most loved are sof-
tened away into penslve meditation CT
all that it was in the day of its lowell
ness Who would root snch a sorrow
from the heart? Though it may some
times throw passing cloud over the
bright hour of gsiety, or spread
deeper sadness over the hours of
gloom, yet who would exchange it for
the song of pleasure or the burst of
revelry. No; there is a voice from
the tomb sweeter than song; there is
remembrance of the dead to which
we turn even from the charm of the
living.
Year: 1879

An elderly man named Robinson
Barrett was brought before the Mayor
last evening. lie stated that his fami
! ly were in deep necessity, and that he
being out of work took stroll yester.
day and falling in with some compan
ions imbibed a little to much of the
spirit convivial. As a consequence he
was taken in charge of by the police.
In consi aeration OF the age of the ofIen-
der the Mayor allowed him to depart.


Thomas Joyce brought complaint
against a man named Tully, who keeps
saloon on Front street two doors from
King, adjoining the Green House, for
assault and battery. Thomas stated
that upon going home the evening be-
fore, he stepped into Tu!ly's ssaloon
for drink, and that while in there he
was Set upon by the proprietor and
beaten about the head and face without
The least provocatan.


The Mayor thinking sufficient evil
dence having been adduced, fined
Tully 81 and cost for assault and bat.
try, and also held him in 5000 for his
appearance at court, to answer the
charge Of selling liquor without a
State license.


This morning two drunks with the
usual fines completed the list.
Year: 1879

Under the assurance of Mishler and
Miller, the well and favorably known
theatrical managers. whose Announce
meHt alone is a sufficient guarantee OF
the worth of the performance, we may
expect in the presentation OF "Eneag
3D." at the Opera House on Monday
evening next. a play of unusual excel
l-nc-. The company who will place
the drama upon the stage is known as
the Nor aunt and Evans combination.
Of the play itself, 1t may be said that
it is one of thrilling interest, which,
c0mbin with the f-licitous effect of
it's many situations, renders it coined y
dOubly attractive.
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the heavy storms
the last few days, the banks Of the riv,
or front have stood the storm so fal
without any injury, and it is said there
is no water on the marshes. The peo
pie over Eleventh and Third street
bridges, Should be thankful in not be-
ing flooded this year as they generally
have on former occasion.
Year: 1879

Never cxagerate.


Never point at another.


Never bctray a confidence.


Never wantonly frighton others


Never leave home with unkind
words.


Never neglect to call upon youl
friends.


Never laugh at tho misfortunes
of others.


Never give o promise that you
do not fulfill.


Never send q present hoping. for
one in return.


Never speak much Of your own
performances.


Never fail 10 be, punctual at the
time appointed.


Never make yourself tho hero oil
your own story.


Mover pick tho teeth or clean the
nails in company.


Never fail to give . polite answer
to civil question.


Never question a servant or child
about family matters.


Never present a gift saying it is
Of no use to yourself.


Never read letters which you may
find addressed to others.


Never fail, if a gentleman, OF be-
ing civil and polite to ladies'.


Never call attention to the fea-
lures and form of any one present.


Never associate with bad COIN
pany. Have good company Or
mono.


Never refer to q gift you have
made, or favor you havo rendered,


Never look over the shoulder Of
another who is reading or writing.


Never appear to notice y scar,do-
formity, or defect Of any one pres
cnt.


Never arrest the attention Of an
acquaintance by n touch. Speak
to him.


Never punish your child for q
fault to which you are addicted
yourself.


Never answer questions in gen.
al company that have been put to
others.


Never, when travelling abroad, be
over-boastful in praise of your own
country.


Never lend all article you have
borrowed, unless you havo permits
sion to do so.


Never call q new acquaintance
by tho Christian name, unless re-
qucsted to do so.


Never attempt to draw the atten-
ton Of the company constantly
upon yourself.


Never exhibit anger, impaticnce
or excitement when an accident
happens.


Never pass between two persons
who arc talking together, without
an apology.


Never enter q room nOisily ;
never fail to close tho door after
you, and mover slam it.


Never fail 10 offer the easiest md
best seat in the room to IN invalid,
an elderly person or lady.


Never neglect TO perform tho'com.;
mission which the friend intrusted
10 you. You must not forget.


Never send your guest, who is nc
customed to Il warm room, of into
a cold, damp, spare bed to sleep:


Never enter u room filled with
people, without Il slight bow to the
general company when first enter
ing.


Never fail TO tell tho truth. II
truthful, you got your reward. You
will get your punishment ifyou
deceive.
Year: 1879

MoSoMETALLIsM PASSING INTO THE SHADE
from the Denver 1ribune.l-The silver
question has in very brief space OF time
attained extraordinary importance IN the
monetary markets Of the world. Every da!
records the conversion OF some prominent
monometallist to the more enll9htenea uoc'
trine which experience has shown TO DC the
only true one.
Year: 1879

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.-In New York Monday
James DICK, laborer, stepped on the railroad
track on l35th street, in front of a locomotive.
ana, as the train passed, he saw dangling from
ana caught the rope with his right hand and
was thrown Off his feet. James Wilson, brake
man on the train, shouted to him to let the rope
go. IhlS he could not do for the rope had as
ne caught Ii, coiled itself around his arm and
neck, and he was dragged as far as 13Sth street,
at which place the rope was cut by the brake
man wilson. Wilson then Sprang from the
train and ran back to where Dick Law. The man
was unconscious, with the rope coiled about his
arm and body. His clothing was torn TO shreds.
III was FOUND that his skull had been fractured
MS Jawbone crushed, and the flesh torn from
mis- limbs and body, and his recovery is consd-
cred improbable
Year: 1879

The democrats have decided to add 10 the
legislative, executive and judicial appropriation
Dill, when that portion is reached making pro
VISION 1or the judicial expenses Of the govern
ment, section repeating the statutes which
prov1deLlor jurors test oaths and also the sec
s,ons authorizing the employment of federal
Will resist, as Mr.. Hale in speech made yeSter
DAY indicated that they were willing to sit
hlSnt ana day to defeat such legislation tackled
on appropriation bills. II the democrats are
nfn Id their purpose to have what they deem
Ine obnoxious statutes repealed and the repub-
means are equally firm that the existing laws
snail not 6e repealed there is but one inevitable
result and that is the legislative appropriation
VIII fail. This would of course necessitate an
extra session Of Congress. because after June
3oth the salaries of every public officer except
those Of the army and navy would be unpaid.
II the bill does not pass.


There seems to be quite a decided intention
among the republicans Of the House not to
way the repeal of laws, which have no Dert1-
nancy to appropriation bills. and which should
not be Incorporated in them. 1t is therefore
quite probable that when the repeal sections
are offered in the House that the republicans
Will at once indulge in dllatOry tactics and fil-
clustering. They will first try to wear out the
democrats Dy continuous session, (aS was the
case with the boot on the other leg when the
Force bill was penaing.) and falling in that.
will trust to republican Senate to check the
democratic House.


CONSERVATIVE FEELING IN THE SENATE


There is no likelihood OF an extra session of
congress- because democratic Senators, with
ing any legislation, except the repeal of the test
0ath laws, TO the legislative, executive, and jul
d1clal appropriation bill The republican
senators will not offer any serious objection to
the repeal OF the test oath sections OF the
statutes. The democratic members OF the House
cannot make fight for the repeal OF the elec-
ton laws without the cooperation OF the demo-
Gratis in the senate, and thus the necessity for
an extra session will not arise
Year: 1879

Your attention is respectfully
called to the subject of the above
circular. You will readily realize
the Importance of the combine
tions embodied in my invention,
which makes it unquestionably
the most practical, efficient and
reliable Fire Escape heretofore
introduced to the public.
Year: 1879

BRDGEPoRT, Conn, June 1S.-
Oliver Tomlinson last week begun a
suit for divorce. He wife returned to
the city this morning, went to his
room, took his revolver from the
bureau and threatened, if not recon
ciled, that she would take her own
life. He advanced toward her and
was shot just above the heart. The
woman then shot herself in the left
breast The woman's wound is not
considered dangerous. Mrs. Tomlin-
son claims that the shooting of her
husband was accidental, and he that it
was deliberate. The parties are prom
inent here. Tomlinson is a man of
considerable wealth.