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Year: 1879

Theatre Comique, where Harrigan and Hart have
steadfastly refused TO aid in pferng their customers
by declining to rent out any privilege to sell tickets.
the managers permit and encourage outside ticket
selling aud regularly divide the proceeds with
the spectators. Now. l am not saying what
i think but what know. You can verify my state
mcnts at any time by sending one Of your reporters
Rulman pays thousands OF dollars year to certain
managers this city for the privilege of having his
men stationed the obbies sell the seats he OBJ


tains the box Office in advance. and those his
men fail to dispose of go back again to
that every theatrical manager in this city.
with the exception above named is in league
with the ticket spectators. Then why waste words
in useless appeals to these managers to abate the
abominabe nuisance +? For instance if MIR. Dun, OF
the Standard can make s25 $50 extra by the sale
of tickets through the specuator at the door nightly


is he going to put stop to the outrage? Well. he
does average the lesser of the above amounts every
night during the run of the ''Pinafore." This Is
proper subject for editorial treatment. POSTED.
Year: 1879

The Republican party are asking
the Union soldier To come into their
house and SIT down with them to their
feast, and are complaining that he does
not come, and wondering that he goes
elsewhere to fill himself with political
mamma.


Let us examine for moment, the
course of dishes offered him, and see
whether it will contribute to his politi-
nourishment.


Before the war they proclaimed the
right of secession. When they felt
that the prospect to get the reins of the
Government into their hands was
quite slim, they said"the Constitution Wds
q league with hell and covenant with
death, that the Union could not stand
one half free, and the other half slave,
that the Union might slide.r They
went before the country in 1860 pledged
to not interfere with slavery where it
then existed. By the terms of that
league with hell and covenant with
death, they elected President. Some
of the States then seeded; they, to en-
courage others to do the same, told
those who had seeded to go i'm peace,
that under our form of Government
there was no power To coerce them
back. When secession was accom-
plished they changed their cry, and
howled that secession was crime, that
the seeded States must be brought
back, and the Constitution THAT league
with hell and covenant with DEATH and
the laws must be maintained, (precise-
ly what the true Union soldier wanted)
and with that principle and that under
standing, they enlisted in the army,
but as soon as the Republican party had
them well harnessed, they changed
their front. They told the boys that
under the Constitution, they had 10
power to NEEDLE with slavery,
and they had no disposition to meddle
with it and cited their platform of 1860.
They deceived alike the soldier and cit
iZen. As soon as the soldiers and citi-
zens were committed to the MAIN
tenance of the "Constitution as it is and
the Union as it was" they issued their
Year: 1879

We have received G.. u. Barnes &
Bros Illustrated price list of jewelry for
1879. They haye an immense stock and
the list shows and describes the charac-
ter and quality of each article. Any
thing ordered from the catalogue will
correspond with the description given
of it. They have an enviable reputa-
ton for fair, honorable dealing. If they
sell an article for all gold or all silver it
is certain to be so. We have known
them for many years and speak from
our own experience in dealing with
them.
Year: 1879

money from the Government every
three months, and don't trouble your
self about how Democrats vote, for
will assure you that they will vote all
right. There is only one Republican in
this place, and he don't 60 to the cleo
ton often. PINK.
Year: 1879

THE postage ON the HERALD for the
quarter ending March Slst 1879 was -.
IS, for the quarter ending June S0th Sll.
Is, and yet in the face of this record,
the Nc,os insists that the circulation of
the HERALD is decreasing. We are
very anxious for some more of the
same sort of decrease.
Year: 1879

A LETTER from prominent colored
man Of this county, published else
where, slows the tricks resoted To by
some interruptions white Republicans,
TO keep them in the Republican party.
In addition GO making them believe
that the Democrats want TO have laws
made 10 take their young children for
debts, they are telling them that down
South they are killing them and mall
treating them by the thousand. Shame
on any man or set Of men who will re-
sort TO, and Use such dishonest means,
to perpetuate their party's power.
Year: 1879

II is believed in the Health Board that the turning
point of the contagious has been reached and that
henccforward scarlet fever and diphtheria will
steadily decline The statistics for the last few weeks
confrmatory Of this, and the totals OF the cases
reported this week likely TO fall short of tho one
precedinp e.
Year: 1879

We learn that Mr.. LasoD, former
ly connected with the st. Charles
Hotel, had very narrow escape
from drowning, at Santa Mon
lea, on Sunday. While in
bathing he swan out to the
buoy when, becoming exhausted,
lie was unable to swim back and
was swept for some distance down
the shore. When rescued proper
restoratives were applied and he is
now, we are glad to learu, none the
worse for his close call.


We call attention to an ADVERTISE
ment in our New To-Day of Jersey
cows and heifers for sale. These
little cattle of the Channel Islands
are most highly priced throughout
England, as well as the Eastern
States. by families living in cities
and small towns, on account of the
small amount of food upon which
they thrive, the richness and con-
tinuance of their milk, together
with their gentle and tractable dis
positions. Outside of the Forest
Grove Farm. we believe, there is
but one COW Of this herd found In
this section, and she is the property
of gentleman of this city who inn
ported her from the East, at a very
great expense, and who justly
prizes her most highly. We advise
any one wishing TO secure a good
animal to visit Mr.. Barretto and
examine his herd.
Year: 1879

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed In California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
Year: 1879




Arctic expeditions may be roughly classified under
one Of two heads. Either their aim is to open up
new channels of communication through the icy
waters of the Polar Seas to attain the barren honor
Of reaching farther north than any previous ex
plorers have been able to penetrate To the former
category belong such enterprises those Of Frank
lin, Of Nordenskiod and the projected expedition to
Hudson's Bay To the latter belong, among others.
the attempt Of Captain Mares and the journey for
which Commander Cheyne Il. n, is now endeavoring
to procure the requisite funds. Putting aside, how
evor the vexed Questions of tho utility of visit to
the North Pole. the project Of Commander Chcyne
deserves some attention II only for the novelty OF
the means by which the gallant officer hopes to attain
his end. After serving under Sir James Ross, Cap
tain Elliott and Captain Austin in three several
Arctic expeditions, Commander Cheyne has come
to the conclusion that the North Pole, unattain-
able it seems by ships. may after ALL be reached
by means of balloons, which would come into use
when the ice barred all further progress by
The advantages to be obtained by this method are
sufficiently obvious, but it is doubtful whether they
would not be more than counterbaanced by the adj
ditional risks attending aerial locomoion. Whether
the result, in of success would repay the
cost and danger incurred is, too have said, at
least questionable However, this is point fer
Commander Cheyne and his supporters 20 deter
mine, and If the latter sufficiently numerous to
start the expedition can only wish the explorers
all success and happy return from their hazardous
Year: 1879

Assuming that in A Zig. ~ there is substance a
by itself capable OF forming compound body by
union with itself another substance at lover
temperature. Hc next q furnace ID. whcrc
this compound body exists alone The only spec-
trun visible in would be that of the compound b
Just as the spectrum of the supposed elementary
body would be the only visible In "A.
Let be furnace of still lower temperature hav-
ing la IL compound substance, o. The
spectrun OF the compound substance. 0 would bo the
only Que visible in g.


Throwing .hcn, into tho hottest furnace a. some Of
the douply compounded body o. the lines of will
frat be lhickcst thon those of d. and would finally
be tile only remaining, giving spectrum OF the
greatest simplicity.


ON account of incomplete dissertation the strong
lines Of Bwill DO seen the furnace c. and the strong
lines Of viii be in the furnace d. respectively
but only as faint lines Each line is represented in


that appears in but tho inenstics OF the lines are
eAtels da.Ae in d. The line of a. STRONG IN a,
Year: 1879

Our solons nave been arguing over and
passing laws for forty days--m some en-.
acting heavy penalties for noncompliance
with the same. But by squclchng the
bill introduced in the Council, drawn up
by President Walsh. to have the laws
published in the newspapers Of the Terri
tory. as is done in Minnesota and other
states, refused to let the people know
what laws have been enacted; and the
further neglect to consider. sufficiently
early in the session, the question of print.
ing the laws in pamphlet form, leaves the
sovereign people in ign rance of the laws,
by the neglect of those they delegat-
ed their authority to.


There is no better way to thorough
disseminate correct knowledge Of the
laws enacted among the people than this
plan of publishing them in the ncwspap
ers. Minnesota and other states deem it
money we'll spent in paying the low price
price thus paid, and we shall lose our guess
If the next legislature are not IN favor Of
making such publication.
Year: 1879

No sane man will deny for an instant
that the majority of those Southern Bour-
npoliticians who are now engaged in wild
acclaim for the nomination of General GRANT
are hypocrites of the basest sort-spoil-
hunters and unprincipled Gushers But it
is nevertheless fact that this class Of self
ish manipulators would not dare to indulge
in such an erratic departure from straight
laced Bourbonism in the absence of an
honest minority sentiment in support of it..
They are one and all quick to catch the drift
Of the chnngeful currents ofpolitical opinion,
and are now simply sailing along with the
tides, over which they have no control. and
with which they have no sympathy, except
in the hope that they may eventually be
landed in some harbor where plundcr is
possible and safe What is needed, if any
thing is, in this so-called Southern move
ment for GRANT is that the honest, unself-
ish and truly patriotic people of that sec
tion shall rise and demand his renomina-
tion, independent of the schemes and cal
culations of professional politicians. So
long as this latter class has anything to do
with it the people of the North, including
General GRANT himself, will view it with
susnicion
Year: 1879

Should articles of Impeachment follow this
investigation, then Mr.. SEWARD will no
doubt have leave to return home and
defend himself by confronting his
accusers and their accusations. If con-
victed, then his removal will undoubt-
edly be effected by the Government. 1t
is scarcely the fair thing to disturb Min
lister SEWARD while he is under fire, and
again it is not prudent to do so, for the
reason that such action might be interpreted
as a purpose to shield him from investiga-
tion and impeachment.


Unfortunately for the fidelity of history,
those not any too well informed of the facts
have complicated the Hong Kong consul
late with the Chinese mission, when in fact
the Chinese Minister has nothing to do
with that consulate, it being entirely out
side the jurisdiction of China. 1t is a
province or colony of Great Britain.


Consul MosBY has given his predeces-
sors, Messrs. BAILEY and ALLEN, consid-
erable attention, and il is intimated that
he will soon have leave to return home and
relieve himself from the accusation of hav-
ing published unfounded allegations against
them. This is, perhaps, no more than fair,
though it may establish precedent under
which in the future n Consul may be led
to the publication of accusations against
his predecessors for the mere purpose
of getting an opportunity to return home
after an attack of homesickness. One thing
is certain-if Consul MosBY has made
accusations against his predecessors that are
not sustained by the proofs, then he GER
tainly should come home to sustain them,
and under failure he should be permitted
to remain at home, On the other hand, if
Colonel MosBY has discovered in the
conduct of his predecessors that which is
disreputable, he should have fair oppor-
tunity TO expose the bare facts and be
sustained in his action.
Year: 1879

species of political cant, whereby the
crime of treason might be covered with q
counterfeit yarnish Of patriotism, so that
the precipitators of the rebellion might go
"down in history hand-in hand with the
defenders Of the Government" These
opinions of the dead and revered General,
il must be remembered, were uttered SO
long ago as 1868, about which time, or later,
he refused tempting offer of promotion at
the hands Of President JOHNSON to become
Lieutenant-General of the Army, at the
sacrifice of his principles, by joining that
infamous Administration in its detection to
the Republican party. If these acts made
him Democrat, the organ referred to is
not liar.
Year: 1879

THE Southern Republicans in Washing
ton seem to be alive to the necessity of
action on their part. The Southern Repub-
lican Association reorganizes 10 night, rs
will be seen by notice in this paper. We
hope our Southern friends will succeed in
placing themselves properly before the pub
lie
Year: 1879

IT is now suggested that if the old
Democratic party is dead" as has been
said, there would seem to be a fitness in
preserving "the remains in alcohol. A
genuine true-blue Democrat, if capable of
feeling, would doubtless find himself at
home floating in the centre of barrel of
the genuine article.
Year: 1879

WHILE the organ-grinders of Bourbonism
in the North and South are laboring not
only to make TooMBs hush up, but to show
that his Chicago dispatch has been garbled,
he refuses to dry up. He says that in his
Chicago dispatch he said what he meant
and meant what he said, and they can all
put that in their pipes and smoke it,
TooMBs is not much ON the hush when he
gets his valves open and his machine at
work.
Year: 1879

THE Hoodlum organ is just now exploit
ing its ignorance Of politics by attempting
to show that General THOMAS was a Demo-
crat 1t is true that he was Of that politi-
cal faith when the war broke out, but the
instant he drew his sword in defense of his
country against the rebellion he severed all
connection with that party. And long after
the war-three and a-half years subsequent
TO the surrender of LEE-he made his
record, officially, as determined opponent
of those who then, rs now, seek to per-
petuate the alleged principles of the Lost
Cause He was in fact, the first of our
public men TO call attention to the sedi-
tiously perniclous efforts of the defeated


insurgents to promulgate the idea that the
"cause of liberty, justice, humanity, equal
:" ity and all the calendar Of the virtues Of
freedom suffered violence and wrong


"when the effort for Southern independence


Stalled" This idea he characterized :" as
Year: 1879

THE Democrats have learned to count
since the late Northern elections. The
Galveston Ne,cs thinks that the late out
break of ROBERT TooMBs is worth fully
100000 votes to the Republican party.
These chaps begin to estimate the value of
votes, and like all the world they only ap-
preciate blessings and benefits after they
have been lost. A few more TOoMBs blasts
will blow away the last chance and hope of
the Democratic party in all sections of the
country Death to the Union" is not a
very congenial cry anywhere now. 1t is
too expensive, and its cost is not forgotten
even by the South
Year: 1879

THE protean public character of SAM
RANDALL was never more disgustingly ex-
posed than in the proceedings incident to
the dedication of the THOMAS statue. An
ex-soldier of the Union army, and the for
mer comrade of loyal men, he now is COM
PEELED to appear in the light of truth as a
backslider and cowardly deserter. The
man who once recommended General
THOMAS for promotion, he is now the con-
fessed leader of his country's enemies and
the boastful tool of disloyalists.
Year: 1879

SENDING OUT A FALSE IMPRESS
sIox.-The Republican has endeavored
to send forth the impression that the
people of Delaware did not enjoy equal
privileges, and equal franchise at the
ballot box before the law. But 1t failed.
It found that the tax in this State to Sc
cure q vote rested equally upon all,
whites and colored and that like tax
was demanded of voters in Pennsylvania
and most other States. 1t now tries to
make a false impression and acquire
sympathy abroad by such attacks upon
the Democrats of this State and Senator
Bayard as the following;


"If as the GAZETTE contends, Senator
Bayard is in favor Of equal representa-
ton, why does he not do something to
to show it, now that 10000 OF his own
people are DISTINGUISHED, as readily as
when the difference was only 5000 or
1000 ?"


The GAZETTE did say that Mr.. Bayard
In 1853 opposed the adoption of an
amended constitution on the ground that
it did not afford representation according
to population. We have not said what
opinion Senator Bayard holds upon this
question now. Our people have seemed
pretty well contented on the subject since
1858; when the whig party opposed all
alterations of the present constitution,
which is the work Of their ablest men,
and the people have to be governed by ii
until it is altered. 1t is altogether proba-
Bile that Senator Bayard does not wish to
become an agitator of the politica
caldron, and as there is no demand for {
change now by the party with which hi
Is affiliated, he is disposed to leave tina
matter to such as feel greyed over th'
constitution and desire its alteration
But 1t is not true as the Republicd
seeks to give the impression that 1000
people Of this county are disfranchiseC
The county only casts about 1880
votes. Every man who complies wit
the requirements of the constitution (
1882 is entitled to vote upon the pay
ment Of a small poll tax at any of oil
State elections This tax is levied aliB
upon all whites and blacks and the ball,
Is as free in Delaware as in any State
the Union, and the very fact that the r
publican party has made no organize
effort to change the State constitute
may be cited to prove that even the O
ponents of the Democrats are content
in all the counties with its provisions.
Year: 1879

The Legislature of the State Oh ne"
York at its last session passed new III
,erest law fixing the rate at per cent as
AGAINST 7 Der cent, which has been the
ruling rate there for many years. line
Journal of Commerce says it is not dis-
,inctlv understood when the rate Of in
terest on mortgages will be reduced to
the legal rate of the new law; but the
presumption is that only six per cent.
can be collected OH mortgages that have
become due, after the law goes into ef,
feet on the first of January next.
Year: 1879

THE New Hampshire House Of Repre-
sentatives has passed a bill giving the
State Railroad Commission the right TO
regulate the tariff of charges on any
railroad in the State, and prohibiting
any Railroad Commissioner from hold
ing Office In any railway corporation and
from owning the stocks or bonds of any
railroad
Year: 1879

The body of a man was found in the lake in Cen
trail Park near the Mall last night about eleven
o'clock. Deceased appeared to be about fifty years
of age. There nothing on his person from
when mis- identity could be learned. The body was
removed to the Morgue.
Year: 1879

About two years ago the water.pipe
crossing the river at Upper Central Way
bridge, Cleveland, Ohio, was found to
be leaking very badly at some point near
the center of the river. In crossing the
stream it is about eighteen feet below
the surface Of the water, and is imbed-
ded in the sand about six feet. To stop
the waste OF water the valves on each
side OF the river were shut off. George
FL. Breymann, the submarine diver, was
sent to make an examination OF the pipe,
with view to having it repaired with
out moving it, If possible. To discover
the location Of the leak one Of the valves
was opened for few moments, when
the clear lake water soon appeared
through the river water. A large tug
was then fastened with its wheel di.
rectly over the leak, and the wheel
started at full speed. In fifteen minutes
a hole was excavated down to the pipe,
and before the sand had dlled In again
an impression of the hole and the sur
face Of the laps and rivets near it was
taken in putty. From this putty i'm
preston a mold Of plaster Of Paris was
made, in which was cast lead plate Of
the exact form Of the original putty i'm.
preston. The hole in the pipe was
found TO be about four by two and one.
half inches, and irregular in its margin.
A strong bolt, with plates, washers and
oross-bar, similar to the hand-hole plate
for boilers, was then made and put in
place by Captain Breymann, the lead
plate being between the pipe and the
iron plate. After the whole was put TO-
gether and the lead thoroughly corked,
the water was turned on and the leak
| found 10 be effectually stopped.
Year: 1879

The HatOFoye man gives us his expert
ence of travelling in sleeping car in
warm weather, and all who have been
in the same predicament will appreciate
his remarks on the subject: We arise
from the Pullman couch after the por
ter had help drag off the blanket. 1t
has long been question in my mind
whether the Pullman blankets are stuff
ed or weather-boarded. l think now
they must be built on the plan of the
Victoria bridge. The one / slept under
last night was an inch and half thicker
than Miller platform, and just about
as elastic. When the porter folded it
up, he had to go outside, lay it on the
rail, and let the train run over it to
make crease in it. When you cover up
with one. you think you have drawn the
drapery of plank sidewalk about you,
or else covered yourself up with wharf
boat or the side Of frame house. All
last night / dreamed was turtle, a
sea turtle, one OF the tortoise comb de-
nomination, and that had caught cold
in my shell and couldn't bend it.


BY the way, did you ever notice how
peculiarly bewildering to the unframed
mind are mercantile forms The other
day, being in communistic mood, Ihad
occasion to "divide" with the Office. l
had vague kind Of an idea how the thing
ought to be done, in general way, 30 l
went into bank and asked for sight
draft. Should the obliging cashier I'LL it
ont for mel I thanked him haughtily,
and filled it up myself. ! had my mis-
givings, but / handed it over. The
obliging cashier smiled. "Do you wish
to collect thisP" he asked. / said Eyes,"
in the tones which imagined MIR. Van.
derbilt employed Oh similar occasions,
and to my unspeakable amaaement the
obliging cashier said: Every, well,
sir, just leave the money with us and
we will remit it to your house at once"
And then saw that somehow or other,
I had made the thing out just that,
and had drawn upon myself in favor Of
the office for three weeks salary, during
which time the Office had not heard from
me.