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Year: 1878

FOUR DAYS ON A SCHOONER on THE OPEN


OCEAN


lhe rescue of the lad AdOphus Parker who
was carried TO sea on the Sd inst in the
schooner Twilight. which broke her mooringS
at the inlet At Atlantic City and drifted ont.
has already been reported. The Philadelphia
IfHteS publishes the following statement from
Parker in regard TO his adventurous frip:
When She first parted her mOoringS thought
L would rum her ashore but she struck the
wharf and SheeTed off into the stream. I then
threw over a small kedgc anchor which
dragged 10 the first buoy and there parted the
cable. Noticing she was fast being driven on
the bar | hOiSted sail 10 keep her Of The
Surf-boat put out To help me, but turned back.
Meanwhile tried to haR her close TO the
Wind, alter clearing the bar, iii the hope of re-
ceiVlng assistance, which did not come. Inow
iulnd myself fast being driven to sea- and I
H1d not think the schooner would be able TO
stand The terrible waves which struck her. The
rigging was poor sails torn. and the prospect
OF her Weathering the gale not very pr0mS-
ing. ON "Wednesday night a heavy sea broke
over the vessel and rolled me over he wheel.
me ilgSlns ana desk We're covered With ice.
and Il was with difficulty kept myself from
freezing. On Thursday supposed was near
the Gull Stream. There was about a foot and
a-llalf OF water in the hold and a heavy sea
rolling; The pumps gave out. and was forced
TO hall her ont with bucket. About o clock
on thursday afternoon the wind Sprang up
fresh from the southeast. | then headed west
and about 10 O'Clock AZ night was hailed by
bark which cleared the schooner by only 10
feet. i he schooner light went out and took
down the starboard light. relit il and hung the
Slgnai-lIght IN the main rigging on the port
SIDE. On Friday morning sighted land near
headed up abreast Absecom Light. The sea
was very rough, and failing To bring the yes
sci INTO the inlet, and as the water was I'D to
the cabin floor, heached her on Little Brig
anime ShoatS. where ! was taken of after
having been without sleep for four days and
three nights
Year: 1878

SENATOR EATON will propose to amend the
silver bill by providing for the coinage of
silver dollar Of 4:l5 grains. and limiting its
legal tender value to SUMS of not more than
FIVE dollars.
Year: 1878

The neighbOrhood of the town of Brews-
ter, n. Y has long been the home of show
men. Howe's and Van Amburg's shows
started from that locality. and thereabouts
many of the animals have been housed
for the winter. This side OF Brewster
there is point in small stream where 1t
runs between the very high and percipi-
tous banks. 1t is on property belonging
to one of the circus men. and once on a
time his hippopotamus, becoming aged.
was turned loose among other stock on
the grounds. One night two men were
In this creek spearng eels. They carried
lantern to guide them. In their prog
ress they came into the gulch, and were
proceeding through it intent on their work
when the light suddenly fell full and
bright upon the huge head of the hippopot-
anus. The animal WAS sitting in tho
stream, its mOnstrous head lifted and its
ewes blinking in the strength of the light.
The devil himself sitting there could not
have been one-haf the shock to these men
as was the hippopotamus--''th behemoth
of Holy Writ


With extraordinary presence of mind
they dropped the lantern, and each taking
bank to himself, proceeded up it at once.
1t was loose bank Of yielding gravel and
sliding clay. and there had been a heavy
rain day or two before, and the soil
gave way with them at every lunge they
made in their agonzed endeavors to reach
the top


There were no remarks of an inelegant
nature made by either one. Whatever
knowledge they NAV have possessed in re-
gard to the genus hippopotamus. or what
ever theory they held on the subject any
way. they kept to themselves, and simply
devoted the time to climbing. Every
nerve. every muscle was devoted to this.
They never once looked behind. They
fought their way up the steep sides with
mad fervor, but they never looked behind.


Once at the top they sped across the
country like the wind, tumbling over the
fences. tearing through the bushes, falling
down and jumping up again, but still 60
ing, going. In the meantime the hippo
potamus, being as fully alarmed as they
were, got up on its feet as soon as possi-
hle and waddled away through the gorge,
its motions being greatly stimulated by
the flying gravel and the general novelty
OF the affair.


1t was very enjoyable occasion to the
eels, and one they never cease to contem-
plate with the liveliest satisfaction.


Whether the two men ever again met
we do not know. but think it hardly like
ly.-Danbury NeWs.
Year: 1878

The Resumption Question Discussed
Special 10 the Register.


WAsHIHGToN, May "a.


There is to be no more financial leg's-
la.ion this year beyond the passage OF the
bill to prevent the further contraction o!
legal tenders. This is the result of an
ayreement between the leaders on both
.des. Sherman is willing to let the out
Standing volume remain as it is, If the
snti-resumptionists will let him so ahead
With resumption under the existing law.
With Presidential veto staring
them in the face the Senators who have
opposed resumption do not feel called
upon to make any further opposition,
,iuce it Is not probable that twc-thirds
could be mustered now TO overcome q
veto. There has been some change of
opinion on the question OF resumption
sud decided change in feeling. Men
who have been anti resumptionlsts eT-
press tie opinion that resumption
will be possible and will not bring
ruin on the country if stop
be put to contraction. The resumption
i;.s yield material point by agreeing to
pass the till forbIddlng further contrsc-
lion. The Matthews amendment to this
bin will not be insisted on and the bill
will pass the Senate Us it was unanimous
y reported by the Senate Finance Com
mistee. The President and Secretary
Sherman are quite satisfied with the out
look, snd will shape the financial policy
accordingly,
Year: 1878

THE Springfield Republican doesn't think
so much Of Tilden as 1t once did. This is
what it has to say of the Tribune exposure:
SIT will clearly obviate the association of
Colonel Pelton with any future presidential
candidate. If we charitably assume Mr..
Tilden ignorant of this transaction, which is
quite improbable, we should not better the
matter for the probable morals of his admins
tration. A man might as well be depraved
himself as to be kept by depraved nephew.
We should be sorry to think that any political
career, responsible for these secret and cor
rupt negotiations, could survive their dis
closure"
Year: 1878

Adulteration of Sugar and MOlasses.


Occasionally choice bit of reading may be
extracted from as dry subject as "Custom
House investigation" and from the reports
of the Hon. Fernando Woods committee, aud
select sound testimony bearing upon the
adulteration OF sugars which one of the wit
nesses declared " concerned the Board of
Health, the committee, in fine everybody"


Two of the witnesses were sugar refiners, and
fell out by the way, but in one thing both
agreed, that sugars and syrups were largely
and systematically adulterated, and to such
degree that one of the gentlemen stated that
he knew of an invoice of refined sugar coming
back from the purchaser with the instruction
"Sell it for what it will bring, can't use it,


"When rogues fall out, honest men gel
their Dues" and when refners fall out, the
Year: 1878

The argus has not yet told an anxious
and waiting world whether or not it favors
the resumption of specie payments on the
first of January next, and whether or not it
believes in giving the legal.tender function to
the Treasury note.
Year: 1878

The more Republicans think about the
Ohio election the better they feel. To wipe
out Democratic majority of 10000 and roll
up a Republican majority of $4,000 is good
davis work these times
Year: 1878

we DO not read anonymous letters and communi
cauohs. The anne and address of the writer are in
eli cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
puc as guaranty of good faith.


we cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
mnnications that are not used.
Year: 1878

CONSIDERING the notorious fact that Ban-
ming was elected TO Congress by the votes of
repeaters two years ago the insination that
the Republican victory in Cincinnati Tues
pay was won by fraud is cool.
Year: 1878

A volume Of lessons in Grammar, by the
Head Master of the City of London School,
Rev. Edwin A. Abbott-is entitled How to
Parse, and if the grammatical rules of speech
can ever become other than the rafting OF its
dry bones, a work SO philosophical, minute and
clear as is this Treatise will effect the purpose
The binding is bright aud tasteful, so that the
young Students natural dislike to the
grammar Of ommerce with its its fur,
binding and dismal contents hssl no room to
flourish.
Year: 1878

Hepceforth We will give column daily
to correspondence upon any proper srojec'
for discussion. It is expected that commu-
nications will be written on one side only
OF the paper, and ACCOMPANIED with the
name of the writer. The HERALD Is not tc
De considered as endorsing or being In any
way responsible for the opinion OF cores
pondents In this column.
Year: 1878

No toilet Is complete without soLoDoNT. II combines
all that Is keep the mouth and teeth healthu
and ipats delicious fragrance to the breath Its
should never n~rmted the mouth needs be
pure and an and by nothing better soZoDoNI
this be effected
Year: 1878

A reporter was talking with an old miner


few days ago who implicitly believed that
| no death ever took place in the mines with


out warning of some kind. "You see,"
he said, "death never comes of sudden
| upon the men in the mines. You reporters


write up ,cidents and how something gave
| way or fell quick and killed somebody.


Now, this amt so. There's always some
warning. When see my lantern begin 10
bum down low aad blue l know that there
| is danger ahead. If it keeps on for few
days and then begins TO waver and flicker,
I'll watch to see where it points. Now,


you may set me up for fool, but what


am telling you is gospel t, nth. When the
| flame leans over, as if it was being worked


by blowpipe, and points to a man, death


has marked him. Some years ago, when


Bill Hendricks was killed in the Savage,


the flame of my lantern pointed right to him
for over an hour, and when he moved the
flame would follow him just as if Bill was a
| loaostone and she fams rs m .riner's
l
! to be careful about the blast. Well, he
| got through all right and got on The cage
AS we got up the candle kept acting strange
| ly, and at times the flame would strech out


and towards Bill. AT leps ID it gave sud-


den flicker and Bill reeled 10 one side and


was caught 10 the tjmbe's. | beard his
dreadful cry as he disappeared down the


shaft, and while he was bounding from side


70 side, de- hing out his brains and scatter
ing his flesh to the bot ON, my light went


out. I never lit that laii.e.A again. It


bangs up in my cabiu, and it always will.
There's more in candle fame than people


think. I'd rather see cooked revolver


pointed at me than csudle fame a revol-


yer sometimes misses, but candle flame is


sure to kill when it starts toward man.


Virginia City, Neg., Chronicle.
Year: 1878




But set ont to speak of habit which
prevails to an alarming extent among
women-the use of morphine to quiet pain
of one kind or another. can easily imag-
inc that the habit may grow from ignor-
ance of danger. A fearful pain is lulled
by seemingly simple means-an oDiate in
the shape of morphine. The suffering one
rests easy, and plying friends may believe
that morphine was just the thing needed.
But has the opiate cured the disease which
caused the pain? Not bit Of it. 1t has
only beaten down and silenced the faithful
monitors, the nerves, which, in the shape
of pain, told of injury and begged that help
be given to the injured part. Mothers, it
is believed that those who are most likely
to become the victims of morphine are wom-
en- who, as children were lulled with sooth-
ing syrup (and let it always be remember
ed that This syrup derives its soothing"
power from the morphine contained), or
dosed with paregoric or the more potent
laudanum. They never learn to bear pain
heroica'ly. They grow up inclined to
self-indulgence, a Id If hard work and sick
ness overtakes them, they fall an easy
prey to morphine. Do ytu know that e
person who becomes addicted to morphine
caDuot be dect MT without it? It is said
that morphine drunkard can never be
trusted to tell the truth. She becomes at
last SO unbearable in disposition, when not
under the influence of her medicine,
that her friends make every effort to
crafty he morbid appel te. All this that
have said applies equally to the use of
opium, mornhine being but another form
of opium. Neither should be used, except
in some emergency, when given by skill
ful physician.
Year: 1878

New YORK, Dec. 14.-Edison, who is
resting confidently in the conviction that
his subdivision of the electric light is an
accom- mplished fact, is now experimenting to
obtain better generating machine. He
has more than doubled the capacity of any
generators previously known. He claims
he can already get more than six lights per
horsepower f; that hundred horsepower
engine and proper generators would cost
5000, aud the light would moi ,st more
than one-eighth of gas at present New
York plices.


Wesley W. Gary, of Boston, whose cleo
trio motor has recently attracted attention,
also claims to have solved all the d fieulties
in the way of the general use of the electric
light. He makes no secret of his discoveries
Or inventions. His latest claim is that he
has successfully applied his own electric
motor to th production o. the necessary
power for generating electricity for lighting
purposes. The principle on which his motor
is based is claimed to be the discovery Of
the exis ence of the neutral line at the
point in the magnetic field where It's polar
ity changes. This principle is antagonistic
to the heretofore accepted theory that
magnetism is static force. Gary claims
be generates electricity at absolutely no
expense save the machine itself.
Year: 1878

loud complaint comes from Toledo
that the recent national convention was
captured by Cary. Mullett u Co, and run
in the interest of unlimited greenbacks
rather than of the laboring men. The
labor party claims that it has not sufficient
recognition of its wrongs and its demands
in the platform. This is a startling init
nation that the platform is not so bad as
1t might have been. Nobody even
dreamed that it could have been made
worse - Tribune.
Year: 1878

During The last lew yeais distances of betrayal
Of public trust have been numerous aud cons picu-
Gus. They have st tnes multiplied 50 rapidly
that men have asked themselves despairingly
whom they could trust; and The false and wicked
saying that every man has his price" has been
quoted often and mockingy. Especially in the
management of banks and trust funds have there
been disclosures of reckessrtss and dishonesty,
tempting the public TO dntlust the whole system
under which such transactions were possible. But
a single inciden like this at Dexter offsets doz
en- deiacations, in restoring our confidence in bus
iness integrity. 1t shows us q man who was not
only incapable himself of betisying his trust, and
who had such nice sense Of honor as to lead him
to make restoration for loss for which he va.
not responsible. but who also had courage which
the gag and rope and bludgeon Of murderous ruff
fans could not dsunt, and who chose to die rather
than give the re BIB, Re their w-Boston Journai


81 suppose you miss your husband very much, "
he remarked 10 the charming young relict. "Miss
him! Of course do He was very useful in at
tending to the fire, winding up the clock, and
turning out the gas"
Year: 1878

The annual elections for town officers
IN this State are or should be engaging
the attention of the voters In many
towns and cities elections will be held
next Monday. Usually there Is good
degree of interest in these elections, since
their doings come so directly home TO the
voters as TO demand and compel their at
tendance at the polls and active coopera-
in the proceedings.


II is the duty OF the republicans, while
taking care faithfully OF the interests OF
their respective towns and cities, to see
that their party organization be thorough
Iy maintained against any open or insidi-
ous attacks to weaken it. 1t is in The
Spring elections that the opponents OF the
party begin their attack. II they can
make breach then, however small they
are encouraged to continue their ef JrlS
to make it larger in the September cleo
ton. If they fail to make any impress
sion upon the republican line in March
they will not expend much effort in

hopeless contest over the Fall ticket.


We notice that in some places The dem
ocrats are using the greenback party 10
draw votes from the republican party.
The democratic leaders have an excellent
understanding with the greenback lead
ers upon this matter. Their parties ap-
pear to be distinct but they are really one
in purpose They hope 10 entice republi-
cans into the greenback party, and then
gradually pass them along aud transfer
them at last to the democratic party. In
some towns the thin CLOAK of deception
has already been thrown off. the green
hackers and democrats having united at
their ceucuses to support the same ticket
mex, Monday.


We counsel our republican friends to
take special pains to put in nomination
men who are honest and competent and
will give strength to the ticket. Let there
be harmony at the caucuses and unity and
activity at the polls.
Year: 1878

Never in my life have had so niue pleasure in do
ing any thing as in giving this ertihcate TO the
wo orld and hope it may be the Sc of thousands
of my fellow creatures being relieved from that
dire disease, rheumatism. My wife has been afflicted
with it for twenty years most OF the time suffering
excruciating pains in every part of her body Hav-
ing appetite whatever, she vas reduced to al
most skeleton. So violent were the pains that
she seldom could sleep without taking large doses
of opium. Every joint was swelle very much and
her knees, hands, and neck co vered with large
Jumps she could do no kind Of work the sineWs
and muscles being hard and Contracted that her
limbs were drawn together. that she was obliged
to he in bed constantly In this Condition she had
been for twenty years, without getting any re.
lief from every thing she used, III It'll she com
menced the use of H. G. FARRELL s ARABIAN
LINiMENT, the first bottle of which produced a
great change She has now used five bottles, and
the swelings have nearly all gone do wn pain has
entirely left her. she sleeps well and soundly; is
more feshy than ever she was in her ife; has an
excellent appetite aud spins and sew all day.
By the use Of few bottles more she INST be as
well as ever she was. II any one doubt this won
derful cure, he has only to call at my residence
near Peoria, and learn the circumstance from my
wifes own lips, he can further inquire of any OF
my neighbors.
Year: 1878

A lily grew down by the garden-walk,
A eream-white lily, with heart af1ame.
Proudly she swayed on her slender stalk,
While the summer wind kissed her, and


murmured her name.
But the heart of the lily had never stirred
TO the breeze's kiss and impassioned word.
Up from the earth at her very feet
A vine had crept, on the summer day,
With cIinging tendrils and blossoms sweet,
1t sought her love in tender way;
Climbed till it found place of rest,
And pilowed it's head on her dainty breast.
And thro' the long night had the tender vine
Held the lily clasped in it's warm embrace;
Had filled her heart with loves red wine,
But had left a stain on her pure white face
Then turned away from her dropping head,
For the morning had dawned-and the ldy Dos


dead.


-GhicGgO Times
Year: 1878

was soon reconciled to the new state of
affairs. She was informed that, as a
Jew, her son could never attain any
prominent position in the learned pro
fession Lassalle himself felt the pane
of being torn away from his studies
keener than any one else. His great
work on Hyractitus, which was nearly
ready in the year 1916, was not accom-
plished until the year 1858, on account
of the Hatfield case, which has taken
up all his time and energies. Thus he
reveals his mind on this subject in his
speech of defense:


My eyes, gentlemen, were also turned
since some time, upon subjects OF gen
eral bearing and interest. might have
hesitated, perhaps, to devote all my
abilities, to interrupt for years the career
of my life for the sake Of alleviating the
distress of single individual although
it would be heart-rending for man 0:
heart to see another human being whom
he considers good and noble, helplessly
ruined by unjust force in the midst ano
in spite Of sQeia. cixilizatianls-~RutrA
saw in this case such principles involved
as are of general bearing. | said tt
myself: The Countess is the sacrifice O
her social position Such wrongs as
have been done to her, wrongs which
offend the social sense of morality tC
the very core, could be ventured upor
only in the sight, and for the sake of the
overbearing position and influence of :
prince and millionaire [ do not de
ceive myself with regard to the Difficult
ties Of my venture. | knew well how
hard the task would be to throw light or
antiquated abuses which had assumed 3
historical character; how all my abili
ties wonld be required, and how the pur
suance of my career would be inter
rupted for years, should [ undertake tc
clear up this intricated affair. knew
full we'll how hard it was to struggle
against false appearances, and what
strong opponents rank, influence and
riches were; that only they find constant
alliances in the circles of bureaucracy
and how dangerous all this might become
for me. | knew it. and yet this knowl-
edge was no hinderance to me- | resolved
to put up the truth against false appear
ances. justice against rank, and the
power of talent against that OF money.
None of the difficulties, the sacrifices,
the dangers in prospect, could intlmldate
me- But if had known what low, in
famous slanders there were in store for
for me, how my purest motives would be
maliciously misconstrued and exposed
as impure designs, and how such miser-
erable untruths would meet with ready
acceptance and belief, if [ had known
this well, [ hope that even then my
resolve would not have been shaken;
but [ would have hard, a painful
struggle with myself before | had taken
up this case


The strange circumstances Of the
Hatfield case, the hints that were