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Year: 1878

Nothing presents a sadder COM
mentary upon the present. condition OF
society than the large number Of
families, both in town and in the
county, but more especially in the
latter. that subscribe to no paper
of any kind. Hundreds and thou
sands OF families are thus growing
up utterly ignorant Of what Is trans
piring in the world around them
ignorant Of the mighty events Of the
day. But who can tell the vast
amount Of injury that is being In
fiicted upon the rising generation
these who are to take our places In
the busy world at no distant day
growing up without any knowledge
of the present. or any study OF the
past; this ignorance, too, being i'm
bued into them by the sanction Of
those who should, and doubtless do
know better, did they only think OF
the injurious effects OF their insane
course. Let the head OF every fami-
ly think of this. and place In the
hands Of those whom he is RESPONSE
BILE for. the means Of acquiring some
knowledge Of the moving panorama
In which we act our different parts.
Year: 1878

There has always been a difficulty
in the minds OF the teachers, as well
as in the minds OF learners to CON-
prehend the theory of the tides as
presented in our text books. This
theory fails to give a satisfactory ac-
uount OF the cause OF the tides on
the side OF the earth. most remote
from the sun and moon. According
to this theory, at that part of the
earth's surface which is turned away
from the moon and the sun, a less
amount OF attraction is felt by her
waters than anywhere else on her
surface; and the whole earth is,
therefore, in effect drawn away from
the waters on the far side OF
her, aud thus, the water being left
behind, q tide Is produced on this
side, as we'll as on the side at which
the force OF gravity acts directly.
That so great an absurdity should
have been accepted 80 long by our
writer's OF textbooks Is truly mar
velous. 1t Is, indeed so contrary to
all known facts and laws OF physics,
and IL no other influences are felt by
the waters at the far side OF the earth
than attraction, there would be just
the opposite effect produced on that
alleged by this absurd hypothesis.
This can be demonstrated by actual
experiment, and as conclusively as
any other fact coming within the
reach OF experimental philosophy.
1t has been proved experimentally
that all bodies on the surface of the
earth at midnight are heavier than al
any other hour OF the tweEty-four
and when the new moon occurs al
midnight this increase Of weight oil
gravity felt by matter on this part oi
the surface Of the earth Is greater
Now, II this theory were correct, at
traction would produce just the op-
| posite effect; that Is, matter would
weigh less at midnight than at any
other hour OF the twenty-four. On
the side of the earth facing the sur
and moon, the weight of bodies IL
diminished, as IL should be, accord


ing TO the theory which propose II
| establish in this article.-FODiday
Science Monthly,
Year: 1878

She stood there leaning wearily


Against the window frame;
Her face was patient, sad, and sweet,
Her garments coarse and plain.
who is she, pray?" asked friend,
The red lips gave curl.
Really. don't know her name,


She's some ones servant girl.
Again saw her on the street,


With burden trudge along,
Her face was sweet and patient still


Amid the jostling throng.
Slowly but cheerfully che moved,
Guarding with watchful care
A market basket much too large


For her slight hands To bear.
A man I'd thought gentleman


Went pushing rudely by,
Sweeping the basket from her hands,
But turning not his eye;
For there was no necessity,


Amid that busy whirI,
For him to be gentleman


To some ones servant girl.
All well II is that God above


Looks in upon the heart,
And never judges any one
BY Just the outer part.
For II the soul be pure and good,
He will not mind the rest,
Nor question what the garments were
In which the form was dressed.
And many man and woman fair,
BY fortune reared and fed,
Who will not mingle here below
With those who earn their bread,
When they have passed away from lifs
Beyond the gates of pearl,
Will meet, before their Fathers throne,
With many a servant girl.


Samuel Edgar, in Inter Ocean.
Year: 1878

People who have warm friends are
healthier and happier than those who
have none. A single real friend Is a
pleasure worth more than gold or
precious stones. Money can buy
many things, good and evil. All the
wealth Of world could not buy o
friend or pay you for the loss Of one.
Il have wanted only one thing to
make me happy Hazlitt writes, @but
wanting that have wanted every
thing" And again, my heart, shut
Year: 1878

up in prison house Of this rude clay,


has never found. nor will it ever find,
a heart to speak to-" We are the
weakest of spendthrifts il we let one
friend drop off through inattention,
or let one push away other; or il
we hold aloof from one for petty
jealously or needless slight or rough
ness. Would you throw away a dia-
mond because it pricked you? One
good friend is not to be weighed
against the jewels OF the earth.
Year: 1878

l'HRnia lily hnterprlse.J


About four years ago a farmer OF
Surprise valley found in the crop
OF a wild goose a small quantity
OF grain, the like of which he had
never before seen. He planted this
grain, and it grew and flourished,
producing more than a hundred fold.
The straw and beardless head are
said to resemble wheat while the
grain looks like rye, but is twice as
large. The farmer has now many
bushels OF this cereal, and has sent
samples OF 1t to be planted in various
places in California, where food for
cattle Is not easily obtained at some
seasons, as the new grain, when cut
before it is thoroughly ripe, makes
excellent hay. An old sailor, OF this
city, after reading an item which has
been going the rounds Of the papers
in regard to the new cereal, the sub
stance Of which item is given above,
finds his memory refreshed. It brings
to his recollection a circumstance
he had almost forgotten, and has set
him to thinking. He has thought it
all out, and is now firmly of the opin-
ion that there is an iuhabitable land at
the north pole.





The old man says he was one Of the
crew OF the Investigator, Captain
McClue, which sailed from England
in 1850, in company with the Enter
prise, Commander Collinson, in
search Of Sir John Franklin, and he
certainly has in his possession one OF
the Artic medals given by the Eng
lish admiralty, toall persons engaged
in these Polar expeditions from 1918
to 1856. In September OF that year,
the Investigator reached a land
which Captain Mcclure named Bar
ings Land. and three days after other
land, which he named after Prince
Albert where about the last OF the
month they were frozen in.


While in the last named land the
explorers observed many wild geese
and other water fowl flying south
ward, some OF the geese stopped at
the place where the ship lay and sew
eral were killed by the members OF
the crew. In the crops of some Of
these geese he recollects to have
seen, and marvelled at seeing, a con-
siderable quantity OF a grain such as
the new cereal OF Surprise valley is
said to be. As no such grain is
known in the temperate zone. and
as we have no account OF q grain OF
the kind being found in any known
region OF the world, he Is OF the opin-
ion that the geese obtained 1t in
region lying about the open polar
sea.


He says no man has yet gone so
far north but he has found wild geese
and other water fowl flying still fur
ther northward. As the geese are
undoubtedly vending their way to a
well-known stopping place far to the
north, there must be something for
them to feed upon at the point where
they stop. As wild geese no more
live on fish than do tame ones, there
must be In the country to which they
go grass and other vegetation similar
to that found In temperate regions.
The wild geese that halt on the Pa
cific coast make the grain fields their
feeding, and it is not likely that In
the land about the pole their nature
is so changed that they feed upon
MOSES or fish.
Year: 1878

When tree stands so that the length
Of It's shadow can be measured, Its height
can be readily ascertained as follows: Set
n stick upright-let it be perpendicular
hy the plumb-line. Measure the length
Of the shadow of the tree, and at the same
time measure the length of the shadow of
the stick. As the length OF its shadow is
70 the height Of the stick. so is the length
Of the shadow Of the tree 10 its height
For instance: Ii the stick is four feet a.
boye the ground and its shadow is six feet
in length and the shadow of the tree j.
ninety feet, the height Of the tree will b.
sixty feet (6 A.: 90 G0). In other
words, multiply the length Of the shadow
Of the tree by the height of the stick, and
divide by the shadow Of the stick.
Year: 1878

II the man who kills shimsclf on account
Of disappointed love could only return to
earth and loaf around until the nearest
daily went to press, he'd see whore he
didn't miss making fool of himself
Year: 1878

There was report around town this
morning, that well developed case of
yellow fever had been discovered in the
neighborhood of Fourth and Walnut
streets. A strict inquiry by GAZETTE
reporter, however, proved that this report
was false and without the slightest foun-
dation. SO far as can be learned by strict
search there is not single case of the
dread scourage in this city, nor is there
likely to be.


President Roberts, of the Board of
Health, is consulting with Mayor White
ley and Port Physician Draper, and will
adopt whatever precautions that may be
deemed necessary to prevent the introduc-
ton of the yellow fever into this city by
means of boats or the railroads. He will
be sustained by the Mayor in whatever
course he may pursue.


A prominent physician told GAZETTE
reporter this morning that it would be
well for the people to adopt every possible
sanitary measure, as should the scourage
reach here the effects would be terrible,
there being no yellow fever nurses here,
and none of the Wilmington physicians
having any experience in the treatment
of the dread disease.
Year: 1878

A California paper is responsible for the
statement that during the last fishing sea-
son Pennsylvania, who had gone to the
land of gold and made bis pile, getting
desperately hungry for Delaware river
shad, sent on his order. A dozen of the
finest fish were packed in the most approv-
ed way and expressed to him. Beside the
packing, the cost of transportation was
500. 1t is this shad for which a rich
Californian was willing to pay such fab
ulous price, that the fishing laws of Penn
sylvania propose to make the cheap and
dainty dish Of every poor man along the
rivers.
Year: 1878

The attention of the proper officials is
called to the fact that there are daily a
large number of persons, visiting the
banks of the Christiana engaged in shoot
ing reed birds. The law for shooting
these birds does not expire until the fifth
of next month. The law is plainly laid
down and all persons who are caught
cunning for them, or any person who of
fers them for sale before limited time
expires is liable to fine of five dollars
for each bird. Those engaged in the
business should be arrested.
Year: 1878

MIR. EDITOR -SIR:-I see by your
paper that Captain q allagher has pledged
himself, If elected Mayor of this city,
that he will carry out the laws as they
are laid down in the book.


Now, Sir, think man who will stand
at the polls and insist that the Inspector
shall take the votes of men on fraudulent
tax receipts, with the counterfeit seal
upon them, is not the man to carry out
the laws of the city, notwithstanding his
promises. AN EYE WITNESS.
Year: 1878




Al tho armory of the Thirteenth regiment OF tho
National Guard, OF Brooklyn, there has been cxhib.
tied during the last few days specimens Of horticu
ture rare trees and hoihouse plants The object OF
tho promoters OF this exhibition Is to take tho initial
steps toward the establishment Of a winter garden In
Brooklyn by iamiIarsing tho public with tho beauty
OF several rare specimens. promenade concert
given last evening BY Dodworth's Thirteenth Rcgi-
ment Band, which was largely attended, and In tho
interval between the parts OF the musical pro-
gramme the Rev. Henry Ward Bcechcr, tho chaplain,
gave short address on tho great benefit the city
would derive from tho establishment OF winter gar
den and also by increased attention TO the plant
ing Of shade trees. He urged that, as the CITY ex
ITSELF the size OF tho lots which the
we're 10 be Quilt should be increased TO give M
grounds around them TO some extent The capabiii.
ties OF Brooklyn tor becoming city OF beauty were
80 favored by nature that he thought IL this wcro
done Il would be the most beautiful OF the Atlantic
cities lie said he was almost an idoator OF trecs
and he felt very strongly tho subject because no
regarded Brooklyn as, almost mis- birthplace
Year: 1878

Now Castle was tho meeting ground yesterday for
tho Queens County Hunt In spite OF the rawness OF
the day pretty large nsld turned out Tho hunt
broke covor In q stubble Goid to tho east Of New
Castle. aud after running shor, distance in a north
ery direction It became apparent that the
poor, on account OF the high wind which prevailed
After cutting across flne picco Of country


IN the triangle formed by Newcastle Hicksvillo and
Jerusalem, tho pack mado break. Pretty soon tho
scent was again picked up, but the hounds were at
fsult-four OF them keeping the fresh track, and
the rest getting on tho back scent The greater part
OF the pack followed the back Newcastle
and the four doss that wore right kept tho true
scent to near Jerusaen wnero they we're wit hdrawn.
The HOUNDS that at fault returned TO the kennels,
which reached about tho same time that the
maindcr OF the pack got thcre-a quarter TO four
o'cock The icnces were not very stn and tho days
ride was very agreeable.


Next Wednesday the meet Win be a. Island Trees
Year: 1878

We may live without poetry, music and


art;
We may live without conscience. and


live Without heart;
We may live without friends, we may


live without books,
But civilized man cinnot live without


cooks.
He may live without books; what Is


knowledge but grieving?
He may live without hope; what Is hope


but deceiving?
He may live without love; what is pas


sion but pining?
But where i the man that can live with


out dining?


And In order to dine well you
must buy your groceries and wines
at the T store, where you can get
better goods at lower prices than
any store In the city. Remember
the number-4S and so Spring st.
Year: 1878

There are five sorts of persons at
whose hands you may not expect
kindness. The sordid aud narrow
minded think of nobody but them
selves; the busy have not time to
think of you; the overgrown rich
man Is atOve minding any one
who needs his assistance; the poor
and unhappy have neither the
spirit nor the ability to serve you;
but If you want to be well served,
with politeness and attention, go to
the L store for your groceries,
wines, liquors and provisions, As
and so Spring street.
Year: 1878

Beauty has SO many charms one
knows not how to speak against 1t;
aud when It happens that grace
fnl figure is the habitation of a
virtuous soul, then 1t Is truly a
work of nature, such as Is rarely
combined. But beauty and good
ness are found combined, and is
proven at the "w store, where
they sell the hest goods In most
delightful store. No., 4S and SO
Spring street.
Year: 1878

A we'll known actress being as k ed
her age frankly replied: ~ have
four ages; the family archives un.
fortunately proclaim that / am
fifty; by daylight I pass for thirty
six; by gaslight not more than
thirty, and, with my war paint on,
In q soft light and no rude glare, i
pass for five and twenty.
Year: 1878

knowledge not only confers
benefit on those that possess it, but
upon all with whom they come in
contact. The owners of the ct"
store, having a thorough knowl.
edge of their business, all who deal
with them reap the benefit of their
experience No. 4S and so Spring
street.
Year: 1878

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
rates.
Year: 1878

The Deacon was 80, a prosperous
merchant, gray-haired and a little bowed
with care, but still vigorous man, rails
ING a young family around him. To his
country store, which was veritable
museum, if you came at 9 O'Clock OF
summer morning, or at s in winter, you
heard the voice of prayer loud and
strong and lasting sometimes half an
hour. The Deacon's house was connect
ed with the store, and after breakfast,
when family prayers were ordered, one
of the sons knelt in the passageway and
kept one eye on the open door OF the
store while he reverently closed the 9TH
er and shut business out of it that he
might let devotion in. 1t was large
family circle, and there were young
children who, sometimes annoyed at the
protracted solemnity OF the fathers
plea to the throne of grace, would begin
to frolic, innocently enough no doubt,
and would now and then break into
laughter. At such times the Deacon
would continue his prayer unmoved,
but when he had concluded it, would
take the offender aside and sentence
him to punishment, which the mother
Immediately proceeded to intiict in an
adjoining room. Some wicked critics
saw that deacons' sons "turn out
worse" " than sons of other people,; but
such was not the case in this deacon's
family. The punishments, probably,
did Just the good they were expected to
do. The son stationed in the store pas
sageway was privileged to leave his
kneeling- place and wait on customers,
and remember once to have had my
youthful gravity thoroughly disturbed
by an incident which occurred one sum-
mer morning in the store at prayer-time.
The eye of the sentinel in the passage
saw the burly form of an Irish woman
entering the doorway. He darted out
to receive demand for Goldfish, and
the remark, as the good woman wiped
her streaming red face and hardened
to the accents of prayer; "Dear!
dear! the Deacon do be goin' it moighty
strong, and the thermometer nointy in
the Shade, toO!"-Edacard Ktng, IN
Boston Journal.
Year: 1878

When Ine hour hand OF tnG C1OcK r0uCnc5
a button an electric circuit is completed |;
the minute hand passes over the button
without effect. There is a series of
holes for the different hours, into any
one of which the button can be pushed,
according to the time at which the
alarm may be desired. The completion
of the electric circuit may ring bell or
sundry other alarms.
Year: 1878

silver 1t might perhaps be the most practical
and Least objectionable way to demonetize
gold at once. Practically the passage of the
silver bill would send gold out of the country
SO tfiat TO cease coming it and abolish it's use
1or con would only recognize by law what
would be u fact In any ease.


Whlle the President would undoubtedly
veto the Bland bill ne would. 1t ID generally
agreed, at sign pill making silver legal tender
provided 1t made the debt and The Interest on
1t payable in gold. That is to say for pur-
poses Of mere home imitation the silver men
can probably carry the day. Among the
amendments offered will be one in accortlanee
with Secretary Sherman's ideas. He has held
that as the fractional currency has been real
ly all redeemed in silver it would now be we'll
to begin redeemiDg the small greenbacks
below SIS in the same way, and as this would
require at least couple OF years to accom-
plish, when they were all replaced by silver
1T would then be time enough to take another
step. But this sensible suggestion is bitterly
opposed by the silver men, whose purpose is
to add silver to the present greenbacks as q
measure OF imitation. To that end, Of course.
they insist that the Mint shall coin all silver
brought to 1t.
Year: 1878




WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-The reply to the
in regard to the militia enrolled in the sew
partment Accompanying the reply will be a
lengthy report from the chief of ordnance, In
which he will renew his recommendations
that the annual appropriation for providing
arms and equipments for the whole body
Of the militia be increased from $4,000 to
81 ,000, 900, and that the law be so amended
as to fix the responsibility for arms issued
to the States, and require the necessary
property returns to be made at stated periods
to the Ordnance Office The records of the
War Department show that the organized
militia Of the country numbers 90,865, and the
unorganzed 2,s75,4 general revision of
the militia laws will be recommended, and
Congress will be asked to legislate so as to fix
the proper accountability and care Of the arms
issued to the States. The Attorney General
recently decided that the States are invested
with nothing more than qualified property
in the arms issued to them, but the statutes
make no provisions for any accountability
whatever to the general government. 1t will
be recommended that the arms and equip
ments issued to them shall be accounted for
in the same manner as in the regular army.
the ordinary wear and accidents of service,
shall be made good to the United States. Dur
ing the troubles growing out of the labor
strikes last summer, the government had no
means of knowing the number or condition OF
arms in the hands of the militia OF the States
on account of the defect in the law. 1t will be
shown that Alabama, Florida, North and
South Carolina are entitled to receive certain
credits.
Year: 1878

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4-There Is threatening
a bread riot in this city. as has been telegraph
ed. The facts are that a demagogue named
ings to agitate the labor and Chinese que -tions.
adjourned one OF his meetings. formed the men
in line and marched 400 strong to the Mayors
office, where they demanded work, bread or
places In the county jail. The Mavor said that
he had no work to give them. and that every
case of distress coming under his notice had
been relieved. He advised every man to look
for work himself. The procession then moved
off quietly and resumed It's meeting on O vacant
lot


The movement was only q pretense on the
part of Kearney. who needs new excitement to
keep up the interest of his followers and espe-
cially to encourage them to demand his release
from prison, as he knows that he Is under in
dictment by the grand Jury for incendiary
harangues. There may be q riot on that &C.
count but there will be no bread riot.
Year: 1878

represents the people. 1t is known that Pres
ident Hayes has a strong inclination to this
republican theory of government. He is re-
strained now by the traditions and customs
of this country and the ties Of party, but it Is
not likely that his conscience would trouble
him If he were forced to abandon party
usages and traditions, and yield Of necessity
to such an acquiescence as Marshal Mac
Mahon has been forced to make in France
against his will and in spite of majority on
his side in the Senate 1t is question for
the implacable cabal to determine for them
selves whether they are not likely to push
their warfare upon the Administration further
than is wise or safe, and produce results
which, disastrous to themselves as partisan
spoiismen. may be the beginning of an i'm
portant revolution In the American political
Evstam
Year: 1878

LIN. 1. 1oEhu-J


WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-There is no doubt
that the extreme silver bill men dread the
Presidents veto. They feel certain of passing
the Bland bill through the Senate, but they
are not at all certain Of their ability to get a
two-thirds vote for it in both houses over the
veto. But, unless they change their tactics,
they will vote down all amendments and send
the bill to the President in its worst form.


A number of amendments will be offered
the debt and customs duties shall be paid in
gold, and that silver shall for all other pur-
poses be made legal tender to the amount
of $1,000. 1t is also probable that an amend
making silver the only coin of the country,
but in this case also making the debt and the
customs revenue payable in gold. Novel as
this proposition would be, it has in its
late Waiter Bagehot, of the London Econo-
mast, who last year suggested that if the
United States wished to continue the use Of