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Year: 1877

COMMON SENSE. A philosophic writer de
fines common sense as a resultant of mind
force; that is to say, that an individual
who is observant, and stores up the ideas
of others and his own experience, and con-
centrated them to practical purpose in a
single force which acts without confusion,
possesses what is known as common sense.
Measured by this standard how many are
eminently devoid of common sense.
Year: 1877

The widow of General Stonewall Jackson
denies the correctness of the report of an
interview between her and correspondent
of the Philadelphia Times, and complains of
the deception practiced on her by re-
porter who paid her a private visit, and
who not only divulged, but exaggerated
and misrepresented what passed in private
conversation on the occasion.
Year: 1877

GONG WEST AND COMING BACK.-Some
time siuce large number Of persons from
Washington and Frederick counties, Mary
land, and contiguous counties in Pennsyl-
vania went West, prospecting fornew homes.
Several of them have returned without
discovering any location better than their
old homes-or even half so good. One of
the diSgusted has returned and given the
IIagerstown Mail description of his
pilgrimage to Northern Illinois. He says


"Of course the land is very rich and as
fiat as table. The principal crop is corn.
The climate is almost too cold for wheat,
although considerable sprirg wheat is
raised. Almost the only way farmers can
get along is by converting their grain into
hogs and cattle, which is pretty generally
done. Land is as valuable as it is here.
Those persons who are we'll off, as a rule,
owe it to the increase of the value of their
farms. The top has been reached now, and
the people are selling their property and
moving to the cheaper lands farther West.
Nearly all the farm houses are exceedingly
mean and unhomelike. No fine barns and
generally no trees; only small weather
boarded affairs, looking something like q
pelican in the wilderness. l observed the
general prevalence of the disgusting prac
tice of piling up stable manure around the
houses to keep the wind from blowing NJ
under the floors.
Year: 1877

Mussulman tradition assigns the or
igin of the rose to the night Of Maho-
NETS journey to heaven. The white
roses sprang from the drops of sweat
which fell from the forehead Of the pro-
phet himself in the toilsome ascent j;
the sweat of Borak, the miraculous AMI
NAL he rode, gave birth to the yellow
ones; while the celestial drops which
fell from Gabriel were the source OF the
red rosa
Year: 1877

SOLVING THE LABOR PRoBLEM-Gen II
IL Robertson, immi Z ration agent for a Texas
railroad, and formerly superintendent of the
Texas bureau of immigration, proposes to
settle the labor trouble by having all the
four millions Of people said To be out of work
IN the United States come to Texas and live
he says land OF good quality can be bought
there AT from 90 cents TO IS au acre, and that
thousands of acres will be given away, and
that there is room for all in the Lone S;ar
stale.
Year: 1877

THE TELEGRAPH POOL.-Tne Western
Union aid Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
companies have at length come to an agree
arranged. 1t Is the impression that the earn
ings are to be pooled In the proportion of
seven-eighths TO the Western Union aud one
eighth to the Atlantic and Pacific. the former
setting the controlling amount OF the latter's
stock
Year: 1877

FREE CUBA AND FREE DRINKS-The
revival of the effort to induce the President
TO recognize the belligerency of the Cuban
patriots brings to Washington a class of
bummers whose Ouly hope OF future exist
ence is that the trunk-full of Cuban bO lds
held by them may by such an act of our gov
eminent realize enough on the dollar to en-
able them TO get a cocktail without beguiIing
barkeeper with their Establishments for a
frt drink.
Year: 1877

RATIONALE the government record of
the number OF rations issued for red men be
accepted as true, there are to-day about
twenty five thousand more Indians in the
United States than whes America was dis
covered. III there are not enough Indians to
eat these rations, then who does get the ben
eft of them?
Year: 1877

If the train men and other railroad en-
ployes on the Lake Shore Railroad will take
our advice they will 'go slow" on the ques-
ton of n new strike. On the whole we
think it certain that the manner in which
the men conducted the recent great strike
has not left favorable impression on the
country. The vigorous denunciation by
Mr. Wendell Phillips in his letter
to the HERALD few days ago of strikers
who prevented other workmen from ac-
cepting the places they vacated is signifi-
cant. The HERALD, which sympathizes
strongly with the workingmen everywhere,
warned the strikers in the beginning of the
recent troubles that they would ALLEVIATE
from themselves the public sympathy if
they stepped beyond their clear rights


Whatever the grievances of the Lake
Shore men may be we advise them to use
every possible effort to get them remedied
by conference with their employers and by
arbitration. But il they determine to strike,
then let them not repeat the blunder of at
tempting to prevent others from taking the
places they abandon. Thew have n right to
Year: 1877

What Tweed had to tell yesterday was, in
comparison with his revelations on Satur-
day, like the small pattering Of rain after
thunder shower The scene of the dis
closures is transferred from Albany back to
this city, and the Ring operations here are
pretty old story. There was great deal
of questioning and parrying in relation to
John Kelly, in relation to the present Off
GERS of Tammany, in relation to the passage
OF the Erie classification act; and on none
Of these topics could anything be elected
from the ex-Boss. A part ofthe examination
degenerated into vituperative reply by
Tweed to the personalities of John Norris
sey in recent newspaper interview. AS
the past life of Morrissey is not under in
vestigation and does not just now interest
the public we see no reason why this per-
sonal squabble between him and Tweed
should 90 on in the presence of the Alder
men. The only thing of much interest in
yesterdays examination was what Tweed
divulged in relation to the Brooklyn bridge.
This irregular examination will soon become
wearisome if Tweed is permitted to make it
the vehicle Of his personal quarrels.
Year: 1877

stop work. but they have no right to pre-


vent other workmen from laboring, and the
public is not just now in a humor to bear
trifling on this question. Mr.. Wendell
Phillips, who has for years been one of the
leading supporters of workingmen's move
ments, writes:-''No man has a right to pre-
vent any other man from working when,
where and for what wages he sees fit. No
man has right to destroy public
or private property or to derange
business by sudden refusal to work
or plot to effect such arrangement All
these acts are grave offences against the
public welfare and do only harm. They
are to be prevented or punished at all
hazards" We are glad to hear that the
Brotherhood of Engineers is not likely to
take any part at this time in movements for
a new strike. We should rejoice to see so
influential and intelligent body urging on
the train men the necessity of arbitration in
preference to strike.
Year: 1877

bert Railroad case applies to the Greenwich
street road. Ithad a pre-existing vested right
which the amendment to the constitution
could not touch. 1t was right to lay down
railroad tracks. The act of 1876 did not con-
fer this right, but only amended some of
it's incidents. The Court decided that
such amendments are no violation
of the interdict put upon the Legisla-
ture against special laws authorizing the
laying of railroad tracks. The right to lay
tracks was not conferred by the act, being
already possessed by the road by charter
which, though forfeitable, had never been
legally declared forfeited and the right to
lay tracks is the only thing which the Legis-
lature is forbidden to confer by special
act.


This is no doubt sound legal reasoning;
but even if it were possible to pick flaws in
it, that would not alter the effect of the de-
cision. The decision stands in law on the
simple authority of the Court. 1t would
have been equally valid had it been de-
livered without any supporting arguments.
1t is law because the Court of Appeals so
decides; it is irreversible law because the
judgment Of that Court binds all other
tribunals and fixes the Interpretation of the
constitution. The right of the existing
rapid transit companies to complete and
operate their roads is taken out of the arena
of controversy and they can 60 ahead with
out fear of legal distractions.


We have trustworthy assurance that the
work Of construction and equipment will
now be prosecuted with vigor. The Gilbert
Company will resume their interrupted
enterprise, and the Elevated Railroad Com
pany will Immediately construct road on
the east side of the city. 1t is idle to cavil
about the plans on which these roads are to
be built They will satisfy immediate
wants, and when the roads become prosper
Gus they will make more solid structures if
those with which they begin prove made
quate. The rapid transit battle has been
fought and won, and as soon as the new
roads become profitable the fear of rivals
will cause the companies to adopt the best
forms of construction which the skill OF
engineers may devise.
Year: 1877

With his great work accomplished, Henry
M. Stanley can now return among those
who criticised his efforts and denied his
achievements with the proud feeling that
he has shamed them by the very COM
pleteness of his success. To those who
always believed that he would come out of
the African wilderness the master of its
geographical secrets his arrival at the mouth
of the Congo brings profound satisfaction
but not surprise. The clearness with which
Stanley described his explorations in the
great lake region of which Tanganyika may
be said to be the centre left scarcely
doubt as to the identity of the Lualaba and
the Congo. But to demonstrate that fact it
was necessary to follow the course OF the
river from Nyangwe to the sea. This Stanley
has DONE and therefore no further doubt can
exist regarding the great river systems Of
the African continent The reception OF
the news Of Stanley's arrival on the west
coast has shown how deep an in
terest was taken in his movements
in Europe. Our special cable de-
spatch to-day gives the latest comments of
the leading papers in London, as well
as the personal congratulations Of the
daughter Of the brave old Livingstone, who
died in the effort to discover what Stanley
has happily survived to tell us Of Africa.
An English journal, the London Daily
7clegrupA, shares with the HERALD the
credit of bringing about this event,
so important to geographical science.
With liberality and spirit worthy of
great newspaper the Daily telegraph has
seconded the HERALD in making tn


equipment Of this expedition as COM
plete as possible, and both journals can now
claim to have their enterprise rewarded
by the fullest measure Of success The news
that Stanley has arrived with his party
at st. Paul de Loanda is as gratifying in its
way as is that of the hospitable reception
rendered him by the Portuguese Governor
General. The friendly opinions of the
American press, also published this morn
ing, show that Stanley's success is triumph
of journalism of which all may be proud.
Year: 1877

With the splendid long range match for
the Spirit of the Times prizes, which was
decided yesterday at Creedmoor, the fall
meeting of the National Rifle Association
was brought to brilliant close.


The interest taken by the American public
in this fine sport of rifle shooting was plainly
shown in the enormous gathering at the
prize presentation last evening, and the
HERALD, in its copious reports and beautiful
as well as accurate target diagrams, claims q
fair share of credit for it's popularization.
Year: 1877

A DECISION just rendered by the Supreme
Court of the United States is possibly interest
ing to large number of litigants. The Court
holds that when creditor, after judgment OBJ
tanned against him. transfers to his wife property
purchased with money for which he is RESPONSE
Bile, the transfer is not sufficient to protect the
property against the creditors Of the insolvent
husband.
Year: 1877

The SUGGESTION of the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department that buildings used for storage
OF dangerous combustible materials and manu-
facturing purposes should be limited i'll height
and area is not a bad one
Year: 1877

ball. BY way Of a window, a small
square Of rather thin and clear ice
is set into the wall.


On the side of the house least
exposed to the wind is a long and
very low passage-way leading to the
open air. This passage is SO low
that the inmates of the house have
to crawl through it on their hands
and knees. The door is only a loose
block Of snow.


These huts do not appear to be
very charming residences, but there
are two good things about them.
One is, that the high winds of that
desolate region cannot possibly blow
a hut over, though they may bury
it in the snow; the other good thing
is that no one hut can be lived in
longer than a season. The poor
Esquimaux are, unfortunately, a
very dirty people, and if they lived
ever SO long in one house they
would never clean it. But the
snow-house finally cleans itself in
the most thorough manner, for as
soon as the warm days of summer
come it melts away, and its inmates
must set about building a seal-skin
tent that will shelter them till win
ter comes again.
Year: 1877

sunshine near the edge of the wa
ter. All at once a spider as large
as the end Of my finger dropped
down among them from a tree
hanging over the spring. Spider
seized one Of the minnows near the
head. The fish thus seized was
about three inches long. AS soon
as it was seized by its captor it
swan around swiftly in the water,
and frequently dived to the bottom;
yet the spider held on to it. Finally
it came to the top, turned upon its
back and died. 1t seemed to have
been bitten or wounded on the back
of the neck near where the head
joins. When the fish was dead the
spider moved off with it to the
shore. The limb of the tree from
which the spider must have fallen
was between ten and fifteen feet
above the water. It's success shows
that it had judgment Of practical
engineer.
Year: 1877

One would think that, cold and
dreadful as the arctic rogions are
known to be, the inhabitants would
need every comfort that could be
imagined in the wayfof a house.
but no. The first thing the Esqui-
maux does in bis home building is
to clear away the snQg and ice from
Q spot of ground Of the right size
for his house. This he makes as
smooth as he can, leaving one end
Q little higher than the other The
higher end is to serve as parlor and
bedroom the lower as workshop
and kitchen. Around this cleared
spot Of earth blocks Of hard frozen
snow are laid in such q fashion that
they form allow round roof, resem-
bling in shape the half Of Q hollow
Year: 1877

DrCoRAuoN DAy.-In New York
the grand army OF the republic has in
vi,ed Roger A. Pryor, an e& coufed


crate general, to deliver the address
on the decoration day at the Academy
of Music in New York City. There
is something peculiarly appropriate in
the action of the grand army of the
republic in extending this invitation.
Decoration day, for several gears past,
has been observed North aud South
by interming!ing of federal and con
federa,e soldiers, who, IN scattering
their floral tributes, did not stop to in


quire TO which army the brave soldier
belonged who slept beneath. All sec
tional feeling was forgotten at the
grave, and nothing remembered but
the heroism which deserved tender
recognition by their surviving com


rades on many a well fought field.
The invitation is appropriate for an
other reason. There is no longer civil
strife between the North and South,
nor between the various sections OF
,he South-nothing to encourage es.
arrangement or 10 provoke bad feeling,
The Union Is again cemented in all It's
parts and let the orator Of decoration
day come from what part OF the erun


Try he may, be VIII have nothing bul
patriotic sentiments to utter, which
can be listened to by Americans from
all sections with interests and profit.
Year: 1877

THE interior department viii short
ly send out special agents 10 look after
the timber on the public lands, whose
dsty it will be TO report TO the depart
ment of justice all persons violating
the law by cutting timber
Year: 1877

TnE money market in San Francisco
is plentiful as it is now. and only s
per cent. demanded for large sums,
and Q per cent the highest paid in
that city on new loans. The main
cause of the abundance of capital
is the withdrawal of large amounts
from stocks, which are becoming too
uncertain Tor legitimate investment.
Year: 1877

Thirty millions of fractional curren-
cy has been redeemed in silver. There
is outstanding twenty-four millions,
and twenty millions in silver is author
lied to be coined this year TO redeem
it. At least one fourth of twenIy-iour
million dollars will be lost or worn
out by the end of the year, all OF
which will fall upon the people and
be so much gain TO the government.
Year: 1877

Last Sunday night very disaereesbl~
row occurred on the corner Of Filth and
Mill streets. A principal party to the
aff lir was James Gurren. member OF the
City Council from the Nineteenth Ward.
The attention OF the police WAS attracted,
and Lieut. winall approached the seem {.
Gurren was in a state Tar from sober. lie
had thrown n lot OF beer over one Of hi-
opponents and assaulted another with an
empty keg The Lieutenant ordered
the party to disperse The Councilman
refused TO move. lie was informed that
he must either go home or 20 TO the sta
tion house but he avered with an oath
that he would neither go home nor sub
init To arrest After considerable trouble.
he was finally landed in the Third Street
Station Yesterday the case was brought
up in the Police Court Judge Wilson
referred the matter to the Prosecuting
Attorney. and the result was that the
case wa- di-mi.sed without a hearing -
TCincinuati Gaz-tte.
Year: 1877

should be guilty Of such misconduct:
50 she gave him q good thrashing
and he vanished from the house.


No one saw him again for a
couple Of days, Nanny looking
very mysterious all the time, and
feeling assured that he had 'ower
muckle wit The first intimation
| received Of his delinquency was
from himself, when he came creep
ing 70 my feet, and looking into my
face as If e0treating forgiveness.
tie did not go to the byre with
Nanny for more than . week after
he m5d6 an aus ttsifea0 Jstaas.a tion-
hands, and she restored him to
favor.
Year: 1877

fore service, hevisited his barn to
see that his horse had been prop
erly cared for, and finding a new
laid egg he put 1t Ii his pocket. The
recollection that The egg was still
in his pocket prompted him to
steal away from the congregation
to make Investigations, and we
regret to say that his worst tears
we're realized u Rome Sentinel.
Year: 1877

I watched her as she stopped to plucl
A wild flower in her hair to twine,
And wished that it had been my luck
To call her mine.
Anon heard her rate with mad,


Mad words the babe within its cot,
And felt particularly glad


That il had not.
Year: 1877

vile chooses to throw sauoepans
and store-lids at my head, and tear
my shirt and chuck ne out Of The
house, lie soliEoqaizea as he got up


from the gutter very well she
.is that sort Of d woman. very well.
Year: 1877

ES&AhsTsANs sy&A Us 81 s5st4t4hg


70 dream Of a milestone about
your neck IS a sign Of what you may
expect ifyou marry an extrayagant
wife.


It's very good luck to dream
that you pay foIa thing twice over,
since ever afterward you will take
care to have your bills receipted


For a person in embarrassed
circumstances to dream that he is
arrested is very fortunate, for i is
4 warning to him on no account 10
accept a bill.


70 dream Of fire is 9 sign that #
you are wise you will see that all
the lights il your house are out be-
fore you retire to bed.


10 dream that your nose is red to
the tip is an intimation that you
had better leave brandy for water.


II you dream Of clothes, II is a
warning not to go to law, for, by
the rule OF contraries, you will be
sure Of q non-suit.


When j young lady dreams Of a
/
coffin, it betokens that she should
instantly discontinue tight stays
and always so wal My clad il cold
weather.


a FARaEs's LlFE.-A farmer )
life Is the life for me, said George
in The hearing Of his Sarah Jane,
whom he had been courtIng for two
years. The next time he called lie
found letter notifying him that il
| he wanted to be a farmer and walk
behind a plough al day with the
mud up to his neck, he could SO on;
but she'd BE darned If she was 60
ing to sit up all night cleaning old
boots and pants, aud tend cows and
chickens and mjlkpans and ducks
and pigs ali day.


a CANDID CONFESSION. The
chief of all the curses Of this IN
happy age is the universal gable
Of its fools and Of the floeks that
follow them, rendering the quiet
voices Of the wise men Of all time
inaudible, is the candid confession
of Mr.. Ruakin-that man who has
kept up such az everlasting elatter
for years that We could scarcely
get III word edgewise. His reform
il somewhat dilatory, but O, it IS
welcome. Graphic.
Year: 1877

Among the gentlemen who visited this city a few days previous to the opening of the Ninth session of our Legislature, was Gen. Banning of Will mington, California.

 We are informed the General Inau- gurateG and constructed the first rail road in Southern California, and takes a lively interest in any and all things to benefit Southern Califor- mia, Arizona and New Mexico.

 He came here as the representative of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com pany, and notwithstanding the talent of the gentlemen controlling that con- pany, we can assure them that in no in stance have they shown more wisdom than in the selection of thelr represen- tative to our Territory. He came, he saw, he conquered"

 We know of our own knowledge positively, when the charter for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company was first introduced the President of the Council, Speaker of the House, and with not more than five exceptions, every member of both Houses were to the charter being granted. Two members of the committee to whom 1t was referred, were insanely to it, and a more gloomy pros pect of securing favorable legislation never came under our immediate ob- servation. The charter as it first pass ed the House was simply a written mass of lnfamy dictated entirely by spite, prejudice and revenge. The Bill or Charter so as to be of any use to the Railroad Company, was defeat ed three times in the lower House But through good generalshIp on the part of the manager, it returned once more to plague the House" and passed by a vote of fifteen against three.

 At this moment We do not remem- Der in any legislative body of Bill having at one session been defeated three times and 10 be victorious al the