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Year: 1879

TO the outward observer, indeed,
no changes are visible. It's trre that
the yashmak, or vail, has become light
er and more transparent; the carriage
windows larger and less curtained.
More than this, travellers Of last win
ter have noticed how, at watering
place near Cairo, one of the Egyptian
.princesses drove her own pony carri-
age, and even walked unveiled with
her European physician. But though
other proofs are wanting of tenden-
ICY to claim more freedom than is yet
allowed, the isolation remains practic-
ally the same; and it is not for out
ward signs that one must look at the
present time. But that remarkable
changes have already been accom-
plished there can be no manner of
doubt; and to those who look below
the surface the future is full of hope.
One must not suppose that these
changes have been effected without
considerable opposition. 1t is said
that the Khedive's mother, whose in
huence is Of course great, is a stern
conservative of the old school, who
watches with no approving eye the
signs of the times. In many cases


we may imagine that the greatest OPP
ponents of the new order of things


were the princesses themselves.
Among the fallacies commonly held
with regard to the women of the East
must be classed that which would rep
resent them burning with envy for the
freedom of the west. So far from
feeling themselves deserving Of our
pity, they rather pity European wo-
men from the bottom of their hearts;
judging of them and of their freedom,
as they so often do, from false exam.
Piles, amid the bliss of ignorance
which they themselves enjoy. And
another fallacy is that which tends to
underrate the influence of women. Of
ten it is greatest where it is supposed
to be least, and many lord of the
harem may be pointed out as a living
example by those who assert that in
the East there are more henpecked
husbands than among our civilized
selves.
Year: 1879

be secured If this is not true why
are the car platforms dangerously crowded
during the crush" hours, AMI why is public
comfort ignored in the interest OF the COM
panies by their officials? The fact that a
Metropolitan ''L" station is at City Hall
Park or Broadway will not induce any pas
sengers who wants to go up town by Third
avenue, to take the Second avenue line
While on the other hand any one wanting
to so to point on or east Of Second ave-
nue. will walk from City Hall Park to
Franklin square, Fulton street or Chatham
square as willingly as from Third avenue
up town 81" station to or east of Second
avenue. But by pooling the profits OF
the traffic on both roads below Chatham
square-that is to say. the profits derived
from sale of tickets issued at stations
south of that pont-and dividing these
equally between the two "L" roads. no clash
of interests can occur with such an equita-
he arranoement
Year: 1879

For the fourth time in five weeks we are
to-day compelled to publish the HERALD in
quintuple form, or twenty pages, contain
ing one hundred and twenty columns of
solid type We are forced to use so many
broad sheets of paper in order to give our
advertisers proper space for their announce.
ments and at the same time furnish our
readers with all the news of the day,
gathered from oil quarters of the globe, by
telegraph over the land and by cable under
the sea.


The quintuple HERALD of last Sunday
contained nearly sixty-eight columns of
advertisements, consisting of three thou
sand three hundred and thirty separate
notices. These announcements were classi-
fed for the convenience of our readers
under ninety distinct headings, an index
on the first page OF the paper simplifying
their search for those most interesting to
each individual. This being the season for
leasing dwellings and stores it was not sur
prising to find six hundred and iorty-seven
advertisements of houses and apartments to
let and five hundred and fifty real estate no.
tices. There were also three hundred and
fifty advertisers who sought to obtain board
for themselves or boarders to entertain,
while the number of persons seeking help
or situations in various capacities was four
hundred and thirty-three. The remaining
one thousand three hundred and fifty adj
vertisements embraced every want incident
to modern life and every known branch of
business.


To-day our quintuple sheet contains over
seventy columns OF advertisements, ranging
from two lines to one column in length.
The total number of notices in to-day's
paper is thirty-;hree thousand four hundred
and forty-seven, duly arranged under
ninety Ave appropriate headings The num-
bcr of places advertised for sale, exchange
or to let is five hundred and forty-eight,
while two hundred and ninety are seeking
board OF boardcrs. Four hundred aud thirty
five want help or seek situations as clerks
servants, skilled artisans and the multitude
of other occupations incident to city life,
leaving two thousand, one hundred and
seventy-four notices Of every conceivable
kind and description.


But while we present these seventy
columns of small type for the benefit Of our
advertisers and the general public we also
give our readers no less than fifty columns
OF interesting reading matter, comprising
an epitome of the news of the day, which,
after all, is the principal mission Of the
HERALD.
Year: 1879

calls for consideration on this point. He
was not only unequal to the race, but he
apparently knew he was unequal to it when
he went in. as is implied in his anxiety
about conditions for those who shonld
come in behind the winner. He went into
battle building bridges over which he
might retreat. But his difficulty is
not incomprehensible. He is used up.
We doubt if man can ever re-
strain made upon his spine by this terri
BILE outstretched test of six days, but
OLeary has walked in six matches of this
kind, and d toitiori is no longer thor
oughly sound man. Hartman was not
made by nature for uses of this sort.
There is good stuff in him, but it is not in
the right place. Made to get over the
ground, he is not made on q plan that con-
templates an economical use OF physical
force. Ennis also is clearly imperfect on
the point of physical condition. He lost
the race in the four hours Of the first day
when he had "a pain in the stomach.
That pain was apparently consequence OF
indigestion. Now, an unsound stomach in
test of this sort is almost as bad as leg
in splints. Thus we had in the race one
man who broke down hopeessly tor good
reasons, one man too much on the national
plan as to length Of bone and insufficient
muscle to move it to the best advantage,
and one man with trouble in the commits
sary department..


Moreover, we do not consider that these
men, such as they were, were handled to
the best advantage. There was too much
demonstration all about them too much
star-spangled banner; too many bouquets;
too much hand-organ patriotism, emotional
nonsense and bad air. On the other hand
the little Englishman was handled with
discretion and real clre, and was, perhaps,
none the worse because the crowd did not
gush over him. He did not discard an
attendant in the course of the race. He did
not run the machine. He was the machine
and was run by others. If we reflect that
in addition to judicious handling on the
course the care of his condition went to
such point that the water he used came
from England it is easy to understand that
no chance he might have was forfeited in
spirit of bravado he was handled in a
thorough sporting spirit. and that is why
he won
Year: 1879

vegetables except grapes. the latter being
seldom used except through mistake. Fur
ther, why would Frenchman. with the gas
Economical idea peculiar to his nation.
have tried to cxpel the frogs from Ireland? !?
Far more likely would he have been to ten
derly nurture the musical batrachians for
the sake of the succulent legs that take SO
tenderly to being fricasseed The claims Of
Italy are beneath consideration, for we read
OF St. Patrick that


He built church in Dublin town.


And on 1t put steeple,


whereas Italians have found that church
building, like charity, begins at home. and
is hard enough to complete even there; and
then Italians abhor steeples anyhow. and
even if they were going to put up church
in Dublin they would not lug a steeple all
the way there. The pretensions of Russia
to being the saints natal land have behind
them only the supposition that because the
regenerator was always busy he was also
always ''a-rushin." The actual probabili-
ties, soberly considered, are that st. Pat
rick was born in America and was drifted
to Ireland by the combined influences of
the westerly air currents and the Gulf
Stream, for since the snakes were banished
from the Green Isle by the good man they
have frequently been found in the boots OF
jolly IrishmeQ, particularly after too much
celebrating Of the 17th of March, and the
boot is the Characteristic haunt of snakes
in our own beloved country.
Year: 1879

What have become of the historians,
biographers and philoiogists? Here is ST.
Patrick right ut our doors again, so to
speak, and not q single pundit has wei
coined him with a new set OF probabilities
upon his birthplace or nationality. Things
ore not as they should be. 1t is perfectly
in keeping with the character Of saints that
the pictures of these good men should be
cnshroudcd in clouds, which, to vulgar
eyes, are more significant OF elevation than
is the blue sky beyond but clouds of doubt
and uncertainty are neither artistic nor
satisfactory, and all the suggestions here
toioro made as to st. Patiicks nationality
are of the most cloudy, Opaque and un-
stable nature. 1t has been claimed that he
was Scotchmau, but how could this be,
when the poetic muse informs us that


His mother kept shebccn shop


In the town of Inniskilcn.


The whole argument is probably based,
in the diaphanous manner peculiar to
Scotch logic, upon the supposition that the
lady proprietor Of the house of refresh
ment alluded to compounded occasionally
the beverage known us hot Scotch. This
method of reasoning by analogy may do in
pathological discussions, but history will
have none OF it. Equally ridiculous is the
assertion that no was born at Tours, in
France, for the veracious ode to which we
have already alluded informs us that


His father brewer,


An understood distillin'.


The idea Of brewer being located in
France is, of course, preposterous besides,
the father of SO good being must have been
himself man of character, consequently
he could not have been distiller in n
country where the bases of distillation are
the juices of turnips, beets and all other
Year: 1879

A few days ago Captain Williams chose to
take the law into his own hands and to club
and kick peaceable citizen who was
pointed out to him as having been guilty of
the grave offence OF Kissing the bumptious
officer as lie paradod through Gilmore's
Garden. We are informed that since that
exhibition OF ungovernable temper he has
committed other acts equally uncalled for
and unjustifabie, showing, as his men
wearing of the article of apparel that is
regarded in the Twenty ninth precinct as
the barometer Of the Captains brutality.
Ii the citizen assaulted at Gilmore's last
Tuesday will make charges before the Po-
lice Board he is tolerably certain of being
sustained by witnesses whose number and
character will not permit their evidence to
be ignored. The aflidavits of two citizens,
which we publish elsewhere, show how he
regards his duty in reference to gambling
houses.


1t is difficult to account for the influence
which Captain Williams possesses at Head
quarters or tor the terrorism he is enabled
to exercise over his associates and subordi-
mates. There is nothing in his record as
an officer that entities him to the favor of
tho Commissioners. He is in command of
precinct crowded with disorderly houses,
gambling dens and other resorts Of vice and
crime. It was said that he was put there
to break up such places, but he has done
nothing of the, kind. Some insignificant
proprietors have been driven out and oc-
casional raids have been made but every
vice that existed in the precinct when Will
innis was made its captain fourishes there
to-day and seems to enjoy q happy con-
sciousness that, for some hidden reason, it
will not be interfered with. What does
this mean? Are We to seek in this
direction for the secret of the in
fuence this Captain evidently exercises
over some Of the Commissioners? Has
he in his possession any estate secrets"
that compel his super.ors to keep on good
terms with him, or are the Police Com
missioners afraid of personal violence if
they should offend SO stalwart and merciless
Hercules? If none OF these obstacles are
in the way the Board should certainly re-
licve the force of an officer whose brutal in
stincts and ungovernable temper-when he
.'has his shirt of" render him unfit to be
placed in u position where he can display
these qualities on unoffendinC citizens.
Year: 1879

fhe singular history on another page OF the fight
ing Aston family. one of whose members was
killed last week in Atlanta. The tradition of
the Alstons, that it is their destiny to meet vio-
lent deaths, is written in the blood OF three gen
er.ltiOuS of the race
Year: 1879

The following were the receipts and ship
ments Of the leading articles OF produce in this
city during the twenty~iour hours ending at Z
O'Clock On Saturday morning and correspond
ing date twelve months ago:
Year: 1879

The following anecdote was related
by John Williams, the martyr mission
ary to the South Sea islands. He was
engaged one day hewing timber for a
chapel, surrounded by many wondering
natives:


AS l had come to my work one
morning without my square," he saws,
Il took up a chip, and with piece OF
charcoal wrote upon it request that
Mrs. Williams would send me that
article. l called chief, and said to
him


Friend, take this; go to our house,
and give it to Mrs. Williams


He was singular looking man, re.
markably quick in his movements, and
had been great warrior; but in one OF
his battles he had lost an eye. Giving
me an inexpressible look with the other,
he said:


Take that She will call me fool
and scold me, if | carry a chip to her.
No. l replied, she will not; take
1t and go Immediately. I am in
haste


He took it from me, and asked:


What must l say?'


l replied;


" You have nothing to say. The
chip will say all wish


With look of astonishment and
contempt he held the piece of wood,
and said.


"How can this speak? Has it a
mouth2'


l desired him to take it Immediate
ly, and not spend so much time in talk
ing about it.


"On arriving at the house he gave
the chip to Mrs. Williams, who read it,
threw it away and went to the tool
chest, whittier the chief, resolving to see
the end of this mysterious business, fol-
lowed her closely. On receiving the
square from her, he said:


Stay, daughter. How do you
know that this is what Mr.. Williams
wants?'


Why she replied, did you not
bring me chip just now?'


"' Yes said the astonished warrior;
but did not hear it say anything


If you did not, 1 did, was the re-
ply, for it told me what he wanted.
And all you have to do is to return with
it as quickly as possible


With this, the chief leaped out of
the house, and, catching up the mys-
terious piece of wood, he ran through
the settlement with the chip iu one
hand and the square in the other hold
ing them up as high as his arms would
each, and shouted as he went


"'See the wisdom of these English
peoplel They can make chips talkl'


"On giving me the square, he wished
to know how it was possible thus to
converse with persons at distance. I
gave him all the explanation 1 could,
but it was to him such mystery that
he actually tied string to the chip,
hung it round his neck, and wore it for
some time. For several days after, we
frequently saw him surrounded by
crowd, who were listening with intense
interest while he told them of the won.
ders which this chip had performed"
Year: 1879

A lady who lives on Olive street re-
lates the following: A few days ago
there fell in front of her window from
tree "chippy," or ground5ird such
as chatter about the parks and streets.
She picked it up, carried it in the house,
fed it from her own mouth, and at night
placed it in the cage with her canary.
The canary at once bestowed upon the
newcomer all of the attention of q
mother, and nestled beside the little
stranger during the night. In the
morning the lady placed the chippy in
the window so that it might have the
privilege of regaining its freedom. 1t
plumed its tiny wings and went away.
The canary mourned during the day as
if he had lost his mate. In the even
ing the chippy came back and perched
upon the window. The sash was raised
and it flew in and nestled upon the cage; ;
the canary at once struck up his iveli-
est notes and seemed gratifed. This
was repeated two or three days, the
chippy going each morning and return
ing in the evening One day it went
away and did not come back. The ca
nary dropped, and the next day fell dead
from his perch in the sunshine that
played over the. gilded cage in the win
dow. That night the chippy returned,
and during the evening it mourned
over its dead companion. In the morn
ing it clung to the cage until it was
turned out. For few days the empty
cage was hung in the window. and on
each succeeding evening the chippy re-
turned and chirped as if it was grief
stricken. One day it brought worm in
its bill, dropped it in the cage, aew
away, and came back no more.-St
Louis Times.
Year: 1879

In speaking of the feelings ofapedes-
trian while on along tramp, Weston once
said that at times they were dreadful,
almost driving one crazy to think of
the number of steps he would have to
take to win. This was especially the case
where a man was behind his competitors
In a race, and had lost the confidence
OF his hackers and the spectators. He
adopted many expedients to divert his
mind from the terrible strain. Some
times he would count all the pillars sup
porting the building in which he walked.
Then he would count the windows, num-
bering the panes of glass, even noticing
which panes were clean and which
needed washing, with the different rays
Of light from each. He frequently
counted the steps in each lap and some
times for mile The angles of the
structure were all firmly fixed in his mind.
The composition of the audience was
critically studied, and that frequently
without their knowing that they wero
even glanced at. The presence of
friends could often be felt in the crowd
before being seen, from sympathetio
thrill. Applause and music always had
m inspiring effect; and when victory
was within grasp, the body and, legs felt
no fatigue whatever. That was thecaus
of such marvellous spurts being made at
the close of long journeys.
Year: 1879

Hearing.


From the London Lancet1


AT the last meeting of the Roval go.
ciety' Dr. Richardson demonstrated the
action OF new instrument, which he
has named the audimeted or audiome.
ter, and which has Just been invented
by Prof. Hughes, the discoverer of the
microphone. The audiometer is used
as precise measurer of the sense of
nearing. 1t is formed of a small bat
tery OF one or two Leblanche cells, A
new microphonic key, two fixed primary
coils, graduated insulated bar, to which
at each end of one of the fixed coils is
attached secondary induction coil.
which moves along the graduated bar,
and telephone, the terminals of which
are connected with the terminals of the
induction coil. The principle of the
audiometer is based on the physical fact
that when the battery is in action, and
current is passing through two o'prima-
ry coils, the secondary coil on the bar
becomes charged by induction when
ever 1t Is brought near to either of the
primary coils; but when it is brought to
the precise center between the primary
coils there is neutral point or electrical
balance where the electrical phenomena
from induction cease to be manifested.
by placing the microphonic key between
the battery and the primary coil, and by
attaching the terminals of the induction
to the telephone, Prof. Hughes was able
to make the telephone produce sounds
whenever he placed the induction coil
neartoone of the primary coils and moved
the microphonic key SO as to make it
play on fine needle suspended in the
circuit. When the induction coil is
close to one of the primary coils the
noise is very loud: but, as the coil is
moved toward the center of the bar, the
noise diminishes until it ceases at the
center altogether. The scale on the
bar is graduated into 200 degrees, rep
resenting units of sounds from 200 to 0,
or zero. At 200 all who can hear at all
can hear the vibration of the drum in
the telephone. At Ono one can hear,
while between the two points there are
200 gradations of sound, from the high
est down to zero. In using the instru-
ment the telephone is put to the ear of
the listener while the operator moves
the microphonic key, and at the same
time shifts the induction coil on the
graduated bar so as to measure the
hearing power of the person under ex-
animation. DIR. Richardson presented
a preliminary report to the Royal So
ciety on his first experiments with the
audiometer, and that already, by its
means, some useful and practical as
well as curious facts had been obtained.
Among many of these was one relating
to an inquiry as to the best material for
making artificial tympanums for cases
of defective hearing from perforaiont
or destruction of the natural drum. He
had found gold, made into the form of
little cups or capsules, exceedingly ef-
fective for the purpose. The audiome-
tel promises to become one of those
useful adjuncts to practice of which We
shall say ultimately, "How did we get
on before it was known?"
Year: 1879

Some tricks in "Parlor Magic Z"
printed in juvenile publications are very
amusing, as well as very simple, "The
Enchanted Pin," for instance. To per-
form this trick you take a common brass
pin, such as a man sometimes uses to
fasten his shirt-collar when rear but
ton flies off. To satisfy your audience
that the pin doesn't contain false bot
tom, let them have it in their hands to
inspect. This will convince them that
there is no deception about it. Now,
bend the pin in two places first, about
one-third from the head, and second,
the same distance from the point, so
that the business end will project up
ward. Again show the pin to your au-
dience, in order to satisfy them that it
is the same pin, only bent-bent on
mischief. Now, place the pin on hard
bottomed chair, and, when a late visitor
enters, invite him to sit on the chair.
The effect will be magical. If the cell
ing is not more than ten feet from the
floor, the probabilities are that the man
will arise so spontaneously that his head
will make dent in it. This innocent
little trick never fails to amuse an audi
ence, and if such amusements received
more encouragement in the domestic
circle there would be fewer poems writ
ten, asking "Where is my boy tonight"
NOrriStOlC1l Herald
Year: 1879

Yesterday afternoon a red-faced
young man belonging to an excursion
party called into a Woodward avenue
drug store, and softly asked the soda
fountain boy if he was out of any par
ticular kind of sirup. The boy made
an investigation, and replied:


"We are out of sarsaparilla, but"


"That's all right-all right-you wait
a minute" interrupted the young man,
and away he went.


The boy took the empty reservoir
from the fountain and replaced it, end
in about two minutes the young man
returned in company with his girl and
four other people, evidently all friends.
Walking up to the fountain he said:


"Im going to take sarsaparilla in mine,
for the doctors all recommend it, and
if he hasn't any sarsaparilla l won't
take nothing. What do you say?"


"Oh, we'll take the same," they 1e-
piled.


The young man began to smile, and
his left eye began to draw down, but
what was his horror to see the boy draw
off six glasses in succession and push
them to the front, where they were
eagerly drained OF their contentsl He
tried to give the boy look of mingled
hate and murderous intent, but the lad
was too busy to see it. He felt in all
his pockets, brought up watch-keys,
pennies and peanuts, and finally laid
down 27 cents, and whispered to the
boy:


"That takes my pile, and if | ever
catch you outside of the town I'll lick
YOU tc death !'-DetrOH Free Press.