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Year: 1878




Notices Of the Prcsss


The veteran Magazine which long ago outgrev itE
title of the New Monthly Magazine, has not IN the
least aated IN the popularity It at the outset but
has added to It in many ways. and has kept fairly
abreast of the times thanks to the enterprise OF the
publishers and the tact and wisdom Of its editors Fer
whatever is best and reliable in the literature
of travel discovery and fiction the average reader Of
to-day looks to Iarpers Magazine just expectanty
as did the reader Of quarter Of century ago. there
is the same Admirable variety Of contents and the
ae freshness an stgge stivencss in lis editorial de
partmant now az then.---Boston Journal.


Whenever and Wherever
Diseases of cho1erae type prevail or there IS cause to
apprehend a visit from them, the system should be
toned, regulated and rein forced by OF Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Perfect digestion and regn
lar habit of body are the best safeguards against such
alades and both are securedh by this inestimable to
ie and Alternative The Bistcrs are also extremely
sergiceabla in remeaying such disorders. If pronpt
" taken in cases Of bilious collie diahGa and cholera
morbus, the disease is usually frustrated In diarThoa
eases it is only necessary to restore e Of fi.
laxed bowels and this il Of the specific ects of
this medicine Wind on the stomach heartburn, bill
iousness, nausea, headache, and other symptoms d
disturbances in the gastric and hepatic regions Also
speedily relieved bJ this excellent remedy AZ fam
ily medicine it is invaushi since it promptly and
completely remedies those ailments waich Of aoat
frequent occurrence.
Year: 1878

and free f3om the Vaccinations Of politica
adventurers and demagogues, the colored


race more often develop affection for thell
EMPLOYERS and devotion to their interests
than the reverse. That such qualities have
all along existed among them, the history
of the war fully proves; for duriag that
period of anxiety and often Of suffering foI


the bare necessaries Of life, thousands Of
families, whose male members and natural
protectors were absent in the field, had to
depend mainly upon the devotion and
fidelity of old and tried family servants
But it is to the present time Of suffering
aud distress that we wish to refer, when
thousands of homes have been left by their
occupants and property Of greao value con-
signed to the care Of colored servants. As
a general thing all through the South they
have proved faithful to the trust commit
ted to them. There have been some ex-
ceptions, but the exceptions only go to
prove the fact we have stated. In our own
community Numbers of families have left
the city, leaving their penates and house
hold goods to the care ofservants in whom
they have confidence. This confidence has
not been misplaced, and we have yet to
hear of the first case OF any OF these color
ed people proving recreant to duty
.ao65le A Ia. Register
Year: 1878

We all have seen pearls. Some
times we meet people who have
them set in very beautiful and cost
~ rings, with "a circle of diamonds
about them. Frequently We stop
before the window of IA jewelers.
store and stare at them lying on
velvet cushions, rich and rare, and
beautiful. Little cream white, pea
shaped gems. Every one Of them
is years and years old, a great deal
older, perhaps, than either you or
/; and, really, the strangest thing
of all is the story that might be
told about any one of them. Did
you ever stop to think OF the very
curious aud interesting history that
might be written concerning the
discovery, the nature, or the va
rious adventures of one single
pearl7 Here is the history of this
one, for instance.


HOW THE Pearl CAME INTO THE
WORLD.


1t was, to begin with, just eiCh
by the little French clock on the
mantelpicce. You would have said
that Laura was very comfortable
and cosy in that great eaSychair
in front of the fire. The shaded
lamp on the table near her, threw Il
soft, steady light on the page of a
gilt edged book in her lap. And
everything was very still-so still
that Laura had actually lost her
self. She had gone very long,
long way from the fire, and the
light, and the little French clock.
She was thousands of miles away
from home in a strange country
called Persia. You will see where
| mean if you look OH your map
Right Oh the upper side of the Per
sian gulf is whore she was, watch
ing eagerly all the strange things
that were taking place, tor she
meant to remember about them.


The moon was high up, and all
the great wide water of the Cult
guivered and sparkled life cloth
of jewels spread out to cover the
world. Everywhere near Laura
crowds of dark, dusky men were
hurrying hithcr and thither, talk
ing rapidly in language she
could not understand. And there
were hundreds of tents in every
direction along the shore of the
sea, in which these strange people
lived; odd, peaked boats trembled
on the rim of the water; everything
was full of hurry and ma6e-haste.
Away of behind Laury, dark hills
we're looming mp against the sky
aud stars all the world appeared
still and asleep, except this part
of IT.


81 wonder,' asked Thought, "who
all these dark, strange men are,
and what they are going to do 7"


You know who Thought was, of
course. 1t WAS Thought that was
making Laura attentive and inter
esteh TO ind out was to happen.
Perhaps you also have Thought
of your own.


"TheSe men are pearl-divers'-
such is the way the gilt-edged book
Year: 1878

For years people came from all
parts of Russia to see the pearl,
aud Mr. Ludwisky became a famous
man. He used to receive his viSi-
tors into his beautiful house, and
then lead them silently through IA
great many rooms until they came
to one with a great iron safe stand
ing in the middle of the floor. This
safe he would open with much care,
for he had to unlock one door after
another before he got to the inside,
where bis strong box was hidden.
Then he took out the little box,
frightened, and opened it with a
small gold key. The pearl, the pre-
cious pearl with its marvellous lus.
tire, was waiting there to gladden.
the sight of all with its beauty ,and
symmetry, and purity.


BY and by, when Mr.. Ludwisky
had become very old, he promised
his son Nicholai that some day, if
he continued a dutiiul boy, he
should have the pearl for his own.
But it turned ont that Nicholai
Year: 1878

A single firm in New York city
purchase as many as five thousand
skins annually. They employ men
to pursue the reptile in the bayous
of the Mississippi river; and the
work is usually done at night by
the aid of lauterns, the rifles used
being aimed straight at the crea-
ture's eyes. This leads to the des-
tIuction ef some animals that are
either too old or too young. y
good size is eight or nine feet,
counting nothing beyond the thick
part of the tail. The market price
for finished skins In New York is
S36 to siS per dozen. They are
used in the manufacture OF boots.
Year: 1878

New Haven Palladium.


\ patent ballot.box is exhibited
to members of the legislatures by
Lawrence Van Alstyne, of Sharon,
designed 10 prevent repeating and
false voting. BY an apparatus
completely secured over the lid of
the box a lever worked by the box
tender is made to ring and register
a number plainly visible every time
a ballot is dropped in. AS the
lever is released the apparatus
through which the ballots pass is
closed, so that there can be no vot
ing without the knowledge of the
tender. At the close of the voting
the register shows just how many
votes have been inserted. In case
OF "a dispute about vote the bal
lot can be numbered and thrown
ont if fraudulent.
Year: 1878




A young gentleman of Fairbault-a
boy among the boys-whe occasionally
visited saloons and sampled lambs
tongue, pigs feet, tripe, and actually
educated himself to like Limburger
cheese, after a while married, as such
men will. His wife is cultivated and
sensitive little creature, as lovable as
she is sensitive. Well, Robert-that
was his name, Bob for short-shook the
boys after marriage, as he ought, and
stopped around home, for two or three
weeks. every evening; but there were
times when he had an awful hankering
for his old relishes, such as hereinbefore,
especially the cheese, and one evening
being down on an errand, he thought
he would take a Limburger home and
have an old-fashioned lunch before re-
firing. He got the cheese and started
for home, but as he neared the house it
struck him that it was the rankest
cheese, even for Limburger, in all his
experience. People held their noses as
they met him, and every dog in the
front yard went around behind the
house as he went by. Before he reached
home his courage gave out, and he
slipped his bundle into hole in the
gate-post, thinking he would 60 in and
interview his wife-sort of prepare her
for the meeting, as it were. But he was
scarcely in the house before his wife
gave warning sniff, and looking athim
sharp inquired if he was sure he hadn't
stepped in something. Bob mistrusted
what was the matter, but innocently
looked at one foot and then at the
other, and said, "No, my feet are all
right" Mrs. Bob gave sniff or two
more, got up, opened the door, closed
it suddenly and then went into the
rooms leading toward the rear of the
house. She was gone about five min
utes, and in the meantime Bob became
satisfied what the trouble was, but fol
the life of him did not dare to TIL her
What would. she say to learn that hi
had eaten such stuff? She never would
forgive him, and would probably apply
for divorce. She speedily returned
and said, in business sort of way
Robert, we must have the sewel
cleaned and the scavenger here. / cam
stand it any longer. It is getting to bt
perfectly awful" Bob said he would
attend to it in the morning, and at tn,
first opportunity slipped out. got
spade, took the cheese into the garden
and buried it. But he had to have tn,
sewer, etc., cleaned all the same, ant
the lob cost him five dollars. A few
months later Bob told his wife about ii
but declared the cheese was given hin
to try; he had never eaten any of i
himself.
Year: 1878

The effect of balloon-descent was
tried on camp-meeting near Cincinnati
lately. The balloon came sailing down
in the middle of prayer, like an answer
from above, but it effectually broke up
the meeting. As the aeronaut had
ballast left, some of the people wanted
him to give an ascension exhibition
but the expo tulations of the preacher
to please not turn the camp-meeting into
a circus prevailed.-Neu York Liar.
Year: 1878

AT Goodwood, on the opening day, the
Princess of Wales wore cream colored
costume, with narrow black trimmings,
a waistcoat of rose colored silk, and a
straw colored bonnet to match. On leav-
ing the ground, the Princess put on a
novel dust coat, which was shaped to the
figure, and had crimson collar and
crimson cuffs. Every tint of ivory was
worn, and as lace seems too costly for the
trimming of dresses, one lady wore a
dark blue velvet dress and bonnet to
match, both ornamented with lace and
pearls. Mrs. Langtry's dress was pale
pink and drawn silk hat to match. A
great many ladies wore black, profusely
ornamented with gold fringe or braid
and there were numberless white dresses
richly decorated with lace.
Year: 1878

tell it, in the quaint language of the old chronicler, somewhat abbreviated. Af-r ter describing very vividly,, the basket murder trick, which isg we'll known in India, he says "I am now about to relate thing which surpasses all belief, and which should scarcely venture to insert here had it not been witnessed by thousands under my own eyes. One of the party took ball of cord, and, grasp ing one end, threw the other up in the air with such force that its extremity was beyond the reach of our sight. He then immediately climbed up the cord with incredible swiftness, and was soon out of sight. I stood full of astonish- ment, not conceiving what was to come of this, when, lo! a leg came tumbing down out of the air. One of the conjur- ing company instantly snatched it up and threw it into basket. A moment after hand came down, and immediately on that another leg. And in @ short time all the members of the body came thus successively tumbling from the air, and were cast together into the bas- ket. The last fragment of all we saw come down was the head, and no sooner had that touched the ground than he who had snatched up all the limbs and put them into the basket turned them all out again topsy turvy. And straight way saw with these eyes all the limbs creep together again, and, in short time, form whole man, who stood up and walked about without showing the least damage! Never in my life was I |Iso astonished as when 1 beheld this won 'deful performance, and l doubted now no longer that these misguided men did it, with the help of the devil. I had an attack lof ppalpatating of, the heart like that which Jovercame me once, before in the presence of the Sultan of India when be showed me something of that kind They gave me cordial, however, which cured the attack. The Kazi Afkhaf fradin was next to me, and quoth he, 'Wallah 'tis my opinion there has been neither going up nor coming down, neither marring nor mending 'tis all hocus pocus ' which was very wise conclusion to come to-
Year: 1878

\ The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in the case of Brown against Pyle, recently considered the question whether father ma make an agreement with his minor son to pay him wages for work done. The creditors of the father resisted pay ment to the son of the amount of a judgment upon anote given under such an agreement -..,.-....

 "The court held that the judgment was valid, and that the preference was not fraud upon the creditors, the con sideration being honest and the debt justly due. The right of the son in this case to recover for his services is put upon the general principle that g father may, by an agreement with his minor child, relinquish to the child the right which he would otherwise have to his services. 1t is'well established that the father may authorize those who employ the minor child to pay the child his wages, and the father will then have no right to demand the wages either from the employer or from the child. In a Vermont case it is helc that father may give to his minor son part as we'll as the whole of his time. And such an agreement may be inferred from circum- stances, as when a father has left his son to manage his own affairs, and make and execute his own. contracts for 8 consid- erab ble time. Tn 9 Connecticut case it is held that father, though insolvent, may give his minor son his time and flu ture earnings. And the fact that the son continues to live in the family with his father, does not destroy the effect of the emancipation."' q .rrsIys,. ts..s
Year: 1878

The theory that drunkenness does not excuse man for crime seems to apply to liability under a contract made by a drunken man, provided he gets drunk voluntarily. In the case of O'Connor against Rempt the New Jersey Court of Chancery held as follows:

 "A deed made by a person while in 8 state of intoxication will be set aside if advantage has been taken of his situa- tion, or his drunkenness was produced by the act tor connivance of the person to be benefited by the deed. Courts cannot protect the-rash against the con- sequences of imprudent contracts if they enter into them voluntarily, and not through fraud or artiice. -'''
Year: 1878

A gentleman passing through the streets of Newcastle, about twenty years ago, was called in by shopkeeper, who acknowledged himself indebted to him to the amount of guinea. The gentle man, much astonished, inquired how this was, as he had no recollection of the circumstance. The shopkeeper replied,

 that about twenty years before, as the gentleman's wife was crossing the river Tyne in boat which he was in, she ac- cidentalIy dropped half guinea as she took out her money to pay the fare. The shopkeeper, who had family at home literally starving, snatched up the half. guinea. He had since been pros- porous in the world, and now seized the first opportunity since his good fortune, of paying the money with interest. a if
Year: 1878

Is in great measure dependent upon the way in which the bowels perform their evacuative Junction. If they are regular and they can always be rendered so by the use of Hostetters s Stomach Bitters-an important essential of health is secured, and that blessing is very apt to follow. If they are irregular, chronic con- stipation and indigestion supervene, the liver becomes disordered, and the bile, being divert ed from its natural channel and purposes, enters and contaminates the blood, producing that yellowish cast of the skin and whites ot the eyes which is such a sure index of bilious ness. All these disastrous consequences, as we'll as others of far more serious nature, are remedied and prevented by Hestetter's Bitters, the leading American specific for dis orders of the bowels, stomach and liver.
Year: 1878

The above is a common remark made by the guests of the Grand Central Hotel as they assemble in the exchange during warm after noon, to enjoy the breezes that sweep through its halls from Broadway to Mercer streets. The Grand Central is certainly the best con structed, best arranged and most centrally To- cated hotel in New York while its rates, reduced to $2.5 and $500 per day, combined with the high excellence of its tables, make it a prime favorite with all who enjoy it's Inequalities.
Year: 1878

OF Congressman Leonard's death in
Havana by yellow fever the other day
the Washington special to the Cincin-
natl gazette says: The cause of his
death will call attention TO hefact that
the medical officers of the Government
and of maritime ports near are appre-
hensive that owing to the unexception-
ally open winter, and almost complete
absence of frost in many sections, there
is great danger of the prevalence of yel-
low fever the coming season. The most
stringent measures to prevent this will
speedily be urged upon Congress. Rep
resentatives of Southern Boards of
Health are now here to call the attention
of Congress to this subject. 1t is pro-
posed to give the United Marine Hspital
Service more general control of quaran-
tine regulations. The Government is
officially advised of the prevalence 5ot'
yellow fever at Havanna and Rio janet
ro. On Monday of last week ship ar
rived at Baltimore wharf, having pass
ed the quarantine station in the night,
a number of seaman upon which had
been sick from yellow fever. The qua
rantine officers Immediately sent the
ship to quarantine. The spread of the
disease is not anticipated from the ar.
rival of that ship, but the Governments
officers think the fact of the existence
of the fever there should be sufficient
warning. There was also a report of
one case ia New YORK last week.
Year: 1878

Life is in living. The marble pa
lace is not a lways the bower of love.
Every kind word is a flower, which
will beautify our final home. Every
good deed is an evergreen, which
will mark our resting place.
Year: 1878

have little to say. Your Honors. which
will affect your dtcIsIOn in refusing ne
new trial. / am not prepared to say that
your decision Is an unjust one with the
short time have had to consider it. but it
is impossible for me to believe that it was
fair 20 ask a man to place his lite IN the
hands Of such juryman as Chamberlain.
| am, TO use a mid expression, disappointed


in your decision. itel that were you con-
versant with the popular prejudice brought
to bear against ne in Orleans county, as
well as the moneyed influence by the
family Of my unfortunate vile, you
would surely give me q chance 10 be
tried for my lite where | could have
fair and full consideration. unbiased
BY prejudice. will only say in addition,
that have prepared trcs and simple yer-
sion of past events, as they are understood
by myself, which will be placed before the
public in the columns OF the Boston Journal
in few days. believe have nothing
further, Your HOnors R.
Year: 1878

Colonel Il. +. Maxwell, u Confederate officer,
agrees with General Gnut that there was no
battle on Lookout Mountain. lie was officer
of the day ou the occasion of the capture Ol
Lookout Mountain, and most Of the time on
the picket line. He says Il feel safe in as-
scrtiug that no one in either army, not Hc-
tually engaged hsd better opportunities than
for knowing whether an affair which could
by any reasonable possibility be nIagniiled into
u battle did take place on that occasion um
the magnitude of the Battle OF Lookout
Muuntain'-the famous battle shove the
clUuds'-nIay be formed when | declare that
not circumstance. not even the irregular firing
Of pickcts or skrmshers, occurred to disturb
the prevailing stiffness"
Year: 1878

stituting particular feature of the ge-
illogical formation said to be entirely
composed of this mineral in condition
almost chemically pure. A superior ar
ticle OF salt is manufactured from the
waters Of the salt lakes Of the Terri
tory. This would seem to be vast
store-house Of wonderful and necessary
articles Of great utility for the use Of
the present and future generations.
Not only Of salt, but of gold and silver,
the great circulating mediums of COM
merce between nations and individuals.


Salt is spoken of as denoting charac-
ter. The salt Of our youth, as Shak-
speare says, that is, the vigor and
strength that we have is more or less
manifested in youth and shows what
kind OF a man the boy will make We
need much salt in our makeup, if this
is lacking we lack an important element
to keep us up in the world, both in in
fuence and usefulness. Above the salt
is an old saying In ancient times when
a nobleman made feast, there was set
in the center of the long table salt
cellar. At the upper end Of the room,
above the salt, was raised dias, as a
seat of honor, where all guests of dis
tinction sat, and below the salt the re-
tainers and inferior guests were placed.
This is practiced at the present day,
only in different way. Those who
prove themselves worthy of an upper
seat in life, either by goodness or pure
ness of charcter, commanding the re-
spect and confidence of those around
him, while he is striving to elevate 9TH
ers and making the world better, will
find that the seat of honor is in the
heart of the people, elevated above the
salt of society. On the other hand, we
see those who care for none of these
things, and so sit in the lower seats in
the feasts of life, discontented because
it is so. Salt is good-and free for all.


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