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Year: 1879

requisite power, but it is sometimes ques-
toned whether the governors have high
enough moral standard and sufficient
social courage to make their authority
serviceable except in cases of fragrant
misconduct. There can be no doubt,
however. that the principle laid
down by the Knickerbocker Club is
the true one-namely, that the good re-
pute of the club is the paramount con-
sideration, and that any conduct of MEM
ber which is detrimental to its interest is q
sufficient ground Of expulsion. 1t would
be absurd for club to establish particu-
lar code of offences; the governors are to
be presumed men of trained social per-
ceptions and correct judges of what con-
duct is or is not betitting gentleman. The
danger in this city at least, is not that
they will be too strict, but too lax and in
dulgent.


We can recollect but one instance in
this city in which the crraignment of a
member of club excited general atten-
ton like the case OF Mr.. Labouchere in
London. We refer, of course, to the po-
litical tempest in the Union League Club
against Mr. Greeley in the spring of 1867,
after he had signed the bail bond Of Jeffer-
son Davis. But Mr.. Greeley was not ex-
PEELED Instead of resisting expul-
sion he courted and defed it. When
Mr.. Jay, the president of the club,
notified him Of the meeting and
invited him to appear and answer. he re-
piled by a contemptuous letter, in which
he denounced the club as q set of marrow
m nded blockheads" and declined to attend
the meeting He told them that he hoped
they would not stop at mere vote of GEN.
sure, but demonstrate the extent of their
Jolly by expelling him. After stormy
debate they passed a couple of tame reso-
lutlons, one Of which nullifed the other,
and let the matter drop. There is, of
course, no analogy between such an out
burst of mere political passion and action
against member for personal misconduct.
Year: 1879

The WEATHER.-The pressure is again above
the mean in the Middle Atlantic and New Euy-
land States the influence of the late storm
centre having entirely passed away. In tine
Northwest, however, the barometer has fallen
again, and a disturbance advanced rapidly
toward the upper lake regions 1t is now moving
eastward, its eastern margin being over the
western portion of the Middle Atlantic States
Snow fell in the lake regions and the North
west. Cloudness increased toward evening
in the Middle Atlantic and New England
States. In the other sections of the
country the weather was clear. A de-
cided rise in temperature occurred throughout
all the districts, particularly the West and
Northwest. The winds have been from fresh to
brisk in the lake and central valley dist riots
and light elsewhere The approaching disturb
ance is likely to affect the New England and
the Northern Middle Atlantic coast districts to-
day, and southerly to westerly winds will in
crease considerably. The weather in New York
and it's vicinity to-day will be warmer and
partly cloudy, possibly with snow turning to
rain in the early portion. Tomorrow it will be
clear and colder.
Year: 1879

MARTIN LUTHER was the hero of play lately
produced in Paris to delighted audience, and
Sardou's latest piece has spiritual conflict for
its theme. Evidently if the Church does not
know what to do about the theatre there is no
similar dilemma to torment playwrights.
Year: 1879

CONSIDERABLE OF Our SPACE to-day is occu-
pied by sketch of the new book upon ADJ
miral Farragut; but so hearty is the general
regard for the gallant old sailor that most of
our readers will probably wish the story were
longer
Year: 1879

Mr.. r. Sharp, who lives at East Los
Angeles, appeared IN his place Of business
to-day for the hrst time In several weeks.
About three weeks ago, while he was
engaged in irrigating mis- place, he was
preceding the water stream carrying q
hoe to the loosen the ground he suddenly
felt something sting him In the calf Of
his right leg. On looking down he saw
an immense tarsntuia clinging to his bare
limb. Before he could brush it OF, It gave
HIM smother bite. The shock WAS severe,
but he did not lose his presence Of mind.
He at once proceeded to the house and
applied such antidotes as he had, and
drank large goblet of pure alcohol, fol-
lowed by a bottle and u half Of strong
brandy. These stimulants, although
drank to SO great an extent produced
but very little inebriating effect and
doubtless saved Mr.. Snarp's life. The
wounds were then blistered. and up to
this morning Mr.. Sharp did not feel
strong enough work. He will not be apt
here after to trust himself in his bare feet
when hoeing the soil in vicinity which
Is infested by these venomous insects.-L.
a. Express June 8.
Year: 1879

II is given ont that ladies will
wear yeats precisely like the gentle
men d after this. When n married
man goes to bed he win have to put
n chalk mark on his vest, or next
morning no may slip on his wife q
aud not discover his mistake uutil


he inserts his thumb and foreiinger
in the right-hand pocket for piuch
o. fine-cnt, and finds nothing but u
piece Of chewing gum and the stub
of n short lead pencil. Then lao will
suddenly remember that there was a
roll OF ten dollar greenbacks 10 the
left-hand pocket OF his vest.7-that IS
il he is an editor, ho will.--and he
nill rush back home IN Ralus uws.
Year: 1879

The fearful loss of good material
| involved in mining and preparing
anthracite, though greatly to be de


plored. seems to be almost inevitable.
The disposition of the coal in large,
solid beds and highly inclined positions
involves strong supports to keep the
superintendent mass from crushing
and closing the avenues of the mine, and
these supports must consist of heavy
pillars wrought out in the solid coal it.
self. Some of this pillar coal is ulti-
mately removed, but much of it is in
evitably lost, especially in the larger
beds, which are frequently found from
twenty to sixty feet in thickness and
often inclined at an angle of from forty
to seventy degrees. 1t is estimated that
not more than sixty per cent of the coal
is ever taken out of the mines. That
which is brought to the surface is run
through structure very properly
called a" breaker" ingeniously devised
for the destruction of coal. This pro-
cess involves loss of good coal equal
to twenty or twenty five per cent of the
quantity mined. For the amount of
coal wasted in mining (say forty per
cent} and preparing (say twenty five
per cent? no one is paid it is dead
loss to the landowner, miner and ship
per. Plans for utilizing the waste coal
dust or culm of anthracite collieries
have been frequently suggested, but
none have come into general use. The
Anthracite Fuel Company at Port
Even, on the Hudson, in 1877, used
ninety per cent of coal dust and ten per
cent of pitch, and made 300 tons of fuel
per day, consuming 80 900 tons of culm
annually. The Delaware and Hudson
Company also use, at their mines, co.
900 tons per annum. They now ship
all their coal down to pea sizes, and
consume the culm for generating steam.
If all our companies wonld follow this
excellent example it would enable them
to sell over half million tons more
coal and burn the same amount of
refuse, thus earning or saving one half
million dollars per annum. The Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany has recently introduced a method
of burning coal dust in the furnaces of
its engines, and the plan appears to
meet with entire success.-Prcfessor
.Shdfer.
Year: 1879

In Rome was recently ordained a
colored priest who was formerly a
slave. He hal suffered many indig-
mites, and an Italian lady learning his
condition and character, purchased
him and gave him his freedom. He
was then sent to the propaganda and
his ordination is the result His field
of work is Abyssinia, where he has
been sent to labor among his own peo-
pie.
Year: 1879

earned possessions that common observer:
knew nothing of.


! On the day for the last payment the
Young man presented himself before hi,
friend with a smiling face, and with the
money in hand. There were no rags to
be seen, but his clothing was well covered
with darns from head to foot.


You see | have followed your advice, y
he said, casting Il glance over himself;
and my wife looks worse than / do. But
| have earned the farm, and now | know
how to earn another


1t is to be hoped he did not set out to
earn another until he had bought himself
and his wife each II new suit and laid in
a good supply of provisions for another
such campaign. But his example points
in the right direction. A young couple
who want to buy home must agree to be
extremely saving. The savings. box must
become II regular institution in the house,
and must absorb all the dimes that com
monty slip away on trifles. Where the
two are agreed on the matter it is not near
ly so hard as it looks. The little drop
pings count up faster than you would sup
pose, and the end in view is IL very wor-
thy one. Try the experiment of those
young people, in II modified form for one
year, and see if the result is not most en-


couraglng and satisfactory. CtHcln11dti
Times.
Year: 1879

STUDY TO ENTERTAiN.-Many people
seem to think that the capacity to enter
tain people. and be entertained, comes
naturally; that certain ones can make
people happy, because they are gifted and
have extraordinary endowments which
make it possible for them to delight people.
1t never seems to occur to them that in
order to entertain people one must give
happy without cifort-wiSely directed
effort.


Our observation leads us TO think that
half at least:of the good companionship of
the world comes from the good forethought
of somebody. Somebody has planned it.
The happy occurrence was not an accident


it was the result Of premeditation. All
the little and sweet social surprises of
life; all the little domestic secrets between
children aud parents, which, in their un-
folding, brim the household with glad
ness; all the larger and more stately social
festivities that keep the life of n neighbor-
hood and village buoyant, are only the
natural sequence of benevolent and good
natured thought on the part of some one.


Have you invited u little company to
your house of an evening" friend? Well,
then, how do You propose to entertain
them? :; Do you think that sliced tongue
and escalIoped oysters will sutliceo These
do well for the stomach and the flesh.
But how shall you feed the intelects and
spirits of your guests? Music? Yes, if
they can sing. But perhaps of the dozen
you have invited,not over one or Two have
voices sufficiently cultivated to sing in
public. Games? Excellent. Few of us
that don't like to play games, checkers,
chess, whist, anything that's light, ,spright-
ly and entertaining. Have you any pic
lorial books in your library or about the
bousee lfso, be sure to place them on the
centre table. We've known II single vol
ume furnish delightful entertainment to
IL whole group for IN hour. Have you n
Chinese top? If not purchase one. 1t
may cost you twenty cents, and we'll war
rant that the first evening after you get it
if you be rightly constructed morally, YOU
will want no other entertainment than you
will get out of spinning it yourself. Do
you say " Pshaw, tops are for boys?" All
right; why not be boy occasionally? /?
Fry it, and see how you like it. We dare
say you have been man so long you have
forgotten all about being u boy. How
long is it since you slid down hill? Twen-
ty years? We are ashamed of you! Get
Il sled and try it tomorrow night. What
time you will have! We wish we could
be with you.-GOldcn Rule Mhgazjne for
JdnH6ry.
Year: 1879

The fish run best. early in tho morning
and after p NJ. After dark lamp with
a reflector is used, and the business is pros
ecuted as persstently AS in the daytime
The bulk of the fish caught are pike and
pickerel, with occasionally trout and white
tish. When the fishing is good an indus
| trious fisherman will take out from so To
100 pounds per day. The fish run in
schools, and the water is often fairly black
with them. The fish are sold to whole
sale dealers at Bay City and Saginaw, and
shipped in every direction. AS high as
100000 pounds have been caught in Il
single season. This year the season COM
menced rather late, and the product will
be smaller.


The occupation is not without danger,
especially in the early spring, when the
ice cracks and there is scarcely season
that some of the hardy fiehermen are not
carried out to sea, from which they are
rescued with great difficulty
dence Of he Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1879

How THE FARM WAS BoUGuT.-A
young man was very anxious to secure
a piece Of property which was Just then
for sale, on very advantageous terms.
He went 10 confer with II friend of bis, who
was II banker. about the matter. and to in
quire whether it weuld be prudent to bor-
row the requisite sum, and pay it in regu-
lar installments. He thought he should
be able to manage all but the first INSTALL
ment.


He was advised to borrow from the bank
a sum enough larger than he wished to
raise to cover the first payment. lay it
strictly aside, and then go ahead.


" But" said his friend "you must spend
literally nothins. You must live off of
your place. You mnst make II box and
drop in it all the money you receive"


The young man and his wife went brave.
ly to work to follow this advice. fit was
necessary to dine off of II head of boiled
cabbage and salt they did so, and never
grumbled. Every payment WAS prompt
ly met. The egg money and the butter
money. and the corn and wheat money
all went into the payment box, and at the
specified lime the place was theirs. There
was an invisible wealth about such hard
Year: 1879

WHAT He WANTED.-lIe had been gone
from his paternal roof six months-ieft
home in the first bloom of summer, with q
smile upon his brow and a pickaxe in his
hand. The Black Hills his destination /;
glory and gold the goal. A summer spent
amid the auriferous rocks-industry, per-
severance and Il rare knowledge of chem
istry and mlneralogy his useful tools in
addition to the pickaxe. Results are such
that he is enabled to return sooner than
his most sanguine expectations had allow
ed him TO dream Of doing.


Almost home, he pauses outside the
town until nightfall and sends to his wait
ing, expectant parents the following sug-
gestive message:


Bring me large blanket and pain
of old pants I've got hat"
Year: 1879

THINGS IN COMMON There are usually
twelve ribs in the human body, though
sometimes eleven or thirteen. The skull
consists of eight bones, four at the top and
four in pairs at the sides. There are three
kinds of teeth, the incisors, the tearing and
the grinders, and in many the three kinds
are opposite TO each other, above and be-
low. The number of teeth ut maturity is
thirty-two, or sixteen on each jaw. The
perspiraton of man in health is about
twenty eight ounces in twenty-four hours.
This fact alone shows the necessity OF
bathing and washing the skin. The guam
tity diminisles while eating, but increases
during digestion and sleep. The blood is
about one fifth of the weight Of the body.
The heart, by its muscular contraction,
distributes two ounces Of blood from seven
ty TO eighty times in "a minute. The lungs
owing to the continued reception Of fresh
cold air, are the coolest part of the body.
In sleep the respiration is less frequent
than ut other times. A respiration may
be held for minute and half or even
longer if it be taken deep and long.
Year: 1879

BREATHING GYMNASTICS. The import


ance of breathingplentifuly of fresh air


as IN essential of health is generally ad.


mitted. Well ventilated rooms, open-air
exercise and excursions into the country


are appreciated TO some extent by all


classes. But the art of breathing is very
much overlooked. Being process not de-


pending on the will for its exercise, it is
too much left to the mere call of nature.


1t is. however an act which can be in
fiuenced very materially by the will.
Properly trained singers are taught to
attend very carefully to their breathing.
When brisk muscular exercise is taken,
breathing is naturally active without any
special effort. But when the body is at
rest or engaged in occupation requiring n
confined posture and especially when the
mind is absorbed In thought the breathing
naturally becomes diminished and the ac-
tion of the lungs slow and feeble. AS a
remedy for this, it has been suggested that
there is room for what might be fifty
termed breath gymnastics-to draw in
long and full breaths, filling the lungs full
at every inspiration, and emptyng them
as completely MS possible at every inspira-
tion,a to acquire theihabit of full breath
ing ut times. This mode of breathing has
direct effect in supplying the largest
possible amount Of oxygen to the blood
and more thoroughly consuming the car
bon and so producing animal heat. 1t
has also the very important effect OF ex-
panding the chest and so contributing to
the vigor of the system. The breath
should be inhaled by the nostris us we'll


as by the mouth, more especially while
out of doors and in cold weather. This
has partly the effect of II respirator in so
far as warming the air in its passage to the
delicate mir cells and in also rendering
one less liable to catch cold. This full
respiration is of so much importance that
no proper substitute is TO be found for it
in short though more rapid breathing.
In short breathing large portion of the
air cells remain nearly stationary, the
upper portion of the lungs only being en-
gagged in receiving and discharging II
small portion of air,-ChamberS' JvarnGl
Year: 1879

How TO SEE THE WIND.-Take II polishs
ed metallic surface of two feet or more,
with u straight edge-a handsaw will an
swer the purpose-take II windy day
whether hot or cold, clear or cloudy, only
let it not rain or be murky lin other word,
le, the air be dry and clear, but this is
not essential. Hold your metallic surface
at right angles to the direction of the wind


i. g., if the wind is north, hold your sur
face east and west, but instead of holding
the surface vertical, incline it about forty
five degrees to the horizon, SO that the
wind, striking, glances and flows over the
edge (keeping it straighD as water over Il
dam. Now sight carefully over the edge
of SOME minute any sharply defined object
and you will see the air flow over rs water
flows over dam. Make your observa-
tion carefully, and you will hardly fail to
see the mir, no matter how cold; the re-
suit is even better when the sun is OBJ
scured.
Year: 1879

A CLEANLINESS THAT MAY BE SINFUL
NESs.-With all due respect for St. Paul
in pronouncing cleanliness next to godli-
ness, | believe that extreme cleanliness,
which requires the life service of any
.luman being, to be not merely neat to
Sinlulness, but actually it. What | do
indorse is sense of general wholsomeness
in and about IL house, clean cookery,
| clean dish cloths, u clean table-cloth and
bright china and silver essentials. That
there are mud-tracks on the floor, hy-
specks on the window panes, dust on the
top of picture frames, finger marks on
doors, or II carpet that has not had a
thorough sweeping for month,-such
things are of minor importance, and ought
TO disturb the happiness of no woman who
desires to use her time for better work.
1t is plain that housekeeper must put IL
| limit somewhere TO her labors, or else give
herself up to hopeless drudgery. What
health and absolute comfort demand
should be carefully attended to; but
beyond that the work becomes, in a large
part, improbable drudgery. 1t makes
nobody better or happier-often the
reverse-whie the best that can be said of
it is. that it gratiiies in II way the small
vanity of the woman who does it. She
likes to see things look clean. So do all Of
us. And she is spurred on by some secret
impulse TO clean and polish. and sweep
and brush, and scrub and scour, rs if by
such work eternal life were to be won.
The force Of habit finally becomes such
she can't lie down for II nap and get Il
wink of sleep, if she knows that the
mantel-piece has not been busted or that
there is a bit of thread or scrap of paper
lying on the carpet. | doubt if any
woman so hampered with Il care for small
things can rise to large and Just concop-
ton of life, and understand in its true
sense that life is more than meat and body
more than raiment. | believe in giving
some good food to the mind every day OF
ones life, though the kitchen floor has not
been scrubbed for a fortnight, Or the
parlor windows rubbed for u month
Correspondent IN RHraL NeW Yorker.
Year: 1879

LIGHT FOR THE SICK RooM-A kcro-
sene lamp is not u suitable light for the
sickroom, for it should never be turned
down low, on account of the disagreeabe
odor which results. A scientific man once
said " There is nothing in the world that
will produce diphtheria sooner than II bad
kerosene lamp Be that us it may, if
your Kerosene lamp emits disagreeable
smell, it shows that something is wrong
the oil may be of IN inferior quality, the
burner may be poor, or it is clogged up,
or the wick needs to be evenly trimmed
-HvpCr'S Ba.nr.
Year: 1879

A down train on the Reading railroad,
due at PottsvilIe, Pa, on Saturday, ar,
rived more than three hours behind
time. having been detained by an acc',
dent that but for the presence Of mind
of a brave man would have been a
frightful catastrophe. The repairmen
had taken out n rail upon the high tres,
tie near Rupert. and stationed the red
danger signal at the proper point for
the stoppage of trains. A north bound
freight train came along soon after, the
engineer of which saw the signal; but,
having some cars TO switch near the
point, supposed he could run by it n
sufficient distance TO make the entrance
to the eiding. and accordingly disregard
ed the warning. AS his engine ap-
preached the trestle he discovered his
fearful mistake, and instantly leaped tc
tho ground. Tae boss Of the repair
gang, taking in at a glance the Imminent


peril OF the situation, bravely sprant
upon the locomotive, reversed her anC
applied the brake, and although unable
to prevent her leaving the track, sue


ceeded in stopping her upon the very


brink of the dizzy height.
Year: 1879

The other morning a citizen called at
hardware store on Woodward avenue
and said he wanted key to certain
door in his house, and he took up and
carried away almost the first key handed
out to him. On his way down town af-
ter dinner he stopped and exchanged the
key for another, explaining that the first
wouldn't fit. These changes took place
twice day for the next four days, the
citizen being unable to get hold of key
to fit On the sixth day he drove up to
the store with q door on dray, and
calling to the proprietor he said


:. Bring your box Of keys out here and
we'll geta fit to that lock. Here / have
been running back and forth for about d.
week, and might not have got fit for
n whole month if my wife had not sug-
gested that / bring the door down here.
Some of these women are mighty smartr


:. Put why didn't you take the lock off
and bring. it down in your pocks t?''
asked the dealer.


The buyer looked at him in a vacant
way, stared hard at the door, and sat
down on the curbstone with tile re-
mark:


Its wonder that the whole family
wasn't sent to the fool-house ter years
ago. - Detroit Free Press