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Year: 1879

very much less attractive to the great
world which it is the church's duty and
policy 10 attract and influence.


The churches are full, as q rule, where
the music is excellent. bis'tIact may
not be very aattering to...tte preachers.
but it is fact, and it is quite legiti-
mate question whether church has
right to surrender any attractions that
will give it hold upon the attention OF
the world, especially # that attraction is
an elevating one, and in the direct line Of
Christians influence.


Congregational singing is we'll enough
in its place and proportions, but very
little of the inspiration Of music comes
through it. It is, indeed, more OF
torture than pleasure to many musical
and devout people. The ideal arrange
ment, as it seems to us, is FIRST class
quartette, made up of soloists, who take
prominent part in the public service, with
single choral in each service given tc
the congregation to sing. 1u this way
the two offices in public religious assemb
lies seem to be secured more surely anc
satisfactorily than in any other
Year: 1879

Some people, ignorant of what good
editing is, imagine The getting up Of Sc
lected matter to be the easiest work in
world to do, whereas it is the incest work
done on paper. If they see the editor
with scissors in hand they are sure 70 say
HEh, that's the way you get up original
matter, eh p accompanying their ne"
and witty questions with an idiotic wink
or smile. The facts are, that the interest,
the variety and usefulness Of o paper
depends in no small degree upon its
selected matter, and few men are capable
of the position who would not themselves
be able to write many Of the articles they
select. A sensible editor desires consid
arabic selected matter, because he knows
that one mind can not make IS good q
paper as five or six.
Year: 1879

q A farmer from Cynthian township came
came to town one day last month to make
q few purchases. It happened that he
called at an establishment where zan
elevator is in use. In order to furnish
the articles desired it was necessary to go
into an upper story, and the salesman
said to his customer, "just. get on. and
we'll 90 up" The startled granger looked
around and sai1 son where 2" He was
given the desired Information and they
started up. The upward fight was
evidently something new to the farmer,
and he attested his appreciation of it by
renarking f'This beats all nation don't
it ?" The salesman smiling remarked
that he rather thought it did. In the
meantime a son of the farmer became
impatient and came into the storeroom
below looking for him. The farmer
seeing his son, stepped to the hatehWay
and said "You cant come up here,
son; came up on the cellar door, and
its up here yet.''
Year: 1879

Your memory is bad, perhaps, but l
can tell two secrets that will cure the
worst memory. One Of them is to read a
subject when interested. The other IS to
not only read, but think. When you have
read a page, or 3 paragraph, stop, close
the book, and try to remember the ideas
on the page, and not only call them
vaguely to your mind, but put them IN
words and speak them out. Faithfully
follow these two rules, and you have the
golden key Of knowledge. Besides, mat
tentive reading, there are other things
injurious to the memory. One is the
habit of skimminng over newspaper
items of news, smart remarks, bits Of
information, political reflections, fashion
notes, so that all is Q confused jumble,
never to be thought Of again, thus dill
gently cultivating o habit of careless
reading hard to break. Another is the
reading of trashy novels. ..-~.
Year: 1879

The superintendent Of one of our Gem.
eteries was called upon not long since By
a man who said he wanted to select lot
in which to bury his wife, who had died
the day before. The official started out
with him to walk through the grounds,
and on the way fell into conversation
concerning the deceased. "Was her
death sudden ?n he asked. "Well, yes,
rather answered the bereaved husband


"that is, at the last. She was ailing like
for good while, but the last week she
went off hand over fist y
Year: 1879

A little boy in . Sunday school put .
poser to his teacher. The lady teacher
was telling her class how God punished
the Egyptians by causing the first born
in each household to be slain. The little
fellow listened attentive1y and at the
proper interval he mildly inquired, "What
would God have done if there had been
twins %
Year: 1879

The truly beautiful and good are those
who pursue the paths of virtue and justice
for the mere love of those attributes, and
not because of merit that attaches to such
a life, or expecting to reap fayors and
rewards therefrom.
Year: 1879




There has already been repeatedly published In the
HERALD during the past eight years the story of the
complaint made by Bridget Tormey against the Board
OF Health. AS trial Of the suit commenced yes
terday before Judge Daniels. holding Supreme
Court Circuit, epitome of the complaint is worth
giving. On May q. 1871, Mrs. Tormey. who then
resided at No. "a First street. taken sick with
the measles. One OF the physicians of the Board OF
Health pronounced the disease smallpox and at once
had her removed to the smallpox hospital on Black
well Island Here she examined by the attendant
physicians, who pronounced her disease measles. 1t
seems, however, that the latter physician In con-
sderaton of her having been sent there by the Board
OF Health, would not assume the responsibility. al
though both Mrs. Tormey ana her husband urgently
desired 1t, send her back her home, but, sick
sho was compelled her ut late hour Of the night to
walk long distance through wet grass to another
hospital the Island, where she was kept several
days. Upon this state of facts Mr. Tormey brought
suit against tho city for $4,000 damages. The de-
fence mainly technical The facts set forth
in the complaint are not denied. but 1t is set up
in the answer that the Board OF Health Is wholly
responsible and alone be held to liability for its
acts. That as for the Board Of Health 1t cannot be
held liable through failure. required by law in
most cases, to bring the suit within six months spd
finally that there Is any ground Of action the Board
OF Health should have been made party defendant.
The trial OF the suit was begun yesterday before
Judge Daniels holding Supreme Court, Circuit Col
onel G. W. Wingate appears for the plaintiff, and
Colonel Prentice in opposition.
Year: 1879

OF course, no lady who has
seen a copy of that bright and
helpful magazine, The HOUSE,
KEEPER, will try to live without
it, but not every one feels able
to pay even the 75 cents which
it costs for one year. The pub
fishers offer to send a copy ONE
YEAR and solid silver thimble
(any size) besides, to any lady
who will send two new subscrib-
ers for one year at % cents each.
They will send any reasonable
number of specimen copies and


and their new pictorial premium
list FREE TO any one who wishes
to get up club. The Premi-
um List makes one hundred of
fcres, any one of which is as lib
eral as he above. Addre S The
HoUsEKEEPER Minneapolis, Mir
Year: 1879

The Elmira Gazette gives this
code of hat-flirtation signals
Wearing the hat squarely over
the head-I love you madly; tip
ping it over the right ear-my
little brother has the measles,
wearing it on the back of the
head-ta, ia, awfully awful; TAX
ing it off and brushing it the
wrong way-my heart is busted
holding it out in the right hand
lend me a quarter; throwing it al
a policeman-I love your sister
using it as a fan-come and play
with my aunt; carrying a bricl
in it-your cruelty is killing me
kicking it across the street.
am cngagei; putting it on TIL
ground and sitting OH it--fare
well forever.
Year: 1879

A boy who is polite to his fa-
thcr and mother is likely to be
polite to every one else.


A boy lacking politeness to
his parents may have the sem
blance of courtesy in society, but
is never truly polite in spirit, and
is in danger, as he becomes IA
miliar, of betraying his real want
of courtesy.


We are in danger Of living toe
much for the outside world, fol
the impression we make in soci-
ETY., covering the good opinion
/ of those who are in a sense a
part of ourselves, and who will
continue to sustain and be sus-
tanned in lis, Notwithstanding the
defects of department and char
acter. We say to every boy
and to every girl, cultivate the
art of courtesy and propriety al
home-in the sitting room and
kitchen, as we'll as in the parlor
and you will be sure in Other
places to dcport yourself in 4
becoming and attractive manner


When one has pleasant smile
and a graceful demeanor, it is 1
satisfaction TO know that they
are not put on, but that they be
long to the character, and ar'
manifest at all times and under
jail circumstances.
Year: 1879

No man knows how it will be
hereafter, but from the tones OF
some mems prayers, and their
length, one is impressed with the
belief that when those men go to
heaven, they'll want to pull up a
chair and sit down, and talk to
the Lord all the time.
Year: 1879

Now THAT the Legislature las ad-
journed. and Samuel Townsend has not
got Delaware College to bray at, he has
turned his attention to the building OF
the new Court House, and threatens to
get out an injunction if the site should
be fixed at either the old basin, or the
City Park. He gives the people Of
Wilmington to know that the people in
the lower part Of the county won't stand
any such nonsense. He,wants it located
at Front and Market streets. We would
advise Mr.. Townsend not to get excited
over the mater, for if the State would
build an insane asylum within any rea
sonable length OF time, We would b,
willing to divide the honor of location
with him, and urge that it be built a
, Townsend.
Year: 1879

SENATOR BECK having heard the news
from Ohio is softening down a little
But few weeks ago lie was threaten
ing the President Of the United States
with a Stoppage Of his salary and all
salaries unless he should sign certain
bills; now Mr.. Beck meekly says that
hr hopes the President vii not veto
the bills, but if he should-why, the
party leaders will come together and
talk the matter over. No doubt they
will, and very solemn little party it
will be.
Year: 1879




A Washington dispatch to the Gin
cinnati Commercial Of the 18th,
states thss . gentleman travelling with
General Grant (John Russell Yoang,
most probably writes home that the
General says that he will not be can
didats for President under any circum-
stance. He Is aware that his name 10
freely used IN the American papers in
that connection, but not in way that
he thinks at present justifes him in
making public declaration Of his in
tentions. When the time comes, IS
this gentleman believes, he will decline
in such q way that there may be no
mistaking his meaning. The General
tells this gentleman that he does not
want to 70 enter public life, and that
he will decline q nomination to any
public Office, and that he will make his
intentions fully known upon his return
to America, but at present does Lot
wish to publicly decline that which
has not been authoritatively offered to
him. No doubt this is a correct represen-
tation Of the feelings Of General Grant
at the present time, and that it Is we'll
known that he has often expressed
himself as being tired OF public life,
but it is by no means certain that the
situation of affairs in this country may
be such that the General will be the
only sure man for the emergency. As
the Reading "Times and Dispatch ~
says, the nomination may be offered to
him with such spontaniety of feeling
that he will be compelled, out Of a
sense of duty and patriotism to accept.
General Grant, while he has fairly
sarned the right to have the rest and
The freedom from care that he desires
Is not the man to shirk responsibility
when 1t becomes his duty to assume it
'Or the good of his country aud in def
srence to the wishes of his fellow -citi-
tens.
Year: 1879

Chalmers, the hero of the Fort Pit


low massacre and now . member OF
Congress from q bull.dozed district in
Mississippi, has grown restive under
the charges made against him and with
the presumption that he is an innocent
man. he demands an Investigation in
to the charges made. OF course Chal,
mers knew he was safe in making the
demand, for Congress could not find
committees enough to whitewash the
characters Of all the Confederate Gener-
ais in Congress, and even if they could


they could not find time to do so In
the present Congress. The crime that
he and his associates perpetrated there
was one of the most brutal and afro
cious that is recorded in modern his
tory; and Democratic House OF Rep
resentatives scould have done Chal
mers no better service than 10 accede to
his request made yesterday for com
nittee Of seven to patch up some sort
of a vindicatioD. But no Congress-
ional committee can wipe out the facts.
There is huge mass of evidence in
existence some of it taken from men
who were wounded during the massa
ere and left for dead, to show that the
black soldiers were butcLered after
they had surrendered because they
were "nigsers," and that the white
soldiers were shot down because they
we're "fghting with niggers." The
evidence proves that Chalmers, who
was one of the commanders of the re-
bel assailants, was present during the


butcherv and assisted IN and directed
the work. Mr.. Greeley, in his ac-
count of the massacre, says: "lf hu-
man testimony ever did or ever can es.
tablish anything, then this is proved
case Of deliberate, wholesale massacre
of prisoners Of war, after they had sur
rendered-many of them long after
and for the naked reason that some Of
them were black and others were fight.
ing in black company" 1t is the
fashion now to whtewash rebels, but
Chalmers record is little to black
to be covered by ordinary effort.
Year: 1879

An English professor and a young lady from Baltimore were recently wrecked in rocky cave near Mount Desert at nightfall. They had gone into the cave in a small boat, and were sitting on the rocks talking about mineralcgy- Suddenly a big wave broke into the cavern and swamped the boat. The Englishman plunged into the boiling surf, endcavoring with the frenzy of despair to collect the remnants of the frail bark. Useless for the purpose of navigation, the shattered craft might still serve as fuel, for the cave was cool and damp, and the shades of night were coming on- The pro- lessor had lucifer matches and he built fire, and there they remained until morning, when some fishermen, amazed at the unwonled spectacle of smoke emerging from a cleft in the rocks of an unhabited island, ven- tured in to the rescue of the impris- ened couple, and with the aid of ropes drew them from their perilous position.
Year: 1879

Miner: Mir. A. NJ. Smith, Super

 intendent and General Manager of

 the Golden Era Mining Company,

 came in last evening from Cherry

 Creek in company with MT. Gospcr, one of the owners. The company have their saw mill about ready to run, the only thing lacking is 600 feet of piping, which is being made at the tin shop of Messrs. Frederick 6 Hill. So soon as they can manr- facture the necessary lumber fer the erection of their quartz mlll, large force of men will be put to work in it's erection and all of this can be ac- complished during the next forty days, when we expect to be able to chronicle the successful working of the Golden Era quartz mill. Since the company started to put up machii !. cry, few weeks ago, several very valuable gold leads have been dis covered in the district, and the great est activity prevails althrough the hills in and around Cherry Creek. The latest find is huge gold mine, four feet wide, by a MT. Sessions, formerly proprietor of the Big Bug station. The lead is said to be ex- tensive and the ore extraordinary rich. We are more thoroughly con vinced that our country is hardly over, and that hereafter all of our best mines are to be discover .4
Year: 1879

H. c. Shaw. publisher of the Pa- ctfe LJe, brought suit some time ago against Sheriff Nnnan, for the return of printing material which had been seized in payment of e debt, ion the ground that they were implements of trade and were therefore exempt from attachment under the Code Justice Wright decided the case in favor of the plaintiff, when the Sher- iff appealed to the Municipal Court of Appeals, and Judge Freelon has reversed the decision of Justice Wright, holding that the type and other property seized, did not legally constitute implements of trade, and could be attached in payment Of 8 proven debt.
Year: 1879

The town of Covington cn c bluff of the Mississippi is fast losing ground. The banks are gradually being eaten away, and the ground on which the Courthouse stood year ago is now covered by many feet of flowing water. A few days ago the current set inshore, and took of a strip of land thirty feet wide in a few hours; theSeupon the buildings left near the water were moved back, and a few days after the land upon which they stood was also taken away. Two years ago there were six hundred feet of land between the principal hotel and the river bank, but now one can toss a stone out of the hotel window into the river, and tue building is being put on rollers for removal,
Year: 1879

A Gold Hill lass married man who
had worked steadily at his trade for ten
years and yet had nothing to show for
his labor, invariably losing at the gam
ingtabl- all h. had earned. Knowing
her husbands weakness, she deter.
mined to turn it to good account for
the advantage of the family. Her
plan was to start faro bank. Accord
ingly, she procured a layout, box,
case. keeper aud the necessary checks.
At this point her greatest difficulty
was encountered. She had no capital.
Going to an experienced gambler and
stating the case to him, she was able
to borrow 5000. The preliminaries
being arranged, the husband readily
agreed to play against his wife's bank,
provided she would agree to "ring the
bell' for the drinks once in while.
The fair dealer acquiesced, and the
game began. At the end of an hour
and half she had possession Of the
month wages. The next month the
same experience was repeated. In a
short time the 5000 lad been repaid
the gambler, and fine embroidered
layout was made by the thrifty wife.
Soon after she began to buy diamonds
and to invest in stocks. Her next
stroke was to build an elegant mansion ;
then she kept her own carriage, and
finally made tour Of the world, &C
companied by her husband and three
children.
Year: 1879

now want to cheat their creditors out
Of their money, yet there may be virtue
and honesty enough left even amongst
the Jim Anderson type Of liars Of Louis.
lana to vote down this dishonest Con
stitutional provision.
Year: 1879

D., yesterday "a' o"S ~


notable of the present debate. 1t
was characteristic in its novely, Tor
the speaker took view of the CON
troversy that nobody appeared to
have thought of before. 1t is not
military domination, he said, that the
Democrats are grasping for, but civil
mower; it is not the military arm
that they are afraid of, but the civil
authority Of the Govt, backed by
the right to call in the aid Of the
troops to enforce civil law, the same
as all citizens are liable to be called
upon to form ''posse commlttatus
for the enforcement of the laws by a
civil officer. The army cannot now
be used to oppress the citizen. A.
an army it caanot act at all, neaI
places of elections or anywhere else.
but the Democrats object to its us"
as an aid to the civil power becausr
it is potent to enforce the laws which
they do not want enforced. This
view of the case rather astonished
some of the Northern Democrats
who want it to appear that the OBJ
ject of the Republicans is to preserve
military despotsm, as they cal! II.
and of the Democrats to restore civil
authority. There can be no mistake
about il; what the Democrats fear
is civil authority, and the bugaboo Of
the "troops at the polls" is a mere
pretense. Following the able speech
es of Garfield, Frye and Belford,
this speech of Robeson will have a
grand effect. All of these speeches
should be read by every man in the
land, and it is probable that the Re.
publican Congressional committee
will take care TO send them broad
cast. They ought to be sent in
connection with the firc-eating ha
rangues Of Chalmers, Blackburn aud
other rampant rebels, who have done
even more for tho exposure OF their
own usfaroos designs than the Re-
pubIicans could do. In TACT all the
Confederate Brigadiers in the Senate
and House announce grandiloquentIy
that they have come to take their
own, the power which was wrenched
from them in 1861. They remind
us forcibly Of the aate.war days,
when loyal men were insulted by Sc
cessiOn swaggarts, aud threatened
with annnihlation if they did not
bend the knee. Fortunately the
Republicans are united aud earnest
in resisting the new method of Re-
bellion, and although the Brigadiers
threaten, it is probable that they
will have to be the ones to surrender
or suffer defeat.


The Democrats have found new
cause cf anxiety in the resolve Of
the Grsenback caucus to oppose the
81 called political legislation. This
is rather surprise, for they had
counted upon the assistance Of that
squad. One of the Greenhackers
proposes to move to strike out the
troops clause in the present bill, and
all but one Of the Greenbackers
will vote against the bill if that
motion does not prevail. The one
exception is Ladd, Of Me-, who is
anxious for Democratic preferment,
and will act with that party upon
nearly all questions of similar ma.
ture.


Several important meetings were
held here last night to take into con.
sderation the immigration move.
ment resulting from the proposal oil
Senator Window. Thousands ol
letters have been received from all
parts of the South asking for aid aud
advice in this movement, and it was
thought best to organize in some
way TO direct the migration SO that
Year: 1879

Some comment has been made
upon the fact that the Whig objected
to the proposed compromise of the
attitude assumed by the Democratic
party in the late Congress toward
the Federal election laws. Our
views wero somewhat misunder-
stood. We do not object 10 the
presence Of supervisors selected by
each political party for the purpose
of witnessing the conduct Of the
poll and the counting Of the ballots
provided such supervisors should
be provided for by the State laws,
and act under appointment by the
State authorities.


The purity Of the ballot is an OBJ
ject which ought to be obtained.
But we are unalterably opposed to
the concession by the Democratic
party-even by negative fOrm--of
the residence of any right in the
Federal Government to meddle Ia
any way whatsoever In the conduct
of election by the people for their
representatives. Such Interference
is complete reversal Of the theory
upon which the Government Is
based, and, carried TO its ultimate
logical result, would lead TO Federal
dictatiOn Of the composition OF
Congress.


The action proposed to DC taken
may accomplish the purpose OF de-
feating the Radical scheme for car
rying the next election thruugh the
agency of judicial terrorism, but we
had hoped and wished for more.
The fight had as well be made once
for all, and the question disposed of,
or 1t will rise again to disturb the
repose Of the country and endanger
the liberties of the people.
Year: 1879

polish and grace; of a temper the


most sweet, and of spirits the most
joyous and gay, without ever being


boistrous, turbulent or obtrusiye; /;
Of conversation the most various,
never refusing a serious turn, though
delighting in every species of mirth,
from refined comedy to broad farce.


He was the life and soul of every
circle in which he mixed. Affable
to those below him, full of firmness
and independence to his superiors,
altogether without a particle of
envy, or Jealousy, or gall, in his
whole composition--no wonder that
he was the darling of the age and
the country in which he lived. He
was most happily and most justly
described by one who knew him
well as the best beloved man in all