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Year: 1878

New YORK, May 1.-THE iSun says Mrs.
Elizabeth Tiltons confession did not cause so
much talk among the members of Plymouth
Church as the latest phases of the scandal
have done. 1t was known Wednesday to a
few members Of the church that the question
of retaining Mrs. Tilton and Mrs. Morse upon
the church rolls must be decided one way or
the other at once. A letter from member Of
the church demanded immediate action, but
a few months time was asked, and the rea-
son why the brethren desire delay is believed
to be information Of Importance that they
have lately received, and delay of four or
five months may result in giving to Plymouth
of Mrs Tiltons condition when she wrote the
confession. This is what the examining COM
mittee will wait for now. They believe that
within the next three months Mrs. Tiltons
Tilton will be made manifest, and that an In
FAINT will be the pledge of restored love be-
tween the two.
Year: 1878

the general belief that Count Schouvaloff has
persuaded the Gar to agree to the most es-
sential Of Englands demands, and the more
sanguine affect to believe that the meeting Of
the congress is now certain and that peace
will be preserved, but there Is suspicion
that this favorable news is delusve
Year: 1878

Prof. Cook states in the Science
Monthly certain ideas about the motions
of molecules in the atmosphere, which
seem 80 strange as to suggest the poetry
of science rather than it's prose. He
says, "The molecules of our atmosphere
move on an average nearly four (3.S(
times slower than those of hydrogen
under the same conditions; but then
they weigh on an average fourteen and
a half times more than hydrogen MOLE
cules, and therefore strike with as great
energy.


"Do not think that the effect of these
blows is insignificant because the mole
cular proiectiles are SO small they
make up by their number for what they
want in size.


"Consider, for example, cubic yard
of air, which, if measured at the freezing
point, weighs considerably over two
pounds.


"That cubic yard of material contains
over two pounds of molecules, which
are moving with an average velocity of
one thousand six hundred and five feet q
second, and this motion is equivalent in
SN6Iy ISSpSCb W Ulldb Vi u CthuOu-pull vi
equal weight, rushing along its path at
the same tremendous rate.


"Of course this is true of every cubic
yard of air at the same temperature;
and if the motion of the molecules of the
atmosphere around us could by any
means be turned into one and the same
direction, the result would be hurri.
cane sweeping over the earth with this
velocity, - that is, at the rate of one
thousand and ninety-four miles an hour,
whose destructive violence not even the
pyramids could withstand.


"Living as we do in the midst of a
molecular tornado capable of such
effects, our safety lies wholly in the cir
cumstance that the storm beats equally
in all directions at the same time, and
the force is thus so exactly balanced
that we are wholly unconscious of the
tumult.


"Not even the aspen leaf is stirred,
nor the most delicate membrane broken;
but let us remove the air from one of
the surfaces of such membrane, and
then The power of the molecular storm
becehles evident, as in the familiar ex-
perilnents with an air pump"
Year: 1878

The Yosemite Valley is situated in
the heart of the Sierra Nevada, about
1856 miles in direct line east OF San
Francisco. The valley is nearly level
area, about six miles in length and from
a half mile to a mile in width, sunk
almost O. mile in perpendicular depth
below the general level of the adjacent
region. Through the center of this
valley runs the Merced River, passing
for twenty miles after leaving the valley
proper through a grand canyon, the
scenery here almost equalling this won
derful valley. Because this canyon IS
approached by only a narrow trail, but
very few tourists travel the full length
of the river to view the cascades and
lofty water falls of this wonderful region.
From time immemorial the Yosemite
Valley had been regarded by the Indian
tribes living on both the western aud
eastern slopes of the Sierras as strong
hold, or place of refuge in time OF
trouble. In 1850, the white settlers
who lived on the streams which head in
this region, finding themselves unable
to remain in peace with these Indians,
organized for their protection military
company, and in 1851 pursued party
of the savages that had been committing
depredations into the Yosemite, where
they had taken refuge. From that date
until the present time the valley has
been resorted to yearly by hunters and
pleasure seekers from all parts of the
world. Prior to 1864 there was only
one actual settler in the valley. Now it
teens with life, and three or four hotels
roomy enough to accommodate comfort
ably 100 guests, have been completed
and furnished with every comfort re-
quired by the most exacting tourist
Boston Post.
Year: 1878

The duck shooting season will shortly
open, and sportsmen who are fond of that
style of recreation will no doubt have a
good time generally. Duck shooting un-
der almost any circumstances is hard
work, and especially in cold weather,
though the sport is SO exciting that there
are plenty of men ready and to engage in
ii. The flats below Havre de Grace, at the
mouth of the Susquehanna river, is one
of the famous places for that kind of
cunning, and the amount of money in
vested In 1t by professional and amateur
shooters is very large. There are at Hav-
re de Grace quite a number of scows,
which are fitted out expressly for the
purpose and the furnishing of some of
them is really magnificent. Their owners
reside elsewhere; some In New York,
some in Boston, Others in Philadelphia,
etc. Thousands of dollars are expended
on them, they being supplied with every
thing in the shape Of guns, ammunition,
sleeping and table comforts that money
can purchase, and hence we infer that
there must be something more exciting
in bringing do wn the famous canyas back
than is possible for the uninitiated to ap-
preciate. But it is cold and not unfre-
quently perlious sport, very frequently
leaving behind 1t rheumatism, neuralgia,
pneumonia and a host of other ills.
Year: 1878

Last night was All Hallow E'en, OF
"Holly Eve" as the boys call it, an event
which the Juveniles claim the right to
celebrate in their own peculiar manner.
They were not as violent as usual, last
night, but they banged doors and rang
the door bells to an extent sufficient to
irritate many good people. Some of the
young rascals got their just deserts, and
q well known Market street errand boy
will long remember the cold water duck.
ing he received on Eighth street, neal
Shipley, as he slyly slipped up to a door
and rang the bell.
Year: 1878

A person cannot possibly attend to
business ifhe has been kept awake DUR
ing the night by troublesome cough;to


all such we would recommend the time


y use Of DR.. Bulls cough syrup. Price,
Year: 1878

Judge jackson Of the United States District
Court OF West Virginia has decided that the
ferry at Harper's Ferry belongs to the man
to whom 1t was sold by tho United states
In other words, that tho Federal GoVerhmeht
can acquire and dispose OF good title 10 that
sort Of property Or franchise.
Year: 1878

The New York Bulletin publishes, as the
result Of Investigations in various depart
ynentg of industry, q table showing the de-
mand for labor In that city, Us compared with
1873, and the comparative rates Of wages
The general result Is to Indicate that wages
have declined about 81 per cent, while the
number of hands employed has increased by
about 15H per cent. 1t Is very probable that
q like movement between employment and
nav has taken Dlace In tho country at large
Year: 1878

Three jolly fellows, out in the cOun-
try, by the names Of Tim Watson. Joe
Brown and Bill Walker, sat late one
evening. drinking at a village tavern
until, being pretty well cOrned, they
made an agreement that each one on
returning home should do the first
thing his wife told him to do, in de
fault of which he should the next
morning pay the bill. They then Sepa-
rated, agreeing to meet again the next
morning. and give Il true account of
their wives orders and whether they
carried them out or not.


The next morning Walker and
Brown were early at their posts, but il
was sometime before Watson made his
appearance. Walker began first:


"YOu see, when entered my house
the candle was out and the fire gave
but a gljRmering of light. | came
mean Walking accidentally into a pot oi
batter that the pancal es were To be
made of in the morning. My wife
who was dreadfully out of lumOr at
sitting up so late, said to me, sarcaS-
tically:


Bill. do put your foot in the bat
ter-nOw do


"Just us You say, Maggie said /
and without the least hesitation | put
my foot into the batter, and then went
to bed"


Next Brown told his story:


MY wife had already retired in Ou
usual sleeping room, which adjOins the
kitchen, the door of which was ajar
not being able to navigate perfectly
yOu know, | made q dreadful Gathering
among the household furniture, and
my wife, in a not very pleasant tone
bawled out:


"DO break the pOrridge-pOt, joe


NO sooner said than done. | seized
hold of the bail of the pot, and Strik-
ing it against the chimney jam, broke
it in 4 hundred pieces. After this eX-
plot l retired-nOt to rest though, for
l got curtain lecture all night for my
ready obedience"


1t was now WatSOn'S turn to give
an account of himself, which he did,
with long face, as follows:


My wife gave me the most mlucky
command in the world; for l was
laundering up stairs in the dark, when
she cried out:


ado break your rotten neck, oh, do
Tim


iii he hanged if do. Kate, said !,
rs I gathered myself up; I'd sooner
pay the bill And, landlord, here's the
cash for YOU. This is the last time III
ever risk five dollars on the command
of my wife"
Year: 1878

y translation Of Welsh Triad:


She is modest. void of deceit and
Obedient.


Pure in conscience, gracious of
tongue and true To her husband.


Her heart not proud. her manners
aifable. and her bosom full of compass
sion for the poor.
LabOring to be tidy. skillfUl of hand,
and fond of praying To God


Her conversation amiable, her dress
decent, and her house orderly.


Quick Of hand, quick Of eyes, and
quick of understanding.


Her person shapely. her manners
agreeable. her heart innocent.
Her face benignant. her head intel
ligent and prOvident.
Neighborly, gentle. and a liberal way
of thinking.
Able in directing. providing what is
wanting, and good mother TO heI
I children.
Loving her husband. loving peace
and loving God.
Happy is the man who p0sspsse.
such wife.
Year: 1878

Two IriShmen. on landing i'm this
country, and sitting down TO their first
dinner ON shore, found on the table q
dish of prepared mustard. which
neither of them had ever happened Ia
meet before. One of them took q
spoonful NJ a venture, which quickly
brought a deluge of tears tO his eyes.


What are YOU CRYING about: asked
his companion.


i was crying ut the recollection OF
my poor father, who was hung about
twenty years ago.


The dinner proceeded, and soon the
other made dip into the mustard,
with a similar result.


What are you crying about was
the grave inquiry of his cOmradr.


Il am crying because you We're no;
hung when Your father was
Year: 1878

Ii IS particularly with those who
have been accustomed to water drink


ing that ii will show its good effects in


after life. During the first nine months
the infant is 10 be nOurished by its


mothers milk. which serves As food
and drink; il Is gradually accustomed


TO other sustenance during the period
of weaving. After this X accomplished
however, the infant should have fresh


water as we'll as milk.


BY water drinking in childhood and
youth, the foundation of a durable
stomach is laid and thus healthy body
through life. The nervous and blood
I systems are Over-eXcited by spices
beer, wine, chocolate. coffee. etc, and
thus a constant artificial state of few
ct is maintained. and the process Is 50
much accelerated by ii, that children
[ fed in this manner do not attain per
/ haps half the age ordained by nature
i Besides this. experience has taught
/ that they generally become passiOnat,


and willful, having neither the vii
nor the power to make themselves O
others happy.
Year: 1878

see a request in the Journal for 4


recipe for making good yeast bread.


But, allow me TO say, it is useless to
try to make good bread unless YOU
have good yeaSt-and / will tell you
one mode of making yeast cakes: At
night peel your potatoes for breakfast
| Gust as all good hOuSekeepers dO.) then
boil rather softer than usual, no mat
ter if they begin to come in pieces !;
have pint of hops ready; skim out
the potatoes except two or three; put
your hops in the kettle. boil half an
hour. When ready TO turn of, YOU


want a pint of the liquor. Strain when
boiling hot on cOrn-meal enough to


make stiff batter; have half a tea


cup of good yeast mot sour prepared


before hand, and as soon as the batter


is cool stir in the yeast. Let it stand


until light, then mould in all the meal


possible. roll, out thin; nut. it where
the cakes Will dry, turning them over
once a day. Care must he taken not
| to overhead the cakes, or to keep them
so far from the fire as to have them


sour before drying. When made of
the meal, they more readily soak soft


when wanted for use. To make the
Yeast, take two or three of the cakes,
add a cup of warm water, flour enough
to make a rather stiff batter, which
should be light in an hour or two at


most.


We will now give 4 very good rule
for making yeast bread:


If warm weather the sponge is to


stand in 4 cool place. At night, take


half the quantity of wetting, which
should be butter-milk, set it over the
fire, stir freely, bringing it to a boiling


heat; while scalding hot, pour it on
enough flour to make an ordinary
sponge. Let it stand until cool; add a
pint of Yeast, stirring it in briskly. In
the morning it will be fOaming, pro-
Yided your yeast was good. Then take
the other half of your wetting which
should be cold, new sweet milk. Stir
in flour to form a stiff batter. Set


away until very light, that is, Just as


much so as possible; then dissolve as


much soda as is required for the but
ter-milk, say, tea-SpOOnful to two tea
cups of bUtter-milk (Which is a good


rule when mixing biscuit), also add a
little salt, stirring thoroughly until
convinced that the soda and salt are


well mixed through the sponge. Now


mould in flour until it is hard: set il


away again in your pan; let it stand


very light, then mould into lOayes


about the size of a bakers pound loaf,


and when again light, put in hot


oven and bake until loose from the
tins.


Now, in making bread, as with every
other business, one has to Use a little
reason or discretion for herself; vet if


these rules are carried out, you will


have good. light, sweet bread, that you


need not feel ashamed to set before 4
king.-NrS. E. BUrgaOEf ia AmerieGn
Farm Journal
Year: 1878

4 short time since, two individuals


were lying in one room, very sick, one
with brain fever, and another with an
aggravated case of the mUmpS. They


were so low that watchers were needed
every night, and 1t was thought doubt
full if the one sick of fever could re-


cover. \ gentleman was engaged to


watch over night, his duty being to


wake the nurse whenever il became


necessary To administer medicine. In


the course Of the night both watchers


and nurse fell asleep. The man with


the mumps lay watching the clock, and
saw that il was time to give the fever


patient his potion. He was unable to


speak aloud, or to move any portion of


his body except his arms, but, seiZing a


pillow. he managed To strike The watch
er in the face with it. Thus suddenly


awakened, the watcher sprang from


his seat falling to the floor, and awak-
ened both the nurse and the fever pa
rient. The incident struck the sick
men as very ludicTOus, and they
laughed heartily at it for some fifteen
or twenty minutes. When the doctor
came in the morning he found his pa
tients vastly improved: he never knew


so sudden 4 change for the better, and


now both are mp and well. Who SAYS
laughter is not the best of medicines
And this reminds the writer of anOth-
/ er case. \ gentleman WAS suffering
from an liberation in the throat, which
at length became 50 swollen that ms
| life was deSpaired of. His household
came TO his bedside To bid him fare
well. Each individual shook hands
with the diving man. and then went


away weeping. Last of all came a pet
ape. and shaking the mans hand, went
away also with his hands over his eyes
/ 1t was so ludicrOus a sight that the


patient was forced to laugh. and
laughed 50 heartily that the ulcer
/ broke. and his life was saved.-Ihe
! SdHitGTiUH.
Year: 1878

If any freight conductor in America
was compelled to take along for the con-
venience of himself and crew as mean
caboose as the cars that run between
Cork and Dublin, for the accommodation
of that great portion OF the public who
ride in second class cars, he would lead
in a strike Immediately, and have the
sympathy of his low-citizens. Cramp-
ed, ill-looking. contemplate coaches they
are, sort of "Black Maria prison van
looking affair, with no semblance of up
holstery, except thin, dirty, worn, YER
min suggesting cushion spread on the
seat. And these are the cars that are
said to correspond in rank and comfort to
the elegant coaches in which passengers
paying first class fares in America are
conveyed; the first class here being ac-
counted of grade like the American
Pullman or parlor cara sort OF arlsto-
cratic institution for Lords and snobs.
In the north of Ireland the cars are bet
ter, and so is everything else better in the
north of this island than In the south,
even to the natural scenery, leaving out
the Killarney region and few similar
features IN the south. The trains stop st
every station about as long as an Ameri-
can stage coach waits for change of
horses; then hand bell is rung on the
platform and the guard locks the door,
and the man who attempts to get on
board the train after the wheels begin to
| move is not only driven back summarily,
but incurs liability to fine of twenty
shillings--fve dollars. The provision
made for safety is ample; for comfort,


Iothing at all. Stepping across the rail
way track to reach train is never allow
| ed; but the passenger must pass up stairs
| across bridge which in every depot
station" spans the track and down stairs
| TO his train.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Bryant was d puUr wrro ut'ur,' .aI,o-
care of himself, and get a living. He
could not only do this, but he could do
wise and manly part in guiding the poll
tics of the country. He could not only
manage his own private and family affairs
in a prosperous way, but he could dis
charge his duties as citizen and mem
Der of society. In his own personal char
acter and history he associated problty
with genius, purity with art, and the
sweetest Christianity with the highest cul-
ture. He has proved to all the younger
generation of poets that Mysteries are not
inspiration, that improvidence is not an
unerring sign of genius, that Christian
conviction and Christian character are not
indications of weakness but are rather a
measure of strength, and that man may
be poet and poet a man. SO much OF
a certain sort of eccentricity has been as
sociated with the poetic temperament and
with poetic pursuits, that, in some minds,
the possession of practical gifts and home
ly virtues is supposed to invalidate all
claims to genius. If Mr.. Bryant's life
had accomplished nothing more than to
prove the falsity of this wretched notion.
it would have been fruitful one.


1t certainly is to be hoped that the
world is outliving the fancy that a MIN
in order to be great poet must be excep
tionally an ass in every other department
of life and effort,-that he must be al
infidel in the realm of religion, spend
thrift in his habits, an unsafe man with
women, wine-bibber at his table, and :;
man whose butcher and tailor are suffer
ers by whatsoever sums they may trust to
him. Let US be thankful that Mr.. Bryan
has made it eminently proper for geniu
to be respectable and well behaved, ano
that laziness and improvidence and licen
! tiousness can never quote his exampl'
| among their excuses. At time when
feeble men with poetic streak running
through a worthless nature and character
are striving to attract attention, and when
irreligion and immortality are determined
to assert a respectable place for them
selves in the worlds regard, the celebra-
ton Of Mr.. Bryant's virtues, even though
it be held above his grave, comes like a
| benign reproof and a sweet benediction to
| his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Year: 1878

I Thomas Edison, the great inventor, says
the Virginia City Chronicle, during his
visit to that city spent most of his time in
. the Office of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, looking over the inner works
OF the establishment. Graphy had him in
/ charge, and when he was ushered In and
/ introduced there was commotion among
/ the operators, who crowded around to
/ greet the king of electricians and the in
| ventor of so many instruments used by
them daily.


| Edison at once began to look over the
arrangements of the office and test the
workings of the instruments, every now
! and then correcting some trifiing error or
calling the attention of those about him
to the fact that this or that change might
be made to advantage


There was no air of superiority observa-
BILE in Edison. From the moment of his
arrival he was with the operators as one
of themselves, chatting pleasantly, crack
ing jokes and moving about as if he had
worked in the Office for years. He was
the worst dressed man in the room by all
odds. An old black hat, cheap shirt,
with the stud holes in the bosom unoccu-
pied, two-bit necktie several months old,
coarse pants and vest and mouse-colored
linen duster, completed his attire.


One of the office boys asked him to put
his name in an autograph album. He
wrote line that looked like print, and
fixed his name at the bottom. Everybody
admired the marvellous penmanship which
was emphatically new style. The let
ters were awkwardly made, taken singly,
but when grouped in line all looked
exactly alike, as if engraved on copper
plate.


You couldn't take thirty words min
ute and print like that" said one.


81 can take forty" was the reply.


'Have you any objection to doing it?"


"Not the slightest"


The fastest operator present took one
end of wire, and Edison, sitting at the
receiver, picked up sheet of paper and
said, "Let the message come The clicks
began to pour in as thick and fast as rain
patters on a roof, and Edison began to
write. He sat there three minutes and
took one hundred and thirty words with
apparen. ease, doing better than he had
promised. The dispatch was written in
the faultless hand that graced the auto
graph album. The paper was filed away
among the cherished curiosities.
Year: 1878

Bad luck is simply II man with his
hands in his pockets, and pipe in
his mouth, looking on to see how it is
coming out. Good luck is a man of
pluck, with his sleeves rolled up, and
working to make it come out right
Year: 1878

May the Lord preserve your eye
sight, said q beggar woman to a man
with a small nose who had just given
her gratuity. why? he asked
Because, said she 'you have no nose
10 hold your spectacle
Year: 1878

He who is passionate and hasty is
generally honest. 1t is your dissem-
bling old hypocrite Of whom you
should beware. There's no deception
in bull dog. 1t is only the cur that
sneakos up and bites you when your
back is turned.