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Year: 1877

rather singular suit has been brought by Mrs.
Milderberg against tho German Lutheran church
Christopher street Her story that Ter father
owner Of vault In the church, and that she on his
death, succeeded in its ownership. Her father and
other members Of the family having been buried there
sho desired TO place In the vault the remains OF her
brother-in-law, who ded in July, 1874 Tho church
refused to allow the vault to be opened the ground
that It was forbidden by corporation ordinance Not
wishing to give II up SO, Mrs. Mdcrberg laid the
before the Board of HEALTH and obtained permit to
deposit the OF her in the vault


nc exhibited this permit, but did prove to pos
the open sesame over, ana the result Is suit
against the church Tor exemplary damages, The
came to trial yesterday before Judge Donohue. The
defence sets the corporation ordinance restric-
ton which they had no right to disregard Mr. q. 4.
Minor appeared for the plaintiff, and Charles e. Tracy
for the de, en dant
Year: 1877

FossIL FRAUDs.-Every one remem-
bers the Cardiff giant, says the New
York Times, and the success which that
fraudulent fossil achieved before its true
character was fully exposed. It now
appears that the alleged print of hu-
man foot, which was said TO have been
recently discovered on a slab Of Con
necticut sandstone, is merely another
attempt to palm off forged fossil upon
a eonfding community. Not only does
the print Of the foot furnish intrinsic
evidence that it was made by the foot
OF modern Connecticut farmer, but
the slab itself proves to be lump Of
artificial stone. The forger first made
his slab and then put his foot in at Il
he had not committed the rash mistake
Of using artificial stone his deceit might
have succeeded, and geologists might
have accepted it as q final and
fatal blow to Moses and his cosmogony:;
These two instances of attempted fraud
in the manufacture Of fossils ought .
call our attention to the fact that we als
wholly at the mercy Of geologists in 70
spect 10 fossils.
Year: 1877

WHEN a man has sat up till midnight
writing poetry, and goes home with his
soul afame with inspiration, nothing
pleases him so much as to get into bed
and find that the baby has been eating a
cracker there.
Year: 1877

THE BRAIN AND SLEEP. Prof. Ferrier
says that it has been noticed in men
that have a part of the skull removed
by accident, that in sleep the brain be.
comes of light color-there is but lit
tie circulation-but as waking com
mences it becomes rosy from the from
the increase of circulation. An illus
+ration of the fact that in sleep there is
less circulation in the brain and more
in the body, is to be found in the fact
that any one with boots on taking an af-
ternoon nap on the sofa will be aware Of
the increased circulation by feeling Of
tightness of the boots. Whatever tends
to lessen this circulation in the brain
promotes sleep. Hot drinks dilate
blood-vessels and make the supply Of
blood to the brain less. Putting the feet
in hot water has a similar effect; warm
room, too, as every one knows, tends to
the same result. Whatever helps to
keep up the circulation of blood in the
brain is opposed to sleep. Any over
activity of the brain in thinking tends
to keep up the circulation, and, in case
of sleeplessness due to this cause, the
simple plan is to endeavor to get the
brain to think of some motion OF sound
which has a rythmical monotony. To
engage in brain work after meal is to
take to the brain blood needed for the
stomach.
Year: 1877

The following is an extract FINN ..
interesting paper read by DR.. Tbor..-
Bond at an education conferencss ~
the Society Of Arts, in London: In 81
ing a cold bath in the morning the M.
face Of the body should bo warm an
moist; therefore the bath SHOULD h.
taken Immediately upon rising from H.
bed, and before the surface of the boj.
has had time to cool, or the capillar;c.
to contract. The shock Of the cold -
ter should cause them suddenly 10 60
tract, then quick reaction will take Ma.
in the same way as after Turkish balh
Unless this reaction occurs after IN.
bath there is great danger Of getting !
chill; at any rate the full benefit Of fha
bath is not obtained. Persons with we.l
circulation, who cannot take an ordi.
nary morning bath, often derive ore..
benefit from a Turkish bath. It oDens
the pores and improves the circulation
of the skin, so that the shock of cold
water can afterwards be borne. Tbe
same person can generally bear a cold
bath if they get for few minutes into
warm bath first, and then Immediately
plunge into cold water. By these means
an active reaction is brought about
Warm baths should. in my opinion
never be taken on rising except under
the above conditions, but warm baths
at night are often desirable. They should
be taken just before going to bed, when
they have the effect of relaxing the
muscular system and of promoting sleep
by soothing the activity of the brain by
the withdrawal of blood from it. do
not think warm baths at night are weak
ening, as the depression of vital energy
which may occur is recovered during
sleep. In river and sea bathing. per.
sons should be careful not to remain in
the water too long, nor should they ex-
ert themselves sufficiently to cause ex
haustion, as the power of reaction is
much impaired thereby; neither should
persons get into cold water when cool
ing. The old-fashioned idea that per
sons should wait to cool before plung-
ing into the water is fallacy. There is
no danger plunging into the coldest
water in state of profuse perspiration,
if the heart and arteries are in healthy
state. OF course it would be unwise TO
do SO Immediately after full meal, as
the action of the heart might be i'm
peded by the distended stomach.
Year: 1877

The popular clamor for speedy loca-
ton Of the capital does not appear 80
real to several members OF tue Legisla.
tnre since it has become apparent that
CInrksburg il to be the site under the
present bill.
Year: 1877

THOSE who favor the restoration Of the
collection of the city school taxes to the
Sheritl's office, contend that said taxes
will be subject to discount OF q per
cent for prompt payment, the same as
other taxes.
Year: 1877

Now that it is aImos, certain that
CIarksburg will become the capital of
the State under the present bill, it is said
that some Of the Third district men have
become reflective on the general subject
Of removal.
Year: 1877

smoothly in the grooves if We would
only let it, but we are not content
to do so-in fact contented with
nothing. From the cradle to the
tomb we are continually fretting
about something. We are living at
altogether too fast and too reckless
rate. We initiate the balloon be-
yond its capacity to bear, and then
wonder that 1t collapses and we get
fall. Contentment-tol let things
take their course is condition we
have yet to learn. But how can we
expect to be free from troubles as
long as we are seeking for it? We
are much like the son of the Emer-
aid Isle, who "was never at peace
without he was at war with some
body" We are constantly making
trouble-get into hot water and
then grumble. But the world wags
on just the same, and will unto the
end, although we hasten our end by
constant restlessness.
Year: 1877

A DELUsIoN.-A young man who
thinks that he can lead a reckless
and profigate life until he becomes
a mid die g ged man, and then repent
and make a good aud steady citizen,
is deluded by the devil. He thinks
that people are tools, destitute of
memory. He concludes that if he
repents everybody will forget that
he was a dissipated wretch. This
is not the case ; people remember
your bad deeds and forget your
good ones. Besides it is no easy
thing to break up IN middle age bad
habits that have been formed in
youth. When horse contracts the
habit OF banking, he generally re-
tains it through life. He will often
perform ell enough until the
wheels get into a deep hole, and
then he stops and holds back. Just
so it is with the boys who contract
bad habits. They will sometimes
leave off their bad tricks, and do
well enough until they get into a
tight place, and then they return to
the old habit. Of those boys who
contract the bad habit of drunkness,
not one in every hundred dies q So
Der man. The only way to break
up a bad habit is never to contract
it. The only way to prevent drunk.
ness is never get drunk.
Year: 1877

The person who sent us the
communication rejecting on the
the conduct of some of our young
men has given US his Name and
urgently requests US to publish his
letter On consideration, and with
the hope that there will be no
further ground for these complaints,
we have decided not to expose pub
licly this time the boys whose
names are given. But we would be
doing wrong to remain silent if
again requested by respectable citi-
zens to speak.
Year: 1877

NEW RoAD TO THE Sr, CRoIx
PINERIEs.- Isaac Staples has Just
tapped the pineres in the southern
part of this county by a road run
ming eastward from Kettle River
Station, and his men and supplies
will hereafter 90 into the woods by
that route instead of through this
place. a commodious stopping
place and warehouse will be erect
ed at Kettle River Station in time
for next winters logging opera
uons; also stations at convenient
points on the road, and a center
station near the State line where
men and teams can put up for the
night. AT Il center station store
and trading post will be established


the country thereabout aboundino
in fur, ana being great resort for
Indians and hunters. The distance
from Kettle River Station to the
Moose River camp will be about As
miles. This new road, it is said,
Will be the main avenue to the i'm
mense pine region south of Superior
"a region containing five hundred
million feet of first class pine tim
ber-and it looks as if very i'm
Year: 1877

Listen to the heavy heat throbs
as the du.l, oppressive chorus of
agony comes up from the darkness
of despair, in which millions of
SCARED and bleeding souls grope
their way to the churchyard; listen
to the ever ceaseless trickling of tear
drops which, like drops Of water
upon the stone, wear out the life
and plow deep burrows in the cheek;
listen to the prayers that leap from
aching g'hearts up to the ear of God +;
listen to the solemn tread Of the
funeral train and the moaning sor-
row that the winds catch up as they
wing through it and bear away into
a distant, solemn echo listen to the
thud Of the earth as it strikes the
casket which holds the sacred dead
and the hearts of loving kindred /;
look upon the Grape on the door
knob; look on the vacant chair at
the fireside; go sit upon the fresh
spaded earth in the cemetery; look
into the desolate home of the for


saken and starving; look upon the
great black ocean of human suffer
ing and misfortune, and then let the
sunshine of human sympathy into
all the darkness and despair which
cluster about the vicissitudes OF
earth. Thisis the mission Of life. The
man who lats flower die, when he
can sye it; who shuts sunbeam
out of the sick room; who neglects
to turf the new made grave with
verdure and fowery beauty; who
forgets to speak peace to the
troubled soul, is a cloud upon the
sky, and a libel upon his kind.
Year: 1877

THERE is health and vigor for
both body and mind in an honest
trade. 1t is the strongest and surest
part of the self-made man. Go


from the acadamy to the printing
Office, or to the artlzan's bench, or,
if you please, to the farm-for to be
sure, true learning is trade, and a
good one at that, Lay thus a sure
foundation and after that, branch off
into whatever profession you please.
Year: 1877

An acquaintance remarked in our hear
ing, few days since, that the hard times
and stagnatiOn in business were more
the result of cowardice than anything
else. The more we have thought of this
assertion the more have we become con-
vinced that it contains a good deal of
truth. Nothing risked. nothing gain
ed, is trite old saying, and there is
no good reason why 1t should not be as
pertinent in the ordinary transactions of
a family or a neighborhood, as in more
extensive commercial operations. OF
the one fact there can be but little doubt,
that money is cheaper to-day than ever
before in the history of this nation !;
and if there is a stagnation in its circu-
lation, it must be either in consequence
Of lack of confidence in the stability
of our prosperity or through cowardice
on the part of the possessors Of means to
engage in active business. Doubtless
many of our capitalists are like 'burnt
child-afraid of the fire." but this can
scarcely be the condition of actual pro-
ducers of necessary articles for whom
there is never-failing demand at some
price, whether highly or barely remu-
nerative.


The fluctuations in the prices of such
articles as are elassed as necessaries,
are the result of variations in supply
and demand although, doubtless, many
of our readers think otherwise, especial
ly if these fluctuations affect the pro-
ducts of their own farms. If the prices
of butter, eggs, cheese and similar arti-
cles go below what the producer thinks
a fair figure, he is ready to declare that
combination has been formed among
buyers; but this can very seldom, if
ever, successfully occur in a country SO
extensive as our own, as many have
learned TO their cost during the past few
years. The man who has Just but lit
tie to sell, may say, "What have will
make no difference, so will hold for a
rise" forgetting that copious showers
are made up of little drops of water.
Thus one by one each holds back, not
daring to risk his capital, be it little or
much, to keep trade and business brisk.
Is not this species of cowardice? Per-
haps not; but certainly it has the appear
ance of it, to say the least.-Rural Nel0
Yorker.
Year: 1877

ARIsINa LAD.-A boy borrowed a tool
from carpenter, promising to return it
at night. Before evening he was sent
away on an errand and did not return
until late. Before going he was told that
his brother should see that the article
was returned. After he bad come home,
inquired and I, und that the tool had not
been sent to its owner. He was much
distressed to thirk that his promise had
not been kept, but was persuaded to go
to sleep and rise early and carry it home
the next morning. By daylight he was
up, and nowhere was the tool to be found.
After a long and iruitless search, he set
out for his neighbor's in great distress,
to acknowledge his fault. But how
great was his surprise to find the tool on
his neighbor's doorstep And then it
appeared from the prints of his little
bare feet in the mud, that the lad had
got up in his sleep and carried the tool
home and gone to bed again without
knowing it. or course a boy who was
prompt in his sleep was prompt when
awake. He lived respected, had the
confidence of his neighbors, and was
placed in many offices Of trust and profit.
If all grown folks felt as the boy did,
there would be good many tracks of
bare feet found some of these bright
mornings; and what piles of books and
tools would be found at their owners
doors.-HtuPerS' Magazine.
Year: 1877

A very curious incident is recorded
in the Burangong (Australla) Chronicle,
as having occurred at the sale of some
effects recently disposed of within few
miles of Young. For long time the
deeds of some property, consisting of a
house and premises and about one hun
dred acres of land, we're mlslald and
could not be discovered. 1t was sup
posed that they were irrecoverably lost,
and application was made at the Regis
trar- Generals Office in Sydney for copy
of the missing documents. The per-
sons interested were unable, however,
to give a satisfactory description of the
property, and the consequence was that
their application was not successful, for
the simple reason that they could not
accurately describe the property con-
veyed. The family was still in posses
sion of it, however, and did not mani
fest any further care in the matter.


Upon the death of the surviving pa
rent, which took place recently, the
children began to adjust affairs and to
look into the matter of the landed pro-
perty. The same difficulty presented
itself as of old: the deeds could not be
found. The furniture was sold, among
which was an old stuffed chair, made
out of an ale cask, we'll padded, and
used almost exclusively by the departed
parent of the family. The discarded
article was removed by one of the sons
of the family; for some time it was used
by him in the parlor; then it was taken
into the bedroom, and finally it found
its way into the kitchen, as lounging
seat for Mary Ann.


The son got into difficulties, and gave
a bill of sale to one of his creditors over
the entire lot of his effects. The man
taking the inventory was we'll pleased
with the comfort of the old chair afford
ed him, and having an eye to business,
put it down with the intention of buy
ing it, should it be put up to the ham
mer-a result that he saw was immedi-
ately pending.


A few weeks time verified his predic
tion. The sons effects were sold, and
the family being in reduced circumstan-
ces, many articles were bought i'll by
private friends for them. The old chair,
however, was spotted by the man who
had made the inventory, and was pur-
chased by him for Is. Cd. This so ex-
asperated the servant girl, that taking
up an ak, she deliberately cleft the chair
in twain, and 10 and heholdl there was
disclosed to view in its interior, not only
the missing deeds of the property, but
a will, some e900 in notes and gold, and
various valuable trinkets. The bailiff
was so dumbfounded that he appeared
to have lost all reflection, for certain it
is that Mary Ann took possession of her
unlawfully-acquired property, which,
however, in all honesty she immedi-
ately handed over to her master and
mistress, whose joy can we'll be imag-
ined. The inventory man skedad-
died with "fver," and he now says he
hates the name of Mary Ann.
Year: 1877

The following most interesting and
-emarkable particulars relating to APPS
iov House, once the residence of the
srst Duke of Wellington, may not be
generally known.


King George II. riding on horseback
one day in Hyde Park, met with an old
soldier, whom he recognized as having
ionrht under him at the battle of Detti-
cen and fell into discourse with him.
The king finally asked him what he
could do for him.


..Whv, please your majesty" return
al the soldier. "my wife keeps an apple
stalI on the bit of waste ground as you
enter the park, and if your majesty
would be pleased to make us a grant of
i we might build a little shed and i'm
prove our trade"


The king complied with his request, and
a grant was given him. The shed was
erected. The situation was excellent,
and the business of the old woman be-
came brisk and prosperous. Their only
son, in process of, time, was articled to
an attorney, and gave indications of
making a figure in the profession.


After some years, the old soldier be-
ing dead, and the grant of the king be-
ing overlooked or forgotten, the then
Lord Chancellor, attracted by the elli-
pibility of the situation, removed the
shed0f fke old woman, and laid out the
ground as the sight of the present man
sion.N


Alarmed and terrified by this meas
ure, and not venturing to contend with
such high authority, she consulted with
her son Whose articles we're now nearly
expired) as to the course she should
take in such an extremity.


The son calmed her fears in the best
manner he was able, and promised to
find her remedy as soon as the struct-
ure should be completed.


This was no sooner done than he
waited upon his lordship, to request
some remuneration for what he alleged
to be trespass on his mothers rights.


The latter, as soon as he began to per-
ceive that the claim of the applicant was
reasonably founded, rendered some
hundreds as compensation, which,
under the advice of her son, the old
woman rejected; and, to make the story
short, upon the next interview the son
demanded of his lordship four hundred
pounds a year as q ground rent-add-
ing, that if he did not like the terms he
was at liberty to take his house away
again, as his mother did not want il.
His lordship acceded, and the house
yields, to this day, the above rent to the
descendants of an old applewoman.
Year: 1877

LOVED Hrs MoTHER.-A little boy 13
years old was recently brought before
New York court for attempting to pick
the pocket of man on Broadway. He
was sentenced to the House of Refuge,
but cried bitterly on hearing his pun
ishment, and begged to be let of, as
serting that he had never done anything
of the kind before. As the officer was
taking him away, he broke away from
him, rushed to his mother, who was
present, threw his arms around her
neck, and kissing her passionately, sob
bed out: g Good bye, mamma, good
byel" The judges consulted together
few moments, and the boy was brought
again into court, and informed that the
affection he had for his mother induced
the court, in the hope that he would be
a good boy in the future, to change his
punishment to thirty days imprison-
ment in the city prison. At this, both
mother and child burst into tears Of Joy.
When going away, the boy called back
% his mother: Don't fret for me,
mamma" There is little doubt but
that boy who has a deep love for a
good mother may be easily restrained
from evil courses by right management
and influences. Whatarrangements are
made in the city prison to prevent such
boy from becoming contaminated by
the society Of grosser criminals?
Year: 1877

THE SOUND OF THE BELL.-During
the reign of the plague in the Holy City
the monks of a certain monastery were
called upon to attend the death beds of
the dying They felt great alarm, but
did not shrink from this duty; though
for its performance they chose plan
most sadly we'll for bringing down upon
them the very death which they were
striving to ward off. They imagined
themselves almost safe, so long as they
remained within their walls; when their
services were required, therefore, a sim
gle monk was chosen, either by lot, or
by some other fair appeal to destiny;
being thus singled out, he was to go
forth into the plague stricken city, and
to perform with exactness his oriestly
duties; then he was to return, not to the
interior of the convent, for fear of in
fecting his brethren, but to detached
building (which Iremember) belonging
to the establishment, but at some little
distance from the inhabited rooms; he
was provided with bell, and at a GER
tain hour in the morning he was to ring
it, if he could; but if no sound was
heard at the appointed time, then knew
his brethren that he was either delirious
or dead, and another was sent to take
his place. In this way twenty-one Of
the monks were carried off. One cannot
we'll fail to admire the steadiness with
which the dismal scene was carried
through; but If there be any truth in
the notion that disease may be invited
by frightened imagination, it is diff
cult to conceive more dangerous plan
than that which was chosen by those
poor fellows.