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Year: 1878

LONDON, July 11.-Advices received from
St Petersburg state that the popular feeling
is In an agitated and turbulent state. The
conditions which Russia has had forced upon
her at Berlin are felt to be so wholly out OF
proportion to her aspirations and to the blood
and treasure she has expended in the war,
that q revolt would not be easily prevented
If there were any popular leader to present
himself at this juncture.
Year: 1878

Who is Gen. w. T. Sherman that he should
tempt? He is man who was educated at
the expense of the people at West Point.
People who work with their hands at plow
and anvil, as well as people in the dry goods
trade, pay the expenses of that institution
baltimore Gazette.
Year: 1878

more are centering there. They have been
driven out Of the city by the recent proclama-
tion Of the Governor, and claim to be en- route
for Minnesota to get harvest work. They say
that the railroad must carry them or take
their medicine. The railroad company ap-
pealed to Gov. Smith for help, and if deemed
necessary, the militia Of the State will be
called out to stop their depredatiOns.
Year: 1878

Grant writes from Europe to friend in
this country that Wade Hampton is traitor.
The Galena galoot shouldn't call names 1t
hasn't been very long time since he was In
the gutter and then people alluded TO him as
q bl0at; and some of them thought that this
was drawing it little mild.
Year: 1878

CHICAGO. March ia Journal
Washington special says: General
Butler, i'll conversation about the
run on the Savings Banks in Bos-
ton, and the passage by the Massa-
chusetts Legislature of stay law
to stop payments of savings banks
said: II hope nobody will put this
enormous suspension of payments
to the credit of the silver bill or
silver dollars, which now, as far as
they have gone into circulation,
have been at a premium on gold,
and the bonds have appreciated SO
that the bank could have sold them
since the passage of the silver bill,
and for more than they could be-
fore. What has happened in Mass
achusetts will be followed by other
States, almost Immediately, and it
may become necessary for Congress,
as it is possible they have the pow
cr, under the constitutional pro-
vision, to make a uniform
system of bankruptcy, to pass
national stay law. Ger
tainly they will have to do it un-
less some measure Of relief conn esq.,
General Butler, if he can get the
floor to-day, intends to offer in the
House two resolutions, and to move
their passage under suspension of
the rules. The frat is to instruct
the Banking and Currency Com
mittee TO report a bill to withdraw
subsidiary silver coin from circula-
tion, and to issue in lieu thereof
fractional currency. The second
resolution will instruct the Bank
ing and Currency Committee to re.
port bill directing the Secretary
Of the Treasury to pay out in the
current expenses of the Govern
ment twenty million dollars III one
dollar, two dollar and five dollar
notes.
Year: 1878

from the Outlook.


The brig Tanner left the wharf
last Friday, for San Francisco,
with 230 tons of brsa.


The steamer Orizaba, on her
down trip last week, discharged
$50 tons of freight at this port.
This is the largest cargo for some
time.


A huge whale made its appear
ance one day last week, and fioated
around for awhile between the
wharf and the outer buoy. Sew
eral gentlemen were on the wharf
at the time and had good look at
the monster.


The monotony of our little town
was disturbed slightly yesterday
morning by couple of our orderly
citizens, who seem to have forgot
ton the early lesson of the nursery
rhyme which gives timely warm
ing against the use of ones finger
nails upon another's optics.


We were surprised at statement
made by an officer of the Ancon
last evening. He said that the beet
of Oregon is much inferior to that
of Southern California. The differ
ence was SO marked that all OH the
vessel noticed it. This rather
stakes the wind out of the sails" of
parties who have repeatedly told us
that "Oregon is the finest cattle
country in the world"


We had q pleasant chat last
evening with Mr.. Buckingham,
purser OF the steamer Ancon. He
has been on the line from San
Francisco to Portland for the past
eight months. His run up the
coast has been a rather hard one
rough seas, and rain, rain, nearly
all the time. He says he expert
enced o most delightful change as
soon as he got south of Conception.
Southern California, with its
drouth, he thinks is preferable to
Oregon, with its overplus of rain.
And be added, little enthusiast
cally, 81 tell you Santa Monica is
bound to be great resort before
great while. / have seen no place
on the coast at all comparable with
it.u
Year: 1878

INITIATING A GREEN HAND
The Watertown, n. Y. Times tells
this story: A rather ludicrous
sight was witnessed while ago OH
the top of an incoming freight
train. The conductor of the train
had ordered brakeman, very
green hand, to the head of the
train, there to repeat all signals to
the engineer, as given by him (the
conductor) to the brakeman on the
back of the train. The last brake
man was comical genius, 80 he
determined to have some fun with
"greeny." The first few sig.
mails necessary to the run
ming of the train were
all right, but soon the
end brakeman commenced his fun.
He lay down ON the top Of the car
and rolled over. "Greeny,r on
Year: 1878

The fortieth anniversary Of the old Bushwck Cross
Roads Church. now known Cook Street Methodist
Episcopal Church, celebrated yesterday. The at
tendance of old members was large. In tho morning
Bishop Harris delivered sermon the necessity Of
becoming thorough disciple Of Christ to thoroughly
enjoy this world and TO inherit the next and bet
ter world, taking for his text. For what
world and lose his soul." In the afternoon Bishop
Gilbert Haven for the benefit of the Sabbath school,
told the story Of HIS travels in different quarters Of
the GLOBE Rev. w. y. Afieck spoke the blessed
ness OF aiding the work OF the Lord, and
woodworth and M. Clark, OF New Hamp-
SHIRE who pastor Of the church in 1S47.
In the evening the orators Chauncey Shaer and
Robert Edwards. The anniversary was highly sue
cessful and the financial aid received by the church
during the day will aid in making II long remembered
by the congregation.
Year: 1878

Matthias Knoop, well dressed young German, of
Hunters Point to this city Saturday last for
the purpose of securing patent method of put
ting hoops on barrels. He remained at the Patent
Agency Building for ONE hours. and then took tho
elevated road to Twenty third street. He was met
by an officer OF the Eighteenth precinct Twenty
third street who thought he acted strangely and took
him 1, the police station He then sent to Belle
vre Hospital and confined In the cells It
learned from bank book found in his possession
that he lived with Fritz Grn. Of Seventh and Vernon
streets Hunters Point He Is believed by the mcdi
cal staff ut Bellevue to be insane.
Year: 1878

Here Is book that no Burberry Kobb should bc
without OF course you remember Burberry, the
squire in Roscdale who took his book of dancing
instructions with him into the ballroom and only
refreshed his memory during the panses in the musc


but even pecpcd between its pages when going
furiously down the middle. THE Quadrille Call
Book and Ball Room Prompter' (Dick Fitxgcrald).
IL intended learn from the preface to be prscti


cal guide for modern dancing and lays no claim TO
be compendious book OF reference for all
the fossil dances Of bygone generations" Tho
reader will find the chapter on ballroom cti-
qette full OF information that he will do well TO


member. In the hrst place. gentleman who accom-
panies lady 10 ball will, after entering the build
ing. Immediately accompany her TO the entrance of
the ladies' dressing room. and, after seeing
her safely within the apartment. leave her
and proceed to the gentlemen's dressing room"
The mnuteness OF these instructions will bc OBJ
served. He must lead her to the ladies' dressing
room "after entering the building not before; then
he must 'leave her at the entrance of the ladies'
dressing room" Now this is well mentioned, for
almost any gentleman would naturally enter
the where he ladies disrobing
and repairing damages to their complex
ions. back hair. &c The gentleman then enters his
Year: 1878

Hrs wife caurht him with his arms
around the hired girls neck, but his
courage even in this extremity never
forsook him. II suspected some one Of
stealing the whisky on the preserves,
Jane for some time, and you know her
breath would have told il phe was the
guilty party Baltimore sun.
Year: 1878

in poor Carpenters picture. The whole
attitude and bearing OF the group are
stiff and unnatural. 1t tisjust about the
same arrangement that a country tin
type man would have made if he were
given a distinguished party of gentlemen
to arrange for picture. The average
congressional criticism is that if man
can be recognized in picture it follows
as necessary consequence that il is a
fine picture of him."
Year: 1878

BRUTAL ltURDER.-W Wade Pressly. col:
ored, was committed to Jail Saturday
charged with the murder OF his son. 1t
appears that the boy ran away from lone
but returned about the first of last week
His father gave him thrashing anc
ended by throwing him against a table
The boys head struck the corner of th'
table and he was killed. After conceal
ing the body for several days it was
brought out for burial, but was so often
sive as to excite suspicion and the Grim,
was detected.-AbJcvIe Medium.
Year: 1878

The proprietor of the celebrated
Plummer fruit dryer is now on the
Sound. He has sold the right to a
great number of counties and it is hoped
some one will purchase the valuable
right for this county, and proceed at
once to manufacture and sell them. They
sell all the way from s75 to 5000, &C.
cording TO size. The process is as valu-
able foI drying meats and vegetables as
for drying fruits; decreasing the bulk
four-fifths; putting it in shape to be
handled or transported anywhere, and
at trifling cost, more than doubling its


value. On this river a fortune could be
made drying wild berries, to say nothing
of the benefits arising from an increased
culture of fruit and berries tor drying
pllrposps.
Year: 1878

Every Evening is again greatly exercised
at q criticism of the HERALD relative to


Senator Bayard's hobby of "Aonest


Money" Senator Bayard in substance has
again and again said that the duty OF the
Democracy, msasurably, at present its sole
duty was to give the country hard money


currency. This the Senator cannot deny.
and we are quite sure he feels the rectitude
of his own position too forcibly to deny it..
If so, did we misquote or slander hims Is
Mr.. Bayard infallible and above criticism
There Is an illiberal and intolerant tone in
the article relative to the proprietors Of the
HERALD, which demands notice. Is there
an unwritten naturalization law in the
State, which perpetually excludes from full
citizenship foreign born citizen, or the ma
tive of another States The owners of the
HERALD have been residents here for over
nine years, have come of age in this State,
cast their first votes in it, and expect to re-
main. 7i
1t would seem that notwithstanding all
this, that according to the ethics Of Sena.
tor Bayard's Clayton House speech, and Of
Every Evenings opinion, citizens Of th'
Year: 1878

The main question agitating the people
to'day in the matter of city legislation is
the requested increase of the police force,
One thing that is sure to impress a stranger
coming from any important town in the
country 10 the smallness of our force in
comparison with others. Savannah, for
instance, which is somewhat smaller than
Wilmington, has police force of one hun.
dred men. Eighty-nve of these are patrol
men, and fifteen are always wanted while
on duty.
Year: 1878

Sheriff Pyle took possession of the sherif's
house in New Castle yesterday. He was
escorted to his new home by large delega-
ton of his neighbors of both sexes. This
demonstration Of respect and esteem by bis
life-long friends and intimate companions,
must have been highly gratifying to the
new sheriff and was compliment which
he doubtless deserved. We predict that
Sheriff Pyle will not lose any friends by hi
important Office.
Year: 1878

state must obtain some social assoilnent
before they are considered Delawareans if
they have been born beyond it's borders % It
Is rather good joke to hear Every Even
ing deserving slander, q journal that has
long since been voted to be the conduit of
slander In this city.
Year: 1878

THE death of Cardinal Franchi leaves
a vacancy in the very important posi-
tion of Papal Secretary of State. Al
though but short time in the Office the
Cardinal gave evidence of progressive
ness. He has had all along to contend
with the most conservative influence.
Not the least Of his ideas was to ar
range permanent peace with the Ger
man government and thus assist the
church there in recovering from the de-
preston of Bismarck's iron policy.
Year: 1878

WITH some apprehension the Tam
many leaders view the presence Of Kear-
ney in the east. There is 50 much des-
titution in New York city that they
fear Kearney's influence will carry the
usual Democratic vote over to the Ma
tional party. As political measure it
would indeed justify Tammany to pay
Kearney well to stay out of the city,
Year: 1878

Ar last we know the fate of one OF
Bismarck's sons at the recent election.
He has been defeated at Luneberg.
What Lunies they are to be sure. But
such fate isn't startling. One might
receive similar news of the other son
and not feel shocked.
Year: 1878

YESTERDAY was a black day in
Maryland's calendar. A man killed ac-
cidentally at shooting match, girl
killed instantly and a boy fatally injured
by the breaking of swing, is about as
much as one commonwealth wants in a
single day.
Year: 1878

THE recent elevation of freight
rates on the Central and Union Pacific
roads, was occasioned by the duplicity
of shippers who sent first-class goods
under the cheap schedule for cotton
goods. An agreement can be arrived
at between the companies and mer-
chants, by the latter promising to ship
all their goods by rail for year.
Year: 1878

THE committee of the House on the
Labor Question met in the New York
postofiice yesterday. First in order the
committee considered letter written by
its clerk in which he stated that the
economical House had refused expenses
for clerk, stenographers and sergeant
alarms. And the committee is in
trouble, but concluded to go on.
Year: 1878

PROCTOR KNoTr's constituents have
sent him to Congress three times in the
hope that there was another Duluth
speech in him. Now he asks to go
back again but the people prefer to send
the reporter who wrote that speech.
Year: 1878

THE Congressional Labor committee
in session at New York, concluded to
sit daily and hear such persons as may
appear before it. Yesterday, several
representative workingmen detailed
their experience and made recommen-
dations.
Year: 1878

ABOUT 800 Republicans are expected
to vote at the Democratic nomination to-
morrow and pledge themselves to vote
for the nominee. That leaves about 1000
voters out of 5000 in the city to be cast
for Capt. Gallagher, about seven hundred
of whom are negroes, half of whom are
not on the tax list, have no receipts and
cannot vote. So the man that stands on
the fiipper of the dying whale, you see
ha, but poor chance for being elected
to the Mayoralty.
Year: 1878

By JOHN j. HEALY.


Of course | had to let the Indian
90. Experience had taught me
that it was always safer to display
a fearless and even savage spirit
towards hostile Indians than to
show them either friendship or
mercy. They readily understand
and respect the former, but invari-
ably mistake the latter for timidity
and conscious weakness. But |
was a stranger to the party, and
having no property in the train, |
had no right or desire to disregard
The wishes of these people whose
whole earthly possessions were at
stake, however confident [ might
be that I was acting for thei best
interest.


The moment I let 60 the Indians
scalp lock, the villain bounded of
over the prairie, like a deer, his
his movements fastened BY large
dog belonging to the train, who
followed close at his heels for a
quarter Of 9 mile or more, but sud





denly stopped, turned, and came
running back as fast as his legs
could carry him. The owner Of
the dog understood its actions and
and said. at once that the animal
was frightened at something it had
either seen or scented. This made
me think there might be more In
dians hid in the grass near where
the dog bad turned, and I suggest
ed that some of US had better mount
our horses as If we intended to ride
out and attack them. This ru had
the desired effect. We had hardly
touched our saddles before fifteen
or twenty Indians sprang out Of the
grass, a.. if BY magic, and ran to-
wards the river. We chased them
close up to the bank, but the last
one plunged in and was half way





across the stream before we arrived,
and d number Of shots fred from
our rifles appeared to have 40 ef
feet.


Meanwhile. the fire had been put
out around the twain, and the Wo-
men had partly recovered from
their fright. But there was d
serious look upon every face, and
it was no difficult matter to per.
ceiye that themen as well as the
women were at last beginning
to realize the danger Of travelling
in country infested hY hostile In
dians, and the necessity for extreme
caution ID order to defe4t the pnr-
poses Of their blood thirsty foes.
They were uo longer self confident,
but sought eagerly for advice, and
were willing to adopt any meas
ures for the general safety that
the more experienced members ofI
the party might suggest. Norton
particularly was extremely humble
and now regarded his late escape
as quite miraculous.


Mr.. Beebe, who had been pranc
ing around the prairie il search oil
a powder horn lie had lost while
assisting to put out the fire, came
10 while tie party were in consulta-
ton, and holding UP the recovered |
article delivered himself asfollows
Ladies and gentlemen, we're III
bad box, but I'm sure Providence
Is with u.s.


LOOK there continued the Old /
Year: 1878

Quite a sensation was caused on Canal,
street, in front of the Hong Kong Bnilding when on


Tuesday last elk big floats unloaded 12 pounds Of
Tes, received direct from China by the great Hong
Kong Tea Company. This, told Is the third
shipment since the first of this year. and are glad
that Mr.. Macmillan Hermann is doing such -four.
ishing business. There is seemingly limit to the
number of Tea stores which this gentleman running
in this city as he has lately opened another branch
store at s27 Old Levee street. which is opposite the
French Bazaar Market. That store is also supplied
with steam engine and other machinery TO supply the
immense demand for their magnificent coffees roasted
In true Arabian STYLE All prices coffee tea have
been greatly reduced at all Of the branch stores- g.
at 80 Canal street. 79 Poydras street and 3a Dryades
street. Erato. We learn good authority that
the Hong Kong Tea Company is building another
telegraph line from the French Market to the Hong
Kong Building which will operate all the with
the Telephone
Year: 1878

An eminent British state 5nan is said
to have traced his own sense OF the
sacredness ofa promise to curious
lesson he got from his father when he
WAS a boy. When home for the holi'
days and walking with his father in the
garden, his father pointed to a wall
which he intended to have pulled dow .


oh said the boy. Il should like to
see a wall pulled down.


We'll, my boy, you SHALL said the
father.


The things, however, escaped his
memory, and during the boys absence
a number ofimprovements were being
made, and among them this wall was
torn down and new one built up in
it's place. When the boy came home
and saw it, he said:


o father, you promised to let me
see that wall torn down.


Instantly the father remembered his
promise, and was deeply panied to think
that he had seemed careless about bis
plighted word.


My boy he said, you are right. !
did promise, ard ought not to have
forgotten. 1t is too late now to do just
what | said would, but you wante d to
see wall pulled down. and so you
shall.


And he actually ordered the masont
up and made them pull down and re-
build the new wall, that as nearly a:
possible his promise might be made


1t cost me twenty pounds, he said to
friend who was bantering him abut it,
but, he said, If it had cost a hundred
should have thought it cheap way OF
impresslng on my boys mind as long as
he lives the importance that man
of honor should attach to his pllghted
word
Year: 1878

A young man who was In Alaska
some four years ago fell IN love with
the only young lady on the island, a
girl of fifteen, who was possessed ofex-
traordluary beauty, and whose hair fell
below her knees. But he was unable
to communicate the old, old story to
her, tor she did not understand
word of English, nor did she speak
Russian. In his dilemma the arrival OF
the priest on his one-in-two-years visit
was a godsend, and TO him he made
known his love. The priest, knowing
the young man to be possessed OF a high
character and fair fortune, thought 1t
was a lucky chance for the young lady
to escape from life of such insulation,
and he willingly persuaded her mother
Cher father was dead) to consentto to the
match, but the young lady herself was
not to be persuaded. She argued that

she had never spoken to the young
man who expressed such desire to be
her husband, aud only seen him twice,
aud he had been on the island only for
ty-eight days, but her objections were
overruled, and the marriage took place
After living in Alaska several months,
the young brought hi, bride to his home
in Cleaveland, D. She was astonished
at the fashions she saw, and declared
that nothing would induce her to wear
her hair otherwise than flowing, as she
mad always worn it. But before twen-
ly-four hours had passed her mother-in--
law had persuaded her to try the effect
Of braids around her broad and shapely
head; and now she dresses as much in
the fashion as any lady in Cleaveland.
Last gear her husband went to Alaska
again and brought home the younger
sister, who eleven years Of age, and
promises to be as beautiful as the older.
The mother, bereft Of both her children,
still ciings to her home on one ofthe
island. ofAlaska.