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Year: 1878

CARELEsS WIvIs,-It is very COM
mon 10 hear the remark made of n
young man that he is So industrious
and economical that he is sure to he
thrifty and prosperous. And this
may be very true of him so long as he
remains single. But what will his
habitual prudence avail him against
the careless waste and extravaganza
Of an uncalculating, unthinking wife :
lie might as well be doomed to spend
his strength and life in an attempt to
catch water in sieve. The effort
would he hardly less certainly in vain.
Hahie Of economy, the ways 10 turn
every thing in household affair to the
best accomt--thee are among the
things which every mother should
teach her daughters Without such
instruction those who are poor will
never become rich, while those who
are now rich may become poor.
Year: 1878

If the leg of a crab be fractured, il
throws off the injured limb near the
body. And it has the power of doing
so apparently for two purposes, to save
the excessive flow of blood which always
takes place at the first wound, and to
lay bare the organ which is to repro
duce the future limb; as soon as the
injured limb has been thrown of. tn,
bleeding stops; but ifthe animal is un
able, from weakness or any othel
cause, to effect this, the result is fatal
The growth of the new limb is slow
until after the period of the next
moult, when it rapidly assumes ii
full proportions.
Year: 1878




TIM LoouAcIors BARRIER AND THE
BnAR.-A Loquacious Barber being
desirous of replenishing his Stock Of
Bears grease, and, knowing Bank
whereon a Wild Bear slept,armel him
self with Razor and proceeded nois-
lessly and on tip-toe To the Spot. lie
was Just about to take the Bear by the
Nose and cut his Throat, WHEN his
Professional Instinct impelled him to
ask his intended Victim If he would
not have Bottle Of Micepherous, to
prevent the falling out of his hair!
Thus apprised of his danger, the Fe-
rocious Plantigrade had no Difficulty
in killing the LOquacious Barber.


Moral-Go Thou and Do Likewise.
IN. Y, World.
Year: 1878

A young lady away from home ON
a visit, telegraphed her fond papa as
follows: 81 had chill last night" As
she wrote Vassar College hand, the
message when received by the old
gent read; II had child last night
The old man had the chill when he
read Il.
Year: 1878

There is much truth in the follow
ing dissertation upon the ways and
wiles Of the modern book agent: "The
female book agent is no longer gaunt,
angular female, attirel in widows
weeds anil q strong ctlor Of sanetity.
This new agent is invariably young,
pretty. lady.like and interesting. She
enters with a persuasive eloquence in
to some such exciting theme as the
weather, and having once secured a
hearing and fested herself on the prof.
fered chair, she usually opens the cam
paign by mentioning TO her victim the
name of some well known gentleman
who gave her encouragement IN her
new business. Then she produces the
book. There is M eseape-there is
no appeal. The book is worth about
forty cents, and is Of course invariably
on some subject about which nobody
cares a cent, and is equally, of course,
written by somebody of whom nobody
has ever heard before. 1t makes no
difference. The net is woven too well
ior escape, and the only thing to be
done is to write down the name and
agree to pay two dollars for a work
that wouldn't bring twenty cents in a
secondhand book store. But that fe-
male agent never fails, and one day,
recently, she captured no less than
twenty-one customers in one Office, and
of these, eighteen had never subscribed
for book before"
Year: 1878

Some announcements were made yester-
day in the English House Of Commons and
in the House of Lords which declare au-
thentically certain points as to Englands
position in regard to the Conference or Con-
gress proposed for the present month. One
point stated by Sir Stafford Northcote is
that England will probably be represented
by Lord Lyons. This puts an end to the
silly story that Lord Beaconsfeld would be
the British plenipotentiary-a story given
to the public by an English provincial jour-
nal whose news has been notoriously untrust-
worthy for some time past. Her Majesty's
government has, it appears, been in COM
munication with other governments as to the
bases on which the Conference should pro-
ceed, and there is plainly not clear unan-
nifty of views on this difficult point
Austria is specified as the Pow wer to which the
government has given the larger share OF its
attention in regard to this subject, a fact from
which it seems natural to infer that the want
most poignantly felt at the present moment
is the confidence derived from the knowl-
edge that another Power present at the Con-
ference is fully in sympathy with England's
objections to the settlement. even though it
hesitates to declare these objections. In
fact, England and Austria seem very likely
to repeat in the Conference the farce that
both have played before Europe all sum-
mer. They are like two soldiers in pan
tomime, each OF whom wants to get behind
the other England would like to support
Austria and Austria would like to support
England in objection to Russia's game but
neither will take the lead, simply because
it believes it may turn around at
any moment and find that the other has run
away. There is no Power in Europe that
has more consistently pursued selfish
policy than Austria, save England, and the
troubles Of the two now are consequent
upon the thorough understanding that each
has of the others motives. Some illusion
is necessary to make alliances practicable,
and in view OF the history of Europe Eng
land can entertain none as to what Austria
would do if her views of advantage sud-
denly changed, nor can Austria be in doubt
as to Englands devotion exclusively
to her own '.interests." The endeavor
of British diplomacy just now is to
secure the admission that mot merely
part, but the whole of the treaty" shall be
submitted for the condemnation or approval
OF the Powers. If this point were insisted
upon the project for conference would fall
through, and England would have no op-
portunity even to declare her dissent from
the less agreeable features; but her demand
will not 60 to that extreme. Shewill 60 to the
influence in Europe evidently mean to make
the most of her presence there by exhibiting
how very little there is in the treaty to
which she has not in principle already
actually assented.
Year: 1878

Our dispatches report the death Of this
distinguished Italian author, jurist and Dip
lomat Count Sclopis is best known to
Americans as member Of the famous Ge-
neva Tribunal, having been appointed by the
King Of Italy under the request which the
Treaty of Washington provided should be
made. 1t was great honor done him by
his sovereign, for the tribunal was deli
cate and important experiment. in the sue
cess of which it might be said the whole
civilized world had an interest, and that
success was dependent on the talent
and learning, no less than on the
diplomatic tact, of the men who
might compose the body. Count
Sclopis was chosen president, and the sue
cessiul and harmonious conduct of the de-
liberations of the tribunal were in great
degree due to the rare combination of quail
tiles that SO admirably fitted him for that
post. His vote determined several decisions
of the tribunal in favor OF the United States.
Year: 1878

Omcer McBride's Flotsam and Jetsam.


Eighteen persons are about to petition
Congress to vote gold medal to Oficer
Mcbride, of the police of this city, as
recognition of his devotion and courage In
having rescued from death by drowning
thirty persons 1t is peculiar and charac-
teristic feature of the case that the eighteen
petitioners are themselves portion Of this
singular group of thirty saved all at
different times by the exertions Of
single man. These thirty certainly
present in themselves remarkable evidence
of the humanitarian impulses and skill as a
swimmer of one man, to say nothing Of the
testimony they unconsciously give Of this
mans habit of being on the spot whenever
anybody jumps into the river. Congress
has voted many medals to persons who de-
serve them less than this very practical
philanthropist-thi this policeman who is one
of the rare individuals of his species who
have made record by being where they
ought to be at critical moments. But il the
petitioners get their medal they should not
stop there They owe further duty 10
their noble selves This is an ago Of socie-
ties-a period when people band them
selves together in organizations, in
virtue of any fact that they have
in common between themselves and
exclusively as against the rest Of man.
kind. There are societies Of people who
have the hay fever, societies of people who
hate to SEQ other people enjoying their
pineapple rum, societies, in fact. for many
minor and inconsiderable reasons. Why
should there not be q society of people
picked out of the river by Officer Mcbride
AS there are thirty to start with there would
be enough by and by to send the officer
to Congress. His fotsam and jetsam should
consider this.
Year: 1878




The Superintendent Of the Insurance
Department is now on trial before the State
Senate on charges preferred against him by
the Governor. The allegations are that the
Superintendent has repeatedly and wilfully
disregarded the provisions of law requiring
that no charges for the examination of an
insurance company shall be made by any
officer, clerk, attorney or appraiser of the
Insurance Department except in the form
of an itemized bill, which is to be audited
by the uperintendent. approved by the
Comptroller and paid by the State Treasurer
on a regular warrant the treasury being
reimbursed by the company examined 1t
does not appear that any act of personal
corruption or dishonesty is charged against
the Superintendent, and it is not denied
that unaudited bills have been paid by in
surance companies in contravention of the
law. One witness, an officer of an in
surance company, who testified yester-
day, stated that he had been furnished
by the Superintendent with legal
opinion adverse to the constitutionality of
the law of 1873 requiring the Comptroller's
audit to bills embracing charges for exam
ination. Of course no such opinion justi-
fies violation of the law, which, even if
unconstitutional, must be obeyed until set
aside by judicial decision. The principal
point on which the defence seems to rely is
indeed, the assertion that the duties Of the
department could not be efficiently per-
formed without departure from the re-
strictions of the law Of 1873. The Senate
must determine whether it is prepared to
allow to public officer the dangerous lati-
tude taken by the Superintendent, and to
pronounce palpable violation of law not
sufficient cause for removal from office.
But if Superintendent Smyth has been
guilty of violating the law the offence has
been shared by the examining attorneys and
appraisers, and by the insurance companies,
who have respectively presented and paid
unaudited bills, the law expressly declaring
all alike responsible. Justice will not be
fully done if the Superintendent should be
dismissed and the active agents in the
offence in which he is only indirectly in
volved should escape prosecution. The
law of 1873 appears TO be salutary one. 1t
| is designed not alone to protect the sound
insurance companies from terrorism on the
part of the department, but to prevent a
collusion between less secure companies and
the State officers. There is no suspicion
that the Office would have been corruptly
administered by Mr. Smyth with or without
the law of 1873, and if that law has been dis
regarded by him it has doubtless been
through disposition to have his own way,
and not from dishonest motives. But the
law is not made for any particular incum-
Year: 1878

Our special cable dispatches from Lon
don this morning announce the complete
fultilment of another HERALD storm warming
for the European coasts. The prediction
was cabled to our London Bureau OH Tues
day morning and was promptly forwarded
to the principal seaports. The result has
been that at every point preparations were
made for the approaching storm and its at
tendant dangers. A Scotch fishing fleet re-
manned in port and was probably saved
from destruction by this wise precau-
ton. All the London morning papers
unite in describing the storm as one
Of exceptional violence. Indeed, from
what we learn by cable the HERALD predic-
ton described its character with the utmost
accuracy. We have in this instance
achieved success which is frightened by
the best results in the safety our warning
has brought to many in the midst Of the
war of winds and waves. Were it not for
this timely prediction, and the confidence
inspired in its accuracy by the success of
our efforts during the past year, disasters
of the most appalling kind might be re-
corded and many Of the ''toilers of the
sea" hurled into eternity within sight of
their native land. So the good work pros
pers, and its success is our reward.
Year: 1878

be others, no doubt, some already wearing
laurels and some ''dark horses,' attracted
by the interest of the occasion and the
value of the prize, to strive for victory in
all the contests. The event will be watched
with interest all over the country. Hap
PLY there is abundant and equal time for
all to prepare, and any oarsman fit to send
to Europe to represent our country has no
right to absent himself from this meeting.
But the races should not be one day later
than May 20, else the men will have to row
at Henley but half acclimated, and not in
the condition they ought to be for such an
important contest
Year: 1878

There seems to be little prospect OF the
enactment of just apportionment law by
the present Legislature The unscrupulous
partisanship of the Assembly refuses even
that small measure of fair play which the
republican Legislature of last year was
ashamed to withhold from its political
opponents. The bill which passed the Sen
ate last year, framed on q ratio of 35, 442,
gave to New York twenty-five Assemblymen,
and to Kings thirteen. This was not just
apportionment 1t left New York with an
excess of 1926, while Niagara. Otsego and
Suffolk were allowed two members each
with Deficiencies Of from 10000 to %, 900,
Ulster was given three members with q
defci ency OF 20,345 and Monroe four men,
bers with deficiency Of 49,, 7G5. Had one
member been taken from either of these re-
publican counties their excess would have
been smaller than that Of New York. But
the bill was a republican measure passed by
republican Senate, and no bill can have
any pretence OF fairness that does not give
at least as many members to New York and
Kings as were accorded to them by the
Senate bill Of last year. Mr.. Alvord's bill,
this session, giving twenty-three members
to New York and eleven to Kings county, is
so glaringly unfair that it is not likely to
receive the Governors approval even should
it pass both houses. It is to be hoped,
however, that sufficient number Of repub-
licans in both the Senate and Assembly will
be found willing to pass more equitable
apportionment law, and one at least not
less fair than that framed and passed by
last years republican Senate.


Equal representation lies at the founda-
ton of free government. The constitution
of the United States and the constitutions
of the States seek alike to secure this right
to the people. The republican Legislatures
of the past two years have violated consti-
tutional obligation in refusing to reappor-
ton the State on the basis Of the census of
1875. They have allowed partisanship to
obstruct the performance Of sworn duty.
The work OF reapportionment is simply one
of arithmetical calculation, and if honestly
done can be done in only one way. Here
| and there, where an equal excess exists
after fair apportionment has been made, q
political majority might be excused for CIV
ing an additional member OF Assembly to its
own side rather than to that Of its oppo-
nents. But to refuse to reapportion the
State representation for political reasons, OF
to make grossly unfair apportionment and
to rob county of its just representation
simply because it happens to be on the op-
posite political side, is to violate the plain
provision of the constitution and to under
mine the foundation of free government.
No political party can profit by such action
in the end, as the present republican Legs-
lature will discover if it persists In the re-
iusal to pass a fair apportionment law.
Year: 1878

ency when they consent to any compro-
mise. Any traffic whose whole tendency is
corrupting, like that in lewd publications,
should be met with unrelenting war and
receive no quarter. 1t would be abhorrent
to the moral sense of the community and
utterly abominable to permit a traffic in
obscene pictures in houses furnished with
three beds for transient dodgers. Neither
three beds nor thirty beds can "blazon
evil deeds or consecrate crime" If rum
is u "poison," if all who drink it swallow
'liquid damnation," if licensed rumshop
is q licensed seminary of vice, the success
ful opponents of Mr.. Daly's bill cannot con-
sistently stop with their present achieve
ment. Three beds cannot operate as moral
disinfectant Three beds cannot extract the
alcohol from whiskey or convert a deadly
poison into nutriment. Beds What have
beds to do with the settlement of great
moral question? The idea of the Legisla-
ture of great and enlightened State gravely
deciding that grogshop which has three
hunks is innocent and legal, while grog-
shop with two hunks or none is seminary
of Satan, is little too ridiculous. 1t is not
a question of beds, but question of morals.
We call on the prohibitionists to be consist
ent with their principles. We will give
them all our aid in enacting tho Maine
law pure and simple; for since we seem
destined to try that experiment the sooner
it's practicability is put to the test the bet
ter for the quiet and good order Of the COM
munity
Year: 1878

CANADA is thinking of adopting what il calls %
national policy which shall benefit her different
interests 1t is to be hoped she does not include
our five million dollars for the fisheries
Year: 1878

BREAKING Our OF A PENITENTIAGY is an
event OF everyday occurrence, but away up in
Erie county they have man who has just
broken into one His name is Baker. lie was
nominated for keeper, but his democratic op-
ponent refused to surrender and yesterday he
took the fort ut the muzzle OF the revolver.
Year: 1878

CoNGREss.-Thc Senate was not in session
yesterday and the House amused itself by rcyy-
ing rccolcctions of the late war OH the bill to
pay the Southern mail contractors for services
prior to May, 1861. Like Banquo's ghost, the
bill will come amin
Year: 1878

THE Cry OF VIENNA will probably be glad to
hear that in the opinion of one of our courts. she
is not in the lottery business, although her bond
speculation strongly points to such conclusion
Year: 1878

WAsHINGToS, Nov. 5.-Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury French has not yet framed his report on
the kd glove question: recently referred to him by
the Secretary of the Treasury. The main points
directly under consideration, involved in the APP
peal of theimpOrters are. whether the apprasement
was irregular and if so whether the remedy
is such recently suggested by the legal rep
resentatives of the merchants namely to refer the
question of duties back to the former appraisers
in this, however, there might be some difficulty
as the gloves, excepting the samples have already
passed into consumption. As the law aud the regu-
latiOns of the department define the mode of ap-
praisement it is not considered within the province
Of the Secretary to set it aside and sub
stitute new rates; and further, should there
he denial Of the suggestion of the merchants TO
review the appraisementi in the manner suggested,
with q view of determining the true valuation, the
question will necessarily go to the Federal Courts
for adjudication Nothing, however has yet been
promul gated in advance of the preparation of Judge
Erenchs report
Year: 1878

AS John Brown, of No. 342 East Sixty
third-st was passing at AveDue-A ana Fiftyninthst
Monday night he suddenly received violent blow on
the head from large stone, thrown he knew not
Dy whom or from where. He staggered hOmeward'
reaching bis door exhausted from the loss OF blood
Al the Roosevelt Hospital he lay unconscious that night
deep cash extending his forehead with prob
s3e fracture OF the skull mate very dangerous wound
which the doctors fear may prove fatal.
Year: 1878

Over his forge bent David Grey,
And thought of the rich man 'crcss The


way.


Hammer and anvil for me-" he said,
And weary Of toll for the children:


bread
"For him soft carpets and pictured walls
A life Of ease in his spacious halls
The clang of bells on his dreaming woke
A flicker of fame, a whirl of smoke
Ok in travis forge grown white not,
Coat and hat were alike forgot,
As up the highway the blacksmith ran
In face and mien like a cracy man.
School house afre." Mems hearts stood


still,


And the women prayed as will,
While 'boYe the tumult the wailing cry
Of frightened children rose shrill and


high.
Night in its shadows hid sun and earth;
The rich man sat by his costly hearth,
Lord of wide acres and untold gold,
But wifeless, childless, forlorn and old.
He thought of the family cross the way;
81 would he sighed, II were David


Grey"
The blacksmith knelt at his childrens


bed
To look once more at each shining head.
MY darlings all safe o God" he cried,
MY sin in thy boundless mercy hide!
"Only today have 1 learned how great
Hath been thy bounty and my estate" "


Home Journal
Year: 1878

the spot. But see, the man is here still
He is lying where he fell. he is dead.


We all got out of the baggage car
About five yards from the track lay
stretched at full length, face downward
the miserable wretch We had come to
find. His left arm was doubled under
him, his right stretched out, and the
fingers had dug deep into the ground
The cambria handkerchief, which had
tied up one of his hands, had come un
fastened, the wound had opened, and
had bled slightly. The legs we're apart
The body lay motionless.


The subordinate Of the police agent,
who Lad first jumped out, sprang at the
body with the alacrity of terrier on
the scent of wild animal. He bent
down and scizing one shoulder and one
leg with a precision and promptitude
which showed him accustomed to such
things, turned the body slowly over.
The man was dead. The face was en-
tirely uninjured. A slight bloody foam
was at the corners of the mouth, a few
little drops of dark purple blood from
his nostrlls had tinged his upper lip.
The eyes were wide open, only the
whites showing,-their look was mex
pressibly awful. Staehovitch, who had
leaned over my shoulder to look at him,
uttered cry and tainted away.
Year: 1878

1Op m-The city is comparatively quiet.
Large crowds still linger around Great st.
James street, and small street rows are CON
stantly reported from different parts of the
city. Nothing serious has yet happened,
though it is feared that the night will bring
with it innumerable faction fights.


The Quebec roughs left for home to night
body of their sympathizers. On going aboard
the steamer for Quebec they ran up a green
flag, and as the steamer was leaving the
wharf fired their revolvers in the air. One OF
of them plunged in to rescue him. This Gre
ated great confusion and the boat got iammed
in and had to procure assistance of tug to
tow her safely out Their brethren In Quebec
are arranging to meet and escort them from
the wharf in the morning.
Year: 1878

There is prospect that Anne lea
will presently once more behold &
prince. The second son of the
crown prince of Germany is about
to start on voyage around the
world OH board German corvette.
Prince Henry holds the rank of a
lentenant in the navy, but his faith
err has specially commanded that he
shall be treated l:ke an ordinary ca
Diet. His only privi|edge is that of
having his own apartments, which
have been newly but simply furnish
cd,