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Year: 1878

ing rise to a remark In the leading journal which
indicates how low dramatic criticism has de-
scended. "The acting" says the writer,
lis a matter of subordinate Importance in
The Winters Tale as at present produced" This
means, if it means anything that a manager who
produces play Of Shakespeare has done his whole
duty when he has turned it into a show piece. Ii
there are plenty of brilliant costumes, scenery
great scale, and a rOwdy procession and dance of
shrieking m8nades,. it is no matter whether
be provide good or bad actors" the act


ing is a matter of subordinate importance"
Pity that Shakespeare could not have fore
seen this. II would have saved him world of
trouble which be has bestowed on the text. on the
creation of characters on the dramatic structure of
his play, and so on. But Shakespeare lived q long
while ago. II could not be expected that he should
understand theatrical business as Mr.. Chatterton
and The TmeSs critic in the last quarter of the nine
teenth century understand it. CIV
Year: 1878

THE TRIBUNE's exposure of the Democratic plot to
get the Presidency by bribery in three States, the
people will laugh at them II they talk about fraud,
and the party is so hopelessly divided the cur
rency question that the Democrat who takes de-
cded ground on either side in danger Of treading
on the toes Of some of his hearers. II the victory
went with plurality in this State as in Massachu-
setts, the Democrats would 20 10 the wall; as it is,
there is nothing left for them to do but to trade
with the Greenbackers, and that dangerous busi-
ness, although it seems to have been determined
upon. ~


The political prizes 70 be contended for in New
Hampshire this Fall are a Governor, a Legislature,
United States Senator in place of Mr. Wadleigh,
aud three Representatives IN Congress. Besides
this, If the Democrats should secure the Governor
and the Legislature, they could remove most Of the
State officers by address and Iedisrict the State
in such manner as TO enable them to carry the
Legislature in the future, even though the Repub-
licans had a majority of the popular votes. The
Greenbackers can accomplish nothing by them
selves, except, perhaps, to elect few members of
the Legislature, and the temptation for them to
trade with the Democrats is, therefore, very strong.
great variety of arrangements has been sug-
gested. One Of these rs that the Democratic vote
shall be thrown for the Greenback candidates for





act with the Democrats, giving the latter the Gov
ernoT, Legislature and United States Senator. An
other plan is for the Greenbackers to take the Sem
atOr and the Democrats all the rest of the spoils.


Any such arrangements as these, if made openly,
and several weeks in advance of the election, would
cause the certain defeat of the party in whose favor
they were cOntrved, while there would be great
danger that neither side could " deliver the goods
if the trade was made ct the last moment. The
mass of voters honest men. and don't like to feel
that they traded off like sheep by a few party
managers. In spite of tine difficulties of such bar
gains it must be confessed that there is great dan
ger that the Democratic aud Greenback vote will
be thrown for the candidates both in the pop
ular eectIop and in the Legislative contest that Is
likely to take place next Summer. If, therefore,
you hear, just before the election thata Democratic
candidate has withdrawn here, and Greenbacker
there, you will know what it means. z.L.w.
Year: 1878

Ever since the style of plating came
been obliged in order TO be up with the
fashion to spend hour after hour, and sill
up at night for the purpose OF plating
number of yards to go around theil
dresses. All they had to do this labor
ious work with, is known as a pleatiug
board. Now all this trouble is ooviated
by the invention of a machine by which
plating of any size can be done at the
rate OF one yard per quarter of minute,
and in much better style. Que of these
machines is now in use at POS Market
street, and all work will be done in a
satisfactory manner and while the GUS
toners wait. Thelcharge for work is very
cheap, being only two cents per yard
Call and see it.
Year: 1878

The performance of CarncrOss and
Dixeys minstrel last evening, was
witnessed by about five hundred persons
The performance was excellent through
out and those who engaged i'll it were
heartily oncored.
Year: 1878

The Meeker county Republican con-
vention to nominate county officers
and members of the legislature adopted
the following resolution


: Resolved, That we object to the
present mode Of grading wheat, and
that We recommend our senator and
representative to do all in their power
to accomplish some legislation at the
earliest possible day to correct the er-
rors that now exist in regard to the
present system of grading wheat,
Year: 1878

From the Sherbarne County Star.


Princeton merchants have received
over two hundred tons of merchandise
at the Elk River depot since January
/.


Road Master Pollard this week
showed US a piece ofpure copper, near
Iy as large as a hens egg, which was
found while excavating for the new
road out by Hildreth's.


In cxcavating for foundation for
the turn table the ra ilroad men have
discovered living spring of water, at
distance Of about six feet from the
surface, while about ffty feet from the
spring they bad to dig we'll about
twenty-five feet before they could find
water. The water from the spring
is now conducted into the we'll through
a pipe, and should it Cont nue. to flow
freely there will be no need of a wind,
mill.


We notice that Sherburno county
always seems to be represented, in all
the democratic conventions that are
held anywhere about in this part Of
the country, by persons claiming to be
delegates, and who, therefore, must
have credentials written up. AS there
has not been democratic convention
Of any kind in this county for severa
years past, people are curious to know
who owns the credential factory and
how the thing is managed and how
long it can be kept up.
Year: 1878

New York, April 23.-The directors
of the Western Union Telegraph Co.. this
evening, adopted a preamble and resolution
setting forth that by the death of Orton,
for II years president of the company,
they had lost friend endeared to them by
long and agreeable association, and whom
they had learned to esteem no less for his
high moral worth, standing and character,
than for his great and recognized ability
aud that while deeply lamenting the loss Of
SO able and distinguished an officer, SC
suddenly removed by death, they sorrowed
still more for the parting from SO true and
cherished an associate


DIR. Grun, vice president, was elected
president, to hold the Office during thu
pleasure of the board.
Year: 1878

HAMPTON ON INDEpENDENTs.-
we hoe our own row we will do we'll.
We can afford to differ on local
affairs, but we cannot afford to be
divided on State matters. Your
county was the first to adopt tho
system of primary elections ba
governed by its result, and allow no
independents to run. Independents
may sometimes be good mon, but
now they are our worst enemies.
BE united in this grand movement,
and send your best men to the Leg-
islature. urge you to be united.
Do this, and you will find South
Carolina immutably redeemed.
urge you to do it as the one thing
most important.-Ectract from
Governor Uanptom's speech at
anderson.
Year: 1878

George Francis Train ia now living
IN one piece of dried apple a day.
He drinks good deal of water We
guess.


The sole reason that compels Boil
Ingersoll to deny>the Immortality o
the soul is that he never say one.
Year: 1878

One of the most unerring indications
of dyspepsia is the peculiar sensitiveness
ot those afflicted with the disease To n
discussion of the subject. Ii YOU init
mate To people troubled with sick head
ache, sour stomach, heartburn. water
brash, foul breath, bad taste in the
mouth, etc, that these are all the effects
OF dyspepsia, they Indignantly deny the
accusation n regards their individual
cases, and assure you in the most solemn
manner that their stomachs are capable
of digcsting every kind of food, and moth
ing they eat disagrecs with them. They
are willing TO admit that they frc-
quently get bilious, and their livers be-
come torpid and out of order but the
idea of their digestive apparatus being
impaired, or derangcd, is perfectly pre-
postcrous


Now, the fact is, we never get bilious
until we eat more than is necessary To
supply the natural waste of our bodies,
and more than our stomachs are capable
of digesting and converting into healthy
flesh and blood. Biliousness is the re-
suit of indigestion, and no one is ever
bilious that IL notdyspeptic. Dyspepsia
and biliousnoss are synonymous terms,
and both are caused by over-eating, or
by improper and irregular eating The
digestive organs, like all the other
organs of the body, need and must have,
rest; and when they are taxed beyond
their powers of endurance, they become
enieebled and incapable of performing
their functions.


Regularity in eating, and abstinence
from food Il sufficient length of time, be-
tween meals, To enable the stomach To
rest and recuperate will, in most cases.
restore impaired digestion. But men
and women generally grow very hog
headed on the subject of diet when their
stomachs become demoralizcd and stub
bornly insist on eating, at all hours of
the day and night, whatever their per
verted and abnormal appetites crave,
until they become hopclessly incurable
dyspeptics. Regulate the diet TO suit
the changes of climate and the changes
in habits of life, and the capacity for
human labor, either mental or physical.
rs almost illimitablc. Under proper
conditions, death from overwork." as
the polite phrase reads, is simply an
absurdity, People do not die OF hard
work or hard study, but because they
disregard the laws of health 10y overtax-
ing their mental and physical faculties
when they are oppressed and enervated by
efforts TO get rid of an excess of i'm
proper and indigestible food crammcd
into absurd stOmachs.


The generally entertained notion that
if the stomach or any internal organ is
oppressed, pain will bc felt in the organ
itself, is altogether fallacious. Many of
the worst dyspeptics never feel any un-
easinera about their stomachs. Pain il
invariably felt in the weakest and most
sensitive organ, and many an aching
head, palpitating heart and oppressed
brain, is the effect of small slice of
cake or a few Jumps of sugar, or "A piece
of pie, or some other indigested and i'm
digestibe stuff that is fermenting in n
stomach too much calloused by abuse to
give direct evidence of the poisonous in
truder it whistles to eject.
Year: 1878

Have you ever reflected upon the
very many funny things we do, for which
we can give no particular reason? How
is it that we do not give five cheers, four
cheers, two cheers, one cheer? Why is
IL that we give three cheers and no more
Who can tell?


Why is it that the majority of people
use their right hand in preference TO
their left, and cannot help smiling at
those who use the latter2


Why is it that a man canno: see n
bundle Of toothpicks without helping
himself when he does not need them at
all?


Why is IL that n small boy cannot let
the thin-waisted wasp fly i'm peace,
without furiously going for il with his
new straw hat; or why is il that the
small girl always insists upon Juggling
home kitten that has not even learned
how 10 open it's eyes2


Why is it that when any one asks us
how many days there are i'm certain
month, we always say over 20 our
selves:


Thirty days has September,


April, June and November


Why is it that we turn TO the right in
stead Of the left, which ismore preferable.
and if adopted would save many an &C.
cident on railroad and highway The
driver always sits upon the right Of his
vehicle; in turning 10 the right he is
farthest away from the wagon he passes,
and unless he is an expert cannot tell
how close he comes 10 the wheels Of the
man who goes by him, whereas, if he
turned 10 the left side he could look
straight down, see 10 the fraction OF an
inch how close he was approaching an
obstacle, and thus avoid it. The en-
Rineer runs upon the right hand track,
and site upon the right hand side Of his
cab. The long, narrow locomotive, with
its sand tower, belfry and smoke stack il
i'm front Of him, cutting of his outlook
and impeding his observation. He can
view only his own track, while the
opposite track, save at dis
tancc, is almost wholly unseen by him.
con some railroads the reverse is the
custOm)


Custom, owing 10 causes we know not
Of, has established these curious pre-
cedents, and, from observation and edu-
cation we unwittingly do thousands Of
things that are, TO say the least funny,
and that we cannot possibly explain.
Year: 1878

Telegraph TO The New York neraId1


Yesterday afternoon when about ten
miles southwest of Squan Beach, the
crew Of the fishing smack, Geo w.
Rogers, noticed what they supposed to be
a small whale from the regularity Of its
blow" a yawl was manned and chase
given When the yawl approached near
enough tO permit the use Of the har-
pOon it was discovered that the origin Of
the blow was not that Of whale but
something in the shape Of a turtle. Its
color was jet black. II struggled so
freely that no account was taken Of its
peculiartics the men being intent on its
capture Not until il had been har-
poOned in several places was the sup
posed turle secured. II was tOwed 10
the smack and hoisted on deck when all
hands were astonished 10 find it. quite
unlike anything ever before taken in
the waters. It weighs about one thou
sand pounds, and is i'm many respects
shaped like a turtle, but no part Of its
outer casing is Of consistency 10 be
dignihed by the term shell. The head
IL shaped like "a turtle: the nukeg are
under but the back and belly are radi-
cally different. The back of the mon
ster is cOnvoluted and c0ncave seams
run fore and aft. The harpoons found
ready lodgment in the back, which is no
tougher than an alligatOr's.s The skull
is hard, but the lip or bill ia rather soft
and slightly flexible. The mouth and
gullett are lined with sOft white teeth.
some Of these two inches long. Even
these are cartilegeOus, and al have an
inclination downward. The head, flute
and back are jet black; the belly, side
and neck notified with great white spots.
a flesh colOred phclus. weighing prob
ably five pounds, gives the monster a
most peculiar appearance.
Year: 1878

Most men and women must keep in
the traces, and keep pulling the year
round. All the more, therefore, it is
their duty to take things easier as the
longer days come on. Take longer
rest at noon. Put on less steam when
you are at work. Snatch a Sunday
now and then from the middle of the
week. You can't? You can. People
find time to be sick aud to die. These
can just as easily find time to rest and
keep well. All does not depend on
finishing that dress, or fencing that
field {; or putting up SO much fruit, or
catching SO many customers. Better
that the children should wear old
clothes than that their mothers should
be laid aside by a fevers Better that
the corn crop should be little lighter
than that there should be no one to
harvest it. Put up the store shutters
earlier at night; prepare palmer meals
in the kitchen. Take MONDAY nap
yourself, and give your employees a
chance to go fishing of an afternoon,
now and then. That only is duty
which the Lord lays upon US, and he
is not so hard master as We do
sometimes suppose. ms4
Year: 1878

The Board Of Apportionment will hold its final ses-
sion for consideration Of the estimates for
carrying tho city government during 1879. It
has held number Of meetings on the subject since
the middle of last month. The main items of all the
departmental estimates have been published from tims
to time and the Official announcement of the entire
sum to be raised by taxation will be made in tho
early part Of next week.


Comptroller Kelly viii to-day pay tho inspectors Of
election poll clerks and landlords in the Fourth.
Fifth, sixth and seventh Assembly districts. In
landlords. s35 for Ave days rent poll clerks. So 50
for days work There $50 election districts
in the city at the last election.


II is understood that attempt will be made nc
the next meeting OF the Board Of Aldermen to pass
the Boulevard railroad resolution the Mayors
veto
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL, 1873
BOARD OF ASSISTANTS TO TfIE SECRETARY OF


THE YAvr-THHrD DUTIES DEFINED or


REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS.


The bill introduced by Representative Harris of
Massachusetts,. and referred TO the Committee on
Naval Affairs of which he Is a member was amended
to-day by the committee and ordered to be reported
to the House. II provides for the establishment Of
Board OF Assistants 10 the Secretary Of the Navy
Of which the chiefs Of the bureaus of yards and
docks, ordnance construction and repair, equipment
and recruiting and steam engineering arc to he
ez ofTcio members. Five members Of the Board arc
also TO be appointed by tho President by and with
tho advice and consent Of the Senate, two Of whom
shall be line officers Of tho navy the active list not
below the rank of captanone expert in naval con-
strnction expert in steam engineering and the
other an expert in naval ordnance. These experts
may be appointed from the officers of the navy Of
the line the staff the active or retired list or from
civil life Mt the pleasure of the President. 1t is
made the duty of the sccrrt,ry of the Navy TO detail
an occr OF tho navy 10 act the secretary OF the
Board. whose place q meeting shall be in the Navy
Department.. sslsA tFs"rt


Tho Board is 10 be attached 10 tho ofHcc Of the
Secretary and under his direction and subject TO his
Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR HERALD


As you looking for King for Bulgaria. don't
why you should not look outside of New York.
Have You anything to say against Chicago furnishing
king represent the sense of large part of
population when respectfully suggest that you shall
take Carter. mean the Hon. Carter II. Harri-
He is good fellow Carter: and he would
make q king and half. He would undertake to DO
king a much bigger country than Bulgaria; and
can spare him. Don't neglect yours,


DECEMBER 16 1873. CHICAGO.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s, 1878.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has to-day issued .
circular to the collectors Of the several ports that
they are authorized to inspection To be
made Of cattle proposed to be shipped to Great
Britain and to give to the shipper a certificate that
the cattle shipped free from disease This is in
accordance with telegram recently received from
Great Britain announcing that cattle imported into
Liverpool will be slaughtered at that point unless
they accompanied by certificate Of health from
the place from which they are exported.
Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR THE HERAID:-


As Bulgaria is in want of king, and all the celebris
ties in this city have been rendered the through
the kindness of your journal. and wishing to assist
you in procuring ruler for that far distant country
l submit to the people, through your paper, the
of Sandy Spencer and that he be titled
King Sandy L. Long live Sandy l. - would be the cry
from the multitude. GRANDPARENTS CLOCK.
Year: 1878

A FEW indictments for assault with intent
to kill would seem to be needed at Princeton
college. College rows in general are not de-
serving the attention they command; no
great harm is done to the established order of
things when bUmptious Freshman has his
tall hat crushed down over his eyes or when
an arrogant Sophomore suffers IN turn from
an uprising of the oppressed. Indeed lively
game of fsticuffs does far more good than
harm. But it is well to draw the line at fire.
arms. To 60 cunning after an upper class
man does not come under the head of manly
ports. This Princeton business is peculiarly
mean and cowardly. No sooner had the
Freshmen returned from their hunt than
eighty Sophomores armed with pistols at
tempted to ambush five of the expelled
Freshmen who were on their way home.
Both classes seem to have been made up of
towards. There was no "square fight"
Whenever twenty men Of one class found one
of another they fell upon him. Whenever
the twenty met another twenty the forty he
roes contented themselves with making faces
at each other.
Year: 1878

The denomination of Mayor Butler des-
pite his expressed desire not to serve another
term, is but a fitting recognition Of the great
and positive merits of his administration.
The intelligent care especially which he has
given to the finances of the city has satisfied
our property-holders that its continuance will
be for the good of all concerned. Now let us
60 to word and elect him, for work we must.
1t is evident that he will not be permitted to
walk over the course. In spite of the fair
professions of Democrats we can rely upon
little aid from them. IT Mayor Butler is to
be reelected it will be by Republican votes.
See that they are cast.
Year: 1878

ELSEWHERE we present the Hon. Eugene
Hale's speech on the Louisiana question de-
livered in the House last week. 1t should be
read by all our readers as forcible yet calm
and unimpassioned view of the situation.
Mr.. Hale's words will have much weight, for
be has been hopeful that the southern policy
of the President would result in good, and
he considers it from the standpoint of a
friend, disappointed it is true but 10th to give
up his faith. His arragnment of the Louisia-
ma Democracy for its ingratitude and treach-
cry is richly merited.
Year: 1878

restorative processes of nature; and so they
seek to stimulate the patient to a temporary
and unhealthy liveliness which could only
retard the cure.


tits this unreasoning impatience which
gives the greenbackers their chance. They
promise the people all fine and glorious things
if they will only revive war measures in time
efpeace. And many are led away after
strange financial gods because they cannot
wait. 1t is too bad that when we are SO near
the end of our weary waiting that an inter-
ruption should come. For, should the meas
ures sought for by these new financial oracles
be tried, the time of permanent and healthful
prosperity will be long postponed. 1t seems
impossible that they can succeed; but when
so decent man as Mr.. Turner utters so wild
a statement as that quoted above what can
be expected of the less intelligent crowd
which he seeks to lead.
Year: 1878

ISN'T it full time for this Sumner contro-
versy to cease? The public is now in pos
session Of all the facts in the case that can
be known. AS for the allegations, they will
be believed or disbeleved according to the
sympathy of the hearer. Gen. Grant has
added nothing new to the controversy in his
latest statement. Indeed, he seems to be
unaware that the dispute about the treaties
has already been settled by the publication of
the record, the Senate removing the obliga-
tions of secrecy.
Year: 1878

THE report that President Hayes will ap-
prove the silver bill may be at once dismissed
as false. There is not the slightest reason to
believe that he will withhold veto. The
declaration in his message leaves no room for
doubt. There is a growing belief that the
veto will be sustained by the Senate, chiefly
because of the Objectionable Mcdonald
amendment which was only accepted by a
vote of 81 to 36. This, however, is a slender
reliance,
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN will not hesitate to
carry out the provisions of the silver bill if
that bill becomes law. He announces that
he will execute the law promptly and thor
oughly and in the spirit in which it has been
Year: 1878

THE national Greenback platform is on the
whole an improvement upon the Indiana
Democratic platform. 1t is not, like that,
one prolonged howl for communism. True
it is fearfully bad, but fails to reach the down
right devilishness Of the Indiana declaration
of doctrine.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.