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Year: 1879

From the Newburyport lIass) Herald, Nov. d.


THE NORTH POLE.


What makes people go on Arctic expeditionsf
tha. shorter practicable passage might be discov
cred between the Atlantic and Pacific ports but that
day has gone by. Everybody knows that there is
Northeast Northwest passage which is available
for general commerce. Then there people who
think that some important scientific results to
be obtained by reaching the North Pole but beyond
tho extension Of the knowledge Of geography q few
hundred miles very little could be expected which
would increase the happiness enlarge the
knowledge of mankind Still. the Arctic expeditions
exploration. There many who sneer at tho
penditure Of money and the danger incurred q
waste money aud human life for useless object.
The knowledge of the universe IN which live has
sdered 1t worth their while to cxpend their lives In
the construction of the Panama Railroad there was
greater loss OF life than In Arctic explorations in
the Gloucester fisheries every year the vessels lost
and the men who arc sunk ia the Atlantic are more
in number and Of more money value The petty
wars OF small States like Peru and Chile waste rar
more money and greater number OF lives than all
the Arctic expeditions, and they are worse
than useless, while there is a gain 70 the accu'
In uated know ledge OF the world which Is perfn&
ncnt oven IL 1t be not great. by each OF the cxped
tiops which has been to the Pole All knowi-
edge IL gained by slow degrees. The use or movable
types printing was the result OF ages OK inquiry
where many were close upon the track OF the dis
coyery and so II has been with every advance III
kuowlcdec. In the course of CIVILIZATION IL mas
sao,osd ne ~ no expenditure OF time aud human
dcavor too great Tor the least gam In extehng
the natural forces This consideration has operated
ON tho minds of men Interested in sciontihc inves.
tgation and has led them to favor such expeditions
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


According to your report of Professor proctor's
sermon he seems to imagine that he has discovered
discrepancy in the Bible. though he admits that.
possibly it might be explained. But he says that
he has 1t explained and he just leaves it
without any attempt ut an explanation. or course
the inference be-and probably this is what he
wanted his hearers to draw-tbat the Bible
is book Of contradictions. and. therefore.
not worthy of credit There is probably
no book in the world In which Professor
Proctor any other man disposed could not find
apparent discrepancies. He might take the songs of
solomon and the proverbs of Solomon and subject
them to the severe scrutiny Of his peculiar spectrum
and imagine hundred apparent discrepancies and
proclaim his discovery the world, and then. of
course. it would be only natural consequence for
the world to say that ga greater than Solomon IL
here" Has it ever occurred to the mind of this
scientist that 1t would require only little exact
scrutiny to discover discrepancies in his own pub
lshed scientific statements? In one of his pub
ished lectures he maintained the theory of sponta-
neous generation to the origin of life, and also
that the beginning of life this earth may be due
to the fall of meteors coming from distant shores.
Here are two theories, and he advocated both OF
them in the same lecture. Which one does he be-
lieve? Or does he believe both? Ii he could prove
either Of them to be true he would be greater than
any scientist, and greater than Solomon. But In his
Sunday discourse he the this earth
il 900 years old. That is enormous figure.
How did he get this calculation? Can it be possible
that he believes this calculation approximates
the truth? He may believe it. But he cannot prove
that the earth is 10000 years old. He has not
q fact solitary argument that is based on logic
science prove that this globe has been in
existence over 10000 years. 1 affirm this PROPOSE
tion, and will meet him any scientist OH this
question. think that they have made great mis-
take-that they very far wrong on this question
al to the great antiquity OF our globe. Moses has
given the only true cosmogony. l have given
attention to this question not being able to preach
during the last twenty years. and have found out
the stone of stumbling and the rock of offence My
health is now improved that though am y sep
tuagenarian lean deliver two discourses .
week. and will lead in this discussion or he may
lead. and We will speak an hour each one or two
evenings o week ali winter IL necessary. l will be
able to convince any audience or Professor
Proctor himself that their chronological reckonings
are eu uully opposed to science they to the
Scriptures The editor has my real name. and will
opcn the iscussion whenever this proposition shall
made 8. A. II,
Year: 1879

Diagram showing the position of the constellation
November.


I. will be seen from figure that Andromeda is not
in this respect well placed for observation during
tho last week of November. The constellation is
nearly overhead. but to the east of the zenith at
eight. The stars of the constellation carried
slowly from east to west. Thus Andromeda passes
to the west Of the point overhead. The con-
stellation not reach convenient elevation for
observation until long after midnight; but the OBJ
need only consider its radiant with the object
of ascertanng whether falling stars in the last
week Of November actually belong to the system Of
bodies following In the track of Biela's comet and
far this purpose is concerned it suces to note
from time to time where Gamma Andromeda is stu.
ated. not to keep special watch that part OF the
heavens. In fact. the most conspicuous members
of a meteor system usually those at u con-
siderable distance from the radiant point.


Those who watched the heavens during the last
woek Of November 1872 were amply rewarded. Oh
tho night of November 27 there Q very remark
able display of meteors The falling stars were not
the average so bright as those during the
display OF November 1914. 1866. but they appeared
in even greater numbers. There could be 10 doubt
as to their being attendants Bielas comet; for,
besides the coincidence of datethat is the occur
renee OF the shower the very day when the earth
the track Of that comet the eteors radiated
from the right part OF the sky-viz.. from near the
star Gamma OF Andromeda. 1t may be well to dwell
for moment on the importance of this point. In an
article which appeared in the Begravia Maga-ne for
November. aud from which extracts were quoted in
your columns q few days ago. explained the i'm
portance OF the general phenomenon. the radiation
of the meteors Of any system from fixed point
among the stars. But it is we'll to notice that
while this general phenomenon Indicates that
the meteors visit the earth from without the
special position Of the radiant point indicates
the position Of tho path along which the mcteors
Year: 1879

You would hardly expect to find wit
among the Indians, aud yet they are just
as human as the rest of us, and, in spite
of their stoicsm, indulge in joke now
and then which has a flavor of its Own.
During banquet which was given by the
pale faces to several red men, one of the
Indians took spoonful. of mustard sup
posing it to be some deicscy, The tears
came into his eyes. He could die without
flinching but spoonful of mustard wa'
something which even his heroic soul could
not endure, so he wept profusely, even as
white men do sometimes. The chief who
sat opposite, asked him why he cried, lie
naturally replied that he was thinking o.
his old father, who died horrible death
A few minutes after, the chief himself fell
upon The mustard pot, aud swallowed more
than was necessary The tears came into
his eyes, too. A thousand tomahawks wer,
nothing; but the pungent quality of thu
mustard made him weep like child, "AuC
why do you cry p asked the first victim
with savage delight in his tones. "Well,
was the quick reply, II am crying becaus
you were not killed when your fathe
| was.~
Year: 1879

We would call attention to the card
Of Thomas M. Ogle, one of the Oldest
and most reliable auctioneers in the
city of Wilmington. He is called a
Successful auctioneer, he having the
peculiar mack of entertaining crowd
with witty and pithy anecdotes. Peo.
pie can always be induced to bid more
readily and freely than if an auction
eer were sullen and morose. Mr.. Ogle
besides holding himself in readiness to
call sales of real estate and household
goods, has on hand at all times at his
auction rooms, 506 Market street, a
large assortment Of the best furniture
and other goods which are always in
demand.
Year: 1879

MEssRs. EDIroRs:-In reading over
the election in Wednesdays issue You
publish a list of the names of the re-
peaters and also those vho voted on
other persons tax receipts but there is
one you did not get which l think
should be published, his name is Thom-
as Trainor, resident of the Fourth
ward. After voting is his own ward
hs went up to the Eighth ward and
when he went to deposit his vote some
Of his fellswworkmen challenged his
vote on account of his residence, when
he took an oath that he lived at
Eighth and Taylor streets, and his vote
was allowed to be deposited. | will let
the citizens find out if there il such a
place in the limits of the city, it is a
new place to me. JUSTICE.
Year: 1879

A rowing party left this city about
nine O'Clock last evening and rowed to
the lighthouse, under the command of
Capt. Vim. Hirzel. After they landed
they enjoyed themselves to. their hearts
content, in playing all kinds of games,
up to late hour. They reached this
city at half past one, all of the company,
among whom were some of our best
young gentlemen and ladies speaking
in the highest terms of the pleasant
time they had, and wishing that anoth-
er row party would soon be cotton up
to go to the light house.
Year: 1879

legal methods to enforce them. We
will have the equality in the Govern
ment to which we are entitled under
the Constitution, and will not submit
to the excessive power usurped ty the
South in the subversion of law and
citizenship. We assert the right of the
Government to control National cleo
tions so that every man entitled to
suffrage may cast, ia peace and securi-
ty, one free vote, and no more, demand
one law-justly enacted-equally bind
ing upon every citizen Of the land-to
be respected and obeyed alike by all,
and, when all other means fail, to be
enforced by the strong arm which sub
dued the Rebellion.


We make no secret of our partiality
for the regulated bayonet in the hands
of mon wearing the blue of the Govern
ment as against the shotgun in the
hands of the red-shirted mobocracy O!
the South.


We demand that this land,


"She that lifts up the manhood of the poor.


She of the open soul and open door,


with room about her hearth for all man


kind"


shall be made the land of supreme,
Constitutional liberty, as Interchangeable
as the slars symbolized upon her ban
ner. We demand that the faith of this
Nation to its creditors shall be main
tanned upon the basis upon which we
placed It in the hour Of its peril, and
have steadily upheld 1t through weary
years Of privations, reverses, sacrifices
and vanishing values, until now every
dollar Of the public debt commands is
face in gold. Insisting always upon
the equality Of the National obligation
Year: 1879

:" My dogi Where Is my dogPn were
Prince Bismarck's first words on alight-
inc on the platform of the Westbabn
Railway Station last night, and, sure
enough there he was, the sleek quad
ruped who so seriously imperiled
the precious existence of Prince Gort-
schacoff during the Congress. With "a
bound, Su tan, who had travelled second
class, was at his masters side, covering
him with bOisterous manifestations OF
canine affection, and not taking the
slightest notice of Count Andrassy and
Prince Reuss, who kept respectful dis
tance until Sultan had satisfied himself
that the Prince was none the worse for
his Journey. The meeting between
Count Andrassy and his illustlious guest
was n cordial one, and arm-in-arm they
walked to the court carriage, a private
brougham of the Emperor's, that was
waiting to take Prince Bismarck to the
hotel where he is staying.


Hardly were the two statesmen seated
and ready to start ere down went the
window on the near side, and a stento-
rian voice cried out . HeiR hand! W'O
tSt nleip hzf7ld2' If any thing had be-
fallen that blessed dog while Prince Bis
marck's attention was momentarily
turned in another direction, it is my firm
belief that it would have been all up with
the Austro-German alliance, and the
incensed Chancellor would have taken
the next train back to Berlin.
Sultan is, however, an experienced
traveller, and has very good notion
of how to take care of himself In a
twinklin0 he was at the carriage door,
and, assisted by two court tiunkeys, he
sedately took his seat on the rug ut the
feet of the two gentlemen inside.
Judge of the stupefaction Of the crowd
assembled outside the Hotel Imperial on
seeing the fouriegged occupant Of the
court brOugham leap out with y bark,
and, contrary to all etiquette, greet the
nearest bystanders in most unpleas-
antly demOnstTative style. / never saw
such q ridiculous sight in my life. Peo-
pie fled in all directions, for Sultan has
a bad reputation. he nearly upset the
Congress by an unjustifiable attack up
on the Russia Plenipotentiary, and since
then he has manned one of the Berlin
Foreign Office officers for life. because
he sat down on the chair usually occu-
pied by Prince Bismarck. The worst of
it IS that he is not the genuine historical
favorite of the Chancellor, but only q
spurious imitation. Sultan-the original
SULTAN learn was poisoned a couple
of years ago. and nothing can shake
Prince BiSmarck's conviction that il was
two Social Democrats who did it,


Vienna Cor IO1lLlO7E iStn1ldaT'd.
Year: 1879

The distinguished preacher, Rev
Robert Collyer, lately left a fine church
in Chicago to accept the charge of one
OF the wealthiest churches of New York
City. The practice prevails in many of
the New York churches of quietly slid
ing out of church as soon as the sermon
is finished and before the congregation
IS dismissed. This practice was noticed
by Mr.. Collyer on the occasion of his
first sermon in New York, but no refer
ence was made to it. On the second
Sunday, however. he took occasion to
administer a well-timed but severe re
buke. He said


When / left Chicago ] was told that
would find the people in New York
very much better hammered than those
had been among; but l must say that
in two long years of my pastorate in
Chicago l never suffered from as much
ill-breeding as has been shown me in the
two Sundays l have been among you.
do not wish to become used to ii; and ii
the kind friends who have remained will
say to the friends who have left tonight
that / can not stand it, and win not
stand it, they viii have my thanks


Hereafter the reverend gentleman viii
not, in all probability, be annoyed by the
sliding out practice.
Year: 1879

EXPERIMENTS in a deep lake near
Berlin have shown the practicabiiity of
a new and ingenious plan for raising
sunken vessels and other heavy objects
lostin water. The invention is that of an
Austrian engineer, and consists Of an
uninfated balloon, containing a bottle
Of sulphuric acid packed in salt, which.
when exposed to the action OF the acid,
generates carbonic acid gas The bal
loon Is taken under water by diver and
fastened to the object that IS to be
raised. Then screw is turned that
liberates the acid, gas Is formed, the
balloon expands and rises, and it Is only
"a question Of the size Of the balloon, the
strength of the tackle, and the weight of
the sunken object, whether it shall be
raised or not. The experiments near
Berlin were successful.
Year: 1879

BIsULPHIDE OF CARBON FOR ENTO-
BIOLOGISTS. Insect collectors viii be
interested to know that DIR. J. NJ Eder
proposes the use of a bisulphide of car
bon bottle for killing insects in place of
the cynide of potassium bottle which is
now so commonly employed He de-
scribes it as particularly well adapted
for beetles. The apparatus recon-
mended is a wide-mOuthed bottle, well
cOrked, containing a few fragments of
blOtting-paper. When an insect is cap
tured and put into the bottle it is to be
followed by three or four drops of BIZ
sulphide of carbon Ga supply of which
must be carried in small store-bottle), ,
when the animal is almost instantane-
Ously killed by the action of the vapor
produced. The largest beetles die in q
few seconds. With careful corking
after the introduction of each capture
the three or four drops of bisulphide of
carbon will continue their action for an
hour or two; but as soon as the insects
begin to die slowly a fresh supply of the
reagent must be added. The great ad-
vantage is that owing to the rapidity
with which biSulphide of carbon evapO-
rates, the interior of the vessel is al
ways perfectly dry, so that no insect,
however delicate, can be injured by it.
Solution of cyanide of potassium is said
to be slower in its action and to have
the disadvantage of introducing moist
ure and of giving origin to carbonate
OF potash, Microscopic salt.
Year: 1879

SWEET PICKLEs.-Take eight pounds
of green tomatoes and chop fine; add
four pounds of brown sugar, and boil
down three hours; add one quart OF
vinegar, a teaspoonful each of mace,
cinnamon and cloves, and boil about
fifteen minutes Let it cool and put in
to jars or other vessel
Year: 1879

WOOD STAINs.-TO turn oak black so
as to cause it to resemble ebony, the
wood should be immersed for forty
eight hours in a hot saturated solution
of alum, and then brushed over several
times with a logwood decoction, pre-
pared rs follows: Boil one part of best
lOgwOod with ten parts of water, filter
through linen, and evaporate at gen
tie heat until the volume is reduced one
half. To every quart of this add from
ten to fifteen drops of u saturated solu-
ton of indigo, completely neutral. At
ter applying this dye to the wood, rub
the latter with a saturated and filtered
solution of verdigris in hot concentrated
acetic acid, and repeat the operation
until black of the desired intensity is
obtained. To initiate rosewood con-
centrated solution of hypermanganate
of pOtassa is spread on the surface of the
wood, and allowed to act until the de-
sired shade is obtained. Five minutes
suffice ordinarily to give a deep color
A few trials will Indicate the proper pro-
portions. The hypermanganate of po-
tassa is decomposed by the vegetable
fbers with the precipitation of brown
peroxide Of manganese, which the influ-
ence of the potassa, at the same time set
free, fixes in a durable manner on the
fibers. When the action is terminated,
the wood is carefully washed with water,
dried, and then oiled and polished in the
usual manner. The effect produced by
this process on several woods is remark
able. On the cherry, especially, it gives
a beautiful red color.
Year: 1879

There is no relation of life in which
the natural selfshness of man comes out
so strongly as in travelling. People who,
when at home or among their friends,
are not only polite, cOnsiderate of the
comforts of others, but even self-sacrific-
ing in trifes, often become grasping, re
pellant, mOrose, when they get on the
railroad train to 90 travelling. Too often
they seek their own comfort to the dis
regard of the rights of others. A man
will enter train and take whole seat
and so arrange his baggage as to cover
the whole of it, so as to keep any one
else from occupying part of it. He
only pays for one seat, and he knows
perfectly well that he has no right to
occupy two, and yet he does so frequent
", until he is forced to yield, and then
he does so with as bad grace as possible.
1t matters not that other man may be
standing up in the cars; he rarely has
the grace to invite one of them to sit by
him. He sits and looks as fOrbidding as
possible, or turns his back and gaZes out
of the window so as to prevent, If possible,
any one from requesting him fer a seat
beside him. The ladies are in this
respect no better than the men, land they
are more perfectly masters of the situa-
ton. She is protected by her sex in her
| selfishness and her disregard of the COM
| fort of her sisters. A gentleman does
not like to ask her for a seat, though he
/ has perfect right to do so. Even an
! other lady is at a disadvantage in asking
| her for a seat.


A cold, naughty, insOlent manner and
an intrenched air of possession usually
enables her to hold her double seat
against all comers. The pOliteness Of
men to woman rarely fails in America,
and it is no unusual thing for two gentle
men to rise to give lady whole double
seat because another lady fails to offer
her a seat Now in this case each lady
secures her double seat at the price of
! the discomfort of the fellOw-travelers.
When it is a man who behaves thus the
remedy Is comparatively simple. There
is even a sort of pleasure IN applying It..
| The passenger who on entering the car
finds all the double seats occupied by
men who refuse to make room for him Is


often tempted to pick Out the most ex-
elusive looking of them and 90 up and
/ cooIIv and business like tell him to make
room, and then down by him in as rOOmy
and spacious a style as possible and then


hum or whistle some slow, plaintive air
kind O. sad like This infiicts agOnies
upon the exclusive traveller and gives to
the newcomer that calm inward repose
which comes from the infiictiOn of
righteous punishment. Yet how much


better it would be for the ladies to


make place for their fellow female
4 travellers and to exchange the little
courtesies that brighten the journey
how much better it would be for the
man to promptly make room for the
newcomers and get into friendly chat by
the way The selfish exclusiveness in
travelling does not pay. One does not
get the most out of the voyage in that
way Baltimore Gazette.
Year: 1879

The National banks it appears, are not us- ing all the circulation to whichthey are by law entitled, by over seventy-six millions, or one fifth of their entire circulation. Yet there are lunatics that insist that the great difficulty with our finances is the lack of circulation
Year: 1879

There seems to be a slight diminution of fever in Memphis, though nobody remains there who can get away. Of the remaining population, half have had the contagion al- ready and consider themselves safe.
Year: 1879

Office to keep or.Ier. The affairs OF
the Office are work ng smoothly.
There is a Large gathering of poll
ticians of all political parties around
the City Hall and County Clerks
office.


The Police Commissioners will
meet in secret session to-day. They
will probably confer in regard to
their course of action tomorrow,
when they will have to answer be-
fore the Mayor as to why they
shoull not be removed from office.
Year: 1879

Maud Miller. the daughter of Joaquin
Miller, the poet, is under arrest in Port
land, Ore, on charge of abduction.
She had been a bail t-dancer in San
Francisco, and went to Portland as an
actress in small way. A male COM
panion, Tom Logan, is also in jail.
The pair got possession of a girl in San
Francisco. dressed her in boys clothes,
trimmed her hair, and took her with
them to Oregon. The motive is not ap-
parent in the court-proceedings. e cept
through letter by Miss Miller, in which
she says: "Alice Mcdonald came to
me the other day very pail and so weak
she could scarcely stand on her feel, of
course I gave her some thing to eat and
let her stay all night with me, and so it
went on for three or four days. Alice
begged me to take her any way to rur
away, or any thing in the world to get
away from home for the child was really
treated badly. So finally l consented
to do so. Well, l told Tom, and he
said he would help me, and SO l took
some old duds he brought and made a
pair of pants and coat for the girl
and cut her hair off short and parted il
on the side. You never would have
known her a girl"