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Year: 1878

TIE PRESIDENT and Mrs Hayes Vice Presi-
Gent Wheeler, Secretary Evarts and Genera
sherman Will leave here on the $50 limited eX-
press train next Monday morning for New
York. That evening they will attend the
annual meeting of the New York Historical
Society. The party expects to return 10 the
city the following day.
Year: 1878

SIGNAL SERVICE UNIFoRAs.-By direction OF
the secretary of War, the uniform and dress of
officers OF the signal corps will be the same as
that for the Chief signal officer the usual dis
tinction being made for the grades. The dis
i1nctlye insignia on the cap and ShOulder-knot
VIII De according 10 the pattern deposited In
the Chief signal office
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN ON RESCMPTION.-The
statement has been repeatedly published that a
combination had been formed In Wall street to
bull the price Of gold after January 1st next,
and thereby make an effort to interfere with
resumption. Secretary Sherman said to-day
concerning this report, that he did not believe
that any such combination had been formed:
that if it had been. he had not heard OF IL. save
through newspaper reports, and. even though
such was the fact, he did not see how it could
successfully hamper the Treasury in its re-
SUNNI ION plan
Year: 1878

TIE Hot SPRINGS OMIsSION.-The committee
Which has been making an investigation into
The omission Of the Hot Springs clause from the
sundry civil appropriation bill. have closed
taking testimony, and Will make a report as
soon as Congress meets. Senator ConOver will
be eXonOrated and released from the false POSI-
ZION In which he was placed before the public
by the Treasury secret service bureau, aid the
question as TO how the clause was omitted will
still remain a secret, as the committee will re-
port That no evidence was adduced which leads
them 10 any conclusion on that subject
Year: 1878

n a hens spur IL hard aud the scales of
the legs are rough she is old. whether yon
see her head or not; but her head will
corroboraie your observation. II the un-
der bill is so stiff that YOU cannot bend it
down, and the comb thick and rough.
leave her, no matter how fat and plump.
for some one less particular. A young
hen has only the rudimenis of spurs; the
scales on the legs are smooth, glossy and
fresh colored, whatever the color may be.
the claws tender and short. the nails
sharp, the under bill soft and the comb
thin and smooth.


An old turkey has rough scales on the
legs. callosities on the soles of the feet
and long, strong claws: young one the
reverse of all these marks. When the
feathers are on. the old turkey cock has a
long tuft or beard; young one but a
spr0u'ing one, and when they are off the
smooth scales on the legs decide the point.
besides the difference in size of the wat
ties of The neck and in the elastic shoot
upon the neck.


An old goose when alive is known ty
the rough legs, the strength of the wings,
particularly at the pinions. the thickness
and strength of the bill and fineness ofthe
feathers. and when plucked by the legs
the tenderness of the skin under the wings,
BY the pinions and the bill and the coarse
ness OF the skin.


Ducks are Distinguished by the same
means. but there is the difference that q
duckling's bill is much longer in propor-
ton to the breadth of The head than the
old duck's.-Coiman' Rural World.
Year: 1878

1t appears TINT that luckless, unfortunate
wight lost his job as captain Of slab pile In
Stetson & Posts saw mill because his pipe
was so much In his way in handling lumber
They say he has gone up river to break up
WIlbur's logging camp.
Year: 1878

first fixed his eyes on the NIL, then
upon l., and s9 on, shifting the gaze
leisurely from figure to figure call round
the clock" There was no feeling Of
strain, WEAKNESS, or eiddiness. The
picture taken was free also ofall appear
ance of constraint. There was no staring
expression, and the eyes were clear and
well.defned. This hint is well worth
attention OF photographer
Year: 1878

WE earnestly recommend every man
who is languishing for job to retire TO
the country; rent farm, raise every
thing tnat you will need for the support
of your family; sell what you can not
use; be frugal, enterprising and indus.
rrious, and all the panics that the world
has ever seen may come and go, for they
will not effect you iu the least - Wheel~
ing Va standard.
Year: 1878

ONE secret of O'Leary's success in the
great pedestrian tournament is told in
recent letter from Sir John Ashley to the
Sporting Life, of London. He says that
the american had India rubber and
leather alternately fixed on the heels of
his boots, which materially counteracted
the hardness of the track after it had got
set, and he had an ample supply of the
best made boots, whereas the other COM
petitors had, most of them, ill.made
boots and shoes, and very few had two
pairs, and many not even a change.
Year: 1878

THE DEADLOCK STREET CLEANING AND SAM


TARY FINANCES.


The deadlock as to the election Of a permanent
chairman OF the Brooklyn Common Council is still
unbroKeu. Democrats hold to their caucus nominee
aud the republicans to their choice, while the nde-
pendeats, " four In number as unyiediDg In their
position us they werc the first meeting in January
Alderman Black, democrat, was chosen chairman for
the day.


A veto message OF Mayor Howell, which was re-
ceved ut the previous session, was taken from the
tabie aud was overridden. The veto was in relation
to the cleaning of certain streets The Mayor held
that the for cleaning the wards could not be
gwen TO other than the lowest bidder for the work.
but 1t was that the contract could be awarded
by two-thirds vote of the Common Council TO o
higher bidder, provided tho latter had been recon-
mended by sne Board Of City Works.


From the Board Of Health communication was
received setting forth that The appropriation for 1878
was SO small OF the officers oil the depart
would have 10 be dismissed unless II was increased.
Tho supject LAID by the Board Tor ono week.
On motion oi Alderman Dwver, a committee OF
three was appointed TO 20 to Albany 10 urge the
sage OF the bill introduced by Senator jacobs reducing
the fare the Union Ferry Company To one cont.


An ordinance, previously published, bringing tho
Park Department directly under the control OF the
Common Council, was adopted.


motion was made by Alderman Duane, democrat,
to go into an election for permanent chairman, but
The matter laid for one week by vote OF IL
In q.
Year: 1878

Coroner Wollman went TO Blackwcl.'s Island yes
tcrday afternoon TO Investigate the death OF five
days old child OF a woman In the hospital named
Mary Smith. The despatch from tho Island to this
city calling the Coroner stated that there were strong
suspicious that tho child had been fouy dealt with
by It's mother. The Coroner, however, after an inves-
tigation, to the conclusion that such was not
The ana that tho inianl's death Was due to nat
ura causes. The deputy coroner made post.hor TEN
examination oil the body and found tho lungs very
much congested and death, IN his opinion, was due 10
that cause A number Of Witnesses were examihed
but nothing was ell cited that pointed TO the probab


ity that foul play had occurred. The Coroner WILL
however, cause further Investigation TO be made
Year: 1878

A book has just been issued at Leip-
sig, under the title Of "StanbOul und
dar Moderne TurkenthUm," which con-
sists mainly of a number of social and
biographical sketches Of The population
and officials Of the Turkish capital
= bU author gives a very curious in
stance of the modern Turkish belief
that Isllm is always on the verge Of
stupcndous calamity, and Of the Tur-
kish superstition that there is some
strange and almost magical affinity still
connecting the two great capitals Of the
two old Roman empires-the city Of
ROmulus and the pope, and the city of
Constantine and the sultan. He says
at the extreme end Of the city of Con-
stantinople, near The Adrianople gate,
there is a large open meadow, which is
now the property Of a city official named
Rauf Bey. It's owner lately conceived
the notion of making this vacant field
more profitable by building houses on
it. With this end in view, he made ap-
plication to the authorities for their
permission, having little doubt that it
would be readily granted. When his
request was being debated in the city
council a certain Edhem Pasha mot the
grand vizier, but a kinsman of the sui
tam stood Up and asked whether the


field in question was not one which
stood Immediately under the protection
of the pope of Rome. The city fathers
replied that it was. HereupOn Edhem
Pasha declared with fierce energy that
no patriotic Mussulman could ever give
his assent to the digging up of its soil.
1t appears that there is widely credit
ed superstition among the Constantine
pie Turks, inherited from crusading, or
possibly Byzantine times, that there is
a sUbterTanean and submarine passage
between Con5tantinOple and Rome, and
that every New Years night the pope
comes along this passage, and has look
at the meadow in order to convince him
self that it has not been built on. The
common Turk believes that as soon IS
this field is desecrated by houses the
pope, as the vicar Of Christ, will be inn
medistely ordered by his Master to pro
claim the last day, on which, acco ding
To the popular teaching of Islam, Christ
will take Precedency over their prophet.
So long as this meadow is kept in its
present condition, although Bauf Bey
loses the chance of increasing his in.
come, Islam is safa
Year: 1878

first stricken was my darling, When in
her delirium she would speak of viOlets
plucked by her hands and presented to
me, and lived over again our few ram
bles, you may guess OF the prayers and
vows I uttered in silence, that the fu-
ture should be more pleasant for her;
but it was not to be, for ere many days
she was laid away, with no future for
me TO redeem for her.


The yiOlets have blOssomed on her lit
tie grave for many springs. but. my dear
friend, l have never 70 gotten this les
son. While it is our duty TO train our
children in the paths of usefulness and
Industry, we must cultivate an intimacy
with different tastes. Let them feel
our sympathy for them every day, and
never count time misspent that viii
lind parent and child together with a
better and purer love, though it be at
the expense Of elaborate clothing, and
the surety Of leaving them wealth which
will not increase their affection for us,
nor bring back the wasted hours that
might have been made us 50 many sun
beams.
Year: 1878

Most people have heard Of the Seven
Wise Men of Greece" but very few
know who they were or how they came
to be called so. Here is the story, and
the n oral of it is worth remembering,
If their names are not: the seven wise
men Of Greece are supposed to have
lived in the fifth century before Christ.
Their names are Pittacus, Bias, SOlon,
Thales, Chilon, CleObulus and Perian-
der. The reason of their being called
wise is given differently by various
authors; but the most approved az
counts state that, as some COans were
fishing, certain strangers from Melitus
bought whatever should be in the nets
without seeing it. When the nets were
brought in they were found TO contain
a golden tripod which Helen, as she
sailed from Troy is supposed to have
thrown there. a dispute arose between
the fishermen and the strangers as to
whom it belonged, and, as they could
not agree, they took it TO the temple of
AppolO and consulted the priestess as
TO what should be done with it. She
said it must be given TO the wisest man
in, Greece, and it was accordingly sent
to Bias, who declared that Thales was
wiser, and sent it to him, Thales sent it
to another one, and so on, until it had
passed through the hands of all the
men, distinguished afterward as the
"Seven Wise Men, and as each one
claimed that the other was wiser than
he, it was finally sent to the Temple
of Appolo, where it long remained to
teach the lesson that the wisest are the
most distrustful of their wisdom.
Year: 1878

Pennsylvania Supreme Court recent
ly held: The keeping Of a vicious dog
near public highway, endangering the
persons passing thereon, is a nuisance
operating as an obstruction, and rem
ders the person knowingly keeping it
there liable to an action by any person
injured thereby. Such unmistakablo
evidence Of = vicious propensity on the
part Of dog may be shown by one in-
stance Of aggression, to make his
owner, who had notice thereof, liable
for any subsequent act Of a similar
character. In an action against the
owner Of a dog for injury occasioDed
by its vicious act, it is not admissible
for the owner to prove the general good
behavior Of the dog, unless there De q
conflict Of testimony in regard 10 tho
act Of aggression, in which case the
general conduct and habits Of the dog
may be considered in determining ths
credit to be given to witnesses.
Year: 1878

The evils arising from compression
Of the chest and body in early life are
not exclusively restricted to the female
sex. SchoOlboys and youths constantly
practice the habit of binding up theiI
clothes around their bodies by means
of a belt tightened firmly above the
hips, instead of wearing the brace over
the shoulder. Some boys and youths
are also taught the plan Of putting on
an extra belt for 'holdingin the breath, !"
before they run or leap. In the pUT-
suit of certain active businesses. in
which weights have to be carried, this
same system Of wearing a tight belt is
adopted and practiced by working-men
until the artificial and ingenious sup
port, as it is assumed TO be, becomes,
like the corset Of a woman, a veritable
necessity. To the belt the same OBJ
lection applies as to the tight band and
corset. 1t impedes the free action Of
The abdominal organs; it impedes the
freedom Of the respiration: it inter
fere, with the circulation; in the young
athletes who wear it while they are run
ming, rowing, climbing, wrestling, it
tends to bring on heTnia-ruptWe.-
Diseases Of Modern Life
Year: 1878

From EIavTe come the tidings that
there need be no more sea-sickness. A
number Of persons, it is sail, nave re-
,eatedly been taken on board the steam
tug TAvant-pOrt, and have put out to
sea just where they were most likely to
meet with cetere tests and it has been
found that those who were provided
with certain electromagnetic girdle
were entirely exempted from sea sick
ness, while those who became sea sick
without the appliance were almost in
simultaneously cured by its application.
The girde, it is explained, tends to
check the arrangement Of the dia-
phrsgm,
Year: 1878

Something like twenty thousand per-
sons are employed in the sulphur mines
of Sicily, many Of whom are young
In these mines the life Of
children is degrading, their morals and
education are neglected, and their
physical growth stunted.
Year: 1878

Lamb and veal contain much less
solid food than mutton and beef, and
are consequently not so economical,
even if purchased at the same cost per
pound. Mutton, if in good condition,
is one of the most easily digested Of the
ordinary meats. Pork is not so easily
digested as beef OF mutton The flesh
Of young animals is not nearly so nU-
tritious as that Of those which are Of
mature age.
Year: 1878

The way to make wood "go further, "
in cold weather, is to have it sawed and
split and piled up outside the door in
place Of being in the wOOdshed by
this means a load of wood has been
known to go half a nile in one night
Year: 1878

Persons who think they see the moons
Of NJ rs in. looking glass will learn
their error if they use polished metal 5
a mirror In the latter they will per
,eive only one reflection. The several
reflections i'm the looking glass (Which
are merely reflections of the plane IL
self are owing to the glass and mercury.
Year: 1878

Many people Of the humble class IN
England still believe that a ring made
from the hinge of coffin will cure the
gout, crdmP or rheumatism, and that
halter wherewith a criminal has been
hanged, if tied about the forehead will
cure the headache. We have no doubt
that if tied tight enough abOnt the
throat it would prove an infallible cure
for al the ills flesh is heir TO.
Year: 1878

SombOdy says it would be curious to
follow pound Of silk from its spin
ming until it became a lady's dress. No
doubt. But most men would prefer to
follow it sitter it became a dress
Year: 1878

The New York Elevated Railroad on tbs cas-, sido
Of the city will be open tomorrow tor trafhc from
whitehall street 10 tho Grand Central Depot at Forty
second street. through the Bowery and Third avenue
Year: 1878

PARIS, Oct. 31.-A London dispatch SAYS
1t is Thought not improbable that the present
condition Of the relations between England
and Turkey OH the one hand and Russia on
the other, strained and critical though it be,
may not lead to war at present. According
to this view England and Russia are engaged
IN a game of Dragging and bnster, attempt
ing to iutulidate each other, but neither con-
templating all open conflict of arms.


The r'ce in the Gol0s is thought 10 have
been inspired for the purpose by the Russian
government, while the warlike articles in the
London press are tolerably we'll known to
have been indirectly suggested by persons
high in the confidence OF the government
Year: 1878

Mr.. Beecher is advertised to lecture in
Leavenworth, and the price of tickets is
stated at one dollar. The same gentleman
is advertised to deliver the same lecture in
St. Louis, and the price of admission there
is to be fifty cents. This discrimination
against Leayenworth is not because ii costs
any more to hire hall or deliver lecture
in this city that in ST. Louis, but because
we have no frst-class place for
amusements and entertainments, and
no place large enough TO hold paying au-
dience for a first-class speaker or actor at
fifty cents ticket. Everybody admits that
we ought to have better place than we
have for public entertainments, and if a
few public spirited citizens would take hold
OF the matter in earnest, We believe they
could give us one. But good place or poor
place, dollar a ticket, these times, is too
much, for any kind of an entertainment.
The great majority of entertainments would
make more money at twenty-five cents than
at any higher price, while fifty cents, without
any extra charge for reserved seats, is senough
for the best. In these times, when laborers
are working for dollar aday, and most peo-
pie have constant struggle to make end:
meet. there is no good reason why speaker
or actor, even though he be star of The
| first magnitude. should expect to take il
six, seven, or eight, hundred dollars night
The number of first-class speakers and ac
tors who have been obliged to appear, NOR,
than once during the past season, befor,
empty benches, ought to be sufficient t,
teach people tha; in these hard times, full
houses can generally be had only by low
prices. The number of public speaker
who are able to fill an ordinary lecture hal
at dollar ticket, are wonderfully scare
in these days.
Year: 1878

The new bill agreed upon by the House
Committee on Postal affairs-of which we
published an abstract yesterday morning
is creating qnite stir among the great
dailies, because of the fact that it prohibits
the sending of printed matter outside Of
the mails. The Chicago Tribune Of the 18th
says:


Great Indignation and alarm are said to
have been excited among daily newspaper
publishers In consequence of.the provision in
the bill just agreed upon by the House Post.
Office committee forbidding the forwarding
of printed matter through any channel ex.
cept the mails. The bill has not been report.
ed In the House, much less passed, and il its
provisions in any way hinder or increase the
cost of the prompt transmission of the news.
papers to their readers 1t may be set down as
certain that the indignant protests of the
publishers will be backed d by the imperative
demand Of the people that Congress let well
enough alone. The quickest, shortest, and
cheapest way of delivering the newspaper
from the press-room to the reader is one o.
the settled requirements of the day and age
and any legislation which interferes with OF
impedes the system of news distribution i.
sure TO be unpopular.
Year: 1878

We publish in full this morning copy
OF General Ewings resolution for an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, to provide "a permanent and stable
currency" which is, in effect, "a proposition
to provide by Constitutional Amendment,
that the greenback shall be made the per-
manent paper money Of the country, and
shall take the place of national bank notes.
The resolution is in full accord with the
sentiment of the country, and if submitted
will be ratified by the requisite three
fourths of the State Legislatures. Let it be
passed by Congress, SO that it may be sub
mitted to the several legislatures next win
ter. Several State Legislatures have al
ready passed resolutions substantially en-
dorsing the features of General Ewing's
proposition.
Year: 1878

The reports from Pennsylvania and other
Eastern States Of the grand hegira Of labor
ers and land-seekers from those States to
Kansas add new wings TO the already rap
idly spreading feeling in favor OF immigra-
ton to those Western States still offering
the Governments free lands to actual set.
tiers. All over the country the desire to
possess farm, with house thereon, grow
ing grain in the field, vegetables in the eel.
lar and stock on the prairies, has seemed to
seize upon the heads Of families this Spring,
with a force which could not have arisen
from anything less than a tedious era OF
hard times. The cities no longer furnish
work for the vast laboring population, and
the business of towns and cities, in many
departments of commerce, no longer remun.
crates the dealer. The struggle with
thousands has come to be-not one of mere
endeavor for fortune, as in better days, but
fight for the actual necessities of life-for
bread and butter-"yea," as . good many
can say on reading this, "for bread alone,
leaving out the butter


In the midst of the general rough-and
tumble for escape from actual poverty,
there naturally comes to the victims of The
crisis the thought that of all Others, the
farmer, who hugs closer than all othersto
the generous bosom Of Mother Earth, must
Be Tie happiest Of m1, and the.last to b
in Danger Of starvation. He may not veaz
Year: 1878

Under the laws OF Canada the govern
rnent sells to private individuals the right
to cut timber off OF certain public lands, re-
serving the fee OF the lands to the govern
ment. The purpose Of this policy is to
keep certain portions of the public domain
as permanent reservations for the growth OF
timber, by allowing new crops OF forest trees
to succeed those which have been remCved.
This policy is worthy of the consideration
OF our Government as a solution OF the
difficulties which have recently been giving
SO much trouble.
Year: 1878

The matter of the U. S. Marshalship is
still unsettled, but Ben. Simpsons name is
still before the Senate for confirmation.
Great pressure is being brought to bear on
him from Washington to accept, and it
may be that he will do so, with certain as
surances that he insists on from ''headquar-
ters" Ii he does take the place is
not settled, by any means Ben. will make
a good marshal.
Year: 1878

Cauterization has been generally consid
cred certain preventive against the effects
of dog bite, but a case is reported in Brook
lyn where it failed to destroy the poison
The victim a little boy, was bitten six
months ago, and the symptoms developed
plainly point TO hydrophobia as the cause
Of death.
Year: 1878

A letter from New York TO Chicago
bauk officer reports that counterfeit -, SO
and so nationnl bank notes, nearly as good
as the genuine, are in circulation. They
may be used as the issue OF any national
bank. II is very difficult to detect them.
Year: 1878

There Is no remedy so certain for de-
cline in the Republican party as a Demo-
cratic House sitting at Washington. This
was the influence not taken into account by
the political ~iseacres who speculated on
the result in New Hampshire.
Year: 1878

There seems to be regular hegira from
Pennsylvania for Kansas this season. In
addition to several parties who had pre-
viously departed from that state for the new
land Of promise, colony Of three hundred
and fifty left for the same destination last
Monday