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Year: 1879

Where Shall Baby's Dimple Be?
Over the cradle the mother hung
Softly Grooming slumber song;
And these wore the simple words sung
All the evening long:
Cheek or chin, or knuckle or Knee,
Where shall the baby's dimple bel
Where shall the angels finger rest
When he comes down TO the baby's nest
Where shall the angels touch remain
When he awakens my babe again ?"
Still as she bent and sung so low,
A murmur into her music broke;
And she paused to hear, for she could but


know


The baby's angel spoke.
"Cheek or chin, or knuckle or knee,
Where shall the baby's dimple be?
Where shall my finger fall and rest
When come down to the baby nest?
Where shall my fingers touch remain
whuu awaken YOUR babe again f'
Silent the mother sat and dwelt


Long in the sweet delay Of choice;
And then by her baby's side she knelt,
And sang with pleasant voice:
"Not on the limb, oh, angel dear
For the charm with its youth will dis.


appear;


Not on the cheek shall the dimple be,
For the harboring smile will fade ani fee
But touch thou the chin with an impress


deep;


And my baby the angels seal shall keep


Saturday Jnagaztne.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


In your Sunday issue, under tho title Of "Mammon
and the Pulpit" noticed that clergymen when
questioned in regard to their salaries. especially
when they have fat ones their stereotype express
sion that 'They don't get half what they could make
as lawyers, for instance" Now. will inform the
clergy and the public generally that one-half If not
the United States do not make much in the egiti-
mate practice of their profession as journeynen
penters do at their trade. Clergymen seem to think
that lawyers make their money easy. A few of them
do. and SO do few clergymen in proportion
TO their whole number But many, yes, most law
yers. have to work as hard for their money as day
laborers and then sometimes. as the clergy say in
regard TO their salary they don't get it," And
great many times they devote their time, money and
labor in the ends of justice and right-charity-
do not receive for it, 1t is the crying shame
that they pay their clerks mere pttance and en,-
poy rich mems sons, who can live home with their
parents. and those less fortunate who have strug
gled through college and in their studies to M them
selves for practice, crowded out to work
for next nothing starve. The preaching
Of the Gospel is different. 1t docs not require money
education for person, to be Christian. Pride
Testament tells the truth. Christ and His apostles
did not teach that ministers should have big salaries,
fine clothing and costly array, fashionable churches
clubs but they did teach to give to the poor and to
bind up the broken hearted. l sometimes think that
clergymen skip part Of the New Testament or
twist 1t to suit themselves Let have OF the
New Testament Christianity. and not pride luxury,
taught by Christ who gave His life to save sinners


IEX SCRIPrA
Year: 1879

Some progress is being made in the courts In re-
gard TO the applications recently made on behalf
of Inspector Diiks, Captain Walsh and Patrolman
Carroll. for mandamuscs TO compel the payment to
members of the police forco of the twenty per cent
deducted on last pay day. The papers in the case
were submitted yesterday TO Judge Donohue in Su-
preme Court. Chambers. who intimated that he
would speedily enter order directing the matter
to be heard before the Supreme Court General
Term and thus. avoid delay in carrying
the case the Court of Appeals The sole question
TO be determined Is whether the act Of 1856. provid
ing that whom gold was at par tho pay of the police
should be reduced twenty Per cent has been re.
pealed by the act of 1874
Year: 1879

When he came hero


There were no Christians;


When he went away


There no heather.


'what is good remedy for feionf" asked poor
sufferer from that demoniac malady. and one
which can bottle up more solid pain In five minutes
than the Asiatic plague ever dreamed OF. rough.
unsympathetc westerner who was standing by vol
unteered the information that about twenty minutes
hanging on lamppost was regarded as sure
cure in his district The swollen finger grew silent
for moment. as If in astonishment. but soon re-
covered itself. and turned the lightning and vol
cano. and earthquake more. No man has gone
through the entire curriculum Of education. has
any right to that he knows what life is made OF.
until he has watched the slow and sure growth OF .
felon on the finger. It is experience that
human being wanted twice.
Year: 1879

NEW YORK. March 1, 1879.
To THE EDITOR THE HERALD;-


Mr.. Watson has borne witness to the efficiency and
bravery of the hremen during the recent fire
Fifty third To this desire to add my testi
mony as to their courtesy. deicacy and kindness
men, They with the captain of Police and the In
surancc PATROL had possession of my house during
that night and every word and act of all these
made us feel that in the hands of judicious
protectors The outstanding walls OF the stable
broken Gown by ladders projected from my windows.
and yet even the curtains which hung there not
injured. and when my family returned to the house
everything was found just as IL had been left. We
ought to be proud of organization whose members
exhibit such manly bearing and high order of quali-
ties AZ did those who came among us on Wednesday
night q. q. REED. No. East fifty-thrd street.
Year: 1879

The Board of Education of Spring
field, H., have adopted a spelling re
form resolution as follows: ''ResolUed,
That the irregular spelling. OF the
English language is serious hindrance
in learning to read and write, and is
one cause Of the alarming illiteracy in
time in our schools which is needed for
other branches of study; and that it is
desirable to request our Legislatures,
State and National, to appoint COM
missioners to investigate this matter
and report what measures, if any, can
be taken to simplify our spelling"
Year: 1879

If the young ladies attending
church would give more attention to
the number of the hymn the pastor
gives out, and not SO much attention to
the numt er of hims that are in the
church, Trey would not be SO apt to
sing one hymn while the congregation
are singing another. Honkers GGsette.
Year: 1879

To the Editor Of the Press:


The New York Sun of Friday last is in an
agony of fear lest the Republicans of the Legis-
lature of that State, in accordance with the
plain provisions of the law will elect the Elec-
tors at the coming session. In New Jersey the
Legislature have the power to pass such q law
by majority vote. In Connecticut the same
law can be enacted. In short, as the Sun truly
says, the Repu blicans have it in their power to
settle the question in advance.


1, with many Republicans with whom have
conversed, sincerely hope this course will be
taken. 1t is consistent with the principles of
State Rights and will save great deal of trou-
BILE and expense.


As to the fairness of the action, of course the
Democrats who boldly proclaim their intention
of carrying through the boldest piece of rascal
ity ever undertaken in any State in counting
in a majority of their friends in our Legisla-
ture, cannot complain; for in the States named
it is plain provision of law that iustifies those
Legislatures in doing it. l see, also, the Sum
day Sun in this city, a neutral paper, calls it
Piracy, and while it doesn't have word to say
against the Democratic plot to disfranchise its
patrons, it utters loud complaints in its tele-
graph columns about the Republicans in New
York doing just what they have a legal right
to do. REPUBLICAN
Year: 1879

The communication signed Republican"
in this issue of the PRESS is most suggestive.
Should the plan of choosing electors by Leg
islatures be carried out, as the States men
toned have a legal right to do, the Demo
cratic electoral vote of 1S4 in 1876 would be
reduced to 1873. Even giving the Democrats
the seven votes they intend to steal in this
State with the three they may get in Oregon
and the votes of Louisiana, Florida and
South Carolina, and they will have but 161
votes to POS Republican votes, Republican
majority of Al.


If the Democrats were situated as the Re-
publicans are now there is every reason to
believe they would adopt the plan in ques-
ton. Indeed the project has been seriously
discussed in Florida, the increasing North
ern immigration there putting the State in
the doubtful list. But we do not believe that
the plan is seriously entertained by many Re-
publicans in any State in which they control
the Legislature. 1t is not their Vay of do
ing things. They are accustomed to trust
to the people, who have never yet failed them
them in any emergency when the expression
of preference has been untrammelled. The
report that the project is contemplated in
New York is Sun canard, and utterly un-
worthy of belief. 1t is put forward to in
duce the Council to steal this State on the
ground that somebody else is going to steal
some other State-an argument that will
have great weight with body of men who
contemplate wrong-doing because somebody
has got them "mad' by making up faces at
them.


Should, however, the conspirators succeed
in their plan of stealing Maine it can scarce
ly be doubted that a considerable sentiment
would spring up in the Republican ranks in
favor of resorting to all legal means to foil
the Democrats in their real object to get pos
session of the electoral vote of this State. In
that case attention would naturally be
turned to the choice of electors by Republi-
can Legislatures, perfectly legal proceed
ing, whatever other objections may be
brought against it. Those strict defenders
of technicalities, the Democrats, would have
no right to object. The Republicans would



order to carry the project through. They
would have to resort to no Star Chamber
proceedings. They would not be forced to
refuse an investigation of grave charges pre-
ferred against their officials. There would
be no returns of votes that would not bear
inspection. The course would be perfectly
legal, and the Republicans would not be
compelled to steal Legislature before it
could be entered upon. 1t would be urged
as the only legal means by which Democrat
ic victory made possible by Democratic
theft and the suppression of the will of the
people could be prevented.


But the plan is open to very serious OBJ
jections. The choice of President should be
determined by the preferences of the people
in 1880, not by members of Legislatures
chosen in 1879, and the party that attempts
to force another method upon its antagonists
will, in boliof. be overwhelmingly re-
buked by the people.
Year: 1879

The bill reported from the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency requiring
the National Banks to keep the same reserve
against note circulation that they now
do against deposits, and that one-half the
reserve so enlarged shall consist of coin,
will probably meet with little if any opposi-
ton on the part of the Banks. They have
now on hand in their vaults about S42, ,0OO,-
900 in coin, and the proposed law would re-
quire but a small increase. The effect of the
contemplated statute would be slight.


But the proposed law could be made a
beneficial measure bya few judicious amend
ments. 1t is assumed that the Banks will
draw upon the stock of coin in the Treasury
for the ceeded increase in their reserves.
That is, they will present greenbacks and
receive coin in exchange for them. If it is
good thing to hold half the reserve in coin
why is it not better to hold the whole? Why
not so amend the bill? Then why not de-
stroy the redeemed greenbacks as soon as
they come into the Treasury? They will
then be paid notes. Why put them out





more than meet it's expenses. What need is
there of running in debt, and reissuing notes
that have been paid?


Nor can it be urged against this plan that
it is contraction of the volume of currency
in use. For the greenbacks that make the
Bank reserves do not enter into circulation.
They are locked up in the Bank vaults. The
coin that will take their place is locked up
in the Treasury vault. 1t does not enter in
to the circulation. Its transfer from the
Treasury to the Banks will not in any way
affect the volume of currency in use. There
will for all practical purposes be no con-
traction. The only thing that will happen
will be this: the Government will pay off
rising SOC, 1000, 900 of its indebtedness, and re-
duce the national debt by that amount, and
no disturbance will result to business nor
practical contraction of the circulating me-
dunn follow.


With these amendments the Buckner bill
will become beneficial measure.
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston Journal
says: "Joseph L. Smith is to be made
Governor, and not Garcelon. The latter
wishes the people to know that he is too
virtuous to count himself in, and so he will
give way to Smith and Smith will appoint
Garcelon Superintendent of the Insane
Asylum Better put him inside.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
ton but as a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
Year: 1879

THE New York Sunday Tribune, which
has made its appearance, is an addition to
journalism. 1t does not differ in makeup
from the daily issues. IN telegraphic and
local news, in correspondence and in edito-
rial matter, it is not to be distinguished
from the daily. But it contains more purely
Sunday reading. It deserves success and
will doubtless achieve it. Let us hope no
stolen Treasury report will ever appear in its
columns.
Year: 1879

A PERUsAL of County Attorney Roundss
letter is good for the eyes of honest men. 1t
is well to understand clearly what sort of an
investigation this Council that ''doesnt
fear twenty hells all drawn up in battle ar
ray" does fear. The letter, which we re-
publish, will show.
Year: 1879

The reason generally advanced for the
theft is that the Council have ''got mad"
But Councillor Fogg's paper the Greenback
Chronicle, probably gives the true
reason when it says: ''The time has come
in the history of our country when politics
are reduced to an absolute science. The
sharpest men enter this field, and those who
cheat most succeed best" If this be the
case the success of the conspiracy is
assured
Year: 1879

REPUBLICANS will notice the fact that
not one Democrat in Portland has protested
against the plot to disfranchise this city and
deprive it of representation at the coming
session of the Legislature. In view of the
fact that the valuation is to be made for the
coming ten years, this shows how much
the Democracy care for the interests OF the
city. The Argus has been an ardent advo-
cate of the rascality from the start and has
evidently whipped in its followers as it did
in the Greenb back alliance.
Year: 1879

In tho case of Joseph Levy. sentenced to hftccn
years Imprisonment for completely in the atompt to
burn tho tenement No. IL Ludlow street. November
10, 1878. appeal taken to tho supreme Court.
General Term. upon exceptions taken during the
trial the admission Of certain evidence and to tho
Judges charge. decision was given yesterday
affirming tho judgment OF the court below. Judge
Davis who writes tho opinion, holds that the OBJ
lection raised by tho prisoners counsel to admit
ting tho Judgment record of the Court Of Oyer
and Terniner showing the conviction of the princi-
pals Bernstein, pcrlsten and Freeman OF arson In
the fret degree was not well taken. He aays that
under the statute In the first degree is the will
full setting fire To or burning in the nighttime q
dwelling house In which there is at the time human
being aud that any house other edifce which
shall have been usually occupied by persons lodg-
ing therein at night shall be deemed the dwelling
house of any person lodging therein. He holds
that under this statute each suite OF apartments is q
dwelling house. aud cites various cases german to
the point. In conclusion he holds that the charge
fair and impartial and the conviction Just. The
throe principals received sentences similar to that Of
Levy. who was accessory to the crime.
Year: 1879

william Kelly, the Manhattan bank burglar. re-
GENTLY sentenced to a term of ten years in State
Prison. was taken from the Tombs yesterday and
escorted to Sing sing Prison by Deputy sherifs Nee
han and Strange. Kelly was assigned work in the
shoe shop connected with the prison.
Year: 1879

tragedy, and went off into Mysteries the
moment the words were out of her
mouth. She'd been expecting to be
half murdered, yon know, and the girl
was 16, always before minded me as if /
was hcr mother


Never was there any old sinner so
happy as I was that night, SO thankful
to the good Lord; and it would have
done your heart good If you had gone to
see the two men meet in the morning
Charley and his friend Rob. And Char
ley, who had got so we'll and n mother
who was not so poor either, helped
Rob into business. And he got well
over his wounds ut last and grew as
handsome as picture, and to-day week
he IS going to marry DrusilIa.


t'i'd give anything / have" said /,
''apd | won't refuse you even Drusilla, !"
when he asked me, telling me that he
loved her ever since she was so kind to
him on the night I've told you of.


And Charley is to stand up with him
ana | am to give Drusilia away and
Rob's sister from Grecnbank is to be
bridesmaid, and [ have guess that
some day Charley will bring her home
to me in Drusilla's place.


I don't drive beggars from the door
now as / used, and no doubt I'm imposed
upon; but this is what / say: "Detter
be imposed upon always than to be cruel
to one who really needs help" And I've
read my bible better of late, and know
WHO says, Given as you have done it
unto the leas! of these ye have done it
unto me-
Year: 1879

DesirOus to have his young wlfe's pOr-
trait taken, Ruskins chose his friend
Millais, who, with Holman Hunt, Charles
Collins, Dante Rossetti and others,
formed, and still form, the pre-Raphae-
lite school, to transfer her features to
canvas. She gave the painter number
of sittings, and the husband was so much
concerned in the work that he sometimes
watched its progress. Millais, rs is well
known, Us handsome and winning-he
was especially so when young, he is bare
ly so now-and was drawn at once to the
young and lovely wife OF his friend, an
attraction that appears to have been re-
ciprocated. In plain parlance, Millais
and Mrs. Ruskin fell head-oyer heels, or
heels-over-head, if you like, in love with
one another without the least intent on
their part. Ruskin himself is said to
have perceived the fact, although the
lovers had not been in the slightest in
discreet or conventional, CT even to have
intimated one the other the condition of
their hearts.


The author Of "Mondern Painters is
as generous as he is chivalrous. lie did
not as ordinary men would have done,
fly into jealous rage, nor did he have q
scene with his wife. He told her gently
what he had perceived, and assured her
of his continued friendship and esteem,
and of his earnest desire to promote her
happiness at any price. She turned
crimson at the words, as if they had
been revelation to her own soul, which,
in part, they may have been. She could
not believe the thing possible at first
the surprises of the heart are usually
overwhelming very soon she ac-
knowledged the truth, and the painter
did likewise. The critic condemned
himself for dullness in thinking a Pla-
tonic marriage natural or satisfactory,
ana announced his willingness yea glad
ness, to assist the pair to a felicity they
were obviously fitted for. Instead of
putting any obstacle in the way, he
would remove the only one to their love
and appiness-himself- and he kept
his word faithfully. Under the peculiar
circumstances there was no trouble in
obtaining divorce. The matter was
managed privately, without any scandal,
and in due time hrs. Ruskin, who was,
became Mrs. hIillais, who is. They
have proved to be, from all accounts, a
most harmonious couple, and they are as
much to one another to-day as they were
during the honeymoon. Moreover, Rus
kin continues to be the firm friend of
both, visiting them regularly and sharing
in reflected manner in their happiness
"a fact which demonstrates the largeness
and nobility OF Rusain s nature. 1Iillais'
famous picture-it has been engraved
and is very common-''The Huguenot
Lovers is declared to be, as respects
the young woman, almost q faithful ror-
trait Of the artists wife, and the alleged
fact has added not little to its popular
ity.
Year: 1879

most approved artificial methods of re-
storing respiration. / drew a feeble,
gasping sigh.


water, Doctor, water." cried Ellie;
she is alive. Dash it over his head and
neck" She. raised me in her arms as
she spoke, turning my face to the breeze.
| think l should have ehoked but for
that cool wind blowing over me. A dash
of cold water made me draw long, deep
breath, and set heart snd lungs at their
regular work again. So .'came to" as
people call it, and very disagreeable
process it is-much more SO than ''going
of, if | may Judge by my own expert
ence Of the two.


/ was very i'll all chat day; rs weak as
a little child. and for days I could not
walk across the room without staggering
hike drunken man. By degrees L got
quite over it, but l think I shall carry
with me to my grave the horrible impress
sion Of what | suffered in coming back
to life.


1t seems Eflie came to my room in the
morning to see why / did not come to
breakfast and found me lying on the bed
cold, and apparently quite lfeless. [
suppose, in fact, must have looked very
terribly, and really dead, for can never
get her to talk about it. The poor little
woman, when force the subject upon
her, cries; Don't, don't. I never tho't
TO have seen that sight and lived to talk
with you about it" and she grows SO
white | am forced to give it up.


DR.. S. says when he first saw me he
believe he has never since prescribed the
hypodermic use of morphine.
Year: 1879

When boy scrapes little skin off his
knuckles while saving wood for his moth
er, he makes more ado about it than
when he knocks his big toe nail off in
running to fire. This Is reliable.