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Year: 1877

lrmnst be easily apparent to all local i.
tiles in West Virginia that ever expect in
the future to compete for the location Of
the Capital, that their true interest is to
leave il temporarily located, as it is now
for some years to come, until such time
as the opening up Of railroads and other
developments shall point out the true
and accessible spot where it ought to be
permanently located. Once the Capital
is permanently located under contract, AZ
provided for in the bill before the House
then the matter Of future eligi
llity is practically cut of for.
ever, notwithstanding the dernier re
sorts, such as Constitutional amend
ments &C., contained in the bill. Those
who are now pressing the question o.
permanent location have no idea of any
future change. They expect Charleston
to be The permanent seat.
Year: 1877

A REVOLVING FIRE CRATE, which ia
said to be great economizer OF fuel, is
the latest domestic novelty. The avoid.
ance of tho usual upright drought Of air
has the effect Of throwing almost the
whole Of the heat out at the front Of the
CRATE, and also Of preventing the fire from
spreading amongst the Goals below and
behind the central cylinder. The com.
bnstion is so gradual that the CRATE, once
filled, does not require 10 be replenished
for IL or IA hours, the fire burning clear.
ly for the whole Of that time with much
less attention than ia the case with an
ordinary CRATE, all that is necessary being
an occasional applicationsof the lever by
which the CRATE is made to reyolye, so
that, as the live Goals become exhausted,
those which are not yet ignited may be
brought forward TO supply their places.
The cost OF construction is about the
same Ms that oil an ordinary CRATE, and,
with some very slight notifications, tho
principle can be applied with equal ad.
vantages to cooking ranges, as we'll as to
the various descriptions Of furnaces.
Year: 1877

SENATOR CoSKElNo gave this as a
reason for supporting the Arbitration
Plan: d


Because ] mean 10 maintain al every
stage ot these proceedings that the Re-
publican candidate has been chosen Pres
ident, because ! believe him patriot and
good citizen, therefore / wish to take q
title for him that shall be so clear that
no one can say that he has clutched
power.
Year: 1877

snvrt of the public expectation, and the
committee whollygf.iied to justify that
extravagant and bungli"g measures by any
good reasons before the House. In fact
they were forced to confess ignorance on
the most essential points, and to admit that
the Military Ring dictated the details OF
their bill.


They were beaten by their own poll'ica'
friends on square vote. That defeat leaves
them pow.rless for good, no matter what
their intentions may be. Clearly they are
unequal to the task Of carrying forward
any subs antial reform, such as was inltl'
ated in the last Congress. The best pub
lie service they can now render IL 10 re-
sign, and to turn the work over to stronger
hands. al
Year: 1877

THE STATES ATTORNEY has been
very freely censured for the past year or
two for not more fully enforcing the
liquor license laws. And this is no more
than each of his predecessors had TO en-
counter. But a few weeks ago printed
petition was circulated by the most ardent
temperance men that quite ''run this thing
into the ground" Mr.. Pennington sup
posing that the gentlemen who signed
their names to the petition knew what it
asserted was true, gave them an opportu-
nifty of proving it by summoning them to
New Castle. There was some 300 or 400
summoned. When asked if they knew
any one that had sold liquor contrary to
law, the answer was in almost every
case in the negattue. OF course they did
not mean to sldnder the officers of the
law when they signed the petition; but
it looked somewhat like putting their
names to mischievous document after
they appeared at New Castle. The
States Attorney, however, took the ma
ter very coolly, and doubtless felt that he
was discharging his duty fully. At all
events he has given some of our citizens
lesson which they will remember for
some time.


The license law for the sale of liquor
differs very much from the law licensing
other business pursuits. 1t is very easy
to say the defect is in the lato. But the
defect is in the men who fear to go for
ward and boldly witness the sale and
then 60 to New Castle become informers.


If adry goods merchant sells without a
license, he pays his fine for the year, and
there is the end Of it. If the liquor seller
was let off with one small fine, he would
not go TO New Castle at all-he would
pay it. But the liquor license law is SO
framed to deter men from selling; and
the saloon keeper may be fined
for every glass he sells without license
while the dry goods merchant gets off by
paying single fine for six months or a
year. When it is remembered that the
Court iAay fine the liquor seller $50 and
costs for each separate glass that it is
proven he has sold, and in order to live
he must sell thousands of glasses, the
difference is seen at once. Now it il
nonsence to say the law cannot be ell.
forced. 1t has been enforced and nc
license law can be made to reach the OBJ
ject desired unless about the same trouble
Of getting the proof
Year: 1877

The FAILURE OF THE CARNIVAL
The Herald says: His Majesty King
Carnival entered the city yesterday, but
not in the manner that was expected OR
desired. Instead of pageant of pictur-
esque extravaganza and frolic there was
an extremely dull advertising show, from
which thousands of people turned away
in disgust. This dreary procession, like
a wounded snake dragged its slow length
along, and it was relief when it endec
and dispersed.
Year: 1877

strike is confined entirely TO unskilled la
borers, who appear unable to explain why
they struck or what they demand. A strong
detachment of police is keeping the strikers
in view. Any violence will be promptly
sunnrpagpd
Year: 1877

ELIZABETH, July 80.


In New jersey the strikers are quiet,
merely from the presence of military. At
Phillipsburg, Hampton and Washington
trains are running regular, and the strikers
arc trying to convince the military that
their presence is unnecessary, and the mil
itary are trying to convince the governor
that such is the case. The truth is that in
the Lehigh valley there is no disposition on
the part of the strikers to resume work,
and no intention on the part of the railroads
to resume unless there is a general return
to duty. This cannot take place on the
Lehigh valley until the disturbances are
permanently allayed in the mining region.
The troops will not be removed from Phil
lipsburg until trains resume their trips in
the Lehigh valley.
Year: 1877

The mayor has declined the proffered
military from Gov. Hartranft because he
feared taking the responsibility of calling
upon the military. There is great excite
ment. There was rumor that regulars
were coming to protect men in preventing
the mines from flooding, but they did not
appear. A company of old soldiers has
been formed to protect life and property in
the city, and they slept with their muskCts
Saturday and Sunday night.
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR or HERALD:--


Allow mo call the attention OF the Commissioner
OF Public Works 10 the railroad switch at the junction
or Fourteenth street and Union square. In passing
there few days ago tripod and injured my foot
that s.ill suffering from the effects Tuesday
last lady tripped in the place. That It is
an int0erabe nuisance every passer by will sub
siantiate. II the Commissioner will inquire OF the
officer whose duty " is TO conduct persons at that
crossing ho will get authentic information conccrnng
the danger to the community in allowing TO remain.


T. G.
Year: 1877

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


why It that tho captain Of the steamer Harlem, Of
the Morrisania Steamboat Company, invariably starts
his boat from Fulton slip on tho 6:15 trip at
night ahead OF timer 1t Is impossible for a pas.
scnger this boat unless he Is hand at least
three minutes ahead OF time. With the steamer Shady
Sde which leaves alternate nights, such trou.
BILE is necessary AS this s the last boat would II not
be better TO give tho passengers two or three MN
utes' grace to leave two or three minutes ahead
OF advertised time for startingY There 10 not night
but from throe TO ten people are LETT


TRAVELLER,
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Permit call attention to OF the latest polics
outrages committed by OF the officers OF Captain
Eakn's precinct On Saturday last about five o'clock
d small bareiooted boy was sent by one OF the en-
poyes OF the Hudson River Railroad to clean ght
car with a pail OF hot water Without momcnls
warning a burly policeman across the street,
sczed Of the boy, dumped the pail Of hot
over the boys feet, scaldng them severely He
then dragged him TO tue station house and from hcre
to the Tombs where he was fined S., and being, OF
course unable TO pay, no was locked up Tor five days
READER,
Year: 1877

young girl, who gave her name as Hattie Lownes,
was ound yesterday by an officer Of the Eighth pre-
cinct acting rather strangely In Hudson street. Tho
officer took her the station house. where she said
that she had run away from Nome account OF tho
brutality OF her father She refused to say where sh
lived, and wilb DO held ~ tho Central 0aico until
claimed
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR THE HERALp.-


win the Broadway stage companies please to see
that the money their stages made secure
enough hold tho hot candle grease, SO that IL Will
not leak through showers over ladies' dresses
Last Tuesday night In OF the stages, friend
fortunately had silk dress ruined by Of those
disgusting showers ol hot tallow. PASSENGER.
Year: 1877

that the heroine must he lost woman No doubt she
knew everybody Knows, that "A woman Loot Is not
particle dramatic than woman found; but she
loved the storm and reyeled in the reckless agony OF
nature that Is at with itself More than almost
other oman call TO mind upon the stage, Matilda
Heron knew what love, and what 1t is 10 suffer
through the truth through the consequences OF that
awful and tremendous passion When In the fret act OF
Camille" she used To ush forward and sob out the
camaton, Respect mc-and in this house," she made
the heart OF every who heard her stand still In his
bosom and when she parted from the lover whom she
meant to again In this world her agony was so
great and real that few could look its exhi-
bition. Hers was not, perhaps. the power OF the
imagination That sazcs ideal and enables the
artist to rise Of this actual world and cmbOdy
tlre OF the poetic BRAIN like Lddy MGcJF-bu hers,
beyond all doubt, was the human woman's heart that
had sounded every depth OF passion and could embrace
all possible experience Of woman in that world of love
which Is essentially her own. And while she thus
human and passionate in ber she wioFd and fasci-
mating in her individuality. All her ways were her own


and the eye followed her with strange kind OF delight
at absolute and formidable sincerity. She
often failed to satisfy the intellect, with refer
ence to classic forms OF ancient literature,
to set molds Of modern character. Her Mcded,
for example, was half prowling maniac and
half a reckless slouch-with ard then CLEAN or
fatefu fury like fire that streams through the suddenly
opened mouth OF the Volcano and her Ed,U and SybH,
and Geraldine erratic and bizarre figures only 10
be remembered for strong and surprising points But
spectator OF her acting evertill her powers were on
the wane,-msscd the Of an original, vigorous,
brilliant. and startling personality she an actress
OF the passionsand Of the passions in their universal
cbb and Ow This sort OF nature, unless ii be curbed
by prOdigiOus moral and intellect inevitably
breaks all the bounds Of life Matilda Herons
has been full OF trouble and 1t is easy
say that she brought them upon herself it might be
wiser to say that Heaven. which made her what she
was ruled the event to its ends: it GER
tainly is truthful to say that she wrought
the labor of her life with profound. ear
nest, passionate, and vrtuous sincerity that
she touched in thousands OF hearts, the spring OF gentle
charity; that she dealt blow which has staggered
alike the cantng sensuast and the canting Pharlsee
and, with all her faults and faings that she leaves
the memory, not alone Of OF the greatest cle-
mental forces in the dramatic art but of largehearted,
tender, magnanmous woman. Yesterday, in the Little
Church, which has become justly dear to the dramatic
profession, the burial service said her re-
mains and from that pace,-with all the honors that
love and ofcrthe ashes vf this dead genius
were taken to the grave


No longer seek her merits TO disclose,


Nor draw her fIailtics fIun their dread abode.
Year: 1877

The critic Gazette, the issue Of March 4,
speaking ncertof the Harvard Society Boston
Music Hall, says:


THE CHICKERING PIANO upon which Mt Lang played
instruments the fifty thousandth made by the firm OF
CHICKERISG 1t superb instrument rich and
large tome equal throughout its whole compass sOnorous
with exquisite singing quality and remarkable carrying
power In fact, every way worthy the firm that
noble example Of the perfection 10 which they
brought their Whatever may be the merits OF the
pianos OF other makers there be question that THE
CmCKEING PIANOS have certain qualities which peculiarly
their OWN and these found in
this the fifty thousandth they from their oyerbusy
factory"
Year: 1877

Mr.. Taylor on Friday gave the sixth lecture
of his course at Association Hail. 1.-THE Literature OF
the 18th Century" 1t was announced that III conse-
oueucc of the interest felt in these lectures as manifested
nv tho constantly increasing attendance tickets will be
sold for the remaining six which viii treat OF the great
German authors from Leasing to the death OF Goelhe'
Both the size and character of the audiences thus lar


have been very satisfactory. The attendance at the
repetition OF the same course in Brooklyn Is rapidly
increasing and the experiment there is also entirely sue
Year: 1877

JAMAICA, L. l., March 11.-Samuel Norton,
~ wears old was found dead this morning behind his
barn. at Far Rockaway under circumstances leading to
suspicion OF foul play. He was rcputed TO be quite
wealthy and was frequently III litigation with his neigh
bors and sometimes with his own relatives. lie had an
idiot son. Francis years Old who has been heard to
threaten his fathers life Mr.. Norton left home FRI
day morning intending 10 visit NewYOrt TO one of
his sons having in his possession 500 This is the last
known of him until the discovery OF his body tins
ing The body was lying partly on the side with one
arm under it and the other slightly raised and six or
seven blush marks under the Jaw and around the throat
as though the had been chOkcd to death. Coroner
Mccarthy was summoned and Will investigate the case
There Will be a post mOrtcm examination 10 determine
thr cause Of death.
Year: 1877

Thieves broke into the room of William Cullen Bryant last week, and in love of garmenture got away with the poets clothes. and if he could have held communion with their visible forms for about five minutes. he would have spoken varied language to them. But they wrapped the drspery of his things around them and went fl with the innumerable caravan that keeps itself shadowy in the day time.-tHawkeye.
Year: 1877

ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD A recognition of the loyalty of the native pop ulation to the Dcmoci stic party would be s graceful act on the part of the latter in the coming rie> ton of the United States Senator They have done us yeomsn service in the past contest in L"s Angeles county and in the adjoIning districts comprising Santa Bar- bara and San Louis 0bisp, and in both in- stances our success has been in great meas ure due to them. Never as yet has their loy- al adhen>ion met with any adequate reward, and never before have we had so favorable an opportunity. Amongst those prominent lv mentioned for Senator, there is none who for commanding ability, high personal honor or distinguished record can compare with Ygnacio Sepulveda Sitting as he does in N high place with honor and credit to himself snd his constituents: linked as he IS with the history and traditions of California by fam ily ties, no more representative man could be selected as our Senator for the coming term.-[ Anaheim Review.
Year: 1877

STEALING 1000 HEAD OF CATTLE.
We learn from gentleman who
lives in the western part of this coun-


ty, that last winter party of men
drove herd of cattle from Bell coun.
tv, cnd kept them for while in
Brown county, near the Hamilton line,
where their herd was added to by a
small herd Of cattle taken principally
from that section. The mysterious
movements Of those in control Of the
herd soon excited in the minds of the
people living near suspicious that all
was not right. The cattle men, know.
ing that they we're suspected, moved
their herd carly in the spring, increas


ing it as they went. Some few weeks
since several citizens of that section,
who had missed cattle, followed the
herd and overlook them about 300
miles west Of here. The herd con-
tanned about 1000 cattle. guarded by
about thirty we'll armed men. The
pursuers identified many of their own
and neighbors' cattle in the field, but
were told they could not have them


and were advised to return home i'm
mediately, which they did; and now
another party Of about fifty citizens ol
the vicinities from which the cattle
were stolen have started IN pursuit oi
the thieves, and it is hoped they will


succeed in capturing them, as well al
the CATTLE Hamilton (Tex.) Herald
Year: 1877

A writer in the London Field, states
that poultry properly fed will acquire
all the fatness needed for marketing
purposes, in a fortnight, or three
week at most. Their diet should be
Indian, oat or barley meal, scalded in
milk or water-the former is the best,
as it will expedite the fattening pro
cess They should be fed early in the
evening, just before going to roost,
and give plentiful supply Of pure
water, plenty of gravel, sliced cabbage
or turnip tops. If the fowls are re-
quired to be very fat, some trimmings
Of fresh mutton suet may be chopped
up and scalded with their other feed,
or they may be boiled with milk alone
and poured over the meal. This rem
ders the flesh firmer then it otherwise
would be. When fit to kill, feeding
should be stopped for twelve hours or
more, SO that the intentines may be-
come comparatively empty.
Year: 1877

FEEDING OF Sort CoRN.-Feed the
soft ears of corn to milch cows gam
in the flow of milk follows Now stop
feeding these soft ears. and give them
the big ears, set with hard kernels, and
it will at once be seen how much more
the soft corn does them. Ii the COWS
are overfed, or perhaps should they
have but little of the hard corn, the
kernel will be found in the manure,
unutilized by the animals. In feeding
q herd of COWS on hard corn, some cows
will be always found not digestine
completely the kernels. It is also OBJ
served that when corn is sent to the
mill before it is sufficiently dry to grind
fine with the cob, it is an unsatisfacto-
ry feed. II does the COWS less good
than We should expect, thus clearly
betraying the fact that at this time the
meal is less nutritious. in itself is less
digestible than meal made from old
corn.-ES Scientific Farmer.
Year: 1877

If a loaded revolver were placed at
my head and I was given one minute
in which to name the most useful
piece Of our.legged furniture, I should
unhcsitatingly answer tho COW, and
have As seconds to spare. In speak
ing of the cow 1 embrace also the OK
and the bull. The OF is used on tho
farm in place of steam engine. He
is faithful as a box OF pills, and some
what slower than lightning. A man
who has driven an OK team all his life
is selected as bearer at q funeral, a.
he never gets ahead Of the procession.
The bull is chiefly celebrated for his
disposition, which is cut gearing, and
gathered in quite full. He generally
wears an ear ring in his nose, and has
curiosity to know how you are made
inside. II Belfast Journal.
Year: 1877

The Northern people are intensely
loyal to the nation ; the children grow
to manhood and won anhood full Of the
national spirit; they come into life
loyal to a great principal /; they are
vitalized by great thought-current
that leads to united action they are
bound together by q sympathy that
breaks down all barriers that seperate
State from State, man from man.
Educated on this plane their impulses
are right and their actions full Of spir.
it and purpose Acting together as
the public. they are enthusiastic, en-
terprising and energetic. This spirit
carries on great reforms and accom-
plishes great undertakings. And this
spirit the South must have before it
can enjoy the peace or rival the pros
perity Of the North.


A boy born in Minnesota is proud of
being an American, and looks forward
to an active life anywhere in the Unit.
ed States. His mind from the time he
begins to reason is full Of projects that
will glorify the name American; He
is alive to every scheme of national in
terests, he is proud Of every national
achievement. He broadens into val
liable citizenship, and forms an item in
the great aggregate that sweeps for
ward in the spirit Of national unity to
success.


A bog in South Corolina, under the
old rule, was a South Carolinian, and
selfpride and State pride were en-
cousaged until the boys vision was
narrowed to State lines and his patriot.
ism cramped by prejudlces. To a
great extent the same spirit is mani
tested to-day. On every possible oc.
casion old Confederate leaders prate of
the glories Of the lost cause and en-
large upon the rights Of the State,
with scarcely concealed contempt for
the nation and for national interests.
No wonder Southern merchants and
Southern statesmen are saying "Less
politics and more business" But the
politics must not only be suppressed,
but supplanted by better system.
The hearts of the people must be right
before they can succeed in great uu
dertakings, and their hearts are no,
right while they harbor any of the old
narrow spirit. The trouble has been
that the Southern people, stubbornly
short.sighted. have deliberately en-
couraged wroDg-headed Impulses
Make the Impulse right, leave the old
line Of action, encourage the spirit Of
nationality and the sentiment Of pa.
triotism, snd business will move with
politics, and the moro politics they
have-in it's broader and better sense
the better will it be for the individ-
ual, the State, and the whole country.
Year: 1877

The EYE OF MAS The PAsE.-Si
lence gives US interesting details O


what the human eye has been and


what it may become The Vedas ot
India, which are the most ancient
written documents, attest that in times
the most remote, but still recorded in
history, only two colors were known,
black and red 4 very long time
elapsed before the ;. e arrived at the
perception of the color yellow; a still
longer time before green was distin-
guished, and it is remarkable that in
the most ancient languages the terms
which designated yellow intensibly
passed to the Specification Of green.
Tie Greeks had, according to the
opinion received now, the perception
of colors very well developed. and yet
authors of more recent date assure
US that in the time Of Alexander,
Greek painters had for fundamental
colors only black, white, red and yel-
low. The words to designate blue
and violet are wanting to the Greeks
in the most ancient times of their his
tory. They called these colors gray
and black 1t is thus that the co!ors
Of the rainbow were only distinguished
gradually, and the great Aristotle OH
II knew four of them. 1t is we'll
known fact that when the colors Of
the prism are photographed there re
mains outside the limit nf the blue
and violet in the spectrum a distinct
impression, which our eyes do not rec
ognize as a color. According to
Psychologists, a time will come when
the human eye will be perfected. 50 as
to discern this color as well as the
others.