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Year: 1879

THE WEATuER.-The Western area of low
barometer has passed completely beyond the
limits of the United States into British Colum-
bia and the atmospheric pressure is now more
evenly distributed over the Northwestern
States than it has been for some time The
barometer has fallen very rapidly in the
New England States, and storm GEN.
tire Of considerable energy was gem
Grated in twenty four hours 1t is now
passing out into the ocean of the coast of Nova
Scotia, attended by brisk winds. The pressure
continues to be high throughout the central
valleys and the South Atlantic States. The hot
weather which prevailed in the Northwest yes
terday is steadily passing eastward, and is now
being felt more especially in the upper lake
regions. The present conditions would in
dicate that the greatest portion of this
hot wave will pass north of this State.
In the Southern States the thermometer
has been stationary. Fair and clear weather
prevailed throughout the country, except on
the South Atlantic coast, where it was cloudy
and threatening, with light rains and electrical
disturbances The winds were fresh and brisk
in the Gulf States and moderate in all other
sections The weather In New York and It's vi
cinity to-day will be fair, with higher tenpera-
turc. Tomorrow the same conditions will pre-
VAIL
Year: 1879

Next Sabbath will be the grand reopen
ing day for the churches, when pastors and
congregations shall have returned IRON
their summer saunterings. Not that the
churches have been closed, for very few
have been; but the pastors and their focks
have been scattered more or less for two
months, so that the regular work has been
left in charge of lay preachers or chance
clerical visitors to the city. These have
Year: 1879

WHILE YESTERDAY the monument of Custer
was being unveiled another soldier of equal
dash, spirit and courage, though not equally a
favorite of fortune, had just been ordered to
flames eternal camping ground" General
Hood, survivor of series of terrible battles and
wounds, succumbed to yellow fever at New
Orleans
Year: 1879

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-Stocks were less
active and the market generally was weak, but
closed firm, with an upward tendency. Money
was easy on call throughout at 5 to per cent.
The bank statement was favorable showing an
increase of 81 ,27S, ,425 in the surplus reserve.
Government securities were firm, while State
and railway bonds were dull and irregular.
Year: 1879

PNEUMATIC TRAMwAY ENGINE COMPANY,


No. las BROADWAY. NEW YoRK. Sept. 4, 1879.
To THE EDIToR OF THE HEnALD:-


In your issue Of this morning mention is
made Of suit brought against the Third Avenue
Railroad Company by Mr.. c. Won Dwingels for dam
ages to his horse which took fright at dummy pro-
PEELED by steam compressed air. in that
road. I beg to state that the dummy used by tho
Third avenue company is q steam motor, and that
the only compressed air in use in this city
anywhere else are those OF this companys now run
ming the upper section of the Second Avenue Rail-
road, from which no accident has ever occurred to
horses vehicles. Yours respectfully,


4. HEN RLGSES, President
Year: 1879

Ex GOVERNOR Dennison of Ohio, who
had for some years past virtually re-
tired from politics is again taking an
active part. He says he is strongly
impressed with the idea that if the Gov
ernment were to fall to the control OF
the Democracy,it would lead by pack
ed Supreme Court to the declaration
that the Fourteenth Amendment abol-
ishing slavery was not constitutionally y
ratified =; to measures for the assumption
of Confederate bonds by the United
States and to the reimbursement of the
owners of liberated slaves. No doubt
Governor Dennison is right, and though
we are not 80 egotistic as to suppose
that we can see further through the
question, We have always expressed as
our belief that if the Democracy had the
power they wonld turn back the wheels
of this government until it was in the
same condition that it was prior to the
days of 1860. There can be 10 doubt
that this is the ultimate object of the
Southern wing Of the Democratic party,
but the fear that they cannot fully con
troll the Northern wing and retain their
power alone prevents them from making
the attempt now.
Year: 1879

1t seems that General Grant is not a
candidate for the Presidency. In re-
plying to an address of the foremost
Chinese Statesman of tho a q, he said
"Your excellency is very KIDD, but
there could be no wish more distasteful
to me than what you express. I have
held the office of President as long as it
has ever been held by any man. There
are others who have risen to great dis
tinction at home, and who have earned
the honor, who are worthy, and to them
it belongs, not to me. ! have no claim
TO the Office. 1t Is place distasteful to
me, a place OF hardship and responsi


bilitiss. When | was younger man
these hardships were severe and never
agreeable. They would be worse now.
No man who knows what the Presiden-
cy imposes would care to see friend in
tn, Office. have had my share of it
have had all the honors that can OIL
should be given to any citizen, and
there ar. many able and distinguished
men who have earned the Office, Tt
one Of them it should be given"
Year: 1879

Notwithstanding the remarks W
made in regard to the ability ofcitizen
to qualify themselves to vote, every
candid man must admit that the inten
ten of the trainers Of the law for tn.
assessment and collection Of county and
Door tax, was to make it difficult fol
the nom property holder to exercise the
elective franchise. In the first place
the assessment must be made six
months before the election, and the
nonprcperty holder must go and hunt
up the collector and pay his tax. In
case he does not do this his name will
be stricken from the list at the meeting
of the Levy Court in February, and il
cannot be placed thereon for year. In
this way hundreds Of good citizens,
white az we'll as black, have been dis
franchissd, and the intention Of the
trainers of the law fully realized.


The requirement that citizens whom
the assessors have neglected to assess,
shall appear before the Levy Court
with property holder to vouch for their
identity is an outrage, that only par
row minded demagoguss can upheld or
justify. 1t was intended to prevent
men becoming qualified to vote and it
has been used for that purpose, the
Levy Court in Kent county going so far
as to adjourn in order 70 escape the
duty Of adding to the list Of voters.
The provision that man ,disfranchised
through = neglect to pay his tax, can
not bs assessed the following year is an
outrage, and fully shows the animus
Of the trainers Of the law. 1t was made
for the purpose Of DISTINGUISHING poor
men, and it has had that effect. The
qualification to vote should be made
easy Of attainment and not difficult.
All citizens should be assessed and the
collector should call on each one for
his tax, and only those too poor to pay
should be allowed to escaps contribu-
ting their proper proportion to support
the government Of our country and
State. The object Of the law is, how
ever, as we said above, to disfranchiss
the poor, and thus control the election
of State and county officers. Instead o
adopting the shot gun policy of the
South, the same end is reached withou
bloodshed. The Mississippians ant
South Caroliuians if not too abominabl,
poor and poverty stricken, may learl
something from our Delaware Demo
orass. 1t Is better to legislate men GU
of their votes than to kill them.
Year: 1879




What shall toaeh my child Teach
him that it is better to starve than to
steal that it is better to be a scaVenger
or wood chopper than to be an idler,
dead beat that it is just as criminal,
and more reprehensible. to waste Mon
day than to desecrate Sunday; that
labor is the price of all honest possess
sions; that no one is exempt from the
obligation to labor with head, or hands,
or heart; that ''an honest man is the
noblest work of God - that knowledge
is power; that labor is worship, and
idleness is sin; that it is better to eat
the crust of independent poverty than to
luxuriate amidst the richest as depend
ent Teach him these facts till they are
woven into his being and regulate his
life, and we will insure him success,
though the heavens fall.
Year: 1879

Philosophy fails of its noblest object,
if it does not lead US to God; and what
ever may be its pretensions, that is un-
worthy of the name of science which
processes to trace the sequences of ma
ture. and yet fails to discover, as if
marked by sunbeam, the mighty hand
which arranged them all; which fails
to bow in humble alteration before the
wisdom and power, the harmony and
beauty, which pervade all the works of
Him who is eternal.-A6ercromh'c.
Year: 1879

God has made the whole earth vocal
with sweet sounds. The untraveled
forest echoes the notes of the wild bird
and the habitations of men are made
glad by the song of the feathered min
strel; but above all, the human voice,
that combines the highest charm of
sweet sounds with the inspiration of
thought, is given for no ordinary pur-
pose of earthly pleasure. In its whis-
per of affection, how grateful! In its
whisper of religious devotion, how ex-
alted For its participation in joy, how
unspeakable!
Year: 1879

We parted on eve at the garden gate,
When the dew is on the heather,
And promised my love to come back to her
Ere the pleasant autumn weather.


That we twain might wed


When the leaves were red,
And live and love together.
She cut a tress from her nutbrown hair,
And kissed her lips of cherry,
And gave her a ring of old time gold,
With stone like the mountain berry
AS clear and blue


As her eyes were true
Sweet eyes, so bright and merryl
"The wealth of my love is all have
To give to you," she said in turning;
'The gold that wears-lke the radiant stars
In yonder blue vault burningr"


And took the trust


As a lover must


Whose soul for love is yearning.
Fate kept US apart for many years.
And the blue sea rolled between u.s.
Though kissed each day the nut-brown tress
And l made fresh vows to Venus


Till sought my bride;


And fate dehed,


That failed from love to wean us.
found my love at the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather
And we twain were wed at the little kirk
In the pleasant autumn weather;


And the gold that wears


Now soothes my cares,
As we live and love together.
Year: 1879

A year of pleasure passes like fleet
ing breeze, but moment of sorrow
seems an age of pain.


The affection of parents is best shown
to their children by teaching them what
is good and true.


Great souls are always loyalty SUBJ
missive to what is over them; only mean
souls are otherwise.


Courage, the commonest of the vir-
tues, obtains more applause than discre-
tion, the rarest of them.


Love can excuse anything except
meanness but meanness kills love and
cripples natural affection.


Never retire at night without being
wiser than when you rose in the morn
ing, by having learned something use
full during the day.


The man who violently hates or ar
IDENTIFY loves cannot help being in some
degree or sense slave to the person he
detests or adores.


Censure is most effectual when mixed
with praise; so, when fault is discov-
cred, it is we'll to look up virtue to go
in company with it.


The habit of resolving without acting
is worse than not resolving at all, mas
much as it gradually sunders the natural
connection between thought and deed.
Year: 1879

A REMEDY FOR SLEEPLEssNEss.-
When ready for bed sit down in an easy
position, relaxing all the muscles of the
body, and let the head drop forward
upon the breast, as low as it will fall
without forcing it. Sit quietly in this
way for few minutes, letting all the
will power off the body. and a restful,
drowsy feeling will ensue, which will if
not disturbed, lead to refreshing sleep.
If the sleepless fit comes on in the night
one can simply sit up in the position
described. Stiffness of any part of the
body must be avoided, and it is well to
bend the body forward after lying down,
rather than keep it straight or thrown
back upon the pillow.


The writer suffered several years of
sleeplessness, caused by severe pain and
nervousness, and was taught the above
by a physician of great experience and
ability, and found through it complete
relief. Many persons similarly afflicted
within the writer's kuowledgeIhave tried
it, and always with good results.
Year: 1879

GooD ADvICE-Never believe, much
less propagate, an i'll report about your
neighbor, without good evidence of its
truth. Never listen to an Infamous story
handed to you by known enemy of the
person DETAINED, or who is himself infa-
nous for defaming his neighbors, or who
is wont to SOW discord among brethren,
and excite disturbances among society.
Never utter the evil which you know or
suspect of another, till you have the op-
portunity to expostulate with him. New
er speak evil of another while under the
influence of envy and malevonence, but
wait till your spirits are cooled down,
that you may better judge whether to
utter or suppress the matter. Never ex-
press the evil you would say of your
neighbor in terms too strong or in lam
guage which would convey an exagger-
ated idea of his conduct. Never throw
out against man broken hints and dark
innuendoes, which would leave the hear
ers to suspect anything and everything
that i'll nature can suggest. Never speak
of your neighbor to his own enemy, who
wishes for an occasion to slander him !;
for he will certainly paint the image
anew and touch it with bolder colors.
In short, never speak evil of man when
you are speaking; it may probably do
much hurt, but cannot possibly do much
good.
Year: 1879

answered Prudence, heartily, "for you
were not above doing the work that lay
at your own doorstep. It is only those
of willing minds, am convinced, whom
the Lord will bless. AS applicable to
labor as to talent are the divine words,
For unto every one that hath shall be
given, but from him that hath not shall
be taken away even that which he
hath - Wrfch7n0n
Year: 1879

He that embarks on the voyage of
life will always wish to advance rather
by the simple impulse of the wind than
the strokes of the oar, and many found
er in their passage while they are wait
ing for the gale; consequently their
hopes are blighted. their vessel wreck
and their harbor lost.
Year: 1879

When I see leaves drop from the trees
in the beginning of autumn. just such,
think I, is the friendship of the world.
While the sap Of the maintenance lasts,
my friends swarm in abundance but in
the winter of need, they leave me naked.
He is happy man who hath true
friend at his need but he is more truly
happy that hath no need of friend.
Year: 1879

The following extracts from the De-
daration of Purpose will indicate the
position of the Order with reference to
politics and also point out some Of the
rights and duties Of members
! We emphatlcally and sincerely assert
the oft-repeated truth taught in our ore
ganic law, that the Grange-National,
State or Subordinate-is not political
or party organization. No Grange, if
true to its obligations, can discuss po-
litical conventions, nor nominate candi-
dates, nor even discuss their merits in
theii meetings.


Yet the principles we teach underlie
all true politics, all true craftsmanship,
and il carried out will tend to purify
the Whole political atmosphere of our
country.-For we seek the greatest good
to the greatest number.


We must always bear in mind that no
one, by becoming Patron of Husband
ry, gives up that inahenable right and
duty which belongs to every American
citizen to take proper interest in the
politics of his country.


On the contrary, it is right for every
member to Go all in his power to infu-
ence for good the action of any political
party to which he belongs. 1t is his
duty to do all he can in his own party
to put down bribery, corruption, and
trickery; to see that none but competent
faithful and honest men. who will un.
finchlngly stand by our industrial in
terests, are nominated for all positions
of trust; and to have carried out the
principle which should characterize ev-
cry Patron, that the office should seek the
man, not the man the office.
Year: 1879

The lessons of adversity are often the
most benignant when they seem the
most severe. The depression of vanity
sometimes ennobles the feelings. The
mind that does not wholly sink under
misfortune. rises above it more lofty than
before, and is strengthened by affiiction,
Year: 1879

it Her greeting was hearty and cor
dial, and the dear motherly face, en-
shrined by the antediluvian bonnet, fair
ly beamed. If she had not been pressed
on by the tide she would in five minutes
have told Mrs. Hayes her grievances
and her joys! She would not for some
time go into the East Room, but stood
watching and commenting on the face,
head and figure of the first lady in the
land. Mrs. Hayes gave the woman of
culture and refinement such greeting
as cultivated women extend to each
other"
Year: 1879

Talking at table is one of the very
best digesters there is no tonic known
to equal it, if it is the kind calculated
to promote hilarity and good feeling gen.
orally. Most parents are prone to pro-
hibit their children from laughing at the
table IL is nnnhvsinlnriral If is
cruelty. Joyousness promotes the circu-
lation of the blood, enlivens it, invigor-
ates it, sends it tinkliDg to the remotest
part of the system, carrying with it ami
nation, vigor and life. The louder the
little ones laugh the better; the faster
they talk the better, for then they eat
less in given time, consequently chew
their food more thoroughly.


Discard controversy from the dining
table. Discourage all subjects which
invite political or religious rancor. Let
every topic introduced be calculated to
instruct, to interest, or amuse. Do not
let the mind run on business or previous
mishaps or past disappointment. Never
tell bad news at the table, nor for an
hour before. Let everything you have
to communicate be, if possible, of glad
some, joyous, hilarious character, calcu-
lated to bring out pleasanter remarks or
agreeable associations. On the other
hand, never administer reproof at the
social board of either servant or child;
find fault with nothing; speak unkindly
to no one. If remarks are made of the
absent, let them contain some word of
commendation, which, if repeated in their
hearing afterward would kindle kindly
feelings, and thus will thoughts of the
family table come across the memory in
after years, where we have been scatter
ed and some laid in their last resting
place. bringing with them a sweetness
of emotion which makes it a pleasure to
dwell upon them.





How A WOMAN TRIES ON NEW SHOES.
When woman has new pair Of
shoes sent home she performs altogether
differently from man. She never
shoves her toes into them and yanks
until she is red in the face and all out
of breath, and then goes stamping and
kicking around, but carefully pulls
them on part way, twitches them off
again to take last look and see if she
has got the right one, pulls them on
again, looks at them dreamily, says they
are just right, then takes another look,
stoops suddenly to smooth out wrinkle,
twists around and surveys them side
ways, exclaims, "Mercy, how loose they
are !" looks at them again square in
front, works her foot around so they
won't hurt her quite so much, takes
them off, looks at the heel, the toe, the
bottom and the inside, puts them on
again, walks up and down the room
once or twice, remarks to her better
half that she won't have them at any
price, tilts down the mirror so she can
see low they look, turns in every posi-
BILE direction and nearly dislocates her
neck trying to see how they look from
that way, backs off steps up again, takes
thirty or forty farewell looks, says they
make her feet look awful big and never
will do in the world, puts them off and
on three or four times more, asks her
husband what he thinks about it and
then pays no attention to what he says,
goes over it all again. and finally says
she will take them. It's very simple
matter, indeed bridgeport Standard.
Year: 1879

II I had known In the morning
How wearily all the day


The words unkind


Would trouble my mind,
l said when went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nor given you needless pain:
But we vex "our own"


With look and tone
We may never take back again.
For though in the qniet evening
l may give you the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be


That never for me
The pain at the heart should ceasei
How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night!
And hearts have been broken,
BY harsh words spoken,
That sorrow ne'er can set right.
We have careful thought for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
But oft for "our own"


The bitter tone,
Though we love sour own" the best.
All! lips with curse inpatient
All blow with that look of scornI
'Twere cruel fate.


Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
Year: 1879

The money market continued stringent. the ruling
rate all day being per cent interest and i of
per cent day commission" for call loans Some
transactions we're made at q commission" and the
lowest figure was per cent and 116 until the clos


ing dealings when the rate became per cent neat.
In the last quarter of an hour money offered ut
per cent. Taking warning by the pinch in the
Clearing House yesterday the brokers took Time by
the forclock to-day and made up their balances at
unusually early hour. AS result Of this some of
the Syocks who held aloof with their ducats until
tho close in the expectation Of getting per cent
day above the legal rate. they aid ysstsrdsy, wsro
Year: 1879

Within the past month several thou
sand head Of sheep have been brought
into and are now ranging over that
section Of the country known = Tam
many Hollow. This same section of
country has for many years past been
also range for large bands Of cattle
and horses. Hence Dispute has
arisen as to whom the right Of range
belongs whether TO the cattle or the
sheep men. From the out:-owth Of
this disputed right to range upon an-
occupied government grounds il grow
ing feeling Of mob law and vigilan-
tes is being whispered. II the gov
ernment has given either parties the
privilege Of pasturinS upon her do
main, that same government will main
tain them iii the possession. Mob law
is the rule Of a barbarous race giver
to them not only TO destroy others bu'
themselves also. That man or mci
who take into their hands the destruc
ton Of another's life or property IN
authorized by the supreme powcrs
may CRAFTY for moment morb;'
passion, but when his manhood return
after mature reflection what bur,le,
upon the conscience, what weigh


upon the soul, and how much bette


would it have been to let the stron
arm Of the law decide our troubles
Year: 1879

-Sherman's friends claim that he will receive the support of q large portion of the delegates from the South to the Republican National Conventions. He will most assuredly if the federal office holders have not lost their cunning in politics. They will be for him to man if things go well with the republican ticket in Ohio in October.
Year: 1879

Made expressly for the use OF Steam Fire
Engines, and will stand pressure OF 400
pounds per square inch. Officers OF Fire
Departments requiring new hose will find
this much superior in strength and quality
to any other.
Year: 1879

AN Irishman who had been sick long time was one
day met by parish priest when the following
tion took place We Patrick, | am glad you have re-
covered We're you not afraid to meet your Code" Oh
no. your 1t meetn the other party that
l was afeared w. replied Pat


old lady her death bed, in penitentia mood
said " have been great sinner than eighty years
and didn't know it," An old darkey who had
lived with her long time exclaimed Lors knowed
it all the time"
Year: 1879

We continue in this numbes the publication of an alpha
betica list of the Battles of the War of the Rebellion
from authentic Sources to continued hereafter It will
be pleasant hope for the old soldiers again the
and dates of battles in which they their friends
took part.