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Year: 1877

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Year: 1877

The following hygenic rules are
compiled and condensed from eminent
French aud Eoglish authorities


For the worker the ligh; should
come as much as possible from tho
left side, that is TO say, from The side
towards which one turns In working.
Daylight is the best, but direct sun
light and that reflected from mirrors
should be avoided. The aspect
should be northern, and the light
should come q little from above


White walls soould be avoided !;
highly vanished tables, and, in
workshops, shining articles ike silk
should be protected from the SUMS
rays.


Artificial light is always bad, on
account of the heat and the exbala-
ton Of earbonic acid. The best is
that of lamps fed with vegetable oil
{mdeh used in France, but seldom in
this country and furnished with a
glass shade Gas is bad, because OF
its heat, brillialcy and mobility the
light Of mineral oils is too hot; that
OF candles insufficient ana Pickering
The eve of the workingman should
avoid the light coming to him d.
rectly or diflosed through the room.


Working Immediately after meals
is Objectionable also uninterrupted
use of the eyes for long periods of
time. Ore should write on on in.
clined plane, and not keep the head
bent down mere than is absolutely
necessary. Reading in bed is bad
eVeryway.


Some good authorities commend
washing the eyes with cold water,
but the majority Of the best opthal-
mologists advise the use of hot wa
ter. for the less serious affections OF
the eye. I or tired eyes. we believe,
trom our experience, that water hot as
can be borne is refreshing and bene-
fetal
Year: 1877

These words should be written on
every heart and stamped on every
memory, not only practieed III the
home circle, and in every society, iu
every community, but in all the
world. Who of US has not seen or
felt the power of kindness, a kind
word spoken in the right spirit is
more precious than gems from Col
conda or pearls from the sea-" Bni
how few ofus know or realize their
true value


BY helping each other we not
only remove care and anxiety from
the minds of others, but we feel 8
sense of pleasure in our own hearts,
knowing we have done a kind act to
a felIow-being There is nc one so
good, so noble, bat at times needs a
helping hand or an encouraging
word.


How often have we. when our task
has been difficult, our work perplex-
ing, aad we were exerting every
nerve and every thought to accom-
plish our object, and we felt without
help we must fall now cheering 70
our hearts TO feel friendly hand on
our shoulder and hear a pleasant
voice at our side say, IL thisk | can
help you" Instantly our counte-
nance brightens as if a ray of suu-
shine had suddenly penetrated the
opened easement of our hearts, and
we felt we had found friend worthy
of the name


"Yes, be kind; everywhere hearts
are bleeding for sympathy aud ten
derness. If we could only realize the
good we might accomplish by being
kind, ! think we all would be more
careful of our words and actions.
Many lasting friendship has been
formed by a little act Of kindness,
or word Of love, many a wauderer
has been brought back to the path of
virtue by tender look or q helping
band, many would be suicide has
lived to thank God for kindness.


BY being kind to an enemy we oft
make warm and true friend kind
word has often soothed a raviug ma
MAC; it hath been said and that truly,
that a "soft answer turneth away
wrath, but a grievous word stirreth
up anger" Then let us with a brave
spirit minister to the wants Of human
ity, ever remembering that a smile
wins more friends than o frown.
The aged and infirm need CON-
forting word; the little children need
our smile Then let US, for the sake
of Hin who died for you and me, be
kind let US encourage the weak lift
the burden of care from the weary
aud oppressed ; comfort the sick 4; feed
:be hungry; elothe the naked, and,
whatever We do, DO with a true
heart aud noble purpose, for we live
in deeds, not years. He most lives
who thinks most, feels the noblest,
and acts the best"
Year: 1877

The Puritans have been blamed
because people have not stopped to
consider their real aim and the con-
ditions Of their existence, because
they have not tried TO put themselves
in their place. The Puritans acquired
their land not merely by royal pat
ent, but by the abandonment of home,
Of civilization, and of every comfort.
In place so dearly bought they had
an inalienable right to do as they
pleased, and it pleased them to try a
great political experiment They
had entered ilto the land and pos
sessed il, and there, in the wilder-
derness, they founded the Puritan


State, the asylum for men Of their
race and religion. in their new
country it further pleased them to
make Church sad State one, and
they believed that whoever touched
one touched the other, and therefore
they defended both with all their
strength They did not come to the
barren shores of Massachusetts Bay
to obtain for every pspist, fanatic,
and hereto freedom to worship God
after his fashion; they sought free
dom to worship God after their own
fashion. Whoever interfered With
them, or threatened the existence Of
their government BY attacks on
Church or State, whether il was
Charles the First or Roger Williams,
they resisted TO the uttermost. and, if
they bad the power, punished the as
sailsnt by exile and sometimes by
death. By every-law of self-prese.-
vation, by every law of common
sense Gnd common prudence, and
with all justice in so doing, they
acted strongly and well No doubt
their judgment often erred, fer they


we're human and fallible. No doubt
they were often harsh and narrow
minded if tried by our standards or
By the standards of such cotempora-
ries as Francis Bacon or John Sell
den. Yet is folly and weakness TO
make apologies for them, Cor they
need none. The PnritaDs OF Msssa-
chusetts acted according to their best
lights. and they acted Ike wise,
brave men. They built up strong,
enduring State, tbe cornerstone of 8
great nation. All these men need is
the exact and severe justice of bisio-
ry, and sooner or later the judgment
OF history must become the verdict Of
mankind NORTH american Regie1r.
Year: 1877

The Philadelphia Press says
Among the strange incidents Of the
war in the East is the eagerness the
Russian soldiers show 70. the pur-
chase OF the Bibles sent for their use
by the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety. Over 60. 600 Bibles have been
bought by them since the Russian
armies crossed the Pruih. An agent
says that the readiness of the sol
diers to buy is unparalleled in the ex-
perienee Of the society's continental
work. Ii is q strange thing, be
says, when fierce looking Cossseks,
armed to the teeth, thank you ten
times over fer having bought them
the New Testament, and when they
can scarce be restrained, in the glad
ness, of their hearts, from taking you up
in their bony arms to give you we'll
meant hug of gratitude And not
only do the men buy, bat they also
read. The Russian soldier, be says


has yet to be discovered who would
speak an irreverent word Of the Holy
Gospel The commanding officer ha:
frequently been the FIRST to buy Q


number OF copies, which he himsel


would distribute at vnce as a gift q


the common soldiers around him.
Year: 1877

MINISTERS should remember that the
weather is growing very warm, and the
same congregation which sits delighted
through two and one-haf hours of five
act comedy can't possibly endure more
than twenty-five minutes of eimon and
three-minute prayer. There is limit
even to human endurance.
Year: 1877

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railroad brought to this city yesterday
carload of dressed beef from Kansas City,
which, on its arrival here, was in as good
condition as on the day it was shipped,
which was last Saturday. The refrigera-
tor-car in which this beef was brought here
has been expressly built for a shipper
named Anderson, as an experiment, by the
United States Rolling Stock Company.
The construction of this car, which is
called the Kansas City" is very simple,
and differs but little from an ordinary box
car, The arrangement inside is such as
to maintain an even temperature. The
ice was renewed bat once, at Muscatine,
and on its arrival here was yet good
enough for another trip. The slippery
had the car built according to his own
notion. thinks he has solved the problem
of keeping fresh beef 10 good condition
during the transport to the east. - Chicdg,


Tribune, Nay 9th.
Year: 1877

Spring is a trying season. Indications of sick
ness should at once be attended to- Fatal diseases
may be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated and the system to remain in a dlsor-
dered condition, nt the disorder has time to de-
veoU itself. An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure. is an old and truthful saying
Therefore, we advise all who are troubled with the
complaints now very prevalent headache, indiges-
ton, disordered liver want of appetite, nausea, or
feverish skin, to take, without delay, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills. We know of no remedy so harm
less and decisive in its action II at once strikes
at the root of the disease and produces healthy
tone to the system. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from q disordered condition OF
the liver if they would take this excellant medicine


when they feel the first indications of the malady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three or four boxes OF these pills with
them. They have almost instaneous effect
They will relieve the patient OF headache in one ol
tive hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver o


surrounding bile, and will efectuay prevent 6
bilious attack. They sold by all Druggist
Year: 1877

PEORIA, May 9.-To day Supervisor
Potts, of Kiekapoo township, called at the
National Democrat Office to administer a
thrashing to w. T. Dowdall, the editor, on
account of an article in the paper reflect
ing on Potts. No sooner had the caller
made the object of his visit known than
Dowdal seized heavy inkstand and
weapon from his pocket, when Dowdall
drew his revolver. and before he bad time
to shoot, Potts ran out of the Office and
hid behind a carriage in an adjoining
building, and the affray ended.
Year: 1877

OMAHA. May O,-The Catholic bishop
of this diocese has issued circular letter
to the clergy calling for special Masses
during May and June that the people of
Nebraska may be relieved from loss on
account of the grasshoppers,
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, May S.-Blaine is here
encouraging the malecontents. He is at
the head of the army bill in the senate,
having reported it from the committee


He says that the means by which the
army is to be tided over are illegal in the
extreme.
Year: 1877

a newspaper man cQnyersed with
a New York chemist, the other day
Oh the subject of cigarette smoking,
and was told that tho growth ~
cigarette smoking was doing more
to undermine the constitutions of
the young men of onr country than
almost anything else. The gentle
man said that he was constantly
being called in consultation with
eminent physicians, who were en-.
deavoring to discover the cause Of
%hat to,them appeared mysterious
diseases among the young men, OF
the families of some of their most
influential patients. In nearly every
case it was discovered that the
primary cause was cigarette smok-
ing. The most deleterious effects
of cigarette smoking ariso from the
paper iii which 'the tobacco is
wrapped. In the manufacturo of
this peculiar paper white lead forms
one Of tho component parts, and
this, as is of course known, is
deadly poison. Naturally : this
poison is absorbed into the system,
produces biotciies on the face, in
jures. the teeth, and makes sores on
the lips These are; but the inevita-
absorbed, and may be seen time and
again in days walk--startling
warnings against the pernicious
custom.
Year: 1877

the solemn deu;al OF the power Of any state
government or OF the federal government
10 vest such powers as are claimed by
the Louisiana returning board in any can
vassing board whatever, and gives strsng
reasons for this position. He denonnees ia
the severest terms the interference OF the
military in the south during the election.
The violation of the law and right by the
corrupt canvassing boards and the oyer-rid-
ing OF the state courts By the federal author
ity, the result which these proceedings
seem designed to accomplish, he says, can
not be secured without one farther step
In the process of usurPauon,
the fabrication OF electoral votes
amounts 10 nothing unless they
can be coVuted by the tribunal whose
constitutional duty is to verify and anthem
ticate them. That inexorabIe necessity has
given birth to new device for counting the
votes, not only unknown to the constitution.
but in conflict with the constitution. The de-
vice Is for the president OF the senate 70
usurp the power of determining what votes
shall be counted, and what shall not be
counted, to exercise that power In disregard
of the orders of the two houses. 1t would
not be credible that so monstrous claim as
this could be seriously asserted, If the
leading senators had not publicly ayowed
it. The people of the United States will
never consent to have their representatives
in congress stripped Of these powers
or tolerate this usurpation by the deputy OF
the senate or By any single person, and still
less by the officer VINO is frequently inter
ested as candidate in the result of the con-
test In this sentiment and purpose the
state OF New York cordially concurs,
for she is first among all our
American oommonwealtbs in population,
variety and extent of her industries and in
terests. She has in every yicissitude OF pub
lie affairs, put forth all her strength, moral
and physical, to maintain the existence and
just authority OF the Union, and she can
never consent that the time consecrated
methods OF q constitutional government
shall be supplanted or overthrown by revo-
lutionary expedients.
Year: 1877

support the government they have IN
stalled or the attempted usurpation which
is only upheld by bayOnets of federal troops.
| am but the representative OF the people of
the state and TO their decision / shall bow
with profound respect. AS long rs they
choose TO support me as one duly elected
governor shall maintain that position, and
if supported by them feel safe in assuring
them that their rights VIII soon be firmly
established and fully recognized"
Year: 1877

6ALr LAkE Jan. PA snow slide occ<T
red near Alta on December d, which
destroyed Wellington mine boarding house
and buried the inmates. Their loss was not
discovered until last evening, and to-day
two men were taken from the wreck In an
exhausted condition Four more peFaoue
were buried and are supposed to DO dead.
Year: 1877

James Manning, the waterworks engiD iDeer,
was Intercepted about the fire plug in The
waterworks. lie swore he had tried the
bose coupling of the fire brigade on Lis
plug and it would not fit. The coupling and
plug cap were afterwards produced, ana
found to fit perfectly. and Manning was
compelled to admit that he had made g
great mistake.


Daniel Mcclure, the engineer of the first
engine. heard the bridge snap behind him
when he was within tao car lengths OF
The abutmentR He saws that his engine bad
TO run up hill get otfthe bridge. he could
give no Information whatever about the
wreck or the incidents OF the fire, although
he was there some time The inquest sd
journed until $50 tomorrow.
Year: 1877

A young man who was declined
with scorn by girl some three years
since, thought the whirligig Of time
had brought his revenge when he re-
Gently drove by a house and saw her
with all old shawl tied about her
bead, engaged in a fatile efort TO
sweep the pavement with a dilapida-
ted broom. while her husband sat by
the window reading II news4mper.
Year: 1877

Cooked snails are said to possess the
power Of restoring tone to the coating
of the stomach when badly injured by
strong drink. The sale of snails is
source of much profit to the peasants
Of Tivoli, near Rome, itsiy, and the
favor is said to be more delicious than
that M oysters
Year: 1877

A Western editor met q we'll educa-
ted farmer recently, and Informed
him that he would like to have some
thing from his pen, The farmer sent
him a pig and charged him nine dol
lars and twenty We cents for it.
Year: 1877

The peculiar impress of Cornelius Van
derbilt seemed as perceptible in the rites
over his remains yesterday ms it ever was
upon what transpired about him during his
lifetime. In the ceremonies there was moth
ing done for the sake of mere display, yet
the strict appropriateness of all that was
said and done was, like the Commodores
own deeds, more effective than any labored
efforts could have been. In death, as in
life, he was surrounded by his friends, and
by them alone; the prayers offered were
strictly appropriate to the occasion the
hymns, like the man, were as effective as they
were unostcntatious, and the sermon was
practical discourse instead of an artificial
eulogy. Even nature itself seemed in SYM
pathy with the occasion and its subject, and
was by turns as stormy and serene, rs
gloomy and bright, as the ftful life of the
man who was returning to natures bosom.
Over the scene of his earliest triumphs q
greater conqueror led him back, and con-
Quoted him to final home close beside the
one from which he started when he went
into the great world. Departing from their
usual custom, even the pulpits of the city
kept silence before him and forebore to
review his career, but left tho man to the
Maker who alone comprehended him, and
his example to those to whom for many
years it has in oil its phases been plainly
npparent
Year: 1877

Our special Washington correspondent
gives concise account, from democratic
sources, of the manipulations by which
Florida was declared first for Stearns and
Hayes, and on recount ordered by the
Supreme Court for Drew and Hayes. If
this story is true the Returning Board has
been clearly guilty of fraud; the republi-
can managers are also guilty of fraud in
the counties mentioned, and the republic
cans cannot afford to count in Mr.. Hayes by
such fraudulent methods. If they cannot
show that the vote of the State was honestly
taken and fairly counted public opinion
must set against them. If they can refute
this story we advise them to do so without
delay. They had control of the State;
their Governor was a candidate Tor re-
election; they appointed the election off,
GERS, and they are fairly accountable and
must show that they dealt honestly.
Year: 1877

The new Board of Apportionment will
hold it's first meeting to-day. President
Wheeler, of the Department of Taxes and
Assessments, is the only member of the old
Board who remains in his position. His as
sociates in the first Board on which he
served where Mayor Havemeyer, Comp
troller Green and Alderman Vance This
body had not been long in existence before
Mr. Green got into an ENHANCEMENT with
Mr.. Wheeler and Mr.. Vance. and as the ex-
Comptroller carried the Mayor with him
the Board was tied up, two and two, and
its sessions were at once quarrelsome and
farcical. When Mayor Havemeyer's sue
cessor took Office the composition of the
Board Of Apportionment was Mayor Wick
ham, President Wheeler, Alderman Lewis
and Comptroller Green. The latter then
found himself in minority; but Mr..
Wheeler on several occasions was unable to
cooperate with the Mayor, and was COM
PEELED to join with Comptroller Green, thus
again tyinl the Board. The present Board
comprises Mayor Ely, Comptroller Kelly,
President Wheeler and Alderman Purroy.
It is decidedly the best Board we have had
under the charter of 1873, and, as it is en-
tirely harmonious, it can do much to pro-
mote the interests of the city.


If the Board of Apportionment will be
guided by sound common sense, and while
properly protecting the taxpayers will ap-
propriate money for all desirable purposes
and aid the departments in improving and
benefting the city and in discharging their
duties efficiently, it may make itself very
useful element in promoting good munic-
ipal government Heretofore if q transfer
of money or a special appropriation hap
pened to be required technical and factious
distractions were almost certain to be
thrown in the way, no matter how proper
and expedient might be the object sought
to be promoted. Some quibble of the
charter was sure to be discovered to delay if
not to defeat the desired action. 1t is to be
hoped that all this wrangling is now at an
end, and that the present Board, instead OF
obstructing the progress of the city and
paralyzing the departments, will be found o
valuable aid to an efficient and intelligent
administration of our municipal affairs.
Year: 1877

The perils of the sea have not for long
time been brought so frequently before the
eye of the public as during the present sea-
son. The double wreck of the Circassian is
not yet forgotten. two or three cases of un-
usual sufferings by shipwreck have been
reported in the HERALD within week, and
to-day ship is ashore near Barnegat.
There are grave apprehensions as to the
safety of one of the Fall River steamers the
Newport. which is in danger near New
Haven, and the unfortunate steamer Ame-
rique. of the Transatlantic line, went ashore
near Long Branch yesterday. The last
named vessel will be remembered as the
one which was abandoned at sea two
or three years ago, and it would
almost seem as if she had an
intelligence of her own and was bent upon
suicide. Happily, the loss of life conse-
auent upon these accidents is small, but
the similarity of the cases suggests the
question whether the nation should not pay
Us much attention to the prevention of ac-
cidents as it does to the saving of life after
accidents have occurred. Powerful fog
whistles ut each life-saving station would in
all probability have given the stranded ves-
sells timely warning and prevented the loss
of several lives and a large amount of valu-
able property. While cases of grounding
are so frequent it would seem as if fog sig
nails are fully as necessary and useful as
1iohthOuaee
Year: 1877

These lateral canals are a mere burden,
and not another dollar should be expended
on them except one or two which servo as
feeders for supplying the Erie Canal with
water. After throwing off this burden the
State should manage the Erie Canal on the
simple principle of inviting business and
keeping down the price of railroad freights.
If the tolls are put low enough
the main canal will always do a
large business, and whatever business it
does will contribute to the prosperity Of
New York city, whereas oil the railroads, ex-
cept the Central and the Erie, divert busi-
ness from New York. Water transportation
will always be cheaper than transportation
by rail when the roads make their charges
high enough to yield o profit. The
State and the city have vital interest in
keeping open this cheap channel of COM
munication with the West, and the present
Legislature must begin the policy of using
the canal merely to attract business. The
small amount of the canal debt which
still remains unpaid must be discharged
by State tax, and the Erie Canal
be forever dedicated to cheap transporta-
ton. 1t will then have large business,
even in years when the railroad competition
is most active and will prevent railway
freights from becoming exorbitant in years
when the roads are managed with view to
profit.