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Year: 1878

will be able to supply force enough |
to keep it at a certain altitude pret- !
ty much upon the same principle
that a bird flies. l do otassume to
be able to indicate what shape the
machine shall be, but much as
may surprise you, | believe its spe-
cific gravity will be greater instead
of less than atmospheric air.


Reporter.-What about your con.
templated transatlantic trip, pro-
fessor? Is it a settled thing that
the attempt is to be made?


Professor Knight stands thus
at present. Some time ago was
approached on the subject by a
number of very prominent gentle
men who volunteered to find the
money if would be the man. You
are aware that there has been an
opinion, widely held, that there is a
steady current in the upper strata
Of the air blowing eastward. My
experience does not lead me to ac.
cept this as a settled fact. In my
seven highest ascensions only ex-
Iperienced an eastward current in
one instance. However, think
that with a steady wind blowing in
the right direction, the attempt
might be made with fair prospects
of success. The great obstacle to
such an experiment. heretofore has
been the want of a material in a
balloon which would retain the gas
sufficiently long. During the past
winter have succeeded in perfect
ing q material which will hold the
gas all right, and only lose one per
cent. Of the volume in twenty-four
hours. With such a balloon we may
be able to stay up a mouth if neces-
sary. BY keeping the balloon with
in a few hundred feet Of the earth's
surface | shall provide against the
danger of thunder storms, by max
ing the drag rope an iusulator.
The gentlemen to whom | reler--


Reporter


Professor King-I am not at
liberty to mention names, but one
Of them is a prominent journalist,
characterized by great wealth as


much as by his unceasing enter.
prise. The preliminaries are now
all arranged, and | trust that in q
few weeks | shall have begun work
, on my new balloon.
,, Professor King is well known il


Philadelphia and throughout tn,


State, Of which he is a native. HI
, is an aeronaut by occupation o
profession, and has devoted th,


past thirty years Of his life to bal
looming. He has made several as
tensions in this city, and now, a
! the age of fifty years, is recognized
. as one of the more intelligent, care
: ful and competentmen in the busi


ness. 3h
Year: 1878

Minnie Hayden, the iDcorrigible piece Of
femininity who has been in the police
courts no less than five times within a
year, was arrested last night in house OF
i'll fame in the western part of the city BY
Officer BolIman. She was placed 10 jail
and this morning taken before Justice
Hawes and sentenced to six months inn
prisonneot 10 the Jail. An opportunity
was given her to skip while the justice was
making out the papers and size improved
it, but if caught in the city again she vii
go up for the full time.


Respectable people of means have beef
moved to compassion at her deprayed con
dition and expended time and money Il
reclaim and reform her but all to no pur
pose. She sinks lower at each endeavo
to help her.
Year: 1878

DooLEY's YEAST POWDER Is prepared
with special reference to supply the de-
mand for a uniformly pure and always re
liable baking powder. Made from pure
grape cream tartar, is free from any inju-
rious substances, and perfectly wholesome.
All sizes are strictly full weight. Every
dealer who sells it is authorized to guaran-
tee it in every respect to purchasers.
Year: 1878

Horick's food is the best article of diet
known for dyspepsia, constipation etc: etc,
this IS nutrition in the best form and not
medicine. Ask your druggist about its
merits and see q sample.
Year: 1878

The Shields Library Association have
very handsome lady's programme for their
hall which is to take place on Thanksgiving
Eve, at Institute Hall. The progrsmme IL
on exhibition in several store windows on
Market street.
Year: 1878

The alarm of fire last night, at about
10.45 O'Clock, was caused by the burning OF
a frame structure, probably barn, situated
In the midst of marshy field across
Market street bridge. The building was
partly full of hay and burned rapidly
The barn is supposed to belong to Mr.
David Lemon, of this city.
Year: 1878

A considerable leak has been discovered
in the south basin of the Cool spring
Reservoir, by which much water escapes.
The appropriation for building the basin
win be about exhausted when the iron rail-
ing is put around and paid for, and what
will be done is at present in doubt.
Year: 1878

On Thanksgiving night supper will be


piyen in St. Peters Church, for the benefit
of the poor, under the auspices OF the St.
Vincent de Paul Society. The unmarried
ladies of the church will have charge OF the


supper.
Year: 1878

Scribnor for November


Rachel was no fighter. She had no
confidence in herself. She had no
confidence in anybody, and yet, by a
strange (but easily explained anomaly,
she was disturbed by the last hostile
criticism, even by people beneath con-
tempt. At rehearsal she often was
thrown into a panic. The night she
first appeared in New York, she was so
distubed by the rustling Of the leaves
as the audience followed her, book in
hand, that she came within an ace of
falling into Mysteries. The least Incl
dent put her out. Hence the care
with which even her costume was
secured against all disarrangement.
Even at the height of her reputation,
and when everybody who went to hear
was an enthusiastic applauder, she
never could play unless all the hire
ling applauders were in their usual
places in the pit In vain the mana ger
and actors told her that hundreds were
nightly turned from the door for want
of seats; but she insisted upon the
presence of those mercenary applaud
ers. How different she was from her
great rival, Ristori Ristori always
insisted that there should be none Of
these hirelings in the theatel
when she played. She said: 81


am not only irritated by Their


horrible, little, mechanical noise


but they hide the public from


me | cannot follow the public feel


ing. Now, it is the public with whom


| would have to wrestle. If the pub.
lie be hostile, all the better, the fight
will be the warmer. If the public


hiss me, all the worse. / shall prob


ably have merited those Kisses. Bu


then, on the other hand, if | win theil


applause | shall be able to say to my


self; " That bravo is honestly anC


entirely mine" Nothing disconnected
Ristori, and she was full of pluck
t She fought for author, for play, for
self, all the more ardently if the au
dience was hostile, till the curtain fel
,, While Rachel depended Oh
! her dressing maid for the arrangement


Of her costume, Ristori would take


large cloth, throw it over her shoul


ders and drape it during the play a
e suited best with her present passion
G now letting it trail behind her witt
: queenly sweep then wrapping it aroun
r her like the cloak of nun, or rollin
e it around her head like the veil whic
Z hides a broken heart and tear scalde
G eyes. How admirably Guizot POI
:. trayed the characteristics of both az
t tresses, when he said: "0ne is tn
f beau-ideal aristocratic tragic actress
Z, the other is the beau-ideal democrati
'f actress. " Nature oftimes jeers man
! vanity; the beau-ideal aristocrati
t tragic actress was born in kennel. .
Year: 1878

IT is announced in New York that
the wholesale branch of A. I. Stew
art & Co.'S business, at the corner OF
Broadway and Chambers streets, will
be removed before the first of Jan
uary to the large retail establishment
up town. The manager states that
this is not done in consequence of the
contraction of business. Nevertheless
/ the people will beapt to set the change
down as one of the results Of A. T.
Stewards death.
Year: 1878

SIR: An article in a late SEMI-WEEKLY
Concerning the influence of music upon the insane recalls
tony mind an incident that occurred during my school
days There in the university young student OF
precocious intellect but weak physical structure One
day he lay down for nap dawoke without his
His mental alienation of "a mild form. lie played
his flute or walked about TIE town accompanied By his
room mate. lie talked little but seemed be living
In an ideal world. One Sunday bis EIaie
brought him TO see me, and after few moments OF ST.
lenee he asked me to play and sing. Placing himself


close the piano listened intently sang simple,
quiet songs and he seemed much affected, trembling
sometimes quite violently. At length sang my Moth!


ere Graves During the song such violent trembling
eezed him feared he would fall from his chair H.
suried his head In his hands and sat thus trembling until
Year: 1878

&nn1is not easily earned in these times,
ID but it can be made in three months
by any of either sex, in any part OF the
country " no is willing to work steadily at
the employment that We furnish. 500 per
week in your own town, You need not be
away from home over night. You can
give your whole time to the work, or only
your spare moments. We have agents
who are making over $40 per day. All
who engage at once can make money fast.
At the rresent time money cannot be made
so easily and rapidly at any other business.
1t costs nothing to try the business. Terms
and SIS Outfit free. Address at once. H..


HALLErr s. Co., Portland. Maine.
Year: 1878

THE Democrats in the House Of Con
gress are developing serious disagree
ments as to the extent and manner in
which their proposed investigations Of
the executive departments are to be
on. The moral certainty that if any
OF the rascali.y. which is popularity
believed to have been carried on while
the attention Of the country aud its
chief officers was engIossed BY the War
and by the settlement Of the war issues,
is uncovered Democratic rascals will be
found at least as plenty as Republican
ones, makes the more prudent Dem
ocrats pause and consider whether it
would't be best to let by-goncs be by
cones. Believing that the Republican
party cannot only afford, but will profit
by exposures which will rid it Of the
men who may have abused its conf
dcnce, we hope the investigating net
will be industriously dragged throu h
all the departments aud into every poo
and eddy, no matter what sort Of fish
are caug ght.-T Dispatch.
Year: 1878

SYSTEM oa tie farm is essential to
permanent success. Whatever branch
Of farming is selected should be ssu"k
to, if only moder .tely successful A
man is constantly learning in business
to which he gives habitual attention,
and this knowledge is a part Of his
capital just as much as the money in.
vested in stock, tools or buildings. The
man who makes wheat a leading crop,
by studying to lesson the cost of pro


ductlon, by experience in the best
methods Of pre- pairing the soil, the use
of manure and the cultivation Of the
crop, can raise wheat cheaper than b s
ueigbbors, and, through selling at the
same price. will realize a profit when
they barely escape loss. On the
other hand, the man who is ever ready
to abandon his usual practice. in order
to follow something that pays excep-
tionably well at the momert-such as
sheep husbandry or hop culture, when
mutton, wool or hops are fetching hisf
prices lis pretty sure to lose money il
the long run.-Rual New Yorker.
Year: 1878

The Iachriatc Asylum is again a
bone Of contention in the Legislature
aud bids fair to rival the Internal Im-
provement lands and the Ola State
Railroad bonds as discordant element
in our State legislation. With the
Text book law tending in the same di-
rection, and little or no prospect OF
getting any of them out Of the way, it
will soon be Necessary to elect legis
lators with special referance to their
ability legisiate on those questions
with the greatest expense for the least
amount Of good.
Year: 1878

The board created by an act of the Legislature
for the encouragement Of higher education,
was organized last evening in the Governors
room at the capital, and held it's first meeting.
Superintendent Burt was appointed president.
and Judge Bryant was elected secretary.


Prof Folwell moved that the president and
secretary form a committee to consult with the
attorney general upon the powers of the board
under the act which creates it. It was also re-
solved that the rooms Of the superintendent Of
education be the headquarters Of the board, to
which address all communications are to be
sent.


The board then adjourned subject to the call
of the president.
Year: 1878

On the 25th inst the city treasurer will sell
number Of lots, in various parts Of the city,
which are delinquent in assessments for street
improvements. Most of these assessments are
for very small amounts, some of those on Mise
issippi ard Rice streets, being for only one
dollar each. The costs Of the sale, however.
will exceed that sum by fully three times as
much, and delinquent owners will act wisely
bY governing themselves accordingly.
Year: 1878

Another individual filed his petition yester-
day in the United States district court, pray
ing that he be adjudicated voluntary bank
rupt This is reminder of the fact that the
repeal of this present bankrupt law has al
ready passed the United States Senate, and is
nov pending in the House of Representatives
where, no doubt, it will also be speedily pass
ed. If any unfortunate debtors wish to take
advantage of the relief afforded by the existing
law, they had better hurry rp their cakes
Year: 1878

There Is possibility that you may not fully
understand our principles and doctrines, and
TO take our paper for year, which many could
afford out of mere curiosity to do, would be
sure method of becoming fully informed con-
cerning our faith, our works and our hopes
Year: 1878

From all parts Of the country re-
ports come of the immense sales and
increasing demand for that deserv-
ingly popular Sewing Machine, The
Old and Reliable STANDARD" the
price of which the proprietors wisely
reduced ID $50, including all the at
tachments, and at once secured for
them popularity among the peo-
pie, far beyond that ever yet attain
ed by any other machine at any
price, the consequence of which is,
agents are leaving the old high priced
machines, and seeking territory for
the "STANDARD." Knowing from
experience that with the best goods
at the lowest price they can outsell
all other Machines, where the supe-
ior quality and low price is made
known. This splendid Machine
combines all The improvements Is
far ahead of all Others in beauty and
durability of its work, ease of man
agement, light running and certainty
Of operation, is sensibly made upon
sound principles, with positive work
Ing parts all steel, and can be safely
put down as the very perfection of a
Serviceable Sewing Machine, in
every particular, that will outlast
any Machine, and at price far down
below any other. 1t is thoroughly
warranted for five years. Kept in
orderfree of charge. And sent to any
part of the Country for examination
by the customer before payment of
the bill. We can predict equally as
large a demand for them in this
section as in others. Families desir-
ing the best Machine manufactured
should write direct to the Factory.
And enterprising persons wishing to
seize the chance should apply for so
desirable an agency. See advertise
ment in another part Of this paper.
Address, Standard Machine Co.. Cor,
Broadway and Clinton Place, New
York.
Year: 1878

Boston has an interesting family
father, mother and ten-year-old
daughter-that lives in a great man
sion without servant, only having
a woman come from time to time to
do the heavy houseWork. For years
the inmates have lived on fruit and
vegetables only. The child is kept
in a glass case, her play-room, study
and nursery all being at the top of
the house, where the walls and roof
are of glass, the continual sun bath
being considered necessary to the
child's physical and moral health and
Well-heing. The mother, formerly a
normal school teacher and a great
student, is the chiId's teacher, and
with the exception of her daily airing
in the handsome grounds of the
place, the little girl never goes out
and rarely does she see another child.
Year: 1878

The cotton strike in Englard d is
one of the most widely extended that
has occurred for some years and the
most hopeless of adjustment. The
operatives of one hun dred and tWen-
ty mills in Lancashire have struck
and the strike is still spreading. The
mill owners have determined on
reduction Of wages and the opera
tiVes insist that they will submit to
no reduction. Both sides are resolute
and announce that no compromise
will be considered. There is little
possibility that the mill owners will
yield. They cannot. Their existence
is at stake. The American manu-
factured cottUnS have appeared in
the English markets cheaper and
better than the British, and the only
hope for the English milIers is to
make their goods still cheaper. To
dO this wages must be cut down ;and
so it has been determined. To run
the mills at the present wages is to
run them at a loss, and the masters
prefer TO have their mills closed to
operating them at loss. They can
not yield. The operatives say. they
wW not. SO there is the probability
of much suffering in Lancashire dur.
ing the coming winter.
Year: 1878

Governor Hampton IS especially
interested in the vote cast by the
county which bears his name. Early
in the campaign there was some fear
that it would disgrace" him by 60
ing Republican, and his Charleston
organ published several stirring APP
peals to the bulldozers on the subject,
going so far as to threaten that the
beloved name would be taken from
the county in case the Republicans
carried it. The appeals had their
effect, evidently, for the bulldozers
buried an honest Republican major
ity of 500 under a tissue ballot ma
jority of $500. The name will be
suffered to remain, therefore, and it
ought to remain--for the bulldozers
have made it fit better than ever.
Year: 1878

Alexander Fl. Stephens says the
cotton crop in parts Of the South will
not pay the cost of production, and
that many planters will be compelled
to go into bankruptcy. Let them
pay more attention to farming and
less to politics and see how that will
work, or, as has been tersely said,
"Raise less hell and more cotton"
Year: 1878

Somebody who seems to have tried
it, says: The latest methods we
have heard of curing cases of pure
sleeplessness, when unaccompanied
by pain or disease, is the following:
Get out of bed and take linen band
age-althougha "a handkerchief, neatly
folded longwise will do as well, per-
haps better. Dip one half the hand
kerchief into water, pass the wet
portion around the wrist, over this
lay the dry half, and tuck in the
ends so as to make all secure. Lie
down again. The wet bandage will
be found to exercise most soothing
influence on the pulse this will soon
extend all over the nervous system
and calm, refreshing sleep will be
the result"
Year: 1878

The solidity of the South Carolina
victory is almost as great in the Leg
i5lature as in the Congressional dele
CATION. Out of the 15S members
there are only eight Republicans
three in the Senate and five in the
House. The Hampton plan admits
ofno halfway work. It's justification
is the necessity of having the State
government in the hands of white
men, but it does not seem necessary
to reduce the colored representation
to so small a minority in order 10
give the white men control. Do the
white men wish to have it appear
that they are unable to cope with
more than eight Republicans in the
great work of purifying public affairs
by means of stuffed ballot boxes 2"
Year: 1878

The other day mean man out in
Western Iowa went out into quiet
country place and died so quick that
his wife got his insurance money be-
fore the company had time to fail.
The president says he never felt so
swindled and cut up since he has
been in the business.
Year: 1878

In case of fire, it is we'll to know be-
forehand what to do, as many a con-
hagration can be checked by quick and
intelligent action. If there is any time
in which a person should be cool and
calm, In perfect command of himself, it
is when he discovers a fire that threatens
the destruction of life and property.
The first thing to do is to learn precisely
where it is; the second, to consider the
chances of distinguishing it. OF course
IN cities an alarm should at once be sent
out, but at the same time a vigorous
effort should be made to put out the
fire with the means at hand, before the
fire-eng:ne arrives on the scene. First,
then, do not be alarmed on account of
smoke. Frequently there is a great
deal of smoke before the fire has made
much progress. Remember that cne
can pass through smoke by keeping, his
head near the floor or by enveloping it
in a wet woollen cloth. On entering a
room to fight fire single handed, keep
the door closed behind if possible. A
pail of water and tin dipper in the
hands of resolute person can be made
w WIN q hU IL
the fire has progressed too far to admit
of this course and it is necessary to de-
pend entirely on outside help, then see
to it that every door and window is
closed. By this means it may be posi-
BILE to confne the fire to one room.
Every person who stops at hotel should
take special pains before retiring to note
the location Of the stairways, SO that in
case of an alarm he can find his way out,
even though the halls are filed with
smoke. Never leave a room where
there is an alarm of fire without first
securing wet towel, or, if possible, a
wet sponge or piece of woollen cloth
through which TO breathe. If escape by
the stairs is cut off seek an outside win
dow and stay there till help comes.
Above all things be cool and have your
wits about you. Your presence of mind
gone, all is lost.
Year: 1878

There is no such sauce for giving g
relish to food as the sauce of hunger.
The late Amos Lawrence was compelled
by disease of the stomach to eat simple
food, and that in small quantities. A
pair of small scales stood upon his
writing-desk in his private library. On
this he weighed his food, that he might
not overload his stomach. He was al
ways hungry, and always enjoyed his
food. Writing to DIR. Hopkins, then
president of Williams College, he thus
describes his delight in the small amount
of simple food he was permitted to eat :


I" If your young folks want to know
the meaning of epicureanism, tell them
to take some bits of coarse bread Zone
ounce and little more), soak them
in three gills of coarse meal Cruel, and
make their dinner of them and nothing
else, beginning very hungry, and leav-
ing off more hungry. The food is de-
hcious, and such as no modern epicure-
anism can equal.