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Year: 1879

THE COUNTRY has 70 pay for all in
debtedness for waste, no matter where
the money is expended. If the United
States expends fifty millions in building
a railroad to the Pacific the 10000 peO-
pie in the Cong essional District Of Del
aware are required to pay just as much
Of that money as the people of any other
Congressional District. there is no get
ting away from it; and the proportion Of
our cost is very easily ascertained by d.
viding the fifty million by the number Of
members in the lower House, if there
were three hundred then each district
would be run into debt one hundred and
sixly-six thousand six hundred and sixty
six dollars. And this is true of any
other expenditure. If the government
wastes seventy thousand dollars in Della
ware, our people have got to pay it al
and they will not be allowed TO shirl
out of 1t.
Year: 1879

A large pipe at the bottom Of the East
River which carries petroleum from the
Hudson River Railroad Depot to Hun
ter's Point burst yesterday and the sur
face of the river was covered with oil.
Some little boys threw lighted match
into the stream, and the whole river
front for about mile was soon ablaze.
The fire ceased when the oil In the pipe
was exhausted.
Year: 1879

THE GREAT LONDON CIRCUS AND
show which has been delighting the
juveniles of Philadelphia for the past
two weeks comes to this city tomorrow
and the little folks are in ecstasies in
anticipation OF its arrival.
Year: 1879

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, l- August 25th, 1879.

 Ed EnQ.-In the first place the reform of criminals should commence with the clergy. They should be taught that it is not decorous, to say the least, to use as f1ippantly as they do the language of condemnation. It only exas- perates the crude masses to swear back at them, doing a deal of harm and no good. We speak specially of theologians, since they have heretofore been regarded as leaders in inter- preting moral philosophy. Happily for the good of science and the world, they are con- ing to be considered as having been made of the same clay as others, and needing the advan- tages of progressive development like the rest of us. The word punishment should be banished from all human language. Next. all jails, prisons and penitensiaries should be banished from off the face of the earth Eve " phase and degree of crime is as much the result of abnormal moral conditions and is therefore disease, as is bilious fever the re- suit of abnormal physical conditions, and is consequently Q disease. Therefore criminals should no more be treated disgracefully than the inmates of fever hospitals and insane asylums

 Various degrees of reform institutions should be substituted for prisons All persons that are dangerous to go at large should be placed in some one of these reform institutions, adapted to his or her particular character, and kept there at the discretion of the faculty in charge. This faculty should be composed of the most competent persons, of both sexes, that it would be possible to find. No court should be allowed to pronounce sentence of any given time, but the inmates should remain in these institutions until such we'll qualified and competent faculties could justify and clearly declare them sound and safe citizens for general society. The expense would be but normal compared with existing systems. We now often have single trial that will cost the state or county almost enough to build one such institution. Our prisons do not re- form. The convicts come out only to make new bills of expense and to continue to be dangerous. When they have been fairly cured and straightforward morally, they will come out and keep straight, and will command re- spect as they would deserve. The word arrest, also, should not be used in these cases. When persons, out of their minds, are taken in charge, we do not say they have been arrested, thus adding disgrace to misfortune.

 : When William Lloyd Garrison was once advertised to speak in Rochester, N. r., he came to the hall, where some front seats had been reserved for the clergymen. The room was packed, but not a minister was present. lie commenced by pouring hot shot into the
Year: 1879

clergy and the churches. Soon one of the au- dience arose, and asked whether if the cloth would become anti-slavery, he would cease his warfare on them. He made no reply, but kept on with the same shot and shell. Again the same party arose and repeated hisquestion. Garrison stood moment, and said, ''No, for they would not do it till it had become popu- lar, and then he wouldn't thank them" We are all mortal and finite and must be charita- ble Prison reform will go on, with prominent help if it can, without it, if it must.

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Year: 1879

With Talbot retired by the republicans and Robinson by the democrats, the people will be oblige to realize that reform" has gone into winter quarters till after the next presidential election and that an era of torchlight and brass. band politics. of paramount national issues and saving the country is at hand.

 It IS too bad that state reform only fourishes Tn or years but the people will do well to hang on to it, as long as they can. Spring field
Year: 1879

tboucb Grant was known here but eight days perfect
avalanche OF letters through the mail foI sA
Grant and the Denver Land COMPANY. The faud was


exposed bv the local and bitterly denounced
by The citizens
Year: 1879

PERsoNAL.-Mr. j., Bell Bigger, clerk OF
the House Of Delegates, was well enough to
ride to his Office on yesterday. He has been
able to sit up at home short while at a time
for some days past, aud has made good use
of the time by working on the indexes
required by law for the Journal of the House
and documents and acts Of Assembly us
far as printed. He will continue to make
these indexes as fast as the printed matter
is furnished him. He will not be able to
do much service at present at the Capitol,
us he cannot get sit up continuously for any
great length OF time.
Year: 1879

The following diagram OF the pit and the
hoie bored to receive the charge will give
the reader;a clear idea Of the positions oe-
cupled blythe four men who were within
the excavation, and Henry Davis, who was
employed an bringing sand with which 10
cover the charge:
Year: 1879

of forest trees planted within the State
and kept alive. Under this stimulus
over 10000 acres of fruit and forest
trees have been planted, and there has
been remission of State and county
taxes to the amount of 100000. The
acreage of trees is about one-half of one
per cent. of the farming lands of the
State. A very considerable hole is made
in the tax income of the State, but the
loss will be more than made up in the
permanent advantages to the State.
Older States may find it expedient to
follow the example.


A SINGULAR incident is related by the
jacksonville Fla.) Union: A white
servant of family in that city had a
little boy who was very fond of Il mock.
ing-bird which used to sing near win
dow Of the residence. One day the bird
flew in; parties tried to catch it, but il
escaped through the window The child
would often ask to be permitted to &c
into this room to hear the bird sing. A
short time ago the child fell sick and
about the same time the bird ceased t.
sing. A few days afterward the child
died, and when the undertaken visited
the room where its body lay, the bird
flew. in at the window, and, after max.
ing a circle or two, dropped dead upon
the floor :.


A STRANGE case is that of young
William Blake of Monmouth County
New Jersey. Barely % years old, the
son of rich man, a young man of pure
life, member Of the Presbyterian
Church of Allentown, recently prom
ising and ambitious student in Princeton
College, he is starving himself to death
In his junior year at college a diseas.
manifested itself which has since beer
pronounced by the doctors to be I;
paralysis produced by a spinal affection
and incurable. On learning that he wa
to be IA cripple for life, the young maj
lost heart and hope, saying that deatl
was preferable to such life as lay be
fore him. He refused to eat any thin:
but toast, drinking tea without milk
This diet he kept up for two weeks. III
then obstinately refused to swallow an,
thing but water, announcing his purpos'
to starve himself to death. All the en-
treaties of the family have been unavail
ing. Although reduced nearly to
skeleton, he says that he is perfect,
comfortable, reads his Virgil, and chat
freely with those around him. "I meal
to die, and | will," he says. There is


streak of insanity in the blood, and th
fact is now recalled that one of youn.
Blake's grandfathers hanged himself.
Year: 1879

Extension of the Street Railway and Re-


duction of the Fare to Nickle.


There is occasion for mutual congratula-
tions between the public and the Street Rail
road company. That company celebrates
the extension of its lines to-day to the juno
lion of Western and Ashland avenues, and
by reduction of fare to tive cents on all
of annoy ance to the public and positive
buy tickets in order to make change
when they wished but "a single fare
and hence they would walk rather than
have the expense and annoyance. The COM
pany has stood in its own light, and we are
glad to see the abandonment of tho six
cent fare. The extension of the line to st.
Anthony Hill is a great public advantage
which ought to bring largely increased
patronage.


The following is the official announce
ment:


ST.. PAUL. Minn., May Is, 1879.
The st: Paul City Railway company would
respectfully inform the public that the St. An
thony hill extension of their line to the corner
of Western and Ashland avenues will be opened
this morning. Cars will be run every ten min
utes connecting with the cars on the main line
at Fourth and Wabashaw streets, and making
transfer of passengers as heretofore without
additional fare. From this date the rate of
fare will be reduced on both lines to five cents,
tickets being sold as heretofore. The company
hopes that liberal patronage of the new line
and the reduced fare will enable them to un-
dertake further Improvements and afford
greater accommodations to the public.


JAMES r. WALSH,


Manager st. Paul City Il. r. Co.
Year: 1879

DIssATIsFIED AND LAZY IEoiI-E
are more numerous than most generous
hearted laborers are willing to admit.
These dissatisfied people are not unfre-
quently found embarrassing others
wherever they find employment. They
do as little work as they conveniently
c.n, and often cause other workmen to
lose SO much time that the dissatisfied
are of little use and had better be dis
pensed with at once. Such people are
found going from place to place seeking
work, and always complaining that
there is nothing to do. The fact being
that they are generally hinderance in
all establishments and the sooner they
are dispensed with the better for all par
ties concerned.
Year: 1879

How much is due to the Mayors an
nouucement that all who offended
AGAINST the laws in firing guns ana
pistols on the 4th of july cannot be
known. But we do know that nobody
was killed by the accidental discharge
Of gun or pistol here yesterday. feo-
pie may draw their own infeiehces'
We hope the Mayor will not be less par
ticular next year.
Year: 1879

larger sum than that fixed by the ap-
praisers.


1t has been suggested that the Reservoir
building. instead OF being wholly removed,
might be made available for the ornamen-
tation of the park by terraces laid out in
flower beds or in such other manner ps the
skill and taste of a landscape architect
might suggest. The suggestion deserves
consideration. The dimensions Of the park
would be nine hundred and twenty feet by
four hundred and fifty five. having an area
OF nearly ten acres. The ground is high
and we'll adapted~to ornamentation. A
park wonld be appropriate in that locality,
and the surrounding property Is of char
actcr to be greatly enhanced in value by
the improvement There ought to be no
diversity OF opinion as to the expediency of
the proposition and no opposition to the
bill that seeks to carry it ont.
Year: 1879

Eastern Roumelia was left by the Treaty
of Berlin subject to the sovereignty of the
Sultan, but with the guarantee of consti-
hands of the people, and gendarperie to
answer all those requirements for public
force TINT in Turkish countries generally
are answered by Ottoman soldiers. All this
protection for the people against their SOW
creign was cxactcd by Germany, France,
Austria. Italy and Russia as tho condition
on which they would assent to the demand
made by England and Turkey that this prov
ince should continue subject to tho Sultan.
In order TO please the vanity Of tho British
Prime Minister and give him political cap
itul for use at home tho other Powers CON-
sented to compel the people Of Christian
country to remain in the Ottoman Empire.
but only on conditions which it was be-
lievcd would suffice for their protection.
But the time Of the Russian occupation
OF tho country is likely to expire before the
people have agreed upon the terms of their
constitution or organized their gendArmerie.
and if the Russians withdraw the organiza-
tion will havo to be completed. with the
Turks in defence OF the country. In that
case tho Turks will find way to put II
spoke in tho wheel Of this organization, and
it is therefore dusirablc they should not
have that opportunity. Hence the PROPOSE
tion from Russia that when her troops nrc
Withdrawn the province shall be occupied
by force tho parts Of which shall be sup
piled by all the signatory Powers. All the
Powers arc likely to assent to this, except


perhaps. England nnd Turkey.
Year: 1879

Another case Of the attempted assassina-
tion OF public official in the streets of the
Russian capital is reported by cable to-day !;
but on this occasion the attempt had less
than usual success, inasmuch as the officer
shot at appears not to have been hit.
But the attempt was made with all
the usual coolncss and impunity,
inasmuch as the only sequel was
the ordinary escape in n sleigh"
General Won Drentelen's friends can
scarcely afford to congratulate him upon
the bad aim OF the appointed "execu-
toner" who was designated to do the will
OF the enemies of the police, for botter
shot may be chosen next time and bullet
may be lodged moro etfectually. The de-
liberate system of murder initiated in Rus
sia within recent times, and the wonderful
success it has, throws new light OH that an
cient and grim pleasantly which declared
assassination 10 be the only constitutional
cxpedient possessed by the subjects Of the
Gar.
Year: 1879

Mr.. varnum's bill authorizing tho re-
moval Of the Reservoir on Fifth avenue and
Forty-second street. and the addition of the
ground it occupies to Reservoir square to
form public park. should be promptly
passed Ivy tho Assembly. Last year the
Commissioner of Public Works reported
that the Reservoir had become useless as
viscd its abandonment on tho ground of
economy. He strongly recommended the
reservation Of the entire plot as public
park. urging the cxpediency of securing
these open spots in tho city while It is pos
sible to do 80 and setting forth tho natural
Of tho ground for such a
purpose. It was suggested at the time
that in view Of the largo city debt
and tho heavy taxation 1t would be
desirable to sell tho Reservoir site in lots,
the valuation being one million seven hun:
dred thousand dollars. This would 20 into
the sinking fund and would afford no per-
ceptible relief to the public burdens at the
present time, while tho property is certain
TO be much more valuable twenty years
hence than it is to-day. 1t would, there
fore, be wise economy for the city 20 retain
the ownership under any circumstances;
but, in fact, the increased valuation of nd-
jacent taxable property through the con-
struction of q handsome park would be
more advantageous 10 the taxpayers than
the sale Of the property even for much
Year: 1879

decision OF tne brooklyn brku8e CoSe'


The Court of Appeals delivered its de-
cision yesterday in the Brooklyn Bridge
case, which was argued before it some six
weeks ago, affirming the judgment Of the
General Term that the Comptroller of New
York city is bound to issue the bonds for
the payment of the citys quota. There is,
of course, great rejoicing in Brooklyn. The
success Of the bridge is assured, and the
work upon it, which has been interrupted
for more than six months, will be resumed
within few days


The bridge had narrow escape in the
Court of Appeals. Three of the judges, in
Guiding Chief Judge Church. dissented
from the majority of the Court. If any one
of the four who concurred in tho decision
had been on the other side q judgment
would have been rendered against the
bridge. But ga miss is as good as mile"
and the bridge is safe. Judge Earle deliv-
cred the decision Of the Court, which was
concurrcd in by Judges Rapallo, Andrews
and Danforth. The dissenting opinion
was read by Judge Folger, and was
concurred in by Chief Judge Church
and Judge Miller. The point on which
the decision hinged was the obligation Of
Comptroller Kelly to continue to pay the in
stalments due from tho city of New York
after it was found that the bridge would ex-
ceed the authorized cost of eight million
dollars. It was conceded that the two cities
Of New York and Brooklyn are only bound
to that extent, and that if the bridge costs
moro neither city can be called on to make
up the deficiency under existing legislation.
But the Court holds that they are bound
to pay their respective quotas up to
that limit, because it was the evident
design Of the Legislature that the
bridge should be completed, and in work
of that kind it is not always possible to
make an exact estimate. Iii exceeds the
limit it is competent for the Legislature to
provide further means. The city of New
York is bound to pay two remaining in
stalments of half million each. Corre-
spending to these Brooklyn had two in
stalments Of one million each brooklyn
paying double OF New York;; but Brooklyn
paid one Of these at the regular time, and
has accordingly but one million yet to pay.
It may have been mistake to begin the
bridge at all, but that is question Of ex-
pediency which it is now too late to raise,
aud with which the Court has nothing to do
Year: 1879

ing them over to await the action OF tho
Grand Jury. When yesterday the prison
ers waived an examination and offered bail
we think Justice Duffy ought to have ac-
cepted it and thus have remitted the conf
plaint to those who must decide whether it
shall be tried or dismissed
Year: 1879

Two STORIES OF MARINE TRAGEDIES appear
to-day. They not cheerful, but those who
care to understand how Some men can act when
they get away from legal and social restraint
will find in these the desired information.
Year: 1879

MORE ToBAcco SMOKE arose in New York be-
tween midnight and dawn yesterday than ever
before in the same length OF time, but nobody
seemed to enjoy it particularly, and the insurance
companies are disgusted beyond measure
Year: 1879

DiD ANY New York theatre ticket speculator
lose friends or property by the flood ut Szegedin
We ask because correspondent writes that ut
the first opening Of the Academy window for
the sale OF tickets to the Szcgedin benefit per-
forrnance most of the parquct was already in the
h;ilu.s of the speaIIlafOrs
Year: 1879

We DISLIKE TO PIOpHEsY the immediate
dawn Of the milennial year. for better authorities
have fixed the date and then found that there
was some mistake in their calculations. But to
read the conditions to railroad construction on
Broadway to which the City Fathers agreed yes
terday is to feel that the era OF fair treatment
and good will is right upon us. Think of horse
cars that arc to take no more passengers than
they can seat, seats that are to be separated SO
that nobody can be- crowded and platforms upon
which nobody, not even pickpockcts, will be
allowed to stand.
Year: 1879

THE WEAIflKR.-Thc storm has entirely dis
appeared from the New England districts, and
the pressure is rising there steadily. The
area of high barometer dominated the weather
east of the Mississippi River during yesterday
but it has commenced falling again in the north
west, where very well markci disturbance Is
moving eastward. The centro of this disturbance
like the ono which passed over tho northern
Middle Atlantic States on Monday will take u
very northcrly course, but its influence is likely
" extend further southward, because the pres
sure will not be very high OH its southern
s,argin Light rains and snow are reported in
tho New Engand States nid tho lower lake re-
gions The weather Is cloudy In nu the dis
tricts except tho South Atlantic Gulf States and
the Southwest. Tho winds have been fresh to
brisk over the lake regions and tho Atlantic coast
north OF Capo uattcr,,s brisk to high Ia tile
West and generally light in the other districts.
The temperature has fallen in the central val
leys the central portion OF tho Lake regions
nnd the eastern Gulf coast, and has
risen elsewhere. The winds will probably
Increase during the day in the lower lake
regions. The pressure within the disturbance
which Ii approaching from tho northwest Ii
very iow and the storm will no doubt prove
severe when passing over the Gulf of st. Law
nence. Our special weather cable states that
tho weather continues exceedingly severe over
the British Islands. The winds are gradually
backing round by the north, az pre-
dicted BY tho HERALD Weather Bureau. The
weather In New York and its vicinity
eo-day will be cool and fisr In the morning. lol
lowed by increasing temperature and cloudi
moss. Tomorrow it promises to DO warm and
cloudy, possibly with rain, followed by clearing
and colder weather.
Year: 1879

WATERPROoFING PAPER.-Tbere is
very simple process whereby paper can be
made as strong as parchment. and proof
against all moisture by dipping it into So
luton of suIphuric acid, mixed with half its
weight of water. Almost the pa
per is dipped into the solution, it becomes
strong and heavy, and is quite desirable, it is
said for all the purposes that sheePskin is used,
aud looks almost as well as that material
For book binding it has proved very excellent
and as covering for preserves and pickles it
is equal to metal. II the paper is covered
with print, it is just IS easily made into a
thick substance, as the acid defaces all
marks. If you desire to waterproof paper
without giving it the character of parchment,
it can be done By dissolVing pound aud a
half Of alum in ono part water, aud adding
to it four ouces of white soap. Have the
soap fne and melt it in the boiling water,
putting in the alum at the same time. Then
dissolve six ounces of common glue, and two
ounces of gum arabic, in one quart of boil
lug water, and when all is well melted mix
the two solutions in boiling state. and dip
in the sheets of paper while it is very hot.
Hang them across lines to dry; and then
press them smoothly. Paper thus prepared
is very desirable for packing away articles
exposed to dampness, as in q sea voyage. OF
for any purpose of preserving goods from
moisture.
Year: 1879

Now is the time to get bargains al Dali
garn's. He has just received a very large in
voice of Glass and Queensware, at a much
lower price than has ever been offered to the
people of Charlestown and vicinity. Also,
Boots and Shoes, Men and Boys Wear,
Groceries and Notions in large variety. All
goods in his line can be bought on the very
shortest margin-his motto is quick sales and
short profits Call and examine stock and be
convinced Country Produce taken in Ex-
change for Goods.