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Year: 1879

We print elsewhere communication
from an "Ocean Traveller" who calls at
tention to the possibilities of improving
the comfort of passengers at seattle
luxury" perhaps, he should have said;
but, whether comfort or luxury, he is right
in the opinion that there is room for i'm
provement. Upon all the great lines, such
as the Cunard, White Star, Inman, French,
German, Guion and National lines, the
custom is to provide an elaborate bill
OF fare, comprising q list of entrees,
hors-d9utres and releres; which, to
adapt Scriptural expression, are s'sweet
to the eye, but bitter to the belly" Instead
of good cut of roast beef and an accom-
panying simple dish or two served in table
dh6te style, the present fashion is to bonn
bard the passenger with fancy dishes, but
usually SO badly cooked as to be uneatable.
We hear that the White Star line is soon to
build vessel, to be called the Majestic,
which shall surpass the previous steamers
of that fleet not only in size but also in
the kind of comfort suggested by our
correspondent. Instead of seating the
passengers at long benches in the manner
of boarding schools at feeding time small
separate tables are to be furnished and
meals are to be served as at table d'h6te.
The White Star Company already deserve
credit for many innovations and improve
ments upon the old fashions of steamship
travel, and we trust they will not let any
other line anticipate them in carrying out
this excellent plan. not only as regards the
Majestic, but upon all the other ships Of
their fine feet.


It is interesting to observe the rapid
progress of improvement in this matter Of
ocean travel. Competition between the
various lines has resulted in such models
of naval architecture as the Britannia, Ger
manic and, more recently, the Arizona and
the Gallia, all of which have crossed the
Atlantic in few hours more than eight
days. 1t is pleasant to see that the Cunard
line which has earned so desirable o repu-
tation for safety, should show signs. as in
the case of the Gallia, OF keeping its feet
up to the standard Of the other lines such
as the White Star. No doubt the Majestic,
when 1t comes, will be rivalled by some
still swifter and more comfortable vessel of
the Cunard, Inman, Guion or perhaps of
the German or French line, and the pas
sage from New York to Liverpool in six or
even in five days become an accomplished
fact.
Year: 1879

Justice Morgan yesterday for a felonious
assault on little boy seven years of age
ought to be dealt with as severely as the
law will permit. The prisoner is an old
man who makes living by cutting grass
in the front and back yards of houses Oh
the west side of the city. Having been
annoyed by some boys on Wednesday
afternoon he gave chase to the youngsters.
Year: 1879

The WBATHER.--The of low baron cter
that was moving over the central valley dis
tricts "Wednesday has reached the Middle
Atlantic States, and the pressure within it is de
creasing steadily. 1t is closely following and
will probably merge with the that has just
passed off the Nova Scotia coast The barom-
cter is rising in the Northwest and West In
the South Atlantic States 1t remains nearly
the same, but will commence rising this
afternoon. Rain fell in the central valley
districts, the Middle Atlantic and New
England States. There were also some
showers on the Gulf coast, but the amount of
precipitation very small. Fair weather pre-
vails throughout the Northwest and the South
Atlantic States. The temperature remained
nearly stationary in the Gulf States and fell in
the other sections OF the country, particularly in
the Northwest The winds have been from
fresh to brisk in the upper lake districts and
on the New England coast. Elsewhere they
were generally light. severe tornado is
reported to have passed over the extreme
Northeastern sections Of the country, doing
much damage Go crops, &c. The weather over
the British Islands is very unsettled, on account
of the passage of disturbance over the north
crn districts The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be colder and partly cloudy,
possibly with showers in the morning. To-mor-
row it will be cool and fair.
Year: 1879

NEWPORT CoTrAGERs ought to be the most
neighborly people in the world. BY means of
an admirable telephone system they indulge in
social gossip order family supplies without
leaving their apartmenta. Before long they will
be discussing the fashions with their friends in
New York
Year: 1879

THE FRIENDS of General Fitz John Porter, not
content with the finding of the court of inquiry,
are now endeavoring to secure for him the prece-
dcnce over General Pope, the officer by whom
the charges were made. If successful it would
be singular case of retaliation.
Year: 1879

JOIN TAYLOR, the so-callcd head of the Nor
mon Church, is endeavoring to capture million
of dollars belonging to the estate of the late
Brigham Young. There must be good deal of
prophet in so large a steal.
Year: 1879

OWNERS OF PROPERTY cannot be too careful
in the selection of custodians during their
absence from the city. The young fellow who
pawned thousand dollars worth of stolen
clothes is an epample
Year: 1879

fully executed Not single Russian SOL
der now remains in Turkey" That
second sentence shows what the Pre-
mier intended by the first. His
sole idea of the purport of the treaty was
that it was made to get the Russian soldiers
out of Turkey. With that ofaccomplished
he believes the treaty has been fully car
ried out. Now the truth is that not Sec
tion of the treaty has been carried out as it
was made. Even the evacuation was not
done as agreed, and, though it was done
loyalty at last, it is the only fact provided
for by the treaty of which that can be said
Only Russia has made an earnest attempt
to fulfil her obligations under that treaty.
Year: 1879

Master Jaggars made moving speech III
which he glowingly described the luxury IN
which the heathen small-boy wallows. HE
amt washed, and he can wear just as little
cloze as hesermineter There amt no school
for him, nor no Sunday, you bet. He can go
swinmin' every day, and can just lay of on
the bank and see the crocodiles scoop in wash
erwomen and such. Then his back yard Is
chuck full of tigers and hipopomusses, and no
end of snakes, and he can steal his dads gun
and shoot em out of the back window. This
is the chap that rakes in all our money, and
saw its MORN we ought to stand. Now, move
that we all turn heather ourselves. Inc Ioiks
can't make us wash and go to school If were
heather, and all the other boys will have to
put up their money for u.s." 1t is needless to
say that this speech was received with tumul-
tuous aDDlauSe.
Year: 1879

TIE political almanacs are generally at
fault this year about the date of the Ohio
election. Most of them, perhaps from eager
ness to score another Republican victory,
give to-day as the date. But the people OF
Ohio are not at fault and on Tuesday next
will record their votes for an honest dollar
and an honest ballot and achieve triumph
for Republican principles as large as our
authorizations
Year: 1879

The Commercial Adrertiser, of Buffalo,
gives two reasons, either of them sufficient,
why the Democracy is doomed to defeat this
Fall: a. The general belief that Demo-
cratic supremacy will bring with it endless
meddling with the currency and return OF
the financial disturbance, now happily ended
by the successful resumption Of specie pay
ments. (2.) The revolt in the North against
the Southern domination, which would be
the inevitable result Of the Government S
falling into Democratic hands.
Year: 1879

THE CITY COUNCIL has finally abolished
the last relic Of the Norman Conquest, the
curfew bell. That is well. This morning
we wake up with the pleasing consciousness
that "curfew shall not ring tonight" One
of the first pieces of statuary in Deering
Park should be of the girl clinging to the
hnll-rnnn
Year: 1879

PERHAPS it would be as well to postpone
The discussion over the punishment of muir
derers in this State to the day when the
murderer of James Lowe is discovered. Let
us catch that hare before we debate the
methods of cooking him.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons that are not used.
Year: 1879

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley T. Pullen,
Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
of every person claiming to represent our journal
Year: 1879

The argus thinks that the action Of the
New York Police Commissioners is evil
dence that Kelly has sold out to Cornell.
Does it regard the decision of the Supreme
Court as cumulative evidence?
Year: 1879

Several articles and letters have been
printed in the German papers of late
lauding the efficacy of the sting of the
common bee as cure for gout. Here
is one of the latest of these communi>
cations, which appeared only few
days ago in the Augsburg Evening
Gazette:


81 was lying in bed," says the writer,
s'suffering from heavy attack of gout.
accompanied with violent pains in my
left foot, when chanced to read in a
newspaper an article describing how
gout may be cured by the sting of bees.
at once determined to try the remedy.
and soon contrived small box by
means of which captured bee could
be applied to the afflicted part. then
lot my foot be stung by three bees in
succession, each bee leaving his sting
behind in my flesh. After a few min
utes these stings we're extracted; and
when the pain caused by them had sub
sided found that the gouty pain had
also left me. On the same day l left
my bed, and on the morrow was able to
walk about. For some little time my
foot was slightly infamed and I ex-
perienced some burning sensation; but
in four or five days this completely left
me, and was completely recovered" J"
Year: 1879

In communication to the Rural
New Yorker, F. D. Curtis says:


( "If have made discovery, or il
everybody knew 1t before me, | will tell
it all the same: As soon as the cream
shows signs Of coming, pour into the
churn two or three quarts of water
as near ice- cold as it il possible to get
and the butter will gather great
deal quicker aud come hard and firm.
I tried the cold water (ice- water) on the
start, aud found it made the cream too
cold and kept the butter from coming,
but put in at the last end it is capital
idea aud will save hours of churning in
the course of season. Butter will come
in fifteen or twenty minutes, as rule,
if the cream is in the right condition
and temperature. A cool cellar is cool
enough to start the churning, ami as
near right as most farmers can get it
without thermomers and ice; and cold
we'll water will lower the temperature
for gathering. The temperature of our
cellars is sixty four degrees, and the
butter invariably comes quick, with the
cold water, which is probably two de-
grees colder. When the cream stands
too long on the milk before skimming
the butter will not come 80 quickly and
it is always poorer, and such butter
will not keep we'll. This is one reason
and the main one, why there.it 30 mucf
rancid butter. Better churn oitenel
and have good, sweet butter, and skin
oftener also"
Year: 1879

Yesterday morning as p Woodward
Avenue car was going north, a well'
known citizsn riding on the rear plat
form, lady appeared at street cross
ing as if about to take the car. She
made no motion to the driver, but as
the rear end of the car came along she
sweetly said to the citizen:


"Will you be kind enough to tel! the
driver to apply the brake and bring the
car to stop?''


There that stupid man looked at hel
with mouth wide open, and meyer made
a move to ring the bell, and the chi
passed away from the lady. If she hac
waved her hand and wildly cried
''Stop that kyar!' every passenger
would have reach for the strap at once,
but Just because she had good com
mand of the English language she was
left in the mud. Let us have more
college graduates among street cal
drivers.
Year: 1879

The Rural New Yorker says: can
intending purchaser should have the
horse brought before him, and watch
the animal as he stands at rest. If the
owner is continually starting the horse
into motion, and urging him to "show
off," something may be suspected, be-
cause it IS when a horse is at perfect
rest that his week points are divulged.
II the horse be sound he will stand
square on his limbs, without moving
any one Of them, the feet being placed
fiat upon the ground, and all his legs
plump and naturally poised. If one
foot be thrown forward. and the toe
pointing to the ground, and the heel
raised, or il the foot be lifted from the
ground, and the weight taken from it,,
disease or tenderness may be sus-
pected."
Year: 1879

Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage, in recent
sermon on the influence OF little things.
said: "It is so in the formation of bad
habits. Take the habit of lying. A
man begins with what is called white
lie. aud after awhile there is no limit to
his falsehood. So in the habit of usiDg
tobacco. There is no danger OF my be-
ing personal in nay remarks, for you all
use it, ! quit that habit because it
made nv hand tremble, and too easi7
Iy lost my patience; and I thought
had no right to do anything that would
make my hand trembIe. or make me
lose my patience. But we oil Know
how hard it was to get the habit-how
sick it made us at the start. You be-
gin perhaps with cigar, which your
father or some minister has thrown
away; and you have gone on until yon-
are slave to habit which is ruino1s
to any man of nervous temperament.
How gradually you came on toward h'
There are hundreds of men in
this house to-day who would cons
fess that the habit is injurious to them;
but somehow they cannot stop. How,
my brother, did you get this bondage
on you? In one day? In one hour?
No. by little aud little" So with
the habit of intemperance. The first
day a man don't go and wallow in the
ditch. If he is well off he begins with
sparkling champagne. or lively clicquot
or three KS. Now, in the midnight,
while trying to Kill the snakes on his
delirlous pillow, he cries out to the doc
tor to give him rum.


0, young man, stand off from the
beginning of evil! Though you will
charge me with Hibernicism, l will
risk it and say, stop before you start.
You say, "I mingle with evil associates,
and I am not contaminated. But If


you stand anywhere near them, you will
get spIashed with mire and pollution


and moral dirt.


i This panther of evil habits has


velvet coat and sleek skin, and comes
softly through the night to mans


temptation and squats before the soul.


But if you have felt the clutch of his
claw and sharp cut of his teeth. God


pity youlRemember, we:may not only go
Edown..gredually:ourselves,b but take Others
with us little by little. A minister OF


the gospel stood in reform meeting,


and he was showing how that man
might take strong drinks moderately
and yet do right, and how the head of


a family might have strong drinks on


his lining table and yet do right in all
this matter; and after he had made


powerful and eloquent argument, he


sat down in the pulpit. Then an aged
mar arose in the audience and said: 81
} have broken heart. have buried my
only son. He started iu life with beau


tiful prospects. He is to day in


lrunkard's grave; and when he was dy


ing he told me that he started that aw-
full habit at the table of Christian
clergyman. And that Christian clergy
man is the man who Just sat down in


the pulpitr' Oh, may God keep us
from taking others to ruinl
Year: 1879

while you have the money IN your
pooi~t. r.
Have the courage to do without that
YOU do not need, however much your
eyes may covet it.


Have the courage to speak yonr mind
when it is necessary you should do so,
and to hold your tongue when it is pru-
dent YOU should do so.


Have the courage to speak to friend
in "seedy coat" even though you are
in company with rich one, and richly
attired.


Have the courage to make will, and
just one.


Have the courage to tell man why
you will not lend him your money.


Have the courage to 'cut" the most
agreeable acquaintance yon have when
Won are convinced that he lacks princi-
pie. ga friend should bear with a
riend's infrmities." but not with his
vices.


Have the courage to show your re-
spect for honesty, in whatever gnise 1t
appears; and your contempt for dls>
honest duplicity, by whomsoever ex>
hibited.


Have the courage to wear your Old
cloths until you pay for your new ones.


Have the courage to obey your
Maker at the risk of being ridiculed by
man.


Have the courage to prefer comfort
and prosperity to fashion in all things.


Have the courge to acknowledge your
ignorance, rather than to seek credit
for knowledge under false pretenses.


Have the courage to provide enter
tainment for your friends within your
means-not beyond.
Year: 1879

hand that still rested upon her child's
head, Meta led the way back to her
own pretty citing groom, where Clarices
waited the result of her errand.


She waited, with fast throbbing
heart and trembling limbs, for the
words that were to give her sorrowing,
lonely heart peace and rest, or the stern
mandate that would close the doors OF
home upon her and her boy forever.


Hel gratitude could never fail, she
felt sure, for the beautiful woman who
had so lovingly undertaken the office Of
mediator on her behalf, and the tears
rolled down her cheeks as she thought
of the uuselfish tenderness of her step
mother.


As she heard the steps coming across
the vide hall towards the room where
she was seated, her agitation became
too great for pa lent waiting, and she
stood up, holding her child Ly the
hand, her breath coming in quick, pant
ing sobs, her eyes dilated with suspense.
and her whole figure quivering with in
tense emotion.


It was this eager. flushed face that
met the fathers eye as he opened the
door-the face of the child to whom he
had given the entire strength OF his
love for years.


He forgot her waywarduess, her dis"
obedience and the six years OF absence.
He remembered only that she was
his only daughter, the child OF his dead
CIarice. he opened his arms. with a
smile that carried love and forgiveness
to the sore heart.


There was glad cry Of


"Father! dear, dear father!'


And they we're folded fast in each
others arms, while Meta drew wonder
ing Stephen into an inner room, and
closed the door.


Not even for her ears, she felt, wert
those first sacred words OF reconcilia
ton.


l. was not for long that Stephen was
withheld from his grandfather's kiss
for father and daughter alike turned
again to the gentle influence that hat
united them once more.


The gossips ara divided in their opin
lou as to the exact amount of hatred
and jealousy existing between the
young widowed daughter and the young
wife at che great house, but 1t would b'
qnite beyond the power OF their mar
row minds to understand such true sis
terly love as exists between Claric'
Manderson and Mr.. Hepworth's secont
wife.
Year: 1879

Boys do great many thoughtless
and foolish things "for fun," that NOR
tify them very much in the remem-
brance. To have been caught in some
body's melon patch, or stealing a neigh
bor's choice fruit, or taking a gate of
its hinges, or crawling nnder a show>
mans tent, or playing any kind of a
trick to the injury of another, that has
to be accomplished in sneaking way,
won't seem very smart if you ever grow
to be man Of sense. You will hate it,
and wonder that you could ever have
thought it sharp.


Don't f,tter yourself that the worst
thing about mean act is in being
caught at it or found ont. You can't be
low or vicious or tricky without some
one knowing it. and it does not take
long for good many to find it out. 1t
takes extraordinary talent and decep-
tion to have good reputation conceal
ing bad character. and it is never
worth trying for. The way to seem
to be worthy is to be trustworthy
There was never yet boy who was
manly. honest and worthy of confidence,
that people did not find him out and
give him his due.


You can't afford to trife with you,
reputation. II you descend to indecent
and immoral conduct, it will soil your
character and hunt your prospects, nc
matter what your friends may do fol
yop, or how you may try to conceal
from good people that they do these
things. Just so long as you allow your.
self to practice the habits that are con
demned by pure, upright, straightfor-
ward people of integrity whether you
do il openly or on the sly-you will
make no progress in the formation of a
fine character, or in building up repn>
tation. SO. when you are tempted to
any low, tricky, dishonest, mean,or un-
worthy act stop long enough 10 think
what the effect is going to be upon
your souls, your own mind Your repu-
tation. and If thatis your strongest mo-
tive, don't do it.
Year: 1879

Sprinkle little calomcl on buttered
bread and place where the rats can get
it, putting dish of water close by.
This does not kill the rats, but it makes
them soon disappear. We at once
tried it at home, and from that time no
rats or mouse has been seen or heard in
the house. The first night the four
pieces of bread that had been put here
and there were all eaten. The next
night one Of the four hadlbeen eaten and
another nibbled. The third night not
q pice had been touched, and 80 again
the fourth night. The rats had evidently
gone, and and not one of them has since
been heard of aud none Of them could
have died on the premises.
Year: 1879

grace. there is in old age more than the re-
newal Of youth. Death itself calinot strip
oil the habit of immortality; 1t will only
remove 1.-The eX client woman from
earth. and place her among the white
robea company in tile fearless world. and
her memory will be fresh and fragrant as
ages roll on.
Year: 1879

employment. cry ont for Italia i,rsdsnta or dream
that republic would give them all they want


THE ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED.


am informed that the arrangements almost
completed that the money required some SC 900 900.
is ready and that applications to join the pioneer
party are more than be granted. Among those
who have thrown In their lot with il are between
twenty and thirty now sitting Deputies in the Ita
ian Parliament. 1t will number about three Thousand
and will be divided into two parts; the military.
commanded by signor Fazzar for the protec-
ton OF the settlers against the natives;
the yeritable foundations OF the colony and
turn the resources OF the country to account -Four
to their destination. and convey all the requisite
stores and requirements. from spades pckaxes. saws
and planes to printing presses and telegraphic
cable. with which to place themselves at once IN
communication with the northernmost point OF
Australia. Their intention is to land at the mouth
of one the rivers encamp there and live partly in
their tents and partly board ship until they have
decid,d ON the most healthy site for their new city,


SIXTY THOUSAND MORE EXPECTED.


The originators disclaim all intention of founding
a convict settlement. of which. also. Italy is III
need but they hope to afford haven for the sixty
thousand more emigrants who leave Italy
every year for South America to meet more
miserable fate than that they thought to better.
They represent--and such, l understand, Is. in
part the tenor OF the communication made through
General Menabrea to Her Majestys government
that they not going TO New Guinea Influenced by
any spirit OF rivalry toward Englands interests
there. AS the children of Garbaldi they remember,
what England did for them. They intend to raise
the Italian Nag their walls but they viii con-
slider themselves almost English subjects any
rate her volunteer allies and intend to do all they
TO merit her sympathy and support. Such. in brief
is the substance of q conversation have just had
with of the leaders. The chief direction OF the
enterprise rests in the hands of Menotti Garibald
and in it numbered members OF all trades and
callings. arts and sciences, excepting ONLY was
leave the possibility of brilliant positions behind
in the hope, they say, OF doing honor to them
selves and their country They know all the diih-
cultes they have to encounter and are prepared to
meet them.