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Year: 1878

August is becoming the favorite month Of
the year among the oarsmen. The racing at
Barrie, Ontario, on Monday and Tues
day; at Silver Lake, near Boston, to-
day; the national meeting at Newark on
the Goth and 21st; that of the Metropolitan
Association ct Pleasant Valley on the 28th;
the police meeting little later, and other
minor contests, show how popular the
late summer is for this keen water sport
The recent regattas in the West and
Northwest; the newly awakened and very
marked interest in rowing in Canada since
Hanlan. went to the front; the college
meetings at New London and Owasco; the
frequent stir among the New England oars
men and our own Harlem contests, all point
to the need which still exists among us, and
which was brought out in bold relief at the
Watkins meeting-namely, that OF an annual
general meeting which, like that of Henley
abroad, shall satisfactorily determine who
are the best men Of the year. If tho vari-
Gus associations could have their annual
gatherings about the same time 1t would
be necessary to send only the winners
to the meeting which would be really
national, and the result would be so con-
elusive that it could not be gainsaid. Let
the Metropolitan and National associations
call convention early in the fall and take
the few steps necessary to bring about SO
desirable and valuable result.
Year: 1878

In North Carolina the republicans and
grecnbackers have joined hands, and the
HKnAIDs correspondent believes the combi-
nation will carry at least four out OF the
eight districts. At present the democrats
hold seven. There is not nearly as much
.'solid South" as there was, and those North
ern democrats who fancy that they are so
certain of the South that they need only
curry favor with the Northern greenback
vote to make sure of majority in the next
House may find themselves selt.deoeived.
Year: 1878

Lincoln used to say that ''the people
rightly instructed always vote right,
and large part of his life was
passed in the discussion of public ques-
tions. But Of late most of our public men
do their principles up in bundle on be-
ginning political life, or else hastily swal-
low them and take on q new set which
they fancy will please their constituents
They forget that the American people
admire courage that persistence and au-
dacity are the best qualities for political
success, aud timidity the worst.
Year: 1878

R MRs MILLER, who saved many Union
soldiers i'll Libby Prison from starvation, be-
longed to the other and were politician
she would in all probability have been the
roll of patriotic oilce-holders during all these
years. But she was only woman and shirt
maker, and the bread she gave away she now
sadly needs The gentlemen who are saving
the country and preserving 1.-The results of the
wa," have not. of course, time to think about
lcr
Year: 1878

THE DECISION in the salvage suit against the
steamship Colon is OF consider erablo I'M uport,.nce
to shipowners. The very handsome figure of
one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars was de-
rnanded, but only ton thousand have been al
lowed by the Court. In giving the decision
Judge Choatc takes the sensible as we'll as
the legal ground that salvage should be rcg-
ulatcd according TO the degree of danger to
the property and the amount of trouble and
cost TO the party saving it.
Year: 1878

IL THE POLICE cannot or will not suppress
the young thieves and outlaws who infest tho
city 1t will be in order for the public to see what
they do for their own protection. For o
wonder one of the young higLwaymcn who
dragged citizen from street ear early yester-
day morning and robbed him has been arrested.
Ii is time 10 begin TO measure out TO these young
outlaws the severest penalty of the law.
Year: 1878

POLICEMAN SMITH's MURDER in Jersey City
is still profound mystery it was the
morning Of its occurrence. At the inquest yes
terday the woman in whose house the murdered
man and his wife lived testified that she did not
hear any noise the night the terrible crime was
committed. The only other witness called was
the physician, whose testimony was uniinpor-
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Year: 1878

TIE COMPETITION for places in the rifle team
of this year came to an end yesterday at Creed
moor, but the result will not be known until
Boston and Wheeling report the scores made on
their ranges 1t has been determined that the
different companies of the National Guard shall
be allowed representation at the fall meeting.
Year: 1878

TIE ENTRIES for the regetta of the National
Association the Passaic River next week are
very large. They embrace the names Of oars
men from all parts Of the country and Canada.
Some excellent racing may be expected.
Year: 1878

COAL MINES can be had for the asking in
Pennsylvania. According to letter elsewhere
printed the companies arc losing millions of
dollars every year. and there is no telling where
it will all end. The phianthropic sacrifices of our
coal companies have never been properly ap-
llreciafed
Year: 1878

We asked q shrewd business man,
yesterday, what he thought was the
cause OF hard tinee here and every
where throughout the country His
answer, in the effect, was as follows;
Our people do not know the first princi-
pies Of economy. We are the most ex-
trayagant people on the face of the
earth In San Francisco. there are
some hundreds of people being fed by
charity. In the same city there is
thrown away food enough. daily, from
the hotels, to feed these people better
than the royal families are fed in
Germany. Here, on the Coms.ock,
are hundreds of young men working
for 81 per day They..wi!l not see that
they are peculiarly blessed. they will
cay 10 themselves. II can live nicely
on 81 so per day. and If / save 81 so q
day, in year / shall have $50. with
which can buy quarter section of
of land team, and seed. aud years
food. and in five years be independent
in my own home" Not at all. They
will have at least one suit of clothes
better than wealthy New England
man wears oil day; sncs or twice week
they will 60 70 q theatre; they will not
think of smoking any thing less than g
two-bit cigar, and the result 10 they are
at the end of December just where
they were on the first day of January
preceding. except that they are year
older. Aud this is characteristic of Us all.
Mingled with this extravaganza is n
false pride. which causes men and wo-
men TO try to keep up an appearance
before the world which their incomes
do not Justify This is probably
the cause of more heartaches than
any sother one thing in the United
States, aud it is persisted in year after
year when H. is apparent that it Is like
dying ones whiskers; il decieves no one
but the person practicing it. We shall
do better after we have suffered enough.
No doubt the Chinese were fast-llvers
when they were few 10 number, and the
resources If their country were ample.
What We see of them is but the result
of !, 900 years Of wants. thrift which
is hereditary. In less degree the same
thing was apparent in oil old nations.
A wealthy family in Europe lives cheap
er than many poor man in America. A
genuine New England bred family can
take the money expended here by six
people and make 1t ample for eighteen.
We are not over the flush days of forty
nine yet. Men think if they miss i"
here they will strike l." in Tuscarora,
or Bodie. or somewhere else; and so We
go And when. through lsches of our
own. suffering comes. il does not seem
to teach Us anything The trouble is
not in what we canno. make. but in
what we will not have.
Year: 1878

An agile alligator is one of the dra,n-
ats PERSONA in street-car scene which
reporter of The Cleveland Leader de-
scribes. A gentleman enters with 3.
wooden box y feet long, and takes his
seat, carefully placing the pakage across
his knees. His right-hand neighbor rises
to give place to man with a, pot of
crimson paint, and clinging to the hand
strap and SIT nding ON one foot enjoys q
chat with a vivacious lady on the o2pc-
site side of the car. An abrupt applica-
tion of the brake causes him to describe
half-circle, and to strike with consid-
cradle force one end of the strange box,
displacing its light cover and tilting il
to an angle of forty-tive degrees. Forth
with promising young alligator Aops
over on the floor. The man of paint
shot upward like an arrow from Hiawa-
tha's bow upsetting the crimson paint
on the young gentleman's pantaloonss
The sudden jar given to the alligator
with the gratuitous bath Of foreign ele-
ment, seems to render the sleepy emf
grant from the bayou frantic for mo
ment At this moment the driver and
horses catches the infection, one drop
ping his brake and the others plunginsr
forward, while the conductor at the rear
is violently jerking HIS bell and vainly
trying to open the door. Under the
impression that he is already bitten, the
young gentleman hops ON one foot and
groans, and the young lady attacks the
amphibious stranger with her sun-ura-
brella, until the box lid is closed upon
him.
Year: 1878

EAST INDIAN THIvEs. East Indian
thieves are the most expert in the world.
The QuartermasterSergeant of the regi-
ment at an up station was very corpu-
lent and heavy man. One night his
house was entered by burglars, who not
only cleared it of everything portable
that was lying about, but absolutely
stole the very bed clothes from under
the fat sergeant and his sleeping family,
without disturbing one Of them. When
they awoke in the morning they were
lying ON the bare mattresses. This is a
common trick with East Indian thieves,
and the way they manage it is this
The robber, before he enters the house
or tent, first strips and anoints himself
with oil, which is done in order that, i'll
case any person should be awake and
seize the intruder, he may be enabled to.
slip like an eel from his grasp Thus
prepared he creeps into the dwelling as
noiselessly as possible. The nights IL
India are generally excessively warm
and oppressive, and the sleep Of most
people although heavy, is uneasy and
disturbed OF this the thief takes aa
vantage. He quietly crouches down
close to the bed, and with feather gen
tly ticllles the nose Of the sleeper, who,
half DOING, rubs it and turns on hisi
couch. While he is doing this the sheet
on which he is laying is withdrawn a
little from under him by the thief.
When he is fast asleep again u second
application of the feather causes another
turn, and little more Of the sheet is
pulled away. The thief then goes to the
other side, and the tickling is continue.t
until the sheet is completely withdrawn
from the unconscious sleeper. The ope,
alton takes time, but is always so nicely
managed that there is no case on record
of the'slumberer having been awakened
while the robbery was going forward.
Year: 1878

THE LEADER earnestly requests its
friends in all parts of the country to
send in the news. Write often, give
US all the news and keep us posted in
all matters of progress and develop
ment. When in the city our friends
are invited to call at this Office and fur
nish us with any information they may
possess.
Year: 1878

THE faithful editors of Europe feel
especial need Of the Pope's personal
blessing, and will call in body on his
holiness on the occasion of the anniver-
sary Of his exaltation. American edi-
tors have got beyond the hope of earthly
blessings and possibly of heavenly-but
we shall wait and see.
Year: 1878

for the individual members Of the
organization to which we allude are
not given to being moulded by poll
ticai necessities. A single one OF
them is credited by history with having
once changed the entire programme OF the


worlds action SO what can the feeble
efforts Of Schell or Cooper, Gramercy Park
or the Comptroller's Office avail against .
combination of such beings? The astute
layer of political pipe has often system of
personal interchange and control that in
extent and influence is absolutely appall-
ing, particularly to the opposition, but
neither pipe-layer nor wire-puller can
extend his connections as far, as securely
or as secretly as do the omnipresent mem-
bers of the body alluded to. Need we
explain that we refer to the ladies who
tonight propose to assemble in mass meet
ing at Steinway Hall in the interest of
desirable political rights for their sex? We
have heard from and about every one else,
but the best and strongest come last. Place
d,1 danes!
Year: 1878

The fair daughters Of our land whose
dainty fancies in the matrimonial line do
not happen to be realized on this side Of
the Atlantic seem to Gull at their ease
among the young lords across the water.
Our cable dispatches bring us word from
Paris of an alliance between an American
young lady Of eighteen springs and a
German baron of twenty-seven summers.
All the "colony" was there. The Ameri-
can Minister and Consul General attended.
Two ex-Governors Of New York were at the
ceremony in which the daughter of O
New York general was one Of the high con.
tracting parties. The wealth and nobility
Of the bridegroom's family were fitly repre-
sented, and we can only add the hope that
so auspicious union may prosper.
Year: 1878

The Misunderstanding yesterday the high
England and Middle Atlantic States, fol-
lowed by general fall Of pressure from the
lakes to the Gulf The centre of the low
baromctrio area in the northwest has not
moved rapidly eastward, but the area
itself has extended eastward and southwark,
causing light rains through the Central Missis-
sippi Valley and cloudy or threatening weather
ever the lakes Strong winds attend the north
western depression, and snow has fallen
very generally on its margin. In tho
Gulf the pressure has also fallen, with
rains from the Texas to the Florida coast.
The movement Of q storm from tho southwest
srn Gulf along the coast States toward Florida
may he looked for during to-day and tomorrow.
This will probably be followed by the formation
Of barometric trough line generally
parallel with the Atlantic ooast and which
will be attended by heavy rains over the
southeastern and central coast States. We
may also look for the gradual descent of the
high pressure from the northwest after the
depression in that region into the Mississippi
Valley and lake istricts, with a good deal oi
snow In New York and its vicinity to-day the
weather will he warmer and cloudy OF partly
cloudy followed by light rains. Tomorrow the
weather will be cloudy and warm, with south
west winds aud rains. For the New England
and Middle Atlantic coast States the threatening
Indications will increase from north to south
Year: 1878

A. Soon as the machines for the purpose
can be put in place the names Of the stations on
che Metropolitan Railroad will be automatically
announced in the cars. This is a great and
much needed Improvement, and it is to be hoped
the other road will consult the convenience Of
lts patrons in the same way.
Year: 1878

SOME OF THE KID GLOVE IMPORTERS invoked
She aid of the lawyers and brought suit against
che Collector. 1t will strike most people that
che choice between the Custom House and the
courts is not much better than that between the
frying pan and the fire.
Year: 1878

ringing words from Ithaca the other day
possibly indicate that there are likely to
be other men on hand to question whether
the outgoing crew shall be from Massachu-
setts. We like Cornell's pluck.
Year: 1878

MECHANICS will do well to make note of the
opinion of one of the judges yesterday that their
liens to be good for anything must be filed
within thirty days after the materials are fur
nished.
Year: 1878

AT MEETING Of tho Evangelical Educational
Society yesterday the interesting question was
discussed, "How may the ministry reach the
people more effectuallyr Try how the shutting
of Of the ministerial wind machines every Sun
day morning would work.
Year: 1878

1t has been noted (and it cannot be denied
with great deal of truth) that godliness ana a!t
badness go over the earth hand in hand. Sit'
ting in church gallery and looking down
over the congregation, the number of smooth,
bald heads to be seu is overpowering. This Is
noticeable among every denomination except
the z lakers, who, IN the is5 place, have no
Godnness in their churches, and who keep
their hats on in meeting. The same thing,
though, must bs said of the theaters Ever!
fourth male head is bald one. If it is not
already qnite white and bare, a little more
time will make it so. And, after all, some pec
pie prefer perfectly bald head to heE,
red one. a young Clergyman was once rulness
in his profession by q bright red head, althong.
his own hair WAS as black as ink. In the mlo" ms
OF solemn sermon on remembering the Ssy
bath day he looked up at the gallery and burr
into a roar of laughter. The Congregation
course, looked round, and saw q youngstef
the second row of seats holding his open haas
over burning red head before him and ~
rubbing bis hands together as if warn"
them.
Year: 1878

FOUNDER IN HoRsEs.-Allowing a
horse to drink too freely of water alter
q hard drive or ride, feading too heav-
lily when hot and hungry, or allowing
the animal after being Overheated to
stand in cold, exposed place to cool
off, are all causes Of founder in horses.
Among the many remedies prescribed,
the most etfectual seems to be to bleed
the animal as soon as found to be affect
ed, give spoonful of pulverized salt
petre, and not allow him water for six
or eight hours. If he improves, stuff
his feet with COW dung, and feed him
with scalded oats and bran mixed, but
give no medicines. Rubbing him all
over and keeping him frequently NOV
ing will stave of the disease. Tying a
foundered animal to stake in a pond
and compelling him to stand belly deep
In the water, has also been known to
give relief. Prevention, however, is
better than cure, and no humane horse
owner will ever SO treat his animal as
to bring on founder.
Year: 1878

AN OLD Irish soldier who prided him.
self upon his bravery, said that he had
fought at the battle of "Bull rum -
When asked If he had retreated and
made good his escape as the others did
on that famous occasion, he replied,
BE jabers, those that didn't run are
there Wit
Year: 1878

The thrill Of rapture which passes
through man when pretty girl puts
her pretty arms around his neck and
kisses him, Il not precisely the same as
the feeling which takes possession of
him when he rolls up his sleeves to
wash In the morning and ascertains
that there ID no water In the pitcher.
Year: 1878

In BIIssFUI. Ignorance OF the recent
visit Of the stencil marker, he sat down
on cotton bale to watch the passing
steamers. Now he is more puzzled about
matching the color of his pearl cassi-
meres than he is to account for their
beam bearing i've inch d in nine
inch diamond.
Year: 1878

BRoILED QUAIs.-Pick them care
fully so as not to break the skin; split
each one down the back and baste with
melled butter then broil over bed of
live Goals, and baste twice with butter
while cooking. AS soon as done lay
each bird on a thin slice of buttered
toast, sprinkle with pepper and salt,
put little more butter and spoonful
of currant jelly on each quail and serve
Immediately.
Year: 1878

To REVIVE FROSTED PLANTS.
are often frosted through neglect and
allowed to die through ignorance.
Those that have been quite severely
nipped may be saved if treated rightly.
The proper way is, when the frost has
been partially drawn out of them, natu-
rally, tO.drench them with cold water
from fine-nosed watering pot, and i'm
mediately cever again and let them so
remain until they regain their natural
color.-When they are removed clip off
ali such parts as are blackened. AS
soon us it is discovered that plant has
been touched by frost, remove it to a
cool, dark room, and on no account suf-
fer the sun to shine on 1t. If they can
be covered so as to exclude air as well
as light 1t Is better still. Dahlias, can
mas and the like need not be removed
until the frosts are severe enough to
blacken the leaves.
Year: 1878

A MAGAZINE contains sonnet "On
Returning Consciousness" There is
no foot-nOte, and the reader is left In
the dark as to whether the poet was
stepped on by pile driver, or kicked
over the fence by the family mule.
Year: 1878

LEAVES are 100 valuable to allow them
20 De blown about and shattered. Gather
those from the roadside that would 9TH
erwise be lost, and lay In stock from the
woods. They are the natural covering
for herbaceous plants, and If more are
collected than are wanted for covering,
they make excellent bedding in the sta
bic and from there a rich addition to
the manure heap is furnished.
Year: 1878

To Fry EGG-PLANT.-Cut the egg
plant in thin slices, removing the purple
rim; sprinkle salt between the slices
and pile on dish; put weight on top
(this is to extract the poisonous liquor
from it>; roll nice fresh butter crackers
very fine; beat up an egg; take each
slice of eggplant, wipe quite dry, dip
in the beaten egg, then in the powdered
cracker, and fry in hot butter for a
good time, as it requires great deal of
c0Okinp
Year: 1878

REMOVING ORJKcIs FROM THE EAR
In dealing with-foreign objects situated
In the eexternalauditory meatus, syrlng-
Ing the passage will often suffice 10
effect their removal; but In many cases
f0rceps and other instruments must be
used, vet they should be employed with
the greatest caution. As rule, II left
alone, the substance becomes loose, and
falls out on the pillow as the patient
lies In bed. In extracting foreign bodies
from the ear, Nj. Debout has recon-
mended that the mouth of the patient
should at the same time be kept open.
1t Is sufficient 10 introduce the end OF
the finger into the external auxiliary
canal, and to make the lower jaw move,
In order to become convinced Of the en-
largement that the canal undergoes
each time the condyle of the jaw is
made to move. DIR. Voltllini, in some
practical remarks on the subject, says
that in the removal Of these bodies we
should never employ force; not that
foreign bodies should always be left In
the ear, but that matters should not be
made worse by violent manipnlations.
More recently DIR. Dolby has laid down
the very practical law that no attempt
shoald be made to remove foreign
body from the ear unless the auditory
canal be thoroughly Illuminated. Where
this rule Is broken, the tympanic MEM
5rane will most probably be ruptured.
and the life of the patient be thus placed
in imminent peril.
Year: 1878

JOHN P. CLUM, passed through town n Thursdays stage bound for Flor nee. He states that he will be a can. iidate from Pinal county for Con 'gress.

 The above appeared in the Salt River Herald of the 18th instant, and is neither smart, funny nor true. That organ has already won an unenviable reputation for the manufacture of news. and the above item is a fair sample of this unprofessional trait. To be can- didate for Congress is nothing to be ashamed of, but it is annoying to have ones own words and intentions mis- represented We made no such state ment 10 the simple manager of the Herald, and if we had such an inn portant announcement to make we would employ some rlore reliable medium than the Salt River news manufactory.
Year: 1878

The Salt River News Manufactory,

 comes out in bold style under the above caption and tells of the wonder lful deposit of "pure silver found in

 Maricopa county, not far from Phe- nix" The chapter is of considerable length and describes in feaihery terms the character of the ore and the loca- ton of the camp. We guess this item Of "news" hasn't quite enough salt in it to save it. The manager has exploded a little too soon, as usual, and made an unpleasant muss of it. We have talked with miners in Pres .cott and here, and all are ignorant of any such camp or discovery. Mir. Hope, an intelligent miner and an old and reliable friend was in Florence this week from the Tonto country, and he pronounces the reported discovery "a fraud. He knows the country well and says there is no "camp of fifteen men, at the head of Cherry creek, and between twenty to forty miles south east of old Camp Reno" The men who made the statement show an ig- norance of the geography of the coun- try. We saw some of the ore at Pres colt and the character is exactly the same as that from the Stonewall Jack son mine, and we are much mistaken If investigation does not prove that the 2S0 pounds of ore delivered at the Agua Fria shelter came from McMil- len's camp.