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Year: 1878

enemies and he vas not disturbed
Time grew on apace and the people
began 10 think and have hopes that
tine matter was settled. When the
flames Of passion and prejudice We're
Tanned into bright blaze again, BY a
bitter contest between two men for
Common School Commissioner On
account Of some technicIlity in the
election each party claimed that he
was elected, and there the matter rest
ed until the day for the opening of THE
Brp4f hifr Cirpuit CouT--
Year: 1878

George G.. POte was sued yesterday III the
Marine Court, before Judge sheridan. by Mary Van
Coit for alleged betrayal and breach of promise Of maj
riage the damages being put 10000 The defendant
is the son Of wealthy potat0c dealer in Washington
Market and Is engaged in the same business The plain
t is OF eleven children Of an employe Of the Dock
Department. She said that she met Pote in January.
1874 when she was sixteen years old. He continued TO
pay court her for year before he promised 10 marry
her The defendant answered that the woman had so
lcited him upon the that she Of previous
bad character and he denied promise OF marriage.


Two OF the young friends OF the defendant testified
TO improper intimacy with the plaintiff 10 was con.
ceded that action OF bas'ardy had been Instituted
against defendant by the Commissioners Of Charities
and Correction. and that the child which the palniif
carried In her the child Of the defendant
Both the plaintiff and defendant prepOssessng In
appearance. The jury gave verdict for $3.50 against
ne defendant.
Year: 1878

When the Democracy of this city. elected
Councilmen to their present position there
was an honestly implied condition that they
would carry out the political wishesof the
people. In tae dark recess Of aSaucus they
sneered at the popular win and named q
Republican for the pace Of physician to the
municipal hospital. Does any one of these
gentlemen fatter themselves that they
would have received the votes Of the Demo.
cracy If they had expressed an intention Of
electing lifelong enemy of the party to q
place in their gift's Let them hug no such
fancy. They we'll know that they could not
come within sight of nomina tion. They
are in power, and by their action they
laugh at the people as poor fools who are
unable to help themselves. 1t is pleaded in
bar that Dr.. shortlidge voted for John ALL
mond. Does that make him Democrat
By no means. If that were the test, every
cunning official whose love of Office was
stronger than his political conviction would
watch the current of events, and by q skill
full change Of vote retain his place.


The test to be applied to the doctor is
very simple. He was at the time Of the
caucus Republican Office holder, and as
such was politically ineligible to be consid-
cred by Democratic caucus. We have no
purpose to forward. 1t is personally all
like to usS who is elected to the place;
but we are anxious that justice and fair
play will direct the policy of our Council
men, 90 that they may retain the confidence
and respect Of their constituents I (


When caucus violates the very elemen-
tary principles Of party its decision is not
binding, and bolt is an evidence of courage
and political honesty. "A bolt from the
G .ucus nominee can only result In the elec-
tion Of some other Republican, hence it can.
not be censured as movement to defeat .
Democrat. The Democrat who has courage
enough to stand by his principles, aad refuse
to be fettered by the conclusion Of Saturday
will be sustained hy almost every Democrat,
young and old, In the city. Do not eat
boiled crow, gentlemen It is black, The
people await the bugle of revolt agaiust
King Caucus. Se'
Year: 1878

Henceforth we will give column daily
to correspondence upon any proper subject
SEor discussion. It Is expected that commu-
nications will be written on one side only
of the paper, and accompanied with the
name Of the writer The HERALD Is not to
be considered as endorsing or being In any
way responsible for the opinion Of CORES


pondents in this column.
Year: 1878

nanza stock, and had assured to
himself and his partners the con-
trolling interest in the mines, he
recommended all his friends to buy
a little; and O'Brien did the same.
Those who took the advice are now
drawing their proportionate shares
of dividends, amounting to about
f500,000 a month. The majority
Of those who bought into other
mines are, in Californian parlance,
=" busted" What these three men
and their latest partner, Mackey,
are going to do with their money is
a curious problem, the solution of
which will be watched with great
interest in a year or two to come.
The money they hold now is yield
ing them returns Sc enormous that
maddest extravagauce could make
no impression on the amount.
Year: 1878

Blessings light on him that
first invented sleep!" says Sancho
Panza; and the tired workman,
tired IN brain or body, echoes the
benediction.


The best possible thing for a man
to do when he feels too weak to
carry anything through, is to go to
bed and sleep as long as he can.


This is the only actual recupera-
ton Of brain-force; because during
sleep the brain is in a state of rest,
in condition to receive and appro-
pirate particles of nutriment from
the blood, which take the place of
those whichha been consumed by
previous labor, since the very act Of
thinking burns up solid PARTICLES,
as every turn of the wheel or screw
Of the steamer is the result of con-
sumption by fire of the fuel in the
furnace. The supply Of consumed
brain-substance can only be had
from the nutriment particles in the
blood, which were obtained from
the food eaten previously; and the
brain is so constituted that it can
best receive and appropriate to it.
self those nutritiVe particles during
the state of rest, of quiet and still
ness Of sleep. Mere stimulants
supply nothing in themselves; they
goad the brain and force it to a
greater consumption of its sub
stance, until it is so exhausted that
there is not power enough left to
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Year: 1878

"Beware of the books. They
tell but half of the story. When
ever a poor wretch asks you for
help, and you feel doubt as to
what result may flow from your
benevolence, give yourself the ben
eft Of the doubt and kill the ap-
plicant."


And so saying he turned his face
to the wall and gave up the ghost.
Year: 1878

A newspaper in the fullest sense of tho word
at once adapted to the Merchant, the Me-
ehanic, the Farmer, and everybody
desirous Of keeping UP with the
stirring news of this live and


progressive age.
Year: 1878

The Executive Committee OF the Public
Parks Protective Association has acted
wisely in appealing to all classes of citi-
zens TO protest against the confiscation OF
any OF the few parks and squares of the city
for armory or any other purposes. The re-
sponse made to their appeal shows that the
laboring classes feel much deeper interest
in the preservation of these breathing spaces
than even the property owners them
selves. Seven thousand names have al
ready been signed to petitions to the
Legislature TO suffer the people to re-
tain the possession and enjoyment
of their public pleasure grounds, and this
number could readily be made seventy
thousand if necessary. The fact is that a
regiments have taken a fancy to On armory
in a public square. They would rather
prefer the Central Park if they could be
accommodated thus far but, failing that,
they covet Reservoir square, Washington
square, Stuyvesant square, Madison square,
Union square or some other equally
pleasant locality. This is natural
enough, and no doubt General Shaler
is sincere in his expressions of in
dignation against the property owners,
mechanics and laborers who prefer to keep
their parks and squares for their own
health, amusement and profit. Now if the
New York regiments were compelled to go
without convenient armory unless they
could be permitted to confscate public
square to build it upon their excellent SER
vices might tempt the people to make the
sacrifice. But inasmuch as an armory can
be built on any one of hundred
appropriate and convenient sites with
out destroying public square, it is equally
unreasonable and impolitic on the part of
these commanders to insist upon seizing on
a square and to refuse to be satisfied with
anything else. To be sure the Seventh regi-
ment will have a fine and we'll located
armory and the people are willing that the
other regiments shall be equally we'll pro-
vided for. But this can be done and all
jealousy be allayed and oil reasonable pride
satisfied without the public sacrifice de-
manded by General Shaler.
Year: 1878

The investigation into the collision be-
tween the Staten Island ferryboat Castleton
and the steamship Spain seems to establish
the fact that the occurrence was unavoid-
able and that both boats were moving with
all the precaution rendered necessary by
the dense fog. But for the sad fate Of Mr..
Carey there would be no room for anything
but congratulntion at tho fortunate escape
from what would doubtless have been q
terrible calamity had not the officers
of both vessels displayed admirable
GOODNESS and judgment at the ex-
citing moment of the accident. In
the case of the collision between the Pavo-
MIA ferryboat James Fisk, Jr., and an an
chored schooner on the same day, there
appears to have been gross disregard Of
the requirements of the law on the part of
those in charge of the schooner. In this
instance, also, only one life was lost but
this should not make the investigation into
the cause Of the accident less rigid or the
punishment of any person whose negli-
gence may have occasioned it less severe.


These collisions have directed public at
tention to the precautions taken by ferry
companies for the safety Of their passengers.
There are certain number Of steamboat
inspectors whose duty it is to visit all ferry
and passenger boats at least once year,
and who are empowered to sec that they
comply with all the provisions of the law
The number of passengers carried is fixed
by the law, and each boat is required to
have certain number of life preservers in
accordance with its carrying capacity. We
know that in the summer time the excur-
sion steamers leave their docks with enor-
nous crowds on board, and that in
their case the limitation Of the law
is entirely disregarded. Some of the
ferry lines appear to make but little
more than show of complying with the
law relating to lite preservers, and as they
run every day all the year round this fact
is conclusive evidence of the ineficiency or
indifference of the steamboat inspectors.
The Union (Brooklyn) Ferry Company car
ries large loads of passengers on its boats,
and the life preservers are numerous
enough to accommodate probably one
fourth of the number, provided they
could be got out of their racks, which,
as they are for the most part out OF
reach, is questionable. 1t would be well il
the steamboat inspectors, who no doubt re-
ceive salaries, would make thorough ex-
animation of oil the ferryboats at this time
and officially report their condition and the
provisions they make for the safety Of their
passengers.
Year: 1878

oil the flowers of diplomacy, was her great
object. Hence we deduce that under the
present aspect of affairs some new cause
must arise before the peace of Europe is
again broken.


To Russia, Roumania, Servia and Mon
tenegro the war has brought triumph and
extended boundaries, but it has been at
heavy cost. Russia alone has lost nigh one
hundred thousand men since the Oath April,
1877, when the Grand Duke Nicholas gave the
order to his army to cross the Pruth. Rou-
mania has lost thirty thousand men; Servia,
in whose losses must be included those Of
1876 has lost twenty thousand, and heroic
little Montenegro, whose battles are wor-
thy of Homeric epic, lost at least
fifteen thousand Of her stalwart sons. The
losses of Russia and those who fought on
her side will approach the terrific total Of
two hundred thousand men. On the Turk
ish side the losses must even have been
greater. This is fearful reckoning, but
when the enormous cost in money is
added it will be seen how great the drain
must have been on the resources of Russia,
who helped her allies largely with money to
bring their forces to the front. To the Car
and his commanders great and well won glory
will rebound. The eighth war which has been
waged against the Moslem power since 1863
has redeemed the misfortunes Of the war in
the Crimea and fairly forwarded the scheme
attributed to Peter the Great in his so-called
testament to the Russian-namely, 'to pro-
gress as much as possible in the direction of
Constantinople and India, 'for he who holds
these points is real ruler of the world" In
this hour it is common justice to pay a
tribute to the Turkish soldiers who fought
80 well in behalf of the anomaly of bar
barous power in Europe. He and his cause
were doomed, and the world will be the better
of his fall. Russia, who undertook the task
of removing him from Europe, is herself and
by proxy his heir. This is ''the logic of
circumstances" of which the Gear gave note
when he took up the sword to strike down
the masters of the Mohammedan murderers
who piled the scimater on the Christian
women and children at Batalz, and impartial
history will applaud alike the retribution
and the result.
Year: 1878

If the conclusions of M. Delpit's article
on this subject in the ReUue des Deu.r Mondes
may be accepted as we'll founded they are
of peculiar interest in this country, where
critical and dramatic writer's have hitherto
sought in vain to assign good reasons for
the comparative degradation Of the stage
and the nullity of dramatic literature.
Hitherto the absence of n copyright law
has been held responsible for the fact that
the theatre here, in so far as it is good, is
an exotic institution, and in so far as it is
not exotic is wretched and disgraceful.
There seemed at one time o glimmer of
reason in the argument that if every good
play presented in New York was in every
detail literal reproduction of the same
good play as it was previously produced in
Paris or London, that this literal atten-
ton of managers here to theatrical novelties
abroad was stimulated by the fact that they
had such plays without any payment to the
Year: 1878

authors. But the fidelity of our stage as
mirror of foreign stages has continued under
a system that seems to be financially more
burdensome to our managers than copy
right law would be. At the present time
they buy their foreign plays at fair prices
and have to defend their possession by ex-
pensive litigations, yet the product is still
almost exclusively that of foreign authors
But M. Delpit's argument presents the case
in broader light. He shows that the stage
even in Paris has degenerated on every oc-
casion when it has existed there in con-
ditions similar to those in which it always
exists here that of absolute freedom
and that it has ever been poor
in proportion as it has been free.
If the privilege is thrown open for
any man who can shire hall" to employ a
company and set up public entertainment,
the town is flooded with such enterprises,
public taste is depraved, and the manager,
instead of being priest in temple Of art,
becomes mere huckster of shows without
any other thought than the consideration
of what will pay. With such rivalry the
good theatre suffers if it does not perish
In this view, as free banks mean bad money,
so the free theatre means bad plays or none
at oil and we may have to content our
selves with the conclusion that a vital
dramatic literature is one of the good
things that we must make up our minds to do
without for the sake of that large individual
liberty which it would be very difficult to
restrict
Year: 1878

such an operation generally incom-
modes the person performing it more
than the one against whom it is
directed. Mr.. Wade has been politically
out of the world hong enough to prevent his
death from occasioning any excitement in
political circles, and his loss will only be re-
gretted on account of his many private
virtues.
Year: 1878

TIE OPENING OF NAVIGATION on the Hudson
may be considered an accomplished fact. Ac-
cording TO our dispatches this morning the ice
ut Albany has given way and moved several
miles down the river. In the present depressed
condition of trade this early beginning of the
navigation season is of almost incalculable
benefit TO business as well as to the large
class who earn livelihood in this way. The
canals should he put in order as soon as possible,
DO that the delay in their opening will not be
unnecessarily prolonged.
Year: 1878

TIE WEATHER.--Thc storm has made rather
slow progress since yesterday, and is now pass.
ing eastward from Northern New York and the
eastern British provinces. Rains more or less
heavy have fallen in all the districts
east of the Mississippi River, and SHOWS
In the northern lake region. The winds
attending this depression have not yet developed
very much force in our eastern districts, but
present indications point to an increase in their
velocity from the northwest during to-day.
The temperature continues high within the
area Of low barometer, but falls in the
northwest and west toward the advancing high
pressure. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be cooler and partly cloudy
or cloudy, with light rains, followed by general
clearing. Tomorrow it will be cool and clear or
partly cloudy.
Year: 1878

A man at Scarborough. after waving
his handkerchief for half an hour or 30
at an unknown lady whom he discov.
cred at distant point on the shore,
was encouraged ~ warm response to
his signal to approach his charmer.
Imagine his feelings when, on drawing
nearer, he saw it was his own dear
wife, whom he had left at the hotel
but short time before. "Why, how
remarkable that we should have rec
ognized each other OF such distance, .
exclaimed both in the same breath,
and then they changed the subject.
Year: 1878

During illnessice is generally need.
ed in the sick room. The following
method of preserving it is highly re-
commended, and It'll certainly worth
trying; Cut a square piece Of flannel
about nine inches square, and dsecure
it by a ligature around the mouth of
an ordinary tumbler, so as TO leave a
cup-shaped depression of flannel
within the tumbler TO about half its
depth. In the flannel cup so con-
structed, pieces of ice may be pre-.
served many hours, all the longer il
a piece of flannel from four to five
inches square to be used as a loose
cover to the ice cup. Cheap flannel,
with comparatively open meshes, is
preferable, as the water easily drains
through it, and the ice is thus kept
quite dry. When good flannel with
close texture is employed, a small
hole must be made in the bottom Of
the flannel cup, otherwise it holds
the water and facilitatesithe melting
of the ice. Placed in a cup Of this
kind two ounces of ice have been
known to last for pine or ten hours
Year: 1878

Will is more than wish.


Ennui is the ghost of murdered
time.


1t is easier to see small faults than
large virtues.


He is rich who is poor enough to be
generous.


Love is an extreme-to love less is
to love no more.


If laughter is the daylight of the
soul a smile is its twilight.


Anger always hurts us more than
the one we'get mad at.


A wise mans thoughts walk with
in him, but FOOLS without.


Let MS search ourselves in the first
place, and afterwards the world.


A man displeased with the world
is never satisfied with himself.


The wise and prudent conquer diff
fculties by daring to attempt them.


Nothing can constitute good breed
ing that has not good nature for its
foundation.


Anything we can love and rever-
ence becomes, as it were, the Sabbath
for the mind.


Few men have a life-plan although
many a week, year, youth, or busi-
ness plan.


Modesty in your discourse will give
a lustre to truth, and an excuse to
your error.


The hardest trial of the heart is to
attempt to bear rivals failure with
out weak triumph.


The most efectual way to secure
happiness to ourselves is to confer it
upon others.


Everybody seems to think himself
a moral half bushel to measure the
worlds frailties.


Society is a masked ball, where ev:
cry one hides his real character, and
reveals it by hiding.


Minds of only moderate caliber or
dinarily condemn everything that is
beyond their range.


He who thinks too much Of himself
will be in danger Of being forgotten
by the rest of The world.


What we wish to do we think we
can do, but when we do not wish q
thing 1t becomes impossible.
Year: 1878

The scene that ensued battles all de-
scription. ltwas indeed the wife, but
that day buried, who was restored to
the arms Of the bereaved husband and
children. The explanation which she
offered was very imperfect and unsat-
isfactorV. For short time after her
sIIDposed death she was aware of all
that went on around her, but before
she was placed in the coffin she lost n!
consciousness. All the rest was a
blank mtila short time before she ap-
peared AT her former home as one risen
from the dead. Sine said that the first
sensation of consciousness shc had
was one of pain. Then she saw an in
distinct glimmer and finally severe
Danr shot through her frame. With
a powerful effort she rose and saw q
woman standing by her side. The wo-
man shrieked and fled, and then Mrs.
Bell discovered by n smalllamp, which
Law on the floor that she was lying in q
coffin in the family vault.


Fresh strength came to her every
moment, and


RELIEVING HERSELF OF TIE SHEOUD,
She stepped to the ground and passed
out of the vault, the door of which
was wide open. Down the church,
ward path she passed to the main
street, along which she walked for
half a mile until she reached her late
home. Fortunately the large gate TO
the park was unfasteDed, and she
FASTENED UP the roadway 10 the dwell
ling. The rest Thereafter knows. She
rapidly regaincd her health, and lived
To ripe cid age.


But who was the woman who stood
bv the side OF the coffin when the
corpse suddenly arose and startled her
in.o sudden flight?


Next day the lamp was found eS-
tinguished OH the floor of the vault.
1t was identified rs one which usually
stood in the vcstTy and was used by


the sexton. 1t had doubtless been re-


moved ut the same time when the
kew of the vault was taken. Beyond
that all was mystery.


The object of the woman, however,
was easily discovered. As already
stated, Mrs. Bell was buried with a
valuable diamond ring on her finger.
The design of the woman was to steal
this from the supposed corpse. Find
ing il impossible to remove il. the
daring thief had raised the hand OF
the dead woman to her mouth, and III
| her attempt to Withdraw the ring witt
her teeth, caused the pang which went
| through the frame Of


THE EVIDENT VICTIM Or \ TRANCE


And aroused her to consciousness
| On the finger just below the ring, the
Year: 1878

The value of coal ashes as a fertilizer
has long been known to many, but a
majority of persons living in the coun-
try throw the ashes into heap in some
out of the way place, or use the ashes
for filling up some hole. Ashes applied
to flower or vegetable garden and
soaked in gives richness to the soil,
while it renders clayey sell friabIe and
productive. A writer in the Ohio Farm
er gives his experience of the value of
coal ashes as cure for curculio, that
pest which destroys the plum crop.
He writes:


Il have tor several years saved my
plums from the ravages of the curculio
by the use of coal ashes. They become
so completely disgusted with it that
they leave for other parts. Just so
soon as the blossoms fall commence
with my ashes. l take buckettul of
the ashes under my arm, and with the
other hand l dash the ashes all over and
through the trees, covering the plums
completely with ashes, and 90 round
every few days and give them another
dose. If the rain washes it off. renew
the dose and keep at it until my plums
are ripe, whenI am well paid for nv
trouble. L had this year eight bushels
on seven small trees, which | sold for
thlrty-twO dollars. have several trees
of the Rheine CLAUDIO variety upon
which did not use the ashes, because
the plums were so scattering / thought
1T would not pay, but there was one
llnio OF those trees that was close to
those, l put the ashes on it gotits share
OF ashes, and that limb ripened up all
ITS plums, but not plum was there left
og the other part of the tree, or on any
OF the other trees of that variety. This