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Year: 1878

INGENUITY or FRAUD.-In 1880 a gentleman or
eminence in the mercantile world was gTieved
Dy the contents OF a letter which he received
nom correspondent at Hamburg. the post
mark or which IL bore. From a statement iC
contained, il appears that a person. most mi
nutely described. had defrauded the writer
under extraordinary circumstances OF e3,00O
The letter continued 10 say Information had
been obtained that the defrauder-the dress
and person or whom IL deScrbed-was occa-
sionally 10 be seen at the Dutch Walk OF the
Royal Exchange. The object OF the writer was
TO inform his correspondent TO invite the party
10 dinner. and by any moral force which could
be used compel HIM 10 return the money: adding
that II he should be found amenable 10 reason
ana eYlnce any signs OF repentance he might
De dismissed win friendly caution and c50O
as he was hear relative of the writer Asthe
gentleman whose name il bore was a profitable
correspondent, the London merchant kent a
Keen watch on the Dutch Walk, and was at last
successful IN meeting and being introduced to
The cheat Francis History Of the Bank Qf Eag-
land.
Year: 1878

THE COAL CoMBINATION.-The committee of
Lehigh operators, in their reply to the repre-
sentativeS OF the board of control of the c3al
combination say that their authority is only to
arrange temporary Stoppage TO sustain trade
pending definite negotiations in January and
afterwards for an arrangement for 1879 If it
Is insisted that permanent arrangement must
be made before January the committee have no
authority in the premises.
Year: 1878

ARMY RE0RGANIZATION.-G anxiety eX-
lists in army circles as to the forthcoming re-
port of the Burnside committee on the reorgan-
Kation OF the military service. For some time
there have been no important orders issued
from the War department, and the present in
dlcatlons are that there will be very little ac-
tiVlty for some time in this direction, as there
is no little uncertainty as to the future move
ments OF army officials. 1t has not been the
case for very long time that there has been
less activity in the War department than at
present. From all quarters of the country the
most pacific character.
Year: 1878

Is THERE HELL?-Mr. David Greaves was
prospecting for water a few days ago on the
mountain, lust in the rear of the Arlington
hotel, and when he dug down few feet he
sunk crOwbar about three feet more We do
that when the bar was withdrawn there was a
decided smell of fire and sulphur and the
sound of voices was heard issuing from the
depths OF the mountain. Greaves probably
Thought that hell was not any great distance
from Hot Springs, and that ii is the fires of the
internal regions which keeps the water hot
Hot Springs (Ark.l Sentinel
Year: 1878

BAYONETs FOR THE TURKs.-The AmeS
Manufacturing company OF ChicOpee have
taken a contract TO furnish the Providence
Tool company, for the Turkish government,
10000 Oh which they are now at work. This
addition 10 their work will fill up the sword
department TO its fullest capacity for at least
eight months. The company are now turning
out 100 blades day, and are increasing the
capacity 10 l,OO0 day as fast as possible. The
men now employed have all they can do, and
with this increase of production the force i'm
this department will be doubled Il Boston
Post
Year: 1878

MARRIED ON THIRTY-sIX CENTS A WEEE.-
Mrs. Martha Mapes, a respectable looking
young woman, made a charge of abandonment
yesterday against her husband, Isaac Mapes,
informed Justice Walsh that she had been
married nine months and that during that
time her husband had given her but s. In and
~ cent pieces. Mapes, who is a lame man
about z years of age, admitted that he had
not given his wife more than the sum She
named. He said that he was earning but Sc
cents week by serving small newspaper
route when he married. and he had not been
able TO better his condition since. He was
obliged TO live with his parents, but would live
with his wife If he could support her. As it
was shown that Mapes had not refused 20 sup
port his wife. Justice Walsh dismissed the
complaint " Y Times I0tb
Year: 1878

The woman suffrage question will be great
political issue some day. A movement in the
direction of alleged rights by a body of Amer
lean citizens cannot be forever checked even
though its progress may for many years be
very gradual. Now that the advocates of the
extension OF suffrage to woman have become
convinced that the 18th, 18th and 18th amend
mentS are not sufficiently explicit in her favor
to make WOmanS right to vote unqueStiOned,
and that sixteenth amendment is necessary
to effect the practical exercise of the right the
millenial period that they look for is. to all in
tents and purposes. indefinitely postponed: ::
for constitutional amendments are not passed
IN day. But they are so many sound
arguments to be advanced in favor OF woman
suffrage, as well as against it, that it cannot
fail in time to be weighed as Il matter of poll
cy, after it shall have been overwhelmingly
conceded as a matter of right. And it is no
tlceable that the arguments against woman
suffrage are coming more and more to be
based Oh expediency, and hardly attempt to
withstand the claim that, as American citizens.
women are entitled to the right Ii the whole
body OF American women desired the practi-
cal exercise OF this right, it is hard to see
what valid opposition TO their claim could be
made. All this, however does not amend the
constitution. WOman-suffrage must become
matter of policy for a pOlical party before it
can be realized. Congress does not pass rev
0lutionary measures on abstract cOnsidera-
tlons OF right. This question is OF nature to
become living political issue after it shall
have been sufficiently sneered about and
laughed at
Year: 1878

IN REFERENCE to the newspaper statement
that Secretary SchurZ rendered his reSigna-
ton to President Hayes because of the non
appointment of Samuel Hays to be postmaster
ut St Louis. the Secretary says that ii is hardly
necessary for him To deny all the gOSsiping
articles about him, but he declares that he
neither wrote Il letter of resignation nor
thought about it.
Year: 1878

spire the men with your courage and
virtues, the South will yet be saved
froom the terrible doom that now
threatens her. While this is the
duty of the elder women, it especial>
ly becomes the duty "f The daughters
Of those whose blood was poured ont
SO heroically in the Confederate strife
There is much to be hoped for in the
future of 4thieu country as long as
there is such blood in the veins of
our women as flowed from the veins
of onr men on the battle fields of the
late war.


With this great responsibility resi-
ing upon them, Governor Colquitt
warned the young ladies of all the
evil influences OF society calculated
to make them simpering, low e,talk-
ing butterflies. He next warned
them against reading the cheap lit-
erature 'fthe day, and ecommended
for their perusal the standard novels
in the English language.4A 4Above all he,
commended to their careful study tie
Gospel OF Christ and the precepts and
injunctions taught in the Holy
Scriptures.


In conclusion be said that although
whom he returned to bis Thome they
might not be able to speak OF his pol,
ished language and flowing senten~
ces, yet he could say truthfully that
there was not heart beneath the sun
that feels a deeper interest or more
ahectionate sympathy for such class
ofIadies than he did.
Year: 1878

SPARTANBURa, May 26.-In accor--
dance with your instruction to VISIT
Bald Mountain and report the facts
in regard to thesal'eged rupture of
that famous peak, lett Spartanbprg
last Thursday morning, and after a
tatiguing ride Of forty miles through
tho mountains reached Bald Moun-
tain next day. Finding it impossible
to reconcile conflicting runors or to
ascertain the truth by inquiry,I / pro-
cured guides and ascended the peak
the same afternoon. But one man
had ever seen the fssurc, and him 7
could hot find. After Il long and
painful search, however, we finally
chanced upon the object of our uest,
and found it to boa crack about one
hundred yards in length, about four
teet IN width and of unknown depth.
The crevice, which runs nearly due
east and west, is parallel with and
but q short distance from the brow Of
the precipice which marks the south.
ern boundary of the mountain. That
it is of recent origin was plainly to
be eeen, and is further proved by the
freshly torn roots of the trees grow
ing near it. Careful investigation
leads me to the conclusion that the
crevice mere y marks the soyeration
of very large section of the cliff
from the body of the mountain? and
the break will result, sooner or later,
in land slide, differing only in point
of extent from others. like it and Of
freq"ent occurrence in this locality.
There has been no appearance of
smoke, nor smell of sulphur, and the
mountain experienced it's last ague at
] least o year before the crack appear
ed. Whether or not Ahe latter was
caused by the former is a thing no
fellow can find out.-C. Nick, in


Charleston News and Courier. ..
Year: 1878

"Colly," for short, We called our
large biack-and-white cat, but l want
to tell you why we called him our
"COlliery cat;" it wasn't because he
lived in colliery, but because he used
to help to pay the colliers, or | suppose
he thought he did.


You see the mountains in South
Wales contain great deal OF coal and
iron ore, and limestone. and on our
large tract of mountain land we had
good share of these ''precious stones"
Our colliery was eleven miles from our
house, and, the colliers used TO meet
every Saturday night in room at the
''Lanb and Flag" Inn, which was
only two miles from the mine and about
nine miles from our house, so f., one
OF the members of our family, used to
ride over on that night to meet the
men and pay them their wages.


As sure as he mounted his horse.
"Colly," who was very fond of him,
would run after him and spring on the
pOmmel of the saddle, riding the nine
miles over that rough mountain road in
all weathers; then would wait by the
kitchen fire at the inn. sometimes until
midnight, and then jog home with his
master, perhaps in a heavy rain or snow.


Ii seemed rs if he thought that at
night his master especially needed his
company and protection; for at other
times he was not anxious TO ride with
him. though when he was absent from
home, always insisted upon occupying
his chair at meal times.
Year: 1878

A bad custom is prevalent in many
families, especially among farmers, of
working an hour before breakfast, at
tending to "chores," hoeing the gar
den, cutting wood, moving, etc. This
is convenient on many accounts, but is
not conducive to health. The preva-
lent opinion is that the morning air is
the purest and most healthful, and bra
cling, but the contrary is the fact. At
no hour of the day is the air more filled
with dampness, fogs, and miasmas than
about sunrise. The heat of the sun
gradually dissipates these miasmatic
influences as the day advances. An
early meal braces up the system against
these influences. Every one knows
the languor and faintness often expe-
rienced for the first hour i'm the morn
ing, and this Is increased by exercise
and want of food. We do not agree
with the boarding school regime, which
prescribed long walk before break
fast as a means of promoting health.
Probably the best custom would be to
furnish every member of the family,
especially those who labor out of doors,
a cup Of coffee Immediately after ari-
sing from bed.
Year: 1878

The complete analysis of potable


water requires much mechanical skill,


but the more common impurities may


be detected by comparatively simple
tests. Certain deleterious salts may


thus be recognized. Among these are


the nitrates, whose presence is chiefly


significant as showing that organic


matter has been acted upon and may be


present. The danger is not in the


alts them selves but in their source


which should, if possible, be ascer-
| tanned. To examine water for nitrates,


put small quantity Of it in test tube


add an equal quantity of sulphuric


acid, using care so that the fluids shall


not mix; to this add carefully few


drops of a saturated solution of sui


phate of iron. The stratum where the


two fluids meet will, if nitric acid be


present show purple, afterwards
brown color. If the nitric acid be in


minute quantities., a reddish color will


result. The presence of ofammonia, if in
excess, can be determined by treating
the water with small quantity of po-
tassic hydrate. Ammonia, if present,


will be liberated, and may be recog-
nized by its odor. or by the white fumes
of chloride of ammonium when a glass


rod wet with mur1atic acid is passed
over the mouth of the test tube. If
chlorine is present in any form in
water used for drinking, it is evident
that sewage contamination in some
form exists. The presence and amount
of chlorine may be ascertained by the
following simple method: Take 9
grains of nitrate of silver, chemically
pure, and dissolve in 200 units (say
cubic centimetres) Of distilled water.
One unit of the solution will represent
l.lOOth of grain of chlorine. Take a
small measured quantity of the water
to be examined and put it in glass
vessel more than large enough to hold
il. Add TO the water a small quantity
of the solution; If chlorine be present a
white precipitate will result. Repeat
the addition, after short intervals, until
no precipitate results. The units of
the solution used will determine the |
hundredths of a grain of the chlorine |
present. If more than a grain of chlo- |
rine in gallon be present, reject the
water, unless it can be clearly deter
mined that tine excess does not come |
from sewage. The water should be |
slightly acidulated with nitric acid be-
fore the test is applied. Several years
ago the Journal Of Chemistry described |
and commended Heick's sugar test for
the presence of dangerous organic
matter, but it is worth repeating in this
connection, being at once simple and
trustworthy. Place a quantity of wa
ter in clean, glass-stoppersd bottle;
add few grains of pure suger and ex-
pose it to the light in a window of
warm room. If the water becomes |
turbid even after exposure for week,
reject it; if it remains clear il is safe.
Year: 1878

Warm and bright in the summer air -s
Like q pleasant sea when the wind blows fair
And its toughest breath had scarcely curled
The green highway to distant world -
Soft whispers passing from shore to shore,
As from hearts content yet desiring more


Who feels all forlorn.
Wandering thus down the path through the


[corn ]
short space since. and the dead leav s ay
Wondering under the hedgerow gray
No hum OF insects nor voice of bird
Ger the desolste field was ever heard;
Only at eve the pallid snow
Blushed rose-red in the red sun-glow;


Till. one blest morn,
Shot up into life the young green corn,
Small and feeble. slender and pale,
Is bent its head to the winter gale,
Hsrkened the wren's soft note Of cheer
Hardly believing that spring was near;
Saw chestnuts bud out and cham ions blow,
And daisies mimic the vanished snow


Where it was born.
On either side of the path through the corn.
The corn, the corn. the beautiful corn,
Rising wonderful. morn by morn,
Then just in reach of child's wee hand.
Then growing, growing tall. brave and strong.
With the voice of new harvests in its song;


While in fond scorn
The lark out-carols the whispering corn
A strange, sweet path, formed day by day,
How, when and wherefore we cannot say,
No more than Of our life-paths We known,
Or whether our eyes shall ever see
The wheat in the ear. or the fruit on the tree;


Yet, who's forlorn?
He who watered the burrows can ripen the


feorp 1
Year: 1878

One of Peoria's prominent lawyers
went home the other day to dinner,
and found that his little boy had had
his head clipped in accordance with
the prevailing style. Affecting not to
notice it, he began to speak of Won
derfsl curiosity on exhibition in Wash
ington City in the shape of living
creature in form somewhat like that
of living being. Its head was as
round as pumpkin, its ears stuck out
like clam shells on cocoanut, its nose
projected like a figure four from what
seemed to be its face; it walked up
right and its head was covered with
growth of bristles about one sixteenth
of an inch in length, and for want of a
better name the creature had been
called the '.What is p" And placing
his hand on the boys head, the father
said, ''Why here it is now. Here's
the very thing L have been talking
about"


The boy replied, as he buttered a
piece of biscuit: They've got a
blamed sight worse thing right here in
Peoriav


"-What kind ola thing.is it," said
the lawyer.


alt is the father of the What 1.
it?'," retorted the lad.


The subject was dropped,
Year: 1878

A Danbury grocery firm have taken


the agency for hammock. One of the
articles they have hung at the front in
the shade of their porch. They hung ii
there as an advertisement, but numer-
Gus people have got into 1t to see how it


worked. lt hung so low they could
easily sit in it and undoubtedly the mo-
ton was agreeable and comfortable.
But the grocers didn't fancy this per-
formance, especially as the hammock
sitters were not hammock buyers. Sat-
urday afternoon they removed the loop
to one end from the hook and fastened
it by Bit of twine instead. Shortly a
man came in for twoquarts of molasses.
1t was put up in a pail and paper
tied over the top as he had forgotten 10
bring cover. When he passed out he
saw the hammock. His curiosity was
aroused at once. The grocers were
busy inside, so he thought he would in
vestigate on his own hook. With that
keen tuition peculiar to New England
man he saw at a glance that it was some
thing to get,nto. He knewitwas nothing
to wear, and was equally sure it could
not be arranged for cooking. He sat
down in it, Then he swung backward
and lifted his feet up. Then the twine
fastening gave away. 1t was dread
full affair. He had the pail of molasses
sitting on his lap, and there was dog
sitting under the hammock, Neither
the dog nor the molasses expected any
thing, any more than the man himself
did. Ii was a terrible surprise 20 all of
them. The man and the dog lost their
presence of mind, and even the pail lost
its head. The nOlasses went into his
lap, and ran down his legs, and swashed
up under his vest, and insinuated itself
in some way In between himself and
his clothes. And when he went down
he hit the dog with his heel on the back
and the dog was so wild with terror
and amazement that it sent up head
splitting yell and fled madly down the
street, having first taken the precaution
to bite him in the leg, and tip over a
tier of wooden water pals. When the
pals went down a lot Of hoes were car
ried over with them, and that started
parcel of garden seeds mounted on
box and theyin turn brought away pile
of peck measures, whose summit was
crowned with pyramid Of canned to-
matoes. 1t was dreadful shock to the
man and nearly paralysed him with Its
magnitude; but when one article fol-
lowing another came avalanching atop
of him he thought the evil one himself
had burst loose, and he just screamed
as loud as he could. The molasses was
all over him, and the garden seeds had
adhered to the molasses, and he looked
more like a ahuge gingerbread stuck full
Of caraways than anything else. In
this awful condition he waddled home,
and swore every step Of the way.
Year: 1878

There never was a woodcock seen on
the Pacific coast.


There never was an ocean steamer
that burst her boiler.


There never was a dog that went mad
west of the Rocky Mountain.


There never was beech or sycamore
tree struck by lightning.


There never was an eel caught on
the Pacific coast,
Year: 1878

FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MIR. WANAMAkERs


GRAND DEPoT-wAs IT SUCCESSFUL THIS


YEAR?-Is IT TO BE CONTINUED ?-ETC.
To the public generally and the residents
of Philadelphia particularly: the twelfth
of March marks the first anniversary of
the opening of the dry goods sections of
the Grand Depot.


1t seems a fitting time to present our
best respects to all of those who have
helped in the new undertaking.


Many persons have considered the enter
prise an experiment, and many more eX-
press and manifest Il warm interest in
building up in Philadelphia an establish
ment the like of which New York has had
for long time. Therefore it seems proper
to say that the business done at the Grand
Depot during the year just closed fully
confirms our expectations, and settles to
the complete satisfaction of the writer all
doubts of its success. The facts prove
beyond question, that never before in one
year were so many goods retailed in Phila-
delphia by one house. This, in the face of
LHe llLtS. diiu Will dn lcllSCt, uIltI iCi
and hurried organization, encourages us to
believe that, with the experience now had,
the coming year will find us doing far bet
ter service for our customers than was
possible in the past; and this, we are sure,
will add to the successful running of an
establishment that we never believed Phila-
delphia too small to have.


Our great faith in the future of Phila-
delphia made it very easy to make our plans
on large scale, and there is, so far, no
reason yet, nor do we expect there will be,
to be disappointed.


We labor to increase the Importance of
the city, to add to its empoyments, and
increase the convenences Of shopping to
the SIT 200 of her residents, and the S00,-
900 more whose homes are in the outlying
towns and villages, to whom Philadelphia
ought to be an attractive resort. The
floating population that made our streets
so lively and our stores SO busy during 1876
may become permanent by due enterprise
and joint action of Philadelphia business
men.


No city in the Union has SO large body
of trained, industrious and worthy work
men and workwomen as Philadelphia, and
their idleness and consequent removal to
other cities can be averted only by enter
prises that will give work and bring people
to the city. These, while beuefiting the
city at large, will also benefit those who
iudiciously invest their capital.


Referring to the Grand Depot, we have,
during the last three months, made many
changes for the better.


At first it was impossible to decide how


CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
Year: 1878

.B-I 1t is when man is carrying pound
of honey on one arm, and bag of eggs on
the other, and leading bulldog by
string, and attempts to brush fly off his
ear, that he feels no man can be an expert
in all things.
Year: 1878

WHAT REDEMPTORISr FATHER THINKS OF NEW


YoRK--BoUND DANCING DENoUNcED-wHY


SOME THEATRES DO NOT PROSPER


A somewhat curious and unusual sermon was
preached ON Wednesday night last in st. Alphonsus
Church. south Fifth avenue. During the past few
weeks mission has been In progress there, and ut
the closing exercises the evening mentioned
Rev. Father wisscl. OF the most PROM
inent theologians in the Redemptorist Order,
ascended the pulpit and after explaining the various
of salvation proceeded TO expatiate upon the
sinfulness Of mankind represented in large city


like New York He said that In his opinion the entire
city from the Battery to the Central Park and from
the Central Park to the Harlem River was one vast
work of the devil-a congomeration Of sin from one
end of the island TO the other. But you have to live
In It. my friends, continued the reverend gentleman
and IL therefore becomes duty to point out to you
how you best keep out of the evil which every
where surrounds us. thank God that I am going
to leave this city tomorrow morning, bur
rs your business interests centred here
you cannot do so, and 1 sorry for it,


in which the devil wells his sceptre over this city,
his handiwork, will. to the best of my power, seek
to make you shun certain occasions of sin--things
that il you persist IN practicing will surely lead you
to hell. In the first place. wish to speak of round
daicing-that destroyer of happiness. human and
divine. Shun IL, young man; ito not 40 near any
house where waltzcs and similar dances allowed
for Just as sure as you do you will become a voun
tary votary 10 OF the means which employed