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Year: 1878

At last the troubles of the Wilmington d
Northern Railroad Company seem to be-
over and the interests therein seem to have
taken permanent shape. The first mort
gage, bondhOlders of the OIL WILMINGTON Il
Reading, who had bought the read under
their mortgage, intended by the sale to bes
come stockholders of the new company in
prUportion to their bonded interests, and
also to 'ssue to themselves first mortgage
bonds OF the new corporation dollar for
dollar with the old bonds surrendered
and. settled by the sale. Just here


however, general provision Of the new
State Constitution came In prohibiting and
making the issue of any bonds without d.
rect consideration. The bondholders are
therefore stockholders by anal action of tho
courts, and, as no bonds can be issued which
would precede the stock Of the company,
the value of which would have attached to
the bonds is now the value of the stock.
Practically, it is of little consequence to the
stockholders whether their first interest in
the road is represented by stock or by bonds,
and as the new Constitution of Pennsyl-
vania also prohibits the increase Of any in
debtedness except by vote of the stock.
holders themselves, this first stock interest
cannot be cut out by any creation OF bends
or loose issue of watered stock. The Wn-
mington and Reading is valuable property
purchased by its new owners at an nextreme~
ly low price, and under good management
ought to be an excellent and most remuner-
ative railway enterprise. .t..'1'
Year: 1878

A literary sociable was held last evening
10 the basement of Hanover Presbyterian
Church. The entertainment throughout
was very interesting and pleasing. The at
tendance was very good, bnt on account o.
the inclemency Of the weather many were
kept away.
Year: 1878

A good story is told of one of the aspirants for Sheriff who went to William son Valley on Saturday to attend the Con- vention, and "buzz" the people of the neighborhood on their prospects for becom- ing custodian of the new County buildings for the ensuing two years.

 As soon as the people began to arrive on the ground the game commenced, Seiber had withdrawn, and the point was to cen vince his friends that his mantle had fallen upon the shoulders of each particular indi- vidual, as he earnestly urged his own claims upon the honest farmers of the Valley. All the candidates were attending strictly to business, each had victim, aud every one felt sure that he was the favorite in the pools; but the farmers, being unused to so much attention, grew restive, and were observed on several occasions to manifest a disposition to get away from their tor mentors, but they were on the alert and held them to it. Some held on by the arm, others by the collar and others again had their arms around their victlm's necks in the attltude known as the ''he hugn 1t was at this juncture that our informant took notes, and observed, one, more earnest even than the rest, who appeared to have gone off into clairvoyant state, and with closed eyes and face turned heavenward was imploring a sturdy farmer to reGard him as the coming man, meanwhile holding the hardy son of toil firmly by button on his coat. The pcrseeuted granger made sev- eral intellectual attempts to cxtricate him. self but was held with death grip. inal- ly thought occurred to him which he i'm mediately acted upon and found himself a free man.

 The plan was to take his knife quietly from his pocket and sever the button from his coat leaving it in the hand of his tor mentor, who continued his speech for au hour after the farmer had gone home, and was quite astonished and chagrined when he cas..s out of his trance. to find that he had been wasting his time talking to empty space, while his competitors esch had 8 man on the rack trying to torture the life out of him.
Year: 1878

Capt. Jackson, of Oak Creek, near the o,d reservation l5 miles above Camp Verde, was in town during the early part of the

 week, and informed us that the corn crop on

 the Verde is most excellent. great deal of which will yield 100 hnsheles to the acre. The Captain is one of the represen- tstive men of that section of our county and we would be glad to see his name pre- sen.ed to the voters of Yayapai for the legislature, especially as he is in favor of making many necessary and beneficial changes in our laws, etc. The Captain is in favor of seperating the Assessor and Collectors office from that oi the Sheriff, and making the office of Probate Judge elective, the opening of county roads, etc, all of which are things very essential for the general good of the county.
Year: 1878

Henceforth, we will give a column daily
to correspondence upon any proper subject
for discussion. tItis 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 naB endorsing or being in any
way responsible for the opinion of CORES
pondents in this column.
Year: 1878




Il is hardly worth while to discuss
the Immediate effect Of the rcmone-
tization of silver, as some optimi,t
writes ON finance are already doing.
The point for the consideration of in
vestors is not the actual or probable
price of silver. but the fact that the
American peopl, have now formally
claimed the right to vary their public
and private contracts. For, what
ever may be the strict law OF the
case. it is notorious that the govern
ment bonds of the United States were
sold in this and other European mar
ketS ON the faithof an understanding,
in some instances expressed IN the
bankers prospectus at the time of
issue, that they would be paid, prin-
cipai and interest, in gold. The
Americans have chosen to set aside
this understanding. We do not say
that they have ruined their credit by
so doing, but they certainly have
placed themselves outside the cate
CORY of borrowers TO whom prudent
men would feel disposed to lend
money at per cent
Year: 1878

AS the elections at the East have
proved such decisive Democratic
victories, and as we now have
amongst US number Of recognized
warehouses, it would be an excellent
idea to get up a little reunion in
which our visitors might find occa-
sion to indulge in an off-hand
speech or two. Lieut-Governor
johnson and Gen. 10. Hamilton
have not had occasion lately to be-
come SO hoarse as to be only half
heard, which was the case on their
last visit to Los Angeles, and they
might be caught in the humor OF
saying some opposite things. A
serenade by the Democratic cIut
would be a neat medium of evok


ng their slumbering eloquence.
Year: 1878

TIE Constitutional Convention
has been distinguished so far by a
lew sensible and multitude of
chaotic and insane projects.
Amongst these last is an amend
ment introduced by an idiot who
does not even deserve the name of
Inspired to practically annul the
act OF the Legislature giving Los
Angeles an annual session Of the
Supreme Court of California. This
was : tardy concession, at best,
which was Indebted for its origin,
infant progress and respectability
to certain Los Angeles editors who
had . proper sense Of what is due
to this section; and, secondarily, to
eur energetic Senator and Repre-.
sentatlves, aided by some hearty
and influential exertions on the
part Of private citizens of Los An
goles. A constitutional medesty
prevents us from partlcularizing
thoss editors. But the granting
OF this boon to Southern California
wes dus primarily to newspaper
agitation, seconded by proper
local spirit. The man whose ideas
are 70 narrow and contracted that
he can see nothing in the broad
State Of California but Sacramento
IL unworthy of seat In a Consti-
tutIonal Convention. He would,
fact, be unworthy to act as su'
psrvisor Of dog pound. The idea
Of making the locale of courts
or State capitals the subjec
Of stipulation in the organic law,
which should only embrace gene
raj principles, could only origin ate
In I mind whose cribbed, cabined
and confined orbit oscillates be-
tween alcoholic excesses and a
spirit OF trucking to community
which may be relied upon to ex-
tend him an occasional doueeur.
fortunately Southern California is
assuming formidable status as q
voting factor, and a Constitution
which should contain such a pro-
scriptive and insulting provision
would be repudiated by the solid
vote Of this section. If there Is a
discrimination upon the part OF
Northern aud Central California to
concsde nothing below the Bay
counties. those sections should
have the grace to make provis ion
for = State Of South California. 1t
10 bad enough to ocompel the Judges
Of the Supreme Court to endure the
climate of Sacramento for II season.
To require them to sit there all
through the year would call for the
interpositiou OF some society whose
object is TO prevent cruelty to in


teIlectuai animals.
Year: 1878

A young woman writing to the
Eureka Sentinel from Diamond
Valley, wants to know what are
the most fashionable shades of fall
silks, and then asks, by way of a
postscript, if there are 'eny yung
men in Jureka who are able to buy
silk, and who are, at the same
time, on the marry"
Year: 1878

Paris, according to Fun, has a
sensible method of dealing with
the dog question. If a dog is seen
in the streets without a collar, the
police instantly collar him; if with
out a muzzle; they provide him
with one with gun at the end
of il.
Year: 1878

= Over the mounta ain and ever the moor


Hungry and barefoot wander fOrorn
My father is dead, and my mother is poor


nd she wesps for the days that will never return
Pity kind gentle folks, fri nds Of humanity
Keen blows the winds, and the nights coming





Give me some food for my M .ther- for charity
Give me some food and tn.n will be gone.
Ca,l me not laZv-back, idle and bold enough
fain would Learn both to knit and to sew
lie TWO little hiothers at home, when they a1e cid


enough,


They shall work hard for the gifts you bes,ow,
Think while you revel at home at your leisuIe,
Secure from the wind and we'll clo.ht and led ..
Ii fortune should fail. how hard it would nea
10 beg at the door for MOI sci OF hrt ad"
Year: 1878

It will be but a VERY short time before
we shall be able I'd observe the effect that
stripping the pine forests from the sides
and summit of the Sierras will have on
the climate of this state and California
In few years every accessible tree, even
to such as are only Of value as frewood,
will be swept frora the mountains. Even
now this has beel, done in some places.
1t is to he hoped that a new growth of
pines or timber trees Of some kind may
spring up on the. ground that has been
cleared; but we do not hear that any
such growth has, yet started.


Already one great change has occurred
that is evident to the most ordinary OBJ
server, which is the speedy melting
away of the snow on the mountains 1t
now goes off at; once-in a food-with
the first warm VI |eatherof spring, whereas
formerly, being shaded and protected
by the pines and other evergreen trees
it melted slowly, and ali summer sent
down to valleyss on both the eastern and
western slopes of the Sierras, constant
and copious streams of water. Instead
of good stage of water in our streams
throughout su ummer, as in former times,
there is food in the spring, and when
this is passed By our rivers speedily run
down, and being no longer fed from the
mountains, evaporation leaves their beds
almost dry when the hot weather of sum-
mer comes on.I


The mountains being stripped of their
trees there will be nothing to shade the
rocks and earth, and both will absorb
sufficient amount of heat from the says
OF the sun during the fall, and even till
far into the winter, to meet any light fall
of snow that may occur. The result
will be that our autumn weather will
reach further and further into winter
until at last we hall have no winter
worthy of the name{


On the California: side of the noun"
tains the effect will be much the same.
The hot weather of: the valleys will ex-
tend over the foothills, and gradually
reach up into the mountains Virginia
(Nev.) Enterprise.
Year: 1878

aHe took two drops Of thought, and
beat them into bF1ahel Of bubbles" was
the description given of a speaker whose
rhetoric ran ahead$of his logic. Rowland
Hill said of some one in his day, they
had a river of words, with only a spoon
full of thought"
Year: 1878

I have heard an old wal. story, and, by
the way, it is one of the best of them. I
had it from former officer under Stone
wall jackson: On one of our marches
in the early spring, when chilling rain
had been falling for days and the slush
was almost waist deep, our command,
utterly wretched and broken down, was
struggling along as best it could under
such circumstances: Worn out myself,
/ crept into fence+corner TO rest awhile.
Presently / saw solitary straggler COM
ing slowly up the road He seemed
almost exhausted-his shoes we're gone
and his feet cut and bleeding. I was
struck with his appearance, for through
all its wretchedness shone the indomitable
spirit of the southern soldier-the man
who would be found at his post or else
dead in the attempt to reach it. /
watched him CLOSELY, and as he dragged
himself slowly past I heard him mutter
to himself" Bless me if / ever love
another country. .'"s-Cor. ofthe Richmond
Disp0tch.
Year: 1878

that in case of an alarm he


can find his way out, even


though the halls are filled with


smoke. Never leave a room where
there is an alarm of fire without
first securing wet towel, or, if pos
sible, a wet sponge or piece of
woolen cloth through which to
breathe. If escape by the stairs is
cut of, seek an outside window, and
stay there till help comes. Above
all things be cool and have your
wits about you. When a lady's
dress takes fire, let her fall on the
floor at once, and call for help, in
the meantime reaching for some rug
or wooden cloth with which tc
smother the flames. There is moth.
ing new in this advice. Ithas beer
repeated in one form or another
hundreds of times, but twill beal
repeating thousands of times. 80
Year: 1878

hhiNAAShA


Better than all elaborate and
costly apparatus for extinguishing
fires are constant care and watch
fulness, and quick and intelligent
action on the part of those who
first discover a fire in progress. The
fro which at its beginning could be
smothered with q handkerchief, or
dashed out with a bucket of water,
neglected a few hours, lays in waste
millions of dollars worth of prop
erty. If there is any time in which
a person should be cool and calm,
in perfect command of himself, it
is when he discovers a fire that
threatens the destruction of life
and property. The first thing to do
is to learn precisely where it is; the
second, to consider the chances of
extinguishing it. Of course in cities
an alarm should at once be sent out,
but at the same time vigorous
effort should be made to put out
the fire with the means at hand;
for sometimes what the fire engine
is unable to accomplish when it
reaches the scene, can be done by
one or two persons who act prompt
ly before the flames have had time
to gain headway.


First, then, do not be alarmed on
account of smoke. Frequently
there is a great deal of smoke be-
fore the fire has made much pro-
gress. Remember that one can
pass through smoke by keeping his
he'd near the floor, or by enyelop-
ing it in a wet woolengcloth. On
entering a room to fight down a
fire gle.handed, keep the door
closed behind if possible. A pail of
water and a tin dipper, in the
bands Of a resolute person, can be
made to work miracle at the be-
ginning. II the fire has progressed
too far to admit of this course, and
it is necessary to depend entirely
on outside help, then see to it that
every door and window is closed.
BY SO doing, where there is fire.
engine in the neighborhood, it will
often be possible to con6ne the fire
to one room. Every person who
stops at a hotel should take special
pains before retiring to noto the
location Of the stairways, SO
Year: 1878

A Jolly medical studentin Berlin,
who had finished his studies and
was about to begin practice, invited
his friends to a banquet and got very
drunk with them. After the carou-
sal he stumbled home in uproarious
excitement, and when he reached
his lodging he threw up his window
and leaned out in order to breathe
the cold winter air. After a short
time he was struck with a violent
pricking and smarting in the eyes.
He closed tae window and went to
bed. When he awoke the next
morning he found the room in
darkness, and concluded that it
must still be night. He tried in
vain to fall asleep again. After
awhile his landlady knocked at the
door and asked if he was i'll, as he
was lying SO late in bed. "What
do you mean?" asked he. "Sir,p
exclaimed the woman, "it has been
clear daylight these two hours"
"0hp cried he, with a mighty oath,
sis it possible that / became blind
last nightlD His surmise was true.
He had lost the power of his vision
while trying to chill himself into
Soberness at the open window


This frightful discovery so wrought
upon the young doctor that he fell
into violent fever, which carried
him off in the following week.
Year: 1878

In the zenith Of his prosperity as a
worldrenowned banker, Laftte re-
tanned the same principles of frugality
and saying that characterized him in
his days of indigence. He was never
the avaricious and grasping miser, but
he was ever the parsimonious saver.
Lie would scold, and sometimes read
his clerks lecture upon their wilful
waste of pen, a piece of paper, or an
inch of twine; yet he had vein of
charity, and could be magnificent in
his benevolence.


One morning a lady entered the
boudoir of the banker, to solicit his
subscription to some charitable object.
He appeared somewhat rufiied in his
temper just at the moment, but he re-
ceived her graciously, as FTenchman
r.nows how.


What do you roquire, my good Sis
ter?'' asked the banker.


Sir" she replied, Il come to you on
behalf of my distressed neighbors;
their necessity is great"


''Indeed! you have called at the right
time, for just now am angry with that
gentleman for wasting my wafers." At
the same time he pointed to young
man seated at a desk, who smiled, but
was evidently disconnected.


The benevolent lady pretty much
concluded that her mission would be
fruitless one, and that her visit might
not be without some good result, she
amiably applied herself to excusing the
fault of the clerk, who had called down
the reproof of the careful money dealer
by not making one wafer serve to seal
two letters. Laiitte listened attentively
and afterwards presented to the lady
ciIeck for one thousand francs, saying
at the same time


''If, i'll my career, 1 had not econo-
mized in tritles, it would not be SO easy
for me to have contributed to-day to
the excellent object which you have in
hand. Pray, look i'll upon me from
time 10 time"
Year: 1878

An Englishman hunting in Algeria
had native for guide, and found
himself late in the afternoon in desc
late spot and entirely out of provisions.
The native suggested that hs should
shoot a monkey and broil it over the
campfire. 'What does monkey taste
like? is it good TO eat?" said the hunter.
We'll" said the native, in the most
natural tone, sit tastes very much like
man, but is not so juicy" The Eng
lishman at once struck out for home,
with bis guide well III front of him, and
never took his eyes off him until they
reached a civilized place where food
was plentiful,
Year: 1878

We read in a scientific journal:
There is a method which have adopt
ed in my own house to cool The tempe
rature of any room during hot weather,
and that is TO hang sheet or blanket
down ouside windows upon which the
sun may be shining, This sheet is wet,
and the evaporation of the water pro-
duces deliciously cool apartment.
The sheet is kept damp by having a
vessel filed With water above the top
of it outside, and piece of flannel ar
ranged to form siphon, and touching
several portions OF the sheet. The wa
ter gradually empties out of the vessel,
and may be replenished if necessary.
The window is, Of course, OPEN"
Year: 1878

An English paper tells us that the
purchasers of horses for the French
amy always endeavor to obtain a first
look at the animal when he is in the
stable; noting if the animal supports
himself equally well On all its legs, and
if one seems to yield, especially exam
lining it. Attention is then directed to
the largeness of the pupil of the eye,
which ought to be more dilated when
in the stable than when exposed to
light. After the animal has been led
out of the stable, the eye ought to be
again examined, to see if the pupil has
been contracted; if not. the sight is
feeble. Others, to test the power of
vision feign to strike the forehead with
the hand. IF the hollow over the eye
be profound and the temple gray, old
age is to be concluded. Wounds about
the temple suggest attacks Of staggers;
and when the end Of the nose presents
circular scars, it may be concluded the
horse has been twitched with a cord to
insure his quietness while being shod,
or having had to submit - soma nain-
full operation.
Year: 1878

The taint, or unpleasant and peculiar
taste which so much butter possesses
can be avoided when all necessary pre-
cautions are taken to prevent the &C
cess of any kind of odorous vapors to
The milk or cream. Nothing is so
strongly ahsorptive Of odors or volatile
havors as butter. 1t absorbs and re-
tains the vapors from cheese, from
meat, and especially from every kind
of decaying vegetable or animal matter.
If improper or strongly-favored food
has been given to the cows, it is in the
butter made from milk that the taste OF
that food will lie most clearly per-
ceiyed.
Year: 1878

In choosing the nest mutton, the rat
should be white, clear and hard, the
scored skin on the fore-quarters nearly
red, the lean firm, succulent and juicy,
rather of darkish red color, while the
leg-bones should be clear and nearly or
quite white. Indifferent and poor
mutton is seldom fat; but if so, the fat
will have yellowish appearance. If
the animal has been driven a long way
or was diseased, the flesh will be fiabby,
the kidney-fat small, with stringy ap-
pearance, while the lean, seen through
the skin on the back, will be of a dark
blush shade.
Year: 1878

An authority in dairy matters ex-
plains how rancid butter may be great
ly improved and almost restored to its
original excellence, by kneading it well
in fresh milk and then washing thor
oughly in cold water, with the addition
of little salt. In almost every parcel
of butter some small proportion of
casein is retained, and the decomposi-
ton of this is accompanied 10y the
formation of butyric acid, which
causes the unpleasant taste and smell
knowa as raneidity. This butyric acid
is readily soluble in fresh milk. and
hence can easily be got rid of by the
simple method of treatment recon-
mended.
Year: 1878

The Khedive of Egypt makes great
show of setting his kingdoms in order
by sending for European officials and
giving them and their expensive staffs
splendid salaries-S20,0 ,010 d year the
two Comptrollers-General have; but
there is one thing he might do, which
would inspire more confidence in him
than anything else among fnanciers
and men of sense all the world over
restrict his own expenses to 100000 a
year until Egypt is out of the very
thick wood which environs her. 1t is
notorious that his expenses during the
past fifteen years have, without any
exaggeration, been on an Arabian
Nights scale of splendor.
Year: 1878

We can gain the greatest victories
over ourselves. What wits we should
be if we only uttered the bright thing
we think OF when the occasion has
passed. A good constitution is like a
savings s-boX-its value is not known
until it is broken. Memory is strength
ened by exercise, and life by remem-
brances. Never mind any other dowry
if yolrhave industry and economy. 1t
is said but true that we can silence our
consciences easier than our desires.
Mental pleasures do not cloy. Jeal-
ousy is no more than awkward homage.
We can pardon, but can we forget'
What a catalogue Of social virtues q
man requires to make him generally
beloved