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Year: 1879

tHlackwoods Magazille.l


The crack Journalist ought to he
" good all round.'' Hc may have to
write at the shortest notice on any one
Of the widest possible range of su bjccts.
He must have any amount of informa-
ton at his finger ends, for hunting a
fact through books of reference not
only wastes valuable time, but throws
YOU out of the easy swing of compost
tion. He need not have strongly pro-
nounced cUnyictions--in fact, he had
better go about his work with Il
thoroughly judicial temperament; but
he shonld be q master of the close and
lucid reasoning that leads smoothly up
10 a seemingly sound conclusion. lie
ought to have 1.-THE sort Of pcttifog
eing intimacy with dates, names, and
trtiiug matters of fact,' that Sir Arthur
Wardour so strongly objected to in the
Antiunary. He should have a sense OF
humor, grim or playful, that will come
at call, even if be has taken up the pen
with an effort or is laboring against the
grain ItiS all dhe better. Of course, II
he has these brilliant gifts of epigram
and stinginr satire that belonged to the
late Mr.. Albany FonhlanGnc; with a
knack of memory for appropriate anec-
dotes, and the art Of adapting them to
point his arguments. Happy illustra-
ton is, Of course, eminently useful,
though he should be able to resist the
journalistic temptation Of dragging
stock metaphors in by the head and
shoulders. and then riding them to
death. We should be glad to know,
for example, how often the loathsome
diagnosis of the complicated disease Of
the Sick Man Of the East has been Ia
boriously worked out during the last
few years, in all its sickenins staleness
Of detail and the Emperor Nicholas,
who is said to have been the first to
suggest it, will have to answer for that
crime to history as for many others.
OF course, the model leader-wrltcr
should have an iron physique, or at
least a constitution that will always
respond to his calls on it, although the
spirit may be fretting the body to de
cay. lie has to turn the night into day,
10 sup aud breakfast ut abnormal hours,
ana prolong the dull strain on his brain
mower when nature has long been cray
ing for repose The willing horse is
too often spurred to Il breakdown, and
then the difficulty is to replace him.
'@Or it is one or two Of its best men
that make the backbone of a journal.
They are but vaguely appreciated by
the public while they are alive, although
the average subscribers may begin to
be tlimly conscious of Il loss-say within
a month or couple Of months Of their
departure.
Year: 1879

TRUE WoRDs.-The world would
improve in intelligence, civilization and
morality ten times more rapidly it chill
dren would obey their parents accord
ing to the divine injunction, for there
are no parents so low in the scale of
humanity but desire that their offspring
shall rise to a higher place in the worlds
estimation than they occupy themses-
YES. Rnt the chief obstacle in the way
of the worlds progress is found IN
children who do not properly estimate
the value of their parents experience,
taeir disinterestea advice and love.
Year: 1879

AGE AND YoUTu.-There is dignity
in age which should command respect.
The inspired Book says: he hoary
head is q crown OF glory" and yet old
age is often spoken OF slightlnGly, and
treated disrespectfnlly. This is greatly
to be deplored, both because the younger
folks lose so much of the benefit which
they might receive from the varied ex.,
perience of those who have preceded
Them in the painful and dangerous
journey Of life, and because the elder
ones are deprived of the sweet COM
panionship Of those who could, if they
would, do so much to brighten their
waning years. There is no more har-
months, helpful friendship than when
the old and young walk together in
loving confidence. True, the younger
must be patient with the infirlnitles and
cconserVatisms of age, as it, in turn,
needs to be tolerant with the impetu-
osity and enthusiasm OF youth.
Year: 1879

trail portions of the city. They do not
look unlike large letter boxes. These
are in turns emptied by carts driven by
men who wear q large brass number
buckled on one of their legs. This sys-
TEN of labelling human beings is exten-
sively carried on here, and if dustman
does not perform his duty properly his
number is taken, perhaps by some aris-
tocratic looking gentleman, who writes
to the Times his grievance, or by po-
liceman, who makes note of Of it; and
thus the street cleaner is beset by un-
known informers.


On some of the steeets the method for
obtaining water for the watering carts is
an ingenious one. 1t consists of a sort
of plug terminating at the top in sort
of goose-neck tube, fixed on o movable
joint. When in use the neck is turned
into the street and the cart passing
under it is filled with water. 1t is then
turned parallel with the street when off
duty. When it rains in London
which it has done daily for the last
month-the streets become covered with
a sort of heavy slime, which accumulates
rapidly from the inadequacy of the sew
er inlets to carry it off; therefore, on the
smooth asphalt and wooden pavements,
the dust-pan boys exchange that house
hold necessary for a rubber faced brush;
this they run across the street with,
pushing as they so the accumulated filth
close on to the curb. The other streets
are scraped and brushed like our own;
by the same venerable looking brother
hood of street scavengers, who, unlike
Grip Van Winkle," constantly wake up
and go to work-Corr. of the Philadel-
phia Telegraph,
Year: 1879

To all of our lady friends, who desire
to free their faces from chose unsightly
blotches and pimples, VIC would advise
the use of Halls Sarsaparilla, believing
it to be the best preparation in market
for purifying the system from all NOR
bid, corrupt and impure matter, giving
that bright, clear and blooming appear
ance to the complexion, so much admir-
ed, but only obtained when the system
is in healthy condition.
Year: 1879

Dir. Lambert. on visit to the New
York Evening Post office, was asked if
he ever saw a man who had been hanged
brought to life. His reply was as fol-
lows:


"a young fellow was condemned to be
executed. During his incarceration he
promised his body to the prison physi-
clan in return for the tobacco that he
used. When he was dead the physician
determined to try an electrical machine
on him, but never having handled one,
called me in to help. | went. We ap-
Piled electricity to various parts of the
body, and whenever it was applied the
body moved. At length We sent cur
rent along the spine from end to end.
The fellow was lying on long table
as long as-well Hooking around the
room rather longer than any you've
got here. He sat up; opened his eyes
slowly; shut them then opened them
wide. The physician, who owned the
body, and two young men who were
helping HIM, started affrighted for the
door"


"Did the man come round all right I"
inquired the reporter, earnestly.



"He didn't lie down again. In half
an hour he spoke-asked where he was
and what we were doing with him. In
couple of hours he was on his way out
of the village as first as his legs could
carry him."


did they catch him again p


"No. The inhabitants to this day
think he was dissected."


.Ought he to have been hanged if he
had been caught ?"
"Well, there's difference of opinion
about that Certainly the physician
owned him-had bought him and paid
for him."
Year: 1879

The atmosphere rises above US with its
cathedral dome arching towards heaven,
of which it is the best synonym and
symbol. So massive is it that when it
begins to stir it tosses the great ships
like playthings, and sweeps cities and
forests like snowhakes to destruction be-
fore 1t. Aud yet it is so mobile that we
have to live for years in it before we can
be persuaded that it exists at all and
the great bulk of mankind never realize
the truth that they are bathed in an
ocean of air.


It's weight is so enormous that iron
shivers before it like glass, yet soap
ball swims through it with impunity,
and the tiniest insect waves it aside
with its wings. 1t ministers lavishly to
our senses. We touch it not, yet it
touches US. Its warm south winds bring
back color to the pale face of the invalid /;
its cool west winds refresh the fevered
brow and make the blood mantle to our
cheeks; even its north blast braces into
new vigor the hardened children of our
rugged climate.


The eye is indebted to it for all the
magniicence of sunrise, the brightness of



midday, the chastened radiance of the
morning, and the clouds that cradle near
the setting sun. But for it the rainbow
would want its triumphant arc. and
the winds would not send the heecy mes
sengers on errands around the heavens
the cold either would not shed snow fea-
theirs on the earth, nor would drops OF
rain gather on the flowers. The kindly
dew would never fall, nor hail, storm
nor snow diversity the face of the sky.
Our naked globe would turn its tanned
and unshadowed forehead to the sun,
| and one dreary monotonous blaze oflight
Year: 1879




Haverly, the manager, who runs half a
dozen theatrical and musical compan-
les successfully in different parts of the
country. replies to an inquiry as to the
secret of his success "First-class at
fractions and publicity. The public
require to be told what you have to give
them. Advertise advertise is the
keynote which has to be played upon
in every FORM" The veteran Barnum
made substantially the same answer to
the inquiry. He attributed his success
in drawing crowds mainly to printers
ink" 1t was by ingenious advertising
that he worked up the Jenny Lind furore
to such financial success. Of course
he provided genuine attraction, in the
first place, but it was requisite. secondly
that he should make the public appre-
ciate that fact by the liberal use of
printers ink. The same fact is true in
any business. First prepare to supply
good article. and next let the public
know the fact through the agency of
printers ink-Bolttmore Herald.
Year: 1879

Nigh to grave that was newly made
Leaned sexton old on his earth-worn spade.
His work was done, and he paused to wait
For the funeral train through the open gate;
relic Of by-gone days was he.
And his locks were are white as the foamy sea,
And these words came from his lips SO thin,
81 gather them I'M gather them inl''
II gather them in ! for man and boy,
Year after year of grief and joy,
I've builded the houses that lie around
In every nook of this burial ground.
Mother and daughter, father and son,
Come to my solitude one by one
But come they strangers or come they kin,
gather them in gather them inl
"Many are with me- but still I'm aloneI
l am king of the dead and make my throne
On monument slab of marble cold,
And my scepter of rule is the spade hold.
Come they from cottage, or come they from hall,
Mankind are my subjects-all, all, ALL
Let them loiter in pleasure. or toilfully spin.
gather them in gather them in!
IL gather them in and their final rest
Is here, down here, in the earth's dark breast!"
And the sexton ceased-for the funeral train
Wound mutely over the solemn plain;
And l said to my heart-when time is told,
A mightier voice than the sexton's old


viii sound DER the last trump's dreadful din,
81 gather them ini gather them ~
Year: 1879

One day about week ago SLIM
wasted young man with clothes wringer
under his arm attempted to open the
gate of a yard on Cass avenue. He had
made up his mind that he could sell the
people wringer, and he might have
accomplished his object but for a dog
about as big as tobacco hogshead.
which stood waiting on the other side of
the gate for chance to tackle some leg
weary agent.


"I'll call again" whispered the agent
as he turned to 60, and he meant just
what he said. The presence of one dog
did not discourage him except for the
moment. He passed up the street and
in an hour returned to try again. There
was no dog there as he opened the gate,
but in ten seconds after the latch clicked
bundle OF teeth ond bones shnt around
the corner Of the house and the agent
shot across the road.


SHOW, you mark my words p he said,
as he shook the wringer at the dog, "Pll
get in there if l have to walk over your
dead body!"


He meant it again. and in the after
noon he returned. He surveyed the yard
from every point, had reasons to con-
clude that the dog was down cellar,
watching for rats, and finally opened the
gate. School children who were watch
ing say that the dog overshot the mark
by trying to swallow the agent and
wringer at one gulp, and therefore got
neither; but it was such close shave
that the young man went round the cor
ner minus his hat and one coat-tail. He
did not return again by daylight. Per-
haps it was he who tossed the poisoned
meat over the fence that night, and per-
haps it was some young man who wanted
to fall in love with the good looking girl
in the house. Some folks may think the
dog didn't find the meat, but there are
proofs to the contrary. The agent was
on hand about nine o'clock the next
morning, and to his great joy discovered
the dogs dead body lying in the yard.
The poison had done its work and he
was free to announce the merits of his
wringer to the waiting family.


A boy who sat on a fence saw the
dogs eyes open a little as the agent
passed through gate. He saw the dog
softly get upon his feet after the agent
had passed the "body." He saw some
thing like grin cross that CANNES face
as he got his legs well under him, and
then the lad fell off his roost, and only
scrambled up in time to see shadow
cross vacant lot, jumping clear over
the tops of old thistles and never mind
ing the frOg-ponds. The boy hung around
there till the dog had swallowed every
thing belonging to the wriDger except
one cog-wheel, and that he buried along
side the fence to keep for some future
meal.-Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

Faith is the violet of the SOUL
Its fragrance soothes the humnn breast
In adversitys hour giveth rest,
Without it there is no self control.
The solemn nun counting DER her beads.
The poor man struggling in the day of youth
Whereer on earth there are no human needs,
1t nerves to deeds of virtue and trnth,
1t is solace in the dying hour,
When the whole worlds glories fade from view
A secret, silent, potent power
That helps us on whatso'er we do.
OF give us faith when dark clouds lower,
That we may not, Father, turn from you.
Hope is the brightest flower
That blooms our paths along;
And, like a SIRENS song,
1t lends charm to the darkest hour.
We breathe its incense as we go,
But seldom do realize


The sweet fruition of our hopes;
A sweet perfume borne on the breath
OF all the winds thai blow,
In the morn with joyous hearts we rise,
At eve disappointment opes
A different vista to our eyes
Than the one seen through our hopes.
The divinest plant is Charity,
We OIly see it here and there
Gold hued and modest sweet and fair
Blooming in its great rarity.
We see it oft in the lowly place,
As in the higher walks of men,
With its simple, sweet and sanity grace,
Crowned with loves bright diadem.
Its incense purifies the soul,
1t makes us kind to all our kind;
And, as the years back from us roll,
Grow better both in heal and mind.
1t is chain whose links doth bind
The angels to the human soul
Year: 1879




Herr Krupp the famous maker of guns
and cannon, is tall, fine looking old
man of remarkably commanding pres
ence. He has a beautiful home at Es-
sen, and relates how. as a young hard
working man. be fixed upon the site of
the present house as that of his future
home, if he should succeed in his career;
and how he always used to delight as a
boy, when he got a holiday, to ascend
the hill and look down into the pleasant
and peaceful valley below. He has re-
ceived almost every order from the hands
of the Emperor, and has been offered all
manner of titles, but he refuses them all
content to live and die as plain Herr
Krupp. The following anecdote is told
concerning his marriage One day. be-
ing in the theater at Cologne, he was
struck by girlsh face in the box oppo-
site ; he begged one of his friends. who
was acquainted with the family. to in
troduce him. Next day he was engaged
and the following week the the mar
riage took place. The marriage con-
cluded SO hastily has proved most hap
py one.
Year: 1879

How TO SELECT MEATs.-Good and
wholesome meat should be neither of
pale rose or pink color, nor of a deep
purple. The first denotes the diseased
condition, the last proves the animal
died a natural death. Good meat has
more of a marble look, in consequence
of the branching of the veins which sur
round the adipose cells. The fat. espec-
tally of the inner organs, is always firm
and suety and never moist, while in
general the fat from diseased cattle is
fabby and watery and more often re-
sembles jelley or boiled parchment.
Wholesome meat will always show itself
firm and elastic to the touch, and exhibit
no dampness, while bad meat will appear
soft and moist, in fact, often very wet,
so that the liquid substance runs out of
the blood when pressed hard. Good meat
has very little smell and difuses a GER
tain medicinal odor. This can be dis
tinctly proved by cutting the meat
through with knife and smelling the
blade, or pouring water over it. Lastly.
bad meat has the popularity that it
shrinks considerably in the boiling
wholesome meat rather swells and does
not lose an ounce in weight.
Year: 1879

and heat dazzle and burn up all
things.


Were there no atmosphere, the eve.
ming sun would set in a moment, and
without warning. plunge the earth into
darkness. But the air keeps on hand a
sheaf of his rays, and lets them slip slow
ly through her fingers, so that the shad-
ow of evening is gathered by degrees,
and the flowers have time to bow their
heads, and each creature space to find a
place of rest and to nestle to repose. In
the morning the garnish sun would at
one bound burst from the besom of the
night and blaze above the horizon but
the air watches for his coming, and sends
first one little ray to announce his ap-
proach, and then another, and then
handful, and so gently draws aside the
curtain of night and slowly lets the
light fall on the face of the sleeping
earth. till her eyelids open, and, like
man, she goes forth again to labor till
evening.-Meteorolgist.
Year: 1879

For some days past many rumors
have been circulated on the streets
relative to a change in the ownership
OF the Democrat and many specula-
tions have been indulged in as to its
future line Of policy. It is proper that
we should state tho real facts to the
public. For twelve months, or more,
the proprietors of this paper did the
printing of tho State; they furnished
large quantities of material for which
they paid cash they paid printers for
their labor, and they paid in cash all
those large and lnultitudinous OK xpenses
necessary to conduct a great newspaper
and extensive job printing establish
lnent. This involved them pccuniarily,
and when they expected to receive
compensation from the State of I4ouisi-
ana for their work, money and mate
rial, they were disappointed by an in
junction issued by IL Federal judge
the personal property Of the rings they
had fought-preventingt the Auditor OF
tho State from issuing or the Treas
urer from paying their warrants. We
believe that it is well known through
out the State that the proprictors of
the Democrat are not capitalists. They
had nothing ut the start save their
Democracy, their devotion to the State
and such energy and ability as they
have displayed. The consequence is,
that they have felt it their dnty as hon
orable men to permit their creditors to
take possession of the property Of the
Democrat. Atpresent we have moth
ing more to say of ourselves.


The public, however, desire to know
something of the future of the paper.
We can assure them that it will 90 on
backed by capital, brains and energy :;
that it will pass into the hands OF una


dultcratcd Democrats, gentlemen who
have been with the people through all
their long struggle against Iadicalism.
We arc authorized to say that under
the control of the new proprictors
there will bc no material change in the
policy Of the Democrat. 1t is not to
become, as has been circulated on the
streets, bondholdcrs' organ. 1t will
be, as it has always been, the organ OF
the Democratic party, the staunch, un-
falterinS and unpurchasable champion
Of the rights and interests of the great
body of the people of Louisiana. That
this is SO reconciies the present pro-
prietors to change, which, though it
takes out Of their hands and control an
enterprise which had become dear to
them as their lives, transfers il to that
of gentlemen who are warm personal
and political friends of them all.


The present editor of the Democrat
desires here to express his extreme
Year: 1879

colorcd men of Rhode Island have


been DISTINGUISHED. None of their race


were nominated on the Republican
ticket during the recent campaign, and
the intelligent colOrcd man whom the
Democrats ran for the legislature in
Providence was beaten. We do not
know what the people of Rhode Island
mean by such discrimination as this,
but it looks very much as IL Il coiored
Democrat doesn't stand any better
chance in that State than a white Dem
ocrat. Perhaps the cOlOrcd man will
never be able to get his rights in
Rhode Island, and it might be good
idea for the Democrats to raise the
nbl0ody shirt. ."-IHiindeiJ, Times.
Year: 1879

There is one social dishonOr about
which no one thinks IL worth while
to say much in reprobatiOn, but which
dose more harm than any other known
to US we mean tho dishonor OF re-
peating Conversations, opinions, cir
cumstances, not made under promise
OF secrecy but which a high sense Of
honor would treat as confidential, II
haply n high sense of honor were the
rule. 1t is odd that one OF the best
things boy learns at school Is to
cschew tale-bcaring and keep faith
with his companions, while one of the
most common practices of society is to
betray the trust contained in talk, and
repeat to all what has been told in
implied confidence to one. This habit OF
repeating what we hear is fatal to The
finer feelings of integrity.
Year: 1879

SMALL POX IN FAIRBURG. NEB-The small pox
originated in Fairburg through a German who
came TO tie town from Illinois and was treated
by the ply ysicianS for chicken pox The disease
spread until some three or four citizens were
taEen with ii, and even then it was not discOy-
eled. The first death In the city by the dreaded
disease occurred in few days afterWard and
the funeral was a public one In one family
eieVen were down at the same time. and three
Cut OF the eleven died. Eight deaths had oc-
CURED up to last Saturday by the loathsome
disease Nebraska letter
Year: 1879

VENTILATION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES HALL
The House to-day adopted resolution proyid
ing for the appointment of an advisory board n
inquire into the subject of an Improvement OF
the ventilation OF the hall OF the House of Rep
reSentatiyeS.
Year: 1879

SUDDEN DEATH.-J. III. TOmpkins who was
the principal witness for the government in a
large number OF tobacco and whisky cases OF
long standing in New Orleans, died suddenly in
that city this morning OF neuralgia of the heart
His death will entail considerable difficulty in
the successful prosecution OF the cases in ques-
ton
Year: 1879

THE CENSUS BILL, as it passed the House,
provides that the enumeration shall commence
on the first Monday in June, and the returns
shall be forwarded to the supervisors on or be-
fore the first OF July, $780, and in any CITY hav-
alton shall be taken within two weeks from the
INST Monday in June. The President, by and
with the consent Of the Senate, is TO have the
appointment OF the supervisors Of the census
whose number is limited to one hundred and
nifty, and who are to receive compensation of
S5oo each. The sum OF s3,000000 {S250,0O0 of
which is appropriated by the billy is limited as
The maximum cost OF the CENSUS