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Year: 1877

of newspapers are, as vet, not much affected. The
tone of some of them may be little lowered. indi-
viduals more often insuted, the imputation OF mo-
tives more frequent; but this is not true OF the
best and those which not the best, different
influences are at work, which have brought
about q more sensible deterioration. The meth
cd in which The Daily telegram has dealt
with war news in the interest of the Turks
has been more than pointed out but pointed
out as an exception; and that is not a fault which
has any connection with the sort of decadence
now in question. 1t is but seldom that the Boule-
ward scandal gets quoted in the daily papers; IN one
or two Of them you can never find an allusion to H.


nor any recognition Of the existence of the sheets de-


voted to it, The literary and political weekes keep
pretty clear of it, One of them, indeed, when mas
vainly sought to improve its fortunes by novel In
weekly instalments, has set up budget OF gossip
not much unlike in character the gossip of It's most
frivolous competitors. On the other hand, know
of a journalist IN a very responsible and important
position who has made it rule never so much as TO
look at one of Boulevard papers, who has refused
large offers to write tor them, and who tolcrates no
reference to them In the columns he controls. III
everybody were equally conscientious some check
would be put upon these papers. But the ultimate
responsibility rests with the public; they are writ


ten to sell, and if nobody bought them they would
not be written, G' '" D.
Year: 1877

In the face Of so many r1lmors there Is only
one safe and prudent thing to do in respect to
tue County Clerk, and that is to make him
count the money iu his hands belonging to other
renrc.
Year: 1877

We observe With pleasure that most of the
ladies who formerly went abroad for elegant
bonuets and dresses now give their orders TO
Madame Emma SoulS, OF No. 10 Stale street,
opposite Palmer House.
Year: 1877

As to know the end distinguishes a
man from a beast, so to choose a good
end distinguishes him from an evil man.
Hezekiah repeated his good deeds upon
his sick-bed, and obtained favor of God,
but the Pharisee was accounted insQlent
for doing the same thing; because this
man did it to upbraid his brother, the
other to obtain mercy of God. Zach
arias questioned with the angel about
his message, and was made speechess
for his inCredulity; but the blessed
Virgin Mary questioned too, and was
blameless, for she did it to inquire after
the manner of the thing, but he did not
believe the thing itself; he doubted
God power, or the truth of the messen-
ger, but she only of her own incapacity.
This was it which distinguished the
mourning of David from the eXclama-
ton of Saul; the confession Of Pharaoh
from that of Manassas; the tears of
Peter from the repentance Of Judah; ;
''for the praise is not in the deed done,
but in the manner of its doing" If a
man visits his sick friend, and watches
at his pillow for charity's sake, and be-
cause of his old affection, we approve
it; but if he does it in hope of legacy,
he is vulture, and only watches for
the carcass. The same things are hon
est and dishonest; the manner of doing
them, and the end of the design makes
the separation


Holy intention is to the actions Of
man that which the soul is to the body,
or form to its matter, or the root to the
tree, or the sun to the world, or the
fountain to a river, or the base to a pill
lar; for without these the body is u
dead trunk, the matter is sluggish,
the tree is a block, the world Is dark
ness, the river is quickly dry, the pillar
rushes into ilatness and a ruin; and the
action is sinful, or Improbable and vain.
The poor farmer that gave u dish Of
cold water to ArtaXerXes was rewarded
with golden goblet; and he that gives
the same to disciple, in the name Of a
disciple, shall have crown; but If he
gives water in despite, when the disciple
needs wine or cordial, his reward shall
be to want that water to cool his tongue.
-Jeremy Taylor.
Year: 1877

Tue history of that dark continent, so


far as known to us, presents an awful


retrospect, and one all the more dreadful
when we take into account the kindly


and ailectiOnate qualities of so many of
its prominent people to which Mungo
Park, Livingstone, Grant, Schwein-
furth and Cameron have borne witness.


1t is ineXpressibly sad to think Of the


numbered ages through which these
poor dark savages have continued,
scarcely advancing before the elements
of art and science and even of language !;


from within, destroying and devOuring
one another, willingly Offering their
| thrOats TO the knives of sOrCerers, or
paving the deep grave-pit of some
bloody monarch with the living bodies
of hundred of his young wives; from


without, hunted down and destroyed
or captured by aid of the weapons of
civilization, until every mans hand is
turned against his brother, and terror
reigns over vast regions, The bounty
of nature has provided for them such
abundance that they continue to exist
despite all the cruel conditions of that
existence. But they are arrested at a


position, not so much between heaven


and earth, as between earth and hell.
There is an old touch, tertiary or pre-
tertiary touch about them, aililiating
them with the ancient hippopOtamus
and the crocodile; but there is also
touch of sensitivcness and Ofan affection
as keen as any to which the more civil
lized races have attained. This has eX-
posed them to torture which the crOco-
die and hippOpotamus do not know;
but it has been insufficient to elevate
them to platform of order and happi-
ness. Surely here is a case where the
introduction of European civilization


would be most justifiable, and might
well repay the cost. But if this is to be
done at all, it should be done eAectually
not as in India, to the great loss of the
agents of civilization, and in the foster
ing of a weak native cOnceit, in itself
incapable Of developing or even retain
ing the benefits which have been con-
ferred upon the country-nOt as in
America, to the determination of the
aborigines. In the interest of England,
the African continent might be made


really to correct the balance Of the Old
World, and enable us to keep in front
Of such expanding nations as Germany
and Russia. Then, perhaps, it might
be given to England, in the evening Of
our days, to wander meditatively on
the shore of Tanganyika, that mighty
Uileswater of Africa, or of Lake Nyassa,
its softer Windermere. ItdOes not seem
at all likely at present that England
will undertake such work, but Ger
many has of late displayed some distinct
symptoms Of being inclined to do so.
But however that may be, it is to
Englishmen belongs the glory of fhaying
first penetrated into the center of trOpi-
cal Africa, and of having achieved there
series of grand individual explorations
which has no parallel in the history of
the human race.-BldckWOOd.
Year: 1877

oughly enriched, in their judgment
everything necessary to sustain life has
been accomplished; and yet the ele-
ments of nutrition contained in the at.
mosphere are Of great advantage in the
economy of nature. Certain localities
are Injurious to plant life, as for In.
stance the smoke and gases incident to
most large cities; on the contrary, It Is
well-known fact that the atmosphere
in some sections is highly nutritious to
vegetation, and all else being equal, the
growth Of plants in such will be greatly
in excess Of others where the atmos-
phere is essentially different. Again,
every florist is well aware of the i'm
portance of proper atmosphere for the
development of plants; how that some
especial standard for heat, light, and
moisture must be observed for each
class of vegetation, if success in culture
be secured.


All this is owing to the effect pro-
duced by the action of the foliage.
While some genera, or even species,
greatly prefer very humid atmOs-
phere, others would sicken and die
under such treatment. Plants of a sue
culent nature seem to require a per-
fectly dry air in which to grow, or at
least during the Winter season, and the
majority of them, while resting, prefer
a cool temperature, and rice UerSd with
others. The microscope very interest.
ingly points out many solutions to the
problems that would otherwise bother
us in our investigations. On the under
side of the leaf in our fruit bearing
trees, as in most others, there are
numerous apertures, called StOmdtG, or
breathing-pores, which are for the pur-
pose of allowing the eXhalatons of the
plant to escape, and as these useful
little organs are not exposed to the
SUMS rays lin our fruit trees), excessive
evaporation does not take place, the
skin or epidermis on the upper side act
ing as preventive. Gray has recorded
that each leaf of the apple tree mas not
far from 100000 of these openings or
mouths.


The organic food or elements of plant
life are for the most part taken into the
system of the plant through the small
roots, whence they are distributed
throughout every portion of the struc-
ture. AS water is composed of two of
these elements, oxygen and hydrogen,
the leaves act a very important part in
supplying the plant with food. But for
the remaining element, carbon, in the
form of carbonic acid, plants are in
debted almost entirely to their leaves;
and to this very fact is the animal king
dom indebted for the pure air it
breathes, thus preserving the beautiful
balance in nature. While vegetation
eXhales oxygen which we inhale, it alb.
serbs carbonic acid which we exhale
This is but one of the many interesting
and useful studies, which it would be
well for our cultivators to study before
beginning their experiments.
Year: 1877

Hawthorne's last resting-place is in
the part of the grounds he liked best
in an opening among the tall pines
where there is a triangular space, with
a three-faced post of hewn stone at each
corner, and a low hedge around it.
Back Of it the ground descends abruptly
IA wooded hillside reaching to fair
meadow, dented by little pool, beyond
which forest shuts out the world. His
grave, marked by low, curved slab of
white marble, on which is the one word
"Hawthorne, is alone. His wife died
in England, where her body still re-
mains,
Year: 1877

Few persons realize the value of salt
in agricultural operations. In large
doses it is of course an injury, destroying
everything vegetable it comes into con.
tact with. In heavy soil it is also an in.
jury, as the tendency is to make it still
heavier, and thus whatever good it might
have in one respect is outweighed by the
other. But in light, sandy soil, or those
elevated tracts of land not wet, but which
are liable to become dry in summer time,
it has been found of the greatest benefit,
and this chiefly on account of the prop
erty it has of absorbing moisture from
the earth in dry weather. 1t is for this
perhaps as much as for any chemical quail
ty that it proves so beneficial in these
cases. Usually wheat does best on rather
heavy though not wet lands; but where
salt has been used on light soils, as good
crops have been gathered as on the most
favored heavy soils. In the far western
States, where rain does not fall often, and
the danger TO crops is chiefly through
droughts in the summer time, salt in
light doses ought to prove beneficial; and
In the sandy soils of Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, it might be employed to a
much greater extent than now with profit.


1t is chiefly for the moisture it seems
to draw from the atmosphere, that it has
often been found of so much good for as
paragus. The asparagus requires an i'm
mense deal of water in the make up Of
its stalks, though it does not like to grow
in wet ground; and this moisture the salt
supplies. 1t has also been found Of ex-
cellent benefit in raising turnips, beets,
cabbage and other succulent vegetables.
But it must not be forgotten that it is an
injury in soil already wet or heavy; and
therefore good as it is in so many cases,
an indiscriminate use Of it will result in
disadvantage. In this respect it is like
lime and some other things in which
even "salt will not save it."-Germantown
Telegraph.
Year: 1877

FIRST RELATION OF DAM WITH SIRE
am aware that the great majority OF
stock breeders do not admit of the prin'
ciple that the after pregnancy of the dam
will follow her first produce in looks.
My attention several years ago was called
to an old brood mare, of what breeding
cannot recall, but with at least two
thirds thoroughbred blood coursing, in
her veins, who got "chance colt, " as her
first colt, by jack. Her owner, recog-
nizing this principle mentioned above,
selected the finest, most perfect and proved
stallion to breed to he could find, and
anxiously awaiting the expected foal's
advent, which when it did come present.
ed a decidedly muIish appearance, espe-
cially about the head. When l saw the
mare she was sucking her sixth colt.
Her five colts were all from different
stations, yet in each case there was the
mulish appearance about each foal, but
growing less and less from the second
down to the sixth one. AS all the SIX
were on the same plantation l satisfied
my curiosity by thorough examination
of each and all.-Am. Stock Journal.
Year: 1877

SIR ISAAC NEwToN-AN EXAMPLE FOR
BoYs.-In the middle of the seventeenth
century there was an English boy of mean
and diminutive appearance, and behind
all other boys of his age. He was con-
staptly at the foot of his class, and verify
it was believed that this boy would be-
come only a bungler Of some kind, for
surely the soul of learning was not in
him.


At the age of twelve a change was
wrought in the character and fortune of
the youth that had never obtained "re-
ward Of merit" and was regarded by
teacher and schoolmates as an inferior.
At this time an alteration took place
between this backward boy and the one
above him in the class, wAereupon the
latter treated him with indignity and
violence.


The pride of the boy was outraged. He
could not revenge the insult by blow,
because he was too weak to cope with
his opponent physically. How, then,
shall he humble his assailantl He re-
solved to surpass him in study, to get
above him in the class, and there remain,
to look down upon.his enemy and clip
from him the laurels he so indiscreetly
wears. He resOlved-accomplished; be.
cause a most devoted scholar; com
menced career Of glory; and Sir Isaac
Newton appeared with key to unlock
the mysteries of motion, and true char
of the stupendous universe.
Year: 1877

ALL WORK AND No PLAY.-It is unfair
to expect your boys and girls to work
hard at home while they are attending
school. To acquire an education is al
this period the business of their lives. If
reluctant to learn their daily lessons they
should sternly be obliged to do so. They
should be taught alike, that from this
there is no possible escape-and that be.
yond it nothing is required of them. The
rest of the day is theirs, and they should
be permitted, in all innocent ways,to pass
it as they list-to froliC and to play, the
prerogative and necessity of youth,
whether in the lower or higher animal
creation. But through fear of creating
habits of laziness, parents too often ex-
act labor of their children after study
hours, and thus, while yearning for play
and needed recreation, under these cir.
cumstances work becomes absolutely re-
pugnant to them. This is the way to
make Jack dull lad, and to establish the
very habits it was intended to svoid-for
a boy that works reluctantly is only
happy when that work is finished, and he
is thus tempted to slight and skim il over,
that he may the sooner be released. In
this way not only are the habits of lazi-
ness created, but of negligence, and of a
deep-seated dislike Of work which often
cling through life.
Year: 1877

[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.


SCRANTON Pa, March, 81, 1871
The work o! relieving the destitute OF this city
out to DO one Of greater magnitude than had been
ticipated The store OF tho General Relief Committee
bcsieged by host Of applicants Tor assistance
day. and for six hours regular procession OF poverty
stricken people poured In and Of the build
ing. No lever than 1000 needy men and women,
bearing tho unmstakabe evidence OF want
applied for help. aud The committee were fairly
run. A large number were turned away, under tho
impression that they were impostors and until such
time could be investigated 1t is gencr-
ally conceded that the army OF INDECENT persons
tnues to swell rapidly It has within the
past two days, the work OF nTording them aid
viii exceed the ability OF the Rcct Association.
Owing to the immense number OF applicants day the
committee have been iorce1 to the conclusion that
they must close tho relief room tomorrow devise
some thorough scheme OF Investigation They are
surprised by the extent OF poverty that c0nironts
them mt tho outset and they scarcely believe 1t
all ren.


YIvE THOUSAND SUFFERERS.


II seems rs II the statement OF W. X Storrs, gen.
eral coal SUPERINTENDENT OF the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western Company, was correct, that there
are the city alone 5000 persons who In OF
bead. Unfortunately every maE who seeks aid Is re-
gnrded an lmpostor and In this way there is n
stigma attached to the relief movement which
the sensitive shrink from It and prefer 10 suffer in
silence.
Year: 1877




The democratic members OF the state Senate fought
against tmo tonight to prevent tho republicans from
ronching the bill intended to wrcst IRON the Sheriff OF
Philadelphia tho power to appoint deputies at elcc-
tons. Tho republicans held caucus before the
sion was convened ana resolved TO pass the bill nt
all hazards. Tho democrats had previously decided
that they would exhaust every parliamentary
pedient TO delay action on the measure until II should
be too late TO put ~ through the requisite number
readings When the senate met ight the Chamber
crowded with people anxious TO witness tho politI
cal battle IN the fret two hours, but two bills out
OF thirty on tho calendar had been
passed, and the defeat OF the Sbcrin bill vas
rendered certain unless the programme was changed
Tho republicans accordingly passed n resolution Tor
tho consideration OF the measure at special session
be held after u brief recess. ON rcconvcning they
passed the bi no vote being recorded against IT, All
tho democrats had retired TO hold caucus, at hch
IL resolved not TO cccdc from tho dotorm alton
TO defeat all private appropriation bills.
Year: 1877

judic'ous way divide tho democratic party OF tho
South and mako the republican party better than It IA
Ex-sECRErARY FISH NOT CANDIDATE FOR


ANY POSITION


Tho reports circulated in some quarters and printed
In some journals that ex-secretary Fish Is ''cand
date" for the English mission rdiculously untrue.
Mr.. Fish 10 not the kind Of man who is candidate"
for place. and he is not now has he boon, nor will
he be candidate for the English any other mis-
son 1t Is, however, known here that If he had been
willing to accept the English mission the President
would have offered II to him but It understood that
he does not desire to SO abroad and that he believes
himself TO have earned a IRON public service.
Year: 1877

ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. Last Tuesday
as four men from Clark u Wilburs camp
were coming to town, they were unior-
tunate enough to strike u snag, about u
mile and u half above this place, sllatter-
ing the canoe in several pieces, and in
stantly percipitating the men into the
water. Three OF them managed to cling
TO the wreck, give the alarm to parties
on shore, whe with as little delay as pos
sible came to their aid. The fourth man
was somewhat confused by being struck
in the tace by fragment OF the canoe as
he came to the surtuce. He attempted to
swim ashore, the tide was ebbing very
fast and the current strong from either
shore toward the middle OF the river
he was carried down stream nearly halfa
mile, went under several times, and a,
last was fortunate enough to catch
small snag, to which he clung till res
cued by canoe from the same camp
which was about mile behind at tn.
time of the accident. He had little
strength left when rescued; all hands
were thoroughly chilled and were very
fortunate to escape ut all.
Year: 1877

For OLYMPIA.-The owners OF the
steamers Nellie and Messenger will take
visitors to the Territorial Fair from
snohomish City to Olympia and back
TOR S. 90. All frcights intended for ex-
bibition will be taken to and from Olym'
pin free of charge. We regard this as a
very liberal offer, as the reduction is less
than half fare, and we hope large num-
ber of our citizens will avail themselves
of the offer and visit the Territorial
Fair.
Year: 1877

WHOSE Ok Is GoRED 2-The New
York World says with truth that ifone
twentieth part of the uproar and law
lessness which have lately disgraeed
the great States Of New York and
Pennsylvania had occurred in Virginia
and North Carolina every radical news
paper and spouter in the North would
have united in clamoring that the
asouthern policy" of President Hayes
was disastrous failure, and insisting
that those ancient Commonwealth
should be reduced to the condition
again of military provinces. While
New York has reasserted her authori-
ty within her own border, Pennsylva-
MIA is largely depending upon the fed
eral army for the restoration of law
Yet the Blaines and Buffers have raised
no voice to thatshe should be made
a military province.
Year: 1877

For a fortnight past the telegraph
has electrified the country every day
with ever-changing details Of General
Howard's plan for the determination of
the hostile Indians. In each despatch
we have been assured that the General
had "massed his forces" and proposed
an immediate move on the enemy, and
the express companies. have been kept
in feyerish state Ofsuspense, expect
ing every day to beloaded up with the
scalps of the slain. Is it not time for
this whilom hero Of the Sunday-schools
to perfect his strategic plans and exc
cute them2 IF he could be persuaded
to display in this campaign some of the
vim he showed in managing the Freed
mans Bureau, we are convinced that
Chief Joseph would soon fight his last
fight and be driven headlong into the
arms Of a receiver.
Year: 1877

The Ohio and Indiana authorities
have shown remarkable incapacity
for dealing with the strike, and the re
suit is that while the railroads are open
everywhere else, in these States they
are still partially blockaded- Is il


possible that politics has anything to
do with this unfortunate state of affairs
Year: 1877

n is taking Secretary Mccormick a
remarkably long while to decide which
master it will pay him best to serve.
Perhaps s indecision is not wholly
uDconnected with the rumor that q.
Chandler contemplates cOnvening the
National republican committee early
in the antumn.
Year: 1877

The Cabinet, it is understood, would
take up the question of cleaning out
the New York Custom House, from
the Collector down, yesterday. There
is an apparent anxiety to get this job
out Of the way before Conkling gets
home.
Year: 1877

THE nomination of Gen. Mcclellan
for governor Of New Jersey by. the
Democracy is construed by sagacious
politicians as having significance
above and beyond simply making him


governor Of that state-that his nomi-
nation is the first step toward bringing
him before the country as the Demo-
cratic candidate for President in 1880.


The men who unexpectedly thrust the
name Of Mcclellan on the convention
and engineered his nomination believe
he will be elected by an overwhelming
majority, and that thus the alleged fact
of his great popularity will be estab-
lished, and it will be made apparent
that he is the most available man for
the Democracy as their standard
bearer in the great national political
campaign Of 1880. Should the expec-
tations of the politicians who secured
Gen. McClellan's nomination be re-
allied in his election to the governor
ship of New Jersey by triumphant
and overwhelming majority, the pur-
pose of making him the Democratic
candidate for President will then be
openly pronounced, and the work Of
accomplishing that result vigorously
entered upon.
Year: 1877

THE Iowa election will take place on
Tuesday, the 9th instant, as will that
of Ohio. OF course Iowa will go al
most ''solid" Republican. The result
in Ohio will indicate the temper of the
Republican party of that State touching
the policy Of the Administration.