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Year: 1878

A small representative Of Africa named
Frank Smith, who might have been eleven
years old, and who might weigh fifty
pounds, came out of cell at the pslice
station into the prisoners dock with as much
levity and carelessness as though the Mayor
was not about to pass sentence upon him.
Frank said in the first part of his defence
that he had one very good mother, and
three fathers. This latter state nent he
finally reduced to one, aud then came down
to the true expression Of things and said
his father was dead. He laughed when
asked about sleeping in dry goods boxes,
and when questioned about taking pies
without asking from q good bakers store
(this was the charge against him) he said
he had not seen pie for very long times
Al he was too young to be sent to jail, the
Mayor compromised matters with justice,
BY sending him to the Aims House.
Year: 1878

The New Castle correspondence Of the
Gazette says: .....-.,.....


Fears were entertained yesterday mo- ming
That we would have repetition Of the 0c-
to ber storm.


1t Is certainly due this city that the Post
Office Department furnish US post flee.
No doubt, but the amount Of revenue ID
equal to that of Dover, yet building of
half the cost of Dover's post Office would
satisfy the most fastidious of our citizens.
This subject should be attended to, as
our accommodations whilst waiting for the
mail, on stormy evenings, are such as can
be afforded by few awning. posts and
buttonwood tree, our Office being about SKI
feet.
Year: 1878

Land in the Gila Valley above and below Florence, is more valuable than many of its owners, we think, are aware. 1t is naturally rich and productive with good tillage. Com pared to the surrounding market and that of Florence, this land is limited in extent. All doubt is removed as to the richness of the mines of this county, and an immense con- suming population will be required to oper- ate the mines. Thousands upon thousands of work animals in the mines will have to be fed from grain and fodder grown in the val ley. We are informed that ranchers in Pi- ma County are offered good prices for pro- duoe delivered in Globe District, and the de- mand has just begun. A little money in- vested in land above or below this town at the present moderate prices, would be we'll done, and the farmer who is willing, and knows how to operate farm anywhere near Florence or the Pioneer and Globe Districts, can surely make nice income. Think of the high prices now paid for many articles of produce in this town and in the mines, and of how many are brought from Califor- mia that should be raised here, and any one must see what fine opportunity there is here for the thrifty farmer.-[Citizen.
Year: 1878

In an interesting letter to the Cincinnati |
Commercial, II. V. Redfeld refers to the
facts lately noticed in this paper concern
ing the decrease of the colored race in the !
South. He says that he has collected
statistics in most of the principal cities of
the South which show the same result.
The average of black deaths to white,
taking all these cities together, he says, is
more than two to one; that is, the black
race in Southern cities is dying off more
than twice as fastas the white. While Mr..
Redfeld comedies that nearly all the
Southern cities have made praiseworthy
efforts in the direction of the education of
the Southern blacks, they have not been
able to induce them to care for their bodily
health. AS Mr.. Redfeld puts it, the aver
age colored man "has little moro idea of
sanitary rules and the laws of health than
horse. And they are almost as hard to
learn as SO many horses" Should not this
fact have been considered before Mr.. Red.
fields party threw them suddenly and en-
tirely upon their own resources? 1t is
somewhat strange to hear an old-time
abolitionist talk as Mr.. Redfeld does:


1T is doomed race in America, but the
doom is long way off. OF one thing you
may be sure, the increase under the slave
system, amounting to 25 per cent. every
ten years, will never be seen again. The
census of 1880 will learn us number of
things as to this propblem, the main one,
in my judgment, being that the race is not
increasing. 1t will likely hold its own, as
compared with the last census, but the in.
crease will be very small, if any. We have
a striking evidence of what to expect even
in the census of 1870 embracing some four
years of slavery and six of freedom. From
1850 to 1860 the increase among the blacks
was % per cent. From 1860 to 1870 it was
only 10 per cent, less than one-half! The
next census will set out the matter SO that
there can be no doubt whether the race is
to increase, decrease or barely hold its owr."


We do not take as gloomy a view of the
future as Mr. Redfeld. We believe that
good men of the white race will unite to
promote the sanitary welfare of the colored
people as far as they are permitted to do
so, and the more intelligent colored men
should join with the whites in promoting
an object so important to both races
Bait. San.
Year: 1878

HIS YOUTH.
His coat was too thick and his cap was too thin,
He couldn't be quiet, he hated din;
He hated to write, he hated to read,
He was certainly very much injured indeed;
He must study and work over books he detested,
His parents were strict, and he never was rested;
He knew he was wretched as wretched could be,
There was no one so wretchedly wretched as he.


HIS MATURITY.
His farm was too small and his taxes too big,
He was selfish and lazy, and cross as q pig;
His wife was too silly. his children too rude;
And just because he was uncOmmOnly good
He never had money enough or to spare,
He had nothing at all fit to eat or to wear;
He knew he was wretched wretched could be,
There was no one 50 wretchedly wretched as he.


HIS OLD AGE.
He finds he has sorrows more deep than his fears,
He grumbles to think he has grumbed for years;
He grumbles to think he has grumbled away
His home and his fortune, his lifes little day.
But. alas! tis too late-it is no use to say
That his eyes are too dm and his hair is too gray.
He knows he is wretched as wretched can be-
There is no one more wretchedly wretched than he


ST. Nicholas for December.
Year: 1878

A New ENTERPRIsE.-A number of in
auential colored men of Augusta, Ca, have
set on foot movement looking to the es.
tab!ishment of cotton factory to be loca-
ted on the Augusta canal. As at present
contemplated the company will have a
capital of forty or fifty thousand dollars.
The principal object in getting up the en-
terprise is to provide place of employ
ment for colored youths, where they can
be put to work as soon as they leave
school
Year: 1878

The Annapolis Republican says: "Ac-
cording to law of Congress foreign youths
are allowed, under certain regulations, to
be educated at the Naval Academy, and
there are now three young gentlemen from
Japan who are under instruction in that
arm of our country's service. The trio of
japanese attend the First Presbyterian
Church of this city, and this is done, not
only from their own free will, but also be-
cause their parents have been converted to
the Presbyterian faith in their native coun-
try"
Year: 1878

WEARY AMID THE GLITTER.-A lady in
Washington whose husband held one of
the highest places in the Government
stood in her magnificent home attired for
her weekly reception. "How gladly |
would give up all fnery, show and insin-
cerity of this place and go back in the
rooms l lived in when we were first mar.
ried. l would throw all my silks and dia.
monds away and sit down to my supper of
chip beef and tea at sunset, and afterwards
take a long, quiet walk with Will, and rest
on the stump in the moonlight, and tell my
little plans for the future, and what had
done every hour while he was gone, and
know that we were alone in the world,
living only for each other. Those days
seem like days in heaven. / work harder
now than any slave; often three hundred
calls to return in a single week, receptions
or parties every night; see the same people
hear the same talk, eat the same things,
come home disgusted, wonder what am
living for, where | will 60 when l die.
Bette, ! must have Hon. - and Secre.
tary - here tomorrow; must get their
influence; you must ask Hon. - about
monolith; monolith is his hobby. Do your
best. l need their help So it is always
Help, influence, power--a smile on my
face, interest in my manner, living lie
feeding my soul on husks.n
Year: 1878

JUSTICE INSURED. THE conviction in
New York of DR.. Lambert, president of the
American Popular Life Insurance Company,
for malfeasance and perjury, makes the
fourth of the fashionable swindlers of that
city that have been deemed deserving by
juries of the peniten tiary. It really seems
as if morality were getting above par in
New York, and that State prisons were
hereafter to be opened to all the criminal
classes, without regard to previous condi.
ton. There ARE still others who are sim.
ilarly derelict with the money and property
of other people who may be admonished by
these events to make instant restitution.
Year: 1878

The Colorado Patterson is said to be
gifted with liberal sarcastic powers. man
who can hold an informal election of him.
self for Congress on day which no law
under the sun authorizes, and can persuade
a Congress to give him seat, comes pretty
near being an embodied sarcasm on any
thing like justice in politics.
Year: 1878

A Niagara hackman, during a quarrel,
the other day, was shot through the heart.
Not being hit in vital part, he recovered,
while fellow hackman, who was kicked
in the pocket during the same quarrel died
instantly
Year: 1878

Senator Herman takes desponding view
of the financial outlook. He tells a re-
porter of the Utica Observer that he can
count but twenty-four anti-silver men in
the Senate. He hopes, however, that some
compromise can be effected which will be
less hostile to the public faith than the
Bland bill is.
Year: 1878

Her fathers cup of tea was boiling hot,
and he turned it into his saucer in the
good old-fashioned way. She had never
seen anything drinkable thus served ex-
cept her kittens milk, and she turned to
her mother with the remark, "Is papa
going to lick it?'-BOston Transcript.
Year: 1878

1t is said that two drops of warm butter
will cure the worst case of earache. A
remedy worth remembring, as that COM
plant is very prevalent among young
children at this season of the year.
Year: 1878

But l pass" said minister in the
west, recently, in dismissing one theme of
his discourse to take up another. "Then
l make it spades" yelled man from the
gallery, who was dreaming the happy hours
away in an imaginary game of euchre. 1t
is needless to say that he went out on the
next deal, being assisted by one of the
deacons with full hand of clubs.-Er.
Year: 1878

The President continues to be serene and
philosophical. He said to visiting Sena.
tor: 81 want you to understand that if
any time it is shown to your satisfaction
that l have nominated an unfit man, you
will do me favor by helping reject him.
Do not hesitate for moment to do so, and
do not believe shall be offended, but the
contrary" That is wise and sensible, but
wouldn't it be just as wise and sensible to
be sure of the fitness before making the
nomination?
Year: 1878

The report having got into circula-
ton that did not intend to remove to
Baldwin and perform the duties OF
County Treasurer; but would deputize
some one to do the work; here state
that, If elected, shall remove to the
county seat, and perform the duties OF
the office myself, to the best of my
ability.


EDWARD MCCJJrsKEY.
Year: 1878

Texas took out one hundred and seventy
patents last year. One for lassoing a look
agent at a thousand yards is said to be espe-
chilly ingenious.


If you put two persons in the same bed
room, one of whom has the toothache, and
the other is in love, you will find that the
person who has the toothache will go to sleep
first.


What agonies must the poet have endured,
who, writing of his love, asserted that he
"kissed her under the silent stars, and found
the compositor had made him declare that he
"kicked her under the cellar stairs.


The experienced editor can always tell at
sight the man who comes in with his first at
tempt Mt original poetry He walks ON tip
toe. and looks as though he had just passed
counterfeit bin or stranged baby.


Many people Judge the value of newspapers
by their size The larger the better it is in
their estimation and according to their judg-
ment, a copper cent is of much greater value
than gold dollar, because it is the largest
I0RkerS Gazette


A Rome journal explains TO it's subscribers
why it can be had cheaper by yearly than by
quarterly subscription, as follows: I'm re-
peatedly going to the Office to subscribe, you
may meet friend not only in search of II
match, but of cigar and glass of yermouth f;
you may rub up against two or three beggars
you may get wet ON rainy day, or hot day
fall in with hydrophobic dogs not led by ap-
propriate little strings; while by taking n
full years subscription on the first of Janu-
AIRY, all such possible expenses will certainly
be avoided"
Year: 1878

Experienced housekeeprs say that if moths
have not secured permanent lodgment in a
house, it is quite safe to leave carpets on the
floors for two and even three years, without
lifting But, unless sure that the house is
perfectly free from moths, the only safe way
is to take up the carpets once or twice a
year The carpet-moth makes his favorte
home among the bindings and corners of the
carpet If this is an ingram or three-ply fab
ric, successful war may be waged on him by
wringing a cloth out of hot water, laying it
over the bindings and edges, and ironing with
as hot an iron rs can be used without scorch-
ing. This will destroy both the moths and
their eggs, and after a few such visitations
they disappear But this steOming and iron
ing process is not etfectual with WiltOns,
Moquettes, or any heavy carpetings. The
heat cannot thoroughly penetrate them, and
ironing Injuries the pile of the velvet Still,
it is best to draw the tacks occasionally,
and lay the edge of the carpet over, one side
only, or part of a side, and steam and iron
it, ON the ,nrOng side. Then, besides this,
the floor should be wiped ms far underneath
as the arm will reach with a cloth wrung out
of strong and hot Cayenne tea, and before re-
mailing, the binding and edge of the carpet
should also be wiped with it, rubbing them
hard. 1t is said that if salt is sprinkled on
the floor while il is damp, moths will not go
near that spot again. Some good housekeep-
ers sprinkle salt all around the sides and cor
ners of the room before mailing down a car
pet, and also in the fold that is turned under
for mailing
Year: 1878

fNorE E-Letters intended for this column must DO
accompanied by the writer's iul name and address to
insure attention. Compiainants who unwilling TO
comply with this rule simply waste time IN writing.
Write only on one side OF the paper er-ED. HERALD
Year: 1878

To THE EDITOR HERALD-


According TO statement In the HERALD about street
cleaning | suppose Captain Hedden does not intend
to do anything Seventh avenue, but why cannot
detail two or hreo men to Clean thccrossings once
week? "A RESIDENT
Year: 1878

D1sAppo1SrMENTs - Remember that
there are no heroes in real life. One day
you will be pleased with friend and the
next day disappointed in him. 1t will be
so to the end, and you must make up
your mind to it and not quarrel, urless
for very grave causes. Your friend, you
have found out is not perfect. Nor are
you, aud you cannot expect to get much
more than you give. You must look for
weakness, foolishness and vanity in hu.
man nature; it is unhappy if you are too
sharp in seeing them.
Year: 1878

"Habit" is hard tc overcome. If you
take off the first letter it does not change
"a bit" If you take of another you still
have "bit" left If you take off still an
other, the whole of "il' remains. II you
take off another it is not "t'-to tally used
up. All Of which goes to show that if you
wish to be rid Of a "habit," you mus. throw
Year: 1878

A friend in New York, very kindly
mails US copy Of bauk-note detector,
with which he is concerned. We have no
use for the thing at all. We have tried it
and it won't work Every night we place
it in our pantaIoons pocket, and in the
morning carefully withdraw it. 1t is Of
no use. We fail to detect any bank notes
in The nocka.-JoAct Sur.
Year: 1878

Step up to citizen and tel! him chat
his father and grandfather were lunatics,
and see how quickly he'll crook his elbow.
Yet, let that citizen shoot somebody, and
he'll bless you if you'll help him to prove
that all his ancestors were not only crazy,
but the biggest fools in the neighborhood.
Year: 1878

CELESTIAL ENJoYMENT.-John China.
man cannot live without gambling. He
will stint his stomach to save few cents
to satisfy his Unsuitable desire to win or


lose. He does not seem to care what the
game is. 1t is said that in many places in
China it is no unusual sight to see rich
merchants carrying large beetles and grass
hoppers in the large sleeves of their coats.
A certain mark is placed on each insect
A saucer is produced, and two Of the bee
ties are placed in it to fight battle. The
respective owners make their bets, and the
battle goes on until one or the other Of the
insects is killed. The same thing is done
with tame quais, which are bred and train
ed in the same manner as gamecocks.
Their favorite game in San Francisco is
dominoes. At the end Of every game
which differs, in some essentials, to that
played by the whites-peces of Chinese
coin are given out. These coins represent
certain amount in American money
All bets are settled outside the c|ub-room
In this way the Chinaman is enabled to
crafty his passion for gambling without
trespassing upon the city laws prohibiting
banking games.
Year: 1878

dirt, then add a gill of water, and after.
wards fill up with dry earth. IF doneslate
in the afternoon, few will die, but be Sure
to draw dry dirt to them after the water is
applied.


CLOVER.


Sow plaster on the recently mown clover
-one bushel per acre will suffice. Let the
second crop of old clover, which is about
to die out, mature crop of seed This
will SO fill the land with clover seed, that o
good stand may be secured for years after
ward, without the addition Of any more
sced.--Southern Cultipator.
Year: 1878

THE CHINESE WALL.-Mr. Unthank,
an American engineer, has been engaged
lately making survey for Chinese rail-
way, during which he took measurements
in many places of the great wall of China.
He gives the height at Is feet, and the
width on top Is. Every few hundred
yards there is a tower "a feet square and
from 20 to 45 feet high. The foundation
of this immense wall is solid granite. The
wall goes for 1000 miles over mountains
chasms, and valleys. 1t was built to keep
out the Tartars. Mr. Unthank brought
back with him brick from this wall, which
is supposed to have been made 200 years
before Christ. In some places this wall is
built smooth up against the canyons or pre-
cipices, where there is sheer descent of
one thousand feet. Small streams are
arched over, but in the larger streams the
wall is built to the waters edge and tower
is built on each side. TO calculate the time
Of building or cost Of this wall is beyond
human skill On the top Of tho wall arc
breastworks or dofcnces, facing in and out
so that the defending force can pass from one
tower to the other without being exposed
to any enemy from either side. So far as
the magnitude Of the wall is concerned, it
surpasses everything in ancient or modern
times, of which there is any trace 1t is
said that the Pyramids Of Egypt are moth
ing conlpard to it.
Year: 1878

There are few who can receive the hon
ors Of college, but all are graduates of
the hearth The learning of the university
may fade from the recollection, its classic
loro may mouldcr in the hall of memory,
but the lessons of homo cnamcled upon
the heart of childhood, defy the rust, of
years, and outlive the maturcr but less vivid
picture of after years.
Year: 1878

ada We have isssfFssd something from the
French about cheap living. Perhaps our
pot-pie camo from them, because thew are
famous for their rich, wholesome stews.-
Take joint of any kind of fresh meat,
some like beef, others like veal, like NUT
ton, because my father kept long wool or
mutton sheep. In the city you can get
such joint for dime, and in tho country
1t ought not to cost more. In all cases put
the meat in cold water, add enough water
to cover it, and boil until it is tender, for
beef aud mutton say two hours, for veal
say one hour. Add salt and pepper
About half an hour before serving, put in
six potatoes, pared and quartcred, and let
them boil with the meat. In tho meantime
prepare the dumplings by taking one quart
OF flour, teaspoonful of butter, and two
teaspoonfuls of sifted baking powder, wet
with milk enough to make stiff batter, so
-i@ will drop from-u-spuon; ten mfnItesS be-
fore serving drop the batter into tho stew,
spoonful at time, until all is in, aud
then cover tightly and boil ten minutes.-
If the meat is not sufficiently fat, add but
ter, but not otherwise; it is generally rich
enough without butter. The batter thick
ems the gravy as well as makes the dump.
ling. Serve, of course, on large platter.
Hero you have meat and the juice of tho
meat, bone and the juice of the bone, pota-
toes and flour, all healthy and nourishiug,
good for brain, muscle and bone. Enough
for large family does not cost twenty-five
cents; all like it and we at hcme have this
stew at least twice week."
Year: 1878

BALKY HoRsKs.--The1brain of horse
seems to entertain but one thought at
time for this reason continued whipping is
out or the question, and only confirms his
stubborn resolve. But if you can by any
means change the direction of his mind,
give him new subject to think of, nine
times out of ten you will have no further
trouble in starting him. AS simple trick
as little pepper, aloes, or the like, thrown
back on his tongue, will often succeed, by
turning his attention to the taste in his
mouth. A simple remedy is to take
couple of turns of common wrapping, twine,
such as grocers use. around the forc-leg just
below the knee, tight enough for the horse
to feel, and tic in bow knot. At the first
cluck he will generally so dancing off, and
after going short distance, you can get
out, remove the string to prevent injury to
the tendon in your further drive; or tie
string tightly around his ear, which will
serve to divert his mind to forget his stub
borness.-London Garden.
Year: 1878

THB Shoe and Leather Reporter enter
tains can abiding conviction that we shall
never again contemplate a retrospect with so
much shade in it, as that upon which we are
looking back to-day. We see every reason
for anticipating a gradual and positive recoy-
cry Dy trade of its ancient prestige and vitali-
ty. The sudden return of an era of large
profits is neither to be expected nor desired.
A steady and healthy traffic, moderately re-
munerative and reasonably safe, will be more
satisfactory than spasmodic turn of affairs,
because it will last longer, and be quite as
productive of gain in the long run. We hope
the time is as hand when the buyers shall
seek the sellers, and that our wares, in all
the stages Of their manufacture, will be sold
to customers who come after them because
they wan: them, and not be made the sport
of an itinerant and haphazard commerce.
Such methods of efecting sales are prejudi.
cial alike to producers and consumers, and
Objectionable from every point of view. They
will undoubtedly be corrected just as soon as
demand and supply get in even pace with
each other, and that will be likely to happen
in respect of the commodities in which we
deal as soon as the cost of production is re-
duced to the proper level. As soon as the
stocks are disposed of, and bankrupt effects
swept out of the markets, competition will
be less keen than it has been, and GOODS
albeit plentiful enough for all practical pur-
poses. will not be so excessively abundant as
to tempt their owners to make sacrifices to
get rid of them"