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Year: 1879

How Are the Western Cattle Feds


An indignant gentleman interested in the
National Stock Yards at East st. Louis,
No., writes to us to deny an account given
in the HERALD ON the 9Th inst. as to how
some of the Texan cattle are dealt with in
his neighborhood on their way to this and
other Eastern ports, and we print his COM
munication to-day. Between this gentle
man and the HERALD there should be no
quarrel. Both are animated by the same
motive, if we accept his own statement
that his motive is to prevent injury
to the trade in cattle and to pro-
tect st. Louis dealers and other dealers.
Both have the same wish to cherish great
trade, but they have somewhat differ
ent ideas as to how this laudable object is
to be reached, and it appears that each is
disposed to regard the others conceptions
in this respect as erroneous Mr.. Knox
believes we are not right in our facts; we
know he is wrong in his. He is altogether
at fault in the supposition that the HERALD
is to blame for the cattle disease. We did
not invent that malady and decline to be
responsible FOR it.; and we put ourself ON
our defence early, because although Mr..
Knox has not yet entirely charged that if
there is cattle disease We got it Up we per-
ceivo that he is coming to that presently when
he begins with the statement that stories
like ours have procured the exclusion of
our live cattle from English markets. Our
cattle we're excluded from the English mar
ket because they were not healthy, md
when Mr. Knox says they are healthy it be-
comes simply an issue of knowledge or
vcracity between him and the British ou-
thorities. With all respect for Mr.. Knox
we believe the veterinary surgeons know
moro about cattle than he does, and we
believe further that there are some people
who know more about what Is done at his
stock yards than he does and that there nre
some practices in operation there of which
he is not fully informed. We have inves-
tigated this subject in the public interest,
as will be seen by the instructive corre-
spondence elsewhere, and have put this
gentleman in a way to get at the truth, and
we believe he would act more wisely to pur-
sue our indications than to content himself
with loud denial
Year: 1879

A member Of the Dominion Parliament
has asked his government for information
upon British rights to navigate Alaska
rivers aud also about tho boundary line be-
tween our great walrus preserve and the
British possessions. He will probably OBJ
tain the information desired we merely
mention the matter for the sake of suggest
ing that his question grants an excel
lent opportunity for shrewd generosity
on our side the line and for an
intelligent rectiication of our extreme
northwestern frontier. The proper thing
to do is for Congress to Immediately con-
cede the free navigation of the Alaska rivers
to British vessels, for who knows how soon
some settlement of ours on one Of these
streams may be surrounded by Indians and
need an English gunboat to protect the
residents, like the good friend Of the family
that it is? Then let the United States
suggest that tho boundary line which
would best suit us would be one
drawn ut least one marine league
effect of such concession would be that
Alaska, the land Of isothermal glories,
would be ours no longer, but such result
would not depress the spirits Of any true
patriot, no matter how direful it might be-
come to England, while TO the present
white inhabitants the change, from being
shut out at home. to the hospitality Of o
nation which cares enough for its subjects
10 protect them would be delightfully."- reas-
,,~;on
Year: 1879

Make Hymen Take Out = License.
1t is not wonderful that the movement to
re-establish the system of requiring license
for marriages is obtaining general approval
TO clergymen such a law would afford un-
speakable relief, for thousands OF couples
desiring to be married appear privately be-
fore clergymeu who never saw them be-
fore, and who have nothing but the word
Of the candidates to assure them that the
contracting parties have the right to marry
at all. Some legal authorities have de-
clared that the clergy have no option in the
matter of performing marriages provided
the responses are according to law !:
imagine, then, the burdens that are un-
fairly imposed upon the consciences of 30
sensitive q class OF men. Parents Of self
willed children naturally approve Of the
proposed measure, for secret marriages are
almost as horrifying to parental sentiment
as open sin. Probably. too, the subjects Of
covert or runaway matches would. if they
could be persuaded to speak, favor the
license system as heartily as any one else.
for the average happiness of such couples
is. to say the least, not enough greater than
that of other people to repay them for the
personal and family annoyance that hasty
marriages always cause. In fact, the only
people who are likely to object to the
license system are those romantic and law
less souls who need all the restraints that
law can impose upon their actions, and


even then cannot help getting into mis-


chief
Year: 1879

The vast assembly at Gilmore's last night.
the streets in front of the bulletins almost
blockaded with eager news seekers and the
talk on every tongue, all point Enthusiastically
to the fact that the interest in the great
foot race is on the increase, and that long
before Saturday night this event will
prove the most exciting contest in the
annals Of American pedestrianism. The
sight of one small Englishman, who had
done nothing great publicly at home,
cutting down ON the first day the three
best men this country could produce. and
one of them the champion of the world, and
not only keeping his lead. but adding to it
all the time, and seeming apparently the
freshest man Of the four at that, is cer-
tainly astonishing, and well worthy Of the
wide attention it is receiving. And yet the
first quarter Of a race is seldom o safe place
to name the winner, and especially such o
trying race as this. The great vase Of
beautiful flowers which was placed con-
spicuously last night before the judges
stand, with the single name sRowell" in
scribed upon it, could have been put there
tomorrow or next day, if put at all, with
faS better grace and quite as modestiy. In
deed, should aught occur to him before
Saturday the vase will probably silently
disappear. There is no denying the fact
that O'Leary's course thus far. so counter to
all his past work and to what the public
had been led to reasonably expect, has
produced decided sensation and that they
stand ready to accept almost any theory
of his conduct, no matter how detri-
mental to him such theory may be.
The charitable view, and quite rational
one, is that he is stale, but the conversa-
ton overheard the other night at the st.
James, where Rowell's friends hold out,
points to solution of his queer doings more
probable than agreeable. If he has been
tampered with it would scarcely have been
done with his knowledge. but it reflects
severely on those who have him in
charge, especially as one of them adj
mits that O'Leary probably got liquor
on Monday night. He had better look care
fully next time and see whom he has around
him. Meanwhile Hartman and Ennis are
doing most creditably, and. if the former
is as nearly worn out as he looks, Ennis and
OLeary will have some smart racing for
second place. while, il it is true that Row.
ellis leg is already getting out of order, the
belt may not go out of this country after
all-indeed, perhaps may not even change
hands.
Year: 1879

Company wants privilege from Fourteenth
street to the Battery; and there are
two or three other sets of claimants. There
and some of them are pretty good grabbers.
Doubtless if the Aldermen can fully deter
mine this point the Forty-second Street
Company will get the franchise and on con-
ditions which will leave it without any
obligation to the city treasury. But we are
in hopes that the other aspirants will pull
with energy enough to defeat that hungry
claimant and to force the only method of
determining their. pretensions-the exhi-
bition at auction of who will pay the most
for the right.
Year: 1879

binds her to the mother country she could
not do it more effectually than by erecting
n tariff barrier against the admission into
her markets of British goods. The senti-
mental bond of loyalty cannot long stand
the strain Of a conflict of interests. When
Great Britain receives nothing in exchange
for the expense entailed upon her by the
colonial relations the tie will be easily dis
solved. As an Independent nation the
taxes OF Canada would be heavily increased.
Like other Independent nations she would
be obliged to maintain an army and a navy
and to incur the expenses of diplomatic
intercourse. But this heavy addition to
her burdens could not make her really
Independent The United States could at
any time make conquest OF the whole of
Canada in three months campaign. Can
ada would always lie at the mercy Of her
powerful neighbor. With such q strain
upon her resources and such an utter alb
sence of real security there would rapidly
grow up in Canada an irresistible public
opinion in favor of annexation to the United
States If the people of Canada value their
connection with the mother country ii
they find comfort and satisfaction in their
sentiment OF loyalty to the British crown
if they wish to perpetuate the present re-
lations, they are making stupendous mis-
take in dissolving the strong tie Of interest
by tariff legislation which would deprive
the inhabitants Of the British Islands OF
any compensation for the expense of main
tanning the connection.
Year: 1879

WHAT Is THE PROPER Position to be adopted
In firing military rifle is question which is
exciting good deal of interest among the rifle
clubs and military NEIL generally. 1t has been
determined by the National Rifle Association to
ask the views of other rifle associations and of
military officers OH the subject.
Year: 1879

The WEATHIR.-The disturbance has now
reached the northern section of the New Eng
land States and the pressure at its centre has
decreased considerably. 1t will pass over Nova
Scotia this morning and advance into the ocean
in a ENTHUSIASTICALLY direction. One marked
feature of the movement of tire disturbance is
that there is but very little precipitation near
its centre. On the southwestern margin, how
ever, the colder winds that commenced blowing
from the northwest during yesterday came
in contact with the areas Of heated atmosphere
over the central valley districts, caus
ing general rainfall in those re-
gions. Rain also began falling on
the Western Gulf coast yesterday afternoon,
preceding the advance of another disturbance
organizing in the West and Southwest Tho
weather has been clear on tho South and
Middle Atlantic coasts and in tho Northwest.
In the other districts it has been cloudy. The
winds have been brisk in the Middle Atlantic
md New England States and the lake
regions. Elsewhere they hare been from
fresh to light The temperature has risen on
the Gulf coast and in the Middle Atlantic and
New England States. 1t has fallen decidedly
elsewhere. The ice is reported to be breaking up
fast in the Hudson. On Lake Eric it has broken mp
enough TO permit Of a steamer making pas
sage from Putin-Bay to Sandusly. A dangerous
gorge is said to have formed in the Delaware
River Barryville. II Is feared that If the
gorge continues the villages along the river will
DC flooded. The weather in New York and its
vicinity to-day will be cool and fair. To-mor-
row the same conditions are likely to prevail,
followed toward night by rapid increase in tenn
pcraturc.
Year: 1879

PROFESSOR LAWS LETTER ON the cattle dis
ease elsewhere printed, contains some excellent
suggestions. Unless all the States unite in
stamping out the disease n great international
industry is likely to be destroyed.
Year: 1879

Ir Is IDLE TO HOPE that the Board of Educa-
lion will pay any attention to the report that hns
been made to them in regard to the dcath-deal-
ing condition Of Grammar School No. IL.
Year: 1879

night. 1t drew a full house last
night and we shall doubtless be
able to chronicle the same expert
ence tonight and tomorrow night
and at the matinee tomorrow af-
ternoon. Pinafore Is a gracious and
delicious variation of the dull times
which have settled like sable
cloud on our city, and ever Ange.
lefio should treat himself to at least
one performance.
Year: 1879

Los ANGELES COUNTY JAIL,


August IA. 1879. !


EDITOR HERALD: As your paper
published an article setting forth
that Thistleton was the originator
and concoctor of certain article
entitled "a Voice from the County
Jail" published in the Voice of
Labor, 1 would most respectfully
ask, as a matter of justice to N.Y.
self, that you publish also the fol-
lowing contradiction.


The article above mentioned was
originated and concocted by a pris-
oner occupying different cell
from myself, who suggested the
expediency of the article and wrote
it up, with the entire approval OF
all his fellow prisoners. After the
article was written it was read
aloud to all the prisoners, and all
but three voluntarily signed their
names to it. L was requested to
send it to the Voice of Labor for
publication. Some of the PRISON.
ers, however. objected to having
their names published, and it was
agreed that their names should be
omitted. My name was not signed
to the paper. In proof of the truth
Ca r>F OF n fAr .s1f II
refer you to the original written
communication, which is or file at
the Office of the Voice of Labor. I
also refer to my fellow-prisoners In
confinement.


The article says that "this same
George Thistleton had the privil-
ege of the yard until short time
ago, and because he is now treated
the same as the other prisoners he
has got on his high horse" etc. In
reply to this permit me to state
that the records Of history show
that the greatest crimes ever com.
mitted were committed in the
name of Christ. In like manner,
all the petty tyranny and annoy
ances committed in Jail are done in
the name of the Sheriff. To illus
trate: Since my incarceration ]
have been permitted to take exer-
else in the Jail yard until William
Cape made his escape. Then 1 was
told it was the Sheriff's order that
1 should be placed in close con-
finement. When my attorney and
friends called to see me jailor
spy was present to report all that
was said-by order of the Sheriff.
When I wrote letter to my fami-
ly the letters were opened and read
before being maiied--in the name
of the Sheriff. When l receive
letters from my family and friends
the sacred seal is broken and the
contents of my family letters read
before L am permitted to get them
ALSO IN the name of the Sheriff.
When even a bundle of papers is
received from San Francisco they
also are broken open before they
are given me-by order of the
Sheriff. The food is purchased by
the jailor, and suppose If the
meat is stale and unfit for use, or
the coffee is made of vile compo-
sition unfit for q dog to drink, it
must be by order of the Sheriff.
Mr.. Editor, since my arrival here
all my intercourse with Sheriff
Mitchell has been of the most
pleasant character. He has always
treated me with as much consider
alton as the duties of his office
would permit. 1t may be that all
the petty tyranny and annOyances
now put upon me are from his spe-
cial orders, but am 10th to believe
it. Respectfully submitted.


GEO. THISTLEToN.
Year: 1879

Every housekeeper now a days has
splashers at the back OF her wash
stand. to protect the wall. A very
pretty one can be made of white OIL
cloth; cut the length OF the stand,
and trim the edge with crotchet work
OF a bright color. These are very
durable, and can be washed off with
sponge when soiled or dusty.
Splashers of white muslin, gathered
over pink or blue cambric, with a
small ruf1le at the top and sides, and
ribbon bows at the corners, are very
pretty, though not as durable as
those made OF oil-cloth.
Year: 1879

The Newspaper Union says:
"Some people, ignorant OF what good
editing is, imagine the getting up
OF selected matter to be the easiest
work in the world to do. whereas it is
the incest work done on paper. II
they find the editor with his scissors
in his hand, they are sure to say,
"Eh! that's the way you get up origi-
nal matter, ehl" accompanying their
new and witty question with an idiot
ic wink or smile. The facts are that
the interest. the morality, the variety
and usefulness Of paper depend
In no small degree, upon its selected
matter. and few men are capable oil
the position who would not them
selves be able to write many OF the
articles they select. A sci sible edi-
tor desires conside rablc selected mat.
ter, because he knows that one mind
cannot make so good paper as five
or six.
Year: 1879

chant. Their word is as good as an
other mans bond" Then they ask.
do you take bonds from ordinary
American merchants?" He says, "Al-
ways" "Do you never take bond
from Chinaman?" He declares
that he never did, and that he never
knew a Chinaman overstate his goods
when they had been damaged or lost.
Even the President OF the Mer-
chants Exchange declares that Of
the stock dealers and men who trans-
act business there he never knew a
man who lost dollar by "a China
merchant. 1t is the testimony among
employers OF labor that have had
transactions to the amoaHt.o Of mil
lion or a million and half OF dollars,
and yet never lost one dollar by Chi
namen.


The real and only business gov
ernment has TO do is to stand and see
that men have their individual rights.
Though the doctrine OF self f-responsi-
bility carries with it a great amount
OF suffering, after all the average re-
suit is beneficial to the system, but
any system that takes the responsi
biity of thinking for the many, tends
to discourage intelligence and will
not last long.


"You are not discussing the Chi
nese question only. you are discussing
those OF commerce and freedom, the
freedom of your own persons, the
rights of your own prosperity. You
cannot touch any one people on this
continent without touching the whole
An Injustice done to the lowest re.
verberates more or less in every di-
recti0n, and imperils the liberty oil
every citizen. For us stands liberty
holding QUO freedom and protection
to every man who comes to this land
Let us be thankful that the speciou:
and brilliant Senator has not beer
able to draw the public after him
We read in the Apocalypse that the
great cragon drew with his tail thou
sands OF stars after him down from
the sky.


Let US be thankful that this bill
put through for political reasons, di,
not receive the sanction of the Presi
dent. God guided his thoughts ane
directed his will. That wise Stat.
paper which he has drawn up Is ;
document that will stand in histor,
after the honors that surround hin
are gone. And let us. one and all, IL
the full faith OF human nature, let u
be made free, in the full faith tina
liberty is the most conservative inllu
ence on the globe-in full faith an,
enthusiasm for liberty, for liberty o
conscience, for liberty OF expression
for liberty OF industry; let US TAX
our stand upon them and transmit t
other generations this imperishabl
legacy descended from heaven. whicl
is an influence preparing men to re
ascend and stand with the sons O
Cod
Year: 1879

1t is said. traveller In Germany


writes. that whenever several of the
larger wolves associate together for
mischief, IN the German forests and
their neighberhUod, there is always a


numerous train OF smaller ones to fol-
low in the rear, and act as auxiliaries
in the work Of destruction. Two large


wolves are sufficient to destroy the
most powerful horse, and seldom more
than two ever begin the assault, al
though there may be a score in the
gang. 1t is no less curious than ANUS
ing to witness this ingenious mode OF
attack. If there is no snow, or but lit
tie on the ground, two wolves approach
in the most playful and caressing man.
ner, lying, rolling and frisking about


until the too crcduIous and unsuspici'
Gus victim is completely put off hi:
guard by curiosity and familiarity


During this time, the gang, squatted Oh
their headquarters, look on at dis
tance. After some time spent in thi:
way, the two assailants separate. wheI
one approaches the horses head, anC
the other his tail, with q shyness ant
cunning peculiar to themselves. "A
this stage of the attack their frolicsom'
approaches become very interesting-i


is right good earnest; the former Is
Year: 1879

Many persons may not be aware that
glass can be cut under water with great
ease TO almost any shape hy simply
using a pair of shears or strong scissors.
III oTTI5r 20 insure success two points
must be attended to. First ard most
important, the glass must be kept quite
level in the water while the scissors are
applied, and, secondly, 10 avoid risk,
it Is better 20 begin the cutting by
taking of small pieces aJ the corners
and along the edges, and so reduce the
shape gradually to that required, as il
any attempt is made to cut the glass all
at once to the shape as we could cut 4
piece of card board, it will most likely
break where it is not wan-ed- Some
kinds of glass cut much better than
others, the softer glasses being the best
for this purpose. The scissors need
not be at all sharp, as their action does
not appear to depend on the state of the
edges presented to the glass. When
the operation goes on well the glass
breaks away from the scissors in small
pieces in a straight line with the blades.
This method of cutting glass has often
been of service when a diamond has
not been at hand for cutting oyals and
segments, and though the edges are not
so smooth as might be desired for some
purposes, yet it will answer IN a great
many cases. The hints given above, if
strictly followed, will always insure
success
Year: 1879

Charley Bunnell was running mes
senger on the j. NJ. and l. X. X. and


tells this story: ''Bluff old Jack Mills,


rough, but Kind hearted, was the en-


gineer. About a mile and half this


side of Columbus there is fine stretch


of road, and Jack had pulled her wide
open'' to make up lost time, and the


old engine and train were rocking


along at n rate of about thirty miles an
hour. A country road runs parallel


with the track here for some distan ce,
and finally crosses 1t. But a short dis


tance, and finally crosses it. But
short distance from the crossing, on the
day referred TO, there was suddenly
discovered man, evidently half drunk
in a two horse country wagon, and in
il was his wife with him. The man
was standing up driving like mad, but
the train was SO close upon him that no


one dreamed Of his attempting to cross,
but making = sudden turn 10 the left,
| he endcavOred To cross the railroad
track. By the time the wagon was
fairly on the track, the locomotive
struck it, smashed the wagon 10 splin-
ters, killed the horses, and mangled TO


death the man and woman. The train
ran some distance before it could be


stopped, and when it was finally
checked Bunneli went forward and


found Engineer Jack Mills, swearing
like n trooper, his engine all unused,
and he was damning the drunken fool
in the wagon tor his criminal careless


ness which brought on the accident.


Jack was hot. AS lie turned 20 get on
his engine to reverse her and return to
the scene of the accident, his eyes


caught sight of a tiny pair of baby's


shoes, which had been among other OF


the purchases of the man in the wagon


and knocked out. They had fallen on


the boiler of the locomotive, and there


they rested as gently as 4 dove sitting
in a cannOn's mouth. A flood of reeol-
lections of the little ones at home
watching and waiting for their parents
. who would never cOme-thoughts, i
may be, of the little feet at home-wa:
, too much for the true aud tender hear
| of the rough and hardy engineer, ant


he leaned on Charlie Bunnell's shoul