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Year: 1878

The Quintupie Herald-What Nexts


The HERALD is once more called on to ap-
pear in quintuple form, owing to the press
ure of advertisements, which to-day fill
seventy-eight out of one hundred and
twenty columns. Calling heavily rs this
happy to have made such provision for the
extra strain that the work of putting this
enormous mass of matter into type, print
ing and issuing it within the limited time
at our disposal is accomplished with the
precision Of any smaller number of the
HERALD. Our fellow laborers in this
mechanical field have naturally inter-
ested themselves in the details Of
this work of publishing quintuple sheets,
and our exchanges contain many curious
calculations based on the amount Of COM
position it entails in a single night. To
the unpractised in such matters, and. in
deed, to many familiar with the art Of
printing, it may seem startling that the
type ''set up" in one quintuple issue of the
HERALD represents the type in two octave
volumes Of three hundred and thirty three
pages each, but it can be easily demon
strated. In fact, the work done repre-
sents moro than this, for in two
such books the work would be OH n
straight line, as it were. 1t would be q
very easy matter to issue a quintuple
paper if it could be given to the printers in
the exact order in which it was to appear;
but when, instead, advertisements of fifty
or sixty kinds come pouring in; when news
from all parts and of all kinds, from ship
news to court news, from finance to fine
arts, from local news to cable news, from
religious news to horse races, the small item
and the long article, 'copy" in every con-
ceivable shape and in every imaginable
order of arrival have to be dealt with, classi-
fed and put in their proper places. in the
pages, the labor is increased to an extent
which only the highly trained journalist
can appreciate, and which the ordinary
book printer, not to speak of the general
public, cannot imagine. We have, of
course, here only referred to the printers
part of the work. Astonishing, however,
as this has proved to those who have exam
ined it most minutely, we may say that
further demands upon our space will be
cheerfully met by increased efforts, and if,
in order to give all the news, we are COM
PEELED to print a sextuple sheet, even that
will be done. Further than this it is not
necessary to promise at present.
Year: 1878

One of the Injuries that few communities
can possess in this material and commercial
age is a knight errant; yet it would not be
difficult to show that a knight errant is an
excellent and valuable possession. How
often, indeed, does the sympathetic person
find reason to wish that the daily events
might be judged rather on the honest stand
ard of Quixote than in accordance with
the practical views Of our prosaic time


Ordinarily this would be ridiculous
aspiration, and yet not always Here is
this Brooklyn story of an outrage done in
numbering poor woman's pet With the
perversity born Of too much whiskey q man,
perhaps not worse than others when he is
sober, leases poor little dog and it snaps
at him. Terrible crime this on the part Of
the dog that only the forfeiture of it's life
can purge. In his rage the man gets
hatchet and with violent circumstances of
pursuit md capture slaughters the small
beast whose life is precious only to
n mistress too feeble to defend it.
It is evident that everyday lew
has no standards by which to. measure this
offence and ordinary life no machinery by
which to enforce the penalty that common
indignation would like to see applied If
there were o knight errant here on his
stout charger, poking his long lance into the
merits of this case, and with his ready de-
termination on the sentiment of justice
and not on the husks of justice that arc
found in the statutes, we feel that it would
fill the bill And there is! there is |!
Behold, he rides upon the scene,
and on his ample shield we, descry
the legend. Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals" 1t
was dog that was slain, and dogs are
recognized members of our social system
and are protected by our laws This is a
case in which the public may be congratu-
lated upon the possession of Mr.. Bergh and
his law. May no Brooklyn jury of evil


instincts come between his noble ven-
geance and the culprit But this is not the
only case before us with regard to Mr..
Year: 1878

such of these that can affect in any way the
plans for improving the Harlem River. As
the value OF the new channel will depend
on its being entirely clear of distractions
it is to be hoped that tbe proposed bridging
OF the river at several points will not be
permitted to be carried out so rs to inter-
fere with navigation. The fine but some
what unnecessary High Bridge already
presents serious obstacle to the
cpening of ship canal. 1t was
designed to carry the Croton water
into New York, and without any regard
to the possible opening of the Harlem
River for large vessels. A want OF foresight
has, therefore, created something like an
engineering problem in connection with
the proposed improvement. Its solution is.
of course, not difficult, but it may prove ex-
pensive. We cite the case to show that the
realization Of i'll considered projects may
mar or at least limit great improvements,
and that the utmost care should be taken to
guard against the erection of other struc-
lures that can in any way interfere with the
navigability OF ship canal via the Harlem
River. Wherever tunnels under the
river can be excavated with advantage
and at not too great a cost they
should be preferred to bridges. Whatever
changes are necessary in the details of the
plans should not be made at the expense of
free navigation, which is the great object of
the proposed improvement. The interest
now centred in this work should not
be allowed to decrease, but every effort be
directed to securing its early completion.
New York has undertaken many great
works that reflect the highest credit on her
people, but none can excel in Importance
to her most vital interests that of opening
the Harlem River from the Sound to the
Hudson. The advocacy of the scheme
from a national standpoint by New
York representatives in Congress is
hopeful sign that it will soon receive
the practical support it deserves The
bills introduced in the Senate and House
of Representatives by Senator Conkling
and MIR. Willis respectively for an ap-
preparation Of five hundred thousand dol
lars to commence the improvement of the
Harlem River on General Newton's plan
are regarded with favor, but action on the
House bill is delayed pending the considera-
tion of that in the Senate. 1t is claimed, as
our dispatches state, that the appropriation
asked for is too large in view Of the
demand for another to continue the
He'll Gate operations. But this plea
is based on very narrow view
of the merit Of both undertakings. The
opposition to an appropriation for local
improvement in New York Harbor, which
might have been expected to come from the
West, has been in this case entirely sus-
pended. The people of the interior States
properly recognize in the work proposed
one that must bring them many advantages
by facilitating the shipments Of freight, as
we'll us shortening the time Of transit. 1t
is, therefore, the duty of Congress to en-
courage the prosecution Of the Harlem
River improvement without any further
delay, as the interests to be benefited are
those of the whole country.
Year: 1878

The allocution delivered in tho Consis-
tory on Thursday last by Pope Leo reaches
us in the form Of an abstract, with COM
ments made by the Roman correspondent
Of the London Times, and fully confirms
our view of, the. determination of His Holi-
ness to be religious Pope in the admins
tmtive sense of the term. He takes the
political situation as he finds it, and if he
can ease the relations between Catholics
and their rulers in the countries where
Cathoiicity has been the centre of politi-
cal movement more or less hostile to the
State he will be satisfied. By ceasing
to give forth the cry of the martyr he will
put the Catholics all over the world in
better temper and will rely upon this to
make the governments less harsh to and less
suspicious of their citizens who have looked
Romeward when they wanted to look heaven
ward. We do not completely share the
views of the correspondent that Pope Leo
will shelve the dogma of infallibility. In
viting the counsel of the Sacred College is
no more than putting in words what the
late Pope did in fact To our mind
it simply shows that Leo XIII. will not en-
deavor to make the dogma an excuse for the
wild things that have been said about it,


His decision on any religious question, he
seeks to intimate, will be none the less in
fallble for having been approved before
hand by the oldest and wisest priests of the
Catholic Church. 1t is infallibility made
Year: 1878

Tomorrow is the day set apart for being
funny Of set purpose. People are expected
on the 1st Of April to laugh at aflronts and
tricks which would be legitimate occasion
for anger and expetives on any other day
in the year. 1t is not SGT down that spon-
taneous good humor should be the gift of
everybody, and hence it is that the majority
of people when they undertake to be droll
use very crude methods. They con-
struct jokes of which it is very
hard to see the fun. If they are
at the expense of others the abnormal
iokers are satisfied. This is the only shape
in which serious people like the Ameri-
cans can enter as body into funmaking.
You cannot induce them to make fools Of
themselves like the Neapolitans or the
Romans, but give everybody a chance at his
neighbor and the result of universal tom
foolery will be reached just the same. The
runaway ring at the door bell, the tempting
stovcpipe hat on the sidewalk with its toe
splitting brick, tho newspaper pinned to q
stately persons coat tails, the street arabs
pretence of stealinga tat mans handkerchief,
arc all in this line. We violate no
confidence in saying that these things
will be done tomorrow, because they
have been done 80 often before, but the
new efforts to be made in the same direc-
ton we studiously conceal. If President
Hayes was to send in civil service reform
message nobody would believe in it, so we
hope he won't it is too old a joke. There
Year: 1878

LONG BRANCn's summer residents and visitors
will be interested in the report OF Justice Pitchers
trial, which was begun yesterday. The reading
of the charges against the accused occupied most
Of the session OF the Board. They serve to
show the grievances urdcr which the respect
able and luw-abiding citizens Of that place
suffer, aud for which they striving to find IL
remedy Justice Pitcher pleads not guilty
Year: 1878

TmE QUEENS COUNTY IIrNr is rapidly growing
in popularity, and may bc said to have become
one of the institutions Of Long Island At the
meeting yesterday II large number of the sturdy
proprietors OF the ,O.l joined the club and rode
over their own fields they never rode before
The meeting WAS the largest and most success
1ul of the season.
Year: 1878

Bergh. Another will be found in the propo-
sition made by correspondent. who pro-
poses to deposit what Solon Shingle would
call great deal of money, which
shall go into the treasury OF the
Society for the p. G. A.. contingently
on the result of certain experiment.
This correspondent is apparently indignant
at Mr.. Bergh's incredulity in regard to hy-
drophobia. We have sometimes been in
dignant- ON that point ourselves, and
we know how he feels. He proposes that
Mr.. Bergh shall consent to be inoculated
with the virus from rabid animal, and that
if he is not hydrophobic in six months the
money shall 90 to the society, otherwise to
the depositor. That otherwise" presents
plate. Alas! it is very true what they say
in the East-though q guebre should
nourish fire for thousand years, If
he should fall into 1t for an instant
it would burn him. Even in the veins OF
Mr. Bergh that virus would be fatal. All
chivalric defence of him, his fights in court
and his troubles everywhere as the dogs de-
fender, would not change the result. There
fore we are against the experiment-tha is
to say, against making it on Mr.. Bergh. We
cannot afford to lose. But it is good ex-
periment--to to be made on some one else. We
suggest that it be made on an Alderman or
on Tammany Sachem or on some member
of the State Legislature. These are all per-
sons Of great prominence and dignity, any
one of whom we can well spare; but our
knight errant shall not be appropriated in
that way.
Year: 1878

Sure little fish indulge their wish
In watery resort;
And lambkins play the livelong day


In pursuance of sport
Thus boys at play should have their way


For bealthfulness of lung;
Tho tight to shout and romp about


Is sacred to the young!
The right Of birds to warb1e words


The wise will not gainsay;
The right Of blooms to yield perfumes


No man may take away.
Then let our boys pour out their joys


According TO their whim
Let no one chalk the line they walk


In exercise Of limb!
The playful breezs disturbs the trees


As suits capricious prank
The babblinR brook gets no rebuke


For tricks played on the bankl
Then boys should shout and romp about


Exulting in their noise;
Let surly Might get ont CT sight,


We sing the Rights of boys Pm
Year: 1878

Board of Education being out of funds,
at their last meeting the chairman of the
Finance Committee, Mr.. Woolley, was in
structed to apply to Council for sufficient
sum to pay necessary expenses until July,
when the school tax could be collected.
Last night Council refused to grant the
request of the Board, the City Solicitor being
of the opinion that it would be a violation
Of the city charter. Unless money is bor-
rowed by the members of Board, individual
ly, the schools will have to be closed for
want of funds.
Year: 1878

the working men, or more likely to stay
the threatened stampede or the hard fisted
in the minirg districts of the State. Nc
Candless could carry Pennsylvania. We
hope the Democracy Of our sister State,
will not make the blunder of nominating
Dell, who is known to be creature of the
Pennsylvania Railroad corporation.
Year: 1878

Twelve grave and sedate men with intel
lectual and thoughtful faces sat around a
long table in the lecture room of Grace
Church yesterday from 9 o'clock to l2 and
from 2 TO six. These are the Methodist
Episcopal Bishops who are holding their
semi>annual meetiny for the purpose OF
transactlng church business. a.'..


This evening there will be public ro-
ception in Grace Church which will be open
to all friends of Methodism and on Sunday
evening there will be public meeting in
the Opera House. ~.
Year: 1878

During the past month we have been
clearing, our stock of old goods, and are
now left.with line of new and desirable
styles for the Spring trade. Our store,
which Is th most commodious IN the city
or State, Occupying three floors, and with
enterprise back of it, our intention is this
season to outdo all former, efforts, to make
the Boston One Price Clothing House the
place to buy Clothing and Gents Furnish


ing Goods. With the confidence Of tn pub
lie that FIVE YEARS SQUARE DEAL
ING has not impaired, and our established


system of Cash and One Price to ALL we
feel assured the present season viii prove
a successful one. Visit our store aud look


at our immense stock of Ready, Made
Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys and Child
Year: 1878

Edison, the phonograph man, is wretch
ell unless he invents half dozen things
every day. He does it just for amusement
when regular business isn't pressing. The
other day he went out for a little stroll
and he thought out plan for walking on
one leg, so as to rest the other before he
had gone square.


He hailed milk wagon and told the
driver Of little invention that had pop
ped through his head just that moment
for delivering milk without getting out
OF his wagon or even stopping his horses.
A simple force pump, with hose attached,
worked by the foot, would do the business.
Milk men who dislike to halt for any,
thing in their mad career because it pre-
vents them running over as many children
as they might other wise do, would ap-
preciste this improvement. Edison isn't
sure but that sausage and pigs feet could
he delivered in the same way.


He stepped into hotel office, and OBJ
serving the humiliations which guests en-
countored in seeking to obtain informa-
ton from the high toned clerk, he. sat
down in the reading:room, and in five
minutes had invented hotel clerk to
work by machinery, warranted to stand
behind the counter any length of time de-
sired, and answer all questions with
promptness, correctness and suavity-
diamond pin on and hair parted in the
middle if desired.


He went through the barber shop of the
hotel and as he did he sighed to think, that
with all his genius and creative :magina-
ton, he could never hope to equal the
knight Of the razor as talking machine.
This saddened him so that he went home
end invented no more that day.-Csncin-
natl Saturday Night.
Year: 1878

Every man, however limited his means
should contrivo to have and cultivate a
garden. There are three strong reasons
for it: .'" III


1. Working in garden Is highly con-
ductive to health. The exercise is gen
tie; it is united with amusement, and by
it both the body and the spirits are invig.
Grated. There il something in the odor
of the earth that strengthens the whole
system. Let the sedentary man take up
the pruning knife and spend an hour Of
the dewy morning amongst his vines, or
the spade, hoe or rake and prepare or
work over his asparagus, lettuce or rad
ish beds, and he will thus give tone and
v'gor to his body and mind for the severe
studies of his desk. T he teacher will
teach all the better; the minister will
preach all the better for the mind exer-
else which the garden gives. For this
natural employment of the bones and
muscles of the system an hour or two's
practice in the gymnasium is but a mis-.
erable substitute, since the health-im-
parting cxhalations from the ground, as
we'll as the interest and variety are want
ing.


:. 2. The garden is a teacher. There
nature is at work, producing her most
beautiful forms and transformations. No
man can witness attentively the germi-
nation of the seed, the uprising Of the
blade, the unfolding of the flower, the
maturing of the fruit, without at the
same time becoming wiser, nobler, and
better. The vegetable, the mineral
Kingdoms here meet and work together.
To the curious every step in this working
offers something fresh, for meditation.
Why, for instance, the ,plumula ascend z
Why doesit incline toward the sun! Why
does it assume this or that tint2 Why
does the sap arise in it? Why does this
plant take to this kind of nutriment, an
other to that2 Why is thorn given to
this vegetable, an acrid juice to this and
honey to that2 Why does the dandelion
shoot forth in the spring and the aster in
the autumn? Why is this leaf orbicular,
this heart-shaped, this needle-shapedf
Why is this plant medicinal, this poison
ousa Why is this flower fragrant, this
scentless? And thousand other curious
questions constantly arise to awaken
| thought.
Year: 1878

There is no more common fOible in the
world than vanity, nor one which renders
its possession more ridiculous, unless it is
kept we'll under the control of good sense


and; as a lule, The vain person is too vain
to be conscious that ske needs anv re.
straint whatever; and if one should dare
suggest such necessity, true to her in.
stincts, she would believe that the hint
proceeded from envy and all uncharit-
ableness." 1t is q little, curious some.
times to examine into the causes Of the
weakness, which are often quite made.
quate to the effect: this one is vain of
"having made himself" as the saying
goes, when the result is hardly worth the
effort; that one plumes herself upon he,
conquests, when she has utterly failed to
CONQUER herself; upon the family tree


though it be nothing but sapling; upon
her talent, though it be wrapped in. 8
napkin; upon her refinement. which will
not allow her to call spade spade, bu,
enters no protest against the reputation
OF SANDER; upon her courtesy, which is
more precept than example; on her sin.
certy, which is mere preaching than prac.
ticc. We do not deny that a little vanity


like q homeopathic dose ofpoison,is very
excellent in its place enough I'd keep
one in selt-respect to insure self-posses-
sion, love Of fine society; amiability, an
agreeable presence, an unblemished: toi:
lette; but It is more of: those things Of
which little goes great way; it often
outlives the quality which" engenders it
beauty vanishes but the empty pride il
awoke remains, conveying an impression
as unseemly as flowers upon a deaths
head; the voice loses it's charm. the hand
its cunning, the brain its vigor, but nutri.
ment has been stored for the vanity to
feed upon all the same. IN fact it will
thrive upon the meagerest diet, wax 1at
and lusty upon huaks, and compliment
has been known to support it q lifetime


It is hard TO- say why we condone the
fauts in the young, and reprobate in the
old and mi'ldle-aged !; why it seems sc
much more natural and less offensive in
one than the other; why We listen with
interest to the sentimentalities, of youth


and amuse ourselves with the tender re:
mipiscences Of age-unless it is that the
Year: 1878

/ We do not remember in what journal
we first saw the following extract as an
Original item; but, since il has recently
been copied without comment by several
contemporaries, attention should be
directed to it. The article states that


"a poison of any conceivable descrip-
tion and degree of potency, which has
been Intentionally or accidentally swal-
lowed may be rendered almost instantly
harmless by SIMPLY swallowing two gills
of sweet oil. An individual with very
strong constitution should take nearly
twice this quantity. This oil will most
positively neutralizc every form of veget-
able, animal or mineral poison with
which physicians aud chemists are ac-
|iQuainted.


|: The idea that sweet oil will ncutralize
such poisons as prussic acid, nicotine,
strychnine, eurare and host of ethers
less speedy in their action, is almost too
absurd to demand refutation. In some
cases, when taken into the stomach in
large quantities, it may serve to envolve
acrid and poisonous substances and miti-
gate :heir action, until the arrival ot a
/ physician with specifics shall relieve the


patient from danger; but it is not to be
used in all cases, for its administration,
for instance, Immediately after the swal-
lowing of q corrosive mineral acid, such
as oil Of vitriol, would be followed by
most fearful results.


As the great multitude of poisons
known to the physician and chemist are
classified according to their varied molo
Of action on the animal economy, it is
evident that the method of treatment in
cases of poisoning most likely vary. There
can be no one specific for all.


1t is to be hoped that no one will be
simple enough to try this antidotc: for if
he does, the absurd person who penncd
the quoted statement may have human
life to answer for Scientific american
Year: 1878

Strawberry Shord Gale. Ono quart Of
flour; pice of butter the size of an egg;
one teaspoonful of soda and two .oft
cream-of tartar; sweet milk to mix. Siftr
the cream-of-tartar with the flour; rub.
the butter thoroughly through the -four
and dissolve the soda in the milk: mix
soft and bake in flat tin; when done,
split open, butter and spread thickly
with crushed berries. cream and sugar or
berries and sugar only; spread fruit over
the top or cream and sugur.