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Year: 1878

may even in tribulation, take comfort,
though The majority Of people do not
prefer 10 take il in that form.


The delights of life, like pleasant
weather through the year, are scattered
all along the way, and unless We enjoy
them as soon as they come, the oppor-
tunity once past never returns.


1t is all very well TO provide Tor
RAINY day, but the man is very foolish
who allows himself to be soaked BY
drenching rains that he may save his
umbrella for some possible future
storms. Pleasure taking is not nearly
as much provided for among our earnest
intense, energetic American people az
il should be. We live altogether too
much in the future, too little in the
present. We live 100 poor that we may
die rich. We get all ready to be hap
DIV. and when we are quite ready, IN
TRINITY or disease or death steps in, aud
the chance 10 take comfort in this short
life is gone, five could only be con-
tent to seize upon little pleasures that
he lust outside and often within our
daily pathway, they would make
large sum total at the end ofthe three
score and ten. Far too many OF us
seorn pleasures that are cheap and near
and within our grasp. and complain be-
cause we cannot have such as are cost
" and remote and inaccessible. But II
we only magnify the little things that
make life pleasant as We do those that
make it unpleasant, the cup Oh your
lows would continually overflow. We
complain Of cloud and storm, but do We
r .ioce in the sunshine and fair weather.
We grieve of the coldness OF a friend,
hut do we value the fidelity ofthoss who
remain true: We count the hours
when sickness prostrates us, but no"
many days Of health pass utterly un-
noticed and without thanksgiving? We
mourn passionately for the dead, while
We neglect the living for whom to-mor-
row we may weep as dead. 1t is well
for us TO heed the sayings OF the wise
man. There is nothing better than
that a man should rejoice in his own
works; for that is his portion; for who
shall bring him to see what shall be
after himg'
Year: 1878

A carriage containing Misses George and
Lula Gregg, and two lady friends from
Philadelphia, were driving out Front street
yesterday morning toward the depot, the
britchband broke. when the, horse took
fright and started on run At q furious
rate. The top of the carriage broken off
carrying the ladies with It. all received
serious injuries. The horse was finally
stopped at Second and Poplar streets. h
Year: 1878

Henceforth we will give column daily
to correspondence upon any proper subject
for discussion. 1t is expected that commu
nications will be written on one side only
Of the paper, and accompanied with the
name of the writer. The HERALD is not to
be considered as endorsing or being in any
way responsible fol. the opinion Of corres-
pondenIs IN thls column. -,
Year: 1878

Ice continues to advance, and, unless some
thing is done by the public to counteract the
action of the importers, will rule at no late
date at five cents pound, wholesale. The
limited supply in first hands is monopolized,
and ice is now q luxury which the poor may
not enjoy. Mr.. Hutchinson, on the part of the
Morgan line of steamers plying between New
Orleans and New York, a few days since made
a proposition to the ice importers to bring
out ice for them from New York, which would
have the effect of increasing the stock and of
reducing the present exorbitant cost. Mr..
HutchinsOn's proposition was to buy the ice,
load his steamers and sell it at a reasonable
rate to the dealers here.


No agreement, however, could be made.
The ice dealers suggested $40 O. ton, which
proposition was refused by Mr.. Hutchinson,
as he could not tell what the ice would stand
him in, delivered, owing to meltage; but he
then proposed to bring the ice as freight,
charging usual freight rates. The dealers
stated that they expected their vessels, which
had been out some twenty odd days, at any
moment, and in the event of their arrival
would have sufficient quantity in stock to
supply the demand for a time; SO no agree.
ment was arrived at.


Mr.. Hutchinson stated to our reporter that
having freight room he made the proposition
as an experiment, feeling satisfied that the
present rates charged here for ice could be re.
duced materially. He said that another OBJ
lection made was to the ice itself, the dealers
stating that New York ice was inferior In
quality,
Year: 1878

Particulars of the Affair and Statement


Of Eye-Witnesses.


At 9 o'clock last night an accident hap
pened to Mr.. +. A. Goeing, O awell-to-do ieweler
and silversmith doing business at No. 1856
Poydras street, which, IL it does not prove
fatal to him, will make him helpless cripple
for the balance Of his days.


Mr.. Goeng, owing to the excessive heat in
the CITY, left his store at about o'clock and
started to the Hallway House for the purpose
of getting little fresh air. On arriving there
he met several Of his friends. and being OF
jovial nature imbibed quite freely, and not
being man used to hard drinking the liquor
got the better of him, taking complete pos
session of his senses.


AS night grew and half-past o'clock ap-
preached, Mr. Goeing disappeared from
among his friends, but as they thought he
had gone home they did not make any search
for him, believing that he, although slightly
inebriated, was capable Of taking care OF him
self.


The unfortunate man. instead of going
home, meandered down Canal street, until he
reached the


CORNER OF ST. ANTHONY STREET,
which is just below the graveyard, and de-
liberately made bed Of the track Travelled
over by the inward bound trains Of the Canal
Street and New Lake Railroad, one OF the
rails answering for O pillow, while the other
supported his feet


In this position he remained lost in quiet
slumber until the inward bound train from the
Lake, drawn by dummy No. 6, came along
with its cargo Of living freight and reused him
from his peculiar resting place, at the
same time crushing both his feet into jelly
and mangling his left knee.


When the cOwcatcher of the dummy struck
him it threw his body off the track, but his
legs and feet remained resting on one of the
rails, and the monstrous wheels OF the iron
horse shattered them to such an extent that
they were horrible to look at.


The victim, suffering torture beyond de-
scriptiOn, was picked up and laid on the
green, where Dr. Lewis, who fortunately was
on the sCene came to his assistance and did
all in his power to relieve his suffering.


Some Of the ladies, it is said who We're IN
the car, and were unwilling witnesses, tainted
from the sickening sight When proper
conveyance was obtained, the victim OF the
accident was placed in it and removed


TO THE HOSPITAL,


where he was attended by DTs. Pratt and
Miles, who were Of the opinion that the tnJu'
ries sustained would necessitate the amputa-
tiOn of both feet and probably the left leg at
the knee, as it is badly crushed.


The wife of GOeing, as soon as she heard Of
the accident, rushed frantically to the hOSpi-
tai to see her husband, but he being in the
hands of the physicians, she was advised moi
to see him. and return home, which she did


The engineer, who goes by the name OF
Pat, stated TO the corporal OF the Suburban
Station that he saw the man on the track, but
was too near to him to stop the train before il
struck him.


Nobody was arrested, as the passengers on
the train stated to Sergeant Surgi that there
could not be the slightest blame attached to
the COndutOr or engineer.
Year: 1878

tor Of the parish, has left US for a soiourn with
his friends and relatives In Lynchburg. The
gallant Colonel carries with him the warmest
good wishes OF q host of friends, and 1t is hoped
that In the early fall his well known and ever
pleasant countenance- will be once more seen
upon our streets. we trust that the Colonel
tCrn
Year: 1878

In another column of this paper will be seen


the card Of DIR. W G. Austin, who has for many
years, with great success, practice his profess
sion in this community. The doctor is particu-i
larly successful in all kinds Of fevers common
to this city. and will be found night and day
ready TO respond to the call OF the sick.
Year: 1878

THE TELEPHONE APPLIED TO WAR PUR-
PosEs- A telephone, especially adapted for
use in the field, designed by Berlin firm,
has been recently tried with very good re-
suits. The great obstacles in the way of
the profitable employment of the telephone
for military purposes have been found in
practice to be the want of some simple
method of attracting the attention of the
person to whom it is wished to send mes
sage and the difficulty of connecting the
telephones themselves with the intermedi-
ate wire or one length of wire with anoth-
er; but in the instruments lately tried,
these difficulties have been overcome.
Each telephone is eight inches high the
diameter of the lower part, in which is the
coil of wire with some 1900 turns, being
something less than inches. The trump
ct. when the disc of the telephone at the
other end of the wire is blown upon, gives
out loud note which can be plainly heard
from 90 to 80 PAGES away from the instru'
| ment. Another Improvement introduced
consists of an arrangement for turning the
magnet of the telephone into the position
| which renders the words transmitted very
clear and distinct, SO that whatever the
condition of the atmosphere may be, ar
equally audible message can be SENT 1t il
confidently predicted that it will before
long be largely substituted for the so-callet
portable field telegraph in the German
army.
Year: 1878

4 HAPPY MAN.-We once knew a man
who was always praising his wife, On the
corner, down the street, at tho post-office,
at the race track, in the skating rink, at
the theater, in the sal-that is, at the choir
meeting, be was always telling what hap
py man he was, just because he had such
splendid wife, and he talked every man he
met into perfect frenzy of envy about her.
Well, one winter merniug when it was not
yet too light to make one appear overly os-
tentatious, we sneaked into that neighbor's
yard to steal fence board for kindling, and
had to wait before we could safely obtain 1T
until that mau's wife came out and sawed
a couple of armfuis of wood, shoveled out
three snow paths, fed and groomed the
horse, and cleaned out the cowshed, and


then when she vent intu the house and we
heard her call to her husband that the sit
ting room was warm enough for him to
dress in if he wanted to get up now, we
| were so amazed that we forgot what


we were waiting for, and went


back and kindled the fire with corncob
| and a pint of kerosene. -Haackege.
Year: 1878

desplSe s6lngy man. I.eior't see how
gary and tAe white lips OF famine. How
man eau withstand all that, and hold in the
clutch of his hand swenty or thirty millions
of dollars, is past my comprehension. do
not see how he can do it. | should not
think he could do i: ANY more than he could
keep pile of lumber when hundreds and
thousands were drowning at sea. Do you
know | have known men who would trust
their wives with their hearts and their
honor, but not with their pocket books
| not with dollar. When | see man of
that kind, | always think he knows which
is most valuable Think of making your
wife beggar! Think of her asking you
every day for dollar or two,or to humbly
beg for fifty cents. What did you do
with that dollar gave you?'' Think of
having wife that is afraid of you! What
kind Of children do you expect to have with
beggar and coward for mother? Oh,
tell you, if you have but dollar in the
world, and you have got to spend it, spend
it like king; spend it as though it were
dry leaf, and you the owner of unbounded
forests. That's the way to spend it. had
rather be beggar and spend my last dol-
lar like king, than to be king and spend


my last dollar like beggar. If it's got to
90, let it go. Get the best you eau for
your family and look as well as you can
yourself. When you used to go counting
how nice you looked All, your eye was


bright your step light, and YOU just put on


the very best you could. Do sou know


that it is insufferable egotisnl in you TO sup


pose that woman is going to love you al
ways, looking as bad as you Can ? Think
of it Any woman Oh earth wall be true


to you when you do yonr level best.-Bo0
IngersoU. "s
Year: 1878

How SATAN CHARMS sMANKIND.-After
considering the question all winter we
come to the conclusion every spring that
the circus is immoral, but then the bill
poster comes along with the big pictures
and our mind changes. And we gaze at
the lions, tigers and monkeys, and think
that nature made all of them, we are not
sure. And when we look at the beautiful
young lady with nothing on but a blue rib
bon round her waist, with one leg pointed
to 6 o'clock and the other to high noon, and
think that nature made her, too. just as
she is, except the ribbon, we begin to lean
up to the circus. But when the brass
band begins to play and the elephants &c
round, we rush for a front seat to get in
ahead of the ministers, who always wear
| stove pipe hats and wont sit down in front
| Marshall (IG.1 St0tesnsGn.
Year: 1878

MAKING 1T WARM FOR HIM.-The Bur-
lington Haaekeye man says: The other
night man who lives out on Columbia st.
was kept down town on business until a
very late hour and his wife knowing how
cold it would be when he got home put an
iron on the stove, aud when she heard him
open the front gate she jumped up hurried
ly wrapping the iron in a piece Of flannel,
and chucked 1t in bed for him to warm his
feet by. The man was cold and taciturn
and cross. He crawled into bed with a
growl, and shuddered with cold as he
stretched himself out Then he gave yell
that nearly lifted the roof off the house, and
iammed his head clear through the head
board and screamed fire and waltzed out on
the flo ,r and around the room in the dark,
straddling rocking chairs and breaking his
shins on bureau corners and knocking down
the brackets with his shoulders and upset
ting two or three things and filling the
darkness with weird, fantastic profanity
They lighted the candle and discovered Z
beautiful photograph OF flatiron on tb'
bottom Of the mans foot, and it was fount
that the flannel had some how got off th'
foot-warmer.
Year: 1878

The Democratic House instead Of takin
measures to guard against the repitition of
disputes like those which attended the Presi-
dental election of 1876, is delaying the pub.
lie business and prolonging its session In an
attempt to overthrow settlement proposed
and adopted by the Democrats and arrived at
as the only possible solution of dangerous
and disturbing question. The Democratic
majority of the House does not ask for full,
free and fair investigation of the election OF
1876. 1t unanimously resists every endeavor
to broaden the scope Of the Potter resolution
so as to cover frauds or attempts at fraud in
other States than Florida and Louisiana.
We must bear in mind that the Republicans
while believing it to be for the best interests
of the country that the old dispute should not
be reopened do not oppose full investiga-
tion, and that only the Democrats insist that
the inquiry shall be limited to two States, and
the evidence which proves the attempt OF Mr..


Tilden and his friends to carry the election
by intimidation, bribery and corruption be ex-
cluded. The Republican party has no reason
to dread ample and impartial inquiry, for it
knows that it can show state of affairs in
the whole South which made a free election
impossible, and prevented the use of the
ballot by Republicans. 1t knows, too that it
can prove the grossest attempts at corrup-
ton on the part of the Democratic leaders.
1t only protests against partisan lnvestiga-
ton conducted not for the purpose of ascer-


tanning the truth but with the object of max
ing political capital. That the proposed in
quiry is unfair and insufficient is the well
Year: 1878

Paper emissi ms by the government are
of n nature SO Liable to abuse, may say
SO certain TO be abused, that the wisdom of
the government will be shown by never
trusting it.e elf w th SO ucing and dam
gerOus a power


ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
Year: 1878

we 90 not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

IT is wise to bear in mind that the number
ofSouthern claimants is constantly increas-
ing, and that the Southerners are filing their
claims upon the Treasury against the day
when the Democratic paymasters shall come
g..
Year: 1878

A correspondent of Land and Water.
writing about the cleverness OF rocks,
tells this anecdote: "A gentleman
whose perfect veracity have never
had the slightest reason to question,
tells me that the rocks in a large
rookerv near the house he formerly
lived N, knew Sunday as we'll as my
dog does, from the sound of the
church bells. and the way in which
he discovered the fact was as follows:
"He had a field OF peas near both
chuIch and rookery, which the birds
constantly visited Ito destroy, he says,
his crop, for 1 must tell you that he
is thorough bird enemy. He could
never get shot at them on week
days, but on Sundays he and his
family used to walk through the field
to church without disturbing a single
thief.


"'They were as bold as Brass to
use his expression, and kept pecking
away at his peas under his nose
So one Sunday he remained at home,
and when, as he thought, all his
neighbors were safe in their pews, he
walked out, gun in hand.


"The old sentinel rook never took
any notice of him, gave no warning,
as he did on week days, Of the ap-
proach Of foe, and w. B., going up
to the birds, shot two and winged a
third.


Imagine his dismay, as he was
proceeding in pursuit, to see a win
dow open at vicarage, and the vi
car, who had been kept at homo by a
severe cold that morning, pop his
head out to discover the Sabbath
breaker. The rocks, / must add, be-
came from that day as canny on
Sundays as they were during the
week 1t was the first and the last
shot he was able to get at them in
the pea-field.
Year: 1878

A Fairfield turkey walked into the
house Thanksgiving morning, swal-
lowed a 500 bill that the man Of the
house had dropped on the carpet, all
rolled up in a wad, and then with a
wild gobble Of amazement ran off in
to the pathless forest to await the pas
sage of the silver bill.-Bawhngton
Unlrkeue,
Year: 1878

IF YOU ever marry" said a Ro-
man consul to his son, "let it be cne
who has sense enough to snperintend
the setting of meal of victuals, taste
enough to wash before breakfast, and
sense to hold her tongue when she
has nothing to say"
Year: 1878

THE New COACHMAN.-The boy
should have known better at his. age
than to let out family secrets, says
the Detroit Free Prees, but lie felt
grateful to the other boy for the use
of his stills, and he remarked


Father wasn't home all last night
and he hasn't come home yet"


Gone OFF, queried the owner Of
the stills.


He's down town somewhere, we ex-
pect, and ma says she amt going tc
run after him if he don't come for a
month.


Did they have FUSS?


Kinder. You see we had to lei
the coachman 60 cause it's hard
times. Monday afternoon ma want
ed pa to black up and drive her ou'
in style. He kicked at first, but
when she got mad he caved in and
fixed himself up so you couldn't tel
him from regular darkey. Whe'
he drove around ma called him Peter
and ordered him to back up and g
ahead and gee and haw around, ant
he got up on his ear and drove bacl
to the barn. Them duds came Off
him like lightning, and he was 81
mad that he didn't stop long enough
to wash the black off his ears


And what did your mother say ?
asked the other.


Nothing. She looked a little sac
around the mouth, but she'll fetcl
him to it if it takes all winter. HI
might as We'll come home and begir
to learn how to burn cork.
Year: 1878

Editors of Dispatch: Some Of the mem.
bers OF the municipal government may,
and no doubt do, think Richmond is equal
to and far ahead Of other cities Of similar
size in point of public improvements. All
right; let them think so; but they will find
very few of the citizens who will back
then up in such laudable appreciation Of
their efforts. Now, the writer is not going
to discuss this affair in all its branches,
for he is wellnigh certain that he could
fill the whole Dispatch, advertising columns
and all. So he will take for bis text on this
occasion 'sStreets in general, and Franklin
street in particular" In the benighted
cities elsewhere (Which, by the way, manage
to drag their miserable existence on. even
though their destinies are not presided over
by any such brilliant body OF luminaries as
those who shed their light for our beneit)
great attention Is paid and much money ex-
pended in keeping the streets and crossings
in nice order; for it seems to be thought
one Of city's first essentials that her
streets shall present q good appearance.
Here the case is otherwise. The powers
that preside over the streets seem to be OF
about the same opinion that the builders OF
the great pyramid were-viz., build it once,
it will stand without repairs forever. Now,
GQlS QOeS very wen lOE pyIautu, UuI Iue
same course OF thinking is not true for the
streets. No, it won't do to say make q
good street and it will stand wear forever
and not need repair.


Franklin street was once very nice and
level. But look at it now. The thin COW
ering Of earth has worn away, leaving the
rocks bare, while here and there the mo-
.notony is relieved by hole or Fut that
would do credit to q backwoods road.
Worse than this are the crossings, the stones
being far above the level of the street.


A drive over this yariegated surface will
tell the condition OF affairs far palmer than
any words, the iolting and shaking being
perfectly unendurable, to say nothing Of
the disgraceful appearance the street pre-
sents. Now, IL the little places had been
repaired as they should have been when
they required it, the labor and expense in
cident thereto would scarcely have been no
tlced. Now the street needs oYerhauline
from end to end, and OF course the cry is
there's 10 money.


The taxes here are plenty high, and the
Year: 1878

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.-All the lead
ing city journals notice editorialy the
statement OF Col Bee. published in the
Washington Post, The Bulletin this
morning says the statement by f. A. Bee
in relation to tie views Of the people of this
coast or the Chinese question will attract
more attention on the other side than here
Perhaps the opinions that may be formed
in relation to it will undergo some modif-
cation when it is generally understood that
the Chinese are Mr. Bees clients. That
gentleman has been acting for some time
in this city in the capacity of their general
attorney. We are rather Inclined to think
that his presence in Washington indicates
that campaign to thwart the wishes of
the great mass of people of this coast is
about to be opened there.
Year: 1878

Ex-Governor Talbot, who has been selected
( by the Republicans of Massachusetts to MAKE
The race against Ben Butler, was Lieutenant
Governor with Washburne and succeeded to
fhe Governorship when the latter was elected
to fill the vacancy In the Senate created by
Summers death. The next year he was the
candidate of the party against Gov. CASTOR,
and was defeated. He is said to be very Or
binary man In point Of ability but Is reputed
an bonest man and is held In high esteem by
the s'respectable" strata Of Massachusetts, Re-
pubIicans. The Massachusetts election Will
turn on the point Of respectability, and it re-
mains to be seen whether the very respecta-
BILE ex- Gov. Talbot can get away with the very
indecent and disreputable Ben Butler