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Year: 1878

An old writer describes the human hand
as representing the life of the universe.
The thumb stands for deity, without which
The hand is powerless. The foretinger is
hkened to the angelic creation, the mid
die finger to man. the ring finger TO wo-
man. and the little finger to the animal
kingdom. These Stmtiies, if not yery
felicitous, are sufficiently quaint. In
many other ways the hand has been sup
posed to be emplematic. This symbolism
has penetrated TO the nursery. A nurse
will make child put its two palms TO-
gether, knitting them by closing the two
middle fingers. In this position the child
is told TO separate the two thumbs, which
1t does with ease, and thereupon is told
that =" brother and sister may part. 1t
is next asked to separate the forefnger
which also it easily does, and is informed
that " father and son may part, y then
it is required to separate the two little
fingers, and upon dong this is told that
. mother and daughter may part. " And
it is now told to Try to separate the two
ringingers. This, as the middle fingers
are locked together, it cannot possibly do
and Is thsreupOn told that wife and
husband cannot part.
Year: 1878

HtNDoo PRovERBs.-Beware of errors
of the mouth. Do not meldle with clan
destine aft tirs. Do not change what you
have said. Do not revile wise men. Be
most cautious with respect to superiors,
relatives and the dead. Do not 90 to sleep
early and rise late Do not eLlect your
own field and plow your ncighbor's. Do
not run fast after gain. Do not learn to
do that from which there is no advantage.
Be most on your guard against wing The
body present, but mind absent. D. not
make difference between the noble and
ignoble. Living OF dying be the same
Let the msritorious and defective mutual
ly advise.
Year: 1878

She is modest, but not bashful;


Free ana easy, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,


Not too young, and not too Old;
lIalf.inying, half-rcpulsing-


Now advancing, and now shy
There is mischief in her dimple,


There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature;


She is schColcd i'll all her arts;
She has taken her diploma


As the mistress of all hearts;
She can tell the very moment


When to sigh and when to smile;
Oh ! a maid is sometimes charming;
But a w;dow--all the while!
A?c you sad? How very serious


Will her handsome face hcCome!
Are you angry? She is wrotchcd,
Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb
Are you mirthful? How her laughter
Silver sounding, will ring out!
She can lure, and catch, and play you
As the angler, does the trout.
y Oh Bachelors Of foity,


Who have grown so bald and wise
Young Americans Of twenty,


With the love look in your eyes
You may practice all the lessons


Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But | know little widow


Who could win and fool you all!
Year: 1878

The undersigned have the honor to announce
1878. they will establish II twenty eight column
Democratic weekly newspaper in this city. To
be called the BATON ROUGE HERALD. the
subscription price 10 be 80 per year. In advance.
Our press and printing material are first class
In every particular, and are In position In the
office-rooms secured. Immediately opposite
the State House grounds, on North Boulevard
street. The mechanical work on the paper Is
already in process Of execution.


In conclusion. 1t NAV not be improper to add
that the HERALD will be devoted TO the mate
rial. agricultural educational. social and DO
litical interests OF the whole people. The peo-
pie demand a live newspaper, and VIC have re-
solved that they shall not ask In vain.


The political policy Of the HERALD will be
marked by candor justice and moderation AS
a means OF building up our waste places. We
will leave no leaf unturned TO induce immi9ra-
ton to our productive SOIL too long idle and
blighted because OF the presence OF the spoilers.
who. like the frogs Of Egypt. have destroyed the
substance OF a noble people. who now. thank
God. are fully restored to all their political
rights In that Union which will live after Radi-
cal vandalism has been forever banished from
the public memory.


We will thank our brethren Of the press for
prompt exchanges.


With great respect and kind wishes. the HER
AID Wilt always be the publics friend and
obedient servant.


SAM BARD.
JOHN 81. STANARD.
Baton Rouge. La, Jan. 7, 1878. JAZZ At
Year: 1878

plaster and in Others only worked the artificial
stone that seems to b. almost the sole material en-
poyed in the interior with the exception OF the columns
themselves; and when We md that the whole
OF the elerestOry walls is composed Ot this same
cheap substitute for genuine stone even the arches OF
the nave, believe, being formed or 10 nually when
we see that there is no pretence OF accurate and
wOrkmanlike finish snywhere 10 be seen. we ask
with feeling, have riRh', whether
tt worth while 10 take possession OF the
finest site on the island, and to tease the
pockets OF the Catholics. and may say with truth. OF
the PrOestants OF city and its suburbs for twenty
years 10 produce such result as IN How u may Do
from the pOn- Of view OF the church. social achieve
ment, do not know. and quite Indifferent, but
a sign OF condition in relation TO the art OF
architecture and to the that wait upon her we SIN
cerey that the comp elton Of the body OF this
church be regarded kelT tn do honor
10 the beloved and venerable churchman under whose
jurisdiction the first American Cardinal II has been
M
Year: 1878

discount of twenty per cent. win be allowed to clubs of four more persons Thus four copies Of Blackwood of Review will be sent to one ad- dress for SIP S four copies of the four Reviews and Blackwood for $4S, and so on.

 To clubs of ten or more. in addition to the above discount copy gratis will be allowed to the getier- up of the club.
Year: 1878

The head quarters of the New England gos- pei temperance union have been established in this city about long enough to get the machine " in running order, and itis promised that an aggressive campaign will begin in the fall. It is calculated from the data attainable that the numberof signers in New England since the movement began last fall is not far from 225,- OO0, and that not more than per cent of the sgners have backrlidden.
Year: 1878

The man who carries around the contribu- tion box in church ought to be supremely hap py; he can see how much every one puts in and no one can tell how much he takes out of his pocket to put in.
Year: 1878

For number of years the writer with strong Yale proclivities has had the to him un- pleasant duty of recording Harvard victories in such contest of muscular skill as it has fall en to his lot to witness Reasons plenty as blackberrles have been annually assigned in explanation, but Fridays defeat. at New Lon- don was too crushing to be explained away. Some say that Bob Cook had really hoped that the water would be rough in the morning, that he might thus be able to denounce the New London course. If he did he was Slisap pointed, for father Thames was very tranquil. wind and tide both favored Mayor Waller kept the course clear, and Yale has this wear absolutely no excuse for defeat except that Harvard had the best crew. It is this defeat coupled with Harvards base ball victory to- day that leads one to ask whether it is not really abont time for Yale college to do one of two things, l. e., either give up muscle con tests with other colleges or else to quit select ing oarsmen and ball players because they be- long to certain secret societies, instead of se- lecting them for their muscular development. The secret societies are doubtless pleasant to their members, but very detrimental to other college insttHtions.
Year: 1878

What a blessing Evarts would have found the phonograbh in the Beecher- Hilton trial. He could have loaded one with ''I object" in the morning, and kept it going all day, there- by saving himself lots of wear and tear
Year: 1878

AT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE
AND TRANSFORMATION i'm New York Yesterday
report and resolution We're adopted that the
United States government should pursue a
development of our commerce, by subsidies
for mail service. Several members of the
board vehemently opposed the subsidy system,
while others as warmly favored it. A reSOlu-
ton was adopted to memOrialize Congress to
make appropriation for the improvement of
Harlem river.
Year: 1878

The poorest girls in the world are
those who have never been taught to
work. There are thousands Of them.
they have been taught to despisc labor
and depend on others for living, aud
are perfectly helpless. The most for.
lorn and miserable women on earth be-
long to this class. 1t belopg- to wo-
men to protect their daughter from
this deplorable condition. They do
them q great wrong if they neglect il.
Every daughter should be taught 70
earn her own living. The rich IS we'll
as the poor require this treatment


The above applies. o. course, With
equal force to the other K.
Year: 1878

A TRAVELLER in Texas reports new
degree of table etiquette. He discov-
cred few blonde hairs in the soup,
and he thought the landlord would
feel very bad about it, but that gentle
man merely remarked, as he excavated
a perishing fly from the butter: "All l
ask is, Judge, that you don't 6sh 'em
ou. with your finger. You have got to
use a fork. 1t is one Of the rules Of
the house that no gentleman is expect
ed to put his fingers in the vittles
This amt no railroad town, but when
it comes to style and tone, we carry of
the blue ribbon every time the horn
toots."
Year: 1878

In the street Of By and By


Stands the charnsl house Of Never
Dream from deed he must dissever
who his fortune here would try!
There's pathos In the cry,


As Of impo,snt endsavor;
In the street Of BY and By
Stands the chsrnsi house Of Never
Grave or gallant, low or high,
Dull or dainty, cross or clever,
You musr lose your chance forever
II you let Il forth te.hy


In the street Of BY asd 1yi
Year: 1878

or course there is another chapter. You
will wart to know OF MIR. Lyman's previ-
Jus history, and | shall tell you that the
ocean cable had much business to do for
several coming days.


The gentleman at Leeds. the reputed
father. after hearing all these circum-
stances, wrote that, years before, he and
his wife. not being blessed with children.
had adopted this little fellow. lie had
found him, as he thought, the child of poor
parcn.s, who seemed reluctant to part
with him, but had finally yielded to the
hattcring prospect. His wife had died.
and the boy, who had never known they
were not his real parents, was his only
comfort. But now that he saw he must
give him up, he should come Immediately
TO America and be an eyewitness to all
this new found happiness.
Year: 1878

THE Syracuse Courier accuses Mr.. HIS
COCK of absenteeism from the House in the
last session of Congress. The Record appa-
rently bears out this accusation, for Mr II
is frequently recorded therein as not voting
on many roll-calls. But the Courier could
find ample and satisfactory reasons for his
absence from his seat on those occasions if it
desired to do him justice. The fact that he
was 4 member, and an active one, of many
committees, especially the POTTER commit
tee, service on which required him to be
frequently absent from his seat while the
House was In session, is all that is necessary
for his complete yindication from this charge
And it should be added that Nh. HIsCOCK's
devotion to this kind OF exnctinS duty should
be counted to his advantage ra,.cr thar
otherwise.
Year: 1878

MAURICE DEVRIEs is the nominee for
Congress of the BLAIR-CoNNoLLY wing OF
the National -Greenback Labor party in New
York city against SAM Cox. DFVRrEa hus
also been endorsed by the auti-Tammany
Democracy of the district, This is rather
odd combination of things; but it is the fate
Of SAMUEL to evoke the opposition oi
strange antagonisms. As the great North
American Democratic carpet-bagger Cox
has peregrinated about the country in the
role of n professional politician I" such an
extent that with his accustomed Iaamtitude
for past iavors lie has naturally made him
self very unpopular with the masses Moth


ing less than the strong power of Boss
Year: 1878

The widest scheme of the anti. Chi.
nese agitators in San Francisco has
just been ventilated, or painfully man
ufactured, by correspondent Of the
Chicago Times in that city Of sensa-
tions. 1t is simply to capture Fort
Alcatraz, in the bay, by night attack,
seize a number Of ships and hulks
which are supposed to be convenient,
and sink them in the channel so as to
prevent the entrance Of naval vessels
sent to the rescue. then turn the guns
of the fort upon the city and telegraph
President Hayes, demanding the in.
stant banishment Of the Chinese from
the country at the peril of the bonn
bardment of San Francisco and the
declaration Of the commune. Two or
three hundred of the most daring of
Kearney's gang of street corner screa-
mcrs. were to be entrusted with the
execution Of this precious scheme,
which is said to have been seriously
elaborated in a secret council of three
conspirators. There was also a sup.
Elemental plan which was to be carried
out in case the scheme in its entirety
failed. The bold captors of tAs fort
were to take advantage of their TEN.
porary command Of the situation, be.
fore the arrival of a military or naval
force strong enough to suppress them,
to ship forty thousand Cinnamon back
to Asia in vessels lying in the harbor
which they would seized for the pur.
pose, then sail away themselves upon
q buccaneering trip to parts unknown,
thus expatriating themselves for the
benefit Of their country, which would
be relieved Of two undesirable ele-
ments at once -Ibneer Press.
Year: 1878

&117is not easily earned in these times,
ID 6but it can be made in three months
BY any of either sex, in any part Of the
country y ho is willing to work steadily at
the employment that we furnish. sG6 per
week in your own town, You need not be
away from home over night. You can
give your whole time to the work, or only
your spare moments. We have agents
who are making over $40 per day. All
who engage at once can make money fast.
At the present time money cannot be made
SO easily and rapidly at any other business.
It costs nothing to try the business. Terms
and SIS Outfit free. Address at once. II.
HAL1Hrr & Co., Portland. Maine.
Year: 1878

A bill has been introduced for the
recovery and destruction Of the old
Minnesota State Railroad Bonds The
bill proposes to give the Internal In
provement lands for the bonds. Sec
3. of the bill reads as follows;


The Secretary Of State is author
lied to receive and shall receive any
one or more of said railroad bonds,
with all outstanding coupons attached,
at his office at any time before the first
day of July ca. D. 1879, one thous-
and eight hundred and sevnty-aine,
and issue to the holder or holders there
of, q certificate for each bond so re-
turned, which shall be registered in
his Office under the same number as
the bond for which it is issued. Such
certificate shall entitle the holder there
Of, his heirs or assigns, to locate the
same on said internal improvement
lands, aud to receive q conveyance in
fee simple for such quantity, to be ex.
pressed in such certificate of said lands
to be by the holder thereof selected as
in this act is provided as the whole
amount Of said bonds bear to the whole
quantity Of said internal improvement
lands. On the first Tuesday in Au
Ruet, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.nine, and from
day to day thereafter, until such Sc
lection Of lands is completed at the efice
Of the Secretary Of State, the holders
of such certificates in person or by
agent, may locate the same in quanti-
ties not to exceed one hundred and
sixty acres at time, alternately, un.
der such regulations as the Secretary
of State shall prescribe, to give each
certificate fair opportunity to be 10.
Gated on favorable choice Of land. II
any of said certificates are not repre-.
sented at the time Of such selection
and location, the Secretary of State
shall select the land and locate such
certificates thereon, in the same man
ner that the holder thereof might have
done. The Governor Of the State shall
execute and deliver to the person in
whose name such locations shall have
been made, deeds Of conveyance in fec
simple for the lands so located.


In addition to the bonds. certain
enumerated judgments, for which
bonds were never issued, are to be
treated as bonds.


The lands are not to be subject to
taxation until sold by the grantees, not
to exceed five years.


According to this bill each 81 900
bond with the accumulated interest
would eutitle the holder to nearly 220
acres. If the judgements referred 10
amount to much the quantity OF land
TO each would less
Year: 1878

The bill, sppropriating $4,000 tt
represent Minnesota at the Paris Ex
position, does not meet with much
favor. fit is an emigration scheme
we fail to see its value. It is not the
place to represent Minnesota's attract
i've features to advantage. The pro
position is in keeping, in point Of wis
dom, with the refusal to represent the
State at she Centennial.
Year: 1878

The European war is at an end tor
the present. The terms Of peace have
been signed by Turkey and although
they have not been made known, Of
6cially, they are probably just what
ever Russia desired.
Year: 1878

A bill has been introduced by Sena-
tor Hall to remove the County seat OF
Lincoln County from Marsh6eld to
Morse, Marshfeld is on Lake Benton
in the southern part Of the County and
Morse is in the central part.
Year: 1878

THE SUSPENDED RAILROAD ENTER.
pR1sE.-We understand that the Com
mitee who went to Chicago to ascertain
the cause Of the suspension Of work on
the Midland, and to enquire into the
responsibility Of the constructors, were
unable to arrive at any satisfactory
conclusion as to the course the com.
pany intend to pursue. It will, no
doubt be impossible to proceed with
the work until sum Of money can be
raised to ease off the pressing claims,
and some of the friends of the road,
state as their belief that the present
company cannot complete the road
without first liquidating their present
indebtedness, estimated at 100000.
Wild rumor places a variety of con-
structions on the condition Of things,
and future developments will only tell
the true disposition of the enterprise.





Senator Mcmillan is described rs
follows by Mary Clemmer;


Near the foot Of the table sat Nc.
MILAN Of Minnesota, whose strong
features hint Of his Scotch lineage, but
whose honest eyes give unmistakable
hints of a kindly heart. A man Of
strong prejudices and of utter con.
scientiousness, he might carry prin.
ciple to its extreme verge for con-
sciences sake; but that heart Of his
could never turn with indifference
from an unfeigned cry of humanity.
He has opinions which might not al
ways be pleasant to liberal minds
Scotch opinions seldom are; but there
is something in the intrinsic essence
Of the man higher, better and truer
that the best opinion he ever held,
nursed or defended"
Year: 1878

It can not be Hold up the light
Closer-the other way
Yes, child, your laughing eyes guess was right
My hair is turning gray.
Among those tresses. long my pride,
A thread Of silvery sheen
Has dared audaciously to hide
Their ripping waves between.
All me when youth and childhood seem
Scarce TO have have passed away,
'Tis sad to startle from ones dream
And find ones hair is gray.
know the fire burns in my heart
Or flashes from my eye
AS fercey as it used to start
In days 30 long gone by.
know feel, L love, hate,
As keenly rs of yore;
l had not deemed it was 10 late
Chill age stood at the doo-.
Lifos hours seem more than ever full
And joy crowns every day,
Yet DER their current comes lull-
My hair is turning gray.
You offer comfort, darling-say
Tho silver lies alone;
Companionless it will not stay


Ere many months have flown.
Gray hairs'Sou think circlet bright
TO crown a regal head
One used to praise their raven light
In halcyon evenings fed.
But ah ! that voice is silent now,


That form is laid away,
The lips are closed that used to vow
Long ere my hair was gray.
Well, let it come-she silver sign
live again in thee;
Thy tresses are as surely mine


And still more fair to see,
For mornings gold is glinting back,


And mornings purple lie
Along my darling's sunny track,


Refec ed in her eye
What matter, since her young life grows
More brilliant every day?
Her mother grieves not, tho she knows


Her hair is turning gray.
All well the clouds have often riffs


Their masses dark between;
AS suddenly the topmost lifts =


A silver ray is SEEN
1t may he God draws back the clouds


That bar it from my view.
And can hail its path of light


Which marks my upward way,
Aud 10 give thanks because this night


Ny hair is turning gray.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1878.
1NcREDULrrY OF THE SILVER MEN REGARDING


THE vETo-REAsoNs FOR THEIR WANT OF


FAITH-CoIYAGE OF TRADE DOLLARS.


Tho silver will not believe that the President
will veto their BILL They say that the first step prac-
tcay recognizing the provisions of the Silver bill
taken yesterday, when letter was addressed by
the Director Of the Mint tho superintendent of the
Philadelphia Mint to get his machinery ready for
coming operations They say the letter dictated
by the Secretary Of the Treasury Under the regula.
lions OF the Mint dollar be coined except In
accordance with tho provisions Of law; but they pay
no heed 10 this and that such regulations do not
prevent the Superintendent from getting presses
Ready for Increased coinage and from preparing
details which would expedite operations when law
goes into effect.


Again. they point to tho fact that orders were tele-
Graphed tonight to the Superintendent OF the Mint
M San Francisco not TO coin any more trade dollars
except for transportation TO foreign ports and in
sure this disposal Of them here must be fled with
superintendent the best surety that the bullion be
coined Is actually intended for export purposes
There IL now at the Mint $1.60o,o0o in bullion
Awaiting coinage into trade dollars. IL Is we'll known
shat for months past the coinage OF this dollar has
been prcssod upon the Mint officials as q matter OF
speculation BY the bullion owners an operation which
Is not In violation Of tho letter Of tho law The pur-
pose OF tho coin well understood IL was mover IN.
tended for except In trade with China and to
mako . market for our silver bullion The order Ia
simply . matter OF ordinary precaution To mako
oi the agreement that the trAdo dollars coined shall
IND an Eastern II s understood TO be the
instructions Of the Secretary OF the Treasury that all
orders hereafter allod will bo delivered on board the
steamer bound for CHINA the day before sailing.
Year: 1878

scattered amongst some light rubbish, that
they may have the luxury OF scratching for
it. If feed is buried in fresh ealth, then
something of use to their peculiar digestive
organs. Grain, however, should not beeal-
lowed to come in contact with the filthy,
tainted soil too often found in the poultry
yard.-Pou6try World
Year: 1878

A tube one hundred feet long runs
through line OF hitching posts in Rock
vile, Conn. A farmer was hitching his
horse at the end post, the other day,
when boy at the other end shouted
through the pipe, ordering the farmer to
take his horse away. He unhtched and
looked around to find whom he had of
Tended, but seeing no one, he tied the
halter again. The mysterious voice again
ordered him off, and the bewildered man
hastily jumped into his'wagon and rode
away. Exchange.
Year: 1878

Three little boys on recent Sabbath
were stopped on a street in this city by
an elderly gentleman, who, perceiving
that they had bats and ball with them,
asked one Of the number this question
"Boy, can you tell me where all naughty
boys go to who play ball upon Sunday z"
cover back Of Johnson's dam" the
youngster replied. Kennebec Journal.
Year: 1878

A Vermont girl fell out of rocking chair and
received injuries that killed her in two hours
Moral Young girls should not sit in a rocking
char, unless there IS strong young man in it to
hold them in fHawkeve
Year: 1878

BUFFALO LITHIA WATER.-It really seems as if
there were no maladies which these waters do not
cure or greatly relieve In another column will be
found remarkable cure of Eczema-a most dis
tresstng disease-by their use. # lis.