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Year: 1878

Reader. did Won ever pause and con-
template that particular phase of hu-
Han nature developed by the existent
school boy when released from study
snd discipline-when school 10 out and
he is on his way home:


Ordinary humanity. when released
from the tolls of the day, is prone to
rest and relaxation. The boy scorns all
such effeminate ideas. He is composed
of but three parts-lsgs, arms aud yell
and the yell is the biggest part of
him. His legs and arms have been
kept in irksoms compulsory quietude
all day. and must now be exercised.
His voice has been seething and swell
ing in him for hours, and now must
have vent.


As soon as he is clear of the school
house steps he stops and deliberately
yells yell that is ear splitting. but
which has no more object. meaning or
direction than the midnight vocifers-
tion of mule, aud yet he appears at
full run with his arms flying about like
the scintillstions of Q pinwheel. He is
no respecter of persons. and is utterly
Indifferent as to whether he runs down
a smaller boy. spins an aged citizen three
times around or smashes a girls hat
over her eyes in his headlong career.


Nervous ladies hug the sides of the
houses as he rushes by in drove like
a whirlwind and screams like Q steam
whistle


Mercy on US, If that boy was only
mine I'd but just then her own boy
flies past. falls owe. a drygoods box.
bounces up, kicks at another boy. and
is chased across the street and around
the corner before she can get the You
Robert = with which she intends to an
nihilate him, out Of her sstonished
throat.


There is but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy
when he is on his way home from
school. He can see his old man fur
ther than Professor Hall can see hay
stack with telescope, and the moment
that parent dawns upon his vision he
becomes IS proper as model letter
writer. and the neatly modulated voice
with which he weedles the author Of
his being out of five cents on the spot
10 lesson for future ambitious savings
banks and passenger railway Presi-
dents.


The amount of racing. jumping. pull
ling and hauling and bowling that
schoolboys can concentrate into tran.
sit of two squares is positively astonish-
ing. and the preternstural coolness and
Quictude with which he takes his red
face and painting breath into the
kitchen. and asks if supper amt most
ready, 10 o human conundrum that calls
for unqualified admiration. - Easton
Free Press.
Year: 1878

SYNPATHY.-To find one who has
passed through life without sorrow. you
must find one incapable of love or hs-
tired. Of hope or fesr-ons that hath no
memory OF the past and no thought Of
the future-oue that hath no sympathy
with humanity. and no feeling in COM
mon with the rest Of the species.
Year: 1878

enemy. No matter how grave the situation
affecting the condition Of the laboring
classes may be, there Is one step that will
inevitably make il worse, and cannot by
any possibility make it better, and that is
u resort to violence TO bring remedy. II
can never be permanently reached by that
path. Temporary advantages may, per-
chance, be gained by such q resort, but
he who appeals to such u rene iy will in
cvitably find his last estate worse than his
first Our Government Is based upon law,
and when that Is overturned tho superstruc-
ture falls AMI crushcs the hopes, prospects,
and interests of all alike. without q gov
crnment the case of the laboring man would
be hopeless, beyond the momentary scram-
bic that would follow in an effort to secure
some temporary advantage from the debris
of the ruin. The only hope, therefore, for
the laboring classes is to respect the laws,
sustain the powers Of government at all
times and upon all occasions; appeal as
strongly as human language will permit for
change of national policy; for a due respect
for the laboring classes, upon whom the fu-
ture peace, prosperity, and happiness Of cur
country depends for peaceful solution of
pending difficulties aud legal remedies for
pending ills


The man who counsels the workingman
at this time to adopt more reckless and
violent course in pursuit Of remedy for
existing evils, is no friend to the worker or
to this country. There is not an American
citizen-no matter how deep in the vale of
poverty he may rcside-but whose first and
last hope is in the Government, of which he
forms an integral part. 1t is that alone
which affords him protection in his rights
and upon which he must rely for his future
welfare and advancement. Without this
| all is lost that e!evates and ennobles his
character and condition. For this reason,
we appeal to the workingman to study his
own condition, the best methods for its i'm
provemcnt, and then find his path Of duty
in the light of his own reason and not in
tho siclly light tenrlcrcd TO him by the
demagogue, who counsels to disorder, vio-
lcnce, and ultimate ruin.
Year: 1878

IT is not improbable that the statement
regarding the suffering and deaths among
the Liberian emigrauts from South Carolina
will prove to bo false. They sound very
much like an attempt to frighten the blacks
OF the South from emigratin;; in fact, very
much like the tales that were told in ths
days OF slavery regarding the awful treat.
llent runaway nisgers" met with at the
hands of the Yankee AbolitiOnists.n
Year: 1878

GENERAL BEN BuTLEE'S opinion that the
Presidential title is mot inviolablc," seems
to fall still-bOrn on the public attention. If
he would give us an opinion that anything
is free from violation ut his hands a scnsa-
ton might ensue.
Year: 1878

THE action Of the conference committee
on the bill in relation TO the time for hold
ing elections in Virginia and North Caro-
lima and Senator from New Hampshire,
il striking ont the clause providing for the
election of Senator by the present Lcgis-
laturc Of New Hampshire, will have the cl-
feet to call out u fuller vote at the next
election in that State, and full vote is al
ways Republican gain. 1t would Nc a
little singular if the Democratic ambition
10 secure q senator from New Hampshire
should result in sending three Republican.
to the House from that State, and that del,
egation should have the casting vote in tn,
House.
Year: 1878

The Cleveland Herald says that Hon
CHARLES FOSTER is going to run for Con-
gress In the gerrymandered Eighth District
with 3,46S Democratic majority agnins,
him. Of course there is no chance of his
election, but he will pull down that major
ity at least one thousand votes, and thus
give powerful lift to the Republican State
ticket. He intends to do hard campaign
work as usual
Year: 1878

Now that the homes OF the Democratic
lcad-but who in the name of all that is
mysterious are the Democratic leaders? II
we knew we could go on and say that their
homes would be rcjoiced at their presence.
1t is certain that their presence anywhere
else is not cause of rejoicing.
Year: 1878

THE appointment of Mr.. KGMDALT, the
present chief of the Liie-Saving Service, as
the chief Of the new bureau is a highly de
served compliment to a capable, faithful
and efficient officer. The experience Of Mr.
X. will be of great service 10 the enlarged
field of his usefulness under this appoint.
ment, and the public are to be cOngratu'
lated upon the auspices under which this
new bureau has been put in motion.
Year: 1878

II is noticed that tic country has been
getting ready TO breathe free every day this
week but this is period OF diSappoint-
ments as regards the doings of the Forty
fourth Congress.
Year: 1878

would add much to its beauty and convenience.
The good is dissatisfied With his attainments.
There arc who feel that their mistakes have
been few and who quito pleased with themselves
but the Of Christian people have little cause for
seeratulalion. they feel like humoiing themselves


10 the dust and suppcating Tor pardon and for help
Let none discouraged though they hsve not, after
repeated Efforts attained to that experience Tor which
they aim. In the art galleries OF Europe are mon and
women copying the pictures OF the great masters.
and though they may never equal the original yet by
and patience they will produce copies that
viii make their names immortal ant so We, IN copy
ing alter Christ never perfectly initiate Him, yet
We may follow Him that In tho last day we shall
arise In His likeness, satisfied with all HIS dealings
with and the world, though now by US so mperiecy
understood
Year: 1878

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside OF San
francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1878

4 True Story, if it neUer Happened.


A little episode happened to one Of
our well known Legislators who is
fonder Of q practical joke than he is
of law making. 1t seems that the
legislator was paying his devotions
to Richmond belle who resided in
boarding house, and as there was only
one parlor he found it hard work 10
get that privacy which young lovers
desire for their billing, and was al-
ways interrupted Ey curious old
gentleman who, aS soon as the pair
had settled themselves down to busi-
ness, would come in and ensconce
himself in an arm chair, and while
apparently oblivious of all sarround-
ings, would take keen note of all that
was going on. The legislator stood
it as long as it was his nature to
stand anything and then his patience
gave out, and the uext evening when
the same thing was repeated, be whis-
pered his plan to his fair companion,
and then let out into such Above scene
as would throw Lawrence Barrett In
the shade, and make even Booth look
to his laurels, An elopcment was
urged, as the fashion in Richmond re-
quires, and the fair lady-a good
actress herself. by the way-anSwer-
ed, "Yes." Then the gentleman,
carried away, became too ardent and
the lady had to leave.


During all this time the lone figure
in the chair never stirred. Had he
heard ?-the legislator could rot tell
be did not know. The sequel showed
that the venerable old rooster wasn't
unmindful Of the scene, neither was
he dead or asleep, for the next morn
ing the irate parent of the young lady,
accompanied by two grown sons,
came storming down to the Capitol,
called out the law-maker and asked
him his intentions The law-maker
said his intentions were strictly COR
rect. The parent then sternly de-
manded that the elopement should
be furthermore, that he
shouldn't visit his houee any more
if he did there would be the - to-
day, and the General Assembly would
! lose one of its brightest ornaments.
After some talking, however, SO ru-
NOR goes. the parent relented, and


told the law maker to do better
| Richmoi1d State.
Year: 1878

All golden is her virgin head,


Her cheek bloomy rose,
Carnation bright the f1uttering red
That DER it softly flows,
But neither gem nor fioweret vies
With that clear wonder of her eyes.
But twice hath hue like theirs been given
To be beheld of me.
And once twas in the twilight heaven,
Once in the summer sea;
A yearning gladness thence was born,
A dream delightful and forlorD.
For once in heaven a single star
Lay in a light unknown
A tender tint, more lucid far


Than all that eve had shown
1t seemed between the gold and gray,
The far dawn of fairy day.
And once where oceans depth divine
Der silvern sands was hung,
Cleaned in the half lit hyaline


The hope no song has sung
The memory of 4 world more fair
Than all our blazing wealth of air.
For dear though earthly days may flow,
Our dream is dearer yet =
How little is the life we know


To life that we forget =
Till in a maiden's eyes we see
What once hath been, what still shall be.
Year: 1878

you can buy for cash in New York, and there be-
ing remnants to take off the profits, we en-
abled to sell on very small commission, and most
respectfully invite the public to examine stock,
and satisfy themselves.
Year: 1878

OF the coast of one # the Orkney Is
lands, and right opposite the harbor,
stood a lonely rock against which, in
stormy nights, the boats of returning
fishermen often struck and were lost.


Fifty years ago there lived on this
Island a young girl in a cottage with
her father; and they loved each other
very tenderly. One stormy night the
father was away on the sea in his fish
ermau's boat, aud though his daughter
watched for him in much fear and trou-
ble, he did not come home. Sad to tell,
in the morning his dead body was found
washed upon the beach. His boat, as
he sought the harbor, had struck against
the LONELY Rock" and gone down.


In r deep sorrow, this fisherman's
orphsh did not think of herself alone.
She was scarcely more than a child,
humble, poor, and weak; but she said
in her heart, while she lived no more
boats should be wrecked, no more lives
should be lost on the "LOnely Rock, ."
If a shining light through a window
would guide them safely into the har-
bor And so, after watching by the
body OF her father, according to the Gus
tom Of her people, until il was buried,
she laid down and slept through the
day; but when night fell, arose, and
| lighting candle, placed it in the win
dow Of her cottage, so that IL might be
seen by any fisherman coming in from
sea, and guide him safely into the har-
/ Dor. She sat by the candle all night
and trimmed il, and spuni but when
the day dawned, she went to bed and
slept.


As many hanks as she had spun be-
fore for her daily bread she spun still,
and one over, 10 buy her nightly can
die; and from that time to this, for nifty
years, through youth, maturity and old
age, she has turned night into day, and
in the snow storms of winter through
driving mists, deceptive moonlight and
solemn darkness, that northern harbol
has never once been without the lighi
Of her candle.


How many lives she saved by this
candle, and how many meals she wor
by il to the starving families of tn,
boatmen, it is impossible to say. How
many dark nights the fishermen de
pending on il, have gone forth, canno
be told. There it stood, regular as ,
lighthouse, steadily as constant car,
could make it. Always brighter wheI
daylight waned, the fishermen had only


to keep il constantly in view, aud wer
= safe; there was hut one thing to inter
cept it, and that was the rock. How


ever far they might have gone out 4


sea, they had only to bear down for tha
3 lighted window, and they were sure O
a safe entrance to the harbor.


But what do the boatmen's wive


think of this? Do they pay the poo


woman? No; they are very poor; bu
poor or rich, they know better tha
2 that. Do they thank her? No. Pei
= haps they think that thanks of their


would be inadequate to express thei


gratitude; or, perhaps, years have mad
the lighted easement so familiar tha
| they look upon it as a matter Of course
aud forget for the time the patieu


watcher within.
Year: 1878

A Journal for the People.


Devoted to the interests OF Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion


Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly
Radical in Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs
of the Masses.
Year: 1878

recover with the shield of thy protec-
ton such as are exposed to danger."l
The gloom is on our cities, and the dark


ness everywhere,
For the hot breath of the fever fills the


sweet October air;
From the city and the village comes the


weary cry, How longp
Oh! bravest hearts in all the South, be


tender and be strong
Brave hearts that cheer the dying, brave


hearts that watch the dead,
Brave hands that bear up nobly the strick-
en- feyered head;
God bless you in your ministry of tender,


ness and love,
And write your names in glory on the


hOnor-roll above.
The North will send her treasure her sill


yer and her gold,
You give your time, your courge and sym


pathy untold;
Brave hands that fight the fever with


many tolls and cares,
We send you love and sympathy and keep


you in our prayers.
All through the days of fever and weary


nights of pain,
For you our hearts are falling, as falls the


silent rain.
Brave, patient, tender nurses, whose hearts


have proved so true,
AS you remember others, may Christ re-


member you.
From hospitals and sick-room goes up the


bitter cry,
From the little helpless orphans that fold
their hands and die.
God give you faith and patience to endure


the feverish breath,
And shield with His protection, from dan
ger and from death.
"Watch by the sick" dear Savior, in all
their pain and loss,
To all the sick and dying, send the COM
fort of the Cross.
Take thou this dreadful fever from our
stricken land away,
And hold these patient nurses in Thy dear
love to-day.
Year: 1878

Mobile Register.


The postoffice department on the
LIST instant, with view of afford
ing public convenience and pro
noting the efficiency of the ser
vice, extended the registry system
to third-class mail matter, which
includes merchandise and all that
kind of matter.


By the payment of registry fee
as is now done for registered let
te:, which is ten cents and the
postage, the package will be treated
IN the same manner as registered
letter, and its safe transportation
and delivery is insured.


The package desired to be regis.
tered must be arranged so that an
examination can be made of its
contents, to see that it is entitled to
be passed through the mails as
third-claSs matter.


Great care will be exercised to
prevent the registration and adj
mission of matter that is unmail.
able, and to see that first-class mail
matter is not introduced as. third
class.


Few people seem to appreciate
the importance of putting up pack
ages securely, so that they will
bear transmission, but still they
must not be arranged in such a
manner as to prevent an examina-
ton Of their contents.


If these regulations are not com
piled with, matter presented will
be treated as now provided by the
postal laws.


Postage and registry fees must
both be fully prepaid.


The name and address of the
sender must be indorsed in writing
or print on every package of this
class offered for registration, and
then may be added a brief deScrip-
ton of the number and names of
the articles enclosed. No addition
al written matter, except the ad-
dress will be allowed.


a request 20 return may also be
printed, but to write such a request
would subject the package to letter
postage.


The advantages of this new ar
rangement are very apparent.
A cheap and safe method is guar
anteed by the government, and for
the small sum of ten cents and
postage at one cent for two ounces,
may be sent from one end
of the Union TO the other.


The saving and convenience will
be immense, and the plan will grow
rapidly into popularity.
Year: 1878

house to house, have had their


weary feet arrested and their work
stayed by the pestilence, that


walks in the MONDAY as at night.


The priest, administering the ex-


treme unctiOn, and the bride of
Christ, wiping the death-damp
from the forehead of those whose
friends and kinfolk are far away,
are almost paralyzed in the sacred
act, and die even before we know
they are sick. The business of the
hour is the succor of the sick, the
burial of the dead and the care of
the needy living. The last words
of those who are well, are at night
farewells to the dead, and the first
in the morning "who lives and


who has died /" All day, and every


hour OF the day, this question is


repeated, and the heart sickens at


the reports, and the soul grows


weary over the repetition. And
yet there is no relief nor any
release. Worse and worse the
epidemic has grown, until to-
day it has capped the climax,
and the hearts of the brave men
who have stood in the breach are
blanched with fear, with % dread
that annihilation awaits us, and
that we are destined to be blotted
from the earth. Fear sits on every
face and dread on every heart.
We work, not in the shadow, but
in the very face of Death. We
meet him on every hand and at
every moment in the names of his
victims and in the desolation he
has spread about us, Hope we
have none. We despair of any re-
lief, but we are nerved for the end.
We pray blessings upon the gener-
GUS who have helped us IN all tie
States; we pray for the safety Of
those who have come among us to
nurse the sick and minister to the,
dying, and we ask that the names
of the women and the men who
have laid down their lives for us
shall be handed down forever as
among the brightest and the best.
of earth. ..F
Year: 1878

the Texas frontier and who has traversed
the same from Colorado to the Rio Grande,
has made an interesting report of his OBJ
servatons to the Secretary of the Treasury
from Ell Paso. During his journey he met
and conversed with many of the most in
telligent citizens on both sides of the bor-
der. He expressed'the opinion that some
thing should be done by the enlightened
representatives of the two countries to
bring about better condition of affairs on
the border; that instead of marshaling
troops at oyery important point along the
boundary, troops that are neither allowed
to act as posse comitatus nor to partici-
pate in quelling local disturbance, a
reciprocity treaty should be negotiated at
once. The practical effect of our high tariff
upon Mexican products, and her still higher
tariff upon our manufactured articles, is to
arouse all the energies of the smuggler to
an illegal and contraband trade both ways
and to kill legitimate commerce.
Year: 1878

The Board met in regular session, all the
members present except Mr. Caldwell, and
President Bell in the chair.


The Superintendent of the Water-works
estimated that fifty-two thousand and four
hundred feet of water-pipe would be needed
during the coming year.


A leave of absence of twenty days was
granted to Willis p Thorp.


The Superintendent of the Water-works
was directed to employ stone cutters and
laborers to complete the stone wall i'll the
lower basin of the new reservoir.
Year: 1878

The Committee who have charge of ths
arrangements for the Fall Festival for thu
benefit of the German Catholic and Protest
ant Orphan Asylums, held meeting yes!er-
day at Mnnnerchor Hall 20 hear the reports
of The various subcommittee. Mr. Bal
lauf presided. The reports showed that the
preparations for the festival were making
rapid headway, and that financial success
would be assured.


The Committee on Hall reported that the
use of the big organ at Music Hall was Civ
en-, although at a compensation of $50.


Amotion to postpone the festival for one
month on account of the yellow fever rag
ing in the South was lost.


A rehearsal was had last evening at Wash
ington Platform, under the leadership G
Prof Eckert. This was for the Mennerchor
exclusively.


The next rehearsal will take place Mon
day evening, for the mixed chorus, When
Prof Carl Barus will be the director.
Year: 1878

A ST. LOUIS SCHOOL TEACHER IN one
of the city's poorer districts revealed to
TIE committee. recently. that two
thirds of the children in the school had
scarcely anything to eat on account of
the poverty of their parents, and were
sent to school for the purpose of keep
ing warm, as in many cases the parents
were not only destitute of FOOD. but
fuel to keep up fire.
Year: 1878

NEW BRUNSWICK, N j., March 1.-THE new
wooden bridge across the Raritan river at this
point was completed by the Pennsyjyania
Railroad Company late last night, and the first
through train Since Saturdays fire passed over
the river this morning. The new structure is
men in little over four days. y NV
Year: 1878

Boy CHoKED TO DEATH.-It is currently ru-
mOred that in a brawl at EmmitSburg on sat
urnay last youth lost his life. The boy who
was killed and another got into a personal diff-
Guilty, the assault being one boy clutching tie
other by the throat and holding him until lie
was extinct. The names and participants we
are unable TO learn.-FredeTick ND Times.
Year: 1878

NLw YORK, March 1.-THE first of the new
silver dollars, coined under the recent silver
acl, made their appearance on Wall street
This morning. Being in limited amount
however, the supply was soon exhausted: the
desire to obtain them as tokens being general
and buyers paying fraction above par in
gold.
Year: 1878

NEWBCRYPORT, MASS, March l4.-The bank
commissioner to-day put an injunction on the
Newburyp0rt Five Cent bank. which has
drawn upon heavily the bank could 60 no fur
ther without a sacrifice of its securities. With
lime its ample means would be sufficient to
meet all liabilities, but most likely it will 90
into liquidation and wind up its business