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Year: 1879

The organs are completely out of pa
tience with Senator Bruce and Fred
Douglass. Not only have both of these
distinguished colered men advised against
the colored emigration from South, but
Senator Bruce has shown such DISPOSE
ton to eDergetically investigate that dis
graceful affair of the Freedman's Bank
that he is already accused of "doing an
injury to the Republican party" Any
body would suppose that the organs
would naturally DO little backward
about making the party responsible for
the palpable frauds in the managemen Mt
of the bank.-Ttnes.
Year: 1879

COMMENTS on THE RESULT OF SPEAKER ALvoRDs


LABOR-A DEBATE OS REINFORCEMENT.


Speaker Alvord presented the list of committees
in the Assembly yesterday. The reading was lis
tened to with much interest, and the composition OF
the several committees was warmly discussed after
the close If The session There heated political
debate in tie Assembly on the subject Of the re-
apportionment of the State, and the committee
was instructed to report a bill within forty days
Year: 1879

A correspondent of the New York Eue'ai'2g Post, writing from Columbus, Ohio, tells a story about weasel's es- cape from 8 hawks clutches. The in cident is similar to one told in old read ing books. Not long since, says the writer, while in a thickly ly-wooded dis trict in the northern part of this State, my attention was attracted to the pecu- liar movement in the flight of what or Cooper's hawk. He flew in circles just over the tops of trees which bor dcred a meadow land, through which ran small stream of water Each cir cle he made seemed to be smaller than the preceding one, and notwithstanding my presence each circle brought him nearer to the ground. Now and then he would take an upward flight, as if doubt ing the certainty of his prey, when pres ently he seemed to know that his best chance was at hand, and sweeping down upon his victim, seized it in his talOns and darted away. He had not gone far when he began to descend in a perpen- dicular line, with tremendous Tapping of his wings, as if something troubled him. Arising to about double the height of the surrounding trees he began slowly to descend with dropping head; and his tail, which acted so well as a rudder to guide him in his upward flight, now seemed to be a useless member. while the wings had ceased their Tapping and were spread motiOnless in the air All this time 1 could distinguish something. as it were, in the shape of a snake coied up in his talons. Notwithstanding his seemingly exhausted condition, every now and then he would make an effort to ascend, but his efforts were in vain. In a few moments more he struck the ground, when instantly from his talons there sprang a common brown weasel which made its way to the nearest un- derbush. Upon examining the bird, which was more dead than alive, I found that this cunning little animal had sue ceeded i'll forcing its slender body through the tight grasp of the hawks claws, until it reached the part on the left side of the bird immediately under the wing. There it nibbled a small hole and drank the blood of this high-fown bird until it was compelled to die the death it had intended for it's victim. The weasel was undoubtedly about to take its meal from a number of ducks which were floating in the stream near by; but it feasted in mid-air on the blood of its wouldbe de- StrOyer.
Year: 1879

We are acquainted with a good-na- tured and at the same time astute old professor, who maintains that it is quite impossible for a man to properly and correctly hold parasol over the head of an attractive young lady. He himself has wrestled successfully with Pliny, Plato and Sophocles; he has written historical works; he understands many languages; he is well posted in phil osophy, psychology and metaphysics; but when it comes to holding a parasol features of a lady, he freely admits that he is at sea, and that every university in the land should add to its other at fractions a parasol chair.

 Last summer he took walk in Cen tral Park with a young lady. Before they had .iourneyed very far she ifi- trusted her parasol to him. He held it over most msthetically for about five minutes, and then it shifted out of posi- tion, and his arm began to tremble

 You are not shading me at all," she hsped most melodiously, ''you are throwing all the slfade on that horse over there.n

 The professor apologized, and once the most good. It was beginning to get little heavier His arm trembled like an aspen He thought he was car rying keg of nails.

 Now, then, you goose," she broke n, you'll have me all sunburned di- rectly. Hold it up so; seeP"

 The professor saw. He was longing for chance to get under tree so he could get rest, but she would not go near one; she had an idea that good sun bath was just what she needed.
Year: 1879

Perhaps the overworked man does not perform an immense amount of labor, but he works after his strength has been reduced. This is like keeping a mill going when the water is low, or when the water in the dam is nearly out.

 In the care of the muscles avoid colds and rheumatisms. They make people stiff and lame. Tliey take away the natural elasticity which gives so much pleasure, and substitute a worn out, tired and exhausted feeling which bor- ders on pain and is often more difficult to bear. How very careful the owner of fine horse is that it shall not take cold! He knows that if it does it will founder, and after this it will never be a good stopper.

 This whole country is full of foundered men and women, who are stiff and lame, rheumatic. old in feeling, inelastic. Most ofthem might have preserved their elasticity to old age if they. had taken proper care of themselves. AS a rule people do not bathe as much as they should. The daily bath is quite as inn portant as any other duty. It requires but few moments to take it, and when followed by friction it fortifes the skin against cold.
Year: 1879

To equalize the supply of fine fish, several varieties of which are apt to he over abundant in market in sum- mer and scarce in winter. the fish dealers of New York have erected three large refrigerating houses wherein many tons of fish are stored. The largest of the freezing houses, is located on Front street, and belongs to the members of the Fish Market Association. When there is greater supply of fish in the market than is likely to be sold during the day the wholesale fish dealers select the best and remove them before day light from the vessels to the freezing houses, where each fish is cleaned and prepared for the refrigerator. The whole of the Front street house is devoted to the work; the first story from front to rear and the entire width of the building from floor to ceiling being one gigantic refrigel ator divided into three sections, each capable of being subdivided into six apartments or boxes. The walls are coated with zinc, a second inner wall of the same metal separating each apart ment-a space of several inches being left betweeen the wall of one subdivision and that of it's neighbor, with oblOng slits permitting the air from these spaces to pass into tha apartments. These spaces are filled with ground ice and rock salt, mill being used for grinding the mixture together, and at this season it requires over 5000 pounds of ice and about fourteen bushels of salt daily to keep the freezing houses in proper order. The selected fish having been cleaned, are placed in freezing pans covered with ground ice and salt, thus excluding the air while the process of freezing is going on. This work is done on the upper floors of the same building. When frozen stiff the fish are taken to the there laid away in the cold unti want p1
Year: 1879

lay in griei,. And Hope drew near to where I tossed alone

 Without relief, And paused moment when she heard that moan; Then raised her glowing eyes and met mine own.

 Never word she said, Yet still gazed and still was conforted. Then bending low with wondrous gra She laid her hand upon my eyes, Her cool hand on my burning face, And at her touch bright visions rise, e,.... Fresh woods and streams and unimagined

 skies.

 In softest tone She sang the song that has no close That deathless song which no one knows

 Save she alone; The song that leaves no memory, The song of endless victory

 And future love; And as listened to the voice above I felt as one returning from the dead. Slowly l rose and raised my dropping head.

 All the Fear Round
Year: 1879

The golden flush of the morning lies Der smiling river and bending skies; While OCT the meadow the sweet winds sigh, And breaths of fragrance blow tar and nigh,

 And the tide flows by. A boy stands under the oak tree tall, At the old gray gate by the orchard wall; He looks far away where the blue sea smiles, Wondering where lie the Fortunate Isles,

 And the tide flows by. A youth and q maiden pause and wait In the sunset light at the old gray gate; They silently gaze in each others eyes And dream of the rapture of Paradise,

 And the tide flows by. Beside the gate stands careworn man, Meath n wintry moonlight faint and wan; He looks far away toward the cold, gray sea, With a sigh for the days that were once to be-

 And the tide flows by. An old man stands by the moss grown gate, Borrowing, weary aud desolate; The starlight gleams OCT distant grave, And over it softly the yow trees wave,

 And the tide flows by. Through the old gray gate, toward the shining

 west,

 They have borne the weary one to his rest; Tho new day breaks and the shadows flee, The tide of the river flows fast and free

 Far out to sea!

 -Susine H. .Moulton.
Year: 1879

The New York Times thinks that the


rrfoim which is steadily making its way
in the matter of expensive, useless and
vulgar funeral pageantry might well
be introduced to tn6 modification of
the custom OF making wedding presents.
A gross abuse has here taken root and
| ilourisiied. The business is entirely
overdOne and has lost whatever of sign.
| iiicance it ever POSSESSED. The castom
has degenerated into actual trade and
barter, and most sensible people will
sympathize with that courageous Bos j..
ton girl, who, being about to be mar
ried to "a man of limited income" as
they say in Boston, requested her dear
friends not to send any wedding pre-
sents. She was afraid she would not
be able to reciprocate in kind. This
wise girl of Boston struck the key note
of the bridal present movement. She
would be expected to keep an inventory
of gifts received and lis. Of the donors,
and when any of these had wedding
in the family, she must give something
at least nearly equal in value to those
which she had, in each received. We
have heard of a young lady, who was
endowed on her wedding day with four
teen silver butter knives. Reserving
two OF these, she put the rest away sin
lavender" and when her turn came to
contribute to the general 10y of her
friends, she faithfully returned the
twelve butter knives to the twelve fam.
lilies from which they came. In this
case we must suppose there was moth
ing said about the loss of interest on
not the original investment. We shall
tell what heartburnings, jealousies
and meanness are represented in the
glittering array of bridal gifts The
tenderness and grace Of the good old
custom have quite departed. Unless
things change for the better, well-bred
people must print on their wedding in
vitation cards, "No presents
Year: 1879

Tomorrow night is the time to get i
chance for handsome gold ring at the
Fame Actives Ball, at the Opera House,
they are making great preparations for
a grand time; 60 and trip the light fam
tastc toe. and you may see that new
quadrille danced by some Of the Active
dancing bows.
Year: 1879

Born the mind aud the body are so
constituted that they require constant
but varied action Utter idleness. of
either body or mind, unless they be
in more diseased state, is not only
unnecessary, but harmless in the ex-
treme. 1t is habit which. once in
dulged in, viii grow upon the iadivid-
ual Change of occupation for the
muscles, change Of the current of
thought for tie brain, is what will
promote the fullest and most al'hful
development of both.
Year: 1879




Mr. Black is a very rapid writer.
There are fabulous stories told Of the
amount Of leader writing which lie
conld accomplish in his days of jour
nalistic' work. In writing novels he
seems to sit down with all his matter
in his head and only the actual work
Of the penmanship to do, so that he
can write straight on. He will take
perhaps week of what ignorant
#mortals might consider idlenesz, and
then in d day or two write All that has
accumulated in his mind Thus, al
though be seems TO keep his brain per-
|petually employed either in obserpa-
ton. or construction, his hours Of sctn-
|al physical work are rot really very
many. He seldom works two days
running, even in the thick Of a novel,
as the strain of this continuous work
is too great, although occasionally
this rule is broken by some few days
of consecutive writing. Mr. Black
seems, altogether. to have a very flu
ent and easily commanded power Of
production, but even he cannot always
write. Sometimes he will shut hifn-
self up, or leave home for few days,
in order to get through a spell Of
work Mr. Blacks earlier novels
were writtens when he accomplished
an amount Of journalistic work which
must have made it no light labor 10
produce bright romances at the same
time. But Mr.. Black is not one of
those persons who enjoy talking of
themselves or their own work, and
we are left to judge for ourselves
whether his work has always been a
pleasure t. him when he was most
full of it. MI. Black is very good
pool player-a fact which will bring
a smile to many Of us, as recalling
that delightful sketch, "The Legend of
a B Hard Ciub'-and is, indeed, fond
of games aud the various active
amusements with which our humanity
busles itself; most people would sup
pose bin to like the light and bright
side Of life Yet it is probable that,
if Mr. Black were personally asked to
describe his own disposition. he would
say that his habitual mood IS one of
profound melancholy. 1t is more than
probable other authors. also gifted
with the power both Of enjoyment aud
Of giving enjoyment, would render a
similar account of themselves. 1t is
a question whether any one who has
cultivated his po vers of observation
will net inevitably be more often sad
than gay.
Year: 1879

LOVE IS LIFE. - Thou shalt lsye the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'
This is the first and great command
ment. Love is life. 1t is the fulfilling
5f-tirg- iaw-6ss our being. Only as we
worthily love do we truly live; only
when We love with perfect affection
that vi ich is perfectly worthy OF our
affection do we attain unto the supreme
GOOD of lie. Concerning these truths
there has been no dispute all that is
deepest iu man has affirmed them with
unhesitallng faith. And therefore the
first great commandment OF the law has
almost the force of first truth Of rea-
son. Men have always been ready to
ioin in this confession need to love
some one with heart aud soul and mind
| ought to love God, the Infinitely Good,
with all my heart and soul and mind.'
But when You have denied to God a
conscious personality, what have you
done with these deepest sentiments OF
The human nature out of which our
highest morality springs ? You have
cut them up by the roots. or trampled
them under your feet. You cannot, if
you try, love with all your heart and
soul aud mind any Being that cannot
love you with h art aud soul and mind.
Personality in God is the correlate OF
morality in mau. The word personall-
ty is one oyer which men quibble. but
the thing is precious. A God that cam
not love us is God that we cannet
loAe.-SuRddy afternoon.
Year: 1879

An old gentleman Without tact, on
meeting some ladies whom he had
known as girls in his boyhood, cordial
ly remarked: Bless me-! How time
flies Let me see. 1t is fifty years come
next April since we used to 90 to school
together in the old red school house. l
was little chap then, you remember,
and you were fine young women The
old man could never understand why
his cordial greeting was received so
coldly.
Year: 1879

A young lady, who has been engaged
to be married for some months since TO
a young man,is reported to haye receiv-
ed letter from him a few days since
which read as follows: Money
Is scarce and girls are plenty. Guess l
will give up the contract
Year: 1879

Finish thy work the time is short
The sun is in the West
The night IL coming down tn then
Think Lot Of rest.
Finish thy work then wipe thy brow,
Ungi, d thee from thy toll; g..
Take ireath, and from each weary limo
shake OF the soil.
Finish thy work then go in peace
LIES battle fought and won :
Hear from the throne the Masters voice.
"Well done, well done y
Year: 1879

Birchen b0ughs are lea1es7 STILL
and the wind Is keen and ehlN1
On the hedges brown and bare
Scarce one bursting bud ] see
ONLY n This sunny nook


scented ViOIet4 welcome me-,
An. that fragrance how II brings
Back old days ON rosy wings
DAYS when Lte'- blue Ky was clear
When the simple hearts of youth
Gathered treasures an the year
Ofunfading love and truth
Fragrant are they now as ever
And AZ eaCl swau flower 7 sever
From ffs sheltered woodland home
Forms beneath the cold eartD -leening
Once more down the pathway come
With glad eyes chat know not weeping.
VIOlrts ge bring to me
Many p sunny memory
And gs one by one gather


You the first best gem of Spring
Sppmctn 10 JO me our sweetness
To sad hearts some cheer mn-t bring.
Friends the token might receive
TOur1Owhupss is meant to give
So. with wishes true and snd,
j shall send gOu where the city
Growing nothing halt 30 fair
Shall receive with tender pity,
Your small blossoms, sweet and rare


-CbHmbsrg3 Journal
Year: 1879

A lady living in the western section
of the city, who has been in the habit of
placing her income, little by little as she
received it, behind large picture in the
drawing-room of the house in which she
lives, was yesterday greatly excited over
the supposed loss of all her savings. The
lady was living with her two nieces, who
do the housework and superintend the
work of the kitchen. Two or three days
ago they began cleaning the house from
top to bottom.


After they had finished the upper stor-
les, and had put down the carpets, they
began tile dining-room. They started
with the pictures. These they first took
down, dusted, oiled, and then returned
to their places on the wall. They had
finished all but the large one, behind
which was the money, and were just
about to begin operations on this one,
when the door-bell rang. This, Of course,
interrupted for while the work. The
ringing Of the bell was caused by the
visit of gentleman who wished to see
the aunt Of tke two young ladies, the
lady of the house.


When she returned from her interview
with the gentleman she found that the
young ladies-her neices-had taken the
picture down, cleaned it and returned it
to its place. At the time it did not oc-
cur to her that the picture was the one
which she had selected as her bank.
It was not until yesterday that she
thought of looking behind the picture to
see if her money was still where she had
placed it. She had been in the habit OF
looking there every day in order to sat1s-
fy herself of its safety. When she went
to look for it on this day she found, tc
her great astonishment and grief, that l,
was gone.


The first thought was that the servant
had stolen it, but she knew she could
vouch for her servants honesty, and il
seemed almost an impossibility that she
should have taken it. The whole house
was then rensacked, but with nc
result-the money was still missing. Not
finding it, the lady became completely
overcome with anxiety.


It took the combined efforts of the
young ladies fully an hour to calm the
poor lady's nerves. After thinking the
matter over again, the ladies finally
agreed that the only possible way The
money could have been lost, provided i
was not stolen, was that it had falle1
from the picture 10 the floor while th'
picture was being cleannd, and swept ou
with the dust and dirt that had accumu
lated in the room.


Then began an overhauling of the dir
! pile and garbage boxes, but with tn
Year: 1879

back of the head and in the upper part
of the spinal region. He is happy
man who meets this symptom with rest,
and seeks in sunlight and fresh air some
fresh investments for his nervous sys-
tenn and drops every habit that does not
do him positive good. If he takes to
artificial stimulants for relief he will
begin career which, sooner or later,
will place him among the incurables or
bring him to an untimely end. Alcohol
and all sleep-produclng drugs are dan
gerous in the highest degree, for they
mask the malady without curing it. No
organ in the human body is so abused as
the brain, and no organ is so we'll fitted
for daily use. Still, the brain is not so
susceptible to disease as some suppose.
1t was probable there was not man
present who had not during the day
abused his brain by overwork, anger, to-
bacco, alcohol, fuss, hurry, too little sleep,
too much sleep, by Incidence, by not
studying to be quiet, by not doing his
own business, by attempting to do some
thing beyond his reach, by attempting to
do something for which be had not been
sufficiently educated, by carrying an evil
conscience, or by the unmanly strain OF
trying to outdo his neighbor. The
remedy for the :aded head is the giving
up of all habits which cannot be defend
ed by the highest kind of reasoning; the
careful determining by each man of his
ability to stand work, the
avoidance Of doing anything for which
man has no adequate education, rest
recreation, and the keeping up of the
tissue building powers by wholesome
food. If there is more nervous disease
in this country than elsewhere it is be-
cause the average American youth i.
supposed to be able to do anything
Men should know on what points the,
are ignorant and so escape many dam
aging strains. Mental application doe
not weaken the brain: it strengthens i
if not carried to the length at whicl
wholesome food and plenty OF sleep fai
to refresh it.


In concluding his address DR.. Agnev
said that various diseases increase a
large cities are approached. Never il
anv age have mans faculties been s
taxed as now; and the great problem i
for each man to do his share of tn
worlds work and keep we'll. The civil
zation Of today does not call for an
faculties that a man does not posses!
bnt it calls upon him to use in the bes
manner the faculties he has, and lear
how to bear the strain of living.
Year: 1879

same result. Finally they agreed that
the servant should be taken into their
confidence.


She the servanD after having been
told Of the money, recollectcd that she
had taken from the dining-room the day
they were cleaning, bundle of old pa
pers, aDa these she was using to kindle
the fire. They then looked through
all the old papers she had,
but without finding the money. The
servant then remembered she had just
before they came into the kitchen put
some paper in the range to start a fire,
and that she was only waiting for them
to leave the room before applying the
match to the paper. 1t occurred to he1
that the money might possibly be in
these papers. Without saying word
she rushed to the fireplace and began tax.
ing out the wood that she had placed
therein.


The ladies, who had seen her when she
first moved toward the stove, were stand
ing over and watching her with eager in
terest. Finally, after everything hac
been removed, the servant thrust her arm
in the stove and, to the immense deligh
} of those who were watching her, drew
therefrom $500-the missing money
Baltimore GQsette.