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Year: 1879

The English are notably slow in inven-
ton. An Australian paper, the Brisbane
New South Wales) Courier, announces that
Signor Rotura, sojourning in those pats,
has discovered a method Of suspending ami
nation in living animals for an indefinite
time, and of restoring iG again at his will.
He takes few drops of vegetable extract
the name of the drowsy plant is not given,
and injects them into the ear of the sub
ject selected for the experiment. The ami
NAL at once falls into a lethargy undistin-
guishable from death, and unless the body
is speedily put on ice, decomposition sets in.
But if it be put into a refrigerator it can be
kept there in good condition for years, and
be brought back to life at the will Of the ex-
perimenter. In order to restore it to con-
sciousness he has only to make hole in the
back of its neck, and inject a few drops of
an antidote. The experiment has been tried
on cats and dogs, but Signor Rotura has as
yet made no attempt on human beings. He
hopes to soon, however, and has applied to
the Governor Of the Colony to turn over to
his tender mercies the next felon condemned
to death.


story from the Australian paper, seems to
think the experiment something new and
marvellous. 1t is mistaken. The invention
is of American origin, in fact was made in
this State of Maine, and is now undergoing
the crucial test. In the course of the "still
hunt they have been pursuing for some
years the leaders of the Democratic party
in this State discovered this soporifc, and
eagerly proceeded to investigate its proper
ties. They soon found out its power, and
hastened to put it to the practical test. Dur
ing the last year they caught every
Democrat they could get hold of
and making hole in his ear, poured the
extract in. They have already succeeded in
innoculating about two thirds of the party
and are industriously hunting the others.
Some of those yet alive are very shy, and it
will be hard work to catch them. But the
experimentalists hope to secure all but ten
or twelve thousand this Fall As it is, the
party seems in state of suspended anima-
ton, and can take no part in the political
canvass this year. The experiment so far as
conducted, promises complete success.


But the rumor is spreading about that the
doctors who have discovered this new and
powerful drug have not been so fortunate in
their search for the antidote They say
they have got it put away somewhere, they
don't exactly remember where, and can find
it by little hunting. The surviving men,
bers of the party, however, entertain the
horrible suspicion thatit will never be found,
and that animation cannot be restored to the
Democracy of Maine-that at any rate the
Oreilles-Percez will not be brought back to
life. Their only hope is to secure the SER
vices of Signor Rotura, of New South Wales,
and they urge that he be sent for at once
The journey from Australia is a long one
and unless he starts soon he will not get
here by 1880.
Year: 1879

One of the most influential Greenback
papers in the State, the pioneer in fact of
the Greenback partyin Maine, comes out and
denounces the platform accepted by the
Portland Convention as concession to the
Democracy. 1t intimates that the resolu-
tions adopted were prepared after consulta-
ton with some members of the Democratic
State committee, and forced upon the con-
vention by trick. 1t refuses to accept them
or to lend its influence to an intrigue having
for purpose the absorption of the Green
hackers by the Democracy in 1880.


On the other hand one of the ablest DEM
ocratic papers in New England, paper
which stood by its party when that party
was most unpopular and the prospect of
spoiIs of office as remote as Saturn from the
earth-the Belfast Journal-declares that
the Democracy in Maine has virtually dis
banded" The party has thrown away its
standard, and turned it's back upon the dec
laraticns of its founders, and its leaders
refuse to reaffirm or even acknowledge the
doctrines that made it. The term of enlist
ment of its soldiers is out, and they are free
to go where they please.


This much is certain: The original Green
hackers, the believers in ''fiat money"
that shall have no coin basis, reject
the resolutions of the Portland Conven-
ton; and the genuine hard-money Dem
ocrats, the followers of Jackson and Benton,
refuse to be controlled by knot of in
triguers that seeks to commit the Democracy
to an initiation, legal-tender paper currency.
These men, widely differing in opinion, and
all sincere in their differing beliefs, decline
tobe parties to base and disgraceful con-
spiracy that has for its object the total sur
render of principle in order to gain control of
public patronage. The gulf between them is
too wide to be bridged the wisest of them
see now. 1t will become more apparent as
the campaign progresses. Those of one
belief will pass over to the soft-money camp.
Those of the other will rally round the hard
money standard, and the tricksters and office
seekers, whose only principle is to carry the
election in order to dispose of official patron
age will find the mass of good citizens in the
State arrayed against them. The lines will
be closely drawn this year.
Year: 1879

THE Philadelphia Times is of the opinion
that ''all the South has to do to make the
election of Grant as certain as any event in
the future, is to get up few more Winches-
ter celebrations, unfurl few more rebel
flags, sing few more rebel songs, and have
few more orators tell the country how pat
rlotic movement rebellion was, and how
grand thing the South attempted when it
decided to overthrow, by causeless war, the
noblest Government of the world.''
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1879

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley L.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Year: 1879

From the Boston Advertiser, Jan. 81


When swiftly revolving knives were first made to
do the work OF horizontal planes upon plank and
board great wonder expressed. and the planning
machine at once to be the talk Of town and
country. We all have become used to that aud
impracticabilty in the OF steel wood to the
rapid displacement of the rough surface of tho
latter. Next in order might reasonably expect
that ingenious man would devise way for tho
cutting of sonc freestone. sandstone and tho
like but that chses tools of any sort that could
be made would, when driven dull quickly.
and render the operation practically Of little
value. Such a plan for the cutting Of marble
could not be entertained, for the hard matssia
must DO removed by well directed strokes from o
powerful arm. Mr.. Atchison has now shown us how
little know TO what may be accomplished.
Disdaning. as IL were, to me1die with softer sub
stances he selects for the test OF his invention tho
hardest of all GRANTEES and the hardest granite OF all,
moved from the pine board and caused to fly oil in
chips, the nty roghness is made to leave tho taco
OF the great block. and only fine powder remains to
prove that strange work has been done by the in
,cnous application of steel. "if there could be
made n tool that would not require constant watch


lug and very frequent sharpening you might plane
granite. said of the practical granite cutters.
Mr. Atchison showed him that for forty-ive minutes
his machine could run continuously and the tools bo
uniniurcd, and he not little surprised to note
the amount OF work done by machinery in the short
minutes and the whole machine at once put into
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, April 16.-HoUsE-
Under the call of committees Mr.,
Stephens, chairman of the:committee
on coinage, weights and measures, re-
ported a bill for the interchange Of
subsidiary coin for legal tender money,
in sums of ten dollars and multiples
thereof, and making such coin legal
tender in all sums not exceeding
twenty dollars.


Mr.. Conger raised the point of order
that no bill on the subject had been
referred to the committee and there
fore the committee had no right to
make report.


The morning hour expired before
any action was taken on the bill, and
it went over until tomorrow,


Some annoyance was shown by men,
bers of the committee ON banking and
currency that the petitions on which
the bill had been based had not been
referred to that committee.


The house then went into commit
tee of the whole on the legislative
appropriation bill,
Year: 1879




Nicodemus colony, in Graham
county, was the first colored settle
ment in the State. 1t is composed of
about one hundred families from
Tennessee. These people came, as
the Mississippi and Louisiana negroes
are now coming, about two years ago,
and, assisted by few white friends,
went out to Graham county, one of
the unorganized counties at that time
a considerable distance west of the
white settlements, and located for the
purpose of forming a community of
their own. They had to undergo
great privations during the first year,
and, but for the liberal contributions
of the people of the State, would un-
doubtedly have perished.


SUFFERING AMONG THE EMIGRANTs.


Singleton colony is another black
settlement on the line of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad, be-
tween Council Grove and Emporia,
and here large number of those who
rendezvousod at Topeka have gone.
The largest camp now is the one at
Wyandotte, and there is considerable
suffering among those at that point for
food and clothing, though liberal CON
tributions are being constantly made
for their relief by citizens Of the State.
Contributions of pork and beef were
made yesterday by the packing houses
of Kansas City, and H. D. Rush, of
Leavenworth, sent in 25O0 pounds Of
-four.


CHANCE FOR THE CHARITABLE.


A considerable number of them can
be disposed of in different parts of the
State, but a great majority of the
thousands that are coming, if they do
not turn out to be in better condition
financially than those that have ar
rived thus far, will have to be sup
ported in whole or in part by charity
for good while to come. The negroes
have sent out several of their own
number as agents to look for locations
for them to select public lands for
those who are able to support them.
selves on claims, and to find employ
ment as farm hands for those without
means.
Year: 1879

In this country there is family in
which there are a bright governess and
a young and fair daughter, who, like
so many other young and fair daugh-
ters, has more thoughts for other
things than for her studies. Not long
since her mother discovered, to her
horror, that this young and fair daugh-
ter was receiving clandestine letters
from man Indignant she flew to
the goyerness and received for expla-
nation the answer that it was she her
self who persOnated the unknown cor
respondent. Pardon, madame, it is
only my little ruse to cheat Ma m selle
into study. When she would reply to
an unknown lover-a Frenchman-
mon Dieu how quickly she will learn
the French language !" Henceforth
goyernesses have no excuse if their
charges do not improve.
Year: 1879

GRANTS friends have invented the
report that he does not wish to re enter
public life, and would decline a nomi-
nation for the Presidency. If the
Republicans believe that. let them try
it aud see whether lie will refuse.
Grant said something once before
about the possibility of an emergency
arising that might force him to serve
a second term, and sure enough it did
arise just about the time he secured
the nomination.
Year: 1879

The house committee on epidemic
diseases have agreed to report favor
ably on the bill Of Representative
Young, of Tennessee, for the preven-
tioh of the recurrence of yellow fever
and other epidemic diseases, This
bill also gives the national board Of
health power to investigate the cattle
disaasa
Year: 1879

BLAINEs late effort in the senate
on the army appropriation bill was
nearer failure than most of his cut
and dried speeches. Itwas lacking in
dramatic effect, in fire, vim, force and
wit. He even admitted that there
was no revolution in the proposed
Democratic measures, but rounded
off his period by saying that Demo
cratic action had the audacity of
revolution. His attempt to call
Lincoln from the grave in his funeral
clothes to wither the Confederates,
who are wiping out war legislation was
a failure, as it frightened nobody and
was evidently made in bad faith.
Lincoln sleeps on all the same and the
wiping out process is not impeded
either by Blaines speeches or Lin
coins ghost. Blaine is out of a
hobby. lie can never excel his first
frantic capers when he sprang into
the arena and delivered his
fiery maledictions against the South.
The people expect too much of him.
lie can never reach the standard he
first set up, and suffers by the contrast
every time he makes the trial. Blaine
has his followers and his admirer,
North, as any man will have who ap,
peals to sectional prejudicos, but his
reputation is on the wane, and his in.
fuence not widespread or abiding. A,
n candidate for the Presidency he il
scarcely considered in the race.
Year: 1879

The Democratic Senators held eau
Gus ON the Warner Silver bill, with a
view to effecting compromise. A new
matter for consideration, however, was
presented by tender on the part of
Senator Bayard of his resignation as
Chairman of the Finance Committee,
offered by him on account of remarks
made in caucus ahd elsewhere by some
OF his colleagues to the effect that the
committee should be reorganizcd to ac-
cord with the views of the majority Of
the party on the silver question.


A long discussion ensued, similar in
most of its features to that which took
place in last Mondays caucus, but
bringing out also decided opposition
on the part of number of the silver
men themselves to the acceptance of
Mr.. Bayard's S resignation. At the close OF
the discussion it was agreed to refer the
whole subject to committee, consisting
of Messrs. Thurman, Mcdonald and Gar.
land, for consideration and report.
Year: 1879

The Republican outlook in California
grows brighter every day. The quarrel
bet VI Ell the two factions of the Work
ingmen's party is growing in bitterness,
and all chance for agreement upon a sin.
gle ticket is out Of the question. The
Democrats are badly denoraliAed, and
are trying to form coalition with the
Honorable Blk wing Of the Working
mems party. The only party of the
four which is well organized in all parts
of the state, is the Republican. Its
leaders are confident of victory, because
they have faith that the other three par
ties can be depended on to kill each
other. 1t looks now as if the Republicans
would carry the State and control the
Congressional delegation.
Year: 1879

The crop Of cherries in Brandywine
Hundred will be very poor this season
Usually a great quantity is shipped
from this place, and in one instance @
well known farmer who annually dis.
poses of $500 worth, will this season
only realize about $40. The troubl.
seems to lie in the existence of a serious
rot, which causes the fruit to drop from
the stem as soon as it attained any
size.
Year: 1879

The following receipt for lemonade we
clip from the Newark Ledger: Get a bar
rel; then fill it with water. Now throw
in pound of white sugar. Squeeze in
a large size lemon. Don't be mean
about the lemon either but put the
whole of it into the barrel. Then stir it
with long pole and call up the children
Immediately. As fast as they drink
fill the barrel with cold water. Have
two stout men to haul water all day.
The beverage thus made is cheap-if
the lemon be purchased at Wholesale
and it is quite healthful.
Year: 1879

Last evening two men entered Down
ing's saloon at Third aud Market street
and after partaking of a half dozer
of fried oysters which they had ordered
they refused to pay for the same. They
were arrested and at the hearing this
morning were each fined so cents and
cost.
Year: 1879

A party of some twenty young ladies
left the city this morning for Mount
Cuba. They were well prepared for a
pleasant days excursion, being fortified
with croquet mallets and other accesso.
ries to an enjoyable trip. OF course
there were several specimens of the
genus home, the party to female minds
would hardly be a success withou,
them.
Year: 1879

This morning a woman from the
country had her pocket-book contain
ing so in money, stolen from her. She
notified officer Thomas of the affaic but
was unable to give him the description
of the parties who had committed the
theft. The money she.said belonged to
her son who had been saving up for
several mouths in order to purchase a
suit of clothes. The woman was oblig-
ed to return home without her money.
Year: 1879

Last evening the Fame Hose engine
was drawn to the Rodney street basin
where it was set to work pumping wa,
ter from the south reservoir into the
tank on Pepper Norris place. This was
rendered necessary through the empty
ing of the north reservoir from which
the tank supplies is taken.
Year: 1879

Last evening at 7.30 Edward Quinn
was found laying on the pavement at
Fifth and Orange streets. Edward
was so drunk that the police officer was
obliged to convey him to the hall in a
wheelbarrow. The prisoner was fined
fifty cents and cost.
Year: 1879

The works of McLlear u Kendall are
running their full complement of hands.
They have large number of orders
and sales are brisk. The amount Of
business being done by this firm exceeds
that of this month year ago.
Year: 1879

And having business conusctions at Prescott as well as at other points in the Territory where the products of The country find a Rar. ket, we can and will offer more for the same than any other house.
Year: 1879

Though we may not change the cottage
For mansion tall and grand,
Or exchange the little grass-plot


For boundless stretch of land
Yet there's something brighter, dearer,
Than the wealth we'd thus command.
Though we have no means to purchase
Costly pictures, rich and rare,
Though we have no sllken hangings
For the walls 80 cold and bare
We can hang them o'er with garlands,
For flowers bloom everywhere.
We can always make home cheerful,
If the right course we begin,
We can make its inmates happy,


And their truest blessings win
1t Will make the small room brighter
If we let the sunshine in.
We can gather round the flreslde


When the evening hours are long
We can blend our hearts and voices
In happy, social song;
We can guide some erring brother
Lead him from the path of wrong.
We may fill our home with music.
Aud with sunshine brlmming o'er,
II against all dark intruders


We will firmly close the door
Yet should evil shadows enter,


We must love each other more.
There are treasures for the lowly


Which the grandest fail to find,
There's chain of sweet affection


Binding friends of kindred mind
We may reap the choicest blessings
From the poorest lot assigned.
Year: 1879

Tho young man Scannell who last week
successfully maintained the reputation of
his family for shooting is again in New
York, and has HERALD reporter to thank
for his change of base. The police seemed
to have given up the search, yet the man
was all the while within twenty miles
of New York, and apparently making
no attempt at concealment The method
of his capture is explained in an
other column, and the entire story
shows how easy the capture of other and
similar fellows might be if the officials were
to take at least as much interest in the
matter as a man did who simply read his
newspaper intelligently. It is noteworthy
fact that the attention of the HERALD's at
tache to the case was not attracted by
any official information, but merely by
our own published account of the affair,
and that the Paterson officials seem to have
overlooked the matter entirely, instead Of
being on the alert to discover who and
what strange barroom loungers are.
Year: 1879

Mr. Morton, of the Stevens Institute of
Technology, is the last ''great" man who
has favored the world with his opinion on
the electric light. He is satisfied that it is
q failure. He has always been satisfied to
that effect since he examined the subject.
In fact, he will not have it on any terms,
and when o man of his eminence actually
refuses to consent to the electric light it is
but little short ofimpertinence of for Mr.. Edi-
from him to the Professor. Instead Of
apologizing, however, he simply denies
what the Professor says. Both GENTLE
mems words are given in to-day's HrRALp
as we find them printed in the columns
of the Sun. Mr.. Morton pities Edison
and protests against the harm the
HERALD's account of his invention
must do his reputation, assuming
as he does that tho account is grossly
false but Mr.. Edison says "every word
that was printed in the HERALD article was
literally true y and he seems to intimate
that he does not regard Professor Mortons
knowledge on topics related to the electric
light as superior to that of all other men-a
point on which apparently he and Professor
Morton are at odds. Professor Morton is
apparently one OF those average men of
science who are amply endowed to ell one
little circle and are pretty thin outside of
that circle. He believes that the world is
finished and that there is no room for new
inventions. As Lord Russell was willing
to consent that the progress of the British
people might be admitted to go SO far as ho
approved, but held that the point so gained
must be fnality, so this professor will
not admit that there may be any movement
in the progress of invention beyond his
fnality; which is gas.
Year: 1879

THE WEATuER.-The disturbance that adj
vanced from the Northwest on Friday is now
moving slowly over the central valley districts.
Its energy somewhat dissipatcd during the
early portion of the day, but toward night there
were indications that it would reorcanize n
storm centre when it reached the lower lake dis
tricts to-day The slow movement of tue area
Of high barometer which ovcrles the Atlantic
and Gulf coast districts causes the gradients
for southerly and southwesterly winds to be-
come steep over the central sections of the coun-
try Snow fell throughout the lake regions.
The weather was generally fair in the other dis
tricts. except in the New England States. The
temperature rose decidedly in the lake, central
valley districts and the West, remained nearly
stationary in the Middle Atlantic and New Eng
land States and fell elsewhere. The winds have
been from fresh to brisk in the lake regions,
Middle Atlantic and New England States. In
the other districts they were light. The weather
over the British Islands is becoming stormy.
The weather in New York and its vicinity to-day
will be warmer and partly cloudy possibly with
occasional snow. Tomorrow it will be warm
and cloudy, with snow or sleet.
Year: 1879

Is nobody charged with the duty of
maintaining streets and sidewalks in their
proper condition? The liberties that build
ers take are bad enough at any time; flag
ging Is torn up. bricks, lumber and other
building material encroach upon one side
of the footpath, while scaffolding extends
into the other; long timbers are moved
in so leisurely that pedestrians have
to take to the streets for a passageway,
while bricks. states and splashes of paint
fall so frequently that those who have not
already suffered by them are apprehensive
whenever they pass building in course of
erection. At this season of the year the rain,
snow, ice and slush make matters infinitely
worse, as nobody knows of it better than
the policemen who pass the houses
and such Building Department officials as
happen to call in the discharge OF their
duty. There is no need that the encum-
brances above mentioned should exist mt
all. In oil but very rare cases the material
can be delivered and prepared on the
ground which the house is to occupy. On
the other hand, however, 1t is quite certain
that the public patience and safety will
be compromised by almost every builder un-
less the persons annoyed by any particular
obstruction visit the station house of their
own precinct persistently until something
is done by way of remedy. A few vigorous
complaints will settle the question of re-
sponsiblity, which all officials are at pres
ent disposed to treat gingerly.