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Year: 1879

The oldest verse in existence-the
Universe.


A ticklish thing-A shad-bone half
way down your gullet.


The Grecian ladies counted their age
from their marriage, not from their
birth.


A lawyer goes into court when he
sues for the hand of young lady
PiCdyat1ae.


Forty-four towns in Ohio and thirty
nine in Iowa are named after the Father
of the Country.


There is an anti-mourning society in
London, the members agreeing not to
wear black as a commemoration of
death.


Tobacco is largely cultivated in Rus
sia, and the seed used on the plantations
is from the United States and from Tur-
key.


1t is certainly very odd that the
Chinese and japanese both should have
such an antipathy to partaking of COWS
milk as food.


Madam" said a tramp on Cottage
Hill, would you give me an old pair OF
pants, for I'm starvin' to DEATH
NorTiStOaOn Herald.


The Chinese frequently condemn
prisoner to be kept awake until he dies.
A criminal under such circumstances
lives nine or ten days


Rattlesnakes seem to abound in South
ern Oregon. Three men recently went
to the mountains, where dens of these
snakes were known to exist in large
numbers, and in a short time killed 700
of them.


A bright boy was walking along the
street with his mother, and observing a
man with peculiar hitch in his gait
approaching, he droily exclaimed:
Look there, mamma; see how that
poor man shutters with his feetr'
"a kiss" said young Charles, "is a noun, we


allow;


But tell me, my dear, is it proper or COM


mon?o y


Lovely Mary blushed deep and exclaimed:


"Why, L vow,


1 think that kiss is both proper and COM


mon"


In Ceylon they have an old usage
among them to recover their debts,
which is this: They will sometimes go
to the house of their debtor with the
leaves of neungGJa, a certain plant which
is rank poison, and threaten him that
they will eat that plant and destroy
themselves unless he will pay him what
he owes. Tie debtor is much afraid of
this, and rather than the other should
poison himself, will sometimes sell a
child to pay the debt. Not that the one
is tender of the life of the other, but out
of care for himself for if the person dies
of the poison, the other, for whose sake
the other poisoned himself, must pay a
ransom for his own life. By this means,
also, they will sometimes threaten to re-
venge themselves on those with whom
they have any contest, and do it, too.
And upon the same intent they will also
jump down steep place, or hang or
make away with themselves, that so they
might bring their adversary to great
danger.
Year: 1879

Be very slow to make acquaintance
with fast young man.


Misery creeps into the shade, but
Graves for the sunshine.


A seaman never finds as many flaws
in the wind as prejudice does in a mans
reputation.


For sail or to rent-A spread OF can
vas on vessel.


How few are those who think enough
of themselves to command the respect of
all that know them.


"There's hitch in the matter" as the
fellow remarked when he tied his horse
to an awning post.


You don't necessarily require breath
ing spell to determine the orthography
of such words as bellows " or " "respira-
ton. .n-NelO York NelOS
Year: 1879

We are thoroughly in earnest in the desire to get all our people to do more reading and thinking for themselves. It is the only way in which the masses can protect themselves from imposi- tions. from deceptions and from hum- bugs! It is the only way in which they can retain and secure their liber- ties ito read and think for themselves. But what, says one, would you have us read? We would have you read FIRST, YOUR OWN HONE PAPER. It Is your home paper that feels for your interests, and that furnishes you such informa- tion as most intimately effects your in- terests. But, says our ordinary fault finder, you don't give us reading matter enough. Don't we? We'll, we give you far more than you can get ou. of any book which costs YOU the same sum of money. We give you far more than we could possibly give you if all men supported the press just as yon do. But we are not going to find fault, for

 we have had very good support in

 dear old Pope county. We are now going to make you an offer to meet this objection of not enough reading. It is this:

 To every man or woman who will send us his or her name with the price of our paper in cash. (s1.50) within the next Sixty Days, we win send our

 paper one year, and in addition, will

 send free of all cost, for twelve months, an excellent monthly paper called the

 Farmers Review, published at Chicago. Illinois.

 The Review is a hanesomely printed. l6-page folio, and has all the depart

 ments which any first class agricultural

 journal ought to have, all edited ably and industriously. The article extract ed from it and reproduced in to-day's

 DEMOCRAT is specimen of the kind of literature you will get from it. Besides it gives full prices current and market

 reviews.

 Re member this offer is for only 60 days, and you should send your names at once for this offer.
Year: 1879




CHICAGO, Aug. 23.--Provious to the last mat
ince held at the grounds OF the Chicago Jockey
Club, which came off on Saturday, Aug. 16. my
driver was urgently solicited to enter my STALL
ion, and wss also told that be would be expect
ed to start without fail


The stallion, Comauche Chief, was entered
and prepared to start, when, to my surprise aud
without moments warning, I was informed
that no mulatto or Niger would be allowed to
drive, in consequence Of two white drivers hav
ing said they would not drive il darby was
allowed to take part In the race.


At this decision vas very much put out, but
bore the disappointment as well as could be ex-
pected under the circumstances, though at the
same time / found it necessary to seek shady
spot to, il possible, cool of My driver, who is
colored man, has been in my employ for Years,
understands my horse thoroughly, and Gun
drive him much better than stranger could.
OF course il it been a bona jade rule OF the As
sociation that no coIored man should ever drive
on that track should have thought nothing Of
it, much less OF putting myself In the awkward
position in which was at That time placed. On
the other hand, am pretty sure it is not one OF
their rules. and ii 1t is it was broken no later
than last month, when the summer meeting was
held.


/ have been q member Of the Association for
some time, but I must say the treatment I re-
ceiyed at the matinee OF which speak annoyed
me very much. 4 MEMBER.
Year: 1879

About week ago an Iowa man died. He was very wealthy and left three sons, his only heirs and, would you believe it, the ungrate- full boys got together and ran away with all the property before the lawyers could get at it and divide it with each other?
Year: 1879

The Volumes of the Bazar begin with the first Num- ber foriJanuary of each year. When no time is men, oneet will be understood that the subscriber wishes to commence with the number next after the receipt of his order.
Year: 1879

We hereby notify our friends and the public generally that from this time forth we will cease to sell for credit on any terms whatever. We are aware that in order to do this we will have to sell cheaper than our neigh bors, and we are preplred to do so. As we are building we are very much pressed for cash, and therefore 1t will be better for us to sell for cost than to sell on ever so short a time, no matter how good the buyer. The facts in the case are just these: It is a necessity with us to have our goods or to have the wherewith to buy Of course we do not expect to do so much business, but we are de- termined to do what we can.

 Our Lumber Yard is now full and nearly com plete.
Year: 1879



 We clip the following from the Tucson Citizen

 The Chicago Railway Age of May I makes the remark that the Southern Pacific is to be rapidly extended East- ward Regarding the purposes of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe the Age says:

 This company does not propose to build to Fl Paso, but to cross the Rio Grandeat Sabiho. near the thirty fourth parallel. and thence run south westerly. intersecting tae Southern Pacific at 3 point apparently about forty miles east of the Arizena line and something like ITS miles from Tucson. The completion of the new trans continental route may be ex- pected before the close of 1880 :"

 In another article the Age says: ssWe learn from General Manager Strong that the track en the New Mexico and Southern Pacific extension will reach Las Vegas July 4 From tlsi point 1t 8iil push on to connect with the Southern Pacific. and the new lines will be connected and form ap- other route sooner than is generally supposed.
Year: 1879

We hereby notify our friends and the public generally that from this time forth we will cease to sell for credit on any terms whatever. We are aware that in order to do this we will have to sell cheaper than our neigh bors, and we are prepared to do so. AS we are building we are very much pressed for cash, and therefore 1t will be better for us to sell for cost than to sell on ever so short a time, no Klatter how good the buyer. The facts in the case are just these; it is a necessity with Us to have our goods or to have the wherewith to buy more. Of course we do not expect to do so much business, but we are de termined to do what we can.

 Our Lumber Yard is now full and nearly com plete.
Year: 1879

Take a polished metallic sur
face of two feet or more, with a


straight edge--a large hand-saw


will answer the purpose. Take
a windy day, whether hot or
cold, clear or cloudy, on.y let it
not rain or the air be murky in
other words let the air be dry
and clear, but this is not essen
tial. Hold your metallic surface
at right angles to the direction
of the wind. e., if the wind is
north, hold your surface east
and west, but instead of holding
the surface vertical, incline it
about forty-five degrees to the
horizon, so that the wind strik-
ing glances and flows over the
edge Creeping it straight) as
water over dam. Now sight
over the edge at some
minute and sharply defined OBJ


.ject, and you will see the air
flows over as water flows over a
dam. Make your observations
carefully,and you will hardly fail
to see the air, no matter how
cold; the result is even better
when the sun is obscured.
Year: 1879

Gainesville, Ga, Free Press !:
There seems to us nothing
more cowardly than the habit
Of carrying Concealed weapons.
A brave man or a good citizen
never goes armed to shoot his
neighbor on the slightest provo
cation.


Thomasville, Ga, Enterprise. :.
All right thinking people re-
gard the carrying of concealed
weapons as confession of fear
and evidence Of timidity that
the offender would deny most
bitterly. 1t is habit that should
be broken up, and we are glad
to hear it does not prevail in
this immediate vicinity to any
thing like the same extent that
it once did, and we hope to see
it abandoned altogether.


Marietta Journal AS Judge
Lester says, "Pistols were not
made to hunt with, but evident
ly to kill somebody with" When
the practice becomes more dis
reputable and punishment swift
er, then society will enjoy great
er protection and fewer homi-
cides will be committed. If you
have been in the habit Of
carrying a pistol, go and lay it
on the shelf and let it stay there
until you ''go west.


Augusta Chronicle In re-
forming public opinion, the first
thing to be done is to make the
carrying of concealed weapons
not only odious but inconvenient.
Until that shall have been done,
the bloody drama will be re-en-
acted. The horror at Atlanta
did not prevent the affray at
Waynesboro. Pistols and whis-
key are among the curses Of the
land that need reforming.


Cleveland, O., HeraLd:-If
the Southern people would only
relegate the custom Of carrying
deadly weapons to the cOWardly
and black-guardly element to
which it properly belongs, it.
would save them a deal of suf-
fering, and tend materially to
advance their social and pecuni-
ary interests. In a civilized
community a man with reyol-
yer in his pocket carries prima
facia evidence about his person
of being either a coward, Il fool,
or knave, as no honest, brave
or sensible man can in such a
community expect to have any
use for such a weapon. There
are just two ways Of breaking
up generally prevalent custom
Of carrying concealed mortal
weapons-one is by making the
act of itself a crime punishable
by severe penalties, and the 9th
er is by bringing to swift justice
all persons who use such weap-
ons. a movement in the South
to bring about either Of these
ends will be a movement in the
direction of moral health and
pecuniary prosperity.
Year: 1879

1t often happens that man
is willing to pay compliment,
even when he is unable to pay
his other debts. A compliment,
however, may look like the hon
ey Of the bee and yet conceal
the sting OF the wasp. A cer-
tain lawyer was compelled TO
to the Court. With
stately dignity he rose in his
place and said:~"Your Honor
is right and l am wrong, as
Your Honor generally is. There
was a dazed look in the Judges
eye, and he hardly knew wheth-
er to feel happy or fine the law
yer for contempt Of court.
Year: 1879

The inhabitants of Edwards
County, Illinois, do not support
any temperance lecturers, or
spend their time talking about
temperance. L ey decided
twenty-five years ago that no
liquor should be sold in the
County, and since that day they
have sent hRt one person to the
ponitentiary, and he committed
a crime while drunk with whisky
procured in another County,
they support but two or three
paupers, and their Jail is empty
most of the time. Their taxes
are thirty-two per cent. lower
than the adjoining Counties, aud
their terms of court occupy
three days in the year while
their tax rolls show that thev
return more property than any

other County in the State of e.
quail population. This is a case
where the minority cannot COM
plain of any invasion of private
right, for the people are unani-
mously opposed to license under
any circumstances. Families
seek the locality, coming from
other parts of the State, as a
good place to bring up their
children. When confronted
with the statistics Of this model
County even old topers admit
there is something in it; but ev-
identlyit is not whisky.
Year: 1879

The leaves are fading and falling,


The winds are rough and wild,
The birds have ceased their calling;
But let me tell you, my child,
Though day by day, as it closes,


Doth darker and colder grow,
The roots of the bright red roses


VIII keep alive in the snow.
And when the winter is over,


The boughs will get new leaves,
The quail comes back TO the clover,
The swallow back to the caves.
The robin will wear on his bosom


The vest that is bright and new,
And the liveliest wayside blossom
Will shine with sun and dew.
So, when some dear joy loses


Its beauteous summer glow,
Think how the roots of the roses


Are kept alive in the snow!
Year: 1879

Anson Grey's illness, and, as we
have seen, went to him and had
the courage to become his wife.


The people Of Burlingame.
learned to love the gentle mis-
tress Of the old mansion on the
hill, and never suffering one
called for help in vain, as long as
"my lady" as they called her,
was mistress there.
Year: 1879

New York, June l0.-The council of
the union of the American and Hebrew
congregations to-day considered the
subject of agriculture. An amendment
was offered that in order to carry out
the plans successfully. the executive
boards be instructed to appoint COM
mittee on agriculture; said committee
to solicit donations of land, farming
implements and money, and as soon as
they obtain a tract of land they shall
subdivide it into farms of fifty to eighty
acres for one family; said family shall
have that land free of any rental for q
term of seven years; after seven years
the price shall be fixed on favorable
terms, for which that family can buy
said land, and the money thus received
by the executive board to be reinvested
in fertile lands and to be given to other
settlers under the same conditions.


Rev. DIR. Wise spoke in favor of the
scheme. Rev. DR.. Moses, of Alabama,
said the dwelling place of Jews had
always been in cities, and he thought it
much better for them to devote their
attention to commerce. Joseph, of
Cincinnati, contended that the carry
ing out of this scheme would be great
benefit as it wonld result in rescuing
many men from idleness who would
otherwise remain in pauperism
Year: 1879

Memphis, July 1O.-The board OF
health this morning issued the follow,
ing order: 10 the people of the city
of Memphis; We would say, quietly re,
move your families to place of safety
until we can at least see whether the
few cases of yellow fever will assume
an epidemic form. Topeople along the
lines of the different routes of travel,
we say that there can be no possible
danger of infection for many days to
come"


Five new cases were reported this
morning and one death. An infant of
Judge f. r. Ray, of the criminal court
who together with another son, is pros
trated with the disease. A perfect
stampede of citizens is in progress, the
trains being unable to carry away the
hundreds who are ready to leave.
Year: 1879

New York, July 10. The Bulletin
to-day says; 1t would be to the last
degree impudent to infer that the
Fourth Avenue elevated railroad job is
dead because the board of aldermen
turn their backs upon it. The rapid
transit of commissioners who appear to
be acting wholly in the interest of Van
derbilt, are already giving notice that
they will proceed with their plans as if
nothing had happened, and have the
audacity to say that if the board of
aldermen refuse to concur with them,
some future board will.
Year: 1879

Owenton, KY, July l0.-The court
met at 10 O'Clock. The record from the
Franklin circuit court having arrived
by a messenger last night, the defense
made a motion for a continuance, but
the court oyerruled it and gave the
defense until two clock this afternoon
to decide whether they were ready to
proceed or not.
Year: 1879

A STRANGE relic has just been pre-
sented to the state OF Arkansas. It is a
white leather belt with the imprint
ACROSS it Of bloody hand. It was worn
by Col. Archibald Yell, who, fighting
desperately on the field of Buena Vista,
got fatal wound, and in trying to tear
away the belt left red finger marks.
Year: 1879

A FRENCH statist has come to the
conclusion, after very laboricus ex-
animation of the number of deaths
from railway accidents in all parts OF
the world, that if person wer TO live
continually in a railway carriage, and
spend all his time in travelling, the
chances in favor of his dying from rail.
way accident would not predominant
until twas 960 years old.
Year: 1879

A BRITISH cab company mas been
formed to introduce an improved cab
service throughout the country. Some
of its hansomes are pronounced ex
cellent. About one hundred years
hence this country may perhaps boast
a similar association.
Year: 1879

The baby of the mayor of Stafford,
England, is rocked to sleep in solid
silver cradle, but it wakes in the night,
kicks off the covers, rattles the old man
with his howls, and makes him take up
his son and patrol the floor with him
until A. M. all the same as though it
went to rest in an old trunk-lid on slab
rockers.
Year: 1879

The Vesuvius railway is finished
from the station at the foot of the
mount to the observatory at the hermit
age, half way up. The. reminder of the
road to the entrance Of the crater is in
progress.
Year: 1879

Shortly after the war the Legislature
of Georgia made law exempting all
new factories that might be established
from taxation for ten years. Under
this encouragement the State has pros
pered, and it appears strange that a
number Of the old factory proprietors
have just combined to test in the courts
he validity of that exemption,
Year: 1879

The Whitehall Times advises young
life, to be careful and not take the train
from the wrong decp-owc. And it is
good advice, for it is the = deep owe
that founders SO many human barques
Debt is the rocky reef upon which 50
many young mems lives are wrecked.
Debt poisons the sweets Of every chaI.
ice We would raise to our lips content
is dcthroncd in the hoart by its pres
cnce, aud misery assumes the place II
would be much better to forego the
unnecessary things of ito than to in
volyc themselves in debts which they
cannot see tho possibility of paying. Tc
" owe no man anything but to love ono
another" is a safe rule for every one
but more particularly the young man
who IS just starting out on lite's great
highway. Beware of the train at the
wrong dccp-owc."
Year: 1879

Es2 The Pine Bluff Daily Press has
Jeen suspended for want of sufficient
We admire Maj. Newman's
stand he does not let mock-modcsty OF
pride prevent him from doing thing
hat is not for his interest peeuniarlIy
The Daily Press was the .neatcst deIly
n the State. We regret its suppression
Year: 1879

EE Grant the Dictator is the title
OF story just commenced in the Irish
World. ltis a terribly severe picture of
what may result from the nomination
and election of Grant to presidential
third term.
Year: 1879

"There's great difference between
house keeping aud boarding out said
young husband "for when | boarded
out | had to wait sometimes half an hour
for my dinner, but now have it just
when | can get it..
Year: 1879

said clerkship. at the end of which term the app-
cant, after passing examination, should be ad-
mitted to practise an attorney and counsellor at
law On the 30th day OF August, 1877, the Court of
Appeals changed those rules that at the end Of
three years applicants should only be admitted as
attorneys and at the end OF two years additional
counsellors; also to pass a second examination. They
made no exception in favor OF those who had tled
their certificates under the prior rules as 10 receiving
both degrees at the consequence being that the
General Term in the Fourth Department held that
it did not apply and admitted applicants to both de-
grees while the General Term in this the hrst) held
that it did and admitted the applicants only as at
torneys. the presiding Justice writing to the Court
OF Appeals for their opinion before delivering his.
thus cutting off an appeal in the regular way The
effect of these rules is this. that student In an
not only of copying and serving writs. roceiv-
ing therefor very small compensation before becom-
ing full dedged lawyer while who Is fortunate
enough to have the price Of term at law school
and 81 beside need only study for that term to be-
come full blown attorney.


do not profess to advocate that man can become


lawyer in three or In Ave years. yet he should
have the benefit of his contract and receive his de-
grees. At any rate the Legislature should require
man to become citizen of country at least be-
fore comforting the privilege of practising in
courts. LEX NON SCRIPTA.
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Where is Alderman John J. Morrisi Has he died
of the assassin's stab? His career in the Board Of
Aldermen has been marked by the passage of some
excellent ordinances Cant he put one through the
Board that will abolish the nuisance of tramps block
aiding Park and lower Broadway by carrying
signs and interrupting travel in these crowded
thoroughfares? At least make their employers pay
q license and thus reduce the city taxation.


A PARK ROW PEDESTRIAN.
Year: 1879

[NorE.-Letters intended for this column must be
accompanied by the writer's full and address to
insure attention complainants who unwilling to
comply with this rule simply waste time in writing.
Write only ON side of the paper.-ED. HERALD
Year: 1879

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


The ragmen of the city seem to make it their
special duty to parade every morning through Thirty
fifth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues. to
the great annoyance of everybody residing in that
locality. Why can they not reduce the number Of
their horrible bells? One would be sufficient.


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