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Year: 1876

To TIE EDITOR oP THE HERALD


saw letter in the HERALD by William p. Webb
commission merchant He says that OF all the letters
sont to the herald in regard to street
the point He gives to the point by asking for


n subsancc palace cars for all those willing to pay
for them and have the numbering cars he calls
them of the present used for those who cannot pay
ten cents and are willing to take their chances for
scat This is very good for Mr.. Commission Merchant
but why should l. well all laboring men
and women, DO obliged TO stand after
hard days work be packed in poorly
ventilated car because ! cannot pay ten cents
fare We having too much OF this thing already.
The poor man will soon be considered Of more
count than the street horses unless he refuses TO
be led by the by politicians Politics is the ruina
ton of the country. But to return to street cars.
There is no remedy until have rapid transit except
give better ventilated and lighted street cars IL is
Impossible to cars enough on the Third avenue
road TO give each person a seat II law is passed
not allowing a conductor to collect fare unless seat
is given he will refuse to let any unless there Is
vacant seat The streets will be full or passengers
waiting aud they will be glad to take the old standing
position There some lines that could run plenty
OF for the travel and they should be made 10 do
So Rapid transit Will rcevc the street cars so that
all lines furnish seats for all, and nothing else will


in the opinion of A WORKINGMAN.
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


correspondent in to-day's issue OF the HERALD
claims that passengers would sit the roof Of cars
save in To this reply that in Canada seats
are provided the roof 1t is quite agreeable to
sit on the roof in cold weather it is to stand on the
front platform. The writer TO whom here refer states
that OF your correspondents offers remedy for
the ndefensble evils which all agree exist ]
oil opinion that had incontcsably shown in my com
nunication which appeared IN last Thursdays HERALD,
that had successfully copod with the difficulties Of the
case in every direction A gentleman however, who
proposes that steam power, with three attached
10 the engine, be used through crowded horoughares,
is not likely to approve of other than radical change.
with this startling proposal carried Into operation Mr..
Bcrgh, in addition 10 his friends the quadrupcds,
would be obliged to make protsgs Of the human
biped r. NJ B-W.
Year: 1876

The Board Of Commissioners OF Emigration met at
Castle Garden yesterday afternoon.


The most important communication submitted
to the Board was from the Collector Of the city
Revenue, that official stating If the taxes due the city
we're not promptly paid he would take summary pro-
cecdngs collect the same This aroused much dis
cussion IN the Board, one member stating that the
Commissioners could do nothing until April when IL
was 30 be hoped the Legislature would relieve them
from financial embarrassmcnt Another stated that ~
was yet 70 bc determined what authority tho cy had
over castle Garten II was finally decided that the Col


cctor should be informed Of the situation and asked to
postpone action until the Legislature should move in
Year: 1876

D. Appleton Co. will issue in few days the Pres
dental counts complete official record OF the pro-
ceedngs of Congress at the counting OF the electoral
votes IN all the elections OF President and Vice Prest
dent OF the United States, together with all Con.
gressona legislation incident thereto or to proposed
legislation upon that subject with analytical intro
duct >,n All the Congressional debates arc printed
verbatim from tho reports i'll tho annals OF Congress
Congressional Globe and Congressional Record This
book pre- pared by some OF the leading OF the
nation, and the work was done In thrce days and
covers $50 Uapes
Year: 1876

A Pennsylvania famer's wife says
There is a great difference in the quality
/ of apple butter, even where it is the
! product Of our best farmers wives
! Sometimes it il too acid, or too soft. or


too light or lumpy. These are the results


of improper proportions Of cider and ap-
pies, or that the apples were not sweet
enough, or that the mass was not boiled
and stirred enough. Apple butter is q


wholesome and desirable relish on the


supper table, or it can be made intomosJ
ey rellNnt taris


The way make my apple butter is as
follows: If you have barrel kettle,
take thiity gallous of sweet cider, that
Just from the press is to be preferred; /;
boil it down to one-third OF the quantity,
then add altogether about two bushels Of
pared, CHARTERED, and cored sweet sp-
pies, about one-third at a time, judging rs
to the quantity of apples; then stir the
whole mass constantly with long handle
wooden stirrer, reaching down to the
bottom this stirrer must be from four
to five inches broad at the bottom.
rounded a little to ct the bottom Of the
kettle, and have a dozen or more half
inch holes bored through it. The mass
must be kept boiling and stirred until
the whole is reduced to say one-half oi
the original quantity, or cider assumes
dark color and is perfectly smooth and
pala:able. For this purpose samples
should from time to time be taken out
and tasted. When done il should be put
in jars, well tied over with paper, and
placed in a cool place. Otherwise it may
g work and lose 4 great deal Of its
value.
Year: 1876

We are never safe. Perils surround us
by night and by day. We never go into
the street without running personal risk
of death or disaster. 4 runaway horse,
falling stone, the steam-car, the disease
that turks within us, the sun that may
smite us, are but few among the foes that
Law in wait for our lives; but which OF us
provides for such sudden calamity, or
remembers that for the want of some lit
tie token upon us friends may look valnly
for our return, and never know that in
some hospital our dumb lips try to speak
their names, our eager eyes look vainly
for their coming? 1t is the more strange
that we so rarely carry any record o


cur own identity when we remember how
careful we are about our personal prop
erty. We mark cur silver, our dogs we
brand our sheep; we put our names upon
the clothes if they are to go TO the
laundry. We know the dangerof thieves,
and the power of accident, when a spoon,
or a handkerchief is concerned, but we
feel our individuality so strongly that we
have no fear of flosing;ourselves. Living,
or dead, at home, or among strangers, We
feel as if We asserted ourselves so strong
ly that nothing can ever beiall us, and
the world not know it. But that is a
grave error. ANY one of Us might die
tomorrow, and drop out Of life unknown,
Year: 1876

Two or three weeks ago Detroit bov,
after finishing the last chapter Of a bool;
called "The Pleasures Of the Deep"
pleaded with his father to let him ship
aboard a lake schooner. The old man
smiled grim smile, took the case under
consideration, and in a few days the boy
was on the rolling deep, having shipped
as a greenhOrn on Il vessel In the lumber
trade. He sailed to Saginaw,:came down
and crossed to Toledo, and next day he
appeared in Detroit, lame and stiff, his
throat sore, one eye nearly shut, and a
feeling of humbleness running all through
him.


"Whati back again ?" cried the old
man as the boy entered the house.


Yes, father, / want TO saw all the
wood for winter, bring in all tine coal,
clean out the cellar and paint the barn,
and you needn't give me but two meals
day"


Don't you like sailing ~


Father, you don't begin to realize
anything about it. The captain sailed
right along on Sunday, the same as any
other day, and | believe he swore even
harder. He wouldn't give me an UNI
brella when it raiGed, lie made me sit up
most all night, and two or three times he
called me up at midnight and made me
baul on ropes and drag old sails around.
There wasn't a single night when all Of
Us got off at nine o'clock, and there
wasn't day that he didn't boss Us
around and break in on Us every time
we got to reading anything good! |
like land, father, and | wish you owned
a farm r'-DetT0H Tree Press.
Year: 1876

A Charlemont marketmen, when de-
livering goods one morning, discovered on
leaving the house ofa customer 4 custard
pie setting in a window where the lady
of the house had placed it to cool for
dinner. He at once appropriated it, and
driving directly TO the store of the lady'=
husband, called him out and told him he
had hooked a nice custard pie, and if
he would get some cheese they would
have a nice time eating it. OF course
the cheese was forthcoming, and after
satisfactorily disposing Of the pie the
question arose what to DO with the plate.
The merchant said that he would take
care of that, and, suiting his actions 10
his words, dashed it against the wall.
When the merchant went home to dinner
that day mis- vile apologized for not hav-
ing any desert, saying she made custard
pie for dinner and left it in the window
to cool, and she supposed some boys
must have stolen it. Her husband wasn't
pie hungry, and seemed quite pleased
about something, but kept mum"
Next morning the merchant, meeting the
marketman, sang out "pie!" In reply
the other said Cheese And whose
plate was that you smashed?"
Year: 1876

spirit. 1t will cure sorrow. Indeed, we


make a long list OF nervous and other
maladies that sleep will cure. The cure
of sleeplessness requires a clean, good
bed, sufficient exercise to promote weari-
ness pleasant occupation, good air, and
not too warm a room a clear conscience,
and avoidance of stimulants and narcot-
les. For those who are overworked,
haggard, nervous, who pass sleepless
nights, We commend the adoption of such
habits as will secure sleep; otherwise life
will be short, and what there is of it
sadly imperfect.
Year: 1876

Many remarkable anecdotes have seen
told illustrating the skill and seeming
intelligence of the subtle spider but none
more worthy Of note than a circumstance
which occurred the other day, and which
was witnessed by a number OF cur osity
lovers. In the cellar of Mr.. Nelson
Williams a spider had prepared his web
between a barrel and tub, and there, sus


pended from the ground, hung small
snake about ten or eleven inches in
length. The thread OF the wen had be- u
ingeniously twisted or woven around the
tail of the unfortunate reptile, and il was
evident that he had been drawn up from
the ground TO a periloUs position. The
spider seemed anxiously watching his
squirming victim from one corner OF the
web, probably waiting Tor life to become
extinct, when he would probably indulge
in a reptile repa-t, as reward FOR his
cunning. The snake remained in this
precarious attitude for thirty-six hours
after 1t was discovered, and then es-
capped, cheating the sdroit spider after all.
Year: 1876

unrecognized, our fate forever shrouded


in mystery. When we read a descrip-


tion of the man or woman who was found
dead, why might it not be one of our ac-
quaintances? Some of them are sad
enough to wish to die, some of them are
sick enough to render death probable at
any time. The story runs of itself when
is told, but we who see victims in
Others never imagine that we are our
selves perhaps to be the next who viii
add to the tale of some winter night, and
that we would be wise to take some
reasonable precsutiOn against adding
ourselves to the long list of the not iden-
tilted
Year: 1876

A physician says that the cry for rest
has always been louder than the cry for
food. Not that it is more important,
but it is often harder to obtain. The best
rest comes from sound sleep. Of two men
or women, otherwise equal, the one who
sleeps the best will be the most healthy
and efficient. Sleep viii do much to
cure irritability of temper, peevishness
and uneasiness. It viii restore vigor 10


n overworlted brain. 1t Will build up


nd make strong a weak body. 1t will


ure a headache. IL will cure broken
Year: 1876

lNeW 1OrK sun


Joseph Hammerschmidt of 96 Mont
rose avenue, Brooklyn, who recently
spent seven hours at the bunghole of a
cask of precious wine to prevent the es-
cape of the liquor, was married to a
widow in the Trinity Church in Montrose
avenue. Hammerschmidt's custom had
been, when cask of wine arrived from
Germany, to shut himself in his cellar
with his favorite dog and a bunch of
bologna sausage and cheese, and spend
the day bottling the wine. On this bot
tling day he refused to allow any one TO
remain in the house except himself. His
housekeeper spread his lunch in the cell
lar, put his dog there, too, and went
away. When Hanmerschmidt went be-
low he found the dog was eating his
lunch. He angrily took hold of the ami
nal, tied one end of rope to its neck
and the other to the spigot of the cask,
and raised club to beat him. The dog
jumped the full length of the rope, and
took the spigot with him. The wine
spurted out in stream, and Hammer
schmidt, dropping the club, ran to the
bunghOle, clapped his hand over it, and
soon stopped the flow. lie then began to
cry for help, but no one was in the house
to heed him, the echoes of his voice died
inside the cellar. For seven hours he
called for help, and held back the wine.
AT length, late in the afternoon, his cries
were heard, and he was relieved when he
was well nigh exhausted. The dog and
the spigct were going around the cellar
together out of the German reach. Ham
merschmidt made up his mind to run no
more risks, and offered himself to the
widow. who accented him.
Year: 1876

Dress as plainly as your parents will
allow you, but in bright colors (if they
become you) and in the best materials
that is to say, in those which will wear
the longest. When you are really in
want of new dress, buy it (or make it)
in the fashion, but never quit an old one
merely because it has become unfashion-
able. And il the fashion be costly, you
must not follow it. You may wear
broad stripes, or narrow, bright colors, or
dark, short retticoats, or long lin moder-
ation), as the public wish you; but you
must not buy yards of useless stuff TO
make knot or flouncc OF, nor drag them
behind you over the ground, and your
walking dress must never touch the
ground at all. / have lest much of the
faith l once had in the common sense.
and even in the personal delicacy, of the
present race of average English women,
by seeing how they will allow their
dresses To sweep the streets, if il is the
fashion TO be scavengers. Learn dress
making yourself, with pains and time,
and use q part of every day in needle
work, maHng as pretty dresses as you
can for poor people who have not the
time or taste to make them nicely for
themselves. You are TO show them in
your own wearing what is most right
and graceful, and help them to choose
what will be prettiest and most becoming
in their own station.
Year: 1876

Boots and shoes, if taken care of prop
erly, will usually last two or three times
longer than they generally do, and at the
same time fit the feet far more satisfactor-
lily, and keep them dry and more COM
upper leather should be kept soft and
pliable, while the soles need to be hard,
tough and impervious. The first thing
to be done with any pair of new shoes for
farm use is to set each one on platter
or an old dinner plate and POUR in boiled
linseed oil sufficient to fiji the vessel to
the upper edge of the soles. Allow the
leather to absorb as much oil as it will
for eight hours. LiRseed oil should not
be applied TO the upper leather, as it will
soon becomc dry, rendering the leather
hard and tough. If the soles be satur-
ated with this oil it will exclude the
dampness and enlarge the pegs 30 that
the sole will never get loose from the
upper leather Ii the shoes be sewed the
lihseed oil will preserve the threads from
rotting. Now, wet the upper leather
thoroughly when the boots or shoes are
TO be nut on the feet, so that those parts
which are tight may render trife, and
thus adapt the form of the shoe to the
foot far more satisfactorily than when
the upper leather Is not wet Keep
them on the feet until the leather is
nearly dry. Then give the upper leather
a thorough greasing with equal parts of
lard and tallow or with tallow and heats
foot oil. If shoes be treated in this man.
ner, and n row of round.headed shoe
nails be driven around the edge of the
soles, they will wear like copper, and
always set easy to the feet. Boots and
shoes should be treated as suggested, and
worn little several months before they
are put to daily service. This Is the
true way TO save your shoe money.
Year: 1876

M. Klaczko says that Prince Bismarck


is true German in his love of symbols.
In 1862, when he was finally about to
quit his post at ST.. Peterburg, he re-
ceived the visit of colleague, foreign
diplomatist. Russia being mentioned,
the future chancellor of Germany said :
81 have the habit, when leave coun-
try in which l have sojourned for any
length of time, to dedicate to it one of
the trinkets on my watch chain, on which
/ cause my final impression of the coun-
try TO be engraved; would you like to
know my final impression Of Russian
And he showed to the somewhat puzzled
diplomatist lite trinket on which was
engraved the words, "La Russie c'est Ie
neantP' His inexbaustible hilarity and
flow Of talk made him great favorite
at ST. Petersburg, where he vented his
railing humor chiefly at the expense of
his superiors in Berlin, "the perukes of
PotsdaM;" aud during his two months
stay at Paris he was almost as great
favorite as on the banks of Neva. His
eccentric ways made him great puzzle
in the steady-going world of diplomacy;
the general verdict would probably have
expressed itself in significant tapping
of the forehead. Napoleon III whispered
to Prosper Merimee that he was mad.
When youthful country gentleman, he
threw himself bravely into the water to
save his groom, and gained that medal
for saving human lite which for years
was the sole decoration on the broad
breast of the Minister OF Prussia at
Frankfort. On being questioned one
day by a colleague at the Bund as to his
decoration, of the nature of which the
corps was ignorant, he replied
in that tone of voice peculiarly his own,
that once by accident he had saved a
man; in idleness of course; and it would
have taken but little further questioning
for him to have replied that it was but to
take exercise in swimming that he had
doua IL
Year: 1876

day did it. A man was found next day
who confessed to having seen Jack tam
pering with the timepiece in the engine
house that night, but he had not thought
of it, he said.


Jack2 o, he left town, and was heard
of in Australia. His game was not a
success.


And Kirke married Floss Whately,
else this story would not be told, be-
cause what would a story be worth that
did not end in Wedding?
Year: 1876

GRATITUDE and affection smooth the
totteripg steps, and tighten the infirmi-
ties OF the merciful man. God and all
good angels are with him. The fruits of
his charity in part remain to refresh and
nourish him till his change comes, while
those not 10 be found on earth are gar
Dered for him in heaven.
Year: 1876

MUCH of the Duke of Sutherland's
vast domain in Scotland is barren and
unproductive, and about four years ago
ne projected scheme to bring this use
less land into state of cultivation. He
selected two thousand acres of wild and
useless moorland, and undertook to SUBJ
due it by steam power. The land was
80 swampy and stony that it was impos.
sible to do anything with it by ordinary
appliances, including even the common
steam plow. But he had constructed
plow of an extraordinary character, with
which and twelve steam engines he has
converted his two thousand acres of use
less land into four excellent farms, on
which admirable crops are now growing.
Good houses have been built, the fields
inclosed, and the desert has been made
to blossom as the rose-but at the fear
full cost of ESQ an acre, or $SOO,OOO for
the whole.
Year: 1876

the Governors eye can be so easily closed
The third nominee, the Hon. okey John
sop, Of Parkersburg, brother Of Dan. the
hard.shell Baptist politician ot Tyler
county, and for that matter, the brother
of Ike, the lecturer on Corpcobs, has
The most magnificent voice in the state
Of West Virginia, and as the Crier Of a
court would be most happy selection
Buried on the bench, however, his yOca=
tiOn in life-to be heard Of allimen-will
probably be entirely thrown away. The
idea Of retiring an able bodied stumper
like okey from active life in this manner
strikes us as altogether out OF place.


In regard to the whole ticket, 1t can be
said that 1t is one that the Republicans
should easily match at Parkersburg.
II is largely composed Of comparatively
new men and not those wellknown to the
public. is-f' aa


We have Indicated some oil the KIND oil
men who will outweigh it in the public
estimation in case they should be nom
mated at Papkersburg, and il would not
be hard 10, name several more, The
issue Of success in the coming canvass
win turn largely on the comparative
merits Of the ticket to be put in nomina-
ton on the 9Th Of July at that place
This is year when the people are going
to vote for men and not for mere NOM
inees.
Year: 1876

THE POLICE AND THE LATE RIOT.-It is
expected that the Police Board will at an
early day inquire into the conduct OF the
police on the occasion OF the late riot, with
the view of ascertaining il Judge Guigon's
structures are sustained by a full inyestiga-
tion OF the facts. Members Of the force,
whiiel honoring the Judge for his fearless
and impartial course, say that he did not
have all the information before him; that
while it is true, as was stated, that the riot
ers passed unchecked up and down several
of the streets of Shockoe Hill, it was be-
cause nearly all the men on duty at that
hour were stationed on Main street between
Ninth and Twelfth, where great and excited
crowds were assembled and disturbances
were most to be apprehended. They
assert that there were only three or
four men on duty west of Ninth
street, and that when the doings
of the negroes were reported prompt
measures to arrest them were taken. In
the encounter between the police and the
rioters at the corner Of Ninth and Main
streets the former unquestionably behaved
with great gallantry, and by dispensing the
disturbers Of the peace there prevented
bloodshed, which would have been unavoid-
able had their progress continued to where
the Conservatives were gathered together
in considerable numbers. Very probably
a calm inquiry into the matter will result in
satisfactory settlement OF the points at is
sue, .