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Year: 1875

You are starting ON life's journey,


Alone on the highway OF liie'
You'll meet with thousand temptations,
Each city with evil is rife,
This world is a stage of excitement;


There is danger where'er you 60,
But If YOU are tempted in weakness,


Have the courage, my boy, to say no.
The syren's sweet song may allude you;
Beware of her cunning and art,
Whene'er you see her approaching,


Be guarded and haste to depart.
The billiard saloons are inviting,


Decked out with their tinsel and show,
You may be invited to enter;
Have courage, my boy, to say no.
The bright ruby wine may be offered;


No matter how tempting it be,
From poison that .stings like an adder,
My boy, have courage to flee.
The gambling halls are below you;


Their lights-how they dance to and fro
If you should be tempted to enter,


Have courage, my boy, to say no.
In courage alone lies your safety,
When you the long journey begin;
And trust in a heavenly father,


Who will keep you unspotted from sin
Temptations will go on increasing,


AS streams from riyulet flow, 49,
But if you are true to your manhood,


Have courage, my boy, to say no.
Year: 1875

BAaNUMs BIGGEST BEAST ON A BENDER


AT BRIDGEPoRT-TACKLI LOCO


MOTIVE.


BRIDGEPORT, Conn, November 90
Last night Betsy, the big elephant, now
wintering here, became dissatisfied with
her narrow quarters IN the barn where
the auimals are confined, and made up
her mind to sally forth into wider-are-
ma. She accordingly snapped the ropes
and chains that bound her, walked out
of her stall, and after promenading up
and down for few minutes, marched
to the cage of young Bengal tiger,
upset it, and turned the occupant loose.
The tiger was taken by surprise, and so
much disgusted at the practical joke
played upon him that he retreated to
quiet corner and nursed his wrath. Bet
sy seemed to be spelling for fight
She started again for the tiger, but be-
fore she could strike him he had jumped
clear over her and had taken refuge Oh
one of the crossbeams. Betsy made an
other attempt to reach the tiger, but
failed. She then burst open the barn
door and marched for the railroad de-
pot, where she encountered an engine
ON the track. She made close study
of the Kissing and snortiug iron horse,
aud having satisfied herself that she
could easily overcome it in fair fight,
she proceeded to tackle it. She tried it
on all sides, bu, could not bud ge it, and
after having scorched her proboscis by
bringing it in close contact with the fur
mace door, she became Respondent, and
moved away.


Meantime Nero and Tank, the two
dogs that are kept with the elephant,
had trotted around and aroused the
keepers. who started out to capture the
eccentric runaway. Wilson f. Green
and Charles Colton came up with her
rs she was entering the town. They
both tried by moral suasion to induce
Betsy to return to camp, but she indig
uantly refused Further persuasion ir-
-ritatrd her, and at length, failing by
quiet obstinacy to rid herself of her tor
mentors, she lifted her trunk and brought
it down with sidelong sweep that sent
MIR. Green more than ten yards through
space. She then upset Mr.. Cotton, and
would perhaps have crushed him with
her feet had not her attention been di-
verted in time by Tommy Murphy, one
of the circus boys, who ran up in front
of he-. SEEING Tommy around the
middle she held him alott, and, carrying
him gently for few rods, dropped him
tenderly on the ground and continued
on her journey.


By this time the whole circus force
was out Dozens of men surrounded
the huge beast, and after beating her
badly with clubs and prodding her with
pitchforks they succeeded in getting Bet
sy in harness. As soon as she was teth-
cred she turned quietly about and re-
turned to the barn without protest.
Had the escape been made in the day
time, serious damage might have result
ed from Betsy's freak.
Year: 1875

THE VALuE oy WooD ASHES TO
WHEAE-Why is it, when growing
wheat or rye is being struck with rust,
that little plot here and there where
stumps, logs or brush have been burned
to ashes, will be bright AUD free from
the attack Of rust, Because the grow
ing plants employ potash and silica moi
ouly To give stiffness and rigidity N the
straw, but to form, a. it were. CLASSY
coat Of mail over the sorface Of every
leaf, CLONE and straw, to foItify the ten
der and delicate parts against the At
tacks Of spores that are foafing in the
atmosphere. We al know how readily
substances in the atmosphere are turned
away when they come in contact with .
CLASSY surface. Potash and sand are
essential elements of glas~ The roots
of growing pihnts have the power 20
employ the sharpest sand and po.aah to
form thin, elastic, glossy covering,
which is spread over the surface to ex-
clude moisture and TO repel any attacks
of fungua
Year: 1875

The castor bean is to be cultivated in
Oregon, soon to be followed, doubtless, by
the erection Of a castor oil factory. Our
people are determined not to be long deni-
ed the pleasures of this exhilarating
beverage.
Year: 1875

The NEW GALLERY.-Mr. Paxton has
fitted up his new picture gallery in Fro
mans new brick block, up stairs, and now
has the finest and most convenient place
on the coast. Paxton stands at the head
OF the profession on the Pacific coast, AMI
all work done by him is bound to give the
fullest satisfaction.
Year: 1875

SATURDAY NIGHT.-The Republican
Convention to nominate candidates for city
offices meets at the Court House tomorrow
Saturday evening. Let Republicans turn
out, that good ticket may be selected for
the coming year. We have good work
ing majority, aud can elect our entire tick
ct provided the right kind Ofnnep are plaeed
upon itss The way to get good ticket
nominated is for Republicans to attend the
Convention and express their choice of men
for the positions. Come out.
Year: 1875

NECK TIE PARrY.--A neck tie party and
sociable win be given at the Opera House
on Monday night. The ladies having the
matter In charge understand the matter
perfectly, and intend that the sociable shall
be the gayest and most pleasurable of the
season. Besides the unlimited amount OF
fun that is bound to be produced, refresh
menrs will be provided, so that all who
wish may be fed as well as neck-tied and
aproned. Ifyou want to enjoy big eve
ming, be on hand. by all means.
Year: 1875

committee OF the Queens County Board OF Super.
visors met with Sheriff Samms yesterday and per-
eced the preparations for the execution OF Delaney,


The murderer Of Captain Lawrence, which is appointed


take place Friday next between the hours Of
A. N. and'two p. NJ There appears to be doubt,
however to whether the execution will then take
place, the impression is gaining ground that Delaney
Is really insane His conduct since his arrest, and
especially since his sentence has certainly been very
remarkable. He has a rule refused all spiritual
advice and consolation, and has generally exhibited
disposition TO violence which could only be controlled
BY tho use OF heavy irons Curiousy enough his vio-
ence and his disposition to do bodily harm directed
more particularly toward those who have from the first
shown him the most kindness He has repeatedly de-
Shared that he will be hung and this thought
Indicate that he will either by some means commit
suicide or VIII assault his keepers in such q way TO
compel them to kill him in self-defence. Some nights
be remains awake for hours, roaring like BULL and
he has torn most Of the clothing from his persen
and keeps himself wrapped in blanket A
number OF Quaker ladies' in the neighborhood have
interested themselves in his behalf and thcy,
A. well others who have him, freely express
The opinion that he is lunatc Fathers McSherry
Sheridan were with him some time Friday night,
and u is understood that no made confession They
eecame so thoroughly impressed with the belief that
Delaney Is insane that Father Sheridan visited County
Iudge Armstrong yesterday, with view to obtain
commission de hindfico inquirendo TO determine to
tne prisoners condition Of mind Should he be declared
insane, OF course the execution will not take place
Year: 1875

To THE EDITOR THE HKRALD:-


The distant planets Neptune and Uranus may be
with good opera glass telescope stars but usually
are not easily identified. They both At present in
positions where they can be identified without much
diculty without tho aid OF charts by any at all
familiar with the stars Drawing line from the centre
Of the penagon In the head OF the Whale through tho
western star Xi much further, It will pass ttle
north Of pair OF stars and reach beautiful little
double star close hardly TO be separabe In the
opera glass Neptune is q star OF equal brightness,
about the moon diameter northwest of this double
star and nearly line between It and another star
Of equal brightness at twice the distance. During
December II may be found in the same
ner. but will move more and more to the
westward OF this line. About degree
toward the east from Neptune is faint nebula
H. !. 1872 visible only in the telescope. On October
l3 Neptune passed very nearly between and this
and be It again the following January Uranus
10 visible later In the evening. The small star, Psi
Leons forms nearly equilaeral triangle, toward the
vest with Regulus and Eta Leons the first in the
two bright telescopc stars lying east and west, and
about the moons diameter apart. Uranus forms
nearly equlaera triangle with these two stars being
to the north OF them and rather brighter but by the
end of December the angle the star will have
become obtuse There other stars in tho neigh
borhood with which 1t can be coniounded. During the
whole of the coming year these two stars Will be the
best guide to Its position II II is seen often enough TO
learn its motion. In the telescope will be observed
that the western star Is double.


In the opera glass, with small telescope, these
planets cannot be distinguished in appearance from
hxed stars With good telescope they can be magni-
hed SO as 10 show visible disk. With the very best
telescopes their attendant satellites be With
these two exceptions the view through the opera glass
will be as interesting and instructive through the
best telescope that has ever been constructed


HENRY NJ PARKHURST.


NEW YORK Dec a. 1875
Year: 1875

John Mccormick, one of the patients in the Charity
Hospital Jersey City, had manifested symptoms OF in
sanity during the past two weeks On Friday night he
made his escape by climbing the fence into an ad-
Joining yard, where employed In the steel works
were engaged. He told them that the people in the
hospital were going to kill him. ore OF the men went
10 look for an officer, and meanwhile Mccormick ran
toward the cove. Sergeant Van Buskrk and four po-
lcemen searched for him, but without success IL Is
believed that he jumped into the water al Washington
street and drowned.
Year: 1875

but not long enough to commence coagu-
lating. 1t is then sucked into an ex-
hausted receiver to which a tube is at
tached and connected with vein of the
patients arm The blood is then forced
by a piston in the receiver into the general
circulation of the system. On the side of
the exhausted receiver is a scale of fine
lines so that the quantity forced into the
vein is graduated and timed under the
practiced eye of the physician. The re-
Operative effects of the TRANSMISSION of
healthy blood into the worn-out system, of
course, are best known to the skilled mcdi-
cal man. The blood contains the materials
which are necessary for the formation of
all the tissues of the body, and
in the various repairs which the
body requires. A healthy person has
healthy blood, and it appeals to the reason
of anyone that in a state of disease an in
fusion of healthy blood ought to possess
restorative properties The amount trans
fused under the experiments of DR..
Moncoq, of Paris, an authority that stands
10 NCi 10 u luC. nc dNCl-
age amount of blood in an adult is esti-
mated at twenty pounds; yet the amount
transfused-two ounces-is said to equal
one pulsation of the vcntriclc, and which
amount is discharged into the aorta about
seventy five times minute, making nine
pounds, or more than gallon, every min
ute or two barrels an hour


Physiology further teaches that the
amount of blood which travcrscs the blood
vessels is not less than six tons a day,
from which some idea may be had of the
office of the blood in taking down and
building up the system.


Or Franklin will perform another
TRANSMISSION process tomorrow. 1t is
proper to state that he declined giving
publicity to this case until first obtaining
the consent of Gen. Blair's family; but in
view of the fact that thousands of the
friends of the distinguished patient are
interested in knowing his condition, and
as it is already subject of common re-
port, we feel justified in giving the facts.


"We understand that the doctor is pre-
pairing a monograph of the transfusing
process for submission to the public, in
which the matter will be doubtless treated
with scientific accuracy and at the same
time in a popular style"
Year: 1875

THERE is no field of human enterprise
in which their success has not been at one
time or another notable. At the bottom OF
it all, apparently at the bottom of the char
acter on which their success has been
founded, we find their traditional jealousy
of every acre of water which covers good
land. Neglecting the poorer lands they
have dived into the fertile deposits lying
under water and peat, and sought there a
wealth that no other soil can equal. Seek
ing this they have become patient, long
enduring, sturdy, hardy and resolute. If a
lake is to be drained they sit quietly down
and count the cost, the time and the inter-
est that time will add to the cost, and then
devise the means for the most effectual per
formancc of the work; this done, the I'M
dertaking proceeds with the regularity and
the persistence of the work of ants. If OBJ
stacles cannot be made auXiliaries they are
overcome. Theclamors of dissatified peo-
pie are idle, not as the wind-for the wind
is not idle in Holland-but they pass un-
needed, and steadily, day by day, the toll

ing goes on until the end is gained and a
new territory has been added to the earth's
domain.-Col. Waring, IN Sertdserfor Nay.


1.-THE fool-killer," says the New York
Tribune, should be let loose at once
among the young ladies of the metropolis.
1t is reported on the most undoubted
authority that number of young women
have formed club for the purpose of
glorifying the charms of a popular young
actor, whose personal beauty greatly over
balances his moral character They have
called it after his name, and the condition
Of membership is that each new conner
shall give dinner to the charmer, invit-
ing, of course, all of the old members No
other man is allowed to be present. This
is bad enough, but the worst is yet to
come. One of the members, who might
be called the most woe -begonc idiot Of the
lot, has fitted up shrine in the sacred re-
cesses of a closet, where she keeps candles
burning continually around photo
graphic likeness of the adored one and
sits before it in admiration hours at a
time"
Year: 1875

Why is the capital of Turkey like a
whimsical patient: Because it's constant
| to no pill.


Soluble glass can be made of pure
sand fifteen parts, charcoal one part, and
purified potash ten parts. Mix and heat
in tire-proof melting pot for five hours,
or until the whole fuses uniformly. Take
out the melted mass, and, when cold,
powder it and dissolve it in boiling water.
Marble can be stained different colors
by the following substances: Blue, solu-
! ton Of litmus; green, wax colorcd with
verdigris; yellow, tincture of gamboge or
turmeric; red, tincture of alkanet or drag
on's blood; crimson, alkanet in turpen-
tine; flesh, wax tinged with turpentine :;
brown, tincture Of logwood; gold, equal
parts of verdigris, sal ammoniac and sui
phate zinc in fine powder.


Glass would perhaps be more used in
actual construction if any pains were
taken to improve its qualities, other than
those which affect merely its transparency
and ornamental properties. 1t is not gen
orally known that good glass will stand a
comprcssivc strain but little inferior to
that proper to ordinary wrought iron, the
proportion bcingas seven to eight. Expcr-
ments have been tried on glass bars and
rods in a similar manner as with iron,
with the above result. Unfortunately,
the tensile strength of glass as estimated
at present is very small, not cx-
ceeding in the best examples more than
ton and a half per inch of sectional area.
1t is not impossible that the strength of
this material, both as regards its compress
sion and tension, ght be increased by a
better annealng process and by other
means, if there was once created Il demand
for glass possessing these properties to a
greater extent Its advantages are that it
can be readily both cast and rolled into
any form; the ingredients of its manufact
ure are cheap and abundant; it is COM
pletcly unaffected by acids, with the ex-
ccption of one, with which it can scarcely
come into contact, and is not
attacked by the weather and the thousand
and one causes of deterioration which are
so fatal to iron. In addition, it is about
onethird of the weight of the latter ma
terial. We think that glass would play a
more important part as constructive ma
tcrial if attention were drawn to the quail
ties it possesses-qualitics no doubt capa-
bic of considerable mprovement.-N. Y.
NelrS
Year: 1875

A bold but unsuccessful attempt at burglary on the
store of Taylor, Gibson Wilson, dealers in talors'
trimmings at No. 42s Broadway, discovered yes
terday morning. Shortly after the store opened
the porter noticed hole in the partition separating the
store from a staircase. His curiosity being aroused he
made examnaticn and found that the brick wall in
tho had been broken through from adjoining
building No 43 Crosby street lie also found burg
lars brace, bit and jimmy, basket chisel several
bags candle and empty bottle that smelled strongly
OF whiskey.


The Crosby street building which made the basis
OF operations by the burglars is dapidated tenement
house, occupied mainly by Italian Tagpickers and
organ grinders Some three weeks since two suspicious
looking rented one of tho rooms in the building
Their occupation unknown. An examination Of
this ROOM which adjoins the wall OF No 42S
Broome street, revealed their work They had re-
moved sufficient number OF the bricks TO allow the
passage Of and had evidently thus got into the
Broadway building Finding their prospects OF booty
slim or being frightened of they abandoned their de-
signs leaving their kit OF tools behind.
Year: 1875

In the OF J. J. Kiernan against the Manhattan
Quotation Telegraph Company which was tried in April
last in the Special Term Supreme Court, Judge Van
Brunt presiding, the counsel summed up yesterday.
The plantn. il appeared, had made arrangements with
the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company to secure by
cable early the condition OF the English and
French markets for certain customers The suit was
brought to enjoln the defcndantsone OF whom was +.
A. Abbott-from publishing messages received by the
plaintiff under his agreement until reasonable time
hour being the stipulated time allowed for that pur
pose The complaint set forth that the Manhattan Com
pany had entered into arrangement with Abbott wen
knowing he had no direct OF communication with
foreign markets, 10 furnish information 10 them,
and that he took his news IN great part
from the bulletin boards of the Stock and
Quotation exchanges and, altering them slightly IN
form, delivered them TO the Manhattan Telegraph Com
pany. Plaintiff alleged that on several occasions Ab-
bott fell into trap which laid for his detection in
doing, and that the Manhattan Telegraph Company
followed the bulletin board both in an original mistake
the subsequent correction In the course OF the


trial Abbott admitted that he received no direct cable
messages but that among the sources OF his iniorma-
the bulletin boards Of the Exchange the tape
al the Gold and stock Telegraph Company aud jay
Cooke ana Others who furnished him with their de-
spatches. The Manhattan Telegraph Company denied
any knowledge OF Abbott having taken his reports from
the plaintiffs tape The substantially turned on
question the right of parties TO take tele
graphic messages procured be sent by party inn
mediaey after the publication on bulletins or on tapes
or, in fact whether such publication was an abandon
ment to the public OF the information given. The
Court took the papers and reserved decision.
Year: 1875

About twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, as Charles
Boddngton, Jersey pilot Of pilot boat Nye, No. q
was walking on the deck Of a vessel he was taking TO
sea he slipped and fell through open hatch a dis
tance OF twelve feet breaking one or his feet and
otherwise seriously injuring himself After reganing
consciousness he was removed TO Tompknsvine, 3. l.,
where he bad his wounds dressed. He was taken W
his homo in Jersey City resterdaE.
Year: 1875

In extenuaon OF the act and the spirit that prompted
Mr. Beccher TO 60 before the Grand Jury in October
1874 and make affidavit against Francis d. Moulton Tor
slander is asserted that the records will prove
that the put on the Grand Jury calendar in
the regular way and that when the pastor OF Plymouth
church appeared before the jury 1t was in compliance
to a subpoena. The entering Of the nole proscqui was
proposed by and within the province OF the District
Year: 1875

The prospects Of the Territory
would be materially advanced by
the direct gain from the increase OF
population aad the future OF Mon
tana investments would no longer
be a matter Of speculation, as they
are today in the absence of capital
and labor,


We trust that the coming session
of the legislature will be marked by
a substantial effort towards the
recognition Of the existing advan-
tages aud inducements OF this Ter
ritory by all classes. 4 Bureau
having for it's object the direction
Of capital to our midst, and the
speedy settlement Of our immense
agriculturalfelds: is what's needed:
and we are confident that the rep.
resentatiye of Choteau County will


on his part endeavor to secure the
establishment Of Territorial I'm
migrant Bureau.
Year: 1875

Itnow appears that the telegraph
line between Benton and FortShaw
will not be repaired. We are I'M
able to understand why it will not
be, or why any distinction should
be tuade in the matter between
Benton and Helena. This IS I'M
doubtedly the case, for nearly all
the insuIators along this end OF
the line have been removed, to be
used between Helena and Shaw.


The War Department, through
the commander Of this military d.
vision, entered into an agreement
in writing with the Western Union
TELEGRAPH Company to keep the
line between Helena and Benton
IN working order in return for Ger.
tain considerations, among which
was a special rate for Government
telegrams. The line has been out
Of repair for a long time, owing to
the depleted condition Of the mill
tary companies at Shaw and at this
place, and also owing to the IN.
Year: 1875


the appropriation, and that he will
be aided by the leading merchants
Of Montana in this laudable under
taking. 1t is time, then, that the
leading journals Of the Territory
we're engaged on this subject. We
are close on to the meeting Of Con-
gress and the project in question
is one of general importance, the
successful result Of which will he a
noticeable and immediate gain in
| Montana markets.