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Year: 1876

their pious shouting for the fearful howl
ings of q Gagged madman. Fat and sleek,
these master showmen know how to feed
the fire of popular frenzy while they keep
a shrew wd eye on the main chance and cul'
tiyate the best understanding, with the
mighty dollar.


We read some days ago of a man who
chloroformed a car load Of passengers in
order to rob them, and his course OF action
was highly disapproved. But here come
Moody and Sankey, who by dexterous
manipulations and the administration OF
subtle ether are able to madden multi
tude, and because they get their tens OF
thousands Of dollars out of these poor de-
luded fanatics without actually putting
their big, fat, greasy hands into their
pockets, it is all right. The chleroform
robber is knave, but your frenzy sponge
is an instruments of grace.


In old times profane city folks used to
laugh at country pumpkins for their crazy
dts of religion now the devil seems to be
revenging himself by spreading the infeo-
ton among the scoffers themselves. TX
tremes meet, and infdel pride is no more
exempt than is boorish ignorance from
spiritual delusions and fanatical intoxica-
tion.
Year: 1876

On the 18th of April the choir of st. TheresS's
Church will give 9 concert for the benefit Of
the Camp street Female Orphan Asylum. The
splendid choir of the Jesuits' Church, besides
many OF our beat amateur musicians, will
kindly assist on the occasion. The Asylum
contains ct present 1Ao little orphans, and is
in, great need of assistance, many of its most
liberal supporters in years past having them
selves been reduced to poverty and the miser-
ably small allowance of the City Government
not being paid with regularity. 1t is to be
hoped that not only St. ThereSa's congregation
bat the people of the entire city will respond
generously to this appeal.
Year: 1876

In our advertising columns will be found
the list of officers and directors of the Ameri-
can department International Chamber of
Commerce and Mississippi Valley Society. We
intend, at an early day, to give much more
detailed notice of the objects Of this OrEaniEa-
tiOn than that which appeared in our Last
issue.
Year: 1876

If any impression prevails among those
who have not yet paid their taxes that
there will be further remission of the
penalties, they must disabuse their minds
of it. Under the executive order of July
8, the time was extended to October 8. This
is positively the final indulgence. No fur
ther time will be given. Taxpayers are
therefore advised to settle promptly, that
they may have the advantage of the relief
already granted
Year: 1876

Gct your rooms In advance.


sslre ron wont stand a chance
At the good things that roam at Point Clear
For all people do tell


That at tho Grand Hotel
The vistor makes his Point Clear
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Presilent
Grants condition is a source of con-
slant anxiety to the leading Republi-
bans Here. The announcement in the
household organ that he is laid up
with a neuralgia headache has grown
more and more frequent as the weeks
have rolled along, and all the while it
has been the town talk that each one
meant that he was recovering from
the effects of too much liquor. The
accusation is undenied that his acts re-
Gently were done under the influence
of liquor. Toward the close OF the
week he is reported to have become
unmanageable, and finally got so bad
that one day, when well.known lady
called upon him, he seized her by
both shoulders and shook her violent
ly. At last Mr.. Fish went to him,
and persuaded him to leave the city
and go out To Deer Park and spend
Sunday. Fish is the only member of
the Cabinet who has any influence
over him. For his opinion Grant has
the highest respect, and believing, as
he does, that Fish has never tried to



manage him, he will generally do
what Fish requests, and always gives
great weight to his opinions Boston
Post.
Year: 1876

New YORK, Nov. 2l.-The violent
northeast storm which ragged here the past
two davs subsided this morning. Several
casualties are reported in this city and
considerable damage done to property in
the track of the storm. No vessel has
left this port since Saturday; several
steamers made the attempt but were
obliged to return Some II or Is steam
ers are due here but unable to get in. 1t
is feared that serious damage has been
done to shipping along the coast.
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR OF HERALD:-


-Four elaborate lectures were needed for Dr. Felix
Adler to disclose to his hearers what? His inability
to solve the problem OF tho Immortality OF the SOUL
oven to add the semblance OF argument toward It's
solution He admits that the for and against
the belief are equally strong Mr. rockingham said
the Same thing recently tho 14th Of May 1876 at
Masonic Hall, within less than ten minutes, and thcn
stated his view OF tho idea Of Immortality in about
the same oftimo- view which evidently gave
Dr. Adler the keynote 10 his exordium . lew Sundays
ago II this 10 no: OF pdrturiunt nontes there
never was one. Worse still, for young man vio-
lenty to assail and even ridcule . belief which no
man who Is not blinded by ambition could afford 10
treat otherwise than with tho tenderness and
then admit his inability either 10 deny affirm
IT, is not a proceeding which will command tho
epect Of the public.


The only practical advice the Doctor gave his hear
was, not 10 look 70 the hereafter Tor any reward
OF virtue but 10 love virtue for her Is thut
a new solution Of Ethical Pr0blcmsY" How many
centuries ago that foundS Is thcre any preacher
in this city who has not taught the Is therc
any schooboy who has read It In his primer
And IT. as the Doctor forced TO admit the reasons
for against the belief In immortality nicely
balanced that he cannot, In spite all his show Of
learning add one grain OF argument to either scale,
how dare he deny the possibility OF tho vrtuous ind
ing greater satisfaction In The sphere OF exist
cnce than the wicked II the chances Of are
equal so must be the results tnsrcoL The TACT Is
patent sensible people have warned the Doctor OF tho
false position he has assumed, and he has tried 10
tone down his vehement assertions and to neu-
traze their effect upon both hearers aud readers We
shall probably long hcur OF luther conversions


SCRrrr AT0p
Year: 1876

A Case of w Wttchcraft IN Ffttsburgh.


A girl about twelve years of age
residing with he parents at the Point,
Pittsburgh, has been for a long time
past subject to epileptic fits, and the
mother of the girl, being of supersti-
tious nature, insists that she is be-
witched. A reporter who visited the
family speaks of the circumstances as
follows Toward the latter part of last
week the child seemed to grow worse,
but the distressed mother would not
call in physician, believing that cure
could be only effected by supernatural
agencies. While in a fit little Rosa
would murmur instantly the name of
an old woman who lived in the neigh
borhood and once she said this person
had thrown a pail full of cold, clean
water over her as she was passing the
house where the alleged woman lived.
This convinced the girls mother that an
evil spirit had possession of her
child. She is very hopeful of the
child's recovery because she said that
she had induced the old woman, whom
no cntreaties couldinduce her to name,
to remove the spell. This she said
had been done by the witch splitting
in the child s face three times, at the
same time saying ~ wish you no
harm" Then the old woman burnt
some hair, and some of the child's
with fragments of her own and her
victims clothing. The ashes were
given to Rosa, and after swallowing
them the evil spirit vacated the premi'
SeS.
Year: 1876

NEW YORK, September 21.-There will
be perceptable shaking of the windows
of the houses in Astoria at the time of the
He'll Gate explosion Sunday, afternoon.
After the finishing of the priming on Sa-
turday morning, the shaft galleries will be
flooded quietly by means of syphon, so
as to avoid the danger of premature ex-
plosion, which might be the result OF a
sudden entrance of the mass of water
overhead. This operation of flooding
will finish the difficulty and long confined
preparations for blast which will justly
be memorable,
Year: 1876

Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has writ
ten letter to the Quincy Patriot on
the subject of the education derived
from the reading of miscellaneous books.
Mr.. Adams, who is one of the trustees
of the public library Of the town, says
that four. fifths of the book education we
have is acquired from miscellaneous
reading. Schools and school teachers
have nothing to do with it j; but it is
homo acquired. He considers the read
ing of books, in itself, the poor mans
university. In referring to circulating
and public libraries, and the kind Of


literature in most demand, he says that
three-fourths of the demand is always
for the most vapid and sensational
book. In closing his letter, he says ::
Most assuredly, parents ought not to
turn their children loose in any library.


In our library there is now no excuse
for their SO doing. Before the cata-
logue was published they might have
excused themselves on the ground that
they had no means of selection and the
catalogue was prepared with that very
consideration in view. It was intended
to lay open to any person sitting in his
own house the whole contents of the
library, Tor his own use and that of his
family it is in fact put at the disposal
OF every resident of Quincy an almost
complete collection of the standard
works i'll the nguage, for all practical
purposes, just as much at his disposal
as if he owned them. It put the library
into the dwelling houses. Under these
circumstances, it was hoped that great
improvement would be noticed in the
character of the books called for. How
far the hope has been justified I cannot
now say, but there is certainly yet great
room for Improvement. The great ma
jority of the books borrowed are bor-
rowed by young people, aud still, ap-
parently, unassisted in their choice by
any one. ] am very confident that q
competent trustee, who could give his
whole time to the library, and do moth.
ing but examine and purchase new
books, and advise those who come there,
especially the young, what to read and
how to read it, could be much more for
the higher education of Quincy than is
done through the whole agency of our
high school; nor in saying this do I
mean to say anything derogatory to the
high school either. This we cannot e1-
pect. We ought, however, to be fairly
able to expect now that parents and those
engaged themselves in the work of edu-
cation should realize what q large part
in the work miscellaneous reading plays,
andso try to give some direction to it. I"
Year: 1876

A Canada letter describes the extra
ordinary hunting exploits of NimroG
in petticoats, who has lately been as
tonishing her neighbors by her bravery
and endurance. Four years ago Mrs.
Williamson, who is said to be q bright
looking, neat, lady-like woman, below
the medium size, conceived an idea that
it would be q profitable business to
capture young moose and rear them uu-
til they became of salable age. In the
season of 1873 she, with her dog, made
her first hunt for them, and after one or
two unsuccessful tIips, during each of
which she travelled from daylight to
dark over a distance of from twenty to
thirty miles, she succeeded in capturing
two, and triumphantly returned home
with them. The next season she cap
tured three, and the past season five.
When about five months old, they have
all been sold. The Indians have say
ing respecting moose calves we'll illus
trating their rapid development in their
powers of locomotion, which is: Gone
day old, it takes man to catch them :;
two days old, it takes dog to catch
them three days old, Satan can't catch
them" As an illustration cf the kind
of stuff Mrs. w. is made of, it is said
that last season as she was travelling
through the forest unarmed she saw an
immense wildcat, which her Cog drove
to the top branches of high tree,
where he apparently felt safe. Mrs. w.,
after vainly endeavoring to dislodge him
with stones and sticks, proceeded to
climb the tree after him. Resting on a
branch below him she tried for some
time to cudgel him, which only served
to make him growl and make move
ments as if intending to spring on her.
However, she at last got square blow
Mt his head, which stunned and brought
him to the ground, where the dog
speedily put an end to him. Shortly
afterward a beautiful cat skin was
brought to town. Before the law against
moose killing came into operation Mrs.
w. shared ten large moose, and it was
not an uncommon occurrence for her to
take her gun and shoot eight or ten
partridges at trip.
Year: 1876

The Atest dodge in London, where
the water supply is not yet permanent,
is the following A scamp enters n
dwelling house toward noon, and scares
the females by announcing that the main
has burst, and that he is sent by the
water company to see that all water is
Immediately drawn from the cisterns.
Every available tub, pail and utensil is
Immediately requisitioned, for the fell
low tells Them that they will not have q
drop OF water for the next forty-eight
hours. While the servants are busy
fulfilling his orders he pockets every
valuable within his reach, and finally
vanishes, after ordering all fires in the
house to be put out.
Year: 1876

The Boston Globe has been having
talks with several business men, and
says the opinion of all thus far seen is
that the centennial year is to be a much
brighter one in business circles than the
past. Although few look for a great re-
vival, the feeling is general that there is
to be steady Improvement for the bet
ter. That the people generally are ex-
amining their affairs, and giving their
earnest attention 10 learn how to do
business as we'll as live within their
means, and to avoid driving ahead on
"luck in the future as too many have
done in the past, is considered as one
of the best signs of the times. A promi-
nent dry goods merchant of keen OBJ
servation and long experience says ::
"Let business alone it will levive if
every one who has work to do will do it,
and mind his own business" He was
aware, of course, that there had been,
and in fact is still a stagnation in bust
ness and the principal cause of this
was the illegitimate method of conduct
ing business, by too many nowadays,
both public and private. He thought
much of the stagnation in business was
due to this endless croaking, this growl-
ing about what the rising generation is
going to do. "Talk about failures, he
said, "why show me one of any amount
in the dry goods trade. There have
been fewer failures in the dry goods
trade the last year than for twenty five
years back" The dry goods business
was never on better basis than during
last year, aud it never was on better
basis than it is to-day, for prices have
touched the bottom and were never
safer. He thought the centennial
would bring trade from abroad. The
tide of travel next year will be this way
and not to Europe, and of course if the
Europeans come here they will leave
some money.
Year: 1876

The very large audience that assem-
bled at the Grand Opera-house last night
to witness the play of "HamIeW by the
new stock company were we'll repaid for
the visit. The opening was a fitting one
in all respects, for it showed to the pub
lie at once the strength and ability Of
the new company. The cast was as fol-
Year: 1876

LADIES, it has been remarked, as a
general rule, imagine that care in putting
away furs is all that is required; they
think they can wear them when and how
they please, provided they expend few
pence for camphOr when they lay them
aside. This idea should be corrected.
More harm is done to furs by wearing
them for week after the weather has
become warm than during whole cold
season. When they are put aside they
should be brushed the right way with a
soft brush, an old linen handkerchief
folded smoothly over them, and piece
of gum 'camphor kept in the box all the
time, to scare intruders in the shape OF
moths.


WHEN teaspoonful of any medicine
is prescribed by physician, it should
be borne in mind that the quantity
meant was equal in volume to forty-hve
drops of pure water at 60' Fab. 1t is a
good plan to measure off this amount in
water in a small wine glass and mark on
the latter the exact height of the fluid
This will give an accurate and con-
venient standard for future use. Tea
spoons vary so much in size that there il
a very wide margin of difference in theil
containing capacity. 1t is we'll to re-
member, also that four teaspoons equa
one tablespoonful or half fluid ounce
A wineglassful means four tablespoon
fuls, or two fluid ounces; and teacup


full, as directed by cookery books, indi
Gates four fluid ounces or one gill.
Year: 1876

sights, and get a good general idea OF
the exhibition, yet those who have but
little time to spend here, find 1t an
agreeable change, when their limbs fail
them, to drop into a chair and be wheeled
wherever they list.


There are eating and drinking places
in abundance, on the grounds, where
one can get refreshments at q reasonable
price, but to show the indisposition OF
the Centennials to shave the visitors,
there is but one barber shop in the whole
grounds, and as ! had some trouble in
finding it, will state that it is in the
Telegraph Building, north of the Main
Building. S. M. BOOTH.
Year: 1876

quarts of water and one teaspoonful of
salt dissolve over slow FIRE until 1t be-
comes a syrup, which takes from three to
four hours then put the white of one
egg into half teacup of water, beat 1t to
a froth; bring the syrup to boil hold
the egg some distance above the kettle
and STIR in slowly; skim of and strain
through cloth while warm. Care must
be taken not to cook it too much as it
will candy. Still it must be cooked
enough or it will have a raw taste. 1t is
made very much nicer by using part
white and part maple sugar.
Year: 1876

PUBLIC TEMPERANCE MEETING To.NIGHr.-
There will be a public temperance meeting
OF the Temperance organi2 ,tions in the city
at Broad.Street Methodist church tonight
the exercises to commence at s O'Clock. Sew
eral prominent members Of the order will
address the meeting. Trinity Church choir
will add interest to the occasion by giving
some Of their best pieces. The Good Tenn.
plars will attend the meeting in body.
Year: 1876

SEARCHING FOR MR. REpFoRD.-The water
was turned off the Manchester canal
last night in order to allow Mr.. r. S. Red
ford's friends an opportunity OF searching
for his body, it being feared that be might
have fallen into the riyer near the Free
bridge and his body washed into the canal.
Year: 1876

The NEW HEATERs.-The two new heaters
for the Fire Department have arrived. One
Is to be put up in the Church Hill engine.
house, and the other in the new engine
house, on Main street between Twentieth
and TWenty-iirst streets.
Year: 1876

is PRONOUNCED By ALL WHO HAVE TRIED 1T
th,t H. w. SHELTON corner Of Main and Eighth
streets, has some of the incest and best.fayored
HOMEMADE PIcKLEthat they have ever seen; and
those 10 want Will do well to call and It. as he is
selling !. very cheap and fast By The gallon,
Year: 1876

The notion that the moon exerts an in
huence on the weather is so deeply rost
ed, that, Notwithstanding all the attack .
which have been made against it since
meterology has been seriously studied, it
continues to refrain its hold upon US. And
yet there never was popular superst-
tlon more utterly without basis than this
one. If the moon did possess any pow
er over the weather, that power could
be exercised only in one of the three
ways-by reflection of the suns rays
by attraction, or by emanation. No
other form of action is conceivable.
Now. as the brightest light of full moon
is never equal In intensity or quantity
to that what is reflected toward us by
white cloud on a summers day, it can
scarcely be pretended that weather Is af-
fected by such cause. That the moon
does exert attraction on US is manifest
we see its working in the tides; but
though 1t can move water. it is most un-
likely that it can do the same to air, for
the specific gravity O. the atmosphere is 80
small that there is nothing to be attracted.
Laplace calculated, indeed, that the Joint
attraction of the sun and moon together
could not stir the atmosphere at quicker
rate than five miles day.


A for lunar emanations, not q sign of
them has ever been discovered. The idea
of an Influence produced by the phases OF
the moon is therefore based on no recogniz-
able cause whatever. Furthermore, it is
| now distinctly shown that no variations at
all really occur in weather at the moment
of the changes of the quarter, any more


than at other ordinary times. Since the
establishment of meteorological stations


all over the earth, it has been proved by


millions of observations that there is no
| simultaneousness whatever between the
supposed cause and the supposed effect.
The whole story is fancy and super
stition which has been handed down to us
uncontrolled. and which we have accept.
ed as true because our forefathers believed
it. The moon exercises no more influence
on the weather than herrings do on the
government of Switzerland.-B Black,oood.
Year: 1876

Cocoanut forests of thousands of acres
are spread over the plain back of Gale,
In Ceylon. The treesrun up without knot
or limb from thirty to eighty feet to the
branches that bear the fruit. A matur-
ed tree is only about one footto one foot
and a half in circumference at the base,
and it maintains nearly this size all the
way up. How is the fruit gathered at
such height The coolies climb these
trees like squirrels they place rope
around the legs near the ankles, 80 as to
hold them in position around the tree,
and then without spur or other artificial
help they climb up with. astonishing
celerity, gather the fruit and drop it on
the ground. A single tree produces
about dozen coooanuts, and the coolie
harvester is allowed one for gathering
the fruit of each tree. These cocoanut
forests are really beautiful, presenting
symmetrical growth, graceful proper
tions and charming shade. The fruit
itself with the inclosed milk affords
healthful food and cooling drink it is
q source of considerable revenue from
export /; the fiber of the shell is largely
utilized for the manufacture of cloth and
rope. Next to coffee, the cocoanut isthe
most important and valuable product of
this island.