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Year: 1876

john Stuart Mil was of the opin>
ion that rs mankind improve, they
viii more and more recugniZa TWO in
dependent provirceS-thc province Of
belief and the province of magma


i've conjecture that they will become
cable Of keeping these apart, and that
while they limit their belief 10 The egi-
dence Will think It allowable to let
their imaginative anticipations go forth
not carrying belief in their train, il
the direction which experience and
study Of human nature shows to be
most improving to the character and
most exal'ing and consoling to the in
diyidual feelings"
Year: 1876

RESPECT Due TO WVES.-D0 not
Jest with your wife upon subject
which there is danger of woundlug
her feelings. Remember that she
treasures every word you utter. Do
not speak of great virtues in another
mans wife to remind your own Of a
fault. Do not reproach Your wife
with personal defects, for if she has
sensibility you in1ict q wound diff
ficult 10 heal. Do not treat your wife
with inatIenrion in company,it touches
her pride and she will not respect you
more Or love you better for it. Do
not upbraid your wife IN the presence
of 4 third party ; the sense o. your dis
regard for her feelings will prevent her
from acknowledging her fault. Do
not entertain your wife by praising the
beauty and accomplishment Of OTHER
women. II you have pleasan: home
AMI cheerful wife, PASS Your evenings
under your own roof. DO not be
stern and silent under you. own house
and remarkable for sociability Else
where
Year: 1876

TuEaE seems to be q growing ten
dency at present, among those who
write and speak upon the vexed cues
ton of the origin of species, to admit
the possibility, Or even the probability
that species Of animals and plants
have originated by some process of
evolution, but 10 deny that the Dar-
wlnlan h! pothesis OF natural selection
will account for the phenomena.
Year: 1876

y x
The place OF departure and the date, will bo OBJ
served, are left blank. and will be filled in with pen
and ink when tho time and place shall have been de-
cdcd upon. The Jolly Teuton who dspenses beer just
outside the grounds exclaimed yesterday


"Aine Gott, hope dcy blow II up on Sctcrday- Den
dc crowd viii all COON on Sunday, und will sell a
hoondred kegs OF peer !"


ANXIETY IN THE NEIGnBoRHoop


The forthcoming explosion OF Hallet's Point Reef be
ing the absorbing topic ut the present tmc Is but
natural to infer that those residing in Its Immediate
vicinity should feel very uneasy as to It's probable
effects There IS exaggeration IN saying that In and
around Astoria there Is widespread lear OF danger,
and no >assurances from General Newton will
In tho least tend 70 allay that tear. The
effect will be vastly different from what General Now
predicts taken deep hold OF tho pco-
pie Ia general, aud all arc making preparations to
avert far Is possible the expected demolition of
property.


SAVE THE CHIxyEvs


An old gentleman whose dwelling somewhat remote
from tho scene OF the expected explosion boasts OF
rather high chimney, yesterday taking down
and piling tbem up in hts garden. 1t bettor, he
said 10 take thom down safely than havo them thrown
down. and mayhap crush through the roof Of his house
Within tho grounds which tho government work
shops stand and but 100 feet from tho mine. stands
neat two story brick dwchng with pitch roof occupied
Before the land was leased by the
government seven years ago. the house was occupied
by the watchman of an oil factory which stood upon
the land and when II was vacated General Newton
permitted Code. whom he then employed as watch
man, to occupy 1t rent free. II would be too much TO
expect this building to withstand tho shock and the
General has notified Thomas that he must remove this
week. The poor fellow was on the lookout through
Astoria yesterday for another dwelling and the toars
stood In his as he spoke OF having TO leave tho
tasteful little cdince he has spent many in.


ON THR NEW YORK SHORE.


Right across from the reef 10 be demolished,
Year: 1876




reporter OF tho HERALD cailod at tho oncc OF tho
Atlantic Giant Powder Company. at the of Park
place and Church street, last evening, and thero
Mr. Varncy, tho head OF the hrm. He asked by
tho reporter what was the OF the delay
Of tho company in delivering dynamite to tho
Halleu Point works Mr.. Varney said that there
delay whatever in the delivery than
IN the OF ordinary preparation deliver the
dynamite General Newton bad ordered 20 OOO pounds
OF dynamite on the 10th OF July, and all oil that had
been delivered; but IN delivering what been ordered
since, last Saturday, there had bceu lttlo delay
thcre not cartridges enough sent them, and
they could not send the stun until n paced In the
The agreement, or contract that tho
dynamite should DC delivered between August Is and
september l, with Two weeks OF a margin on any
probable delay that might occur from tho governments
proportions Large quantities OF the dynamite
could not be kept a the mandatory In bulk with any
great degree OF safety The factory was some fifty
miles away Al Drakcsville, near Dover, " j. General
Newton came saturday and ordered IL, 900 pounas
more and OF this amount 2.3ls pounds had already
been delivered, aud Mr. varncy said that
5000 5000 pounds additional were being
Shipped yesterday TO the Haletts Point
works, and there would no doubt be
delivery OF that amount by this wednesday, morning
so far the delay had bcen merely IRON th lack Of
cartridges and the fault OF any person par
ticular Mr.. varnoy said that they could not keep
great quantities OF tie dynamite hand ahead OF the
supply for reasons which would suggest themselves to
any intelligent person.
Year: 1876

~ A Southern paper says: Very
soon the lawlsss lover will attempt to
obtain kiss by threatening to bull
doze his sweetheart, and the parental
returning board will proceed to count
him out. A gdnboat and platoon Of
soldiers will be required in every house,
hold to preserve the peace
Year: 1876

THE other night. a man who had
won five election bets went home so
elated that when his wife met him in
the ball he hugged her SO rapturously
that she had to tell him it wasn't the
hired girl, before he would let go Of
her.
Year: 1876

BEEAKISo HEARrs.-Do not laugh
at the drunken man reeling through
the street. however ludicrous the sight
may be; just stop to think. He is CO.
ing home to some tender heart that will
tbrob with intense agony; some dotin.:
mother, perhaps, who will grieve over
the downfall Of her once sinless boy; or
it may be fond wife. whose heat will
almost burst with grief as she views
the destruction of her idol; or Il NAV
he loving sister who will shed bitter
tears over the degradation of her broth
er, shorn Of his manliness and self-re-
sPect. Rather drop a tear in silent
sympathy with those hearts So keenly
sensitive and tender, yet so proud and
loyal that they cannot accept sympathy
rendered them either in word, look or
act, although il might fall upon their
crushed and wounded hearts "A refresh
ingly as the summer dew upon the with
ering plant.
Year: 1876

Each lady that prepares food
for her family or superintends its
preparation should strive to have
it so inviting to the eye and pleas
ing to the taste, and invigorating
to the system, that no one will
have any occasion to be fretful or
disconnected. Very much of the
unhappy and disagreeable feelings
of life are caused by improperly
cooked food. Many a husband
is called cross and fussy, when it
is more the result Of the food he
receives from the hands of his
wife than Of his natural disposi-
tion.


Nowoman should spend SO much
time in preparing something nice
for her family to eat, that she gets
too tired to meet them with a
smile and kind greeting as they
gather around the table. A sweet
smile and cheerful conversation
during repast will do more to
aid digestion than any medicine
can.
Year: 1876

CHALK.-Most people looking
at this substance would take it to
be a sort Of hardened white mud.
Such is not the case, as the micro.
scope shows is nothing but the
agglomerations Of Great re s
almost invisible. Bearing this in
mind one is astonished at the pow
er of organic life which can pro-
duce masses that form a rampant
to the coast Of England. Their
minuteness is such that a single
visiting card covered with a white
LAYER of chalk contains about 100,
900 shells. These are formed OF
carbonate of lime, and are 80 small
that 100000 are required to
weigh a pound, and 15o,ooo,ooo to
make a cubic foot Of the same ma
terial.
Year: 1876

The following letter has been
addressed to the New York Times
by a lady: Already I see with
sorrow that diptheria, that insidi-
Gus and fatal disease has ta-
ken some young children. There
have been several sudden changes
in temperature during the past
month, and again some very mild
and bright days. The winter has
not "set in" But is not such va
riable weather more dangerous
than the steady. cold2 This is the
time to watch carefully those ten
der little children;: to notice if the
temperature be mild or cool before
sending them from q heated house
into the street, to clothe them
comfortably, to cover the little
legs not only with stockings
and CATERS, but with skirts which
will hang as near to the ground
as may be without impeding the
little feet, ... ~ 49,


Whence came and what retains
the fashion Of leaving unclad or
half-clad the lower limbs of deli
cate human beings? Adults are
we'll covered, so there is no use in
habituating children 10 be other
wise. E.. Our men donot wear Scotch
kits. : Why should young boys
have their knees exposed to cold,
which fit do not produce promi'
nent local disease, weakens the
joints and impairs symmetry a nd
strength in after life? Do parents
consider how damp and chilly
The ground becomes at this season,
and how undesirable it is. for the
tiny feet to stand long in the
park and squares, not circulating
their blood by exercise, but only
inhaling the somewhat frosty air,
and receiving a chill from the
ground as they stand or sit by the
benches on which their respective
nurses eongregate? Little ones
need a short airing in the sunshine
at this season. It is better to take
two a day than one protracted
lounge; and it should not be too
much trouble for a mother to no
tice which will be the least windy
direction for the walk. A sensible
unfashionable costume may save
children suffering and parents sor-
row. But who can expect care
for the children's limbs, when Wo-
men take none of their own heads?
Who has a bonnet for winter th at
shields more than the crown Of
the head? Ask any physician what
nerves are exposed to the keen air,
on the temples, unshaded even by
the hair; behind the ears, unpro-
tected BY ribbon string; on the
brow and the top Of the head,
whence the hat is set far back.
Mems hats are more protection
than these scraps Of millinery, and
even their short hair more cover
ing to the temples and throat than
is allowed by the present style OF
head-dressing. But our girls are
brave, and will bear neuralgia,
earaches, throat diseases, even
paralysis of the brain, rather
than olothe any precious organ
which is deereed by fashion to be
uncovered. Mothers and children
will mourn che end, which they
will not use the means to avert,
and may find that a pound Of cure
does not compensate for an ounce
of prevention.
Year: 1876

to her husband. | recollect that on
one occasion, in ascending a steep,
sandy hill, the girth Of the saddle
gave way, and there was an ava
lanche Of the whole load, father,
mother and three children, with the
saddle and pillion over the horses
tail plump into a sand bank. The
old rheumatic horse never seemed
surprised at anything that hap
pened, but this time he simply
opened his large eyes wider than
usual, and wheeling half round,
looked to see whether he could help
us in any way.
Year: 1876

A man broke chair over hi, wifes head.
When he got to j.il and the chaplain under
took to talk to Lin he displayed good deal
OF Prnilence He said tina, lie was very
sorry that he had permitted his anger TO
obtain the mastery over him, and TO suffer
HIM to do such an act, because j, was a good
chair, one of those good, oIi,fashiunel
Windsor chairs, which was an heirloom in
h's family, aud he knew lie never could
replace it.
Year: 1876

The Maine Mirror gives the testimony Of
a New Hampshire boy, now aresident of
Wisconsin, fine scholar, graduate of
Dartmouth, and a law student in Merrimsc
eounty, who, just previous to his admission
to the bar, took q severe cold, which rem
dered him very deaf, and no medical skill
was able to restore his hearing. The sfflic-
tion compelled him to give up his chosen
profession, and he went West very much
broken down in spirits. For ten years he
has been farming, cultivating about 200
acres Of prairie land, and as he expressed
it, making good living, and Sailing down
tJmcthinp- -eI.ery' year. Anu ire uSuIEreB
that if, knowing what he now knows, he
was to begin his active life over again, he
would do just as he was compelled to do 30
unwillingly ten years ago that is, he would
throw aside his profession and settle down
upon farm. Said he, "there isn't much
glory on farm, but you get good, sure
living. You are your own master you
can't be starved or be turned out of busi-
ness but as far as the work is concerned
in these days Of horse power,a man needn't
kill himself farmKag any more than at any
other business. 1t is brains that win on a
farm as well as everywhere else, and the
smart man is going to ride, while the stupid
one goes afoot, in the corn-feld as well as
in the bar or pulpit l should like to have
my hearing again, but 1 wouldn't leave my
farm if had it, "
Year: 1876

The work of canning corn in Mr.. Louis
MeMurray's establishment, at Frederick,
Md, will be commence next week Last
season he gave employment to between five
and six hundred hands, including men wo-
men and children, but it is more than likely
that this force OF employees this year Will
be greater than last, as it is his expectation
to San greater quantity this season than
ever before, (say one million to one million
five thousand cans, provided the weather
proves favorable to the late planting.
Year: 1876

The ocean steamship trade is, says the
Boston Advertiser, at present in curious
condition, so far as that port is concerned,
at least. The export trade has never been
larger, while the imports have been exceed
ingly small, and the rates of freight so low
that it is doubtful whether the profits of the
outward cargoes more than compensate for
those brought in. The passenger business
remains in much the same condition as for
two or three years past.
Year: 1876

The application of tho New York and
Philadelphia Railroad Company for mail
service over their new route via Bound
Brook has been refused by the Postoffice
Department ON the ground that the re-
duced appropriation for mail service will
not Justify it,
Year: 1876

General Thomas j. Jordon is one OF the
Inspectors OF Customs under Collector
Tuition, of Philadelphia, in charge of the
goods at the Centennial. Attention to his
duties requires him to leave Wilmington
very early in the morning and return quite
late in the evening.
Year: 1876

BATTLE OF THE TRAMPs.-A lot of tramps
got into fight at Clayton. Monday even
ing. A crowd of them engaged lodgings
in freight car, and another crowd tried to
rush in on them. Ole fellow was severe
" cur. After the skirmish there was any
quantity of dirty rags scattered over the
field, while a number OF the combatants
have been in the town ever since begging
for old shirts.
Year: 1876

Some philosophers have supposed
that diamonds are, in all probability, a
cosmic product-chips of original
creation, so TO speak-which the
earth has picked up in the course of
her travels through space-in short,
they are of meteoric origin. To the
popular mind there must be something
plausible in the suggestion. : Indeed,
what could be more plausible to those
whose knowledge of the diamond is
embraced by the one word-carbon-
and whose acquaintance with it is inn
tied to some little familiarity with the
appearance OF the cut gem? How
pure, how hard, how brilliant What
filter product could there be of the
heavenly spaces?


But facts are earthly and very
stubborn-prone ever to take the shine
out of splendid theories 1t. is true
that the diamond is a puzzle even to
chemists that the mode of its forma-
tion is mystery: even its place in the
order of nature is "a matter of doubt.
like amber, it is found among miner
ais. Amber is known to be n vegetable
product; and the diamond is thought
by some to show strong evidence of a
similar origin. As surely as flies in
amber prove the presence of animal
life during some stage in the forma-
ton of that singular substance, the
vegetable organisms found i'm diamonds
are proof that these gems were formed
amid surroundings not consistent with
the presence of vegetation, perhaps
in water-a supposition that finds
support not only in the fact of their
inclusion of organic matter, but still
more in the presence of dendrites, such
as form on minerals of aquatic origin.


Crystals of gold, iron, and other
materials, have also been found inside
of diamonds Still other diamonds
are specifically impressed by sand
and crystals (which leads some to
believe them to. ..haxe been originally
soft, But it is quite as probable that
these foreign substances may have in
terlered in some way with perfect
development of the Diamond crystals,
forcing them to grow around or partly
around-the Instructions. Though
supremely beautiful in its best estate,
the diamond appears to be put an
earthly product after all subject, like
every thing else-even theories
earthly impcrlections. There may he
IA diamond factory up in the 81 y some-
where, but the evidence of it Is not
strong.
Year: 1876

lnere are rev Sclentlhc instruments


so beautiful in their action as that now


used for ascertaining the rapidity with


which cannon ball is set moving.


For some years past we have been able


to calculate with the utmost nicely the


velocity of projectile as it flies to its
destination, and to say within a yard
or two how many hundred feet it COW
ers in a second Of time, but it is only


recently that We have got to know


what actually goes on inside a gun,
and how long the shot takes to attain


its maximum speed. To find out this
is what we are doing Just nbw with The


monster S1-ton'grn that Still lies be-


fore the proofbutt in the Woolwich


marshes, aid the results of the trial


will tell us far more about the capabili-
ties of the weapon than any other test.
to which it could be subjected. Our


readers may like TO know how such an
apparently inso1uble problem as that of
discovering the speed of a projectile


inside she gun can be determined, for
the discharge of q fire-ar1n is popularity
supposed to be instantaneous. 1t is


very simple matter, however, when it
comes to- be explained. The instru-
ment employed is termed chrome
graph, and is the invention of an artil-
'lery officer, Captain Noble, F. r. S.


1t consist'of. number of wheels, or
rather disks, revolving at high speed
ali on the same axis, and these wheels
are covered, with coating of SCOT or
lampblack. Connected with. each of
the wheels, which are, say half dozen
in n1rmber, is an insulated wire, and:
these wires lead to six rings inserted in
the tube of the gun at certain intervals
or stations. THE gun is loaded in the
ordinary Smanner, and when fired the
HsR5cctfle passes on its way to the mlz-
,.Hls 4hrough@ these rings one after the
:atheH and i'm so doing presses them
down, and in each case cuts through
the electric wires with which they
are .severaf1y connected. If we sup
pose now that there is an electric
.eurteift passing along these wires
at the time, this sudden cutting
by the rings will instantly have the
effect of :-seiiding an electric spark
along the wires. to |fafl upon the rap
idly-revolving wheels, the place where
the spark touches the blackened sur
face being shown by tiny clean spot.
Thus, if We stopped he'apparatus, we
should find six Of these little marks
upon the six different wheels, and the IN
ervals between the spots would show the
interval oftime that the shot was passing
from one station to another. The dc
termination Of this interval is merely a
matter for calculation, but, obviously,
if it is shown that the shot increases
gradually in speed and does not attain
its maximum velocity at once, then there
has been comparatively little strain
imposed upon the gun. And the aim
of those charged with the care of the
Woodwich gun is to secure just this
result by choosing the most suitable
kind:of gunpowdcr for the purpose.
Year: 1876

Costina's bringing trouble to the border
counties on both sides of the Rio Grande
river. The Mexican war trumpets, after
a short season Of repose, are again sound
ing. The revolutionists are again in the
field, and although the revolution may not
become general throughout Mexico, Serdo
will have to take hold of the revolt with a
vigorous hand, or it may become danger
GUS. The revolutionists now occupy several
towns in the vicinity of the Rio Grande,
and are threatening Camargo. Cortina is an
able revolutionary chief and can command
the services of all the floating element
along and near the Rio Grande.
Year: 1876

{ II il said that prominent men Of both
parties in New Orleans are trying to form
] new party and to nominate an indepen-
dent ticket representing the better class OF
the community, and then to ask the Re-
publicans to adopt the ticket id place Of a
regular Republican ticket. The project
will not be likely to succeed, and unless
the Republicans can adopt such ticket IN
the place Of the Republican ticket the
Democrats will carry the State. There
seems to be good reason to believe that the
negro vote which controls the State, and
which has always been cast for the Repub'
licans, will not all be given to that party.
The Republican officials have been SO dis
honest as to disgust the coiored men, a
p6rtion of whom will vote with the Demo
Gratis. Ifthe Democratic ticket should get
a part Of the colored vote it will be sue
cessful, but the generality Of the colored
men in Louisiana are extremely ] ignorant,
and they can easily be made to believe that
a failure on their part to vote the Repub-
|lican ticket would cause them to lose their
present situations. It is thought, how
ever, that they will not all vote as they
have done, and efforts are being made
throughout the country parishes to secure
them for the Democratic ticket.
Year: 1876

It is believed that both the Tammany
and anti -Tammany leaders in New York


are anxious to agree on basis Of consoli-
dation. A meeting Of the Tammany Hall


committee will meet tonight for the pur-
pose Of considering the question Of writing
the different factions Of the Democratic
party Of that city upon one delegation to
the Saratoga convention on the 30th inst,
and consequently upon one ticket at the
coming November election. A similar
meeting Of the Executive Committee Of
the anti -Tammany organization will be
held at Irving Hall at the same time to


discuss the same subject. 1t is evident
that the leaders of both factions are anxions


for union, and there is no doubt about
their agreeing on basis of consolidation
Year: 1876

[Phila. Times of yesterday.]
Since the beginning of the week nearly
six hundred men have been discharged
from the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
They are principally men who were taken
on last winter, their pay ranging from $s to
$l4 week. The superintendent of the
works, however, says that the prospects for
engine-work in the fall are very good, and
that most of the men who have been dis
charged will probably be put to work
again. The reduction in force will reduce
the expenses of the work nearly $4,000 a
week.
Year: 1876

"Gath" is responsible for the following:
The greatest scheme l hear of is the Ocean
Beach Railroad, of New Jersey, the great
surf route, to connect Squan and Cape May,
crossing the sounds and inlets on piles. It
would be only seventy miles long and re-
quire no grading, and be the only sea coast
road in the world, except that under the
maritime Alps from Nice to Geneva. Then
with excursion tickets, free to stop any
where from Sandy Hook to Cape May there
would be one metropolitan beach one hun
dred miles long to wash tho whole brood OF
Americans,