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Year: 1875

Newspapers printed in Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady and Troy, N. Y., in Rutland, Vt., and Laconia, N. H., make mention of remarkable halo around the sun which was seen on a late Sunday. The Syracuse Journal thus describes it Shortly after ten o'clock a complete luminous circle around the sun, of the colors of the rainbow, was seen, and at the same time, in the east segment ot brilliant rainbow, with another scarcely less distinct in the south, and, directly overhead, several concentric rings like their counterpart, the main circle about the sun, were also visible. This phe- nomenon continued in much brilliancy for about half an hour, and for an hour the halo about the sun was distinctly, though less brilliantly, visible. During part of the time, the suns disc was traversed by a vertical band of white, and tue circle around the sun inclosed an elliptical band of white whose ex- treme length extended from one inner side to the other of the circle, northerly and southerly. With the aid of a smoked glass these various bows were distinctly to be seen, but to the naked eye the spectacle was oppressive. The bows in the east and south were in oppo- sition to the ring about the sun Qlke the ordinary rainbow), but only small part of either of the arches were visible.
Year: 1875

A "burial scandal is reported from Carcassonne, says London paper, the character of which was strange as it's sequel was deplorable. A funeral pro cession was on it's way through the churchyard, when the officiating priest observed to the president of local ben eft society to which the deceased be- longed that the bearers walked too slow ly, adding that if the body did notreach the grave as soon as he did he should just pronounce the absolution and go. Accordingly, having distanced the body by some paces, he gave the dissolution, sprinkled the empty grave with holy water, and withdrew just as the bearers came up. He then took off his vest ments, and returned to confront the mourners. A sharp altercation ensued, and, being asked why he had taken off his sacerdotal ornaments, he said it was in order to be able to answer all corners, and that he was not a priest at that mo- mont. On this n member of the benefit society angrily assured his unsympa- thetic pastor that he should hear of this again, and immediately fell down dead.
Year: 1875

It is generally believed that cases of

 sunstroke occur instantly; that the suns

 rays strike men down just as does the

 lightning. Now sunstroke is nothing

 more than an exhaustion of the system

 by which the circulation is rendered ab-

 normal. One day of sudden heat rarely

 exhausts a man so that the disease ap-

 pears. A man who works hard in the

 shade on a hot day and so overheats

 himself may be smitten with sunstroke,

 while another man who walks quietly in

 the sunshine will experience no bad effects from it. In order to keep cool, and avoid danger from overheat, many people drink vast quantities of ice water.

 They fancy that by these means they coutlteract the heating tendency of the weather. On the contrary, they take the surest means to induce sunstroke. In this disease there IS always rush of the blood to the head. Now when this occurs there must be less blood ill other parts of the body. Whatever drives the blood away from any part of the body below the head increases the pressure of blood on the brain. Ice water, of course, contracts tic veins of the stomach, and thus drives the blood away from that organ. The man who fears sunstroke, or if1 other words fears that there will be too much blood in his veins, and who, therefore, drinks ice water, might just as well go and stand on his head. The lat ter would probably be the less dangerous course of the two. All cooling drinks sweetened with sugar are heating to the blood, particularly those containing wine or spirits, and those who partake of them are peculiarly liable to sunstroke. Persistent fretting, and consequent ex- haustion of the nerves, is also one of the precedent conditions of the disease. An exceptionally able physician has said that mental labor never alone produces dis ease of the brain, but that "worry" is the chief source of softening of the braift, aud that paralysis which is dis tinct from apoplexy. Now, from all this, what we ought to do in warm weather becomes evident. First, we should keep our minds easy and contented. Secondly, we should drink nothing but moderately cool water, and very little of that. Ice water is the bane of America, and prob- ably kills nearly as many people as alco- hol. Thirdly, we should avoid so far as is possibls all work which overheats and exhausts us.
Year: 1875

Judge Taft seems to have the
best chance for being nominated for
Governor by the Ohio Republicans.
The only objection to him has been
the suspicion in reference to his atti-
tude on the question ofa division of
the school fund between the Protest
ants and Catholics. He has removed
that by publishing letter declaring
that he is opposed to any such act as
unconstitutional, and that he would
resist all attempts to changethe Consti-
tuition, were any to be made in the
future, since he believes the school fund
should remain forever inviolable.
Year: 1875

1t is notlikely that any innovation
upon the custom Of the Republican
organization will be inaugurated for
the coming election, which certainly
is not the least important one in the
decade. The Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Auditor and Attorney Gen.
eral having during their first term
administered their Offices to the gen.
eral satisfaction, will be entitled to
expect denomination. The Conven-
ton will meet to act for the success
of the party, not Of any faction, and
nominations by a convention that
should undertake to discipline and
punish Republicans for their past
differences might as we'll not be made
at ALFRED Wing Republican.
Year: 1875

TOMATO PGDDISG =Place pared and sliced
tomatoes the depth Of an inch or more, IN .
bright tin basin. Sprinkle sugar over them
Next layer of light bread IN slices, we'll
spread with butter Then deep layer Of
tomatoes aud sugar again, and lastly layer Of
bread Snd butter on the top. Flavor With
lemon or nutmeg. Bake from one to tWo
hours. according to the size Of yOur dish
We find tho past winter that canned tomatoes
are excellent served in this way.
Year: 1875

Among the tmons which we pHhliSll to day is one which will attract particular notice, because of its strong eoRtrnst with the moderation and intelligence

 which is characteristic of the enlightened

 clergy of the metropolis. It is the intol-

 erant and unj ust attack which the Rev.

 Father Walker made yesterday upon the

 public school system, which is one of the

 no6lest achievements of our civilization.

 Nothing that is true of the evils insepm-

 rable from that system, nothing that has

 been asserted as to the injustice done the

 Catholic Church by its management, can

 in the least degree justify ihe violent abuse

 of winch Father Walker has been guilty.

 To intimate that Catholic parents who send their children to the public schools are in danger of damnation; to declare that he would as soon administer the sacraments to a dog as to such Catholics :: to deny that such parents are truly Catho- lies, or at the best merely those of the potbouse politician stripe; to describe the system by which alone the children of the poor are rescded from ignorance and enabled to become intelligent mem bcrs of society as the instrument Of the devil this is to preach bigotry, barbari>m, darkness, nothing that Christianity is. anu CNCI Illul IL iS HOI. " uUitNtT may be thought of the injustice or the impolicy of taxing Catholics for the sup- port of sch. 'ols they do not use, d priest has no authority to make damnation the penalty of mere submission to wrong. If Catholics wish to have schoos of their own no one will object, for similar pref erences exist in Protestant sects: but no intelligent citizen, whatever his religious faith, can hear without indignation the great plan of popular secular educa- ton denounced as the growing work of the enemy of man.

 It would be condescensiOn to which we are not inclined, to defend the public schools from the fury of Father Walker, as it would be unpleasant to describe bis ser mon in the terms it deserves. Argument to detend the one, or language to reprobate the other, are equally unnecessary. We only desire to express our belief that while such sermons cannot injure the schools, they are calculated to do great harm 10 tue Catholic Church in America. No Church can hope to prosper, no Church should prosper, that places itself as an obstacle to the education of the young by the Com 

 It. is our duty to acquit the Church of preaching so rcpugnant to every instinct of decency, and to express the conviction that Cardinal McCIoskey would be wise to ceDsIre the new doctrine that parents who send their children to

 he public school deserve to be denied the 'acraments in this life and to be damned n the next Father Walker might be a good missionary to convert the cannhals, put his usefulness in the churches of New York was ended by his extraordinary performance of yesterday IN. Y. Herald, March l5.
Year: 1875

1 We have reason to know that the violent

 attack upon the public schools which

 Father Walker made in his sermon last Sunday offended the Catholics of the city

 as much as it has astonished the Pro-

 testants. But If there were any doubt that ! all intelligent classes indignantly repudiate

 his startling doctrines, the letters we print to-day should remove if, while at 1 the same time should convince the over

 zealous priest that this is not a healthy eli mate for his peculiar theology. Some of our correspondents point out the indisput-

 able fact that the true harm done by Fath- CT Walker is to the Church he pretcnds to defend, but which we hope he misrcprcsnt nts. There could be nothing more injurious to Catholicism in this country than to have

 the appointment of an American cardinal

 accompanied by an apparent movement of the clergy against the system of free popu lar education. The people would natural ly then oppose as menacean event which i they now regard as an honor

 Without any desire to be too severe

 upon Father Walker, we feel that It is only proper to add that in such a case as this, where an UNJUsTIFIABLE OUTRAGE has been committed upon the whole con- munity, there is only one adequate atone ment-that is, an apology from the offend CT as public as the offence. If this is

 refused by Father Walker, then the respon- sibility is transferred from him to the Church, which by silence would seem to

 justify his course.- New York Herald, March F.

 Arizona people will readily enough think of another name that would exactly fit in the foregoing articles, instead of that of the holy Father Walker,
Year: 1875

Last night about l2 o'clock, a drunken
hummer of printer, (who is disgrace to
the craft,) entered the HERALD Office and
committed a brutal assault on Mr.. George
A. Davis, a compositor on this paper. The
beat in question is scommonly know inthis
city as Jack Butler, and his residence (but
we doubt it very much) as Boston. From
his actions one would suppose him to be an
escaped coneict. Such proceedings as this
are outrageous and had a policeman been in
the vicinity at the time he would by lying In
Jail to-day waiting to answer the charge of
assault and battery.
Year: 1875

~ A Washington special says
enough is already known BY the House
Louisiana Committee of the character
of the election returns for members o.
the Louisiana Legislature 70 make it
certain that their revision of these
return will not give Conservative
majority on joint ballot, SO in case
Pinyhback is rot a5mittedto the enate,
any election held after the Wheeler
compromise is carried into effect will be
in control of the Republicans.
Year: 1875

Y Old Blifkins' young wife has
nothing to do but read about the Beecher
trial, while the old man is ignorant of
the whole business. The other night
IS he lay in bed thinking of one thing
and another she whispered in her sleep
-rOh, my good husband, may you pot
need the further discipline of being
misled by a good woman as 1 have been
by good aian, and old Bfifkins with
one great screech hoped clean ont of
bed and wouldn't get back again until
she told him that was only what Mrs.
TiIton said to Theodore, and that it was
running in her head. so to speak.
Year: 1875

D1pN'r UNDEnsTAsD Ir.-A country
man bought a, shirt in Raleigh, n. q,
which was the first white one ne had had
ever owred. The next Sunday he vas
to be married, and that was the impor-
tant occasion that had incitel him to
the purchase. The shirt had Q nice
starched bosom and was open in the
back-a style that was new to its pos
SCISSOR. After careful study be put it on
with the opening in front. concluding
that tie stiff bosom was intended as a
kind Of shoulder brace to make him
stand erect. Thus dressed he met the
bride at the church door: bat her know
ledge was greater than his about shirts.
and she made him go home and reverse
tue garment before she would allow the
ceremony to proceed. as'h 80
Year: 1875

From an Occasional Correspondent


Mt. PLEASANT, Miss October g.
After making my bow fer this intrusion
upon your columns with few dOttings.
from your former occasional correspond
ent, allow me to say, ''its getting hot'
here and elsewhere in Mississippi; our
political horizon is rising every day.
The hovering Radical clouds that have
hung low and thick are broken, and
now ray Of Conservative sunshine has
opened Al upon us. Less than month
from to-day our skies will look, ''to the
native and the manor" more brilliant
than they have for ten long and gloomy
Year: 1875

The Cedar Falls Gasette tells this: "a
young lady living few miles out of
Cedar Falls took it into her head to go
to Kansas to teach school, and young
fellow that had been keeping company
with her went to Nebraska to make
himself home. Well, the young lady
thought she would come home, so she
sent her side-saddle and some other
things on before she started, but by
some accident she was taken to Sioux
City, where she had to stay all night.


In the meantime the young man had
got up house, and. finding it lonesome
work living alone, sent for his two Sis
ters. He went to Sioux City to meet
them on the same evening that the
young lady arrived there. Looking
through the register to find his sisters
names, he came across the name of his
former sweetheart, 30, his sisters not
appearing. hunted up the young lady
and talked business 80 well that they
were married the same night, and start
ed for his home the next morning
Names Hattie Raymond and Jean Rm
erson.
Year: 1875

4, we wish We could cay more than
TINS, and that we could regard this as
satisIa,ctory ns, letter. 1t is far from being
80. There is nothing in this letter to
prevent General Grants acceptance of
the Presidency for third term. There
IS no expression Of allegiance to that a.
cred tradition that third term wonld


9e practicaliy a monarchy. The Presi-
aent was thinking about himself when


ne Degan to write, and he never aban.
doned his theme. We can see that er-
traordlnary conviction of Grant, which
mas marked his whole public career


shat, after all, the Republic had not
done more for him than he deserved


The matter is altogether personal.
There Is no principle behind it-no evil
dence that ever such thing as a prin-
elple had entered his mind. We have
tne President's services and sacrifices
now nc gave up an Office he preferred. i.
and which would have lasted for life


for one he did not seek; how his second
election was personal vindication from
slander; how he does not want the Office
again any more than he did in the be-
ginning, and how, after all, it might be


unfortunate it not disastrous" if at
some future time lsay two years from
aowy the people should be prevented
from eiecting whom they pleased for a
third term. The tone Of the whole lot
ter is precisely as if the President were
writing about an interest in his own
personal property-as if he were speak
ing for Ulysses s. Grant alone, and as IL
the country had no concern whatever in
the matter. ~


We shall be surprised if the country
accepts this as satisfactory declaration
from the President. 1t is an evasiye
letter. 1t would have been much better
Ior his fame, and even for the welfare of
tne party which he proposes to serve If
he mad not written it. I'm a word. the
Year: 1875

GEN. GRANTS LETTER is received by
the country wish burst of Indignation.
It reveals to the people fact which


many of them were 10th to believe. i. e.:
that Grant undertakes their intelligence
and regards them as mass that may be
easily humbuGged. They, however, are
wiser than their President imagines.
They are opposed to third term for
any man; and they did not wish to be
lectured for their opinion in this regard,
and least Of all to be lectured by Grant,
who evidently desires third term, not
withstanding his long delayed letter and
shabby denial that he seeks it. The let
ter is toe transparent-it exposes the
cloven foot and will have the effect to
lower the President in the estimation Of
the people more than anything that he
has ever written. 1t even exposes the
President to the charge Of ingratitude
to the people who elevated him to the
highest Office in their gift. He says in
effect that he preferred the Office given
to him by Congress to that given him by
the suffrages Of the people. This is
characteristic Of his conduct. since the
election, during all Of which time he has
surrounded himself with men ready to do
his bidding, and sought not the most tai
ented statesmen for companionship and
guidance, but the sportsmen and men
who were fortunate in acquiring great
wealth; thus showing, as the NY. Herald
charges. that he thought more of him.
self and Of acquiring riches than he did
Of rejecting the honor and dignity Of
the country or promoting the welfare bi
the great people over whom he presides
Year: 1875

Two days since we noted the fact
that we were in possession of an Of
ficial list of the drawings in the late
Louisville Lottery, which was open to
the inspection of all interested parties.
We will admit that our apparent gen.
erosity was not unsullied by grain of
selfishness, for we expected some hold
Ell of a lucky ticket to come
in, find that he had drawn twenty or
thirty thousand dollars and, in the
fulness of his heart hand us over q
thousand for a souvenir. But although
some fifty tlcket-holders have called
upon us since the publication of the
notice we have yet to acknowledge the
first perquisite - not even bit, a
"smilen or cigar has fallen to our lot
1t was the same scene enacted over
with each new inquirer: enter jubi-
liant and hopeful call for the list
smilingly; examine it earnestly, per-
haps nervously; fold it up gloomily;
hand it back despondingly. Then
would come the doleful word, "Noth-
ingw The inquirer at this juncture
invariably handed out his worthless
ticket with a flourish, and smiling
grimly said, Want it?" That was
all the remuneration we received, and
we have learned by sad experience not
to put our trust in lotteries or lottery
ticket holders. All parties are now
notified that the "official lstu has
been burned up.
Year: 1875

over the choicest portion of theiI table lands
and purchasers will have the right to water
without charge. Such an opportunity to se
cure land admirably situated and watered
and perfectly adapted to semi-tropical fruit
culture, will not occur again.
Year: 1875

depth of from one hundred and thirty to two
hundred feet. There are many flowing wells
in the immediate vicinity, and within the ar
tesian belt no failure to get flowing water has
ever occurred. Responsible parties propose
to sink artesian wells everywhere on the tract
and guarantee water or make no charge there
for The town of
Year: 1875

The soil is of rich sandy loam and free
from alkali. There are two or three small
pieces OF alkali ground on the tract, but they
will be pointed out to purchasers SO that they
may know what they are buying. The char
acter of the soil is more like the warm mesa
lands ofthe country, than the low, damp corn
lands.
Year: 1875

The future is far in the distance,


The past, it has gided away,
The present, alone, 10 before you


Be happy, then, while It's to-day.
Don't sit by your freside lamo nting,


And signing Ger what might have been
Nor magnify some misdemeanor


Till 1t swells to a mountain Of sin.
Does the morning awake in her splendory


Don't be looking for clouds in the sky,
But watch, in their freshness and beauty,


The rose-colored moments go by.
Does tomorrow allure with her promise


Disappointmonts oft lurk in the way,
Remember you've. only the present


Be happy, then, while It's to-day
poor thing to borrow is trouble,


'Tis thing you will never repay,
And life is too short, and uncertain,


To be be needlessly fretted away.
Though you covet the wealth of your neighbor
He may be a weary with care
With your own lot you'd best be contented


Enjoying life just as you are.
Then take the world just as you find it,


And do not look forward with dread
Lost you lose half the heaven-sent blessings,


Designed to rest down on your head
Lest you pass by the beautiful lilies


Which angels have strewn in your way,
Lest you see not the gloric1s sunshine


That makes the bright, beautiful day.
We lose half the joys of lifetime,


(And this is the lesson I'd tesoh)
In grasping for things in the distance.


So very far out of our reach
Better take, from the hand Of our Father,


Tho blessings that come every day
And these, with sweet love and contentment,
Will make our lives happy alway.
Year: 1875

II was young, was fair,


And now Pm In the air,


As ugly gray ashes ever were"


How sweet life is = murmurcd the
ghost Of Blue


"'ve only lived little while,


But have made throe people smie."


A chickadee who heard the two ghosts
discoursing now flew down from the roof.
peak. He gathered Blues ashes up into
the garden, and strewed them about the
root ofa rose.tree.


In the Spring you'll be a rose.


Then he few back, took up Pink 8
ashes, bore them into another garden, and
laid them in the midst of bed of chick
weed.


Make that chickweed crop a little
richer, if you can, he chirped. All the
better for the dick-birds if you do; and a
good thing for you too, to be of use for
once in your life.'


Then the chickadee flew away. Ghosts
are accustomed to plain speaking.


This was the end Of Blue and Pink.
Year: 1875

A CURIOUS accident recently occurred
on a western train. AS the cars were
moving away from the Terrc Haute de-
pot, pretty young woman came from the
ladies car, and rushing into the smoking
car frantically appealed to everybody to
stop the train. Catching sight Of the
conductor, she exclaimed, pitcOusly, "Mr
Conductor, do please stop tho train I've
left my baby" The train was stopped,
and baby recovered, amid the hearty
cheers of the people on the platform and
the passengers and while the young
mother laughed and cried and huggcd her
little one, she tried to explain that the
baby was such new one that she hadn't
got used to it.
Year: 1875

Only a woman's hair a golden tress,
perhaps which you have picked off from
your coat or vest, while your heart made
quick taps, Or you have gazed upon
some raven lock in some sacred nook laid
by; aud thought of days no more to
come, as you checked bitter sigh, How
oft you think of the brow it crowned
how many times you have kissed it, And
yet as we reverence hair, we don't want
it in our biscuit.
Year: 1875

Fall River, Aug. 3.-About fifteen
thousand operatives are Idle, and prob
ably will be for the mex. thirty days,
although rumors prevail that work
will be resumed in a week A great
deal OF dissatisfaction exists, but many
are willing to go to work, including a
large part of the spinners, who here
tofore acted almost as a unit. How
long the mills will remain closed It is
impossible to say, and the manufactur-
ers say that they do not know them
selves. The storekeepers have given
notice that If they can afford to take a
vacation of thirty days they can afford
to pay cash for their goods, and that
no credit will he given until they re-
sumo work. Every mill is closed with
the exception of the Stafford, which
will soon close.