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Year: 1876

4 THRILLING FALh.-Owing TO the
necessity Of pushing the work as fa5t. as
possible, the contractors OF the new
Point bridge had their men, who are en-
ployed in joining the three cables, c1l-
gagged ali day. They were compelled
to work in q "basket" or platform,
which is suspended above the river at
about the height of ninety feet from the
water. Recently a workman, whose
name we did not learn, by some accident
fell off the platform. Hanging from the
platform was a rope that reached nearly
to the water In his frightfui descent
the man attempted TO grasp the rope,
but as he kept turning somersauits in
the air he was unable to reach it until
within about twenty feet Of tie river,
when lie succeeded in grasping the rope
with both hands. He was at first unable
to stop his descent, and slid down the
rope for about fifteen feet, until his feet
nearly touched the water. Then, to the
establishment Of the crowd Of people on
the banks who had seen with horror his
terrible fall, he commenced climbing
back up the rope, hand over hand
Then the crowd cheered Justify, and his
companions on the platform drew him
up, uniniured, except the inside of his
hands, which was badly lacerateu. His
presence OF mind was as rem arkable as
his wonderful escape from death.-Pjtts
burg Gazette.
Year: 1876

How FAR OFF THE Sun Is.-Light,
which travels with amazing velocity, re-


quircs eight minutes to reach the earth.
Sound would require fourteen years to
travel from the sun TO the earth, SO that
if We saw an explosion at its surface, it
would be fourteen yearE before we could
hear IT. But if we could place n rod OF
iron from the earth to the sun, and that
it was struck with hammer on one end,
the sound wound reach the opposite end
in about eleven months. But perhaps
The most singular Illustration of the
suns distance was drawn from the hu-
man economy. Sensation took a certain
time to travel TO the nerve centers; and
If we could imagine q human infant
with All arm long enough to reach the
sun it would take $50 years for the sen


sation to reach him after burning his
fingers; in other words, he would be
dead several years before the sensation
of burning could reach him. The suns
distance was SO inconceivabie that it
was only by making such comparisons
we could form any idea at all of it.
Extract from PROF. Youngs Lecture.
Year: 1876

A physician of a London hospital
writes to the British lIcdicol Record
''There is no recognized reason why of
late years neuralgia Of the face and
scalp should have increased so much in
the female sex as compared with cur
own. There is no doubt that is one of
the most common cf female raladies-
one OF the most painful and difficult of
treatment. IE is also cause of much
mental depression, and leads more often
to habits of intemp erance than any
other. This growing prevalence of
neuralgia may to some extent be re-
ferred to the effects of cold upon the
terminal branches of the nerves dis
tributed to the skin; and the reason why
men are less subject to it than women
may to q great extent, I think, be ex-
planned by the much greater protection
afforded by the mode III which the form
er cover their heads when they are III
the open az. It may be observed that
the surface Of the head which is actual
ly covered in man is at least three times
that which fashion allows to a woman;
indeed, the point Of contact between
the hat or bonnet and the head in the
latter are 50 irregular as practically to
destroy any protection which might
otherwise be afforded.


II 1 were to report to the journals q
case Of facial neuralgia cured on the
principle Of protecting the lateral and
frontal surface of the face as well as the
superior part Of the scalp, it might ex-
cite q certain amount OF ridicule. 1 can
assure you, however, that my patient
considers that her case ought to be re-
ported; for she says that if we cannot
DO much for neuralgia with our pre-
scriptions, we ought to oppose fashion
when we find it preiudiciaI to health
and productive Of sufferings."
Year: 1876

The latest discovery OF the RepubH-
can Is Democratic rifle club in every
ward OF Tensas parish, which makes
tsince it will harp on this world every
white citizen in its ward join the club.
We believe this story-as far as figures
will allow US. There Is not a ward in
Tensas with fifty white voters; the av-
erage number of votes to the ward is.
say twenty-five white men. Allowing
one Of these to be a Radical-an office
holder-this will leave twenty -fou r
white men for each rifle club; but
where will there be any white men left
for them to make join" the clubs?
The United States census does not ex-
actly agree with the Republican, story,
unless it be that half dozen men con-
stitute club in Tensas. as they do in
Radical circles in Orleans.
Year: 1876

We are informed that Monday even.
ing the Executive Committee Of the
Parish Committee will meet the presi.
dents OF the Central Ward Clubs, to
confer as to the programme to be pur-
sued with reference to the parish con-
vention. Those members Of the com.
mittee with whom we have conversed
express an earnest desire to pursue a
policy which will satisfy the people and
insure parish ticket composed of good
men. Perhaps it would be wiser to en-
courage the committee to pursue this
course than to assume that they are a
body unworthy OF confidence or re-
spect, and then to attempt to drive
them into some particular line Of action.
We trust the conference to morrow
evening will result In the adoption Of q
course which will be generally satisfac-
tory.
Year: 1876

It IL strange to notice the fact that
while the city papers have no corre-
spondents at Philadelphia, every coun-
try exchange Of ours have q weekly
Centennial letter OF great length. We
notice frequently strange identity Of
thought among some Of these CORE
spondents, as If they had been reading
a city contemporary of ours. .lq
Year: 1876

The Eleventh Ward Workingmen' s
Club turned out last night in force and
paraded the streets with music and
transparencies. Their neat campaign
uniforms showed off very well under
the glare Of the torches, and we con-
gratulate them upon their fine appear
ance. The DEMOCRAT acknowledges and
thanks them for a martial serenade.
Year: 1876

The Sun was never a Republican
paper. 1t has always been independent.
1t is independent now. It belongs to
neither political party. 1t Is free, for
instance, to oppose or support Repub-
lican or a Democratic paper for Presi-
dent, according as either. party shall
nominate an honest and competent
man. or the opposite. 1t is the opinion
OF the San, however, that it will be very
difficult for the Republicans to nomf-
nate any man who can be relied ON to
reform the Administration and make it
decent and worthy. That party has
been in power SO long and under such
peculiar circumstances, that its moral
capacity to do right has been greatly
injured, il not destroyed.-lNew York
Sun.
Year: 1876

John King, who was shot On the night
OF the 9th inst. at the riot that occurred
ut the Mechanics Institute, departed
this life at twenty minutes OF eight
o'clock last night from the effect OF the
shots received during the fracas. The
coroner was notified and will hold an
inquest tO-dnY.
Year: 1876

Three hundred carloads of goods from
the West were unloaded at tine centen-
NAL grounds at Philadelphia yesterday
Russia has just applied for and received
wall space in the fine ar. department to
exhibit some very tine pictures. Two or
three paintings, the property of the estate
of Prince Gelitzen, will be among the in
voices for which space is required.
Year: 1876

A good many of the Treasury clerks
bid fair to have plenty of time on hand
TO visit the Centennial this summer. We
notice that .Seci etary Bristow talks of
giving some six hundred OF them u per-
manent leave of absence.
Year: 1876

In one Of his recent sermons at


the Hippodrome in New York, Mr..
Moody said: "There are q great
many men that want to come, and
they say, wait until I am a better
man, and then / will come !
never knew q man to be saved that
came to Christ in that way. You
cannot cleanse yourselves. Every
day and hour that you are staying
from Christ you are getting worse
instead of better. The very act OF
your staying away is a sin, and so,
instead Of trying to get better, and
get ready to come, just come as you
are and be clothed with the gar
ments Of salvation. He will clothe
YOU with His own righteousness


/ noticed when our war was going
on men used to come to enlist, and
the man who came with Q fine suit
Of clothes on, and the hod'
carrier in his dirty garments
would both have to take off then


clothes and put on the uniform o


the government. And SO Fher


men 20 into the Kingdom Of Goo


they have to put on the livery o
Ih6dfyen. You need not dress up fol
Christ because He will strip gol
Year: 1876

when you come, and put on you the
robes of His Righteousness. My
friends, you cannot stand before
God in your own righteousness.
Come to God as a poor beggar, and
He will have mercy upon you. l
heard some years ago of an artist
who wanted a model for the prod
igal. He went to many institu-
6ons and prisons, but could not
get a man who suited his ideas of
the prodigal. One day, however,
while walking down the street, he
met a poor, miserable tramp, and
he suited the artists eye, SO he
asked him if he would be willing to
sit for his portrait. The tramp
said he would, if he would pay
him for it. The artist promised,
and set a day and hour for
him to come. At the ap-
pointed time, while the artist was
sitting in his studio the man came
in, but he was so well dressed the
artist didn't know him, and told
him he had no appointment with
him. When the beggar told him
the circumstance the artist said;
"What have you been doing?"
"Why," says the man, 81 thought
if was going to sit for my portrait
l would get a new suit of clothes. "
"Ah," said the artist, "you won't
do; l wanted you just as you were. "
So, when you go to Christ 60 as you
are, with all your rags, your filth
and your sin, and He viii receive
you. / don't care how bad you are,
He came for that purpose, and
there is not man or a woman in
this hall to-day that is SO bad that
Christ would not have you if you
will only come.
Year: 1876

The three requisites for babies are
plenty Of sleep, plenty of food,
plenty of flannel. The saying that
man is a bundle Of habits is as true
Of babies as it isof grown children.
If an infant is accustomed from its
birth to sleep from 6 o'clock at
night till daylight, the habit of
early sleep will be formed, and the
mother may have her evenings to
herself. If the baby sleeps all
night, a long morning nap will nat
urally come about dinner time, after
which the child, except when very
young, should be kept awake until
6 o'clock. Perseverance in this rou-
tine will result in securing quiet
evenings for both child and parent.
Some mothers have a long season
every morning and every night in
getting the baby asleep. They rock
them and sing to them until Nor
pheus enfOlds them. With most
children this is entirely unneces
sary. An infant can be accustomed.
by a few days training, to go tC
sleep itself for a morning nap, al
well as for the longer rest at night
| A mother has duties to herself al
we'll as to her offspring. While
she should exercise a constant carr
in securing its utmost physica
comfort, she should secure rest anC
recreation for herself. In no othel
way can she keep fresh in feeling
buoyant in spirit. Nothing is s.
wearing as the unceasing tendins
of fretful baby. Every means
should be employed to aid the chile
in taking care Of itself, and giving
as little trouble as possible. Itma,
learn in babyhood to amuse itsel
with toys, or by watching move
ments going on around it. Fashion
as we'll as good sense, requires in
fants' dresses to be made with Ions
sleeves and high in the neck. Fash
ion requires children of all ages Il
be warmly clad. Soft flannel should
encase the whole body except tn,
head and hands. The frequen
cause Of colo in infants is thu
nakedness of their neck and arms
Regularity in feeding is as impor
tant as either of the other requi
sites. Babies cry as often from
being overfed, or fed too frequently
as from hunger. Let the mothe
obey the dictates of common sens
| in this matter, and not force foo(
into a baby's stomach for every lit
tie complaint it makes. Childrel
three or four years old need mucl
more sleep than they usqally y have
For irritable and nervous children
sleep is o specific, and it can be SO
cured to Them only by force o
habit. Many light forms Of diseas


may be cured by keeping a child j
a uniform temperature, and j.
j quiet. Let young mothers expert
ment ON these suggestions, and W
are sure they will have many a
hour in the nursery for reading an
Thought.
Year: 1876




Anybody would know Victor
Emanuel from his photographs,
which are so abundant on both
sides of the sea. He is, you know,
the opposite Of handsome. There
is something satyr-like in the feat
ures of his face, and yet it is not
in the least repulsive. Though
course, it is strong and virile. His
nose, broad, short and turned up, is
extremely ugly; his mouth is very
large, and his jaw animalish in its
heaviness. There is a good deal Of
the bulldog in his yisage, but not
much in his character beyond
courage and adhesiveness of pur-
pose. His eyes, his goatee, his
mustache (Which is enormous) and
his hair are jet black, not a silver
thread being visible anywhere. If
his hair was curly he might easily
be mistaken for a mulatto, since
his complexion is as dark as that Of
a Malay. He is fully six feet high,
very d-shouldered, thick-chest-
ed and muscular-quite the sort Of
man one would picture for a soldier
"a soldier who, unlike the Athe-
nian youths of old, would not fly
from battle for fear of having his
beauty marred.
Year: 1876

There have been many ludicrous
stories told about etiquette, but the
following which Mr.. Conway tells
of the English Court surpasses
most of them eft is considered
indispensable that ladies introduced
at Court or received there shall
wear very low-bodied dresses. Just
before the last drawing-room, Lady


-, wife Of a distinguished noble
man wrote to the Lord Chamber
lainy saying that she had recently
been i'll and her shoulder had be-
come so thin that she was ashamed
to show them! The Chamberlain,
knowing how strict the Queen was,
referred the matter to her, and a
grand consultation was held. After
a long and serious debate, the Lord
Chamberlain was instructed to
write to the petitioning lady that
Her Majesty would for once give
her consent to the innovation, but
it was intimated that the dress must
be a compromise, that is cut down
in front. The Court papers re-
ferred vaguely to this exception to
the rules of court dress, stating
that was by Her Majesty's gracious
and special concession, in order
that it might not become a pre-
oedent
Year: 1876




Had this composer been with us
in the old times he would inevitably
have been taken for a Silver Gray
Wing. His elegance of manners,
his delicacy OF person, and the
serious gravity of his mental tone
and demeanor are winning attri-
butes, and were characteristic Of
that ancient and delightful class,
He conducted a band, one hundred
and two In number, of brass and
stringed instruments, and he in
terpreted a programme made up
exclusively of his own music. He
| is notable for naturalness,l enthu'
siasm and grace, in his work, and
it was pleasant to see the abandon
ment-in which, however, he never
was awkward or extravigant-witl
which he threw himself into the
volatile feeling of his music. HI
furnished a neat, delicate, refined
performance,
Year: 1876

The foregoing was received In the Office of
the Secretary Of State July IL. 1876, and Is
made public in accordance with article l47 of
the State constitution, which provides:


Any amendment or amendments to this
constitution may be proposed In the Senate
or House of Representatives, and II the same
shall be agreed to by two thirds Of the
members elected to each hOuse, such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be entered
on their respective journals, with the yeas
and nays taken thereon; and the Secretary
Of State shall cause the same to be published,
three months before the next general election
| for Representatives to the General Assembly,
in at least one newspaper in every parish IN
the State in which newspaper shall be pnb-
lished. And such proposed amendment or
amendments shall b. submitted to the people


nt said election; and IL n majority Of the


voters ut said election shall approve and


ratify such amendment or amendments, the


same shall become part Of this constitution
If more than one amendment shall he sub
mitted at one time, they shall be submitted
in such manuef and form that the people


may vote for or against each amendment


separately.
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR HERALD


found II Impossible this morning to get q HERALD
for three cents | have tried ut three corners Of
Tenth street ane Broadway and was told that they
iour cents


think many OF the newsdealers could make
li7ing without the HERALD, and you should give he
little boys a chance make an honest living Send
thom out by the brigade and everybody will be en-
abled TO get your worthy paper Tor what you say II
ought TO DO sold. A. s.
Year: 1876

10 THE EDITOR THE HERALD


As there seems to be considerable Misunderstanding
about the price Of tho New YORK HERALD since the
last few days, take this opportunity TO inform the
public that said paper for sale daily at Brontano's
Literary Emporium at the ofilco price-namely, three
t3l cents would furthermore add that the reduction
IN price snail not in any way alter my former orders
Tor the HERALD. Yours respectfully,


AUG. BRENTANO. 80 Union SQUARE
Year: 1876

PUBLIC SENTIMENT ON THE REDUCED PRICE OF
THH PAPRR-LETrERs AND SUGGESTIONS
FROM THE PEOPLE.


The following letters from among great number
ceved At this Office will give good idea OF the light
In which the pubic regard the action Of the HERALD
IN reducing It's price TO three cents copy
To EDITOR or THE HERALD


Stick TO your price for tho HERALD; the public will
sustain you and the HERALD will become more popular
than ever In coming down town this morning on a
SIKH avenue car the newsboys who jumped at
rious crossings persisted in asking four cents, and
when the price objected to by passengers they
tried to force other papers them. Ny experience
the Sixth avenue cars alone since your reduction
that the demand for tho HERALD six to
enc OF tho other papers, and the newsmen work
ing against their own interests.


CONSTANT READER
Year: 1876

here Many business men living miles from the city
obliged TO walk from their homes on the track,
many who took late trains forced TO get out
at midnight when the trains stopped nd walk back
home hire lodgings Colonel Kicker has gone to
PhiIlpsburg to try TO adjust matters The Lehigh
Valley road has taken the Centrals passengers 10 all
stations connected wish their road The Pennsylvania
road made all Central tickets good Pnila-
delphia and all stations between here and New Yor r.
The feeling Is greatly against the engineers and fire.
men Tor causing the public TO suffer such incon-
vcnicnce
Year: 1876

Which are introduced for the first time in the resent edition have been added not for the sake of pictorial effect but give greater lucdity and force to the plantations in the text They embrace all branches of science and of natural history and depict the most famous and remarkable features of scenery, archlec ture and art, well the various processes of me chanics and manufactures. Although intended for

 instruction rather than establishment, pains have been spared to insure their
Year: 1876

Forming in fact Cyclopeda, with the same plan and compass its predecessor but with far greater pecuniary expenditure, and with such improvements

 in it's composition as have been suggested by longer experience and enlarged knowledge.
Year: 1876

The work has been begun after long and careful preliminary labor, and with the most ample resources for carrying it on to successful termination.

 None of the original stereotype plates have been Used. but every nage has been
Year: 1876

The Times having made up its mind
that the Baton Rouge ticket is the
best thing it can get, has finally fallen
into its support. Bot its first utter
ance is an effort to create dissension
in the face of the enemy. 1t ostenta-
tiouslv asks the candidate for A;tor-
ney General to rise and explain"
his position with regard to the New
Orleans Pacific Railroad. We have
not yet heard. that any particular
Year: 1876

ANOTHER is to be added 10 the already
considerable list of heroines, and this one is
Cincinnati dancing girl who has shown a
presence of mind, bravery and knowledge
of the nature of men provocative of the high
est admiration. At the National Theatre the
other night her dress caught fire. The audi
ence rose and began rush for the door, but
she extinguished the flames with the loss only
of her skirts, and continued her dance. The
spectacle of woman dancing without skirts
at once arrested the stampede, and every
man in the audience returned to his seat, and
sat, breathless with admiration, until the
performance was over. The name of this
woman, who doubtless saved many lives, is
not given
Year: 1876

We do not read Anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as a guaranty tf good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1876

MIR. H X. STEVENS:


Dear Sir-l will most eheerfully add my testimony
to the great number you have already received in ia
vor Of your great and good medicine, VEGETINE for


do not think enough can be said in its praise for
was troubled over thirty years with that dreadful
disease, Catarrh, and had such bad coughing spells
that it would seem as though never could breathe
any more, and VEGETINE has cured me; and / do
feel to thank God oil the tple that there is SO good
medicine as VEGETINE and also think it one of the
best medicines tor coughs and weak sinking feelings
at the stomach, and advise everybody to take the
NEGETINE for can assure them it is one of the best
medicines that ever was. MRS T., GORE
Corner Magazine and Walnut Sts Cambridge Mass
Year: 1876

INTELLIGENCE comes from over the water
that Great Britain is negotiating a new ex-
tradition treaty with this country. The fact
was brought to light in the course of debate
in Parliament.
Year: 1876

What tho tirst dccisiou OF the Board might bc
lo could onlY conjecture, and when he had
beard tho evidence upon which they would bnse
uletr docitIon he would DO better prepared to
give an upfnton