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Year: 1876

correspondent writes to complain of the
epistle of Mr.. Bergh, in which that humani-
'allan says that if he should stop car and
opilge the passengers and the shop girls Ia
walk home in the slush and snow that the
HERALD, among others, would make a ter
rible ado about his using his arbitrary
authority, &c. Our correspondent wants Ia
know why the shop girls should be Obliged
to walk when most of them are thinlv clad
and few among the hundreds are able to buy
a pair Of overshoes and thereby may take
their death of cold just because SONS
horse in Mr. Bergh's opinion, is a little dis.
tressed. To clinch his argument the write,
adds 81 know a family father and mother
over seventy years of age, and an invalid
daughter that has not been out of the house
in seven years. who are supported by the
work of two shop girls, and they are about
three miles from it, and have to depend ON
the cars to do it"


1t will be seen that the painful burden oi
this epistle is whether the overcrowding OF
the street cars is to be discontinued at the
expense of poor shop girls, who will be
compelled to walk in consequence. Oui
correspondent evidently has not fully con-
sidered the question he undertakes to dis
cuss, and he berates Mr. Bergh terribly sins
ply because his own premises are false.
What the HERALD has been contending for is
that the shop girls and everybody else shall
both ride and be able to sit while riding, in
stead of being compelled to stand, as nova
days. 1t would certainly be better for those
gentle creatures who are supporting an aged
father and mother and an invalid sister ii
they were always sure Of q seat in the street
car going to and coming from their work.
To gain such an advantage as this the tenn
porary Inconvenience Of stopping over
loaded ears and compelling the victims OF
the street railways to walk might be borne
with comparative patience, though it is not
impossible that people who have consented
for years to be packed into these vehicles
would grumble outrageously if required to
bear their share of the inconvenience neces-
sary to reform. What is wanted is scat
for every passenger and plenty of cars to
accommodate every person who desires to
ride. When these wants are supplied there
will no longer be q question whether shop
girls shall walk, and to gain these even Mr..
Bergh may suffer with patience the bitter
shafts of irate correspondents who write to
the newspapers.
Year: 1876

GENERAL GRANTS ASPIRATIONS for third
term, it seems, are not yet at an end, and
story reaches us from Washington that the
President has declared that if he cannot Sc
cure his own nomination he will at least
designate his successor. The story is
certainly Characteristic one,r and it shows,
if nothing more, that the third term danger
has not yet entirely passed away. The
designation of his successor by General
Grant, in so far as the Cincinnati Conven-
ton can accomplish the Presidents wishes,
is within his power; but it remains to be
seen whether he can designate himself.
Whoever the Presidents choice may be, that
part of the story which declares that it is
not Blaine, Morton or Bristow cannot fail to
be interesting to these gentlemen.
Year: 1876

The PACIFIC MAIL SUBSIDY, like Banquo's
ghost, will not down. Its latest revival is
in the testimony taken before Commissioner
Wight in the suit against William S. King.
Before the examination closes it is possible
the whole story will be told all over again.
Year: 1876

A LONDON SOLICITOR is the latest reported
defaulter. Honorable dealing among bust
ness men is no longer as proverbial as it was
in the past, and the frequency of crimes like
those Of Winslow in Boston and Smith in
London is undermining ali faith in the honor
Of business men.
Year: 1876

ACTIVE OPERATIONS AGANsT THE CARL1srs
continue, and the cable brings full details
Of the fighting in the North. If this activity
Is not relaxed the government may be able
to keep its promise and bring the war to a
speedy close.
Year: 1876

dangerous principle to suffer the clerks and
deputy clerksof courts to fill such positions.
They are well enough paid without them !;
the clerks receiving six thousand dollars
year and the deputies five thousand dollars.
by Senator Bixby correcting this evil, and it
should become a law. But n would be
well to add to it provision that in all
suits where both plaintiff and defendant
agree upon a referee the appointment of the
person thus selected shall be imperative
upon the judge
Year: 1876

WE HAVE carried the Legislature of In
diara, and this is the voice of the State
upon the local policy. The election Of old
Blue Jeans, should it prove true, will be
but q barren victory, as the Legislature can
prevent him from doing any great harm.
If he is elected, he probably owes his sue.
cess to the Changers, one of whom he pre-
tends to be. But no true Granger can
support Tilden, who is the author OF all
thair UOes
Year: 1876

How ChIskens Get out OF Shells.
AAinsriean Farm Journal.l


Take an egg out Of the nest on which
a hen has act her full time, carefully
holding ii to the ear; turning it around
you will End the exact spot on which the
little fellow is picking at the inside Of
the she'll this he will do until the inside
skin in perforated, and then the she'll is
forced outward on a small scale, leaving
a hole Now, if you will take one Of the
eggs in this condition from under the
hen, remove it 20 the house or other
place, put it in box or nest, keeping it
warm and meist, as near the temperture
the hen as possible (which may be done
by laying it between two bottle Of warm
water upon some cotton or wool), and
lay glass over the box or nest, then you
can sit or stand, as is most convenient
and witness the true modus operandi.
Nov, watch the little fellow work his
way into the world, ana you will be
amused and instructed as have often
been. Alter it has got its opening, it
commences q nibbling motion With the
point Of the upper bill on the outside Of
the shell, always working to the right (if
you have the large end Of the egg from
you and the hole upward), until it has
worked its way almost around, say within
oae-half an inch, in perfect circle. 1t
then forces the cap or butt end Of the
shell of, and then has chance to
straighten its neck, thereby loosening
it's legs somewhat, and so, by their help,
forcing the body from the she'll.
Year: 1876

Experience goes to show that the boy
or girl who learns to play apOn some
musical instrument has provided him
self with that which will be i'm many
ways source of pleasure and profit in
after years. As means of self enter
tainment, the ability to play passably
well upon flute, violin or guitar, servues
to bridge over many lonesome honr,
to drive away many an insidious temp
tation to wrong doing, and furnishes
constant element of culture to the youth
of either sex. In addition to these there
are many indirect advantages-the re-
straint which music and its associations
afford in keeping boys from bad COM
pany and questionable places of resort,
while the aid which it gives in making
eur young men and ladies agreeable in
society, with other advantages, unite to
make the cultivation Of musical talent
eminently desirable. Let the parents
encourage the musical faculty whenever
it is manifested, and instead of looking
upon the time and money thus spent as
wasted, do everything in their power
to develope the musical talent and facul-
les of their children. 1t is true that
there are few cases in which any re-
markable musical talent will be brought
to light, but it is less musical talent than
general musical cultivation that is de-
sinble, and this cultivation is best Sc
cured by making musicians of as many
of the people as possible. Besides it
must be remembered that all work and
no play does not elicit the highest or
best possible results, and that no recre-
alton brightens and stimulates the intel
lectual faculties like music. Encourage
the children not only to sing, but to
play, and they will in after years appre-
ciate the kindness and forethought
which have aided them i'm forming
their musical tastes.
Year: 1876

In the rough granite country back
from Mossamedes, on the west cogst OF
Africa, are some very remarkable natu-
raj cisterns. The country itself is pc
culiar, huge single rocks rising out of
the nearly level plain in some places,
and in others hills of rock, in several of
which deposits of water are found at the
very top. A recent traveller visited one
of these, and describes 1t as natural
tank with a narrow entrance, contain
ing some three or four hundred gallons
of exquisitely clear and cool wafer. 1t
was covered by vast slabs of granite,
from which the rain drained into it
during the rainy season, shading the
water so that IL could not be seen with
out torch, and so protecting it that
the sun cannot evapOrate it during the
dry season. Thus bountiful store of
excellent water is preserved while
there is not drop to be had elsewhere
for miles.


A still more remarkable cistern of
this sort is that of the Pedra Grande, or
Big Stone, some thirty miles from Mos
samedes, huge rounded mass of gran
ite rising out of the sandy plain. On
the smooth side of this work, twenty
or thirty feet above the plain, is cir
cular pit about ten feet deep and six
feet across. The rainfall on the rock
above the pit drains into it, filling it
completely every rainy season. The
walls of the pit-which is shaped like a
crucible, narrowing gently to the bot
tom--are perfectly smooth and regular,
the enclosing granite being of the clo-
sest and hardest description. Tho els
tern will hold several thousands gal
Ions of water. Near by are smaller
pits Of similar character. Their forma-
ton is unexplained. The water of this
strange well furnishes the natives and
travellers with an abundant supply dur
ing the dry season; consequently it is a
noted halting place.
Year: 1876

Don't live a single hour of your life
without doing exactly what Is to be done
in it, and going straight through it from
beginning to end. Work, play, study,
whatever it is-take hold at once, and
finish it up sQuarely and cleanly; and
then to the next thing, without letting
any moments drop out between. 1t
Is wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people contrive to make of
a day tis as IL they picked up the mo-
ments that the dawdlers lost. And if
ever you find yourself where you have
so many things pressing upon you that
you hardly know how to begin, let me
tell you a secret; take hold of the very
first one that comes to hand, and you
will find the rest all fall Into file and
follow after like a company of well
drilled soldiers, and though work may
be hard to meet when it charges in a
squad, it is easily vanquished if you
can bring it into line. You may have
often seen the anecdote of the man who
was asked how he accomplished so
much in his life. 'My father taught
me-" was the reply, "when had any
thing to do, to 60 and do it." There is
the secret-the magic word now.
Year: 1876

Take care of the pennies. Look well
to your spending. No matter what
comes in, if more goes out, you will
always be poor. The art is not in max
ing money, but in keeping it. Little
expenses, like mice in a barn, when
they are many make great waste. Hair
by hair, heads get bald; straw by straw
the thatch goes off the cottage, and drop
by drop the rain comes into the cham
ber. A barrel is soon empty, if the tap
leaks but drop a minute. When you
mean to save, begin with your mouth !;
many thieves pass down the red lane.
The ale jug is great waste. In all
other things keep within compass.
Never stretch your legs further than
your blankets will reach or you will
soon be cold. In clothes choose suitable
and lasting stuff, and not tawdry finer
les. To be warm is the main thing,
never mind the looks. A fool may
make money; but it takes wise man
to spend it. Remember, it is easier to
build two chimnies than to keep one
going. If you give all TO back and
board there is nothing left for the saw
ings bank. Fare hard and work hard
when you are young, and you will have
chance to rest when you are old.
Year: 1876

Here, as at other ports where the


steamer stayed any time, the towns


people fOcked on board to dine or sup,
or. at any rate, to drink punch. The


deck was covered with little groups


making the most of the opportunity,


before the ringing of the steamers


bell relegated them to the quiet and


uneventful life of northern town. till


the arrival of the next weeks steamer


would give them another chance of


more varied fare than was to be OBJ


tanned on shore. The cookery on board


Swedish steamers is generally excel


lent. and all the arrangements are SO
good that one is not surprised that the


residents should be eager to taste of
the pleasures of a dinner on shipbOard.
The dining-salOOn in the Lulea was
placed forward, and quite apart from
the cabins, and this is usually the case
in Swedish steamers. No smell of din
ner can penetrate to your berth, while
the dining saloon is nearly always we'll
aired, with none of that sickly, greasy
smell which in an English steamer re-
of his equilibrium. At one end of the
saloon a table was spread, with nume-
rOus little dishes containing anchOvies,
tongue, salmon, radishes, &c, flanked
by two bottles of spirits and large
array of glasses. This brduOinsbOrd, as
it is called, is the initial stage of a
Swedish dinner, and is supposed to
give an appetite and although the
fresh sea-air might have been sup
posed a sufficient preparative. the or
thOdOx commencement was never
omitted, and seemed efficaciOus. After
the guests have helped themselves to a
selection of mOrsels, which they eat
standing, the regular dinner begins,
and often proceeds without regard to
what we consider the established order
of things. Blackberry soup was some
times the first course, followed by
meat. which in its turn was succeeded
by fish. Breakfast and supper were
equally substantial meals, and at the
former beer was generally taken, some
times even by ladies. One morning.
on board of Swedish steamer, when
our numbers had been thinned by a
suggestive swell, we watched with
wonder and awe delicate-lOoking
young lady breakfasting. She began
with rye bread covered with raw sal
mon, smoked reindeer tongue, and cu-N
accompanied by a GOOD glass
of beer she then called for cup of
coffee, but as it came her feelings
proved too much for her. and she has
tily quilted the cabin. In the Summer
however. rough weather is
seldom met with in the Gulf of Bothi-
Year: 1876

The Railroad Gd-ette says! Several
years ago our attention was called to
the fact that by raising the end window
of car in front of the stove. and put
ting the blind down, a plentiful supply
of fresh air would enter under ordinary
circumstances, and that the current of
cold air would be directed upward by
the inclination of the stats of the blind,
80 that on entering 1t would mingle
with the hot air which ascends around
the stove, and thus the current of cold
air would not produce any discomfort,
and, in fact, be imperceptible to pas
printing of q card with the following
inscription ITO Ventilate the Cars
Raise the front window next to the
stove and let down the blind"
Year: 1876

Mr.. HamertOn, in "Notes of Rural


Life in France" comments as follows


on wine drinking s-s


The wine drunk during meals is al


ways some cheap riR OrdiRdire. An
Englishman wonders at first how rich


people can be induced to drink such


poor wine at all but, after some ex-
perience he discovers that riR Ordindire
is one of those common things which
are better in their place than more ex-


pensive things, just as bread is better


for constant use than plumcake. There
are, however. very different qualities


of rin Ordindire, and the skill of the


master of the house is never put to a


more serious test than in the choice of


this common wine, the merit of which


is not to bear q distant resemblance to


bon rim, but to keep the appetite alive


(bon rim clogs it) and to bear mixture


with water. A good riR 0rdiRaire is


not preferred to higher class of wine


simply from economy. If the two were


at the same price, the judiciOus French


man would choose an 0rdinaire for use


until hunger was satisfied. A bottle of


better wine is always produced at or


before dessert if there is guest, but


this is generally omitted when the
family is alone, unless there is some


excuse for the indulgence, such as a


birthday, fete day or the rerIrn of a


member of the family from a distance.


In summer white wine is often served
at dejeuner and drunk with seltzer wa


ter, with which it makes a very re-


freshing beverage, perhaps only too


stimulating to the appetite. Coffee is


hardly ever omitted after dejeuner, even
in the most economical families-it is
generally excellent, though not invari-
ably. In houses where care Is taken
about coffee, it is roasted in very small
quantities at q time and very mOder-
ately. The burnt, black coffee of the
cafes is only nit for peasants at a fair
the true cOnnOisseur despises it and
takes the greatest precautions to Sc
cure the unspOiled aroma. 1t is very
probable that there may be some natu-
raj connection between the wine and
the coffee, the wine seems to call for
the coffee and perhaps Psychologists
may know the reason. The wine drunk
varies from half bottle to a bottle
each meal for each man ladies drink
less, and seldom go beyond the half
bottle. In hotels bottle is the regu-
lar allowance. Men often drink their
wine pure, but ladies never do, except
a httlc at the Gnu VI tuc IcpoSt. 1uc
quantity OF wine drunk in France
appears excessive to modern
though it would not have
the contemporaries of She
ridan and Pitt, while Americans "a
ther suspect you of tendency to IN
if you drink anything but
iced water during meals. / have never
perceived that Frenchman was less
sober after his bottle of rim ordinaire,
nor is there any reason to believe that |
it Injuries his health or shOrtens his ex-
istence: but if he drinks much wine at |
meals he ought to abstain vigorously |
from drinking between meals, and the |
wisest Frcnchmen are often very Sc
we're with themselves on this point.
knew several whom nothing would in |
duce to infringe their rule and who
never enter a cafe.
Year: 1876

RObbie's Red Apple.-One day Robbie
was visiting his cousin. They went to
a neighbOiing farmhouse, and the kind
people gave them permission to go in
to the orchard and get some ripe ap-
Piles to eat. Hhe trees were bending
with fruit, and underneath their laden
bOughs were many mellow apples fall
len to the ground. Some were yellow,
some rosy checked, and some were red
all over. A few were very large, and
others quite small.


Robbie looked around, trying to find
very nice one. He wasn't satisfied
with those that seemed "fair to midd-
ling" but wanted a very good one in
deed. Presently he chose one. 1t was
one of the largest and reddest-a fine
apple to look at. But apples were
made to eat. Robbie took bite of his
beautiful one, and found its looks were
a great deal better than its taste. 1t
was not sweet or thoroughly ripened,
and it was hard and coarse grained be-
sides. Many apples, lying close at
hand, though but half as large and not
half so pretty as this one, were ten
times better, for they were mellow,
sweet and juicy.


Robbie showed little of the unwise
and selfish side of the heart, which is
too common in the world. He was
fond of size and show; he Judged from
outward appearance, and so made a
very poor choice.


The great and snowy things of life.
and the bright and glittering things of
the world, are not always what they
seem. Fine clothes and big purses do
not make good, wise people. Such
things are like the rind of RObbie's red
apple-merely outside show that de-
ceives the thOughtless. Real merit
does not love to deck itself in snowy
gaIb,
Year: 1876

Stick to your Bush.-Mr. Morgan was


a rich, and also good man. The peo-
pie of the town respected him, sent
him to Parliament, and seldom under
took anything without asking his ad-
vice. IL school house was to be built.
the plan had to be talked over with


him. Widow P asked him what


she should plant in her field, farmer
s. always got his advice in buying


cattle, and Mrs. R consulted him


about bringing up her boys


When asked how he was so Success


full. Mr.. Morgan said: 81 will tell you


how it was. One day. when / was q


lad. a party of boys and girls were go
ing TO adistant pasture to pick whortle-


berries. / wanted to go with them,


but was fearful that my father would


not let me. When told him what was


going on, and he at once gave me per-


mission to go with them, could hard
ly contain myself for joy, and rushed
into the kitchen and got big basket.
and asked mother for a luncheon. l
had the basket on my arm, and was
just going ont of the gate, when my
father called me back. He took hold
of my hand, and said. in very gentle


voice: Joseph. what are you going for,
to pick berries or to play r TO pick


berries l replied. Then, Joseph, i


want to tell you one thing. 1t is this


When you find pretty good bush. do
not leave it to find a better one. The
other boys and girls will run about,


wasting a great deal of time, and not
getting many berries. Ii you do as
they do. you will come home with an
empty basket. Ii you want berries,
stick to your bush.'


IL went with the party, and We had
capital time. But 1t was just as my
father said. No sooner had one found
a good bush than he called to the rest,
and they left their several places and
ran off TO the new-fOund treasure. Not
content more than a minute or two in
one place, they ambled over the whole
pasture, got very tired, and at night
had but very few berries. My fathers
words kept ringing in my ears, and
stuck to my BUSH When l had done
with one, l found another, and finished
that; then Il took another. When
night came, l had a large basketful
of nice berries, more than all the
others put together, and was not half
so tired as they were. l went home
happy. But when entered l found
my father had been taken i'll. He
looked at my basketful of ripe. black
berries, and said, We'll done, Joseph.
Was it not just as told yOn Away
stick to your bush.'


"He died few days after, and had
to make my way in the world as best
could. But nv fathers words sunk
deep into my mind, and never forgot
the experience of the whOrtleberry par
ty-l stuck to my BUSH When had
a fair place, and was doing tOlerably
well, did not leave it and spend weeks
and months in finding one little bet
ter. When other young men said !:
Come with us, and we will make a
fortune in a few weeks | shook my
head and stuck TO my bush.' Present.
ly my employers offered to take me in |
to business with them. stayed with |
the old house until the principals died. !
and then had everything wanted. |
The habit of sticking to my business
led people to trust me, and gave me a |
character. | owe all have and am to |
this mOttO-'Stiek to your bush.D-. |
MOore's Rural Ner Yorker.
Year: 1876

AnsWer Them.-Parents run the risk
of losing the love of their children who
put aside their trivial questions as of
no consequence. An Interrogation
point symbOlizes the life of childhood.
"Why" and "What" are the keys with
which it unlOcks the treasury of the
world. The boys numberless ques-
tions often seem trivial, but the wise
parent will never turn them off unan-
swered. if he can help it. 1t is his rich
of teaching. He is met
half way, and there is all the difference
between impressing truth on an eager
mind and an uninterested one. The
little fellow helping you at your work
and pelting you with endless questions,
may learn as much in a half-hOur
there as in u week when his body is
prisoner in the school room, and his
thoughts are out of doors.