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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY FEBRUARY .8, 1893.
CLEANING! THE STREETS.
Art' Barrels Which Offend and Odors That
Como Not From Balsamic Pines.
Now York has a Btreet denning de
partment that is not wholly a dis
grace, though in some respects it
sometimes comes mighty near it.
The principal effort seems to he in
the direction of tho better part of
town—on the supposition, it is pre
sumed, that the best people are the
richest and do the most lacking. Tlio
other fellows—well, what right havo
they to grumble anyhow? A few
years ago, under a different political
regime, a grent outcry was raised
about tho matter of ash barrels.
The ridiculous spectacle of a row of
garbage and ash barrels on the curbs
of New York streets made this city
the laughing stock of every other
city in the country. Just about tho
time we had become fairly noted nil
over tho world for our curb barrels
and telegraph poles along came a new
order of things. Down came tho
poles, and the ash barrels wero or
dered to tho rear. But the ash bar
rel nuisance has only boen con
cealed, not abated. In theory they
are removed the first thing every
morning. As a matter of fact they
are left nearly all day hidden behind
the stoops to offend the eye and nos
trils.
Even in the most fashionable parts
of town the garbage is not removed
until about 2 o’clock in the after
noon. As this is after the time when
fashionable calls have begun, it is
very aggravating. Sometimes the
swillman arrives simultaneously with
the guests at a fashionable reception,
If the win., happens to be blowing
y, a
the right way, the ashes take the uiT-
fortunate callers in the neck, or the
powerful odois of the disturbed gar
bage can follow them into the draw
ing room.
But such trifling incidents are not
to be mentioned in comparison with
the discomforts and worse arising
from the presence all day o£ these
garbage cans in the basements of
residences. It is true they are out
side, but they are directly under the
front windows and in plain sight of
all the inmates of the mansion.
Their presence is a great outrage.
Better a thousand times be on the
sidewalk, where at most they offend
only the eye.—New York Herald.
Words Used In Communication.
A French peasant, whose sphere of
thought is not very wide, gets along
with 600 words, while a philosopher
will use 20 times as many. The Old
Testament uses only 6,648 words,
Shakespeare 15,000 and Voltaire 20,-
000. In view of this, why should an
ape not be satisfied with 20? Gar
ner’s experiments must needs be veri
fied by many anatomical and physi
ological examinations, for Broca has,
as it seems, proved absolutely that
articulated language depends upon
certain convolutions of the brain, par
ticularly on the left side of the head.
Do the speaking monkeys possess
those convolutions? Broca has ad
mitted the possible rudiments of such
convolutions in certain apes, but
later researches have not proved
their existence in lower apes.—Copen
hagen Family Journal.
Literary Freak.,
' There is a trend in the literature of
today toward the occult and myste
rious, and the modern novelist is be
coming a sort of speculative philoso
pher, dealing little with human mo
tives and emotions odd presenting t
with character types and incident
whose only claim to attention comes
from their violation of all accepted
canons and traditions. This reach
ing out into the mystic shows the
mental drift of the times among
those who are not anchored in the se
cure haven of faith, and the tfbv
1st, in touch with the tendency and
disposed to trim his sails to catch the
trade wind of the hour, caters to the
seekers after the unknown and un
knowable. *
As literary freaks the works of
these novelists may have a value;
they may astound for the time the
reading public by their very audaci
ty, but they can have no lasting
worth, and after an ephemeral period
of popularity they become an un
sought encumbrance to the book
shelf, from which they eventually
find their way to the junk shop.—
Donahoe’s Magazine.
The Age of Turtle*.
The age of turtles, like the age of
some excellent women, will never be
known. In many parts of the coun
try boys cut their initials on the shell
of the tortoise, with the date, and
then watch for them in later years.
At Hatboro, in Pennsylvania, one
was found with "L. W., 1838,” cut on
the shell. Mr. Levi Walton,who cut
the lettering, is still living, but the
slow going turtle will probably outdo
in tin
him
Monthly.
le race of life.—Meehan’s
Irrigation In Colorado.
There are 5,000,000 acres of land in
Colorado subject to irrigation, but
only two-fifths are under cultivation
as yet. About 26,700 acres are in
fruit, and 7,900 will be added very
eoon. Water is conveyed through
12,000 miles of ditches.—Boston Tran
script.
Stock of genuine Eastern seed Irish
potatoes is very limited this year and
prices advancing daily. We have in
store all we expect to buy this season.
Call early or get left.
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Vail turiji ur get iLiu
HI* Funny Story.
“I want to tell you something fun
ny that happened to me this morn
ing," said Spatts cheerfully.
“All right." replied Hunker. • "Go
ahead."
"I started down street after my
laundry, and”
"You mean you went after your
washing, I suppose," Hunker inter
rupted. "1 imagine you do not really
own a laundry.”
"Of course that’s what I mean,"
said Spatts, a trifle loss cheerily.
“Well, I had went”
Hunker interrupted him again.
"Perhaps you mean had gone.”
‘ ‘Certainly. I had gone but a little
ways when I”
"I presume you mean a little way,
not a little ways," corrected Hunker.
“I presume so," admitted Spatts,
but the cheerfulness was all gono
out of his manner. "As I was going
to say, I had gone but a little way
when it happened. It tickled me so
I thought I’d just have to lay down
and die."
"Lie down and die, not lay down,
is the correct form of the verb.”
"Oh, yes, I know; but those kind
of errors seem to come natural”——
“Not those kind of errors, my dear
boy. Say that kind of errors. But
go on with your funny story. I’m
getting interested."
“Are you? Well, I’ve lost my in
terest in it. I don’t believe there
was anything funny in it after all.
Good day."
“Good day.”
“Now, I wonder if I’ve offended
him?" Hunker thought a? Spatts
strode off.—W. H. Siviter in Har
per’s Bazar.
WHEN BETSINDA HELD THE ROSE
When Betatnda held the rose
And the ring decked Oigllo’s finger.
Thackeray, ’twaa sport to Unger
With thy wise, gay hearted prose.
Books wero merry, goodness knows.
When Hetsinda held the rose. ^
Who but foggy drudgllngs dose
While Bob Gilpin toasts thy witches.
While the ghost waylays thy brooches,
Ingoldsbyy Snob tales as those
Exorcised our peevish woes
When Hetsinda held the rose.
Kcalistn, thou specious pose!
lluply it is good we met thee;
But, passed by, we’ll scarce regret thee,
*>or we love the light that glows
Where Queen Fancy’s pageant goes
And Hetsinda holds the rose. •**
Hhall we dare It? Thun let’s close
Doors tonight on things statistic,
Seek the hearth In circle mystic.
Till the conjured lire light shows
Where youth’s bubbling fountain Hows
And Hotsluda holds the rose.
-Owon Wlster.
The Kindergarten In Amorioa.
Of the sixteen American cities with
a population of over 200,000, only
four—Philadelphia, Boston, Milwau
keeand St. Louis—have incorporated
the kindergarten on any large scale
in their public school systems. Four
more—New York, Chicago, Brooklyn
and Buffalo—have kindergarten asso
ciations organized to introduce the
new method as a part of free public
education. In San Francisco kinder
gartens are maintained with no ap
parent expectation of uniting them
to the free school system.
Only Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleve
land and Detroit among the seven
cities left—the other three being
Pittsburg, Washington and New Or
leans—are returned as having chari
table or religious associations sup
porting kindergartens. In 1887-8
forty-six lesser places were named ah
having “one or more kindergartens,
mostly experimental," connected
with publio schools.—Talcott Wil
liams in Century.
Learned Men Disagree.
That oven honest doctors may some
times disagroo is an evideut fact, and In
literature as in medicine there are two
sides to a shield. When Professor E. II.
Palmer was teaching oriental languages
at Cambridge university, England, he
received n note, badly written and in
correctly spelled, asking if I10 could
“read tho inclosed document."
The document proved to be a paper
written in Persian, and presented no
difficulty whatuver to tho professor, who
sent it back, Baying that it was a war
rant or ticket for certain goods, setting
forth in the name of Allah the quanti
ty, quality and make of the stuff.
A day or two ufterward another letter
canto from the same correspondent.
a ten pound note, and tho
Signal Mound, on St. John’, Blver.
A ship’s officer who has spent much
time on the St. John’s river, Florida,
thinks that he has solved the prob
lem as to the origin of the shell
mounds that occur along that stream.
The river twists about in an extraor
dinary way, so that in many places
the view along the water extends for
only a few rods, but he finds that a
tall object or the smoke of a fire
shown from the top of one of these
mounds could bo seen from those
next below and above, and he be
lieves that these eminences were In
dian signal stations, by means of
which the natives were able to an
nounce the approach of a hostile
foroe along the river, as the Greeks
signaled the news'of the fall of Troy
to their home cities by lights on the
mountain tops, that were repeated
from fceak to ■peak.—New York Sun.
WhtM the Homan* Excelled.
The Romans were not in want of
teachers or of models, for they had
the Egyptians and the Greeks, but
they never succeeded in creating an
art characteristic of themselves. No
people perhaps ever betrayed less
originality in their productions in
this field, but they raised the other
elements of civilization to the highest
point
Their military organization assured
them the domination of the world;
their political and judicial institu
tions are still patterns for us, and
their literature inspired the centuries
that followed them.—Gustave L. Bon
in Popular Science Monthly.
A Fortunate People.
The American people are descended
from, economically, the most effect
ive race in the world. They settled
in the States, taking with them a
highly developed civilization and
habits of law and order confirmed
through many generations. They
have half a continent at their com
mand, there is even yet a vast
amount of unoccupied soil, there is
diversified climate, there are re
sources almost limitless, and there is
absolutely no enemy they have cause
to fear. Except to maintain internal
order they are free at this moment to
disband their army and navy, certain
that no foreign foe will attack them
The world has never seen a people so
ipily circumstanced, with cuch
marvelous opportunities for progress
and improvement.—London Statist.
A Washington special to the At
lanta Journal announces that Col.
Leonidas Livingston is a candidate
for the next Senatorial contest.
“He is not yet ready to announce,’’
says the special, “but he has decided
the matter in his own mind.” Col. Le
onidas has never bad any trouble in
obtaining bis own consent when it
contained
words:
Dear Sin—Hooray for old Cambridge! This
was what the Oxford chap Bald It was.
"This" proved to be a copy of the “Ox
ford chap’s" translation.
"This very curious and most interest
ing document," he wrote, “appears to be
a copy of on ancient Persian inscription,
probably taken from a tomb or a trium
phal column. It is, however, very in
complete. . It reads as follows! ’In the
name of God. This was erected b;
[name uncertain] in the year [uncertain]
It is one thousand four hundred and
seventy-five long and seven hundred
and thirty broad, and it’— Here the
manuscript abruptly ends.” — Youth’s
Companion.
Uniform, on Horae Cnrs.
The reason why policemen and fire
men ride on street cara oftener in
uniform than not is because when
in uniform they don’t have to pay
fare, and when not in uniform they
do.—New York Sun.
A Miser’* Last WIslu
A Greek died in the email town of
Caracal, having always lived on the
alms of his compatriots. Before dying
he made his wife Bwear that she would
bury him in the dirty old overcoat which
he wore every day. The poor woman
had to ask the Greeks of Caracal to help
her to provide the coBts of the funeral
A good hearted Greek went to see her in
her affliotion, and pointing to the body
said he would give her a better coat to
bury the man in. Then she told him of
the dead, man’s last wish. The Greek,
whose suspicions were awakened, told
her that she should certainly not part
with the body before she had well exam
ined tho coat, for there must be some
particular reason for the request. The
widow unpicked the lining of the over
coat and found 85,000 francs in bank
notes which the miser wished to take
into the grave with him.—Vienna Cor.
London News. i ••
The Danger of Offlceliolillng.
Many a poor young man seeks a gov
ernment clerkship in order that he may
earn his support while he is studying
his profession. He is playing with fire.
He is taking up as a staff that which is
likely to become necessary to him as a
crutch. He is in danger of discovering,
Ion is leai
when his profession is leaned, that he
has not the moral courage to drop his
It would We
government stipend. It would
been infinitely better—it might have
been his making—if he had toiled for
scantier dollars In a manlier way.—Har
per’s Weekly.
The Sliapo of Sea Fowl.* E|gi,
Sea fowls’ eggs have one remarkable
peculiarity. They are nearly conical in
form, broad at the base and sharp at the
•oil m a dr-
point, so that they will only roll
cle. They are laid on tho bare ledges of
high rocks, from which they would al
most surely roll off save for this happy
provision of nature.—Boston Transcript
A Sharp Bargain.
A valuable diamond, which Hul Car
penter, of Columbia county, N. Y.,
wears in his shirt bosom, was purchased
by him years ago in the Orinoco river
region in South America for two boot
legs of ping tobacco, which the native*
valued more highly than gems.—Chicago
Herald.
The Prickly Pear.
The prickly pear of Africa la so tena
cious of life that a leaf, or even a small
portion of a leaf, if thrown on the
ground, strikes ont roots almost immedi
ately and i ecomes the parent of a fast
growing plant.
Thkrk is no greater truth than the
old saying, “many men of many
minds.” From all over the country
the opinions expressed, by men who
profess to be true Democrats, as to the
action of President-elect Cleveland in
appointing Judge Gresham Secretary
of State, differ very widely. But the
majority of the people decline to ap
prove of the President’s action, bold
ing that such an important offioe
should not be committed to a two*
month’s-old Democrat, however eble
be may be. A great many think that
the Democratic party should have
first consideration at Mr. Cleveland’s
r.:65Wv i S3 , 'i s
Peculiar Effect. or the Grip.
"I wonder if the grip will make a
visit to" this city," said young Van
Braam as he and his friend Larimer
sat at breakfast at Mrs. Haslicroft's
boarding house.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if it did,"
replied the latter. “By the way, did
you ever hear of such queer effects
following any other disedse ns come
after tho grip in many cases?”
“I don’t know that I have. Still,
one novel* knowB what is going to
follow an attnek of typhoid fover.”
“True enough, but tho effects of
grip are more Btartling. What do
you think of a St. Louis man who
bad a relapse from grip and his
teeth all dropped out?"
"I don’t doubt it. 1 heard of a
case where a relapse from grip was
followed by the patient’s eyes drop
ping out."
"Young gentlemen,” interrupted
Mrs. Haslicroft, "when did you linvo
the grip?"
“Never had it." both replied si
multaneously.
"I was almost sure you bad, for in
some cases it leaves its victims in
capable of telling tho truth.”—Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Scene In a Rumilan Church.
A miracle working picture of the
virgin, lady of Smolensk attracted
much attention, and many kisses
wore lavished on the glass which
protected it. While we were exam
ining with some interest this highly
venerated work of art a woman
dressed like a peasant approached us
carrying a basket covered with
white cloth. From this basket she
produced a small phial containing an
oily looking liquid, which she of
fered for sale. It"
had been specially
blessed, she said, by coming in con
tact with the miracle working vir
gin, and was warranted to cure all
manner of diseases.
Strongly she pressed its virtues up
on us, saying, “Although you are
Germans and foreigners and dumb
to what is going on, you ought to
make some sacrifice for the Mother
of God.’’ As we still declined to
make the purchase, she opened the
cork, put some of the oil on the tip
of her finger and was about to pro
ceed to anoint us. However, at this
point we slipped through the crowd
and escaped her further attentions.—
Chambers' Journal
A Great Artl.t'. Early Effort.
A man named Beneville, in com
pany with his two sons, passed
through Grevilie every Saturday on
his way to the market of Beaumont,
which was about a league farther, in
order to show some donkeys. These
three men had large figures, and to
see them mounted on their donkeys,
which th6y had ornamented with
false ears, appealed to the imagina
tion of 'Francois. He began one day
to represent this grotesque little
cavalcade, and did it successfully. A
short time after he had finished it
the blacksmith of the neighboring
village, who had seen the drawing,
asked, and was allowed, to take it
for a few days, and he put it in a
conspicuous place in his shop, that
the men with the donkeys who came
often to his place, might see it. At
their next visit the first object
they spied was this pioture, and they
at once recognized the party. The
father immediately asked Who in this
place had enough. talent to make
such things. He was told it was the
Uttie Millet.-Pierre Millet in Cen
tury. . '
Nothing Loat.
"They take tremendous precau
tions at the mint so that no specie
shall he lost," said Jones, with a rem
iniscence of an article he hod been
reading on the subject. “Every scrap
of refuse is burned in order that not
the slightest vestige of metal shall
be wasted. The working clothes of
the men are burnfed, too, when they
are worn out, and they even burn
the carts which are used in carrying
the bullion to the mint.
“Well," said the American in the
corner, contemplating hia cigar, "I
guess we go obe better than that in
our immortal country. We burn the
refuse, and the clothes, and the carts.
Yes, sir, we do all that, and, what is
more, when a. man dies who bn*
worked there we have him cremat
ed.’' Then they talked about the
weather. —London Fun.
Llttlo Englirt Cloulca.
“Did you set her?”
"She wouldn't set."
“Why didn’t you put her head in
the clamp?” -
"She flew off."
“Well, we must get her the next
time. If you'll coax her to set I'll
catch her when she isn't looking."
It was not a hen they were talking
about. The conversation took place
in a photograph gallery between the
operator and his chief, and it con
cerned a balky customer who would
not get her picture taken.—Detroit
Free Frees.
Clkvblano and Stevenson have now
been formally declared elected Presi
dent and Vice-President, respectively,
of the United 3tates. Now only the
inauguration remains before vte will
be sailing under brighter colors and
on a smoother sea. No McKinleylsm,
no robber tariff, no foroe bill.
About 1600 choice grape roots* of
different varieties, especially Concord
'e. Also fine lettuce
and Niagara for sale,
plants, 25 oents per 100. Call or write
c'fdi J.M.Thtt,
On the Wrong Street.
A couple of professional Irish,
mourners wero hired to follow tho
corpse. They wore instructed to look
neither to the left nor to the right,
and not to raiBe their eyes, but go
straight ahead.
Tho hearse gets down a side street,
and ns they mustn’t look up, but
walk straight ahead, they bocomo
impressed with tho notion that they
nro in the wrong path.
“Mike, look up; look up, for lieav
en’s sake," says one, “I think wo aro
on tho Wrong track. Tho smill is in-
tinse here.”
“Oh, begorrn," says tho other, “I
didn’t look up. If I did I’d Ioho mo
fee.” ,
“I’ll go halves wid you. Look up.
We must be on the wrong track or
tlia door of tho corpso must be open.
The smill is intinse."
After considerable bickering Mike’s
companion oromised to divide if ho
lost his shore by looking up. Miko
looked up and found that they Vore
following a swill cart.—New York
World.
Pruning Street Tree*.
Street trees sometimes need prun
ing. If, however, they have been
originally well selected a small lcnif**
will be all that is necessary for a few
years to remove on occasional braneh
that Btarts out in the wrong placo.
There is rarely any necessity for cut
ting off a large limb. If this neces
sity ever does come the limb should
he cut off close to the trunk and tho
place smoothed over and painted, so
that the wound will bo ultimately
oovered with healthy bark.
We have often explained that
wherever a stub is loft this must
inevitably die,
The Dog With a rurpeno.
Darky language is not very ele
or grammatical but it somotin
has pn originality and force of
pression that convey its ineai
hotter than any dictionary would c
Some young men were standinf
the little park, at the cornet
Twelfth Btrcotand Massachusetts
euuo admiring n lmlldog belong
to oiie of them, when a little \
dog trotted around tho corner.
hull pounced upon him, and in an i
stunt tho air was full of the howls .
tho dog and tho voiaos of the boys *
tboy came to the rescue and ,beg
kicking and hauling the bull to mo
him loose his hold. 1
A colored man Who had come up
took a hand in the confusion witl
great ontluisinsm, and they flna
pulled tho big dog off, Tho little do
went down tho street like two yard
of white paint, and the other hrok
loose und went in lint pursuit. The
colored man.watched the race fora'
moment and, then yelled 1 "He won’t
ketch ’ini; he won’t ketch ’ini. Dat
udder duwg’s got a purpose, he has.”
He didn't • 'ketch ’im" either.—Wash
ington Post.
said 1
Mulling Lemnnntio.
I learned a now thing,
woman recently, "while .visiting
English friend who is living in
country. We had a small dunce
evening of my stay, and my hi
served the most dolicious lomonai
overdrank. 1 spoke0/ it tho n
day, und she told mo it was mi
with froshly boiled water—tho
she said, of
udo.
“ ‘I have a regular rule,’ she
informed me, ‘whioh insures
thoroughly good len
growITahouHt'tiiere wfil & fiS T?ti V
rotted wood where the branch orig-' £“ f ‘ 1 “if ? J , ulc °
inally grew, and the disease will oft lemonB ’using tho rind of one of
inward and downward os the water
soaks in from without.—Garden and
Forest.
A Snirta Story from Hope.
Hope is a quiet, out of the way
place, but when it comes to snake
stories some of her residents are art
ists. It is related by a veracious resi
dent of a farm just outside the vil
lage that one of the hired men went
out and out a hole in the ice that cov
ered a small pool and was amazed to
see a snake pop ite head up through
the hole. He recovered from his sur
prise sufficiently to decapitate the
snake, and when it was taken from
the water it was found to measure
nearly three feet in length.—Provi
dence Journal
f tlio
to peel the find *
thin, getting just tho yellow outi
this I cut into pieces anil put witl
J uice and powdered sugar, of wli
use two ounces to tho quart, i:
jug or jar with n cover. Whon t
water is just at the tea point I p
it over the lemon and sugar, cove
once and let it get cold, T
way once, and you will nover t
any other way. ’ ’’—Her Point of Vic
in Now York Times.
A College Experience.
While I was in oollego m
contained no clock, and I c
have a watch. My suppor he
5i80 p. m. and I always loft m
at 5. For awhile I had to inc
the landlady the time. Later
H. Understood the People.
One of Gould's campaigns as a deal
er in railways was with the Wabash
Bystem of railroads. He got control,
and after effecting a reorganization,
whioh increased the capital stock and
also the bonded debt, sold them out.
It is related of him at this time that
an associate said to him: “Mr. Gould,
don’t you think you are bonding this
much higher than the property will
stand?" "That may be," answered
he, "but the American people are
mighty partial to bonds.”—San Fran
cisco Argonaut.
iBtudied from 1:80 until 5 in
quo
Tlio First Mackintoshs*.
Early as 1518 the Spaniards in
Mexico had learned to make caout
chouc sap into shoes, and also to use
it for waxing their cloaks to render
them waterproof, and no doubt ibat
was the origin of the idea of its man
ufacture into waterproof doth and
the modern mackintosh.-r-Cor. Phila
delphia Record.
chair by tho window, a quoor, r
ous sonsation overcame mo ns
hour of 5 p, m. drqvy near. I nlv
imagined that I was studying
my supper tlmo, and invariably
on my coot and hurried off t_
BuppOr. I can say that in six mo
I never came a minute tobWdjT
late, and I never looked at a
Now that is instinct, of c
havo hoard of many such i:
and it 1ms occurred frequent
many conditions, but I mus
instinct is a sure and true g
that it plays a groat part i
dinary routine of our dull
St. Louis Globo-Domocrat.
Til. Old Tlmo Slilppor.
Inmates of tho wardroom
American man-of-war oftou
tho captain as the old
skipper. Tho lattor is not,
man t
suppose, tt slang form, but a s<
illent etymology,
Hidden totted MrtkX.
An escaped convict was on trial be
fore a French court, and the question
turned upon his Identity with a pris
oner known to have been tattooed.
There was no appearance of colored
marks upbn his arm, and the ques
tion submitted toM. Leroy, a medico
legal expert, was whether the man
had ever been tattooed. M. Leroy
applied strong friction to the skin of
the mas’s arm. This had the effect
of bringing out white lines as cica
trices, with a slight bluish tint. By
this means the word "Sophie" was
plainly legible in white marks on the
reddened skin. This proved the iden
tity of the convict.—Toronto Mail.
word, of excel!
valuablo ns carr
interesting bit of common i.-i 1 bli
Skipper is simply shippor,' ....
como3 down from a time when (
commander was as well
.of vessel and cargo, or, literally, 1
Br. There are still scores
shipyards along tho
coast, somo of them tho outj
private yards whore tho “v
ere” of fifty years ago built their c
ships to carry their own and
neighbors’ crops to market,-
York Sun.
A Monster Kite.
A kite made in New Haven is
twelve feet across and fifteen feet
high, covered with red cambric.
Twelve hundred feet of man ilia cord
is uqpd in raising it. This is run
from a great reel about the size of a
steering wheel of a steamer. It re
quires two mon to turn the cranks,
which, it is stated, will bear two tons
pressure.—Exchange.
Whittier and Holme*.
Whittier’s regard for Oliver W.
Holmes may be seen from this ex
tract of one of the dead poet’s letters
to Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: >
I have been ill, but I went to the
Holmes breakfast for the good doc
tor's sake. He and I are very old
friends, not merely literary friends.
We love each other.
A Warning to Consumer* of Tinned 1
The large number of fatal
which havo arisen recently i
consumption of poisonous
meats have induced an eminent
alyst to issue a warning ;to the ]
lie. Purchasers of this <
should avoid tins that are 1
the ends. The bulging is a sure e
of the presence within of
jases, and the greatest care sho
le taken to avoid buying, tins ^
bear solder marks. There are i
istenco unscrupulous persons
will bore a hole, let the gases e
and then repair the damage t
tin. They are responsible for s
of the fatalities, and if they he cau
should be severely punished.- r
don Tit-Bits. ~ ’
At a political mass meeting at
Windsor, Ont, a few days ago, says an
exohange, 418 votes out of a total of
449 were oast in favor of the political
union of Canada with the United
States. That may, indeed, be only a
straw; but it shows which way the
wind is blowing in Canada.
to
mm
. Albanjr
» Yqu can get good oak and hiokory
2 wood at $2 per cord. Telephone 24 or
a.pply to C. if. Shackelford, East A1-
[bany. 2 d-wtf
Mb. J. F. Lrwib, who has 1
ing a position on the staff of the
ald most satisfactorily for more t
six months past, leaves us
goes to Savannah to join the rep
rial staff of the Morning >
give up Mr. Lewis with regret; i
carries with him to his new
the best wishes of nil oonne
the Herald and of a wido
friends made In Albany d
stay here. He Is a \
useful man about a news]
and wo feel sure that he
tire satisfaction to the Mi
Ho is well equipped
work, and is a yo
and unexcep"
mend liin