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Dr. SchlfcMunH on tho Sitc Of Ancient
Trprs

DR.. schliomann, tho explorer Of llium, haH
written letter to tho Augsburg Gazette. i'll
which ho defends tho validity of l!is conclusion
that l!e as discovered Tho Troy Of Homer; Iho
abstract Of DR.. Schemat,r's rcaBoning:
"Wlcroyer tIore has boon an old town, ho
SAYS our excavations yield lii pots1lerds, moth
ing being 50 indestrucsiblo NJ Gakcd clay. NO
found III its ruius. At Duuar6aahi, On
tic th nalidagh, whcre Wclcksr and other
scholars suppose 1ion ,oto, t9 haye ", sto9a, noa
herds Of higher dato tllnn tic sixth century,
B. @. Sir Join Lubbock, who had tho so-called
tomb Of Hector ou tue Daliaagh excavatod.
found no terracottas thore tlIat were Older than
sidors this as proof aufcIont TINT the ruins there
cannot DO those Of tho auciont !lion, and ho as,
sorts tllat all inscription which, ho discovered
enables him to identify Bunarbaslli with tho
Town Of Goreis. The Into Austrian Consul, Won
HMM, who likewise explored that territory stated
TINT III spite Of careful research on tho northern
! side Of tho Balidagh, betwaon tho Aktopolls
| (of Gergs) aud tho springs Of Bunarbashi not
ono single sgn WAS doteclcd OF q former sottlo-
briclss tho mover absent and therefore uudoubt-
cd witnesses Of ancieut towns; nowhere a build
| ing, q stone, quarry, or IN artificial leyol
everywhere only tho natural soil, mover touched
ainiued not only tho neighborhood Of Bunarba-
tl,g hills Ut clliblaK, where Clarke and Darker
Webb placed it, and the high ground
near Atzik-Koi, whore Ulrichs thought, lo
had discovered its ruins, but nowhere
has ho found any traeos Of human work
nlnnship. Tho yillage Of tho Ilians also
| (lHeon kos,e), whero strabo,. following tho
theory Of Dcmetrus Of skel'lilse,, placed Troy,
WIS carefully explored by DR.. schemann, but
nothing was found there except. potsl1ords Of
tic first century, 3. 9. In the place, ON tho
contrary, whore Dir, schliomann has lately dug
up tile vory crown jewels Of Prian,, thero alo to
ho found from two to sxtecn meters III length
images Of marble, H!ato bono, and ivory, gohleta
and vases, aud OH all OF thom the form Of tho
Ilian AtNe1ae, tho patron gotldeHs Of Troy, Il
female figure with III owls head; my on one
golden d.adem there arc no fever tlan htll-
{ired snluil idols Of the Hame goddosH."
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How NelutVat Made 1lia Fortunos

From 4 IWr19 It7lcF. -,
: DR.. Nelaton was q sulf-lnato man, a'ia ior
many yoars has occupied IL worry high poa!ltl9n
horo IIin remarkable s!,ccesa ut n comparatively
oarly ago gives III Quo moro cxamplo Of tho
advantage Of ssarting Ito with fortune. 10
Iognn poor enough aa Il boy, 9nt @ hnd \ l9hg,
Lard struggle in getting Ills education, atd IN II.
oltaining Ills degree ali nouor Of heelno; pno m
married % young girl who brought lin dot o.
750OO fraucB u year. Wllen young no had
acquired habits OF industry from necessity, i n
l,o was ambitious to shine in hs profession. Ile
fortune Of his vito onallod him to pursue lllf
studios under tho most favorable condls1ens
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Their cry was ono Of o os ssnseess ta; t na Gxsr @
been raised This pro RAN htiheae was H.. ,oy INV @
complaint was chlciy naahat tho foaua rnnn,hH ~
into the country, b'tt cnnfettinn WonIu Gure aa
They must ATOP running 70 Wasnngtom III tof oYery
th!ti9i from coat 10 . charter. Nhnt Wsh Ru4cI-
mcnt Simply 1nnctne 10 levy tn1ea, anu notHoces-
aary at al except Tor tho oaa pass,onh q insn'
Tile NTH rcsnluiion was tmrlldent, SINCE II ahaesl
Congress- to aDdlcate ~ rowcia anu tuFn 1hcm over
70 committee wl!ch Should control Gohi1nercs;
Collgrsss world do nothing ni mo kit ~ @ wss , W.
enonEh to Mso NIL investigating comn,ttee nat a,nsn
ing cac. 1lo VIVA orposCu to any general sssein y
improvements by tho tenc1Ml uoSerninent ncs 4 Il
Improve the lhKts AMI riteiat nt ~ " i
to IT. going INTO tho railfoaa huainfs1. Anuy u st
ter stick to their Statee, under WHEN tney hnu pIos-
pcrc VI old. II Illinois ant AHAonri nu aGlea ioo'
1fhls, lln7e Wohia cnsu tno .,n u,'".. nr ~
Hhn ~ hsHel!eau tAo't ~ a" 1,,. rrurts,
Congrcss for remedy far everything. Tue ianfih
Restitution WIS u'oh ohlertiolaee, ahu 70 oc!,uVeM ~ ~.
hhp si!as evnlu n0 - n5 ucsse. h tt H. t,nr Nte
sitspni atd tue Ohm 1nilfasGu. But h9 cou not 7"
rarostl charter granted py congress- r. M ~ M9 Vo'e
LOT tae hrsI ald lourtnt nu' ME",ast 'Ai lto ae0*
NIL. buSlf. .
Of f!'ltacirh, aatd asahtic ehnngc III tno t1naHu. @
nse1't Of d'vctiincnt affairs was troose" ann ~ waa
to nc coh1tea to m ihcNeo essteI - ;t Iii
ihcnss Heretofore State inrroy Mehs o. @ thas k a
Han prch ln"nu HhIfo1"n!tt w" inanE ~ 's Ir;1
given ~ s,at they ha; Ese:y grsAt no & o. Trohu T; ~
transportation, eSeG}t .ne i"G.ae nu"us "v i ,nnrn ~
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Milwaukee, st. Paul 4 A1nueap-
olis Day E1pross. ......,...,.t. D;30 M 65oa.
Milwalkcs Il rrairtn du Uhun
Mai 4nd E1psesH. 800 p, m II GOA. m
Milwaukee, 1T, Paul L Niinnont,-
oils Might Express. $40 p. ml' 4Ik p. H.
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19os 1"9o'* I'm ~
decide what form Of trausroEtaton was hcBt: What
they we're to conBider was low the TRANSPORTATION u
the country could 10 improved. at1tnBor Astentus
to the discussion would think We wess nas1on o.
baEoa'ians without any but tho noss pIlitsa apS .
pride TO railway ssatem TINT was anraraoloa on tao
globe 10 ealenged tho gentlemen from a ganaaa o 10
point out systeM LINZ could 70 ealsea .Va! ~
Convention ought 10 turn its attention to the work o.
improving aud a1tenat9g that ayso,u nut thero W.
70 necessity Of ASKING Congressional ~ 10
IT, There was 20 necessity LOT aaEin9 tne ucia. , H.
TO build sng!o trunk mo nfomgn ,s n ,uI
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A Bad Complaint.

The first physician in certain case was
discharged by his patient because he was
honest and plain enough to tell the patient
he had q sore throat. and the second doc
tor, having some hint of the fact, answered
the sick man, when questioned, that his
case was highly abnormal, and had degen.
Grated into synache tonsilaris.
"Oh, doctor" cried the patient, " do say
the word again !"
" Why, sir, | said that You were at pres
ent laboring under synache tonsilars."
why, think doctor, that fool told me
that had nothing but sore throat and
told him had no use for such Ounce.
Doctor what do call 2"
6 told you, sir, in plain terms, that the
morbid condition of your system was OBJ
vious, and that it had terminated in syn
ache tonsilaris."
ooh, doctor, it must be monstrous bad
complaint; think you can cure me, doc
tor ?"
Now, though your diagnosis is clear,
your prognosis is doubtful, yet think, by
prudent care and skillful treatment, you
may recover"
"Oh, well, doctor, do stay all night, and
[ will pay you anything you ask"
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WOnlan,S Rights.

There are certain women in this coun-
try who are making aprodigious clatter in
speeches, newspaper articles, and by other
means, about what they call their rights"
A moments thought, however, will go far
to convince any candid person that the
sewing machine has been more effectual
aid in giving to women generally their
srights" than all the clamor made by them
from the days of Xanthippe, the scolding
wife of Socrates, to the present time. The
back-ache, the round shoulders, the dimin-
ished eyo-sight, the weakened nerves, which
were inevitable attendants of sewing by
the old process, have disappeared, and in
this new domestic dispensation woman
can do the sewing of her family without
injury to her bodily health, and have time
left for other things. Send for a circular
descriptive of the celebrated Howe Ma
chine, or call on Messrs. Howard & JEFF.
fiery, West Main street, opposite the female
Public School, Bel Air, Md.
No pains or expense are spared to give
thorough satisfaction to every customer
This machine is not sold at fifteen dollars
advance over New York prices, like some
of its competitors, and the small monthly
payment system pntssis vsHiAaais the means
of almost everyb
Bakers say bud DOM
like tn GEE so
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Poe f i G al.
From tie Abing,1on Vayi,tian.
AN OLD MANS REFLECTIONS.

Well, Nellie, I've been looking back DER mem
ory's crowded page.
And thinking of those long gone days before
we were of age;
When you and |, whose youthful hearts began
to feel the thrill
Oflovc's young DREAM in that dear place. the
school house on the hill.
Time jogg'd along too slow, we thought, as
future hopes loom'd high,
Impatient with the tardy years, we often heav'd
sigh:
And then we pray'd that lingering months
would pass by rapid stage,
SO we could grasp the promised joys when we
should come OF age.
How oft, you know, when school was out, you
were so good and kind,
While other youngsters scampcrd off, to lag
with me behind
And then we told our tales of love, built castles
in the air,
tolls to share.
That times long gone, dear Nellie, yet | see as
thro' n veil
The morning that We started out on life's I'M
certain trail;
And how you leaned upon my arm, tne,i robust,
young and strong,
And how the weary way we cneer'd with snatch
es ola song.
The West was then no Paradise, the trees stood
thick and tall,
And ere we could our cabin raise those giant
trees must fall,
| swung the axe with sturdy arm, you gathered
up the while
The limbs and twgs and roots and trash, and
burnt them in pile.
How soon we clcar'd little patch, and scratch
ed it up for corn,
And made our cabin snug and tight, where all
our babes were born;
The curling SMOKE like incense, rose above our
humble thatch,
And always did the string hang out that lifted
up the latch.
But years have fed, and Father Time has fur
rowcd with his share
Our checks which once were fresh with bloom,
and bleach'd our raven hair,
The cabin with its simple fare, has long since
disappeared
And now broad fields inclosc the patch which
you and | first cleared.
Our better house now rears its walls, where once
that cabin stood,
And we have never seen the day we lacked for
needful food;
The Lord has led us straight along our children
cluster round,
A happier household on this earth is very rarely
found.
Then, Nellie, let us ever pray for carths most
priced bchest,
That as our days are cllng out the last may be
the best;
That when our aged bodies rest beneath the
silent sod,
Our souls may find better home, fast by the
throne of God.
SAM
ABINGDON Nav 3D. 1878
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Very Deaf.

Between Kenosha and Milwaukee an
agent of the Travellers Insurance Company
OF Hartford, entered the car, and having
issued tickets to several of the passengers,
approached an elderly lady, who, it after
wards appeared, was deaf.
Madam, would you like to insure
against accident ?" inquired the agent.
I'm going to Oshkosh to visit my daugh-
ter who is married up there and has just
got baby" The agent raised his voice o
little:
"Would you like to insure your life
against accident p
"She's been married two years and a
half It's GAL" Agent still louder:
Pm an insurance agent, madam; don't
you want your life insured against acct
dent?n
cob, didn't understand YOU" said the
old lady. ono; her name is Johnston
my name is Evans, and live five miles
from Kenosha." The agent vanished
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Habits of Shad.

Much diversity of opinion exists relative
to the propagation Of shad. Anything
said on the subject cannot fail to interest
the student of piscicuture, we give, conse-
quently, summary of an instructive article
from the pen of Thaddeus Norris, in the
May Journal Of the Farm, convinced how
ever, that the ideas of the writer will not,
in every particular, find ready belief among
many of the fishermen hereabouts. The
shad, he says, belongs to the great herring
family. Its geographical range, on the AT.
lantic coast, is from Florida to the Bay of
Fundy. The shad always returns to its
native river to reproduce its kind. Those
hatchcd in the Delaware never enter the
mouths of the Hudson or the Potomac.
Each river, according to Mr.. Norris, has
its own peculiar race of shad, those of the
Delaware being of larger size than general
average. 1t is believed that the shad does
not wander very far into the ocean. Their
ascent to the spawning grounds, in the
spring, is slow and gradual. If there is a
freshct or they encounter faint OF snow
water, they remain stationary. They enter
the fresh running water very tardily. They
cannot ascend strong rapids and falls, like
the salmon, and are sometimes checked or
scared by seeing the shadow of q bridge
across the water. They do not feed while
in the fresh water, and no food is found in
their stomachs after they have entered it.
The roe OF a good sized shad contains
about 100000 eggs, and will weigh twelve
ources. If these were all Matched and
reared, they would weigh 200 tons. But
this immense iecundity is necessary to meet
the many dangers that surround the fish.
Myriads Of eggs ale at once destroyed or
washed away, while the young fry are de-
vourcd as they emerge, by wholesale, by cat
fish, clubs, sunish and minnows. Thirty
young shad have been taken from the stom-
ach of roach four inches long. Seth
Green says that only three eggs out of a
hundred spawned in the Connecticut river
are Matched. In spawning, the shad seeks
a brisk current or gently whirling eddy,
and the eggs are deposited generally al
night. They are at once fertilized by hei
male companion who moves by her side
during the operation. Mr.. Lyman, an ex.
perienced observer, says that the actual re-
suits obtained by artificial culture of shad
are as 1000 to l as compared with those Of
nature. This fact illustrates the great i'm
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VARIETIES.

-" cam find bread for my family
said a lazy fellow. Nor /" replied an in
dustrious miller; " l am obliged to work
for it,
-"Oh, Mr.. Butcher, what quantity of
bone there was in that piece of meat we had
from you!' said a lady, very Indignantly.
"Was there, ma'am? But, howsomever, the
first fat bullock kill without any bone, I'll
let you have one joint for nothing"
Mrs. Jenkins, who is widow and
rather poor, makes no secret other feelings
for an old bachelor who has very large
farm and comfortable dwelling. She
says she loves the very ground he walks on,
and adores the house he lives in. Some
thing like true love, that.
On board the vessels of the Cunard line,
says the London Court Journal, the church
service is read every Sunday morning.
The muster-roll OF the crew is called over,
and they attend service. A gentlemen said
to one of the sailors, care you obliged to
attend the service2"
"Not exactly obliged, sir" replied Jack;
1--WE should lose our grog If we didn't"
"A Claytown editor says, plaintively
"Those who pick out green wood to send
the editor have not witnessed the sad spec
tacle of his wife on her hands and knees
every morning for two hours trying to per-
suade the fire-nor himselfin bed trembling
with cold, and trying in vain to gather
comfort from the scanty covering with
which old Mrs. S. paid for her last years
subscription"
"A negro judge in Alabama, when his
first case came on, and every thing was
ready, was told by lawyer that he had
neglected to charge the jury; he rose up,
put on his specks and said
"Gemmen of de jury, l charge you a
half dollar piece, and you must pay it be-
fore the case goes on"
He will be in the United States Senate
some of these days.
General Jackson was once making a
stump speech in a country village out
West Just as he was concluding, Amos
Kendall, who sat beside him, whispered,
clip 'em u little Latin, General; they
won't be satisfied without it." The "Hero
of New Orleans" instantly thought of few
phrases lie knew, and in voice ofthnnder
wound up his speech by exclaiming
"E pluriJus U'aum - d" Sine qua non !" "Nl
plus ultra" "Multuna in paroo" The effect
was tremendous, and the shouts could be
heard for miles.
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The YOUNG MAN WITH TWINS. - A
young man who was asked by woman in
a Pennsylvania railroad train to hold her
twins for moment, while she got out for
refreshments, was subsequently much en-
barrassed, because, as the fond mother did
not return, but rather went back to the
city by the next train, he was obliged to
perform the duty of holding those two ba-
bies, one upon each knee, all the way out to
Pittsburg, and it became monotonous be-
fore he reached that city. All he could do
was to sit there and think, and think and
blush, while the twins emitted the most
unearthly yells and inquired in vain for
sustenance. The passengers stared and
seemed to regard the unfortunate youth as
an unnatural father. The manner in which
he soused those infants into an orphan
asylum as soon as he got to Pittsburg, indi-
Gated that he was anxious to get rid OF
them. And most undoubtedly he was.
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farMlers' Column.
i" Speed the PEOsC."
The Patrons of HuSbandl'y.

The farmers movement in Iowa is assu4
ming formidable proportions. Unlike that
in Illinois it is secret, the Oranges oe122
Patrons of Husbandry which takes the placa
ofthe Farmers Clubs, being secret organiza-
tons. A correspondent of the Chicago 1ri-
June writes as follows concerning them: "It
is five years since the first grange was organ ID
lied, in Jasper county. The Order has sincns
grown to gigantic proportions There areS
said to he no less than / 200 oranges in thsE
State, with an aggregate adult members
ship of nearly 100000. The number OF
minor organizations is fast increasing, and
those in existence are growing rapidly.
There is scarcely a township in the State
without its subordinate grange. In six
months there will be scarcely 10000 farm
ers in Iowa who do not belong to the Pa
irons of Husbandry. The spread of the
sentiment upon which the Order is predi-
Gated has been gradual, but steady and iss'H
resistible. The aggregate vote of Iowa at
the last general election was something
over 100000. The Changers can already
poll nearly half that number of votes, and.
before many months, they will be able to
poll three-tourths the entire vote of tho
Commonwealth"
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XictOr.

Our attention has lately beg
the "Victor Sewing Machine1
chimes manufactured by tR
have had so many improvements ssess.ssl
it Gains for itself the title "Victor," a
trade mark. These mach ines are remq
able for their simplicity Of construct
and their consequent unsikelihood of
ting out of order The recommS
of numerous parties, who have triy
are using these machines, are of t.
satisfactory nature; and among the md
notice large proportion from person.
are fully competent, from experienQ
judge. To enumerate the many III
characteristic of the good qualities o
machine would occupy more loom thai
can spare at present from our column
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VESSELS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF M

VESSELS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF N
Wooden vessels of about four and a
gallons capacity, are highly recon-
ded by Mr.. Byern, Il practical dairy
for transportation of milk to consid&
distances. He gives the following Y
practice: The vessels, as soon as emF
are rinsed with warm water and SORT
and since they remain in this halt
condition "a hours, they often
decidedly Gcid oder, which is,
completely removed by first wash
out thoroughly with warm, noH
water, then rinsing them with abots
pints of a solution of washing s&g.s
every 20 vessels, by pouring it from q
another. They are then placed, m
downward, on shelf, in the open air, !
the next morning and, shortly II
using, they are again rinsed witsaS@s
water. ~
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Raising Roots for Caf&

l think people do not pay
enough to raising roots for cattle, afts
have had q little experience in that N
will give it for the benefit of your I'd
In 1871 l purchased four ounces Of mi
gel wurzel beet-seed and sowed it on t
square rods of ground, in drills twoE
apart, and tended with hoe; and in
Fall harvested from said piece of grov
thirty bushels Of beets, sixty pounds to-
bushel. The same year l sowed az
one-eighth of an acre of carrots, from u
| obtained about torty-iiye bushels.
In 1872, sowed three-eighths of a
of mangel wurzel, in drills three feet u
from which obtained 1911 bushels 6
sowed three-eightsh ofan acre of cas-
drills two feet apart, and obtaid
bushels. The carrots were more c,
in wedding and digging, and retu,
in proportion to the amount of Ian
than the mangel wurzel, but of littl
ter quality. | think mangel wurz
cheapest food for cattle that can be d.
if we take the amount Of land used
consideration.-M ". s., in Western IL
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MAKE A MAP.-Nothing will so &

MAKE A Nothing will so
conduce to the adoption of q syst Vi
working the farm as u well-prepared ~
hung where the farmer can see it every day
1t will he sure to set him to thinking am
planning how best to pitch his crops, NJ.
how best to work to save work. Anasg
the farmer adopts a system Of farming NJ
starts on the road to success. 1t mattl
not that the system is not the best
could be devised; so long as it is Il sy
it is infinitely to be preferred to the u
hazard practice Of many farmers. u.
therefore advise every reader who
farm to make at once, or have mada I
of it, and hang it up where he
every day. And having madeses II
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Growing CUoUMBERs.-- Benjas
less, in the Practical Farmer,
mode: 81 have been very sued
several years past in raising cucuA
simply planting them on newly tu
ground, and manuring them in NJ
with hen manure. always leave
hills in the richest corner of the cd,
for the vines and have not been trf
with the bugs since l adopted this Il
Formerly, when planted in the garS
was a miracle if II few half-eaten 1
plants succeeded in growing;
when I gather the first cucumber,
leaf will be often perfect. E
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PUMAKINs.-These make exd

PUMAKINs.-These make exof
culent feed for cows, and can
grown in with the corn. The hi 19..a
are planted the better. Give each
shovel full of good manure, keep
clean and look out for the striped
which infests them. These destI
insects may be kept off, it is said, ID
ing the vines when the dew is hp&
IN the morning, with mixtVse cQm
1 bushel of ashes, ] do. of pkV il
pound each of sulphur and Sod u
Hand picking is a sure way of
of them.
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PLASTER AND Notwithstanding to-
Mr.. Compton, author of the prize essay
on the cultivation of the potato, very re-
markable results are obtained from plasteTA
by busting the vines with it as soon as theyS'
are through the soil; again Immediately
after the last blowing and hoeing, and at
intervals through the whole growing season.
The first application may be light, the SUIT
ond heavier, and after that more bountiful
say 209 pounds to the acre. 1t renders
the plants less palatable to the insects, and
appears to be fatal to many of the fungi
family. The vines retain bright liyely4
green color, and the tubers continue swG III
ing until growth is stopped by the froS
besides potatoes thus grown are so so e
and free from disease as to be easily kelY
the spring market, without loss by rot.
Compton says he has seen a field, all
ted with the same variety, at the sameI
one-half of which had received no plastE
where the yield was but go bushels per ad n
and many rotted, while the other half
which plaster had been applied, yiela
300 bushels per acre and not an unsosss
one among them.
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portance of the steps recently taken by the
State Government for the protection and
propagation of shad in the rivers along the
Atlantic coast.
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MI is C ell ne O III s.

ABINGDON, May Sd, 1878.