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New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
HOPES OF EL.pAyEypoRrs RECOVERY.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-A dispatch re-
ceived this morning from Canton Penn states that Mr
f. L. Davenport the actor passed an easy nighI' anu
under existing circumstances, strong hopes are ehter
tanned by his physicians Of his recovery
CANTON Penn, Aug. 31.-Mr. Davenport is stronger
this evening and resting easy
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
SENATOR MoRroN,s CONDITION.

WASHINGTON, Aug 31.-The following tele-
gram addressed First Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner was received at the PostOnice Department at
past o'clock this morning; "senator Morton
passed another comfortable night. lie Ia dong WELL His
appette has not yet returned aud he is weak In
cuence w. A. HOLLOWAY"
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
prs,srERous TORNADO IN ILLINOIS.

CINcINYATI, Aug. 31.-A heavy storm passed
over Gilman Ill. yesterday. prostrating nuinuef u
houses The Touring mills Of John b. Grayson d Son
ere comnletelv destroyed One mill hand was killed by
falling timbers Loss estimated at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01

IONDON, fTIudy 1Auk' OF, IofF'
dispatch to The Times from Ostrok, dated Au-
gust 80 says: "The Montenegrin camp was moved to-
day to the plain between Ncscs and the Duga Pass,
in consequence of an attempt to relieve tho city
from Gatchko being apprehended"
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
IOWA PROHIBITION NouIY4TIoS.

OsKALoosA, Iowa, Aug. 3l.-Tne State Probi-
bition Convention has nominated the Hon. Eas Jessur
OF Oskaloosa for Governor IL made other nomina-
tons but e1icd to make lively canvass against Mr.
Gear, the Republican CANDIDATE
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01

sIncung one vote ior OConnor sualghtoui Deni iIn-
eudng 80 for Joseph III. Williams. Indl fInciud.
ing 40 scattering votes Sncludng 063 votes tor Cooper
(Greenbaoks) fncudug 532 votes for Gage greenbaek
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WARRINGTON. Friday, Aug. 81, 1877.
Following Ia statement Of the operations OF the Ma
tional Bank Redemption Agency for the month OF Au
gt "A compared with the corresponding period OF last
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
RUN OVER ON THE HUDSON, RIVER ROAD

An unknown GERMAN, about seVehty yeare
old, apparently tramp. over ast evening A.
I4lstst North River, by train Of the Hudson River
Railroad Both his legs OF above the ankies.
He sent Ia unconscious condition 10 tae Ninety
ninth street uospital
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
WASHINGTON.

THE NEW YORK CUSTOM HOUSE.
INSPECTORS DETECTED IN FAvoRrIsM AND Ex-
ToeuoN-NAvAL OFFICER CoREELrl-rHE oUEs-
TON OF REORGANIZATION TO BE DISPOSED OF
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
THE RUSSIANS IN FULL RETREAT.

The Russians were ~ full retreat in every
direction, and by sunset the Turks had proved for
the second time not only capable of meeting the
Russians in the open but also of driving them from
their strongly entrenched positions In ten days
the Russians have lost the magnificent double posi-
tions Of the LON and the Kara-Lom.
What may next happen no one knows. 1t is
impossible to tell what forces the Russians had en-
gagged, nor can their losses yet be estimated. Pro-
badly they were not heavy except around Karassan
by which name tins engagement will be designated
by the Turks
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
1,.nrl,r1oNs OF TIE CONFLICT.

CoNsrASTINoPLE, Friday, Aug 81, 1877.
telegram from Shunla, dated yesterday, an
nounces that the column Of Salim Pasha had ad-
yanced from Eski Duna and crossed the River LON,
near Agpaslar, driving back the Russians who, after
a short resistance retreaed from the river. Nedjb
Pasha has advanced from Rasgrad towards Torlak,
repulsng the Russians and capturing two guns.
great battle is believed TO be imminent. The
Turks are assuming the offensive along the whole
line
New-York tribune., 1877-09-01
II COMMANDING IN PERSON.

MANCHESTER Friday. Aug. 81, 1877.
telegram was received by The Guardian this
afternoon. stating that the expected battle along the
line of the LON from Aghaslar to Torlak commenced
Thursday and continued all day. Mehemet Ali
pasba commanded the Turks in person, and at
tackled the Russians at three points. So far the
TT. .,o .,,ccoeefr1
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THE GIANT PLANET JUPITER.

Jupiter was at its brightest on the
night Of June 10. when he was exactly
opposite the sun. and came to the
south at midnight.
Jupiter is the fifth of the great
planets in order of distance from the
sun; our earth being the third. Mer-
curry is the first, travelling nearest to
the sun. Venus which described
few months ago. is the second. and
travels inside the earth's path. Next
outside the earth's path is that of
Mars. Outside his track there come
the paths of a number Of very small
planets travelling in ring around the
sun. More than 10 Of these have
already been discovered; but all these
together besides hundreds more OF
the family not yet discovered) do not
weigh so much as the tenth of our
earth. Outside this family of many
congregated planets, all together
scarcely enough to make single
respectable planet, comes Jupiter,
outweighing not only all these,-not
ONLY these with our earth, Mars. Venus
and Mercury thrown in,-but all the
other planets taken together, no less
than two and half times.
Jupiter exceeds our earth30O times
in mass or quantity Of matter. But
enormous though this excess OF mass
may seem. it is small compared with
| his excess Of size; for he exceeds the
earth 1888 times in volume. 1t Is
only because he travels so much
farther away than either Venus OF
Mars, that he appears less bright than
Venus aud not many times brighter
than Mars. For these two planets
are utterly insignificant compared
with him. both in size and mass. But
he travels more than five times farther
from the sun than the earth goes, sc
that even at his nearest and brightest
his distance from US exceeds 1oul
times our distance from the sun
whereas. when Mars is at his nearest
his distance from us is not much more
than one-third of our distance from
the sun.-ProfR. 4. Proctor, 81. Ntch
/ OIus for .JHIU
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The Anti-MonopOliSt.

routs are all laido [ shall go from
the city line of Brooklyn down to long
Island for three months. Then |
take Jersey, beyond Newark. as far as
Paramount; then | come back for the
winter. have an idea | would like
to try san Francisco. but Coolbaugh
is under obligations not to go there
with his men. and while I'm IN his
debt I'm his slave. I'm drilling my
monkeys. so that / think | may have
a Philadelphia and Baltimore route.
That's a great place foD side shows.
4 man with good dancing bear. q
solemn organ and three trick monkeys
could make a fortune on the road.
You never saw such people for cheap
shows. But what want is San Fran
cisco. If Coolbaugh would only
trust me.
.sWell, good-by, old man; wish |
could help you to what's better than
money!
4 wish to God you could, sir; but
my lots settled. Fate's fate, and
have met mine.
| left him. In an hour after
CHANGED to pass that way. watching
for car. AS stood for a moment
near his doorsteps, on which sat
throng Of dirty, black-eyed. pipe
smoking Italians, there came from
the window Of the upper story the
window of the upper story the stately
measures of old Dundee, and thu
clear. sonorour tones of the grinder
voice.
Really romance, wasn't it!
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the epidemic in and about Bagdad
last year shows that each year since
it's temperance in that district it has
covered 4 wider area. and it will be
remembered that last year it crossed
the Tilrco-Persian' frontier, and broke
out at Shuster. in khuzistan. From
the phenomena of the epidemic to
this period it was feared, especially
by the physicians on the spot, that, it
it should recur in the present year, 1t
must be expected to extend over q
still wider area and show itself i'll
even a more aggravated form than
had yet been observed. This opinion
is concurred in by Surgeon-Major Col
vile. the medical officer attached =
the British Embassy at Bagdad. and
is expressed in this official report. on
the subject of the last and previous
years outbreak.
The Turco-Russian struggle in Asia
Minor. and the massing of Persian
troops on the western frontier of that
country. add an additional and mos
grave factor to this Ominous inteIil
gence.
1t has been SO long since Christian
Europe has suffered from this terrible
disease that most medical men have
never seen a case, and, indeed, for
awhile, psychologists flattered
themselves it had .'died OUT They
yet say that thorough system Of
sanitation will certainly check its
advance.
Let us hope so; for of all pestilences
which have ever scourged humanity.
and desolated empires, none approach
in magnitude those of the plague.
Under the name of 1.-the black death,
it fills, as Hirsch remarks, one of the
darkest pages in the history of the
human race. 1t devastated every
known country of the earth, and
penetrated to the remotest mountain
hamlets and oranges, sometimes
sweeping away in a few days every
inhabitant, leaving not one to remem-
Der the name or to inherit the goods
of the family or the village. Long
years afterward, travellers would
come upon the unknown villages, the
houses rotting, the bones Of the
plague-stricken owners bleaching in
the rooms and streets, and no one to
say who they had been.
AS an epidemic disease, it no doubt
spreads from India, that mother of
pestilence, where, in the province OF
Hutch and Gauzerat, it is found as an
endemic of great malignancy far more
fatal in its historical appearance than
the cholera, it is well that the medical
mind of Europe is on the alert to meet
its approach with the most energetic
measures; and should they fail, it
will develope upon us to lose no time
in taking up the defensive in the most
energetic maner.-Me.. ical and Sur
| OicnI RPDOrtpr
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sc1ENcE+
PROFESSOR BISMARCK ON CANCER.

In a recent lecture. this eminent
surgeon spoke upon the treatment OF
cancer. 4 large number of drawings
were exhibited. showing the various
cases that had been met with during
the course of DR.. Esmarch $ profess
sional career. lie advised that cancers
of the tongue, and also most of the
malignant growths, wherever occur
ring, should be treated by means OF
arsenic and iodide Of potassium,
internally and externally. before pro-
ceeding to an operation. The speaker
had frequently seen cancer originating
upon syphilitic basis. and often
where the syphilis had remained
latent for long period-from twenty
to forty years. The lecture closed
by an appeal to each member to col
lect all the material in his power. and
to see if it were not possible, by q
division of labor, to arrive at some
definite conclusions on the question OF
malignant neoplasms.
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POETRY
REMEMBERED DAYS.

remember morn behind the mills
When blackbirds sang.
And sheep-bells rang,
IA of, and all things were still,
But the rising Dream,
In the pictured stream, -
Al. the noise OF water about the mlll.
remember a maid in her sweet youth,
Whose gentle days
In village ways
Wee passed IN simple work OF truth;
The summers day
Sped fast away
I'm 1. dream OF love, ina time ol YOUTH
remember the spring III @arb OF green
The light heart glee
That came to me
VIA the smile OF my love at seventeen;
Her laugh that went
Like woodland scent
70 NV soul-that time on the daisled green
Ars though know the days are past,
That love was lost
When came the frost
Al miner 5 close OF my content;
Yet some JOY stays
In winter days,
A.u bright its Joyous complement,
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GROUP DUE MIASMA.

DR.. Lewis S. Pitcher has recently
made valuable report to the Kings
County On. Y Medical Society on the
subject of Group. DR.. Pitcher mas
studied that disease with much care
with reference to local conditions.
A map of Brooklyn accompanies the
report. on which the dwellings where
in cases of the disease have been met
with are suitably indicated. 1t needs
buta glance at the map to perceive
just where the malady has been most
prevalent. and to enable deduction as
to the probable influence of the soil,
drainage, ETC., on its persistence to be
readily made.
Under the term ''croup, the author
includes '.all forms of acute lnflamma-
tory affections of the larynX or trachea
which may produce narrowing OF
their caliber to such an extent as to
occasion serious prolonged dyspnGa.
This embraces three conditions.
namely. catarrhal Group, membranOus
Group, ahd diphtheritic Group. The
first two differ in the secretion, in
the former case being liquid, and in
the latter it's giving rise to false
membrance OF varying thickness.
Diphtheritic Group differs only from
membranous Group III being recOg-
nized as part of a general diphtheri-
tic infection. Exposure to cold pro-
duces catarrhal Group; but membrane
Gus Group demands for its production
not only cold and moisture but also a
miasmatic poison. the character OF
which is allied to that which is active
III diphtheria.
The conditions under which the
author has found that the worst forms
of Group may be generated are album
dainty prevalent III some parts OF
BROOKLYN. The disease runs riot
among the large numbers OF badly
nourished and weakly children in the
thickly populated tenement house
dictricts; and wherever examination
has been made into the physical
nature of the soil, in localities where
Group has been most frequent, there
unfayorable conditions have been
encountered. Along the water front.
occupying ground rescued from the
site Of marshes. now more or less
obscured by the filling-in process; III
valleys that have been the site Of
watercourses, whose drainage Is i'm
perfect: these are the districts over
which, as the map plainly shows. the
malady has destroyed the most people
Group is not commonly encountered
am ong the list of diseases which
Science has thus far traced to miasma-
tic causes. DR.. Pitchers conclusion:
are therefore of especial value in call.
ing attention to the fact that sc
prevalent malady is preventable by
the ordinary sanitary precaution Of
proper drainage.
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HUSH :.
r. ADELAIDE A. PROCTOR

81 car scarcely hear" she murmured
For my heart beat loud and fast,
But surely in the far. far distance
can hear song at last -
1t is only the reapers singing
As they carry homes their sheaves;
And the evening breeze has risen,
And rustles the dying leaves
Listen! there are voices talking:
Calmly still she strovc to speak;
Vet her voice grew faint and trembling,
And the red flushed in her cheek,
1T j. only the children playing
Below. now their work is done,
And they laugh that heir eyes are dazzled
BY the rays OF the setting sun
Fainter grew their voices, ank weaker,
As with anxious eyes she cried,
blown the avenue OF chestnuts
can hear horseman ride.
'.lt was only the deer that were feeding
In q herd on the clover grass;
They were startled and fled II the tincket,
As they saw the rcapcrs pass
Now 4hc night arose in silence,
Birds lay III their lcaiy nest,
And the deer crouched in the forest,
And the children were at rest
There was only a sound OF weeping
From watchers around a bed;
But rest to q weary spirit,
Peace to the quiet dead
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LITERARY
LIE NEVER.

Not long ago an English steamer,
four days out from Liverpool, a small
b0y was found hid away behind the
Cargo He had neither father nor
mother, brother nor sister. friend nor
protector among either passengers or
crew. Who was he Where did he
come from I? Where going! Only nine
wears old; the poor little stranger.
with ragged clothes, but beautiful
face. full of innocence and truth. OF
course he was carried before the first
mate:
How came you to steal a passage
on board this shipf asked the mate,
sharply.
My step-father put me in. answer
pd the boy. He said he could not
afford to keep me or pay my passage
to Halifax, where my aunt lives. l
want TO 90 to my aunt.
The mate did not believe the story.
He lad often been deceived by stoWa-
WAYS. Almost every ship finds, one
or TWO days out at sea, men or boys
concealed among the cargo, who try
10 ret passage across the water with
ont waving for it. And this is often
troublesome and expensive. The
mate suspected some of the sailors had
Il hand in the boys escape, and treated
him pretty roughly. Day after day
he was questioned about his coming,
and It was always the same story
nothing less, nothing more. At last
the mate cot out of patience. as mates
will. and. seizing him by the collar,
Il, 10 trIl h
in ten minutes he would hang HIM on
the yard-arm-a trlghttul threat IN
deeed.
poor child, with not friend to
stand nv him, Around him were
passengers and sailors of the midday
watch. and before him the stern first
officer. with his watch in hand, count
mo the tick. tick. tick of the minutes
ashley swiftly went. There he stood,
uaIe and sorrowful, his head erect,
md tears in his eyes; but afraid no,
not abit
Eirht minutes were already gone.
only two minutes more to live,
crie3 the mate. "Speak the truth
and save your life boy.
May / pray = asked the. child
looking up into the hard man face
The officer nodded his head, but
said nothing. The brave boy knel'
down on deck. and with his hands
clasped and eyes raised to heaven
repeated the Lord 5 prayer. ana thel
prayed the dear Lord Jesus to take
him home TO heaven. He could dle
hut lie-neyer Al eyes were turned
towards him, and sobs broke iron
stern hearts.
The mate could hold out no longer
He sprang to the boy. told him h
believed his story, every word Of 1t
\ nobler sight never took place on ;
sbip,s deck than this-a poor. un
friended child. willing to face dealt
for truth 5 sake.
lie could die; but lie-never Coo
bless him And the rest OF the voyage
YOU NAV well think he had TREND
enough. Nobody owned him before
everybody was now ready to do him
kindness. And everybody who read
this will be strengthened to do right
come what will, by the noble conduc
of this dear child.
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THE IMPROBABLEiN WAR

Every man who has been III the thick
Of fight knows that to all appearance
the escape of any man SO placed IS ut
terly improbable, if not we'll nigh i'm
possible also. Bullets fly around him
thick as hail; shell burst and solid shot
scream around his head for hours; that
some one of the thousand missiles shall
hit him seems to be almost inevitable,
and vet in very few battles does one
man in ten sustain any sort of harm.
The writer of this article has seen a
Ii inch mortar shell fall and explode
in a mortar pit fifteen feet square, IN
which eight men were standing, With
out doing harm to any one OF them.
Ninety-nine times in a hundred such
an occurrence would kill every man so
exposed, but in this case the utterly
improbable thing happened. In anoth-
er case within the writer S knowledge,
a casson chest, with seventy five
pounds of powder in it, exploded with
out injuring man who was sitting on
it at the time. Improbable things OF
a contrary sort happen not less ire
quently To draw still from this
writer's observation, a man lying IN a
mortar pit fourteen feet deep, lying
close to the revetement, too, was killed
by musket ball which came from q
distance of not less than thousand
yards. and passed through the man s
lungs. 1t had probably struck apebble
or some other object in front. which
caused it to fly upward. and afterwarc
to fall behind the high parapet. Al
any rate it killed the man.-New iorf
Erening Post.
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The MICROSCOPE.

There is hardly any scientific lnstru-
ment SO simple. OF which IS SO vastly
instructive and amusing. as the mi
croscope. 1t shows us that insects Of
various kinds can be seen in the cavi-
ties of a grain Of sand. Mould. as we
learn by its magnifying powers. is a
forest Of beautiful trees. with bran
ches. leaves. flowers and fruits. But
terfies are covered with feathers:
hairs are hollow tubes. The surface
of our bodies is covered with scales
like those Of fish. \ single grain
of sand would cover hundred Of
these scales. yet scale covers hun
dreds of pores. Through these narrow
openings perspiration forces itself out
like water through a sieve. All these
are simple scientific facts revealed by
the power Of the microscope. Each
drop of stagnant water contains a
world of animated beings. swimming
with as much liberty as whales in the
sea. Each leaf has a colony of insects
grazing upon it. like oxen on mead
oW.
Aside from these merely scientific
uses it IS valuable to the farmer
because it shows him the fungold
growth which causes his milk to sour:
the fungus which causes the dreaded
fire blight on his pear trees; the para
sites which infest his stock, ana the
many authorizations with which he has
to contend. In many of our cheese
and butter factories it has become an
important element in showing the
causes of bad product OF butter or
cheese. and by convincing them OF the
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THE ExTENSlONOF THE PLAGUE

Our recent English medical ex-
change mention, with undisguised ap-
prehension, the fact that already early
this spring authentic observers state
that the plague has broken out in
Bagdad. and is rapidly increasing
there: and information from other
sources renders it probable that the
disease has shown itself in other
places in the vicinity of that city,
some of which have not suffered
before since the new development
of the disease in Mesopotamia, three
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great Importance of little items which
they had entirely overlooked: has i'm
proved the production of their diaries
and thus been Of pecuniary benefit to
them. Every farmer should have his
pocket magnifying glass. which will
enable him to detect any adulteration
Of seeds of weeds in his grass seeds or
grain. and thus avoid the Introduction
of nOXiOuS weeds.
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WtT AND HuM0R+

Our grandmothers were slower and
more dignified in their dances than
we are. When asked to dance they
said. .Wait a minute.
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A magistrate i'll Iowa refused to
fine man for kissing q girl against
her will, because the complainant was
SO temptingly pretty TIT nothing
but an overwhelming sense Of it's
dignity prevented the court from
kissing her itself.
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All if women were only like bana-
mas The older this fruit gets to be
the nicer it looks, and even when
ready for the garbage-box children
cry for it.
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In Cincinnati block--s'JO who
is the new lodger on the fifth floor =
Janitor-s'well, dunno. | seed him
making faces outen pile of mud.
Guess he must be a sculprit.'
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"Well, Mr.. Sniffes, have you posted
the ledger!" asked an employer of q
new clerk. Eyes. sir said Sniffes;
1--WE posted the ledger. but it was
too big to go into the letter-box, SO /
had to take it inside
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First boy: 'sBill Smith has Canaan
daigua hair" Second boy: s'What's
that p First boy: "Why, it's jist
beyond Auburn; it s kind 'er red
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We are enabled to state, after a
somewhat hasty inspection OF the new
style of gown, that the human form
is quite as divine as formerly.
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A delicate, slender. rather tall
young miss, who was pestered by the
attentions of an unlovable admirer,
did not call her big brothers to the
rescue, or go to the public courts for
redress. She simply accompanied
him to the sea shore, and went ba-
thing in hired suit five times too
large for her. She had to walk back
to the hotel alone.