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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25
Gratis elected a carpet-bagger-of thirty or
forty years standing.

The Pool selling bill has had an unexpect-
cdlv easy triumph in the Senate, passing with
ont q negative vote and in the exact form IN
which it was received in the Assembly. MIR.
Morrissey made some gloomy predictions OF
the probable effect of the measure upon race
courses. and was excused from voting, ut his
own request, on the ground that ne was hili-
self Interested in one, the fact being m0destly
concealed that he had also been the prlnci-
nal proprietor of an establishment devOted 10
the practice which the bill was framed espe-
cially to prohibit-that of political betting. Inc
arguments of those opponents of the bill who
are not interested in gambling-hOuses, and
their number is large must now be addressed
70 the Governor. 1t was the recommendation
in his annual message for the passage OF
law TO put an end to betting upon elections
which inspired the present bill, and 1t re-
mains to be seen whether he will sacrifice one
of his own measures to save the race-cOurses,
Very much depends in the investigation of
legislative corruption whether the witness on
the stand bought or sold. The person who
sold will never confess the person who bought
sometimes will. Mr.. Andrew j. Garvey's tes-
timony yesterday, for instance, was in re-
freShing contrast to that of some of
the reformers who have preceded him.
He gave us some interesting details,
such as the fact of his subscribing the hand
some sum of $4,000 toward a legislative cor
rupton fund about the time the Tweed
Charter was at its critical. stage, and the addi-
tional fact that his brother was sent to Albany
soon after with 100000 pinned in his vest
pocket. Mr.. Tweed also seems TO have exhib-
tied the same frankness about his purchases
of members at that time, for an ex-Assembly-
man by the name of Murphy testified yesterday
that Tweed told him that he had "bOught enough
"nen TO answer his purposes" All this will be
great shock to certain distinguished gentle
men who have lately learned for the first time,
and to their great astonishment, that corrupt
influences are believed to have been used in
connection with the Tweed Charter. We for
bear suggesting what their establishment would
be if Mr. Tweed should back up Mr.. Garvey
with checks bearing their Endorsement.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25

Two striking evidences were given yesterday
in New Orleans of the spirit of Cancellation
aroused in both parties by the visit of the
Commission and the peaceable settlement of
the controversy. On the one hand, the with
drawal of the troops was accomplished quietly
and without the least disturbance or tnmult, even
in the way of rejoicing. On the other, almost
all the Republican members of the Legislature
ioined with the Democrats in voting fer Judge
Spofiord, who was thus, by an almost nnani-
nous vote, elected, to use the words Of one of
his Republican supporters, as the Senator mot
"of one party but of the whole people, 1t
was probably, by the way, out of compliment
20 lI,o;r defeated adyersaries that tue Demo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25

The Emperor Alexander's manifesto and
Prince Gortchak06's circular are calm and
dignifed. They indicate that Russia is con-
WINGED of the justice of her cause, since Tur-
key has obstna:ey refused TO redress the
grievances of her Christian subjects. Through
out both documents there is a studied effort to
impart religious character to the approach
ing conflict. This is done, of course, to
awaken the fanaticisn of the Russians rs well
as TO prevent the war from degencratine into
revolutionary movement such as the Slavic
secret societies desire. Prince Gortchakof'S
simple notice to the Turkish representative
that war began yesterday closes the formaii-
ties of the occasion, and leaves the final de-
cision to the sword.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25
Dnsiness Monies.

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RooKwoOD, II Union square (above Tiffany
Finest OLIVE or SALAD On ever imported.
Selected especi lily for imported and bottled by CeWLL
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WHEN You DRINK
CHAMPAGNE
ask for
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DO not have brands forced that pay higher
.rOht
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25

In it's military aspect the Russo-Turkish war
consists still of grand reviews, the entry of
Russian troops into Roumana, and energetic
efforts ON the part of the Turks to strengthen
Rustchuk and other menaced points. As early
as Saturday last COssacks, who are likely to
play the part of the German uhlan in this
war; passed near Bucharest on their way to
Kalafat-a town opposite Widdin, which Is
essential TO the defense of that fortress. AS
the Turks have designs likewise on Kalatat,
it is probable that skirmisbing may begin
there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-25

The South Carolina Senate is in an interest
ing predicament The one Republican whose
vote would make the body Republican is in
Jail on criminal charges. lie ought to be LETT
where he is likely to be most useful.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
Living in France.

The French laborer probably gets more
for his wages than any other. His food
is cheaper and more nourishing. His
bouillon is the liquid essence of beef at a
penny per bowl. His bread at the
restaurant is thrown in without any
charge, and is the best bread in the
world. His hot coffee and milk are
peddled about the streets in the morning
at sou per cup. 1t is coffee, not slops.
His half bottle of claret is thrown in at a
meal costing II cents. For few cents
he may enjoy an evenings amusement at
one of the many minor theaters, with the
coffee free. Sixpence pays for nicely
cushioned seat at the theater. No gallery
gods, nor peanuts, pipe smoke, drunken
ness, yelling or bowling. The Jardin
DIES Plantes, the vast galleries and mu-
seums of the Louvre, Hotel Cluny, Palace
of the Luxembourg and Versailles are
free for him to enter. Art and science
hold out to him their choicest treasures
at small cost, or no cost at all. French
economy and f-ugality do not mean that
constant retrenchment and self-denial
which would deprive life of everything
which makes it worth living for.
Economy in France more than in any
other country means utilization of what
America throws away, but it does not
mean pinching process of reducing life
to barren existence of work and bread
and interchangeable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.


From the broad fields, their golden giory shorn,
And sunny uplands OF their beauty reft,
Through the still sunlight of the autumn morn,
And hedgerows, with their lingering jewels left
By the brown river, through the leafy lanes
On 20 the farmsteams move the loaded vains.
The stalwart reaper bears his frightened scythe
Or tracks the course the great machine has made,
And bonnie lass and lad, sun-burned and 1.-THE
Round whose straw hats woodbine and peoples
fade,
Wake all the meadow land with harvest strains,
Clustering and laughing round the loaded wzins.
lis soft September natures harvest yields
But all through life our npening fruit we reap,
Now storing vielets from sweet April fields
Now roses that bright July sunshines Steep
Now garnering grey October's sober gains
Now Christmas holles pile our loaded wains
All me! how fast the fair spring flowers die,
How summer blossoms perish at the touch
And hope and love in useless sympathy
Weep for the faith that gave and lost 50 much.
From half our sheaves drop out the golden grains
Small is our portion in the loaded vans
Yet, ere the mighty reaper takes it ALL
Fling ont the seed, and tend it rood by rood:
One ear is FULL though hundreds round it fall;
One acre mid widowed upland good:
Eternity viii rear on heavenly plains
The smallest treasure won from loaded wains
Az the Year Round
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
German Officers at the War.

While six officers of the German army
are accompanying the Russian staff, not
one is following the operations of the
Turkish side. There are, however, a
number of former Prussian officers who
have embraced the Sultan's service.
Mehamet Ali, of Magdebrua, is the COM
mander of the main Turkish army at
Schumla. Blum Pasha, after serving in
the Prussian army with distinction, went
to Turkey thirty years ago, and despite
many intrigues, rose to very high rank.
He now commands at Varna, after hay
ing recently been employed in strength
ening the defensive power of the quadri-
lateral fortresses. Next to him in posi-
ton and influence stands Roschid Pasha
a son of Lutheran Minister named
Streckey, yet remembered among his old
comrades of the Prussian artillery as
very gifted and good-natured, but some
what dissolute fellow When quite a
young officer he became so involved in
debt as to be unable to meet his obliga-
lions, and was therefor obliged te throw
up his commission. Moltke recommend
ed him to some of his Turkish friends,
who soon obtained for him an inferior
post in the Turkish army, from which he
has risen to his prisent dignity.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
Wintering Bees,

An essay read by Mr.. A. Salisbury be-
fore the Illinois Bee-keepers' association
contained the following sensible hints:
Four antecedent requisites are neces-
sary to secure at all times successful
wintering. Yet they frequently winter
quite well when the requisites are not
perfect in all respects. They are as fol-
lows:
[. Good wholesome food.
III. A proper, uniform temperature.
III. AbsorbEnts above the bees or
what is often called upward ventilation.
~. Youthful vigor or vitality to carry
them through the winter.
1.-The health of the bee, like all other
animals, largely depends on wholesome
food. During extreme drouth and the
influence of parched earth and burning
atmosphere, the sacharine portion of the
fluid sap of all vegetation partakes very
largely of the acid of the vegetable, the
flow is too tardy and the quantity too
scant, so it is adulterated before it
reaches the floral cup. Under these cir
cumstances, bees will forage largely on
fruits, decayed apples, peaches, grapes
and the pumace about cider mills, etc.
Such kind of food is no detriment to the
health of the bee while on the wing and
in the heat of summer, but it dies from
it when long confined to the hive.
Syrup made of good refined sugar is a
fine substitute for honey.
2. Notwithstanding bees often winter
in a very irregular temperature, uniform
success demands an even temperature,
not too hot or cold, about As deg. In
this latitude this can only be secured by
a good warm repository. Where all
confinement four or FIVE months, and
come out as active as they went in.
3. Absorbents above the bees, in the
shape of chaff or straw cushions, or the
second story of the hive filled with leaves
"a cloth first covering the frames) is
almost indispensable for outdoor win
tering, but in a warm repository they
are all superhuous. Allthat is necessary
is to raise or slip the lid of the hive a lit
tie to one side and let the moisture from
the bees, which arises in the form of
vapor, escape, otherwise it will condense
into drops of water and damage the
combs and endanger the lives of the bees.
4. 1t was once stated by the late Sam
uel Wagner Cf my memory serves me
right that bees grow no older when in
healthy confinement. l am not inclined
to be skeptical on this point; but it is
apparent to all that have lived out two
thirds of their time before they go into
winter confinement will die in early
spring before sufficient number of
young bees to generate heat and take
charge of the hive are hatched. So bees,
queen and all, become discouraged and
decamp-a suicidal act, but with them
preferable to a lingering death in their
once happy home.
When honey gathering is good the |
latter part of August and the first part
of September this matter always regu-
lates itself where the queen is not fore
stalled, and her brood nest filled with |
honey-this, however, seldom occurs
with good young queens. Where no |
honey gathering occurs at the proper |
season, all difficulties may be overcome |
by stimulating with sugar syrup.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
Hermit Crabs.

Hermit crabs are the most invariably
entertaining creatures to be found on the
sea shore. The ferceness with which
they quarrel with each other for the pos
session of a snail shell, and the cruelty
with which they treat an unfortunate
brother who has not found a she'll in
which to ensconce his soft hinder parts.
have often been commented upon. A
correspondent of Forest and Stream re-
lates an incident which gives new no
ton of the formidable capacities of the
crab: At the Aquarium in New York a
Lafayette fish was noticed one day as be-
having strangely. A hermit crab.
scarcely tenth the size of the fish, had
seized it by the gills. After gasping and
struggling awhile, the fish at last died
On examination it was found that the
crab had killed the fish by pinching its
gill-covers so as to close them. As the
fish could not open its gills, it was suffo-
Gated. Of course the circumstance that
the crab made the seizure Just so as to
shut the .gill-covers, may have been an
accident; but if another occurrence Of
the kind should be witnessed, it must be
admitted that the hermit crab has de-
veloped splendid ingenuity in its
method of attack.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13

$50 Tom Moore,s grievance against Amer.
lea Is explained in the last number Of
Harper's Magazine. 1t seems that he
the cause of Mr.. and Mrs.
Merry, representatives of the British
nation at Washington, who felt that they
had been injured by President Jefferson
in a question of precedence. This biased
him against the President, and his low
opinion of America was confirmed when,
on being introduced at the White House,
he was treated with no marked distinc-
ton. Mr.. Jefferson had scarcely heard
of him, for his fame had not yet
stirred the admiration of American
society. The President had habit of
casting cold first look at the stranger;
and on this occasion, standing erect, six
feet two inches and half, he gazed for
a moment silently upon the perfumed
five-foot poet, spoke word or two to
him, and, having other and more impor-
tant engagements, gave the pretty
young stranger no further attention.
The vanity of Moore was sevely wound
ed, and he fastened to dear Mrs. Merry
with his sad tale of pointed ineivility"
on the part of the democratic Presi-
dent" and she honored him with her
warmest sympathy. He resolved that
the upstart Republic of the west should
feel the weight of his displeasure.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13

doomed structure. We fed like lightning
over the rails. Our speed told now.
6parks few from the chimneysAnother
"notch the beat of the piston quick
ened to an almost inconceivable rapidity
We were ON the bridge. Hurrah! The
curling wave beneath seeued to spring
forward. In second we were across. /
shut of steam, the station-master put
down the brakes. A tearing, rend1ng
sound, that was not the brakes, crash!
We looked back. The line dropped be-
hind US like a stage-trap The bridge
gave way, and with a roar that was heard
two miles off the pretty viaduct wa.
swept away by the boiling, furious water.
We were truly thankful for our mar
row escape. And now to save the excur-
sion. Speeding forward again, whistling
like a demon, our good engine
/" Nigilant" by name-soon came in
sight of the excursion train. By waving
our red flag We averted another danger
collision. The telegraph posts being
down, trains had to be run upon the
same line as far as Handleigh, but our
timely action set all to rights at last.
We soon gave the bewildered passen-
gers to understand the narrow escape
they had had. Fervent and sincere were
the thanks we received from all, except
one man. He was escaping from Justice,
and was captured. From the elevated
embankment we could trace the course
of the flood for miles. The train put
back to Handleigh, whence the passen-
gers were forwarded by another COM
pany. 5ag
By the time We had arranged matters
and returned to the broken viaduct the
water had subsidized. The work of de-
struction was complete, but break
dow" gang was quickly on the spot. A
footway was constructed across the
muddy river-bed, and trains stopped at
both sides of the stream, the passengers
exchanging from one to the other.
The loss of cattle and farm produce
caused by that terrible flood was very
great. Had the catastrophe occurred
during the night the loss of human life
would have been appalling. As it was,
some unfortunate people were drowned,
but some had most marvellous escapes.
The aspect of the country as | retraced
my steps was deplorable; could scarcely
recognize the places l had passed in the
morning.
found McCausland and his staff at
the reservoir awaiting me. He wrung
my hand fervently, and said certain
words that / shall not easily forget.
The yiaduct was soon rebuilt, but the
station-master at Ammering does not for
get the race of steam cersus water on the
"Vigilant" locomotive. Nor do /!
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
Case of Restored Reason.
From the Wheeling Register.

From the Wheeling Register.
A Confederate soldier from the Valley
of Virginia, in one of the battles of the
late civil war, was struck in the head by
a Minnie ball. The ball passed through
the skull, and the surgeons, afraid to
probe the wound in search of it, left the
man to die. In the course of time he re-
covered, but had lost his reason, and was
sent to the insane asylum at Staunton,
where he remained for IL years. At
length DR.. Faunderoy, an eminent ply
stefan of that city, obtained permission
from the asylum authorities and friends
of the insane man to make surgical ex-
animation of the head, with the hope of
finding the ball. He was successful and
found the ball imbedded on the inside
of the skull and pushing against the
brain. Unable to extract it with any in
strument at hand, he took a chisel and
mOrtised it out. As soon as it was re-
moved, reason resumed its control, and
the deranged one was in his right mind.
He says that he is not conscious of any,
thing that occurred during the interval
on the battlefield to the moment the
pressure was removed from the brain all
was blank to him.
Another case in the same county Of
Augusta was that of a boy whose gun
bursted while shooting, and drove the
lock into to brain. The piece was re-
moved by skillful surgeon without Sc
rious injury to the patient.
But the remarkable case / heard of
was in the same neighbornood. 1t was
that of woman subject to fits of mental
arrangement, and while in a spell of lu-
macy drove an eight-penny nail into the
top of her head, penetrating down into
the brain-the nail having been driven
up to its head. The nail was drawn out,
and the woman has been in sound mental
condition eyer since
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
Couldn't Kill Him.

A tender-hearted man ont on Oak
street, who had dog that was eating
him out of house and home, gave the
animal pint of laudanum, to kill it.
And the dog chased cows, and pigs, and
children, and sucked eggs and killed
chickens all afternoon as usual, and at
eventide, the tender-hearted man sup
plemented the dose of laudanum with
some 81 grains of morphine Then the
dog lay down to sleep, and he dreamed
that he was ditching machine operating
on the Texas Pacific Railroad, and had
whole mountain range to level before
October, and when the tender-hearted
man arose one morning, he was Mortified
TO see that the He'll Gate explosion had
just got as far as his garden, and Just as
he counted the nineteenth hole that was
big enough to bury COW in, looked up
and SAW the faithful dog escorting run
away horse, part of a grocery wagon and
a long bill of damages, down the neigh
boring street-Haekeye
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13
A Wonderful Will.

Count Emmanuel Lauzade Mantegna,
of the Palazzo Trabia, Palermo, who
recently died, left behind him a rich
countess, one hundred and twenty
thousand pounds of gold coin, and re-
markable will. There were legacies for
religious houses and charitable societies,
large purchases of wax for q favorite
saints shrine, provisions for two masses
daily for half century, and some ex-
cellent advice for his son Giuseppe,
who is minor and residuarv Iegatee.
The young gentleman is expected not to
mix himself up in politics, social
questions, or with sects of any kind"
The father enjoins the son to marry,
but not within the fifth degree of con-
and not to act under the
impulse of momentary passion, but al
ways give the preference to modest
woman of sound religious principles.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-09-13

market prices. Of course there are two
sides to this, as there are to most ques-
1tianS That there will Dc D great falling
off in the production of wheat in the best
wheat-growing regions OF Europe, all of
us know. Great Britain is a large pur-
chaser of wheat. She never. produces
anywhere near the amount her people
consume. She has in past years obtained
her chief supplies of wheat from Turkey
and southern Russia. Of course she cam
not obtain bushel from that section this
year. 1t is knowledge of this fact that
has kept up -four to its high price, and it
will remain alta comparatively high price
as long IS the war continues But if the
war stops, there will be big decline i'm
mediately, Notwithstanding no wheat can
be obtained from Turkey and southern
Russia the present year. But with
peace will come the largest efforts to pro-
duce crops to make up for the heavy
losses of the war
Great Britain must rely chiefly upon
America for her wheat supply this year,
and we have an abundance for ourselves
and for that country also. California is
the only state in which there is short
crop; all the other states are blessed with
more than average crops, and they have
been harvested in safety. The yield in
Minnesota is said to be wonderful, and
although it is spring wheat, it makes the
whitest -four and is in great demand in
the east.
There being an admitted large crop in
this country, it is safe to speculate by
holding ON with the expectation that the
war viii be continued? Nations do not
want long wars nowadays. They want
to make war short, sharp, and decisive;
and it seems to us as though the "Gob-
bier" was about gone up. The other ma
tions appear to be looking on with indif-
ference, but they are really, it seems to
us, waiting for their share of the booty.
1t is always safe to sell an article when
ready for market. Much more is lost by
waiting for better prices than is gained,
nine times out of ten. 1t is a speculat-
ing process to hold longer. Let others
speculate. Farmers are poor hands at
that business. They need the money to
pay off their debts, to improve their
farms and homes and stock. If out of
debt, they want better breeds of domestic
animals, for they are more profitable
They need the money to educate their
sons and daughters. Our advice is, to
sell wheat as soon as it can be got to
market C0tman'a Rural World.