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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-14
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CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, March 13lh.-
HOUSE-After the introduction
and reference Of a few bills the
House went into Committee of the
Whole, Cox in the Chair, on the
diplomatic appropriation bill. The
Committee having proceeded to the
consideration of the bill by Sec
tions, Hale moved to increase the
salaries of the Ministers to Great
Britain, France, Germany and
Russia to SIT, 500, instead of SIS, ZOO
as contemplated by the bill.
After considerable debate, Rea-
gan, by unanimous consent, made
an explanation on the subject of the
proposed payment to mail route
contractors in the Confederate
States for services rendered before
the war and had read an extract
from his first report as Postmaster
General of the Confederacy. The
object OF the reading was to show
that he had been correct in stating
that he had, as Postmaster-G General,
directed mail contractors to con-
tinue the service under their con-
tract with the United States, and
directed Postmasters to turn over
their postage stamps and money to
the United States before control of
the service was assumed by the
Confederacy. He confessed to hav-
ing forgotten subsequent legisla-
ton on the subject. He hoped the
House would not consider that he
had been dealing unfairly or disln-
genuously with it.
Conger replied to Reagan. He
disclaimed any intention to reflect
upon him and in the matter of the
bill to pay Southern mail contract
ors, that gentleman had contra
dicted the statement which he
(Conger) had made as to these con-
tracts having been paid by the
Confederate Government. He (Con-
ger) had met him and overthrown
him with his own proclamation.
The gentleman from Texas had
also denied that these contractors
had been paid by the Confederate
Government, but Willets proved
that they had been. He did not
wish to say anything personal
ooOub bilC lloih 4CAd5s
He accepted his explanation for
whatever that gentleman might
consider it worth. Still the charge
remained unanswered. Gentle
men on the other side who were
familiar with the legislation OF the
Confederate Congress and who
must have known that over $780,
600 had been appropriated by that
Congress to pay these contractors,
were silent upon that fact.
Douglas at this point roso to ask
a question of Conger. Conger de-
clined to yield for that purpose,
but Douglas persisted and refused
10 taxa his seat, as required by the
Proceedings were thus
until Wood, of New
York, raised the question of order
that the whole discussion was ir.
relevant to the bill before the COM
nittee and therefore out of order.
The Chairman sustained the point.
Conger then moved formal
to the bill and pro-
,eedsd again to discuss the ques-
ion of Southern mail contractors,
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I'VE are melted to
gle sympathizer with la
II hail thee as the true
ypheus of the Labor party! We
had supposed, just as Kearney had
supposed, that thou vert one of
the luxurious Sybarites who be-
lieved that capital was the Corin-
THAN column of society. Like
Kearney, we did thee injustice.
Like Kearney, We are undeceived;
and, like the great agitator, we
hasten to make the amende honora-
ble. May thy labor-loving shadow
never be less!
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fe-red upon the Baroness Burdett
Coutts the grand Gordon OF the Or
der of Mejaidie. This is the only
instance of its bestowal on lady
as recognition of her efforts in
behalf Of Turkish refugees.
In consequence of the alarming
spread of typhus fever ut st. Peters,
burg, many families are leaving
the city. The number Of fresh
cases is estimated at between 800
and 400 daily.
Cammunistic Journal seized.
PARIS, March 13th.-The newly
founded Communistic journal, La
Commune Francaise, has been
seized.
The Pope ConclIiattnx Germany.
ROME, March l3th.-The Pope il
considering the expediency of ap'
pointing Cardinal Ledschowski
Archbishop OF Posen, to post in
the Vatican to pave the way fol
the appointment of an Archbishop
of POsen in agreement with the
German Government.
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European Cable News.

IHoaor to Ludy-Tyhds Fever.
LONDON, March 13th.-It Is un-
derstood that the Sultan has con-
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motion to indefinitely postpone.
Carried. Ayes So, noes 81.
Dorsey, for indefinite postpone-
ment, was paired off with Swift,
against postponement. Johnson
changed from 10 to aye and gave
notice that he would move q recon
sideration of the vote. Adjourned
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Frrueh Fnrrrfa-


In France what is called q forest,
would, in America, be styled clump
OF trees" But mark the difference Of
results In France woodlands are highly
priced, though she imports some 5,0OO,-
600 francs worth of timber per annum.
Exclusive of fire purposes, che uses
$500, 900 metres of wood every year for
works OF industry and art Some 3d.
100000 acres of land are devoted TO
timber, of which 5000, 900 belong to the
State. II we in America esteemed WOOD
as prudently as the people of France,
better results would arise. he timber
lands OF America offer an important
theme, well worth studying. To-day l
have been looking at trees OF small Ill
mensions growing under treatment OF
artificial coloring Ash is stained 50
that it grows up like satin wood, and
pine becomes similar to rosewood. In
deed, this commanding of nature by
science in this respect is very interest
ing, and strongly suggestive OF the
Ere nch mind
Resin and turpentine, coming chiefly
from the maritime pine Of the south Of
France, are very important products OF
this country, and divide the competition
of our Carolinas and Georgia. A pine
in France yields till it is sixty OF
seventy years old, and produces gum IN
the boxes" much more profusely and
proftably than / have seen IN North
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Reer-DrinAIuE in Vienna.

Water is undoubtedly very scarce
commodity in Vienna, cistern water
being mostly used for drinking purposes
There are very siow-running hydrants on
the streets, and they are invariably sur
rounded by girls and women with buck
cts and tubs, waiting their turn to secure
supply. There are slso wagons with
hogsheads that go around to sell water.
1t is said to be unwholesome, and, if
drunk cen tinuously, win lead to chronic
affections sf the bowels. II is what i
called hard water, but we have never
found it uDpslatable, though lump of
ice is a great Improvement to it in this
weather. There are, hewever, very few
people in Vienna who drink water, aud
many who never touch it. Beer is the
daily and hourly drink of almost every
one, old and young. 1t is part OF their
daily TODD, Just as coffee or tea is with
us. When families are dining at the
restaurants, the beer mug stands by the
plate of old and 'young, male and fe-
male, and it is even put to the lips Of
infants. Vienna beer does not, however,
seem to have any Intoxicating effect,
and it never occasions a headache. We
have seen and been IN the company of
men who viii drink dozen large glasses
of an evening without Observing the
slightest inebriating. effect. We doubt
il they could drinK2 !. much American
beer with impunity. The Austrians are
undoubtedly sober people. as it would
De difficult to find a place where spirit
nous liquor is sold LOor. Baltimore
American.
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EEtz ssRLEA
r,,s rn,.,oIor, OF ,he Liver.

The liver is the largest secreting organ in
the human body, and the bile which il se>
erets is more liable 10 vitiation and misdi>
rection from It's proper channels than any
other Of the animal fluids. Luckily for the
bilious, however, there IS an unfailing
source of relief from liver complaint,
namely, Hostetter's Stomach Bitter, medi-
cine which for over a quarter of q century
has been achieving thorough cures of the
above mentioned ailments, fever and ague,
dyspepsia, bowel complaints, rheumatic, and
kidney affections, and disorders involving
loss OF nervous vigor. 1t is. moreover. a
preventive of malsrial disease, and affords
in districts of country whers that dire
scourge is prevalent. AS remedy adapted
TO the medicinal requirement. of families, il
is supremacy desirable. and as a means oil
terrifying a debilitated system. il is thor
ough1y to be depended upon.
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a stnpcndon. saneInnrr.

Nine miles north of Cintra is The
stupendous Mafra Sanctuary, a second
Escurial, without the royal sepulcher.
Like it's Spanish counterpart. il consists
of a palace, church snd convent cons
bined in one immense parallelogram
One authority states the longest side To
be no feet, and another $50 feet, the
usual discrepancy where measurement.
sre concerned. To give an idea Of the
internal magnitude Of this structure ::
It contains $50 apartments, 600 doors,
nine courts, and spsse on the roof for
10 600 soldiers 10 maRuvre. The archi-
lecture must be described as plain
though not without nchness in certain
parts, as the facade Of the basilica, for
instance. The foundation OF this won
der is due to Dom Joso V, whs viewed
that if an heir should Se granted him he
would erect a great monastery on the
site Of the humblest sanctuary in Portu
gal And thus be fulfilled his pledge
upon the birth of sen. The work WAS
commenced in 1717 and consecrated with
great festivities in 1880. No monks
have resided in the cells since 1884, when
Portugal ordained the extinction OF
their fraternities. The buildings stand
now a monument et mistaken zeal, pro-
digality and inutility, depriving the
suffering of the world of millions that
might be joyfully expended in the work
which covereth multitude of sins
+ Lisbon Cor. Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Found on a Doorstep.
ns-.ld Nswpart az. u rsleran.

herald Newport Or. IL Telegram.
A sad story of the recent yellow-fever
scourge in the South has just come to
light. A few evenings ago a WELL
dressed babe, about one year old, wss
left ON the doorsteps of a well-to, do
citizen, Mr.. Newcomb, of Providence,
who found it there upon answering a
sharp ring OF the door-bell. 1t had s
tiny gold ring upon its finger and gold
necklace with gold dollar attached
around its neck. By the side of the
infant Ga girl) WAS complete outfit of
richly-trimmed clothes. 4 letter WAS
also found, in which the heartbroken
mother who had left il there stated that
she had lost her father, mother. brother,
husband and three children by the vel
low fever in New Orleans. and that she
fed to Cairo to escape the plague, with
her bsby; that both were attacked with
the fever in that place and recovered,
though the writer felt a. though she was
losing her memory, and, no doubt, would
soon be raving maniac. 1t appeared
she had known Mr.. Newcomo and his
family, and ia the letter she stated that
fearing she would lose her identity she
had made up her mind to give them the
baby, as she knew they would be good
to it. She urged them not 70 LOOK her
up IS she was going to New York on the
midnight train, there to die unknown"
She signed herself Mrs. Josie Hall. Mr..
Newcomb was greatly affected, for he
had known the lady's family, who, he
said stood high in the South, Mrs Hall
being beautiful and accomplished lady.
A letter was received fro N her the fol-
lowing day. dated Providence, she
having written it before leaving the
city which simply gave Instructions for
the care of her offspring
Two days after the receipt Of this letter
telegram was received By Mr. New
comb from Bostou stating that Mrs Hail
was in dying condition at hotel in
that city. he Immediately started for
Boston and arrived in season TO receive
the dying woman's instructions. She
begged him to be good to her child and
to send her body to New Orleans for
interment. She left come money TO pay
her funeral expenses, and also some for
the care OF the child The remains were
forwarded to New Orleans
a letter received from the latter city
throws some sdditionsl light on the sad
affair Mrs Hall, it appears, while
deranged with grief, had fed from the
city in her fathers carriage, accompanied
by the faithful coachman, and went to
Cairo, where the ceachman died. She
Immediately left Cairo and fed North
The babe will be tenderly cared Tor, and
the mothers instructions viii be filth
fully carried out.
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The Store. OF venice

nv stores OF frhhSS-
The ladies are surprised at the number
and the msgui6cenee of the stores OF
Venice, especially OF the jeweiry stores
on ST. Marks piszzs They are more
numerous than those of Rome, and if
sharply bsrgs;sSNsith, will sell their
goods cheaper ma anywhere else in
Italy. Even Roman and Florentine
mosaics can be bought cheaper here than
in cities where they are made. The dry
goods and fancy stores, although small
have good display of goods OF fine
quality. They sre scattered through
the narrow streets, and q great number
are in the vicinity of the Rislto bridge.
The msjority of the stores, hswever, are
for the sale OF provisions, groceries, etc.
Here ne have, as elsewhere in Italy,
very few, If any, gin places, and ouly an
occasional beer saloon. Diamonds can
be purchased in Venice cheaper than
anywhere else in Europe, provided the
purchaser will bear in mind that the
asking price is generally about one third
more than they will be willing to take
for the article offered The best plan is
to select what you want, ask the price,
and then stfer one third less They sell
dom allow customer to go away with
out selling him what he wants, and if
they can not get their own price, they
are very apt TO take what he offers
1Cor. Baltimore American
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In his lecture on The Wastes, and Burdens
of Society,", claims 'msn's natural life to be
eighty years, and, as the average life is but
tni-ty> three years there must be waste of
forty seven years" There is mueh OF truth
in this statement If man be unfortunate
in business, it is attributed to the violation
OF some commercial Law. Now, if a person
be taken of in the prime OF life, ought it
not TO be attributed to the violation of some
physiological law? II people only knew
better, they would live better and longer
but how can they profit by that which they
know not of ? The only popular work that
meets this great want is DR.. Pieree's Cons
mon Sense Medical Adviser. In it the great
problems Of disease and health are fully
discussed The work contains over 900
pages and $50 eolored plates and wood cuts.
Price, .50tTost~paid) Address the author,
r. V. Pierce. NJ. d., Buffalo, v. Y.
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..Shs Hath Done What She CouId.,i

..Shs Hath Done What She COHld.'
place, doing their work trusting in Gods
love and help, grow deeper, soar higher,
spread more widely as the years pass.
They do not, perhaps, pass for saints, for
they do not extraordinary things They
do not retire into converts to pass days
in prayer. But every one comes to honor
aud love them more and more; men come
to lesn on their strength, take counsel
of their experience; they spread light
aud peace around them, day by day, and
so cause the Kingdom ct God to come
more and more, simply by doing what
they can. Whenever we do what we
can, we Immediately can do nj re. Like
those who are ascending a m3untAin
each step, 50 insignificant in itself, car
ries them on and up, till new scenes open
before them. They have only to keep
walking on, taking one step st a time,
and presently they find themselves rising
above the region of FORESTS, begin 10 get
glimpses of blue lakes lying below them
Of sister peaks rising above them Of the
great snow-coyered fields which s1sT
upward, pure and cold, into the glitter
log air; they see the distant ocean
spotted with white sails, the forrest roll
ling its sea of yendure far away up 10
the pale horizon. s., "a we keep doing
what we can. steadily, constantly, lie
opens before US. Heaven opens above IA,
the world comes around us, rich; varied,
beautiful, aud We find Ourselves on great
eminences Of thought and love, hardly
knowing how we came there, for we have
been only doing what we could all the
time-uo more, no less. L-James Free
man Clarke.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
.ruoU NY PORTION ART. .. LORD.'


stripped of every earthly good,
Every bliss life can afford,
Say, my soul. amid griefs food,
Though ny portion art, o. Lord"
Rise above these cIinging fears,
Darker than the stOrm-cIsud's brow,
ray, between thy smiles and tears,
still my portion, Lord, art Thou.
Though injustice keen may hold
10 thy lip her cup Of gall
Look to Heaven and there behold
God. thy portion, through it all.
hen ike autumn leaves descend
Hopes sweet visions 10 and marcel,
Soul. thy piteous arms extend
Say, my portion art Though, Lord.
Though the past in swift review
Brings TO mind tne fatal dart
Traitors in thy bosom threw
Say, nay portion, Lord, Thou art.
Turn from earth's delusive naile,
Though it seoms so vondrous swset,
Ere thou. grieving, ind its guile
Thou, my portion, rtiIl repeat.
Like SONS bird, my psinfei dreams
Startled from twilight rest
spieAis h spinions. III, the besms
kiss heir plumaEe from the wet
SO ny soul, With neTveiess wisg,
horn no more feeble viii,
Iiagei With brightness, soar and sing.
hou art, Loud, my portion still.
Radiant with celestial glow,
Future triumphs wait for thee;
Dim the col0ls earth csn know
When thy Portion thou shalt see.
-LsUisvilte Cssrier-.5oursal.
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With chemical salts holding nitrogen in
fixed condition, either as sulnbstes nj
trates, or csrbonates, the case "a difsr.
emit; these are soluble forms. and readily
take the next step which fits them to
enter the structure of plants. As REGARDS
the other important element of food the
phosphoric acid and the potash. similsr
conclusions may be entertained
1t is obvious, then, that in employing
the different combinations for top.dress
ings we must be guided by an INTELLIGENT
understanding OF the nature of the
agents, and this applies to time of SD
plication as well as to methods We
have had considerable experience in this
smatterof top-dressing grass lands. and
therefore feel competent TO advise upon
the subject lathe use of stable dung
we say, apply it rather late in the fall
but not too lste; that Il, do not wait
until tie ground freezes, but about =
meath before the usual time for the sd.
vent Of severe frosts. If applied too
early, as in August or September. in the
northern parts Of she country. it dries
hard in the sun and is not 90 readily
acted upon by irosts; and, besides, il
sinks deep into the grass, and is there,
fore not SO well distributed as it should
be. The active principles have time
enough to undergo chemical change from
October TO April or May of the succeed
ing year.
Concentrated fertilizers should not,
under any ordinary circumstances. be
applied IN the autumn. The reason is
that by the rapidity OF the change, the
active elements of food are brought 81
most Immediately to the open mouths -
plants, and thus by absorption they are
stimulated to growth when growth is
not desirable. A plant is not benefited
il it is fed just before SCENTS are ready
to cut it down aud arrest all activity.
Beside this, the applicstion of sctive
fertilizers in the TALL is attended with
loss in other directions. Substances like
nitrate of soda and potash, and chloride
OF potassium are quite soluble, and the
liquid is apt 70 run away II facilities are
afforded. If applied TO side hill late
in autumn, when a glaze of ice is pos
sibie, almost a total loss may result if
brqokreceive the washings of the hills.
On porous, absortive soils, the dissolved
salts may sink too deep into the soil dur
ing long winter and early spring Our
method mas been to apply chemical fer
.ilizers To grass lands in the spring, not
100 early, just bef,re growth begins. Re
suits have been highly satisfactory in all
cases. Farmers must remember never |
to apply nitrate of soda alone or uncom- /
bined This salt sids greatly in the |
growth of the rich grasses, but if applied /
by itself it may do harm. Combine it |
always with good superphosphate. and |
then its maximum effects are seen. We !
sre csrtsin that this important fact is .
not well understood; it Is q fact learned /
BY deduction aud experience. No one /
If the actiye agents of plant food does
we'll alone, save perhaps superphosphate,
md this benefit is largely confined to I
GOT crops. As soon as farmers under
.and how to use and when to use the .
fertilizers IS top-dressings .
o grass lands, these will be more extern
lively employed than at present.
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Carolina. Distilling is dsne at a saving
of some thirty per cent. over the Amer
lean process, as there is no extravaganza
or wsste of any kind. From the moment
the tree is stripped or " axed," to the
time the resin and turpentine are bar
relied, economy and system are prevailing
powers. have seen in the Carolinas
as much improyidence in day as would
drive French pine planter mad in s
month.--Paris Cor. Baltimore Sun.
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IN FOREIGN LANDS.

Scenes IN Italy.
Inc SKIES of Italy, however, SO far as
tne Two or three days we have seen
tnem enable US to judge, bear no com
parison In clearness and beauty to those
OF our own fair land. They are much
soiter than ours, making it difficult at
times 10 distinguish between mountain
ana cloud, or rather to tell where the
mountain ends and the clouds begin.
The olive and vine continue to be the
main products, but as we approach Rome
they give place to fields of wheat, rye,
rice and maizs. The wheat was just
ripening from the harvest south of the
Alps, but after we crossed the Apenines
the harvest was in progress. We passed
immense fields of wheat in which were
long rows of reapers cutting it with
sickles in the old-fashioned way. One or
two overseers on horseback superintendent
each gang of workmen. Instead of
placing it in shocks, they haul it to-
gether at once, and thresh it by treading
out with horses in the open field. We
saw but few stacks of grain, and nothing
that approached TO our barns. Their
horses, cattle and sheep are kept all the
year round In the open field Cor
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