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New-York tribune., 1878-04-16
THE METRIC SYSTEM.

The Legislature of New-Jersey, which re-
Gently came to an mglOnOus end, blundered
into passing one creditable act, and Gov
ernor Mcclellan within a few days has
signed it. This law provides for placing
in every school district of the State a
set of the standard weights and meas
ures used in the metric system. Boston
and perhaps one or two other cities have al
ready supplied their public schools with this
opparatus, but so far New-Jersey Is the
only State which has adopted this sensi-
ble method not only of familiaTiZing its
coming citizens with the metric nomen-
clature, but of giving them an expert
mental acquaintance with the units themselves,
so that the words metre, litre and klOgram
will represent to them measures and weights
as definite and as thoroughly understood as the
terms yard, quart and pound now represent.
There is little doubt that the first generation of
children who enjoy the advantages of this
object training will live to put in practice the
knowledge thus acquired in the buying and
selling and the weighing and measuring of
their daily business and such practical action
as this of New-Jersey will hasten the day
when the chapters on dcnominate numbers
will be expunged from our arithmetics, and
when vulgar fractions will become almost OBJ
solete curiosities.
This country was the first to introduce q
decimal currency, and there seems to be nc
good reason wig it should be the last IN
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

FoREIGN-The Austrian Ambassador is seeking
authority from the Porte to occupy Bosnia and Her
zegOvina with Austrian troops -= In Mexico,
the Toluca Railroad has been opened for business.
- The Russians have occupied Shumla. 60
Dissensons have sprung up among the Home
Rule members Of Parliament - Rumors of the
probabe dissolution Of Parliament are current IN
London.
DoMEsTIc.-A compromise has been agreed upon
by the representatives of the rival Northern Pacific
measures. - General Field, the new DOoTkeeper
of the House of Representatives, has appointed to
be his assistant one Of the sO-caled disabled soldiers
who brought 30 much ridcule on Colonel Polk. -
It's thought in Washington that the Presidential
quo warrantO bill will never be heard Of again,
now that It is sent to a Committee. -
Navigation of the Ere Canal opened yesterday.
-tThe New-York Assembly adopted resolution
of inquiry in reference to the New-York Surrogates
Office. - The State Senate passed the New-York
Funding Bill. - Superintendent Pilsbury's re-
port for March shows that the State Prisons are
nearly self-supporting.
CoNGREss.-In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Sargent
offered substitute for the bill in regard TO General
Shields, which aims Mt putting General Grant and
about thirty other officers of the Volunteer Army on
the retired list the Committee on Manufactures
was instructed TO report upon the probable effect of
tariff changes; the repeal of the Bankrupt Law
voted by large majority. 80 In the House. the
Blair resolutions from Maryland were presented
Mr. Garfield objected to their reception long and
interesting discussion with the Speaker took place
rs TO the point Of order raised the right of petition
and the respect due sovereign State being topics
Of the debate.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-Mrs. TiltOn has signed a
new confession accusing Mr.. Beecher. Mr.. Beecher
last night telegraphed to THE TRIBUNE an emphatic
denial. 80 In the Newell divorce suit several af-
fectionate letters from Mrs. Newell to William ii.
Boardman were read yesterday. 80 Judges
Blatchford and Choate were sworn in.
= The financial embarrassment of sew
eral well-known firms was reported. 80
DIR. B. Waterhouse Hawkins lectured natural
history and Darwnism. - Heber X. Bishops
residence at Irvington was burned with q loss of
$4,000. == Final arrangements were made
for Tweed's funeral. - Gold. 1901, 1OOls,
1OOsa Gold value of the legal-tender dollar at the
close, 00Go cents. Stocks excited and higher, clos
ing buOyant.
TnE WEATHER-TRBUHE local observations indi-
cate cloudy and showery weather. Thermometer
yesterday go, 64o, 5O0.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

christendom to commit iyelf TO uniform lliOrnr
and consistent system . weights and n, meas. tasr
ures based on the same alto. This is "a %aoisf ,aus
of such moment th,S every piece Tor Of les,S- isw
tha ao+ 81 cono,ss which first legalized the
svsten and tIs Postal Law, which requires
tbe Denartm,At to furnish metric balances
for every office which makes 9a, reqal,
sltion for them, Is worthy OF specla,
notice nd commendatiOn. Even the Dill
of Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, providing
for oBps" and spoonfulls and barleycorns'
and other humorous or barbarous units, has
sqved good purpose by calling popular
attention to system already adopted
by some of our largest manufacturing COM
panies by most of our learned societies, by
the professors in many of our colleges III
their demonstrations and experiments, by the
Smithsonian Institution in all of its scientific
and by that most credltable OF
all our National undertakings, the Coast
SurypV
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16
amusements ano alfeilass 90 Might.

BoorH's THEATRE" The ExIes:
BROADWAY THEATRE" The Exles'
FIFTH AVENUE HALL-Helers wonders
NIUo's GARDEH--" Leah" ,.y
FIFTH AyEs1E THEATRE" Uncle Toms Cabin"
PAKK THKATRE-"Our Aldermen"
SAN Francisco MIEsTREI&
sTANpARD THEATRE" The Pearl OF SAVOY.
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" Celebrated O"So'
WALLACR'S THEAIRE-" Diplomacy
ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Annua EXnlDiIon'
CHICKERING HALL-GeOgrapheai SOclelH o.ior ord
MADIsON-AYE PRESBYTERIAN ChOAOh -Oi"'40 ~
ar N0et,s q ARpEN-2 and g: The Great London snow
NTw.yopK AoUARIUM-Day and Evening
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

Yesterdays vote in the Senate on the bill
repeating the-BanlTupt Law was so nearly
unanimous In favor of the bill as to put the
repeal apparently beyond all doubt The
effort which is to be made to pass the bill
promptly through the House is likely to have
the same result, and the present session will,
In all probability, see the obnoxious law
stricken from the statute book. Our Wash
in9ton dispatches give an interesting review
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16
MRS. TILTONS CONFESSION.

The extraordinary document added by Mrs.
Elizabeth r. Tilton, this morning, to the
great collection of scandalOus literature which
has made Brooklyn one of the most notorious
cities of the world, will be read with mingled
emotions of sorrow, of pity, of amazement,
and of disgust. If this were an ordinary case,
such document would close the controversy,
and the publlc might welcome any statement,
however shocking, that would shut off the tor
rents of filth, and allow the community to forget
the whole horrible business. But it is not an
ordinary case. None of the strange act
ors in it are ordinary people. 1t was
long ago decided that the personages
in the Beecher scandal, who seem to
have lived in a whirl Of unhealthy emo
tions. duivering one day on the rough and
ragged edge of anxiety and despair, gushing
the next with maudlin affection, or losing them
selves in an ecstasy of folly, were not to be
Judged by the recognized standards of con-
duct, and their words were not to be weighed
by the established rules Of evidence. Mr..
Beecher had made enough admissions to damn
a dozen other preachers, yet jury could not
convict and congregation would not abandon
him. Theodore Tilton had compromised him
self by writing in terms of affection TO the
man whom he accused of outragng his do
nestle sanctuary, yet thousands believed him.
And Mrs. Tilton-what story has she not told
about this mystery, what hide0us and imDOs-
sible thing has she not donef Years ago she
made a written confession which has never
seen the light. At Mr.. Beecher's request she
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

DAILY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers, SO per annum.
WFEKLY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers SO per an.
WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Mail Subscribers, 50 per annum
Terms cash in advance
Uptown advertisers their favors for THR TBtSE
al23S 3Oo W. 23dst shave
BRANCH OFFICES OF THE TRIBUNE.
NAsHINGToN-NO. ]. .335 Est.
LoNnON-NO. 26 Bedford ST.. Strand.
PAR1s-No 10 Rue de Ia Monnaie.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

The Postmaster here is unwilling that we
should verify these figures from his records,
as to the other papers, without their consent;
but as the figures all reached lis from the
same source, and as those relating to our own
business are correct we have no doubt that
the rest are also. We shall gladly unite,
however, with any two of the other eight
page papers in formal request to Postmaster
tames for transcript in detail from his books.
In estimating the significance of these fig
ures, it must be remembered that they repre-
sent the weight of seven daily issues OF the
other papers, against only six of THE TRIB-
UNE (since we have no Sunday paper); that
the weight of The Herald seems unduly great
on account of its frequent triple, quadruple
and quintuple sheets, and that the weight OF
The Times is also swollen by the heavy wood
paper which its Walter presses require.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

The parliamentary skirmish which took
place IN the House, yesterday, over the intro
ductiOn of the resolutions of the Maryland
Legislature, was without particular slgniii-
canoe or visible result. The Democrats stood
solidly together on the right of a State to pre-
sent any respectful petition to Congress, and
would undoubtedly have voted that it be re-
ceved if a vote had been reached But it is
plainly understood that this position was taken
simply because of the traditional jealousy with
which Democrats seek to guard the rights of
States, and had nothing to do with the views
of the Democratic members as to the expedi-
ency of reviving the electoral controversy. On
that point majority of the Democrats still
agree with their Republican colleagues.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16
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working order sifuaten
An The Cifv of NewFIavon. Conn. aud having fine water
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TuINK OF IT-Eiohty choice Norfolk oysters
for 20 cas az any OF MABYs DepOts Fresh every day
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

FT0W IHf IfIyN't, dPTtV To I"I''
We have procured from Washington the
following table of the number OF pounds
weight of the variOus editions of the New
York morning papers, upon which postage
was charged by the Post Office Department.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

Polk was as bad as Fitzhugh, and Field
turns ont to be worse than Polk. The first
act of the new DOorkeepcr is to lift up into
the place of first assistant one of the able
bodied c1ipples whom Polk hid away in the
roll of disabled soldiers" This was the hero
who wasn't wounded "exactly," but in fact
sprained his ankle 1t is an instructive exhi-
bition. We see what a mess the Democratic
party makes of it in keeping a door which
has nothing more valuable behind it than a
Democratic House of Representatives. If it
were asked to keep the door of the National
Treasury we should see men appointed VINO
were able bodied indeed!
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16
THE NEWS THIS MOANING.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1878.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

Mr.. Sargent has subjected the clap-trap reso-
luton of the House, putting General Shields
on the retired list. to the test of common sense
by adding to the name of General Shields
those of at least twO-score more distinguished
officers, beginning with General Grant himself.
Certainly if General Shields is entitled to a
comfortable income for his services in the war
and we do not say that he is nOt-these men
are also entitled to 1t and if it is to be re-
fused to them, 1t surely cannot be granted to
hlm. The Government cannot afford to make
an exception IN his case simply to get the
Democratic House out of a scrape. at the
same time, Senator Sargent protests that his
amendment is offered in earnest, and if the
bill is not too heavily loaded with additional
names, General Shields may get his handsome
pension in the only way in which he should
get it, if at all.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

of the long agitation for repeal which seems
about to be crowned with success, and reeiteS
some of the oppressive features OF the 2ct
from which that agitation took its rise.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

The authority which Austria seeks to obtain
from the Porte, to occupy Bosnia and Herze-
goyina, is necessarily the first step to the
peaceable annexatiOn OF these provinces. The
POrte's consent obtained, the Austrians may
promptly cross the frontier, garrison the
fortresses, and assume control of the local
Administration, all under the pretext of re-
storing order and placing the recent refugees
in quiet possession of their property. Estab-
lshed in this way, the Austrians will find IL
easy to remain in full CONTROL especially as
Russia invites them to share in the dismem-
berment of Turkey and take that part which
will least interfere with her own interests.
The Porte is not likely to offer grave Objec-
tions. Since the San Stefano Treaty, Bosnia
and Herzegovina are little better than distant
settlements, connected with the Eastern terri
tory ONLY by narrow lane between the Ser
Wan and Montenegro frontiers. This high
way is inadequate for military purposes, and
renders it impracticable for the Porte to ex-
ercise active control over the two Provinces,
which are likewise severed politically by the
"reformsn assured them in the same settle
ment. Should Austria obtain soon the requisite
authority and act on it promptly, the
Eastern question will be some degrees nearer
a tranquil solution. England will then be the
only dissentient. When she counts the cost of
war she may conclude that she can gam as
much by diplomacy as she could after long
and arduous struggle.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

A resolution was passed in the Assembly,
last night, calling upon Surrogate CALVIN for
a statement of his appointments OF referees
counsel, etc, and of the allowances mage to
them. Mr.. Fish's charge against the Sun o.
gate of favoritiSm to former law partner, Is
the first that has come from any respectable
source. but, as was well said in the sembly
if the accusation is unfOuuded, the Surrogate
can only be glad of an opportunity to meet IT,
1t is but little more than year since MI.
Pisbuly was made Superintendent OF State
Prisons 1t is but little more than year also
since the prisons showed Il deficit OF more
than half a million dollars And yet Mr. PiIs-
bury, who was nominated in February, 1871
shows that in March, 1873, the prisons are
almost 5eif-suppOrtiDg, the expenses for that
month exceeding the receipts by barely Il
thousand dollars. Mr.. PllSbary is one OF the
quietest and at the same time one of the quick
est of reformers. The taxpayers owe him a
vote of thanks.
New-York tribune., 1878-04-16

Mr.. Thompson, of Pennsylvania, seems to be
staying mad. He got angry the other day III
the office of Secretary Sherman, and was
yesterday the only Republican in the House
who proposed to give the Blair tire-cracker
resolution the honor of reference to special
committee. This is a sinful world, and Mr.
Thompson must expect to hear people suggest
that his man was not appointed Register OF
the Treasury.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14

Three dozen Boxes u-4 gross, will be
sent TO PEDDLERS, STOREKEEPERS
DRUGGISTS, texpressage paid on receips
of S4.OO-about eleven cents a box.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14
Yellow Fever.

From November 3, we have the following:
There are only three or four patients re-
naming at the st. Louis quarantine, all of
whom are convalescent, and will be ready
to vacate in a few days. Occasional re.
lapses of old cases, and few new cases of
returning refugees, is about all thati is now
left in the South of the terrible yellow fever
pestilence.
New Orleans, November A: United States
Marshal Wharton, down with a relapse of
fever, is reported in a favorable condition
this evening. Rev. A. j. Witherspoon, of
the Seamen's Bethel Missions, is GONZALES
cling. Mortuary report for the week ending
at six p. m. Sunday, shows 1913 deaths,
against 80 the following week; SO of
yellow fever, against 1T the pre-
ceding week. OF the deaths from yellow
fever, sixty-five were white and four col
ored. OF the total deaths, seventy were
children under five years. Thirty-three
burials from public institutions, including
eighteen from Charity Hospital.
Cairo, ILL.,, November A: Two deaths from
yellow fever occurred within the last forty
eight hours, and two or three new cases
have developed within the same time, but
they are those who were exposed to infec.
ton before the late heavy freeze. The TEN.
p%erature of the earth's surface has reached
the freezing point nearly every night for a
WooI
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14
Young Lady A1tempts sulcrde.

Miss Annie Hobbs, a young lady living
in Shelbyville, Ind, attempted suicide re-
Gently. She came to that city several
months since from Milhausen, Decatur
County, on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Marga-
ret Floher. Saturday afternoon she went
to a stable adjoining her aunt's house in
company with her cousin, Maggie Floher.
The latter went back to the house for some
purpose. On returning she was Mortified
20 find Miss Hobbs hanging from a rope at
tached to a rafter within the stable. The
alarm being given, Mrs. Floher and her son
released the girl, who was found uncon-
scious and nearly dead. After considerable
effort she was restored. She refused to as
sign any reason for the rash act, but it
appears her family relations are not happy.
She is nineteen years old, quite pretty, and
engaged to marry a respectable young man
of Shelkyville.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14
A. r. s,exnrt,s noa1 STOLEN.

The Police Headquarters in New York
city was informed, on November z, that the
body of A. 7. Stewart was stolen from the
family vault, at st. Marks Church, early in
the morning. The casket was broken open.
Inspector Dilks, when informed of the
robbery, at once sent out the following
general order: "To all Precincts: The
remains of A. T. Stewart were last night
stolen from the family vault in st. Marks
churchyard. The casket was found broken
and the body removed. Decomposition of
the remains are so offensive that they can
not be concealed. This is apparent from
standing at the opening of the vault this
morning. Consequently it can not be taken
across the ferries without discovery. Cause
diligent search to be made in your precincts,
as TIE remains were evidently stolen in the
hope of reward"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14
Horrib,e murder. il K.n.a..

From a correspondent at Oswego, Labette
County, Kansas, the news of a terrible
double murder, a short distance from that
place, is learned, a farmer named VIM.
Hunt, and his wife, being the victims. The
murder was first discovered by a boy Satur-
day morning, who, hearing groans in Hunts
house, opened the door, and found Mrs.
Hunt lying on the floor with a
bullet hole in her face, the ball
having entered near the bridge of the nose.
Her husband was lying dead upon the bed.
She stated the party who did the shooting
was Theodore Munsterman, and that after
committing the deed he had driven away
with their team. Munsterman was arrested
and when brought before the dying woman,
she positively identified him as the MUIR
derer. 1t is reported that Munsterman was
taken from the officers on Sunday night
and ynched.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14
William Grace.

AS a general inquiry of "What is Grace's
Salve, and who is its originator? ' may seem
to be a question worthy of being answered,
we have been induced to give the following
brief, yet truthful account of its history:
This Salve is a vegetable preparation, in
vented in the seventeenth century by DIR.
William Grace, who was surgeon in King
James army, and who from that time always
used it in his professional practice, when
ever soreness or Inflammation presented it.
self. As a medical agent for the cure of
wounds, it was followed with great success,
and thousands of the veterans that were
wounded in the campaigns of 1858 and 1859
owed to this salve the salvation of their
lives. Col. Richard Grace, who was King
James chamberlain, introduced this Salve
into the royal palace, where it was used
with the greatest success, and highly es-
teemed for its virtues in the cure Of sores.
At the siege of Athlone, Col. Grace ordered
it to be administered to his compatriots who
were wounded during the memorable day
of the battle; and it was used with such
success that the head surgeon Of the army
at Aughrim ordered DIR. Grace to manu-
facture 100 gross, and distribute it among
the hospitals before the battle. On the sad
defeat at Aughrim, after Ginkle's army took
possession of the battlefield, several ambu.
lances, which had been abandoned by the
retreating army, were found to contain
sealed cases of the Salye. The English
surgeons tested it upon their wounded and
ascertained its value, and thus were both Of
the contending armies befriended by it
Both DIR. William Grace and Col Richard
Grace died in the campaign of 1691-ths
former of disease, the latter killed in the
intrenchments of Athlone, with the flag o
his country wrapped around him, cheering
his men on to victory. After the death o
DR.. Grace, the Salve was not used mucl
outside of his family, until the rebellion o
1898, when William Grace, grandfather o
the subscriber, applied its virtues, at tn,
battle of Ross, to his brave comrades VIII
fell wounded while fighting for tn
rights of their country. This Salve wa
quite extensively used in certain localitie
Of Ireland, being furnished gratuitously b.
the subscribers parents until 1S4S, whel
they left the land of their nativity an
came to this country, bringing with Their
the secret of the Salve they received fror
their ancestors. Taey continued to max
the Salve, as before, for their neighbour
free of charge, until the fall of 1861, whe
the frequent calls for it, and the seriou
cases cured by it, induced the subscriber
bring it into more general notice, and [
charge a small price for the article that ha
received the recommendation of patriot
upon the battle-felds of yore, as well 6
from persons of the present day.-TOr0ni
Advertiser, Murch 6, 1878.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-11-14
Practical

[Frcm the Christian Worker, August Is, 1851
No young man who anticipates a business
career can afford to neglect the a. advantages of
a curse of study in u first-class commercial
college. Even for those who intend to de-
vote their lives to agricultural pursuits,
such course of study will prove of ~incalcu-
laple benefit. We are aware that the public
confidence has been shaken, by pretensions
of persons who know nothing of what they
pretend to teach. Sui that should not work
to the prejudice of institutions of such well
established character and high reputation as
the QUEEN CITY COMMERCIAL COLLEGE of
Cincinnati, of which Prof. q. A. Faber is
President. This school has so long enjoyed
the public confidence, and, withal, an extern
sive patronage, that it is scarcely necessary
for us to speak of its merits. tits quite suf-
icient for us to say that it is devoted to
thorough work in the department of bust
ness education, and we do not hesitate to
recommend it to the readers of the Worker.