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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-09

CHINA: A HISTORY az THE LAWS. MANNERS. AND
CUSTOMS or Tue PEOPLE. By John Henry
Gray. VI. A.. IL. II. Edited by William q.
GregOr. vols. svo. PIP 397. 31i. tMac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-09

BURNING SEWER GAs.-San Francisco author
i;igs are considering with iyor proposition o. ect I'd
OF sewer gas by burning t. The method IS simple.
ssne chiefly OF such connection ~ the sewsrs with the
street lamps that when the ltter are lighted they will
burn the sewer sas along with the casburreted hydro
.n The addition oi the gas j. said a. have ap
prec.ahle effect the light Professor Davidson. m
response 10 an invitation 10 express bis views the
subject. speaks very fayOraby Of ia. scheme. me Bal
ietia refers II the invention OF san Francisco
lady
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22
Dangerous Liberty.

When will parents learn the import
ance of keeping firearms out of the
children's way? They will play with
them if they can. 1t has been estab-
lished by innumerable examples that
there never was a gun or pistol so Grip
pied, old or rusty, that it will not go
off in the hands of a child, and it is also
as well established that the innocent
aim of child is always deadly. Two
more cases of this kind is reported. A
boy of twelve years of age was left alone
for a few minutes with his one-year-old
sister. He commenced playing with the
baby with a loaded rifle. The gun went
off, the ball entering his sisters chin
and passing through her head, killing
her instantly. The alarmed boy called
for help. He said that man came
into the house and shot the child and
then ran away. That was a lie told in
fright. He afterward confessed that he
was playing with the gun, pointing it
at his sister, when she, grasping and
pulling ut the ramrod, the gun went off
in his hands. And so she died. The
other case was that of a fourteen-years-
old who was playing at burglars"
with seven-years-old friend. He had a
gun which he did not know was loaded,
but which he had been in the habit of
using to snap caps. The inside boy took
the gun, while the outside fellow played
burglar and robber at the wide chinks
of the door. He put his face to one of
the chinks, and this was good oppor-
tunity for the other to elbow Wind in
his face by swapping caps. The first
cap missed fire, but the second dis
charged the gun and killed the outsider
in the game of robbers, instantly.
There is no more to say, If children
will play with firearms they must get
shot sooner or later. 1t is for parents
to prevent such dangerous play.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22
Minnie and Minnie's Mother.

A poor and respectable woman of
Augusta, Ca, is in quandary, and
wants the moralists, and philosophers,
and philanthrOpists to help her out
Her case may be briefly stated. The
woman has a drunken, worthless, vag-
abond husband, who deserted her two
years ago, and wandered away to parts
unknown, taking with him their only
child, Minnie, then not quite three
years old. Minnie was an uncommOnly
bright curly-head, and could not fail TO
attract attention wherever she APP
peared. The mother was poor and
powerless to follow her husband and
child. She was naturally very much
distressed and anxious about the fate
of the child in such hands. But she
could do nothing but wait and listen.
| She first heard of little girl called
Minnie, answering to the description of
her child, in New Orleans. But this
Minnie appeared to have parents, and
was well provided for by them. They
were travelling people, reputed wealthy,
and were staying at hotel. But Min
MES mother was too poor to make the
journey in search of her little wan
derer. The lady and gentleman and
Minnie finally disappeared from New
Orleans. This was at the close of the
winter. With the migrating birds they
had probably gone North, following up
the spring. A few days ago the be-
reaved mother heard another voice
that told her of her darling Minnie. 1t
came from Aiken, South Carolina.
The description was of little girl with
glossy, curly hair, dark sparkling eyes,
and skin as fair as lily-a little beauty
of five years, answering to the name
of Minnie. She was living with
stylish people in a splendid country
seat near Aiken. The mother could bear
the agony of suspense no longer. Some
of her friends who knew the story and
sympathized with the impulses of
mothers heart aided her, and saw her
off for Aiken. She found the family
and Minnie; and that Minnie was her
child. Better still, or worse, as the
case may be, Minnie knew her mother,
and their meeting, after painful sep
aration of two years, was an humanizing
spectacle. There could be no doubt
that the poor woman and that child of
luxury KNEW eacn Otner. w naJ neAI!
The child's story is told by her pro-
tectors. They were gentleman and
lady of fortune of New York, and child
less. They were travelling for pleasure
and made Memphis, Tenn, stopping
place. Here the lady happened one
day to remark to her washerwoman
that she had long desired to adopt some
handsome child as care and COM
panion. The woman had child in her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22
Bennett Objects.

The Baltimore Sun of a recent date
printed the following cable message
from James Gordon Bennett in regard
to the recent publication in New York
and Baltimore relative to his meeting
with Mr.. May:
PARIS, June 3, 1878.
To the Editor of the Baltimore Sum
| have Just received by this mail
from America a communication which
appeared in your columns two weeks
ago in reply to a statement published
in the New York Times. Permit me to
say that the details of your commune
cation are, to certain extent, correct.
| regret that when the Times statement
in regard to the unfortunate affair with
which my name was connected was
made, | was not consulted. Mr.. Wilkes,
who is said to be responsible for the
Times statement, resembles the bear in
the fable, who killed his friend in kill
ing the fly. | am thankful for all that
Mr.. Wilkes intended, but not for his
uncalled-for interference. In your pa
per the following appears:
Mr.. May was as cool and calm as anything
could be. Mr.. Bennett was very much ex-
cited and nervous, his body swaying to and
fro. Between one and two a cap was heard
to snap. Believing it to be Mr.. Benefits pis-
tol that had snapped DR.. Frederick May
called out: "Stop!" He walked up to Mr.
Bennett and said: odd your pistol freq
Mr. Bennett said: ono, / did not shoot. l
claim my shot. Here is my pistol.n Mr.. Ben
nett was extremely nervous.
1t is now nearly two years since this
affair occurred. l had supposed that
people were satisfied with it, and that
they might have other amusements; but
it seems not. Now | beg leave to say
that | shall arrive in America about the
middle of July. If public opinion
deems it just that l should suffer legal
penalties, | am perfectly willing to bow
to that decision and submit to the laws
of the land. did send challenge to
Mr.. May, which was accepted by him.
Mr.. May, in your account, is said to
have been perfectly cool. l do not
question his coolness or his courage;
but in the same report Mr.. Bennett is
said to have been very nervous and ex-
cited. 1t appears, then, that Bennett
was scared to death, and that May was
as cool as cucumber. Being prin-
cipal, |, of course, cannot say anything
in regard to this, but think | am now
at liberty to withdraw any injunction of
secrecy upon the gentlemen who acted
as seconds
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
DR.. Fred. May, of this city, was shown
the above, but declines to say anything.
He was Fred. Mays second.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22
Muscle VS.. Brain.

DROP stone IN a stocking ard it is a
dangerous weapon with which to strike
man. 1t is the stocking that hits the
man-it is the stone that hurts him.
In a lecture the language hits you, but
it is the idea that interests you. Some
of the relations between muscle and
brain are strange and complex. There
are problems difficult to solve. Given
MANN the head is the restless power
of thought, in the heart the restless
fire of sin. Given society-and we have
merciless wrong on the throne and in
nocent truth on the scatfold. Given
also sin-darkening all homes, disturb
ing all hearts, desolating all hopes,
blighting all characters, digging all
graves. Given sOul-how to find
meekness without stupidity, caution
without cowardice, courage without
rashness. Given mana felt force in
the world of forces. To find the prop
er balance between muscle and brain is
a problem. There is a muscle man and
brain man, and there ought to be
harmony, but there is not Each is
struggling for the ascendency. The
muscle man on top, and he is an AK, a
hoe, spade. The brain man on top,
and he thinks, and plans, and guides,
and governs. The muscle man is a
doe; he fights forces at disadvantage;
he lifts with the short end of the lever.
The brain man is not doer; he is an
organizer, combiner of forces. He
stands in the center of the world, and
makes others do the work. The muscle
Il ,1 Nh.,
brain man is imponderable, intangible,
invisible. He sits by our hearts and
makes our homes; the other makes our
houses and makes our roads. One is
seen in forms of material things; the
other is affections, souls, angels, God!
The one is beard; the other is razor. |
propose to be razor. The one is grass;
the other is tooth. propose to be tooth.
You must adjust yourself, and choose
your place.-Dr. F'OaCler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22

&c Got nothing to do?" snarled old
Mr.. Thistlewaite, to poor, hungry
tramp who applied for food. Got no
money? Can't get any work. Why
don't you go West and rob Union Pa
cific sleeping car? No work.? And
the old man snorted in wrath, as he
thought how foolish it was Tor man
to lie around these times and say he
had nothing to do.-HGWk-Eye.
"A wise Dartmouth student has been
in the habit of bracing up the con-
science of his washerwoman by writing
at the end of his wash list: Honesty
is the best policy" But he rather over
did the proverb the other day. His
clothes were very dirty, so he wrote:
Labor OnlniG Uiacit." She evidently
knew proverb or two, even if they
weren't classical, for he found written
on the paper when returned: Money
makes the mare 60"
On cream that once in farmers halls
Was diligently churned,
No more the stout churn-dasher falls;
For some smart man has learned
That boiled beef suet doth excel
The butter made of cream,
Though pampered palates may rebel,
So curious does it seem.
Now butter factories dot the land,
And farmers moan thereat,
While cattle, at the butchers stand,
Are slaughtered for their fat.
In boarding houses luckless wights,
Scorning all hygiene,
Share not their landlady's delights
In oleOmargarine.
". Y Sun.
"A certain young lady resolved never
to entertain u proposal of marriage
from cigar smoker. An accomplished
gentleman offered his heart and hand,
who falsely asserted that he never
smoked. To convince her of the truth
of his assertion he suggested boarding
in her fathers family six weeks. A
short time before the expiration of the
trial, the servant ran to the lady one
day, exclaiming: GAS true as you live,
Mr.. - is smoking" 81 won't be-
lieve it." But she discovered the OBJ
ject of her affections sitting near the
fireplace so that the smoke from his
cigar might pass up the chimney.
Wringing her hands in agony, she ex-
claimed: u" 1t is fact; he does smoke. "
She took a second look. "He does
smoke; but did you eUer see any man
smoke so grdcetWlIy?'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22

charge who had been left with her by a
man of whom she knew nothing, ex-
cept that she had done washing for
him. He had disappeared, and she had
never seen or heard of him since Min
ME was produced and suited the lady.
The couple adopted the little girl in
Memphis, and at length pursued their
journey to New Orleans. Finally they
returned to their home in New York.
Last fall they went to Aiken and pur-
chased an elegant winter residence
there. And Minnie was the love and
center of that home when her natural
mother found her. Minnie was bright,
beautiful and handsomely attired; her
mother was coarsely clad, and on her
worn features were pictured privation
and pain. With her adopted parent
Minnie would be educated and become
the heiress of million; with her mother,
she might become what?
The gentleman and lady are so well
convinced that the mother has found her
child that they are perfectly willing to
give up the little girl if the mother in
sists upon it, or they are willing to keep
and train her as their daughter. This
/ 10 Viz IuCSUlOH Illc ulOIlleE mas 10 ucClUe
for herself, and yet she cannot do it,
under the imposed conditions. With
the adopted parents the child must be
brought up to know no other mother
than the adopted one, and can have no
intercourse with parent or any blood re-
lation. The natural mother can never
see her offspring again. In other terms,
she must forever abandon her child,
and the child must be weaned from her
memory. Or she has the privilege of
taking Minnie back into poverty, and
toll, and pinching want. There is no
alternative or compromise, and the stip-
ulated conditions are certainly Just.
They are equally hard for both parties
for the adopted parents to lose the
being they had built their hopes on,
and for the mother to break the ties of
blood for the problematical benefit of
her one darling Negotiations for the
settlement of this puzzling family ques-
ton are still pending, and it presents a
mothers dilemma of a very remarka-
BILE character. Minnie's adopted par
ents offer special inducements to the
mother to decide in their favor by treat
ing her with great kindness, bestowing
upon her presents, and offering to aid
her in various ways. For Minnie they
will be the friend of both-without her,
the acquaintance ceases forever. How
should the mother solve this problem
of love and duty?-St. Louis Reptb-
lican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22
Language of the Finger Ring.

If a gentleman wants wife, he wears
a ring on the first finger of his left
hand.
If engaged, he wears it on the second
finger.
If married, he wears it on the third
finger.
If he never intends to marry he wears
it on the fourth or little finger.
When lady is not engaged, she
wears a hoop or diamond on her first
finger.
If engaged, she wears it upon her
second finger
If married, she wears her wedding
ring upon the third finger.
If she intends to remain maid, she
wears her ring upon the fourth finger.
Thus by few simple tokens the pas
sion of love is expressed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22
he Central Pacific. Almost hoping to

the Central Pacific. Almost hopino TO
discourage his tempters he telegraphed:
"Sl3, 600 a year in gold" At once came
the answer: " Accepted" So, taken in
his own trap, he had nothing to do but
to bid adieu to the city that had served
him so well and turn his face toward
the land of gold.
This was nine years ago. He is still
General Superintendent of the Central
Pacific Railroad, one of the most i'm
portant railroads in the world. With
its connections in California, this quiet
man, not yet forty-eight years old,
now superintends 2,734 miles of rail
road, and connecting steamers, besides
debating the tariffs of the China, the
Australian and the Panama lines of
steamships. While other young men,
preferring present ease and comfort to
the interests of their employers, wasted
money and time in billiard halls, thea
tiers and drinking saloons, Albion N.
Towne was at work, building up char
acter as well as reputation, and now
fills one of the most important positions
in California, and instead of $3.50 a
year as brakeman on freight train
he now draws the comfortable salary of
$50, 900 year in gold.
"Lucky man." says one. Luck
had but little to do with it. Modest
worth did it. Faithfulness in the per-
Torrance of present duties, however
humble, did it, This untiring faithful
ness in the humber duties not only at
tracted the notice and won the appre-
citation of his superiors, but fitted him
for the higher positions which, without
his seeking, he was called to fill.-A.
L. Seo0eLI. IN Methodist Recorder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22

"A man in Austin, New, remarked:
If | were Tilton | would not want to
live. | would be like Judas Iscariot,
and take siX-shooter and go to some
secluded spot and blow off the top of
my head" How ignorant those Nevada
people are! 1t was Nebuchadnezzar
who went out with six-shooter and
shot the top of his head off Danbury
Ne0S. What ignorance there is "away
down Eastn' 1t was Absalom who
went out with hair trigger and shot
the top of his head off.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22

A WRITER in DR.. Foote's Health
Monthly says: once knew an old gen.
tleman who used to enforce his plea for
good living by saying: 81 should be
ashamed to show myself in Heaven and
be obliged to confess to the good God
that while He had filed the earth with
delicious foods had been too lazy, too
stingy, or too careless to enjoy His
bounty. How can l expect to be in
vited to partake of His good things in
the life to come if l neglect to make use
of those with which He has surrounded
me here"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22

A FASHION item says "pufis and false
braids are being dispensed with" but
when you see a woman drowning and
reach the spot as she is going down the
third time, you want to grab her pretty
close to the skull, or you may have
seven dollars worth of false locks and
your labor for your pains. -NorriStotCn
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-22

On an average women live five years
longer than men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-11

The money market was more active Call loans
ON pledge of Government bonds were down at 2N3
per cent. but at 41205 on miscellaneous stocks.
Prime mercantile paper is quoted at 495 per cent.
There is no change in rates Of domestic exchange
The United States Treasurer at washington To-
day received $4,000 Nat4Onal bank notes 1or lie,
demption The custom receipts were S2oO,OuO, ana
the internal revenue receipts $225,OOO. Inc foi-
lowing is the clearinghouse statement to-GaN'
Currency exchanges, S63 723,07l currency pal
apces SO 1O4, 1870; gold exchanges, $o.449,ZO1'
gold balances, 81, 030,091. -.
There was further depression ~ british co1Sois ~
93l6tG for money and 94Sl6 for the account 0ndutu
States bonds were steady; loO1s Tniing az iV0Ol6i
new IS ut 1884, new 4l2s at lOG9s, ana lQ-4O5 az
1O97s In American railway securities Eric cUStu az
1884, preferred at 81 q after opening at 81 hlnos
Central AT 79070l2; Pennsylvania at 3zA2 ana Jei-
Sev Central at 90. In Paris Tentes opened az an al
vance to 1895 and closed at l12.S2l2; sight eN-
change or London being quoted at 25,33. ne sum
of COS, 600 bullion went into the Bank oil England
''on balance to-day, making total III hVe Gays
of &1160OO. ., :;
Attention is directed to an advertisement IN
another column addressed 10 the holders OF tue
receivers obligations of he New-lO and OsWeg0
Midland Railroad Company The conmlttee OF
which ex-MayOr Wickham Is chairman hoid OF rep
resent majority of these obligations, and express
the opinion that by prompt compliance WIN tne
terms of reorganization that are proposed, the ran
road may be in the hands of the company
within four months. -, 4.;,,
The receipts Of hOur and grain ut the princlpaI
Atlantic norris this 10th day Of December were:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-11

TIE sTAIL OF TRADE.
EUROPEAN Markets.

,..,,,,,, r,c 10 Purk-I,asteru dun ~ 40 Western
~ a. 40 Iacon Cumberland Cot Ermcr AZ - bd SNORT
M frl ,i n 3D. Gear dlil ~ - nn' '.nr' gar
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steedy a. 2lSd Cotton seed OIL tl,0" AIh' ~,
Ell -. Ho-fu. Common az LONDON gun NJ D. ''''''''
Sp,fits al LOndOns duil 1t q 3D. ..s .,,sr v-so,t
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o. al. "a per cenia Cailluha il,. ~ al
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and ~ Tor Red Winter. Corr @ ~ o. v.spI
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tral Iho receipsOf Wheat for be phst - w.
U0O uI4 peudInR 1900 qIs. American In' ma, - ~
ms ano Fabrics Manchester IS heaVy anu uep'cse'" "
all bIauches. =. 49,, - p,co, oQGJ nor c,rt for
Long Clear MIldies. . .. r,,,r,,,.,u, nh mar yoI
IO.pON Dec 100 =. m.-Retied fot!o'Nm Ou' per BAL
srirlts 81 TurpcutnC Ilrd 02l 3D. per NJ n,
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sa1cS pcir en .dg per gal llnseed on ~ pr ION
t,Et r. pee lOiard closed 81 80 2 marks per Oo To-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-11

X Iec IO-FIOur fair request prices nm
changed sales 500 bbis Wheat In bght inquiry no aes
dull prices hfIn ana ble seh 'uuO
hush Kansas al Ilc, track held at $50 Ots
and rye neglected. Barley quiet ana uheh,hH'9, DaSy
Nnlt I'm fair trade inquiry az unchanged prices IOtsohs
dull and unchanged POrkMess and short Sm sSaSS 9O
nsr tbi short Cut clear per bb Smoked
gteadv AZ N Der cw; shoulders, 50; Bacon Bees -
aSJ To- DRIED Beef sl2 Lard dull ana SOW ot si
ami btls and kegs, lei pahs ig,, &C.
and De- Other articles unchanged haroad rslsnS III
changed; Wheat SLc; COrn,0c oats o2c 70 Sew, loiA
Gran In sore-Whea 1865 Az 6us Corn o. 9 push bnsh
Gate l5l 900 BUSH Barley ~ ~ 80 ~ bnsb ~ - ~
CincAGo lOF1our quiet and unSnangea whest auI
spfng s,as Sc cash 80 JseEnary ~ ~
3ChlcagO spring 6Olad69c heiected, COG
90 CoJh dul and ahade lower 3OHsc, cash 80 c Jan
nary: 81 Isc February Rejected 262c Oats dull ana
iG.c aye steady aud unehsngsd Barley SIl and lover
al 90 cash 60 ia zoe 40 January 50 az February
ard dull Weak and lower b5oe, eaAh o0Oa3ez-sc