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New-York tribune., 1878-01-01
SPANISH AMERICA.

General PoriIlO Diaz, after President Ierdo had
abandoned the capital, virtually master OF the
Government althOn IN bis authority was still cba-
lenged by luglesas lie was chosen President (tcb-
ruary 27j and his election was sanctioned by
the Mexican Congress May ~. Notwiih-
standing the capture of Acapulco by thc
adheraats Of LeIdo in June, and the opPo-
stion of the Clerical party, Diaz has re-
tained his hold upon tie Chief Magsiracy. Owing
to the excitement tho RiO Grande border ihe
United States Government has del Ired entering into
Official relations With Diaz. Although Corina,
the leader of the Mexican outlaws of IamaulipaS,
was summoned to the capital to answer for the
depredatlons on the border he held his ground, and
it was not until the garriSons on the Texas bank
were strengthened that The depredatiOns ceased on
the southern Rio Grande. Subsequently the Indians
crossed the river farther mp ana General Ora was
ordered 10 pursue the outlaws and punish them ia
Mexican territory. An outbreak in FL PasO County
December 14l was local fcud on American sou,
which bore 10 relation to th" border c0npiicatl0nS
The rev Oiutlon IN SaptO Domingo has spread over
the island and the fall of President Baez seems III
eyitabe. Major kOpcsky Hungarian adventurei
formed plot against the life o1 President BaIIos
and the government of CuatenaIa hundred con-
fe,eraIes were be admitted into the artillery bar
racks, the President and tweuiy-fOur leading men
were 10 be assasSinatod. the mob Was to be armed
and new government was 20 be lnangnratetl. Ihe
conspiracy was discovered November IL, and seven
teen of the rIngleadeIs were shot.
The western coast OF i>OuiH AHl'ihd dN iE0"
by earthquakes and tida-wayes early III May.
africa, lquiQue and a dozen towns OF the seab0dd
were swept away: 600 lives lost, and property
worth al least $40 900 600 was laid waste. On the
same dav MAY lOl a sea-waye caused by The earth
quake swept across the Pacific, and struck tine sand
wIch Islands. An iTon-clad ram, manned 10y Peru
vian insurgents. had an engagement with two l}1t-
ish annOred vessels and hnaIly surrendered 10
the home Government The insurgents were
released July o. and the revolutionary movement
was quelled. revolt in Paraguay April 2ll led TO
the assassination of President Gill ana ms bl0thcr.
The LcnarGs-A A lcantara Administration, entering
upon office in March, found Venezuela on the verge
OF bankruptcy. but by adopting conciliatory policy
has strengthened the public credit and restored hai-
m0ny among the States of the Union. The return
of the Emperor has been the only noteworthy mel
Seut Of the ye3r in Brazil.
New-York tribune., 1878-01-01
THE CONTINENTAL POWERS.
GERMANY.

GERMANY.
A. tpe elections in January thc Socialist party
made decided cams carrying Berlin and polling 80
large a vote that the Emperor III opening Parliament
February % felt compelled To sound a warning
oco,,st tbr evils Of anafohIca agitation The
National Liberal party, the strongest oi these many
factions. has uniformly supported the Government.
In March Bsmark demanded increased aT-
nropriations for the army. The German staff
could not remain inactive while armies were gath
cripgin in the East Late in April Count won Motke
mad, = snccch which sent a thrill Of excitement
through France In asking for an increase in the
number of subordinate officers he declared that
France WAS rcorganizing her army with zeal and n-
tclhpcncc and that on peace footing, she had
Larger aud more expensive force than Germany WAS
maintaining Bismarck was already III retirement
az Varzin, having sent in his resignation on The
ground Of i'll health. Neither the defeat OF Prussia
in the Rechsag a motion to transfer inc seat OF
the Imperial Court Of Appeal from Leip-
sic to Berlin, nor the growing influence OF
the Ultramontane and Socialist delegations
had prompted his voluntary withdrawal from public
affairs There was disscnson III the Cabinet, and
he took this means of forcing an issue. The En-
peror returned the resignation. invested him with
additional power over all the Minister'S except one
and gave him an indefinite leave OF absence. He
has remained away from the Capital To the oSc of
the year. but has been occupied AT NarZln with pub
lie affairs Municipal reform cnTossed the atten-
ton of the Prussian Parliament, and an effort was
made to set up local seli-eovernment IN the towns
The Ministry urged that under uniform system the
Clerical party would control the towns in Western
Prussia An attempt to censure them for their luke
warmness this cause gave bismarck Parliament
ary victory in November. While there are signs of
instability within the Empire-increasng restless
ness among workngmen, and possibly a growing
dislike for military pressure-GernaDy occupies a
member of the Triple Alliance Bismarck has not
only paid his debts TO Gorschakof incurred in S66
and 1870, but he has made Germany the arbiter Of
the Eastern Question.
AUSTRO-IUNGARY.
1t has been obvious from the outset that Gortscha-
koff had protected the flank Of the Russian Army
from the interference of Austro-Hungary. This
New-York tribune., 1878-01-01
THE EASTERN CONFLICT.
THE COMPETENCE.


The wear opened with the chatter OF diplomacy
in ConstantinOpie. The representatives OF the SIX
Great Powers had presented their plan for the per-
Inancnt pacifcaton of Turkey, and Lord Salisbury.
on behalf Of Government that had declined TO
sign the Berlin memorandum. had advised the Sui
tan 10 accept IT. But the Pashas resolved TO set
Europe at defiance. COunter-prop0stlons were pre-
sented. and the demands of the Confer
ence were revised. The Plenipotentiaries had
originally proposed that Christian Governors
should be appointed in certain Provinces, that the
Mohammedan soldiery should be disarmcd, that the
Administration should be supported by National
Guard of Moslem and Christian soldiers, and that
an International Commission should be established
at Constantnople These demands were cut down
until they scarcely included the first and the last
Of these conditions. The Penlpoteniaries betrayed
so many signs of weakness that Bismarck instructed
Baron Werther 10 remind them that the dignity Of
Europe was at stake and that no more concessions
must be made. The ultimatum of the Conference
was rejected January 1Sl by the Turkish Grand
Council.
The new Constitution of the Ottoman Empire had
been already promulgated. The members of the
Parliament were nominated by the Provincial Coun-
cls and day was set for the opening of the
Scarcely had Midhat, the author of the Consti-
New-York tribune., 1878-01-01
CHINA AND JAPAN.

The famine in China has not proved so severe as
was apprehcnded last January. The Empire Is at
peace save in the northwest, where an Imperial
general is in The field against the forces OF kashgar
The Woosung Railroad which was opened for
traffic in 1876. was closed by the Government
October 2O. II was toy line, but the only rail-
road in the Celestial Empire
The abolition Of the military schools among the
Satsuma clans led to a revolt IN Southern Japan
early IN the wear. Sago, the former cOmmandcr-in-
chief ioined the rebels and besieged stronghold.
occupied by the imperialists. lie failed To capture
the CASTLE but he had under hlm some of the best
soidlers in the Empire he was able to hold out until
Autumn. Rather than fall alive INTO the enemy 5
hands, he ordered of his followers to cut OF bis
head.
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went atp cocEery and said 70 'he UpS'i cspgi
ro Stor with aeerity; what style does he prcter
n- ayssfY responded tns y1mh man, m great nr
prs staring ht the customer " man' Is los urnnr"ior
iepeard yonug man, SHARPLY p9 IN ba S
wild, rinent hsn5ed down giltfdscd cap penrng ~" -
inscription 10 my child" The young man iCoAeH e, ts r
IL IL y OF specchlcs asfonis"N"'' "N" 9NO' WV
doOl --fHockland Courier.
New-York tribune., 1878-01-01
CHURCH DEBT PAID.
d,u u,or,;ro Ioa the First Prcsby.

trlan Church OF East Orange n j. INN ,n',o ~ NJ
their debt oi Sl2 300. They nvlleu h,ycb ~ tns cy
Casweli c. smith OF d.. Robinson nd ,rnct,c,i way
who presented this subject happy anI ~ var Mn
Ths result Was the removal Of tie eh'iie "0' '' ''''
Ia
New-York tribune., 1878-01-01

Esradas clair and in spite Of tho detection Of sev-
c,4l leaders, the Cuban patriots are preparing 10
prosecute the campaign with energy.
New-York tribune., 1878-01-01

% tIp RcUiblIran> but now tit''N
to rrtloublr their cXcrtions. The kcpubcunS were
everywhere united, well orelbIzcd ana adliiilI'H
led but now the Jos, oi the statesman Wh"h rance
stood ready 10 accept ~ the MarslalN successor,
created d smay. Grcyy. whom Gambctta named a
n leader. could not ill the gap. Inc ''''lohS ~
suited IN Il substantial but not oyerw whelnling lt-
publican irumph. Gambctta'N prediction that ne
1858 would return 100 was not tulhilti 'or ai,'I me
srrond ballots had been completed October ZHl ,h'
Rcpul cans had olly 32i deputies AGAINST Il "i'-
uuilrd party of 2O9 Conservatives. The gains oi
The kractOn had not been sufficient 10 Mafrihl
further resistance. Ia the election ot Councils
General November n, moreover, the Conservatives
lost ground. The general result al the appeal To ne
people was - triumph OF thc moderate men on D"tii
sides. The RcpuhlIcan vote. moreover, was more
evenly distributed IN town ana country ln.n III
previous elcctonsan indication thal me pftluu'cS
of the pcasantIy against The present form ol toy
Crnucnt are passing away. 49,
The President sought III vain to escape IRON tam
bettas alternative When il became manifest that.
owing to the patriotic scrupcs of the or!eanist'.
they could obtain from the Senate neither Note 81
confidence It's consent Ia second ulSSoi'ioh hc
DE Brnglic Ministry resigned. The President tHtn
set up u Cabinet of straw. headed by General de
Rochebouct, but the Chamber refused To enter mo
relations with il November ~. III was TOO laio
for a military coup detat, for the bayones had bern
learning 10 think since the lGh ot May hut u WAS
too early TO yield gracefully IL was not until De
crmber Ii that the President broke with his unsafe
al \isrrs and authorized DuiaIrc To form new
Ministry from the Left Centre, or Moderate ktpunil-
cans As soon as the Parliamentary majority that
had fresh from the people were allowed 10
rue the direct taxes voted and the crisis came
10 an end. During this stormy period the nation
has been drifting toward the harD3I ol specie re-
SUMPTION where il will cast anchor this year. The
American Republic. which has been 80 backward
about making provision Tor representation al the
International Exposition, has not yet learned the
wisdom OF keeping finance out OF politics.
SPAIN.
Although CASTELAR, still has faith in the ultimate
triumph of liberal ideas in Spain as well in Eu-
rope King Alfonso seems to be firmly seated on tho
throne. The negotiations for his marriage with his
cousin, the daughter of the Due dc Montpensier,
have been successfully conducted, and the ceremony
is soon to take place in Seville. Since the last Car
list uprising the army has been cut down one-hali.
but the Government has been able TO keep 100000
men in the field i'll Cuba under Jovellar. The pro-
traced struggle with the insurgents still continues,
although they have met with crushing defeats dur
| ing the year. In October Spanish column cap
tured Estrada President Of the Republic and oilers
of partial amnesty to the insurgents still III arms
| were renewed. President Cespedes has taken
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30
MUSIC.

7As Father spaks' In grand rsverberasions
rhossA spess rolled a. the mighty music
tids.
Wh1s N IL iov majestic moauistirns.
TIE clouds oe chaos slowly swsp, aside.
The Father spake-a dream that hai been lying
Hushed from eternity Ia silsars there.
Heard the pure melody Ind iow replying,
0rew 10 that music In the wondering sir-
Grew 70 that musc--sloviy, grand'y ssking.
Ttu, bashed In beauty, Il became = world
Led by HE voice, ~ sphcric pathway taking,
While glorious clouds their wiavs around .,
furled.
Nor got hss ceased that soupd-nl. love re-
veaiing,
Though, In response. . universe moves by
Throughout eternity. iss ccho pesiIps-
World after world swAkes In glad reply.
And whersoever, IN his rich creation,
Sweet music bseathes--ia wave, or bird. or
soul-
Tia hut the faiat and far re~vcrbcratIon
W that greet tune 10 which the planets roll.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30
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She Danced In Her ShrOud.

n richmond, va, dispatch says that
several months ago u Mrs. Hillitz. q
highly respectable and wealthy Ger
man lady, was taken i'll. and. in order
to receive proper nursing and treatment
was removed to the Hospital Of the Lit
tie Sisters Of the Poor, in the western
part Ut the city. She was very popular
with the inmates of that institution and
during her stay made many friends.
Adult two weeks since Mrs. Hillitz. who
had been in bad health. grew suddenly
quite Ill. During her illness she receiv.
ed every attention from the good sisters.
and all that medical aid could do. was
done to alleviate her sufierings. She
grew worse. however. and some Of her
physicians came IN the conclusion that
she could not live much longer.
On the following Saturday night Mrs.
Hillitz died. The body was, according
u the custom. shrouded and laid out in
the parlor Of the institution. The good
sisters who had watched by the bedside
SO faithfully were gathered by the side
Of the corpse ut midnight when the
clock struck twelve. The sisters did
not grow weary In their watch over the
dead sister.
Suddenly, ~ they looked upon her
face still In death, the sunken eyes APP
peared to flash, the blood came back To
the faded cheek, and rs though imbued
with s%uperhuman energy, the dead body
ros from It's resting place, which was
~drnped1with . black pail emblematic of
mourning, and spoke IA the a~ffrighted
watchers, SAYING, II am not dead yet,
but ! will die soon." The old lady
then danced around the room, sung and
shouted in u loud. ringing voice. The
inmates Of the hospital were thunder
struck and parslyxed. As soon ~ the
nurses recovered from their fright they
placed the old lady in bed where she
fingered until about nine o'clock, when
she again apparently died.
The affair has created the mos, In
tense excitement, and thousands Of per.
sons visited the hospital.
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You are NV enemy. and will kill
YOU. he replied
visit but . moment
lioadin then stuck an apple on the
point % a knife. and calmly gave the
word. n. he held the fruit raised in
hand. Fire
The pistol was discharged. the apple
.i.w far nv ay. and there appeared In its
place. stick ON the poin, OF the knife.
the ballet whick the Marsbout had
marked. The spectators. though they
we're Aroused To intense excitement II
feeling. remained mute with stupefac-
ton. while the Marab0ut bowed before
his superior. saying
''iod IL great! I'M vanquished''
Gr.st wAs the triumph Of the French
wizard.
Houdin then called for an empty.
bowl which he kept constantly full a
boiling coffee. though but few 81 tbSS
Arabs would taste VI IL. for they were
sure that IL WAS the evil ones coffee pot
from whence Il came. He told them
that IL WAS within his power to deprive
them Of all strength and to restore Il to
them at will, and he produced In Illus.
tration . small box. 80 light that . child
could lift II with the fingers.
And now came their establishment.
This box suddenly became so heavy
that the strongest lar could not false
IL, and the Arabs. Who prize physical
strength above everything, looked with
terror upon the magician, who. they
doubted not, could annih,late them By
the mere exertion Of his will.
The people expressed this belief, in
which the wizard Of course confirmed
them. and promised that, Mt n day ap
pointed, he would convert one Of them
Into smoke. The day came and the
throng vas prodigioas. A fanstical
Marabout had agreed to give himself
up TO the French sorcerer for the exper-
iment. 4
The preparations were on u grand
scale. The Marabout was made to stand
upon n table. and was covered with
transparent gauze. Then Houdin and
another person lifted the table by the
ends. when the Arab disappeared In a
pr0fuse cloud Of smoke. The terror of
the spectators WAS indescribable. They
rushed out Of the place and ran q long
distance before the boldest could make
up their minds to return and look for
the Marabout. They found him near
the spot where he had 10 mysteriously
disappeared. but he could not answer
their questions; he could tell them moth
ing at all. and only gazed wildly Mt Them
like M bereft Of his senses. He was
entirely Ignorant of what had happened
to him.
This was Houdin's closing exhibition
In Arabia. The minds of the peopls~
had been filled with wonder, and he was
vencrated by all, while the p%retentious
Marabouts were In utter disgrace. -Bos.
ton Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30
Advice u Those About 70 Marry.

l married my wife about ,hirty-fivc
years ago. The ceremony wss per-
formed about seven o'clock in the morn
ing. Before retiring that evening " a
had q good talk with each other. and the
result has sweetened our entire lives.
We agreed that each should ALWAYS be
watchful and careful, never. by word or
act. IN hurt the feelings Of the other.
We were both young aud hot-tempered,
both positive In nj likes and dislikes.
and both somewhat exacting and infex.
ible--just the material for u life of con.
jugal warfare. Well, for n few years
We found it hard To always live by u
agreement. Occasionally mot often)
aword or look would slip of the tongue
or lace before II could be- caught or sup
pressed; but we never allowed the sun
70 60 down upon our wrath. Before
retiring at night on such occasions there
was always confession and forgiveness,
and the culprit would become more
careful in the future. Our tempers and
dispositions became gradually more
~copgcnisl, so that after q few YEA we
came to be one in reality, "a the mari.
tai ceremony had pronounced US uOmi.
nally. In thinking back we find thnt
for o than twenty years our little
agreement has been unbroken, and
there has been no occasion for confess
sion and forgiveness. In business we
have had. adversely and prosperity,
failure and success. We raised. u fam.I
lily OF children, and now have our grandy
children about us. and we are simple
enough to believe that we have better
children n better grandchildren be-
cause OF our little agreement. Under
such a contract, religiously kept, no ill.,
Inatured children will be reared. and no
boys will lind the streets and bar-rooms
more pleasant than home. To mahala
good wife or a good husband requires
the cooperation Of both.-A Religious
Editor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30
A Pulplt ~Pnragrapher.

III the eccentric Lorenzo Dow DIR.
wentworth tells in the Troy Times these
anecdotes:
Dnring n Of his long pe~regrinstions
q relative with whom he had had DIM
Guilty died. and the first townsmah Dow
met on his return gave him the tkdings,
"Waal," said Dow, ''you tell the fofk4
that there will be q funeral SERMON
preached In the meetin' house next
sabbath day 1t tan o'clock"
The appointment few like wild-fre.
BOWS meeting house was . piece of
woods near his W house, with q stumu
for Q pulpit. At the time set the woods
wers alive with an expectant crowd,
and they were not disappointed. He
t0ok Tor his text, ''And the Lord set q
ARK upon Cain" and such Q tempest
Of i~nvective and sarcasm never fell ND
ON the memory Of . dead man a. the
deceased offender got As his eulogy that
day. My father heard him in Charles.
town, y. C., sixty years ago. in a IN.
byterian church furnished with n of
those old-fashioned tall puIpits, fifteen
feet In the air. Dow. instead Of ascend.
ing the stairs, climbed up by one of the
supporting posts, and went over the ton
like a monkey; threw of the cushions.
which he held in detestation. and a.
ounced his text:
He that entereth not by the door
into h sheepfold, but climbeth up
some other way. the same is a thief and
q robber."
The practical illustration fixed the
the text and the sermon forever. In
Norwich. at n time. he pulled oui of
hit pocket his immense old Dutch pidkh
beck, Zig NJ q small warming.p pan, and
~ the moment Of announcing his text
iourished Il in the air. ~shriekfng.
"Watch! What I say unto o I say
unto Ill, Watchr'
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At T0e. 1.AaT.
issss ssssr sss,ss.

Thcrv must b,Svwp<sswg EN- stss~s~~~ .
A s~sel ~fruition from the harrow Fl past.
Rect, .ofns dsy. Tor tat. pairing 10 AMI fro,
4 t~nd~r SUNBEAM AaI d-at dOsrt- q, ls.,.
There will h. -mr,hins ~bsn the. ta,. srr
doaa
Something more fair BY far than starry
nights
A pso~p~rt hmitie.., q. one Nv nae
Embodied cs.sit. cry~n 'hc sIy, heights.
~ cheer up, heart, snd 'or thai, morrow ~si,
Dream sha, you VII, bu, pr--. ,o. ard the
dream;
let Mney guide dull rnori through the gate,
And fac. the current. would she eros. the
stream.
Then, when that something lies ssh~Art the
Coming un.ought, ss good ,hinss .sem to
do
Twin prove beneath the hush of setting day
A nobler need than nov would beckou YOU
For. lifted up by constant. forward strife,
Hope will attain ~ marvellous . height,
There can be nothing found within this life
After this day Ia form . dttins night.
NJ Heaven. alone, shall ever satisfy,
Aud Code own light be ever iIsht enough
To guide the purified, snnohled eye
Toward the smooth which iies beyond the
rough.
There will be something when thess clouds
skim by a.
A bounteous yielding from the fruitful
past;
Sweet peace and rect upon the pathway
lie.
Fen though hut death and flowers q:
last.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30

Rice SnoW. Put to cook four spoon
fuls Of ground rice--it can be- ground
in any coffee mill--in pint Of water;
stir well, and cook about fifteen min
utes, then add two spoonfuls Of butter.
a little salt, two s~poonfuls white sugar,
and q few drops of lemon essence;
have boiling one pint Of milk; pour il
over the rice; stir well, and let Il boil
until thick; then pour 1t into a dish for
the table. Excellent, either warm OF
cold,
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30

Graham Bredd-To n pint bowl Of
wheat sponge raised aver night, add
nearly n quart Of warm water. half a
cupful molasses. salt, and stir In ~
much sifted Graham -four ~ you can
with . spoon. do not knead Il, but put
each loaf In . separate pan. When
raised. bake In o quick oven.
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breaktng 10 the worst and therefore
me last means to be used In the corrcc-
ton Of children.
The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-30

Ten years ago we constructed u fruit
cellar under nj stable, and Il has PROV
ed q satisfactory that we venture to
give . brief description Of It. The Ill.
vision walls are constructed Of hrick,
and the apartments are two IN number,
AN outer and inner room. The outer
room Il but partly underground, and Is
ten by twelve feet In area, and eight
feet high. The inner room Is wholly
underground, and frost-proof; It has
four brick walls and u cemented floor.
In this room the fruit is stored early In
December. when the weather becomes
cold. The outer O holds the fruit
during the autumn months after II is
gathered. and Is cool. well-lighted and
dry. The windows are left open and q
free circulation Of air allowed. so long
rs no danger from frost exists. When
the fruit Is taken TO the inner room. the
door 10 closed. and no light admitted.
Ventilation Is secured In moderate
weather by opening the inner door and
throwing down q window In the outer
room. In this cellar we kept apples Of
last seasons growth until the prcsent
winter, In perfect condition. Some Of
these apples exhibited ut the antumnal
agricultural fairs pronounced -