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The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12

consist Of one man and two or three broken families. In l77s tho NawtoSn IndiipS We're reduced to tHo and to-day no sinBl member of the Polatuck tribe reniaihs alive.
 Ala4l fnr them! their day is o'ar,r Their Arr arg out from shore to shI Ire No Inorn ior them tilu wild deer b,uuds, Tho plough Ia un their hunting grounds, Tho pale man axa rings in theiF W ois Tho pale man sail skns o'ur their noodHi Their pleasant springs Hrc dry. Their 'ti dru-luOk hy power oppressed,
 hryond tho mountains uf tho Wost
 Their children gu--to lirl
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
ROAD WORKING.

There Is considerable activity around town at present and our roads are being put into repair. Newtown street, however, from the flag polo up to the head of the street, remains the same, and will prob ably go without being repaired, from present appearances, until dooms day. Last Thursday the street was vast sheet of water.
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
Notice To Correspondents.

All correspondents of the NEwTows BEE are requested to send their eommu- nctIoas for publication to this ofllcc as carly in the week as possible. Any thing sent In after l2 o'clock on Wednesdays will be too late. Please bear this in mind
The Newtown bee., 1878-09-12
Or Der Thursday, .eltember l2lh, 1878.
Job Work.

We have made arrangements by which all kinds of iub work can bc executed nt short notice, and in thoroughly satis- inrtpry manner, CHEAP for CASH. Our fdends will bear this In mind, and favor lIs with thuir patronage.
, 1878-03-23

IMMIGRATION DOES Nor AFFECT Lam
GUAGE.-Judgirg from history, 1t would
not De too mach To say that the amount
of known emigration has eytr been sutii-
ciently to eradicate language, or even
to destroy its grammatical anatomy. The
language of people is to deeply rooted IN
all lis habits of thoTght and LIE to be
driven out by conquerors and invaders
Modification it undoubtly effects, but they
are for the most part superficial. Each
country digests its conquerors AID change
their language INTO its own. The INVASION
of England by the Normans, with all their
power and numbers, while 1t enriched the
vocabulary of the English, did not vi'aily
change the structure Of their language.
To this very day the WEIGH speak their
own language, and Gaelic and Irish still
exist, completely separated from the Eng
iish. The two streams run along together,
side by side, but they scarcely mlngle-
The enormous emigration OF Germans
in America has failed to produce more
than the most trivial influence on the
English speech. One OF two results al
wavs takes place, either the language OF
the invader, or directly the contrary.
They would not mix aud make anew, ecm-
post, except under themost extraordinary
circumstances. Language Is like a living
tree. which crows and develops new forms !;
but it does not change It's vital structure
and character.
, 1878-03-23

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TUNNEL-Op-
eraiions connected with the submarine
tunnel have already been commenced on
the French side of the channel, several
pits having been sunk to ! depth of ITO
wards. At the same time the French and
English committees have definitely drawn
up the conditions of working the route.
The property of the tunnel is to be divided
in half by the length; that is to say, each
company is to possess hall the line, reck-
oning the distance from coast 10 coast at
low tide. Each company will cover the
expenses Of its portion. The general work
Of excavation will be done, on the one
hand By the Great Northern of France,
and on the other by the Chatham &
South astern companies, the two latter
having a direct route from London to
Dover. All the materials Of the French
and English lines will pass through the
tunnel III order to prevent unnecessary
expenses and delay Of transhipment, as
in England and III France railway eompa-
MES use each others line, and goods can
pass from one line to another without
changing vans. 1t is understood THAI an
arrangement Will be established for a SIM
liar exchange Of lines between the English
and continental railway companies when
the tunnel is completed The tunnel Will
belong to its founders. At the expiration
of thirty years the government Will be
able to take possession Of the tunnel upon
certain eonditions.-Miniag Journal.
, 1878-03-23

THE GREAT ARID DESERT. = Recent
explorations in Australia show that, IN
addition to an extraordinary lake OF salt
wafer in the centre of the country which
blights thousands of square miles OF terri
tory in its yicinage. there is beyond an
arid desert Of greater extent than any
other in the world, on which there IS
neitberanimal or vegetable life 10 be found,
and even on the borders nothing but the
drvest sage brush can be seem An attempt
was made to survey this sand sea at Its
supposed narrow part, and after travelling
400 miles the camels showed signs Of ex-
baustion. and return became absolutely
necessary; but habitable ground was not
reached before several of these supposed
sbonarchs OF the Sahara drapPed dead 1t
is thus shown that only tae western part
of Australia can be utilized as refuge
for the thousands OF Europeans who are
seeking homes in the new country. that
more than half of the island continent
Will not support men or animals, and hence
that the limit of population can already
be approximately estimated.
, 1878-03-23
III, NorpIrr REGIsrER.-Thst lit

The M0EFyTT REGlsrER.-Thst little
contrivance called variously the "beli
punch and " Moffitt Register" for tax
ing the retail liquor drinks, Is growing
RAPIDLY in favor since it was first adopted
by the State of Virginia, and added SO
largely to her revenues. Chicago Is now
among the cities that wishes to give 1t
trial. Her collector has been figuring On
the snbiect, and comes to the conclusion
that it would be good thing for the tax
payers. He estimates that there are ZS4I
licensed saloons in the city, yielding
revenue of $4,000 a year, under the
present license system. Some OF them
take in so to S10a day, others $50 70 go
a dav. The average is estimated at Slo
day, showing 80 drinks at ten centse each.
This. for the 2S47 saloons, amounts to
$40. .7O5 spent every day for liquor IN
Chicago-S256, go week, and 81. 3.323,-
9GO a year. If the drinks were taxed
one cent, and registered with the bell
punch, the revenue yield would be $421g
a day, or 81 5000 year. sum sufh-
cent to pay al the ordinary expense OF
the city government. Chicago, at the
present time, is sorely in want of funds,
and if the bell punch will do 50 much for
her she may be induced to adopt it,
, 1878-03-23
Separation.

A wall grew up between the two,
A strong, thick wall, though all unseen;
None knew when the first stones were laid,
Nor how the wall was built | ween.
And so their lives We're quite apart,
Although they shared one board, one bed,
A careless eye SAW nought amiss,
Yet each to the other deal.
He, much absorbed in work or gain,
Grew scon unmindful nf his loss,
A hard Indifference worse than hate
Changed loves fine gold to worthless dross-
She suffered tOrtures all untold;
Too proud to mourn, too strong to de;
The wall pressed heavy on her heat,
Her white face showed her misers.
Such walls are growing day by day,
'Tw-ixt man ard wife, twixt tfriend and friend
Would they could know, who lightly build,
How sad and bitter is the end
4 careless word, en- unkind thought,
A slight neglect. a taunting tone,
Such things Is these. before we knew,
Have lad the walls foundations
, 1878-03-23

In England WON N are not regarded as
entitled to equality of position or pay with
the Lords of creation Miss Emily Faith
fnl has written TO London paper giving
an account of some Of the situations offered
the poor girls under her protection. IN
one case a gentleman wanted hoGsekeePer
~ t,Le cole charge Of his establishment
and to perform all the duties, washing IN
Guided for a consideration of $50 a year
In another. an active, clever lady was re-
ouired to do the practical work OF large
boarding house, where cheerful home
would be regarded as compensation
, 1878-03-23

GoLD AND BONDS Gold and bonds
exhibit an mexpHcable perversity since
the passage of the silver bill. According
to the best financiers, OF those who assume
to be such, gold ought to have gone up
and bonds down. Instead, both are steady,
with gold falling. 1t reached l01t in
New York, which is the lowest since
greenbacks began to depreciate during
the war There is no apparent desire to
dispose of our bonds in Europe, and what
few have been returned have found a
ready sale at home The country does
not seem in the least disturbed by the
prospect of an additional S48, 600, 900 q
year being added to our metallic currency.
In fact, the world will probably be spared
the narrowing spectacle of nation ruined
by too much good money,
, 1878-03-23
Metric Measures.

| The new system of measures lust now
introduced into our schools Will prove
undoubtedly a yexation to our Old folks,
inasmuch as the old yard Is to be thrown
| out and new one introduced
The subject of universal unit of
measures has been for long time sub
! ject of inquiry among the learned, and
the differ mt nations of ChriStendom have
given no little attention to the work OF
establishing fixed unit Of length, breadth
and thickness, from which the m asure OF
volume and weight coald be easily ascer-
tanned A pendulum vibrating in seconds
in the latitude Of Lond IN does not vibrate
| seconds in different latitude and the
yard measure now III use is thirty-siN
thirty -n!nths of the pendulum vibrating
seconds at London. This measure now
in use, the yard, is not a universal meas
ure, and an attempt IS now being made
| to establish the meter as universal stand
ard of length.
The meter is the ten millionth part of
the distance from the equator to the pole.
The distance, as n whole, c:nnot be
measured, but part, by astronomical
survey, can be, and this ten mlllionth
part OF the quadrant is TO be the length
| of the new yard stick.
Its length is three feet, three inches
and three-eights Of an inch long its
divisions are deeImeters, centlmeters and
millimeters.
Lengths greater than meter are to be
designated by Greek perfxes to the term
meter, as those below are shown by the
Latin prefxes. The old yard, thirty six
inches long, is now to be superseded by
one thirty nine and three eiSths inches
long. And, instead If the old divisions,
thirds and thirty-sixths, the new yard
stick is to be laid off in tenths, hundrdths
and thousandths, called dccimeters, cen
timeters and millimeters. The writing of
all nunlbers In the new system If measure
rent Will be the same as the ordinary
decimal system that is, ten units of one
order to make one Of the next higher.
| To illustrate this, the following Is givne:
10 units make ten.
10 tens make hundred.
10 hundreds make thousand.
Also,
10 mills make cent
10 cents make dime.
10 dimes make dollar.
10 dollars make eagle.
And
10 millimeters make l centimeter.
10 centimeters make L declmeter.
10 dacimeters make l meter.
The meter, the unit of length, is three
feet. three inches and three eights of an
inch long Its divisions are tenths, hum
dredths and thousands, and all computa-
tions. as may be seen at glance, may be
made by the ordinary rules of arithmetic,
inasmueh as the numbers are the same IL
order as that Of the Fundamental rules.
This new decimal scale Of length, from
which result the decimal tables OF capacity
and weight, las already been adopted III
several foreign countries; and every en-
ccuragement shou!d be given here, mas
much as its adoption will entirely super
sede the useless ard cumbruns tables
which have been in use for SD long i time.
-Gncinndt Commercial.
, 1878-03-23
POET{CAL SELECTIONS.
sheltered.

Out OF the darkness, out Of the rain,
Into your presence SO loving and dear,
Into the warmth and brightness again,
Safe from al thought of trembling and fear
| sit by your side in the soft freight,
Your lips are press d to my check and brow
| care no more for the darkeniI,g night,
Nor list to the threats Of the storm king now.
know, as you whisper the sweet word, wife, "
And feel the clasp of Your sheltering arms,
That | am far iearer to You than life,
know you would die to shield me from harm
As tender and sweet as a mothers prayer
are your thoughts of Inc, and well know
Every burden Of mine you fam would share,
Every weary step would gladly 90.
As you guard, to night, from darkness and ram,
From storms of sGrrow, and darkness Of pam,
Would ever haven of refuge be.
wonder sometimes, as the daylight dims.
And the eloudsgrow W gray, while the shadows
fall.
And over the far horiz oms rim
Settles the evenings dusk pail,
What could do without You, dear;
Without your tender kiss on lny check;
Without your srailes of hope and Of cheer,
And the loving words you alone can speak.
Yet know the tears to my eyelids start,
And my soul is thrilled with t,.rOb of la;n
That many u weary, aching heart
Watches alone the daylight's wane.
l think to night, "a | sit by your side,
Di the tired ones out in darkness and cold;
Of the lonely, longing hearts denied
The rights Of strong arm shelterinS toid-
All one It's a weary world at the best,
For many We pass with careless eye;
Forgetting, because our lives are blest,
That life to them drags drearily by;
So think, dear one, that the warmth and light
Which heaven has shed about our way,
Should help to brighten their dreary night,
Should bring to theirdaiiiness a gleam of day
Our love was not given to us to bless
With rhythmical grace our lives alone,
But that. though It's strains of tenderness
Other hearts might catch a happier tone.
And 50 will our home he doublv dear:
And when we shall stand at the Golden Gate,
1t may be some hearts We have comforted here,
With songs OF welcome ourcoming shall wait
, 1878-03-23

"Do you really believe, Mr. Podkins,
that anybody could make head from
butter! asked the landlady. swell, yes,
ma'am, l should think they might, said
Podkins, as he pushed back his individual
butter plate: Somebody has got as far
as the hair with this.
, 1878-03-23

SEVERAL exchanges are giving direc-
tions How to Dress" The most SEN
sible way is to stay in the bed till the
fire is started, and then take your clothes
under your arm and trot out to the din
ing room stove,
, 1878-03-23

An excellent old deacon, who, having
won fine turkey at charity rattle,
didn't like to tell his severe Orthodox
wife how he came by it, quietly remarked,
as he handed her the turkey, that the
'sShakers gave it TO him"
, 1878-03-23

Il was ,iarkey who exclaimed as he
rose from his knees at 9 camp meetins:
:. Here raise my ebon-mees, SIR"
, 1878-03-23

CHARLES LAME, when speaking Of one
of his rides on horseback, remarked that
all at once his horse stopped; but no kept
right On.
, 1878-03-23

RICHES will never take wings and fly
away, if you sprinkle little economy on
its tail.
, 1878-03-23

MONEY that bank officers get away with
is charged to running expenses.
, 1878-03-23
FIDELITY TO HIS TRUST

is showd by his life as well as his death. A
few years ago the savings bank made losing
investment of few thousands, which he
was no more instrumental in placing than
any of the trustees of the bank, yet this
weighed so heavily ON his mind that he III
sured his life in favor of the bank to cover
their loss by this investment, fact which
they did not discover until his papers were
looked over to-day The funds of the bank
have been found intact, with the exception
Of about $50 in cash and check for 500
which he had in his cash drawer outside the
safe.-N. Y. Sun.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15
Wherein the President was Mssslnaer'
stooti and what He Did Mean.

Especial dispatch TO the Baltimore SUM-
+. WASHINGTON, November lat is ascer-
tanned to-day hat the purported Interview
with the President sent hence last night is
a correct reflection of the present view and
policy of the Administration as regards the
South. The statement that the President
said, in express language, that he was con-
yinced his southern policy was failure is
understood, however, not to have been
authorized, although his apparent deter
mination to reyersei that policy might be
understood as M admission to that effect.
In the language OF a member OF the Cabl-
net, the Administration is determined that
every violation OF the election laws in every
part OF the South shall be ferreted out ana
the full penalty of the law visited upon the
perpetrators, and those who are sent to the
penitentiary may be sure that no pardon OF
the President will intervene to prevent the
serving out OF the full term OF sentence.
The President took occasion to observe that
he does not consider that there will be any
change in his policy, because his policy has
always been to uphold the Constitution and
the laws and enforce the equal rights OF all
citizens. Colonel Mosby said to-day that in
his opinion the battle Of 1880 is already
fought and won, and Grant is the man. The
new crusade which IL has been determined
by. the Republican leaders shalt be inari-
grrated against the, g solid South " has now
formally been entered upon,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15
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"A, p,ss f;,,t,a Tie 1,oIiticaI
D, 49, Is 8
statais gu sse Z. J,
i52 Radicals, y W.
caflcies. b, The PosssatGs:
s.In any and esesrtts, ts,sss Democrats
VIII have 4 saff. work. majority IN the
Z In,,sa varying hetwen,, the extreme num-
baYs stated. which can neither be figured,
arnaed, OF stolen away
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15

The proposition to reduce the tax on TO-
bacco ought not for a moment to be thought
of. 1t would he fine thing for tobacco
consuming people, but it would cost the
Government ten or twenty millions that the
country now pays without murmur. No
class would be benefited by the reduction,
and we should be relieved only Of burden
that we do not Philadelphia North
american.
This is the height of impndence, coming
as it does from paper which is always
clamorous for tariff to protect Pcnnsyl-
vania interests. Virginia interests, instead
Of being protected, are taxed almost out OF
existence. What would the North AmeTl-
can think OF direct tax OF thirty millions
year upon the products OF Pennsylvania?
Would it be any consolation to the ruined
PennSyvanians to etold that the consumer
paid the tax? And yet thirty millions for
Pennsylvania would not be as much in pro-
portion as the tax paid no* by Virginia.
Can any northern man do justice where the
southern people are concerned?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15

SMALL NoTss.-We are surprised that
every country paper in the United States
does not protest vigorously against the
withdrawal from circulation of the one
and two-dollar greeubacks. These are the
only notes that can be used in sending
through the mails the small sums which are
the subscription prices OF weekly papers
There is no necessity for doing away with
such notes. Silver cannot thereby be
brought up to par with gold. The true
basis is all that the. currency needs. ms
secured, notes are better than specie except
for very small pieces Of money.
After writing the above, we received yes
terday afternoon the following:
Let the ones and twos alone. The busi-
ness OF the country requires paper-noles OF
Denominations less than five dollars, and
they will have them. The withdrawal OF
the fractional currency caused great incon-
ycnicnce; the withdrawal OF the small
notes would be still worse. The people 10
not care much for the silver dollar, but they
siemand the ones and twos. II Secretary
Sherman wants to hear 4 general howl, 1t
will oniv be necessary for him to try the
experiment Of making small notes scarce.
II the Post-OfFice Department would re-
deem posta2e-stanps it. would be relief;
but it won't, and consequently people WHO
receive remittances in small sums are load
cd down with three-cent stamps. SILVER
dollars cannot be sent in letters. and people
do not want them anyhow Cincinnati GG-
zpfJp
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15

Thomas Talbot, Governor-elect OF Massa-
chusetts. made a little speech OF thanks to
his neighbors, in which lie said: "The
other day General Butler, in addressing
some farmers in the western part OF the
State, commiserated them on the low price
OF their apples, and said ii he was elected
he would see before another year that they
sold higher. So at Northampton, shortly
after, felt it no less proper for me 10 tell
the people that il was elected l would in
duce the Legislature to pass bill that APP
ple-trees should bear every other year.
This was very pointedly answering fool
according to his folly.
General 10. Johnston talks as he tights
bravcly, and to the PURPOSE Washington
Post.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15
A5ss&EIGEx'sS.
THEATRE.
IL
COMMENCING MONDAY EVENING,
NOVEMBER 18TH.
ES &ET Fms

MIR. POWELL has much pleasure In announcing
an engagement with The successful young Amcricah
Tragcdian, -
MIR. THOMAS W. KEESE,
and the brilliant dramatic artiste,
MISS HENRIETTA VADERS,
rs we'll as the full company OF the GRAND OPERA
e. HOUSE, BALTIMORE.
Mr.. KEENE and MISS VADERS appeared NTH
Mr. EDWIN BOOTH in Philadelphia. and won The
highest critical praise. They also appeared without,
Mr. Booth and proved very, attractive:
On Saturday, November 9ill- Mr. Meme hc1ec
Richard IlI. in Baltimore, and Miss VADERS Queen
Elizabeth, with The most pronounced success. The
same company that then supported them will come
to Richmond. ....i. .t.-,.
IT * now ifty-elrht years ago WHEN IrNIus BRU'
TUS BOOTH IAN unknown actor Inade his great h
IN this city. his first appearance IN America. Nh
EEENE who will appear nexs MONDAY hn
many of the grand attributes OF 1be greatest Rich
ard that ever 1rod the American stage
Full particulars in Saturdays paper. no l4-2t&
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15
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: fspeciaI 10; the BaItImore Americana

Spect1l 70 athe baisil.o5sass = ss s"si
Il yVasHlNaToS. Noye1nbe r 40. ILL view OF OF
,recars events the arrival OF Senator Conk-
ii1g IN this city to. day is regarded ns signiti-
esrf. Although It Is given out that Mr..
conkiins,s visit is solely due to his engage
.mei,ts before the Supreme Court, 1t Is gen.
orally believed that bis presence here OF
this iuncture is, in greater or less degree,
connected with the efforts that are being
made to harmonic al existing differences
among leading Republicans: 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Conkling fully appreciates
the necessity for promoting harmony 10 the
party, and will not hesitate to do his dn5 ~ Us
q loTal and true Republican. General Har.
nv White. who called on the President this
afternoon, said that there was no longer the
slightest doubt that harmony would prevail
among the Republican leaders, and that ne
had never heard the President speak so much
like Republican as he had to-day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-11-15
DEATHS.

Died. at his residence, No. 1907 cast Broad street
Wednesday. November 18Th. at S:45 =. NJ, Of pa
rulysis. Captain ". II. GORDON, In the iiftieth
year of his age.
His funeral will take place TODAY (Frillayl AT
II A. II. from Leigh Street Baptist church.
Friends and acquantanccs arc respectfully invited
TO attend.
Norfolk and Philadelphia papers please copy.
Died. of dphthcria. on the I'd instant at her pa
rents residence, lUU5 Buchanan stree. ANNIE T..
youngest child Of r. ID. and NJ a. Hall: aged one
year, ten months, and nine days.
so fades the lovely, blooming flower,
Fral smiling soiacc Of an hour:
So loon one tIaEsien; sulacc, comforts ny,
And pleasure only blooms to die.
Died, in this city, Oil The 18th instant nj g. L. NJ,
after short illness. GEORGE L. SMITH. III the
scvcnty-niDth year OF his asc-a native oil Norfolk
county, England.
His funeral will take place from his late residence"
No | 2 north Fifth street. TODAY ut 3 O'Clock p.
". Friends OF the family respectfully invited 10
attend,