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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12
GENERAL NOTES.

The Sultan has been greatly annoyed by the
constant depreciation OF Turkish paper money. The
Porte has been issuing pr0miScsOpay eacc the
war opened and their purchasing power IN gold has been
steadily diminishing He Intends to pay every pastre,
he says and every Turk in Conslantnope knows that 10
keeps his promises but the Mohanmedan greenbacks
have fallen lower and lower The Sultan has finally re.
solved to put an end TO this depreciation Of his paper
currency II can be DONE be thnks by legiSiatOn and
accordingly empowered commission 10 take cyi
dencc AID report what rcpressiyc measures are
TO keep paper money from going any lower 1t tho
commissioners send for cargo OF Democratic finance
fresh from the prairie.
Weather notes for women: Three handsome
young ladies, with blooming checks and elegant furs
stopped III front OF show-window in Broadway. Troy
Wednesday afternoon, 10 exchange gossip. ADoTer
suddenly stepped NJ, and cGsplng the pretiest Of The
three girls in his arls gave her understanding Kiss
The ladies were hopclesy dazcd and before they could
find their the OF toll had broken into arun ara
was sliding along fast as his legs cOu carry lin oyeFa
slippery siGowalk......A Michigan tanner drove 10
Detroit last Monday. and stopping in front Of store
left bis wife and baby in tho sleigh, and without hites
ing the horse went indoors to mako some purchases
The horse away tine woman III attempting 70 scne
the relns lost her balance and fell into snow dr; hs
baby Law in the bottom of the sleigh and h0wledi ana
it long time before the horse cOud DC stopper
aud the helpless little creature IN the straw could 10
rescued.
The commercial statistics in TIE TRIBUNE
ALMANAC for 1878 deserve the careful sndy OF business
men who anxious to keep abreast with the times
comparison OF the of shipping done in American
and IN foreign vessels be made by reference TO these
tables and the value Of the imports and exports Of he
United States in 1876 ard 1877 for every part OF mo
world, can be learned That growing home Industry
silk manufacturing receives special attention. the con-
dton of the iron and steel manufacture. from 1871 70
1876 Is shown the value Of tine exports OF butter anu
cheese from 1920 to 1877 is giyon On another pass
appear statistics concerning the number OF rcctlters W
the United States the number OF wholesale liquor dear
ers the number OF retail liquor dealers the number o.
pounds of chewing aud smoking tobacco taxed OF snu,
cigars chcro0ts, and cigarettcsand the number OF NAN
ufacIrers OF cigars and dealers 10 tobacco. ALTHOUGH
election returns and political information the eson
dare of THE ALMANAC there Is much IN lis pages WIG"
intelligent business men can study with profit.
The barcfooted tramp evidently has mrsc
in his soul. Bridgeport has found a noblem9n ana
composer begging In her streets and has put him on
piano stool and crowned him with honors In Wren.
tham Mass another musical tramp has asked for oe'a
at farmhouse and shaken wondrous melody out OF III.
plano In the sl:tngroo Three persons, man. VIE aD'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

than all, moves in the smooth ruts OF rellg'
ion, business and belief in which his father
left him. The life of even the laboring Lon
dOner is leisurely. Business does not begin
for even the small shopkeeper in the morning
until one-third of the American working-d day
is over. If he is i'll he cOddles himself. lie
can bear thumps at school or bullets in battle,
but he is coward before sick stomach OF
twnge of tOothache. He lives long and slowly,
and we question whether the amount OF ac-
complIshed work which he has to show does
not equal in quantity and quality that OF our
nervous, irritable countryman who dies OF
cerebral congestion at fifty.
II would be absurd to urge any American
to follow the example Of his heavier FLOODED
cousin You cannot make mastiff out OF a
greyhound. One or two precautions any man
may take, beside the ordinary hygienic ones, to
lengthen his days. First, to keep his BRAIN, as
far as possible, at work on one subject NJ
q time. 1t is the multitude OF conflicting
ideas which wears it out by actual physical
strain Hence the brain of a man who con-
trolls the divers occupations of other men, or
who is accustomed to carry on separate trains
of thought, will give way sooner than one
which Is confined to one branch OF study or
work. Secondly, to make absolute the pauses
fcr rest the stoppage of work must be com
plete to be worth anything. Thirdly, if posi-
BILE, to have hobby--some manual work
which requires also an exertion of the mind
totally different from its ordinary work. Gar
dening, music, drawing, cabinet-making, have
been salvation for many a brain stretched
and strained to the verge of exhaustion. These
are bomey hints. but they arc meant for those
who know how to value simple remedies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12
HOMELY HINTS,

Now it is Mr.. Moody who is reported as
"giving way from ovcr-work." That sort of
obituary over n public mans dead body or his
ended usefulness Is as common nowadays as
in the last generation was "dcd from the
"visitaton of Cod" The popular lay preacher
has an exceptionally healthy organization
and stock of animal vitality, but not enough,
it appears, to stand the nccssant tremendous
strain he has laid upon the nerves He is, we
believe, however. too wise and too good man
to commit this common mental suicide in the
pursuance of any duty, however high 1t may
seem to him.
1t is not over work which kills the Amcri-
can ii is an incredible lack of prudence and
common sense in the doing OF the work.
Stout bccr-drinking German scholars go
through more hard grinding labor in study in
year than our students in n lifetime. Eng
lish men of business ut sixty manage gigantic
schemes through the day. and sit down rudy,
portly, genial in the evening to task of
heavy feeding which would appal any New
York epcure; the European statesman GER
tanly has affairs as complicated and vast as
our party politics to perplex him; yet
when do you hear of his sinking at middle
age from anGmia or nervous proshationf The
secret lies in the fact that the German or
Englishman assumes that he will have sixty
good working years at least and takes his
time. The American sets off in the race as if
he would have but ten. The Englishman
does not leave school until the age when q
New-York boy is practising a profession /; he
takes frequent holidays, eats slowly, and more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12


Does Wall Street realize what the late fail
urcs mean? Gilman, Meter. Bonner, Dun
nng-what were they doingY Borrowing money
from New-York banks, trust and insurance
companies. On what sccurity9 The reports
of asSignces give answer. IL is not too much
to say that faith in Ncw-YOrk banking has
been very severely shaken by the recent dis
closures. The world had thought there was
care; what does it find The world had
thought that the habitual tmidity and con-
servatsm Of these bankers gave some as
surance that their operations were prudent
But it is now made known that some of the
loosest and most reckless business transactions
ever known have been made by some of the
bankers who are called so conservative and
cautious and yet they were dealing with the
money of others, intrusted to them because of
their reputation for caution.
Business does not suffer by these failures.
The great loads of debt which certain firms
have been carrying. with the aid of the banks,
must now be lifted, and it will be known
how much of it represents irreparable losses.
The banks, after settlements are effected will
have the more money free for use of legiti-
mate business. AS long as they were Trying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

TIE ATTACK ON THE NA'TON1L CREDIT
Mr.. Pendleton joins Mr.. Voorhees, in the
Senate. This is natural and proper Democ-
racy is getting itself SO represented that there
can be no mistake about it. Mr.. Pendleton
was the original champion of greenback repu-
dation. At the West, he is known as Young
"Greenbacks." Decidedly leaning to the wrong
side during the war, he naturally leans in
peace TO the side of those who hate the men
by whose money and faith the Union was
saved. Ewing was more noisy; Morgan was
perhaps more wild but Grcenback George
had been early in the fight for reputation,
and Ohio Democracy does itself but justice
III choosing him to represent 1t. Thus
Democracy consolidates itself, month after
month, and year after year. as the party of
reputation. 1t stabs the men who oppose. II
sends to the Senate the men who shine in the
galaxy of repudiatOrs Indiana had no worse
man than Mr.. Voorhees,. Illinois has found Mr..
Davis organizing public meetings for silver re-
pudation. Kentucky sends Mr.. Beck who
opened the debate for the regulators on Thurs
day. Missouri sends Mr.. Armstrong, who
once said, "You made us take that green
"back during the war at the. point of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

A second Hartford letter from a staff cor
respondent, throwing light on the outrageous
mismanagement of the Charter Oak Life In
surancc Company, is presented this morning.
A considerable portion of this shocking history
of BETRAYED trust must remain imperfect III
detail, because Of the strange omission of all
record in the books of the company of many
heavy transactions. Enough remains, however,
to show some of the participants of the i'll
gotten gain in their true cOlors; and this our
correspondence does in an entertaining way.
in spite of the serious nature of the disclosures.
and the complicated proceedings described.
The startling revelations contained in our pre-
vious letter remain unchallcngcd; will these
new ones evoke no comment from the men
who are implicated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

1t is evident that the wisdom and virtue of the
Legislature of 1878 are to be severely tested IN
the struggle that has already begun over
the Excise Law. The lquor-dealers have been
Oh the ground in Albany since the session opened,
working hard to secure committees favorable to
their interests; the Society for the Prevention of
Crime, on the other hand, proposes strong
effort to defeat all attempts to supersede
the present law, and in, an advertisement
in another column, calls the attention of citizens
to its principal features. The names attached to this
card are those Of some of most respected citizens
and should carry weight with the Legislature.
There will be honest differences Of opinion about the
law, but there can DO as to the right Of these
gentlemen to be heard, 30 matter how many liquor
dealers may be busy at the button-holes OF the Leg
lsl1ture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

Yesterday closed with a sunset of extra ordinary
magnificence. Overhead hung canopy OF dark
clouds bordered with purple, and showing through
a few riffs an intensely blue sky behind it. Beneath
this canopy all around the horizon. space OF
light remained, which at the west was
golden lire-mist, crossed by horizontal bars with
gilded edges, which seemed to rise behind one
another at unreasonable distances. In front
of all this glory, cumulus clouds came slowly
sailing, and as the light shone through
them, the white feeciness turned to bright
orange-red, so that they looked like detached
flames. Even after passing the space Of sunset
glow, these cumulus clouds kept their elghtness.
ard shone ont on the darker background OF
cloud The spectacle attracted attention even
from people hurrying homcwards, and many stopped
on the street corners to look back at the scene.
The display may be considered as an indication OF
fine weather. for at least to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

Governor Robinson's recommendation for the
repeal of so much of the new Code of Pro-
ccdure as has been adopted is approved by
some, at least, of those members of the pro-
fossion who were originally opposed to the
Code. 1t was supposed that when so large
part of the Code had gone into effect, OPP
position would be overwhelmed by the
necessity that would fall upon each member of
the profession, of acquiring an accurate
knowledge of its provisions but the failure of
the largest portion to receive the Governors
signature has revived the hopes of the oppo-
nents of the innovation. and 1t seems likely
that determined effort at repeal will be made
at this session. George Ticknor Curtis and
Simon Sterne, in other columns, urge this
course.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12
anussments ano nlectlnss 60 Might.

poovu's TuRATRE-"2: Henry WILL S: "Richard
Ill" Booth ,~o,,o
BRo,DwlY TuEATRE-1;3o: Lemons" 8; monte
Christie" ,y,.
FIr1W AyrNUE HAIL. and s. Heller's Wonders.
TIFTu AVENUE THEATRE and 8: "Adflehhe' hine'
MOdeska ,,.,o,.
pm TN ,Tpp-o and 3: "CoOucl Sellers"
SAN FRANCISCO MISSTRELs and y: -, a., -,
UNION SQUARE TuEATRE-1;3O ana . i"e ''"" "a
yAiI1cK's TnEATRE-l30 and 3 "won at Last"
Assocr,1ror UAII-Lecture George Kennar
ACADEMY OP MCsIC-PhilDaiin0n concert
AcAbENY OF DgsIGS-LOan Exhibition.
IuICKUrI.G VAII.-IcCture. DE CcrdOYl
Sr INwAY HALL The Count Joannes.
Srw-YORK AcUARIUa-Day and Evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

Mr.. Fernando Wood has obtained permission
to start his sixteen investigations. and the
athletic raking viii begin at once in all direc-
tions. Mr.. Wood proposes to investigate pretty
much everything but the administration of
Fernando Wood as Mayor of New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

substantial benefit.
Three colleges-Syracuse, Hamilton ana 81
John's-have withdrawn from the lnter-Colic-
gate Literary Association, and a fourth
LAfayette--is expected to follow. In one case
howeycr, large number Of the students pro-
nose to retain their membership. and their
course is approved by the president; III
another, it is hoped that the withdrawal may
be reconsdered.
The nresepce of but one Philadelphia banke"
ot the anti-silver meeting the other day was
proof, not of the indifference with which
that wealthy CITY regards the Bland Silver Bill,
but rather of the unaniGiy of its opinions
against it, which was so manifest as scarcely
to need representation. The views Of a num-
Der of prominent bankers and merchants OF
the city are given elsewhere, and show that
Philadelphia keeps step with Newly oIk Tor
honest money.
Pubic Printer Defrces seems to be re-
former OF practical kind, and none the less
efficient because he has made no fuss
about his achievements in the newspapers,
At the rate of his present improve
ment on his predecessors the close OF
his first year of office viii see the expenses
of the public printing reduced by %l0oooo
below the average of the past Fourteen years.
Mr.. Defrees evidently does not belong to that
class of ref0rmers who are in the habit OF
wildly announcing that they are "golng to be-
gin and somehow never do.
King Cotton puts his royal veto on the Sill
yer Bill in advance. The action of the New
Orleans Clearing House and Chamber OF Com
merce is warmly seconded by the Cotton Ex-
change of this city, which, by the unanimous
vote of large meeting, condemned the meas
ure, and was cheered in its work by a Savan-
nah dispatch announcing that the Cotton Tx
change of that city had already followed the
example of New Orleans. 1t the commercial
centres of the South will speak out the cOun-
try may learn that many of the business men
of the South have been as badly mlsrcprc-
scented as many OF the business men OF the
West, by their Congressman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

With to-day the Loan Exhibition of the
Decorative Art Society comes to an end. 1t
has been very successful, having received more
than 10000 visitors. and the profits, after de-
Quoting all expenses, being es...lated at
$S,000 This ought to insure the future
success of this youthful but growing oIganiza-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12
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letter from our London correspondent en-
bodies some of the amusing gossip TO which
the recent sOciability of the Queen and her
Prime Minister has given rise. Its nature is
sufficiently indicated by the statement that
tea-tablo authorities have predicted that the
Queen was about to follow her daughters
example, and marry subject. If the
Earl Of BeaconsGcld ever aspircd to the
place of the late Prince Consort, his ambition
is more audacious than would have been
deemed possible even in the Jew who is for
the second time Prime Minister Of England
But il is something to be married TO "a Queen
and Empress by the gossps, If there is no
chance that the Archbishop of Canterbury will
perform the ceremony, and Disraeli is just
the man to prize this high privilege.
Following so soon the capture OF Sophia,
and the captulaiion at the Shipka Pass, the
fall Of Nissa adds considerably to the
prestige of the Russo-Scryan arms.
The surrender of that city which the
Turks defended so stubbOrnly removes
the only obstacle to the active cooperation Of
the allied forces, who now hold a chain Of
posts from the Servian frontier to the Shipka
Pass. From the latter position, General Ra-
detzky has begun the march to Adrianoplc,
which General Ghourko had to forcgo last
Summer. With his communications well Sc
cured, and 10 large army TO OPP
pose him, General Radctzky may cal
culate safely on the fall OF the Rou-
melian stronghold, against which the Gar may
send easily 100000 men. In this hour of
triumph, Russia has naturally assumed Il
Il. II
scheme, almost as soon as it was preached.
No truce until Turkey submits conditions of
peace, is her clear and emphatic reply 20
the Pcrto's project to cntrap her into vcxatlous
negotiations. Although England raises the
cry of bad faith, Russia is not likely to depart
from a position so stronS and cxpedicnt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

Controller Kelly makes an explanation, on
another page, of his plan for the adjustment
and equalization of the city debt. 1t is worthy
of attention for the light which it throws upon
the proposed legislation, and will be read with
the more respect because it is evident that
Mr.. Kelly is faithfully endeavoring TO admin
lister his office for the benefit of the taxpayers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

The sale of boxes for John Brougham's ben
eft did not result as well, apparently, rs his
friends desired, but good prices were brought
nevertheless and as sum between four and
five thousand dollars was obtained by the sale
Of loss than as many hundred seats, and by
the premiums on the boxes. it seems safe to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-12

predict that the veteran actor is to have
substantial benefit.
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SUCCESSION SALE.
Probate C0nrt--Parish Of Ra pides.

SUCCESSION OFT NJ On,
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TN oBEDiENCE TO AN ORDER OF
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