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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16
TIE ROYIL GOLDEN CASKET

Formerly il was Prize Packages. NV it is Cas-
kets, Has the reader received circular inviting
him to invest IN the Royal Golden CasSct, and prom
sing if he will but sc"l 81 to - at -. that lie
shall receive bv return mail, bright jewels of the
"mine" cxquisitcly carved canoes, monarchical
signct rings, bosom pins of mnted gold, lovely
ockets superb studs. and pendants lit for the ears
of the Cyprian quecnf There is something not
little bepuilng about that word Casket" II is so
much prctticr than plain Package" 1t must be
fascinating enough to blk people out of their COM
mon sense especially when they tod that it is TO
he a morocco caSket stuffed full of gems and gold,
and with its value vouched for by The Christian Mes
seuger 1t is fact, believe, that those who re-
ceive the Royal Golden Casket "a pasteboard box
four inches by three, and inch deep usually
howl to heaven with rage and disappointment
Brass and glass are not welcome when is expect
ing gold ard gems.
Everybody has heard of cheap jewelry. but the
ewelry in the Golden Casket is cheaper than carpet
lacks or board nals-a drcary and dreadful parody
of the genuine arcle--so worthless lot OF rubbish
that ordinary cheap jewelry would appear costly by
comparison, and Attleboro metal like the real
mineral of Ophir. Somebody who has received
quantity of tho stuff for 81 has consulted experts
about its value. A gross of the Fine Band Ring y
could be bought for 81 The " Beautiful Seal
Ring" worth just about two cents, and no
more. The exquisite Engraved Sleeve Buttons J"
may be bought by the cargo at 81 80 per gross.
The "Spiral Engraved Studs" bits of crooked
wire sollrred to oval bits of thin brass are dear
at 81 per gross. The Grand Roman Neck Chain
and the " LOcket set with Cameo" are worth moth
ing at all and the "Grand Collar Button is but
" n dismal piece of brass" TO sum up: The entire
contents of the Royal Golden Casket. for which the
too conhdiug buyer pays II. are worth just thirty
two cents to buy, and nothing at all either to sell
to wear. No man or woman with particle of self
respect could use any OF the articles by way of per
sonal decoration. 1t would make handsome
woman holncly. 1t would make homely woman
hdeous. 1t would make hdeous woman-but we
say no Denner who painted the ugliest of the
sex in the ugest way, could not have done justice
10 the subject
The fatuity of mankind Is astonishing. Doubt
less the Royal Casket business is paying one. Such
Is The desire of most people to get something for
nothing, or to obtain more pork for shilling than
can possibly be afforded by the dealer even at the
present prices of corn! TIE TRIBUNE has warned
its readers against lotteries and the swindle Of them
is q fact so well known that not another fresh word
be said about it; and yet dupcs still give their
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lnofx to ADVERTISEMENTS.


AyrsFMENTs- Oh PGqe-6th column.
BANKRUPT NOTEs-9M Fd0e-5th column.
BOARD AND ROOMs-9h PdQe-3d column.
BUSINESS CHANCEs--Sh Pd9e-3th column
BUSINESS NOTICEs-4M Fd0e-lst column.
Coal AND WOOD-9M Pdqe-6th column;
CORPoRATIoN NoTICEs-9h Pade-5d column
COUNTRY BOARD-9h Pa0e-3d column
DIVIDEND NoTICEs-Sm Id0e-9th coiu'h"'
DRY GOODs- on Pd0e-6th column. 49, .,x
ETHIOPIAN ADyERTIsEMESTs-SW Idgt-O'n 0Oiu"''
TINANCIAI-SM IdGe-5th cOluiiD.
FINE AuTs-9m IaOe-6th column.
frRNITuRF-7M PdOe-3d column
Horses AND FARMS WANTED oM Page -oth coIuinn'
ICE CRFAM-9h PdGe-3d column
ISsTRrCTION-9M Pagc-1st ana 2d cnnmns'
IrcTrREs AND MEETINGs-9h Pd0e-6th column.
MARBLE AND SLATE MANrELs-9h Pdqf-oth coiuhil
MaRRIAGFs AND DEATHs-5M Pdqe-6th column 80,
MIsCELLANEOUs-Sm fdQe-oth coiuinn' A'"' wy ~
and 9th columns -, ou ,
NEW PIrBIICATIONs-6th Pd0e-3th and 6th Columns :
Oh Page-1st column. - . 49, ,,, .
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE-CfTY-9h Pdge-4in cOIuiin tj
BRoOKLYN-9h Page-4th cOrmn; COUNTRY 9tL
J00s-4th and 5th columns AUCTION SALLs-''
Pu0e-5th column. -, $780,,
RELIGIOUS NOTICEs-9M Pd0e-2i and 81 cOiulh"s'
SANS BY AUCTION-Sh PG0e-6th column
SPECIAL NoTICEs-5h P0ge-6th column 80 , .
SITUATIONS WANTED-MALEs-SM Fd0e-oth co'""'" :
FFMaLEs-SM Paqe-3d ana 4th Columns 1900, ca,
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS.&C. Pd0e-oth anu o'n
sTEAMTRs OCEAS-7M Pa0e-3d column.
IEACHERs-9M ragged column 80 , .
TO LET-CITv PRoPERTI-9M Pda-oln tcoiumu /,
BRoOKLYN-9M Page-5th column CoCNiEi-o"
Page-5th column.
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Pr RSONiL.

Mr.. George II. BoughtOn, received, 1t IS saia,
$4,000 his picture OF William the Tesiy," paih''
for tie Corcoran Gallery.
Professor Agassiz cannot be content TO ress
even during his summer peasuring He Is adding "'
Oratory TO his house al Newport.
DIR. Jonn Hall is about to give to the SUI
dents OF Yale Theological Seminary, three lectures W
Lessons from Medieval Church History"
Victorien Sardou has just put Il new comea,
on the stage OF the Vaudeville u is called Les b0D
geois de Pont Arcy" aud Is "A lively satire on fieH
politics and manners. Ii is very witty and mas s0
very deep pathos, also; and II was successful -,
Some very worthy Boston people, 1t Is s''O
are greatly exasperated at finding themselves se'e's
dealt with in Mrs. Lizzie W. Champneys ooa'. ~.
Lilies" As she has known her characters through ~
introduction OF Imagination only Mrs Champhe! tsey
is now visiting ~ Florlda-regrets that any ohe w.
aggrieved by any thing IN her book
Dr. John w. HOyt, who was recently noh,
mated by the President TO be Governor OF "yoniu-
an old resident OF Wisconsin. For number OF yeai'
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wants it. One hours delay wOuld spoil the
sale. For this reason alone, it would be abs0-
lutely impossible to dispose of daily newspa-
pers through mail delivery. But it is also to
be said that the names and addresses OF the
people who buy the papers that are delivered,
are not known to Others than the owners OF
the news-stands; those owners regard such
lists as property, and good newspaper route
may be easily worth 81 900 or more.
A second objection to the new Postal Bill Is
urged especially against the plan for the reg
istry Of the second class mail matter that goes
under pound rates. This, it is alleged Will
restrict the freedom of the press, by giving
the Government kind of censorship. Inc
objection seems more fanciful than real. AT
present the pOstmasters have the decision
as to the classification of mail matter
and the rates it shall pay. The ques-
ton is constantly occurring with publlca-
tons that have some new feature, whether
they shall be put on one or other side OF the
line of pound rates. This is particularly dli-
fcut to decide in respect to advertising sheets
that take the form of newspapers, but nave
no subscription list; or books that are pun
lished in newspaper form. The bill proposes
to relegate this class of questions to single
authority in the Post Office, and to have them
settled at once. Such questions have been
productive of much vexatOn and loss to regu-
lar publishers; they, at all events, will be glad
to have them taken out Of the hands OF minor
officials.
TO the public at large the bill offers many
advantages in its simplicity and free Ion from
annoying restrictions. Most people have mad
occasion to repine at tie absurdity OF the
present law, which does not enable the sender
of book or a newspaper to point out why or
from whom it is sent, except by Il separate
letter or by paying letter postage. In the case
of persons wishing to send out many copies OF
book or paper, the Inconvenience Is serious
The fact that the new Postal Bill does away
with IL, restriction should alone make 1t
popular measure but it has, III al htlon,
simplicity of rates that is sure to recommend
il to general favor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16

THE MORAL or PAYING CHURCH DEbiS
II i, remarkable that. at the time when
business failures are numerous, the churches
should be engaged in a general effort to dis
charge their mortgage debts. The philosophy
of tins debt-paying movement Is, lhoweVei'
very simple The churches were overtaken by
the fanic OF 1878 in precisely the same sense as
were the business firms and corporations. Large
undertakings were on hand which required Tor
their completion the continuance o. general
pro.perity. Debts had been contracted for I'M
finished church work Mortgages had been
given on property whose value has since been
enormously reduced And yet very few
churches have gone into bankruptcy. ihe
Church Extension Secretary OF one OF the largest
religions denominations OF the United States
a0irlns that the number of edilices lost by II
through debt can be counted Oh ones fingers.
Without any concert Of action the churches
are resolving on the payment of their debts in
cash and short time subscriptions, as the
best solution of their financial problems. Mr..
Kimball. the leader who has become most con-
spicuous in this movement, began his opera
tions in san Francisco i'll n tentative way.
TO his surprise he discovered that money
was to be had, anu that church dcots
could be paid. One step led TO another,
ill he found his services demanded
by every burdened religious society III
San Francisco. Other cities have copied
the example, with such results asall know. The
great charitable societies have either paid of
their obligations outright, Or greatly reduced
their amount. The year 1878 will show for
them much more satisfactory balance sheets
than either 1877 or 1876. Not a few of them
will now. for the first time in n long
period, enjoy the satisfaction of being uncm-
barHssed.
In dcbt-paying, courage is half the battle
individuals and corporations, once in trouble,
are often content to drift, though they know
that drifting is taking them to bankruptcy
A courageous effort to pay debt organizes
resources, compels both the study and prac-
tee of close economies. puts premium upon
Thrift, and iuvgorates an association, no mat
ter whether it be religious or secular. The
example Of the churches has already had
GOOD effect. They have shown that what we
need as a beginning Wf IA general dcbt-pay.
ing movement, is the courage TO face our
difficulties and the determination to surmount
tbpm
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WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGy.-Prince Battenburg is proposed for the
Bulgarian throne by Russia. - The Kafirs have
broken up into predatory bands == Ex-President
Baez of Santo Domingo, has arrived in Porto RICO.
The British Parliament has passed most OF the
navy estimates. - Russia refuses TO allow
Greece to enter the Congress.
DoMEsTIC-The removal of DOorkeeper Polk will
be recommended to the House of Representatives
by the Committee on Reform. - Secretary
Evarts's letter inviting other Governments to join
in "a monetary conference. has been sent 10 the
American ministers abroad. - -Four Of the
students Of Princeton College were examined
by the Mayor of Princeton and held for
the action of the Grand Jury. The Hard
Money League organized at Chicago and
adopted an address to the people. Judge
Hughes has decided, in the Arlington eject
ment suit, that the Court has jurisdiction, and that
the Governments claim must rest upon the validity
of its title - The trial Of Superintendent Smyth
was continued.
CoNGRrss-Only the House in session yester-
day: the case of Dean against Field taken up.
and the attempt to unseat the Republican member
was opposed hy Mr.. Potter, Mr.. Gambler, Mr.. His
cock and others; Mr.. Randall announced the death
of Representative Leonard, of Louisiana, and the
House adjourned.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The list of American paint
ings for the Paris Exhibition is made public. -
Further testimony about Commodore Vander5ilts
eccentricties given yesterday. - The
cause of the murder and suicide IN Westminster
County still remained uncertain. 60 Application
was made for the removal of the receiver of Green
leaf Norris 81 Co. 80 Lawyers differed widely
In opinion as to the Governors New Code
Veto 80 Thomas NJ. Rogers, an Engshman, ont
of employment, attempted suicide at the Astor
House. - Railways are cutting passenger rates
from the West TO New-York. 60 Payment of the
new silver dollars was begun at the Sub-Treasury
Gold, 1O1, 101, 101is, 1014. Gold value OF
the legal-tender dollar at the close, 9sslO cents
Stocks opened strong and advanced, but later
yielded and closed unsettled
THE Manufacturers local observations in
dictate fair weather. with occasional clouds and i'll
creasing warmth. Thermometer yesterday, 40,
So, 45o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16

Russia continues to play her part adr0itly
in regard to the proposed Congress. AS mat
tiers now stand, she is i'll direct opposition with
England on the authority of the Con-
gress to review the treaty of San Stefano.
Russia is ready to submit the entire
document to the assembled diplomatists
and allow them to deliberate on such
articles as may concern European interests,
but England goes further. and demands
that the Congress shall be at liberty TO deal
with every article. on the presumption that
each one affects directly or indirectly the bal
ance of power i'll Europe. Austria and Ger
many are in accord with Russia, in this in
stance, and if she persists IN her ruling, Eng
land may have to submit. The proposal to
admit Greece also occasions contention. Lord
Derby, who has a sentimental regard for the
Greeks, and desires to aIicnatc them from
Russia, wishes to have them represented at the
Congress. But Prince GortschakOlf knows that if
Greece be admitted Scrvia and Montenegro
will claim the same privilege, and must be
accorded it. He - not prepared to have these
MINOR powers dictate to the Russian Empire, and
accordingly he is determined to limit the as
semblage to the Ambassadors of the Ottoman
Empire and its sO-caled protectors. 1t is pos
sible that Russia will stoop to conquer, as she
has done so often, and that compromise VIII
be effected. 1t is her interest to keep Europe
occupied, while she strengthens her hold on
the Turkish Empire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16
UNIFORM POSTAL RATES.

Two objections have been brought against
the bill for the classification of mail matter
now before Congress- The bill provides that
there snail be uniform rate OF cents per
pound on newspapers and other periodicals
published as often as four times IL year; this
rate to apply whether the pOst.Ollice where
the periodical may be published is or is not
a lcitcr-carricr office At present the priv
ilcg. of pound rates from lettcr-carrler
Offices only applies to weekly publ
cations An Objection urged against the
extension of the privilege to other period
icals springs from fear that daily
newspapers Will use the mails for the purpose
OF home delivery; i. e., for delivery in the
cities where the papers are published. This,
II j. argued. would throw additional weight
on the lettcr-carriers. That objection should
never be offered by anybody cOnyersant with
cannot be, sold i'll the city of publication to
mail subscribers. The Post Office mode of
delivery is not quick enough. a very great
proportion of daily papers in this city must
always be sold direct from ncws-stands or
by ncwsboys, whom the stands largely
supply. The rest are delivered at residences
by the men who own the ncws-s.ands; prac-
tically, all the daily papers may thus be sad to
be delivered through news-stands or newsbOys.
The business of getting and delivering these
papers takes all the time between the issue of
paper and the moment when the customer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16
TILE UIINGRY GOTTN.

On Thursday we printed details OF bills
involving grants or expenditures at the South,
i'm number forty in the Senate and two humid
red and sixty-seven in the House. All these
were introduced before the holiday recess.
Since that recess the House has been in session
more than two months. and a great number of
similar bills, not included in the list given,
have been introduced. Neither does the list
include the private claims, which came up m
number as the lice of Egypt. These are only
the bills professedy of "A public character
Some ask construction Of public build
incs. Some ask "reief" for corporations.
Some ask extension Of acts for adjustment
of land claims. Some ask relief" for
DELINQUENT Taxpayers whose property has
been sold for taxes unpaid. Some ask the
survey or building Of ship or other canals.
Some ask the establishment of new post
routes in regions where the older routes do
not pay expenses. Some ask payments to
States for expenses incurred. some ask ini-
provemcnt of rivers and harbors. Some ask
payment of "arrearagcs claimed to be due
TO persons in the Southern States for services
before the Wharf.-The said persons having taken
themselves, their Offices and trusts, and public
prOperty i'm their charge, over to the rebellion.
Some ask beacon lights, hospitals, light
houses, and military posts. Some ask the cs-
adjustment of ports of entry, and some au
tlorizc persons or corporations to prosecute
suits against the United States. Some, in
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money to enrich cormorant confidence men. The
cheap watch humbug is as lively as ever. So is the
artificial diamond dodge. So is the device of coun-
terfelt money. We repeat the warning. in the for.
orn hope that few may heed it, and that persistent
exposure may finally lodge two or three or more
scampish adventures in the penitentiary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16

The Astor Library suffers great loss by the with.
drawa of Mr.. }. Carson Brevoort. Under his SUI
peIintendence the library rapidly gaining po-
sition in the front rank of such institutions. A
careful selection of books in various departments
that had previously been deficient brought the IL
brary evenly up to the present day, while thor
ough system of catalOguing enabled visitor to
find what he wanted promptly. even If the book
had first been put the shelves the day before.
The result has been that within year the number
of daily readers in the library has doubled and its
usefulness for purposes of reference is vastly in.
creased II will be difficult 10 ind fit successor to
Mr Brevoort and his office at present remains va
can't He withdraws in order to have more oppor.
tunity for the management Of his private affairs.
Those timd Congressman who voted for the Sill
ver Bill not because they believed in It, but because
they thought 1T might dam back the initiation
freshet may conclude after little more experience
that it would have been better if they had begun to
dam further up the stream. These silver bar GER
ticates which now threaten us, as fourth variety
OF legal tender, good deal softer than silver,
and this steady dinti0n of the value of currency
and increase of its volume may bring the deuge Of
Joness pure fiat money sooner than even the alarm.
lists have expected.
Over i'm New-Jersey it seems to be matter OF very
general and nOn-paTtisan qualification that MIR.
Geo l.. CatD of that State, has received consular
appointment to La Rochelle, with c0ntrol OF the
consular agencies at Limoges and Cognac. Mr.
Catlin will also carry with him to his new home
among the wines and vines Of France. many hearty
good wishes from the readers of The Commercial I'D.
rsrtiser of this city, with which he has been for
long time connected.
At Dartmouth riotous students are visited with
all the rigors of the law, but the law is provided
with all the modern Improvements. The student
who can't get bail is accompanied to his Tecitations
by deputy-sheriif. Which suggests the possible
,ty that if Princeton and Dartmouth 90 on as they
have begun the coeducatiOn of deputy-sherifs may
become an important collegiate problem.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16

sidered as too expensive luxury for an army
in need Of all Its soldiers. We have not yet
seen the last of the riots of July and the ag',
tation for cheap dollar. And to the old
Guard of Republication the word should be
Shoulder to shoulder!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-16

Hitherto. Gail Hamilton has been skirmlsh-
ing around Mr.. DOrman Is. Eaton. but to-day
she comes to close quarters, and Yields >kle
sCalpng knife to some purpose. We protest
that the performance is cruel, but confess that
il is amusing. When she ingcnuously explains
that the trouble with Mr.. Eaton is that
lie does not definitely know what he
is talking about, or what he is driving at
and when she wiclledly sets out to prove 1t
by elaborate quotations when she suggests
that the trouble with Mr.. Eaton's cries OF
corruption is that they are ground out OF
the old woman's shuddering principle, "When
"you have taken away my total de-
"pravity, you have taken all the comfort
"out of my religion ;"-whcn she holds
no Mr. Eat0n's scorn for party, party
leadership and party support. by the side OF
his boasts that the Fifth Avenue Conference
came near forming a party when she con-
cudes that Mr.. Eaton's objection is not
TO partsanshp, but to partisanshiD that
is not on his side, and his objection
TO party leaders Is that he is not one
OF them-she at least makes points which seem
to the unregencrate entirely far and very
hard to answer The trouble is that the best
OF our public servants who devote themselves
to the Cause of Reform are in great danger
of falling into cant, and there is often room
for violent suspicion that their words out
run their ideas.
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amnsements ano fleetlnss Co. Might.

BoorH's THyArRE-2 and 6: d" Hamlet" ,-ro.y
BRoApwAY THEATRE-l:3O and 8: the Exiies.
FIFTH AVENUE HAII-2 and g. Hellers Wonufts. -,
NIBIo's GARDES-2 and 8: "serpent ana 'nc Do'o'
PARK THFATKE-2 aud 3: "Our Bacnelors'
SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELs. ana 3. x,,..y aud
sTANDARD THE,TRE-1:30 and 8: "Nictims anu
"SOlOn Single" M o. "a co,ohra,en
Case" =, o. ..coboo, -
KrpTz,s G. ,IIERY-Exhibition OF American Artists
NEw-YoRK AoUARICN-Dav and LYening 80,
SEVENTH REGIMENT Announcement GraIulia'