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Gh IOOSAo III ANN W W.
sey are not permitted to mash
mosquitoes on the walls, but
must get 'em down on the floor
and choke EN- to death and ring
for the porter to draw off the
corpsc.-Detroit Free Press.
A wag, who thought to have
a joke at the expense OF an
Irish provision dealer, said:
"Can you supply me with yard
of pork?" "Pat," said the dealer
to his assistant, "give this gen
tlcman three pigs feet"
Ex-Governor Seymour has in
duced the war department to
experiment in the use OF cheese
as an army ration. In this the
x-Governor has pleased many
voters, and the Utica Board OF
Trade recently rendered him
thanks for his good offices.
Russians claim that their
country never frets over the
result of any war, even be she
euchered out of it's spoils, but
picks herself up for a fresh
jump. Her expeditions into Gems
trail Asia date from Peter the
Great.
The United States is the only great
nation to-day in the happy condition OF
exporting much and importing little.
All the others are compelled to go out
side of their limits for bread and meat
and other necessaries of life.
A carpenter, at work in a
Boston fashionable residence,
was accused of stealing a gold
watch from a beareau. He protes-
ted innocence, but was taken to
iail. Then the accuser learned
that the watch had been taken
by her little girl. The carpenter
refused to accept either apology
or remuneration.
Base ball has been a danger
ono uama since the Introduction
of "dead," or hard, balls and the
practice of extremely swift
pitching. A few days ago James
Barry, the catcher of a club in
Boonville, N. Y, was hit in the
stomach and instantly killed.
Widow Van Cott, the revival
preacher, was interviewed re-
Gently by a reporter for the
Times of Oakland, Cal. Speaking
of the rewards Of her labor she
said:
II visit a church by invitation
of the minister and official board.
When invited they ask: tWhat
are your terms?' and my invari-
able reply is: "a hearty co-ope-
ration of the church and the sal
walton of immortal souls After
l have accomplished my work,
on the last Saturday, without a
word being said to me, the min
lister obtains, on his own respon-
sibility, a testimonial for me.
That testimonial will vary. If
it is large and wealthy church,
it will average about SIS week;
but if it is a small and poor one,
i. will be from 500 to 1925 a
week"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

FIST PRINTING.

On another page OF The TRIBUNE this MORN
ing our readers will find the first of series
of three articles in which we purpose telling,
for the benefit of the general public, the story
of n great triumph Of American ingenuity. The
development of the fast printing press during the
past quarter of century has been one OF the
most brilliant achievements in an age OF great
Inventions and there are not many instances
III which new public needs and new means OF
supplying them have acted and reacted so OBJ
yiotIsly and SO quickly upon each other. Ii
would be easy indeed to point out particular
places and seasons in which nobody can tell
whether progressive journalism was the cause
or the consequence OF the fast press,-whether.
for instance, X. Hoe & Co. created a popular
want. or only stepped in to supply it before
people were really conscious what they wanted.
In the metropolis. to be sure, there Is no
room for such uncertainty. Here the demands
of the newspaper have always pointed out the
way for the ingenuity of the inventor, and to
the honor Of this latter it must be said that
they have answered wonderfully TO what has
been required of them. Our first article this
morning gives general account of the
progress III the art of fast printing
up to the invention of the famous lightning
"press,n which was looked upon only few
years ago as very paragon of daring design
and wondrous efficiency. In the later chapters
we shall describe n remarkable and reyOlu-
tionary change lately effected in the printing
process, and lastly we intend to give our
readers full account of machine of an en-
tirely new kind, just constructed for The
TRIBUNE, which far surpasses all previous
achievements in fast printing, even by the
foremost of American inventors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
PERSONAL.


Mr.. A. II. Stephens is again seriously i'll.
Governor Rice is to preside at the lectures
to be given by DIR. storrs, in Boston
The Archduke Francis Charles, father of the
Emperor OF Austria has left third Of his fortune Of
81 ,OO0. 900 to the poor
Professor Riley, of Missouri, has been
offered the post OF entomologis OF the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington.
Governor Vance has been invited to give an
address upon the occasion of laying the cornerstone OF
monument TO the Confederate dead at Macon, Ga.
Mr.. J. n. Tyner, who will sail next Saturday
from this port United states Commissioner to the In
ernatIona Postal Convention at Paris began public life
us IA clerk In the Indiana Legislature, at 80 a day
The late Charles Calvert's beautiful estate
Of Riversdae, in Maryland offered for sale by auc-
ton on Thursday but withdrawn on bid OF $30,500-
II was under the roof OF Ryersdale ManorHo that
Henry Clay wrote the text OF the Missouri COmpro-
mise.
James Parton is urged by The Graphic as a
suitable for appointment Consul to Geneva, on
the ground that he is in every way qualified for the post
and that he is engaged in writing life Of voltaire Tor
which a residence at Geneva would give him great al
vantagcs
John Rice, said TO be the only survivor OF
Commodore Perys crew In the battle Of Lake Ere' now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
Iroex TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

sired no precaution ought to be taken against bis
commission of suicide But he Is not to be permitted
to elect the method of his own death. or he might
prefer to be drowned In butt of wine, Ike Gar
ence, or to have his veins opened In bath' ike
Seneca, or to take poison, like Socrates
Dr. Packard is of opinion that the moral erect OF
punishment Is weakened as the physical terror OF
punishment is increased. Without being at all as
sured of the truth Of this idea, we are by no means
convinced that the method suggested by DIR. Pack
ard would not appear much more horrible to the
majority of criminals Science might assure them
that death by carbonic oxide poison is
entirely painless, but how many ignorant persons
would believe thisi An air-tight dungeon into
which noxious gas Is to be introduced, would DO
an alarming novelty, while the proposed disposition
of the body ought to add to the horror. The moral
effect, therefore, according to the doctors own
theory, would be in the wrong direction, while the
assurance of the public that the punishment had
been actually inflicted would be seriously diIDln-
ished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
GO HOME !

Let us see; this Congress has been in
session since the middle Of October, say
six months. 1t has drawn pay, no
doubt, with dispatch. 1t has spent money for
lighting and caring for the Capitol building
for purchase and printing of tons of paper,
for the hire of a small army of clerks, door
keepers, messengers, pages and other camp
followers. But what has it done for the
countryP How does self-gOvernment look in
the light of this latest product of the govern
ing faculty in the United Statesl A more
tardy governing body has not been seen
among men. But mere hardness may signify,
great caution. The character Of the work
done and left undone, and the effect upon the
general prosperity, must determine the verdict.
After most hurtful delay. provision was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
METHODS or EXECUTION.

The feeling against hanging as a method of capt.
tai punishment, is really feeling against capital
punishment at all. The horrors of the gallows
upon which DIR. Packard dwelt at a late meeting III
this city of the MedcO-Lega Society are partly in
separable from any mortal modus operandi, and
partly TO be attributed to needless careessness and
cumsness. DR.. Packard would put conycts to
death by placing them in alright room.
into which carbonc oxide gas is to be
injected. Death would ensue. he thinks, in
about three minutes but really this is age
of suffering. in comparison with the almost In
Simultaneous death which follows hanging in almost
all cases in which the operation is carefully per-
formed A gentleman who followed Dr. Packard
was in favor of a secret taking off at the dead of
night and the total destruction of the body of the
felon. This is not q new idea, and objections have
been made to the plan which have not thus far been
answered. The public would never believe that
person executed under such circumstances was
really dead; and sceptcism of the SOFT would
be perfectly rational. We saw only the other
day how willing a portion of the public
were to believe a preposterous story of sim
ulated suicide. Executions were made pub
lie in all free countries for the very rea-
son that the citizens might be left in no doubt of
the fact. Secret executions have always
been the resort of despotic governments,
and were naturally regarded with horror
and suspicion by the people. Publicity in
such matters was q step in advance, while Sc
crecy would be n step backward. Moreover, 1t
should be taken into account that tho method of
hanging is moral part Of the penalty This was
the ground taken by General Washington when he
insisted upon sending Major Andre TO the galows.
Ifthe killing Of tho convict were the only thing Do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

We have received number of interesting letters
recently about the cost of living when econ
omizes in real earnest. The student who got all his
washing done for dollar and half year. the
young doctor who grew fat on five cents a day, the
pioneer who supported four persons on half a
dollar a week, and brought two unimproved
farms into cultivation with capital OF 10
these and other correspondents tell their
strange story, while the world listens wondering
and only half creduous. When benevolent lady,
a little while ago, undertook to teach workngmen
how to buy and cook capital dinner for Is cents
there were some persons who thought her heartess,
and were almost ready to accuse her OF grinding the
faces of the poor The fact is that in the midst Oh
these hard times though thousands are out OF work.
and families 90 hungry, and many, no doubt, die
for mere lack Of nourshment, the characteristic
extravaganza of American life is as wild and foolish
as ever No people IN the world spends such enor-
nous sums for board and lodging, and gets so little
comfort for the money. An American family starves
on what would be affluence to others. And the
waste Is not only in the houses of the rich. The
very poor are no less extravagan than those who are
above the hard pinchng of actual want and our tene
ment-house inhabitants spoil and throw away what
would feed another population OF equal size IL they
only knew how to make use of it, Certainly the
provisions which are consumed or thrown away
daily by the million of people in New-York would
furnish savory sustenance to at least two million
Frcnchmen; the mere waste of the Five Points
would be enough for the kitchens of thriving
French village. If the period of distress through
which we are now passing teach us something of the
science of domestic economy, the habit of thrift.
and the value of what We reckessly destroy, we
shall, perhaps have learned lesson worth all its
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEWS 3HIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.--The Russians are making strategic
movements in Turkey; they are constructing bar
racks at San Suefano. - General OgaZOn has be-
come Minister of War in Mexico - England has
called on the Turks to deliver the murderers of Mr.
Ogle to justice. - The Cretans have defeated the
Turks. 80 The prospect is deemed more peace
full in London.
DoMEsuC-A caucus OF The Democrats of the
House of Representatives has nominated General
Charles w. Field, Confederate MajOr-General, as
Doerkeeper - 1t IS rumored that new nomiua-
tons for Collector and Naval Officer at New-YOrk
will be sent to the Senate within ten days. a
report will be made to the House against the private
printing Of hank notes, ETC., for the Govern
ment. - Bitter speeches made against
the Administration at the recent Republi-
can council in Washington, but Charles Fos-
ter spoke very warmly in its defence. -
BY a collision between an oil and freight train
the Lehgh Valley Railroad an oil tank was set on
fire. and one person killed and fifteen seriously
injured 90 The bill amending the charter of the
Chamber of Commerce passed the Assembly; resolu-
lions of inquiry in regard to violations
of the lottery laws in New-York were adopted. =
There is a strike of engineers and firemen on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. 80 The
NevyJerSey Legislature adjourned sine die, at mid
night.
CoNGREss-In the Senate, yesterday, Mr.. Bayard
and Mr. Sargent spoke on the Sinking Fund Bill
Mr. Thurman proposed that the Senate sit it out but
Mr.. Conkling said that there was no need Of such
urgency, and, the matter coming to test, the Sen
ate resolved to adjourn without action by vote OF
90 20 81, 80 In the House, General Butler nom
mated General Shields, of Missouri, for DoorkeeDer
there was opposition to taking vote yesterday, and
lively quarrel took place between General Butler
and Mr.. s. S. Cox.
CIIY AND SUBURBAN.-Messrs. Root and Arden
were excluded from the Erie proceedings, before
Referee Spencer, yesterday. 60 The Conference
in New-York and Brooklyn discussed topics OF i'm
portance to the Methodist Episcopal Church. e
The Police and Excise Commissioners dis
agreed about their respective duties. -
Charles A. ellis, of John F. Henry, Currar
& Co, expressed entire ignorance of his part in TIT
business. - Many books were sold at the Sprinl
Trade Sale. 80 The Twenty-secOnd Regimen
gave a reception and parade. = Monmouth
Park Race Course, at Long Branch, was bough
bv members of the American Jockey Club
Gold. 1O1, 1O1, 1908. Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close, COLO cents Stock
opened strong and advanced later declined, ant
closed weak.
THE WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations IN
dictate little change in temperature. and partia
cloudiness. Thermometer Yesterday, Az o. Az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

for their investments as compared with the
partners in private frmsj which is quite as
Il sbould be. since stockholders less frequently
Give their own work to the prosecution OF the
business. But the statistics do not stop at
demonstrating that the los OF the laboring
man here is not SO unfortunate as his sympa-
thizing friends may imagine; the facts prove
that in no other country is the industrious,
skilled workman 80 well rewarded for his toll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
amuosmrnis ano flssilnss Co. Might.

pooru,s TuEArHE-1:30 and 8: II Trovator;
poo.nyy AZ rur1TRE-I:3O and 8 The Exiles'
fifth AVENUE HALL-2 and Heners Wonders o,,,s
FIFTn AyENUE TBEATRE-l;oo anu : ohoio Avn"
NfBfo's GARDES-2 and 8 The Craiga Dnoui
PARK THyATRE-2 and 3; Our bacheiois'
sAs FRANtIscO MINsTRELs and
sTISpARp TnEATRE-l:30 and 3: Fanchon;, ,n.,aa
USIoS SQUARE THEATRE-1:3O and /: Oo'''
Case" uD.,o,oacvu
ACADEMY OF DEsIGN-Annual Exhibition 49,, eho,r
CuMORE's GARDEN-2 and 8: The Greht h'nuon "
SKw-YoRK AoUARICM-Day ana bfehlnt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

General Butler seems to be going back to bis
old Jokes with his old politics. His wit yester-
day was five years old, and his politics nearly
twenty. No Republican would be sorry to see
General Butler turn Democrat again, but If he
is going to stay in the party he mustn't repeat
his Jokes. Once is enough, as rule.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

BY decided majority the House Committee
on Banking and Currency has settled, for the
present, at least, the lOng-standing cOntro-
versy between the bank note companies and
the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing 1t is believed by seven out of eleven
members of the committee that the work of
printing notes and securities can be more
safely aud more economically done by the
Government than by private corporations, and
the House is expected to concur in this de-
cigion,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

Surely no one will ever dare now to dispute
the right of the present House of Representa-
tives to the title of the Confederate House.
1t has been noisy from the start with Confed-
crate Brgadiers, who wanted to abolish West
Point or boldly eulogized Jefferson Davis, and
has now replaced a Confederate Colonel, whom
it could not decentIy refuse to drive from the
Office of DOorkeeper, with a Confederate Ma
jor-General. In the debate the claims of the
ex-Confederates to patronage were bluntly
put by the ex-CoEfederates themselves,
while Northern dough-faces, who recall the
days OF Northern subserviency to the slave
power, meekly assented, and one member from
border State. who was not to be found in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06
6nsinees Monies.

EIGHTY CHOICE NORFOLK OYSTERS for 20
cents at Maibys The very best picked oysters hafprce
Nensman's Performed Beef Tonic is the
only nrenaraton OF beef containing its entire nutritious
,oSopeTis IL - not a mere snuluant like the extracts
making fOrcegenerating ana me-
sustaining properties is invaluable IN all enieeped con-
ifiOns whether the result of exhaustion nervous pO
ton acute disease and IN every form S u
n E frirDdlv and helpful most delicate stomach A
WE'LL iiAziRD & co. prOprietOrs. 9th Ave- Hotei Buong
and oth.aye., cor. Of 39thst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-06

the rebel army, had the sneaking courage 10
say that he was then "with them In heart.
And the Speaker of the House moved to make
the nomination unanimous.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-02-28

ments were severally concurred in by about
a like vote, and thus the bill finally passed,
and now goes to the President for his approx
al. Butler reported bill directing the Su-
preme Court of the United States, to admit
to its bar all women who have practiced in
the high courts of any State, for period of
three years. Adopted by 1863 yeas, to 81
nays. Aiken and Evins voted against the
bill, but Rainey, Smalls and Cain in favor of
it. Both Houses adjourned until Monday.
In the Senate on the 25th, Mr. Conklng
presented the petition of James Gordon Ben
nett asking Congress to aid him, in the way
be designated, in seeking new discoveries at
the North Pole. He had purchased a ves-
sci and intended to man and run it at his own
expense. The petitioner desired that his ves'
sci should carry the American flag. Refer
red to the committee on commerce. In the
House, bill to pension the soldiers of the Mex
lean and Indian wars was taken up, and
Joyce, Of Vermont made a speech against it,
on the ground that it would be largely for the
benefit of the men who had fought against the
Government in the late war. This speech
was denounced with great vehemence by
Goode, of Virginia. Adjourned without ac'
tion
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-02-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

T.. M. ,Dobson & Co.-Seeds- Bargains Window
Shades-C Charlottesville Goods -Plows-- Acid
Phosphate-Red k-Crockery-1rish
Potatoes-Specialty- -Ticking-Another Ar
rival-Come and See Me-Shoes.
H. F. Adickes Il --Prints-Seed Irish Pota-
toes-Buck Wheat-Knives and Forks, &c.
Hunter & Oates-Miles' Shoes.
Fannie L. Dobson- Recherche Patterns.
John C. Kuykendal- Beautiful, Fragrant, Use
ful-Elixirs and Fluid Extracts-A New
Advertisement-Irish Potatoes-I'll Never
Take Cent Less
F. H. Youngblood and others Warning.
Clark Brothers-Cat- Tail Milet.
f. NJ. Brayton, Collector-U.S s. Internal Revenue
Sale.
Kennedy Bros Il Barron-Pass EN- Right Out
Irish Potatoes -Flour--Calf Skins--Feed
Your rCows-Plates-H -Hams--Shuck Collars.
w. 81. &. J. P. HerndonZell's Acid Phosphate.
H. H. Thomson & Co--Chattel Mortgage Sale.
j. NJ. M. Cain-Notice.
W. H. McCorkle Intendant-The Fence Law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-02-28

in Western North Carolina. Our merchants
are energetic, having good trade, and are
anxious for better outlet to the South which
will enable them to pay the farmer more for
his produce
As evidence of the popularity of graded
schools, where the system has been thoroughly
tested, we clip the following from the Green's
boro correspondence of the Raleigh Observer !:
"Greensboro has the best graded school in the
State, and it is an ornament to the town.
1t is kept up by taxation on the residents
within the corporate limits of the city and the
portion of the Peabody fund which the corpo-
ration can obtain. 1t has four good teachers
and over two hundred scholars. A large
number of poor children, who could not other
wise obtain an education, even in the rudi.
ments, have here an opportunity to get very
good degree of learning in all branches of
study. Two boys have been prepared for
West Point at this school and stood the ex.
animation of admission successfully. The
best people, as we'll as the poorest, send their
children to the graded school, and every one
in the town takes an interest in it, and is
proud of it."