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The New York herald., 1879-12-13
Reassuring Conversations with the
President.


Our correspondent at Washington sends
the substance of two conversations with
President Hayes on the great and en-
crossing topic of the legal tender notes.
One of these conversations was with
General Hawley, who became SO much
interested that he requested and re-
ceived the Presidents permission to
take it down in writing, with view to pub
lication. General Hawley's notes were read
to the President who indorsed their COR
rectness, SO there can be no question of the
authenticity of this statemant of the Presi-
dents position. We also print report of
q conversation of the President in the same
sense with another member of Congress.
While the Presidents remarks lack the
precision of statement and comprehen-
sive grasp of the subject evinced by Secre-
tary Sherman in the important interview
which we published yesterday, he does not
retreat in the least from the sound doc
trines of his Message. He desires that the
subject be thoroughly debated in Congress.
and is persuaded that converts will be
made by the discussion. He has certainly
been misrepresented by Mr. Fort, who
must either have misapprehended what the
President said to him in their two CONVEX
sations OF have wilfully garbled and dis
torted it. Because the President received
him with courtesy and did not think it con-
sistent with his dignity to enter the lists
as disputant or intellectual gladiator
Mr.. Fort seems to have jumped to the in
ference that the most important part of the
Message was empty buncombe. This mis-
take Ito call it by no harsher name)
is now corrected once for all, and
we trust we shall hear no more
about the Presidents vacillation. The
President speaks with approval Of
Senator Bayard's resolution and thinks that
sound money men of both parties should
warmly support it. He thinks this great
question rises above party, but that the re-
publicans will act an unworthy part ii they
decline to advance in the same direction in
which they have been moving for the last five
years. 1t will be absurd and ludicrous for
anybody to say hereafter that the President
wishes the subject to he untouched by Con-
gress when he has expressed so strong
desire to have it ably debated as early as
possible, and expects the right side to be
largely reinforced by the debate.
The New York herald., 1879-12-13
The Cold Weather i'm Europe-A Re
markable Prediction Verified.

The Cold Weather i'm Europe-A Re-
markable Prediction Verified.
The cable news of the last few days,
announcing severely cold weather as pre-
vailing over Great Britain and the Cont
nent, indicates the continuance of the
great "cold wave" which set in at London
on October ~, 1878, and has ever since,
with slight Interruptions, been the marked
and memorable feature of European me-
teorology. The official English reports
show that the eight months ending with
June 30 last were throughout the coldest
period recorded in the past sixty-dve years;
and the subsequent thermometric range,
though not yet published, will, no doubt,
be found somewhat abnormally low. "The
mean temperature" Mr.. Glaisher now
writes, '.was only AL degrees at London,
being lower than any which has occurred
in the present century since 1894, when
the mean temperature of these eight months
was only 4O4 degrees" Another English
authority similarly cites the period ''of the
past twelve months" closing November
18th ult., as one of "all but unexampled
cold dull weather"
This remarkably protracted chilling
weather is singular fulfilment of pre-
diction made February 20, 1S72-six and a
half years before the event. At this last
date the Astronomer Royal of Scotland
published in Nature his deductions from
the thermal data of the Royal Observatory
at Edinburgh for thirty-two years, which
clearly show the recurrence of "great heat
wave every eleven years and fraction. /"
But the Edinburgh observations evinced q
period of "extreme cold close on either side
of the great heat wave," SO that the Astron-
omer Royal was then led to predict:-"rhe
next similar cold wave will occur in Sep
tember. 1873" This forecast, SO strikingly
fulfilled by the frigid season which set in
over England in the fall OF 1878 and has not
yet closed, was based by Professor Piazzi
Smyth on the eleven year periods nearly
coincident with the sun-spot cycles of the
same duration. Whether the observed
weather cycles OF eleven years are
due to the equally we'll observed
sun-spot cycles, or to some other
physical agency, it would seem clear that
we have in this forecast one practical cor
roboration of the theory which ascribes the
earth's great cheat waves" and their asso-
cinte ''cold waves" to varying solar or CO.'S
mical influences, with which modern as
tronomy is becoming increasingly familiar.
The Astronomer Royal in 1872 said:-'We
may expect the next occurrence Of the great
heat wave in or about 1880" We may,
therefore, soon be able to test more fully
the accuracy of his calculation and the prac-
tical value of the theory on which both it
and his prediction of the recent "cold
wave" were based. II the theory be sound,
despite the present interruption to the
warm weather which marked the autumn
and the early part OF December, we may
yet have comparatively temperate winter
or early spring, and 1880 will be a favorable
year for the American Arctic expedition and
the other polar explorations now projected.
The New York herald., 1879-12-13
WITH SUPPLEM ENT,

NEW YORK. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1879.
The New York herald., 1879-12-13
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The edition for the month of October has remained
at about the amount OF the month OF September, with
an increase OF 2GG copies per de, making total OF
7y,01G copies. This is the highest daily ISSUE that
we have ever regularly attained
wo should remark that the month of October,
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BETWEEN THE LIGHTS.

A lIt:le pause in life, while daylight fingers
Between the sunset and the pale moonrise,
When daily labor slips frem weary fingers,
And soft gray shadows yeil the aching eyes
Cd perfumes wander back from fields OF clio
yer,
Seen in the light OF suns that long have set;
Beloved ones, whose earthly toll Is over,
Draw near, as is to live among US yet
old voices call me, through the dusk return
ing,
hear the echoes Of departed feet;
And then ak, with vain and troubled yearn
What Is the charm that makes old things so
sweet?
Must the old JOYS be ever more withholdenf
Eycn their memory keeps me pure ana truei
And vet, from out Jerusalem the doiden,
God speakcth, saying i make All thihgs
new
.Fathers 7 cry. the old must stih be nearer;
Sfide nv love, or give me back the past.
Give me the fair old earth, whose paths are
dearer
Than ali thy shining Gets and mansions
vast"
Peace. peaee-the Lord OF earth and Heaven
knoweth
The human soul in all its heat aud strife;
Out Of his throne no streams of Lethe fioweth,
Bu3 the clear river of eternal life.
He giveth life, aye, life In all its sweetness,
OLD loves, old sunny scenes will He restore !;
Only the curse Of sin and incompleteness
Shall faint thine earth and vex thine heart
no more.
Serve Him in daily walk aud earnest living,
And faith shall lift thee TO His sunlit heights I;
Then shall psalm Of gladness and thanksgiv-
inc
Fill the calm hour that comes between the
HrhfS
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Matters of Conscience.


The Rev. DR.. Macleod, father of DR.
Norman Macleod, passing through the
crowd gathered before the doors of new
church he was about to open, was stopped
by an elderly man with, Doctor, if YOU
please, | wish to speak to you" Asked
if he could not wait until after worship,
he replied that it was a matter upon his
conscience. 40. since It is q matter of
conscience, Duncan. said the good-na
tured minister. Il = i'll bear what it is
Well, doctor, said Duncan, 'sthe matter
is this: Ne see the clock yonder on the
new church. Now, There is really no
clock there, only the face Of sne; there is
no truth there. only once in twelve hours
and in my mind that is wrong, very wrong
dan quite against the conscience that
there should be lie on the face of the
house Of tbs Lord The doctor promis
ed to c0nsid.sr the matter .But. said he.
I'm glad to $ e ye looking 50 well. man.
Ye're not Young. / remember you for
many years; but you have fine head Of
hair still"
"Eh doctor, exclaimed the unsusYect-
mr. Duncan. s.now we're joking its long
since had my hair DR.. Macleod look
ed shocked, and answered, in 8 tone OF
reproach, 20. Duncan. Duncan are you
going into the house nj the Lord with 3
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deed, with the clearest perception of the
TACT that farming is constant
struggle against hostile forces which, if
they lie not controlled, make the toll of the
gear truitless. Wind-storms and driving
rains eften level the heavy crops that are
approaching maturity. Drouths shrivel
the grains and grasses till they scarce pay
the gathering. Clouds OF destructive in
sects sweep oil, in day, the growth
months. Disease fastens upon the took
cows abort; horses succumb to strange
maladies and swine die by scores with
cholera.
Those are natural enemies, and vet,
though we may not wholly vanquish
them prudence and foresight may ma
teiially diminish their rayages. But it
Is not necessary TO add to these the losses
which arise from the exposure of valua-
BILE machinery to the sun and rain or
from sowing or planting out Of season.
Nor need we add also, Ia other sources
OF waste, the losses which follow from a
want of system, from waste OF labor, or
the squandering of time These and all
similar matters are the real leaks of the
farm which skill and foresight will avail
TO stop, and when this shall be fully ac-
compllshed and the fam brought, there
by, to the topmost limil OF its producing
capacity, then the profits will be doubled.
the business will be attractive and the
farmer happy.
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And so yaur life has been dreary story
or treaeherv against you. ieal and true;
And little Of our natures tender glory
Is yet revealed to YOU
You think that you are wise and am dream
ing
The dream OF youth--as beautiful as vain
That friendship is another name for schem
ing,
And love is-love Of gain.
My friend, not long ago my dun existence
tassed slowly by within city drear;
watched the endless roofs the smoky dis
lance,
The sparrows pratling near.
81 length afooistep mounted to my a'tlc;
One entered in aud reached TO me his i dis
And now go with hlm-O joy ecstatici
Across the meadow lands.
The saucy robin trills his carol near us.
The lark arises at our very feet,
While speekled thrush and blackblrd Otter
cheer us
With mellow notes and sweet.
Aud he-my guide--has promised me thai
yonder
Are built the nests Of doves and nightn
gales,
In secret woods where we alone shall wander
a moreseauesterrd wales
But Aot--you look for doves IN city alleys,
For nighengales among the sparrow crew
Then mar 81 that the music of our valleys
Is still unheard by you.
-h'thd fane IN Irish Monthly
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ed. But he would come when he found
t was to Ameriky we was bound, ii it
took his last farthing. Now ] hope he's
satisfied
"'He thought he should be tindin'
John and Alice and the baby, said an
other, but they have been still nov. They
never writ one blessed ord-they didn' I
want the trouble Of him. But the old
man was always sayin' Alice needed him
TO help take care of baby Mary. He's
dead and I'm glad ont. His old heart
was we'll nigh broke with waitin' for IA
letter. sand the shril voiced woman,
snatchin' the hat off the dead mans head
and disappearing in the car jest as the
whistle sounded, and they We're off once
more. We laid the old man out in the
freight house in his turn"
AN il was there the three ghosts kept
watch by the body, and Freeman's wife,
she seed EN-, put IN the square little
girl, enthusiastically. :.
"And the verdick was give this time,
went on the old station agent. Unknown
Mormon dropped dead from heat at
South Verony.a We buried i'm beside
the others, and there's never been a
shadder of a doubt IN my mind but what
he was the grandfather"
AN heard Uncle Sammy pray thls
time said the Brislin's girl, quickly,
ian niver shall torgit how he towld
about it they was all togither nov, and
that God was always good
"Of course did my dooty, there bein'
no minister" reiterated Uncle mmy,
"and | also made it my dooty TO plant
that willer fence all round their graves.
And Frecman's " ife sees 'em all there as
happy as can be under the willer. They
have never walked about since the grand
father come. Sometimes | think they
was unfortnits, and then agin | think
they was fortinits. Any way its clear to
my mind that the good Lord had special
charge over EN-"
And we three wiped our eyes in COM
pany-Uncle Sammy and and the square
little girl Springfield Republican.
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The Cod.

The cod IL one of the most tecund Of
fish and more widely used for food than
any OF er fish except, perhaps the her
ring. II Is not confined, Is some persons
seem 10 think. to the waters Of this con
tinent extensive fisheries Of the Kind be
ing on the coasts OF Sweden, Norway,
Iceland and the North of Scotland. The
Nctherlauders Were engaged in them as
early as the fourteenth century; the En-
cllsh went to the Caasts of Iceland about
the same time for the same purpose, and
the French have also been similarly en-
plOved The cod is always caught by
line: the bultow method, introduced by
the French being adopted both on the
coast and out al sea. TIE bultoW is 4
line Of sometimes 5000 thousand fathOms,
with hooks fastened on il bv snods six
feet long, about twelve feet apart.
Buoys and anchors are attached to eacl
end Of the line, which Is stretched across
the tide to prevent the ENHANCEMENT OF
the hooks. The next moruin@-the line
is set at evemng-thc hooks are loaded
with fish several hundred USUAL -dead
from drowning. More than 6 900 Euro
pean vessels, independent of boats along
the Snolt. are Stiu tti bt tliEdGt'i ib tAlAo
fishery. and one man has been known 10
catch 500 or 800 fish N ten or twelve
hours on the banks Of Newfoundland,
which excel ali other regions in produc-
tiveness. 1t Is estimated that the roe
1T the female contains from T.
oa0.0u0 % 100000 eggs, and that he
who eats it eats what, il allowed 70 ar
rive at maturity, would equal some 200
100000 pounds Of food. There a'e 1880
vessels, tonnage l25,000 tons, and ~
600 to $4,000 men employed in the cod
fisheries Of the United States. The fish
er, has been carried on for nearly five
centuries without interruption; and YET
There has been no elimination Of tha sup
ply which is prodigious, equal to any
apparently possible increase of demand
Almost the whole civilized globe eats
cod nowadays, and nature seems deter
mined 20 contribute farfnore than enough
even should the entire world become Il
yaicOSOru consumer.
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No time should be lost In rcsorting to a suta
BILE remedy Hostotter's stomach Bitters /,
the most reliable and widely esteemed medi
cine OF its class II removes the causes Of con
slipation, or of undue relaxation OF the mites
tines, which are usually indigestion or mis-
direction OF the bile. When 1t acts as q "a
thartic, 1t does not grippe and violently cvacu
ate, but produces gradual and natural effects
very unlike those Of a drastic purgatiye; an6
Its power Of assisting digestion utilities those
irritating conditions 81 the mucous membrane
OF the stomach Gnd intestinal canal which
produce first diarrh@a, and eventually dvsen
terry The medicine Is, moreover, an agrecabl,
one, ana eminently pure and wholesome. Ap
petite and tranquil nightly slumber are boil
nromOted by IL.
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Words of Wisdom.

lie who runs after shadow has i
wearisome race.
Those who cry the loudcst have gener-
ally the least 10 sell.
There are two kinds Of geniuses--the
clever and too clever.
Justice is like glass, which cannot be
bent, but is easily broken
The word OF IN honest man IS sureI
than the gold of villain,
We can never die too early for others
when we live only for ourselves.
II is the best proof of the virtues of 8
family circle to see "a happy fireside.
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o..
\ wise Legislator.


He Is successful because nc has the manll
courage to rise above all personal motives d
interests or casts his vote and influence OF
the side Qf measures which will contribute e
the Well-being Of his fellow-men. The good o
the many, even though it proves injurious Il
the interests OF tile few. is the maxim of thu
wise legislator. But certain men will never nd
nit the wisdom Of this doctrine, any more thar
some selfish private practitioners win admit
the superlativc value OF DR.. Fierce's Godcl
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgatiye Pei
lets, because these remedies have injured thcii
practice. OF course, no man in his right senses
will pay physician $500 for a consultation. s
bottle OF htters, a few powders and preserp
ton, when one bottle Of DIR. Pierce's Colder
Medical Discovery and a bottle Of his Plcasan
Purgatiyc Pellets, 10Th costing but SI25 vii
accomplish the same result, viz: cleanse the
liver and blood regulate AMI tone the iomach
and impart u hedlthful action to the bowel.
and kidneys.
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Men may escape the law, but their
own consciences they cannot Tee from.
Many wears ago young man in Boston
was guilty of an otiense against the law,
80 offense which brought social ruin
upon himself and his family. The man
and his offense are forgotten by the
public, vet ne lives, and lives in Boston
But from the day his ofense VAS discov-
cred-although, having escaped the law,
he Is free TO come and 20 Is he piea>es--
he has never been ont ef his own home
IN the daytime. Sometimes, under cover
ofnigh, he walks abroad to take IN airing
and noIe the changes that thirty years
have wrought, but an ever active CON
science makes him shun the light of day
and the faces of IN n, and he walks apart
a stranger in the midst OF those among
whom he has always lived
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A Plague OfLOcusts.

| The Georgian town Of Jeizawetpol
near Tiflis, has suffered plague of loeusts
almost rs bad as that which afflicted
Egypt in days Of Moses. The insects in
vaded the town in such numbers that the
merchants had to shut up their shops,
and walking about the streets was exceed
ingly difficult. The Russian authorities
ordered the inhabitants to make united
effort to kill the pests, but the generous
people refused, believing it to be a sin to
distrov locust, until the aut critics
threatened to punish every householder
who failed to deliver daily gwen weight
of insects The canals wtre filled with
locusts, so that water for drinking and
washing could only be obtained by STRAIN
ing. The houses swarmed with the
creatures, and many families went Il week
without bread because their ovens were
literally filled q it'll them. They tried IN
vain 10 drive the locusts away By light
ING holy candies and burning incense
The Arminian priests regarded the plague
as il visitation of God, and brought from
neighboring town the bones of Jacob
which they carried through the streets OF
the afflicted city ia procession, fairly wad-
ing through the masses OF dead and liv.
ing locasts as they marched along with
the relics of the patriarch. The energet
ic measures taken BY the police finally
abated the evil, bnt not until the gardens
orchards and vineyards bad been stripped
bare. and the people had suffered fol
more than a wees
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Minnesota Chief!
The Best Thresher on Wheels!

lie is not vibrator, neither II il spfou machiue.
Int the best points of both coulnussa. Wffn
and original features u is II is wonderfully
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the grain. ard cleans r. ready fur harriet 81 runs
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is the economical, least expensive, and alto.
geber the mos, satisfactory machine IN the maFaet
II viii haadie grain w~if dry. Ia thrssh-
ing lax and Timothy IL has 10 eIuai threadtug ~
cleaning both we'll. a3d nearly rapidly w4
and requires charge except the sleeves. II has
square feet nf SEPARATING al cleaning surace tneL
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THE QUEEN OF THE R0sE-TREE

As climbed up to gather some roses
From our beautiful r0se-tree's crest,
What should find, half hid in the boughs,
But mother-bird on her nestE
As proudly she sat as a queen on her throne,
Peeping out through the blossoms at me;
But where in the wife world was ever queer
So gai!y cnthroned as she?
In palace OF rosewood she regns with hel
king,
And rose -damask covers The walls:
Aud veivet-like curtain of petals of pink
Over window and doorway fails.
She drcamily oroods DER her four tiny eggs
In silence, too happy TO sing;
While, telling his love in trcmulOus trill,
Beside her, on guard, stands her king,
- Youths Companion
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For Coughs, Colds, and Throat Disorders,
use "8rotcn's Bronchial Troehes," having p,,ouet1
their efficacy by test Of many years. 20 cts
II box
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Sprigged linen lawn breakfast wrap
,,ers have been reduced in our furnishing
houses from s. to Ss.15
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The famous Mason Il Hamlju Cabinet Or
gans, which are certainly the best Of these 10
: ruments in the world, are now sold for paw
ment by installmcnts, bringing them within
reach u those who can make only small pay
ments AT a time. Any agent for their sale VII
give particulars