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CAPITAL IN AID TO COLONIZATION.
To the Edttor Of The Tribune.

T tn EdttCr o T The TT une.
SIR: The project now being matured by the
Catholic p7elates o. the West in the light di.
rectlon. Though original with thsm, II Is for the
first time advancing practical stage At Their hands.
and II promoted with that sngeness Of purpose pro-
fes,ed by gshed patrons, cannot fail OF
cess within the limits OF their means. ono hundred
thousand dollars however Is a very small capital for
Al undertaking OF such dimensions as they will soon
discover. AT the Of 500 family, only LOCO
families can De assisted at the rate OF 5000, only 500
IL is enough, however Tor an experiment by persons
who have been practically engaged in COLOMBIA
ton aud II may under judcious MANAGEMENT produce
results sufficiently convincing enlist fifty times ia
amount OF capital in similar ventures In that case the
programme may be safely enlarged 10 include IA
much more numerous class Of settlers both from Ire
land and from oyercrOwded cities-nam-ly those
wuo have little nothing than willing hands. and
whose removal would be far greater relief for hern
selves ana to the community they leave behind A.
be aided consists OF FAINT
lie, already Possessed 90 some means Of their OWL
aDout N5VO-ho enough ir SCR ia the west "a ftp
sented in Bishop syalolHE7 address-ret amply suni-
cout Tor Success Ia tAr Piedmont aud upland regions OF
TIE dearest southern Htt Ii theie j. MI take lH e
plan or The reverend c0!onzrs 10 Is probably ~ the Jca
tiSn selected which confines their oOuuoa 10 Glasses
when hctd mem thr least ana could gCt along elsewhere
without aid Perhaps the hierarchy O other states
fyOby situated for such enterprises may feel induce
to open a competing Hold Data are not wanting from
practical and successful experience In that line To
courage tnem III thorough investigation of the subject
Meanwhile similar project Is DsIng laDorsted at the
instance Of capitalists Uf this and ueighboring city,
anu understand that an eXpers report. ecmlDC with
Trustworthy scis and figures. ana embracing tue Ill
uuest details % tie AID 10 sud ownership" plan Will
shortly appear IN print for the Dcuel OF all Interested
tuc subject without distinction faith The COuriu-
Bishop Ireland Lat, while philanthropy may give tone
project. II chlrhY recommends sef to capLai
d perfectly safe aad profitable Investment legitimate
matter Of business. II. D.
Nelc-I0rk May 81, 1879.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


In the House Mr. MORRISON (Dem., HI,
from the Committee Ways and Means. reported a
bill authorizing allowance for loss by leakage OF casu
atty OF spirits Withdrawn from dlsullery warehouses
for expectation Referred Committee OF the Whole.
Mr. MORTON Rep., n y. from the Committee on
Fore gn Affairs reported bill relative to ocean ele
graphic communications. Hc stated that the Dill pro-
vidcd for the landing OF cables, and asserted
that 1t would reduce the charges FOR Geographic commu
nIcatioa Ii was similar bill to that which had passed
the House and II previous sessions though
had never passed both houses az the same session
Mr. COX DEN, \. " stated that the oil! wa" gem
err DIi int Of all previous class legislation
IAe bill when passed allows any telegraph com
states subject Of such grants as have mere
tOfore heeu made o. Congress Tor laying ana maintain
ing telegraph cables.
Mr. Gibson (Dcm.. 1t. from the Committee on Ways
and Mcu., reported bAl -utn0il1nS Tue SAFE OF GER
TIN property the Ciy Oi New orA Referred 10 the
Committee Of te whole III authorizes the Secretary
le Treasury and the POstmastcrNicHcra 10 sell NJ
pubic ancton tetore April l, 1850, The Land and
premises formerly OCCUPIED as me ste Oh the post oce
IN cay New-York provided taat they small not
sell Tor less sum tnan S2oOOoO ana tB4t Out
OF the proceeds OF said sale they shall reimburse 10 he
Sew-YOrH Chamber o. Commerce the sum sr r0O,OOOI
Mr. YOUNG Dem. Tennl from the Committee on
Public buildings aud Grounds reported l9int rgsou-
the pletou of TIE foundation or the wash
Sir RUSSELL Req. Mass. from the Committee on
Commerce asked report resolution authOrz-
lns the subcommittee OF that committee to SIT during
FOR purpose OF inqrng into the CONNER
cal relations OF the country.
Mr. wHITTHORNE CDeul.. Tenn objected.
The pending business Of The morning hour coming
over from last Friday the bL granting 70 ID. NJ.
COOK extension of his patent Tor eyaporlting ana
de-lcc4llng cane uce. M OH was OPPOSED y 1ll'
ACkLES Dem, LID und others Wh' managed 10 nave
sctIon upon It postponed by using up the morning
hour win diatOry motions.
The SPEAKER presented message from the President
transmitting the report OF the Secretary OF stae Fea
tive 70 the steps taken by TINS Government 10 promote
tho establishment Of AL lHterUcodu.c canal across the
Isthmu. Of Dauen Referred to the Committee on
FOrris n Affairs.
the House then, at 2:O5 p. m, adjourned.
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have heard particularly struck by its effect on
the doorkeeper IN my vicinity. He must be one OF Mr.
McMahons fresh majority" he cIapped his hands
at the points," and rather led the audience. When.
also, the presiding officer made the usual statement II
such demonstrations continue" etc. the remark passed
10 the right and left OF He can't put OUT Now
all this is feature to me, IN the gallery OF the
Senate CT
Washington, d. c., June IL, 1879
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COTRT OLE APPEALS.

ALBANY, June 13.-In the Court of Appeals to-day
present sanford r. Church c. j. and ass0ciates
the following business as transacted
No. 44.-Royal Avery, appellant Tho Town OF Hope,
respondent Argued BY A. d. L. Bakor for appellant and
John NJ. Carroll for respondent.
No. 23O.-Michael W shaw. appellant agt. George r.
Treasurer respondent argued by X. p. Marvin
appellant and Joshua " Van COtt for respondent.
The following Court OF Appeals fo Mon.
day, TO- 1879 Nos. 32l, 325. III. 10 10, 100.
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FLOWERS IN THE MISSIONS.

TO the EdttOr or The Irf0uhe'
SIR; Many country contributors of flowers to
City Missions hardly realize how highly their sweet
gifts priced by the poor The other day palefaced
ragged and barefooted little girl called at the Rvington
Street Flower Mission and with trembling voice and
fearful eyes, said TO the superintendent: Mister
baby's dead and won't you please give her
some nowersp She got large paper bagiul, and lef
looking happy IL she had gotten something That
would bring baby back life again. Respectfully
NeG- York, June 10, 1879. GEO CALDER.
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SHALL LOUISIANA Pay IN FULL.1

NEw-ORLEASs, June lex Governor War
moth addressed the Constitutional Convention to-day in
opposition TO repudstlon b. A. Porman followed In
support on the majority report Str. McCaarcy, Of ST.
Mary's spoke support OF the minority report The
debate wall DO continued Tomorrow
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time mar, ~-paIt $50, sold for "a 10. a Sword
Dollar" James VI, 1862 80 60 The sale VII DC con-
e.uded this afternoon.
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APPLAUSE FROM THE DooRKERPERs

To ne Editor or Ths Tribune.
SIR: To-day | was in the gallery of the
Senate during portion Of Senator IIPs speech 1t
no ,aora the most, than others
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-03-27
Words OF Wisdom.

circumstances cannot control genius;
it will wrestle with them; its power will
bend and break them to it's path.
Let every one sweep the drift from
his own door and not busy himself
about the frost on his neighbor's tiles.
Friendly letters should be written
because the words spring spontaneously
from the heart, and not from sense Of
duty. ....
One moment of true love and happi-
ness among years OF sorrow is worth
more than lifetime of quiet, even
monotony.
They who prepare the soil of tie
world for the seed are but little known;
for unto those who sowed is ascribed the
golden harvest.
Looking up so high, worshiping so
silently, we tramp out the hearts of
flowers that lift their bright heads for
us and die alone. ...... ..... .
The man or woman whom excessive
caution holds back from striking the
anvil with earnest endeavor, is poor and
cowardly of purpose.
When you have nothing to say, say
nothing. A weak defense strengthens
your opponent, and silence is less in
furious than bad reply.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-03-27
A Farmers SQUARE Meal,

Years ago there lived some miles from
Philadelphia farmer named Jerry Eos.
ter, noted for eating much and spending
little. One day he took wagonload of
butter. eggs, potatoes and ready dressed
pigs to the city; and before he had been
in the market disposed of all his stock
save one pig. Driving round to tavern,
the landlord of which was wont to supply
market folks with dinner for twenty
five cents, he sold his roaster to Mr..
Randolph for seventy. five cents, and de-
parted to while away the time until din
ner hour. Jerry was punctual to the
minute, and found no one ready for the
meal but himself, the landlord and his
wife. Just as they were sitting down.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph were called
away, the former telling Jerry not to
wait for them, but 60 ahead. Before
him, nicely crisped and brown was his
own roaster, with plenty of potatoes,
cranberries, turnips, bread and butter |;
and the farmer went ahead to such good
purpose that when the host and hostess
returned to the room they found Jerry
leaning back in his chair picking his
teeth, complacently regarding all that
remained of the porker-its bones. He
never dined there agsin..
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| A biting wind--A gnaw easter. .....
The plow is said to be the Oldest land
mark.
The man who was in high feather" "
has got down.
They say that fat is not conducive to
long life-in pig.
A good motto for young man just
starting mustache-Down in front.
A German theorist thinks cooking de-
etroys the nutritive properties of food.
The average yield OF wheat per acre
in Belgium is nearly twenty eight
bushels. .. I'D -. i..t -.. .'.'
Balloonist John Wise writes that the
north pole can never be reached save in
an air ship.
Eighteen hundred girls under twenty
| years of age were married in New York
city last year. s... .l. ..e
The leaves of the cofree-plant will
make nearly as good coffee as will the
berries. The flavor is moro delicate.
There is only one thing that is moro
wearing or distressing to man than hav-
| ing to wait for train; and that is when
the train hasn't waited for him..
LII lOJO, III Vic VI
Mass, q regulation was made that every
unmarried man should kill six black
birds and three crows year as long as
he remained single. If he neglected
| this order, he was not allowed to do SO
till he had shot his full number of birds.
A person who was recently called into
court for the purpose of proving the
correctness of surgeons bill, was ask
| ed whether "the doctor did not make
several visits after the patient was out
of danger ?" "No," replied the wit
ness; "I considered the patient in
danger as long as the doctor continued
his visits"
| In the spring million sunbeams steal fro
out the eastern sky,
In the spring we hear the buzzipg of the fes-
tive April fly; ...
In the spring the village damsel decks herself
with violets blue,
In the spring the landlord hastens to collect
the rent that's due;
In the spring the sparrow's chirping floats
across the meadow land
In tho spring the lovesick couple at the front
gate take their stand;
In the spring the young mans ulster OH the
porch is hung to dry,
In the spring the lazy bullock on the hilltop
stops to sigh;
In the spring tho gentle cockrosoh dances
round the kitchen floor,
In tho spring the littlo children jump upon
your cellar door;
In the spring the gay mosquito from New Jer-
eey seems to float,
In the spring the little urohin goes out sailing
in a boat
And never comes bacs.
--Ne,c York Express.
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Scenes on the Levees at New Orleans,

Edward King writes as follows in the
Boston Journal: If one were to Judge
simply by the appearance OF the levees
along the Mississippi river, as he enters
New Orlt an' from Mobile, he would
think the t)wn enjoyed full tide of
prosperity. Dozens of long, dark bod
led steamers from England, from Nor.
way, from Russia, and scores of ships
from each of those countries are loading
with cotton. The tall white steamers
from the upper waters OF the Missis-
sippi and from the dozen great streams
tributary to it stand ranged in rows like
impatient steeds. foamipg at their fiery
nostrils with anxiety to depart. An
army OF whites and blacks scurries from
steamboat to cotton-press or brokers'
office, from ship to shore, from dancing
boat to crowded wharf. The "roust-
abouts" sing and shout in their peculiar
and almost incomprehensible dialect, as
they dexterously handle the cotton
hooks" The lines of mules pass SOBER
ly, with the hot sun glistening on their
backs, which have long since become
impervious to any sensations except
those produced by sevarest beatipgs.
Draymen urge their mules to gallop
through sloughs of mud, and the wan
'derer on the levees is quite sure to come
away well spattered and covered with
little tufts of cotton. John Bulls rosy
face and shapely form is seen here, in
sharp contrast with the saturnine fea-
lures OF the planter from I'D river.
Everybody is talking cotton, shouting
cotton, breathing cotton, for the dainty
white fbers float in the air. Morgan's
Louisiana and Texas railroad, line as
yet incomplete, but running to boats
which ply on the gulf, has hundreds Of
cars scattered on the levees. Here are
types which you never see save on the
Mississippi river, the active, devil.may-
care, laborious boatmen, who have
rough struggles all their lives, and
some of whom die violent deaths, but
who are thoroughly in love with their
amphibious existence, and could not be
persuaded to change it for anything
else. Men from far Arkansas head
waters, from the muddy bluffs of Mis-
souri,, from the fat lands of EGYPT" :"
from the water-invaded plantations OF
Mississippi and Tennessee, are huddled
together, discussing the latest political
excitement, or the price of the staple
in which they all trade. They are ali Of
one mind as to general politics, but
local matters allow of hundreds Of
points of difference, none OF which do
they fail to improve. Sometimes discus
sions become violent, but this is rarely
the case in New Orleans, between gem
tlemen. / doubt if there is another
point on the globe which can furnish
30 interesting. animated and peculiar a
spectacle as may be seen here on a
Saturday afternoon, when packet after
packet moves away majestically and
ascends the enormous stream, leaving
behind her a vast trail of smoke, and
when the wharves are thronged with
agents, passengers and laborers.
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- q e E9gSEY n TRIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, Pa. THURsDA

fixed upon wheels for distributing it.
When the plants are sending out run.
ners, ! wait until q few young plants
have begun to take root; then with q
pair OF sheep. shears I stand astride the
row and with one hand gather up the
runners and clip them with the shears in
the other. This repeat two or three
times during the season. When market
ing I use the slat crate made for sixty
boxes, but take out fifteen, thus leav-
ing forty.fve; removing one partition
and putting a couple Of strips at each
end, dividing the crate into three tiers
instead OF four. The upper strip at one
end should be 80 placed as to allow the
easy removal of the lower partition. BY
this plan the fruit gets plenty of air, and
l can round up my boxes we'll with ber-
ries and there is no danger of their get.
ting mashed, if carefully handled; and
when exposed for sale they present O
much finer appearance, and command q
much better price THAN is received for
hundreds Of quarts marketed in trays or
closely packed In !alge James
Hunter, Jr.. Fairfdr county, Ta., IL,
Ne,s York Tribune. t.'.. ~ ~ ..
Sisns of a Prosperous Far mer.
When you see barn larger than his
houses, it shows that he will have large
profits and small affections. When you
see him driving his work instead OF his
work driving him, it shows that he will
never be driven from resolutions, and
that he will certainly work his way to
prosperity. When you always see in his
woodhouse sufficiency for three months
or more, it shows that he will be more
than ninety days wonder in farming
operations, and that he is not sleeping
in his house after drunken frolic.
When his sled is housed in summer and
his farming implements covered both
winter and summer, it plainly shows
that he will have good house over his
head in the summer of his early life and
tie winter of old age. When his cattle
are shielded and fed in winter, it evinces
that he is acting according to scripture,
which says that &C. a merciful man is mer-
ciful to his beast" When he is seen
subscribing for paper and paying in
advance, it shows that he will never get
his walking papers to the land OF pov-
erty. Minnesota Farmer.
Roofing of Cuttings.
A writer in Vck's Monthly says :
"The roofing of slips I have found o
very easy matter in double pot. I
take an eight-inch pot, cork up the
bottom hole. and put it into enough
clean sand to raise the top Of four
inch pot to the height of the eight-inch
pot when placed thereon. Ithen place
the four-inch pot in the center without
corking, fill around it with sand, place
in warm, sunny position, and fill with
water by pouring into the small pot.
Slips placed in the sand near the outer
pot will root rapidly if kept warm and
plenty Of water is kept in the pot. In
summer I place the pots on fence in
the hottest place can find, and in win
ter in south window of warm room.
AS soon as rooted, the slips must be
transferred to good soil. have never
found any trouble in roofing anything
in this way" .-. :. -
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Authors Ages,

CHARLES Reade is 64 years old; Jacob
Abbot, 70; Edmund About, 30; William
T. Adams (Oliver Optic, Sc; A. B. Al
colt, 70; T. b. Aldrich, 40; Berthoid
Auerbach. SO; George Bancroft, Is;
l.. Clemens MARK Twain), 43; q. W.
Curtis. 81; Darwin, SO; Disraeli. 70;
Hepworth Dixon. 81; Emerson, rs; ).
A. Froude, 60: W. E. Gladstone, SO,
Bret Harte, SO; J. G.. Holland, So,
DIR. Holmes, 60; Julia Ward Howe, SO,
Thomas Hughes. 30; t. H, Huxley, .s3
George Eliot, IS; Longfellow, II; Ben
son J: Losing, 60; Donald g. Mitchell,
66; Max Muller, 55; James Part an, Sc;
Mayne Reid, go; Renab, IS; Rlskin,,
So; John G SAKE, 81; Mrs. Stowe, 6s'
Tennyson. 60; Anthony Troliope, 63
Whittier. II; Wilkie Collins. 53; Swim.
burne, Al; William Black, 81; n, Z.
Upper. SO; W. D. Howells, Al.
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True Success,
"--the men who speak
With the loudest tongues do least


It was favorite remark OF an old
sea captain whom Causeur knew, that he
learned in youth never to talk about
anything that he had determined upon.
"Men waste their energy in talk, /" he
would tay, "and have none left for their
enterprises. But if they are wise
enough to keep still, and devote them.
selves to doing, they will find that their
actions speak for themselves and that
talk is unnecessary" Good advice this,
but many And it hard to follow. Man
is social animal, and there is q certain
pleasure in discussing ones plans with
q friend and enjoying their fruits in
anticipation. Some 60 through the
world in ccld-blooded, calculating
way, seeking advantage at every turn,
and doubtless finding it, but are they,
after all, the best patterns to model
afters Is not little human weakness
Of this sort rather amiable, on the
wholes It certainly is true that he who
keeps his mouth shut and his ears open,
lays deep plans. and watches his oppor-
tunity as cat watches to take the fatal
spring, stands a better chance of what
the world calls success than the more
con6ding kind. But what is success
Is it simply to lay up store of this
worlds goodsp The many SO view it,
but those who have looked deeper feel
that he is most truly successful who has
borne his share Of life's burdens and
troubles, who has opened his heart to
his fellow-men, whose thoughts have
not been of self alone, and the work
ings Of whose mind have not been wholly
concealed. OF course prudence is to be
observed, and care must be taken in the
choice of confdants. And moreover
q '.--still keep something to yourself
You scarcely tell to ony." - -
But don't seal up the windows of your
soul too tightly. 1t needs an occasional
airing. IN Boston Tran
script, -''''.
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From MY Armchair.

TO THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE,
Who presented to me- on my seventy second
birthday February 27, 1879, this chair, made
from the wood Of the village blacksmith's q
chestnut tree.
Am Is king, that should call my own Il
This splendid ebon thronep ,.......
Or by what reason, or what right divine,
Can proclaim 1t mine2 s..t r-
Only. perhaps, by right divine Of song
1t may to me belong;
Only because the spreading chestnut tree
OF old was sung by me.
Well remember IL in all its prime, tS'
When in the summer time,
The aflueat foliage of its branches made
A cavern of cool shade.
There by the blacksmith's forge, beside the
ia street, .a .-'~
Its blossoms white and sweet
Enticed The bees, until IL seemed alive,
Ard murmured like hive.
And when the winds Of autumn, with shout,
Tossed its great arms about,
The shining chestnuta, bursting from the
sheath,
Dropped to the ground beneath.
And now come fragments Of its branches bare,
Shaped as stately chair,
Have by my hearthstone found home at last,
And whisper Of the part.
The Danish king could not, in all his pride,
Repel the ocean tide,
But. seated in this chair, I can In rhyme
Roll back the tide Of time.
zee again, as one in vision sees,
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the children's voices shout aud call,
And the brown chestnuts fall.
SEQ tho smithy with its fires aglow,
hear the bellows blow;
And the shrill hammers on the anvil beat
Tho iron white with heat
And thus, dear children. have ye made for me
This day Jubilee,
hnd to my more than threescore years and ton
. Brought back my youth again.
The heart hath it's own memory, like the mind
And in it are epshrined
The precious kcopsakes, into which are wrought
The giver's loving thought.
Only your love and your remembrance could
Give life to this dead weod,
And make these branches, leahess now so long
Blossom again in song.
Henry W. LOn1fello,1
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Rome Sentinel Breyities.

The dollar is mightier than the
sword.
-"Now I'll try to- brace up" as the
man said when he bought pair of sus-
penders. l. -.-..-- .-
-"That takes the CAKE" as the com.
positor said when he removed the piece
of fat poetry from the hook.
The "Faille Bridal,Toilet" is illus
trated and described in afashion jour- al.
To purchase such an outfit is enough to
make the average father fail. ts -.ij
After you have related rich joke
to friend, aud you expect to hear him
hurst out into uproarinus laughter, moth
Ing is more calculated to convince you
of the correctness of the Oarwinian
theory than 10 have him stare and
blandly inquire: whats the points"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-03-27

Last night one of our sweetest young
men gathered all his musical talents
and repaired to the pavement in front
OF the house in which his Dulcinea was
sleeping. He sang several selections.
Then he threw all his soul into that ten
der strain, !" For the pain that's in my
bosom is hard to BEAR" and window
in the upper story was gently lifted and
this bouquet was waited to him: " Young
man, try a mustard plaster for that
pain. He tainted on the spot. Salem
Sunbeam.