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New-York tribune., 1879-05-05
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New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

intimidation in connection with strikes is put
down wijh quick and heavy hand in England. as
it should be in this country. There has been
trouble at the Usworth Coiliery, Durham. One
Simm committed the outrageous offence of going 70
work upon his employers terms; aud for this bo
was severely beaten, his wife knocked down insen-
sble and his son brutally maitroated. For tlese
outrages q collier named Armstrong, leader OF the
strikers, was fined e1O, or IN default sentenced 10
three months Imprisonment; and Ave other men
were also fined, with like alternative. We want
little rigid enforcement Of the law of this kind IN
this country Mischef-makers talk loudly ab0ut
tho despotsm Of employers, but they say nothing Of
the tyranny Of preventing men from king upon
such terms Is are satisfactory to themselves There
never was q strike yet which did not augment the
numbers engaged in it by such cruel practices and
many man is forced 10 JOIN q turnout by brutall-
ties which he has not the power nor the pluck 10
resist. He acts against his own Judgment and In
terest because ne is really afraid 10 ito otherwise.
fhe needs the protection Of the law he Is entitled
TO it, in all its weight aud power.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

Far from fragrant are the disclosures before the
Riot Claims Bribery Committee at Harrisburg and
the ways Of the lobbyists are proved TO be unccan
ways indeed hIr Nagee Of Pittsburg, told how
he paid newspapers for supporting the bil-the
payment being for "sDace at regular rates" IN
terrogated as to whether be had paid $500 or 100
or $500 TO any one newspaper, lac said " no" as TO
these sums, but did not know about $3.50. As
for honorable members, some of them were % re-
ceive 81 600 with speech thrown in, and som' Of
them only $500, with no speech. Ex-State Treas
urer Kemble TO have lost nothing OF the las
cinating persuasion for which he long ago re-
nowned. One Silyerthorne, OF Erie, testified that
he was offered $3.50 If he would vote for
the bill He didn't take il. aud he deter
mined to expose the corruption. Those who
we're to be benefited by the assage Of
the measure raised a little fund TO help It for
ward. Simple votes were rated at $500. Alto
gether, il is evident that there were ample reasons
for appointing the Riot Bill Investigating Com
mittee and other not good for the prop
ostion that the committee should investigate with
closed doors. This excited such storm that the
doors were soon flung wide open. The inquiry
promises some truly interesting information re-
spectng the prices current OF legislative votes in
Pennsylvania. The riots were bad enough but tBis
method of righting their wrong is little worse
than they were.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

General Shelley should be preGminent among
Confederate brigadleTs, and doubtless is. lie has
discovered the proper way not only to get
himself elected to Congress from a district
where the vote is three to one against him,
but alsO-and this Is the cr0wning achieve
ment in bulldOzing and tissue-balloting-to
render it impossible for his opponent
to contest his seat. A Washington dis
patch reveals this valuable secret which
other and more simple minded South
ern Congressman will no doubt be eager
to learn. The formal majority was easily Sc
cured by the usual methods, which may be
easily inferred from the highly sarcastic state
ment Of the leading Democratic newspaper
IN the District that 1t would not advise any
zone to shoot" the Republican candidate.
1t was in the proceedings subsequent to the
election that the peculiar genius of General
Shelley became conspicuous. The Republican
candidate gathered together a cloud OF wit
nesses to prove his case before Congress, and
could not find a notary public or other officer
who would administer the oath to them. All
the nOtaries and officers empowered to admin
lister oaths, being Democrats, refused. Then
when a Republican Judge was finally found,
General Shelley was again equal to the Occa-
sion the witnesses were indicted on false
charges, and thrown into Jail until it was too
late to take their testimony, when they were
discharged. HARRISON, the Republican candi-
date, and his attorney, were driven from the
State, and it is actually impossible, therefore,
to make the usual contest. 1t may be that
we have given General Shelley credit
for too much ingenuity, but he has profted
by these devices, and not even modest dis
claimer will deprive him of the glory of being
the noblest Brigadier of them all.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

A close contest may be expected In the
boat-race on the Tyne, this afternoon, be-
tween Hanlan, tho Canadian champion, and
Hawdon, who has won his laurels chiefly on
the Thames The oarsmen are so evenly
matched that betting men are puzzled as to
whether Hanlan's endurance or HawdOn's
rapid stroke will determine the victory.
Secretary StantOn's pastor makes his con-
tributi0n to the unWelcOme discussion which
some sensation has lately revived.
Surgeon General Barnes's positive refuta-
ton of tho HantOn and cruel story OF
suicide is reinforced by tho Rev. Mr.. StaTkey's
statement, who was with the dying man dur
Ing the whole of the three hours preceding
bis death.
Mr. Hilton'e offer to the Police Commits
sioners opens a prospect that the vexed prob
lem Of street-cleaning will be solved IN a com
nonsense way For the money we spend,
New-York should be one Of the cleanest cities
in the world; what it actually is, the nose
of every citizen has long since declared.
Judge Hilton now proposes to help the
city out Of much Of its trouble by
taking the ashes and garbage off its
hands, manufacturing from the street sweep
ings and garbage material for fertliZing, and
using the ashes for filling in low grounds on
the Stewart property on Long Island. Ii has
long been believed that the man who should
attempt this work Of utilizing the refuse of
this vast city, IN which there is SO much
waste, would find fortune in it. We shall
see.
Mr.. MOrrelrs long g-cOntinued prominence as
O representative of the iron and steel industry
In this country. both as a practical manufac-
turer and q successful winter, speaker ssd
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

agitator in behalf of that industry, renders OF
especial Importance his report upon the ex-
hibit of iron and steel at the Paris Exhibition,
q full abstract of which is printed else
where. While he did not learn much or any
thing as a manufacturer, there beng niue
that was new to an American ironmaster, he
was enabled to derive and impart clear
idea of the present state OF the trade
throughout the world. II is q curious Illus
tration of the universal use of iron that Mr.
Morrell should have received only one sugges-
tion of value for a new applicatioD-tnat OF
making railroad crOss-ties and stringers OF
iron; and even this he finds occasion TO crlti-
else on various grounds, believing that the
liability of the iron 20 corT0sOn and It's
rigIdity will be great obstacles to Its use for
such purposes in a country where timber is so
abundant as here.
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field explains the apparent
contradiction between his public declaration
against the use of NaSsau-st. by an elevated
road and his refusal to sign petition designed
to secure that very end. He shows that his
signature to such petition would have de-
barred him from asking hereafter for the
privilege of building a branch of the New
York Road along SOuth-st., to connect with
the Brooklyn ferries, or for the night to
exchange the route on Tenth-ave., which the
Commissioner of Public Works opposes, for
another. The most satisfactory portion OF
Mr.. Fields statement is his explicit declara-
tion that he does not contemplate or favor
any extension of the New-York Road down
! Nassau-st., that he viii sign a petition pro-
testing against such an extension, and that
| in his opinion, every member of the Board OF
| Directors would do the same. Crafty
| ing as it is to obtain this assur-
ance concerning the purposes OF the pres
| ent direction of the company, there Is
| still no occasion for omitting to pass the leg
| islation necessary to put this matter beyond
! the decision of directors and corporations
! There might be a new President OF the New
| York Road next week, and Boards of Direc-
! tors have been known to undergo transIorma-
tions. The policy of that corporation might
/ change at some time with its managers, and
| it will not do therefore to rely upon promise
of good behavior from Mr. Field and his
| colleagues.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

by the Lehigh Valley, and $4,000 by the
Pennsylvania. So general an increase PLAINLY
points to q general revival OF the iron busl-
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05


Anniversary Week has again arrived and will
still be found interesting and important, though
somewhat less numerous In its features than FORM
ery. There is still enough. however, in the beney-
Olent and religious meetings which will be held 10
attract to the city many strangers and some Of
the societies which will hold their annual meetings
are among our most praiseworthy and successful as
socatOns The missions have still their strong inter,
est, for many generation must go by ere their work
shall be finished; the dissemination of truth
through the agency Of the Tract Societies is still
going on; special charities like those which care for
the Door, for seamen for the deaf aud blind. have
been still at their work. and will now make report
of what they have accomplished during the past
year. The existence Of the societies which viii
this week hold their yearly meetings il evidence
good as it is possible 70 have. that man.
although he may accomplish no complete and per-
fected work of reformation, Is not willing to rest
cOnteuted while work remains to be done. Tho
particular method of doing good not outside the
pale of the Church, but in harmony and union with
il, is a characteristic Of modern times. Once. most
if not all of the labor was left TO the Church itself
as distinctive body. The change which has taken
place, while 1t has not IN the least diminished the
responsibility Of the Church. has increased the
number of active laborers. has stimulated benevo-
lcnce, aud has done much TO increase the sense Of
personal responsibility. No doubt many Of our So
cie,ies will receive an impetus from the exercises OF
this week. upon which some OF them mainly depend
for preservation Of the public interest in their OPP
eratons; and it is to be hoped that their meetings
will be generally well attended.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

Mr.. MOrrelps long G-continued prominence as
O representative of the iron and steel industry
h this country, both as a practical manufao-
turer and successful winter, speaker ssd
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05
"by the order of the Lord, as Abraham was ordered

"by the order Of the Lord, as Abraham was ordered
to sacrifice hisson Isaac.p Freeman is disciple of ons
Nathaniel Wing, who, up and down Cape Cod bas
been preaching what are called very improperly Ad.
vent doctrines, and who at Pocasset had gathered to-
Gether quite a church holding his peculiar noions
The murderer who is in Jail, adheres 20 his
assertion that the Lord commanded bIm 70
do as he has done. and declares that hs
prayed that the cup might pass from him, but felt
at last that Gods Will must be done That be wax
a lunatic. we suppose must be admitted. That this
frees him from all responsibility for foul and un-
natural deed. Is not 80 certain. Men are not given
up TO such deusions without some gTievous crror
before fallen into, vanity nursed some selfish
ness harbored, some vice Of character or conduct
uDresrained 1t is painful to speak so Of one fllen
into such slough of mistakes and crazy misundcr-
standings; but If this Cape Cod tragedy teaches any
thrg it is q lesson Of sef-cOrtrOL The world has
no sadder spectacle than that Of man given up to
believe lie; but often it happens that his pitlabls
condition proceeds from a period when he might
have saved himself but for inordinate pride and
reprehensible self-reliance. If Freeman must DO
dealt with as insane, are not sure that all
those who helped to conceal his crime entitled
20 a like immunity.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-05

MONDAY, MAY 5, 1879.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-12-26
Cherishing Experiences.

We do not mean living on past ex-
periences. Some prOfesSed Christians,
because thay once have had taste of
Gods pardOning grace in Christ, seem
to think they need nothing more.
They do not seek for any new mani
festatiOns of the divine love, nor ask, ,
save i'll the most formal manner, for
fresh supplies of divine grace. 1t is
enough for them, seemingly, that, as
the phrase goes, '.they have experience
ed religion" and been enrolled in the
visible church of Christ. Their Chris
tian life, such as it is, is one of past ex-
periences.
We need from day to day fresh ex-
periences of Gods love. We can have
such. The mama of divine grace will
be given us day by day like our daily
bread, if we seek for it. We do not
need to live on that which is past. But
the thought which we here wish to pre-
sent is this: God sometimes gives to
his children spiritual experience quite
above the ordinary level. You are
reading the Word, for example, and
more clearly than ever before you see
the force and scope and value of some
great truth. You are praying, and the
heavens seem to open and you see Je-
sus. You go down into the depths of
some sorrow, but are supported by the
conscious presence of the Lord as new
er before had you known it. In the
sanctuary, or i'll the gathering of the
brethren for prayer, your soul is borne
high on the swelling tide of spiritual
feeling, and you are getting delightful
foretastes of everlasting joy.
Now, what we desire to say is-Cher-
ish these experiences. Do not live on
them, in the sense that you will seek
no further revelations of Gods grace.
But cherish the spiritual insight they
gave, the spiritual uplift they impaired,
the spiritual joy that rolled its flood
over your enraptured soul. God sent
these special experiences for your good.
They are tokens of his mercy. They
are special helps along the way. They
are what climbing a mountain is to the
tourist. From its summit he commands
glorious prospect; he is exhilarated
as he drinks in the stainless air; the
great silence of the hills rests him
And though he must come down from
the mountain top to the levels where
men dwell and labor, still the memory
OF the hour upon the summit will re-
fresh him as again he engages in hi.
customary work. These experience
of which we have spoken are mountain
tops: You must go down from then
to the plain again, but it will be
source of strength and comfort an,
rest, to cherish these exceptional ex
periences of divine grace and love-
Words of Life.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-12-26
Ruffianly Railroad Employees.

The following is related as an incl
dent showing the spirit animating the
employees of the New York elevated
roads:
On Friday evening Geo. F. Fisher
and two ladies under his care, stepped
upon the rear platform of the rear car
of through train on the Metropolitan
elevated railroad. There was no print
ed notices cautioning them not to do
so, nor was any employee of the COM
pany on hand to give this caution.
The train at once moved from the sta
ton. Then to his surprise Mr.. Fisher
found that the door of the car was
locked. He raped again and again.
The brakeman at the other end of the
car paid no attention to him. He
shouted to him the brakeman remain
ed deaf. Station after station was
passed, each time when the train came
to standstill the rear platform re-
manned over an open street. The la
dies became nervous and frightened.
The passengers inside pleaded with the
brakeman to open the door. He re-
fused. The train neared the station at
which the party wished to leave it. Mr..
Fisher pulled the bell rope; the brake
man promptly detached it, and the now
thoroughly alarmed ladies were whirled
on past their homes. Then their escort
with commendable spirit, smashed a
glass window crawled through and or
dered the brakeman to let the ladies in.
The other passengers Joined in the de-
mand. "Did you smash that glass ~
was the only reply vouchsafed by the
fool in uniform. Naturally Mr.. Fisher
lost his temper and used language more
vigorous than polite. The train drew
up to station. eve will attend to
your case," said the brakeman, and he
roughly showed Mr.. Fisher out upon
the station platform. Other employees
came up aud seemed disposed to take a
hand in the mal-treatment. The in
dignant passengers interfered. Then
the brakeman called policeman, and
the policeman, despite an offer to pay
for the broken glass on the spot, drag
ged off Mr.. Fisher to the station house,
where he was promptly discharged.
Meanwhile the station agent had Or
dered the brakeman to open the rear
door, and the terrified ladies were at
last released from the captivity.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-12-26

PRESERVING APPLEs.-A corresponds
ent of the Rural New Yorker write
that he has tested the method suggest
ed in agricultural papers of keeping
apples the year round by wrapping
them in paper, for two successive years.
and finds it to be perfect success. The
plan pursued was to take old newspa-
pers, cut them into pieces of sufficient
size, wrap each apple by itself and pack
them away carefully in boxes or bar
rels, so as to exclude the air. The va
riety selected was the northern spy,
and this year, as late as the l4th of Au-
gust, they were still fresh and crisp. and
he had no doubt they might have been
kept much longer, had not the tempta-
ton to eat them been so strong.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-12-26
Mark Twain as an Absorber.

At the dinner to Oliver Wendell
Holmes in Boston on Wednesday, Mark
Twain, superior to the unfortunate Ie-
ception given to his remarks at the
Whittier dinner two years ago, wherein
he gave an extravagant account of a
supposed encounter with LongfellOw,
Emerson and Holmes in the Western
viIds, made one OF his best and most
characteristic speeches, in the course OF
which he gave a keen stab at the Kew.
DR.. LOrimer, whose unconscious plag-
iarism in appropriating other peoples
sermons has caused so much comment.
Mark Twain said:
The first great man who ever wrote
me a letter was Oliver Wendell Holmes.
He was also the first great literary man
| had ever seen anything from, and that
is how | came to write to him and he to
me. When my first book was new, a
friend of mine said, "The dedication is
very neat.n "Yes,n said |, 81 thought
it was" My friend said, 81 always ad-
mired it, even before | saw it in the
Innocents Abroad" l naturally said {:
.'What do you mean? Where did you
ever see it before ?" "Well, l saw it
first some years ago as DR.. Holmes
dedication to his Songs in Many Keys"
Of course my first impulse was to pre-
pare this mans remains for burial, but
upon reflection | said | would reprieve
him for a moment or two, and give him
IL chance to prove his assertion if he
could. We stepped into bookstore,
and he did prove it. l had really stolen
that dedication almost word for word.
| could not imagine how this curious
thing had happened, but thought the
thing out and solved the mystery. Two
years before had laid up couple of
weeks in the Sandwich Islands, and had
read and re-read DR.. Holiness poems
until my mental reservoir was filled up
with them to the brim. The dedica-
ton lay on the top, and handy. So
bye-and-bye l uncOnsciOusly stole it.
Perhaps uncOnsciOusly stole the rest
of the volume, too, for many people
have told me that my book was pretty
pOetical in one way or another. Well,
of course, had to write to DR.. Holmes
and told him | hadn't meant to steal,
and he wrote back and said in the
kindest way that it was all right and no
harm done, and added that he believed
we all unconsciously worked over ideas
gathered in reading and hearing, i'm
agining they were original with our
selves. He stated truth, and did it
in such pleasant way and salved over
my sole spot so gently and so healing
ly that l was rather glad l had COM
mitted the crime for the sake of the
letter. | afterwards called on him to
make perfectly free with any ideas OF
mine which struck him as being good
protOplasm for poetry. He could see
by that that there wasn't anything
mean about me. So we got along al
right from the start.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-12-26
Spend Your Money at Home.

1t is your home you cannot improve
it much by taking your money away to
spend or invest.
There is no way of improving place
so much as to encourage good mer-
chants, good schools and good people
to settle among you, and this cannot be
done unless you spend your money at
home.
Spend your money at home, for that
is where you get it.
Spend your money at home, because
when it is necessary to get credit it is
of your own town merchants you have
to get it, and they must wait for the
money; spend it at home.
Spend your money at home. 1t will
make better business for your mer-
chants; they can and will keep better
assortments and sell at lower rates than
If the only business they could do is
what is credited out, while the money
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-12-26
Public Opinion.

General Grant recognizes the ability
of Senator Edmunds, and how lily the
republican party can afford to lose him
from the Senate. He is reported to
have said, when informed that the su-
preme judgeship had been offered the
Senator: 81 hope he will not accept it.
He ought to remain in the Senate. He
is too good man to lose"
The court will gain a learned, up
right and acute judge by the loss to the
Senate of one of its ablest members.
Mr.. Edmunds is perfectly fearless and
independent, and his integrity has
never been doubted. The Senate can
i'll spare him, especially now, when
somehow the general confidence that
Vermont will select her best men for
such offices is not quite so strong as it
was formerly Worcester Spy.