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TraaeI Increasing.

Travel over the Central Pacific Rail-
road, to- and from California, is in
creasing. The travel from California is
attributable to the fact that the last
election of the seasonis over, and people
can now leave State for few months.
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Remaining in the Postoffice at Winnie
mucca, Nevada, on the Goth day of
Septembe8 1879:
Boyd, VIM Bishop, D A
Bennett, ID M Cartwright, d p,
Fillmore, Geo w EULER, K w
Jenkins, Shadrack, Newton, MrssA b
Osborn, W q Ramsey, q W.
Storey, Mrs A F Shippman, Geo
Elder, Phillip Wolters, Aug.
Persons Calling for any of the abevs
letters, will please say, advertised
Sept. Goth, 1879"
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SEPTEMBER, 90, 1879, 4;52 A. N.
Observations taken at the same momef" o'
time at all stations.
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This Mornings Board.

This Mornings Board.
80 Ophir AZ 42I $50 Mexican 81 37k
200 G. &ClI21iI 120 BIZ b lp19i
nos California q 81 95 Savage lag I44
$50 Con va 6l6i ITO Potosi 81
285 G Point $50 355c $50 Jacket 16i 16t
1900 Imperial 1900 200 Alpha ISL Isl
$40 Belcher $50 455c 12o Nevada Az All
l45 Utah l9J 30 $50 Bullion "a "a
$50 Exchequer 81 40 Overman 81 9t
40 Justice 400 3Jjc 800 Succor &c
2l0 Union 70 73t 260 Alta 81 % b5
S75 Bryan 60 SIC 30 Julia 435 440c
$50 Caledonia Isoc 440 New York 60 Csc
so Silver Hill f6oc 800 Occidental 8
500 Senator poe so Woodville 40c
10 L Washn l15c 255 Andes 100 1900
20d Wells Fargo I0c $50 Ward lb5c
sos Scorpion $50 Benton 365c
200 Solid Silver soc. eco Blhser 12t
Is Syndicate "a 100 Aurora 20c
30 Beitidere 90c l25 Hawk !
2D0 South Bodie soc 50 Booker Il0c
so Jackson II $50 Navajo 35c
1925 Belle Isle $50 490e 450 Day SO 45c
500 Hillside 1900 100 G Il Ravine Zoe
40 Alpha 1st I'D Paradise
100 Albion zoe 80 Wales 10c
100 Big Prize 4jc 2l5 Bodie 13f II
100 Bechtel Ii 100 McCinton. SEC
$50 Tioga $40 350e 200 Red Cloud SOC
100 Summit 100 150e go Boston 100 1850
925 White q 3 500 Leeds Toe
100 Eureka Con % 800 Independence 2:
$50 Grand Prize 2l0c loo Bulwer l2a
200 Metallic 40c 270 Argenta so 75c
80 Queen Bee 2oc 800 Mono IT,
20 Con Pacih VI 100 University Toe
80 Jupiter l65c 100 South Balwer SIC
100 MONDAY lO0iNorth MONDAY II
1900 Orient 25c 300 Mammoth g.
100 Con Dorado 400 'Andes IL
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100 Mt View q
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SEPTEMBER 10th-Maxirnum thermometer, So;
Minimum thermometer, 50f.
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Practical Watehmakers
Geo. F.. Jackson, practical watch-
maker, with j., E. Sabine. All work
warranted. ap20-tf
, 1879-02-16

year to each pupil, which month IS OF the ue~
most Importance to him in the study
of the far more indispensable spelling read
ing, writing, and arithmetic. The waste OF
one month year to eech of $4,000 pupils
cannot be justified. 1t is denial OF that
instruction which the law provides, and
that, too, without furnishing the children
any equivalent. The boy whose time Is nm-
tied to few hundred days IN which TO learn
all he can about spelling, reading writing,
and arithmetic may as well be turned out OF
school month or two months before the
expiration of his time as to have him taken
away from those studies and put at music
and drawing. Certainly there ought to be
some remedy for this waste OF time ana
money, which might be more properly and
proftably applied.
, 1879-02-16

The Withdrawal from the track as candl
date for Mayor of Aid. RAwIE1aH. who had
attained some prominence as an asplrant 1or
the place, and the peremptory and nncono1-
tional declinntion of Mayor HEATH to run 1or
q third term, have necessarily improved the
prospects for the nomination OF AIR. A. ii.
WRIGHT. At present the candidacy seems
go far as the Republicans are concernea'
to be limited to him and to AID
GnnEEr, provided the latter hnal'y
decides to run, which seems unlikely.
For some time past appearances have 1ndi-
Gated that Mr.. WRIGHT would IN an
probability be the Republican nominee Tor
position of Mayor. If nominated, he Will
make lively run. He is Il sharp, vigorous
aggressive, enterprising man, who does with
all his might whatever be does. With him
making the race, it will not be an apathetlc
campaign, as far as be is concerned, and, II
elected, we shall have vigorous, energetic,
business administration. He will carry into
the hlayoralty the same Vi i'm and business
ability which he has exhibited in the man
aoement of his own affairs. He is man
who has opinions which be is not afraid to
express, and which lie can state in good
language. :.
, 1879-02-16

Il is well known that America has bounti-
fully supplied the lyric stage with great
singers. ADEL1SA PATTI, ALBAN1, KELLOGG.
CARY, L1rrA, HAuK, SEGuS, GA11onp, VAN
ZAspr, and other prominent artists might be
mentioned, who have reflected credit upon
their profession, and made America famous
abroad It is little remarkable, however,
that while this country has been so prolific
in singers, it has not kept pace in compost
ton. We have one or two composers who
can lay claim to prominence, and several in
the second rank who have Jet to win their
spurs, and long list who will never win
them. We have produced one or two sym
phonies, one oratorio, and two OF three
small operas whose merits are not
yet permanently fixed What progress,
if any, we have made in COM
position, however, is now likely
to be determined The prize Of $1,000 for
the best composition Of choral and instru-
mental music BY musicians of native birth,
offered by the Cincinnati Musical Festival
Association, ought to set our best composers
to work in earnest. They have until next
October for the work, and they have the
knowledge that the successful piece will have
:ne advantage Of being performed By the
best talent in the country. As the unsuc-
cessfn competitors will not be subjected to
, 1879-02-16

other books? The man who has not in
boyhood studied his Bible in Sunday school
is apt to be at disadvantage, merely from d
literary point of view, during his whole life.
Another benefit of the Sunday-schools IS
their practical help and encouragement OF
the poor. Alission-schools are founded where
churches cannot be supported. They flour
ish in the poorest regions of great cities, IN
remote frontier settlements, at crossroads
villages. among the depraved and the 'g-
norant; and they do more to teach these
classes thrift, honesty, and decency than OIL
other agencies combined. sunday~schoo!s OF
this kind. it should be remembered, have not
denarted far from the original plan OF those
founded by ROBERT RA1KEs. They are IN
effect Ragged Schools. They teach children
to read and write, dress them well sometimes,
look them up at home, lift them out OF
soualor and filth, and often procure them
honorable employment. We 40 not see no"
there can be any dispute as to the usefulness
of such charities. They are an honor to
Christianity, an Offset to all that is SAID OF
aristocratic and exclusive religion On Inc
avenues, to fashionable church-golng and
di1cttante preaching.
These are not all the benefits that arise
from Sunday schools. They break the mo-
notony of Sunday for many children, give
them agreeable society, amusement and IN
struct,on combined, and higher idea OF
their own place in nature than most OF them
would get at home. But it is not necessary
to pursue the subject further. IF it is looked
at in candid spirit, without any disposition
to find fault. it will be admitted that the
world would be great loser if the Sunday
schools were abolished.
, 1879-02-16

be may be the prop and support of her d.
clining years,-the staff upon which she NAV
lean as she grows feebler and feebler, wearied
with the journey so nearly done. To bring
sunshine into her humble home, to free her
from the pangs of poverty, and to provide
her with the comforts and attentions which
the aged need; she feels she must have the
strong arm Of the youngest son. The Sec
retary of War has granted her petition, and
made honorable public mention of her. This
is the most he can do. We presume it is all
the Government Gun do. Even if it were
not all, it is not probable that Congress
could spare time from its consideration of
Jobs, grabs, subsidies, and Rebel claims to
give this obscure and poor old woman any
attention
The people, however, can do something
for her. If there is any sense Of patriotism
or of gratitude left,-if her great service is
held of any account will not be left to
want, and her few remaining years will bs
made comfortable. She is not a beggar, nor
does she come before the people asking any
favor The War has been closed nearly fif-
teen years, and she has gone on into old aga
without complaint. Now that she is too old
to work, and poverty is at her door, she has
simply, in true womanly way, asked the
Government to whom she has given her
eleven SONS that she may have back the
youngest, so that he may care for her. She
does not ask for o dollar. She makes no
complaint. She probably would not have
spoken at all had not poverty compelled her.
There ought to be thousands of people ready
to contribute small amount so thai she can
have comfortable home, and that her re-
naming days may be removed from any pos
sibility of suffering that money can avert.
We are squander1ng money in public and
private. We are constantly bestowiug char
ity upon less worthy parties. She does not
ask for anything but her son. All the more
should this Spartan mother who gave all she
could to her country, and who has given more
than any other woman did, be substantially
rewarded.
, 1879-02-16

4 TRUE BENEFACTOR TO THE COUNTRY.
We hear great deal Of fustian talked over
the services rendered to his country by this
or that politician, statesman, or soldier. We
lionize and eu1ogizo them. They bask in the
sunshine of popularity. They are courted
and petted. Wherever they go, they are the
centre Of admiring throngs. Their society is
sought for. Their praise is sung by the
poets. Honors are heaped upon them.
When they die we give them a gorgeous
funeral, and on their graves we pile up
pompous marble memorials. AS the years
60 on, we celebrate their anniversaries with
stately professions and festive surroundings.
Of the nameless and obscure heroes, how
ever, we hear only by accident. Great
services are rendered to the country by those
in obscurity, Of whom the country only hears
by accident; but it is rare even that accident
is sufficient to rescue them from obscurity
and make their names known. So they 20
down to their graves, and will slumber on
until the Great Assizes, when some of the
great heroes will appear very small, and these
humble and nameless ones will receive their
reward.
An accident has presented to the people of
the United States the name Of a woman who
*'hath done what she could +" for her coun-
try. The bitter pangs Of poverty compelled
her to tell her story in a modest way, and
that story shows q record OF which any
woman might be proud The simple nara
tive came to the Secretary of War in the
form of petition from Mrs. elizabeth Up
RIGHT, Of Butler County, Iowa. She sent
ten sons to the War. One Of them resigned.
sir OF them were honorably discharged, and
three of them were killed. The eleventh son.
the BENJAMIN Of the flock, was too young to
hght1n the War for the pressrvat tion of the
Union, but in 1873 enlisted as private in
the regular army, aud in 1878 was discharged
by reason OF the expiration of his term of
service. He Immediately re-enlisted, and is
now IN the service. His mother has reached
her I'D year, and is in poverty; therefore she
prays the Secretary of War that her last
and youngest son may be honorably dis
enlarged from the service, in order that
, 1879-02-16

4 statement telegraphed from Washington
to TIE TRIBUNE, and appearing in yester-
days paper, to the effect that private adyices
had been received there that pleuro-pneu-
monia was prevailing at the Chicago Stock
Ynrds, appears, upon investigation, to have
10 other basis than the fact that, under in
structions Of the Treasury Department, an
inspection Of cattle at the yards had been Or
dered. An examination made yesterday by
a representative of this paper furnished con-
vincing proof that there has not been,
and is not, anywhere within the
immediate neighborhood of this city
st least, any indication of pleuro-
pneumonia On this point Mr. SHEnMA,,
Superintendent Of the Stock-Yards, and
other gentlemen also as well acquainted with
the business as himself are unanimous. DR..
DEr>1Aas, United States Inspector of the
Stock Yards, states that out Of 10000 head
Of cattle which he has examined lately, he
has not found single case Of the disease.
In oc,ler to "make assurance doubly sure,
however, he has, in accordance with the in
structions of Commissioner LIE Due, en-
gagged DR.. PRENTICE, Of Champaign, Ill, to
assist him temporarily in the work
of inspection. AL the stories which have
been published concerning the disease here
are either the expansion and distortion Of
such occurrences as the appointment of
Government Inspectors, or deliberate fabri-
cations for the purpose of hurting the trade
of this CITY.
, 1879-02-16

The sennte passed yesterday by "a almost
unanimous vote the House bill on the Chi
nese subject which limits the number arriv-
ing on any one vessel to fifteen. The prin-
cipal amendments adopted provide that the
bill shall not apply to any vessel driven on
the coast by stress of weather, or to China
men who come to this country to get an
education provided they bring With them o
certificate to that effect from their own Gov
ernment- It is believed that the House will
concur in these amendments.
, 1879-02-16

The Vatican is showing signs Of worldly
wisdom. and an appreciation Of the virtues
Of expediency set forth BY St. PAU1. The
negotiations between it and the German
Government have taken more favorable
turn, the Papal authorities having admitted
that it is the duty Of priest to obey the
laws Of the country of which be is citizen,
SO far as civil matters, at least, are concerned
With this concession made,-one to which
P1us never would have consented,-the task
of reconcilement between the Church and
the State becomes easy.
, 1879-02-16

A communication on the snDJect OF oun-
day-schools, printed in The TRIBUNE week
ago, travelled q long way beyond the premises
with which the writer started. His quarrel
seems to be not SO much with the manner in
which Sunday-schools arc conducted as with
the Bible and the Christian religion. Either
branch of the subject would be, it seems to
us, all that q single writer could probably
discuss at once. It would be wise and log
ical, moreover, for one who attacks Sunday
schools on these grounds to begin with tho
larger subject first, and dispose of it before
taking up the other. Admitting that the
Bible is largely composed of fables and gross
impostures, and that the Christian religion
is a mistake, the Sunday-school, Of course, is
q useless institution. But there are Il good
many people still in the world, 'sSunday-
School Graduate" to the contrary, who are
not yet prepared to make these admissions.
For their benefit We wish that this subject
had been approached mora calmly, and that
the serious objections to Sunday schools,
supposng religion to be necessary and de-
sirable, had been clearly stated.
It is our own impression that mistakes are
occasionally made by Sunday school teachers,
as by other teachers. Children are some
times cruelty aud needlessly frightened.
The sternest old Calvinlstic doctrines, that
wise clersymen have wrapped up in cotton
and put tenderly away, are offered to the
young by foolish and ignorant teachers.
Narrow sectarian dogma is often tnugh in
thesame inju1cions wsy. Weremembcr hear
ing of little girl who came home from
Sunday-school weeping because she had been
told her Jew playmates would surely 60 to
He'll. The supernatural in the Bible is also
too large On element in tho "lessons Of q
certain class of teachers. But these ara only
mistakes, after oil. They do not affect the
theory Of the Sunday school. Though de-
plorable mistakes, they do not outweigh the
immense benefits conferred by wise teachers
in good Sunday schools. We should no
sooner think Of abolishing Sunday schools
because some children have been badly used
in them than we would think of abolishlng
secular schools because brutal corporal pun
ishment is common in some, needless
branches of instruction are pursuedin in others,
and the morals Of the young are contami-
mated in many.
We shall get q clearer idea Of the merits
of this question if, instead of insisting on
occasional injurious effects Of Sunday
schools, we estimate the common and per-
manent benefits arising from thom. In the
first place, they disseminate knowledge Of
the Bible. Even in the narrow and partisan
view Of 'sunday School Graduate this is q
highly desirable end. We should not be
ekeptical ignorantly, if We are to be skep-
tica1 at all How many persons Of mature
years owe all that they know of the Bible to
Sunday school instruction How many have
learned first in the Sunday-school what po-
etry and vigorous Saxon prose are contained
in that sacred book! And, admitting that
there are some passages Of the Bible not fit
to be read aloud IN mixed company, who
shall say that its morality is not, on the
whole, finer aud higher than that of most
, 1879-02-16
BENEFITS OF SUNLIGHT.

The unusual severity Of the present winter
has led good many people to turn their
thoughts and bend their energies in the
direction of warming their houses who have
heretofore left all that to the furnace and
servants. There are many precautions thas
may be taken, by the selection of furnace
large enough for the service required Of It,
by providing the chimney with proper
"bonnet" to protect the hues against adverse
winds, in the construction Of house, etc.;
but all these things require the expenditure
Of money ss well as thought, and there are
those people who, with the best OF 1nten-
tons, have to take things as they find them.
There is one simple rule, however, which al"
most everybody can observe without "aste
Of time or expenditure of money, and which
will always make the greatest difference III
personal comfort during the cold season.
This is to cultivate the sunlight to the Largest
practicable extent.
In all houses with north front it IS tho
positive duty of families occupying them %
transfer their living rooms to the soutn soo
Of the house during the winter months. Ias
sun rises and sets during the si1 cold mon'ns
of the year to the south Of east and west' 80
that south rooms are warmed up by rays o1
the sun more or less during the entire oaJ'
Those who have never experimental W'tn
the difference will probably be surprised p"
learn that there is difference of from n'e
to twenty-five degrees in the Thermometer
between the north aud south exposures
five to ten degrees difference in the morning
and afternoon, and from twenty to twenss-
five degrees in the middle of the day. 1n7
glass in windows is non-conductor OF a1~
mospheric cold, while it is On assistance 70
the active transmission Of the suns rays o1
light and heat. Wherever the suns rays can
be enjoyed longest during winters day =
the desirable part Of the house for nVln8
purposes.
Due attention to this fact will contnousa
, 1879-02-16
WASTE. OF TINE IN THE SCHOOLS.

NNAAS~s0Ns
The law of the State, as decided by the
Supreme Court, excludes German, music,
and drawing from the studies Of the public
schools If school authorities provide for
such studies, they do SO by sutferance.
They cannot enforce them. The adoption
of these studies in the public schools Of Chi
cago is strongly opposed, and we think with
much force. If the city had school accom-
modations for all the children, then the OBJ
lection would not have the force it now has.
There ere in the city 121.474 children of
school age. The number Of seats in the
schools is 41,500. The number Of scholars
seeking admission in 1879 is estimated at
over 10000. OF the children who enter the
schools but very small percentage complete
the course, but all the schooling they get is
that which they obtain in the brief time
they attend these schools. Every hour,
therefore, that they can attend school is of
the utmost importance to them, aud every
hour lost from practical study is an irrep-
arnble loss
The average school-life Of those who enter
the Chicago public schools is put down at
only 40 days in all, and large part of this
time is in the first two years of the school
studies,-the lowest grades. OF the IL, 500
children in all the schools, II. 500 are in the
infant classcs,-the frst-year grade. Of this
large number the average school-life Of mora
than one-half does not exceed 100 days. To
children, therefore, whose entire schoo1-life
is limited to 100, 200, 400, or 500 days, and who
after that leave school forever, every half
hour is of the utmost importance, and to
take from this limited time, III which they
must learn to spell, to read, to write, and
get knowledge Of figures, portion of the
day, for German, music, and drawing,
is serious deprivation of that COM
mon-school instruction which the law pro-
vides. In the one case the instruction
is utterly yalueless, while it takes from
children time that might be of the utmost
value in the matter of spelling, reading,
writing, and arithmetic. From statement
made to the Board of Education VIC learn
that emitting instruction in music to those
children whose whole schoo1-life..is limited to
100 days would be equivalent to adding a
halt-month to their instruction in spelling,
reading, writing, and arithmetic; and that
emitting music and drawing from the studies
would be equivalent to adding a month each
year to the common-school studies of $4,000
children. Under these circumstances, the OBJ
jection to musical aud drawing instruction to
pupils whose whole schoollite ranges from
100 to 400 days is Of great force; it is an
objection to the waste OF one month each
, 1879-02-16

Enough has been ascertained OF the senti-
ynents Of the B1opoErr Committee to make
it reasonably certain that District-Attorney
Nan III Ricordo BANGS will soon retire to
the sweet soltudes of Lncon, ,-*t the world
forgetting, by the world forgot The Com
mi1tee will, it is understood, criticise his
n,anacemont of the affairs Of his Office with
severity in thelr report, and it is believed
that the Administration will take prompt
action thereon
, 1879-02-16

the humiliation of having their names made
public, there is every Incentive for good,
honest work. The conditions and sur
roundings Of the Cincinnati Festival are such
that the composer whose work is selected
will bo made famous. The Judges are thor
oughly competent for their work, and their
decision will be made strictly upon the mer-
its of each piece. Now let our composers
20 to work. Let us know where We stand in
musical comnosltion.
, 1879-02-16

The serious strike Of the hands IN the
Liverpool docks, which assumed such ALARM
ino proportions and excited SO much un-
easiness in England, is now believed to be
near an end, and it is thought that the
strikers, after couple Of weeks Of voluntary
idlepess and self-imposed suffering for them
selves and their families, will accept the
terms offered by the employers