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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

1t was bill day In the House, and several
new measures were proposed. Mr. SPRISGEE
put toward measure for keeping the army
from the polls. the general pian Of which pro-
hibits soldiers from going from their barracks
on eles,ion days. Mr.. $. s Cox presented reso-
luton recting alleged unjust Determinations
in Russia toward American Hebrew citizens,
md asking our Government to move toward
remedying the grievance. The House voted
twenty thousand dollars for the use OF an
American representative at the exhibitions in
Sydney and Melbourne. and. under suspension
OF rules, passed the bill appointing Mssis-
sippi River Improvement Commission.
In the Senate Mr. BLAINE asked Tor an inquiry
into the Congress elections in certain districts
in North Carolina. Georgia. and Mississippi.
reading figures TO show that their aggregate
vote in the last election was $4,000 only. and
mostly for Democratic candidates. while two
years before So 900 votes were cast in the same
districts for Republican candidates alone. Mr..
BLAINE. Mr.. THURMAN. Mr.. EpMuNDs. and
others engaged In a warm dispute over the
publication OF documents by the Committee on
Election Investigations. The days work ended
IN debate over appropriations for two West
ern rivers. in which Mr.. CoNKLING and Mr.
BECK exchanged words.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

We learn through the newspaper Of the
truly good Deacon RICHARD SMITH that the col
ored people Of Ohio have not forgotten Mr.
CHARLES FosrER's share in the surrender and
consequent destruction Of the Republican party
South. Their detection would be- a serious
one. and inasmuch as the story seems natural
under the circumstances. We are inclined to be-
lieve that it WIS published by the truly good
Deacon himself instead Of the wicked partners
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

Month before last tho Archbishop OF AK
issued pastoral letter, in which the members
OF the present French Ministry were spoken Of
in terms Of disrospoct-not 10 say OF contempt.
Tho Council Of State promptly declared the
Archbishop guilty OF tho offence technically
known rs PaJus de lan00ge," and by this time
tho declaration has been posted in his diocese.
Under the French CODE a clergyman who
crltcises in tho pulpit the acts OF the
Government lays himself open to SEN
tence of Punishment; and on May 49, in
the Assembly, NJ. LocKRoY radical. asked
NJ. LEPERE, Minister OF the Interior and Of
Religion. why this penalty had not been in
flicted. The Minister replied at length. and
some OF his phrasas were significant. Tho
time had not come. he said. to discuss the sepa-
ration Of Church and State; the ConcordAt WAS
stlll in force. The Ministry was unit in its
policy. Pho laws would be enforced. with firm
ness but with moderation. The clergy, thanks
to the undue laXty OF preceding gov
ernments. had at last como to consider
and treat certain provisions OF tho law az so
much dead letter. 1t seemed only fair TO notify
the Clergy that that state OF things had come to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

1t is now given out that the trouble with
Mr.. WILLIAM ALMoN WHEELER Of Malone is an
inability to sleep. That is not surprising We
can imagine few things more likely to drive
slumber from the eyelds Of a man of Mr..
WHEELER's antecedents than tho humiliatng
consciousness Of being the appendage to a
Fraud
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

To-day begins tho spring meeting ~
the National Rho Association at Crccdmoor--
always an occasion OF interest not only to those
who contend for the priges but to rlnemen
throughout the country. For tho two days
contests seventeen matches have been pro-
vlded, OF when eight are substitution matches.
and nine IRE tho stated ones. Tho first six
matches are ut 200 yards. position standing;
then follow two ut 800 yards. standing position:
four at 500 yards. Of which ono is
at the standing position two at COO
yards. any position ; two at 500 900.
and 900 and finally. ns usual. comes the Run
ming Deer match ut 100 yards Eleven Of the
matches ara individual. and the remaining six
are for teams. All the latter are in
tcrcstlng. and particularly Nos and II.
the military team matches. and Nos. 3 and ~.
which are open TO teams Of four. either military
or rife association. In the first OF these just
named, the teams OF five are TO uso the rilo
their company II armed with. and the match is
10 be fred in thirty minutes. The long range
LrGcH Cup match is also always ono Of great
Interest 10 famous rnomen The cup hns been
held successfully during the past -FOUR years by
Coils. BoDGNE and GILDEEsLEEvE. Major JEW
ELL. and FRASK HYDE. Though there Is no
unusually attractive feature this year. yet, with
good weather to favor, the programme should
appeal 10 rilemon and their friends.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

Where are Gen. BEATTY and his merry
men Did they. like the King OF France with
twice ten thousand men. Just march up tho hill
and then march down again Or did they
really imagine they had a mission in Ohio pol
itlc-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

The chief argument of the stalwart Re-
publicans is that the colored citizen Is not
regarded as a man and brother in the old
slave States. and that the only way to pro-
cure for him absolute and practical equality
is to continue the Republican party In
power.
At the same time we are told tho negroes
have taken their cause into their own hands,
and are fleeing by thousands from their old
homes to the bright land Of Kansas, never
darkened by slavery
II this negro exodus from the old slave
States continues, there would seem to be
little further use for the model Republican
party. Negroes can vote in Knnsas. once at
least at every election, and unless the Re-
publcans desire TO secure to them the spe-
cial privilege Of voting more than once,
what is there lett for the Republicans to do 2
Possibly 1t is through this negro exodus
that the Republican party is TO make it,
final eXit-all occasion for it's continued eX-
istence thus passing away Happy thought,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

Thorc was Joy among the small boys yes
;erday over the opening Of the free baths. Not
moment too soon were thoy ready for use.
Tho sun shono carly in the day with midsum-
mer holiness and thousands ayailed themselves
OF the opportunity to frolic in the cool water.
Tho fact that nearly two million and half free
baths were taken last summer is conclusive
proof Of their popularity and It suggests the
proprietypf increasing the number Of bathing
nlncns u,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-03

Nine. BERTHA BERGER and FRANK Co.'S
GROVE wuro Jointly indicted for killing Miss
Cora SAMM1s in February last. Nine, BERGER
was hurried TO trial within few days after tho
HIDING of the indictment, convicted and som
fenced to tho Pententiary for fourteen years.
Weeks aiterwnrd CosGRovE was allowed to
plead guilty ~ an accessory. His plea was
accepted nearly n month ago. but he has not yot
boon sentenced. and thore are reports OF Jug
glery to aid tho rich mans son.
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m end. For my part" said tho Minister.
from tho moment when it seemed possible
that we were to have, on certain points. Il series
Of conflicts with tho clorgy, wished to march
with lrmncss but also with the prudence which
these delicate matters require. l shall advance
step by step. but II It Is necessary. shall 70 tho
whole length of the road"
II it WIS true, rs he feared 1t was, that the
Archbishop, Notwithstanding the warning pre-
vlously given him and tho declaration Of the
Council of Stntc, had been indulging in fresh
oxcesscs Of language, NJ. LEpkRE said that the
Archbishop would be called upon to answer be-
fore competent tribunal for that violation OF
the penal code; and other law-breaking clergy
men would have the same experience.
Nocys OF cheers from the Republican benches
greeted almost every sentence Of this speech.
and NJ. LocKRoY expressed his delight at hear
ing for the first time from the lius Of Minister
that tho clericals " lies cltrica,uJ were not
above the law. With n single exception. the
deputies Of the Right listened in silence
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
J" ".o Patent Buffer.

>. was a reporter on live daily who
had glued his lynx eye to the keyhOle
of Baldwin Hotel room the other day,
when he was disgusted to find, on look
ing up, that the occupant of the apart
ment was beaming benevolently down
on him from the transom. "Day, dayl'
said the guest, cheerfully, "guess you've
struck the wrong number. The man
suspected of forgery and being poll
tician is next door, and the man with
four wives is just across the hall"
"I-reall ly-mus' excuse" stammered
the for-oHce abashed special.
"Not alls don't mention it." pnt in the
boarder, jumping down and pulling the
quilldriver into the room. "Fact is, ]
was just laying for one of you fellows
knew you'd be along presently"
@Want to be interviewed" ?"
"No. want to show you press gen
tlemen a little invention of mine that
ought to be in the possession of every
reporter in the country; and it will be,
too. I expect to sell no end of 'em to
your paper alone"
"Do, eh?"
Certainly. I call it the reporters
patent combined spiral spring and In
dia-rubber nose-buffer. You have often,
in the fulfllment of your duties, had
the door through which you were look
ing opened most unexpectedly, infict-
ing a severe blow upon the nasal ex-
tremity. This sometimes leads to in
fammation. especially where the key
hole is brass; gangrene sets in, lockjaw,
deathi Now, all you fellows have to do
is to carry patent buffer, put up in
one of these elegant morocco cases,
and"
But the newspaper man made dash
for the elevator and escaped San
Francisco Post.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
Inst Before Dawn.

"Ahl Heaven does indeed temper the
wind to the shorn lamb" pathetically
said old Mrs. Diffendorfer the other
evening at a tea fight, after putting
away her twenty-eighth cup of Young
Hyson. ~Why, what do you mean?
"You know that young widow, Mrs.
Bifen, who lives across the street from
us? Well, she has had nothing but sor-
low, trouble and distress for the past
five years: First her father was killed
by burglar; then her mother married
a nigger-minstrel; after that she had
the yellow fever and smallpox together f;
and next her husband failed, and she
had to take in washing. It was per-
fectly dreadful. The poor woman
nearly went crazy. She was just be
ginning TO bear up little again, when
her brother was sent up to the peni-
tentiary for life; and, finally, last
month her husband died in a fit, and
the very next day her baby choked to
death on gum-drop." "Graciousl the
poor thingl" Wasn't it just terrible?
Everybody believed she'd commit sui
eide then; and she would have done so,
too, but last week somebody providen-
italy coaxed her to go to church-raffle
and what do you all suppose hap
pened?" what, for heavens sake,
what?" "Why, she won seal-skin
sacdueI" "You don't mean it?" "She
did, perfectly splendid came
within an inch of the floor. The dark
est hour is Just before dawn-after all
Now, isn't it? "-iSG9l Francisco Post
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
-one kepr AS mute as q mouse wn1le l

6ne kepT as mute as mouse WnlIe L
was fixing the coat; but, when l was
done, she took my hand in both of hers,
and, says she, DO you think so very
much of me, Ben?' and, says /, More
than I can tell, or you can think, l
reckon
! @And, says she, Why did you never
tell me so before?'
Well, '-says I, you know I'm rather
| slow of speech; and, besides, l reck-
oned you wouldn't care to hear the like
from me-
"She didn't say nothing after that for
a good long spell, till I began to be
afraid she was offended; then says she,
8 You may sit down here beside me, if
you like, Ben
"I did SO, and then, after another
good long spell, says she, stroking my
hand with one of hers, You're the best
and kindest man in the world, Ben; /;
and / like you better than any of them
My shirt-sleeves were by this time
wet enough to wiring, and the chill gusts
that every now and then swept dowE
from the tree-tops were enough to make
a Newfoundland dog shiver; but never
felt warmer or more comfortable IN my
life than when Susie said that. I never
felt my slowness of speech more in my
life, though it seemed as if couldn't
think of any word that meant enough
So I had to sit and listen to Susie with
out being able to say word myself, but
she didn't appear to mind it bit.
Well, the first thing knew it had
stopped raining, and the moon was
I1.ifA in tho
clouds. I found the path in no time;
and Susie made me put on my coat
again.
"When we got home to Susie's, her
father was just turning out to look for
us, and met us at the yard gate.
"'Soaked but smiling, says he.
What on earth has happened to make
you look so pleasant, when you are both
as wet as a couple of drowned kittens?'
He had lantern, you see, and flashed
it right in our faces. We didn't tell him
anything then, but he found out about
a month after when l came to ask for
Susie"
just at this moment We were inter
rupted by pretty, scolding voice from
the house, exclaiming, "Why, Ben, you
VIII caUcn your QeaUn OF cOlu, SIGIIuS Oub
there without your coat when the dew
is falling"
Simpson had been over an hour tell
ing his story. Our pipes had gone out
and the sun had gone down, but there
was still light enough to mark the placid
expression of delight that came over his
face at the mere sound of his wife's
voice; and I thought saw palmer than
ever before how it had happened that
the lively little Susie had married my
slow friend. and had done wisely in so
doing.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
GOLDSMITH Maid.

gave $4,000 for her, and sold her
in about a year-in '70-for $35, 1000. Tt
is hard to say what she would have
brought at her best. She has been
taken from the turf. She will have a
colt this month. who is the colt by?"
By Gen. Washington, young stallion
of perfect form, great vigor, and fine
blood. He has the blood of old Lady
Thorne and Gen. Kent in his veins, and
was selected as the best partner for the
mare that could be found in the world
The colt will be worth $4,000 in gold
the day it is dropped. OF course, it will
be valuable; the world will look with
great interest to the performance of the
coming horse. If there is anything in
breeding, he will be wonderful. 1t was
not known whether the Maid would
breed or not, as she is % years old, but
when she was taken from the track a
gentleman offered to give s., 900 for the
chance of her breeding, and pay all her
expenses. Mr.. Smith, however, deter
mined to own the colt himself, and had
her put on his own breeding farm. The
colt will be born this month. She is as
vigorous, healthy and active as she ever
Was.-BGtd D0ble.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08

In his lecture on Claude Bernard, M.
Paul Bert narrated singular stratagem
which was invented by Bernard during
the late Franco German war. It was
proposed to revictual Paris, which was
strictly blockaded by German forces.
A large number of cattle had been col
Iected, waiting for an opportunity to
cross the German lines. But a diff
culty was to silence these animals, as
their cries would attract the attention
OF the enemy. Claude Bernard pro-
posed to practice upon them thesection of
the nerve which enables them to emit
their usual cries. The operation is so
easy thai it could be executed in a
few seconds by an ordinary butcher.
None of the animals appeared to suffer
in any way by the mutilation which had
made them mute,-NGtatTe,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
How Distance Mitigates Our Horror at
a Calamity.

Imagination ministers but grudging-
ly to the feeling of sympathy between
man and man. We need to see the
CHASTITY spectacle of mangled remains,
to hear the groans of agony and the
shrieks of despair, to have some men
ace of loss or danger brought home to
ourselves or those with whom we have
some bond of connection closer than
that of the universal brotherhood, in
order to realize the horror of a great
disaster and feel for its victims. The
touch of nature that makes the whole
world kin is one of universal selfish
ness. Perhaps it is benefcent provi-
sion that saves us from the strain upon
our sympathies, which would make life
miserable if we were forced to share in
all the sufferings and calamities of the
race.
The appalling disaster that overlook
the Hungarian city of Szegedin was
full of multiplied horrors, and had it
taken place on the Passaic river it
would have filed the columns of our
newspapers almost to the exclusion of
everything else, blanched every cheek
with a sense of awe, filled every heart
with pity and dread, and made every
task but that of succoring the hapless
victims almost impossible. But it is
5000 miles away. 1t touches not us.
We read of it with a sort of hstless
wonder at the magnitude of the calam-
ity. but the most sympathetic nature
fails to be at all deeply or keenly af-
fected by the recital. And yet human
life is as precious in Hungary as in New
York. Death and bereavement are as
pitiful there as anywhere; loss of home,
of friends, of relatives, and of the
means whereby men do live, brings the
same pangs of suffering, the same DESC
lation, and the same blight upon life.
A city of 10000 inhabitants is over
whelmed in the tremendous flood of
waters, as the dikes that held the swollen
and struggling river within its confines
give way, at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Nearly 10000 houses are swept into
ruin, hundreds upon hundreds of their
occupants are drowned, and the rest
are driven out in the cold winter night
in terror and dismay, to seek refuge
from the pitiless food. The neighbor-
ing country is submerged, 1000 farm
houses are swept away, and a seasons
crops well-nigh destroyed. There is
pitiful suffering from lack of shelter,
from want of food, from death in fear
ful forms, and time cannot repair the
consequences of the terrible misfort-
une. Yes, we say, it is awful; but we
do not feel tive cannot realize it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08

My blrd-house is not my own inven-
ton. I read in some newspaper that an
Otster-keg made a good bird-hOuse,
and an oyster-keg is what you must
have in the first place. Most of you
easily get one from some store or some
oyster-man. Leave the heads in, and
stop up the bung hole; then cut a round
hole, two inches in diameter, in the
side, about two inches from the end you
design for the floor of your house, and
nail this end firmly to a square piece Of
board large enough to project couple
of inches all round, like little plat
form. Next, cover the outside of the
keg with pieces Of rough bark. If you
have wood-pile to go to, you can prob
ably find logs from which you can pry
off wide, curving pieces that will go half
round your little house; but if not, you
must get smaller bits from trees in
the woods, and trim them with
knife to fit side by side; no
matter if the Jennings are not very close,
when the house is fastened on some ar
Dor or trellis, no eyes but the birds can
possibly see the crevices, and they are
not critical, bright as they are. Use
small brads for mailing on the bark, and,
if driven in little on the slant, they
will hold the bark more securely. For
a roof, nail two wide strips of bark to
the upper rim of the keg in such pO-
sition that their upper edges will meet
to form gable just in the middle above
the door. It is not necessary to have
this roof water-tight, because the head
- Trorr -Vy11I 1roo,1 49,,
off the upper edges of the bark roof
sides SO that they Will meet closely, but,
If they do not stay together WELL bore a
few holes and take several stitches with
fine wire, and your work will be better.
The house will look prettier if you
make the roof both wide and deep,
giving what, in real house, would be
called 'Overhanging caves"
Last of all, fill up the open spaces
under the gables with bits of bark
trimmed to fit, and nailed to the sides
of the keg. Now, your bird-house is
completed Nail it on the top of the
grape arbor, or in the crotch of tree,
and hang bit of cottonwood and few
hairs about the door, which the birds
will read as we read the sign "To let"
and see ii you do not have wrens and
blue-birds coming to look at the vacant
house, and, at last, some nice little
couple concluding to rent it for the
summer"
No matter if your house is not ready
until late in the season. ] do not think
all the birds get to housekeeping before
June, and you know often they build
more than one nest in the course of the
summer; so, unless there are too many
cats about, I think you may be pretty
sure of a tenant.
When I made my little house, I had
no idea it would last more than one
summer, but it has weathered the storms
of four winters and still looks well
Every spring the wrens and blue-birds
squabble and fight for possession of it
the wrens, / am sorry to say, always
coming off conquerorsi And every
spring I watch the nest-building from
my window with great satisfaction
sob" IN st. Nin1OIGs for April.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-08
MY MORNING RIDE.
By 5. 8. NUDGE.

HE thee on, my noble Gipsy;
AS the mountain path we raise,
Let thy ringing feet, so briskly,
Beat the time to merry lays.
Quick your ear to catch the Ginning
OF the herdsman's morning bells,
And the echoes of the rhyning
Glancing down the forest dells,
Swell thy nostrils, happy pony;
Let thy equine strokes prove true;
Nimbly climb, though rough and stony
Up the pass you bear me through.
All what beauty seems to issue
AS the frescoed mountains lie
Amber streaks, with golden tissue,
Sparkling up the eastern sky.
How the forest, gently swaying,
Lends magic to the view,
And the sun, in fancy playing,
Round the globes of sparkling dew.
Slack your speed, my mettled pony;
Let your iroD-bound hoofs be still,
While the echoes die off lonely,
Circling round from hill to hill.
Drink we in this morning pleasure,
AS the merry mountain birds,
When they meet in chorus measure.
Gypl those ears speak more than words.
whoa, my boy, be calm, De sJeadyS
Do not pull so hard the rein,
spare a moment and be ready,
We may hear that song again.
Down asIant the blooming meadows,
Where the heath in beauty furls;
There the misty morning shadows
Battle the cheeks of roguish girls.
There, bedecked with labor's duty,
Merry with their happy lot,
Sang they sweet and with such beauty,
Who will guess nay morning plot?
Cupid, wild and roguish rover,
With a steed n1Dre sleek and feet,
Crossed the meads and new-blown clover,
Ana his journey was complete.
YOEs, Ohio.