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New-York tribune., 1880-10-24

between the two being thus only two milii-
metres. The measurement was mace under
the direction ef the Spanish General Ihanez,
who invented the instrument by which the
work was done. The place selected for the
line is on the SisseIan rond, which presents
here an almost straight and level line OF three
Kilometres.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
OMNIPoTENCE NOT SUBJECT TO CAPRICE.
IA. "a

young man made "A promise ot marriage auu
broke IT, Ihe young woman, greatly ortra-ed,
prayed that he might be punished with instant
death. Ii cane 10 pass that NJ that very hout he
yya. allied pv falling tree Beiiey ng That her
urayer was the cause a his death. she has gone
crazy from rcmorse Was there ever more DIES,
perate case OF superstition = tnIhA lnat uoo
rSonid answer such n prayer God - infinite IN
wisdom. lie has not subjected hs onnipotenee to
the caprices Of the wicked. lie does answer
nraver-the eflectual fervent prayer Of the right
eons. bur not the wild cry of revenge; for he
nroulises TO forgive our trespasscs only IS
we forgive those who trespass AGAINST US.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24

The Orangethorpe Sunday school celebrated
,,s eixth anniversary last sabbath ar~rn"OD III he
r. view OF past lessons the qnesOn was asked "iat
dd Cod do on te seventh 1gJ eiafl9g W the creation
of tno word.l Answer; lie rested" WhAt else
aid lie dor" Promptly same She answer from itte
eight year-0id boy dc feau las ne"spupei'
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
MODERN MIRACLES NOT IMPOSSIBLE

Itls nonsense 70 say the DAY oi miracles Is past.'
for II Is the same OmnIpote God rules the universe
now as ruled II at an earlier date. and t 10 not Tor
us 90 dare decide the special period az which it
may please His divine Majesty to work miracles
through his servants or through his Own special
will. The whole matter comes 10 this IN anut-shel
The power is with God, and when hat
power work the miraculous effect must believe
the testimony of senses. or else act Ike the man
who denied the existence oi matter TIL dagger -
thrust into his hip-joint However, as We said be-
FORE we repeat now that we suspend our Jndgnens
in relation To the Knock appartions and others ull
the Church solves the matter.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
HARTWIG'S COMET.

On the evening of September 20, Dr. Ernst
Hartwig, Of the Imperial Observatory, Strasso
burg, discovered bright comet ABOUT ~
north of Arcturus, and having obtained OBJ
servati0ns on three consecutive nights, has
calculated the following clements
Periheon passage September 6'952s NJ. T. ut Berlin.
Longitude OF prrincll0n. -....-..... ~ oVV
Longitude OF ascending node .--.----- - -
inclination OF ofOrbit..--..-....----.--.--- - 10
Logaritlm Cf periheon dIstauce-.--.- 5oot0O
MOtiOu-retTUg grade.
The intensity of light is rapidly diminish
ing, being on October Il only one-slxth oi
that at the time of discovery.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
II must appear I'm other ways than words,
Therefore .caut tuls breathing courtesy.

The courtesy OF all times has been, perhaps, IN
this sense more than bali unreal. Inc Story oi lhe
Suanl1rd Offering his watch 10 "A Trend VINO ad-
mlrrd n Is no new one. The friend promptly dc-
c,utad the bidalgos offer and held oub bis naud to
receive the golden gift. here, tucn sara the
CasttlIan with hauteur, placing MS wa en-
IA hls wastcOat pocket, Wucfe 0rhOI' Is your
uolltenessf That which / in courtesy offered t0
REUSE THIS kind of cIvIIIiy may 90 caIied the
beautV Of the tongue, as NOltaITe called true
courtesy the beauty of the hear. III Is plhcn-
beck generosity, which, however dlse, ha- a certain
social value. IL cOnceals unpleasant moral uelorni-
tles When ably assumed lt paliateS selnshness,
a. paint iudiciOu5ly put on paIiiAies Wfihhles IL
- the polish of our Conversational furniture. ms
il the kind of courtesy which Dr. Johnson, WIN
his accustomed moroseness OF dispositloh clIle9
can't the noXious weed which he advised
Bosweu TO eradicate with all diligence. II not from
bls speech az least from bis unutis dnulne. Even
the term /" compliments" which originally meant
all those minor dehCacles OF behavior that may De
SAID to cOmple the virtue ~ courtesy, now means
very httle, If anything. Our anCifnt cOarseness
and rocky hardness Oi speech has been smOOtGeu
and rounded INTO such forms AZ these. whicb,
tumbed TO and fro by the waves Oh CONVERSATION,
hecon,. les, and less moment, and hnalN dIsap-
ucar COurtesy has been degraded INTO a mere acJ
al pnyScal respect, a .ndlng Ot the DOuy ana Jhe
bures originally belonging 10 Doth srNe- alIrrWlIu
confined to one. and now nearly or eht!ltly ooSoIrte
t,,utiesv may also suffer from eXagGerdtOn by
loo much courtesy become uiscourtcouS, ana
excess of cIVlty makes IL unciYil \ Eeht tlhdh OF
infinite cOmplaisaDce Was about 10 take icaFe ol
another OF IKE disposition. Ihe latter insisted on
seeing bim to :hc oOOr of his house. lhe former
refused, anI aiter many gracious ""rus iocAe" 'Lo
door ON ms host and ran down the staircase ; Out
the host opening his window. hguty leapt INTO the
street and Wa ready tO hand MS guest INTO NE.
csrrlgue ' Iou m.glt have broken your neck.
said the entertained. " me replied the enter
talner but better so than break the canons Oh
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24

A vigorous protest against the, cathedral
scheme In the Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Wisconsin has been sent to Bishop Welles, with
the signatures of prominent laymen from sew
eral milwaukee, parishes. They earnestly dep
,acotc the distractions and dissenslOns IN the
diocese caused by the agitation of the cathe-
dial schemes; but they viii never ADMIT that
the bishop can lawfully put IN operation a
eaton that was never enacted by eouncil.
Although the cathedral chapter has been
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24
COURTESY OF THE TONGUE AND HE4RL
From Ihe Gl06c

From Ihc GiO6e
Courtcsv H. perhaps. little affected by conditions
of time But u al persons and nj all periods %
may be brought iut1 Ili-tame by hypocrisy or eN-
a..a,rafion fl has - tendency to become hat mere
mon, L-hnuor ana breath which the heart ~ Mac
beth saws would fan drng: a game OF words, a
,ir-s, coat % shadow If amIaD.ilty, sesame never
In be ioIootteu before the doors of sODety bat out
of mind and repeated 10 no purpose Wnen one II al
nome Too polite 10 be honest is well-knOWu
norman proyerh, which may have affected the eX-
prrsslon ol welcome to Belmont given by PortIa TO
Antonio:
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24

Historic CHURCH.-St. Johns Church.
Richmond, was reopened last Sunday, af,er be-
ing closed foI several weeks for repairs. This
is The church where met, Oh the 2Oth Of March
I775. the second Patriot Convention OF Nr-
linia. and it was there that PaJnck Henry
gave utJerance 10 the words Give me liberty
or give me DEATH The Virginia Convention
of 1778. which ratified the Federal Constltu-
tion. also met in st. Johns. The bulidl lg
stands upOn site once known a. Indian Hll.
The land was gwen and the building (of WoOn)
erected in l74O. 1t had then, and has now,
the belfry and spire, but the quaint, high old
0uInit and sounding board overhead have
ppossed away, the former beng lowered and the
latter entirely removed. The mos important
recent alterations in the church have been the
addition of eleven new pews, reduction III the
size OF the choir gallery, and the removal OF
the old giIdels in the building and roof, and
the SUBSTITUTION OF new and stronger timbers.
| By the change in the choir gallery the number
! of pews ~ not lessened. The small western gal
/ ery has been taken out and the walls OF the
! church have been Strengthened and painted
! Tho walls have also been arranged with hooks
| TO be used at Christmas tor tue customary deco
ratons. vestry ten by twelve has been
| added 10 the church. and the chancel CONSTRUCTED
! somew hat after the modern plan OF the reees'
| siOual chancel.
New-York tribune., 1880-10-24

The company appointed to revise the auth
orized version OF the Old Testament had nm
ishpd their first version OF job and carried that
of Proverbs rs far as the twelfth chapter, When
they met early this month.
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-13

The leading editorial article of the Catholic Standard, referring to the alleged liquefactlons of the blood of St. Januarus at Naples and the so called miracles at Lourdes, says:
 ''The first of these is both an ancient and a modern miracle. From time immemorial it has been repeated several times year in the presence of thousands of persons, Catholic and non Catholic. nobles and peasants, intelligent and unintelligent The fact cannot be denied; yet infidels never refer to it without a sheer, expressing contemptuous disbelief. They never attempt to discover it's nature; never attempt to 'disprove' it. They simply either ridicule or deny it, or else they make asser- tions of trickery and fraud, which they fail to support with any evidence whatever"
 Mark Traitor peeped into the national sen- ate chamber the other day, and writes in Zion's Herald: "A solitary white headed man, with a venerable beard, sat in the clerk 8 desk read ing. AS 1 walked down the aisle, he raised his head and smiled. I know you,' said he. We had not met sor twenty five years. How long have you been hereT inquired. Fifty years, said be- I was page when Daniel Webster was here.' He is now doorkeeper of the senate. How often has this old man skip ped across the chamber at the clap of the hands of Webster, Clay, Benton, Cass, Butler, Hale, Seward, Sumner. Wilson and scores of others all gone; Hamlln of Maine, upon whom call at Willard's, is the sole survivor. So we Oo
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-13

In Westfeld Mass, a well-known lawyer recently changed his office after more than twenty years occupancy. They say he still continues to go regularly every morning to the old office and ascend the stairs until his, eyes fall upon the legend in large display type, s'Removed to-." when he gives his hat jerk over his head and bolts in the direction of his new quarters, looking around to see if any one has observed him:
 With foolhardiness that is to be expected from the source, the college presidents are lay ing their heads together over scheme for for bidding leave of absence to play matches to the college nines If this rash project is realized the collegiate institutions of these United States might just as well board up their front windows and hire themselves out for Chinese laundries
 FROM THE DANBURY NEWS
 Oysters finger in the lap of May.
 Bridgeport has forty four dogs, with alter mates.
 One advantage in not living near the shore IS that nobody can bore holes in the bottom of your boat.
 April 26th was the anniversary of the birth of Rev. w. H H. Murray. In this State the day passed quietly.
 The joy which Waterbury felt on the de- parture of Sport and his two dogs has been somewhat tempered by the advent of nine new doctors.
 The Bridgeport News publishes brief biog- raphies of the city officials, by which it ap- pears that they were unanimously born else where.
 Where there is exposed metal in dog muz- zles they shoul be warmed before putting them on the animals A merciful man will be mer- ciful to his beast.
 We cannot be too grateful to the Naugatuck man who has invented rubber shoe that can be carried in the pocket. This will obviate leaving it in the hall for some one to drain his umbfella in.
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-13

The books of the United States Treasury show that the savings banks of Massachusetts and New York and William H. Vanderbilt own one eighth of the entire bonded bebt of the United. States; and, so far as can be ascer tained more than one-half of the national debt, all of which is non-taxable, is held by New York and New England capitalists
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-13
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was for years offered in every paper of the land by the former proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh remedy for case of catarrh it would not cure. It cures by it's mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties. Snuff or dust of any kind dries up eatarrh and drives it to the lunges. This remedy has stood the test of time, having been a popular remedy for quarter of century. Sold by drug gists at 50 cents.
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-13

A useful addition was made recently to trust worthy data concerning the Fay Bridge disas- ter by the testimony of Sir George Airey, the British Astronomer Royal. This gentleman depesed before the EngIish Board of Trade that the valley of the Fay really makes kind ot tunnel for tine wind, and that a storm com ing down the river there would be of much greater force than anywhere else in the Brit ith Islands. A carriage, Sir George added, might easily be blown over by such wind as prevailed on the night of this disaster. bridge which was suspended would return to its original position when the wind pressure ceased, and therefore was much safer than bridge on high stilts. So far as it goes, this is reassuring with regard to the Brooklyn Bridge, or any &lnilar suspended structure. Yet, although suspension bridges may be com paratively safer in many given situations than other bridges, what is needed is that they should be. if this can be compassed, not con- paratively alone but positively safe; and to this end no precaution that human. ingenuity can devise should be omitted to put such struc- lures beyond all chance of following the dread full examples of the Firth of Fay and Ashta- bula
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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-13

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