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Russia died here this morning
MaximllirnrC- Observation-Disclosures Sophie
Marie was born the 27th Of july ISL SIZE VAS the
dan ;htcr Of Louis H.. Grand DLkc OF less. She
married April 10. ISL TO Alexander H.. Emperor OF
Russia and being admitted 10 the Greek Church. re-
ccivrd tho name of Marie A!rNLndrovna In baptism.
Her husband succeeded 10 the throne ut the death Of his
father the Emperor Nicholas L. February L. 1Sjj. Her
surviving children are the Grand Duke Alexander. heir
apparent tho Grand Duke Vladimir. the Grand
Duke Alexis, the Grand Duchess Marie, the wife
Of the Duko OF Ehnbursh, and the Grand
bake Paul OF these the Grand Duke Alexis visited
this country and is we'll known here The convcrs ion of
the Empress Marie to the Greek Church seems To have
been us much matter Of conviction rs OF public policy
She became exceedingly devoted to IFS creed and rI
tns and found III il consolation for tue many Ows
winch rInbitt cred llio which not long
IL has usually been supposed that the marriage Of the
Emperor Al xandcr and of tho Empress the result
Of pi Ofound mutual affection but the enlargement OF
the royal pair has long been well known The Emperor
expressed the prOOundrst respect for lis wife, but
declared that ho could not be happy In
her sOrcty; circumstance which he protested
exceedingly to regret Her health for lOEg tmo has
been In prrcariOus condition. She was greatly
under plirSil domination The death OF hcr eldest so"
NrAua MS In 1865 WAS blow from which she never re-
covered nor tho marriage Of her daughter, the
Grnrd Duchess Marie. 10 the Duke Of Edinburgh con-
snnn Win her religious feelings TIE Empress Marie
after passing time at Cannes tho French water.
ns-pucV, returned u few months ago 10 81 Petersburg
Shn went home dark ard troubled period of Russian
history and with little the condition Of the country
her mclancfOly. The palace was full Of slIs
PIGEONS OF plots and fears of transformations. Soon after
occurred the rIghtu cXpOslOif on the I'm Of Febr
airy, the Winter Palace, designed TO destroy thu En-
prror aud which resulted In the death severe wound
INK some seventy of the Imperial body guard At the
moment OF the catastrophe the EmpreSs was IN her
chamber asleep and she not awakened by IT, 1t has
been stated that the facts nj the tine successfully
concealed from herr but she was fully aware or the dang
era which surrounded the palace. and these must have
brought additional terrOrs To her dea-bed AT this time
her daughter the Duchess of Edinburgh was with her
| Tho personal character Of the Empress has been
varously represented. but II is oerinn that she was tx
crcdlngy religious, to the point OF bgOtry. that
she hn the love OF her husband, and that her life
| WINS cmbiltcred by great mIsfOrtlnes
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ANDERSoNAih s res dencc Boston. Mass, May 30ti the
Rufus Anderson u. L., LIZ d. IN the sth year Of his
T. ErrIiIn. IN the III year OF his age.
Funeral services at Presbyterian Church OF Rye. " " Oh
Train leaves tirGnI Central Depot 2:2o.
BEITT-At Raven wood. IL WelIe STAR June o Tbbe
Colonel J. W. Britt and youngest daughter Of lie
Fun raj ~"rvs resienc" of her mo.her webserave,
Cirria2'1 waiting Iunter's 70 Mt ferries.
mrrncnta lunt:gtOn L. SATURDAY. special By 10
a. M iran from Hunters Point.
CAPINAt Garden CITY, Julc 3, Elizabeth D. Kirk wife VI
srrlir,s at ,i.rdcn CITY. SATURDAY. 1850 I'm.
TIn raye Hunters Point At 10 =. Please omit flowers.
Albany papers p'ease copy
CU:,S rAN1At t. Louis. June Eliza sinclair. twlu
,iaigtrri of William = ana Mary Fuller tOnstdiL
services Christ Charca. lay Ridge. this lFriday)
steamer D. r. Martin leaves Whitehall ST at 2:25.
uAIAt his late residence No II West 3stst. this city
Relatives ana TRENDS family Invited
attend the funeral services on Jun, at Zion
Remains VIII be tlkcn To Greenwood fol 'ntermen'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at Hanover Morris Co. N. j.. June 2.
Relatives anil fri arc invited to aeni tho funeral
his late Residence on Sltuay June >, at ii oclocH a. M
Tram Barclay d. L. anu w. II. X, at
9lOA.
MURRAY This city Wednesday Iune William Scott
Murray. III tho 18th wear ~ his age. .. o.,
invited IL attend has funeral NJ The thuroh or
the AS Friday inornS tih inst at 0:jo Ocook
SKtV ESuddrn:v. Thursday lame 3, at Mount Holly.
y. j.. Grace infant daughter VI George H. anu oiaco
Funeral on saturday "ocipck at Mount Holly
sOMERVILE-un June s. James eldest child OF James and
FaieIH scry rr At the Of his parents West sGhst.
near Ei,rrsrlc.ayc.. On saturday at@p III.
WARMER f"ih"st. June . Mrs. Chlos Warner. widow
Of Apollo, " amer. pg,ai SO wears.
Fuliu No. East Saith ST.. At 23o y. H. Friday
Remains Will be taken to Plymouth Conn.
WIL>ON--At Mlcrs Place. June l. hlfrel Davi son Of
NJ ami MailI L. Wilson, aged months aud -
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RI-AINES ClIANCES.
TALK OF a GRANT CoMBINATioN WITH 1HF
FKENDs or EDHUNDS, rs BEHALF OF TIE
LAIIEg--NO srCn COMEINATlOH LkELY 10

y
FluENDs or EDHCNDs, rs BEHALF 0F HE
LAlIEg--NO SrCn CONVERSATIONS LIKELY 10
hULCLID.
10y TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNr.!
CnICAGO, June 3.-lhe tlhrd-icrm leaders seem
more anxious to-day than they were yesterday To
post ponc action on all questions which VIII lead to
q division of the Convention and an exhibition Of
their weakness In the morning session of the Con-
vcntIon they cyinccd willingness 10 let the anti
Grant men have their Own way III everything
rather than to measure swords with Them ANA count
of the PAL tsans on either side. What Tie Grant
men hone to gain by these delays Is diIcult to con-
lecture Every day and hour the current SEEMS Ia
be setting more and moro strongly against tho third
fern cause. Grant does not seem likely to get IA
mouv votes on Saturday as he would have bad
| Yesterday or to-day. This fact the tnfd-trim
leaders must perceive aud if they really had any
lingering hope of the nomination of General Grant.
il would seem to he their best policy to push bust
ness forward as rapidly possible and secure an
| early ballot But it is probable that the Grant men
do not now expect to secure his nomination. Their
anxiety Tor delay il probably due to the hoc tiu
if the voting for candidates Is postponed, p
| portunIty may turn up to make n combination
against Mr.. Blaine, and thus save something out of
| the wreck of their plans.
| There il no doubt thai secret negotiations havo
| Lecn made. That any of them have accomplished
any thing cannot be learned. The most talk during
| the last two three days among aO Out-ald-out
| opponents of Blaine has been in favor OF the nOmi-
nation of Edmunds The most effective Of all argu-
mcnts against Grant'E nomi nation has been that lie
| cOnld not possibly he elected. Now the Grant men
| are attempting to turn the same arRImcn: against
| Blaine thus far with very little success. Against
| the nomination of the ex-Presdcnt it has been
urged that lie could not carry Ncw-YOrlI. 10 prove
tins assertion the opinions of many Of the best liz
| formed Republicans in the State have been quoted,
| and the names Of long lists Of Republican voters
| who declare that they will not support Grant have
been exhibited No such assertions have been madc
| about Mr. Blane's candidacy. No organization Of
| Republican voters has been formed against HIM
No Republicans have signed paper agreeing to de-
| feat him il nominated. On tho other hand Senator
Blaines popularity in the Empire State is almost
universally recognized. 1t may be that no Republ
| can will carry the State Of Now-York next NOyem-
ber. 1t Is not necessary that tho thIrty-ive cleo
toral votes of that State shall be cast for u RoDubl
| can candidate III order That no may DO elected
although it would not be safe for the party to give
| up the State In GdVanOeI but II any Republican
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04
THE REV. W. II. MEGTE.

The funeral of the Rev. William H. Mcgee
who died In Brooklyn Monday, attended yester-
day afternoon by tho ev. r. f. Field and the Rev. W.
j. Bridges. Mr. Mege was born In New-YOrk In 1913.
He VIVA graduated from the University Of the City Of
New.York aud the Union Theological Seminary. For
Stamford Conn, West Milford. N. j., aud Oak Ridge n
J.. ue was compelled to give ZIP preaching from Ill
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MILLIONS LOST IN IRON.

SUSPENSION OF HERMAN LISSBERGER.
LIABILITIES OVER TWO MILLIoNs-EFFECT OF TIE
DECLINE IN PRICEs-EXCITEMRNT IN THE IRON
TRADE-BANK5 THE PRINCIPAL CREDITORS.
The firm Of Herman Lissberger, metal merchant
and importer. of No. 257 Pearl-st, suspended pay
ment on Wednesday. The liabilities are between
two and three millions. The creditors are few and
are principally banks one of which has claim of
over half million. The suspension is ascrbed to
the heavy decline in iron.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04
WILLIAM SCOTT MURRAY.

William Scott Murray, one of New-YOrk's
old merchants, died Wednesday night, and yesterday
the Gag OF the Maritime Exchange was hung ut half
mast in respect 20 his memory. Mr.. Murray was an
Engishmanj no came to this city In 1885, and estab-
lshed the rm of Laurence, Murray Ingae, importers
of rngs and paper stock. or this rm Mr.. Murray had
been The sole survivor for some time previous to his
death lilo was unmarried and Is reported to have beer
glp
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.U.jRRIEU.
ADAMS-NILLER-O

ADAMS MILTER-On Wednesday evening, Juno Q, at the
tho Holy Trinity by the RI. Rev. T. r. Jaeger
Bishop Of SOutltrn OHIO. Samuel Francis Adams OF Now
York AGec lie COdnt, dpGger II the late Leonard r.
Mil or. esq, Of Sew ROcacllc.
ATTERBURY-JONES-O On Wednesday, June ga st Johns
Church WayerY, Nd. by the Rev j. :. b. Hodges d. d.,
Aunp cary Randolph. daughter OF William SrOther jones'
Of Virginia, TO j. Turner AteT5ury.
MISUNDERSTANDING wednesday. Jnne 2, at the rest
brides brOtaer the Rcv. q. W. Blagicn d.
d. BOSTON sarah OF tho late Alden Samp-
son. Of this city, to Thomas Biagien.
uENING-MA RITZ SO-On Wednesday June g 1890. at the
red"In ~ the brics mother Nv the Rev " f. smith, d.
D. Jam, W Henug TO Isabella a.. daughter Of the late
steulien Martini all OF Brooklyn No cards.
PYNE -SrOCKrON-On Wednesday, June2 at st Michae's
Chuc 1rcaon. Nj bv the 1T. kev Bishop Scarborough
ayiOr Pync Of New York. TO MaIgareta, daughter
Of 10. ctt L. Stockton Of Trenton.
THURSDAY, Tune s. az tile First
Presbyterian church Of Est0n Penu By tha Rev Frank
T. Miller Harry g. l:nnKe 10 Jeanac Gray daughiero tue
lat James +. Randolph
SCUMID-KEIIER-O Wednesday, juno q 1880 at the
rescnc OF the BRIDES parents by the Rev. Mr. Bourne OF
Patrrs,n Henry Seminal % Emna Louise, daughter
OF j. y. Keller est, all If this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04

TRIBUNE OFFICE, Juno A, a. m-The changes in the
yesterday slight, the tendency being up
ward Clear and partly cloudy weather prevailed The
temperature ranged between $40 and73o the average
tG23s being 4so lower than the corresponding day
last year. and Gloo higher than on Wednesday,
Clear partly cloudy and warmer weather may De
exprctcQ tO-lJy IN this city and vicinity.
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LATEST SHIP NEWS.

PORT OF NEW K...ARRIVED JUNE3.
ship Thercse Share Liverpool May to Thomas Dunhams
Nephew & co.
aIk Framnes NOr Larsen. Galway 90 days. in ballast to
order.
Bark (Ia), MaZzclla, Girgenti 70 days.
with SULPHUR TO Srager BIOS 49,.
Bark Orus Pembroke. Shackford Sagua days. with
sIg t;rnnp Mnturn Co; vessel 10 Io;;, Son Co.
Srhr Tampc HOnhO BaIac0a 10 DAYS with fruit ~ Co
* Pearsal vessel TO J WEINBERG u TO-
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MIDNIGHT WEA THEIR REPORT
Indications.

orthc Middle Atlantic States. stationary or falling
barometer, variable WINDS mostly sOuthery, warmer
clear partly cloudy weather.
For NewEngland stationary or rising, followed by
falling barometer, winds mostly south to west warmer,
partly cloudy weather. possibly occasional local rain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04
TIE END NOT UNTIL SATURDAY.

TIKI LONG CONTESTS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON
CREDENrIALs-A MEETING or IHE NATIONAL
COMMITTEE.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIDUNEI
CHICAGO, June 3.-There Is now every indication
that tho National Convention will not adjourn
until Saturday. At 3 o'clock tins afternoon tho
Committee on Credentials had just taken up the
Kansas case. having disposed of the Alabama con-
test and of that in Illinois. except In ono district
in which the vote was postponed until some papers
could be procured. After the Kansas case Is dis
posed Of there will be the contests In Pennsylvania
Louisiana and West Virginia to BIO settled, and
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health In 1874. and removed to Brooklyn His survv-
ing family Includes wife and four children. The In
terment was at BoOntOn, N. j.
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Ready This Morning

THE SEMI-WEE.KLY TRIBUNE,
Prco IN wIaJpets ready for mainy i've p,r c'1r
one copy one year IS copies Sill copies All JLs
extra t25 Postage ali FREQ TO the subscriber
Address
THE TRIBUNE.
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reasons 'IIub Punch" has had, Is now hav.
ing wl continue 10 have large SALE Nothing but the
hest u IL used In none but the glcSs
grades and lines used, and No Cranulaet
sgr ready at all times is equally good hot
rOd climate and for EXCURSIONS. lunch, din.
evening ates Is an essential c0npan0p park q
Ill ord AcKer Neral & COnGit and all gf0Cers sell It.
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5pcrlal NoElces


A.-Thcro was q great Doctor named Mills.
Made famous by cutting tIc chills-
lie cured every
miles %. his plaza.
WITH CASES \ NJ JIBER PILLS.
Keep the blood cool and thu bra clear by the use OF
TAKKtNI'S SELTZER APERIENr
On Ice.- Luxurious ana hrahful HOFFS MALT EN-
TK.Nt 4 invailS and cOnvaeScrnts TARRANT & ca.
sole Agents Beware of counter. cits
Post Onca NOIicc. .
Tho foreign mats Tor tlr WAX entinR SATu VDAI
June g. 1880 will close at this nii" o. TUESDAY. II G30
M Europe. by Stetnsip wyoming. VIA QI"nst0"n;
WEDNESDAY, ut 10 4. M. tor Europe b. stei nslnp
luna. Queenstown correspondence Tor france ihlSs
by steamship Pcrrirr Ilavlc On THURSDAY at ii l.
NJ Europe By steamship CITY Of Btussrs VA 'slePn
CORR socnre for Germany AM France mast Os
specially aldrvssrd and at 1 a H., iO: France" Germany
dc. by steamship Le>Sng via PlvnOuth CnrrulIr: snd
Hamburg correspondence for GItat Britain aud the CONT
M tor GERMANY Nc., steamship en. via southampton
AMI Bremen tcnrrcSpoacncr tIca Britain aud the COn
nfnt specially addressed and It IL ~ fJr Eur pc ~
Steamship Britannia QternS,Own correspondence ior
Oani specially Addressed AMI at Il me- ipr scot
land direct steamship Bolivia via glasgow OH ~ NDNf.
burg. mas Denmark. sweden amt Norwly ara dis
patched by Hamburg AMI Born steamers only lho aus
Tor AspinwAll ana south Pacific leave New O"& MAY ~.
Tho mails for Newfoundland leave NCwlOlk June aih l.
Ire mails for Iiayu leave Newf0rk June The malls toe
Havana Ncw-YOrk June 2ant The mails oi Mexico
leave New York rne mails St Pierre Miguel
iraye Nrw.YoiK IuIc Ihe mails for Nassau. n. p leave
81 wYOrK The mails for the West IL lice Praz and
ArgeuIiuc Republic NewlOrk june D. The mails or
On francesca June IL The mails
AustIl.I &c. san Fran $50 July 5.
THuS. L. JAhE5 PostuI,,:
Eer Nnrr
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ANrI.GRANT DELEGATES TO BE SEATED.


CHICAGO juno 3.-lt the conclusion of
tic hearing Of the Illinois contests i'll
the Committee on Credentials, at o'clock this
morning. the vote on the contest in the With Dis.
trict of Alabama taken. resulting in favor o! Il
report to admit Governor Smith and Willard War
ner. the contestants, by vote of 81 to 13.
General Raum. member Of the committee, who
also acted chairman of !he Springfield Conycn-
ton, then addressed the committee at length on the
Illinois contest. The committee finally adjourned
at O'clock until II O'cOcl; to-day without reach
ing a vote on the Illinois
This afternoon the committee voted to admit
sixteen contcstng delegates from the ISt. lid,
WITH, With, With, Nth, Nth and NVllth
Congressional Districts o. Illinois, and passed con-
tests in the Id and XIIth Districts, 10 allow
General Raum to produce further facts concerning
them.
The Committee next considered the contests III
the Id and lid Kansas Districts. and voted
27 to 10 to@admit the Grant delegates from
both districts A recess was then taken until &
O'clock. when the Louisiana case WAS TO be taken
At 10 O'clock tonight the committee had,
by n nearly unanimous. vote, decided To
report in favor of admitting the War
moth delegation from LouSlana: They have
decided contests in the cases If ~ delegates, OF
whom they have given Grant twenty ami the other
candidates 27. which action, it is claimed, as an
evidence of judicial fairness.
L0ter-The action of the Committee on Gre
dentials, so far. as known, Will take
three votes from Grant in Alabama
and sixteen in Illinois and give HIM four III Kansas
aud seven or eight III Louisiana.
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Rupture Radically Cured by Dr. Marsh's treatments
~ years practical experience Oce veseyst Asor HousA
opposite ST. Paul's Church. No uptown branch.
Structure Impotence ani Diseases Of tho Generaye OF
gas radically speed ourei H. urs, to aud %
HENRY a. DANIELS III Lex 1gon ave- near 21tn 81
Warning.
Patents Issued 10 US completely covering tbs
nroresa OF Iry Copyipg. as f0ows May loth l0eO Ma
227, 02o ind June lsL 1880 No. 2?5, 49,.
Thel eure parties using geaiine copying pau wnou2
our license Infringing our rights and win DO prosecutea
The HesiosTap6 now only apparatus for dry copying
'-' "a and "a Church a., N. Y.
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TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

The diagram aionca variations n IBIS city BY ten,hs
lines divisions Of time for the "a hours
Inc the oscla'onsby
the during thosc Lou Thebroken dot line represents s
indicated by the Thermometer 1t H1dnus
Pharmacy, Broadway
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gate from that State rose and said he wished to vote
in the negative.
The chairman said " If the gentleman wishes to
vote no his vote will be received and recorded
Applause in the galleries.
When Kentucky announced "a yeas, q deIegate
rose and said there were four " StalWarts from
that State who desired their votes recorded In Tue
negative. Applause and misses because Oh Cne ueIe'
gates excited and boisterOus manner 49,.
The chairman ruled that all debate on anythIhB
else than correction of the vote was out or order
The chairman of the Kentucky delegation then
rose and said he would give the names OF the four
delegates, but lust then Mr.. COnkng went up to
hun said aud word which led HIM to fOrcgo his pur-
pose and take his seat Then the four kcntucky
delegates stood up their chairs III the presence VI
the Convention amid great applause. Inc vote Oh
Kentucky was then recorded as follows: Yeas, ~;
navs, 4. o,,.
When New-York was reached Mr. Conkling,
under instructions by the delegation, cast the vote
of the State, as follows: Yeas, AZ nays, -;
The chairman announced tho result as 1OloWs'
Yeas. 31S; nays, 4OG. So Mr. Snarpcs amenG-
lncnt was rejected. The announcement was re-
ccIved with tumultuons applause and cheers. =,
The votes of 80 delegates were not cast as 1oi-
lows: Louisiana, Is; Massachusetts, z PehnSYi-
vania, 4 South Carolina. Virginia, .; anu l
each in Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, MISSISSIPPI
and Tennessee.
The question recurring on tho original motion
MIR. Brandcgcc, of Connecticut. said he rose IN Ing
interests of order, harmony and peace. ne hiu
voted against the amendment just rejected, put ne
Thought there was fair understanding III 'nc
Committee on Rules that the report should not be
made until after that Of the COmmttee on Crcdcii-
tials. He moved 10 lay OH the table the pend
ing motion instTuctng the latter committee tOreiOrt
with q view to adjOurning until tomorrow morn
ing. The motion TO table was agreed to, and the
COnvention on motion of Mr.. Metcalc, of Illinois,
adjourned mt $40 until tomorrow morning at III
O'clock.
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OBIYr IL I.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ST. PETERSBURG, June 3.-The Impress Of
RIIssn died here this mOInlrg.
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Al notice7 Of ifariags, mutt, ihiJrD! cEi fIl
EaEnc and address.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-02-13
Rn1es I'm Home 7lTo.fion-

From your children's s earliest infancy,
inculcate the necessity oS instant ODE
dienee.
Unite irmness with gentleness. Let
your children always understand that
you mean what you say.
Never promise them anything unless
you are quite sure you can give them
what you say.
If you tell a little child to do some
thing, show him how to do it, and see
that it is done
Always punish your children for viii
fully disobeying you, but never punish
them in anger.
you, or make you lose your self-com-
mand.
If they give way to petulance or Ill
temper, wait till they are calm, and then
gently reason with them on the impro-
priety of their conduct.
Remember that a little present pun
ishment when the occasion arises is
much more efectual than the threaten
ing Of greater punishment should the
fault be renewed.
Never give your children anything be-
cause they cry for it.
On no account allow them to do at
one time what you have forbidden, IN
der the same circumstances, at another.
Teach them that the only sure and
easy way to appear good IS to be good.
Accustom them to make their little
recitals with perfect truth.
Never allow of tale.bearing.
Teach them self-denial, not selfindul-
gence of angry and -resentful spirit.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-02-13
Take Care Of the Forests.

More enlightened than their Christian
successors, the Moors, in their time took
special care of the forests The Arabs
were always remarkable for the wise
precautions they took for the preserVa-
ton of water sources and the distribution
of this element of life and fertility. The
island of Sicily to this day is covered
with aqueducts, sUbterTanean and super
terraneaa, which they build to convey
the outhOWing of the mountain springs
to the adjacent districts. If Palermo
now has an abundant supply Of water, It
is owing to the Arab Calphs, and not to
the Christian dynasties that at various
times ruled the fortunes of that insular
paradise.
During the Arab domination in Spain,
the mountain forests were protected By
the most stringent legislation, and care
was taken to preserve a proper proper
ton between woodland and hIable soil
All these wholesome regulations were
annulled when the Moors were expelled
from Spain. The dry countries Of the
east, where prolific plains have been
converted into deserts, and vast tracts
once dotted oyer,,With pOpuloUs cities,
have now no other tenants than q few
tribes of nOnadic Arabs, were originally
thickly wooded. Progressively with the
disappearance of the woods, the natural
resources declined. Wherever, accOr-
ding to we'll informed writer, statistical
records have been preserved, 1t is proved
beyond the possibility of a doubt, that
the misfortunes of the desolate regions
of the east commenced with the disap-
pearance of their arbOreal Vegetation.