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New-York tribune., 1880-02-15
4 QUESTION EASILY SETTLED.

There is no need of prolonged discussion
or argument in the case OF the Poncds, now
before the committee at Washington. The
reports of ,he officials who committed the ou:-
rage state the case for the lndians more
rOrcibly than they could do it.
First-Commssioner Iiayt says CReport for
1879, u. 467): By 6lsadel ia making the
Sioux Treaty in 1868, 10000 acres belong
ing to the PoncaS were ceded TO the Sioux.
The negotiators had no right whatever to
make the cession.
Sec7nd-The Secretary says (Report, 1S79l
The P0ncaS were gTiovously wTonged bT their
removal to the Indian Territory, their old
reservation having, By mistake, been trans
ferred to the Sioux.
TMrd-The agent report. 1870 states:
The title to the old Ponca Reservation i'll
Dakota still remains in the Poncas, they
having signed no papers relinquishing their
title.
In brief, the settlement and old homes OF
these people, comprising cultivated farms and
comfortable houses, churches and schools
built with their own hands, are occupied 10y
few of the Sioux, who. being friendly with the
P0ncaS, occupy them unwilhngly, and lave
offered to give them up at once. The P0ncas
are still in the malarOus district where the
Pawnees lost 500 out of 2,376, and the
Poncas 200 out of 700, with the exception of
80 who are sheltered 10y the friendly
Omahas. Their condition was stated clearly
enough by one OF their chiefs
Tue greatest friend we lave COW Is the plough The
game is gone. From the ground the indian must 1--we
It tells lies The Indians moi blind thar they
cauno see nor they cannot think. We agreed
years ago that would learn TO plough TO raise cattle,
horses pigs-ail kinds OF STOCK that W. would buid
our word We butt houses. fnrmed. raised stock.
houses no farms no stock. We prisoners ana we
have never committed any crime
The removal Of these people was as tyrann
cal and brutal an outrage as the Punishment
of any Russian subject to Siberia Let the
people Of the United States distinctly under
stand that our Indian Commissioner has pre-
cisey the same power 10 take property, 20
starve burn and kill unquestloned, as has the
Car of Russia. and that he has used his power
as freely We are much mistaken If there will
not be change here. and that speedily As for
the Ponca banisbment, that is a robbery and
outrage which still continue There is no need
of prolonged argument over il by the Commit
tee. The country understands the facts in The
case. There is the land; there are the men
who own it. Send them back TO it. Then let
us promptly see TO it that such outrages are
made impossi bic for the future.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15
FL0UfES .IyD FESTIVlL&.

Flowers know no season of pcnitence or penance.
ana they viii bud and bloom in these subdued lenen
DAYS a. brightly az they do when the fashionable
world Is i'm is maddast whrl OF social Gayety. But
the nor,t cannot sell when he can find no Dnyers'
and ne revenue from his greenhouses Is cut Oh
short when the demand for floral decoration comes
to an abrupt end on that serious Wednesday. tho
girs ,;pfr1a. when tire frivoty and delirIum OF
wordiress give place TO the ashes OF sadness and
contrtion
Altogether. it is "A trying time for those
dra ers iu beauty aud Fragrance, and IT Is hardly
n,afaeious to assume that when at Easter
tide all the churches blossom ont atrcsh
in .'cernal green aud virgin white" the
commercial lorist among his fellow-ChuStians
celebrates the festival with peculiar delight. just
now the prices o. cut lowers have fallen on fully
80 pei cent aud if the supply sustained 10 its
fnll moa~ure IL could rot b. disposed of at these
low rates Bat forculrure has been reduced to an
exact science. and active growth Is restrained III
preparation for coming need. With hyacinths, mar
cissuse. and other bulbs whose entire bloom IS
taken at single cutting, the process is simple.
These plants are kept in cold houses until about
twelve days before Easter. and hen brough to the
warmth and light so that they viii be at their
best when called lof. Other plants, Ike callas
and carnations, are kept slowly vegetatng and
forced into luminous growth during the last
fortnight of Lent. Then they cut from
day to day, and the blooms stored away In a
dark cellar and kept just aoOve the freezing point.
In this condition they remain fresh and fragrant for
a long time until they are brought forth 70 perish
with the using.
Perhaps the unusual quantity of the cut flowers
sold during thc present Winter, and the high prices
they have commanded. should be considered as an
Indication Of comfortable tunes in the business
world rather than proof of growing love for the
beautiful. But certain 1t l. that these products
have never in this city commanded such a ready
sale AT such remuucratye figures during holiday
week wholesale dealers sold JacqurmnOt roses at
JOpcr hundred winch IN former years brought only
500 Current trade roses Ike the Douglass, Safrano
and Bon Silcuc sold ut $l5 per hundred as against
= 10 year ago. The same increase o prices has held
among other standard stock, like carnations and
yiolcts, and especially among flowers Of the fashion
able yrllow shades lt is noteworthy, too. that cut
flowers have been 50 profitable in spite Of the fact
that palms, dracDnas aud other tropical plants
growing in pois beginning TO be freely used as
decorations The beauty of form. after all, is OF
higher type than the beauty of color, and yet 1t
would seem that improved taste cannot well dis
pense wiih either.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15
PERSONAL.

The daughter of the wealthy Senator Sharon is
adniringly described rs having sweet childlike
face and gentle manners, and rs dressing with the
greatest simplicity, entirely without jewery.
MI. John Ruskin is said to be a student of snakes,
ANA TINS fact VIII make doubly interesting the lee
ture which he will give in London on ST. Parick's
Day--the lecture being appropriately entitled, 81
Caution To snakes
Mile. Rosa Bonheur has just received from the
King of Spain a commanders cross of the Royal Or
der of Isabella the Catholic. distinction not only
eminent on ITS own account, but because II is the
first instance of the KIND IN SPAN.
Lady Ramsay. the wife of the unsuccessful cand-
date for Parliament from Liverpool. went heartily
into politics for her husbands sake. She worked
en- thusiasticaily in his cause, aud became an lm-
meuse iayorIte with the electors, who checrod her
warmly whenever she appeared
Miss Charlotte A. Scott. of Girton College, Cam
bridge may permit herself to wear smile OF modest
triumph when IN tue pIeSence of the Iyrant, Man.
Sho has obtained the position OF Equal to the
EIGHTH WranylerD in the Mathematical Iripos at
Cambridge. lhus far the highest place won by any
lady student has been among the Senior Optlmes
Second Glass;.
The Emperor William. feeling the weight of his
years extremely dslikcs to have hls son, the Crown
Prince, leave him even for short journeys. His
Majesty who has hitherto borne the tatigues of the
Court season remarkably wei. astoniShes every
body by his freshness and vigOr. He is said to be
far from pleased at the early close OF TINS years
festivities. which terminated rather prematurely,
owing to the speedy commencement OF Lent.
The late Mr.. Roebuck left will which is some
what remarkable, considering that he :" was ali
Engl:shman" Englishmen do not often leave unre-
seryedly all their property to their wives and this
is exactly what Mr.. Roebuck did. He desires that
there shall be no mistake he means everything be
shall die possessed of; and he begs his wife, in like
daughter. Henrietta Zpporah Roebuck, but he does
not order her to do so.
Mr. Toole has nearly recovered from his recent
severe illness and has returned to his work On the
first night of his temperance the theatre was
crowded and the audience burst into loud applause
before he got in sight upon the stage. his voice
being recognized rs he approached "AhT he said
TO n friend on returning TO his dressing room after
the first act that did me more good than wilder
ness of doctors, an ocean of lotions and o square
acre of Brighton air."
Frederick Won Bodenstedt. the German poet, was
the object of two school receptions at Louisville the
other day. FIRST he saw and heard about 500 cher
,bs singing. aud told them how glad he to meet
them and to know that music formed part of their
instruction; then he rected poem in German.
After this he was taken to the Girls High School
where he became even more enthusiastic, making
a long speech, and expressing the JOY he felt at
viewing this great and growing country of which he
had heard and read much.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15
GENERAL NOTES.

The daily republican newspaper, advertised
TO be sold In another column, is old paper in i'm
portsnt interior In this State There is doubt
that competent man could make II valuable property
The State of Nebraska has issued a pamphlet
with q map, descriptive of IT'S SOIL climate, resources
and general advantages This pamphlet may be OBJ
tained upon application to the state Department at
Lincoln.
Some relics of a privateer fitted out at Saint
Mao In 1747. which sank the roadstead OF Morlaix
Vinisterre), have lately been recovered by Captain
Guerin. OF the PlonRuer He has brought TO land three
anchors, twelve cannon bell. some cannon balls,
number OF boarding sabres. pistols etc. He was
obliged TO suspend his operations account OF bad
her. but puposed resuming them at the first oppor
tunity.
An individual who had formerly been in
business stockDroker, lately died ut Lyons. leaving
fortuue OF 100000 france Will written enrely In
his hand found, under which the deceased left
his property among his brothers and nephews Just
they were congratulsrng one another on THAR luck
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15

however, second testament 10 light annullng>
the first and constituting OF his nephcws, young
man named Malgras, completely uneduc ited plough
man, at MonteInar his sole heir. Malggas Ia said to
have been dazed to have lost his power OF speech
during two days. fears being indeed entertained for
reason.
A correspondent of The London Times writes
that In Western Europe the Of the weather Mt tn
Feast OF the Conversion Of St. Paul was for centuries re
garded rrognostcang the character or
otherwse-o the whole year. The forecast was couched
in the following
Clara dies PAUL. bona tempora denotat apni
81 mix vel puvia designat tempora cara;
81 tant nebul8. pereunt annaa qu9Que;
81 fant venti. designat prea GENT.
The return of the number of wolves and
other Wild animals killed last Winter In France has just
been published and shows the following results:
Wolves, 402; young wolves, 1873; fOxes, 6,77I;
badgers, 036 wild boars. 5328 IL Ia supposed that
the returns for the present Winter will show vast
crease in the number of slaughtered wolves, In
quence OF the exceptional severity of the weather Most
OF the wolves which perish in France slain by the
ouveterle. special body charged with that duty. UE-
der the ancient regime the Grand L0uyeer OF Franco
having been abolished during the Revolution, was
estab-hd by Napoleon /. There are now in France
4S2 eutenans OF lOuveterc, who keep up az their
expense a considerable staff OF beaters and 1896
hounds.
California naturalists say that nature has
played strange freaks among the eatoered tribes
this Many birds have laid aside their usual
plumage and donned hite female WdgeOn brought TO
sau Francisco recently from the San Joaquin River Ola
bright chocolate color the breast While the back OF
an ashen hue mud-hen shot at Borden Island about
two months ago was notified the back having white
spots scattered through the usual coat OF black The
breast was OF bhsh cast. with small white feathers
lnlermixed The aud sides OF the head were blue
and white A pair OF valley quail, recently shot at
searsye, San Mateo County were white all over the
body with the exception of the markings the breast
which retained their wOnted color. brown and white
saltmarsh ran killed at Alviso few months ago, Is an
before beard of, Datufasts
say. small cottOntai rabbit was recently shot in the
sandhls back Of the Golden Gate Park that was per-
feet albiuO.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15

"world or the glory Of them if he will do wrong
instead of right. But be does think that be
sees how little trickery and a course OF shifty
dealing would insure him better wages, or
moro customers, or double the number OF
subscribers to bis paper He will never be
asked to fall down and pay homage to any
visible devil but lie is tempted every day to
cover up wrong and corruption in his party
in society, in himself, and to respect them as
Justice and purity; he will find himself every
day clubbing a lie as the truth, and
showing off impudence and meanness on
the world as real merit. And the times
when he will be most fercely tempted to make
this false show. to play the thief or the
"trickster and lar,' will be when he is an
hungared with long fasting hom the good
things of this world when he is tired of
living scantily, OF seeing his children so shah
blly clothed. and his wife bespattered with
the mud from Dves's chariot wheels. The
devil shrewdly knows just when to come now,
as he did eighteen centuries ago.
If this season of Lent gives an opportunity
for men and women to gather themselves to-
cether to face him, and. with Gods help,
TO make answer to these temptations OF his,
the season will have fulfilled Its purpose
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15
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THE LENT or 1870

We notice that with each year the 0bserv-
ance OF Lent becomes more marked feature
IN the religious world. There are more fast
ing and church going in the denominations
that think it right to keep it, and it is at last
treated with grave respect. instead Of ridi-
cule by those who do not. It is now, too,
kept by 80 large a class in our great cities
that its beginning produces marked effect on
the outside world, through the markets. retail
trades. the theatres and the large number of
people who live by catering to the whIms and
amusements of the fashionable circles.
Nobody can doubt that much practical,
downright good can be accomplished by the
observance of such season, even in the most
ceremonious, formal way. II is n wholesome
change for q woman who fills UP forty six
weeks of the year with the society of her
fellow creatures to spend six in going to
church with the vague idea OF making
the acquaintance of her God, even
though she does it for no better reason
than that it is considered " the thing" to do.
The higher her motive III church. gong, the
more wholesome. of course, will be its effect.
The TRIBUNE, as secular observer, how
ever. would venture to hint that church-gong
is not keeping Lent any more than it is keep
ing Sunday. In fact, our Saviour, in that first
Lent, did not go to church at all, but was
voluntarily alone in the desert. He went
there to be alone with his God and that i'm
mortal power of Evil, who is living yet
BY His temptation there is figured that
supreme moment which comes to every man
some time, whether he seek for it or not, when
his soul faces itself alone, and answers the
awful questions Why it came9 What it is
doing in the world 7 Is it fighting for the
Evil or the Goods The essential point in
keeping Lent is, then, not that man shall
eat potatoes instead of beef, or shall stay at
home and play whist instead of gong
as usual to the theatre, or that
his wife shall 90 to mathis and noon service
and vespers every day, but that they shall ask
themselves these questions and answer them
honestly before God. Busy men and hard
worked mothers of families no doubt find the
church service and the quiet help to such
examination. But do not let them mistake the
means for the end.
1t was wisely done, in the orignators of this
season. to found it on the SaviOur's tempta-
ton. Every man should take those offers of
Satan and apply them to his own life. No
matter how insignificant or commonplace that
life may be, the temptations are the same in
spirit. He is not offered the Kingdoms of the
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THE BRITISH ~ 1914.

Mr.. Smaley predicts another British Pro-
tectorate ia Asia. The rumors respecting the
occupation OF Herat by Persian troops aud 4
secret treaty whereby the active cooperation
of Great Britain is expressly guaranteed have
been contradicted by Lord Beaconsticld-
which may be strong reason for accepting
them without more ado-but the leading Eng
Iish journal has declined 10 qualify is posi-
tive statements. and the conviction Is
strengthened that new pledges have been
made and additional responsibilities incurred.
He,at is a centre of Eastern tradc on the
western frontier of Afghauistan. II is within
few weeks march Of Mcrv, the
objective point of the military enter
prise of the Russians which resulted
SO dsastrously last Summer. Merry lies
in the neutral zone between Aighanistan
ard Bokhara, which il n yassal state OF the
Northern Power. Both Balkh and Badaksl'an
formerly paid tribute TO Bokhara, but have
recently been brought into closer relation
with Afghauistan. If Russia extends its con-
qnests in the South. Merv will be the princi-
pal point Of attack, and the security OF llerat
will be menaced. If Lord Beaconsheld en-
courages Persia ~ take possession of the
stionghold in advance, he must pledge the
material resources of Great Britain III any
frontier campaign with Russia which may
ultimately arse.
The magnitude of the engagement is
startling, but this is not the first time
he has made pretentious promises and got
nothing whatever for the risks. His aim
seems to he to commit England IN advance
to a policy of aggression and hazard in Asia
and all Tor the sake of temporary flourish
of trumpcts.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15

Byron said in bis Italian diary Your only true
hppocTene is GIN" There "A literary fellow m Eng
land who has found another viz. BadalPs Shropshire
Relish. lie has written n lctter rcdoent of graft
tude to the proprietor Of that Invaluable sauce.
which the gratifcd grocer naturally prints as a
testimonial likely to improve It's sale. Tho writer
signs himself THE Author of Grace Darling
Harriet Stanton The Wreck Of the Royal Char
ter etc, ctc."-works. doubtless OF prodigious
merit, which, we Tievo 10 say, We have never
heard of before. Tho literary fellow begins with
n candid admission: "My scdcutary habits as a
writer for the magazines very often make
me peeyIsh with my meals, but the Shropshire
Relish always brings me TO-" lie doesn't say to
what il brings him. but my appetite may
be understood. Then he wakes eloquent " Have
n hot joint-the Relish enriches itl Cold meat It
makes exceedingly tasty; with soup IT is charm
mgr Even when there is no JOINT no cold meat
no soup or If there were. when the literary fellow
cannot stop to cai them because the press is wait
ing for natter he sleeps roll IN the Relish. and
80 B,akes very good mdkc-shit for dinner" There
is only ono thing which the Relish cannot do for the
gifted magazine wIitcr-it cannot cure him of writ
ing slip-slop, from talking about being "pecvish
with hls meals" about "beng brought to-" and
about tasty and paatable cold meat Perhaps
when " the press is waiting" little of the Relish
might prevent the pressman from swearing.
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15

If one japanese notion should come to us, as
many Yankee notions have gone to Japan, old
age would have terror to the sensitive Think
of receiving eighty original poems of tho congratu-
latory sort upon ones eghtieth birthday To be
4" sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every
thing" would be nothing TO such melancholy
metrIcal infiction Yet this was just what hap
pened to unfortunate old lady, Mrs. Iva Kura,
in Japan. She is the mother one of the digni-
tarles of the Empire and when she came to four
score years fourscore poets forwarded to her as
many copies of verses. The whole mob of j apanese
ladies' and gentlemen who write with ease. penned
stanzas in honor of the anniversary. Even her
Japanese Majesty. the Queen, threw off little
lyric in which Mr.. Iva Kura was likened to that
long g-lived bird, the stork. The venerable dame is
not said to have read all the poems-nothing so
bad as that happened-but she had every one of
them pasted pair of scrAAD.@ aud at I'M in her
New-York tribune., 1880-02-15

been regarded by the Clerical party as an IN
pardonable offence against the Roman Church
If one of the greatest monarchs in French
history could decide off hand that Paris was
"worth a mass" this mercurial Prince-Pre-
tender can afford, after many months OF seri-
ous reflection, to make his peace with the
Church. 1t was undoubtedly step which his
pious wife desired him to take, but politicians
rather than confessors have been his religious
mentors. From this time forth the head OF
the Bonapartes will have the prayers, sympa-
thies and political influence OF the french
clergy. The fantastic Count de Chambord,
who used to round out each new proclama-
tion to the Legitimists with some snch edity
ing phrase as France cannot perish because
"Christ loves herr has been abandoned by
the Clerical party as an utterly impraeticable
candidate for the Restoration. Prince Napol-
con is now theiI favorite.
The English Liberals have been utterly
routed in another by-electiOn. At South
wark there were party divisions and two
rival candidates, but the Cor Seryative has
clear majority over both. Our London
correspondent telegrapks that the Liberals
now admit that if a dissolution be ordered
at once the country will return Con-
selvative majority. 1t is tolerably certain
that Lord Beaconsficld has not had so good
an opportunity of appealing to the constitu-
encies since his return in triumph from Be.-
lin. The Liverpool aDd Southwark confess
indicate that there is no popular revolt
against his policy. The magnificent reception
accorded to AIf. Gladstone III the North
tempted the Liberals to anticipate with con-
fidence a speedy return TO power. Their
eation was premature. The dissolution may
be ordered any day, and the Conservatives.
Notwithstanding the va agarieS and high cost OF
their foiegn policy. will undoubtedly succeed
in entrenching themselves in Office for another
long term.