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The sun promises to give another exhibi-
tion OF gigantic storm forces this week. For
two or three weeks his disk has been com para
lively free from spots. but on Friday they
showed themselves again in large numbers.
picturesquely arranged in several rows. Evil
IDENTITY period OF unusual disturbance has
again set in. and rare views may be expected
with good telescopes. Whether these sun
storms have any connection with Prophet
NESNoR's predicted rough weather for this
month is very interesting question. that can
not at present be definitely answered.
Mercury became q morning star on Thurs
day. to keep Mars company. All the other
planets are grouped in the evening sky. Venus
now shines high above Jupiter and Saturn. but
in May she will be again in conjunction with
them in the morning sky.
This is the season for the Zodiacal Light, one
OF the most mysterious phenomena in the
heavens. 1t may be seen some time after sun
down streaking up in tho west, and reaching
more than half way to the zenith.
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Report OF the Com ssioner of Public Works
rs to Light, Water, &c.

Commissioner Of Public Works Hubert O.
Thompson in his report to Mayor Grace for the months
OF October November and December 1880 says that the
total expenditures for the quarter amounted to saOl
a25 81 OWN. TO the insufficient flow OF the Croton
River gallons of water drawn from the
storage reservoirs and lakes The number OF street
lamps was increased to 23.5ll.
The total expenditure for the 1890 g o33,
t4184 The for 1873 was 81 s26 7is47 and
for 1879 s.. $40 1888 ST.
Twenty three miles OF new water pipes were laid and
$50 new are hydrants were set There sos
mile, Of pipes and 6,o47 hre hydrants Four thousand
water meters now IN and by them II Is arncd
that railroads use the most water the docks next
next then breweres, manufacturing establishment
stables and gas companies in order The aqueduc
ming at its full capacity carries water enough to supply
the city but In cold weather when the gre
the reservoirs have to be drawn upon.
Twelve miles OF new pavement were laid. The city
has now S33h miles OF paved streets The extent OF
sewerage is $40 10 miles. with 1873 receiving basins
The report that the experiment OF lighting Broad
from Fourteenth to Thirty fourth street with
light proves satisfactory far quantity and briancy
OF light concerned but further tests required to
establish the constancy OF the light
The public buildings IN good condition, excepting
Fulton. washingion Clinton and jefferson Msrkets
for business even olsraoie i'll appearance by ordinary
The total receipts OF the department e5I 53
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both In hospitals and In private families,
shows that sensible women are there under
training. Applicants for admission to the
school are put on probation for month,
during which they are examined In the Or
dinary English branches, and their fitness
to be nurses is tested in other ways. For 1t
Is in nursing as in religious life-there
must be vocation for 1t, II success Is to be
obtained. Women who have an aptitude for
nursing are fond OF the useful and gentle
calling, and pursue 1t with an enthusiasm
which makes its disagrceable incidents Of
little account to them.
Pupils reside In tho homo for thom pro-
vided by the society, and during the first
year OF their course serve as assistants in
the wards OF Bellevue Hospital. The second
year they must perform any duty to which
they are assigned by the Superintendent,
whether 1t is to act as nurses in the hos
pital or to go out to private cases among
the rich or poor. They are given for their
dress, text books, and personal expenses
generally, nine dollars month the
first year, and fifteen dollars month the
second year. When their full term is ended
they receive diploma, and can then under
take the business Of professional nurses In
such directions as they see fit.
Skilled nurses are always in great de-
mand, and they can never fail to make
living at their employment while their health
holds out. Indeed, there are few professions
In which women engage whore they COM
mand so high and 80 steady pay. During
last year the applications to this school from
private families for nurses amounted to over
five hundred, nearly one-iifth Of which the
Superintendent was unable to satisfy for
lack OF competent persons. The charge OF
the school for the services Of nurse is three
dollars day, or sixteen dollars week.
But graduated professional nurses, women,
often receive as much as twenty-five dollars
o week.
The Society OF the Training School for
Nurses is therefore doing an important work
both for the women it instructs and for those
who have occasion to use their services. 1t
helps women to attain proficiency in one OF
the most honorable and useful OF employ
ments, and puts them In the way Of earning
a comfortable livelihood in the performance
Of duties which are congenial to their sex,
and in which may be displayed the loveliest
traits Of the feminine character and the best
fruits Of feminine judgment.
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ing. One Of these is the preposterous pride
Of appearance, out Of all proportion to in
come, that has become general in American
families. Another source OF difficulty, too
frequently overlooked, is pointed out In the
thoughtless exactions OF the master OF the
house. 1t Is significant that In houses
where there are only women there
Is seldom or never any commotion about
servants. 1t Is the master who brings homo
unexpected company to dinner, who keeps
the meals waiting, who Is particular about
the coffee, about the OVERRIDING OF the beef,
and about the ironing Of his shirts. But 1t
is the mistress who is obliged to trans
init his wishes to the servant, and who must
listen to the complaints about his exactions
In the kitchen-tired and nervous herself
very likely, and quite ready to be irritated
1t is, in short, the master for whom the pre-
ponderating share OF household quarrels Is
made. "If he were less exacting," says
Mrs. SPoFFoRD. "his poor go-between could
be less exacting too, and his kitchen girl
would be vastly more agreeable person"
Curiously enough, however the male critics
are disposed to think that the root OF the
trouble lies, after all. with the mistresses,
whose Incidence and want OF practical ac-
quaintance with their business they are
quite willing to admit. 1t is indeed not un-
common for male critic to attest good
deal OF compassion for servants, but mot,
however, as regards his own shirts, and
boots, and dinners"
The author thinks training school for
servants not impracticable. Meanwhile,
however, the training of female cook or
housemaid is, as matter OF fact, left to the
employer. just at present, therefore, the
desidcratum seems to be q training school
for mistresses In a chapter headed "Some
Remedy" Mrs. SPoFFoRD shows that the
sweet reasonablencss she would inculcate
springs as much from knowledge as from
patience 1t is simply impossible, in other
words, for q lady to be competent mis-
tress who does not possess practical
knowledge OF housekeeping. This, with
other admonitions, civilly but firmly offered
In this little book, may not be acceptable to
those who imagine themselves to have done
their whole duty when they pay a servants
wages. Those who heed them, however,
will have taken one step, at all events, to-
ward the solution OF the question.
The sun., 1881-03-13
What will Garfield Do with the Star
Service RObbersf

1t has been extensively advertised that
President GARFIELD went into Office deter
mined to clear out the notorious knaves who
infest the Post Office Department, and who
have rendered themselves especially in
famous by their corrupt manipulation Of
the star service. There can be no doubt
that Gen. GARFIELD understands the sub
ject thoroughly. He was member Of the
House and OF the Appropriations Committee
during the investigation of the rascalities Of
the Ring, and the conflict which ensued be-
tween honest men and the BRADY Hessians
1t is evident that the corruptionists in
trenched in the Post Office Department, and
in high places in the organization OF the Re-
publican party, do not propose to surrender
without battle. DORSEY thought he had
put himself in the place where he could do
the most good when he edged poor Mr..
JEWELL from his seat as Chairman Of the
National Republican Committee; and all his
movements since, including his boasts OF
having bought the October verdict of In
diana, and the dinner here at which all the
machine leaders were assembled to glorify
him, show that he Is strengthening himself
to save the star route system and the star
route contractors.
The Times thus introduced its remarks on
the HINDs exposure:
The frequent, exposures which have been made OF
VIII oily irrational manner in which service what
Is known the star routes OF mail transportation is
ccdu have not had the effect TO stop these abuses
What inhuen in the Post Office De partner nvoked
10 secure the continuance Of n system OF expansion by
which certain contract for mail service could be in.
creased that should net to the contractor four times
the amount for which 1t was originally leti This ques
tpn has haa n kpl at mes nd thing
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A Good Work for Women.

In all the older communities there are
moro women than men. and a very
large proportion Of them must earn
their own living in whole or in
part, and for longer or shorter periods.
This proportion. too, grows larger as
civilization advances. Men marry later
in life on the average, and the number OF
marriages relatively to the population
decreases. Even In this new country We
find that the proportion OF spinsters is
growing greater, especially among the
native population, and in the States which
have been longest settled.
Whoever, therefore, opens for women a
new and useful employment, in which they
can earn fair wages, does O service to them
and to the whole public. Such benefit Is
rendered by the society which eight years
ago founded the Training School for Nurses
attached to Bellevue Hospital. Since tho
opening OF this school 120 nurses have been
graduated at 1t, and there are now 63
pupils and nurses in tho institution. The
course OF training extends through two
years, and includes instruction in all the
details Of the business Of NURSE and they
are numerous.
Inc teaCnlnR ID BiVon ny NibiIinB ohu
resident physicians and surgeons at the
bedside OF the patients. When the profes-
sion has been thoroughly mastered the
woman becomes, in many cases OF illness, as
Indispensable in q sick room as the physl-
clan himself, provided always that she
possesses the first requisite Of a valuable
nurse, that is. natural good sense In addi-
tion to acquired knowledge Of her speciality
A nurse who would usurp the functions Of
the physician, and compel those who en-
ploy her 10 stand In awe OF her medica
erudition-to turn the house upside dowr
TO suit her whims-becomes . nuisance.
Her tyrannical rule and assumptions o
superiority may be harder to endure thar
the ignorance OF woman without collie
giate training at the business.
But tho pupils at The Bellevue Hospits
school arc warned against professional al
roganoe. we SOC by report OF the addres
TO the graduating class by DR.. j.. +. ME1
O'VT and tho great dapapd for then
The sun., 1881-03-13

A charter for great city like New York
should bo framed on permanent principles,
without any regard TO temporary partisan
considerations. II should be formed with
The deliberation, the intelligence, the care
employed In framing State Constitution.
How is it with the monstrosity they are
now trying to get through the Legislature
at Albany2 That charter is hucksters
trade, dividing among other things the
patronage OF the Police Department between
The Republicans and Tammany Hail.
New York wants no such charter.
The sun., 1881-03-13
International Cotton Exposition.

ATLANTA. Ca. March l2.-Ths books OF sub
scrpton to the capital stock OF the International Cotton
Exposition were opened here to-day. The full quota
allotted to Atlanta promptly subsc by our lead
ing citizens bankers. and business men. Liberal sub
seripuons have also been teegraphed from Of the
leading lines OF railroads The amount asked from
Atlania e now made up, and 4 baltimore, Phsdephia
New York, and Boston respond expected the expos
ton will be one OF the grades displays OF Southern
tile products and Northern machinery for ctur
ing ever held in America.
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Public Library building In Chicago.

CHICAGO. March 12.-At meeting OF citizens
held the Palmer House last night to take ste
OF tho tcnth anniversary OF the great
Are 1t decided to drop all other plans and adopt ono
which proposes the erection OF q MAGNIFICENT building
for the Public Library. TO cost half a million dollars
This library 10 really child OF the re. IL has grown
from the nucleus Of some 7.ooo volumes, which Tom
Hughes secured as gt from English authors and pub
fishers to the city immediately after the hre Those
present at the meeting said there would no difficulty
IN obtaining subscriptions TO the de sired amount
The sun., 1881-03-13
A wonderful sto-. OF Fru,s asd Flowers.

Los ANGELES. March "a great discovery
has been made the hojave desert which seems des
tuned TO rcvoutonize vucuiture In southern California
trunk, OF the essa on !he desert grow and thrive a. yig
tance TO tho people. BT tho OF chsel a M an ian
plant large vineyard in duV aud the vine planted
uyaaon OF irrigation The dry, hot tauds q the desert
tomatoes will grow from cactus stock 80 that the de
may s0en l0on ~ the rVse.
The sun., 1881-03-13
The Sentence of Genet.

1t is a sad thing for q man who has been
the associate Of gentlemen and has been re-
garded rs a gentleman himself to be SEN
fenced to confinement as we'll as to the pay
ment of a fine on a conviction OF crime. 1t
is sad to think OF the humiliations to which
he is doomed to be subjected-the prisoners
bath; the hands OF the prisoners barber;
the prisoners parti-colored suit; the pris-
oner's cell.
But then when gentleman appropriates
to himself the property OF others he puts
himself in the category OF those who are
not gentleman and who do the same thing.
Fidelity is always admirable; and it is
impossible to withhold admiration for the
faithfulness of the steadfast friends who
stood by HARRY GENET in his disgrace.
Mr.. SHEPHERD KNAPP and others equally
generous stood ready to pay any fine which
might be imposed upon him-all they asked
was that he should be spared the degrada-
tion OF Imprisonment. A tear-stained letter
from his heart-broken wife was supplement
ed by an eloquent appeal for mercy from his
distinguished counsel, WILLIAM A. BEACH.
Judge DANIELS was lenient. very lenent.
in passing sentence But he could not, con-
sistently with his duty, comply with all that
was so pertinaclously asked Of him. He
tempered justice with mercy, and, under the
circumstances. the sentence was as mild as
could reasonably have been expected.
Miss ANNA DICKINSON Is announced as
about to appear on the stage In Philadelphia as
Hamlet and Claude Melnotte. Philadelphia is q
staid old village city. and might be expected to
close very tight the white shutters OF Its red
houses when Miss DICKINSON came along In
male attire. On the other hand she may be as
we'll received there In her new performances a.
she always has been on the lecture platform.
Hamlet and Claude Aenotte arc decorous char
actors. not necessarily beyond personation by a
woman. and she may do well with them. She is
reported to intend. also. to undertake Macbeth.
though tho theatre manager advises her against
| risking failure In such masculine role.
The reason given by Miss DICKINSON why she
| could succeed as Macbeth is that she has Assid-
uously studied the part Now. 1t Is an error
| as Rroat as 1t 10 common TO suppose that a deep
insight Of a dramatic character will enable a
| performer to excel In 1t. 1t is one thing to
know how thing ought to be done. and an
| other thing to do It, EDWIN BOOTH. for Instance
Is physically unable to realize his conception oi
| this same Macbeth. Some OF the hnest actors
! holding foremost positions In the best stock
| companies arc utterly inapt. and require con-
| slant instruction from others: but they have
| the looks and yoioes with which to please
Some OF the worst actors are we'll educated
studious. and capable OF ooncelvinR superior
work: but they lack natural qualification fol
effective acting, Nowhere does physique coun
Tor more and brain for less than on the staee.
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The Jeannot.e search Expedition.

WASHINGTON. March IA Secretary Hunt called
meeting OF the bureau officers OF the Navy Department
this morning to consider the proposed Jeanette search
expedition It was decided to purchase the Arctic steam
whaier Mary and Helen. now at San Francisco The
price to be paid for the vessel Is siOoooo This viii
leave $4,000 OF the amount Appropriated by Cong 10
defray the general expenses OF the expedition The
work OF preparing the yeSse for uo voyage will
at once aud II expected that she will be ready 10 sail
from san Francisco about the lst OF July,
The sun., 1881-03-13

Look for further Violations fraudulent In
Sunday papers, March ~ sabsh9,-Ads
The sun., 1881-03-13
Subscription Rates.
The New Chartcr-A Huckster's Trade.

Total for the wees. s4o,4el
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"a Great Moral LESSON,

Those who pass 1.-THE boxe5,D
wherein the aims of the congre-
cation are put, see many moral
lessons, but none more graphic
than this one:
AT meeting OF some colored
brethren 1t was decided to make
q collection. The President con-
cluded to pass the hat himself,
and, in order to encourage the
others he put In ten cent piece.
After the collection, during which
hands had been in the hat, the
President approached the table,
turned the hat upside down, and
not even his own contribution
dropped out.
He opened bis eyes with aston
ishment land exclaimed, Use ebcn
lost de ten cents started wild!
Then there was CONSERVATION on
the faces of the assembly. 1t was
evidently hopeless case, and was
summed up by one brother, who
rose In his place and said solemn
ly, "Dar pears to be . great NOR
al Lesson roun, heah somewhat"
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Reapers and New Enclosed Gear
Mowers,

The most perfect Mower ever built. 2. 704
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For Circulars and Prices call on or ad-
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A Brave Girl.

A poor servant girl of Noyon,
in France, once proved herself q
real heroine. Al common sewer Of
great depth had bean opened for
repairs, the opening being covered
at night with some planking: but
those In charge Of the operation
neglected to place any light near
to warm wafarers Of she danger In
their path. SOM men returning
home from work stepped on the
planks, which being frail and
rotten, gave away under their
weight. and precipItated them to
the bottom. 1t was some time be-
fore any one became aware Of
what had happened; and when
the people gathered round, no
man among the crowd was daring
enough to respond to the entrcat-
les of the wives OF the entombed
man by defending that foul and
l0aths0me depth. Presently, o
fragile girl of seventeen, stepping
to the front said quietly; "I'll 90
down and try to save the poor
fsllows;n and creatures calling
themselves men were not asham-
ed to stand by and see Catharine
Vasseur let down on her valiant
but fearful mission. Then ensued
few long minutes of anxious
suspense before the signal to haul
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and unconscious men were, with
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Scientific American.

The manufacture of thread from
wood for crochet and sewing pur-
poses has, it Is said, been started
in Sweden. The manufacture has
arrived at such state Of perfection
that IL can produce, ut q much
lower price, thread OF 40 fine quail
ity as CIark's, and has from this
circumstance been called ga la
Clark 1t is wound In balls by
machinery, either by hand or
steam, which with the labelling,
takes one minuate twelve seconds
and the balls are packed up in
cardboard boxes, generally ten In
q box. Plenty OF orders from all
parts of Sweden have come In, but
as the works are not yet In proper
order there has hardly been time to
complete them all. The produc-
ton gives fair promise of success,
and il is expected to be very im@
portant for home consumption.
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Death Follows Pardon.
Raleigh News,

In the year 1876 q numbes of
robberies occurred In the town of
Fayetteville. The authorities,
after some time, discovered the
gang of thieves and receivers and
broke up its operation by the cap
turo 1.-TWO of the operators. These
were sentenced In February, 1877
to ten years, imprisonment.
About a year ago one OF the men,
Sykes by name, fell Ill. Governor
Jarvis, on the facts of his situation
being presented, pardoned the
dying man. In q month Sykes
passed away.
The other man under sentence
was named James Esom, He was
not very strong when he entered
the penitentiary, but was at all
times good worker and gave the
the authorizes no trouble He was
employed In the shoe shop. Grad
ually his health failed, and day
by day he grew weaker. Com
plicated chronic diseases did their
work, and for some time past he
has been great sufferer. On
Saturday last Governor Jarvis
issued pardon to the dying man.
The precious document was taken
to Esom, and its possession gave
him momentary pleasure. but
death was 30 near that it dimmed
the JOY of freedom. Monday
morning he died.
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