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Year: 1879

PROFESSIONALLY the bravest men in
America, says the Indianapolis Journal,
are those who can stand upon the foot
boards of the locomotives which draw
the fast express trains. But few persons
are aware of it, but on the leading rail-
ways, where connections must he made if
possible, only engineers known to be
brave and daring are given engines on ex-
press trains, and as soon as an engineer
shows the least timidity about running
fast, he is taken from his engine and
given one on freight train to run. Two
such cases have occurred recently on In
dianapolis roads. Railroad officers state
that the first sign that an engineer is be-
coming timid is, that he will be five to
ten minutes late, possibly half-hour, fol
some days or nights in succession. He is
then called to an account, and unless his
reasons are convincing, another engineer
is given his engine to run for few times
and should he bring tho train in promptly
on time, the frst-named engineer gets 8
freight-train engine to run until he braces
up. It is stated, however, that after an
engineer allows his timidity to get a fail
hold, he seldom so far owe rcomes it as tt
have the bravery to step onto an express
train engine and run it at the speed neces-
sary to make the time. Quite recently
an engineer of one of the roads running
west from here got an impression tha
some accident was to happen to him, and
one night, when running fast express


he constantly lost time. At the first sta
ton where the train stopped the conduc


tor berated HIM for running slow
The engineer actually shed tear
| and owned that fears had overcome
him, and that he dare not run fast
and, at his own request, an engineer of :
freight train which stood at this meeting
point was given the train to run through
that night, the conductor telcgraphing tn


train-master, asking that the request b.


granted. The timid engineer has sine
| run freight on the road.
Year: 1879

THAT was an exciting scene in the
Jail yard of Mauch Chunk, Pa, yester-
day. 1t rarely occurs in history that
a reprieve arrives just as the execution
has taken place. However, the mat
ter is not so serious as the maddened
relatives of the condemned would have
1t, for the reprieve was for the brief
period Of six days, when in all human
probability the men would have been
hanged.
Year: 1879

THE Indians In Indian territory are
fairly on the road to civilization, but
they threaten to inaugurate war that
must result In exterminating them
selves, If the government of the terri
tory be taken out Of their hands. They
speak, too, with an air Of business.
Year: 1879

THE surviving Cheyennes of the
party which broke from prison at FORT
Robinson, are getting away from the
troops as successfully as their band did
last fall when pursued through Kansas
and Nebraska.
Year: 1879

THE plague which is devastating the
southwestern portion Of Russia, is
much more fatal than the yellow fever
was last summer in the south. In the
village of Weltianka there were 246
fatal cases out Of total of 292. Such
figures are absolutely appalling.
Year: 1879

NEAR RIVERSIDE, RIO SAN PEDRO, November II, 1S79.-EDITOR CITIZEN l send you sample of Chinese cotton grown near the mouth Of the Rio San Pedro upon my husbands ranche. The seed was brought by myself from Shanghai, China, about four years ago. IL was not planted until June of this year, yet it fully matured and far sur passed my most sanguine anticipatiOns You will observe that the staple is coarse and long and resembles the Sea Island cotton of the Gulf States. aIr. c. expects to cultivate a large area with this article next year, and thus it may be hoped that a new industry will be propagated in Arizona that shall rival it's many other wonderful agricultural resources, and while sli- yer is the updisputed king why may not cotton aspire to be queeny

 We have also cultivated Egyptian corn the present year with remarkable success. MRS. ". A. CUNNINGHAM.

 The above explains itself, but we desire 10 add that the quality of the sample Of cotton sent Us is uudeniably good, there being almost a silky sheen upon the threads. It will remain al THE CITIZEN office for examination by any one taking an interest in the mat ter.-ED.
Year: 1879




JORITY OF THE SENATE To The ARMY BILL


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TEIBUSE.l


WAsHNGToN, April 11.-When Senator Here
ford's speech was concluded at $3.50 O'Clock this
afternoon the Senate proceeded at TO the con-
sderation of the Army bill. which was considered
and practically disposed of by sections, down TO
that which contains the political legislation Some
debate took place upon provision which gives TO
the examiner of State claims in tho Office OF the
Secretary of War the pay, emoluments ana allow
ances of mounted officers grade higher than
that held by him in his regiment or corps. General
Logan made an earnest protest against the favorit-
ism which was always shown to officers on duty In
Washington, by providing extra allowances and
privileges which are denied to those who are en-
during the hardshps of soldiers life III the field
He said the State war claims should be nearly all
in and adjusted by this time, and he saw
no reason for making such n provision
now Senator Edmunds showed that the pro-
vision contained no limit as to the rank Of the
officer to be detailed. A brlgadicr general might
be placed on such duty and might claim the pay
and allowances of maor-general Senator Blaine
submitted an amendment covering these two objec-
tiOns, by providing that the pay should not III any
event be greater than that of major and that the
extra allowance should cease at the end of four
years. A yea and nay vote was taken upon this
amendment, and it was opposed by every Demo-
cratic Senator This at once gave rise to the susp-
cion that the unanimity of the Democrats was due
to an understanding reached in not to allow
any amendments whatever to be made to the Army
bill in the Senate and the Republicans set TO W0Tk
TO test the matter more thoroughly. Senator All-
son moved to strike ont the word "and" and sub
stitute that" in place where the latter word
would manifestly make better sense.


During the progress of the roll-cal several Repub
lican Senators. who had paired on political ques-
tons took occasion to announce that as the Demo-
Gratis were making political question of the pend
ing amendment they would abstain from voting
Democratic SetatOrs who had pairs thereupon aD,
already been called, withdrew their votes. 1t Is
established therefore beyond n reasonable doubt
that the Army bill has already been passed by the
Democratic caucus and that the Senate of the
United States has practically nothing to do with It
except to talk about it, Discussion upon Section IT,
containing the political legislation VIII begin on
Monday The telegraph section of the bill was
passed without a division.
Year: 1879

by the United States Marshal to use United
States soldiers to preserve the peace at
the polls; but the repeal OF TINS righe
is the least important feature of the sec
tion in ouestion. II forbids the use of force
in any form by the United States authorities where
voting is in progress, and i'll effect says that tne
United States shall not be present for the enforce
ment of ITS laws at elections or IT'S OWL; OWL;
This the President and all Republicans VIII
never agree to, and the Democrats VIII
certainly find ont, if they send their Army Appro-
pration bill to the President iii Its present form,
that he will make his objections known III very
II is also probably true that the President has
reached the conclusion that the dangerous practice
of attaching new'legslatiOn to appropriation bllS
has now gone far that it ought 10 be stopped ana
that he Will take very advanced and POSITIVE
ground on this subject the next time he has occa-
sion to communicate with Congress. While IT is
not believed that he will base his veto
of either of the bills now before Congress
on this ground alone, he will undoubtedly
cause it to be understood that he thinks that the
appropriation bills ought to be sent to the ExecI;
tive without extraneOus matter, and that he would
be justified IN refusing TO approve one OK them
which contained riders OF any kind.
Year: 1879

Az IRRELEVANT SPEECH MADE TO EMPTY BENCHES.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBrNE.I


WAsHNGTOE, April lit would have been bet
ter had the Senate listened to Mr.. IIcrcfoIds
speech when he first announced his intention. sew
eral DAYS ago. to make one, for he las evidently
been employing the time in searching the records
Of Congress for preccdcnts and authorities. To-day
he was safely delivered of his great effort consum
ing two hours and twenty minutes manly in read
ing long extracts from musty public documents.


When the speech had been III progress about two
hours the honorable Senator picked up a volume
contalng three or four hundred pages of testimony
taken IN the Davenport Investigation beginning
at the top of the first page with "What is your
business 7" he read down through the page, turned
over and read another page and another. As he
turned the second leaf and evinced "A purpose to
read the book through there signs of impa-
tience but he soon lost his place. laid down the
volume aud picked up another. The speech was in
tended TO be a reply to that Of Senator IOaT in sup
port Of the resolution declaring that the attempt by
one branch Of the Government TO cOoTcc the others
was revolutionary. Mr.. Hereford understood the
puTpOrt of the resolution to bc declaration that
the attaching of irrelevant matter TO an apprOpria
tiOn bill was revolutionary and, of course, his
speech was itself entirely irrelevant to any pending
issue. Ii was delivered chiefly 10 empty seats the
few Senators who remained paying no sort Of at
tcutlOu.
Year: 1879

lBY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUEEI


WAsHINGToS, April 11.-Democratic Senators
and Representatives have shown increased anxiety
during the past two days over the present situation
Of affairs IN Washington. They seem to be
hearing from the people IN regard to the
policy they have chosen to adopt touching
the appropriation bills and the political legislation
of which ii Is proposed TO make them the vehicles
and they begin 10 appreciate the uncomfortable
position in which they VIII find themselves
when, by the Presidents veto of either Of
the bills, they are forced TO choose between
unconditional surrender and the execution of their
revolutionary threats This anxiety Is chiefly
shown by the character of the arguments which
Democrats advance, in order to convince them
selves and others-chicAy themselyes-that the
President will approve the Army Appropriation
bil if it is sent TO him in the shape in which it has
been passed by the House. Assuming that the
President has no objection to the sixth section OF
that bill, which is fundamental mis-
take t. start with, these men indulge
in long discourses to prove that Mr.. Hayes
cannot afford. and will not dare to veto
a bill simply because it contains provisions foreign
to ITS general purpose Such an act IL is said,
would never be sustained by the people, and would
destroy the President who should be guilty
of it. The conclusion that IS uniformly drawn
from this reasoning is that the President
will sign the Army lill and thus let the Democrats
ont of the uncomfortable fixin wbichtucy now are.


The vital error in all these arguments is the
sumption that the President is not opposed to the
provisions of the sixth section of the Army Appro-
pnation bill. 1t Is probably true that he does
not value very highly the right, If 1t still exists
since the passage Of the act by the last Congress


Tbidding the use OF troops as posse cOmitatus
Year: 1879

LITTLE INTEREST IN TIE ELECTION THIS YEAR.


Mr. Howard }. Reeder, one of the most promin-
ent and active Of the younger Republicans OF Peunsyl
vana said in reply to question ~ to this years polt
cal campaign that State: We have but one ohcer TO
clect-tne state Treasurer There absolutely nobody
else to vote for-no county officers eyen and no men,
brrs of either branch of the Legislature. We
are obliged to hold State Conventions and 20
10 all the trouble and expense OF general election for


the sole purpose Of providing some person to Ill the
Trcasurer's Ofce two years This comes from de-
feet IN our new Constitution. Some of the state officers
are elected for years. for three and some for


two so IL happens that nobOdys term expires this year
except The Treasurers. do not think either party Will
make canvass The conventions will be held as usual.
and the forms Of platiorm-making and nomination
gone through. After that the people Will be left TO
vote or not tney please. With no county co tests
and no special in the single state Office to be
filled II Will not be worth while for either party 10
make organized fight.


The Republicans in excellent spirits In Pennsyl-
vania They conscious OF strength and sOlidity
they have felt before for years. There are
no halfway Republicans nOw-nObody hanging on tho
verge Of the party and occasionally going over TO
the other side We all think alike Just "a we did during
the In short, the d party Is reorganized, ana 10
strong This happy result las been Drought
about bv the Democrats We ALWAYS count on thor
folly AS party begins 10 dlslutegatej ney
do something 10 give ii a new lease OF l1fc."
Year: 1879

IRISH GIRLS OF TIE PERIoD.-Tn Dub
lin young lady is educated for music or
matrimony-or both. She is perpetual
piano player or constant husband seeker
There are no longer the "Baby Blakes" or
the Lady Gay Spankers" Of yore her fol-
lies as to field sports are no more. The
Irish girl of the period abhors defamation
about "woman's rights" She generally
takes them-in Platonic way. She is
much more Irish than the men, twice as
witty and ten times rs intriguing. These
girls have an indescribabIc way of captur-
ing you (mentally at least) before you know
where you are They arc fine looking
rather than pretty and commanding rather
than coquctish, yet they have their share Of
all that ubiquitous family. In point of cdu
cation they arc more glittcring than the Eng
lish girls and more solid than the Amcri
can. They dress too much-an excess of
fal .lals. Frills and lace, bog back and rib
bons abound about these girls, and their
merry laughter AID soft solder dash Of
yydnamdchrcc ma cuShia servo to make
them intensely interesting, even at the res
pcctful distance they invariably keep you.
The type of the Irish girl, with her rosy
and white complexion, her large blue eyes
and auburn hair, in her eighteenth year
is more of child than an American girl of
thirteen.


The Irish girl Of the period has one
bright star ever before her in the heavens
of her hopcs-a husband with a title She
would rather be poor Lady Splurgc than
par0cnu Mrs. Shady. Yet she is the most
loving and devoted Of fwives-when properly
welded. The Irish girl loves to make a
noise in the world--has a grand passion
for dash. She will leap social five bar
gates and double stone walls to get the
right man, while she would prefer to be an
old, moping maid rather than be chained
to the wrong one. She dislikcs tame
man, and can control a wild one. In the
courage of her opinions she cxccls both as
to quality and quantity. She would rath-
er rule in certain dreadful pla below
than serve in a better one above.-DuJhn
Cor. Baltimore Sm.
Year: 1879

TIE CHARLESTON CITADEL.-An officer was
sent by the Secretary Of War to Charleston with
orders to turn over the Citadel to Gen. Hacood.
Col. G. |. Walker, and Maj. II. S, Thompson.
'to be held for safe-keeping and use as a place
of Education, subject to the future action Of
Congress in ratifying, or the reverse, the relin-
quishment of possession, and free of all claim for
rent, use and occupation, by the General Govern
ment' and with the further agreement to sur
render the building at any time upon demand,
Of the War Department."


These trustees do not feel at liberty to accept
the trust, inasmuch as they are not authorized
by the State to act in this matter, and they do
not desire to waive any right the State may have
for rent while in possession of the u. S Govern
ment The Citadel is now unoccupied and
unguarded.-Cdr Spartan.
Year: 1879

1t contains total of upward of three thous-
and precious stones of various sizes ranging in
value from about two to ten thousand pounds,
giving total of S559,500 for these alone, with
out taking into account the gold in which they
are set
Year: 1879

An Indian intertribnl fair was held,
not long since, in the Indian Territory.
in order to show some of tine results of
civiliZing the savages. A number of
tribes attended, and displayed articles
of home manufacture, such as needle
work, embroidery, lacework and blank
cts. Many of the Indians had their
photographs taken, and showed a child
ish delight in looking at their faces.
Others, however, could not be persuaded
to 60 near the camera.


Yellow Bear, of the Arapahoes, was
the first to pass through the ordeal of a
sitting. He suffered himself to be prop
erly seated and the camera brought 10
bear upon him for the first time. Bat
when the prepared plate was placed in
the box and the cloth lifted he leaped to
his feet with bound and attempted TO
leave the tent.


All attempts to reason with him
failed. At last n photograph of Chey-
enne, taken some years ago, was shown
him. He looked at it a moment, then
went quietly back to his chair and sat
there like statue while his negative
was taken. He explained that no Chey-
enne warrior was greater brave than
he.


The gigantic Osages on the other
hand, would not approach the tent.
They said the camera robbed them of
their good spirits.


The Kickapoos gave the same reason,
and photographer, just returned from
their reservation, informed the writer
that he was peremptorily ordered out
of their country on that account.


The Indian is a profound believer in
the power os spirits for good or evil,
and takes care never to offend them.
The Modocs have a curious custom,
which affords pertinent illustration of
this fact. They are an exceedingly
cleanly tribe and battle frequently. But
before they enter in water, or even look
into it, they agitate the surface with
foot or hand, in order that the good
spirits may not see them and flee away.
Year: 1879

TRANSMISSION OF blood, albeit now
quite common medical operation, is al
ways an interesting experiment A
San Francisco surgeon has recently had
a singular experience in dealing with
colored patients. An aged negro was at
the point of death, and his life was
saved by this operation, about eight
ounces of blood being taken from his
wife's arm. Soon after the operation
the patient was enabled to take some
brandy and milk in the tiniest doses,
and he soon began to mend, and in three
weeks was quite well again. But the
sequel was the strangest part of the
whole affair. AS soon as the husband
had recovered sufficiently to walk about
the house the woman was taken sick,
and finally the same doctor was called
again. He visited the woman, who
said her appetite was bad; she could
not sleep, and her illness was troubling
her so that she could do nothing but
lounge about the house and neglect her
work. The doctor left her, first prescrib-
ing tonic and directing her to take of
nourishing food, and then dismissed the
case from his mind, suppOsing that she
had recovered under his prescription.
A few days ago he was again called TO
visit the woman, who received him in





grown thinner since his last visit, and
he also remarked the distressed express
sion of her face. She took him aside and
whispered to him that she could not
rest day or night, and that she had
found the reason why. tell you,
doctor, its that blood of mine the old
man is carrying about inside of him;
and, doctor, when that old man comes
back, want you to give me my blood
back" The doctor seeing that the
woman would not be appeased unless he
complied with her request, promised
TO return the next day, first informing
her of the dangers of the operation, and
that it was resorted to only in the most
urgent cases. She would hear ofno eX-
plantations, but demanded that the opera
tion be gone through with. 1t was ac-
cordingly done the next day, the doctor
taking from the man about half an
ounce of blood and transfusing il into
the woman's veins. After the operation
the woman frightened up perceptibly,
saying. "I'll be all right now, doctor"
And that the operation did prove a sue
cess was fully demonstrated by the sick
woman, who began to work few hours
afterward, declaring that the doctor
was a wonderful man, and now that
she'd got her own blood back again she
was al ri ilht."
Year: 1879

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, August 10.-The
sequel to the NJ Mysterious disappearance
Of a child in this city is now being de-
veloped, and the facts, as they come to
light transcend in some particulars the
story of the loss Of Charley Ross. It is
another illustration of the fact that,
while circumstantial evidence may be
overwhelming, innocence may yet pre-
vail During the term Of Mayor Kear-
ney of Will1esbarre (now deceased, J,
several years ago. lovely child, 3 years
Of age, strangely disappeared from it's
parents home on Brewery Hill The
mother was distracted and seemed to
support an accusation of the neighbors
that the father, Morgan Thomas, had
murdered it in order to rid himself of the
responsibility Of its maintenance.


Mayor Kearney at once set himself
about ferreting out the matter, put his
force of detectives upon the suspected
parents track, and privately informed
his immediate friends that he was CON
vinced of the guilt of the father, and
would soon hang him for a cruel murder
He believed that he had in his possession
sufficient evidence to more than substan-
tiate the story told by the neighbors and
by himself that the parent had murdered
his child and successfully disposed of the
corpse. The father at first Indignantly
repelled the charge. His character un-
til this time had been untarnished. When
he discovered, however that the wife of his
bosom appeared to entertain q like sus-
plclon, he gave away to apparent remorse
bordering on insanity. In the meantime
the Mayor was active, and was formulat-
ing q theory sustained by an almost in
invincible train Of evidence tending to
show the guilt Of the PROSTATE parenr-
The Mayor was truly sincere in his con-
victions, but ere he had completed his in
vestigation he was suddenly struck down
by death.


Years have passed by and the circum-
stance has long since ceased to be a theme
OF wondement. A few weeks since ped
der, an old acquaintance Of the family
to which the missing infant belonged
chanced to be travelling i'll the vicinity Of
Tunkhannock, in the adjoining county,
and discovered the long lost child. He at
once conveyed the intelligence to the
parent in Wilkesbarre, and they repair
ed to the place named and fully indenti-
ed it, but the people having it in charge
refused to give it up. The parents re-
turned to Wilkesbarre, and, procuring a
warrant from Alderman D0nohue are
now in quest of their child Efforts will
be made to punish the abductors.
Year: 1879

CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.-Very
few Of the sudden deaths which are said
to arise from diseases of the heart do
really arise from this cause. To ascer-
tain the real original of the sudden deaths
an experiment was tried and reported to
scientific congress at Strasburg. Sixty
six cases Of sudden deaths were made the
subject of a thorough post mortem exam
nation. In these cases only two were
found who died from disease of the heart.
Nine out Of sixty-six had died from apo
plexy, while there were forty-six cases of
congestion of the lungs; that is, the lungs
were SO full of blood that they could not
work, not being room euough for sufi-
cient amount of air to support life. The
causes that produce congestion of the
lungs are: cold feet, tight clothes, cos
tive bowels, sitting still unlil chilled, af-
ter being warmed with labor or rapid
walk, going too suddenly from close
room into the air, especially after speak
ing, too hasty walking, or running to
catch the train, &C. These causes of
sudden death being known, an avoidance
of them serve to lengthen many valuable
lives, which would otherwise be lost un-
der the verdict Of heart disease This
disease is supposed to be inevitable and
incurable; hence many may not take the
pains they would to avoid sudden death,
if they knew it lay in their power.