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Year: 1878

THE REPUBLICANS WILLING I'D LEI Ihh DkAo


Gratis TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY THE DEMO


Gratis UNDECIDED.


iBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsa.i


WASHINGTON, Dec. "a conference Of leading
Republicans has been held to consider the subject
of the cipher dispatches. IL is concluded that it
would be wiser policy TO allow the Democrats TO
assume the responsibility in this matter. The feel
inq among leading Republican grows stronger as
they consult with each other that they can afford
10 leave the cipher dispatch business where il now
stands if the Democrats coptented to do


"If the defence is willing 10 allow the case to go
70 the country upon tho opening argument Of the
counsel for the prosecution" said Republican to-
day ~" suppose the prosecution will not object. ~
fact the Jury has already rendered its verdict and
any further evidence that an investigating COM
mittee may be able to get Oh our side will probably
he of very little Importance On the other hand,
the Republicans say that if the Democrats decline
to investigate the subject they will simply be
fessing Judgment.


The Democratic members of the Potter Commit
tee are reported have held conference to-day To
determine what course shall be pursued; but it is
understood that definite plan has yet been
adopted.


general press dispatch says that the Democratic
members of the Potter Committee held
private conference at which it was agreed
that Chairman Potter should call meet
rnq of the Committee for next Thursday,
ID was also informally agreed that in the House
shall not in the meantime specially direct invest
igation of the "cipher telegrsms.' The COM
mittee viii proceed 10 make an investga-
ton of them, and all similar matters, under the gen.
eral authority conferred upon il at the last session.
IL ia likewise the intention Of the majority of the
committee TO take additional testimony on the sub
jeets Of inquiry, tho Investigation of which was left
unfinished last Summer.
Year: 1878

which was hearty and genial. and In
the highest both the retiring and
the incoming Governor. The
prevailing sentiment Of the company well expressed
IN few terse sentences by the host who declared that
the last election IN Pennsylvania honest money.
the honest Of debts the currency OF the
world and the hoiest fumvnt of every lawful obi
ratio
Year: 1878




If the South were not solid upon the rights
OF the black ctzens clearly defined to be summed
up in the privilege OF voting the Demooratc Ticket the
stine old solty would appear other question.
Opposition the collection of the whiskey tax
pressIve, illegal and unconstitutional wond sohdfy
considerable portion of the Southern soil Then The
Southern jOos-railroad, canal and levee Jobs
would have "a consolidating ana hardening influence. III
these were out OF the wav, there would be the
claims The chances that the South Will remain
solid until overwhelmed by overbearing growth OF
the North and reduced from section to quarer-sec
ton.
Year: 1878

TRIBUNE OFFICE, Dee. g. a. m-The barometer
fell rapidly dnrng the rain storm yesterday, the lowest
point being reached before the clearing weather In the
afternoon The latter part Of the day was clear and
partly cloudy The fall the mercury was more than
sx-tenths inch IN less than thirteen hours Inc
tempersturr The amount or moisture In the


Cooler aud clear or partly cloudy weather may be ex
pected In this city and vicinity to-day.
Year: 1878

From her birth in 1860, Veronica was
wonderfully devout to the Passion of our
Lord. In the cradle she refused food thrice
a week, on Wednesday, Friday and Satur-
day; and when only three years old, in
imitation of the martyrs, she thrust her
till the smell Of the burning flesh brought
the inmates of the house to her side. After
she had taken the habit of st. Glare. she
underwent mysterious ceremony of es-
pousals with our Lord, and ever afterw arde
there foated continually before her a mys.
tical overhowing chalice, of which she had
to drink, and which filed her with anguish
as she drank it. Oar Lord crowned her
with crown of thorns, which seemed to
pierce into Ter brain, but of which nought
was visible but the scars Lastly, in His
love He stamped her with the marks of HIS
FIVE blessed wounds. Often in an ecstacy
she went through and suffered the Agony
of the Cross, her body writhing and her
bones cracking with the fearful toTments.
Through all the pain her only love was the
Cross. "Satiate me with the Cross" was
her cry /; and she embraced the very trees
in the garden because they reminded her
of il. An agony of three hours closed her
long but beloved martyrdom, her very
death being like our Lords an act of obe-
dience, for she could not die until her su-
periors had given her leave.


Once, after the Saint had carried more
than thirty pitchers full of water up two
flights of steep stairs, her feet were dread
fully CALLED, and che was quite exhausted
and ready to faint. Whilst che was in this
state our Lord appeared to her, bearing His
cross, and said, "Look ut the cross which /
am bearing, see how heavy it is" At thiR
sight she felt her strength restored, aud her
heart burned with esgerness to suffer yet
more for the love of Jesus.
Year: 1878

st. Anne was the spouse of st. Joachim


and was chosen by God to be the mother
of Mary, his own Blessed Mother on earth


They were both of the royal house OF


David, and their lives were wholly occu-


pied in prayer aud good works. One thing


only was wanting to their union-they


were childlese, and this was held as a bitter


misfortune among the Jews. For long
years Anne ceased not imploring the Di-
vine mercy to grant her the joys of mater :


nifty: and at length when she was an aged


woman Mary was born, the fruit rather of


grace than of nature, aud the child more of


God than of man. With the birth of Mary


the aged Anne began a new life; she


watched her every movement with rover
ent tenderness, and felt herself hourly
sanctified by the presence of her immacu
late child. But she had vowed her daugh-
ter to God, to God Mary had consecrated
herself again, and to Him Anne gave her
Anne and Joachim led her up the Temple
steps, saw her pass by herself into the
inner sanctuary and then saw her no more.
Thus was Anne left childless in her lone
old age, and deprived of her pnrest earthly
joy just when she needed it most. She
humbly adored the Divine Will, and began
again to watch and pray, till God called
her to unending rest with the Father and
the Spouse of Mary in the home of Mary's
Child.


In the ages of faith the devotion to st.
Anne was now here greater than in England.
When ST. ST Hugh of Lincoln IN his last sick
ness was crossing from France to England,
she invoked" says his tiographer, ''the
mother of the great Mother of God, St,
Anne, and the breeze which had died away
suddenly filed the sails. For all who cross
the sea look to Mary as the Star of the Sea,
to direct their course, and pray to Mary's
mother to obtain favorable breeze. To
oft hor n HnO
wac most devout, and she in turn repaid
him by speedy help" So does she still
assist her faithful clients to follow the calls
of God.
Year: 1878

o. MANI hAGDALENs


OF the earlier life of Mary Magdalen We
know only that she was "a woman that wal
sinner From the depth of her degrade
ton she raised her eyes to Jesus with sor'
row, hope, and love. All covered with
shame che came in where Jesus was al
meat, and kneit behind Him. She said not
word, but bathed His feet with her tears,
wiped them with the hair of her head,
kissed them in humility, and at their touch
her sins and her stain were gone. Then
abe poured on them the costly unguent
prepared for for other nses and His own
divine lips rolled away her reproach, spoke
her absolution, and bade her go in peace
Thenceforward she ministered to Jesus,
sat at His feet, and heard His words. She
was one of the family whom Jesus 80
loved that He raised her brother Lazarus
from the dead. Once again, on the eve of
His Passion, she brought the precious oint-
ment, and, now purified and beloved,
of God is still filed with the fragrance of
her amounting. She stood with our Lady
and st. John at the foot of the Cross, the
representative of the many who have had
much forgiven. To her first, after His
Blessed Mother, and through her to His
His Resurrection and to her first He made
Himself known, calling her by her name
because she was His.


When the faithful were scattered by per-
secution, the family of Bethany found
refuge in Provence. The cave in which st.
Mary lived for thirty years is still seen
and the chapel on the mountain top, in
which she was caught up daily, like St.
Paul, 'to visions and revelations of the
Lord When her end drew near she was
borne to a spot still marked by sacred
pillar where the holy Bishop Maximin
awaited her and when she had received
her Lord, she peacefully fell asleep in
death. After the holy Sepulchre and the |
Confession of St. Peter her tomb became
the pilgrimage of prediction. Before the
relics of the holy penitent kings, going to
the crusades, appointed to meet, and eight
Popes in one century kpelt in veneration.
No woman, after our Blessed Lady, has
been 30 gloTified and blessed through all
generations as the woman who had been a
sinner
Year: 1878

a neighboring school-house was handed
him. That was u stumper! That he
shonld be asked to give such a notice!
But after little hesitation the good
old man arose, and (hesitatingly) said;
4 have been requested to give notice
that there will be ON the next Sabbath
preaching (in such a place. by a man
who believes that all men will be saved.
But Quickly, brethren, we believe bet
ter things"
Year: 1878

After considerable effort the last
Connecticut Legislature succeeded in
passing n law for the conviction and
punishment of officers of corporations
who make oath to false financial state
ments, and now, when an opportunity
to try the law has come, it is discovered
that some one has crossed out the Vita
part of the bill, and that, therefore
the desired law is still missing from the
statute book.
Year: 1878

Senator Patterson was recently in
terogated with reference to rumors
that he was about to resign, and declar-
ed that he would not resign under any
consideration; that he did not intend
to abandon South Carolina; and that
he would be a fool to resign while he
could lie there and draw his thirteen
dollars day. This is the substance Of
n special to the New York Tribune.
Year: 1878

A young man was arrested in
a New Jersey town, a few days
ago, on the charge of carving
concealed weapons. On search,
ing his person a howie-kn,fe was
found in each boot leg, seven
shooter in his hip pocket, a slung.
shot in his inside coat-pocket, d
cavalry sword slid down his back.
a billy" in each coat-tail pocket,
and a dagger up each sleeve
That was all. He was discharg-
ed when he explained that he was
on his way to Princeton college
to enter the freshman class, and
had merely taken precautions to
protect himself from the attacks
of the sophom0res.
Year: 1878

TO him, and | was expected to accept
the consequences. ALI that awful
night! But it was only the counterpart
of a thousand similar ones that after
ward followed. He allowed me to put
the children 10 their bed, and then he
drove me from the cabin and compelled
me to remain out all night long in the
cool, damp air. 1 was afraid of wild
beasts, and the hooting of an owl al
most drove me wild with apprehension.
But for my little ones, would have
courted death and rushed frantically
into its very jaws. But my babies.
What will not a mother endure for her
darlings?


All, me


By morning Geralds frenzy had
cooled, and be was fast asleep. Then,
my very marrow chilled with the cold
night air, and oppressed by the fright
and dread that were upon me, crept
like a criminal into the hut my own
hands had builded, and with my aching
fingers lit fire upon the adobe hearth.


TO be continued
Year: 1878

this senator Nyse by her dying mother,
aIu she grew up, as pretty as a half
oloWh rosebud, and lest as innocent:
an orphani unbeknOWin' to the world.
It's glory and its wickedpess. And he
learnt 1t all to her, all its glory and all
its wickedness; for she thOupht inno-
cent young lamb, that a new world of
light and glory had swung down from
heaven a-purpose for him and her. in
them days when he ransacked heaven
and earth to find tender ways and ten
der words enough to tell his love for
her, and his admiration for her beauty.
her brightness, her grace, her sweet con-
fidini innocence. Aud so he held her
heart, her life in his hands, and she
would have been thankful to have laid
them down for the handsum villain, if
he had told her to. And holdin' her
heart, as he did, he broke it. Holdin'
her life, as he did, he ruined it. By
every hellish art that could be called to
aid him, he deliberately committed this
sin. He brought her down from innO-
cence and happiness to ruin, wretched
ness, disgrace, despair, drink, the
streets And then he was unanimously
chosen by a majority of the people to
make wise laws, such as legallzing sin
and iniquity, aud other noble statutes
for the purifyin' of the nation.


And she? Why, as she is too low
and worthless for anything else, she is
used as a capital illustration of the fact
that wimmen like her are too sinful to
vote.


Says I, "Sister Minkley, as sure as
there is a God in heaven, such injustice
will not be permitted to go on forever ~
Year: 1878

took from its safe keeping place the
other day, a small box containing,
among other little mementOes Of my lost
children, a couple Of little sprays of
flowers, now withered and yellow and
dry, but which were fresh when ! took
them-one from out the little baby
hands which clasped it, the other from
near the soft round cheek against which
1t nestled, and / thought how many
such sprays there were kept by sorrOw-
ing mother-hearts, made dear beyond
all price, because they were the last
earthly things touched by the tiny
hands Of little ones gone before.


Although carefully and sacredly kept,
these precious relics Of a joy known and
lost must soon crumble into dust, and
little by little be lost; and I thought Of
plan Of which 1 had heard for keeping
these mementos, and, perhaps, it may
be as new to some Of your readers as it
was to me.


Not only can these flowers from off
the still bosom Of some loved lost one
be kept fresh and bright, but the SYM
bOls of happier occasions as we'll.


The flowers should be fresh, and Of
white or delicate cOlOrs. The green
leaves should be separated from the
/ blossoms. Place in a perfectly clean
vessel a quantity of the best quality of
paraffine, and put this vessel in another
containing hot water. When the paraf-
fine is wholly melted, dip each flower
separately into the wax, taking care
that each part is covered with the mix
ture. A coating is thus formed, which
excludes the air, and still allows the
l flower to retain its freshness. Leaves
should be treated similarly, but the
wax should be eOlored green, as near in
shade to the natural color of the leaf as
possible. Chrome green, lightened with
chrome yellow, is, / think, nearer than
anything else to the desired tint. The
flowers and leaves can then be arranged
in clusters or crosses or wreaths, and
placed secure from dust and flies, either
under glass globe, or in a deep frame
made for the purpose.


Flowers are said to be preserved by
merely smoking them with sulphur,
after the mode of bleaching hats, that
is, to suspend the flowers in the fumes
arising from burning sulphur, which
should be confined by means of an air
tight box.


To photograph leaves, procure a little
bichromate of potash, with which
make strong solution. Soak a piece
Of letter-paper in a little of the LIQUID,
and place in the dark to dry; it should
tnen De yellow IN color. On il place
the leaf or fern to be photographed, and
and under it a piece of soft black cloth,
and several folds of newspaper. Place
all between two panes of glass, and Sc
cure well, and place in bright sun rays.
In few hours perfect impression will
have been received. The paper must
then be held under the water-tap until
the yellow has become perfectly white;
when this is carefully dried, the process
/ is complete.


A pretty and novel receptacle for ferns,
dried grasses or autumn leaves, can be
made out of a cows horn by boring a
hole through the ends, in which put a
couple Of brass rings; suspended by a
brass chain or a ribbon, it makes a very
pretty holder, either for articles named,
or for little vine growing in earth or


water. The horn should be boiled to
Cleanse 1t properly. Home.
Year: 1878

The day is not far distant, murmurs
the Elko Post, when the housewife will
glance into the wood-shed, and, finding
that the husband has gone off without
splitting the daily allowance of fuel,
will take down the phonOgraph, howl
into it a volley Of epithets that will
register 160 pounds pressure to the square
inch on the safety gauge, and then call
out to her boy: "Here, John, 60 down
town and grind that out to your darned
lazy old father, and see that you turn
the crank lively, too"
Year: 1878

Mayor Sweeney desires to call the at.
tention Of citizens to the importance oi
rendering aid to the Health Officer in the
matter Of cleaning up the city. The
season has been one Of remarkable free
dom from epidemic disease, and perhaps
this fact has lulled the people into conf
dent security, and has contributed to
neglect OF the ordinary precautions which
have prevailed during past summers,
The terrible plague Of the South Is drop
ping down upon people in unexpected
places, and while there is but little
danger Of It's prevailing as an epidemic
in this latitude still 1t can do NO
harm to make sure that in the even. ol
an accidental;;case arriving in'the city the
disease may fnd no favorable conditions
for its spread. The Health Officer and
his assistants will give immediate atten.
lion 10 all parts of the city, and II he Ia
properly seconded in his efforts BY the
citizens generally, the whole city can be
put 10 excellent sanitary condition In q
very short time. ..i.


We trust that the suggestion Of the
Mayor will promptly be acted upon, and
that every citizen will sec to II that hia
own premises are thoroughly cleaned and
disinlscted. I4
Year: 1878

Our esteemed contemporary, the Ercning
Star, hardly treats the matter of suffrage
representation in this District with that
fairness which usually characterizes it in
dealing with subjects of such interest.


The cry Of feather busters" Murder
Bay" &c, &c, doesn't affect the issue in
volved at all. Because the Legislature,
which was done away with by the abolition
of the late government, had some unworthy
members, who dsgraced themselves and
their constituencies during the closing days
Of the last session, proves no more against
the exercise OF the right of suffrage than
does the fact that unworthy members OF
the Senate and House of Representatives
brought contempt upon the fair fame of the
American name in the matter OF the Credit
Mobilier scandals, and Others too numerous
to mention, and yet the nation could i'll af-
ford to abolish Congress and the right of
representation for such cause


The question is deeper, broader. more
vital in its influence and bearings. 1t is the
application of the principle upon which our
Government and institutions are founded,
the right Of taxation with representation,
and no good government can exist without
the consent, acquiesccnce, and participation
in by the governed. There is surely sufi-
cient intelligence in the 10000 people in
hahiting this District to select two or three
commissioners to represent them, with a
like number selected by the representatives
Of the National Government.


There is another aspect TO this question
necessary to proper statement Of the case,
and it is this: The United States Govern
ment and the taxpayers of the District
hold the realty of these six miles square,
valued at abont $2OO. 100000, as joint ten
ants The control OF these property inter
ests should be by trustees selected by each
party, and proportioncd TO the interest held
by each. If the question is one OF property,
and TO be treated as such, the equity and
law of the case demand this. If a political
matter, the fundamental law Of the land re-
quires it.


/ Treat this subject Of the Government
rs it deserves. Don't experiment
any more. Fix it on the immutable prin-
ciples of right and justice. Do not yield
everything to shortlived and hasty ideas Of
expediency. This great Government can
and will do right if we have courage and
dignity to ask for it, accepting nothing
! less.


The action of the House Committee yes
terday proves this-while we dissent from
Governor CLAFLTN's proposition in its de-
tails, the principle is just one, and we
have no doubt will be established by the
present Congress and that we shall enter
upon the career Of prosperity, which will
ere long make us the grandest capital in
the world. God speed the day.
Year: 1878

dent to retire all officers of the army upon
their attaining the age of sixty-two years,
as is now done in the naval service. As the
law now stands an officer remaining in the
army after that age holds his place simply
by the grace of the President, and is en-
tirely dependent upon him for the duration
of his official life Before that age he holds
his Office by virtue of law, and he cannot
be deprived of it except by the sentence of
a court-martal. In the latter case he is an
independent official, performing his duties
without fear Of favor or affection.
In the former he Is liable to
have his judgment and actions
influenced by the dread of what may occur,
should he, in the honest execution Of his
duties not satisfy the expectations or opin-
ions of those high in authority. We do not
say that cases Of this kind have occurred
or can occur, with the high tone OF honor
which controls our officers, but we do say
that no officer should be forced into posi-
tion, even at the ripe age OF sixty-two,
where his tenure Of office depends on indi-
vidual discretion and not on positive law.
We are fully convinced that the enactment
of this law will greatly increase the eff
cheney of all branches of our military ser
vice, and give the country an army officered
by men capable, physically and mentally,
to creditably administer their Offices in war
as well as in peace. Our small army must
be kept in the highest state of efficiency to
meet any and all emergencies, and it can
only be kept SO by placing limit on length
of service.
Year: 1878

THE New York Tribune advises the people
10 stop blushing and get mad over the ac-
ton Of Congress on the silver question. 1t
h very cold-livered chap who can get mad
without becoming red in the face.
Year: 1878

THE New York Tribune states that White
House dinner has started the inevitable ru-
NOR. 1t comes in this shape, on the author
ity Of an enthusiastic admirer: Mr.. BRIs-
TOW will be in the public service within
thirty days What branch OF the Govern.
ment will be intrustcd to him We are not
told neither is it stated whether his receipt
of an Office will release the Administration
from its purpose of making him the next
President Whatever may happen, the
BRIsTow select party is suprcmcly happy
for 1t is tickled with rumor day all about
itself" In this connection We desire to pro-
pose the following conundrum Is Secretary
SHERMAN to retire from the financial bu-
resu take a foreign mission and in this way
restore BRIsTOw to his old seat among the
money bags We pause for reply.