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Year: 1877

INTERFERING FAoTs.-The following
curious facts are not generally known.
If tallow caudle be placed in a gun,
and fired at door, it will 60 through
without sustaining injury; and if
musket-ball be shot into water, it will
not only rebound, but be fattened; if
fired through pane of glass it will
make hole the size of the ball without
cracking the glass; if the glass be sus-
pended by thread it will make no diff
ference, and the thread will not even
vibrate. Cork, if sunk 200 feet in wa
ter, will not rise on account of the press
ure of the water
Year: 1877

The hearty, ringing laugh of a child
is sweet music to the ear. There are
three most joyous sounds in nature-the
hum of bee, the purr of a cat and the
laugh of child. They tell of peace, of
happiness and of contentment, and make
one for while forget that there is so
much misery in the world. A man who
dislikes children is unnatural he has
no "milk of human kindness" in him.
If a child be peevish, and apparently in
good health, speak gently to him. A
child's troubles are soon over, his tears
are soon dried. Nothing dries saonfo5 IA e.
be teased it spoils his temper. If he be
in cross humor take no notice of it,
but divert his attention to some pleasing
object; this may be done without spoil
ing him. Do not combat bad temper
with bad temper; noise with noise. Be
firm, be kind, be gentle, be loving; speak
quietly, smile tenderly and embrace him
fondly, but insist upon implicit obedi-
ence, and you will have, with Gods
blessing, happy child. Pleasant words
ought always to be spoken to a child;
there must be neither snarling, nor snap
ping, nor snubbing, nor loud contention
towards him. If there be it will ruin
his temper and disposition, and will
make him hard and harsh, morose and
disagreeable. Do not always be telling
your child how wicked he is; what a
naughty boy he is; that God will never
love him, and all the rest of such twad-
die and blatant insanity. Do not, in
point of fact, bully him, as many poor
little fellows are bullied. 1t will ruin
him if you do it will make him, in af-
ter years, either coward or tyrant.
| Such conversations, like constant drop
pings of water, will make an impression,
and will cause him to feel that it is of
no use to try to be good-that he is
hopelessly wicked. Instead of such Ian
guage, give him confidence in himself
rather find out his good points and dwell
upon them +; praise HIM where and when
ever you can ; and make him feel that,
by perseverance and Gods blessing. he
will make good man.


Speak truthfully to your child ; if you
once deceive him, he will not believe
you for the future Not only so, but if
you are truthful yourself you are likely
to make him truthful-like begets like.
There is something beautiful in truth.
A lying child is an abomination. Sir
Walter Scott says ''that he taught his
son to ride, to shoot and to tell the
truth" Archdeacon Hare asserts "that
Purity is the feminine, Truth the mas
culine of Honor"
Year: 1877

ABOUT THE WEATHER.-No scientist
comes forward to explain why it is that
we usually have our severest cold wealth
er at the beginning and end of winter
instead of in the middle; why we can
count upon January thaw and very Of
ten days in February when the buds are
almost coaxed to open. March is apt to
give us the most disagreeable twist of
the year, and that when the days are
long and the sun has considerable pow
or. The coldest weather experienced by
Year: 1877

have now on hand n large lot Of Monuments and
Gravestones which propose TO sell at very low figures
If YOU want cemetery work Of Marble or Granite for
egu or domestic this is the place to save from ten to
fifteen per cent Persons sending their address to me
will be called on at their residence with monumental
designs and samples Of Foreign and American Granite,
Marble etc. thus saving them the time and expense Of
travelling


have made arrangements with the manufacturers
at Aberdeen and other parts OF Scotland to furnish
No stock and first class work at the lowest wholesale
price for cash.


am confident that can give you perfect satisfaction
In every respect Order from any part Of this country
respectfully solicited and promptly attended to- Please
give me call and get my prices before you purchase


remain your obedient servant,


M. =. Smith.


Barton, VT, Jan. 22, 1871. ole
Year: 1877

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEl


WAsUINGTON March 1.-THE President has not
vet decided whether il will be necessary TO convene
an extra session OF Congress. A number of pitriOic
capitalists have; offered to loan the Government
without interest The S;,00O,000 or $j,000,0G
needed TO pay the army from July to December,
and the President is dCsiTOus OF accepting the offer
in case the prCprcty of such action IL generally ap-
proved by leading men Of both political parties.
The Republicans appear to bo unannous in favor
ing this method OF tlng over the difficulty; aud
thus far there is opposition manifested among the
Democrats The President is dcsirous that his con
duct in case he takes this course shall not he open
portisan attack from the opposition when Congress
meets. He is not willing therefore to decide
10 dispense with the extra session unless
n number of prominent Democratic Con-
pressmcn assure him that they approve
the plan and promise to vote for an appropriation to
refund the borrowed money as soon as Tie regular
session begins. All The Democrats with whom he
has conversed upon the subject thus far appear to
be as anxious to avoid an extra session a. the Ke-
publcaIs and the prospect is that the formal under
standing which the President desires 10 have with
the leaders of that party will be reached by the end
of The week, and thai tLe whole subject VIII thus
be removed from the field Of partisan discussion.
In case, however such an understanding cannon dc
reached, the President will call an extra
session. He appears TO be committed u
some date early in June as the tme
for tbe meeting Some of tie Republicans would
like to have It either earlier later. They fear
that if il is postponed long tlat The necessary
reaction which will follow the present enthusiastic
approval of the Presidents policy will set in, and
that the chances will moi bc good for the Admins
tration to organize the House. Afterward they
think there will be rebound from this reaction, 50
that in the FALL say early in September. tho Repub-
lican party will be fully strong as now, II not
Year: 1877

Try TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUSEI


WASHINGToN, March 14.-The special SESSION vi
the Senate will only continue few DAYS ioheei
There is no legislative business that can be trans
acted. and it now seems rs good as determined that
no action will be urged in the Louisiana ana South
Carolina contested election cases. Nothing 'lleIe-
fore remains to do except to confirm such appoint
menis as the President may make, ana as lie mas
determined not to make any III a hurry uhiess
obliged to do so, the number which the Senate VIII
be called to act upon will be comparatively small.
committee composed of Senators Anthony anu
Whvte was appointed to-day. on the recommended
ton of the latter to wait upon the President ana IN
form him that unless he had other communication
TO make the Senate was ready for an immediate adj
iournment The President Informed the committee
that he thought he should not desire to detan the
Senate longer than Saturday next. and certainly not
longer than Tuesday of next week. Senator Sargent
introduced to-day resolution for sine die adj
jOuInmcnt which lies upon the table ana can be
called up at any time for passage. The comlhssiohS
of a very considerable number of officials holding
important places will expire during the next le"
weeks but the President intends To permit the
present iucumbcns to hold over i'll all cases where
the law allows until he has had time to CONSIDER
thcIr merits and claims for reappontment, and
also the applcations made by others for their
places. If the Senate were in session he would DC
expected to make appointments III all cases soon
after the commissions run out and would be com
PEELED in most for lack of othcf information TO
act upon he recommendation of Senator'S or mcni-
bcrs of Congress. While he intends to give full
weight to such recommendations, 1t Is an essential
feature of his theory of civil service reform that
they Shoula not be held to be conclusive, and that
the Executive should receive Information from all
other proper sources as to the characerand efficiency
Of all candidates for Offices within his appointment
Year: 1877

CONSERVATIVES LOOK FOR WITHDRAWAL OF THE


TROOPS IN LOUIsANA-MR. HAYES DOES NOT


LIKE NEW ELECTION.


[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUsEl


WASHINGTON, March 14.-Gov. Penn and other
prominent Louisiana conservatives now here expect
that after the adjournment of the Senate the Prcsl-
dent will Immediately order the troops withdrawn
from the State House IN New-Orleaus. They say
that so far as they have been able to ascertain the
sentiments Of the several members of the Cabinet
there will be no dissenting voice to such a policy.
/ he theory of the conservatives is that upon the
withdrawal of the troops the adherents OF MI.
Packard will Immediately abandon him, and that
the entire Packard State Government viii
disappear. Then the legally elected members of
both the Packard and Nichols Legislatures will as
Senlblc and make new Legislature, i'll the Senate
Of which there will be one Democratic majority,
while in the House there will be tie. This Lees-
lature will then elect one Republican and one Con-
scrvative to the United States Senate aud then the
difficulties of the Louisiana situation will disappear
Mr.. Pinchback had another interview with the
President to-day. i'll which he urged the abandon
mcnt of Packard and said that the negroes really
desire il as much as the white Conservatives. Mr..
Piuchback seems to be entirely identified with the
Democratic case.


As to the project for a new election the President
said TO friend this afternoon that he had not even
entertained the plan, although he had heard every
thing that had been said in favor Of it. The infer
ence from the Presidents conversation was that "A
new election instead of aIlaying public passion and
settling the disturbed questions, wonid tend rather
TO continue the present agitation. The Louisiana
people are especially opposed to it, as they
say that it would occur in the midst of
planting season, and would practically destroy
another business year. The President said that he
had no power in tie matter of a new election that
Congress bad no jurisdiction over it, and he did not
see that he could give the scheme his approval, un-
less it should be cordially agreed to by both parties
in the two States. This is not and cannot be the
case,
Year: 1877

stronger The Presidents idea appears to be that
the proper time for the extra session is just long
enough before the expiration of the fiscal year on
the 3Oth of June TO give reasonable time Tor the
discussion and passage of the Army Appropriation
bill
Year: 1877

The nights are growing longer and
the excuse put up by some that they have
no time to read viii no longer hold good
if it ever did. For only two dollars "a
year you can keep posted in all the Ioc,I
matters Of town ard county aud get a
comprehensive compilation Of the general
current news Of the week. Try it,
Year: 1877

A few days ago we called attention to
the fact that crimes and accidents seem to
come in waves or as epidemics, and we in
stanced cases where occurrences of the
same character followed each other in
rapid succession or we're simultaneous in
their appearance Let there be a marine
disaster and it is followed in quick success
siou by other similar calamities; a great
conaagration seems to bring a number Of
conhagrations; a murder ir one locality is
the signal for murders in many other To-
ealities, and suicides seem inspired by the
same dreadful prompting in many places
at the same time.


Within Il week We have had two sui
cides in Druid Hill Park, making three
within year, How or why il is that the
victim of melancholy should sock such q
place to violently end his days is a start
ling mystery. Twice has the pistol and
once the rope done murderous work where
nature should minister most successfully
to mind diseased Death In such beau
tiful spots would hardly be looked for
indeed one would imagine that no matter
how disgusted with life u mortal might be,
scene so beautiful as that of our park
would win back the love Of the desperate
soul for the world he was about to quit
and make the grim uncertainty Of death
repulsiye by the contrast.


1t is terrible mystery which the scien-
tist may some day grapple with effectually.
Certainly y the effects of climate in certain
isothermal belts at varying periods, certain
atmospheric influences, or certain mag
netic sympathies between individuals or
peoples must have something to do with
it. Or perhaps there may be planetary
influence exerted upon the human brain
aud system which brings about the abnor-
NAL condition which leads or drives a man
10 suicide.


That this must be so is evident from the
fact that suicides are by no means confined
to that class Of people made desperate by
poverty, reckless by crime, or demented
by sorrow or suffering. To one man in
desperate fortune who takes his own life
there are ten wellto-do suicides. And
the case is very rare where a criminal
shoots, hangs or poisons himself a mur.
derer or thief, who one would suppose,
was victim to mental torture, TO appre-
hension, exitement and remorse far beyond
what the average citizen would be likely
TO endure. Men whose mental strain,
whose emotional disturbance, moral qualms
should be always gording them, and who
might expect some relief by an escape
from consciousness, seldom suffer halluci.
nation likely to end their lives.


1t is great mystery, and is worthy Of
examination by scientists. Certainly, il
the cause can be discovered to be in the
atmosphere, climate or diet, or dependent
upon planetary influences, it would be a
scientific achievement worthy of the times,
and of far more consequence than measur-
ing the age of a particular shell, or invent
ing some hard name for a new insect.
Let us have some light on this subject
which will determine whether these things
are merely accidental or not Baltimore
Ereniag Ners
Year: 1877

The medieval Florence was very diff
ferent city from that which now evokes
exclamations of delight from the tourist,
as he glides through the dream land valley
of the Arno, and catches first glimpse of
it nestled amid the trees and rearing its
domes in its graceful hollow. In the early
years of Dante it was still unadorned BY
the noble monuments which now lend it
an august and antique grace which no
other European city so fully presents. 1t
was small compared with its present ex-
tent; narrow streets and high, gloomy
houses; tortuous labyrinths Of alley and
by-way; here and there quaint old edifce
like the Abbey, and the heavy, house-built
Ponte Vecchio; the farther bank of the
Arno rather struggling hamlet than, as
now, an urban quarter stately with palaces;
modest, ancient churches "lying deep down
as in a well, in the heart Of the tall
houses-such was the aspect of Florence
in the middle of the thirteenth century.
One only of the noble group of buildings
which are now grouped in the Square Of
the Cathedral stood there in Dante child
hood, the quaint octagon of the Baptistery,
without as yet its decoration of marbles,
as yet Gin flint, gray and homely,' sur
rounded by crumbling tombs and sarcoph-
agi, the carvings of which were worn and
broken, looked down upon by the tower Of
certain house in the square, which was
called "The Watcher of tho Dead" The
Palazzo Vecchio was only then in process
of building; the Cathedral was as yet un-
imagined the glorious Campanile had per-
haps not been 80 much as thought Of.
Florence had only her beautiful site, her
tall trees and thick evergreen hedges, her
lrurels, beeches and lex, her glowing azure
skies, and soft, golden sunsets, her spark
ling little river, and her rounded eminen-
ces and hill-sides, with their rich, soft and
luxuriant yendme, to be proud Of.


Thus the masters found Florence, and
we know how they it. They did more
than accomplish the boast Of Augustus,
that he chad found Rome brick, and left
1t marble" for they embellished with every
charm Of every art. One Of the most
striking perhaps the most strange--of all
the facts concerning the Florentine age Of
art, is that stated by Mrs. 0liphant in the
openining Of her study of Dante. It was
the contrast between the din Of constant
civil war and the peaceful labors of the
great artists, both Of which went on at the
same time within the walls Of the Tuscan
town. In the midst Of the civil struggle,
sin every interval, and even through the
conflict Of arms, the din Of internal fight
ing over a fierce barricade, or the wild
clamor with which one party or another
was driven fiiori (without the walls, there
still went on, in strange serenity, another
life in the very heart Of the warlike city.
How the clippings Of the mason's chisel,
and the finer tools Of the wood-earver, and.
the noiseless craft Of brush and pigment.
could keep going on through all the din,
is as curious problem Of Rlorentine life
as any the imagination can grasp. Yet
they did SO"
Year: 1877

The Scientific American refers to the
complaints of spring-fevers, so prevalent at
this season of the year, when the bodily
machinery seems to be clogged and out Of
gear and headache, dyspepsia, and other
nameless sensations Of discomfort, which
We charge to variable weather, afflict poor
humanity. Among other remedies for
those who say they "always have bilious
attack in the spring" the american re-
commends on rising light and quick
spOnging of the body with cold water,
briskly toweling afterwards, the more
rapidly the better, with sufficient friction
to bring glow to the skin, or, if sufficient
time for this cannot be secured, at least to
make it point to daily sponge the trunk
ofthe body and the arms The clear juice
OF fresh lemon in a wine glass of water,
'oithou sugar, is recommended as the yery
best kind of morning bitters. 1t is said
that more potent solvent of bile cannot
be found 10 the pidteria medica. 1t scar
ches out and dispels rheumatic tendency,
attacking the insidious foes that are stor.
ing up anguish against the latter days
cafcufi-pervading the system, and recti.
flying incipient error, It is considered
needful, perhaps, to begin with two lemons
daily, the second at night just before re.
tiring. 1t should be remembered, how
ever, that the juice must be taken in a
little water and without sugar.
Year: 1877

The Baltimore Daily Nelus recommends
the establishment by law of a State Intel.
ligence Bureau, where the pedigree, char
aeters, records, virtues, and qualifications
of house servants shall be registered, and
the introduction Of the German custom of
requiring little book for each servant to
be kept, which shall contain the certificate
Of his or her last employer as to his or her
worth, cause Of discharge, &c. We con-
denim the sloven and careless way in which
Americans employ servants. We assert
and VIC do not believe it can be successfully
contradicted, that in eight cases out Of ten
housekeepers hire the first applicant that
responds to an advertisement or finds the
way to the house, without demanding
proper references, or without verifying
such references as are offered. In MANY
cases the lady or gentleman of the house
will ask the applicant If he or she has ref
erences to offer. They then seem to
imagine that their whole duty is done in
the premises and never take the trouble to
discover whether those references are bogus
or not. And questionable characters are
aware of this negligence on the part of
housekeepers and practice upon it.


In this way the bad stand better show,
because more self-possessed and plausible,
Of securing situations than really good and
deserving persons. And thieves are profit
ing by this carelessness, by introducing
accomplices into houses they select for
robbery; and degraded people in whose
presence no pure mother would ordinarily
entrust her child for moment, become
the inmates Of the homes and nurses for
the children Of these very mothers simply
because there is no convenient and proper
seive through which the supply Of house
servants must pass to the community and
no headquarters where reliable informa-
tiou as to character, antecedent and quail.
fications can be obtained. That this is so,
the reports Of arrests Of dishonest domes.
tics in every daily paper is convincing
testimony. These are the people who, il
is to the interest Of good servants, should
be prccluded from the opportunity Of
bringing distrust and disrepute upon q
whole class.
Year: 1877

Age, when whithened for the tomb, is a
worthy object Of reverence. The passions
have ceased-hopes of self have ceased


The old linger with the young; and, oh,
how careful should the young be to reward
them with tender affection and the warm.
est love to diminish the chill of ebbing
life The Spartans looked on reverential
respect for old age as beautiful trait of
character. Always be kind to those who
are in the autumn of life, for you know not
what sutferings they may have endured,
nor how much Of it may still be their Dor.
tion. Do they seem unreasonably to ind
fault or murmur? Allow not your anger
to kindle against them. Rebuke them not


for doubtless many have been the crosses
and trials of earlier years, and perhaps
their dispositions, while in the spring time
OF life, were less flexible than your own.
Do they require aid Then render it
cheerfully. Forget not that the time may
come when you may desire the same assist
ance from others that you render to them.
Do all that is needful for the old, and do
it with alacrity, and think not hard Il
much is required at your hands, lest when
age sets its seal upon your brow, and fills
your limbs with trembling, others may
wait unwilling aud feel relieved when the
cothn has covered you till the resurrection.
Year: 1877

The sea is the largest Of all cemeteries,
and its numbers sleep without monuments.
All other grave-yards, in other lands, show
some distinction between the great and
the small, the rich and the poor, but in
the great ocean cemetery the king and
clown, the prince and peasant, are alike
undistinguished. The same waves roll
over all the same requiem by minstrels Of
the ocean is sung TO their honor. Over
their remains the same storm beats, and
the same sun shines, and there, unmarked
the weak and the powerful, the plumed
and the unhoaored, will sleep on forever.
Year: 1877

WEATHER PRodNosrIcs.--If the oak
open before the ash, twill be warm aud
dry, with good wheat to thrash; but IL ash
leaves open before the oak, thero'll be cold
aud OF rain too great a soak, if the ash and
oak open nearly together, look out for a
season of changeable weather.
Year: 1877

A railroad incident occurred recently
on one of the East India lines, which was
as startling as it was singular, and may
be said 10 be one of the most miraculous
escapes on record. A train was ap-
preaching a bridge on curve. When
the bridge came within sight, at a dis
tance of three hundred or four hundred
yards, the engine-driver was horror
struck to discover that it was completely
in flames. Finding his break power
totally useless in the emergency, he
jumped off, as did also the fireman, Just
as the train entered upon the burning
bridge. over which it rushed, fortunately
with unabated speed, through continu,
GUS fame that rose furiously above the
height of the railroad cars. The wooden
sleepers were on fire, and parts of the
rails themselves were red-hot. The whole
train, composed of a number of cars
passed safely over, and not a passenger
was injured or scorched.