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Year: 1877

sembly, will be done away with. 1t should
also yrovidc for taking statistics ofthe indus
tries of the country, twice as often as we now
get them. We opine that when the next
census is taken many persons will be sur
prlsed, not only at the vast increase isz. the
population OF the West, but also at her i'm
mense production of all that goes to make
up the natural prosperity of the nation.-
Prairie Foqw1ey,.
Year: 1877

THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE is now utterly unlike
any other weekly newspaper issued from the
Office of a daily in NewYOrk, or in the country
larger, in different and better form, in better
type, and filled with matter prepared expressly
for It's readers-not with the stale news dumped
in from the daily. 1t can only be compared
with the three and four dollar wecklics, Ike
Haypey's or the great religious and literary
Journals. It's price however, remains fixed at
such low rates as to defy competition, and the
extraordinary premiums surpass anything even
in its own history.
Year: 1877

Attention is asked to the announcement
that from this time / shall engage in the sale
of the watches of the AMERICAN WATCH
COMPANY, of WALTHAM, MASS, adding
to the business special department devoted
to them, conducted upon such scale as will
present at all times for the examination of
purchasers a fuller and more comprehensive
stock than has before been accessible to the
New-YOrk public


While full and complete IN the medium and
moderate priced grades, the stock will be
especially rich in specimens of the more
highly finished and accurate movements, to
the manufacture of which the Company is
now giving an increased share of its attention.


ON MONDAY, the 18th inst, aud until
Christmas, the new warerooms will be open
for inspection in the evening.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.--During the recess
the work Of solidifying the party against the
President is being pushed with even more en-
ergy because Of the recent victory in the New
York cases. The Republican Senators are not
to be contented either with their victory or
crate class. One of the chief Anti-Administra-
tion Senators says the only comprcmise now
possible Is the overthrow of Schurz, Evarts
and Key; and this he says will no doubt
be secured, when at the reassembling of Con-
gress Stanley Matthews will be solitary and
alone on the side of the President. Influences
are set up in Massachusetts to meet HOar
and Dawes on their holiday visit home and
induce them to change their course. Burn
side is to be treated to the same kind Of a
reception. Christiancy, it is claimed, is al
ready won over. This small guard have been
given something Of an excuse by the Presi-
dent telling them that he wanted them to un-
your satisfaction that have nominated an
unfit man, you will do me favor by helping
to reject him. Do not hesitate for moment
to do so, and do not believe that / shall be
offended, but the contrary" 1t is probable he
will send special message to Congress, soon
after 1t re-assembles on reform in the civil
service. Meantime he is known to have said
that he is not looking after second term,
and that he has no desire for or need of per-
sonal party therefore; that he has but few
measures to propose, and those, in his opin-
ion, not only necessary for the public good
but having the favor Of the people, and that
he will do his duty in proposing and recon-
mending them, and leave Congress to do it's
will in the consideration of them; that as to
the Senate rejects them, that will be pretty
certain, by and by, to attract the attention of
the public, which will doubtless form a Just
judgment in the matter.
Year: 1877

friends, without murmur without
even protest. Why have | done soT
lima were at stake. 1t was not congo
nial to my nature, for I have no ambition
for the notoriety which comes Of that kind of
abuse, and do not think that anything in my
past history jnstifies it. But | take my seat
without feeling of resentment to those who
have done me this gross injustice / shall
bury the wrongs which have been done me in
the past whenever recollection or revival of
them shall conflict with the interests of the
people of this State committed to my care /
have. only this to say, that while have de-
termined not to be betrayed into personal re-
elimination against the men, the Senators of
the United States, who have cowardly at
tackled me when | was disarmed and unable
to defend myself, now that / am their peer
upon the floor Of the Senate, hope they will
not repeat it. Continued cheering II they
do repeat 1t, take my word for it, will give
them as good as they send Renewed cheer
ingl will add that can never. consent to
degrade myself to the level of brutality,
cowardice and blackguardism which charac-
terized their conduct toward me.
Year: 1877

ton correspondent Is scrawling his indelibIey
mark upon the tablets OF the ages. The raw
youth from the provinces, who jmes here full
of the proud individuaism OF rural news-
raDerdOm. soon Tuns out his brief riot, set
ties down from the sensational to the reliable.
descends from his giddy self-hood to the dead
level of the sum of things and fs lost from the
sight of men. He may have been indicted for
libel. expelled from the gallery for disrespect
to statesmen, Or incarcerated In hastile for
contempt of committee, but that Is the nTcrest
passing episode and serves hardly to- delay his


INEVITABLE OBLIVION.


The fame OF hin is the exception. The long
life of hard work, small pay and many vexa-
tions. ending with humble funeral and piaf1
headstone is his rule. There lie for him but
one real consolation, and that is asI have said,
the satisfaction of knowing always, even
though nobody else May realize it, that he Is I'm
Some small way a contributor to q sum total OF
impression the vastBess Of which only the flt-
ture may fully know. Let him persevere. then.
The institutions u which he is a part will! go on
forever. while he comes and goes briefly, and
for the most part unnoted. He leads no
revolutions, rides on the crest of no tidal waves.
Is not the hero of anything. Yet his sftouldeE
is pressed against the slow moving wheel OF
the Judgment that brushes things. Let him
therefore rejoice in his quiet consciousness OF
power which is 80 noiseless that no one heeds
1t, and he may be happy on even his meagre
salary, and with the few comforts which his
means vouchsafe or his leisure admits.


A, C.B.
Year: 1877

for revival of personal and national right
eousness, for the bestownent of the truest
wisdom upon our rulers, and for the favor of
God, which alone can bring real prosperity.
most fitting act if the President Of the United
States should recommend day of public
prayer in behalf of the country


Resotged, That we respectfully invite our
brethren of all denominations to unite with
us in securing the observance OF such sea-
son OF prayer.


Resolued, That q copy of these resolutions
be sent to the Ministers Conference of our
Presbyterian and our Methodist brethren in
this city, and that copy, signed by the
president and secretary of the conference, be
transmitted to the President Of the United
States
Year: 1877

Once old Marshal Bugeaud was candidate
for election to the Chambers. He was not in
the very best of health at the time ard his
doctor babe him beware OF over-exerting or
over-exciting himself, ordered him to bed and
bIed and purged him to keep him there.


From time to time the doctor brought him
the most encouraging reports Of the canvass


all was going well, only let him keep hims ,eli
perfectly quiet. At last the day came and
the Marshal learned that he had been-b eaten
Beaten o. he shouted, ''by whom ~ "By
your doctor"
Year: 1877

but that the explosion was that of brick flue
four feet in diameter, running back horizon
tally from the furnace fifty feet to the smoke
stack In the rear. This fiue being choked up.
up the building.


Boiler Inspector Horton reported to Superin-
tendent Wailing this afternoon that he found
the boiler intact. and everything connected with
the steam apparatus in good order. Various
other opinions are expressed as to the cause of
tho Axnlnainn
Year: 1877

From every part of the city and at evey hour.
the relatives OF the wounded or missing persons
have besieged the porter's room anxiously in
sguiring for their friends.


IT is now definitely ascertained TINT the
Year: 1877

Lieutenant Clark, of General Crooks
staff, received from one of the fifteen
Indians who have arrived at the Spotted
Tail agency, the seal ring of Lieutenant
Van w. Riley OF the Seventh cavalry,
who was killed in the Custer massacre.
1t is not positively known whether or
not Crazy Horse, with his band proper,
will come in. His reply to the commits
sion, sent to them by a runner, was that
he would come in and hold a council.
Since then nothing,,has been heard from
him, and TO ascertain his 1whereabout at
present and his intentions rs regards his
surrender, new envoy under the COM
mand of old Red Cloud has departed.
The party who arrived at the Spotted Tail
agency consists principally of northern
Cheyennes, while forty of the same tribe
are en- route for the cantonment on Tongue
river, and will surrender TO General
Miles.
Year: 1877

Ientered at once into the scheme, which


was, indeed, productive of much amuse-


ment. When we had to utter such
words as ''approachink," or consider
ink" the mirth was mild; but when it


iell to the lot of one fortunate youth to
state that Tarquin was "Kink" of Rome,
there was almost a roar. Still our ex-
cellent old gentleman never discovered
that anything abnormal had occurred;
and, when we were dismissed, no doubt
that he confessed, in his inward heart,
like England in the old sea song, that
every man that day had done his duty"


As might be supposed, corporal pun
ishment was not much in vogue at a
school so extraordinarily lax in discip-
line. What would have been the fate of
the kinkmaker" under the rule of
Mrs. jackson, dread to conjecture.
But the learned doctor did not wholly
ignore the use of the cane, though it
might be observed that this was regu-
lated rather by the state of the dector's
own temper than by the state of boys
delinquency. One popularity showed at
least that he had studied his Roman his
tory to some advantage, and had taken
the elder BIutus for his model. Among
the pupils were his two sons; and if ever
the cane va in requisition with ex-
ceptional vigor, what clouds of dust rose
from the jackets of those devoted ladsl
If we-chosen few-who stood at the
head of the classical scholars had been
passed into the first part of the Eneid,
we should have been reminded of the il
lustrious Trojan concealed in cloud by
his divine mother. But we knew of no
book but the second


All things considered, am of Opinien
that, if any of the pupils at the academy
which have tried to describe, and of
which 1 saw the end, are alive now, they
still look back with kindly feeling upon
the figure of DR.. Saunders himself. His
notions of instruction were detestable;
but, in spite of occasional Outbursts of
anger, he was essentially a good-natured,
kindly man, endowed with much native
humor; and, in his most cheerful moods,
he loved to tell droll stories that would
make the benches rock with laughter.
And as for his gloomier moments, it
must be remembered that he had a very
large family, and that he was very poor. |
All The Year Round.
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT progress has recently been
made in enabling Englishwomen to OBJ
tain a medical education. Some of the
leading colleges and universities had
opened their doors to women students
but none of the hospitals would permit
the women to enter for clinical instruc-
ton. Nature announces that the Royal
Free hospital in Gray's Inn road has at
last granted this privilege. It is said to
have come just in time to prevent the
breaking up of the London school of med
icine for women. The trustees of that
school had resolved to close it unless this
concession could be obtained, to rec
ommend the pupils to seek instruction
elsewhere than in England.


THE neglect of Capt. Mares to issue
lime-juice ratiOns to the sledge parties
of the arctic expedition is still the theme
of much discussion in the English news
papers. The Sanitary Record approves
the opinion of Surgeon Colan, that if
anything should have been omitted, the
rum and not the lime,juice should have
been left behind. Capt. Mares admits
that in future case of the kind he
would certainly so modify the arrange
ments as to admit of sending lime-juice. !"
y3
with the suggestion that an agreeable
way to modify the arrangements +"
would be to send both the rum and the
lime.juice, with little sugar. The re-
suit weuld be punch in the polar re-
gions.


Prof. PoLTTzER recently put before
the Medical society of the Vienna Gar
rison some new proof of the use of both
ears in determining the direction of
sound. People who are deaf in one ear
make strange mistakes when hunting, as
they are apt to suppose that any sound
comes from the direction toward which
the ear they hear with may happen to be
turned. A neat little experiment. easily
tried, is devised by Prof. Politzer.
Above the top of the head of person
whose eyes are bandaged a watch, tick
ing loudly, is to be passed. The blind
folded person will be unable TO say GER
tainly whether the watch is above, be-
fore, or behind the top of his head
When one of his ears is closed, the
watch seems to him to be nearest to the
other ear, and this impression will still
be perceptible even though the bandage
be removed from his eyes. The source
of sound is in general referred to a point
on the night or left, according as either
ear hears most loudly.


THERE has been much said recently
about the powers of potassium xanthate
as an antiseptic. A correspondent of the
Boston Journal of Chemistry makes
some remarkable statements concerning
this salt. New wine was treated with it,
and some months afterward was found
to possess its original taste and sweet
ness. The wine was then "drunk in
considerable quantity by different per-
sons without the slightest injurious effect
following" Such a declaration as to
any wine may strike believers in total
abstinence with surprise. P otassium
xanthate Is said to be easily and cheaply
prepared; only small quantities need be
used, and no harm seems likely to ensue
from taking it, except in the few cases
of disease where any potassium salt
would have a bad effect. Vegetable
juices and saps clarified by means of a
small addition of this salt have remained
without mold or fermentation after eight
months exposure to the air.
Year: 1877

In all diseases affecting these organs,
whether they secret too much or too little
water; or whether they be afflicted with
stone OF gravel, or with aches and pains set
tied in the loins or over the regions Of the
kindnevs these Pills should be taken accord
ing to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small
of the back at bed time. This treatment
will give almost immediate relief when all
other means have failed.
Year: 1877

Is the great blood purifier, Syphilis and re-
moves Fimples and Humors on the face


Reason should teach us that blotchy, rough or
pimpled skin depends entirely upon an internal
cause, and no outward application can cure the
defect.
Year: 1877

In all the cities and towns in these
hard times there is much suffering. The
number of the weary unemployed is very
large. Strong and brave men wear out
their hearts as they see wives and chill
dren in want, and after months of vain
searching for employment too often are
tempted to crime or maddened to suicide.
Yet the land is broad enough for all, and
millions of acres which will yield a sure
subsistence to patient workers lie waiting
for any man to till them. Our cities are
overcrowded. The,growth of rural pop
ulation has been slow, while the towns
have advanced with a rapidity far exceed
ing the demand for such service as can
be rendered at the centers of population.
In 1850 the rural population of the north
ern free States-the newer States, Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, and the Pacific
States not being included, of course
was 1O,2OS,727 or 761e per cent. of the
entire population of those States. But
the changes since that time, as shown by
successive census reports, have been re-
markable, and indeed alarming. The
following shows the population living in
cities and towns and in the country, with
the proportion Of each class to the total
population: ...
Year: 1877

FEED HIM FIRsT.-The city. papers
publish an account of tailor who, being
out of work, walked all the way from
Newark, N. j., to New York in search of
employment. Not finding any, he re.
turned to Newark, as he came, on foot.
Soon after his arrival there he fell to the
ground in state of unconsciousness, pro-
duced by hunger and exhaustion. On
being restored he stated that one piece of
dry bread was ell he had eaten in two
days. s4as, VIZ " '".a


Surely, stringent as the times are, there
cannot exist any necessity for suffering
like this. Provisions are plenty, and
hearts are not so cold that those in want
need to starve. The difficulty is that
while many prefer begging to working,
those who are really reduced to the great
est straits for food are often ashamed to
beg. But when human beings are actu-
ally reduced to a state of starvation in
this land of plenty, they have only to
make their necessities known to have
them relieved. ana hlit


1t is painful to reflect upon suffering
like that Of this poor tailor. Nor does 1t
matter that such misfortunes are general
ly the result of the follies and faults OF
those who endure them. The frat thing
TO do for man who is starving is to feed
him. Lectures on domestic economy do
not properly come in order until after
wards.-N. Y. Ledger.
Year: 1877

She slipped off her dress and tearing i,
into strips, she bound me tightly to hsl


back, and with prayer on her lips began


to ascend the tree.


The bear seemed to understand nv
| mothers movements, for he started for the
| tree.


In few moments, with wildly beatin z
heart, my mother reached the body of the
oak, just as the bear came up snortiDg.


he gave growl of rage and tore up the
ground with his pave. For three long
hours my mother was compelled to remain
in the tree, with me still tied to her back,
until my father returned from the town.


All the time the bear kept a close watch
on our movements, never leaving his posi-
tion at the foot of the tree for an instant.


Mother was beginning to get weak from
the continued strain of holding on to the
limbs to keep from falling; when the
sound of wheels rapidly approaching,
broke on the still air, and the next instant
q sharp report of pistol rang out, and
the bear howled most terribly and rolled
over on the ground till he expired


Soon my father helped Us down from the
tree, and so now you know why love this
tree and this seat"


Grandma took off her glasses and wiped
her eyes, just as Charlie was seen coming
over through the high grass with a basket
of cherries in his hand.


"Oh Charley you have missed one of the
fipest bear stories that ever was told; and
it happened juet here, and Grandma was
really here too"


'Never mind Charley, dear; / will tell
you all about it this evening, before we
say the Rosary" said the old lady.


Charlie was satisfied and began to divide
the cherries.


In another week the boys went home,
aud many little fellow has listened to
Graudma's real bear story.


The three brothers look forward with de- |
light to next years visit, and every night |
they remember Grandma and Grandpop in |
their prayers.
Year: 1877

of others. They have sprung up as q class


since the war. and they are one of many
plaques left us by that dire calamity. They
are fearful curse to the country, and we
trust that come law can be devised to pro-
tect the working community from their
psstilent ravages. But other than these,
there are thousands of deserving men and
women willing to work if they can get en-
ployment. These are entitled to sympathy
and something more. People of wealth
should, for the common good, endeavor to
give them employment, by building, re-
pairing, Introducing new industries, for
which three is SO much room in our growing
city, or otherwise, 80 as to give useful
occupation to the honest working classes,
now 80 depressed for want of employment
Men of capital ought to lock to this, or
they may look forward for trou BILE for them
selves.
Year: 1877

Tho above all desirable styles lin good order)
~ them bought late In the and offered for SALE
They sold Mt these nominal effect
clearance before opening goods
ALL GOODS AS REPRESENTED.
Year: 1877

One great hindrance to self knowledge is
the spirit of self defence. The Pharisee,
who stood and pray ed by himself, than king
God that he was not like other men are, is
the type of those who turn from the confess
sional. The Pnblican is the type of the
Pentteut upon his kuees. For wh8t rs the
Sacrament of Peuance but the Sacrament
of Self accusationq We are all tempted to
excuse ourselves. When the eyes and ears
of the world are open upon US, We are full
of apologies or desials. 1t leeds the heroic
humility of saint to suffer aud be silent {:
like ST. Vincent de Paul who, when falsely
accused in the ante chamber of the King of
France, went down on his knees and took
the shame without a word. But in the
confessional we can make no excuses. We
know that all is known to Him who sits
t:ere unseen. "For the word of God is
living and effectuaI, and more piercing
than any two o.edged sword and reaching
unto the division of the soul and the spirit,
of the joints also, and the marrow, aud is
the discern of the thoughts and intents of
the heart. Neither is there any creature
Invisible in His eight; but all things are
naked and open to his eyes. to whom our
speech is."-Carainal Manning.
Year: 1877

A MoURNFUL HIATUS IN THE LANGUAGE.
young lady who has had many ad-
mirers is embarrassed to know by what
term to describe them when, as frequently
happens, she finds it necessary to allude to
them in conversation. She says:


What can you call gentleman who is
paying his addresses to youf 1t is vulgar
to say 'my beau and such title makes a
man look ridiculous, which is not always
the object in view. 1t savors of vanity to
say IAN admirer of mine,' and, besides,
such phrase only gives one side of the
relation. The fine old term lover' can
only be used with safety in the most serious
cases, and is open to misconstruction in
connection with fiirtations. Sweetheart
is too soft and tender for common use.
The word flame is a metaphor that is worn
away to Stiffness. It will not do to call a
man your 'Gance' until you are engaged
to him, and it is not we'll to describe him
as your feller' unless you earn your living
in somebody else's kitchen. Tho term
'suitor' implies business views without
affection. What can you call him."