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Year: 1879

The campaign in Ohio opens with
vigOr and confidence, on the part of
the Republicans. They are strength
ened every day by accessions from the
Democratic or Greenback ranks, and
find the old Republican ranks more
united and compact than they have
been at any time since the war. The
Democratic managers already realize
that their chance of carrying the State
is extremely slender, and they are hop
ing only for the control of the Legis-
lature, having some advantages in that
respect from the peculiar apportion-
ment. But it is fair to say at the out
set that their success would be bar
rem one, if they should fail to elect
their candidate for Governor. For the
main Importance of the election in
Ohio this Fall is as an indication of
the probable result in the Presidential
election next year, and the majority of
votes cast will decide in that contest,
as in the choice of Governor. If the
Democrats cannot rally majority of
the popular vote for General Ewing,
they cannot expect to carry the State
for any Presidential candidate repre-
senting General Ewing's opinions
For General Ewing is a man Of unu-
sual ability, an effective speaker, and a
candidate of popular qualities, and he
is more in favor with the Greenback
voters than any man who is likely to
be named by the Democrats for the
Presidency.


Mr.. Tilden, Mr.. Thurman and Mr.
Hendricks are well aware of these
facts. They know, too, that General
Ewing himself would become dam
gerous Presidential candidate, if he
should succeed in carrying Ohio this
year. For that reason, they are not
likely to exert themselves to any great
extent in order to secure for him the
coveted prize OF open and formal
support, they will give him enough, Of
course neither of them would dare
to throw away the vote Of Ohio il
Year: 1879

Two small white hands, with fingers meekI y


folded


Upon her quiet breast
sweet pale face that seems in marble


moulded


Is she at rest !?
Did she grow weary at her happy play,
And Will she wake again at close of day?
No; little Elsie never more will waken
To smile or play;
The angels Scarce more pure) have come an d


taken


Our pet away;
And yet we think her spirit cannot be
More lovely than this little form we see.
On the dear lips q tint of rose still fingers,
Reluctant to depart;
And we press the dimpled ice-cold fingers
In anguish to our heart,
We cannot find it in our hearts to spare
To the dark grave, q thing so bright and fair.
o blind and weak let us return to Heaven
What was but lent a while,
Knowing how soon again she will be given
Back, with her sunny smile
Back, with strange lore within her baby mind I,
And knowledge which no sage of earth could


find.
Sleep, darling Esie-in Gods sheltered garden
We lay thee-little flower!
Lifting once more our weary earthly burden,
Till comes the blessed hour
When Death, the healer, bounteouS and mild,
Shall give to us once more our fairest child


j. H.
Year: 1879

The Ohio Democratic editor is dying to
know where Charles Foster was, during
the war We could answer him, but first
we would like to know where the Ohio
Democratic editor was during the war P
jackson Standard.


We know; he was hidden in the cellar
writing editorials about Lincoln's hire
lings and thieves, most of the time, and
the balance of the time he was trying to
slander soldiers wives and shaking his
fist under some orphan child's nose, tell
ing him that his father was black abo-
fitionist and it was a good thing the
Democrats had killed him Clark Co.
Republican.
Year: 1879




THE P,nsENT EMPLOYEES OF THAT BODY PROBABLY


TO BE RETAISED-A LIST OF DEMOCRATS WHOM


TIE REPUBLICANS RETAINED.


lBY TELEGRAPH To The TRIBUNE


WAsHINGToN, March 1.-THE developments in
connection with the newly discovered old rule of
the Senate requiring the Vicc-Pfesidents approval
before an employ6 of that body can be removed has
proyed vertable Waterloo for the office seekers. A
more lugubrious lot in appearance is hard to be i'm
ARMED. At first the whole matter was pronounced
a Republican invention to cheat them of their hard
won spoils but the discovery that many of the
Democratic Senators upon whose good offices they
had confidently counted are non-committal, while
others are outspoken in their opposition to sweep
ing removals from the subordinate offices furnishes
ample room for the gloomy thoughts which possess
them.


What may be the outcome of few days exertion
and pressure such as they now bringing TO bear
upon Democratic Senators it is of course impossible
TO saw, but the temper of number of the more con-
seryative is now favorable to the retention OF all
the skilled employees i'll the Senate, regardless of po-
htical opinions For this course the Senators find
f Justification both in the necessities OF the situa
ton and in the precedent set by the Republicans.
The following is partial list of the Democratic
Year: 1879




BECK MAKES AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBuNE.I


WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Democratic Sena-
toral caucus held this noon, was rather tame af-
fair considering the important matters with which
the new majority is soon expected to deal. The
tenor of the debate was much milder than preced-
ing events had given reason to expect.


The committee appointed on Saturday to arrange
the personnel of the several committees was not
ready to report 1t is understood that an obstacle
TO the completion of the work had been found in
the question of free trade against protection this
question having come up in connection with the
composition of the Finance Committee.


The most important matter discussed was with
regard to the business be transacted by Congress
during the extra session. A resolution was offered
bv Senator Beck limiting the range Of legislation to
the appropriation bills which failed at the regular
session. and the political legislation which was at
tached TO them The matter was discussed at some
length and resulted i'll the appointment OF a com
uuttce of nine Senator'S of which Mr.. Thurman Is
chairman to which the subject was referred. The
committee was instructed 10 confer upon the sub
iect with similar committee TO be appointed by the
House.


The selection of incumbents for the elective Of
fees of the Senate was briefly considered, but was
POSTPONED until next Thursday. Nothing was said
with regard TO the subordinate offices OF the Senate
Year: 1879

Are offering at a Sacrifice the Large Stock of Goods which they have on hand. They have also a large lot of Goods on the road which they expect to re- ceive in a f,w days, that must be sold for less than San Francisco prices, in order to close out their whole stock, as they are determined to sell off everything before the $. P. R. R reaches Maricop Wells, which will be by the lst of April.

 Now that tiEles are hard and money scarce, it Is of the greatest importance to economize. Therefore, call around and you will find that yoIs can purchase as much for one dollar, as ycu could have purchased for two dollars some years ago.

 They have a full line of
Year: 1879

On Friday evening, April 25th, the
q. r. A. will give their first grand ball
in Webster's Dancing Academy, Ma
sonic Hall, when all lovers OF the terp.
sichorean art will have an opportunity
to trip tho light fantastic to their
hearts content. The Committee Of Ar
rsnpements are doing their utmost to
insure their guests q pleasant time,
and make their pall grand success in
every particular. Good order at all
hazards will bo the motto.
Year: 1879

Powell, the great fish man of the
Third street market. will have a fine
lot of Delaware shad on his stall this
afternoon and to morrow, as well as a
great variety Of other fish, which he is
selling at reasonable prices, alread y
prepared for the pan. Give him call
and note his dexterity. He will not
keep you waiting = single moment.
Year: 1879

We are not one of those who delight to
meddle with other folks private affairs,
at the same time, we cannot help express
ing the opinion that, /. man who, in COM
pany with another mans wife, would stop
over night at tavern and refuse to pay
81 IS for supper, lodging and breakfast,
and the stabling of six horses, is a.queer
specimen of humanity.
Year: 1879

AMONG the trinkets stolen from the
Princes body by the Zulus was ring
greatly valued rs family relic. 1t was
set with an antique cameo, and had
formerly belonged to Queen .Hortense.
Napoleon IiI priced it highly as a
memento Of his mother, and wore it con-
stsntly On the little finger of his left
hand. II was thus doubly precious to
the Forvivors of the family. Doubtless
this treasured trinket now adorns, in
some distorted shape, the ugly person of
IN African savage. 1t would be curious
TO trace the history of that cameo, from
its origin among the splendors of ancient
Rome or Athens down to its present in
appropriate destination.
Year: 1879

The New York Commercial says it is
proposed to establish an experimental
colony of Jewish farmers on tract of
land in the South and West, and to en-
courage the return of the race to pas
toral pursuits, in order to relieve the
overcrowded commercial ranks and to
open new fields OF effort to the poor,
now clustered in the great cities. Sub
stantially the same arguments are en-
ployed, and the same general plan
adopted, in putting forth and organizing
this Hebrew enterprise, as were agreed
upon by the Bishops and laity Of the
Catholic Church in behalf of their own
people. Jew and Gentle virtually COM
bine in a large and comprehensive
scheme for the relief of distress and the
stimulation Of industry. Each class
works in its own way, and for the peo-
pie of its own blood, but the general
effects of these impor .ant movements
will be exactly the same. The founda-
tion of Jewish and Irish colonies in
sections of this country now Sunpopu-
lated will necessarily produce several
notable results. The colonists, aided by
the funds of the central organizations,
will be enabled to change their quartefs


in unwholesome and overcrowded tene-


ments for freer homes which their in
fdustry may make their own the Death


rate Of the cities will diminish in the
exact proportion of the emigration to


the South or West; the new states will


gain valuable aceessions of population


and, d,improvei property; the natural re


sources. of the country win be better de


xeloped ;. and trade, commerce, social


life, and politics will naturally undergo
marked changes which win. open new


chapters in our history. Both These
! great schemes are vet in their infancy
bat il is possible TO see the end from ths


beginning, and easy to understand
| the character Of the new forces already
At work. gAGAsIEH1
Year: 1879

TWELVE sets of telephones have been
sent out to Sir G Arnet Wolseley for use
at the seat of war in Soath Africa. The
great advantage Of the telephone over
the Telegraph is that the general can
carry on confidential talk with the Off
Ger at the district station, or a soldier
can creep out toward the enemy's lines
and whisper back the information as to
position. A fine wire-the thinner the
better-is all that is needed. This the
soldier carries on n reel upon his back,
q mile weighing only a few pounds.
This will be the frat time the telephone
has been used as an instrument of war
fare.
Year: 1879

from San Francisco. The vessel goes
thoroughly equfpped,is manned by an
enthusiastic company. and under the
command of an officer of the navy. 1t
is not likely there will be any of that
divided authority which made the
voyage Of the Polariso such miser-
able failure. Should success. crown the
efforts OF the gallant commander, the
enterprising and energetic editor of the
Herald win ,hsysr scored geographical
victories'fh most brilliant, ever won by
one man-s'The solution Of the Northern
mystery would be Che event of the
Nineteentho Cehtufy, and the whole
world will unite in, the heartiest wishes


for the success Of the voyagers and for


their safe return home. s'af N'a@ Z
Year: 1879

IT is fun to watch man endeav0riDg
to raise the cork 9pt of the, peek Of on,
ink bottle villa kiniet. The cork gen!
orally comes out pretty hard, especially


when it is covered with sealing wax
and some how or other the ink flies up
in his face and all over his shirt front
that is, if he. has ON u new shirt If
the shirt happens to be old and of no
use the ink nhies over his shoulder and
dapples the wall. .ia ID ,s". iais @io~ y y
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, May l9.-Secretary
Schurz had another talk with Little Chief
and his Cheyenne Indians this morning.
Little Chef is old and does all the talk
ing for his band, the five other being
Quiet young men. The old cheif repea-
ted his story of the Black Hills having
bean given to his people by the Great
Chef and of their desire 10 g. their again.
The Secretary told him the game had
disappeared and the time had passed
when the Indian could live without work.
He pointed out the necessity for school
and told him the more intelligent the
labor the better the pay. Little Chef
said he had rather die than conform to
the white mans ways. The Secretary
replied that perhaps he might, but his
children were not ready to die that way.
He did not wish this to be understood as
. denial of the petition to go north
that could not be answered until he had
talked with the President. The Indians
consented to go Hampton on the 22d
and witness the Commencement exer
cises. There are number of Indian.
In the school who have made considera


BILE progress, and it is hoped their pro


ficiency will make Little Chef NOR


fav0rably inclined to learning.
Year: 1879

ABOUT the best use tomahawk can
be put to is to present it to lawyer-by
the handle-as was done by the Poncas
Indian, Standing Bear, out in Omaha,
last week. Mr.. Webster, who had won
the case for the Poncas, was the happy
recipient. The remarks make by the
Chief on this occasion were sig
nificant: ''We had no law to punish
those who did wrong, so we took toma-
hawks and went to kill. but
you have found better way. Yo,
have gone into Court for us, and fint
our wrongs can be righted there. Nov
l have no more use for the tomahawk
and l want to lay it down forever"
Year: 1879


5 Special


SALE

We have inaugurated this day o
sale of Black, Colorcd and Fancy
Silks on large and bolder scale than
has ever heretofore been attempted
by any house in this city. Ladies
who desire to purchase truly rich
and Reliable Silks should not fail to
take the earliest opportunity Of ex-
amining these goods. To examine
will be to buy. The attractive char
acter of these Silks, as we'll as their
remarkable cheapness, cannot fail to
strike ladies at once.
Year: 1879

Love-making at the White Sulphur
seemed never more the Ordor Of the
day, and we have never heard of lovers
who attained TO more Oblivious states
OF afiectionate bliss. One, for ezam-
pie in describing to friend his expe-
rience of the night before deposed as
follows:


"Why my dear fellow, never dream
ed twas II o'clock. / had been sitting
there, you know, since eight; and do
you know when got up found that
the rain had been pouring down my
back for hours and hadn't even known
it," Only think of it, and picture what
the charms before him must have been
to have made him so entirely oblivious
to the counter charms behind An
other, who has gallantly resigned his
room to lady occupant, and who can
get no other place to stay, is sleeping in
the hall behind a curtain, and has not
been heard TO utter complaint. This
gentleman-who is not an early riser
from preference-of necessity retires
later now and rises sooner than any
body else; his bath is supplied in a re-
mote corner of the hotel; he is shaved
at the barber-shop, and dresses by ear
(if we may 50 express it,, and without a
mirror; but since his cot Is about the
centre Of the building, the barber-shop
at one end and the bathroom at the
other, it is fair to conclude that before
his toilet is completed he has led quite
an active life for an indefinite portion
of the early morning hours. So much
for the power Of love.
Year: 1879

The Young women of Philadelphia never
grow old. A theatrical manager who adver-
tised for twenty-five beautiful girls COM
plains that old women who would pass for
his grandmother he is not a spring
chicken himself-answered the card. These
were women who had capered before the
footligbts for years, and tossed their ring
lets at the front rows for a generation, and
yet they still fancy they are young, spright-
iy and beautiful " l tell you" remarked
the manae or, in a confidential chat with a
Recorder reporter, although this may
seem to be an easy way to make living,
yet know the life is fraught with hardship
and spiked with dangers know it, and
knowing it, l act accordingly. Now, to
day, two young girls called on me-pretty
little girls, too-and wanted to go on the
stage. They were willing to go at just
enough to Keep them. l took those two
little stage~struck girls aside and talked to
them like Sunday School superintendent.


They said they were working in shirt fac
tory and were only making s. 80 a week,
and could not get along on their wages


When / found that out doubled my argu-
ment, and think 1 have persuaded them that
stitching shirts at 81 80 a week is better for
them than to undertake the hardships of a
life in tights and tinsel. Women get it bad
sometimes. There is plenty of fun with
young man who wants to play kings and
tyrants by casting him for policeman in a
pantomime, and whanging him with stuffed
clubs and property produce. One week of
this effects a permanent cure but when
young'women get it, the only thing to do is
to talk earnestly and honestly TO them
Year: 1879

A British officer dining in company
of strangers, had very narrow escape
in the following way: A gentleman
took out coin and declared that no
one present had seen one like it. The
coin passed around the table, and came
last to the British officer. All the rest
declared that they had never seen such
a coin. When it reached this officer, he
was busy with a conversation, and
taking the coin in his hand and looking
at it carelessIy remarked, 81 have seen
one like it, and laying it down re-
sumed his conversation. At the end OF
the dinner the coin was not to be found.
To discover the theft all were searched
until they came last to the officer. He
refused to be searched, and said he
would lie first. just rs they were about
to proceed TO extremities with him, a
servant rushed forward with the lost
coin, he had found in a napkin. All
apologized to the officer for the susnic-
ion, very strong "a moment before, tl4t
he had secreted the coin. He replied:
Gentlemen, permit me to explain
why / refused to be searched, aud he
drew from his pocket a fac-simile of
the rare coin. "With this in my pOck-
ct, stranger, rs I am, | would have
been judged guilty by you all; there
fore, resolved to defend my honor
with my life.
Year: 1879

Vincennes special to the st. Louis
Renublican, 10Th: SAT an early hour
this morning the body of woman at


tired in male dress was found lying
acroos the side-track of the Ohio and


Mississippi railroad, about seventy-tive
feet from the west end of the platform
at the Union depot. She was lying
upon her face, and the only external
sign of injury was deep scalp wound
above the right temple, such as might
have been caused by blow or severe
fall. An examination by physicians re-
yealod the fact that she had died OF
conclusion of the brain. The theory
advanced for her death is as follows;
She is supposed to have been acting the
part of n male tramp, either from some
necessity or desire, and, true to her as
sumed calling, was engaged in stealing
a ride upon the night express east, and
upon nearing this station attempted to
lump off while the train was yet IN
motion, with fatal effect. Nothing IS
known as to her identity, unless II much
soiled piece of paper (evidently torn
from the margin of some newspaper)
with the following indefinite, almost
illegible words written upon it in fair
hand may be so regarded: MY name
is Anne Mehan, Louisville. II any
thing should happen me, the party
finding this will send me, Tie re-
naming all-important words could not
be raad, even by the aid of strong
maguilying glass The only remaining
article which may lead to the identity
OF the unfortunate young woman, found
upon her person, was n much. soiled
silk handkerchief, of saffron center and
light blue border, having the initials
p. j. worked upon it in one corner III
white silk. She had on a brown pair of
jeans pants, dark coat, blue shirt,
CATERS and stsw hat. She is Of decided
masculine appearance, being about five
feet high, squarely built. hands large
and coarse, features rather pleasant,
and short, curly auburn hair; apparent
ly about twenty five years of age. A
tramp giving his name rs Frederick
Miller, of Philadelphia, together with
two fellow tramps, were on board the
train east which arrives here at mid
night; but Miller, who was arrested and
placed in custody last night, claims to
know nothing whatever of the dead
woman. The two remaining tramps
were not apprehendcd. Miller says he
got on the train Mt Salem, Illinois, and
does not know that the deceased was on
board the train. The authorities at
Louisville have been communicated
with, but no response yet received. A
coroners inquest is in progress.
Year: 1879

When Admiral Horatio Binnacle, the
venerable retired sea-serpent, who lives
on West Twenty-seventh street, saw
roast duck on the bill of fare last night,
his always pleasant face took ON an
added ray of cheerfulness, but those
who sat near him observed that after
he had eaten his portion his brow cor
rugated Later, rs he stood before the
parIor fire, the admiral said


81 lived once, gentlemen, in house
which the boardors left in body. We
had one night for dinnor roast duck.
It was served in rough jagged pieces,
but we thought nothing of that; per-
haps the carving ok was dull. 1t was
tough? That was to be expected.
Tasteless? OF course. But when We
had nearly finished it, old Commodore
zelotes, Finnerty held up piece on
the end of his fork, end said


Admiral


Commodore


"Nails!'


"And sure enough, gentleman as the
Commodore turned that piece of duck
on his fork I saw sticking through it
the points of threo nails. It was a
wooden decoy duck that we had eaten,
served by the landlady because it. was
cheaper than the ducks that are sold in
the poultry market She wns safe in
her assumption that we would not dis
cover by taste any difference between
that and any other duck we had eaten
from the same table, but unfortunately,
she forgot to phil out the nails.


'It was too much for the old Com
modore. He went to his room, got out
the old-fashioned alligator mounted
carpet bag that he always carried, and
began to stow his dunnage. His exam
pie was infectious. Within half an honr
every bit of baggage, from trunk to
grip-sack. was out of the house, and
boarders wore seeking other feeding
grounds.


"Now don't mean to say, gentlemen,
that the duck we had for dinner to-
night was wooden one, understand
me, l saw no nails, but