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Year: 1878

What summer songs are sweet and fair,


And who shall sing them blythe and gay,
With cadence ae1ile-so't as sir


And CHEEKY as the summer day.
What poet comes with sandal shoon,


And clear brown eye of dreamy gaze
Brown as the wave whose forest gloom
Has drank the light OF autumn days
rhe igb. of autumn days!
Deep, deep within, his quiet heart


He holds the sunshine of the year,
The music Of the meadow lark


And bells that echo faint and clear;
The hare-bell. may be, on the slope,
The bubble that tho wave has broke,
Or the soft, sorpore tones that fall
In memory Of birthday chime
Faded in that far lapse Of time
That comes and goes for all
And thus within his eyes the haze
Deepens Of autumn days!
The sky is blue, the sky is fair,
And writ with fleecs clouds in air.
And bsughs are waving fresh and free,





And birds with wings whose flashing light
Makes the worn spirit yearn for flight
Are passing On to srme bright zone
We picture in the heart alone;
And nat re chiyues in IL, aortopo
Its nv 1rmurc ds sntLen. bright and clear =
Yet he apart


D dnks in with subtle sense and heart
II 20 rapture Of the year;
i.nd with his far-ofr gaze
Turns it to autumn days!
He garners up the perfect time,


He stores at will Of pain or mirth,
For him nor season comes nor cline


He stands alula OF all the earth:
To him the forest tells its tale,
The brooklet pours it's plaintive wall,
The wild pine rock, the wild winds moan
To him the torrent speaks alone,
The tempest from its mountain throne,
The tumult Of the angry sea.
The murmur Of the rowing bee,
The pale anemone that blows
In sunshine DER its native SHOWS,
The blue-bell or the meadow-pink,
Or osier by the streamlet's brink,
All tell their tales in murmurs free
The secrets Of the land or sea
And in his patient eyes,


Awaiting sorrow and surprise
Gather like falling leaves or sunset rsys
A dreamy wiStfU gloom
: A light too far too sooa
The light Of autumn days!


William e. Briggs.
Year: 1878

MACE Mace should be pounded fine,
and corked tight in small glass bottles,
with wide mouths, and kept in tin box.


To SOFTEN THE HANDS. Before retir-
ing, take large pair of old gloves,
and spread mutton tallow all over the
hands. Wear the gloves all night, and
wash the hands with olive oil and white
CASTLE soap the next morning.


BURNS AND SoA1Ds.-The very best
thing to be done when any one has re-
ceived burn or scald, is to lay on the
part that is injured thick coating OF
cotton, wool or wadding, so as to complete
" exclude the air. Thus will much
future pain be avoided. If the above
wool happens not to be at hand, scraped
potato or turnip will ease the pain.


PARTICLES IN THE EYE.-Whenever q
fly, or other insect, small flying seed,
quick-lime, dust, or any other minute
object, gets into the eye, do not adopt
the common habit Of rubbing, or even of
washing with water, but gently raise, or
get gentle hand to raise for you, the
Year: 1878

BY the arbitrary ruling of Speaker Randall
the Democratic agitators have got the noto-
rlous fraud resolution before the House.
They seem to have overlooked Oregon some.
how. Their object of course is to make par
tisan capital out of one-sided investiga-
zion, and the committee provided Tor in tne
resolution will be nothing more or less than
Democratic campaign committee. In the
present temper of the country the Demo-
Gratis will suffer rather than gain by this
attempt to reopen bitter and proftless con-
troversy which the people are satisfied to for
GET
Year: 1878

WHENEVER naval agent of any European
power comes over to this country an attempt
is made to induce him to buy the Stevens
battery. And very wisely he never buys it.
Captain Smetschkin is the latest to be
approached on the subject. He says the
battery "could be of no practical use in the
Baltic" doubtless mentally adding ''or any
where else.''
Year: 1878

THE Democrats seriously think of killing
Glover. His latest discovery is that the
Louisiana committee of the last House spent
$4,000. Among the items is charge of
sl97 for champagne, and another big charge
for "old stag'' whiskey. Evidently Glover
must be massacred or the party will be ruined
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communt.
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable necessarily for publication
but as qua ranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

I" q contract for the labor of such person, or
"any person brought or coming for the priic-
Z" tice of immoral trades or occupations OF any
"person or persons by or through whose
"presence in this country the free III
"stitntlons thereof would be endangered"
This seeks to avoid the treaty; it
means Chinese" while it does not say so'
leaving the argument open that they are not
more excluded than are other nationalities. A
second provision gives the consent Of Congress
that any State may enact laws or enforce reg
ulatiOns to enforce the prohibition above
quoted This seeks to avoid the operation OF
the Supreme Courts Judgment


There is much to be said on both sides OF
the Chinese question. The inconvenience
and grievances are real, even if the immediate
remedy proposed may seem unjust or futile.
But, clearly, any legislative action intended to
bear upon the Chinese should follow a reex-
animation of our treaty obligations with China.
This law will not accomplish its object unless
It is administered against the Chinese espe-
cially if this is done the treaty is broken. AS
the privileges of the two peoples in each
others jurisdiction are expressly made reclpro-
cal, our nation must be prepared to relinqulsh
hospitality IN China, if we decide to refuse 1t
to the Chinese The value Of what the whole
country may have gained by the treaty is to
be ascertalned and weighed against the incon-
veniences of which the Pacific coast complains.
The consent of the Chinese Government may
be obtainable to notifications which will re-
strict immigration without conflict with Their
National policy Hence we welcome the pas
SAGE Inv the Senate. on Saturday. of the con-
current resolution asking the President to seek
a change Of the treaty. This is a better
road to relief than the enactment Of law
cOuched in vague generalities which mean
Chinese while they do not say 20.
Year: 1878

honorable and patriotic course, and, though
not warranted in stating that there was
such formal agreement between them, has
repeatedly pointed to the fact that they had
taken and acted upon this course before any
of the conferences were held at which 1t Is
supposed that bargains were made. AFTER
Southern men had acted thus, without
conditions, agreements or other UNDERSTANDINGS
than those given by the public declaratious oil
Mr. Hayes and his known friends they were
met in conference by assurances that they had
not mistaken his purposes or character
and would find hin true to his declared con-
victions of duty, as they had been tue to their
sense of duty. What they bad previously
pledged each other to do, without any pil-
vate assurances, they continued 70 do. What
Nh Hayes had previously pledged the country
to DO he did Beyond this, no bargain OF
agrc cment has by any inquiry been shown to
have existed General Butler will find that
honorable and fair men throughout the land
deem thls understanding, and the patrlohc
conduct which preceded and followed, every
way creditable.
Year: 1878

The story Of the robbery Of a Third Avenue car on
Monday evening seems almost incredible. The
deed was done at the early hour Of 10
O'Clock On the vehicle were eleven soldiers
of the 18th Regiment armed with sabres.
Among the passengers there must have been
many able-bOdied men. Yet the villains who


invaded the car had everything their own way.
The collector and the conductor Of the company
were terribly beaten. The scoundrels went off tri
umphantly with their booty. This is perhaps the
first instance in the annals of crime of vehicle
under a strong military guard-for so it
happened to be-captured and plundered without
any resistance worth mentioning. Everybody ran
away who could get away, except the hghwaymen,
who departed quite at their leisure and Mr.. Orr, the
conductor, who behaved very well. The brave but
beery Warriors of the 11th are entitled to the
special attention of their military superiOrs
Their idea that q soldiers duty is to
attend festivals, wear uniform and fill himself
with beer, is hardly one which will win for them
undying renown. As for policemen, the old rule
held good. They were not to be found when they
were wanted.


The worst Of this astonishing transaction Is that
il shows Williams how easily they can perpetTate
crime of the most audacous character. The best OF
it is, that it has demonstrated the necessity
of some system for the protection OF pas
geugerS on lDc sllttt IdiiN ayS AA'Abto-
fore, on some of our roads, there has
been none worth mentioning; and travellers,
particularly at night, have been exposed to all
manner of annoyances and outrages-to the
insults of drunkards and women of the
town, and TO the depredations of pickpOckets.
Complaints have from time to time been
made, but they have produced no reforma-
tion. Naturally, therefore, thieves, casting about
for profitable job, hit upon this plan Of creating
panic and of carrying of the companys cash. They
must have known the road perfectlywell, and they
devised the scheme according 30 Their knowledge.


The Third Avenue Company is the party plum
dered and assaled IN the person of its servants 1t
must take some measures for the future protection
of its own interests and property, however little
it may regard the comfort and cash of the public.
The arrest and condign punishment of these
criminals is of prime Importance. All the resources
of the detective force should be at once employed in


the effort to arrest these offenders. Thousands Of re-
spectacle persons rideupOn street railways after
dark every night and it will be hardly comfortable
for them to feel that in doing so they risk not
merely money but life. No case of murder ever
called in this city more loudly for prompt police
action than this one Of robbery, which might easily
have been one OF murder also. The public will be
reassured to hear that 1t has been successfully
worked up"
Year: 1878

What a spectacle-a nation trying to brand with
dshonor its highest chosen rulers, upon the tosti
mony Of a sef-confessed perjurer, the champion
liar Of the age! Here are accusing the
chief officials of a Republican administration,
mainly on the evidence of a person whose
scoundrelism is so palpable and complete that
neither those who place him on the stand, nor
his own counsel, have the slightest idea what un-
expected and nexplicable perjury he may at any
moment commit in order to dodge the penalties of
law for forgeries and perjures already committed.
What will calm and cear-eyed History have to say
of the party and the men who have commenced
proceeding at once most scandalous and most dan
gerous, on the strength Of stories told by such
witness as thisi


Baker, the bloody conspiratOr whom Butler
tracked to his lair in the Post Office Department,
proves to be an old hand at it. He cOnspired
himself into cheap Cerkship under the
benefcent reign of Grant, long before
he went into business as a seditious Cabnet-maker.
and discovered Mr. Key. But after all, conspiracy
seems to be an Improbable industry. 1t in
sures no warm climate cOnsulships and provides a
position as mail detective at $5 a day for
no longer than three months at time.
The rush into the conspiracy business occasiOned
by General Buffers revelations is not likely to
sume the proportions of popular movement.
Year: 1878

Possibly Mr.. Potter will realize the extent to
which he has consolidated the Republican
party and divided his own, when he reads:
First what the Republican Convention of
Ohio to-day will make the burden OF
its PLATFORM second, the vote yester-
dav in the House Judiciary Committee
upon the Blair memorial and kimmel
bill. If the Ohio Convention had met little
more than month ago. there would undoubt-
edly have been a fierce wrangle over the ques-
ton of approving the Presidents policy. To-
day the convention is expected to devote IT.
self mainly to the work of denOuncing the
Democratic attack on the Presidency, the
question of Endorsement sinking entirely
out of sight when compared with that OF the
integrity of a Presidential election and inau-
guration. Where there would have been dis
sensioD. there will be harmony. This Is what
Mr. Potter has done for the Republican party
The vote Of the judiciary Committee was
eight to one against the Kimmel bill, and
against the right of this Congress to
undo the acts of its predecessor with re-
snrct TO the electoral count or 20 shake IN the
slightest degree the Presidents hold upon his
place. OF these eight votes, five were given
bv Democrats; one Democrat, Proctor Knott,
dissented, and one was absent. This Is what
MIR. Potter has done for the Democratic party
MIR. Potter is doing better than any Republican
had a right to expect.
Year: 1878

RUMoR has it that another effort viii
soon be made to sell the Port Ludlow mill
property. This time there will be no
changing of base. The depression in bust
ness in consequence of the idIeness OF the
mill at the aboye-named point is treating
pressure that demands attention, ard
will be satisfied with nothing less than a
speedy adjustment of the business OF the
Phlnney estate aud the starting of saving
lumber once more.
Year: 1878

FROM all accounts the Office of county
commissioner in Claam county is getting
to be lucrative position. Recently the
immortal trio of imcrmbents of the board
IN tie abovc-lamed county exhibited the
assurance to vote themselves county pay
in currency there being a sufficient
amount of that kind of money in the
treasury TO meet their modest demands)
while the county is flooded with scrip
which is down to about sixty cents Oh
dollar.
Year: 1878

ONE OF our vocalsts in town has sug-
gested the necessity Of having more fur
niture tor the public school house, or hav-
ing q bell for the same. The school-ov
lug people OF our Town may expect an en-
teItanment about the last of October for
the benefit of our school. The nature OF
the affair. we are assured. will be some
thing tha. will be enjoyed. Further no
tice will be given when the originator OF
The plan gets the wheel moving"
Year: 1878

WE respectfully call attention to "Fair
Plays communication in this issue, rel
ative TO the conduct OF some Of our boys
aS well as the liberty allowed them OF
roaming the streets after nightfa|l unre-
strained and exposed to the Contaminating
influences most likely to surround them at
such times. We feel certain that any
measures which might be taken upon the
suggestions put forth would necessarily
result for the benefit of the youngsters OF
all ages and sizes who now ''read their
title clear to all kinds of "fnn," as they
term it, though sometimes they may be
either Infringing on the rights OF Others
or contracting habits injurious to them
selves.
Year: 1878

WE acknowledge the receipt, from the
Secretary Of the Washington Industrial
association, of one Of those flaming posters
printed IN colors announcing the pro
gramme for the coming Territorial fair to
commence Oct. 7th. All specimens OF
grain or other produce will he carried Tree
Of charge by the steamers on the Sound;
also those visiting the fair will be carried
each way for half iare
Year: 1878

SCHOOL NJ ATTERS. On Monday last the
public school of this place was organized
with an enrolled list OF ninety pupils. 1t
is with regret we notice the attempts OF a
public print, together with those of its
managers. to create dissatisfaction and
trouble in school matters. even after avow-
ing loudly their preference for harmoni-
Ous action. The last paragraph of Il re-
cent lengthy article serves the double pur-
pose of indicating their real position and
Offering ali insult to young lady, not a
party to any action in the affair except
to offer her application for position) and
thus if possible drive her to n resignation.
Year: 1878

EES HILL is evidently very sore over the
exoucIation OF Governor COLQurrr by the
investigating committee Of the Georgia
Legislature, to which his charges against
that official were sent. He now proposes at
her Of that distinguished body on the sub
icct for the purpose of emphasizing his in
situation that CoLQUITT or some of his
friends received the benefit, directly or in
directly, Of MI $1,000 bribe. While he is in
the letter-wIiting business lie should no,
forget Mrs JENKs.
Year: 1878

CnIEr-JusTICE WAITE will sit with
Judge BOND in the United States Circuit
Court for South Carolina at the coming
April term for the trial OF the eases growing
out of the violation of the election laws in
that State. This will be an improvement
upon the District Court, which has hereto
fore dabbled in these cases, and in which
justice seems to have been blind indeed.
Year: 1878

The Best Banking System. the world Ever


Saw.


SARATOGA, Dec. l3.-The first national
bank suspended to-day, owing TO the run
growing out of the defalcation of County
Treasurer Wright. The run was then
precipitated on the Commercial ibank and
its doors closed.
Year: 1878

A DECISION BY JUDGE DAVIS WHICH oVRRRULEs


Mr.. GUMBLEToNs ANSWER AS 4 Demurrer.


Judge Davis gave yesterday his decision on
the motion for a mandamus brought by Artemus H.
Holmes aud Others the Committee OF the Bar Aasoca
tion against Henry A. Gumbleton. the County Clerk.
The object OF the mandamus enforce the right
of tho committee 70 In speot which Mr. Gum
beton kept record cf the fees for mechanics liens.
The motion made under an act OF lSi7, requiring
the Clerk keep such book and the admission of Mr.
Gumbieton that there such book. The chief de-
fences were that there had been only such denal
the public business required that the Act OF 1858,
giving tho to TIE Clerk, had taken away the pur
pose OF the free exhibition OF the fee book and that
Clerk was not bound his books to a committee,
especially when that committee was ayowedly seeking
means for his indictment.


Judge Davis IN a long opinion examines all these
grounds holds that the continued Of egisla-
laou has shown that chief object OF the people
represented by the state mas been 10 prevent extorton
Excessive fees In 1917 an act was passed requiring
judges to call the attention OF grand lures to
therefore. merely TO ascertain what County Clerk
received for the use OF the public treasury aud the law
more i'm portant part of the law. He cites the ge
OF the law and holds that II express
the public and IT Is 20 say that they
use less that they are locked n the Clerks pri-
the applicants motives II II were the whole purpose
Of tho statute far the exhibition Of Their servants
actions to the public Is concerned might bo defeated
Nor Is 1t an answer that the applicants commit
tee Of public body such BODY might well all le-
gmate modes to preserve the law from violation nor
nat the books provided at the private Of
the CLERK he had right TO call the County pay
for them.


The right OF mandamus does not depend on any
special interest. Every citizen has interest and a
to examine the books matter OF public policy
to prevent exortion. All officers have power TO pro-
tect themselves against the temptation commit ex-
tortlOn other crimes Office by resignation That
right Is fully secured them by suie II they be not
willing discharge the dut Of the Office for the
pensatiOn gwen by law" But The people To
restricted their inquiries to now the office is ad-
mnistered


Treating II as demurrer Judge Davis overrules Mr..
GumbetOns answer on the law, but gives him leave
answer the merits next Thursday.
Year: 1878

The sergeant in charge at the Arsenal at
Central Park said yesterday afternoon that II was
certain just skating would bo allowed on the akes
In the Park but probably 10 would be soon The Ice IL
or fine quality ano smooth and the large lake is entirely
frozen over the exception OF a small part just
OF the Bow Bridge; this Is the narrow straT which
connects divisions OF the lake. the ball Will not
be put up probably until this Is frozen Should TIE
cold continue, the sergeant said, Christ mas morning
would see the ics covered with skaters The super
tenucn will give days notice " possible, so tnat tue
police may be fully instructed aud the regulations
pcrfeced. Fac house for skaters ncconmodstlon b
completed, and all pr paratons are made Tor the ex'
pee led throug The small Lake AZ the upper end OF the
PARK has one side stationary house which is 10
readiness, and skating will De allowed there
th- lifge lake.
Year: 1878

of both parties. petition signed by the late Gov
ernor, members of the State Senate and House OF
Delegates and the Mayor and members of the gov
ernmcnt of Jersey City, as well as by many other
prominent of both parties has been presented to
the House, and seems to have made deep impress
sion Oh the Committee on Commerce.


Since the report IN favor Of the bill was made,
strong opposition has been developed in lloboken
and among the steamship companies which now
have their docks in Jersey City. The representa-
tives of the lines are reported to have said that If
this bill should pass they will be obliged to remove
to New-York, as shippers in Europe will he unwilling
to invoice their goods to jersey City This opposition
to have disconnected the advocates of the bill
but they assert that of tho other European lines
of steamers and especially those which are engaged
largely in the grain trade, will take the place OF
those at Jersey City, and that the proposed port
would gain by the change Mr. Conklng and the
Senate committee viii probably be as strongly OPP
posed to this bill they were three or four years
ago; and while th"re is posi- blIty that 1t may Ge
agreed to by the House, there is probability that
il will be passed by the Senate
Year: 1878

HARTFORD, May 2-Threc large salmon
were caught at haul Of shad net Mt Say brook. at
the mouth OF the Connecticut River yesterday evening
Several others have been taken sngly The Fish Com


lssoners of the state in their report said the reappear
ance Of the probable this year. as the result OF
ARTIFICIAL nlanting OF eggs o few years ago.
Year: 1878

lDY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l


WASHINGTON, May 2-fhe Senate did nothing TO-
day worth notice except to discuss the bill to repeal
the Resumption Act with the amendments of the
Finance Committee.


Senator Ferry presented the report OF the com
mittce and the amended bill and delivered care
fully prepared speech containing much information
and all the strong arguments on his side OF the
question.


Mr. Voorhees, followed in speech such as only he
can make. He attributed all the miseries of the
present hard times to what he called the contrac-
ton of the currency, and in the most violent and
intemperate language, sought to array labor
against capital. The effect of his speech was TO
paliate and excuse the Labor riots and to encourage
communism. He did not have the sympathy of
those of his associates who held somewhat similar
views because of the violence of his language. He
spoke with eaInestneSS and elOqucnce, as he always
does and his speech commanded attention but the
more thoughtful could not help regarding 1t as the
effort of ranting demagOguc.


Senator Gordon took the lOor at the close OF Mr..
Voorheess speech and will speak on Monday. to
which time the Senate adjourned. vote on the
bill is not likely to he taken very soon az the lndca-
tions point several speeches both sides of the
question.
Year: 1878




iBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE
WAsuINGToN May 2.-Senator Conkng will take
no furthef notice of the later publications by Mr.
John f. Mines than he did of the original Inter
view" The report that he has thought OF making
a personal explanation in the Senate Is not true.