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Year: 1878

It Is understood that on the reas-
sembling of Congress Senator Gordon,
of Ga. will address the Senate on the
reform of the civil service, folio wing
the line, it is understood, which he
took IN the executive session regard
ing the New York custom-house
nominations. He will favor the APP
pointment of officials on the ground
Of capacity and not for political favor
and their retention in office during
good behavior.
Year: 1878

The best picture in the American de.
partment of the Paris exposition art
gallery--a portrait of Miss Emily
Schsumberg, of Philadelphia-has been
Withdrawn, because it was hung beside
the picture of fast woman very much
decollette-below-smoking a cigarette
and slipping at glass of champagne.
Year: 1878

FAILURE is staring the permanent I"
exhibition at Philadelphia in the face,
and unless something in the way of
special attraction is furnished il seems
destined to ignominiously belle its
name.
Year: 1878

The Boston Jownalof Chemistry wishes
no worse fate for the man who started
the recipe going the rounds of the pa
papers, that "a pail of clean water placed
in a freshly painted room will remove
the sickening odor of paint" than that
he be shut up in newly painted room
for half q day or so with nothing but his
pail of clean water for company and re-
lief,
Year: 1878

The tramp Of the period has . bank
account. He begged a dinner at the
house of farmer in Amherst, Mass, re-
Gently, and supper at an Irishman's
hut several miles further on. After sup
per he sat dewn in the kitchen, smoked,
and finally said that he thought he would
stay over night. The cottagers told him
hey were poor and could not afford to
keep him. He repleniahed his pipe and
coolly informed them that if that wert
the case he would pay for his entertain
ment. This he did, showing at the time
book with q, 800 to his credit in . Bos
90n savings bank.
Year: 1878

is becoming well known throughout the principle States of the Union, while the doctors manner of Diagnosis and treat

 nent is far superior to that of any other medical Electrician, as proof of which no ctter evidence can be offered than the testimony ef the hundreds of patients tured at his institution.
Year: 1878

allied with Kansas and other Western States,
in which the soft-money fever has been pc
culiarly intense The silver interest, it was
thought. it it affected at all the political rela-
tions of the people of Colorado, would prob
ably render them more disposed to favor the
party by which the great proportion of votes
in Congress for the ninety-cent dollar was cast
But producers who hayo much intel
ligcnce begin to reflect that there VIII
be no place either Tor gold or for
silver. if the lunatics who want fiat
money" and the rcpudiatOrs who want
to destroy the Nations credit by an over
Issue of its notes, are to have their way. so
the waves of the Greenback storm have
dashed against the Rocky Mountains, and the
recoil begins, and the Republicans of Kansas,
if they had been entirely judiciOus In their
platform, would now he in fine position to
Join the shout for honest money and public
faith, and to send it rolling eastward with
rcdoubed volume. Nebraska will do its part
if we may judge from manly declarations OF
the Republican Convention, and i'll Iowa the
attempt to cheat honest Greenback voters
and honest Democrats by tricky trade does
not seem likely to succeed. In Hi
nois and Indiana, the Republicans are
making a more vigorous and aggressive fight
than they have made for Years before.
In Ohio the Democrats are learning that ger
rymanders, like curses and young chickens,
are apt TO come home to roost. After a
shameless carving out of districts, designed
to give the Democrats an undue proportion OF
districts, they begin to discover that the peO-
pie resent that display of dishonest partisan
ship just as the people of Colorado resent the
ousting of Belford. 1t will not be strange if
the Republicans of Ohio carry majority of
the districts. and they have learned long ago
that they are not in the least degree less
likely to succeed because positive assurance
that they are to be beaten is given by Mr.
John G.. Thompson.
Year: 1878

The work upon which THE TRIBUNE has
been for some time engaged in connection with
the translation of the cipher dispatches is now
practically complete, and We are able to fix
a date for the publication of the results. The
mass of the captured correspondence is so
great and the su Jstance of it is so interesting
that the issue must run through several num-


bers of the paper. We intend to show not
only what the cipher dispatches mean, but
how they were made who wrote them, who
received them, and how we discovered the
INTERPRETATION of them. We shall print the
dispatches themselves, as well as the tra4lsla-
tions; and we shall also give the keys, so that
anybody can test the accuracy of the version
who has the time and taste for that exercise.


On Monday. accordingly, we purpose pre-
senting a full explanation of the systems of
crypt0graphy QOr there were seyeraD EN-
ployed ia the secret Uelegraphic correspond
ence between the Democratic managers in
New-York and their confidential agents in
the disputed Southern States, together with
the keys Hy which these puzzles are solved,
and an account of the manner In which the
long sought solution has been reached. This
will be promptly succeeded by the Florida
correspondence and its translation. accompa-
MED by such narrative as may be necessary
Year: 1878

The Democratic party in this State Is doti-'
ing its Reform costume with a good deal OF
prOmptness, nov that the past seems to be
PLAYED out The paint and powder are com
ing off. and we are beginning to see
the same old Democratic visage under
meath that used to thrust itself into
public view without any such disguise.
An Albany letter, printed on another page
throws some light on the secret movements OF
the modern Albany Regency, of which Mr..
Tilden is the ruling power and gives some
interesting gossip as to the real meaning of
the bolt that was not a bolt, recently made at
Syracuse.
Year: 1878

EXECUTIONS IN JApAN.-Recently occurred


the annual execution day 10 China. when seven


prisoners were decapitated. This does not rep


resent the sum total Of those who suffer the
capital sentence during tho year, tor all burg


lars and highwaymen arc speedily put out OF
| tho way. Tho ordinary criminals only are ro'


served for day specially appointed, shortly


before the winter solstlce.
There arc some curious customs 10 conneu'
ton with these executions. Tho night before
these unhappy men are brought out to die
regular ioli6caton takes place within tbs
gloomy precincts of the prison. The doomed
mcn arc loosed from their chains, and have u
feast spread before them, with as much vine
and meat, etc., as they desire. The teaslng
goes on all through the night and it is not un'
til the time of the starting of tho procession
draws near that the shackles arc put on.


At the appointed hour each criminal IL put
into car from which the cushions and the
cloth covering havo been removed, SO that the
unhappy man looks as If he were in cage on
wheels. His appearance shows that however
he may have Jared during the previous night,
bis general prison faro has not been over
abundant. The road from the Hing 'pu to the
execution ground is through the Swenohlhmen.
lQrDuRu luis &atU tuc i1upetoi uoveA p"S'o.'
From the gate to the ground tue distance. Is
two-thirds of mile. About midway there is q
wine shop, which for the last two hundred
years has supplied the criminals with as much
spirit as they like to drink. SO that most OF them
are 10 8 state of intoxication when tho fatal
moment arrives. The ground was called the
vegetable Market" 1t is wide portion OF
the largo east and west street Of the Chinese
city.


One very peculiar system is that all tue men
conveyed to this place are not executed; three
or four out of ten arc taken back to the prison
to bear part 10 similar procession the next
year. When the men start from Hing pu not
one of them known whether he will DO be-
headed or not. OF those thus repricved eight
out of ten will be reprieved the following year.
after which tho sentence will be commuted into
bauishmeut. If tho man escape for one year
only, it is thought to be an act of imperial
grace. a list OF those executed during the
year. and of their crimes, is burned by the
Emperor on the altar of heaven at the winter
solstioe. He is thus supposed to inform heaven
of the manner 10 which he has used its dele
gated authority.
Year: 1878

liz Japan. when dog barks at night
the owner Is sentenced to work year
for the neighbors who are disturbed.
II the City Council OF Burlington would
adopt that ordinance, no man In this
town would do a lick Of work for the
next 200 years.-Hdeksye.
Year: 1878

The following is trief synopsis OF
the remarks of Senator Garland on the
electoral bill:


Senator Garland, of Arkansas, took
the same view of this bill as had heen
announced by the senator from Connec-
ticut (Senator Eaton) This question
was one with which this congress had
nothing to do. The forty sixth congress
would be the one whose duty it would
be to count the votes at the next presi-
dental election, and would no doubt
feel able to perform its own duties. This
act would have no binding effect upon
the action Of that congress. he held
that any act of congress binding its sue
cessor was void and Of no effect whether
repealed ornot. He was anxious to have
this matter settled, but wanted it settled
in constitutional manner. He did not
think this bill ives constitutional.
Year: 1878

A large portion of the American peo.
pie are to-day d, ing from the effects of
Dyspepsia or disordered liver. The re.
suit of these diseases upon the masses of
intelligent people is most alarming, max
ing life actually burden instead of .
pleasant existence Of enjoyment and use.
fulness as it ought to be. There is no
good reason for this, if you will only
throw aside prejudice skeptcism, take
the advice of Druggists and your friends,
and try one bottle of Green's August
Flower. Your speedy relief is certain.
Millions of bottles of this medicine have
been given away to try its virtues, with
satisfactory results in every case. You
can buy a sample bottle for 10 cents to
try. Three doses. will relieve the worst
case. Positively sold by all Druggists
on the Western Continent.
Year: 1878

A gentleman who had just patented
new religion, deemed it necessary to
quicken and confirm the faith OF his pros
elytes by whooping them up few mi
racles, and according announced that he
would fiy over n ravine, 5000 feet deep
and four miles across.


A vast multitude assembled upon the
appointed day. aud then he thus address
ed them: Dearly beloved brethren, in
order that | should perform the miracle
which will now be presented for your in
teligent appreciation, it is absolutely
necessary that should be supported by
your faith as well as my own. This Is
an occasion where cannot run my faith
alone. Do you, therefore, believe that
by my miraculous agencies can fly over
this yawning abyss p


ave do-so say all of us"


"Then, dearly beloved brethren, there
is no need of my flying across and vast
ng a miracle >
Year: 1878

FRIDAY Dec 20-P NJ.


During the week ending to-day the general trade
of the country has been dull, and no improvement
in the prices of the great staples recorded For
coal lower prices were established by the auction
sale of the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Company. So great were the reductions that they
affected the asking prices at the retail yards Despite
the action taken two weeks ago by the trunk line
railroads at the meeting held here and of the action
of the Western railroads at more recent meeting
in Chicago the rates for freight both East and West
never were more demoralized than at present. Yet
IN the face of all these natural the total re-
suit of the stock speculation for the week is a
marked advance in the prices of the stocks that are
chiefly specuatcd in. The sharp decline in the re-
ceipts of grain at Chicago and Milwaukee has had
no more effect in stopping the advance of prices FOR
the granger stocks than the low rates from Chicago
and other Western cities to the seaboard have had
in preventing an advance in the prices oil
Lake Shore and Michigan Central. The
result of the coal sale on "Wednesday
showing decline of 20 cents from November
and of 81 from October prces-was tine signal for
sharp advance in the prices of the coal stocks. The
only notable exceptions to an advance on the
weeks business are the stocks of Hannibal and St
Joseph, and Chicago and Alton Railways, which
record final declines of from y 90 1l2 per cent But
it is evident that this unnatural result was attained
through the utter apathy of, rather than by the
support of the public. The total transactions
in all stocks amounted to only $4,000 share',
of which 900 were represented by the coal
stocks, the Northwestorns the st. Pauls, aud Lake
Shore. While the final prices show gains of from
l2 to 4bs per cent over the prices of a week ago,
with few exceptions those prices were not up To
the highest of the week. The " bulls of the mar
ket however have fully demonstrated their CON-
pete control of the present speculation the sequel
of which cannot be written until 1t has been de-
vcl0ped.
Year: 1878

OFFICE or THE COMMITTEES, No Nassau-st.
The terms of sale under which the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad was purchased by this committee on
the I'd of April last, require that final settlement
which time It will be necessary for the committee to
determine definitely the amount of bonds at their
disposal TO pay IN on account of the purchase.
Notice is therefore hereby given that all bond
holders who desire to participate III the benefits Of
the reorganization, and have not already deposited
their bonds with the Central Trust Company, should
additional bonds will be subject TO the discretion of
the successor company


A. s. HATCH Chairman


Committee Of Purchase and Reorganization.
Year: 1878

greatest mental activity. lie likewise
enered iuto political life, that there
should be no unoccupied moments
when he should sit listening for the
little feet which he should never
more hear. Now it was that Lamartine's 8
wife devoted herself wholly to him;
attending minutely to every household
detail; copying his poems, and saving
unknown to him, every scrap of his
writings for pos.erity, SO that not one
has been lost. She-herself Sc gifted
a writer, aud SO brilliant-magnani-
mously and contentedly waited upon
the intellect of her husband. Her
goodness of heart was most remarkable.
She had always gentle word to let
down softly the disappointed young
authors. who sent good-for- nothing,
trashy verses for her husbands inspec


ton. In her own home she was always
gracious and charming; for idle people
she had always amusements in the
garden, and lively conversation. With
deep thinkers she could quite as readi


ly engage in philosophical discussion.


After a while Lamartine retired
from political life, and devoted him
self wholly to literature; retired to
their own pretty little house at st.


Point, the walls of which his artist
wife had decorated with her own fin
gers. Here, during the stormy days OF
'4S, her husband wrote diligently to
free himself from debt. His good wife
suffered acutely for him, whose honor
and fortune then seemed trembling in
the balance. When he was finishing an
article on Beranger, at a time of great
political excitement in Paris, she was
nearly beside herself, lest by any ver-
bal imprudence he should get himself
into trouble. Her husbands printer
was also alarmed at the political allu-
sions in his article; but Lamartne in
sisted it should be printed as written
or not at ali. He was induced however
to permit the necessary correct ions by
his wife. Soon after this Madame La
MARITIME was taken suddenly i'll, and
died. She was followed to the grave
by large concourse of friends.
Year: 1878

A young man called in company
with several gentlemen, upon a young
lady. Her father was also present
to assist in entertaining the callers.
He did not share his daughters scru-
Piles against the use of spirituous drinks,
for he had wine to offer. The wine
was poured out and would have been
drank, but the young lady asked:


did you call upon me or upon papa?


Gallantry if nothing else, compelled
them to answer, I'VE called upon you"


"Then you will please not drink
wine: l have lemonade for my callers


The father urged the guests to drink
and they were undecided. The young
lady added, remember if you call up.
on me, then you drink lemonade; but
if you call upon papa, | have nothing
to say"


The wine glasses were set down
with their contents untasted.


After leaving the house one OF the
party exclaimed, that is one OF the
most effective temperance lectures l
ever heard"


Indeed, it was seed sown in good
ground 1t took root, sprang up and is
now bearing fruit. The young man from
whom these facts we're obtained broke
off at once from the use of all strong
drink, and is now clergyman preach
ing temperance and religion. As he
related the circumstance to me, tears
came into his eyes, He sees now his
former dangerous position, and holds
in grateful remembrance the lady who
gracefully, and still resolutely, gave
him tounderstand that her callers
should not. drink wine.
Year: 1878

SUCCESS Every man must patiently
abide his time. He must wait not in
idleuess, not in useless pastime, nor in
querulous detection, but IN constantly,
steadily filling and accomplishing his
task, that when the occasion comes he
may be equal to it.


The talent Of success is doing nothing
more than you can do well, without a
thought of fame. II il comes at all
it will come because it is deserved. not
because tits sought after. Il Is a
very indiscreet and troublesome
ambition which caresso much what
the world says Of US to be always
anxious about the effect Of what We


do or say; to be always shouting to
hear the echoes oi cur voices.
Year: 1878

August Kimbell, machinist of Cincin-
natl, died suddenly on the 12th from hemorr-
hage Of the lungs. He had been standing on
the corner for half an hour, talking to a friend,
to whom he said, if he was conscious the day
before he died, he would request the doctor to
n axe post n,ortens examination of his body as
he believed there was something wrong with
him. Heleft bis friend and turned to cross Plum
street, aud when in the middle of the street
was attacked by hemorrhage and fainting
sensation. He turned to come back, and was
caught by passer by and assisted into the
store, few steps away, where he had another
hemorrhage. He did not speak after the first
tatack.
Year: 1878

Peter Cooper has issued an appeal to
the country, in which he declares it to be the
duty Of our government to remonetize silver.
and also to do all that is possible to be done
to induce those governments that have de-.
monetized silver to remonetize the same. He
declares that the policy of specie payments is
producing similar condition of wretchedne.s
to that which was brought on in England BY
the attempt to force specie payments on that
country, after suspension Of more than TWEEN.
ty years.
Year: 1878

The will Of Theodore Roosevelt was
filed for probate in New York, on the 10th
inst. The house and furniture are given as
seperate estate to the widow, and also one
third of the real and personal estate for life,
and at her death to her children or their ISSUE
Four sums of $4,000 each are given to exccu-
tors in trust for the four children, to be ap-
piled to their education and support, without
power of anticipation during their life, and the
sums to be inherited by their issue, and in case
any children dies without issue, his or he:
share goes to the surviving children or their
issue. Each Of the children to dispose Of the
principal sum Of $4,000 or any part thereof
by last will and testament, not otherwise, to
their issue, or the other children. The re-
mainder Of the real estate and personal is to be
divided into foul equal parts, onc-fourth to be
given to each of his two sons to be his absolute
ly. The remaining two-fourths to be sepa-
rately invested for his two daughters during
life, and the income OF one share to be applied
to the use of each daughter during life, the
principal and interest to be free from control
Of their husbands. Each daughters is empow-
cred to dispose Of said part by will.
Year: 1878

One John Lagrange was arrested in
Aurora ILL.,, on the 18th, for conspiring TO in
jure the person and reputation of Miss
Francis Place. A young Ingham was also
wanted, but had made good his escape The
facts as near as your correspondent can learn
them from personal investigation are these:
Young Lagrange and the young lady, who is
the daughter of Esquire Place, had beer keep
ing company, and were to be married, but the
father Of the young lady was very much op-
posed to the match, and on Jan. 7th they re-
paired to the house of one Smith, produced
paper which is claimed to be forged
license, and were united, young Ingham act
inc as justice, when in fact he was not nor
never had been. Smith was called as wit
ness. The young woman supposed the pa
pers to be genuine. Lagrange and his bride
went over to Shabbona to spend the honey
moon, but yesterday concluded to 90 down to
Aurora. Mr.. Place found out about the mar
riagc and that the papers were forged, and
put matters on foot to have them all arrested,
but 1ngham had left. Lagrange and Smith
are both lodged in the calaboose. The young
woman finding how she had been deceived
will expose all she knows of the plot.
Year: 1878

The moonlight excursion of the "B.
C.'s" on Thursday evening, July 1lth
already bids fair to be the largest moon
light excursion that has ever left this city.
The committee bav.ng the affair in charge
are sparing no efforts to make it grand
success, and judging from the one given
last year by them on which there was
over seven hundred delighted persons,
those who have not yet made up their
minds togo this year should do so at once,
as they cannot fail to have good time.
Tickets are selling rapidly so purchase at
once,
Year: 1878

New SCHOOL HoUsE.-The subscrip-
ton committee have obtained Signatures
to an amount exceeding 81, 100, but as
many citizens have not yet been seen,
the publication Of the list will not be
made until complete. Those who have
not already subscribed are invited to call
upon the committee and do so.
Year: 1878

REDEMPTION. - Holders Of County
Scrip are directed to our advertising col
umns wherein is set forth the fact that
bids for the redemption of General Fund
Warrants will be received at the May
Term OF the Board of Supervisors. There
is about $500 in the Redemption Fund.