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Year: 1878

How has it come about that Congress may
sit annually. and far toward half OF the
timer Because, in prescribing It's sessions,
the Convention of 1877 merely followed the
model found in the State constitutions. There
were no other precedents. The State LesiS-
latures. as then existing, were all framed
upon one model, and this was very simple
one. Each State constitution. gave all lcgis-
latiye power to a representative body author
lied to meet once q year and to follOW ts
own Judgment. Any variations from this
type in 1887 were entirely trivial. Naturally
enough, the National Legislature was framed
on the same plan.


But the States have improved the pattern.
Not more than two of them can be said to
have adhered to the old type. Six of the old
States and twcnty-four of the whole present
number have adopted biennial sessions. y
large proportion of the States have adopted
limitations on the length of session such as
fifty, sixty or a hundred days. Sometimes this
Limitation is simposrd absolutely. Sometimes ii is
coupled with provision that for cause and
by n special law the Legislature may prolong
its life Sometimes il Is indirectly established,
by SAYING that after an allowed term has cX-
pired the session shall be upon the basis pre-
scTibcd for the Pickwick Club-mcmbcrs to
pay their own expenses


The advance in constitutional government.
which, in 1887 was an experiment only a
dozen years on trial, has maturcd another i'm
provement that of limiting the laws which
may be passed. a good variety of subjects
are hung up out of reach. Most of the con-
sttutiOns now say that the Legislature may
not enact local or special laws on numerous
prohibited topics; it may not give special
charters; it may not incur such and such
debts; it may not pass certain laws unless no.
tice is given or a twO-thirds vote cast and
the like BY curtaling powers rs well as by
the principle of biennial sessions and short
ones, the people of many of the States have
attained good protection against the annoy
ance of too much and too long continued
legislation.


The Nation should examine Improvements
which the States discover. The country Is
afflicted with too much law-tinlerng. Any
remedies for it which have proved successful
in the States might well he tried for the
Union. When Congress, like the Legislatures
once gets hook in it's nose, the business it
represses can revive the finances it derangcs
can I've adjusted, the treasury it threatens can
fill up, and the country il dlsturbs can breathe
frpcr
Year: 1878

While the Senate was feeling around for some
arguments 10 Justify itself defeating the sensi-
Bile amendment of the Printing Committee to re-
duce the size Of the Agricultural Report by 100
pages and the number published by 100000 copies,
Mr. Sargent made the telling point that i'll addition
to the enormous expense for printing and binding
which these Overgrown editions of bulky
volumes were constantly saddling on the
country, the cost of the railroad mail
service, which is paid for according to the weight
of mail matter carried was at the same time very
materially increased. Year after year the receipts
of the Post Office Department keep falling behind
the expenditures and year after year Congress- by
its liberal printing and diffusion OF worthless docu
ments helps to keep up this runous amount of out
lay for postal service BY the decision of the SEN
ate in regard to this single document. the mails
will be burdened with at least 100 extra
tons of dead matter. and the proportion holds
with all the rest If the farmers of the country de-
rived any practical benefit from these sloppy treat
ses which they taxed To pay for, there would be
some excuse for this extravaganza. But o very
small percentage of them ever the book, and
there Is instruction in the agricultural
columns of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE every year
than has been published by the Agricultural De-
partmont during the entire period of its existence
From every point of view this Public Printing is an
enormous sink of public money. 1t costs the people
of the country between $1,000 and $4,000 every
day. Is there any citizen gueless as to believe
1t worth that amount of money!


A number of ladies well-known in New-York have
established ut No. East Twenteth-st. an "Ex-
change for Womens Work" which promises to be a
great charity to the poor and q great convenience
to the rich. 1t has reference to the homely
IL. al, b;ob hnHa 10 morlef M tha Ta1iaSt
Depository, nor to the ornamental work which falls
TO the province of the Society of Decorative Art
Manifestly between underclothes and embroidered
iire-screens the strictly useful and the strictly use
less, there is vast domain occupied in part by
pickles, preserves, fancy-work that falls below the
aesthetic standard, articles Of apparel which rise
above the classification of petticoats all the thou
sand nondescrpt creations of female industry which
so many women make and SO few know how to sell.
The ladies associated this scheme OF an
exchange propose to open permanent salesroOm'
Year: 1878

Eight members of the National Democratic
Committee wanted to say that they do not
propose revolution, but they were voted down
by the fre-eaters. It's a lurid record these
statesmen are making.
Year: 1878

Dropping o,a His Knees at a Girl's Feet


and Shooting Himself In the Head.


Bridgeport Cor. New York SUM-


Frank Lane, young mechanic of this city,
shot himself in the head on Sunday evening,
after his dismissal by his sweetheart, Kittie
Martin. The latter is an attractive girl of
about twenty years of age, who works in
paper-bag factory. She and Lane became
acquainted about year ago, and May last
they became engaged. Lane, who had been
dissipated, suddenly abandoned his wild
ways, and was thereafter exemplary in his
habits. Hs was devoted guitor, calling
upon the girl every evening, and seeking her
society at every opportunity. They were to
have bsen married on the 9Th of the present
month, but Lane had been out Of employ
ment lately, and the wedding day was there
fore postponed to December 10th. On Sun
day afternoon he and Miss Martin went on
long walk together. In the evening Lane
called on her again at thu house of James
Dunning, where she boards. Mr.. Dunning,
who was in the parlor with them until with
in ten minutes of the tragedy, noticed that
they were teasing and banterlng each other
a great deal, but had no suspicion from their
manner that they were approaching quarrel.
After he retired the quarrel became more
spirited, and Lane slapped Miss Martin in
the face. She says that she does not believe
that he did it in bad temper, bat ct any rate
the slap angered her into telling him that
if he struck her again it would be after they
were married. Then she told him that she
| wanted nothing more to do with him, and to
emphasize her words she took off her en-
| gagement ring and threw it in his face. Her
TO
frenzy. He is nervous and quick tempered,
| and formed and executed his desperate pur
pose before the girl realized what had hap
pened. When she tossed him to ring, he
stepped to the door and locked it. Then he
pulled out his pistol, and, dropping ON his
knees at the girls feet, pointed the weapon
to his head and fired. As he had often fooled
with the revolver before in Miss Martins


presence, she supposed he wes only trying
to frighten her, until she heard the report
and saw him fell backward on the floor. The
shock SO terrified her that some minutes
| elapsed before she could rise from the sofa
OR utter sound. Then her wild slrieks
quickly brought the family to her room and
| q policeman from the street. Lane was
alive, but unconscious. The ball had en-


tered the head just above the right temple,
and must gone through the brain nearly to
the opposite side of the skull, as the doctors
probed nearly five inches without finding it.
Lane was still alive this afternoon, bu. his
death is momentarily expected. He has not


rallied or spoken since he received the


wound. Miss Murtin was at Lanes bedside


this morning, nearly crazy with grief. She


was not in earnest when she threw back the


ring, and did not suppose that Frank took


his dismissal seriously, or really intended to


shoot himself. She even believes that be
pulled the trigger accidentally.
Year: 1878

Growing Belief in the Existence of Gen.
tral Organization for the Murder of all
Against King Humbert--A Bomb Thrown
Into a Procession In Honor of His Escape
1.-Two Persons Killed and Several Others
Wounded.
Year: 1878

Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer


The New York banks, having virtually ad-
mitted the United States into the New York
Clearing house association, by submitting
terms on which they will assist Sherman to
resume, now have another proposition brew
ing. 1t appears that the issue of notes for
gold deposited with the treasury is optional,
and can be stopped at any time. AS the
plan now is to cease the issue of gold certif-
Gates after January LIST next, the bankers
fear that those who have no faith in the sue
cess of resumption will make special efforts
to get gold notes in their possession prior to
January LIST, SO that they can keep the certif-
Gates in safe deposit companies when the
banks cease to hold special gold deposits.
In view of any such movement it is urged
upon Secretary Sherman to stop the issue of
gold notes forthwith.
Year: 1878

Sauk Center. Herald: The steam mill is now
in full blast and is grinding out one hundred
barrels of -four daily for the Eastern market.
Fears are entertained that rnsst of the water
mills in this section will bs compelled TO lis
idle the greater part OF the winter for the
lack of water to turn their wheels.
Year: 1878

For the Poor.-The Mayor, our ministers,
and the citizens generally, are overrun with
applications for charity from really needy
persons. They need wood, provisions, and
clothing. Cannot our benevolent orders or
other public-spirited citizens get up some
grand entertainment, or several OF them.
The City Council has spent al Of its money
on street improvements, and is unable to
make the usual annual appropriation for
the poor. The festivalwhich It is proposed
to get up for the benefit Of Mud avenue can
be postponed until the poor are attended to.
Who will start the movement? !? A twenty
five or ffty-cent subscription from all able
to contribute win help a great deal.
Year: 1878

able 10 it's people-his only constituents--
for any neglect or misuse of the trust re-
posed in him by them. The people Of
Maryland or Pennsylvania have neither Q
moral nor political right to take him to task
for ought. The Same reasoning applies to
the Representative in Congress. If our
Representative 10 not the concreted or
embodied political power Of the State
how WAS It that tho grandfather Of Senator
Bsyard made jefferson President Of the
United States, BY the vote Of Delaware'
which, in that contest, was equal to that
of Virginia, with her ton votes In Congress
instead Of ono from our State. There 10 4
smack of imperialism about this dogma
which forebodes no good to the Common
wealth. '
Year: 1878

Before tho next session of this
Congress the elections take place
for tho Forty-sixth Congress. In
view Of these revolutionary proceed
inGs it is the imperative duty Of the
patriotic, Intelligent people Of the
country to SEQ to it that tho men
elected to the next Congress arc not
revolutionists. Every man who has
taken part in the passing of tho
Potter resolution, and refused to al
low full investigation--whch is
all the Republicans asl1ed-should
be kept at home, and men elected
who will stand by tho decision of
the Electoral Commission. The
Democrats have forced the issue
upon the country at q time when
peace and quiet and confidence are
desired most earnestly. They de-
servo single rebuke and thoy will
receive it.
Year: 1878

It is said that if the Emperor
William did not persist in showing
his personal affection for the Gar
Bismarck would enforce his idea of.
compelling Austria to accept the
Empire Of Turkey in Europe,
giving up her German provinces to
Germany. slT ~,
Year: 1878

And now our advice to ell working
men is to try to become capitalists
just as rapidly as they can, by honest
industry, economy and temperance,
instead OF spending their time and
money in attempts to show that So
ciety is wrong side up. This is the
American idea, and, in spite OF hard
times, America is the best country in
the world for the workingman. There
is an abundance OF land here, and po-
litical and social freedom such as ex-
lists nowhere else on the earth. Every
man is at liberty to make the most Of
the talents God has given him. Our
institutions were created by working.
men, and we recognize the fact that
nine-tenths OF the people OF the
country are workingmen. None Of
the rubbish OF the dark ages-that
divine right OF kings, hereditary I'll
ties, cas- tie, class-has been used in
constructing our political system.
The idea here is that the government
is made for man, not man for the
government. Even capital is less
powerful here than in Europe. 1t is
forced to submit to strong competi-
ton, and to deal with industry, to
which a hundred avenues are open.
Any mechanic who is dissatisfied with
the price his labor commands in the
market can become the proprietor Of
fertile acres and turn his own labor
into money. Capital is as profltless
without labor as labor without capt.
tai. The mutual interdependence
never ceases. The idea that con-
fiict between capital and labor would
help the workingmen Is as idiotic as
a contest between two members of
the same body. There are evils
enough to combat, and the working
men should unite in favor of honest
money, economical government and
freedom of exchange. The cost Of
government is only fraction at the
best. 1t is the price we pay for peace,
order and security. 1t cannot make
us rich. handsome or happy. The
best thing we can ask OF it Is to leave
us free to do for ourselves at the
least possible cost; the least we can
ask OF it is that it will not cheat us by
issuing false money or by unneces-
sarily increasing our burdens. What
have the social qnacks to offer, unless
it be that quart pot should hold three
pints. and that two times two can be
made five by act Of Congress. They
do not deserve attention-they are
ignorant of the simplest rudiments of
political economy-and though some
Of them may be honest in their delu-
sions, as rule they are only seeking
to make a living without either labor
or capital.
Year: 1878

Judge not; the workings of his brain
And of his heart thou canst not see;
What looks to thy dim eyes q stain;
In Gods pure light may only be
A scar, brought from some well-worn field,
Where thou woulds't only faint and yield.
The look, the air, that frcts thy sight
May be a token that below
The soul has closed i'm deadly fight
With some internal, fiery foe.
Whose glance would scorch thy smiling grace
And cast thee shuddering on thy face.
The fall thou darest to despise,-
May be the angels slackened hand
Has suffered il, that he may rise
And take firmer, surer stand;
Or, trusting less to earthly things
May henceforth learn to use his wings.
And Judge none lost; but wait and see,
With hopeful pity, not dsdain;
The depth of the abyss may be
The measure of the height of pain
And love and glory that may raise
This soul to God in after daysl


adelaide A. Proctor.
Year: 1878

Augustus Mills, Of No 22b Bowery. attentive to
Rose Smith so she avers Tor months and then dis
continued his visits. During that period gifts had
passed between thcm. but when Mills left her Miss
Smith sued for the return Of her gifts and a
in Of the civil courts tho marshal and her lawyer
dividing the spois She thcn cndeavorcdsto win back
Mills but ne had warrant issued Tor her arrest, ana
she appeared as q prisoner in the Essex Market
Court yesterday on q charge OF interfering with the
complainant In the discharge OF his duties Sho was
told If she did not stop DESTROYING Mills peace
mind she would be punished. Sho lett the court
room dissatisfied and under tho impression that her
Ak months acquaintance with the complainant had
given her some peculiar claim to him.
Year: 1878

"Many of our personal friends have been cured
by the PERUVIAN SYRUP, but we have one proof
more powerful than all these and that is--OUR
OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCED No authority
can put this down-no argument can contradict it {;
and no good word shall be spared on our part un.
til know ledge of this blessing shall be spread
broadcast among the people"
Year: 1878

1t is motto of the Cary Indians that
lit 10 better to walk than to run, it Is bet
ter to stand than to walk, it is better to
sit than to stand, it is better to lie than
to Sit" Without taking it quite 30 far, I
would urge every h"usekeeper never to
stand ABOUT her work when she can sit.
There is no danger but what she will get
sufficient exercise, in any case, aud the
relief and rest she will find in often ST.
ting down when she has . pan of pota--
toes to pare, or dish of berries to hull,
or hundred other small matters to At
tend to, can not be computed until the
days work is done, and she sees the COM
parative comfort with which she has
been able to perform her work.


Some very delicate ladies arc able to
carry on the affairs of household with a
very small outlay of strength by using
great ssytem and care in this respect, aud
the strongest-arm womaD has need to
husband her strength as she goes along,
for she will need it all before her life
work is done. To make work easy when
sitting down, q variety Of seats are need.
full, placed in convenient corners, for if
one 70 out into another room to look for
the right kind of q chair, the chances are
that the work will be done standing.


A low seat made of a box, we'll
cushioned and simply covered, is handy
for great many things. A low rocker,
by pleasant window is real bower of
ease where q tired mother may catch
many q little breathing space, and have
for few minutes an outlook that shall
make her spi1lts brighter as she goes
buck to her work.


But high stool like an Office chair,
should form part of every kitchen out
ft; seated on it, one may wash dishes,
fold aud iron clothes and do many
things that most women suppose must be
performed standing, A hundred women
would be glad to make this change in
their way Of working if it was not for
that great bug-bear "what will people
say2" They have strength to drag about
their work afte- fashion, but they have
not moral strength to stand up to that. A
little tonic for the moral is what q great
many women need. You must harden
yourself 0 that carping, cynical Mrs.
Grundys talk, and go sereneiy on your
way, when you are convinced it is the
right way. A CHEEKY Independent man
neEdisarms criticism and often brings the
critic around to your way of thinking.
Always yielding and always, in man
ner, trembling for fea1 other folks won't
like it, makes you weary slave. You
cannot wisely despise public opinion, or
run against it determinately; but you
may bend and mold it to your own ser
vice, and with lasting benefit to others as
we'll as yourself.
Year: 1878

Messengers have arrived at Camp Rob-
inson and report the prairies having been
set on fire $50 miles northeast of Hat creek by
the band of Indians that were said to have
crossed the Sheridan road few days ago.
The atmosphere southeast and east of here is
black with smoke. The smell of the burning
grass is very discernible. A large track Of
country must be on fire, as the stock is CON-
ing from that direction to the ranch.
Year: 1878

A story is told Off doctor in Vermont.
The Doctor kept missing his wood, and
set watch. AS was expected it proved to
be the work Of near neigLbor, who soon
appeared, and carefully culling out all the
dry wood, started of with an armful'
The doctor hastily gathered up an armful
of green wood and followed, tugging rs
fast as he could, and just as the man
threw down. his armful, the doctor did
the same, exclaiming: "There, you must
burn green wood part of the time Il have
to-" and departed, leaving the thief to bis
own reflections.
Year: 1878

The world Of horse owners aud
horse owners aud horse shotrs Is very
slow in learning the great mischief
aud evil that Is done IN cutting and
filing away the frog, sole, aud bars Of
the horses loot, by the retention oi
which, IN q natural state, the foot can
be kept either strong or healthy No
form Of shoe eau DO 80 vicious as 10
do such mischief aud injury to tho
foot as the present pairing aud cutting
system nor eau any shoe be 30 good
IN It's conformation aS to remedy those
ills that knife aud butlress have occa
stoned,


The truth IL, We should do little or
nothing TO the horses loot, save to
level il for the reception OF the shoe,
Nature, it should be remembered,
works after q perfect model, and the
perfect cannot he improved by any as
sis,ance from us. We're it not Tor the
fact that our roads are too hard Tor the
loo, to endure service on them unpro-
tected, it were well not TO shoe at all
aud, il we must shoe, shoe only 50
much as is absolutely necessary. The
crescent shoe, or "tips" as they ale
commonly called, will during the sum
mer months be sufficient Tor country
service. These tips are thin, narrow
plates of iron or steel, Of some three
ounces in weight, shaped to fit the too
of the foot, and to reach round little
on either side.


The object of these tips Is simply to
protect the front portion Of the foot
nom being too rapidly worn away.
They leave the quarters, sole, irog,
bars and heels entirely unprotected,
save as Nature provides. They are
2 most excellent form of OF shoe. We
speak from experience, and not from
theory alona-havlug used horses OF
eleven hundred pounds weight, IN
teamwork and ordinary family service,
on the road, for months together, with
no protection to their feet save these
tips, and found that their feet, which
at the beginning of the experiment,
were IL a most unsatisfactory condl-
ton, grew strong and well ahd we
recommend this form Of shoelng to
all readers whose horses are exercised
or worked in the country.


1t is astonishing how fast the foot
will develop and increase when once
brought in contact with the ground.
Take off those high heeled shoes from
your horse, friend, which you have
caused to be put on him in order to
keep his frog from the ground, and let
it come in contact with the ground at
every step. For few days, or even
for few weeks, your horse may favor
himself somewhat but Nature will
soon accommodate herself to the enew
liberty granted her =; namely, the lib
erty of helping herself. She will soon
build up u frog such as you never saw
in your life, most likely.--a large,
overlapping PAD of gutia-percha like
Substance, wide and thick, that teelS
no more the concusson, when brought
in contact with the stone pavement,
than the buffer under rail car teeis
the jo'ts as the train is being whirled
along.
Year: 1878

An English gentleman committed
suicide, leaving paper to say that he
did so because his wife was II great
deal to good for him. Here stepped
ia the coroner's jury with the verdict
that be was insane.