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Year: 1877

Subsidy orno subsidy. the South ern Pacific Railroad Company of California appears determined to push on with it's work even to the borders of Texas. It has now ties for 600 miles of road. The iron for the road has also been purchas- ed and is on the way to the scene of its future usefulness, some of it being now due. In marked contrast to the action of Tom. Scott, who is doing nothing except to beg for subsidies, is that of the California Pacific managers. While of course, they are not averse to subsidies and probably expect some in the future, they are push- ing forward their work with an energy and perseverance that is absolutely surprising, considering the present abnormal condition of affairs.

 In connection with this work We have learned a fact that is not without interest. The iron for most of the southern road from Mojave desert to the Colorado was purchased in Richmond, Virginia. As the Southern Pacific is for the benefit of the South, it is peculiar ly appropriate that southern in- dustry should be patronized in it's construction. We presume the iron now on the way also came from Richmond. It has not been generally supposed that southern industry was so far recovered from the effects of the war as to enable one of it's towns to supply the iron necessary for so great a work as the Southern Pacific Railroad TBee.
Year: 1877

STAND by-your friends, let come. what may, is a good motto. If you don't stand by them you needn't expect them to stand by you. So whether they be friends of high or low degreo, in affiuence or pow erty, stick to them and don't stop to inquire whether it will pay or whether it will'be popular. When ever you prove traitor and desert those who have stood up for you and helped your battles, you will find yourself without any one to congratulate you upon your achievements. or comfort you in an evil hour when misfortunes come thick and.fast.
Year: 1877

In this country the proportion Of persons
having sound teeth is only one in eighty;
hence it comes that we have 10000 den-
fists in active service, who use up annually
half ton of pure gold, besides cheaper
filing material ,....
Year: 1877

To sell at the present prices or to hold fol
the chance of rise, is the question which
just now troubles the farmers with the i'm.
mense crops of wheat. The advice of author
tiles conflict. The Western papers say that
their farmers of long experience generally fa-
vor early selling, believing that on an aver
age there is more profit in it than holding a
long time for an advance. Some of the ag-
ricultural journals advise the keeping of the
wheat, but the Prairie Farmer argues that,
in view of the great yield, early prices will be
fully as good as later ones. The Omaha Bee
tells Western farmers not to put too much
faith in an extraordinary call from Europe.
England takes annually large amount o.
wheat and breadstuffs from US and will not
probably want much more than usual this
year. When lake and canal navigation closes
freights invariably advance. If the crops in
the spring indicate a good yield, the prices
will be as low OF lower than now. A gener.
al war in Europe would cause an advance.
but there is only one chance in hundred Of
that. 1t costs to hold grain, to say nothing
of the care and trouble, and the interest it.
self is of no small consequence. The farmers
are all in need of money, and the sale of this
large crop, even at the present prices will
supply that need. and benefit them more
than to hold, even if they should receive
much better prices. To sell now, then would
seem the wise policy.
Year: 1877

1t has become evident that the Hon. Sam
uel j. Randall must give in his adhesion to
the schemes of the Southern lobbyists or else
give up the speakership of the House. He
has long been hestating between duty and
success; but his desire to hold the gavel
once more seems to have overborne his sense
OF right, and it is understood that he has at
last promised his support to the men who, to
use their own argot, see Colonel Sellers and
60 him considerably better, for they couple
the renewal of their allegiance to the old flag
with the condition that there shall be at least
two appropriations. Mr.. Randall makes an
ingenious attempt, to so word his consents
that the anti-subsidy people may find in it
some excuse to support him; but the attempt
cannot be praised as successful one. II is
evident that the price he pays for the Speak
ership is the promise to make up the COM
mittees of the House in the interest of the
South.


Two OF the measures which the South will
press upon the next Congress are the Texas
Pacific Railroad and the Mississippi levee
bills. The first has the aid of that eminent
Democrat and railroad man, Tom Scott, who
will bring some Northern influence to its
support. The second is exclusively South
ern measure, but commends itself to the sup
port of certain portion of the Northern De-
mocracy because of the ample opportunity it
offers for pickings and stealings.


There will be desperate effort made to
push these bills through, and the close divis-
ion of parties in the Senate makes the effort
anything but a hopeless one. The advocates
OF the Southern subsidies believe that they
can rally the whole Democratic party to their
support, and they even count upon aid from
those Republicans whose desire for "concilia-
ton" is so great that they are willing to
buy it with vast appropriations from the pub
lie treasury.


The Southern leaders have still another
scheme that they hope to force upon the
country, the payment of pensions to rebel
soldiers. It's passage will not be attempted
Immediately, but the measure will be pressed
if the Democray ever get controll of many
states in the North. The payment of the
pensions is very generally discussed in the
South, and the feeling and arguments for it
receive expression in paragraphs like the
following, from the Meridian mississippi
Mercury:


When they-the Democrats-get into power,
II they will do this wise and just thing, which
Morton predicts, to wit: 'Pension all or PEN
sion none," it will do more to conquer the
rebellious feelings of southern people, which he
took pains to portray to the Oregonians, than is
in the power of the federal guns he has SO
much faith in. A kind and just government
can only remember its crippled soldiers, wheth-
er they wore the blue or the gray, and their
widows and orphans alike; it is only a malign-
ant government that repels fealty that
can discriminate. 1t is the part of statesman
ship to soothe, not irrtate, the sores of the late
war.


1t is evident that if the Democracy ever
does get full possession of the government its
rule will cost the country dearly.
Year: 1877

very general effort is being made to return
to short skirts for walking dresses. The best
French modstes are giving special attention to
the designing ,of short suits that will be sufi-
ciently dressy for city wear. At European
watering places these skirts have already been
adopted, and the styles of late summer at such
esorts indicate in a measure those of the au-
umn and winter. Some of these skirts are
very short in front, disclosing the foot as high
as the ankle and have slender trains behind.
but the round skirt, dropping only an inch or
two behind is Ithe convenient and cleanly style
that modstes are offering for use in citv
streets.


The changes in dress are more especially in
material than in design. The princesse style
remains the foundation upon which many
eaprices are displayed; hence, with good deal
OF tact and little money the costumes left
over from last year can be stylishly remodeled.
The dark blue, green, brown and black silk or
velvet under dresses will serve as the founda
tion for the costume, and with scarcely anv
change of shape. The skirt will be made
trife narrower and more scant every wav. n.
short skirts promise to be the chic of the season,
Year: 1877

AMONG the reserves called up in Russia
are several battalons of Jews, who, if sent TO
the front, will be the first of their race to
make debut in fighting since the destruc-
tion OF Jerusalem. If the reports of eye-wit-
nesses are to be trusted, the Russian Govern
ment would have done better in leaving the
Hebrews to their mercantile vocations, as
the majority of the conscripts are totally unfit
from physical point of view, and cordially
detest the duties which they are made to per-
form. Long residence in unhealthy towns,
coupled with an aversion for athletic sports
Or manual work of any kind, has reduced the
physique of the Polish Jews to a very low
condition of degeneracY.
Year: 1877

FROM time immemorial it has been the
custom in the southwest of England for
farmers TO throw back shilling (twenty.five
cents) on every ten sacks of wheat and every
ten quarts of barley they sell. The custom is
supposed to have its origin in the fact that
formerly the dealers met the farmers at their
inns when the market was over and paid
them, when the farmer threw back the shil-
ling for drink. If the custom were abol-
ished it is said that it would cost the largest
brewing firm in England $4,000 a year.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
Year: 1877

THE Prince Imperial has abandoned his
visit to the Belgian frontier, professedly to
avoid misconstruction, but more probably
because of an intimation from the Belgian
government that his presence was undesir-
able while the elections are proceeding in
France.
Year: 1877

OUR WATER SUPPLY.-T The Chic
Engineer, Capt. @. II. Gallagher, made a
plausible plea for the increase of the
water supply in his Communication tc
the GAZETTE yesterday. This is perfect
ly right in the Chief Engineer--it is his
duty in fact to look to the wants of the
city and to advise the people Of any ne
eessity Of preparing to avert danger from
any accident to the department over
which he has charge. But we do not mean
to let the Captain off so cheaply. He
knows great deal about the water works,
and he is very plausible talker. We
must, therefore, ask him if daily supply
of II gallons of water for every man,
woman and child in the city is not more
than enough? And if this is not enough


TO give Us his reasons for not adding a
million or two gallons more to his figures
for the amount which the Eighth street
basin is supposed to hold, since he only
included the Tenth street basins in his
article. We can readily understand why
we may require another Worthington
pump, although he omitted to say any
thing about the water pumps, which alone
served this city until its population
reached about 10000.
Year: 1877

IHK PUBLIC SCHoOLs.-Weh have here
tofore said that the public schools are no
better conducted now than they were ten
or twelve years ago. We have since been
frequently assured by citizens who feel a
deep interest in the schools that we were
correct; and we have not been able to
change our opinion. No. A, was as good
every way ten or fifteen years ago as it is
now. No. is an advanced grade, and in
so far is step in the advance OF this step
we take pleasure in the fact that we were
al advocate of it.


But twelve and fifteen years ago our
children were educated at cost of from
81 to So per capita. Judge Hall, J. Nor
ton Poole, II. a. j. Naff and DR.. Grim
shaw were then influential members of
the Board, and they well understood the
needs Of the pupils and the value of edu-
cation. Comfort and good scholarship
was given the greatest care. In fact many
Of the teachers got their training under
the economical principles practiced by the
gentlemen who then managed the schools


Now we wish to impress upon the
Board of Education and the Legislature
that whenever the cost Of education be-
comes extrayagant, it becomes an engine
ef oppression-embarresing the energies
and denies the right of man to husband
the means he earns. 1t says to the spend
thrifts and the jewellers, go on in your evil
ways, the prudent and the economical
tnan will be taxed to educate your chill.
dren. And we believe this was the pre-
Vailing sentiment in the Board on a re-
cent occasion when some unworthy char
acters, whose disreputable acts are known


nd others who are charged with conduc,
which any young gentleman would blush
to hear repeated, ayailed themselves Of
their position to vote against an econo
mist, and one every way their superior il
intellect and morality and in every quality
that goes to make up good citizen. We
say the Board must economic if it ex
poets to command the confidence, and
hold the respect Of this community, which
some of its members now have to an en-,
inent degree. 1t can hardly be possible
That some OF the members are actuated by
a spirit which teaches this way as the
nearest to cherished object~-the route
and ruin of the schools.
Year: 1877

The RESERVOIR PuRcHAsE.-We
stated yesterday what we learn is a fact
that the purchase Of the site for the new
reservoir was transaction in which the
city did not obtained a fee simple title, not
withstanding the very high price it paid
Tor the lots. The title to the grounds re.
Verts to the former owners whenever the
city fails to use it for basin purposes
Why such a deed was accepted is diff
cult question to answer.
Year: 1877

Now comes the astounding intelligence
that the site of the new reservoir was not
bought in fee simple and that if il is not
used for basin purposes reverts to the
former owuers. How's that for good
Republican policy.
Year: 1877

A hundred and fifty years ago the in
habltants of Glasgow, then only few
thousand in number, resolved on i'm
proving the Clyde, and they have gone
on working at the idea ever since. 1t
was a shrewd occupation. The city
had great capabilities of advancement.


The neighborhood abounded in iron
and coal. The river opened into a
channel communicating with the west
coast of England and the Atlantic
and the Atlantic was the highway to
America. There lay the elements to
wealth, and no doubt wealth would be


realized in immeasurable abundance if
the river could be rendered navigable


Such was the reasoning of these Glas-
gov people. They hardly yet imag


ined the possibility of bringing the sea
up to their city. They would establish
a port near the salt water, and carry on
traffic by means of lighters. That was
the primary motion, and it did good
service in its day. In process of time,


as trade and wealth increased, the i'm
proving of the river on a grand scale,
and making Glasgow itself a port, be-
came predominant idea in this keen
witted and self-reliant community. In
short, the tidal water must be made to
flow upward over a space of fifteen to
eighteen miles, to the Broomielaw, so
as to secure the advantages of harbors
and docks with clear and direct route
to the sea. Mr.. Deas presents a mar.
rative of proceedings for deepening,
widening and Strengthening the river,
which in some places was SO shallow
that it could be forded on foot. Where
sand banks were bare at low water,
land plows drawn up by horses were
employed to break up the banks so
that the current might carry the sand
away. Where the sand-banks were
under water they were torn up by har-
rows attached by tackle to the stern of
steam-tugs, the liberated debris being
swept away by the current and refux
of the tides. Then began processes of
dredging, at first by q chain of iron
buckets worked by hand and by horses
but afterward by steam power. Some
times the dredge encountered rocks
and boulders, and these had to be mas
tered by q recourse to diving bells and
blasting. For long time the engi-
neers were unaware of a remarkable
bed or dyke of whinstone rock at the
bottom of the river, near Elderslie,
about four miles from Glasgow. This
Year: 1877

The scientific gardens of Paris are be-
coming quite theatre for field sports
of select order. Not long ago an Eng
lish falconer was invited to establish
himself and his trained birds at one of
them, and the Parisians were INDUCED
with the sight of falcons worthy of the
age of chivalry. While the peregrines
were allowed to perform in the air, a
group of cormorants attracted quite as
much attention by their exploits in the
water, and the French bourgeois, who
had never stirred further beyond the
rampants than st. German o. Vile
neuve, began to talk as loudly about
hawking as if he had been a member of
the famous Loo or Champagne Clubs.
1t is now the turn OF another, and, per-
haps new sport, in which birds are
also the performers. The Jardin d'Ac-
climation has been enriched by the ad-
dition of some fine secretary birds, and
q few days ago occasion was taken with
their help to offer to the public what a
French paper calls ''a most attractive
spectacle" Some vipers had been pro-
cured, and were thrown down before
the birds, who to the intense delight of
the spectators, lost no time in ''engag-
ing IN struggle" with them. The COM
bat must have been rather one sided if
the birds were any thing like full grown
for the sectary has been known not only
to vanquish, but to devour bodily
snakes as large as a mans arm. But
the gestures and tactics of the birds
while engaged in the fight were highly
amusing to the visitors, who will, no
doubt. urge all their friends to go and
patronize the exhibitions that may be
given in future. 1t is certain that the
gardens are far better suited for the
chase dUr riperes than for displays of
falconry, for the secretary does not fly,
but runs after his prey. and that at a
prodigious pace, reserving his wings to
serve as a weapon of offense and de-
fense. When the snake is overtaken,
one of the wings is used as a shield and
the other as a club, while the long and
hard legs of the bird are impervious to
the attacks of the foe. A common viper
is, however, by no means a fair match
for the newly trained chasseur, and it
would be well on the next occasion to
make a quarry of stout cobra or a
young python.-[L London Globe.
Year: 1877

Pray, ought not he who cares to have
house built as it should be, contrive
so that it should be as pleasant and
convenient as possible to live in? Is
it not then, pleasant for it to be cool in
summer and warm in winter? Does
not the sun, in such houses as front
the south, shine obliquely, during the
winter time, into the porticoes, while
in summer it passes vertically over the
roofs, and affords us shade Is it not
well, therefore, if any rate this posi-
tion for house be a good one, to build
it In such way that it shall be the
highest toward the south, so that the
winter sun may not be shut ont, and
lower toward the north. so that the
cold winds may not beat upon it SO vi
olently? To speak a. concisely as pos
sible. that would be probably the
pleasantest and most beautiful dwell
ing house to which the owner could
most agreeably betake himself at all
seasons, and in which he could most
safely deposit his goods.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the English
Mechanic insists that musical sounds
stimulate the growth OF plants. He
gives an instance in point. In barren
section of Hortugal he built small
conservatory and endeavOred to cuiti-
vate roses and other flowers under
shelter, but in spite of his precautions
and industry they did not flourish. One
day he took a harmonium into the
greenhouse and played for several hours.
This practice he maintained for several
months and was surprised to see a
gradual but rapid recovery of health on
the part of his plants. He attributes
their improvement to the influence of
music and unfolds the theory that the
singing OF birds is conducive to vegeta-
BILE life. 1t is pretty theory.
Year: 1877

LAS worked q revolution in the treatment of Ca
II tsrrh. 1t has demonstrated beyond all doubt
that this disease in its FORMS is
able and that comfort and happiness may be made
to follow years of misery, years Of suffering, by
persistent use of it. The method Of treatment or
iginated by DR. Sanford, the local and consti-
tutional by a remedy prepared. by dstillation, is
the only one ever offered to the public that will
bear the test Of time
Year: 1877

A n Electro-Galyanic Battery, combined with the
n celebrated Medicated Porous Plaster, forming
the grandest curative agent in the world Of medi
cine and utterly surprising all other Plasters here
tofore In use. They accomplish more in one weel
than the old Plasters in whole year. They do no
palliate, they CUREI
Year: 1877

THEY MEET IN COUNCIL AND PREPARE FOR


BETTER oRGANIzATIoN--THE EIGHT HOUR


LAW APPROVED.


mass meeting OF German furniture workers. cab-
nctmakers, carvers, varnishers, poiishers, up
holstercrs, piano Makers machine workers, &C.,
held at the Germania Assembly Rooms
yesterday the object Of which was to
start new organization OF this branch Of the trade
and oxtcndthe same the other Eastern States
This movement Is to be inaugurated with view OF CO.
operating with the Western organizations in their Efforts
permanently establish the cght hour system Several
speakers delivered lengthy addresses on the subject
and the labor troubles with their probable
sequences also discussed plan OF organization
adopted and action taken TO enlarge and
strengthen the different trade unions already
existing In this branch of industry. Spe-
cial meetings of the different trade unions
IN reference TO this matter are to be
called, ana temporary Executive Committee was
formed to act until the formation OF Central Union
IL Is estimated that there are 1900 men employed IN
this branch OF industry this city ABOUT third or
more OF whom without employment, white tho
wages OF those in employment at present range only
from "a To $5 and 81 to IS per week Most unsats-
factory IL the condition OF the cabinetmakers, who
have w furnish thor tools In order to be ready
Tor work they must Keep hand with their scanty
earnings at least 500 worth OF Tools and pay nsur
on the same, while but little machinery and only
q fow tools are kept by the employers
Year: 1877

Appleton Mission, situated on tho corner of Hewcs
street and Kent avenue Williamsburg has been noted
since lis foundation as a scene OF disorder during
Sunday evening service To such an extent was this
carried tha, six months ago several young men were
arrested for their unfuly proceedings Last sunday
evening ana Ia ngh at the suggestion of one OF the
members, the R0l act was read DUNG the services
and each timc as soon as 1t Was hnished those who
had been unruy rose ana left the auditorium There
is now some prospect oil "a revival meeting benp held
In the Mission IN peace and Quot
Year: 1877

Tho body of a male child, apparently about one wccA
old was found yesterday by an olicor OF the Four.
tecnh precinct tho alleyway Of No l37 Mott street.
An inquest will be held today.