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Year: 1877

THE BIBLE IN 1888 AND 1870.


The first English Bible that
ever was printed arrived in
England III 1885. 1t was Cow
erdale's translation. Two years
afterward another Bible was
published. This was the BIZ
bic usually called Matthew's,
and a very. good translation it
was. When it came out Arch
bishop Cranmer wrote to ask
the chief minister Of King
Henry VIII. to show the book
to His Majesty, and to get a
license that it might be sold
and read by every person with
outany hindrance being thrown
in the way. "If," he said, "you
continue to take such pains
for the setting forth of Gods
word as you do, although in
the mean time you suffer some
snubs, and many ISLANDERS, lies,
and reproaches for the same,
yet one day He will recon-
pense you. And the same
word, as St, John saith, which
shall judge every man at the
last day, must. needs show IA
YOUR to them that now do IA
your it,"


King Henry gave the per-
mission which was asked for,
and the archbishop wrote to
thank the minister for bring
ing the matter forward, saying,
"You have showed me more
pleasure herein than if you had
given me a thousand pounds"
During the next year (I538)
an order was given to every
clergyman to provide a large
English Bible, and to set it up
in a convenient place in the
church, where the parishioners
might come and read it. Hall
the cost was to be paid by the
clergyman and half by the
parishioners. The king also
ordered the clergyman to "dis-
courage no man, either secret
ly or openly, from the reading
or the hearing of the said BIZ
ble," but to ''provoke, stir, and
exhort everyperson to oreadthe
same, as that which is the very
lively Word of God, which ev-
Christian is bound to embrace,
believe, and follow, they look
to be saved" At the same
time, readers were warned to
avoid disputing over the mean
ing of the book; not to be
hasty or rash in explaining it;
and to consult learned men
where the word seemed hard
to be understood.


Such was the estate of things
three hundred and thirty years
ago. Fancy only one Bible in
each parish, and that one SO
expensive that the clergyman
had to share the cost of it with
the parishioners ! Now there
are but few houses in England
in which there is no Bible to
be found; it can be reao no'
only in the church, but IN the
school and in the home; and
it can be bought for SO small a
sum that the poorest child may
soon save up enough to pur-
chase one. Happy is that
home in which young and old
read the word Of God every
day; and happy are those who
not only read, but also, by the
grace of God, understand what
they read, and make The Bible
a lamp unto their feet and 8
light unto their path.--Glean.
ings for the Young.
Year: 1877

A prominent citizen of Connecticut,


informs us that in conversation recent
IL with gentleman largely engaged in
farming in New Jersey, he received a
hint about the treatment of the pota-
bug which may be Of great value: p .


'sTal1e tobacco stems, or refuse to-
bacco, and steep, and to the decoction
thus secured add lye from wood ashes
or I've from potash, and sprinkle the
liquid upon thevines with a common
sprinkler The New Jersy farmer
tried this liquid, by the advice OF 2
chemist, with thorough success. And
he says it not only drives away th(
Year: 1877




trWarm Weather Drinlls.l- Coffee
drinkers, make q mistake if they keep
up the Strength Of their 'favorite beYer-
age. Have a lesser Quantity made of
full strength, ,iandiuse half or eFoii a
quarter Of q cup oficed milk, Iced tea
is. delicious drink, only don't make
the mistake Of thinking that this means
"cold tea''. Pour it fresh and hot into
goblet filled with ice and season to
suit the taste, replenishing the ice
as it melts, and you will have a most
delightful beverage The man who in
vented it deserves the thanks of all
who appreciate the difference in dining
between December and May, Forth
of July and Thanksgiving 100
Year: 1877

Do not trust your own in
dustry for success, but lean
wholly on Gods help; rest in
him, believing that he will do
whatever is best for you so long
as you, on your part, are quiet
ly in earnestand gently diligent.
II say this because impetuous
activity hurts both our business
and our souls, and is really q
hindrance.-De Sales.
Year: 1877

complete and exhaustive Index to the contents Of THE
DAILY TRIBUNE for 1876 tsiniar 20 the publication which
proved so acceptable year, is ready With the
Index any editorial article foreign or donesc letter. book
review art musical dramatic criticism report Of an
iDporant event among Of the day, may be
ctnlI
Year: 1877

being unanimously convinced that
the introduction of such morbid
soul-anatomy as the said society
enjoins among the inmates of the
establishment would foster the
vicious ideas they are striving to
extirpate. Mr.. Horsley will prob
ably resign his chaplaincy and be-
come ritualist martyr; and as long
as the dogmatic views of human
nature inculcated by the national
church remain the logic will be on
their side. The bishops are terribly
excited. The Archbishop of Can
terbury has at last had the confes-
sion wrung from his lips that the
church is in danger. The plain
fact which the bishop cannot face,
is that in the determined front of
the ritualistic priesthood the Eng
land of to-day meets its dead self
nay, to that antiquarian corpse is
bound fast, and must either be cut
loose from it or be stihed and pois-
oned by Its putrescence.
Year: 1877

and peculiar operations and foreign
travel and happy deaths, and has
done all it could to provide a new
medical fashion often and regularly.
There is now a "new light" in the
treatment Of female valetudinarians,
and it has been flashed forth by a
prominent medical man, DR.. S.
Weir Mitchell, in a discourse re-
Gently delivered by him before the
Medical Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland.


The Louisville Medical News de-
scribes this new procedure as abso-
lutte rest, with massage or system
attic kneading and inductive cur
rents. 1t is not to be used in all
cases of disease nor in most, but
such as this: A woman pallid,
feeble and exhausted at the age of
thirty, the type of a class. Every
thing worried her-to walk, to
read, to drive, to sew. She was the
woman with a back, and a shawl
on her shoulders, and sofa for, a
home and Mysteries for a diversion.
She had tired out the doctors and
exhausted the drug shops and spas
and travels and outlived a nurse or
two. The deformity man had found
spinal curvature and put on a brace;
the specialist had had his turn, the
quacks had had their share, and
she wore blue glasses to keep out
the blessings Of daylight. She
weighed ninety-four pounds, and
had as much figure as a hat rack.
Because everything else tired her
the doctor put her at rest in bed
and made her rest absolute, not
even permitting her to feed herself.
She was fed with milk at brief in
tcrvals, but this produced disturb
ance of her digestive organs. Then
the doctor began to knead his pa
tient as if he was making "sponge"
for bread, and he filled her with
electricity. The consequence was,
as he said, that her appetite and
digestion returned. Her nails be-
came pink, and the veins in her
limbs began to show. She rccoy-
cred. She went to the doctor thin,
sallows ugly and feeble. After a
few doses Of the "new light" she
went home fat and well and vigor-
ous and handsome. 1t seems that
this result awakened the interest of
Dame Nature, for she cried, "Finis
coronat opus" and gave the woman
baby as a compensation for her
lost Mysteries. AS this patient was
type of a class, women will do
well in future to call upon their
physicians for the prompt admins
tration of tie new cure.
Year: 1877

Information from Japan recently
received conveys the intelligence
that the river Nisheynaagawa, in
the province Of Naha-no-Matamora
has suddenly dried up, leaving an
empty bed. We consider it impor-
tant to let our readers know of this
fact, so that there will be no mis-
apprehension in case any of them
60 fishing or swimming in the said
river. We can imagine nothing
that would mortify a man more
than to go swimming in the Nish-
eynaagawa for two or three hours
under the impression that every
thing was right, and then, when he
came out, to learn from somebody
that the river was dried up. And
man who had fished all day in
the stream only to find at the end
that the water was gone, would, we
should think, feel worse than an
allopathic doctor does when a pa.
tient is rescued from the grave by
homeopathic treatment. If you
must bathe in the Nisheynaagawa,
take bucket of water in with you.
Year: 1877

The fact reported in our special de-
spatch from Rome, that the Pope yester-
day gave public audience and received
twenty-tw persons, is sufficient evil
dence that if the news Of his almost
hopeless condition was true when sent his
wonderful vitality has on this occasion as
serted itself as much in the rapidity of his
recovery as in the fact of the remarkable
change in his condition. So far as appears
in the report ofwhat was observed ut this au-
dience the paralysis is confined to the lower
extremities Such limitation of disorder is
not uncommon, and is not inconsistent with
a sufficiently vigorous performance Of bodily
functions to sustain life for years. Mr..
Morton's case was an instance, though not
on extreme one, of this fact; not extreme
because the paralysis was not absolute in
the region invaded till near the end.
Longevity is family attribute with the
Ferreti-the Popes brothers having reached
tho ages of ninety-five and ninety-six. 1t
is even recorded that they were as fre-
quently reported at the point of death for
the last ten years Of their lives respectively
ms even the Pope himself has been, SO that
it may be said that not only is longevity a
family attribute, buealso that tenacious
vitality is associated with the frequent re-
currence of symptoms which, while very
alarming, are always remodiable.
Year: 1877

General Campos, whose courage, ability
and energy as soldier will, it is confidently
believed at Madrid, be the means of bring
ing the long struggle in Cuba to an end, Is not
meeting with unchecked success in his CAM
paign against the patriots During the past
two months he has succeeded in gaining sew
eral important advantages which must have
disheartened the revolutionary leaders, but
now we have tho news of slight victory
which will 60 far to comfort them under
their recent reverses and destroy the
idea of the invincibility Of the Spanish
commander Last month the patriots
surprised party Of Spaniards in the East
ern Department, when several Of the enemy
were killed and wounded. The.news comes
entirely through Spanish sources, and it is,
of course, impossible to get at the real facts
or to ascertain the magnitude of the Spanish
loss. That it was far more serious than the
Havana authorities report is absolutely
certain. But the news is significant in
another respect. 1t shows that the Spanish
declarations SO freely made recently that
there is no armed force anywhere on
the island are all nonsense, and that the
patriots are still strong enough to contest
the advance of tho Spanish troops. Gen.
eral Campos will find it more difficult than
he suspects to reduce the island to subjec-
ton
Year: 1877

The temperance people seem resolved to
keep up the agitation of the license ques-
tion, although it is doubtful whether their
efforts, however we'll intentioncd, will result
in any substantial gain to the Gauss in which
they labor. It is stated that the proprietors
Of some Of the Leading hotels IN this city,
including the Astor, Fifth Avenue, st.
Nicholas, Metropolitan, Brunswick, Win
chester. Grand Central, Gilsey and Grand,
are to be brought into the police courts to
answer for alleged violations OF the law,
including tho sale Of liquor on Sundays and
election day. There is also to be q revival
in the arrests Of saloon keepers, both on
the charge of not being hotels or inns
within the meaning of the Excise law now
supposed to be in operation, and for other
alleged infringements of the law. We have
no doubt that these prosecutions are all
made in good faith and with laudable inten-
tions; nevertheless, their expediency is
ut least questionable. Tho action Of the
Excise Board and Police Department
since the decision Of the Court of APP
peals which left us without any license
law fitted to tho necessities OF a
largo city must be accepted as evidence
that it is impossible to enforce prohibition
in New York or to carry out strictly the
provisions Of such law as that OF 1857.
The practical question, therefore, seems to
be whether we are to live under statute
which cannot be enforced and Is only pro-
ductivo of litigation, of arrests that seem to
do no good and Of ovasions calculated to
f! bring all laws into contempt or are to have.
Year: 1877

Perhaps tho clearest indication of what is
really on foot in France is to be inferred
from the article of the Republique Francaise,
for it is the vital issue OF the hour TINT las
led up to that article; while in the reports
Of what is said by ono party and thought by
another and intended by third there is
only confusion that it is impossible to
disentnngle


Judging by the article to which we refer
tho government seriously contemplatcs n
second dissolution Of the Chamber, and is
not so hopeless as has been thought of
the necessary assent of the Senate. Repub-
licans must indeed regard not only the
proposition for dissolution, but its success,
also, as imminent when they push their
arguments against such Il measure to the
point of urging that the Chamber of Depu-
ties would be bound to resist it. 1t is to be
hoped that their resources arc not already
reduced to that degree, for point OF physi-
cal resistance, no matter where, is precisely
what the Ministry has sought in vain. and
once found would relieve it from its des-
perate straits. Any fact by which it could
overcome resistance with military force and
appear to be plainly within it's right under
the law, or not so fagrantly outside Of its
right but it might be reasonably defended
by impartial persons, would be boon with
which tho republicans should not favor it
just now.


No doubt the argument of the limitation
Of the right Of dissolution derived from the
constitutional reason for the existence OF
that right is good one, SO far as it goes;
but it does not invalidate the right Of the
President to dissolve, if he can get the nee
cssary support, any Chamber that the peo-
pie may send up No theoretical attenua-
tion of this right can displace it from the
constitution, where it presents plain way
for the Executive and the Senate to put q
troublesome Chamber out of their path.
They may make an outrageous use of their
power, but, under the constitution, they
are the only judges of the. expediency Of
dissolution. This may be feeble point in
the constitution, but it would not mend
matters to meet it with resistance that
would be hopeless, even if not illegal.
Year: 1877

with the assent Of reasonable temperance
people, stringent license law which can be
enforced and which can be so framed rs to
place desirable restraint on the liquor
business and materially decrease intemper-
aEce


Massachusetts is State in which. If any
where, it ought to be possible to enforce
prohibition. Governor Rice, who has just
been reelected in that State by handsome
majority, himself temperance man,
vetoed prohibitory law passed at
the last session of the Legislature,
on the ground TINT prohibition had always
been imperative in Massachusetts,, while the
existing license law is strictly enforced and
has, as the statistics show, greatly decreased
intemperance. This might we'll be accepted
by the temperance people in New York as
an indication of the policy that ought to
control their action in this State. If they
will devote their time from now until the
Legislature meets in framing n stringent,
well-considered license law for New York
they will do more real good for the temper
ance cause than by making thousand USE
less arrests for violations of law that is
practically ignored by tho authorities as
well as by the people.
Year: 1877

The evidence in the prosecution of Robert
L. Case, late president of the Security Life
and Annuity Insurance Company, for por-
jury in having sworn to false statements of
the company's condition. was brought to
close yesterday The defence is purely
technical. The law makes it the duty of
the officers of such companies to make IN
annual report, under oath, and provides
that wilfully false statements therein shall
be perjury and punished as such. The ev-
idence shows that this report was made,
signed and certified as having been sworn
to by Mr.. Case and other officers of the CON-
pany, and that its cash and real estate assets
were grossly and wilfully misrepresented
so as to make the company appear solvent
when it was hopelessly bankrupt. The de-
fence so far as Mr.. Case is concerned, is
that he signed the report without knowing
the truth of its details, and that he never
swore to it. A colored messenger employed
in the Security Office testified that he had
carried the report, after it had been signed
Office, who had certified it as having been
sworn to. This, he said, had been the
practice with oil reports. =


It is barely possible that the accused may
escape under this technicality. But if SO,
while it will be deplorable failure of
Justice, the evidence ndduced makes the
indictment and conviction of the accused
for the lesser offence of misdemeanor cer-
tainty and duty. If public officer may
evade punishment by the trick Of pretend
ing to swear to an official report and not
actually taking the required oath, then the
laws are a mockery and delusion. There
is another point in this evidence that de-
mands the attention Of the District Attor-
ney. It is clearly misconduct on the part
of a notary to falsely certify paper as hav-
ing been sworn to when no affidavit has
been made. On page 446 of volume 3 of
. the Revised Statutes Of New York will be
found section (38) which provides for the
'criminal prosecution and punishment" OF
m offending notary. 1t is about time that
snch dangerous offences as are developed
in this trial should be put o stop to.
Year: 1877

the Lualaba, tinting the main stream with
their brown waters. Further below begins
the series of sixty-two falls and cataracts
which extends for one hundred and eighty
| miles between the Ntamo and Yellala
falls, and where the river has again mar
rowed to its ordinary width. Along the
river banks the character Of the country and
its population changes rapidly. From the
Arab settlements at Nyangwe the explorer
entered region inhabited by savage
cannibal tribes, who proved cow
ardly or warlike according to their
strength in numbers, but were uniformly
treacherous and bloodthirsty. In other
regions Stanley describes the people as
dwelling in state of comparative civiliza-
ton and being friendly TO strangers But
although the journey was not always i'm
peded by the attacks of the natives the
dangers that arose. from hunger and the
fearful cataracts on the river were constant
sources of alarm and frequently proved as
deadly as the hostility of the cannibal tribes.


This brings US to sad contemplation Of
the fate of poor Pocock, Stanley's last white
companion. 1t cannot be necessary to add
one word to tho culogies Of Pocock con-
tanned in Stanleys letters. He was brave
and faithful friend, whose sad fate casts
gloom over the achievements Of his
more fortunate leader. BY the constant
exhibition Of courage, prudence and I'M
stinted generosity Pocock endeared him
self to even the suspicious natives with
whom ne was brought in contact. The man.
ner OF his death proved his devotion
to Stanley and showed that, although
he was bowed down by fatigue and sick
ness the spirit that carried him from
Zanzibar to the fatal cataract was
unbroken to the last The map accom-
panying Stanlcy's letters is intended to
give only general, but yet accurate idea Of
the course of the Lualaba. 1t corresponds
with Stanley's own map in all essential
features and will prepare the reader for the
study of that interesting production when
it is published.
Year: 1877

that oil able-bodied men who apply for
relief shall be Immediately set to work in
sheds. provided for the purpose and oom-
PEELED to break stone for repairing and
macadanizing the roads. This is tolerably
steady work, especially when men are placed
over the gangs who will see that they do not
shirk the labor. We have no idea that much
stone will be broken, however, for as soon
as the rascally tramp and chronic pauper
find themselves. obliged to work for the
relief they receive they will desert Jamaica
for less unreasonable localities. where vice
il fed and lodged in idleness.


The example set by the Jamaica authori.
ties might very well be followed in New
York. There is no good reason whatever
why the paupers who are charge on the
public here should not be set to work on
road repairing and cleaning. At present wa
pay out an enormous amount of money for
street cleaning and get nothing or very
little for it. The streets have never been so
shamefully neglected and SO dangerously
filthy as under the present worthless Street
Cleaning Bureau The whole business,
despite its costliness, is scandalously mis-.
managed. On Nassau and other crowded
downtown streets at eleven o'clock in the
morning barrels of ashes and dirt line the
sidewalks. This nuisance arises from the
blundering incapacity OF the bureau, which
is not even competent to arrange for the
removal Of tho dirt and garbage except at
the most inconvenient hours of the day. II
a portion OF the paupers should be turned
out at night under proper supervision and
made to clean the streets, and another por.
ton should be set to work in the stables, al
the dumps, or driving the carts, we should
either save most of the money now squan-
dered on the worthless payrolls OF the
Street Cleaning Bureau or should soon re.
lieve the city from the cost OF supporting an
army of ablc-bodied vagabonds who pursue
the easy calling of tramp or pauper as
steady profession. a.N
Year: 1877

The country will commend and the navy
will thank the House for its prompt passage
of the Deficiency bill yesterday without
opening the hoodgates of debate and making
it the pretext for an unseemly political
wranglc. Whether the late Secretary of the
Navy was or was not guilty of violation of
the law in using the naval pay fund for
other purposes than that for which it was
intended was not, strictly speaking, before
the House, but with the latitude allowed to
or taken by gentlemen in Washington it
could easily have been brought into the dis
cusson and thereby delayed indefinitely
the passage oil the bill. The result, Of
course, would havo been to compel the
officers to wait still longer for the money
they have earned, with the additional wrong
OF losing portion Of it in interest which
they arc now compelled to pay. In passing
the bill so promptly tho House has acted
fairly by the navy and deprived itself of no
Of the late head of the department


The only other feature of interest in tho
proceedings was a short discussion of the
bill to repeal the Resumption act, upon
which Mr.. Chittcnden and Mr.. Monroe
spoke in opposition to the bill. The SEN
ate did very little except listen to the
speech of Mr. Chaffee on the Pacific rail-
roads and their branches. Mr.. Hamlin re-
ported back the resolution in regard to a
treaty OF commerce with Mexico from the
Eoroion Ra1ofiopa Commiiteo with tho 70.
mark that he thought the subject belonged
Year: 1877

to the Executive Department. or to tho
House of Representatives. 1t is possible
that tho Finance Committee, to which the
question was then committed, may have dit
ferent viows about it. AS step toward the
extension of our trade the proposition
ought to receive in some quarter the con-
sideration il deserves.
Year: 1877

THERE SEEMS to be good deal of opposition
to the reorganization project of the New Jersey
Central Railroad The stock and bond holders
do not appear to be able to see their way
clearly through the operation.
Year: 1877

SECRETARY EvARTs urges the passage by
Congress of the legislation necessary TO enable
him to distribute the Mexican claims. Many of
tho claimants arc poor and it is unjust to de-
prvc them Of what is due them any longer than
Is absolutely required.