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Year: 1879




SOME FACETIoUs COMMENTS ON THE RECENT AD-


VENTURES or sUPERFLUOUs ROYALTY.


fFROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSE.l


PARIS Feb pa French satirist once told
grim story about three kings who met by chance at
a wayside tavern and dIned together like Jolly
good fellows, but when IT time to go not of
them had money enough to settle the score In this
year of grace princes have very comfortable in
comes, with family diamonds to pawn if the bank
account runs low. but their occupation is gone.
They have little, if anything. to do, and
are as bopelessy bored with continuous
loafing as were those three penniess kings
who strolled across country and dipped their noses
into the tavern-keepers wine. Like all other pro-
fessons and trades royalty is overcrowded. There
are too many in the business already. With the
circle Of minor courts in Germany and with fruit
ful stock in the palaces of all the foreign capitals
except Paris the supply is far in of the de-
mand. Royalty is actually going TO waste. and the
time is close at hand when 1t may be necessary 10
establish, at some fashionable spa. an asylum for
decayed indoent and superfuOus princes


The French section would be the most interest
ing ward of such an institution as this One of the
most sumptuous suites would be placed at the dis
posal Of Henry ", fussest and goomiest of all the
would be monarchs, who either have seen or fancy
they ought TO see better DAYS. 1t is not long ago
that the Comte de Chanbord bluntiy Informed the
Year: 1879

From the Lansing Republican.


Except in case Of judgment against dis
trict, q township treasurer has no right to pay
school moneys to any one but the assessor, on
a warrant properly drawn on him in favor Of
the assessor; and he cannot pay such warrant
to any other person, even on the assessors
order. The warrant is not negotiable, and Q
receipt from third party will not relieve the
treasurer from his liability to the district.


Whenever board of school inspectors alter
the boundaries or change the number of a
school district, it Is the duty OF the township
clerk to deliver to the director Of every dis
trict affected by the alteration notice in writ
ing, stating what alterations have been made,
and diagram showing the boundary lines OF
the district as thus changed. (section /, school
code, as amended in 1850
Year: 1879

DAIN in the right side, under the


/ edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
(elt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
ti;e and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are cOstive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss Of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful SEN
saticn of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
a slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains Of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa-
ton Of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several Of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
Year: 1879

When Miss Mary A. Philips made applica-
ton for admission into the chief Methodist
Episcopal school Of theology OF the Northwest,
at Evanston, Ill, the professors looked with
disfayor upon her, but she has proved herself
40 much of q student, and gwen 90 much
promise, that they have decided to allow her to
graduate, which she lie nearly ready to do. She
is said to be the hrst Of her sex to take de-
gree in a Methodist seminary.
Year: 1879

The man who will "clip" his horse At tbis
season Of the year ought to be stripped starA
naked. have bis head shaved, be tied in toll
ersbly cool stable, and kept over night, when
the thermometer Is at zero-Lansing Republi-
can.
Year: 1879

New YORK, June 12.-No arrests
have yet been made in the 42nd
street murder case, there being no
evidence against any one. Full
and concise statements from every
member of the household will be e
taken as to their knowledge of the
existing feeling between themselves
and Mrs. Hull. 1t is thought the
murder and robbery was an ''inside
lob"
Year: 1879

Sum people marry bekase they think
wimmin will be scarce next year. and
live to wonder how the stock holds out.


Sum marry to get rid Of themselves,
and discover that the game was one that
two can play at and neither win.


Sum marry for love without cent 10
their pocket. nor friend in the world,
nor drop Of pedigree. This looks des'
psrate. but Is the strength Of game.


Sum marry in haste. and then sit down
and think II carefully over.


Sum think 1t carefully over fust. and
then set down and marry.


No man kan tell jist exactly what cal
leo has made up her mind tew do. Cal.
leo don't know herself. Dry goods OF
all kinds IL the child Of circumstance.
Year: 1879

Rockland Courier; A Rockland man
read that one should endravor to draw
something useful from everything be
saw. and nobly resolve to prod, by the
teaching. That night. when the moon
was hidden. he essay,d to draw mum.
ber Of useful cord-wood sticks from his
neighbor's woodpil-. and got so full OF
rock salt out Of q gun that he won't be
able to taste anything fresh for the bal.
ance Of his life.
Year: 1879

A young lady. who ought to know,
says the Boston Transcript, accounts for
the disposition OF the average young fel.
low to put bis arm around girls waist
by the supposi,ion that he is looking for
that rib that was taken from him SO long
AGO.
Year: 1879

match under my cloak and looked down to see the blaze. I saw nothing, but the match burned my fingers. With 8 desolating despondency I realized the fact that the glare of the snow encouu- tered for the past few days had made me snow blind that was fifty miles from the nearest house and unable to sec i; that furious storm was raging.

 Stupid, almost wild with horror ] thought I could hear the snuhing of the wolves, and the soft batter of their feet below the wild shriek of the arctic winds. I was simply benumbed with terror. With my eyesight in full power I should have thought the situation dangerous. As it was I considered it hopeless. The mare racalled me to my self by rubbing her cold muzzle against my face. She saw that something was wrong with me /; but what she could not comprehend. I resolved to saddle her, to feed her, and, after she ate, to mount and let her take her own course. So l fed her the remaining measure of bar ley and waited for her to eat. Then saddled up, and without bridling, mounted, and wrapping my cloak around me, sat steadily in the saddle, awaiting tho frisky action of the high strung animal. She stood trembling until l told her to go. Then I felt her turn until the ice drops struck oblique- ly on my right side and back, and she rapidly walked off. Not motion or m movement did she make to discompose my seat. Wrapped in my cloak with hood drawn over my face, warm and en- oouraged with hope, patiently sat the horse. I could now hear the snarling of the wolves, and my only fear was that rendered desperate by hunger they might attack the mare. dismissed the thought, would not think of it. If they did at- tack us we were lost; if they did not, I thought we were safe. All day the blizzard ragged and tore fully around and on us. She walked rapidly or can- tered slowly on. It seemed to me we had been travelling for days, for weeks even, when the mare stopped and neighed loudly. Reaching forward I felt the rough stockade. Dismount- ing I felt the hinges of the gate. Loud ly I called. Then l took my rife from the saddle and rapidly I handled cart ridges into it. At last sleepy voice from the inside called, Who is there i? I answered Burr-and I am dead snow blind. Come to me- They came and I was saved-saved for the second time by the white mare. Do you wonder that I, not having the Souix maide I love her mare?'

 sat by the bright fire with my feel high on stool and did not answer simply sat and smoked, ard thought ot the girl, of the man, of the mare. Leav. ing me thinking, Burr went to sleep il his chair with softened face.

 FRANK WmKEsoN.
Year: 1879

through both houses of this Congress. and 1T Is
equally certain that the law requiring the coinage or
not less than 81 600 900 than SiOOO.OOo or
silver will not be amended modified in any respect
While 1t is possible that the Warner Silver BILL pro-
viding the unlimited coinage OF silver may pass
yet it is equally certain that the President will veto
1t and thus prevents 1t becoming law. The general
sentiment in Congress at this time seems TO Dc 10
sion 80 far practical legislation is concerned.
There may be- and doubtless will be. many resolu-
mercia interests of the country may rely implicitly
on the fact that the present condition OF things VIII
not be disturbed. do not make this statement as
rejecting my wishes. hut as question of fact
which will be realized in the of events Such
is the division OF sentiment in Congress and between
Congress and the President financial questions
that any important legislation is next to impossible
for the present"


After the interview with the reporter ended Mr.
Springer locked his vaise picked up his overcoat
aud started by the night train for Washington.
Year: 1879

Believing it to be to the best interest of both buyer
and seller determined to sell for cash from this
date. We would respectfully ask the customers of the
old firm of Coulter Harper and all to give trial.
We have marked down goods to CASH PRICES, and
we think you will save money by calling us for
Year: 1879

Henry Ward Beecher, in a recent
temperance lecture said that rum-drink-
ing is an evil which in its volume, vast
ness and misery overtops all other
forms. 1t is the very devil among de.
wills. 1t is a notorious fact that the exist
ing laws in regard to the liquor traffic
are shamefully broken and trodden I'M
der foot. Every good citizen shonld
see that they are enforced.
Year: 1879

The work Of developing the Blue
Jacket mine in Centennial district is
steadily progressing. The shaft from
the main tunnel has beeu sunk 200 feet,
making the depth from the surface 600
feet. At tho bottom there is n vein Of
pay ore which the Superintendent is
confident will mill right through up
wards OF II hundred dollars per ton.
Excepting that extracted in sinking and
drifting no ore has been taken ont since
the shutting down Of the mill, but
everything is ready for extensive stop.
ing. aud there will be no difficulty in
procuring plenty of ore whenever il is
required. Superintendent Morey has
been waiting to ascertain the result of
the teaching experiments at the Colum-
bia, which proving highly satisfactory,
will doubtless cause the introduction of
similar works at the Blue Jacket. The
entire property is owned by Mr.. Blythe
Of San Times Rsriep.
Year: 1879

Charles Hallock, editor of the F0res


and Stream, has a very humane and
| thoughtful article on this subject Not
only because it is humane, but because it
improves the quality and favor of the
/ fish, he urges upon all anglers the duty
of killing their fish as they catch them
Many anglers do this habitually, but all
do not. We subioin an extract from Mr..
HalloCk's article:


As boys, we were taught that fish had
no feeling, and we believed that what
might be cruelty to a dog was harmless
pastime as respects fish. But autopsy
and science have proved our belief an
error, and we discover that contortions
and gaspings are evidences Of pain and
distress, though we assume that their
nervous system is comparatively Of low
order. That fishes have intelligence and
can be taught, that they have memory,
that they have discrimination and dis
cernment, and that they possess the five
senses, each to great or small degree ;
that they are to a limited extent sentient
and reasoning Creatures-all these have
become evident. If it is ordained to us
that we are to derive sport from the pro-
lOnged apprehensions of the fish while
hooked mot from his bodily pain, for the
mere prick of the hook gives him little,
and often none at all, letUs handle
him mercifully after his torment begins,
and it begins after he is Withdrawn from
his native element. If he is small, take
him around the body and considerably
rap the top of his head upon a stone or
the thwart of the boat; if large, rap his
head with heavy stick; or, what is
more genteel and to the point, pierce the
CerYical column at the base of the brain
with a sharp knife. This produces paral-
ysis and almost immediate death. It
leaves the corpse in a shapely and
seemly condition. Admiration Of its un-
battered beauty is added to the pleasure
Ofcapture, and your fish remains a proper
subject for the market or studio. Brother
LngleujI learn TO be humane.
Year: 1879

A Hartford correspondent says: A
tramp told me that he didn't like Con-
necticut railroads; it was a great deal
harder to steal ride than in Pennsyl-
vania, where one could get on a coal
train easily, and freight or passenger
train now and then. He made many
inquiries about the state laws as to the
penalties for getting on trains and not
paying your fare, and was anxious to
know whether Massachusetts law was
similar. He thought we had "too many
cussed brakemen" on our roads. The
other day a tramp came to a summer
home near Hartford and asked for food.
The owner of the place offered him
work for food and showed him his wood
pile. The tramp looked it over, meas
ured it carefully, and said: "No, guess
not. I could. probably get a dollar a
day and food for a days work on that


I can do better on the road. People will
give me food, and by and by somebody
will give me pair of boots, and some
one else a pair of pants-better in each
case than 1 could afford to buy. The
world has used me so well since I quit
work that I reckon I'll keep on awhiIe.''
Year: 1879

I Sad indeed are the stories told of those
who having erred and tried to be better
men, have failed through the workings


of the law A grlef-stricken young man


and comely y6hhg woman, seemingly
III great distress, entered the detective
office at Police Headquarters in New
/ York ana asked to see John Hogan.
alias Ryan, who was arrested as an es-
capped convict. The Sergeant treated
them kindly, and showed much sym
pathy, when the woman, mastering heI
sorrow, told him that she was the wife
of the prisoner, and that her companion


was his brother. The girl and her es


Cort seated themselves, and the prisoner
was brought out of the cells below


When, haggard and with a Wistful face


her husband entered the room, the
woman uttering a piercing cry, rose
from her seat and threw herself into bis
arms. The C0hFiCt's face tWitChed anG
tears came into his eyes. He made his
wife sit down, sat down beside heI
without saying a word, and FOR many
moments remained silent holding hel
hand. At last she was able to speak
and for half an hour the three held an
animated conversation, broken at inter.
vals by paroXysms of crying from the
wife. During this time Keeper jackson
of Sing Sing, arrived, and told Sergeant
kealey that he was ready to take the
prisoner to Sing Sing. Kealey notified
Hogan that it was time to leave, and the
convict stood up and nerved himself tC
quiet his wife. She hysterically en-
braced him, her companion wTUng his
relative'S hand, and Hogan, who was
dressed in the garb of an honest work.
ing-man, was hurried away.


HOgan's case is a hard one. He was
sentenced to Sing Sing for five years foI
highway robbery in Queens county, and
on the 26th of December, 1872, when he
had served half his term, the Hudson
River was frozen over and a terrible
snow storm ragged. A lack of proper
surveillance gave Hogan an opportunity
to escape, and he and 'RO fellOW-prison
ers dashed past the guards and started
across the ice for the eastern shore.
They had gained a good start when
their absence was discovered and pur-
suit began. The fugitiYes in the storm
lost their way and Travelled down the
river instead of across it. The weather


was so terrible that one of them sank
exhausted. Hogan directed his COM
panion to lift this man on his back, and
carried him in this manner a mile and
a half until they reached land, when the
insensible man was left in a hut and
was recaptured partly frozen the next
day. Hogan and the other convict took
to the mountains, and after three days
Of great suffering reached New York,
when Hogan's companion failed from
exhaustion, and exposure and was re-
captured. Hogan, after obtaining money
from relatives, went into the country
and worked as laborer until the au-
tumn of 1876, when be returned to New
York, obtained a situation as driver for
the Manhattan Ice Company, and mar
ried. A few days ago, for the sake of
the $50 reward offered fol The arrest of
escaped prisoners, a man denounced
him to the police, and he was arrested
as he was going to work: Hogan is an
honest looking man with hunted look,
and i is said he has led an upright life
since MS escape,
Year: 1879

A BILL,


Relating to Incorporated Villages


which, by the Federal Census of


1870, had, and which, by any sub


sequent Federal Census, may have


population of two thousand eight


hundred and eighteen (2,818.l


SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Ohio, That whenever in any incor-
porated village which, by the federal
census of 1870, had, and which, by
any subsequent federal census, may


have a population of two thousand


eight hundred and eighteen (2,S18,)
the village council thereof shall, by
resolution passed by a majority Of
the members elected thereto, declare
it to be essential to the interests Of
such village that a line Of railway,


to be named in said resolution,


should be provided between termini
designated therein, one of which
shall be such village, it shall be law
ful for board Of trustees, appointed
as herein provided, and they are
hereby authorized to borrow, as a
fund for that purpose, not to exceed
the sum Of one per cent. of the value
of the property on the tax duplicate
of such incorporated village, and to
issue bonds therefor in the name of
such incorporated village, under the
corporate seal thereof, bearing inter
est at a rate not to exceed seven %
per centum per annum, payable
semi-annually; said bonds to be
payable at such times and places,
and in such sums as shall be
deemed best by said board said
bonds shall be signed by the presi-
dent of said board, and attested by
the clerk of such incorporated VII
Iage, who shall keep a register of the
same, and they shall be secured by
the pledge of the faith of such vii
Iage, and tax which it shall be the
duty of the council thereof annually
to levy, (which tax shall not exceed
four (4) mills on the dollar in any
one year,, to pay the interest and
provide a sinking fund for the final
redemption Of said bonds provided,
that such village shall not in any
one year levy taxes to a greater
amount than twelve 12) mills on the
dollar, including the levy for said
bonds and provided, that no money
shall be borrowed on bonds issued
until after the question of providing
the line Of railway specified in said
resolution shall have been submitted
to a vote of the qualified electors of
such incorporated village, at a spec
ial election to be ordered by the
village council thereof, of which not
less than twenty days notice shall
be given in the papers published in
such village and further provided,
that a majority of said electors vo-
ting at such election shall decide in
favor of said line of railway. The
of said election shall be
made to the clerk of said iDcOrpora-
ted village, and be by him laid before
the village council, who shall declare
the result by resolution. The bonds
issued under the authority of this
shall not be sold or disposed
Of for less than their par value.


SEC. 2. If q majority of votes
cast at said election shall be in favor
Of providing the line of railway, as
specified in the first section, it shall
be the duty of the clerk of said in
village forthwith to file a
petition in the court of common
pleas in the county in which such
village is situated, praying that the
Judge thereof viii appoint three
Year: 1879

Cheated men have long memories.


A fool and his fathers money are soor
parted.


Popular opinion is the greatest lie il
the world.


Never despair; but if you do, work Oh
in despair.


Do not meddle with business you know
nothing Of.


Never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles you.


Virtue requires no other recompense
than the tribute of selfapprobation and
respect.
PoIiteness is money, which enriches
not him who receives it, but him who
dispenses it.


Politeness is like an air cushion. There
may be nothing solid in it, but it eases
jolts wonderfully.


The conscience has to do, not with fit
ness, or expediency, or advantage, but
with right and wrong.


Deliberate with caution, but act with
decision; and yield with graciousness,
or oppose with frmness.


It would be well if we had less medi-
cine and more cures, less cant and more
pity, less law and more justice.


Next in point of meanness to doing a
man an injury is to do him favor, and
every now and then remind him Of it.


Style is the only frame to hold our
thoughts. It is like the sash of a
window heavy sash will obscure the
light.


Good nature, like a bee, collects its
honey from every herb. Ill nature, ike
a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest
flowers.


The ordinary employment Of aTtifiCe is
the mark of a petty mind, and it almost
always happens that he who uses it to
cover himself in one place uncOyers HIM
self in another.


Ifyou were as willing to be pleasant
and as anxious to please in your own
home as you are in the company of your
neighbors, you would have the happiest
home in the world.


The happiness of your life depends
upon the quality Of your thoughts
therefore guard accordingly, and take
care that you entertain no notions un-
suitable to virtue and unreasonable to
nature.


Warm your body by heaithful exer-
else, not by covering over a stove. Warm
your spirit by performing independently
noble deeds, not by ignObly seeking the
sympathy of your fellows who are no
better than yourself.


Nothing is easier to men of genius,
nothing more certainly a proof and part
of it, than to compose what raises mems
wonder and admiration; nothing more
difficult than to show them distinctly the
simplest and most obvious truth.
Year: 1879

PorrsyIrLE, PA, May 2O-The fire in
the keystone mine is still burning, and
is i'm such position that it cannot be
reached bv water through hose. Nen
have been drawing coat all day to cut
the fire of. thus far with no apparent
success. 1t is feared that the colliery
will have to be flooded, which will throw
large number OF men and boys out OF
employment for several months. No
reason can be given for the ignition OF
the veins, the supposition being that 1t
is part of the old fire that was discover
ed in these workings several weeks ago,
and presumed 10 have been subdued.