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Year: 1879

JUST rs the assurance is given that cer-
tain sick Democratic members Of the next
House are getting we'll, here comes the in-
formation that another one of them is liza
BILE to be disqualified from holding his seat
Mr.. O'REILLEY, of New York-because
he is Union deserter. We use the word
liable, under the circumstances, where we
would use the more emphatic term-cer-
tain-if it were not the fact that consid-
cradle number of members Of the next
House are also Union deserters To have
deserted from the Union army in time of
war is not always disqualification for
membership in that body. On the contrary,
it often counts as pre-eminent qualfca-
ton. So it appears that the Evil One is
taking care of his own in Congress the
sick are getting well and the disqualified
are qualified.
Year: 1879

WHEN JEFF DAVIS is reelected to the
Senate, as he certainly will be, to succeed
Senator BRUCE in 1881, the Bourbons de-
clare that the North will be paciiied under
the persuasive influence of his (DAvIsO
conservative example, whereby they pro-
pose to prove that no danger can ensue to
the Republic from Southern supremacy in
Congress. This special pleading may be
acceptable 10 the doughlaces and mudsills
who always accept as truthful every asser-
ton made by the Bourbon leaders; but it
will not go down with thinking people.
Every intelligent patriot in the country
knows that JEFF DAVIS has not repented
himself of his treason, and that until he
does 50 his very existence in Office or out OF
it, is a threat to the safety Of the Govern
ment.
Year: 1879

that the contagion Of corruption is spread
ing throughout the entire country through
the seditious and revolutionary agency of
the Bourbons. But there is time enough to
check IL before $780, and there is power and
frmness enough to do it in the present Re-
publican Administration.
Year: 1879

EVEN the most friendly examination of
the Democratic policy on national affairs
reveals the fact that there is not solitary
principle or any important measure of pub
lie affairs upon which that party is united.
The only measure around which they rally
with any approach TO unanimity is the
pending proposition to capture the control
of the Government by breaking down all
the barriers against fraud and corruption in
our national elections, Aside from this, the
only idea which is most popular with ma
iority of them is the cxaltation of the traitor
heroes and seditious principles of the South


If these facts do not disclose Modern De-
mocracy as the agency of treason and spoils
and of nothing else, what do they prove?
Year: 1879

Mr.. HULL, of Florida, is said to have
closed the testimony he desired to take in
his contest for a seat in the next House with
Mr. BIsBEE. He is now engaged in prepar-
ing testimony of another kind in contest
against overwhelming proofs that he is
entitled to long term in the peniten-
tiary. 1t seems certain, however, that he
will be able to come to Washington for the
extra session and vote for repeal of the
national election laws, under which he is
liable to be convicted. Can lie, under such
circumstances, comply with the legal re-
quirement not to vote upon any question in
which he may be personally interested
We answer that he can; but he will not.
Year: 1879

The steamer Black Hills is still laboring
to force her way out Of the basin into which
she was slid from the ways. She will get
through in time, but progress is slow.


The steamer G. K. Peck was banked by
the wind just above Sioux City yesterday.
She is due at Yankton To night.


The Montana passed Nebraska City at
eleven o'clock this forenoon, and will prob
ably reach Yankton Thursday.
Year: 1879

BROOKLYN, April 3.-The proprietors Of the
old Brooklyn Theatre, the destruction OF
which by, fire will always be remembered,
to rebuild the structure and this morning a
gang Of workmen commenced clearing away
the debris OF the old structure The new
building will occupy substantially the ground
not resemble it In any way The total cost
Of the new building Is estimated at s125, 900,
and will be ready for occupancy September Is.
Year: 1879

NOT CASE or CONTAGIOUS DISEASE IN THE


CITY.


6psda1 Dispaaca to The 7raoun&


N1w ORLEANS, July 26.-Careful scrutiny of
the records OF the Board OF Health fails to dis
close a single case Of infectious or contagious
disease in the city. Ali doctors are by law re-
quired to report such to the Board within twenty
four hours. Monday morning the Auxiliary
Sanitary Association will begin a thorough
house-to-house disinfection. An army Of men
will be employed, with large number Of carts
and implements, and the work will be done
thoroughly and quickly. Cutters are constantly
flushed, the streets kept clean, aih the condition
of the city is better than ever known before. All
Of this is done BY the Citizens Sanitary Asso-
c,arlou, without the aid or encouragement Of
the Board Of Health, whose main work is to tar
tonnage at the river quarantine. 4 suspicious
case is reported tonight in the house adjoining
tl.a1 where the Creei girl lived with the Stout
family before she went to Mississippi City. The
case has not yet advanced far enough to be
diagnosed successfully, but the ablest doctors
are watching it With great care.
Year: 1879

Pitt Dispatch, June 5,h.


Although there is, practically, nothing
new i'm the iron situation, yet an event
occurred yesterday afternoon which
gives many members OF the Amalga-
mated Association genuine pleasure. 1t
will be recOlleCted that few days since
an agreement was entered into between
Messrs. William Clark & Co., proprie-
tors of the Solar Iron Works, and their
puddlCrS, under which the former agreed
to pay five dollars per ton for pudding
until the rest of the manufacturers
and the Amalgamatel Association agreed
upon a price, when this price was to rule
at the Solar Works.


Since that time it would appear that
Clark Il Co.'S men have been thinking
over the situation, and have come to
the conclusion that they might be over
reached by the arrangement. What
ever may have been their cogitations,
they led to a meeting at 1 O'Clock yes
tcrdav afternoon, at which it was de-
cidcd by considerable majority to re-
fuse TO 20 to work until Clark x Co.
signed the scale on a five dollar basis,
without anv reference TO any possible
contingency arising out OF the general
situation. Some of the men claim that
at the time OF the end OF the strike last
winter Clark &Co. pledged themselves
to pay in future the wages demanded by
the Union, and the present proposition
to allow the price to be fixed by the
logic OF events is back-down from the
former one. Last evening all but six Of
the puddlers notified the manager Of the
works. Mr.. Booth, that he need not
have the fires lighted this morning.
Year: 1879

''She is dead I" they said to him; Come


away;


Kiss her and leave her-thy love is clayi"
They smoothed her tresses of dark brown hair;
On her forehead of stone they laid il fair;
Over her eyes that gazed toe much
They drew the lids with gentle toueh,
With tender touch they closed up well
The sweet thin lips that had secrets to tell;
About her brow and beautiful face
They tied her veil and her marriage lace,
And drew on her white feet her white silk
Which were the whitest no eye could choose
And over her bosom they crossed her hands.
Come away!" they said; "3od understands"
And there was silence, and nothing there
Put silence, and scents of eglantere,
And ia smine, and roses, and rosemary;
And they said: ''As a lady should lie, lies She"
And they held their breath as they left the room
With a shadder, to glance at its stiffness ard


gloom. -
But be who loved her too well to dread
The sweet, the stately. the beautiful dead.
He lit his lamp and took the key
And turned it-alone again-he and she,
Fe and she bat she would not speak.
Tho be kissed, in the old place, the quiet


cheek.


He and she; yet she would not smile,
Tho he called her the name she loved erewhile.
He and she; still she did not move
To any one passionate whisper of love.
Then he said: "Cold lips and breasts without


breath.


Is there no voice, no Language of death?
Dumb to the ear and still to the sense.
But to thelheart and soul distinct, intense?
"See now; will listen with my soul, not ear;
What was the secret of dying, dear?
WAS it the infinite wonder of all
That you could let life's flower fall2
"Or, was it greater marvel to feel
The perfect calm Ger the agony steal?
WAS the miracle greater to find how deep
Beyond all dreams sank downward that sleep?
Did life roll back its records dear,
And show, as they said it does. past things


clear?


And was it the innermost heart of the bliss
To find out so, what u wisdom love is!


" perfect uedul " ueHu N OSL
/ hold the breath of my soul to hear
II listen as deep as to horrible hell.
As high as to heaven, and you do not tell.
There must be pleasure in dying. sweet,
To make you so placid from head to feet
II would tell you, darling. if l were dead,
And 'twere your hot tears upon my brow shed
II would say. though the Angel of Death had


laid


His sword on my lips to keep it unsaid.
You should not ask vainly, with streaming


eyes.


Which of all deaths was the ehiefest surprise.
''The very strangcst and suddenest thing
OF all the surprises the dying must bring
All, foolish world; oh, most kind dead
Tho he told me, who will believe it was said
Who will believe that he heard her say.
With the sweet, soft voice in the dear old way:
"The utmost wonder is this-I hear
And see you. and love you, and kiss you. dear;
And am your angel who was your bride,
Ana know that, though dead, i have never


died -
Year: 1879

Chief-J Justice Deaderick, of the state
supreme court, at jackson, last week
delivered an oral opinion, in which
the professional conduct of certain at
torneys who practice in the criminal
court of Shelby county were very Sc
verely criticised. The chief;justice of
the court said that some attorneys in
Memphis appealed cases to the su-
preme court without any bill of ex-
ceptions Oh other objections to the
proceedings in the court below, well
knowing, unless they were incompetent
to hold the high Office of lawyer,
that there was no ground to expect
relief for the accused from the su-
preme court; that such a practice was
unjust and cruel to the prisoner and
unfair to the public, that an illustra-
tion of this disreputable practice
might be found in the case of Charles
Safrans VS. State, who was sentenced
to be imprisoned for ten days in the
workhouse and to pay the costs. The
accused was kept in Jail for about one
year by reason of his attorney, pray,
ing an appeal, awaiting the action of
the supreme court, when in fact no
one could claim that there was any
ground for reversal. Now the ac-
cused will be compelled to stay several
wears in the workhouse in order to
pay the Jail fees after conviction be-
low and the costs of the supreme
court. The chiefjustice said that
such couduct was highly unprofession-
al; that attorneys engaged in it ought
to be disbarred, and that he hoped
the judge of the criminal court of
Shelby would purge the bar of such
unworthy members, and the supreme
court would sustain him in his efforts
in this direction.
Year: 1879

There is a young lady in Wilkes
county, Ga, who was born blind, and
who, it is said, can instantly detect
color by the touch. When a child
she could tell the name and color of
her pet cats and chickens by simply
laying her hands upon them.
Year: 1879

Five hundred tons of vitriol were
recently set free by fire near Boston
and emptied into a tributary of the
Mystic Water Works. Thousands of
dead fish attest the presence of the
chemical and the people of Boston are
naturally afraid to use the water.
Year: 1879

Representative Hearn and Colonel
Il. L. Cole had a discussion on the
State debt question at Paris on the
first instant. The sympathies of the
people were undoubtedly with the lat
ter, who spoke earnestly in favor of
the 50-4 proposition.
Year: 1879

Bishop Jaggar will preach at the
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning
and evening.


4 lady coming from Gravel Hill, few
davS since, mortified herSelfand amused
others by attempting, after having seen
a gentleman step graclously from the
horse ears while they were in motion,
to do likewise. The lady got off the ears,
there is no question about that, but IN
stead of lighting upon her feet she landed
upon her back-hair. Outside OF Sc
we're headache for several hours after
ward and great damage to the ladys
dignity, no further damage was done.


The rchcarsals of the military drama
of the "Nirgnia Veteran are pro
crossing i'm Il satisfactory manner by the
Hccla club. We were present at their
rehearsal on Thursday night and con-
iess 10 have been more interested than
at anv rehearsal we ever attended.
The efforts Of the Club have always
been appreciated in this city, and We
think i'm the rendition OF this drama
another feather will be added to their
already good reputation. The play will
be put on i'm the usual style, Tor which
the Club is becoming noted, namely,
new scenery, new stage ci-
fccts and new mechanical appliances.
Every member of the Club vii
be included in the cast, and this fact
alone is sufficient guarantee that the
play will be put on in satisfactory
manner.


Mrs. G.. c. Mccoy leaves for Denver,
Colorado. tomorrow morning at nine
o'clock.


Geo. Whipplc left this vicinity for
Colorado Yesterday.


Several cases OF scarlet fever are re-
ported at Gravel Hill.


Two new groceries were started in
Guernsey street during the past week.
Year: 1879

ICE BLOCKADE OF BALTIMORE HaRBoR--For
the first time in years the harbor OF Baltimore
is firmly closed with ice, and business between
this port and the outside world Is fairly at an
end, so far as water communication Is con-
cerned. Our bay steamers and the vessels OF
the European lines are firmly locked at their
sive iceboat system Is complete failure. We
can build boats that win cut and crush their
way through the ice, but so long as there is no
current to carry the broken ice away no power
can prevent gorge. A moderate thaw win be
very earnestly prayed for by our business men
and the community at largc.-TBdH Gdzette
Year: 1879

1HE UTE DELEGATION, now in the city, had
an interview with the Commissioner of Indian
affairs to-day. The visit OF the Utes is satIsfac-
tory to them as well as to the department.
medal and small sum Of money were given to
each OF the indians. The question OF compen-
Sat1On to the UteS for land relinouShei by them
from the proceeds OF the sale Of these lands was
'SatiSf3ctoIily settled
Year: 1879

N SIR we poor nuns are not able


~ to see how the glories Of earth are
brighter than those of heaven or what
advantage gay and frivolous woman
of the world, who spends her time in the
pursuit of her own selfish pleasure, has
over one who lives u retired, humble,
and innocent life,-watching her heart
that no sin may enter, instructing chill
dren, and forming their minds to virtue,
accepting and using her life all for God.
We are happy and at peace here, and we
know that the world has snares. Here
every day we say God chastens those
whom he loves, and in our crosses, II
any are imposed I'VE see our Fathers pre-.
dilection; In the world we might forget
that, and fall under the burden"


Doctor Thayer was man of the world
and though familiar with noble thoughts
and sympathizing with all high and
generous sentiments, still, in many
things he thought the worlds thoughts.
He could appreciate the lofty purity of
the stand the woman took but the feel
ings was not familiar to him. Possibly
he had heard similar sentiments from
the pulpits; but they had been from the
lips of men who had fine, or at least
comfortable houses, who had families,
and freedom to go where they would, to
whom society and nearly all its pleas
ures were open. But here was one who
practiced what she preached.





g But Rose may not become frivo-
lous woman Of the world. You have
educated her here to a nobler life; let
her now go out and exercise her
influence to purify this society which
you fear SO much. We want such wo-
men,"


The superior sighed.


"It is for her to choose" she said.


And, going to the door, she directed
sister who stood in the hall to ask Sister
Blanche to come to the parlor.


The doctor was too much agitated to
ask why she should be called sister, and
breathlessly watched the door by which
his former charge was to enter. 1t
opened presently, and slender figure
glided in, and, bowling to him, but with
out lifting her eyes to his face, went and
stood by the superior.


A tremor of surprise and delight ran
over the man, as he stood up, involun-
tarily, at sight of that vision. Blanche
she was,-pale of face, but with that
milky pallor of flower that has grown
In the shade, and still paler from the
black of her coarse robe and veil. For
though her noviciate had not yet COM
menced, she had anticipated the dress as
nuch as was allowed. All, the tranquil
sweetness of that unspeakably lovely
and delicate facel the gliding grace of
her motions; the indescribable air of
beauty and holiness that hung about
her. fgn1 ~ 4Fouvr.u


Blanche" the superior said, "this
gentleman is Doctor Thayer he has come
to see you" tiftifi


A faint red bloomed in the girls
cheeks at the sound of his name and her
brilliant eyes flashed full in his face, and
dwelt there an instant, then dropped,
suffused with tears. She whispered
word to the superior, and receiving
nod in answer, timidly advanced toward
him, with her hand extended.


You are welcome" she said, with
ne direct earnestness of a child, letting
her hand remain a moment in his
clasp. 6 My one earthly wish was to
see you" alNN


IF had suspected that !" he ex-
Year: 1879

Fishing in the st. Lawrence among the
Thousand Islands" is thus described in
the National Repository: In pike-troll-
ing here, stout ash rods, made in single
piece about eight feet in length, are used;
and these are set in supports and stand
out one from each side of the skift, thus
spreading the lines to prevent fouling Of
hooks. 1t seems a lazy way to fish, and
many prefer to hold the rods in the
hand in order to feel the heavy strike of
the game But the old fisherman will tell
you that the regular oscillltory motion Of
the spoon hooks, under the impulse of the
oars, best initiates the movementsof living
bait, and that the solid strike of the rod
lying in the support is surest to hook the
fish firmly. Flying fish for bass has been
neglected here for several years past,
though formerly it was much in vogue.
Dr. Bethune and his sportsman friends
of former years preferred this, and right
ly, to any other form of fishing on the
river; and there are some famous stories
lingering here vet concerning their ex-
ploits with fly and reel rod Charles S.
Brooks, of New York. member of the
Bethune Club, bass fishing here, took
five bass at cast for three successive
casts and four at the fourth cast, max
ing nineteen fine fish in four successive
casts,
Year: 1879

COLD SHOULDER FOR DE LEssEPs.
Special to the star.


WASHINGTON, Aug. lit is announced
that the President and Cabinet are distinct
ly opposed to the Panama Canal plan OF
DeIesseps, and to any plan whatever which
would prevent the United States from as
suming control over the canal should it be-
come necessary.
Year: 1879

The Police Commissioner and DR.. Minor
held a conference yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of selecting suitable location
for a yellow fever hospital. DR.. Minor
stated that he had an excellent place spot
ted, and all that he wanted was authority
from the Board to negotiate for the use of
it. This authority was given and the ques-
ton as to what is to become of the yellow
fever patients is settled. The location is a
splendid one outside the city limits, but we
have promised not to give the thing away,
as big kick might be made by residents
near the place. The location is a good one,
and the best that could possibly have been
selected.


The Delhi folks held another meeting last
night. A resolution was offered that the
citizens proceed to the Quarantine in a
body and dump the whole business in the
river. This resolution was not carried.
DR.. Minor will do everything possible to
please the Delhi people, and is endeavoring
to select another location for the station,
but it seems hard matter to find one.


Health Officer Minor, with authority from
the Commissioners, will place barge at the
River Quarantine for the reception of con-
traband goods The steamboatmen will fur
nish a watchman, and the goods will thus
be guarded till the danger is over.


The Hebrew Benevolent Associations of
this city will cooperate for the relief of
their brethren who have fed here for
refuge.


DR.. Minor this morning received the fol-
lowing dispatch:


MEMPHIS, Aug /.


Nine new cases and four deaths since last
report. r. w. MITCHELL.


Dr. Minor objects to the new hospital es-
tablished by him being called Camp Mi.
nor" He has given it the name OF Saffron
Point" or yellow Jack HILL"
Year: 1879

Carey, the lieutenant who did not save
Prince Napoleon, IS condemned, says II
London letter writer, before Ee is heard
on this side of the ocean. But when all
the facts come out, It will l fear, bc an.
other case of sacrificing the Junior for the
seniors faults. Ii has been shown no
doubt, over and over again in this CAM
pAign, that brave man my turr back
for comrade and rescue him under fire {:
but we know nothing Of the cases in
which brave men did not risk their lives
in the interests of others. If the prince
had been an ordinary officer VIC should
have heard little or nothing about the
affair. The Zulus had established such II
funk" in the British camp that Carey,
who at all times seems to have behaved
splcndidly, possibly had no other thought
but to escape, and he was evidently un-
der the impression that the prince was be-
hind him. suppose We shall know more
about it soon. In the meantime VIC arc
getting up an utlsecmly fuss about Dean
Stanley permission, asked and given, for
Il statue OF the prince to bc placed in
Westminster Abbey. Influence is
being used to make the dean recall his
mandate. The Daily News leads the at
tack. But Stanley is not the man to give
way, and some of his friends think his
broad liberalism ought to protect him ut
least from the Ne,cs. 1t has been said Of
him, with truth, that he is liberal enough
to let Cardinals Manning and Newman
celebrate mass in the Abbey if they
would consent to have Darwin preach q
sermon on the occasion. By the way,
there is some reason to believe that the
Prince Napoleon had "a love affair"
but the young lady was not q princess.
Nor was it exactly romance of the King
Cophetua character. Modcmoisclle was
an English girl at Chiselhurst, her name
Smith. Some people say this was a
Princess incognita. Not at all. Ny in
formant is an old inhabitant Of the village.
'The Prince was downright in love with
her; he used to see her in chapel, and he
often spoke to her outside chapel, and he
was quite in earnest, and it made the
Empress very anxious" So runs the
story, and, if you saw the fresh, pretty,
rosy, English village beauty you might
we'll believe it to be true.
Year: 1879

Squash Pie.-Summer squashcs of any
variety make excellent pic. In cooking
these We prefer pairing them to cooking
them with the rind on. Cut them
through, take out the seeds, and with a
sharp knife take off the thinnest possible
rind. Boil until tender, draw in COL
lander and mash through sieve. Now
prepare as you would If to be served as a
vegetable, seasoning with salt, pepper
and plenty Of butter. Take equal guam
titles of the squash and rich milk, sweet
en- and spice to taste. Add from two to
four we'll beaten eggs, according to the
size Of the dish. Line your dish with
Year: 1879

Now it is SAID that the poor cuss whose
picture appears in the patent medicine
almanacs with the sign Of the zodiac at
tacking him at various points, was once
editor of a local newspaper and neglected
to colfese subscriptions in advance.