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Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, May 26. Secretary Schurz
is quite restive under the legislation of
Congress last winter in regard to his pro-
posed timber reforms in the West. To-
day he called conference at his office of
Senator Booth, Grover, Slater, Hill, of Col
orado, and Messrs. Belford. Daggett, Ma
ginnis and others from the Territories. He
submitted draft of a bill providing for the
sale of timber without the land and Great
ing number of foresters at salary of
$4,000 year each to take care of the land
and to see the timber Is reproduced, and
in manner adopting the German system
of forest supervision. Most of the gentle
men present took part in the discussion,
which covered wide range Seine thought
it would be better to sell the land outright.
Others agreed that the mountains should
be held as timber land. Several thought
the proposed system too cumbersome and
costly and doubted its adoption by Con-
gress. All agreed that the wants of the
settlers must be provided for, and that as
the government has made no arrangements
to sell the land the timber must be taken
for mining and farming in some way. All
agreed further that the depredations by
settlers were trifiing compared to the vast
areas devastated by forest fires, often the
result of carelessness and wantonness. The
Secretary expressed his qualification at the
interest taken and suggested that the Sen
ators and Representatives. should take the
matter under consideration during the re-
cess of Congress aud at a meeting to be
held next session, endeavor to agree upon
some legislation just at once to the settler
and TO the government.
Year: 1879

When the Zulus stripped the Prince
fmperial's body, they would not touch
the little medal Of the Madonna which
he wore around his peck, because it is
an article of faith in South Africa that
charms taken from the dead man carry
with them the luck Of their former
owner.
Year: 1879

WAsHINGrm, July 25.-Seoretary
Schurz is going out to Ohio to make a
speech on the issues of the campaign
in that State about the 18th Of August.
From there he will go to Denver, and
from thence tobalt Lake and to Boze-
man, MontaAa. He will visit the Crow
Agency, and make new treaty with
that tribe, if possible, or at least en-
deavor to settle some grievances. He
will return by way of the National Park
and visit the Guyseis. and will join a
hunting party near Rock creek. He
has extended an invitation to one of the
prominent members Of the Diplomatic
Corps to accompany him on the trip.
Year: 1879

LIVERPOOL, February 7.-The ship Van
Dieman was sunk by collision with an
unknown vessel. Two OF her crew were
picked up in a small boat. They report
that the shipmates and crew Of the un-
known vessel were probably drowned.
Year: 1879

TILDES AND THE PRESIDENCY The
Tribune reads the democratic papers
which are nominating candidates for pres
hient sharp lesson this morning. saying
if the party believes Tilden was elected
in 1876, then It is bound to make another
effort to secure him the place he was kept
out of. IF il does not believe he was
elected, then it has been lying all this
time and is unworthy of confidence.
This is the long and short Of the mattor.
and Just here is where fiiden gets his
twist on the party II cannot shake HIN
off without shaking itself t" pieces.
Year: 1879

DIVISION OF OREGON AND SAsIIINGToE-


Some Of our contemporaries are ndvo-
eating this much needed measure hotly.
We are for 1t hand and glove, and so are
the great majority OF our citizens. We
want Northern Idaho TO form into line
and join Eastern Oregon and form new
state or territory The Sound can join
Oregon, and then well all he happy,
Our views on this measure viii shortly
Year: 1879

The .Araldncte threatens us with pistols
for one and breakfss, for two, If We ever
come within 50 miles of his sanctnm agsn
without coming over to see him We
won't do it again Major but come over
here to our biz fair AID We will make all
possible amends for old acquaintance sake
Year: 1879

The old saying "oppositionis is the life of
business has not been sustained in one
Instance at least. Since the Introduction
of DR., Bulls cough syrup all other cough
remedies have been dead stock and the
vendors are in despair
Year: 1879

in some cross-road debating society,
it does not follow, as is often in,
fsrred, that he has any legal talent,
He may have tho knack OF psrsuad-
ing his audience that he knows
(which is mightier, the pen or the
sword," and he may solve to his own
and their satisfaction the more diff.
cult problems as to Switch is the
butt end of billy goat" but with
all these extraordinary accomplish.
ments he must know more. On one
day he will have to be ablo to prove
that Moses was good mantle
purest Christian who has ever lived
and on the following day, in the
face of all this, if occasion demands
it, to show as clearly that this same
Moses was lawyer.


1t is certainly no evidence that 8
boy would become q fine physician
and surgeon simply because he car
cure dog Of distemper. A doctor
who has any respect for his profes
sion has high and holy aims to &C.
complish; and he who enters this
profession with any but the brightest
intellect is doomed to q miserable
and ignoble failure.


Is there anything more disgusting
than scattsr.brained, foppish clerk,
more contemplate than the A. B. G.
lawyer; more repulsivs than the
quack doctor 1t but remains for
the farmers son to say whether he
prefers any of these and the city,
with all its frivolity, sir and unhap-
piness, to the peaceful life of the far
mer and to the dear old home
the birthplace of sacred memories,
the escutchson of righteousness, and
the haven of content.
Year: 1879




STARVING INDIANS.


Tho War Department has informed the Indian
Bureau thu. the Hualupai Indians of Northern Ari-
zona, numbering about thousand persons. are in
a starving condition. and have applied to the army
officers in that locality for food In reply the Bureau
has requested the Secretary of War to direct raons
OF meat and -four to beissued to them temporarily
or until provision can be made tor supply
ing their wants from the Indian Office.
The Hualupais are non-reservation band of Ind
ians. who have heretofore subssted upon acorns,
wild seeds and some little corn which they raised.
A prolonged drought in that section has deprived
them of their usual means of support and they have
been forced to seek food from the government
RATHER RosEATE VIEW OF THE PANAMA
The State Department is in receipt Of advces from
the Consul of the United States at Panama report
ing the arrival there of the Of the selection by
the Paris Congress Of the Panama route for
the interoceanc canal. Great satisfaction and
enthusiasm manifested both in private
and governmental circles, and the whole coun-
try is congratulating itself upon the Inauguration
OF an prosperity. The general good feeling
seems be heightened by the belief that inasmuch
the concession to Lieutenant Wise for ninety
nine years only, the canal, by whomsoever
structed. will, at the expiration of that time be-
come the property of the United States of Colon
bia, the rights of the stockholders being extin-
gushed by the lapse of the concession.
Year: 1879

[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


PHILADELPHIA. August %, 1870.
Chief of Police Given states that man called at
Police Headquarters to-day demanding to see the
Mayor He SAID that he wished to make affidavit
that the found in the Jersey City depot.
supposed to have the yellow fever, not
sick from that disease. He said she had
had the fever at Memphis, but had
Gently recovered, and having passed quarantine
that point her home
in this city. The Mayor being out OF town he was
referred to a judge OF the court There
Judges at present in town. The Chief did not take
the of the man. who, he says. greatly agi-
tated. His whereabouts cannot now be discovered
There is but Van Buren, family named in the
directory. and they know nothing respecting the
identity of the invalid.
Year: 1879

st. Louis, June At will be official
ly announced tomorrow morning that
the United States savings institution
of this city has retired from business.
Its affairs have been turned over to the
Mechanics bank for settlement. Two
hundred thousand dollars of its depos-
its have been withdrawn during the
past ten days, or since the suspension
of the Broadway savings bank, and this
in connection with the fact that the
bank has been making little or no
money for some time past, determined
the directory to wind up and retire.
1t is said the depositors will be paid in
full
Year: 1879

Washington, June 4.-The delegates
to the national typographical union and
a large number of resident printers
were received by President Hayes in
the executive mansion this morning.
The president said he was pleased to
see them, and expressed regret that
pressing business prevented him from
making closer acquaintance.
Year: 1879

New York, June 4.-The Times pub
fishes letter from a we'll informed
gentleman living in Sacramento, writ
ing to friend in this city, in which he
says: The republicans can carry Cali
fornia if they will nominate a good
ticket. But we are almost certain to
have scrub for governor this time,
for all parties will be forced to nomi-
nate somebody who is nobody, and who
was not against the constitution enough
to hurt.
Year: 1879

London, June 4.-Oficial reports
from Cashmere say it is impossible to
exaggerate the distress the famine is
causing. The maharajah of the province
at the urgent request of the viceroy of
India, is proceeding to Serinagur to
superintend the organization of
relief


Three thousand five hundred tons of
grain are in transit to the valley of
Cashmere.
Year: 1879

Berlin, June At is believed the
railroad question will be brought before
the reichstag this session and that the
basis of the government proposal will
be the introduction of uniform rates for
all railroad lines in the empire whether
state or proprietary.
Year: 1879

siderable excitement was caused by
personal encounter in the house be-
tween representatives Sherwood and
Bowman, both of York county. Sher-
wood struck Bowman heavy blow on
the head with cane. Bowman made
no resistance
Year: 1879

Finally, it is argued that the omis-
sion of an appropriation for the pay of
federal election officers during the next
fiscal year is of no consequence what
ever, in view of the fact that no federal
election will be held during that period
except in California, and that if the
president wishes to avoid an apparent
consent to the establishment of dan
gerous precedent he can readily accom-
pany his approval Of the present bills
with an appropriate statement.
Year: 1879

The Rotterdam steamship P. Caland,
which arrived at this port Sept. 9,
brought the captain and crew of Nor
wegian bark, which had been sunk by
collision with some sea monster in mid
ocean. The bark Columbia left Lon
don for Quebec, in ballast, Aug. 8, and
met with variable weather until the
morning of the 4th inst, when she was
sailing at the rate of from six to seven
miles an hour before fair wind. The
sea was not very rough, and the bark
was carrying all sail and heading west
ward. The captain was on deck at five
bells in the morning watch, when a
tremendous shock, which shook the
bark from stem to stern, was suddenly
felt. The men who were asleep in theil
hunks were awakened, and thinking
that the foremast had been carried
away, sprang on deck. Capt. Larsen
and three of his men ran to the port
side and saw the water discOlored witt
blood, while the tail and fins of huge
monster were seen splashing about il
| the sea, which had become violently
agitated on that side of the vessel. A
this moment, one of the crew cried ou
that leak had been sprung, and Capt
Larsen and the carpenter hurried dow
into the hold to see if the bark hat
suffered any injuries. In the port bow
about'three feet below water mark, the,
found that four planks had been crushe,
in for space about four feet long. /
large hole had been made, throug


which the daylight above the waite
could be plainly seen. The water wa
pouring into the vessel through thi
hole. Several attemps were made t
stop it up, but failing, the bark wa
abandoned and sank soon after. Th
captain and his crew of twelve me
were fortunately picked up by the /
Caland the same day in the afternoon
No precise description of the colidin
monster could be given. The Columbi
was an old ship, but about two yea
ago was put on the stocks and thorough
ly replanked. Her bow was made
solid 43-inch oak pIanking.
Year: 1879

Next time you go out on the Michi-
gan Central road take a seat on the
rlght-hand side of the car, so that you
may notice, about ten miles down the
road, little old red farmhouse. The
curtains will be down, the doors shut,
and rank weeds and tall grasses will
meet the flying glance in the front ward.
A month ago, old Nan Rogers lived
there to-day, the place is in the keep
ing OF rats and mice and desOlatiop.
The old woman was a widow and child
less. If she had relative anywhere
in this great world, those who buried
her were not aware of the fact. She
lived all alone, having only a bit of
land and being aided by kind neighbors
to raise enough to supply her wants.
Seven OF eight years ago, when her last
child left home to meet violent death
on this same road, the men of the rails
became interested in that quaint old
farm house. One night, they saw a
bright light in one of the windows. Its
rays streamed out over the flowers and
fell upon the rails along which the
wheels thundered, and the engineer
wondered over the signal. The lamp
was there the next night, and the next,
and it was never missed for single
night until one evening month ago
Old Nan, deprived of husband and chill
dren, made friends with the rushing
trains and their burdens. The train
men soon found that the lamp was fol
them, and they watched for it. During
the early evening hours, they saw old
Nanny's face behind the light or at the
IL nd L
engineers, and brakemen, have called
cheerily through the darkness


''GOOd night, old Nanny-God bless
you !"


Winter and summer the light was
there. Winter and summer the train
men looked for it, and the more
thoughtful ones often left bit of mon
esX with the station men beyond to help
one onnten1nG 5FiGpi Ttteoeq keep the bright. rays
derstood the sentiment and appreciated
it.


One dark night, not long ago, when
the wind hOwled and the raindrOps
beat fiercely against headlight and cab,
the engineers missed the signal light.
They looked for it again and again, as
one suddenly misses an old landmark
in city, and when they failed to find
it the hand instinctively went up to
the throttle, as if danger lurked on the
curve below. Each train aboard that
night looked for the signal, became
anxious at its absence, and made inQui-
ries at the stations above and below.
Next day, men went down to the little
old house, fearing old Nanny might be
i'll. There sat the lamp on the window
sill, but the oil was exhausted. In her
bed, seeming to have only fallen asleep
was the poor old woman, cold and dead.
Life and lamp had gone out together
and men of rough look and hardened
heart replied, us they heard the news:


''Poor old woman May her spirit
rest in Heaven r'-DetrOit Free Press.
Year: 1879

Kenilworth was reached in goOdly
season, and we made our way through
the old town to the Castle Inn where
we had breakfast. We then betook
ourselves to the ruins of the famous old
castle, where we wandered about at
our own sweet will for couple of hours
or so, clambering upon the ivy covered
Year: 1879

NHILE in command of the little
w barque Peri, said Captain Jeffreys,
met with an adventure among savages
that think worth relating; for though
no lives were lost, save one which was
quite worthless, and the circumstan ces
never made any sensation among the
whalemen, they can never be forgotten
by us who were actors in the drama.


We were making what had proved,
suntil then, very successful cruise
among the small "school whales'' in
the neighborhood of the Gilbert group
of islands, and had been swept out of
our usual track during succession of
light winds, and currented off south of
the equator After battling for several
days, we so far recovered our lost ground
as to sight the island of Arorai, and
were near enough in the afternoon to be
visited by goodly number of the ma
tives.


They brought very little in the way
of barter, but informed us that shin
had been cast away there some time be-
before, and that they had various articles
on shore for sale, which were of too
ponderous nature to be brought out in
canoes.


We had not visited this particular
island before, but having good general
knowledge of these Micronesians, was
inclined to be wary and suspicious of a
scheme to decoy part of us on shore.
There was difficulty in communicating
with the earliest comers, as our confer
ence about the shipwrecked articles was
carried on in the language of signs; but
learned that there was white man
living among them, as indeed there was
one or more at each island that 1 had
visited.


1t was quite late in the day before this
mans canoe was seen approaching us,
and we had then worked up to con-
venient position under the lee of the
land, where we could see, for ourselves,
number OF casks lying on the shore,
and an object that looked like a ships
anchor.


The white man who boarded us called
himself Barney, and was Enthusiastically
an Irishman; most likely runaway
from one of the British penal settle
ments, who had found his way here in
some colonial whaler or trading vessel.
He confirmed the statements of the ma
tives about the wreck of the Adelaide,
some six months back, and said that
there were many valuable articles on
shore, including anchors, chains, casks
and cordage, which they were anxious
to dispose of for tobacco and cloth. In
deed, as we stood in near the beach, we
saw enough to satisfy us that his account
was substantially true, and after consult
Year: 1879

In the sprngtme of life when the fond heart is young
When its sky is unclouded, its joys yet unsung,
When in ecstatic hope it looks forwardto life
In its brightest fruition nor recks of the strife
That must fall to the lot of all children of men,
1t knows not the lesson of what might have been"


But when tossed the wave of loves sorrowful tide
Like bark the bilowit drifts far and wide
From the haven of rest, then the woeful refrain
Has its rent from the heart racked with anguish and


pain,


In that saddest OF waings, of languor of pen"
That fearful regret in what "might have been"


Then how sad the condition, how fearful the plight
When the hope of the heart has been lost in the sight
OF its sky overcast, Of no Joys to be sung,
Its frlition how dark all its cords how unstrung,
And it weeps DER the past, is uncontrolled when
1t conjures up joys in the sad might have been"


But cheer up sad heart there pleasures in
Fer the heart that loves fondy tho wreched and sore
And though for the time fears your love may enshroud
Dontforget bright lining behind each dark cloud "


Give the future its chance, let the past CO. and then
You will cease your repining what Knight have


been.n
Year: 1879

Trip lightly over trouble,


Trip lightly over wrong;
We only make grief double


By dwelling on it long.
Why clasp Woes hand so tightlya
Why sigh over blossoms deadf
Why cling to forms unsightly!
Why not seek JOY insteadf
Trip lightly over sorrow,


Though all the days be dark,
The sun may shine tomorrow


And gayly sing the lark.
Fair Hope has not departed,


Though roses may have fled;
Then never be jown-hearted,


But look for JOY instead.
Trip lightly over sadness,


Stand not to rail at doom
We've pearls to string Of gladness
On this side of the tomb.
Whilst stars are nightly shining,
And heaven is overhead,
Encourage not repining,


But look for Joy instead.
Year: 1879

s0- We think the Roman Catholic
clergy will be supported by public
opinion in the stand they are taking
against the foolish, costly, ostentatious
parade which so many people think
necessary when they bury their dead.
The conventional funeral is q serious
tax upon all classes, and it is without
any good justification. But 50 long
as it is the fashion. there are many
wortbypeople who will spend their lat
dollar in carriage hire rather than have
the procession OF empty vehicles
shorter than his ncighbors. The ems
tom il one OF those which are moro
bonored IN the breach than in the
observance.
Year: 1879

TuE MAN WHO NEVER DRANK.-ln
the early part OF the late war, when Gen.
Grant was in command of the army be-
fore Vicksburg, a number of officers
were gathered at his headquarters, hav-
ing pleasant social time. One OF them
invited the party to join in social
glass; all but one accepted. lie asked
to be excused, saying that he "never
drank" The hour passed, aud each
went his way TO his respective COM
mand.


A few days after this officer who de


clined to drink received note from
Gen. Grant to report at headquarters. lie
obeyed the order, aud was soon in the
presence of the general. Grant says TO
him: You are the officer, l believe, tor
their acquaintance was but slight, "who
remarked the other day that you never
drank" The officer modestly answered
that he was. Then, continued the gen
eral. YOU are the man | have been look
inc for to take charge of the ccmmissa-
nv department, and order that you be
detailed to that duty. He served his
country faithfully until the close OF the
war, and was honorably discharged.
Years passed, and Grant had come TO
be President. The officer had settled
down to the duties OF private life, and
the little incident was cherished as a
pleasant memory.


The trouble on the border between
Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande
attracted the attention Of Congress, and
a commission was ordered to ascertain
the facts and report. Again President
Grant remembered the man who never
drank, and appointed him chairman OF
the board. The place was accepted and
he entered faithfully upon the work; the
report submitted showed the thorough
ness with which the duty was dlscharg
ed.
While engaged in this work he made
the acquaintance of gentleman who
owned an extensive cattle rancho in
Southern Texas. That acquaintance IN
spired confidence, and, years after, when
the Texas gentleman decided to sell his
rancho, he placed it in the hands of the
man who never drank and during the
last month he has effected a sale, to an
English company, of the rancho OF 2oO,,
600 acres of land and several thousand
cattle for an even million of dollars: out
of this he gets commission that will be
a snug fortune in these hard times. The
company that bought will enter largely
upon packing beef for foreign markets,
slaugbtering their meat on their rancho
from their own herds. The superinten'
dence of their business has been tender
| ed to and accepted by the man who
never drank, and he goes in few days
to his new field of labor. This takes
from Chicago one of her most esteemed
and honored citizens, but it gives one
to Texas who will always be found on
the side of order and good government