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Year: 1878

By this time the list of winter amuse-
ments and sports is tolerably complete.


There ore many varieties of athletic diver
sion for men, and general amusements for
the whole mass Of adults; but what is Of
fered for the boy, who constitutes about
one-fourth of the entire population? There
are homes and schools for most boys; but
rest, food and study are not the only re-
auirements Of these children, from whom
m ust graduate the men that the next gener-
alton is to depend upon. In the rural dis
tricts the boy, left to himself there, as
everywhere else, to discover his own
diversions. can hardly fail of opportuni-
ties to develop q healthful physique.
But unfortunately for our country
the population is centring more and
more in cities. About ono in ten of all the
bows in the Union are living in New York
and the large cities Immediately adjacent,
and there are even more within the limits of
Philad el phia, Boston, Chicago and the other
American cities whose population exceeds q
hundred thousand. Tho wits of these mill
ions Of boys are being forced to their ex-
treme capacity, whether they are taught in
the school, the shop or the street. But
what is being done for their bodies The
answer may be obtained by standing ut the
door of almost any public or private
school or academy at the hour of
dismissal. The inquirer will see crowd
of undersized, listless, thin-faced chill
dren, with scarcely any promise Of
manhood about thems Most of them. If
put 70 the test, would display more or less
of the magnificent nerve which America has
not yet exhausted. though no one deserves
credit for having saved any of 1t; but un-
supported nerve is q treacherous depen-
dence. These boys, for their own sakes,
for the reputation of their parents and the
safety of the generations which will depend
upon them for wisdom and work, demand
and deserve opportunities for physical de-
velopment, and as the schools will not sup
ply them and gymnasia are never arranged
with view to such patronage, it becomes
an imperative duty of parents to take i'm
mediate steps TO make good the defciency..
Year: 1878

The admirable remarks of the Rev. Mr..
Robertson, of Glasgow, spoken at the meet
ing of the shareholders Of the broken bank,
a day or two since, ought to produce great
effect on the community which includes the
chief sufferers from what he justly called
ga crushing calamity" It was not Mr..
Robertson's main purpose to denounce the
faithlcss directors (although he did not spare
them), but to inspire the shareholders with
fortitude and manliness under their great
calamity "We are called upon" he said.
.'to face great calamity, and must quit our
selves like brave, courageous and honor
able men," He does not countenance any
desire on the part of the shareholders to
evade their legal responsibilities, hard and
oppressive as the burden is. Although
wretchedness and beggary stare great
part of them in the face this wise Christian
teacher exhorts them ''bravely and faith.
fully to struggle through, and emerge with
honor untouched and reputation un.
shaken" The truest manhood is evinced
in proper bearing under great calamities.


Mr.. Robertson's characterization of the
directors was not wanting in righteous
severity. "These gentlemen" said he.
shave been faithless to high Office, disloyal
to truth and the first principles OF morality.
What deepens the discredit is that they
trod the streets of the city arrayed in the
garments of religion, making long prayers
while desolating widows houses, erecting
churches while wrecking homes" This
clergyman only did his duty in holding up
such conduct to the indignation and moral
disgust Of the community.


Mr. Robertson did something better than
mere expression of his sentiments. He
proposed practical plan for alleviating the
calamity by making the most of the assets
plan SO wise and reasonable that. 50 far
as we can judge at this distance. it ought to
be adopted. But whether it is adopted or
not: this faithful minister of the Gospel
deserves universal praise for exhorting
the victimized shareholders to bear up
under their great disaster like men Of un-
finching courage and true honor.
Year: 1878

always better to get some one else to offer
the grim sacrifice of official life whenever the
whole party, and particularly the captain, is
threatened with destruction. As the Chief
Engineer of the Department of Public
Works Mr.. Campbell suggested and
made plans and was general super
intendent of their execution. But
rs it was manifestly impossible for
him to be in more than one place at a
time inspectors were appointed to repre-
sent him and see that the work was we'll
done. Mr.. Campbell, the Chief. Engineer.
claims that he had not the selection of these
deputies, as he should have had, and that
when he reported them for neglect of
duty to Mr.. Campbell, the Commits
sioner, he. the engineer, bad performed
his duty and exhausted his authority.
1t would seem from his statement that in
spectorships are among the choice morsels
of patronage distributed by the Commits
sioner Of Public Works, and that the dis
tribution is not always governed so much by
the actual demands of the public service
as by obligations of q personal or political
nature. However this may be, Mr.. Camp
bell, the engineer, had plain duty
to perform to his employers, the citizens
of New York, which was superior in
every sense to that imposed by his position
as subordinate to Mr.. Campbell, the Com
missioner If he has failed in the higher
duty he cannot look for sympathy to the
people whose interests he has neglected in
the hour when he is made the Jonah of the
Department of Public Works. If, on the
tests against the mismanagement of any
branch of the public service have been
emphatic and frequent, his vindication is
assured.
Year: 1878

How many millions of letters have had
these words somewhere in them? How
many receivers of the letters ever obeyed
the injunction? The sentiment is not
always expressed in the same words. An
affectionate missive found in q. suicides
chamber in Brooklyn day or two ago con-
tanned the passage, "Please do not let these
letters lie where any one will come across
them" In another the writer merely said,
s.Please destroy this" But the meaning in
all cases isl the same. The writer always
admits that he has written something which
he desires to keep from oil eyes but those
of the person addressed. But with what
unanimity the receivers of such letters fail
to act according to request They
are kept just Tor an hour or day,
so that they may be read again,
or shown to some particular friend who is
sworn to secrecy, or be answered according
to the remainder of their contents, and one
reprieve leads to another, until at last they
90 into the great mass of epistolary corre-
spondence which sooner or later is brought
to light, and always at a time when the
writer longs for the darkness of Egypt to
engulf the lot and himself with them.
Every one writes silly letters sometimes
The editors of the correspondence of the
greatest men find great many notes that
should have been burned, or, better still, have
remained unwritten, and frequently these
contain the cautionary clause, "Be sure to
burn this;" but they still live. In consid-
Grafton OF all the mischief that silly and
wicked letters have caused, in spite Of
warning and beseeching clauses, why not
change the method of caution little and
have the writer burn his letters instead OF
rorward than?
Year: 1878

Nearly seven hundred feet of church
steeple was blown down in Philadelphia on
Wednesday, and about the same quantity
was so badly shaken by the wind that its
fall is regarded as imminent. All that
which actually came down was the portion
of steeple allotted to five churches, and the
portion likely to continue this heavy visita-
ton on the houses and streets is reported
as the possession of several" others. If at
o round dozen points in any city stone,
bricks, mortar, states and timber shall be-
gin to tumble on the pavement or through
the roofs Of neighboring houses by the ton
the people might be excused for inquiring
what advantage civilization derives from
the church steeple as an equivalent for this
inconvenience. As picturesque feature Of
city architecture and as an insti-
tuition intimately associated with in
finite pleasant memories and fancies the
church steeple is firmly established in
popular good will and not to be easily
done away with; but in cities it really has
no use, save as it is thing of beauty or q
picturesque element in the ensemble Of city
sights; and, alas /! it is very seldom either.
Oftener far it is horror to the eye only
less atrocious than its bell to the ear. In
either city or country it is practically obso-
lete as the bearer of ''bells that toll for
church." for in ON age of dollar clocks its
bell is useless monitor. But if congrega-
tions with prejudices in favor Of steeples
must have them at least city authorities
should require in the interest of public
safety that they should be so constructed as
not to be suddenly converted into enormous
arsenals of projectiles. As actually made
the most of them are very fimsy structures.
They should be built 80 that only earth
quakes could shake them, and their height
should be limited with regard to the prox-
unity Of inhabited houses
Year: 1878

knows, by occasional experience. what the
miseries of destitution are, and no appeal
is necessary to rouse him but that which il
read in the face and garb of his distressed
neighbor. Like the poor widow who cast
her mite into the treasury, he cannot give
at oil without giving everything ne has.
nevertheless he gives SO freely, cheerfully and
bravely that the greatest generosity OF the
rich seems almost contemplate by COM
harrison.
Year: 1878

THE WEATHER.-After lingering during the
sarly part of yesterday in the region of the
Upper st. Lawrence Valley the storm centre has
moved eastward into the Atlantic south of Nova
Scotia, and with considerably modified energy.
Northward aud westward the pressure has in
creased very rapidly, but in the Southwest the
barometer is relatively low, with indications
that another storm will be organized
In the Central and Lower Mississippi Valley
during to-day and tomorrow. The partial dis
organization of the coast storm whose ravages
have been extraordinary will endure until it
moves into the ocean and again recovers
energy over the region of the Gulf Stream.
Tho movement of the depression from the South
west will, probably, be in direction almost
directly northeast or through the Ohio
Valley, but influences may tend to force it
over the mountains to the Virginia coast, where
the attendant winds would prove dangerous.
In the Northwest the temperature is quite low,
but elsewhere IL is uniformly moderate.
Strong north to Northwest winds pre-
vail on the North Atlantic coast. Tho
winds in the northwest are from tho
north to northeast, and in the Southwest are
from the south and southeast. Rains have
been heavy on tho coast of Maine attending the
storm. The weather in New York and its vi
cinity to-day will be cool and clear. Tomorrow
II will be slightly warmer aud clear. followed
hy Gradual cloudinr
Year: 1878

THE LATE CARDINAL CULLEN, who had long
been known to English speaking people the
most prominent of Catholic prelates, who was
shc founder of the Catholic educational system
of Ireland, and who did not see Inconsistency
in being patriotic Irishrnan and loyal British
subject, has left a vacancy not easy to fill.
Year: 1878




1t must be remembered by the reader
that the first named gentleman is the Com
missioner of Public Works, and that the
second of the name was, until yesterday,
the Chief Engineer Of the department.. On
the shoulders OF the first rests the RESPONSE
bility for all the work undertaken by and
for the city, the duties Of the engineer being
advisory and executive within certain limits.
Now, owing to the several accidents"
that have occurred at the Forty-second
street "arch," public indignation began to
be directed toward the Department OF Pub
lie Works and its officials, and criticisms,
more or less justly severe, grew unpleas-
antly frequent in the press. In storm of
this kind the first thing shrewd official
does is to cast about for Jonah until o
suitable one is found. The second move
is to cast him overheard as an
Offering to the spirits OF the tenn
pest. Shrewd officials never volun-
teer to be Jonahs under any circum-
stances, because IL is their solemn duty to
pilot the shin to port. and besides 1t Is
Year: 1878

It is q good while now since certain citi-
zens of Tennessee pursued into the State of
Kentucky q fugitive negro, and, pretending
to return with him toward Tennessee, killed
him on the wagon the Kentucky side of
the line-in Whitley county. Apparently
people there have no objection, and have ac-
cepted the act as good and honest one and
are not disposed to bother themselves with
what in the prejudices Of other sections of
the State might be called justice. Ten
nesseeans who have INDUCED in homicide in
Kentucky can only be forced to come into
that State by requisition upon the Cover
nor of their own State, and the Governor Of
Kentucky, who must make the requisition.
can only do 1t upon IN indictment or an
affidavit accusing the known culprits of the
crime. But there has been no indictment,
and nobody in Whitley county knows
enough or cares enough about it to make
the affidavit or has courage enough to face
the prejudices of the neighborhood by ON
act that might become the basis of proceed
ings against white men who have killed o
man who was not quite white.
Year: 1878

BURNING SMOEE.-We witnessed on Sat-
urday the operation OF contriyance for
consuming smoke, which has been attached
to the furnace OF the tow.boat e. W. Horn
brook. The principle upon which it ope-


rates is that OF the steam syphon. Hollow


T-heads OF one and q half-inch gas-pipe are
inserted at intervals of foot in the fire
front, barely passing through the metal. A


line OF hali-inch pipe connected with the


boilers passes along the T-heads, and into
each OF them jet pipe, the hole in which


is about an eighth OF an inch in diameter.


These Jets are connected with the line of
steam pipe. When steam in the boilers is
raised to working capacity a valve is
opened and steam injected. This creates a
very powerfus current Of air through
the T.heads and above the fuel in
the furnace, completely oxidizing the ris-
ing smoke and causing it to be almost en-
tirely consumed. The fame Of the fire is
also driven far back under the boilers by
the powerful current Of air, thus applying
the heat to a much greater surface OF the
boiler and generating steam very rapidly.
Mr.. Hornbrook seemed to be much pleased
with the experiment. To show US the
operation in full, the steam was turned Oh
and fresh fuel was thrown into the fur
nance. Immense clouds OF smoke rolled
out OF the chimneys in the usual manner.
Steam was then turned on, and in half a
minute the smoke was reduced to mini
mum, scarcely any being visible. Mr.. Horn
brook informed us that he can now use sue
cessiully very Indifferent kind OF slack,
whereas heretofore nothing but good coal
would answer. - Wheeling Intelligencer, Sth.
Year: 1878




SUING FOR THE CosT OF ENTERTAINING
GgAST.-A rule was obtained in the Court
OF Queens Bench calling upon the Corpo-
ration of Sunderland to show, cause why
the money expended for; the; entertainment
of General Grant in September last should
not be paid by the individual members OF
the corporation. It appeared that General
Grant had received an invitation from. the
Mayor to attend the opening of the Free
Library there, and it was sought to charge
the expense OF the reception on the rate
payers. This was objected to by one OF the
rate-paye yers, and the result was Q rule calling
upon the corporation to show cause why
the expenses should be charged upon the
rates.


The Court held. that unless the corporation
had corporate property independent OF the
rates they could not charge this expense
upon the rate-payers, and therefore the
members OF the corporation who entertained
General Grant would have to pay the cest
incurred. = English paper.
Year: 1878

LEVY BROTHERS
intend making this closing sale success, and are
determined by their mode Of conducting it to show
that they are in earnest. Remember that you set
TEN CENTS OFF ON EVERY DOLLARS WORTH


YOU PURCHASE OF


LEVY OTHERS.


So make your purchases OF them.
Year: 1878

OFF For YAKIMA party, consisting
Of some twelve Or fifteen young men, is
being made up IN Island County and at
La Conner to make tour through Yaki-
ma valley and vicinity. These young
men are ambitiously looking for chances
20 better their condition, and it is to be
hoped they will be successful, although
we opine majority Of them will gladly
embrace an opportunity in the near future
TO distinguish themselves on the old home
steads left behind. They are taking
horses along, and arc prepared to ito any
amount of overland travelling. A ball in
Coupevile on Tuesday night was gotten
up for them.
Year: 1878

A REGENT evidence OF progress and en-
terprise In our town is noticed In the fact
that Mr.. Chas. Eisenbeis has commenced
tho work of laying a foundation for sub
.tantial wharf and warehouse just above
the Central Hotel. The said foundation
Is to be of stone, and is expected to be as
permanent and substantial as the bisines
character of the mover In the matter
would indicate
Year: 1878

A FINE mess of halibut, prepared by the
San Suan Packing Company, reached us
this week. We would advise our friends
everywhere to try some Of the article, feel
ing sure the budding reputation OF the
company will not suffer by such investiga-
tions. Mr.. Dodge says the enterprise is
now fairly In motion. and that he expects
to put wares In the market that will need
no recommendation.
Year: 1878

We must express the hope, however, that
an nppcal from Philip drunk Philip sober will yet lie
in America against these silver measures Although there
of repudation the inconvenience and mischief produced
are obviously very great The American electors must


also rgin To hope. that the loss OF their credit al
though partly due to unjust aud unfeasonng fear on
the part o the tcdtors is formidable matter aud also
ARISES IN the most natural way. The Americans


have often before found their out oi difficulties Just
when matters seemed most hOpclessly entangled, and
we shall mon despair of like good fortune for them IN the
uresct 80 long for repentance is left
Ne have We; To what they will do when tie measure
now mat has passed the senate by the requisite ma
ioritv really becomes operatives and, owing To the lm
tnii II the coinage OF silver, this cannot occur for
long while TO come.
Year: 1878

HAnrER's MAGAZINE contains more matter
than any other American periodical; and its
immense and constantly increasing circulation
equal TO the combined circulation Of all other
American Mon,hlies of its class enables its
publishers to maintain aud steadily advance It's
position, as to the quality of its literary and
artistic contents beyond the reach "f competi-
ton Or imitation.
Year: 1878

terday afternoon tina; the checks OF the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company had been protested y the First Ma
tonal Bank. Pacific Mail stock. which sod in the
ing NJ 2l fc 1S2 IL found at the First National
that company had not kept account there Tor six
months At the Chase National Bank where the com
many now Keeps bank account, the presdtn stated
that the report entirely false the company had
good balance to It's credit. DIR. clyde the president OF
thc Pacific Mal Company. also said that there 40
Foundation for the report Pacific Mail stock closed 1T
Year: 1878

from the Cincinnati Breakfast Tablet


The man who has no heaven in
him would sigh amid the joys of Para
disc.


The road 10 prosperity is always a
heavy upgrade to the man with soiled
shirt-front.


The Turks are the most courteous
people on earth, and never take the
wrong hat off the hat-rack.


A mule will behave himself eleven
years and six months just to get one off
hand shot at middle shirt-stud.


Patience and gentleness are potent
and powerful, but they can not turn a
mill-wheel nor break up setting hen..


When a young man asked an old
joker the other day what was the safest
business, he advised him to be miser.


Hired girls in Minnesota get dol
lar day, but they marry the first 25-
cent fellow that asks them all the same.


There is tide in the affairs of man
that taken at the flood leads on to for
tune, but it is not the tide that floats a
schooner.


Talk about importance and self-as-
sertion, did you ever see young man
come out in plug hat for the first time,
or girl with beau that came from
Chicagop


"A girl may be too busy to dust down
the mantle-shelf, but always has plenty
of time to devote an hour to tying a
cross-legged bowknot in wide pink rib
bon with blue edges.


Alex. Stephens was heard to remark
the other day, as he opened an envelope
and pulled out an anti-fat circular, that
he would willingly-yea, gladly and
eagerly-strangle all his ambition could
he but enjoy for two minutes and a
quarter Kearney's gift of ready and vig-
orous expression.


Some fellow has written poem to
his girl, beginning, elf thou could'st
only know" Yes, if she could'st only
know the number of old socks he is
saving up to be darned, and the dilapi-
dated apparel that she will be expected
to resuscitate, we have no doubt the
course of his true love would begin to be
less smooth.


There are a great many men in this
world who imagine that they are born
with genius, and lie down on the sofa
and wait for an inspiration until some
other fellow, who thought himself a
Ounce, rises by hard labor to compe-
tency, buys the sofa, and leads the wait
ing genius out by the ear. This is not a
joke; it is a fact.


1t is a wonderful triumph of mathe-
matics, says somebody, that the books
of the United States Treasury should
balance to a cent. If we had half the
money the United States has we could
balance some forty sets of books that
are little out of keller now. And we
have no doubt the owners of the books
would be glad of it, too.
Year: 1878

French army are better fed than
in the German army, each horse receiv-
ing in the light cavalry regiments two
pounds, and in the cuirassiers artillery
four pounds more forage than in the
corresponding arms in the German SER
vice; while the French soldier is given
a far more substantial ration of meat
than the German. He receives also half
a litre of sound country wine daily, and
a sufficient amount of well baked wheat.
en- bread-every man getting two good
hot meals day, of each of which a
thick, palatable soup forms the prin-
cipal part.
Year: 1878

In fact it may be said that Mon.
tana,s career has been one Of con
tinuous prosperity, for while labor
ing under the disadvantage d


isolation and apparently degenefat-


ing, she has been slowly butsurely


laying the foandation for future
fame and unlimited wealth. And
now that our steamboat Companies


are directing all their energies and


capital to opening up cheap and


convenient avenue for immigration,


the tide must soon set in, for while


our Territory offers unequalled in
ducements for the investment of
capital, it has also advantages for
the poor and industrious classes OF
the crowded cities of the East


which no other country on the
Year: 1878

from % Mexico Shows That That the government
does not indorse the absurd ideas Of some of
its citizens. who are olamoring for war with the
United State and doing all they can to bring
1t about
Year: 1878

New YORK, Aug. .M.-The Now York elevated
railroad will be opeu for travel from Whitehall
street TO the Grand Central Depot on Forty
second street, through the Bowery and Third
Avenue, on Monday, the twenty sixth instant
Trains leave South Ferry station and Forty
second street every five minutes from S 80
a. m to q n m
Year: 1878

New YORK Aug. 24.-Telegrams show that
S25.oO0 were raised yesterday throughout the
country for the cities infected with yellow
fever. Various communities and parties
appear to be vying with each other in lending
a helping hand to the people. New York city
subscribed $4,000 to date, and will do much
more