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Year: 1878

The PARK Commissioners have decided not
10 erect building for the accommodation Of skaters at
the smaller lake in Central Park this Winter
II was dispensed with last season, and It s thought


s absence will not result in any ser us inconvenience
will be Open skaters, however as soon ms the
strong enough. The customary building has been
erected at the larger lake and the usual facilities for
hiring skates and chars Will he afforded. In regard TO
the use electric lights for illuminating tine ice at


night. secretary Irwin OF the Park Department. said
yesterday that II had not been decided as yet
10 use them The one placed on the Mall last
Summer was successful ana popular; but the ex-
pensc of maintaining two lights only was
a serious item. because the motive power used
could not be employed for other purposes
The fee viii be kept from all Winter u the
applO priatiOus hold out The CaptOue and Union
Lakes are covered with fine sheet Of ice. At the Capt.
tGline nuInber of small children skating yeser
day and Should the weather prove favorable the ball
will be up for public skating to-day.
Year: 1878

BASE BALL.-The close of the second weeks
contest of the Leagues mines out west-Where
all the six clubs now are-finds the Boston
champions at the head of the list for the first
time this season, with the Cincinnatl nine
third. 1t is fair to presume that this viii be
about the relative position of these clubs at the
close Of the campaign next September, with
probability, however, of Chicago being able to
change position With Cincinnati,
Year: 1878

MAJOR H. A. HALL has been appointed by
the President justice of the peace for the
District of Columbia, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the voluntary retirement OF Mr.. G.
B.Church. Major Hall is well known in this
community His general intelligence and
knowledge OF business are among his qualifi-
cations for the new position.
Year: 1878

GRANT ON A THIRD TERM.-It is related as
somewhat significant now that just before ex-
President Grant left this city for the seaboard,
preparatory TO making his EuroUean trip, a
friend, in conversation with nim. said -
General, go out of the country and stay out
three years and then come back, and we will
take off our coats and nominate and elect you
President for a third term" To this Gen
We'll, stranger things than that have hap.
pened.'
Year: 1878

STORY OF BRAVE LITTLE BOY WHO
WAS BURNED ON THE PRAIRIES.


[From the Ida County Qowa) Pioneer


But the saddest of our story is yet to
come. The next day, Sunday fore
noon, another fire was set short dis
tance from where the one the day be-
fore originated, and the wind being in
the same direction, and blowing Il great
deal harder, the fire was driven parallel
with the other. About l O'clock it had
reached Grant township, and was COM
ing at a furious speed toward the prem
ises of Mr.. B. F. Aiken. Mr.. Aiken's
oldest child, lad of Is summers, saw
diately mounted Il horse and gallOped
out into the field to try and save his
fathers hay, which was in imminent
danger. The boy let the horse go, and
took the blanket upon which he rode
and wet it in the creeE and thought to
put the fire out while it was crossing.
When the fire neared him it was so hot
that he could not stand it, and started
to run at one side with the hope of get
ting out of the way of the main head
| fire, but he soon saw that he could not
get out of its way and knew that he
must face the worst. With great pres
ence of mind the brave little fellow
wrapped the wet blanket around his
head and shoulders and turned and ran
with all his might through the fire. 1t
was but the work of a moment and his
doom was sealed. When he reached
the burned region the blanket dropped
from him in pieces, and with his nail
less and almost fingerless hands he tore
the remainder of his burning clothing
from his body, except his shoes, which
were crisp tight to his feet, and there
he stood, naked and scOrched from head
to foot, suffering untold agonies. His
father, who was short distance away,
saw the fire as it passed over his son.
He ran his horse through the side fire
and was soon at his boys side. ''Frank,
are you badly burned ?" asked Mr..
Aiken. ''No, father but let's hurry
home,n was the reply. Mr.. Aiken lifted
the poor fellow upon the horse and
started to lead it home, holding Oh to
the boy with one hand lest he might
fall. They had proceeded in this man
ner but few steps when the suffering
boy said, "Oh, father, let me have the
reins; | can't stand it to go so sow."
L lie ldCueT OUcy Gu, anu L Iduh Idu buc
horse at full speed to the house, dis
mounted, tied the horse and went into
the house without assistance. A neigh
Dor Immediately came to town for Drs.
Robinson and Walker, and in the mean
time the almost distracted parents were
bathing him with tallow, which seemed
the only thing to afford ease. The
doctors did all in their power to restore
the suffering boy, but all was in vain.
He died without struggle at two the
next morning. He was burned in
ternally, which caused his death SO
suddenly. His limbs up to bis knees
aud elbows were so badly burned that
the blood had ceased to circulate in
them, and they were cold and dead long
before the patient ceased to breathe.
His father, who stood by his bedside
until life had fled, frequently asked him
to have courage, and the brave little
fellow would reply, eyes, father, | have
got courage, and think will stand il
all right"
Year: 1878

ADVICE TO SPoRTsMEN.-Don' point
your gun at yourself. Don't point
your gun at any one else. Don't carry
your gun so that its range includes all
your hunting companions. Don't try
to find out whether your gun is loaded
or not by shutting one eye and looking
down the barrel with the other. Don't
use your gun for walking-stick. DON'T
climb over a fence and pull your gun
through muzzle foremost. Don't throw
your gun into boat so that the trigger
will catch in the seat and the charge be
deposited in your stomach. Don't use
your gun for a sledge-hammer. Don't
carry your gun full cooked. Don't car
ry your gun with the hammer down.
Don't be fool. Don't your forget it.
Forest and Stream.
Year: 1878

WANT OF CoNFIDENCE.-They have
curious custom in Cabul in selling IA
horse. A man wanting to dispose of
one is desirous that the horse should
not be aware of his wish to part with
him, the fear being that if the beast
knew that his master wished to get rid
OF him, he would take it to heart and
lose flesh, and consequently decrease
in value. From this strange idea the
sale of horse is carried on in silence,
SO that the animal may not hear. The
two men put their hands under their
kummurbands, and the price in rupees
is indicated by repeated pressure on the
fingers, but not a word is uttered during
the bargain. This f;lnciful delusion
seems to ascribe considerable sagacity
to the horse.
Year: 1878

A scientific description Of man aud nature in
the Polar and Equatorial regions OF the globe,
In one large volume, handsomely illustrated.
One Of the most instructive and interesting
books ever written. WALTER SPARKS,


Agent for Clarke County
Year: 1878

Ferdinand Behringer. twenty eight years Of age.
arrived in this city September Is from Zurich. Swift
serland. with his wife and two children, and took
lodgings at boarding house in West Nineteenth
street. He furniture maker by trade, had
$1,000 in ready money. and with that amount
hoped to start in business. His first desire,
however. was to provide home for his family,
and with this object in view he had rented
and selected furniture ut a store on
Eighth avenue. On the morning of the 18th ult
he left his wife, carrying with him his 00 intend
ing to some OF it in paying for the furniture and
also to buy stove. Since that morning he has
never been seen heard from by his wife and chill
dren and his fate whereabouts has been
nscertained. His family left without dollar


In their possession and in this extremity the wife Of
the missing man was obliged to send her little
children to orphan asylum. while she herself
went to live out in German family.


She called ut the Coroncr's Office yesterday and
requested to be shown the record and effects of q
body which found in the East River, ut pier 49,
the 27th ult She said she had read of the case,
and thought. by the description, the body might
be that of her missing husband. The clothing and
effects had not been forwarded to the Coroner's
office. and she advised to visit the Morgue and
the Seventh precinct station house, in either OF
which places it is thought these articles have been
detained. Her husbands life insured for So, SEQ
In Germany, and that sum only be recovered by
proofs of his death. She believes that he ".
foully dealt with.
Year: 1878

The Temperance cause has received quite push lately. Work began early in the win ter, the organization remaining about the same. some withdrawing and others joining. John Barry delivered his first two lectures here in in the Methodist church. The church is a fair sized building, but the second night hardly half could get inside. The next night the meeting was held in the Congregational church which was literally packed. Tryon's hall was next hired which also was more than crowded Something like five hundred signed the pledge including two who had been fined for selling intoxicating drinks. Another whiskey seller has torn out the partition which divided his bar-room from his store and is going to put in crockery instead. This one probably has sold more whiskey than any three of the rest Out of six places tive remain open; another prob ably sells, but keeps it pretty quiet.

 A young fellow by the name of O'Niel
Year: 1878

The temperance movement has at last result ed in the prosecution of one of the liquor deal- CTS in this village, and only one. Some time ago, in fact at the annual town meeting, last fall, the town voted License; but not one of the law requiring them to take out license. We understand that those who have been pros ecuted have. applied for license, but no one else, although there are more in the business.

 A new drum has been purchased by the band in this place, We often listen to the strains of music that float through the air in the evening, and think that certainly, for the short time they have been in practice, our band show great degree of proficiency. A.
Year: 1878

Bismark has taken advantage of the last at tempt to assassinate the Emperor William to obtain dissolution of the German Parliament. The new elections will take place next month, and we doubt whether the Great Prince will make much by his motion. The Liberals ut- teriy repudiate the policy of assassination, and profess willingness to vote any laws not de- structive of liberty. The new Pope seems in- clined to help Bismark, but if German lovers of freedom are as staunch as their French brethren recently proved, there will be no Reaction
Year: 1878

THE Commissioner of Agriculture has
pub lished q report on the cultivation Of
the 6g and the method Of preparing the
fruit for commerce. In the same pam
phlet with the above is report on the
importance of the cultivation of the date
palm. Our country in one part.or another
admits the cultivation of the products of
almost every climate, and although it
wsuld be q waste of labor to cultivate
things which can be more advantageously
grown elsewhere, it is useful service to
point out how ANY production now i'm
ported can equal or greater advantage be
raised at home.
Year: 1878

The young men now leaving college


Who think that it would be beneath their


dignity to engage in mechanical pursuits,
and that the education which they have
received is only intended to fit them for
some one Of the learned professions, ought


to study. the bacealaureate discourse de-
1ivsred ON Sunday last before the grad
yates Of Harvard. 1--WE need," said he
liable and educated men in agriculture and
manufacture, and there is not a depart
ment under those titles that may not be
elevated, not alone in name, but in its per
manent yalne as factor in its well being
by such recruits as our college might fur.
nish." Etudeh's fresh from the university
are too apt j. rset that there is s0me'
thing pracac-l an life to which their edu'
cation is only an Introduction, and that II
!. helps them in law, lin medicine and
in theology, it will also be an aid to them
Year: 1878

HEAVY complaints are being lodged
against the black bass. The people along
the Gusquehanna and Juniata rivers say
that, with the exception of the catfish and
the eel, the bass will soon be the only 6sh
in those rivers. Everything that wears q
scale or sports fin is legitimate spoil for
the voracious newcomers. They devour
without rhyme or reason, and are multi
plying so rapidly that if fishing laws are
rigidly enforced, there will a few years
hence, be a supply fully equal to any rea-
sonable demand. 40
Year: 1878

The railroads to the seashore are now
in complete running trim, and are doing a
thriving business From this time until
September they will be taxed to their ut,
most capacity to meet the demands that
will be made upon them by excursionists.
The rates ior large parties are 80 merely
nominal that almost everybody can enjoy
the luxury of ride to the sea and days
recreation along its shore.
Year: 1878

1t is one of the pleasantest brief
jaunts imaginable, to make the trip from
any point on the Denver & Rio Grande
road to Garland and return. 1t can be
made from Denver and return in two
days, leaving Denver i'll the morning
and returning the next evening. From
Colorado Springs it is still more desira-
BILE, leaving the Springs one morning at
ii o'clock, and returning the following
afternoon at four. The time from Canon
City is about the same, while from
Pueblo it is made in halliday either
way. On the round trip one has the
sunset effects ON the ascent of the pass,
and the sunrise on the descent. The
way down is some more thrilling than
the ascent, the train crawling around
the cliff faces, clinging to the rocks, and
as it seems, fairly hanging on to the
willows hunting each little hollow to
its head, then swinging to the right and
balancing gingerly out upon the point
until the ''pilot" peeps over the brink.
and the engine shakes it's cinders into
the gorge below. Between two strata
of clouds the train moves silently and
steadily, and the Spanish Peaks look as
if their base rested upon the cloud line.
The upper clouds are torn and rifted,
and the sun shoots its glowing rays
through and down upon the second
stratum of clouds thousand feet be-
low, penetrating to One-third their depth
and giving them the appearance of a
snow covered plain.-THe Rocky Noun
tain Tourist.
Year: 1878

There are fresh indications that the
shad question referred to by the Trib-
une Il few weeks since, as source of
dissension and possible cause of war
between Massachusetts and Connecti-
cut, will shortly lead to an open rupture
between those tive COmmOnwealths.
The Massachusetts fish commissioners
complain that when they brought the
subject to the attention of the Con-
necticut Legislature they got shabby
treatment and no satisfactory legisla-
ton. They say that the fish committee
of the legislature was composed in part
of men engaged in shad fishing, and in
terested in continuing the "pound" fish
ing without restrictions, and that the
legislature has for years been controlled
in the interest of the shad slaughter
And this, after Massachusetts has
stocked the Connecticut river with shad
and salmon, they say, is brutal ingrati-
tude. In retaliation therefor it is pro-
posed to repeal all the restrictions upon
shad- fishing in the Connecticut within
the Massachusetts line, and stop the
artificial propagation of fish at Hol lyoke.
The statement of the proposition is



about it. And it does seem rather
rough on Massachusetts that her fisher
men should be banked of the shad of
their own raising. 1t is not much Won
der that they are indignant about it.
Nothing could be more discouraging
than to plant shad year after yecr un-
der the cover of Holyoke Dam, give
them the rudiments of good education,
send them forth into the world to get
fat, and then when they are about to
return to the Holyoke market, have
them impounded at Saybrook, or
snatched up at Lyme.


Massachusetts has been having hard
time pretty much always. There was
time, years and years ago, when she
raised statesmen, and sent them off into
the service of other cOmmOnwealths
and she had the same experience with
them that she has more recently had
with shad. She raised them, and other
states caught them. Very few came
back to be of any service to the mother
that bore them. That, too, was dis
couraging. But at last she circumvent-
ed the states that were profiting by hel
prOdigality. Did it in the same wa,
that her fish commissioners propose now
to Cheat" the Connecticut people out o
their shad-she stopped raising them
And yet it seems as though it was carry
ing matters too far to put final stOI
to the breeding of shad at Holyok,
Dam, merely because the Connection
fisherman lies in wait for them at tn,
mouth of the river, and permits only /;
small proportion of the full grown one


to get back into the Holyoke net an,
the Massachusetts, frying pan. Canno
the difficulty be settled in some othe


way How would it do to deploy


battalion OF SO of special agents of th
Year: 1878

AN ANTIDOTE FOR STRYCHNINE.-An
instance of the prompt and successful
use of an antidOte in a case of strych-
nine poisoning is circumstantially mar
rated in Nature. A favorite Skye ter
rier had accidentally obtained and eaten
the poison, which was intended for mice.
The amount taken by the dog was
probably about a sixth of "a grain.
When found, the animal was rigid and
apparently lifeless, except having an
occasional spasam. The owner con-
suited authorities and found that dose
of chloral hydrate was the antidote pre-
scribed in such cases. To kill rabbit,
twenty -one grains of the chloral is suf-
ficient; the dog was twice the weight
of rabbit, and the owner of the terrier,
therefore, proceeded to inject forty five
grains of chloral lin solutiOn) under its
skin. About fifteen minutes afterward, ,
supposing the dog was dead, the owner
applied his boot to it, probably feeling
IL little disgusted with the result of his
experiment. To his great surprise, the
terrier struggled to its feet. Shortly
afterwaTd it took some milk, and sub
sequently, though not for while very
lively, it seemed none the worse for its
experience. The essential point in this
treatment is that the dose of chlora


should be strong enough to kill other
wise it may not be sufficient to over
come the effects of the strychnine.
Year: 1878

LUCRECE.
Out of the unknown into the known,


From the Infinite sea to the sea of Time
Cometh voyager, sailing alone,


Steering with confidence all sublime
Straight to the land of Joy and rest:
The tropic isle of his mothers breast
Little he cares whether hall or cot


Shelter his shallop from wind and wet;
Cotton OF velvet, he heedeth not


Peasant or lord-they nothing yet!
Crown for head and sceptre for hand
Are toys and playthings in baby-land
Oh | but he finds out wonderful things


The dome of his cradle high and wide;
The drowsy sense when the mother sings;
The swinging ebb of the outward tide,
Which somewhere underneath him seems
To drift him into the land of dreamsl
Then wide awake, from the distance dim


In far, mysterious realms of space,
A soft, bright moon doth rise for him:


The tender round of his mothers face.
In this wide world finds he charm on charm,
A s he rides round the room on his mothers arm.
Smiles and tears in your bonny eyes,


Shine and cloud on your coral lips,
Little Explorer, out of the Skies


Searching out truth with your fingertipsl
You know not yet as we old folks know,
There is nothing new in this world below
All! What disdainful looks you cast
Captain who sailed from the unknown shore!
Rogue's eyes answer me: mot SO fast,
Filling my with your well-worn lore
Baby or fairy OF sprite or elf
You'll find am something new myselfr'
Year: 1878

THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO ALTER THE


CONTRACT WITH THE PACIFIC RAIL


ROADS DENIED.


The speech of Senator Hill, Wednes-
day, on the Pacific Railroads Sinking
Fund bill of the Judiciary Committee is
spoken of tonight as one of the strong
est that has been heard in the Senate
for many days. The great lawyers OF
the Senate listened to it with attention
and respect. Although the Senator
spoke for more than three hours, many
of his auditors diu not seem to tire.
Whatever may be said of Mr.. Hills
politics, his ability as a lawyer, his
loyalty to his conviction and his power
in stating them forcibly and directly
have never been questioned. His speech
to-day has set the Senate thinking, and
although he was frequently interrupted
he held his position with the strength
and tenacity of one who believes in its
justice.


Mr.. Hill spoke to- day solely of the
power of Congress to establish sinking
fund without the consent of the railroad
companies. He held that Congress doe,
not possess such power. He thought i
might be different if the companies hat
detaulted in their part of the contract
but the Judiciary Committees bill il
not based on the pretension that ther,
has been any default. Mr.. Hill did no
debate the policy of the Government
or of Congress, under the circumstances
but confined himself to the discussion o
the power of Congress under the con
tract. He argued to show that th,
power to alter, amend or repeal, grant
ed by the acts of 1862 and 1864, apple,
only to the cooperate powers and priv
leges of the companies, and did not ap
ply to the contract alone. He thel
showed that if these provisions did hav,
such application, they did not conf.
upon Congress the power to change th,
contract after it had been executed; a
long as the companies in good faith KEEP
the contract on their part, Congress
could not interfere with them.


He also argued to show that the term
of the contract as originally made wer
intended as inducements to encourae
the companies to build the roads for th
public benefit, and that for Congress {,
change or amend those inducement
after the work was done upon the faitl
of them, would be fraud on the com
panies which Congress could not reserv
the right to commit.
Year: 1878

hot boiler, while his fore legs still kept
upon the ground and were hustled
along in lively manner. The train
was soon stopped and he got away, but
his body was badly burned and cut.
AS soon as he reached the side of the
track he uprooted clump of bamboo,
tore up tree, and when last seen was
tearing through the jungle, trumpeting
loudly with rage and pain.
Year: 1878

Travelling on the Indian railways is
constantly attended with queer adven-
lures. The other day an elephant from
a neighboring jungle got upon the track,
and turned tail and fed. He was
speedily caught, however, and the buffer
OF the locomotive being very low, his
hindquarters were forced up against the
Year: 1878

A CHEAP HANGING BAsKET.-Crochet
a little saucer shaped mat in red wool
loose open work, and place inside sau-
GER, soup plate or cover of an old glass
butter dish. Place in it a large sponge,
with bird seed and a few hemp seed
sprinkled through it. Cut slit in the
top of the sponge and insert a hyacnth
bulb. Now suspend the basket by four
red cords of twisted worsted, finished by
tassels at the top. Then fill your saucer
with water and wait patiently for a few
days, and yoI will have thing Of beauty.


1t will make you happy just to remem-
Der it years after the sponge has gone
the way of all sponges. There is a still
less expensive hanging basket. Take a
turnip or carrot. cut off Il slice from the
top and hollow out dish about an inch
in thickness. Fill this hollow with water
ard hang up the turnip she'll by .hree
cords. Very soon the greer sprouts will
appear and grow almost like J0nnh's
gourd, curving upward in long beautiful
wresths. When one gets 700 old, it may
be replaced by another you had started
y few weeks before in the kitchen. 1t
shows how much beauty and real poetry
there is in very common place things
and lives. We need not go far away
for something lovely to delight both eye
and heart.