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Year: 1879

How universal and how irrepresSible is the Amer
lean passion for office! The Interior Department
needs aud Is 10 have twenty-five additional pension
clerks The competitive examination being or
dered, not less than 500 persons demanded scru-
tiny of their Abilities requirements. and qualitca-
tions for such employment. dreadful Intmaton


is made that many more candidates are coming.
There Is q rush. mob, a horde of them. Putting
the number at only 800 man need not be great
mathematician to reckon that AIS must suffer the
ag0nes of disappointment well as the unrequIted
spasnIs Of the examination. Yet those who are fit
for pension clerks must be fit for other clerical
avOcations. and the same energy and enterprise
ought to private and equally profitable cm-
the Interior Department or private counting
rOom Unfortunately the seekers for salaries do
not think sO II il much finer to be in the service
of Uncle SAINT Is moro digniiied, more respec-
Washington than to keep the accounts of cOun-
trv shop, even though may be turned out Of
the public employment while the private may de-
yclOp into partnership or even sole proprie-
torship. Such is the nfatuatiOn Of human nature
in its oiiicc-seeking mood No doubt the examina-
ton will show that more than mOiety Of these
candidates arc quite unfit for the stools to which
they have aSpired. which Is en- aggravatiOn of the
matter 80 great that really it is moro comfortable
not to say another word about it.
Year: 1879

Glover's thousands of pages of testimony
will not be printed, after all, and Glover ought
10 be very grateful.


The will contest in Brooklyn in which they
are trying to prove that a rich old man was
insane because he gave away pennies, ought
to be sent to very petit jury-say, of male
citizens under ten years of age.


The new Secretary of the Senate is charged
the very day after his election, with being
something worse than FitZhugh. Now let
Republican Senators, if they are politically
inclined, demand that all the Fitzhughs who
have not been provided for shall be incor-
poratcd into the body pOlitlc without delay.


Senator Beck was well enough perhaps as
the leader of minority, but as the leader Of
amaiority he is likely to prove very eXpen-
sive luxury. His chief fault seems to be his
infantine simplicity and eagerness He Illus
trated it yesterday by Obiecting TO the con-
sideratiOn of certain subject because 1t was
in charge of committee of the Democratic
caucus This is what one of Mr. Becks able
colleagues in the Democratic party-thc Hon.
jeremiah Black, of PenDsylyania-wOuld call
being a little too previous"


Mr.. Varnum's bill for the removal of the
Forty-second Street Reservoir on Fifth-ave.,
and the conversion of its site into public
park, comes up in Committee at Albany on
Wednesday. Some interesting facts about
this pan may be found in the opinions of the
Hon. Allan Campbell, quoted in letter else
where printed this morning. Such another
opportunity to beautify at triding cost the
choicest portion of the city is not likely to
occur again for many years, and it would DC
Year: 1879

The robbery Of another savings bank by its treas
urer Nathan p. Pratt, at Reading Mass, is said to
have caused great CONSERVATION in that Old town.
1t ought to cause good deal Of anxiety everywhere
else. Where are these savings bank scandals to
stop7 What banks of this class sound and en-
titled TO the confidence of the publcl How are
thefts of this kind to be guarded against? =?
1t is evident that the Massachusetts sys-
tenn under which crime of this kind
could be committed, and concealed for a
period of years must be an inefficient What sys-
tenn will be otherwise Peop,t of small means must
put their money where it Will pay them fair inter
est mere boarding at home would be both proiitless
and unsafe Possibly II viii be found necessary for
the General Government to take the matter IN hand.
as il has already done to limited extent by
the issue of small interest-bcaring notes.
The venerable, respectable men who have
heretofore cared for the money of widows
and orphans are many of them still honest
and trstW Jrthy, but the difficulty Is to he sure OF
them. So much we may say without hurting any
bOdy's feelings. But nobody at this time Of day
Will deny that there good many who axe dis
honest and untrustw0rthy. We can send them to
prison when We find Out their truo character, but
that does not restore the money which they
have felouiously taken The loss falls upon those
who are least able to bear it. If there can
be no safety absolute approximately SO, then
there is an end Of everything and society might as
well break up ID resolve tself into its elementary
state. allowing those to take who have the power,
and those 20 keep who can. But the intelligence Of
mankind ought not to be driven to this barbarOUs
resource. If we can make money we ought to be
able 10 protect 1t from deprcdatlOns. rigid en-
forccmeut of the law is the readieSt resource Let
u- have IL
Year: 1879

The &" accident" which occurred yesterday on
the New-York Elevated Road was so entirely the
result of gross carelessness, that 1t proves nothing
against the new system of transportation. And
yet nasmuch rs it took place at point on the
road which has long been recognized as danger
Gus one, the public anxiety will be increased
respecting possible perils of switches and crossings
such as those at FOrty-secOnd-st where this acci-
dent occurred, and those yet to be arranged in
Chatham Square for the accommodation OF
two roads which cross each other Careless
ness at such points might work n fearful
result, and carclessness was the sole
cause of the trouble of yesterday. IL came OF
the neglect of the switchman to change the switch.
Fortunately. the collision was at an hour Of light
travel and the injuries occasoned by 1t Were ncon-
siderable; but none the less does it show the abso-
lute necessity Of unrelaxiug vigilance In runningthe
trans and of perfect faithfuness in the discharge
Of their duties on the part of those to whom the
lives and limbs of thousands are daily intrusted.
IF the new roads have brought great advantages,
they have also brought multiplied perils. One
shrinlls from computing the terrible loss OF life
which might have resulted from the collision of
yesterday yet it must be remembered that it could
hardly have been greater than many which have oc-
CURED upon surface railways After ALL the danger
of the elevated ways may be different in degree
however different in kind unless we reckon the al
dtional peril from the greater number of persons
transported. The managers of the roads have had
early warning Of the perls which environ their
business, and at present we have no reason to be-
lieve that the warning will be unheeded. Its
natural result ought to be anicer discrimination in
the selection of the company's servants. for upon
this selection everything depends; and without it
the careful construction of the road and the most
rigid rules for its management will go for nothing.
serious loss of life through any accident upon the
elevated would send the public for a time back to
the surface roads, which still retain goodly NUM-
Der Of their patrons As this is matter of money,
and of great deal of it, may reasonably expect
care and vigilance especially after the admoniton
Of yesterday.
Year: 1879

Another young lady has married her father S
,oachman. this time in stcadygong Connecticut.
Frederick Shepherd is the bridegroon-hiss Nellie
daughter of Ex-Governor Hubbard, is the bride
She leaves wealth, delightful home, and a good
pOsiJion in society to become the wife Of one who
may be honest though his course can hardly be
considered honorable, but who Is poor, uneducated
and not 10 put it har>hly, different man from
those with whom this young lady has been IN the
Laht of assOciaung She may have Gone wise
thing but the presumption, 1t must be admitted, is
that it is otherwise. She may nave good prospect
of happy married life before her. ont the world will
not be- of that opinion. She IL only eighteen years
old and therefore hardly old enough to judge and


act for herself in such affair. At any rate, II she
had determined to marry Shepherd 1t would have
beon a simple act Of ilial duty for her to have
done 80 openly and with a full publication of her
intentions. As for the bridegroom, it may be SGT
down as A nero mattersf morality that no man has


right to take young girl out Of her fathers house
in that way. Ii was legally considered. good deal
ike an abduction and abduction is crime at COM
mon law. A man of honor would hardly have acted
so. however much enamored; and if Shepherd is
not a man of honor, Mrs. Shepherds prospects are
hardly brilliant. There might have been plain
avowal of their affection by these parties then an
,noeoI 10 parental affection and generosity aud
finally regular marriage in the face of the world.
There is an absence OF good sense in the cOurse
actually taken, which is omnous


Confederate bulldozers are discovering that their
violent ways not only repel coonists from settling
within the range of their prom.seuous pstol-play.
but are actually driving away the producing portion
of their present population. Eucampments of
negroes at every landing on the lower
NJ. oil ho first hoat
10 carry them TO the North and West, where their
civil and Dolitical rights will be recognized. The
Year: 1879

Among the wonderful and useful inVen-
tions of the times is the sand blast. Sup
pose you desire to letter piece of marble
for grave stone you cover the stone with
sheet of wax no thicker than wafer,
then cut in the wax the name, date, ETC.,
leaving the marble exposed. Now pass it
under the blast, and the wax will not be
injured at all, but the sand will cut letters
deep into the stone.


Or, if you desire raised letters, flower or
other emblem, cut the letters, flowers, etc.,
in wax and stick them upon the stone;
then pass stone under the blast and the
sand will cutit away. Remove the wax and
you have the raised letters.


Take piece of French plate glass say
two feet long by six, and cover it with fine
lace, pass it under the blast, not thread of
| the lace will be injured, but the sand will
| cut deep into the glass where ever it is not
covered by lace. Now remove the lace and
you have every delicate and beautiful figure


raised upon the glass.


In this way beautiful figures of all kinds


are cut in glass at a small expense. The
worl<men can hold their hands under the
blast without harm, even when it is rapidly


cutting away the hardest glass, iron or


stone, but they must look out for finger


nails, for they will be whitfield off right
hastily.


If they put on steel thimbles to proteci


the nails it will do little good, for the sand


will soon whittle them away, but if they
) wrap piece Of soft cotton around them
, they are safe. You will at once see the
| philosophy of it, The sand whites ava,
and destroys any hard substance, even glass
but does not affect substances that are sof
. and yielding like wax, cotton or fine lace


or even the human hand.
Year: 1879

The Southern corn crop is seriously
damaged by drought. 1t is believed that
Virginia will not have half crop, and
North Carolina is little or no better. Out
West the prospect is fair.
Year: 1879

A friend OF Governor elect Foster, OF Ohio,
relates the following anecdote relating to him
pending the excitement of the canvass: He
received an offer Of 100000 for some railroad
property owned by him. He had no time to
consider the offer carefully, but concluded he
would telegraph his acceptance. He had at
the same time occasion TO telegraph to his
old friend and companion In most Of his
stumping tour, Gen. W. II. Gibson, who was
in a netghboring town, and being bothered at
the time by dozen claims upon his atten-
mixed The acceptance of the business offer
went OFF directed to Gen. Gibson, at Pine
street, New York. Next day came q reply
from the telegraph office that no Gen. Gibson
could be found In Pine street. BY that time
Mr.. Foster concluded that it would be better
to hold on to the property little longer.
Now 1t Is said to be salabIe for 00O SO the
mistake In the address of the telegram was
worth S25,0OO to him.
Year: 1879




Judge Kelly undertook to frighten q meet
ing Of Workingmen In Pennsylvania on Sat
urday night by declaring that If the Demo-
Gratis win In the campaign Of 1880 free trade
will be the result. II the prophecy Of the pig
iron man could be depended on, the party
under which 1t would be fulfilled would gain
more supporters in the West than 1t would
lose In the East.
Year: 1879

4 DENIAL AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION IN ALBANY


THAT ANY ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN.


ALBANY, April pa rumOr ran through the
hotels tonight that Governor Robinson had
decided to approve of the removal of PoliceCom-
missioner Smith by Mayor Cooper of New-lork,
and that messenger had started for New-1ork
with the certificate of approval. Inquiry showed
that the rumor had come from New-fork. At
the Executive Mansion it was denied that any
action had been taken on the cases as yet.
LAWYERS who are well acquainted with the charter
of New-YOTk deny that the method OF ehcting the
aldermen Will have to be altered III consequence ot
the naSsage of an ApportlOnment Dill
Year: 1879

This advance comes out of whom?
Out of the farmer who, to dispose
of his grain in the European mar
kets, must submit to the cost of
freightage, exchange and commits
sions; so that, with the
increased cost of bis farm
ing implements, wearing ap.
parel, tea, coffee and other
necessaries of life, by reason of the
advanced cost incident to the con-
tract system, whereby he has to
pay increased cost of railroad
freights over sail, he Is between
two fires with none to help him.
Parties who resisted the allure
ments of the railroad contract
system and sternly refuse to sub
NIT to their dictations have been
able to realize large profits on their
goods shipped by the Horn; for
there were a few who would not
under any circumstances contract,
keenly foreeesing that if they did
others who did not would undersell
them along their own doors. 1t
is we'll understood that the rail-
roads have extended their contracts
till the first of January next in
hopes of keeping all those they had
last year, and also of whipping in
those that still held out; but they
are counting without their host, for
many who contracted last year are
now availing themselves of the in
ducements put out by the clippers,
understanding full we'll that the
lower the railroads contract with
some, the lower the clippers, rates
willgo. For it may as well be un-
derstood first as last that as long as
grain grows in California and Ore
gon so long will ships go there for
it, and if rates are low at this end
they are sure to be high at the
other.
Year: 1879

ing Springs Mill. California, to ac-

 cpt this position NIT. Shcrburne will arrive here in few days. With the incredsed capacity and the ad- ditioual facilities for handling the ore the success of the company is assured During the short time the Golden Star Company ran their mill : It was demonstrated beyond any question of doubt the mine would pay and pay well. The stoppage of the mill was owing entirely to out side cauSes, principal of which was litigation in San Francisco for con trol of the stock, in which the late B. ". Reagan was prominent actor. We congratulate the Gold Hill Con- solidated Company in acquiring this valuable property and predict for them the greatest success.
Year: 1879

It is only few years since mi : ing has come to be regarded as a I investment at all. Until recently

 it was regarded as mere venture. There was thought to be no sta bility about it, sufficient to call it by the name of business, and there

 was no wonder at this opin ion

 When our gold regions were dis covered our people knew nothing of the sciscce of mincralogy, less of chemistry as applied to the extrac- ton of metals from tue ore. and, if possible, still less of the practical

 working of a mine when once dis covered. Indeed, the men who rushed from every quarter of the globe to California, in lS4e, and Colorado. in 1859, arcely knew q mine from a farmhouse well, when ono was shown to them, and they scarcely could tell the difference between piece of gold or silver ore and q brick-bat. We had is oH ko ioa~,, os o zo;o-oa o,,.1 o. -.. art, and the wonder is we have learned it so rapidly as we have We have much to lrarn yet, doubt less, but we really have made rapid strides nevertheless. It has been a laborious and expensive tuition, but Americans are apt learners. The school has been a severe one. The old adage that experience is dear school, but fools will learn in TO other" has been remarkably cxemplified in the thirty years of American mining history. At last mining has set tied down almost to the basis of science. The time has come when d man can be certain of 90 per cent of the assay value of his ore. He can now dispose of it where re- duction works are in operation just as the farmer sells his wheat-ac- cording to the quality. The result is that capital is now seeking in- vesimeDt in mines as never before. Mining has taken its place by the side of recognized industrial pur- suits, and is no longer regarded with the uncei tainty of atmospheric cur rents or storms. Men are discover ing that when judiciously and in telligently pursued, it is not only as safe as any other industry, but that it really brings larger returns than any other inves tmcnt, and the time is not far distant when many mines in Arizona. now idle, will be made, under the magic touch of capital, great wealth producing properties and many now undiscovered will be added to the list of those now known.
Year: 1879

THE proceedings of the congress which met last week at Naples to promote a general disarmament throughout the world terminated with scene of great confusion, amid hissing, applause, and other demonstrations, owing to the oppo : sition of a section who disapproved the object of the congress,
Year: 1879

SOME OF rHE papers oil the country
have started the report that Senator
Baysrd is an athelete, and celebrated
in Wilmington Is q pedestrian ana
boxer. This may Re all true but II he
is celebrated for boxing any thing else
than the political compass, but few
Wilmipgtopiaus know it.
Year: 1879

YEsTERpAY's proce dipgs Of Court
bought out another instance of gross
blundering by somebody, preparing the
indictments for illegal voting. TIE
case of the State against William zeig-
ler had proceeded until it wasi halt
over before it was discovered that the
indictment had not been signed by the
ex-State's Attorney General, John b.
Pennington, who had it prepared and
sent to the Grand Inquest at the Sep
tember term. The error was not dis
covered even by the Grand Inquest,
and returned true bill sigued by the
foreman and clerk. The discovery OF
the error yesterday by Mr.. Turner
when the case was fully under way was
a surprise to himself and the Court,
and it W as somewhat Notifying to Mr..
Gray, though that gentleman had
no mana III uTaWlus up tho iiihiottiich'' -
OF course the discovery led to dis
charge of the jury, and Zeigler was
remanded to the custody of the Sheriff
until a new Indictment could BIZ drawn
up and sent to the Grand Inquest. This
makes the second error found amongst
the old indictments within two days
past, both of which defeated the ends
of Justice. The fact that both these
defective indictments were for illegal
voting will be construed no doubt by
many as concocted scheme for parti-
san purposes, but we rather think they
are errors made in the hurry of prepar-
ing indictments but at the same time
they are errors y nich from the frequen-
cy of their occurrence are inexCusable
and as they relate exclusively to illegal
voting, give rise to very unfavorable
comment.
Year: 1879

they brought in Darragh Z srof the
larceny of one shoe. The question Will
now Of course come before the debating
societies in the country, and the ques-
ton whether two shoes are 3 pair o.
shoes will rack the brains Of youthful


debatsrs all winter.
Year: 1879

The day is passed that seemed so weari


some;


Now coming darkness all my toll relieves
And in the cool, gray twilight Fastening


home
sing along the way: Master, come,


Bringing my sheaycs.
The ground was hard and stony, and
wept
Over the tiny stalk, the tender leaves
From hour to hour my loving vigil kept
Waited, and toiled, and prayed while
others slept,


Behold my sheavcs
| am ashamed, dear Lord, they are so few
Yet do l know thy plying love per
ceiyes-
Searching this heart of mine all through
and through
Not what did, but what / tried to do.


Accept my sheaves
Year: 1879

When old Mrs. Skinner heard
that the census-taker was coming
around she spitefully threw this
shot at her next door neighbor, as
they were having quarrel one
day: When the censes-taker comes
he needn't stop at your house, for
he wont find any there"
Year: 1879

Editors Dispatch: Other Just complaints
entered against flower-thieyes may not have
suffered like I. for they came into the gar
den, not like haude. but like judges, and
stole only the finest OF our plants. 1t is
useless TO dwell on this depreciation, but we
(pardon the plural, but there are many OF
us) must ask you to wild the power and in
huence of your valuable paper TO check this
daring method of entering private enclc-
sures, for it will lead TO some person or per-
sons being badly dealt with, and I can as
sure them, should they visit my premises
again, to give them warm reception.


Pr ANTER
Year: 1879

THEi Congressional Record is dull read
ing. There is no journalistic ability dis
played in It's pages. and it reads about as
monotonously as the report of a Board Of
Trustees on a sewer pipe When Lamar
the Noble Roman from the South, refer
red 20 The intellectual peacock from New
York as a liar. ard Conklng hit back
with "iiar. hackguard and coward"
with whole "case" full of exclamation
points in his voice. what report did this
apology for newspaper make? Simply
hone at all. The real journals of the
land gave the news, and told in n vast
number of columns how all Washington
feared that her streets would he welteripg
in somebody's gore, how nobody fought
how both came 10 the conclusion that a
mistake bad been. made, and had used
the lahguage only in a Congressional l.
sense. On all this the Record was silent,
and to read it one would have believed
that Roscoe and Lucius Quintus had been
like two turtle doves in one nest. We
don't desire any such launcntable old fos,
sill on our exchange list.-Bee.
Year: 1879

John g. BRIGHAM, an old gentleman
who died few days ago at San Jose,
was examined after death to find out the
cause of the complaint. The following
curious traDsposItiuns were fully discern
ed The heart was on the right side. as
also the aorta sprang from the right ven
tricle, and a portion of the stomach and
intestines were in "A position directly re-
versed from where :hey should have been.
A number of the irst physicians were
present at the autopsy and can verify all
herein ontained.
Year: 1879

THE Superior judges elect Of San
Francisco met on Tuesday and resolved
to call L meeting of all the Superior
Judges elect in the State, to discuss GER
tain important subjects in connection with
Judiciary matters, such as amen iiLg the
Practice Act, the establishment of unI-
form rules o T practice in all the Cnurts Of
the State, etc, and also to inquire into
the question MS to whether Ire Superior
judges can net until the Legislature shall
provide for their Courts. ... ..
Year: 1879

A SCHOOL system, remarks the Phila-
delphia Record, That sharpens the wits
and s0ttens the hands Of the pupil will
revenge itself upon its promoters. The
country is getting full of young men and
women Of fair education who find it i'm
possible to support themselves. While
education should by no means be neglect
ed, it should be given a practical turn
No man is we'll educated who does not
know what TO do with hi. hands"
Year: 1879

A RiooER by the name Of John Law
renee was killed at Mare Island on the
l1lh.- He bad climed to the top of n
flagstaff to repair the halyards, when the
pole broke short off at the bottom and he
fell. Death was instantaneous.