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Year: 1878

elegance. Paris IS long, long way
ahead of any other city ever saw.


THE EXPOSITION.


The Exposition is probably the
grandest worlds exhibition that
has ever been held. The front
building of the Exhibition, the
Palace of the Trocadero, is by far
the best piece of architecture any
worlds fair can boast. The main
building beyond that covers about
seven-eighths of mile in length by
from 700 to 900 feet wide, where the
finest and best productions of both
nature and art from all parts of the
world are gathered in richest profu-
sion. One might spend six months
in the Exposition alone, and then
not be able to see all there is to be
seen. The "Street of Nations"
running through the main building,
seven-eigkths of mile long, with
the different nations of the earth
represented continually the entire
length of this charming avenue, is
grand sight such as no other Expo
sitiOn has ever displayed. The
most attractive portion to me is the
"fine art'' display-a space of some
IS feet wide (Space usually divided
into two and sometimes three rooms
in width) and running nearly the
entire length of the main building,
devoted exclusively to paintings
and statuary. Oh, it is lovely
sight indeed. The pure white mar
BILE figures of the Italian statuary
seem almost to speak to you with
their life and to throw their arms
around you with their loveliness.
And some of the French paintings
are charming, stamping an impress
of beauty upon ones memory pleas
ing to retain. If I only had the
privilege of selecting for myself
some twenty pieces of statuary and
about twenty paintings from the
fine art department, and then if l
had a palace somewhere, what an
elegant department of fine art 1
could fit up.
Year: 1878

If man will only start with a
fixed and honorable purpose in life,
and persistently attempt to carry it
out to the best of his ability, undis-
r4layed by failure or delay, the time
may be long in coming, but it will
come, when that purpose will be
achieved.
Year: 1878

Secretary Sherman says he has not
decided to announce the resumption of
specie payments in advance OF the LIST
Of January next the time fixed By law.
He says, however, resumption may come
before that time by natural causes, or
when the premium on specie shulI dis
appear: that we are now approaching
that event, and IL is the duty Of the
Government TO employ all Legitimate
means to produce such result.


just so. And yet this great financial
light Of tie nineteenth century was,
until literally thrust by power greater
than he, from perfectly un.enable po.
sition, one Of the principal opponents
Of the just and equitable measure which
has been wholly instrumental in pro-
ducinS the very cheering state OF affairs
proclaimed in the above announcement
Having done all in his power to prevent
tho reconciliation Of silver, through
which resumption has become possible.
ii is now in order that le should take
unto himself the credit Of having
brou,, ht about the financial millennium
by his own unaidcd efforts.
Year: 1878

The croSs.cUt from tho lower level
was connected with the new shaft
Thursday night. West drif, is in 32O
feet fIom tho main shaft and as there
is nothing in the face of the drift. it
will not be continued any further west.
The pump is in place. works well and
will handle the water easily. Work Oh
the new shaft was rcsumcd Friday
morning.
Year: 1878

month, not more than S2,000,000
worth of certificates are brought in
to use, and this amount will be suf-
ticicnt to cover the silver bullion
business for the rcriainder of the
year. 1t is calculated at the treas,
nry department that by the 1st Of
JANUARY next the government will
have been deprived Of at least ten
millions of gold, which it would
have received if silver and silver
certificates were not used for the
payment of duties. Should the.
treasury department increase the
amount of coinage, the Use of silver
certificates for the payment of du--,
ties wonld be correspondingly in
creased, but the government would
be wholly deprived of its supply Of
gold coin.
Year: 1878

the monopoly of the power to pay
debts without its costing anything.
Ii 1t can obtain valuable consider
alton in solid supplies of one kind
or another and run in deot for pay
ment, and then discharge the deb.
without returning any value, by
merely printing a lot of neatly-en-
graved bits of paper with backs Of
verdant hue, and passing them over
to its creditors, why may we not all
trade in the same way? If il is the
duty Of the Government to furnish
the bits OF paper, with proper de
vices; signatures; and limitations of
seals, it should supply them to all
corners for nothing, or at Most tile
cost OF paper and printing, mas
much AS it obtains them for its own
purposes at that rate.


When this paper- money delusion
IS reduced TO its simplest terms it
seems too silly and absurd for Sc
flous discussion; and yet there is
underneath it a fundamental fallacy
that takes such strong hold on the
minds Of superficial thinkers that it
IS almost impossible to eradicate
1t. Ii Is not confined to the Green
back party, but appears in Demo,
cratic and Republican platforms,
and in the discussions OF people
with high claims to Intelligence.
That fallacy is hat the authority oil
law or the power of Government
can give value to anything that
does not possess it. Few people
fully realize that the only "ab8o>
lutte money" is and must be a mon
ey Of value, containing in its own
substance etery iota OF the value
tor which it Is to exchange. Il
must be worth as much as corn
modify among commodities; to be
put to any ase of which its mate
rial is capable; as it represents as
money. The stamp which tic gov,
ernment puts upon it is no further
value or import than to certify that
it contains SO much metal of a Ger
tain fueness, and it is the value oi
that metal that constitutes the pur
chasing power of the coin. There
is no other means under HEAVIER
and among men whereby value car
be measured but by value there is
and can be no "absclute money
except money of fnll intrinsic val
ne, and the Ingenuity of man. the
power of government; the autholi
fy OF law, and even the declarations
of copHentions, are as impotent to
impart value to that which is no
valuable as to give weight to thai
which is not ponderable. All sub
stuutes tor money, all so-calleo
Representatives of value," serve
merely to effect exchanges by
transferring value and deferling fl
nal payment. They serve tha
purpose completely and perfectly
only SO long us it is known that tbs,
will at any time and at all times
command the money 70: which the,
are substituted, the value which
they represent, IN the definite anC
specific form of the coin thai com


merce has adopted Us its universe
equivalent.
Year: 1878

Listen to the water-mlll


An the livelo lg day,
How the clicking of the wheel


Wears the hours away;
Languidly the autumn wind


Stirs the greenwood leaves;
From the field the reapers sing,


Binding up the sheaves;
And memory DER my mind


AS a spell is cast.
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past.
Summer winds revive no more
Leaves strewn over earth and main,
And the sickle never can reap
The gathered grain again;,
And the rippling stream flows on.
Tranquil, deep. and stilla
Never gliding back again


To the water-mill.
Truly speaks the prOverb old
-. With meaning vast:
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past.
Take this lesson to yourself,


Loving heart and true;
Golden years are fleeting by;


Youth is passing too.
Strive to make the most of life,
Lose no happy day;
Time will never bring you back
Chances swept away.
Leave no tender word unsaid;


Love while lote shall last
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past.
Work while yet the daylight shines;
Man of thought and will;
Never does the streamlet glide
Useless by the mill;
Wait not till to-morrow's SUN


Beams upon your way;
All that yon can call our own
Lies in this--to -dav.
Power, intellect. and health,


May not always last;
The mill will never grind


With the water that is past.
Year: 1878

| A few years since an eminent arts
ofLyons, while passing through the
Ruedes-Terreaux, approached a mum
Der Of persons who were gathered to-
gether witnessing the sale Of the fur.
niture ef a poor workman. A women
was seated on the pavement with a
child in her arms. The painter spoke
to her. and was told that the furniture
which was being sold belonged to her
that her husband had lately died,
leaving her with the child she held in
her arms; that she had struggled hard
to maintain herself by working day and
night, and submitting to every privatisn
but that her landlord had at length
seized her furniture for some months
rent, which was due to him. The ar
tist was affected by this simple recital,
and inquired who was her landlord.


There he is,' replied the poor wo-
man, pointing to man who was watch.
ing the progress Of the sale; and he vas
recognized by the painter as a person
who was suspected Of having amassed a
considerable fortune by usury, so that
to make any appeal to his feelings on
behalf Of the poor widow would be
useless. The artist was considering
within himself what ether plan he could
adopt 10 benefit her, when the crier
announced picture for sale. 1t was
miserable daub; which in Summer the
poor woman had used to hide the hole
in the wall through which the pipe of
the stove passed during the Winter. 1t
was put up at one franc. The artist at
once conceived plan for taking re.
venge Of the landlol-. He Went over,
examining the picture with great at
tention, and then called out with a
loud voice.


'One hundred francs!'


The landlord was astounded at the
bid, but conceiving that a picture for
which so eminent an artist could offer
that sum was worth more than double
boldly offered two hundred francs.


Five hundred = said the painter, and
the contest between the two bidders
became so animated that the prize was
at length knocked down to the landlord
at 2,2Oo francs. The purchaser, then
addressing the painter, said:


la seeing an artist Of your merit bid
bid so eagerly for the picture. l suppose
that it must be valuable. Now, tell me
sir, what do you estimate its yalue?'


About three francs and a half re-
piled the painter; but 1 would not give
thas for it,


'Yeu are surely jesting, for you bid
as high as 2,loO francs


True, and l will tell you why 1 did
so. You, who are in possession of an
income of $4,000 francs a year, have
seized en- the furniture of poor widow
for debt Of two hundred francs.
wished To give you a lesson, and you
fell into my trap. Instead Of the poor
woman being your debtor, she is now
your creditor, and | Aatter myself you
will not compel her to seize on your
furniture for her debt The artist then
politely saluted the landlord, and
having announced her good fortune to
the poor wo man, walked away.
Year: 1878

A party of clergymen were dining
with brother in nelghboring city, s.
as the evening wore on it was noticed
that the generous giver of the feast was
considerably overcome by his own
wine. The attention of n witty brother
having been called to the fact, he
lrreverently remarked that it might be
spoken of as the elevation of the host. +,
Year: 1878

A nobleman, who is in the habit oil
ypeaking to soldiers in an affable man.
ner, was much amused lately when q
Guardsman said to him in a hearty and
genial way, 4 like you, nay lord, there's
nothing Of the gentleman about you.'
Year: 1878

At a popular store, famous for the
prompt and polite attention Of the
clerks, a woman of perhaps thirty
years was looking at somo goods, when
a young man stepped towards her, and
said, is any one waiting upon you9'
why. what question! I've been
married this ten years.
Year: 1878

A clergyman of Bath created con.
sternatlOn at funeral by praying earn
estly in behalf Of The bereaved husband
and the one to come who shall fill the
place made vacant by the death of our
deceased sister,
Year: 1878

They talked beside the summer sea,


And watched the slowly dying sun
And 80" she said, "come back TO me,
My love, my Own, my only one J"
But while he kissed her tears away,


The gentle waters kissed the shore,
And sadly whispering, seemed to say,
He'll come no more he'll come no more
Alone beside the autumn sea,


She watched the sombre breath Of day
And so, she said remember me,


And love me darling, far away ~
A COLI wind swept the watery gloom,
And darkly whispered on the shore,
Sighed out the secret Of his doom
He'll come no more he'll come no more
In peace beside the winter sea,


A white grave glimmers in the moon;
And waves are fresh and clouds are free,
And stiil winds pipe a ceaseless tune,
One sleeps beneath the dark blue waves,
And one upon the lonely shore;
But join in love beyond the grave,


They part no more They part no more
Year: 1878

From the Chicago Times


The mysterious apparition which re-
Gently made its appearance upon the
track of the Chicago & Lake Huron
Railroad near Olivet, and which created
such a remarkable sensation, has turned
out to be "big scare" produced by the
cunning ingenuity of an artist in Oil
vet, who, perching himself on the limb
of large beech tree, about fifty feet
above the ground, threw the spectre.
with some kind of an opticalinstrument,
upon the track, or in any other direction
which he desired. On one occasion the
ghost was see to vanish suddenly in a
large wood-pile near the track, and a
large number of men living in the
neighborhood, who witnessed the dis
appearance, at once commenced remov-
ing the wood, handling it all over stick
by stick, and after having finished the
job were as much in the darkness as
before. Two or three days after the
raid upon the wood-pile, Assistant
Roadmaster Bollens, with a gang of
frightened workmen, passed along the
haunted grounds" when Mr.. Bollens
accidently looked up to the tree in which
the Olivet artist was perched, and at
once discovered the handsome "trick, "
much to the qualification and relief of
the superstitious Irishmen, who had
been unwilling to work through fear of
the dreaded and mysterious appari-
ton. Thus ended the latest "ghost
story"
Year: 1878




A miner in the Black Hills, writing
to friend in this city, tells of hor-
rible reminder of the fearful snow
storms of last winter and of the perils
of those who were caught out and lost
their way on the plains. He says that
recently, while he and two others were
crossing the country, they came
upon the skeleton of horse,
within which was the skeleton of a
man, with the grinning skull looking
out at them from between the ribs of
the animal, like a prisoner peering
through the bars of his cell. The two
skeletons tell the whole story. The
man had killed his horse, cut him open
crawled inside of him, thinking to thus
escape perishing of cold. but the flesh
of the animal froze solid, and the man
was as much prisoner as if he had
been shut in by walls of iron. The
wolves and carrion birds had stripped
the greater part of the flesh from both
skeletons. The miner concludes his
description by saying: "It was sight
I shall never forget. l can see it now
whenever I close my eyes,"
Year: 1878

THE National board of fire under
writers declare that forty per cent. of
fires are of incendiary origin. The
rewards for detection might proftably
be increased and the punishment made
still more severe,
Year: 1878

The contest of the will of the late Mrs.
Anna Drake Seaman begun in Surrogate Calvins
Court yesterday The particulars OF the case have
already been given The TRIBUNE. The testatrix died
several months ago leaving estate valued at
S75OO0O the OF real estate at Kingsbrdge and
on Fth-ave The decedent had many relatives in both
the Drake and Seaman families, but after making a
pumber OF small bequests among them the bulk Of the
property was given 10 Laurence Drake and his sister


nephew aud niece, who lived with the dec, dent when
she made the Will on January H. 1876. The contest Is
made the grounds OF incapacty TO make will and OF
undue influence.


The only witness examined yesterday by Mr.. Fuller
ton for the contestants who include the greater part OF
the excluded relatives, Mrs. Peter Shupe, whose
husband was second cousin Of the deCedent. She


titled the circumstances OF visit that she paid to the
decedent at Kingsbrdge IN 1869, when she became
well acquainted with the testatrX. Again in 1874 she
made her another visit in NewYOrk, and Mrs. Seaman
did not recognize her, did she remember to
have seen her The case will be continued next Monday
Year: 1878

Samuel Pine, wealthy resident of Port
Chester and represented TO be of considerable
real estate both sides Of the Byram River has beea
indicted by the Grand Jury for incng to burglary
the town Of Rye accessory before the fact The
burglary committed on the house Of Wilson d.
slawson on January IL, 1878 by Caleb snien, who
convicted OF the offence in April 1t that snfen
recently made confession TO the effect that Pine had
induced him 10 commit the burglary. Pine and Slaw-
con relatives by marriage, and the possession
Of will is said to have been the object Of
The burglary Pines trial Is expected take place dur
ing the present term Of the Court of Sessions IL is
oerstood that the defence Will up the plea that the
eccused man Is mOnomaDiae the subject OF this Will
n intimated that the destruction Of the will would
place Pine In better position In regard TO securing GER
tain property.
Year: 1878

1t worked like a Pickwickian veto.


Now, Mr. Halstead, sit on the mouths of ycur CO.
agitators.


The President has the satisfaction of knowing that
he has done his duty.


Congress seemed to think it!had been patted play
fully with 4 stuffed club.


Hendricks would be less nervous il Judge Davis
would quit trespassng on his platform.


The kind of electoral scheme the House wants is
one that will elect Democratic President every
time


Say the Democracy to Tilden: "We've had
enough Of YOU" Says icy Samuel to the DemOcra-
cy: "Oh but haven't had enough Of y0u."


The Virginia Legislature are wondering what in
thunder Democratic Governor means by talking
to them about a supreme law"


Buckner's rag baby is still wriggling in spite Of
the fact that his committee is still sitting on 1t.
This shows what a light committee IL is.


The President informed Senator Kellogg that he
was greatly pcrplexed about the New Orleans Col
lectorship, since he desrous of pleasing al par
ties but couldn't see his way clear to do it. The
porience of the human race is not entirely barren
of similar cases OF perpleXity.


If Congress would adjourn now and go home there
would be a chance for the country to recover from
its depression. AS there is hope of this, however
the country has right to expect that Bland, Ewing
Buckner and company will be squelched with
promptness and thOroughness every time they make
a fresh effort to unsettle public confidence Let
Glover 20 on his swelling and snOrting forever
but let the financial upheayerS be sat upon with
great pOnderosty every time they put up their
heads.


1t looks as if South Carolina and Virginia might
be spared the stain of Reputation for the present.
at least In the former the chances are much better
than in the latter. Governor Hampton has been
firmly opposed to dishonesty from the outset. and
unless the local authorities are greatly in error,
safe majority OF the Legislature agrees with him.
In Virginia the Senate was on the right side at first
but urrrndered aiterwhrd. There Is reason to
hope it will find and replace its backbone now, and
help the Governor save the States honor.


The only persons troubled by the birth of the
anomalous party at Toledo are the Democrats They
are showing unmistakable signs of worriment. To
be cheated out of the votes of thediscontented after
all their efforts to proptlate them is grevous dis
appointment. They know that third party will
hurt them more than it will the Republicans. The
only way to escape this danger seems to be for the
Democrats to go over In body to the Nationals and
accept their principles Of course, the platform is
bad, but il isn't much worse than that of the In
diana Democrats Hendricks would stand on 1t
quicker than wink. SO they would not have to
hunt for candidate. Make tho ticket Hendricks
Year: 1878

IL is Just nine years since the bill was passed
sOlennly affirming that the bonds to be paid
in coin. Ii was passed after animated discussion
continued for two years in the newspapers and in
Congress. General Butler, and most Of the men
who are able silver inancers to-day, proved TO the
country that greenbacks were blood bought ;
that they were the peoples money; that
10 was not according to the letter of
the law to pay in coin. that wanted no class
legislation that the poor mans money ought to be
good enough for the rich man. and several other
weighty economical propositions which they have
again established in favor of the cheap dollar All
these arguments were net by direct appeals to the
National conscience to the popular sense of honor
and of justice, and the Nation pledged itself
10 honesty II was not then urged that honesty was
the best policy, although high credit since and
the placing of our 4 per cents have demonstrated
that it was. 1t was the dishonor of the proposed
transaction which was chiefly dwelt upon


Is il possible that the struggle against
the silver delusOn would have been more success
full If 1t had been carried on exclusively on the
came ground Would we be worse off to-day if We
had insisted less upon the pecuniary loss which
threatens us, and more upon the moral degradation