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Year: 1878

SEyKsAL CHURcHEs in this city says
the Philadslphis Ledger, have recently
organized Beneficial Societies on what i.
known 10 the Scotch plan. The dues are
fxsd at about ffty cents Per month, and
entitle the member to benefits at the rate
Of % or more per week. At the end
each year the society closes up its affairs
returning to its members pro rata the
amount Of money uBexpendsd. There in
no accumulation of the funds, and under
the settlement made each year the amount
actually paid by each member is exactly
proportional to the amouut expended for
relief. in societies which accumulate
funds, making no divisions to members,
poor men sometimes sacrifice all that they
have paid In and lose the benefits they had
hoped TO obtain in their days of sickness
BY failure to keep up their payments for a
few months Or weeks Immediately preced-
ing that sickness. But in the beneficial
societies on the Scotch plan the member
who has paid for one year may have re-
turned to him enough to pay his dues for
the succeeding six Or eight months, and
10 may gradually accumulate fund which
shall secure him against losses incident 10
a failure to pay dues. On the other hand
these societies, having no accumulated
capital, but obtaining the money expended
for 'fbenefh'' from month to month, are
not as financially strong as the ordinary
beneficial society, and can only be made
strong BY being associated with church or
aimilar institution, many of whose mem
bers would encourage beneficial society
by joining it, without making any demand
for benefits in case of sickness. Both plans
have their advantages, and one Or other Of
them should suit the needs or the desires
of everybody, in the matter Of providing
something by way Of support during sick
nees,
Year: 1878

The secret of the man who got rich by
sticking to his bush will bear repet-
ition even in these times In answer
to q question how he became SO very
successful. he told the following story;


will tell you how it was One day
when l was lad, a party of boys and
girls were going to pick black berries.
l wanted to go with them, but was
afraid father would not let me- When
l told him what was going on he at
once gave me permission to 60 with
them. / could hardly contain myself.


| rushed into the kitchen, got q bas-
ket. and asked mother for q luncheon.
/ had tho basket on my arm and was
just going out at the gate when my
father called me back. lie took my
hand and said in very gentle voice


Joseph. what are you going to dos'


TO pick berries / replied


Then, Joseph, want to tell you
one thing. 1t is this f.; When you find
pretty gooi bush, do not leave it to
seek for better one. The other boys
aud girls will run about picking little
here and little there, passing a good
deal of time. and getting but few
berries


went and had a capital time. No
sooner had one found bush than he
called all the rest, and they left their
several places. and ran off to the new
found treasure. Not content more
than minute or two in one place.
they rambled all over the whole
pasture, got very tired. and at night
had very few berries.


My fathers words kept running in
my ears, and l stuck to the bush
When / had done with one l found
another. and finished that, then l took
another. When night came had
basket full of ripe berries, more than
oil the others put together and was not
half so tired as they We're. l went
home happy. But when entered l
found my father had been taken ill.
He looked at my basket full of ripe
blackberries and said: Well done,
Joseph. Was not right when l told
you to always stick to your bush y


He died few days after, aud had
to make my way in the world as best l
could. But my fathers words sank
deep into my mind. and never forgot
the experience of that blackberry
party-I stuck to my bush When /
had fair place and was doing toler-
ably well. did not leave it and spend
weeks aud months seeking one l
thought might be little better.
When other young men said. Gene
with rs and we will make fortune in
. few weeks. shook my head and
stuck to my bush. Presently my en-
ployers offered to take me into business
with them. stayed with the old
house until the principals died, and
then / had everything that l wanted.
The habit Of sticking to my bush led
people to trust me and give me char
acter. / owe oil have to this motto
Stick to your bush
Year: 1878

Only baby's grave!


Some foot or two. at the most,
Ofstar-daisied sod, yet l think that God
Knows what that little grave


cost.


Only a baby's grave


To children even so small,
That they sit there and sing-so small


sthing


Seems scarcely q grave at all.
Only bsby's grave.


Strangel how we Toan and fret
For little face that was here such .
space


Oncrs strange, could we forget!
Only q baby's crave


Did We meaDaEe grief by this,
Few tears were 90 on Our baby dead,
know Now They fell on this.
Only baby's grave


Will the little life be much
Too small gem for His diadem,
Whose kingdom is made of such?
Only a baby's grave!


Yet often we come and sit
by the little stone, and thank God To
We are nearer heaven for it
Year: 1878

WHAT THE COUNT SAID TO AN AUDIENCE IN GIL


MoREs GARDEN AND WHAT THE AUDIENCE


SAID TO HIM.


There was performance at Gilmorc's Garden last
evening In which the Count Joannos enacted the lead
ing part OF lecturer. his subject being nomiually
'Hell," and the audience u noisy crowd Of pco-
pie who did not apparently understand that they
were rdicung the subject which the Count
was trying TO discourse when they ridicuicd
the lecturer. About eight hundred persons we're
present, hily or more OF whom ladies' ana from
the time when the Count appeared II was apparent
that there would be disorder. lie came marching out
o tho darkness OF the southeast corner OF the great
hall into the light at the centre, bearing
arm an alleged copy tho Holy Scrip
turcs and on tho otncr Miss Fairbanks. They
were loudly applaudcd, but neither smiled nor
bowed. When tho count had placed his lady In
the cane scat char provided for ner at tho head
Of the main aisle no turned TO the reporters table
and SAID sevorolys- "Now do me justice. Remember
Year: 1878




A review OF the events OF preceding week has
for SO long lime partaken OF the OF wake
over dead speculation that tho return TO activity,
even though IL be temporary, becomes subject Of
congratuiation both to writer and reader. The ac-
tivy referred TO nevertheless is nothing to bras Of
and only important us compared with the long
period OF dulness which preceded it, No general
awakening OF speculation has taken place and no rush
oil eager pubic, pregnant with margins and orders,
has been visible in the market Indeed, the most
notorious Stockholders, who mean business when
they bear hand have kept aloo at least partakcn
sparingy of the temptation to purchase, which their
coadjulors OF lesser calibre have held out TO them
Consequently there hardly stuff enough in new
bull movement TO 'sgo around" ana speculation
confined to few stocks, that from
another, were easiest man pulatcd Al the head and
front of these Lake Shore and the two classes of
Northwestern, rise having been oDtained IN the
ormer OF two and In the latter offour per cent;
the entire Improvement failed, how yer, to hold
the end OF the week, aud prices closed lower and
weaker This changein feeling greatly due to The
fact that the manipulation OF the North had
tended to loosen the strings OF the Lake Shore bag
letting the stock come tumblfng upon the market
with laxy that deGed the astringents OF the newly
created bull faculty Although tie properties referred
10 obtained the OF the rise there still some
profits SKINNED lrom other stocks. such as Central
and Hudson Western Union ard the St Paus The
good fortune scarcely spread, however, TO the
coal carriers, which under the cloud
OF doubt which was sitting upon them in
form of the Committee OF Inquiry, and the
general reluctance ch operators have deal
in them while under clique support The committee
has, however, finished Its abors, which, paucity
of positive results, would seem To have confined
principally TO the enjoyment oil hotel hospitality, and
are left To conjecture what will be the course OF
the stocks, now that the bugbear is removed Popu-
lar opinion tends 10 belief in the entire artilcaity
Of the bull movement and doubts its continuance for
any length Of time. Certainly neither the season Of
the year the future of railroad earnings I'm tho
necessary competition with the watorways offers any
plausible argument TO the contrary. very notable
TACT OF the week was the decline OF gold TO l0l the
lowest point 1862 There seems TO be doubt
mat had gold been returned to settle trade balances
Instead OF bonds, which would have been tho case
had the Silver bill been defeated, the much desired
100 would have been reached.


TRANSACTIONS OF THE


The follow ing table represents the opening highest
and lowest sales regular the principal stocks
together with the number of shares dealt in:--
Year: 1878

Mrs. Mary Boyle forty years OF age, residing at No
426 Warren street, Brooklyn was removed to the City
Hospital yesterday, suffering from the effects OF a
large dose OF oxac acid, which she took during 1t
OF despondency for the purpose o ending her lile.
She was divorced from her husband not long since,
and II Is thought that tins tact work upon her
mind that sue did not care to live any longer.
Year: 1878

EDITOR COLUMBUS JOURNAL:-I see
that c. l.. Hill, the bookseller, is unduly
exercised in the interest of the dear peo-
pie in regard to which textbooks they
shall use in the schools, and has publish
ed a communication from the State
Superintendent calling their attention
to the State list of textbooks. This is
not news to the school officers, nor to
the people in general, for this list has
been the legal one for the last ten years,
and is published on every blank report
sent to school officers. But nine-tenths
of the districts in he State have adopt
ed other than the legal list. Now if this
law was strictly enforced every one OF
these districts would have to buy new
books. But this law neuer can nor ReUer
tciI be enforced from the fact that il is
now impracticable, and arbitrary. 1t de-
fines what the CHILD must study no
matter what the desire of the parent
may be. Mr.. Thompson and Mr.. Hill
both know, and must admit that in the
last ten years many textbooks have
been published far superior to many on
the state list, and this law, if enforced,
prevents their adoption no matter what
their merits may be. In conclusion i
will say that every one can see that sell
fish motives alone prompt Mr.. Hill to
this action, and this he will not deny.
He has books to sell and is jealous Of
those who can and do sell them cheaper.


Truly yours,


5. l.. BARRETT.
Year: 1878

are very hard, and the
products that farmer has for sale
do not bring him his cost price, and
to equalize the thing and buy your
hardwar in proportion to what you
get for your wheat, you must buy Of
G. Ii. Krause & Sons.
Year: 1878

The appropriation of $4,000 for con.
structing range lights for the Cheboy-
gan harbOr, was passed the latter part of
June 1866. Two seasons have passed
since the sites were selected and yet The
harbor is without lights. AS is well
known to the readers OF the TRIBUNE
the trouble has been the want of a salts
factory title to the government for the
ground selected. We are glad 10 state
that an effort is being made to induce
the government to make change and,
accept ground in different localities,
which his been offered upon reasonable
terms. and the title to which will be
satisfactory. 1t is to be hoped that
this effort may succeed. The range
lights are badly needed and some thing
should be de done to secure them as
early the coming season as possible.
Year: 1878

All the tickets for the Masonic installa-
tion party will be placed In Farr &
Weeds drug store for sale next Monday
and will be kept there for sale until the
evening of the party, when they will be
sold at the council room in the Village
Hall. The committee of arrangements
wish to announce that no person will
be allowed to dance on any number eX-
cept his own.
Year: 1878

MCLAIS's Worm Candy is the best
remedy for that distressing complaint
that We know OF, and they are perfectly
safe and reliable Give them a trial.
McLain Brothers manufacture them,
which is sufficient guarantee. Only %
cents hox.
Year: 1878

WHEx YOU need good Jc1f1bj, On
dGrtic Pm, you cannot find better one
than that made by our friends, the
.HrLqia Bcothez. They do not contain
a particle of Calomel, which cannot he
said Of any one Of the many other pills
found in our stores DO not be deceived
BY your dealer into taking another
McIAin Pill which is just "a good" hut
see that the word Wheeling is on the
outside wrapper.
Year: 1878

NYMPHRH ODoRATA.-We saw one OF these
magnificent flowers in full bloom yesterday
at the residence OF gentleman in the east
ern portion OF the city. 1t is not only beau
,ifuI, but is freighted with the most delicious
perfume. 1t is a plant OF most curious
habit in one respect, the root being under
the water, while the leaves and flowers float
on the surface. The plant OF which mention
Is now made is in barrel OF water, which
is kept constantly filled, and the leaf and
fowcr-StaIkS are about two and half feet
in length. The bloom is very sensitive, and
ere the approach of the storm Yesterday al
ternoon closed completely up. It will open
again with few hours OF sunshine.
Year: 1878

MOVEMENTS OF BUslNEss-MEN.-AtG G
o'clock this morning Il large number OF
members OF the Tobacco Trade, accompanied
by numerous influential gentlemen likewise
having the welfare OF the city at heart, will
leave on special train for Washington to
hasten action on the tobacco-taX question.
They will return to the city tomorrow
morning.


The annual meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce will be held this evening at 5s
o'clock
Year: 1878

THE MOONLIGHT ..EXCURsIoN.-This ex-
cursion, which was given last evening by the
ladies of the Centenary church, was in every
respect a great success. There were about
three hundred persons on board the Ariel,
and most splendid time was spent during
the run, which was around Dutch Gap and
return. The Amateur Band kindly volun-
teered their aid, and played i'll fine style
number OF pretty selections.
Year: 1878

A comical Paris scene is described in the
Globe London). Marie B. was sitting on
the sidewalk in front Of /, restaurant slipping
a cup Of coffee, when stranger stepped up
and dipped his forefn9er into the cup Of
coffee which the lady had before her. The
incident aroused all the yindictive fury Of
which the seX is capable. Without mo-
ment's hesitation she took UP the cup and
dashed its contents at the head of the prac-
tical Joker. Unluckily, the aim was not so
good as the intention, and the coffee, instead
of descending on the coat OF the ill-bred
fellow who had offered the insult, fell upon
the fair form and light dress Of Amelfe w.,
who happened to be passing at the moment.
Thereupcn ensued between the two women
a wrangle, compared with which any alter
cation between the original aggressor and
the offended cotfee.d .drinker would have been
q mere bagatelle. Finally, when great
crowd had assembled, and the debate In
stead Of coming to an end grew hotter, the
disputants were led off to the poSte to ex-
plain themselves before the commissary. He
asked for the original offender, who had
plenty OF opportunity Of escaping while the
combat ragged between the two Amazons;
and as this important person was not to be
found, dismissed the case. -,>-----e
Year: 1878

DEATH OF AN OLD SERvAST.-LouiSa
BOYD, an aged and much-respected colored
servant, who came to Richmond forty years
ago with Governor Gregory, died Monday
night last. As she had always been, she re-
mained faithful and true to her former own
ers up to the time Of her death. Her fune-
raj took place yesterday evening from Ebe-
nezer church, at which there was large
concourse of her brethren. Some OF the
Governors family were also present TO pay
the last tribute OF respect to this faithful
servant
Year: 1878

Taken out Of an Aims. House by Lieut.. OGrady,


Of the German Army.


few months ago ex Officer VIM. Eaton, Of Jer-
sey CITY found an infant day or two old In a
wagon on Grand street. He took the child to a
police station, and the child was then sent to the
County Alms-Hous For some months the child
was nursed at Snake Hill. A day or two ago
fine looking man and his wife went to Snake Hill
and said that they were looking for little girl
for adoption They wanted one SO young that
there might be no chance of her retaining any
recollection of her early life. They were shown
the infants in the institution and finally selected
the child that Eaton found. The necessary pa
pers were drawn up and the child was given to
the strangers. The gentleman said he was DOnO-
van O'Grady a lieutenant In the German Army.
He said that he obtained a two years leave of a6'
ence year ago and that since his arrival In this
country he had been living in HObOken where
he intended 10 remain till hlS leave of absence
expired. The members OF the committee which
has charge of the Iauper children have since
learned that If the Lieutenant had an heir he
would secure a large fortune. handsome es-
tale in Germany will it is stated, fall to the child
or childten OF Mrs OGTady, The Lieutenant Oh.
Iained two years leave of absence, and sailed
for this country. II is said that he had visited
several of the charitable institutions public and
private. In this country without finding child
that suited him. The child whom he chose at
Snake Hill was born about year after the Lieut.
and his wife left Germany.
Year: 1878

for the silence of these men, and it is not
to be sought in carelessness or despond-
ency. They are men who have seen others
as poor and obscure as themselves rise to
wealth and eminence without any legisla-
tive aid whatever, but simply by attending
honestly to their own particular business
and doing their best with whatever means
were at hand. 1t is possible that these men
have imagined that when one finds himself
off the road to success it is because ha has
not kept his eyes about him; they
perhaps believe that the road is
easier rebound by individual exertion
than through government guides, with
free conveyance, also supplied by the
government to wheel them merrily along
to the end. 1t may be that the complain
ing faction, real though many of its troubles
are, may find some food for thought in the
neglect which the classes alluded to have
manifested toward the committee. The
men who, working or merely in search OF
work, are too busy to grumble are also too
busy not to succeed, and the material sue
cess that comes of personal effort is the only
kind that endures in the pocket and en-
mobiles the man.
Year: 1878

long period of exemption from railway
horrors has been brought to sudden and
terrible close by the Pan Handle disaster.
The accident was Of kind that is least ex-
cusable among those that can befall railway
trains. No one but railway officials can be
made to believe that a collision can occur
without gross negligence somewhere, and it
is doubtful whether officials themselves
have any respect for their own ex-
planations. Equipped, as they are, with
time tables, time pieces and telegraphs,
the employees OF any road are able
to render collisions impossible. The only
exception is in tho case Of the break down
OF q train between two stations but even
in such case two or three minutes Of time
suffice for hagmen to prevent danger. Yet
here the principal train on great road,
the train for which all others should make
way, was allowed at full speed to strike q
freight train, causing great loss of life and
much physical injury. The public will i'm
patiently await the company's explanation
OF this disaster, not only out OF sympathy
for the sufferers but to know what Is the
real extent of the security upon which
travellers by rail may depend.
Year: 1878

The Columbia College crew, the victors at
the Henley Regatta, sailed from Liverpool
ON the City OF Berlin on Thursday last,
and will probably arrive in New York on
Saturday next Whatever reception may
be in contemplation should be ready Oh
that day, as the City of Berlin is reliable
boat and, barring accidents, is tolerably
certain to reach her dock some hour on the
day named. 1t is fitting that demonstra-
ton should be made on the return of the
victorious crew in addition to the welcome
they are certain to receive from their col
lece associates. They went to Europe on
their own responsibility, quietly confident
in their own powers, without any pecu-
liar "git thar" stroke or any boastful
"git thar" promises, and they won.
Since their triumph their bearing has beon
as unassuming as il was prior to the race.
They have proved that our own New York
college can turn out oarsmen capable oi
beating the choice crews of Oxford and
Cambridge, and they are satisfied. Their
pluck, earnestness and modesty ought tc
be recognized by handsome welcome on
their arrival in New York, but the more
simple and informal the demonstration ID
made the better it will please Captain
Goodwin and his men.
Year: 1878

Comptroller Kelly has addressed eiicu-
lar to all heads Of departments and officers
of the city government requiring them to
send in to the Board Of Apportionment, be-
fore September l, their estimates OF the
amount required for the use of their several
departments and offices Tor 1879. In max
ing this request the Comptroller directs at
tention to the absolute necessity of the
strctest economy in every branch of the
city government, and adds that where
estimated amounts are deemed not
to be absolutely necessary or are
considered too high the Board will
vigorously exercise the power to eliminate
or reduce the items. This action of the
Comptroller will be approved by the peo-
pie, and il is to be hoped that the promised
economy will be enforced in supplies for
the departments as well as in salaries
The weight Of taxation is still heavy in the
city, and the business interests, and espe-
cially the interests of real estate need re-
lief. The early reception OF the estimates
will enable the Board of Apportionment to
carefully scrutinize the items, and will
afford an opportunity for wholesome crit
icsm OF them by vigilant press.
Year: 1878

the greenback-labor people have as strong
a case for large issue as their opponents
for a small issue. II those engaged in GER
tain favored industries may ask the govern
ment for special privileges and "encour-
agement," then those engaged in other
industries have fair case for similar or
even greater demands. In all these mat
tiers we cannot 60 half way.


Several witnesses complained that small
manufacturing enterprises are crushed
out by large capitalists. Doubtless their
complaint is we'll founded. 1t is so all
over the civilized world 1t is one Of the
incidents of modern business life, and the
only remedy for it lies in direction
toward which the laboring people III
this country do not choose even
to look--in cooperative efforts namely.
They ought to understand that they can
help themselves, and that the government
cannot help them. Meantime, we advise
all sensible workingmen to join in an i'm
perative demand tor specie resumption !;
that, which is now nearly accomplished,
will restore general confidence, give us the
use of home and foreign capital, and speed
lily set the wheels of industry going and
give work to all ind dustrious men who know
how to work. There is no other way than
this