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Year: 1878

Mr.. Burnsides bill TO establish a fund to be con-
secrated to the education of the people, which was
lately put on the Senate calendar is hardly so asD
ING in ITS paternalism as Mr. Hoars bill, which was
introduced last November. Mr. Burnside's attempt
TO 'do goodD has one feature, however, which IS
worth little attention. This consecrated fund IS
to he derived n1 from the net proceeds of patents;
that is, from the extra charges which inventors
nav the Government for transacting their business
beyond the amount which that business
actualy costs and ~ from the net proceeds OF the
public lands whenever the annual expenditures OF
the General Land Office and it's branches happen to
be less than the annual receipts.


One-third of the interest on Mr.. Burnsde's
fund after he gets it. is to be annually appropriated
to the more complete endowment Of the agricultural
colleges in the various States, aud just here 1t
would be well for Congress to pause and reflect


little before voting for Mr. Burnsides bill. Under
the Act of s02 these colleges received very con-
siderable slice of the public dOmain-abOut 10000
600 acres or territory twice the size of the State
of Massaohusetts--and there is popular suspicion
that the number of trained farmers and me-
chanics which these institutions have turned
loose upon the agriculture and arts of our
country is not at all commensurate with
the volume Of the grant. 1t certainly has
NOT vet been demonstrated that the funds received
have been utilized in accordance with the spirit Of
the gift or ia a way to secure the best results.


When it is considered, too, that the prices received
for the lands and land scrip varied per acre. IN the
different States, from minimum Of IL Z cents to
maximum of s. 90, it is difficult to believe that the
grant was always disposed Of TO the best advan-
tage And if the philanthropists would also remind
themselves that the proceeds OF the National
bounty have in some of the States been invested
very recklessly to say tine least they would hardly
be in humor to throw any more good money into
pit which has already swallowed so much. Some
one ought to advise the amiable Senator
from Rhode Island. who does not appear TO
be thoroughly informed the subject, that there
is very little in the history of our agricultural col
leges as a class which ought to encourage him IN his
effort TO tax inventors for their support
Year: 1878

During these FIRST weeks of June the outgoing
steamers have been crowded as usual with Ameri-
cans who are off to Europe They are noticeably of
different class, however and are going with diff
ferent motive from those who make the ordinary
Summer exodus. There are fewer of the wealthy
class who run over to England France for the hot
season instead of to the mountains the sea-shore,
and scarcely any Of the usually large delegations of
clergymen teachers, middle-class business men and
their wives who for years have saved from their
scanty incomes the sum which will give them this
one great holiday in their lives. Men with small
incomes from trade or from salaries, are spending
very little in luxuries just now, and even the
wealthy class, whose money is invested in business,
prefer 10 remain at home to watch the markets.


There is another class, however, whose incomes
are derived from investments with which they can
not medde, who are going TO Europe this June to
Eemain there permanently until the times change
for the better They have less money to spend than
they had last year. and living is cheaper the
water. Ii will bring them larger returns in
pleasure, knowledge and beauty in everyday life if
they spend it in Italy or France instead of New
York. Besides nobody see them stint and save
in Europe. Plenty of bankrupt merchants went off
last week to Paris in halo Of delight, waited by
good wishes from envious friends and the
odors of countless floral offerings, who if they
had remained at home would have disappeared mis-
eraby IN the region of cheap boarding-houses OF in
come obscure Western town. We have been hearing
for years that trade of all kinds hotels. etc.. have
been made exorbitant in Europe by the vulgar ex-
travagance of the American tourist. We suspect
that shop aud hotel keepers will find out the other
side of hs character tins Summer. Americans who
have gone there to live will have as shrewd a care
OF the pennies as any Frenchman or Scotcbman, and
will be quick TO catch hints from their hosts TO
the best ways of caring for them. Americans are
not fools and they have lately found out that their
vulgar habit OF splurgng" has only made them
ridiculous, besides being the cause of their present
lean pockets.


The large majority Of visitors from this country to
Year: 1878

Mr.. Henry L. Clinton deserves great credit
for the ingenuity he displayed in the discrimi-
Mating eulogy which he pronounced upon Mr.


TIlden, before the Tammany General Commit
fee. on Thursday night. Mr.. Courtney was
clearly wrong in raising any objections to it,


In the present attitude of Tammany Hall
toward its late Presidential candidate it was
necessary TO find the vulnerable spot described
in Scripture as his fifth rib, in order to put
him permanently at rest as candidate


II would have been unseemly and
brutal TO have gone at him with a
club and disGgured his manly form, as is
sometimes done in primaries nor would it
have been quite the thing TO have sent Alderman
Purroy over to Gramercy Park to break his
Jaw. II was hardly an occasion for war paint
or scalping knife. Mr.. Clinton could teach
the Tammany braves trick worth two Of
that. 1t was a great deal better way that he
pointed out. To purT around him with soft
words, curl an aifectionate arm about his neck
and say, " Art chou in health, my brotherln and
meantime tumble round for his fifth rib and
slip knife under it this was more graceful
and polite, and withal more effective. 1t
might have been Mr.. Courtney's way TO beat
him over the head with an empty bottle or
strangle him with string of resolutions and
send the body of to the Moggue. 1t was not
Mr.. Chnton's. His way was to jrmounce a
Year: 1878

Prince Bismarck's inte ntiOn to dissolve the
Reichstag and order a new election must
largely increase the agitation which Nobil-
ings crime has produced throughout Germany
The Prince declares bluntly that, as the
present Reichstag rejected the anti-So-
cialist bill submitted by the Government
last month, it would be profitless to
call q special session, and ask the pas
sage of another measure. In his hearty
hatred for Socialism, the Prince is no doubt
ready to turn the present commotion TO ac-
count and thereby secure more docile
legislature. The firm hold which the
Liberals have on Germany may, how
ever, prove too strong for him.
They have already fOrestalled this appeal to
the people by disaYowing fellowship with
political fanatics, and offering to pass extra
"ordinary measures to save and heal the State"
They will have likewise in their favor the prob
ability that NObiling will prove to be lunatic,
who would have defed all the laws that
human ingenuity can devise. The over zeal
of the authorities may also provoke irritation,
and deter the people from giving them the
srpport they would otherwise deserve. The
Reichstag, as now constituted, consists Of 397
members, who are chosen by universal suffrage
and ballot for the term of three years. AS
the number of electors is over 100000 the
social disturbance, which an election, under
the present circumstances, would cause.
threatens to be very great.
Year: 1878

Anderson used to be more modest than he is
now. When he was full to the chin of ex-
plosive information which was liable at any
moment to blow the Administration to pieces,
he was willing to keep it all in if he could be
appointed Consul to Callao. He would even
90 to HankOw! Too cheap, James-also, too
thin.
Year: 1878

There is a fund of instruction for benevo-
lent people who have not yet learned the art
of wise giving in the letter from the Rev. K.
Heber Newton which we print on another
page. . Mr. Newton was one Of several
clergymen who were asked to distribute,
each in his own way, equal portions OF
an anonymous charitable contribution OF a
thousand dollars sent to the Editor of The
TRIBUNE. His letter shows what a vast deal
of good the small sum of 5000, judiciously
used, may accomplish in the hands Of an
earnest, unselfsh man, whose profession brings
him into daily contact with the deserving
poor. In this case it aided not less than
thirty OF forty families at oppOrtune times.
This money reached the class which needed
it most. Beggars and rich folk are well OFF
at all times, but there is no suffering like that
of the decent poor.
Year: 1878

The alleged forgery of Judge Levissee's
name to an electoral return from Louisiana
has given the Democratic press mid spasm
of delight But it is all over now. The regu-
lar return, all the signatures to which were
genuine, was counted for Hayes and Wheeler
and what puzzled the Potter Committee IN the
official reports of the Electoral Commission IS
found 70 have been merely clerical blunder.
Year: 1878

Mr. Muller's bill, appropriating money for a
stone building at the Battery for the Barge
Office has made marked progress, in spite Of
the opposition Of steamship companies. The
House Committee on Public Buildings is
unanimous in favor Of the measure, and a
speeial effort viii be made to pass 1t before
adjournment.
Year: 1878

The Senate has voted to refer the vexed
question of Indian administration to COM
mission; but in some respects, which are
pointed out in our Washington dispatches its
action has hardly been wise. 1t Is useless to
expect any more intelligent consideration OF
the subject from commission composed en-
tirely of Congressman than committees OF
Congressman have already given it, Mr..
Thurman's suggestion of a commission OF
prominent men outside of Congress would
have secured, if adopted, board much less
likely to be under political or corrupt IN
fluences than that which the Senate fayors.
Year: 1878

Congress moves slowly enough in the matter
of accommodation for its crowded Library;
still it moves. The commission appointed to
take the matter into consideration, has de-
cided to report in favor of the erection OF
separate building in one of the parks of Wash
ingtOn having a central situation. This
plan will make it easy to extend
the building as the rapid accumulation OF
books renders it necessary, and at the same
time a library of 10000 vOlumes-twice the
size, Mr.. Spolford says, of any other parlia-
mentary library in the world-will be kept III
the present hall, to supply all the wants OF
Congress. The conclusions of the commission
seem wise, and it is to be hoped that Congress
will act upon them promptly, and in a liberal
snirit
Year: 1878

steamer over q kettle of boiling water,
cover tight, steam until the apples are
tender You will fiod this 10 be good
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.


SPINACH AND EGGs.-Carefully look
over and wash the spinach in several
waters; boil for oout ten minutes in
salted water; take up and place on the
back of sieve, that it may drain press
any .emainipg water from the spinach,
and put into a frying-pan with two or
three tablespoonfuls Of butter, little
salt and pepper keep constantly stirring
and cutting with knife until quite dry.
Poach some eggs: lay them ont espinach
and serve at once.


SELECTING FLOUR First, -ee to the
color; ii it is white, with yellowish-
colored tint, buy it; II it is white, with
blush cast, or white specks in it, re-
fuse it. Second, examine its adhesive.
ness-wet and knead a little of it be-
tween your fingers-if it works soft and
sticky II is poor. Third, throw a little
lump OF dried -four against a smooth
surface, If IL falls like powder it is bad
Iouibu, cluCCLC VI Tic lOuI tlkuttN
in your hand, if it retains the shape
given by the pressure that, too, is good
sign. It is safe to buy -four that will
stand all these tests.


BREAD THAT WILL KEEP MOIST. Take
pitcher that will hold two quarts
Of water, scald well, and then
put pint OF warm water in
it and little soda (Do SALTY; stir
in -four enough TO make batter, not
very thick, for it will not raise 70
quick; set 1t in warm place to raise
! When the emptyings are about light
enough to mix, take for four or five
loaves Of bread, two quarts or more of
-four In your bread.pan and pour into it
three quarts of boiling water, stirring
with a spoon while pouring it in, making
thick paste; let it cool 50 as not to scald
the emptyings, then stir them in well
and sprinkle some -four over the top and
set it away to raise. When light enough,
add -four enough to make into loaves and
set them to raise; have your fire just
right, for q q eat deal depends on baking
ii must not bake too fast.
Year: 1878

it will do better some day, but the
women who ought to 90 there are
so backward in coming forward
that both Judge Hilton and Mrs.
Stewart are considerably disap-
pointed. The two score and odd
ladies who have availed themselves
Of the comforts and luxuries pro-
vided there are quite enthusiastic
in its praise, but their recommen-
dation does not induce Others to
join in. Architecturally speaking,
most Of these ladies are not sue
cess. In passing the hotel the
other day, / noticed some of them
going in and out, and it struck me
quite forcibly that they were not
built on a good plan. There was
too much gothic style about them,
and most Of it ran to points and
sharp corners. A woman in whose
general design there ia a preponder-
ance Of angles is, esthetically, a
failure, whatever she may be intel
lectually. There is 20 doubt at all,
about the intellectual qualities of
the ladies who have taken up their
abode in the Woman's Hotel, but
when you come down to Hogarth's
line of beauty, the curve, faint
there. One lady who spent a week
in the hotel says there is no trouble
about seeing gentlemen in the par
lors in the evening, and intimates
that facilities for courting are Just
as good as in any clearinghouse.
Possibly. But the right sort of
material to practice on seems to be
scarce. l doubt if there is the
slightest danger of matrimony
making the least inroad on the
population of the hotel in the next
five years.
Year: 1878

OlUo Drunnlng, Wrltlng 10 the
Journal de Musique, of Paris, says:
"The piano is constructed almost
exclusively Of various kinds Of
woods and metals-cloth, skin and
felt being also used in the mechan-
ical portion. For this reason at
mospheric changes have great
effect on the quality and durability
Of the instrument, and it is neces-
sary to protect it from all external
influence which might affect the
materials Of which it is composed.
1t must be shaded from the sun,
kept out of a draught, and, above
all, guarded against sudden changes
of temperature. This latter is a
most frequent cause of the piano
getting out of tune, and the instru-
ment should be kept in a tempera-
ture not lower than fifty-iour de-
grees and not higher than eighty.
six degrees Fahrenheit. When
too cold the wood, cloth and
skin swell, and the mechanism
works badly; when too warm these
materials shrink and produce click
ing, squeaking and other disagree
able sounds. Moisture is the great
est enemy of the piano, and it can
not be too carefully guarded against.
In very short time damp will de-
stroy every good point about the
instrument. The tones become
dull and fiat, wires rusty and easily
broken, the joints of the mechanism
stiff, and the hammers do not strike
with precision, and if these symp-
toms are not attended to at once
the piano is irretrievably Spoilt.
Therefore, do not put your piano
in a damp ground-Aoor room or
between two windows, or between
the door and the window where
there is a thorough draft. Never
leave the piano open when not ip
use, and above all when the room
is being cleaned DO not put
it near stove, chimney or
bot-air pipes. Always wipe the
keys alter playing. Never pile
books, music or other heavy things
on the top. BE careful when using
the soft peaal Bot tq tbHmp the
notes, Do not ALLOW fye-n6te or
obhOr exercises Of a small compass
on a piano you have any regard for.
A leather cover should be kept on
the instrument when not in Qse,
and removed every day for the pur-
pose of busting. A cushion of wad-
ding or a strip of flannel laid on
the keys will help to keep them
white and preserve the polish.
Never leave the piano open after a
musical evening or a dance. If
you are obliged to have 1t In a damp
room, do not place it against the
wall, and raise it from the floor by
moanG of insulatoFs, and always
cover it after playing, Employ the
best tuner you can get, and if a
new instrument, let it be tuned
every two months during the first
year, and at least thgee tImes q year
afterward. Always have it tuned
after a soiree if the room has been
very hot,p
Year: 1878

twenty Thousand PEOPLE
old and young. every week. 1t is just to say
that tha patrans of the WEsTRRM
METHODIsT belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to make a no,s
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free of all irregular and irresponsible adyer-
Using; for many good people seeing an ad-
v0rtisement in paper, especially their
church paper, take it as guarantee of re-
SpOnsihDity. Such confidence should not te
abused when it can be helped. We want,
therefore.
Year: 1878

UNDER the new criminal code Of
Nlrgnia, the Whipping Post went
into effect on the first OF July, and
II whipping post established in eve
ry city and county in the state.
Imprisonment ioi petty larceny,
except for sccohd oiienses, will be
known only as OF the past.
Year: 1878

ple see the representatives OF the Life insllr-
ance interest taking measures to ward on
inquiry, packing legislatures, influencing the
appointment of committees, employing l0bbes,
and acting as though they feared the light, so
long will the business be at stand-stlll, ana
the only source of recuperation for impaired
assets be the lapsed and surrendered policies Fer
twenty-five years Life Insurance i'll this country
ran career of unexampled success. The COM
panies paid exorbitant salaries to officers, large
commissions to agents, divided immense prof
its. erected palatial offices, and accumulated
vast resources. change has come over the
business. For the future they must be con-
tented with lower premiums, less business and
much more moderate profits. The sooner they
recognize this fact the better 1t will be for them


The City of Hartford, where the COnnecti-
cut Legislature is now in session, is known
throughout the country as an insurance CEN
ire. Its fire insurance companies are known
everywhere for their sOundness and stability,
and the reputation of It's life companies has
been, I'D to q recent period, equally good. Nat
urally enough there is some sensitiveness in
the public mind in such q community at any
thing that threatens the prosperity of so i'm
pOrtant an interest But the people of Hartford
and the Connecticut Legislature will do well
to remember that the only way to promote the
prosperity of life insurance now is to restore
public confidence in it, and that can only be
done by laying bare the whole business and
offering to the public any and all safeguards
against future loss which legislation can af-
ford In the present state of affairs the I'M
wisdom Of everything that looks like an effort
to control or influence legislative action is
very evident. The only thing life insurance
company can do now is to throw up its hands
and be searched.
Year: 1878

How YoUNG EYES ARE MADE NEAR-sIGHTED.
A prolonged and steady looking ut au OBJ
ject or at objects near the eye, though at
proper distance without rest or frequent
change Of the visual focus, as in long and alb
sorbed novel-reading, intense study, or per-
sistent diligence in needlework the practice
of reading or otherwise using the sight at too
short range are causes of near-sightedness.
This latter results, in part from insufficient
light; or from its faulty direction, so that the
hand or body throws shadow ON the page
or so that the direct rays fall upon the eye,
causing undue contraction of the pupil, while
the page is in shadow. 1t results also from
improperly graded desks, from small and poor
type and inferior printing-ink, and from faulty
color and quality of printing-paper also
from pale writing g-ink-pale when used-and
from the substitution of the lead-pencil for
the pen, especially in the evening. A prone
or forward position of the head too long
maintained or frequently repeated and be-
coming a habit is another cause This re-
suits from reading or studying with the book
in the lap, and from the use of desks not grad
ed to the height Of the pupil, Donders says,
In the hygiene of myopa the very first point
is to guard against working in STOPPING po-
sition." He favors high, sloping desks, and
indicates "rectilinear drawing on a flat sur
face" as class of work which is especially
Objectionable. Reading and studying in rail
road-cars is known to be fruitful source of
injury. But insufficient light, perhaps more
than any other cause, produces diseases of the
eye and arrangement of the vision. This is
not confined to the schools. Sadly frequent
rs it is found TO be there, it is believed, to be
yet oftener illustrated at home, both by day
light and in the evening, in preparation for
the school and otherwise Artificial illumina-
tion is faulty at best, but even in the most
favored homes, the elder group is apt to mo-
nopolize the shaded drOp-light or student
lamp, while the sohool-boy, with his text
books is found somewhere in the outer circle.
Popular Science Monthly.
Year: 1878

its nobility. Nevertheless, the spacious ap-
proaches leading TO the Capitol are worthy Of
the structure.


The White House wears the same mysteri-
Gus, secluded look that it did in Lincolns
time. The wooden walks and fences. and
the old trees which divided the space between
the mansion and the Treasury Department
have been swept away. Snug lawns and as
phalt pavement cover the ground and there
is fine vista open from jackson square to the
potomar
Year: 1878

in strange contrast with the rock
repding uprosr below the stalTart
figures Of the TWO gallant lads, strain
lug every nerve to achieve their peril
Gus task the handsome, reckless lace
Of the Cast OF the MOntsgues," with
a gay smile on its short curved lip
aud on ominOus glitter In Its large
dark eyes.


GOOD morning, my pes" cried be
gsyIy you're just in time for the
end CT the play"


These were the last words that VS.
count Montague ever spoke. That
momentary negligence had allowed
the boats head TO deviste slightly
from the direct line, and in an instant
the whirl OF the current threw It's ex-
posed side full against the tremenu-
Gus rush of the cataract. One irantlc
struggle to regain the lost ground,
and then boat and men vanished FOR
ever into the mists Of the roaring
abyss below.


From that fatal hour, life was over
for the Flower Of Kent" All that
remained OF the once bright ana
beautiful girl was pale, silent, JOY
less phantom-s body, as 1t were,
without soul. Neither the tender
care OF her hesrtbrOken mother, nor
the skill OF the most accomplished
physicians, nor even the sight OF her
dead lovers ruined home lshe burn
ing of which, on the very day OF It's
masters death, fulfilled, by a sheer
coincidence, the dismal prediction
availed sught to break that deadly
Iethargy which endured for the brief
remainder OF her life, checkered only
by the spasms OF conVulsive agony
produced by the one sound
which her ear still had power to rec
sound OF rushing waters.
. CuSseWs N0Odzine.
Year: 1878

"Beautiful, beautiful silken hair, "
Philip murmured fOndly, toying low
ingly with one OF her nut brown
tresses : 'sOft as the pIumage on 81
angels wing; light as the thistle
down that dances on the summer
air the simmer Of sunset, the gilt
ter of yellow gold, the rich red brown
Of autumnal forests blend in en-.
tranced beauty in Its" And just
then it come off in his hands, and hC
forgot what to say next. There was
q moment Of profound silence, and
then Aurelia took it from him snC
went out of the room with it. WheI
she came back he was gone. They
meet now, but they meet as strangers
and the eyes that were wont to beam
upon each other with the awakened
love light now glare as though life
was an eternal wash day.