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Year: 1877

1t is to be hoped that tho reports of a
peaceable settlement in Cuba are true. The
cruel war which has lasted so many years
has destroyed great part OF the island, and
it has long been feared that it would con-
tinue until every plantation had been over
rum If recent reports may be believed the
insurgents are at last desirous Of peace,
while the King Of Spain, rumor says, is
ready to grant terms on which an honorable
settlement can be based.


We have little doubt that the change in
administration here has had an important
effect on Cuban affairs. While the course
OF the last administration toward Cuba and
Spain was upright and just ii is notorious
fact that adventurous persons, supposed to
be influential at Washington, by their Ian
guage and attitude excited the insurgents
to continued resistance, under the hope Of
Intervention in their favor by this govern
ment. These hopes were delusive, and
they have entirely disappeared since the
accession Of President Hayes.


If it should prove true that both parties
in Cuba are desirous Of peace the Spanish
government knows that the good othces OF
our own government will not be wanting if
they are desired, to help to a settlement.
We do not want Cuba; but we have no
doubt Secretary Evarts has already shown
the Spanish government that one prominent
element in any satisfactory and permanent
Cuban Settlement is permission for the in
habitants of that island to trade freely with
the United States. which affords them their
most important market, and on which they
depend for a great variety of products
necessary to their comfort and prosperity.
With good local government, fair repre-
sentation in the Spanish Cortes and direct
trade with the United States secured to
them, the Cubans would have no cause for
complaint against Spain, and oil obstacles
to their greatest prosperity would be re-
moved.
Year: 1877

The railroad disasters which occurred
during Thursdays storm furnish sad evil
dence of the severity Of the tempest, but
they also indicate that much remains to be
learned by railroad engineers in guarding
against such accidents. There is nothing
to show that any negligence is attributable
to the management of the trains that were
wrecked by the men directly in charge Of
them, and, therefore, we must regard the
lamentable catastrophes as accidents so far as
these humble employees are concerned. But
the question arises, Were the roadbeds in
each case so constructed and protected as to
afford any guarantee against the damaging
action of heavy rains and floods? It too
often happens that railroad builders sacri-
fee safety to economy in construction. The
embankments are frequently too narrow,


barely holding the ties, the ends of which
project beyond the top of the bank.


In cuttings there is generally no proper
cut too steep to prevent the soil, moistened
by rain. from slipping into the cuttings. Re-
tanning walls, built to hold earth or loose
sand, are frequently constructed without
any regard to the drainage of the mass of
saturated earth sought to be supported.
Consequently the wall is thrown out upon
the track or is undermined by the action of
the waters on its too shallow foundations


All this is due to an improper effort at
economy, which, in the end, proves to be
extravagance in its worst form and danger
GUS to life and property Some engineers
imagine that any material that can be easily
procured is good enough for railroad en-
bankment. sCulverts are built too low and
narrow to carry off the flood waters
caused by extraordinary rains, and these
water passes invariably fail, and often
under the pressure of q passing train. An
intelligent regard for topography, general
and local, is as necessary to safety in rail-
road construction as good ties and sound
rails. The melancholy loss of life ut Ph9-
nixville, Pa, and on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road cannot be wholly accounted Tor by the
severity of the storm. There must have
been faulty construction in the roads at
both Of the scenes of accident to bring
about the disasters. II the food waters
that washed out the tracks had proper vent,
as they evidently did not have, the valuable
lives that have been sacrificed would have
been spared. As there is at present abso-
lutely no check on the recklessness of in
experienced engineers or the dishonesty ol
certain classes of contractors the law should
interfere for the protection of travellers. II
is deplorable that SO many lives should be
lost through carelessness in constructing
works that demand the greatest skill and
foresight to render them safe for public use.
Year: 1877

here? We know that some Of them strongly
favor these methods but the trade unions
in this country do not, 1t seems
to US, take sufficient pains to make
their aims known to the general pub
lie. The recent railroad strike showed
that the unions do not exercise such COM
plete control over their membership as to
hold them together in such IN emergency,
and it seems to us that since the strike
ceased the unions have not used the oppor-
tunity which it gave them to put themselves
in such relation to the public as is on many
accounts desirable. We should be glad to
hear from leading members and managers
of brotherhoods and trade unions on the
questions which interest not them alone,
but the general public.
Year: 1877

was morally unfit to have the care OF the
child. The managers of the society appear
to imagine that, their object being good, they
ought not to be called on to show cause;
but this is q great mistake. blunder OF q
very serious kind. because it has caused the
public for the time to lose confidence in an
organization which. if properly and care
fully managed, can do much good We re-
peat now what we said few days ago-the
society would do well to take in hand the
cases of the numerous little street beg
gars, who, it is notorious, are ill-treated If
they do not bring home as much money as
their masters expect.
Year: 1877

The JEROME PARK RACES would undoubtedly
have been largely attended yesterday if, owing
TO the unfavorable weather of the day and night
before, a doubt had not fingered in the minds Of
many that there would be q disappointment of
some kind. Fortunately for those who went
there was none of any kind. The races were all
good, and, at least one of them. intensely ex-
citing. Today there will be four races, for
which some well known horses are entered.
Year: 1877

IT Is SO NATURAL for an official who has been
dismissed to make accusations against the per-
son who caused his removal TINT the public will
be slow to believe the serious charges elsewhere
printed against Minister Seward by the ex- Con-
eul General to China
Year: 1877

RoBBERIEs BY DAYLIGHT are becoming fash
ionable in Boston. The waylaying of bank
director with the sun high in the heavens and
Mt the point Of the revolver compelling him to
hand over several thousand dollars is ut once
novel and enterprising
Year: 1877

SwITzERLAND's SILK INTERESTS are suffering
severely, owing to the growth of the industry in
this country. The best thing the Swiss can do is
to transfer their interests to this side
Year: 1877

From all parts of the country within the
area affected by the great double storm
which passed eastward on Thursday distress
ing accounts reach us OF its ravages. These
were not confined to the coast, but were
experienced far inland among the Pennsyl-
vania mining districts and the New England
farms. The remarkable character of the
tempest furnishes a most interesting study
to scientists and will doubtless receive the
attention it deserves. But it is us to its effects
on the country and along the coast that we
now consider it. Although the winds at no
point attained an extraordinary velocity the
rainfall attending it in these attitudes was
unprecedented. Four inches Of rain in
twenty-four hours is regarded by meteor
ologists as an extraordinary fall even in
southern countries. But we have had
more than four inches Of rain in
less than twenty-four hours in the
city of New York, and proportionately
heavy precipitation over an enormous ex-
tent OF country. Reference is made else
where to the effects Of winds and rain in the
different districts. We learn of fatal acci-
dents on the railroads, disastrous wrecks on
the coast, crops ruined, mines flooded and a
hundred other incidents Of the great tenn
pest. New York, New England and the
States southwark suffered more than the
more northerly regions, because the Gulf
cyclone dominated south Of the st. Law
renee and the less energetic Western storm
moved through Canada, the two disturb
ances moving together, yet with indepen-
dent forces in operation. All things consid-
ered we may regard the storm of Thursday
as the most severe as to rainfall that has
visited the eastern part of the United States
for many years. We shall watch its trans
progress in Europe, where it will be likely
to repeat the damage done by it on this side.
Year: 1877

WHERE ARE THE REMAINS OF COLUMBUS p
Prior to 1875 they were deposited in an old
cathedral in st. Domingo city, but in that year.
by the terms of treaty between France and
Spain, what were supposed to be the remains
were transferred with great pomp to Havana.
The news is now sent from st. Domingo that
Spain was cheated at the time the dust of the
son of Columbus or Of some other member of his
family having been sent her instead of those of
the great discoverer In st. Domingo city the
old tomb was opened short time ago in the
presence of the civil and ecclesiastical amthori-
ties, the caskct in which, it is asserted, contains
the coveted relics. The controversy on the sub
ject is likely to be an interesting one.
Year: 1877

TIE WEATnER.-Thc storm has passed COM
pletely off the continent in the direction of
Nova Scotia and the whole area of territory be-
tween the Mississippi and the Atlantic is now
oversprcad by area of high pressure. West
OF the Mississippi the barometer is again falling


but, is usually the case when small de-
preston follows one of great area, the indic,,-
tions are not threatening. The winds now
chiefly from the northwest on the Atlantic coast,
west in the lake region and Upper Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, northeast in the Western Gulf
States and southerly on the Plains. Rains fell
yesterday III the lower lake districts and along
the New England coast and that of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, and the winds
continued to Indicate the line OF the re-
cedng margin Of the depression. The tenn
perature continues comparatively low through
out the country and fine weather generally pre-
walls. CloudiDess, however, continues on a por-
ton of the lower lake district, and is beginning
to increase In the West and Southwest. The
weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will
be cool and clear or partly cloudy.
Year: 1877

Now, what Is our present supply
of coin and bullion? / have had a
number of estimates made for me,
by persons who have the means OF
information attainable, the average
of which places the amount of coin
and bullion at one hundred and fifty
millions of gold and ten millions OF
silver, exclusive of subsidiary coin.
That is, we have one hundred and
sixty-millions of gold and silver coin
and bullion in the Treasury, the
banks, and among the people.


But we had two hundred and
eighty-five millions of gold and sill
yer coin in 1860, and in the seven.
teen years since we have produced
from our mines one thousand and
seven millions of gold and two hun
dred and fifty-five millions of silver;
about half of which, or six hundred
J and thirty-one millions, have gone
Year: 1877

They were paupers, and had fed and
fattened upon the riches Of Rhode Is
land for 10! many months, when the
heart of the Overseer of the Poor was
gladdened by their application for
passage to New York. Determined not
to be sold, he went with them, paid
their way and bought their meals, to
learn in the great metropolis that he
must pay expressage on their bag
gage, subsequently valued by experts
at 81, 500. Not cent of money, but
enough wearing apparel to cloth half
of Rhode Island.
Year: 1877

Travellers from that portion of Africa
known on the atlas of our scool-days as
the "unexplored regions'' report it as
one of the most populous and fertile in
the world. But it is the home of blood
thirsty savages, perpetually at war, and
destroying hundreds of thousands of
lives annually. Now if these travellers
tell the truth about the loss of life, it is
manifest that the fertility applies to
the population and not the soil.
Year: 1877

About three weeks ago, says the Gal


weston News, the Gillespie Mounted Ri
fles captured one Donaho and three


others who had robbed mail stage be-
tween Austin and fredericksburg. On
the person of Donaho was found an un-
finished letter, which stamps him as
one OF the romantic and sentimental


robbers weread of in dime novels. 1t
is sad to think the young man will have
to serve five or. ten years in the peni-
ter tiary before he can lay his fortune
at the teet of gentle Anna Parsons and


claim her hand: .....


Miss Anna Parsons-Dear Darling, tbs
with pleasure that l seat myself on the


Banks Of Llano River a Beautiful stream


ripping its way through the Western fir


mament and on each side as far as the eye
Can behold is Mountains and prairies
which vast herds of Buffalo roam the lean


Cyote Can be seen skulking around and all


is lovely to the eye Of one sad Boy and
Could Anna But know the sad and shock


ing feelings that exist in my bosom When |


think of my Anna who is far away. Yes


the Rose theday star of my life am wind
ing anyway through this barren Country to


Mexico for my idea is to be a Western War


rior desperate, and when l think Of you


anna WesmaytneVer see each other again


but live with hope. My desire is that we


shall both pass the short but treacherous
hours away willing and well Darling to
dream of you by night and sigh for you by
day. What luxury for ME it would be to
behold your illustriOus imige yes Anna your


eyes burn Liquid fire so flaming to my heart
| that it is irresistible. Yes Anna as [ tray
el along the Western horizon seldom meet
any one except the old hunter who is as


grave as the Wind. My only Companion is


three young men it is needless TO assert
that we are on the make. We have lone
SINE Time Of it we Robed a fellow to-day
but did not getmach. We have no Certain
| Country to, dwell. We inhabit the Western
Country and will continue until we get


Rich which / most emphatickly think we


will and when we do am Coming Back to


dallas. Wait for me Anna for am solid


with YOU God is. my witness do love
you. j am held to no locality Bound to no


personal object except yourself. Yes wait


for me and will make you generous hus-
band. - d 3''t'- 94't@'7' 1f'' 15
Year: 1877

The loss Of memery which generally
follows upon stunning is q well known
phenomenon; but there are not want
ing instances OF an abnormal recollec-
.tion being evoked by extraordinary cir
1cumstances. Dr.. Abercrombie relates
the case of man brought into St.
Thomas's Hospital in state of stupor
from an injury to the head. When
partially recovered he spoke Welsh, a
language which, before the accident,


he had entirely forgotten from long
.desuetude; but when he had quite re-
covered, he again completely forgot his
Welsh, and got back his knowledge of
English. Another case is even more
remarkable. Aboy at the age CT four
suffered fracture of the skull, and was
trepanned while in a state of complete
stupor. After his recover he retained


no recollection either OF the. accident
or the operation; but at the age OF
fifteen, during the delirium of q fever,


he gave ' an account of the operation,


and the persons who were present at
it, with q correct description of their
dress, and other minute particulars. p"
Year: 1877

The Burlington Uowa) Hdscksye recent
ly gave some advice to correspondents.
which deserves the consideration of per,
sons who undertake to write to the news-
papers. A few of its points are as fol-
lows:


"Never write with pen or ink. It ia
altogether too plain, and doesn't hold the
mind of the editor and printers closely
enough to their work.


"If you are compelled to use ink, never
use that vulgarity known as the blottinr
pad. If you drop blot of ink on the
paper, lick it off. The intelligent COM
positor loves nothing so dearly as to read
through the smear this will make across
twenty or thirty words. We have seen
him hang over such piece of copy half
an hour, swearing like a pirate all the
time-he felt that good


Don't try to write too plainly. 1t ia
a sign of plebeian origin and public
school breeding. Poor writing is an in
dication Of genius. 1t is about the only
indication of genius that great many
men possess. Sprawl your article with
your eyes shut and make every word as
illegible as you can. We get the same
price for it from the rag man as though it
were covered with copperplate sentences.


"Avoid all painstaking with proper
names. We know the full name of every
man, woman aud child in the United
States, and the merest hint of the name is
sufficient. 1t is great mistake that
proper names should be written plainly.


always write on both sides of the pa
per, and when you have filed both sides
of every page trail line up and down
every margin and back to the top of the
first page, closing your article by writing
the signature just above the date. How
we do love to get hold of articles written
in this style And how we would like to
get hold of the man who sends them.
Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the
woods, with a cannon in our hip pocket.v


To these injunctions we may add that
whenever you ask newspaper for per-
sonal informatiOn--in regard to the char
acter of your literary style, for example,.
or your chances of making ten thousand.
dollars year out of literary work in this,
metropolis-you ought to be careful not.
to enclose stamp to pay the postage on
the reply. Editors not only have plenty
of time to write critical letters of this
kind, but publishers regard It as great
privilege to pay the postage on twenty or
thirty such letters week. Also, if you
happen to be a woman, be careful to sign
your own Christian name, so that no hint
may be given as to whether you are mar
ried or not; and then If mistake is made
by calling you "Miss," when you are
married, or the reverse, you will have
fine opportunity TO correct the error in
scornful way. Above all things let not
week pass without writing to some news
paper office asking for the name of the
author Of the line: Consistency, thou,
art Jewell"
Year: 1877

Marry in your own religion.


Never both be angry at once.


Never taunt with past mistake.


Let kiss be the prelude of a rebuke.
Never allow request to be repeated.
Let self-abnegation be the habit of
both.


A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing.


~ forgot" is never an acceptable ex-
cuse.


If you must criticise, let it be done
lovingly.


Make marriage matter of moral
judgment.


Marry into family which you have
long known.


Never make remark at the expense
of the other.


Never talk at one another, either alone
or in company.


Give your warmest sympathies for each
others trials.


If one is angry, let the other part the
lips only for kiss.


Neglect the whole world besides,
rather than one another.


Never speak loud to one another un-
less the house is on fire.


Let each strive to yield oftenest to the
wishes of the other.


Always leave home with loving words,
for they may be the last


Marry into different blood and tenn
permanent from your own.


Never deceive, for the heart, once mis-
led, can never trust wholly again.


1t is the mother who moulds the char
acter, and fixes the destiny of the child.
Let all your mutual accommodations be
spontaneous, ,whole-souled, and free as air.
Consult one another in all that comes
within the experience, observation, or
sphere of the other.


Never reflect on past action which
was done with good motive and with
the best judgment at the time.


The beautiful in heart is a
million times of more avail as securing
domestic happiness, than the beautiful in
person.
Year: 1877

THE Savannah Neaos believes that the
lands of Northern Georgia are based upon
gold bearing strata quite fabulous in
its richness. At DahlOnega last week,
directly after the falling of heavy
shower of rain, little barefoot street ur-
chin panned out fifteen or twenty large
particles of gold from about half gallon
of earth, scraped up in front Of the Court
House door.
Year: 1877

EPIDEMIC typhus prevails in Constan-
tinople to an alarming extent. Ten thou.
sand persons are under treatment, and the
deaths have been very numerous. The
filthy condition of the city, owing to the
total lack Of drainage, is the cause of the
disease.
Year: 1877

The Montenegrin army is described by
correspondent of the London Times.
Life at the headquarters of the Prince of
Montenegro is an Homeric study. When


in the morning the Prince appears, a line
is formed instantly, and all uncover while
he takes his walk up and down the ter.


race. AS he walks along the line, now


and then a man runs forward, catches the
hand of his Prince, and kisses it, drop.
ping back into his place, and then another
and another, the ruler accepting the hon.
age with manner which has great fas-
cination for the simple-minded folk--with
smile, word of interest, and in some
cases u question as to their affairs; for he
knows, it is said, every head of family
in his dominions personally and by name,
and occasionally breaks his promenade to
enter into conversation more seriously,
or even to provoke general discussion,
when a circle rapidly forms around him
to listen and take part. There is nothing
Servile in their manner even to him, but
the most unbounded reverence. 1t is a
favorite amusement of his to wake up the
emulation of the men by talking to some
one of them of some heroic deed he has
done, and provoking comparisons, when
a contest of pretensions, to equal or great
er merit begins, every man considering
himself entitled to push his claims, which
he does in no vainglorious way, but by
recounting what he has done. AS they
are surrounded by witnesses of the deeds,
no man dares to exaggerate his exploits,
and the crowd confirms. These are the
warriors who are now renewing in West
ern Turkey the battle which they have
waged with the Turks for four centuries.
Year: 1877

There has long existed diver sity Of
opinion in regard to the principa
causes of intermittent fever. Many
years ago it was generally supposed to
be produced by the malaria of marshy
districts. and residence in that vicin-
ity was considered hazardous. We will
not say that malaria from marshes has
nothing to do with intermittent and
other fevers; but we do not believe
i. is the chief cause Of their develop
mont.


We are acquainted with many fami-
lies that have lived for years on the
borders of marsh lands and have en-
joyed perfect health all the tune,
while tn, residents Of the high lands
near them have suffered greatly from
fevers


We are somewhat skcptical as to
the power of miasm arising from
natural marshes 70 produce disease
Where the water Of mill ponds is drawn
out during the day. and q mass Of veg
etable matter is exposed to the heat of
the sun, or where large masses Of earth
are thrown up from considerable depth
below the surface, sickness is almost
certain to prevail in the neighborhood.
and often extends for miles around.
Batting these causes of fever, which
causes are entirely artificial, we do not
believe that locality has much to do in
producing them. Imprudence in dre.s
IN diet. and in the habits Of life gener
ally. will sooner or later bring disease !;
n little sooner. perhaps. in localities
where the climate is not perfectly sslu.
brious since another element is added
10 those that already exist.


He who expects to enjoy immunity
from illness by simply selecting .
healthy place OF residence without the
exercise Of prudence i'll living will be
disappointed. There is no doubt that
the principal cause of nearly every
form of fever and many other diseases
is impure water. Second in order is
the proximity to cesspo ols aud decay
ing animal aud vegetable matter
Thirj-exposure to chilly air of the
evening and morning. Fourth-over
exertion and insufficient sleep and rest.
Fifth--want Of attention to the condi-
ton If the bowels-ILaNs Journal Of
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