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Year: 1879

Among New York's enterprising the
atrical managers there does not seem to be
one who is preparing a holiday or winter
treat for the children, although the little
ones outnumber grown people and are far
fonder of going to the theatre. Men and
women who were children in the good old
times remember with delight the panto-
mines which the Ravels used to
give at Christmas time for the boys
and girls. The performances never
ended with the holidays or depended
for success upon half-pricc tickets,
for they were 30 bright in conception and
so artistic in execution that the houses
wonld be filled for hundreds of successive
nights, while the grown people, who at
first reluctantly attended as escorts, be-
came finally the most delighted portion of
the audience. going again and again and
taking their friends. Afterward came the
pantomimes OF which the late G. l.. Fox
was the. leading attraction, and, although
that amusing actor frequently forgot that
pantomimist is not necessarily q circus
clown, he always had large audiences,
in which children by the hundred
were to be seen. The pantdmime still
aourishes in England throughout the win
ter and is considered one of the surest
sources of profit to managers. Not only in
London, but in all the large cities, its ap-
pearance is as unfailing as that of cold
weather. Cannot some American manager
take the hint and give us something at


which the boys and girls can laughs The
Year: 1879

A little incident has occurred this week
which deserves the attention of the politi-
clans who strive to prolong the animosities
of our recent civil war, for it illustrates the
necessarily transient nature of any rancor
between magnanimous belligerents. The
conflict which resulted in our indepen-
dence from Great Britain was also civil
war, and it was waged with passion on
both sides unsurpassed in modern
times. Yet last Wednesday evening the
citizens of Lexington, meeting on the first
battle field of the Revolution, received from
the Duke of Northumberland and assigned
to an honorable place in their Town Hall o
portrait of his great uncle, the Earl Percy,
who marched to Lexington with the British
reinforcements on the 10Th of April, ITS,
and in return for the courtesy they voted q
gift to the Duke of painting of the house
used for Earl Percy's headquarters on that
memorable day.
Year: 1879

coaxing power of the half million OF chill
dren in and about New York would be
worth more to box Office than all the IN
ducements that any play of the present
season offers. Besides, the little ones never
go to the theatre alone, but each compels
the purchase of several tickets.
Year: 1879

Canal.


The interesting despatch from Washing
ton which we print this morning will re-
ceive wide attention on many grounds
personal, commercial, geographical and in
ternational. Admiral Ammen called yester-
day upon President Hayes with letter from
Paris acquaintance conveying informa-
tion of great importance relating to the
prospects of the interoceanic canal. Ad-
miral Ammen is informed by his Paris COR
respondent that one of the great banking
houses of Europe has offered to advance
one-third of the capital required for the
Nicaragua Canal on condition that General
Grant will accept the presidency of
an American company organized for the
construction of the work. The writer
of the letter will Immediately sail for
in this colossal enterprise. On receipt of
this information Admiral Ammen imme-
diately telegraphed it to General Grant at
Chicago, who has deeper personal interest
in it than any other individual, as well as
o more enlightened public interest in the





It is for General Grant to decide whether
he will encourage this magnificent proffer
of capital on the condition named. It will
be impossible for him to say of this as he
said two days ago of the proposed offer of
the presidency of the Texas Pacific Railroad
and some other things which have been
much talked about. that he has not been
approached or consulted in relation to it.
Before he went to India he was in commu-
nication with Admiral Ammen on the sub
iect and while in India he sent the Admiral
o cable despatch which was understood to
convey his consent to accept the presidency
of such company if it should be offered
him.


We have also despatch from Chicago re-
lating to the same subject, and which con-
veys more specific information on one or
two points left obscure by the Washington
despatch. It appears that the great
banking house alluded to is that of
the Rothschilds, and that the Paris
correspondent of Admiral Ammen will
be the bearer Of letter from the Roth
schilds to Mr.. August Belmont, of this city,
and that he is expected to arrive about the
goth inst. The importance which General
Grant attaches to this information is indi-
Gated by the statement that he may think
it necessary to come East next week.


We cannot doubt that General Grant-if
he receives the assurances to which he
refers in his interview with our correspon-
dent and which are such as any prudent
man would demand-will be willing to con-
meet his name with this great enterprise,
and will consent to undertake the honorable
labor which promises him fame in connec.
ton with the American continent second
only to that of Columbus. In fact, it will
complete what Columbus iptendedJ Jfor the
idea with which he set out was to reach
India by sailing directly west. This will
become possible when waterway is opened
through the isthmus and the Atlantic be-
comes the bride of the Pacific. General
Grant would be remembered longer for this
achievement than for the most brilliant OF
his battles, and the civil administration oi
every President would grow pale in COM
| harrison.
Year: 1879

THE wEATHER.--The meteorological condi-
tions throughout the country have been very
much complicated during the past few days by
the advance of large area of low barometer
from the West, in which several centres of dis
trirbancc were developed when it reached the
central districts. The pressure is now lowest
over the western portion of the Ohio Valley.
1t is below the mean in all the districts except
OH the Atlantic coast Rain fell in the lake
regions Middle Atlantic and New England
States Elsewhere the weather was generally
fair. The winds have been from brisk
to high in the Northeast, and fresh
in the other sections of the country.
The temperature continues high, except in the
Northwest, where fall occurred. IL Is likely
to decrease, however, in all the districts by to-
morrow night aud during the early portion of
next week shall experience colder weather
The weather in New York and its vicinity to-
day will he warm and fair, with cloudiness and
rain in the morning. Tomorrow the con-
ditions are likely to prevail, followed by fall
In temperature.
Year: 1879

THE REGULATION DISAGREEMENT of experts
was manifested at the Hayden trial yesterday.
Such affairs make great deal of fun for some
people, but none for the men whose lives may
depend upon expert testimony, so called.
Year: 1879

SOME of the pitiable experiences of friend
less woman are narrated in the letter written
by Mrs. Potts, the pedestrienne, in anticipation
of suicide. Can none of the societies that
want to help the unfortunate devise a system of
labor, matter how cheaply paid, that viii
save such people from starvation and suicidef
Year: 1879

Our SPECIAL DESPATCH from Cortland seems
to Indicate addition to the long list Of recent
deaths by poison. Perhaps the certainty with
which science now discovers such cases may
have the effect of lessening the number.
Year: 1879

Two ITALIAN SAILORS, accused of murder, are
to be sent from New Jersey to Italy for trial.
The State is to be congratulated, and as the
men are probably poor and Jersey Justice is
costly they will scarcely regret the change.
Year: 1879

THE RICH CONTRACTOR who was charged by
relatives with insanity having been sane enough
to transfer his property to his wife, family so
lcitude about his condition is likely to abate.
Year: 1879

The LONG AWAITED DECISION in the Denis
Coppers case will be found in another column.
1t is unnecessary to say that it will be unsatis-
factory to millions of good citizens, no matter
Year: 1879

THE LATEST about readjustment in Virginia
is that it is to be means of making the State
republican in politics. Some well known stories
of roundabout ways of doing things are sug-
gested by this brilliant device.
Year: 1879

DURATION OF ETERNITY.-Various illustra. tions have been suggested to convey to the mind some idea of illimitable duration, It has been said, suppose one drop of the ocean should be dried up every thousand years. how long would it be ere the last drop would disappear, and the oceans bed be left dry and dusty? Far onward as that would be in coming ages, Eternity would have but commenced.

 It has been said, suppose this vast globe upon which we tread was composed of the finest particles of the finest sand, and that one particle should disappear at the termination of each million of years, oh, how inconceivably immense must be the period which must elapse before the last particle would be gone | And yet, Eternity would then be in it's morning twilight. It has been said suppose some little insect, so small as to be imperceptible to the naked eye, were to carry this world by its tiny mouthtuls to the most distant star the hand of God has placed in the heavens Hun dreds of millions of years would be required for the single journey. The insect common. ces on the leaf of tree, and takes its little load so small that even the microscope cannot discover that it is gone, and sets out on its almost endless journey. After mill ions and millions of years have rolled away, 1t arrives back for it's second load. Oh, what lnterminabe ages would elapse before the whole tree would be removedl When would the forest be gone? And the globei Even then, Eternity would not have commenceni
Year: 1879

Among the Seminole Indians there is g strange tradition regarding the white mans origin and superiority. They say that when the Great Spirit made the earth He also made three men, all of whom were fair complexion. ed, and that after making them he led them to the margin of small lake and bade them leap in and wash. One obeyed and came out purer and fairer than before; the second hes ttated moment, during which time the water, agitated by the first, had become muddled, and when he bathed he came up copper colored :; the third did not leap in until the water be- came black with mud, and he came out dark in color. Then the Great Spirit laid before them three packages, and out of pity for his misfortune in color, gave the black man his first choice. He took hold of the packages, and having felt the weight, chose the heav- jest; the copper-colored man chose the next heaviest, leaving the white man the ightest

 When the packages were opened, the first was found to contain spades, hoes and all the implements of labor; the second en- wrapped hunting, fishing and warlike appara- tus; the third gave the white man pens, ink and paper, the enigma of the mind the means of mutual mental improvement, the founda

 ton of the white mans superiority.
Year: 1879

One would naturally expect that the recent l 'spell of weather would put damper on the happiness of camping parties, but if the truth were known, campers arc more jolly, and camp life is more hilarious during wet weather than in clear. During the steady rain of Monday the Falls Village band kept music in the air. continually, and loud peals Of laughter from the Bridgeport and South port camps testified that stormy weather could not spoil their fun.

 The fishing continues about as usual for this season-that is, not quite as good as last year; the best strings of fish shown by the campers have been taken by Dr. Wells of Southport.

 The picnic grounds of the Railroad Co. are nearly ready for use, the rainy weather hay ing caused some delay in the carpenter work The company is doing all it can to make the grove attractive and popular. A spacious and we'll laid dancing platform has been erected, likewise pavilion, where we pre- sume small beer, etc. will be dispensed on festive occasions. A wharf has been built out into the lake, which will make the land ing of boats more convenient, as the water is very shallow close ill shore. A little building near the wharf will be very convenient for bathers, and we presume that it was built for | their use.

 The pleasant weather of the past few days has attracted several picnic parties here, and more campers are expected soon. DELTA. Aug 20, 1879.
Year: 1879

"** We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrence ot interest which may come under their notice. BY CORRESPONDENTS are requested to send in their communications so as to reach us on Monday of each week. as we cannot insure the that time,
Year: 1879

II should be understood at the outset that
the Republican party, in meeting the issue which
the Democracy have forced upon them, will
not mInce matters in the least, but talk out
plainly. The issue is at least distinct it has
been aggressively and arrogantly pressed it
is robust. VITAL 1t shall be squarely and firmly
met, and have robust treatment. There is
no need to Gull phrases or handy cour-
tesies when the Southern Democracy come
up demanding the abdicatIon of Federal
sovereignty and the concession of absolute
sovereignty TO the States. If there were any
hardships in their condition after the war;


whose fault was it7 They themselves made
military interference, and Interference on n
tremendous scale, necessary, by their rebel
lion. BY their treatment of their former
slaves they msde negro suffrage necessary, as
the negro's only weapon of defence. Their
own policy and conduct made it necessary
for the General Government TO use its power
in maintaining the rights of these poor crea-
lures, of which they undertook by violence
and intimidation to deprive them; and
there has been no step in the whole course of
the proceedings resorted to by the Republican
party to put down rebellion and uphold
Year: 1879

We hope it will not shortly become necessary TO
organize force Of Police Court officers specially TO
protect lawyers and witnesses from tho assaults of
tue Bench. IL has been customary for prisoners to
stand in fear of their lives Of the judge and
jury, but why kindred terrors should DO exercised
by the Bench over the other wretcbes who appear
only on the ritness-stand and at the cOunsePs bar


l. not 30 clear. We have two late instances Of judi
cIal brow beating in the police courts. which
promise some serious consequences One Judge,


ito wit, Duffy told lawyer that he
was acting in contempt of court and
when the lattor denied it, he had to appeal
to Labeas corpus for relief higher court
discharged him with haste that was a rehectlon
on the committing magistrate; and the lawyer
thorcupon made himself his own client in suit for
$4,000 for false Imprisonment. In tho other
case female witness, who was alsO q
plaintiff, WAS denounced by tho Judge Ito
wit, WandelD as bad" in tones, if not
words rejecting ON her character. though the
proof does nOt appear to have been brought out on
tho trial. Tie plantif-witness denounced she
Judge as LIAR fell to the floor svoonng. and inst-
tuted suit for civil damage on her recovery. Tho


license ofpOlice courts must necessarily DO great.
and the magistrate must occasionally bo dogmatic
to an apparently harsh degree; but this is going too
far. 1t boast of the late Justice bowling
that no could dispose of the morning calen-
dar of his petty court at the ratio OF
sixty cases an hour aud talk politics all the while,
and 1t il said that during great political excitement,
when he was in haste to be in caucus, ho once
reached that average. But it ought to be remcm-
bered by those who would initiate him in bru-
tahty as well as dispatch, that late i'll
Dowiings career t was found necessary to take his
Year: 1879

This year the appeal for funds for the expenses Of
the Decoration Day celebration has peculiar s0nia-
cauce. Money is asked not only to meet chose ex


penses, but 10 form, if possible nucleus for a mon
Ument fund by means Of which a suitable memorial
can be erected in this city TO the UnIon soldiers and
sailors who perished in the war; II is not q little
curious that while many cities, and even villages.
throughout the country, have erected such monu-
ments there is none IN this city. which sent out as
the appeal of the Committee truly says, more soldiers
than some of the States IL is certainly time that
some such tribute was paid TO the memory OF these
brave men, and there could be no more appr oprate
period at which to ask for contributions to scheme
for honorng the Union dead than the present, when
the country is srewing flowers upon their graves.
Year: 1879

The Board OF Aldermen yesterday again
reached the ultimate of the ridiculous by
nominating and confirming part of itself a
committee to arbitrate between the striking
'longshoremen and the steamship companies.
Now let it resolve that every pint cup
shall hold quart, and that the present City
Hall be used until new one can be built
out OF its materials on the same site.
Year: 1879

The colored men Of the North are divided in
their views of the Southern exodus. The resolu-
ton of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Con-
fereuce Of the African Methodist Church,
adopted on Monday, urged great caution upon
the blacks of the South in leaving section
and climate with which they had become
familiar, while the New-YOrk Conference
adopted report yesterday approving the
movement.
Year: 1879

The meeting of the Democratic Joint Can-
Gus Committee at Washington last night leaves
the situation respecting the Appropriation
bills unchanged There was no decision re-
speeting the future policy of the party, and vt
is understood that no caucus will be called
for some time to come. Tie Democracy pro-
poses to drift without asking itself where.
Year: 1879

1t was a very mean man
who slipped his hand between
the heads of a young man
and young lady IN the front
seat, as the train entered the
tunnel. He said afterwards
the young mans beard was
very stiff, but the pressure on
the other side Of the hand
felt like the tips Of 4 fur tie.
Year: 1879

A poor but high>spirited
woman in Chicago pounds an
old rag on the kitchen table
every morning to make the
neighbors believe she has
beefsteak for breakfast.
Some women are very abb
sent minded and frequently
forget where they left the
dish pan after using it. but
the world hasn't yet produce
| ed a woman who ever forgot
where she hnng her false
front before retiring.


IT will pay to advertise in
| the Copiahan. Try it.
Year: 1879

Tepid water is produced by
combining two-thirds cold
and one-third boiling water.


Never put a pudding that IS
to be steamed into anything
else than a dry mould.


Old potatoes may be fresh
ened up by plunging them
into cold wafer before cook
ing them.


In making a crust of any
kind do not melt tue lard in
the flour. Melting will injure
the crust.


The yolk of eggs binds the
ernst much better than the
whites; apply it to the edges
with a brush.
The water used in mixing
bread must be tepid hot; if
too hot the loaf will be full Of
great holes.


1N' '9''.- - t.---------
ly-when the skin breaks,
pour off the wafer and let
them finish cooking in their
own steam.


Never wash raisins thatare
to be used in sweet dishes; it
will make the pudding heavy;
to clean them, wipe with a
dry towel.


In boiling dumpljngs of
any kind put them in tie wa
ter one at a time; if they are
put together they will mix
with each other.


Outlets and steak may be
fried as we'll us broiled, but
they must be in hot butter or
lard; the grease will be quite
hot enough when it throws a
blueish smoke.


To brown sugar for sauce,
or for puddings,put the sugar
in a perfectly dry saucepan;
If the pan is the least bit wet,
the sugar will burn and you
will spoil your saucepan.
Year: 1879

The NEGRO EM1GRAT1oN.-The
emigration of the Southern negroes to
Kansas can easily be accounted for.
Most of the Southern States are in a
situation approaching pauperism.. Ag.
riculture yields little, and taxation is
intolerable. The carpet,baggers hage
stolen the people poor and, as the
negroes are poorest among them, they
necessarily suffer the worst of all. In
the hope of improving their condition,
they fly from the plundered and i'm
poverished soil of their birth.


Will the change be beneficial? Will
the emigrants be better of in Kansas
than in their old homes? We think
not. Persons of extraordinary energy
and ability may gain by the change,
but the masses will suffer from it.
They will find no better opportunities
of employment in Kansas than in the
States they leave. Whatever their
expectations, and whatever pretences
are held out to them, the people
among whom they go will be less
friendly toward them than those from
whom they have departed; while
the more severe climate and the more
rigorous necessity for industry and
thrift will add seriously to their diff
culties. Their emigration is a mis-
fortune and not a blessing to the coun-
try and to themselves.-W. Y. Sun.
Year: 1879

When Tom Black was in his
fourteenth year. he was at school
in a small village in the south of
England, and was IS happy boy
as any fellow ought to expect to
be; and yet on his birthday, when
he was really fourteen, he ran
away to sea.


No one could possibly imagine
why he did this, and, indeed, Tom
himself could give no good reason
for his conduct.


He had a halfholiday on his
birthday, and he went down to
the seaport town of NJ, short
trip from tie school, to spend a
few hours and to see the ships.
There he fell in with a recruiting
officer, who wanted some boys for
maN.of war in the harbor, and
Tom was 80 much pleased with
the stories be told Of life at sea,
that he went into a s;ationer's
store, bought some paper and
wrote two notes one to his family
ct home and the other TO the mas
ter of the school, informing them
thac he had a most admirable op-
portunisy of going to sea and
learning to be a naval officer.
Such a chance might not occur
again, and as be had made up his
mind to enter the navy, any way,
1t would not be wise to let the op-
portunity pass. He would lose
nothing by leaving school now,
for navigation, mathematics, and
everything that was necessary for
a naval officer to know, were
taught on the ship. Then be
mailed the letters and went on
board.


When Toms father and the
master received these notes, it is
probable that they would have
taken measures to get Tom of
that ship in very short order, had
it not been for the fact that the
vessel sailed early the next morn
ing after Tom made his appear
ance on her deck, aud she was far
out at sea before Mr.. Black and
DR.. Powers had read their letters.


So there was nothing to be done
at home but to hope that things
would eventually turn out for the
best, and indeed this was what
Tom himself had to do. For he
soon found that his position, on
the vessel was very different from
what he had supposed it would be.
Instead Of being taught how to
sail the ship, be was taught how
to coil rope and to help wash
the deck. he was Il ships boy
not y midshipm.an.


When poor Tom found ont this
lamentabie fact, lie made up his
mind that be would run away the
first time the vessel touched a
port, but wnen she did reach a
port he re-made up bis mind, and
concluded to stay on board.


By a little observation be found
that it would be- q difficult and
dangerous thing for him to try TO
run away, and besides he bad no
money to take him bone. 1t
would be better, he thought, to
stay on board the ship, where he
bad made some friends, and where
he Was getting good deal better