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Year: 1879

The report Of the murder or suicide of the
Ameer Of Afghanistan may not be true, but
if it is true the fact will end all speculation
in England or elsewhere that is based upon
doubt whether the revolt at Cabul was a
mere ebullition Of local rage. II the Ameer
has been killed it is because a man who had
shown his readiness to treat with the foreign
enemy and to hold the throne subject to the
will of that enemy is not fit for crisis in
which independence is on the issue, and
must be removed as an obstruction,
while if he has committed suicide il
is because he perceives that his chances are
made desperate by the great blunder OF
dealing with the enemy instead of heading
the national resistance. Every fact which
shows that there is q national revolt behind
the killing of the Ameer shows further how
desperate is the hope for the accom-
plishment OF England's objects. She has
to fight nation which, when resolved, is
abundantly able to deal with larger force
than she recently sent against it, and she
has to gather from the ends of the earth
from England, the Cape and parts OF In dia---
the force with which to operate. More than
all, she cannot put q man across the from
tier till she has made terms with Russia on
the subject.
Year: 1879

Whatever may be thought OF the strength
or popularity of the democratic State ticket,
the platform deserves more praise than can
often be accorded to this kind of party
manifestoes. 1t is tolerably free from bonn
bast and has less of blatant demagogism
than usually deforms such productions.
We may safely commend it both for the
topics which it admits and for the omission
of certain topics on which silence is
discreet.


1t contains, for example, no reverberating
shrek or howl on the great topic OF Mr..
Tilden's grievance. Even in Mr.. Tilden's
interest it was expedient to stife the fren-
zied cry Of fraud since it would have had
so obvious a tendency to recall the history
of the cipher dispatches. The democratic
party has more to lose than to gain by re-
viving the topic which Mr.. Tilden sought
at one time to make the overshadowing
issue in national politics.


The democratic platform is also wise in
the space aud prominence it gives to State
questions, which were passed over in 80
perfunctory a manner by the rival conven-



sembled democrats have to say on State
issues is sound in itself and is squarely and
plainly said. There is perhaps touch Of.
demagogism in an appeal on the subject of
State Prison labor but otherwise the topics
are well selected, and the views expressed
are such as will commend themselves
to the sober Judgment of the people. On
the subjects of assessments and taxation,
of unjust discrimination by the railroads,
of low canal tolls, of ''the maintenance of
the public schools, the pride and hope Of q
free State" and of municipal self-govern-
ment in local affairs, the democratic plat
form expresses views which will command
the approval of majority of the. citizens
of the State, aud which are in satisfactory
contrast to the shirking omissions and
hating declarations OF the Saratoga Con-
vention.


The points of national politics which are
presented with most emphasis in the Syra-
cuse platform are the demand for federal
non-interference in elections and the dep
recation of attempts to revive sectional
hatreds and to agitate the questions which
were settled by the civil war; Apreference
is expressed for gold and silver basis of
the currency, but the criticism on the re-
sumption methods of Secretary Sherman
is captious and cavilling. If the syndi-
Gates have made profit the expense to the
Treasury is q bagatelle in comparison with
the large saving consequent on the reduc-
tion of interest on the public debt. Be-
sides, that expense was incurred but once,
whereas the reduction of interest is perma-
nent.
Year: 1879

The party of fourteen Irish gentlemen of
the Phoenix Club of Dublin who, with the
chivalrous disposition of their race, have
come hither to test the prowess Of Ameri-
cans ON the field of bat and wicket, may be
certain of q warm reception wherever their
eleven goes to the bat. The noble game of
cricket, calling for qualities of eye, hand
and body which mark the true athlete,
has, we are glad to say. at last found
Two years ago such an eleven as comes to
us from Green Erin would scarcely have
found foe worthy Of their willows. 1t is
now within the possibilities that they may
find some of the matches they will play
among us rs closely contested as they
doubtless DESIRE In New York the game
has not found oil the development we could
wish, although great improvement is visi-
BILE, and there are q number of capital bats
men. In Philadelphia, however, where
there are no fewer than thirty clubs,
the game fourishes. In Canada the
English parentage Of the game has
secured it a numerous following, and ac-
cordingly we may expect some sharp con-
tests across the border. One significant
fact is that out of the thirteen games already
set down for the Irish eleven but one will call
for more than eleven American crickoters---
namely, at Syracuse, where they will be
allowed eighteen. When the splendid rec
ord of the Phnnix eleven is remembered
this fact speaks for itself It is hoped that
match will be made for game on Ameri-
can soil between this party Of Irish gentle
men and the Daft professional eleven
from England now playing in Canada.


That would furnish splendid exhibition
of cricket. and 1t will be fortunate for New
York IL 1t can take place on the grounds
Year: 1879

Mr.. Evarts made cheerful but non-com-
initial address to party of Americans yes
terday at Toronto, touching the desirable
ness of more intimate and less restricted
commercial intercourse between the
United States and Canada. A Canadian
speaker earlier in the day expressed
similar sentiments, and as the people
Of both countries are strongly interested
in securing the privilege of buying and
selling to each other with as little interfer-
ence by their governments as possible, it is
pleasant to know that persons in authority
on both sides see the Importance of this.
Mr.. Evarts also touched lightly on the
fishery question, and dwelt somewhat upon
the nearness of the two countries and their
general community Of interests.


That is all very true, and all that was said
at Toronto yesterday goes to prove the ex-
pediency Of direct negotiations on such
subjects between the Canadian government
and our own. Great Britain necessarily
feels but q perfunctory interest in
questions which are of vital moment
to the people of the Dominion.
Her statesmen cannot be expected to
have such an intimate understanding
of provincial interests as would enable
them to take care Of these in diplomatic
negotiations. Their business is to look
after home interests. to get what they can
for Great Britain; and the necessity of their
situation forces them into the position
of intermediates or brokers, who aim to
get as large a commission as they can, and
from both the principals if possible.


No treaty between the United States and
Great Britain concerning Canadian inter
ests has ever concluded anything, and for
this very reason. We were glad to see on
acknowledgment in the London Times the
other day that the best way to settle such
matters as the fishery question il
by direct negotiation between Canads
and the United States, and what il
true of that question is equally
true of the other, of commercial relations.
True and broad statesmanship on both
sides of the border will come to this view
and will see that the intimate relations
which would arise out of common Gus
toms union and out of constant and direct
intercourse between the two governments
as well as between their people will greatly
benefit and enrich both sides and will put
stop to all disagreements and misunder
| standings.
Year: 1879

leaders of all factions are united Election
day will show whether the voters are of the
same mind, or whether they are wearied
of hearing, in canvass after canvass, that it
is once more necessary to save sheir beloved
country. r..-


If the democrats are again beaten they
will owe defeat not to the detection of Tam
many, which will not produce a serious
loss, but to the fact that the democratic
party at large has SO overburdened
itself with. false issues as to have
irredeemably forfeited the confidence of
the country, and to cause the voters to
overlook the real good it has done and to
remember only its follies and blunders,
chief among which is its foolish encourage
ment of the ''solid South"
Year: 1879

near this city. Meanwhile ii is pleasant to
observe that the Irish gentlemen have met
with a sincere if quiet welcome among US
and that preparations are making on every
hand to render their brief stay pleasant.
Their unpretentious pluck recalls the visit
of the Irish rifle team who SO firmly rooted
themselves in American esteem.
Year: 1879

HIS MorHER-IN-LAw" was the pivot yester-
day of legal case in which every one but the
principal character was in hot water. 1t would
be curious to hear the mother-in-law's own yer.
sion Of some Of these cases.
Year: 1879

ANOTHER SERIOUS MARINE COLLISION, at
night, is reported from Philadelphia. Mariners
will yet learn to make more and better use of
lights at night. Present precautions are worth
next to nothing when a light haze covers the
WINTER
Year: 1879

STILL ANOTHER SEA SERPENT has been spoken,
but he is mere baby-only twenty feet long
and about half foot in diameter. There
are plenty Of men ashore who have seen q larger
snake in their own boots.
Year: 1879

MORE RUMoRs, some of them conflicting are
afioat about the House of Refuge, but the fact
that the inmates are boys and hired out to con-
tractors is of itself enough to demand change.
Year: 1879

The great advance IN the price OF
grain is not owing to speculation, but
to the shortness Of the crop in Europe.
The yield In our country has been very
abundant, and yet according to es-
Inmates the quantity for export
will fall fifty millions of BUSH
els below the deficiency existing in the
different portions of the world, and
hence a still further advance may be
looked for, and before the next harvest
the price will be very high, fully equal
to that attained during the war. The
effect will be very beneficial to the in
terests of our country as it will lead to
large influx of money, and the price
Of lard will advance quite rapidly.
For several years the farming interests
as well as all others has been greatly
prostrated, and this change will be
quite gratifying to every tiller of the
soil, and although ii may seem to bear
rather heavily on those engaged in
mechanical and manufacturing branch
es, business of all kin Is will correspon-
dinghy advance and all will share the
benefits arising therefrom. The farm
ing interest is the most important
branch Of industry. When it is pros
porous all others flourish, and when it
is depressed all others are depressed.
The present activity in tie shipment Of
grain indicates great prosperity 10 our
country, and an immense advance in
material growth and wealth.
Year: 1879

THERE SEEMS to be great apathy in
Pennsylvania over the approaching
election, there being only one State
officer to elect, and that being only a
State Treasurer it is hardly sufficient
to raise the enthusiasm of either party.
Those WHO have the means of knowing
however, say that Samuel Butler, the
Republican candidate for State Treas
urer, will have 20, 900 majority, and if
there was enough to cause rattling
campaign like Ohio has just passed
through, the majority would be so, 600.
1t might he just as well however for
the Republicans of Pennsylvania not
to be over confident, and be caught
nspping on the day OF the election.
Year: 1879

WnMISGToN people are not averse to
theatrical performances when good
plays are offered. This was proven by
the immense audience at the Opera
House on Saturday night to Sc: the
play of the Bankers Daughter. The
cast was excellent, the moral good and
the fact that it was we'll patroniled
speaks well for the discrimination of a
Wilmington audience.
Year: 1879

THE AMERICAN steamship line from
Philadelphia to Liverpool! has become
50 popular that the proprietors have
been compelled to add another steamer
to their line, making the eighth vessel
now in its service. Thus gradually has
tho enterprise which in its conception
was looked upon as an ideal dream,
proved a grand success, and the day
may not be far distant when this
country will control the carrying trade
between the two continants.
Year: 1879

An artist sat 10y his easel frame,
In his garret room,
In the midst of gloom,
Long had he toiled to win q rame,
But tickle fame,
Would not unto his bidding come.
Worn and wearied from want of rest
His head had sunk upon his breast,
And sl,!nber had pinned his eyelids down ,
And driven away the accustomed frewn
That care and want brings to the face
That poverty can so quickly trace.
He needed not the storm without,
but as the night grew on arace,
He sluubered on.
Stretched on the easel in The dark,
sEeet of canvass pure and white,
Whose surface bright
Nor yet had known Il pencil mark.
What scene Of beauty would he trace
Upon it's face?
Perhaps he'd paint rm-tossed bark,
Beneath Il black and cloudy sky,
While on high


The pillows lowered picture fit
To represent his own hard life


And daily strife.


Perhaps he'd draw a peaceful scene,
A rural hamlet, a village green,
On which gay youths and maidens fair


With flower-decked hair


And joyful mien,


Were gaily Willing the hours away


In happy play.


Or else a scene of Switzerland,
With sno~-capped mountains towering
And shepherds cots on every hand;
An ancient village with lakelet near
| So smooth and clear.
The bells were ringing forth the hour
| From neigflboring tower;
The chimes of twelve on the atmosphere
Fell full and clear.
The storm had long since passed away,
All calm and quiet the city lay,
And as the last tones died away
Upon the air,
The artist slowly raised his head,
And passed his hand across his brow
AS if in doubt, and wondering how
The time had sped.
Then fixed his eyes with vacant stare
Upon some vision bright in air,


That he saw there.
Like one entranced he felt around,
Brush, paints, and pallet soon he found;
Mechanically the co! ors be mixed,


HIS easel fixed,
Then in the dark without restraint


Began to paint.
The abserce of the light of day
He needed not, nor sunny ray,


But worked away.
Nor did he note the time that passed
Hour on hour that crowded fast;
Ore purpose DER his mind held sway,
10 paint that vision bright and fair,
TO paint that vision in tho air


Without delay.
When the midnish horr again drew near
And bells We're ringing loud and clear,
His task was done. He gave sigh,
The brush fell from his nerveless hand,
Bnt on the frame was a picture grand,


Fer seen by mortal eye.
Twas Il face so sweet and fair
Whose every line spoke purity
Except in dreams q face 80 rare


We seldom see.
masterpiece, it won him fame.
Alas! his triumph was to him unknown,
For when the morning sunlight came
Indignant nature had claimed her own,
The artists weary soul had flown.


II. E. CHAMBERS.
Year: 1879

management, and read the resolutions pro.


viding for the organization of legislation
commission to act on the subject for award
ing and furnishing of supplies to the lowest


bidder for the ensuing year, furnishing
knowledge to the stockholders of the results
of explorations with diamond drills, etc. The
resolutions were adopted by acclamation. In
regard to Kearney's proposal to organize q
meeting. there was no attempt at atinterruption.


The remarks of the speakers were frequent
ly interrupted by applause, but it was evident
that there was strong party present in op-
position to those who called the meeting,
this was evinced on several occasions, nota-
oily on the vote called for by Dean as to
whether Flood had pursued the course of an
honest, public spirited man. Although the
majority seemed to be with the speaker, it
would be difficult to determine whether the
opposition to any extent consisted of the
solid men present or whether it was zlainly
confined to Kearney's cohorts. MI.
Deans location of the new bonanza coincid-
ed with the general opinion of Pine street
heretofore expressed, but his failure to give
his authority for his statements naturally
tended to weaken their force. The meeting
at least proved that there is a very large and
respectable element in the community strong
ly hostile to the manner in which stock and
mining affairs have been conducted for years
past, and are eager for reform.
Year: 1879

Ir was a piece Of unblushing effrontery
IN the Republican members Of City
Council who had voted only q year ago
70 exclude counsel to Democratic In
suector in contested election case be-
fore that body, to ask for the admission
Of counsel last night. The Democrats
acted from 4 sense Of duty in denying
their request /; but they would have been
justified had they refused as matter OF
retaliation. u
Year: 1879

A splendid sulky cultivator may be seen
at the store of Messrs. Rothsehild 81 Co.
1t will be sold at very low figure, If dis
posed of soon. Those who need 1t should
not fail to call and secure desirable bar
gain.
Year: 1879

/. Talking with little city boy recently,
he expressed a strong desire tobc a farm


CT, and to live on 4 farm. Curious to
know what he saw SO enticing in his view
of a farm life, he was pressed to explain,
and then said cit must be SO nice to- be
among the horses and cowsi' Children
Of a larger growth, if they stopped to
;a,alyzc their own feelings, might perhaps
find their tastes had similar origin.
Gilbert Hamerton has been looking intH
the thing, and says: ''The study of ami


mails jnclines men to a steady cheerful
ness All naturalists are cheerful men,
unless there is something peculiarly sad
or painful in the individual lot; and ever
then study of natural history has, in
many instances, been known to supply an
interest which enabled the suffcreIsto beal
his affliction more easily. The contenl-
pation of animal life may act at once
as a seimulant and an anodyne. The
abountling vitality of animals commune


Gates strong stimulus to those energies
which we have in common with them


whilst on the other hand their absolute
incapacity for sharing our higher intel


lectual vitality has a tendency to make
us happily forget it in their presence


Your dog will run and jump with you Al


much as you like, but it is ofno use t.
talk to him about your business anxietie:
! or your literary ambition. believe tha
Year: 1879

most of the attractiveness of what is call


ed sport, is to he found in the happiness
i6f association with, the lower animals


Take away the animals from ahunt; sup
pose that there were neither horses nol
dogs, nor stag, fox, nor wild boar, nor
any other animal whatever, but that the
smen rode on velocipedes after machine
going by electricity does not at once
feel that the deep charm Of the chase
would be gonc.'
Year: 1879

My, speak no i'll! kindly word,


Can never leave a sting behind,
J And, oh! to breathe each tale we've hear
Is far beneath noble mind.
Full Of better seed is sown


By choosing thus the kinder plan:
For il but little good be known.


Still let us speak the best we can
Give me the heart that fain would hide
Would fain another's ia 1t cffaec;
How can it pleasure human pride


To prove humanity but base?
No: let us reach a higher mood,


A nobler estimate Of man;
b. earnest in The search for good,


And spcek of all the best we can,
Then speak no ILL but leDicnt be


TO others failings as your own;
If you're the first u fault to sec, 5=
Be not the first to make it known;
Fer life is but 4 passing day,


No lip may tell how brief its span
Then, oh! the little time we stay,


Lets speak of all the best we can.
Year: 1879

The Confederate force of General Early
had gained the mastery in the Shenan-
,Ioah valley, and our demoralized battal-
IONS were falling back precipitately
through Winchester.


Sheridan dashed upon the scene, and
his presence, like a spell, checked the re-
treat, and infused new courage into the
disordered mass. Our battery reached a
knoll TO the left of the pike, and unlim-
bered in front of the timbered slope, on
the brow of which the COnfederates had
posted IA heavy battery. The infantry line
on our front was advancing splcndidly,
and saw the cleaning crest of
bayonets fall when the order
came for a charge on the double quick.
Year: 1879

FEATURE TO THE LADIES OF NEW YORK. IN
SHALL OFFER GOODS WHICH ARE POSITIVELY
vALUE-ALL AT THR UNIFORM AND SURPRISING
CALLY PREPARING FOR THIS SALE DURING THE
ASSISTED BY THE LONG CONTINUED WARM
GAINS. LADIES WILL FIND THIS RARE OPPOR-
ADVERTISE SALE UNLESS WE HAVE SOMETHING
THE OLD STORY OF THE SHEPHERDS BOY WHO.
THE VILLAGE BY HIS CRY OF THE WOLFF THE
ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES DECEIVED SO
TENTION TO THE BOYS ALARM. BUT ONE DAY
CRIED OUT IN EARNEST; BUT NO HEED WAS
DEvoURED TIE SHEEP.


TOWARD THE BOY so DO LADIES ACT
"BARGAINsi BARGAINsw WHEN. IN FACT.
FALSE POLICY. AND IT IS ONLY BECAUSE
JUDGEMENTS THAT WE URGE UPON LADIES
Low. .
FIRSTLY. THAT ALTHOUGH WE ARE PREPARED
DEMAND MAY BE EVEN LARGER THAN WE
ADVISABLE TO CONE AS EARLY IN THE WEEK
THIS NOVEL SALE. AT THIS PECULIAR PRICE.
BERING THAT IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. AND AT
BILE. THE MOST FASHIONABLE AND THE MOST


THIRDLY. THIS SALE WILL. UNDER NO CIR
FIVE DAYS.
Year: 1879

A MOI Ell WIFE.-We once knew q


man who was always praising his wife.


On the corner, down the street, at the


post office, at the race track, in tho skat.


ing rink, in the theatre, in the SAIL


that is, the cholr-meeting, he was ALWAYS


telling what a happy man he was. inst


because he had such a splendid wife, and


he talked every mar he met into . per-


feet frenzy about her. Ono wintor morn
lns' when it was not yet too light
to make one appear overly ostent.tions
we sneaked into that neighbor's yard to
steal a fence board for kindlipr. and had
10 wait before we could safely obtain it.
until that mans wife came out and saw,
ed a couple of armfulls of wood, shoyeled
out three snow-paths, ted and groomed
The horse, and then, when she went into
The house and we heard her call to her
husband that the sitting room was warm
enough for him to dress in if he wanted
o get up now, we were so amazed that
We forgot what we were waiting for. and
vent back home and kindled the fire with


corn-cob and n pint of kerosene. c
ngtoh Ha,Ukeyc.
Year: 1879

IT is great misfortune that so
many large farms and plantations in
the South are yet held together. The
property depreciates in value every
year and becomes more and more of a
barren waste. The owners seldom
die and never move, and when they
do pass in their checks the land is
not always cut up into small farms
1t is just as likely to pass into the
hands of son-in-law who aspires to
the title Of planter and expects to
hold on for life time. The broad
acres of the South will never be well
cultivated until divided out among
small, thrifty farmers, who will be
self sustaining and Independent of the
credit system. Very few large estates
in the South are any longer profitable.
The sooner they are cut up into lots
more on the French system, the bet
ter for this section.
Year: 1879

THE rumors in the country that
yellow fever still exists here are, as


ar as we can ascertain, absolutely
'uniounded, as well as absurd. Twen-
ty-Six of our leading physicians unite
in the statement that there is no long
or any yellow fever here The fact is,
it has run its course, and the warmest
weather cannot start it again this
season. Enemies of Memphis start
these rumors, and nervous people
believe and keep them going. If we
thought there was any danger in refu-
gees Returning or strangers coming
here the LE1aER would say SO, as it
did last year, although we received
more censure than thanks for telling
the truth.