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Year: 1878

William NJ. Tweed's illness was made more
serious, yesterday, by a slight attack Of pneumonia
During the day he suffered much from pains in his
breast. DR.. Carnochan called upon him twice. remain
ing over an hour each visit Tweeds daughter and
sOnn law spent greater part of the day in the JAIL
reading 10 him aud administering TO his wants. The
dampness in his room, which is regarded by Dr. Car
nOchan as very hurtful to him in his present condition.
was in part remeded Yesterday by keeping the air in
the room at higher temperature than usual. DR.. Car
nocban said last night, that Mr. Tweed was
in dangerous condition. as he suffering from efu
sion in the pericaTdum which might at any time stop
The action OF the heart, and cause death.


The sanitary condition Of Ludlow street Jail was i'm
proved last week by the placing OF a number OF iron
washbasins supplied with running water in the cOrri
dors large bath tub was also placed IN cell, which
will hencefOrth be used bathroom The washbasins,
which painted white TO brighten the gloomy
corridors little although they make the dlngy appear
Of the walls and ceilings more noticeable by con-
trast The high inner walls OF the Jail some
time covered with whtewash but they have grown yell
exposure 10 the heated air from the steam
pipes and give visitor to the Jail the impression
mat they filthy.
Year: 1878

She asked the clerk if lie was positive.
thoroughly convinced the eggs were fresh "Oh, yes,
the farmer said none OF his hens were more than year
old" She bought basketful on the .spot-Isyracuse
Times


Somehow or other, the face OF a boy who
has lust concluded treaty with his first cigar and look
ing about for secluded quiet place 10 hold congress,
always puts you In mind Of the new silver doar-IBur-
nDgton Hawk-Eye.
Year: 1878

With the hope that the information herein contained
may assist not only observations undertaken by the
observers under your charge but the many other OBJ
servers whom the occasion Will interest.


This table gives the chances of weather favorable for
astronomical observations in the interior Of the
tinent Thus at Virginia CITY, May g. the chances of
favorable weather are about four out OF ten July
90 they are over seven Of ten Richardson they
are nine out Of ten for both dates az Pixies Peak they
are only two and onehaf of ten either date and
so for the rest
Year: 1878

It has been rumOred among the police that
charges were to be preferred against Captain Copeland
of the Thirteenth Precinct Each captain is obliged to
write in the staOn-house botter the exact time at
which he leaves the house, and also the exact
time OF his return He must also keep record Of his
time in a private book which Is submitted 10 the cXam
nation OF the Police Commissioners. discrepancy IN


time between records thus furnished by Captain
COpeland came the notice Of Chief Clerk HaWey He
states however, that no charge has been preferred
against Captain Copeland and that the discrepancy no.
tlced may prove be error. Mr. Hawley said that
Tho umors originated with persons who had en-
tered his during his absence and had read private
papers referring 10 the case.
Year: 1878

SPEER's STANDARD WINE BITTERs.


tonic and appetizer just the thing foe this time OF ysr
couneract the change OF weather and prevent eve and
era sickness They make the system proof against summe
teyers sold by druggists salesrOoms "a Warren ST. "
Year: 1878

LONDON, June 1.-THE telegraphic censor
at ConstantinopIe appears to have suppressed
portions Of the private dispatches sent from
that city TO London during the last twenty
four hours, but cipher dispatch received to-
day states that the appointment of Osman
Pasha TO be governor OF the palace, while re-
tanning his command of the army, is regarded
by the conservative classes with much appro-
baton.


His fidelity to the reigning Sultan Is be-
ieved to be perfect, and his influence over the
army In sufficient in its strength to insure
that the soldiers will not engage in any revolt
against his wishes.
Year: 1878

and gratitude she made monster cheese weighing sew
eral hundred pounds, and 1t the Executive Man
sion In order to give the matter publicity the Governor
sent the cheese 10 the House. asking that be cut
and piece given to each member OF the
Legislature. day was fixed for the feast.
To the pleasant surprise of the Democrats
ardent Whg offered to furnish barrel OF hard
cider and some brown bread TO with the cheese On
the appointed day the board spread and the great
cheese cut. Brown bread and hard cider added TO
the relish with which the lawgyers consumed the old


adys gift Promptly at the expiration OF the allotted
time for the festival Hannibal Hamn called the House
order Twenty Democrats their feet at once
shouting, 'Mr Speaker M Speaker - Loud sounded
The Speakers Eave and louder the cries or the
twenty voices CONFUSION prevailed and the voice OF
the Speaker hOarse and faint scOuraged IN his
efforts TO restore order ne put motion 10 adjourn
FAINT yeas were heard but the roaring noes ZANE Zane


ing mo-" The Speakc left the desk IN despair Iheh
twenty had prtaken freely of bard CIDER ana
as some los-eabn Wtig had added to the cider pieht


Mr. Willard A. Cobb, himself Journalist, In
address Lockpor days ago, told his audience
what some OF the trials OF the newspaper editor
are. He enumerated the following: The pia-
cidity with which correspondents write upon both
sides Of the sheet thus setting all the compositors to
breaking the Third Commandment; the appearance IN
the sanctum OF the who has grievance the pres
Of the rnd who carries away the best exchanges
the coming in OF the man with the latest news-one OF
those characters who has idea that when no goes
West the East tips up and vice versa" Mr. Cobb might
have added that last clause the man who comes TO
the editors private room TO ask what Is the
news also the who has come in for g little Talk


Stories OF udicTOus Typographical blun6ers are egons
in number. and Mr.. Cobb recalled several GOOD ones
By the dropping out Of single letter. the Book OF Com
mon PRAYER once went TO press with the sentence We
shall all he Changed ~ the rwnkling Oi an eye uhs


formed into We shall all be hanged in the twink M OI
an eve" A poet who wrote " See the pale martyr N
"See the pale martyr with his shirt hre" Mr. Cobb
Is quite right in thinking such transcressons are aS
paTdonabie as buuders sometimes made IN Ut ef
possons and tells the OF The minister who was
asked TO read the following notice; " man haVlh.
gone to sea- wife desires the pray OF the church


and by the mispaciug Ul comma IN reading II, gItVey
told the cODgre cation that nan having gone 10 bee
his wife, desired The prayers OF the church."
Year: 1878

DECISION AGAINST WESTERN UNION.
A DECREE BY JUDGE BLArCaFoRD RESTRAINING


THE WESTERN UNION FROM USING INSULATED


wIREs-THE CASE TO BE APPEALED TO THE


SUPREME COURT.


Judge Blatchford, Of the United States Circuit
Court yesterday, in suit of long standing. granted
an Injunction restraining the Western Union 1ele-
graph Company from the further of insulated
telegraph wires. An accounting is ordered for the
damages TO be paid by the telegraph company for
the use Of the patent on about 1000 miles of wire.
The story Of the twenty-years struggle of G. b.
Simpson the inventor, to get patent and his death
soon after success is given. The case will be ap-
pealed to the United States Supreme Court by the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Year: 1878

The admirers of frst-class stories have been
worked up the most delightful aDcipations by the
promise of aud powerfully dramatic story by the
princess OF novests, Mrs. May Agnes Fleming. These
autcpaons may be realized for We observe that the
opening instalment OF the great story, Carried by
Storm is now ready in No. Of The NewYork Weekly,
which Is for sale everywhere. Carried by Storm Is
really grand production
Year: 1878

Cannot the President see by this time that
his policy OF compromise and cancellation Is an utter
failure except in far has permitted the friends
and adh rents OF HamptOu, aud Gordon. and other ex
Confederate leaders 10 have their wayl We do not
want any harsh revengeful policy pursued toward
the South but II would look well for the Federal Govern
ment adopt such Will insure the faithful
execution Of the laws the protection OF Federal officers
IN the discharge OF their legitimate dues, and the
lection OF citizens In their guaranteed gnts General
Grant managed 70 accomplish tbese things why cannot
President Hayesf
Year: 1878

If Solid South will really and inevitably
result in Solid North, II behOOves reflect whether
be well for 10 draw again the transcUn mental ue
which will array National strength and National
seutinCnt in hostile leglOEb and revive Ia ali its Old
terpess the sectional OF tie past At presen
public opinion hold that this will DO the
auence public opinion Is often mistaken, ana 1t
better 10 upon the and deliberate thought
OF and greater leisure before arriving
a conclusion. Certainly the subject is to be
nightly disposed OIL The ssues too grave and the
interests stupendous Nevertheless, the choice
10 be made later for 10 tins drifting
OF the current a IL today,
Year: 1878

A man may become so interested in another
mans wife that he will elope with her aud ber six chill
dren but the children hereby given TO understand
that the supply of lasses candy and peanuts will run
short the second day and the stern realities Of lie
commence.-IDetroit Free Press.
Year: 1878

We do not exactly understand what our con-
the Bee and Ptcngal'ee, mean
when they say that the convention az Baton
Rouge confided the question OF O. constlJu-
tional convention to the next Legislature 10
dispose OF precisely as Its unlimited dlscre-
tion shall dictate. ALI that the convention
could do was to express the wishes and con-
vlctions of the Democratic masses IN regard
to this question, and this the convention mas
certainly done. The platform declares as
plainly and directly as possible that it was
the sense OF the convention that there should
be an early and complete revision OF the CON"
stitution; that a convention should be called
at the earliest practicable day for that pur"
pose, and that the Legislature should caiA
and provide for such @ convention al tne neAC
session. What more emphatic declaration
than this could come from convention We
cannot imagine. AS matter OF fact the con-
yention could put no restriction upon the
Legislature other than might result from
djsposition on the part Of the latter body to
be governed by the wishes of the people as
expressed through their popular assemblage'
II the Legislature follows the wishes OF the


Baton Rouge Convention it will call constl-
tutonal convention at its next session, ana Ii
Il does not do this it will fail to carry out the
express declaration of the platform. The
| Dem ocratic party certainly does not desire
constitutional convention unless 1t is called by
| @ Democratic Legislature, held under Demo
! cratic auspices and controlled by Democratic
! sentiment. The convention thought and said
| that all of these conditions concur now and
will exist when the next session OF the Legls-


lature convenes, and it therefore called
upon the Legislature to act then and not al


low another session to pass, the Dem ocrats
being still In the ascendency, without pro"
viding for constitutional convention. All
| that the friends of an early convention asked
was Just the expression that was made in the


platform If this expression tmeans that the


Legislature shall do as it pleases in that re-


gard" as the Bee says, what necessity was


there for saying anything? Why was the con


vention not silent, rs it was in re-


gard to the constitutional amend


ments, which it has not made 6
party question at all, leaving it to each in


dividual voter to decide for himself how hi
shall vote upon them :? The convention, IL


passing this resolution, has made the revision


OF the constitution q party question and has


instructed the Democratic members Of thu


next Legislature to call q convention for tina


purpose and, in saying that this should b.


done at the neat session Of the Legislature


the inference is so strong as to amount to {


positive declaration that constitutional con


vention shall be convoked in the immediate


future,
Year: 1878

During the progress Of the late convention
mt Baton Rouge the Times special contained
the following:


Auditor Jumel and Secretary Strong are
here, said to be working actively against
Burke Very grave comments are made on
The fact OF State officers taking such a part in
.a State convention.


1t is generally understood that the issue is
on the Funding Board. They do rot want
Burke there However it may be, it Is evil
IDENTITY injurious toJumel and Strong.
We were In Baton Rouge during the whole
time the convention was in session; we were
personally acquainted with nearly all the
delegates from every portion OF the State;
we mingled snd conversed freely with them
and with the people generally who were in
Baton Rouge az the time II there had been
any grave comment" on the participation ef
the Auditor and Secretary of State in the pro-
eaedings of the conventiaa we should GER
fainly have heard something Of it; but we
heard no such comElent. 1t would be singu-
lar indeed Ii there had been any In this
country man is a citizen before he is pub
lic official, and the latter character never can
and never should absorb the former and
the higher. In despotie governments the
public official belongs to the govern
ment and Is part and parcel of g
machine which rules or oppresses the people
at will. In republican country he is nothing
more nor less than citizen OF the republic
entrusted by his feIloW-eitizens 10 discharge
specific public duties u ae2eptlng 5uca
Year: 1878

All persons having trunks Or boxes known as
baggage leaving New Orleans by the Jackson
Railroad, are requested to saturate two small
pieces of cloth (about six inches squared with
pure white carbolic acid. say one part OF acid to
twenty of water place one in the bottom OF their
trunk and the other on top Of their clothing
just before they close it up preparatory to leav-
ing the city. When they open their trunks at
the end of their journey. these clothes will not
be in the least soled. and If there should be any
germ or moth, it will be completely destroyed.
Yellow fever poison cannot be conveyed from
one person to another. The poison is conveyed
in clothing or baggage, especially If confined In
trunks and boxes. All sleeping cars on this
road will be thoroughly fumigated under my
supervision before leaving the city Of New Or
leans with sulphur fumes, that will not leave
any unpleasant odor This is considered ad-
vsable for perfect safety, and to allay the fears
of the people in the different towns and cities
who have connection with New Orleans. and
who hear greatly exaggerated reports of the
fever that is prevailing here.


VIM. G. AUSTIN, III. D.,


For Chicago st. Louis and New Orleans Rail-
road, auetf 2dp
Year: 1878

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
summer months, the lethaIgy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspiratons reduce bodily energy, par
ticularly those suffering from the effects of debi


ting diseases. In order to keep natural health
full activity of the system w must resort to artlf-
cial means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very effectual. few doses will create an
appetite and give fresh vgor to the enervated body


For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Many eminent
physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia can be
permanently cured by the drugs which are gener-
ally employed for that purpose. The Sea Weed
Tonic in its nature is totally different from such
drugs 1t contairs no corrosive minerals or acids


in fact it assists the regular operations of nature


and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its na-
ture much resembles the gastric juice that it is
almost identical with that fluid. The gastric juice
is the natural solvent which, in healthy condition
CT the body causes the food to be digested; and
when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quanti-
ties Indigestion, with all its distressing symptoms
follow. The Sea Weed Tonic performs the duty
of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1878

Small supplies and less demand have been
characteristic features of the trade for
English wheat at Marx Lane and in the
country, but no further decline has taken
place With moderate arrivals at ports
of call, the floating cargo trade for wheat
has been fairly steady with some inquiry
for United Kingdom and Continent. but
prices closed at six pence quarter lower
Maize unchanged. Barley slightly de-
clined.


The national federation OF Liberal asso-
Citations in Birmingham have issued cir
cular urging an immedite and general pro-
test against the virtual annexation of
Cyprus, and the secret conclusion of an
alliance with Turkey.
Year: 1878

In many of the Greek islands, the
diving for sponge forms a considerable
part of the occupation of the inhabi-
tants, as it has done from the most re-
mote antiquity. Hasselquist saws:
Himia is little and almost unknown
island directly opposite Rhodes. 1t is
worth notice on account of the singular
method the Greeks, the inhabitants of
the island, have to get their living. In
the bottom of the sea the common
sponge is found in abundance and more
than in any other place in the Mediter-
ranean. The inhabitants make it a
trade to fish up this sponge, by which
they get living far from contemplate,
as their goods are always wanted by
the Turks, who use an incredible num-
Der of spOnges at their bathings and
washings. A girl in this island is not
permitted by her relatives to marry be-
fore she has brought up certain guam
tity of sponges and before she can give
proof of her agility by taking them
from certain depth" In other islands
the same custom prevails, but with re-
versed application, as in Nicarus,
where the father of marriageable
daughter bestows her on the best
diver among her suitors: He that
can stay longest in the water and
gather the most sponges marries the
maid
Year: 1878

Bob Burdette, the Hd1Cb-E Eye man,
has been travelling some recently, and
he writes about some characters he has
met on the cars, among them the boy
who is continually thirsty. Every par
ent will bear testimony to the truthful
ness of the description:


Moreover saw the boy who wanted
a drink. A restless, questioning, uneasy,
thirsty boy. He let the window fall on
his fingers before the train had gone a
mile. He stood out on the platform
until he was encrusted two inches deep
with ashes and dust and cinders. He
went to the water cooler and got a
drink, then he came back and told his
mother he was hot and went back and
got another drink. He drank about
four times per mile, seldom oftener, I'M
less he was seized with sudden un-
controllable spasm of thirst. If he was
drinking and somebody else came after
drink, the boy would suddenly seize
the cup he had Just set down and refill
it and drink as though he had wrapped
his stomach in the desert of Sahara,
glaring suspiciously over the top of the
cup at the waiting passenger as he
VI tIhhs w W % III ITO oCuJ llC
watched the aisle narrowly, and if he
saw any passenger get up and move to-
ward the water cooler he would jump
and race for it. If he got there first he
would drink and snore over the cup un-
til the thirsty traveller forgot what he
went down there after. People began
to wonder how much the boy was
gauged for, and if he wasn't rath-
er straining his capacity. The re-
motest hint or suggestion was enough
to send him to the cooler. When the
train ran over a creek the water made
him think of his thirst. When it
ratified over a long stretch of dry
prairie, the absence of water drove him
mad. was afraid the supply of water
would give out before the boy was filled
up, and he was rather small boy, too.
His interior circumference, l think,
must have enclosed an area double in
extent to that enclosed by the exterior
belt. Near Waseca, we run nearly a
mile without the boy making a stop at
the tank. l grew very nervous now
for l was fearful that during such an
unheard of abstinence from water, his
pumps would run dry, rust out, and he
might blow up. So l leaned over the
edge of the scat and said, carelessly;


"By George, but | am thirsty.
wonder if there is any water on this
carp"


You want to understand me now, al
recording very plainly, and without any
mental reservation, the fact that thai
boys mother, sitting beside him was nC
fool. Her eyes snapped when she heard
my careless and innocent remark, she
took in every syllable of it, and she
turned on me in flash with:


~ wish you would mind your owl
business and leave my boy alonep'


A low, mocking murmur of applause
went through the car, little of it fOl
the indignant mother, some of itfor thu
charity boy, but most of it for me, She
suppressed yours truly very success
fully, but it was too late. Long before
she finished that brief sentence, hel
boy was down at the water cooler
holding his eyes tight shut to keep tn,
water from running out of them, while
he flooded his system as though he ha.
taken contract to keep up perennial
Baptist revival inside of himself.
Year: 1878

To believe business impossible is the
way to make it so.


Under our greatest troubles often lie
our greatest treasures.


The enjoyment of being able to make
a very little go a great way has real
zest.


There are many shining qualities IN
the mind of man, but none so useful as
discretion.


Some speakers and writer's have a
river eff words, but only spoonful OF
thoughts.


No woman can be beautiful by the
force of features alone, any more than
she can be witty by the help OF speech.


We should do by our cunning as we
do by our courage-always have it ready
20 defend ourselves, never to offend
others.


The wise man makes equity aud JUS
tice the basis of all his conduct, the
right forms the rule of his behavior.
Difference and modesty mark his exte-
rior, sincerity and fidelity serve him for
accomplishments.


II you know a man who is willing q
kiss your boots because you are rieh
you may be sure that there is some one
whom he Ecompels to kiss his Doo's n
return. He who will cringe before one
who is bigger than himself viii play tne
tyrant over one smaller than himself.


You are coward, if afraid TO tell the
truth when you should do so. You are
coward when you insult the weak. Yoq
are coward if afraid to do right, if yoa
shrink from defending your Opinion
from maintaining that which you know
TO be Just and good and you az
pecially coward if you know
things of yourself, and care nof
| them TO yourself.