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Year: 1878

Boston was edited last night by a lee
ture from Ralph Waldo Emerson on "lhe
Future OF the Republic" of which he has
hopeful views though what there is to en-
courage him it would be difficult to say
when we consider the gloomy perceptions
he entertained in the picture he drew of the
present This lecture was the same incon-
sistent TRADE that is commonly delivered by
moral philosophers on the same subject !;
but the old material was given here and
there happier and more epigrammatic
form. He reviled our politics as sordid,
mean, mercenary, corrupt and villanous,
and so they are, no doubt; and the truth is
pretty plain that no country troubled with
politics has them worse than ours are On
all this the philosopher dwelt with emphasis
and kind of indignant scorn, which was
we'll. Then he Immediately turned on
his heel to assure the world that we
are the custodians Of the humanity, enlight-
eminent and virtue of the nineteenth GEN.
tury, the salt Of the age as it were, by which
the whole thing is to be saved. This para
doxical view of things, spun somewhat into
rigmarole, made up the lecture. This ma
ton is "all mankind in It's shirt sleeves"
and because it is in its shirt sleeves it has
solved all the problems OF life and politics.
How? By giving every man cham, corn
cake and tight roof" Now if cham,
corn cake and tight root" are the ideals of
q political system, how do you expect to
have any other than sordid politics? How
can you make man who is fighting the
world for ham, corn cake and pine shingles
cultivate those loftier conceptions of ma
tional uprghtness which the voice from
Concord declares is not in our natures,
in the very moment in which he expresses
his pride in this practical ideal? This
philosopher is not only paradoxical, he is
ridiculous.
Year: 1878

sion of American vessels from any waters
within three miles of such line. By
this trick it was sought to shut
out our fishermen from all the Canadian
bays, and to drive them actually in many
instances from thirty to thirty-five miles,
instead of three miles, from any coast, bay,
creek or harbor of the Dominion. 1t was
the same as if the United States had ac-
corded a similar privilege to foreign vessels
to fish within three miles OF her coast and
then had barricaded her coast with Gordon
of imaginary lines, one drawn from three
miles south Of the mouth of the Rio Grande
to three miles south of the Florida Keys;
another from Cape Florida to Cape Hatteras;
another from Cape Hatteras to Cape Mali
bar and thence to the southwest head OF
Grand Menan Island. This forced interpre-
tation OF the convention of 1918 was only an
indication fthe bad disposition OF the Cana
dians toward our fishermen. The Reciprocity
Treaty of 1854 placed the convention OF 1878
in allegiance tor eleven years but the ac-
ton of the Canadians under that treaty was
in many respects injudicious as well as ex-
tremely Unfair. When the treaty expired
Canada proceeded to pass sumptuary laws
in relation to the fisheries and went back 10
the convention OF 1918, and has since, as
before, been anxious to make manifest her
disposition not only to assail the interests,
but to ignore the rights of American fishing
vessels in her waters. AS the recent occur
renee at Fortune Bay proves, the Treaty OF
Washington is no greater bar to the lawless-
ness OF the Dominion fishermen than other
treaties and conventions have been. and
there is as reckless disregard of the peace
of the two nations manifested now as there
was before its proclamation.


1t is incumbent upon our government to
take immediate action in this For une Bay
outrage. The Dominion government should
be required to pay proper damages Tor the
assault on our vessels well as tor the de-
struction of the property Of American citi-
zens II the terms OF treaty SO recently
made are to be violated at will by the law
less people Of the province the treaty itself
may as we'll be torn up and regarded as
waste paper The dific ulty is one pecu-
liarly irritating, and it is singular that it
has been allowed to jeopardize the friendly
relations Of the two nations for SO long
period. Our government should now act
with promptness and decision in the matter,
SO that the American people may know what
their rights are, and whether they are to be
secured by the United States government,
or enforced as they were in this instance
enforced by the plucky Captain Jacobs.
Year: 1878

ford, Va.


The fatal consequences of neglect and
carelessness in the equipment of railroads
for the safe transportation of passengers are
again shown in the dreadful occurrence
near Milford Station, Va, by which one
life has been and three more may be sacri-
feed. On the strength OF rusty and
already fractured coupling the lives OF
large number of passengers were permitted
to depend by the railroad company who
took their money under the implied obliga-
ton TO transport them in safety to their
destinations. The immediate cause of the
disaster was collision between the section
of the train formed by two sleeping cars
that parted from it by the breaking OF the
coupling with that section attached to the
locomotive. 1t is unnecessary to refer to
the details here, as they are to be found in
the special despatch from Milford Sta
ton, which we publish this morning
We are in clined to believe from the report
that there could not have been bell rope
through the train or brakeman on either
OF the sleeping cars, otherwise the parting of
the coupling would have been known at once
and the speed OF the sleeping cars checked.
One thing is certain, that the train officers
exhibited brutal ignorance of their duty
under the circumstances, which proves
their total unftness for any position of re-
sponsibility involving the safety OF human
life. they made no proper effort to avert
calamity which they might have known was
inevitable, and did everything to insure
disaster by their idotic mlsmanagement
We hope that the sufferers will make the
Richmond, Petersburg and Potomac r il
road Company pay dearly for their
neglect OF the train couplings, as well
as for the incapacity of their officials. 1t is
only by heavily mulcting such corporations
that they can be taught the necessity Of in
suring security for their passengers.
Year: 1878

In Paris an elevator ''ran away"-ran up
to the roof of the Grand Hotel-and crushed
against the solid structures there all the
persons who were in it. There are not
many 'modern conveniences" moro liable
to get out Of order than an elevator, nor are
there many that can prove more certainly
destructive to life, whether it run down
or up with the mad rapidity Of its
own unrestraned weight or of a
weight against which it is balanced.
Perhaps the one in Paris is only
an early drop Of a coming shower of acci-
dents of this nature. There are elevators
everywhere nowadays, and those that were
first put in use have been worked long
enough to begin to give out, if there are any
to whose condition constant atten ton is not
given. 1t would be pity to have the pub
lie prejudiced against this useful contrlvance
by any want OF the necessary care to insure
Year: 1878

The WEATuER.-A general rise of the baron
eter occurred on Sunday night, but snow fell at
several points in the lake district. The fall in
temperature corresponded very generally with
tho increase of pressure. Yesterday morning
cloudness decreased, with steady barometer
and a further decrease of temperature
Light snow fell in the Northern districts at
q few places. The indications in the
Northwest pointed to the movement of the
margin Of an advancing depression toward
Manitoba and the movement southwark of the
centre Of highest pressure in that region. In the
Southwest the pressure was falling slightly,
with southeasterly winds and increasing cloudi-
ness. Later in the day the fall of pressure in
the Northwest and Southwest became more
decided, and light rains fell in Texas and along
the South Atlantic coast, while snow areas
passed over the Northern districts. The
storm has now moved over New wfoundland,
but the pressure continues low the coast of
Maine The winds are fresh from the westward
over the lake region and brisk from the south
ward in the Northwest. The temperature is
now lowest in the lake region. The weather in
New York and its vicinity to-day will be cool
and pdrtly cloudy or fair. Tomorrow 1t will be
slightly warmer and fair.
Year: 1878

The RAILROAD SIDE of the case in the coal
combination business was presented yesterday
to the legislative committee by Mr. Dickson,
Mr.. Sloan and Mr.. Hoyt, who represented some
Of the companies. Their claim is that to save
themselves from bankruptcy it was necessary
to limit production. II they do not limit the
production so as to bankrupt the consumers we
shall be fortunate.
Year: 1878

Johnnycake.- Two teacupS sour milk
apiece of butter as large as an egg, 4
tablespoonful of sugar, one egg, lit
tie salt, half a teacupful of flour, thick
Ell with corn meal, adding a large tea
spoonful of soda. and bake at least
half an hour The difficulty in getting
johnnycake good is i'll getting the but
ter the right thickness, and this you
can only tell by experimenting; if too
thick, it Will be dry, and if too thin,
sticky. 1t is nice made with sour
cream, leaving out the butter.


Grape PreserveS.-Wash the fruit,
press the pup into al earthen dish, tie
skins i'll another: cook the pulp sutii-
GENTLY and put through collender;
weigh pulp and skins, then take three
quarters of pound of sugar to one OF
fruit; put into your kettle; when dis
solved add the fruit and boil twenty
minutes.


New beginners are apt to boil jelly
TOO long. Have both juice and sugar
boiling hot when put together and
twenty minutes is plenty of time, boil
currant jelly five minutes; crabapple
jelly is much nicer that way.


Scalloped Clams.-Bntter a deep tin
dish, put in layer Of grated bread or
cracker crumbs, sprinkle III pepper and
bits of butter; then put i'll layer of
CLANS chopped fine, with butter and
nl+ TO lD
ers of crumbs ana CLAIMS until the dish
is full Let the last layer be of crumbs
with plenty of butter on top; put
plate on it after adding one cup Of rich
milk, and bake three quarters of an
hour; take off tie plate long enough to
brown the top nicely before serving.


Veal Soup with Macaroni.-Three
pounds veal, knuckle or scrag, with
the bones broken and meat cut off, 3
qts., water and h., macroni. Boil
the meat in the water until reduced to
ShredS-tIr>e hours at least. Cook
the macarOni, broken into inch pieces,
, i'll Il little water by itself, until tender;
add a teaspoOnful of butter to the mac
aroni, strain the meat out of the soup,
season to your taste; put III the mac
aroni and the water it WAS boiled in;
let it boil up once and serve. Some
persons like little Of the meat left in.


Tomato Soup.-Two and a half
pounds of veal or lamb, one gallon of
water, two quarts Of tomatoes, peeled
- 4. L.
and the water down to two quarts.
Strain the liquor, put III the tomatoes,
stirring them very hard that they may
dissolve thoroughly; boil half an hour.
Season with pepper and salt, and any
green herb preferred Strain nSair,
and stir in teaspOonful Of butter,
with Il teasp0onful of white sugar.
This soup is very good made from
chicken or beef.


Brown Stock.-Put five pounds of
shin of beef with three pounds of
knuCkle of veal into closely covered
stew-pan to draw out the gravy very
gently, and allow it to nearly dry up,
until it becomes brown. Then pour
in enough boiling water TO entirely
cover The meat and let it boil up, skim
ming it frequently. Season with salt,
pepper, herbs and vegetables of any
kind. Boil gently five or six hours,
then pour the broth off from the meat


nd let it stand during The night to
cool. The following morning remove
the scum and fat and put away in a
stone jar for furture use. \ founda-
ton for excellent soup or gravy.
Year: 1878

Apparatus costing $4,000 has been
successfully used in San Francisco to
photograph horse While trOtting. 4
TOW Oh cameras WAS UNCOVERED and
covered 10y electricity, thus photograph
ing the famous horse at successive
points of his stride while going at
2:25 gait. These pictures show that
his feet were all off the ground together
twice during the stride. nOtWithstand-
ing the general belief of turfmen that
trotting horse has one foot down
while in action. They also upset ac-
caHted theories as to the shape Of the
fore leg when lhe loot touches lie
ground, for Occiient is shown with the
leg projecting at Il considerable angle
before him, as straight as an iron bar.
with the heel III contact With the sur


face. ard the toe not yet brought down.


PolitenesS is to man what beauty is
to a woman. It creates an inStantane-
Gus impression on his behalf. while the
opposite quality exercises as quick
prejudice against him. The polit Can
who has this advantage easily distan-
ces al the rival candidates, for every
voter he speaks with becomes Instant
Iy his friend. Polished manners have
often made sCoundrels successful,
while the best of men. by their hard
ness and coldness, have done them
selves incalculable injury-tLe shell
being 30 rough that the world could
not believe there WAS precious kernel
within it. Had Raleigh never flung
down his coat in the mud for the proud
Elizabeth to walk on, his career III life
would scarcely have been worth
recording. Scores OF m6n have been
succs ssiul in life by pleasing manners
alone. y pleasing trait of character is
we'll worth cultiyating, lads. Neyes
forget the value of true civility.
Year: 1878

DR.. Waters Of Boston, author of the
alkaline treatment for burns, recently
said in an essay read before a medical
society: Apply to The burned surface
bicarhonate Of soda, il it is a wet sur
face, Ill fire powder; but if it is a dry
burn, use paste of bicarbcnate of So
da and water, or a strong solution of
bicarbonate of soda in water, and ap-
ply to tho burned surface. tbs re-
lieVes sunburns as well as burns from
hot Goals, melted sulphur, hot iron and
steam. Always dispose tie burned
surface SO that tie blood can grayitate
toward the heart, If possible, us other
wise continuous pain may be felt. due
to the dilatapon of the blood vessels
from the weight OF tie contained
blood"
Year: 1878

If a kind Providence. will spare his life until
next January, the Republican party of the
Empire State will unanimously return him
to the Senate Of the United States, As proof
of their unimpaired confidence. But for
the spirit of petty persecution that has been
arrayed against him with a view TO his dis
comiiture, this great triumph might not
have reached him in all its present magni-
tude Had he and the Republicans of his
State been treated with that respect and
courtesy that was justly their due under
the circumstances, his present triumph
might have been stripped of some of Its
glory. In this, however, the lesson is taught
that the whirligig Of time evens all things
and that wrong Is not permitted to prevail
for any great length of time unavenged.
Year: 1878

DURING THE POLITICAL RECESS.


The versatility Of the average newspaper
writer is put to q test nowadays. The
campaigns are over, and there is n breathing
spell in politics. The veins of thought to
which his pen and pencil have responded
for the past six months are about exhausted,
and when he gets through growing over, or
explaining away, the results Of last Tues
days election, he must needs turn his atten-
ton to new topics or pick up old ones.
Right here he is encouraged ~ by the ad-
vice of that numerous class who know how
TO run" newpaper better than anyone
else. One of the class, for example, tell him
that politics have made" the paper dull, sir,
"v very dull" and that bright, crisp, mscel-
lany, clippings from the magazines and a
few scientific articles now and then are
what his readers want. Then along comes
another vicarious representative of the en-
tire human race with his budget of advice,
and he, too, attempts to shape the editorial
policy into peculiar channels. And then
another and still another, until the editorial
mind is befogged with constantly rising
doubts about its own sanity. But the
natural course of events Is asserted each
day brings forth its budget of news worthy
of or demanding comment, and the editor
finds very little difficulty in filling his al
loted space with reading matter which
satisfies him. That result being reached
his readers are also satisfied, for they have
learned to expect certain characteristic
mental pabulum from him, and would be
satisfied with no other kind. Thus it hap
pens that newspaper which has been
built into permanency as political organ
seldom changes its distinctive character rs
surh, however much it may yeer and shift
about in its treatment Of political qucs'
tions. Once q partisan oracle always the
same is the almost invariable rule and
while administrations and governments
may come and go the partisan newspaper


can no more disrobe itself of its politica
habit, can no more drop politics" and taxi
up literature, than surgeon can become
an occulst, or midwife turn physician.


In the first place, the very air of news
paper Office is impregnated with politics
The latest news and all the phases thereo
come to it and into it for publication, ant
opinions are at once formed aud expressed
Year: 1878

If the Baltimore Gazette will curb its en-
thusiasm and cool its zeal and sit down in
some shady nook and wait patiently for the
18th Of March, 1870, it will then learn, perhaps
to its surprise, that the Democrats will not
have a majority Of half of "nine' in the
United States Senate
Year: 1878

ONE Of the most pertinent results of Tues
Iry election i the qualification of the ex-
Liberals at the Republican success thereby
recorded They come back TO the fold just
now with as much avidity as a hog return.
ing to his accustomed trough when the
hu-ks are eaten up in the outside fields.
Year: 1878

THE Democratic organ of this city in
dulged in the following festive remark yes.
terdny morning:


To sum up the Democrats have elected suffi
Client members Of the next House to secure its
control by from thirty to forty majority over
all


A similar remark came from the same
source prior TO the election, and 1t would
seem that no intelligence has been received
by i. since. The very worst complexion
that can be put upon the case at present,
and that may be changed in our favor, is
that the Democrats have las members, the
Republicans 1872 and the Greenbackers IL
which, instead of giving the Democrats any
majority over all, it Is in minority Of one.
Year: 1878

A FEW more victories such as discrimi,
mating Providence vouchsafed to the
Democracy last Tuesday and the Repub.
lican party would have nothing left to
struggle for. The worse we are beaten IN
this way the better we feel.
Year: 1878

Speaking OF snakes, yesterday, Super
intendent Brown, of the Geological Gar
den, said that he could tell snake story
and not second-handed one either
About year ago one of the large rep
tiles in the collection took sick and
seemed to be going into decline. Moth
ing that they could give him appeared
to do him good, and from loss of appe-
tite and sleeplessness the snake became
a mere wreck of his former self A large
blanket had been placed in the serpent's
cell for him to sleep upon. One morn
ing the keeper found that the blanket
had disappeared. Search was made
throughout the cage, but without sue
cess. At the same time the snakes body
had swelled to the thickness of a good
sized sapling. He had swallowed the
blanket. But the blanket wouldn't
digest, and the snake became sicker
than before. In this manner he lolled
around like wan dyspeptic for over
four weeks. Finally the blanket was
discharged by natural causes. Immedi-
ately the snake began to improve. The
swelling of his body gradually dwindled
down, ana he grew larger and fatter
than before, till the box became too
small to hold him. The keepers then
removed him to larger cage. He ate
like gourmand and at times found room
for two and three times the customary
quantity of food. The blanket acted as
sort of medicine upon his stomach and
cleaned HIM out entirely. Now he is
fifteen feet long, eighteen inches in cir
cumference, and is the heaithiest boa
constructor of the lot. A change of color
was the only visible effect on the blanket.
Under the microscope it showed that ii
had become little worn by being
rubbed in the animals stomach. II
came out undigested, and it was careful
ly packed away in the superintendent e
Office, where it now lies. .-PhiJadeiphia
Times.
Year: 1878

II the fountain is pure the streams
will be pure also. SO with the blood. If that
be pure the health is established. Parsons
Porgdtioe Pills make new rich blood, and taken
one night will change the blood III the entire
system in three months.
Year: 1878

We undertake to maintain an established credit with
every newspaper. and TO have at hand schedule OF
charges for advertising in its columns be able
to quote the rates TO advertiser who wishes
several and 20 the prompt insertion of the Ad
verisement without any extra charge for the service
rendered which service consists of quoting the price,
printing writing duplicates of the advertise
ment as may be required forwarding the copy for In


ertion at our own expense for postage messenger
servce examining the to that the advertise
Year: 1878

What treat it would be in this far-of
land to read your familiar columns. AS
that may not be, the next best thing is to
write word for them. 1t must be very
hasty, for the Apollo, which Is to take US to
Smyrna, is now in the bay and will sail in
the course OF few hours. They do not
have wharves over here, but steamers lie
half mile out and passengers have to get
off to them in row-boats. 1t is therefore
necessary to start from shore an hour or so
before the vessel is appointed to sail.
Year: 1878

Ar Bradford, Pennsylvania, we saw
a narrow gauge railroad that would
make our own pet little Northwestern
shrink up with envy. 1t was a sin
gle railroad, that is. it was railroad
with only one rail- That rail is fixed
Oh tressel work that is six feet high
i'll the lowest place, and the engine
and cars just straddle that rail and 60
climbing and sliding up and down the
awful grades of the oil country just as
easily as lying The idea of the road
was probably suggested to the inven-
tor by watching boy slide down the
balusters.- Elk.
Year: 1878

The insignificant Dominion of Can
ada has spent thirty millions and in
tends to put twenty millions more in
the same work in making water
route to the sea that is frozen up at
least half the year; while the great
United States Government is appalled,
at the demand that as much money
shall be expended on a waterway
which will be navigable every day in
the year.
Year: 1878

A CURIOUS experiment has been tried
with buttermilk by testing it against
claret. One who is in the secret will
bet with one. who is not the latter, if
blindfolded, cannot distinguish claret
from buttermilk by the taste. Several
glasses are filled with claret, and an
equal number with buttermilk, and
they are handed alternately to the
blindfolded person, who tastes them.
For time he will name the respective
liquors correctly; but after awhile his
sense of taste becomes confused, and
he insists that buttermilk is claret,
and vice versa.
Year: 1878

A WEEK ago the gold money papers
were earnestly discussing whether the
silver advocates could poll two
thirds vote in both houses after Hayes
should veto the silver bill; now they
are anxiously inquiring whether
Hayes means to veto it at all, with
but little to justify the hope that the
de facto executive will interpose be-
tween the people and the object of
their desire. Hayes will not veto the
bill, unless all the information ahoat,
both public and private. is at fault.