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Year: 1878

who believed Mr.. FIELD was entitled 70
the scat.


The exception above referred to In the
Republican ranks was General BEN +.
BUTLER, who madea speech and voted for
DEAN. Perhaps It was BUFFERS detection
that subsequently gave JOKES something oil
an excuse to change his views. In the out
come BUTLER and JOKES were in the same
boat. This was test vote, and indicated
that If direct vote was taken then on the
main question the resolution In favor Of MIR.
DEAN would be defeated. SPRINGER be-
came alarmed and succeeded in forcing an
adjournment until the next day, when the
case came up as unfinished business. Mean
time JONES had been wrestled with, and, as
1t afterward turned out, with success. The
vote next morning was on the direct ques-
tion Of seating DEAN. All Of the Demo-
Gratis who had agreed with GAMBLER stuck
to their convictions and promptly voted
when their names were called, except JONES,
who wavercd. He sat in his seat, nanked
on one side by SPRINGER and on the othei
by REAGAN. Everybody looked at hin
when his name was reached but he answered
not.


After every other member had voted,
JONES rose in his place, and, with some tire
pidation, gave the casting vote which seated
DEAN, muttering some sort of an excuse TO
his qualification. OF course the Democrat
applauded, but his constituents do not seen
to have appreciated his conduct Now, th
thing will never do If this is the sort o
return that is to be made to Democra
whose matured convictions, persistently ad
hercd to for weeks, can be bull-dozed out o
him between two days on an argument tina
party expediency demands stultiiication
what is to become Of the partyr That
no way to reward good deed, and it ha
always been understood that anything don
in the interest of the Democratic party, N
matter how vile, is good deed. Is tn
party going back on itself just as JoNE
went back OIL his convictionsP
Year: 1878

GOOD idea Of Southern Conciliated
Gush and determination is found in the not
Improbable story that South Carolina gem
tlcman, sab, robbed Yankee mudsiil Of
ihs pocket handkerchief, 50 that he might
have something Of his own with which to
wipe away the tears he was shedding for
the Lost Cause. The experiment succeeded
30 well that the gricf-stricken repentant Is
encouraged to go on with his robberies un-
til he gets n full suit of clothes and is fully
prepared 10 restore that much-cherished
Cause to its complete sectional supremacy
aud finally 10 the grand success he believes
It must eventually achieve.
Year: 1878

KEARHEY has gone from among us. Why
he came will ever remain mystery; but
it is easy enough to explain his departure.
He was not wanted. This much should he
said for the credit of Washington, and espec-
tally of its laboring classes.
Year: 1878

THE New York Grcphic predicts that If
business prospers within the coming year
JOIN SHERMAN will become very formid-
able candidate for the Presidency in the
next Republican convention.
Year: 1878

A beggar once boasted Of the attention
paid to him by the king; when closely
questioned, it appeared that the king
had ordered him to get ont of his way.
, When Gov. Ferry noticed the Press by II
libel SUIT, that paper, with donkey like
stupidity, sought to magnify tsjmpor-
tance by showing that every one endor-
sed the Governor and condemned its
position. In particular was it careful to
prove that nearly the whole press OF the
Territory was against it. For once it
probably told the truth, even if it was
unintentiona; although its reasons for the
general condemnation it received were
so ridiculous as to tie wholly unworthy
of notice by anyone.


Perhaps no other paper was so violent
ly abused as Gov. Ferry's friend as the
STAR. 1t required some little time and
reflection to discover the real cause for
80 much noise. as the STAR had never
taken partisan position in politics, nor
defended the Governor, or even made a
single hostile criticism Of the Press. Not
even an editorial reference was nude to
the libel suit; the news item was simply
copied without comment. Oftentimes
we have been amused at the great noise
made by that pager; but have always
looked upon it MS harmless as the idle
braying of "A donkey and equally useless,
and unworthy Of serious notice, and
much less of hostile criticism.


AS it may amuse those who have b cen
acquainted with the animal, the following
Is given as the reason why he made so
much noise. Some two months ago, in
returning to Seattle from the White riv-
er valley and stopping at larm house,
we were pleasantly entertained for few
hours. A lady, apparently visiting
there, hearing that we represented the
STAR, came into the room, seeking an
introduction. Alter the host had an
nounced her name as Mrs. Blanchard,
and the common courtesies incident to
tie first meeting and introduction of
strangers had been interchanged; great
amount of curiosity was manifested by
both OF them concerning our opinion of
the different Sound journals. Although
surprised at the degree of interest dis
played, the thought did not arise that
D this fair qncstioncr was other than some
lady from Seattle, who was simply graf
iying transient curiosity in gossiping
about the newspapers Each one Of the
Year: 1878




The Of prices to-day conveys intimaiion
that holders OF stock en- bloc vinced of the
bopeessness OF kicking against the pricks 80 stub
bornly opposed to further rise At present figures
and willing permit decline, II only recreate
a fresh life in speculation. There Is. probably, no
money ip such CONCESSION ut the moment, but It
may be capital we'll invested Tor the future. IL is a
doieiul business playing to slim audiences Stock
Exchange performers have been doing, while q well
hlled house. albeit "paper" one, s more conducive
10 good acting than "begearly account of empty
boxes" So even should decline In present prices
be financially Improbable the additional bus-
created may act advertisement
to attract a better Cnder any cir
cumstances the desperate condition OF specu-
lation requires heroic treatmon and remains to be
whether the financial doctors who have beon
testing the pulse Of tho market to-day equal to
the emergency The experiment chiefly made
with the Northwestern stocks, common and pre-
ferred, and the result has been decline OF over one
per cent for the day, to the accompaniment OF an
unusually large amount of transactions There was
evidence that the recently formed sGuu Club" which
had baen constructed with the mixed purpose Of
shooting pigeons and buling Northwest, had como to
tho conclusion that enough powder and shot had al
ready been spent III the latter effort and that the
sooner this waste Of ammunition was stopped the
bctter To do SO they threw large
amounts Of stock this morning, which, with
the short sales tho part OF tho bears,
ran the aggregate OF transactions consd-
eray the daily average and for the rst time
many weeks reduced Lake Shore 10 the second place.
Some credit, however, must be given TO the Rumor
Committee, who appeared to have obtained quorum
to-day after failing to do for several weeks before
Stories rife that the North western company had
been surreptitiously issuing bonds; that they had
been purchasing Western rallrOad with he stock.
holders dividend money (if suoh has ever been
earned) and that home. great caution was to
be exercised In dealing with large financial in
stitutions On inquiry we cannot iearn that these
reports have grain OF truth attached to them or
that they are worth any consideration what.
ever, Nevertheless prices were uniavorably
affected by them and the whole market
declined ractionally and closed irregular and feversh
Apart from the Northwestern speculation there
little in the rest Of the list though the report Of
large receipts Of grain the Western cities conduce
greatly to the prosperity of the lines
The meeting OF the "Asnley' party, which comprises
Of tho factions in the Ohio and Mississippi Rail-
road dispute is said have resulted the adoption
Of measures which will 60 far to harmonic dmcutes
aud tend to secure reconstruoton OF the road q
basis which will be favorable to It's interests There
was no improvement In activity the miscellaneous
list, and consequently no change oil prices worth
noting


OPENING HIGHEST AND LOWEST


Tho following table shows the opening highest and


49,
Year: 1878

The funeral of Henry j. Baker, one OF tho
weathes and most influential citizens OF Sing Sing viii
take place this morning at his residence Ia that place.


Mr. Baker who born in Baltimore, Nd. In 1908 was
for more than seventeen years wholesale drug dealer
of this city, and at the time OF his death the senior em


ber OF the firm OF H. j. Baker Brother Of Pearlst The
mercantile undertakings OF Mr. Baker were at tmesver
extensive. In 1857 the firm invested S25OOOOn castor
Oil factory at Jersey City This was for ten years the
only mandatory Of the kind in the United states
east OF the Mississippi River. and during the Rebellion
the Bakers had almost complete control OF the trade m
castor OIL Another enterprise the establishment OF
saltpetre works Canal in Bro0klyn-one OF
three saltpetrc factories IN the country PROLONGED
illness prevented Mr. Baker from engaging actively
business for several his death. however was
unex peced He has been widely known IN the Metho-
gifts to Wesleyan University and TO various churches.
The construction OF the new Methodist church now
building at Sing Sing largely due TO his generosity.
Year: 1878

The Silver Bill is an accomplished fact, John
Sherman is terrible wreck, 8ud the gold bugs are hunt
ing holes.-l Louisville Courer-Journal tDem.j


Our opinion of Mr.. Lamar is much higher
than il ever before His conduct has been manly,
and we regret that there were Senators pos
sessed of his sense Of honor and ndOmitabe pluck
ITTOy Times tRepD


Let the Administration hold to the pacliica-
tion OF the South the chppeddolar bill and apply
ts principles firmly Civil Service Let this stand
as its Interpretation OF kCpubcansm I'm the light OF to
day If anybody wishes raise the banner of sectional
eaOusly and the spOs the Republican hag let him do
so-and God defend the right II Harpers Weekly tRep/


1t will happen that the first effect of the
Silver Bill should 1t come into operation, VIII be dis
appointment its supporters Nevertheless the great
damage will have been done. Our National credit viii
have received blow from which 1t VIII never wholly
recover; the funding OF debt in bonds bearing a
lower rate OF interest will remain impraoticaDc and the
whole country will continue to pay tax upon its own
madness Baltimore Gazette tDcmJ
Year: 1878

An unDayable promise 10 pay dollar VIII
never be al par with dollar ITSELF whether that dol
lar be OF gold, silver, copper, or iron. With the Bland
bill reducing the greeDDack to "a promise TO pay silver
dollar, and with the Resumption Act repealed and no
provision specie payment Of the greenback, there
Woud be no silver in the circulation Even the cheaper
subsidiary coin would disappear. silver would Keep IN
the smaller OF customs and Interest on Inc puO
lie debt as gold now does and would be more seen ia
the circulation than gold now ID. The Bland BILL with
the Resumption Act repealed, as all the siyercs dc
Iuand would put money permanently on basis OF
irredeemabe and repudated paper varying IN dcprec
arOn below silver according the times and liable IN
case OF public danger, such TO fan much be
low silly did below gold IN the war for the UnoD
Tns is what the scientific" treatment demonstrates
without regard 10 personal desires or 10 deludns the ig
Year: 1878

ST. LOUIS, Feb. ia man and woman reg
istered at the Lndell Hotel last night and after eating
supper were assigned 10 room. About o'clock this
afternoon their room euered and their dead bodies
found The woman had been shot in the left toni


pie and the man in the right. The pistol in the
mana hand The man was identified as John Gumbln-
ger age twenty-sevena barkeepcr for Henry Lyda. a
saloon keeper and brewer and tho woman was the lat
Year: 1878

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THE TRIBUNE is disposed TO think that IN
the form which the SILVER Bill finally assumed in the
senate IL defeats pupOse Of its partsans, provided
the Secretary Treasury chooses TO Use power
which he Possesses. The point is that the bll While
quring purchase and coming of not less than two nor
more than four millions worth OF bullion every mouth
contains no provision requiring the Secretary TO issue
the silver dollars thus eOiucd He thus reserve them
I'm the Treasury If he chooses and that wOud be only
what the French Government has done. But the eXpec
tation that the Secretary would thus disregard the
spirit of the law is "a slim nope.
Year: 1878

The country needs a rest on the dollar cues
tiOn The dcDatcs the standards OF value
disastrous TO business When have restored the old
standard the country have the repOse the
measure mat needs sOrely and with that Will be
stored confidence, and right there VIII be the dawn OF
better DAYS There Will not be hOOd-a revolution.
but quiet STEADY movement the growth OF gOOa times.
the bottom of things being sOlidly recstaDlished.
Year: 1878

At the meeting of the Hoboken Common
Council last evening the draft Of act providing FOR
the withdrawal and payment Of Improvement bonds was
read and the cork instructed to have presented to
the Legislature. Several unsuccessful attempts were
made 10 elect street commissioner III place Of The late
Year: 1878

The Committee on Resolutions presented
a report requiring the Executive Commit
tee to memoriaizc' Congress tn establish
the office Of the Agricultural Department
Of the Government as Cabinet office. The
report was unanimously adopted.


Tn recrorf to
Year: 1878

Wherever they may be found and on
every farm they are numerous, if not
watchfully guarded against. Is the corn
yet in the field? If so, here is leak of
magnitude Squirrels, rats and perhaps
two legged vermin are pegging away at
it and the waste Is all the more impor-
tant because it is continuous. A rat and
burglar proof crib is the only secure
store-house.


Are your tools nicely cleaned and laid
away under cover or are they lying
loosely around, covered with mud and
rust? This is a leak which should be
stopped forthwith, for not only dollars
and cents are involved but bodily
strength also. Get everything under
cover, well cleaned and ready for future
use.


Is your stock provided with comforta-
bic shelter from cold winds? If not, stop
this enormous leak without loss of time,
making them as comfortable as possible.
A few days exposure during the severe
weather of winter will leak away more
than all the gains you have made for q
year.


Have you settled with your merchant
for YOUR advances for the last year, or
are you SILL duuAlS W yOuI Opl1SdtlOAS
If so, you should make all possible haste
and any required sacrifice to stop this
leak. Your ship will surely founder,
leaving you helpless and destitute, unless
you attend to this important matter
without moments delay.


Are you providing fOrthe education Of
your children and endeavoring to keep
pace with the march of improvement
yourself? Do you read, do you reflect?
If you are neglecting these important
duties, you may rest assured that this
leak, if none other, will prove your ruin.
Education is the corner stone of success
in Agricultural and al other pursuits.
Year: 1878

A noticeable feature in the national


life is the immense number of mOnaS-


terles and nunneries which are to be
found scattered over the country. In the
neighborhoOd of Lhasa alone there are


eleven monasteries, in which are clois-


tered upwards of 10000 monks, and the


nunneries are found in like proportion.
This apparent devotion to spiritual con-
Germs is at first sight calculated to arouse
our admiration and sympathy, but a


little consideration suggests the idea
that the religious feryOr of these Tibetan
monks and nuns is a good deal height
ened by a keen sense of sordid self
interest. If the blood of martyrs is the
seed of churches, poverty, especially in
the East, has a wonderful effect in null
tiplying the crop. To men who have
no taste for the hard labor demanded by
the soil from its tillers, and to women
who have no means of gaining iveli-
hood for themselves, the secluded idle
ness and secured meals of q monastery
or nunnery present attractions which it
is next to impossible to resist. The
women also have an excuse for entering
religious orders which is denied to men,
for there exists in Thibet one of those
extraordinary marriage customs which
are occasionally met with in out-of-the-
way parts of the world, and which are
to be explained only by reference to the
surrounding circumstances of the people.
A numerous progeny in a poor and
sterile country, is doubtless a distinct
evil, and it is one which naturally sug-
gests the imposition of check even to
those who have never heard of Nautilus
or his doctrines. This we may suppose
to have been the position of the Tibetans
whensthey cast about for some plan by
which they might limit the increase


the population. The plan they adopted
for this purpose is almost unique, and is
called polyandry, which may be explain
ed as the exact reverse of polygamy
for, as in most Eastern countries it is
lawful for man to have a plurality of
wives, in Thibet it is the custom for
woman to have plurality of husbands.
The usual practice is for two, three or
four brothers in a household to marry
one wife. They all reside in one house,
and the children are considered to be
the joint offspring of all. It is incon-
ceivable to us that such system should
exist for an hour; but in Thibet, far
from giving rise to the evils which
might be expected to flow from it, it
works easily and well, and the pictures
which travellers give US of Thibetan
households display degree of domestic
happiness and affection which certainly
equals that enjoyed in much more favor
ed lands. This is a description Mr..
Boyle gives of family at whose house
he spent the night: 'gThe house belongs
to two brothers, who are married to
very handsome wife, and have three
of the prettiest children 1 ever saw.
They all came to drink tea and eat
After night came on the
whole family assembled in a room to
dance to their own singing, and spent
two hours IN this manner with abund.


of mirth and glee."
Year: 1878

The sayings and doings of the country
editor are not so notable now days az
in the old times when rural papers we're
rarely conducted on a cash basis, and the
plants of the worried fellow on the tri-
pod, who accepted cordwOOd or dried
pumpkins or almost anything eatable
or saleable for subscriptions, were fire.
quent and painful and free. Men in des-
perate straits are afflicted with strange
whimsies, and the expression Of those
disgusted literary lights were often strlk-
ingly original and exceedingly grotesque.
Now, however, things are different, and
rarely does the country editor excel in
his old specially. A recent case over in
Kentucky, where an editor spoke right
ouI," is, therefore, exceptionally notable.
He was walking recently upon the street,
enjoying the balmy spring atmosphere,
and wondering whether, in the year to
come, his paper would be established
upon a paying basis, when he became
aware of sudden giggling and titterlng
behind him. He turned and saw the
source of the merriment. Two we'll
dressed ladies, prominent in the town,
were in his rear, and laughing heartily.
Much to the poor editors surprise, their
attention seemed especially directed to
some popularity about his exterior.
Much twisting and writhing, while grind
ing out mental productions seated in a
hard bottomed chair, had told upon the
fail texture of his pantaloons, and the
cloth had finally yielded. The editors
wife-good, thrifty woman-had repaired
the damage as best she could; but, be-
cause new cloth matches poorly with the
old,evidences of her handiwork were all
too plainly visible. Hence the cruel
laughter of the ladies behind the coun-
try editor. The poor man fed to his
office in shame. Then his manhood as
serted itself, and he sat down upon the
patch and wrote something for the paper.
His next issue contained this paragraph:
As we walked past couple OF ladies'
on the street the other day, one of them,
so we are informed, observed a large
patch on our pants, and made merry
over the discovery. Well, we do wear
old clothes, it is true; but we might af-
ford to treat ourselves to better ones if
the husband of the woman we refer to
would come to the Office and pay us SIS,
which he has been owing for a long time
for subscribtion and job work"


Doubtless" said a logical old English
clergyman, "God might have made a
better berry than the strawberry, but
doubtless God never did" Doubtless
some country editor might make point
more neatly, but, doubtless, none ever
did. If that little bill of $18 was not
settled up within a week after the ap-
pearance of his paper then there is no vir-
tue in pungency. And the occurrence IS
recent and a literal one.-St. Louis Re
publican. .''
Year: 1878

We'll, Tom, my boy, must bid you good-by.


I've had wonderful visit here;
Enjoyed il, too, as well as could


Away from all that my heart holds dear.
Maybe I've been tribe rough


A little awkward, your wife would say
OF your city polish day by day.
But somehow, Tom, though the same old roof
Sheltered US both when we were boys,
And the same dear mother-lOve watched Us both
Sharing our childish griefs and joys,
Yet you are almost stranger now;


Your ways and mine are as far apart
As though we never had thrown an arm


About each other with owing heart
Your city home is palace Tom;


Your wife and children are fair to see;
you couldn't breathe in the little cot,


The little home, that belongs 70 me.
And am lost IN your grand large house,
And dazed with the wealth on every side,
And hardly know my brother, Tom,


In the midst Of so much stately pride.
Yes. the concert was grand, last night


The singing splendid; but, do you know,
Ny heart kept longing, the evening through,
For another concert, so sweet and low


Ofone so cultured and grand as you;
But TO its music-laugh if you will


Ny heart and thoughts must ever be true
I shut my eyes in the hall last night


For the clash Of the music wearied mel,
And close to my heart this vision came


The sane sweet picture always see:
In the vine-clad porch OF q cottage home,


Half in shadow and half In sum-
A mother chanting her lullaby,


Rocking 10 rest her little one
And son and sweet as the music fell


From the mothers lips heard the COO
OF my baby girl, as with drowsy tongue


She echoed the song with -GoO-a1goo."
Together they sang, the mother and babe,


Ny wife and child, by the cottage door.
All thdt is the concert, brother Tom,


Ny ears are aching 10 hear once more
So now goOd-by. And wish you well,


And many q year of wealth and gain.
You were born to be rich and gay;


lam content TO be poor and plain.
And go back TO my country home


With love that absence has strengthened too
Back to the concert all my own


Mothers singing and baby's COO.
Year: 1878

Dig narrow pit from twelve to eigh
teen inches deep, throwing the earth all
out on one side. From near the bottom
of the pit dig a trench Of sufficient e length
at such an angle as will bring the end
away from the pit to the surface of the
ground. Over the end of this pipe set a
common -four barrel or large cask, as
may be needed, and, having removed
both heads, bank uparound it with loose
dirt, so that no smoke can escape at the
bottom. Putting a cover on the sticks
will leave space enough for draught to
let the smoke pass freely. Build smoke
fire of corn-cobs, damp hard wood or
sawdust in the pit, and you will have a
cheap, safe and efficient smoke house
with very little trouble.
Year: 1878

Bad cooking spOils the good food.
Eat hcorice to sweeten the breath.
Apply common baking soda to burns.
There is no dignity in work half done.
Bottom heat is not good to raise bread.
Cold corn beef is best for making hash.
Eat what your appetite Graves if you
can get it.


Do not entertain visitors with your
own domestic troubles.


Husbands must not expect their wives
to make good, white bread from poor
-four.