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Year: 1879




fraud DE in a fair way to be annihilated, and
we shall sec which OF these distinguished gem
tlemcn cries aloud.


A Chinaman managed his own case in one of
the police cocrts yesterday, and. contrary to
the usual Caucasian experience, proved that
he had wise man for lawyer The charge
was of passing counterfeit bill the plea in
bar of trial was that the alleged offence was
committed "ivey-siXey weekee go" and no
complaint had been made meanwhile. The
Judge considered the charge as therefore
doubtful, and the universal hOodlum was given
fresh cause to mediate upon the demoralizing
tendencies OF a race of men who not only
insist upon working for wages, but actually
expect Justice into the bargain.


The Chairman of the House Committee on
WAYS and Means has not abandoned the opin-
ion that the Government could sell three-and-
a-haif per cent bonds, and the announcement
is made in O;ir Washington dispatches that he
will shortly present bill authorizing this
method Of refunding that large portion of the
public debt which natures in 1881. NJ
Woods argument is that much of the attractive
ness of such a form of investment depends
upon the length of time for which the bonds
shall run, aud 1e believes that three-aDd-a-
half per cent bond, running. say. fifty years,
would be considered equally desirable with
four per cent bond running only half as long
time and now commanding premium.


The singular end dreadful disaster at the
Tay Bridge in Scotland combines all the
worst features of railroad accident
and a shipwreck. TRIBUNE readers Will re-
member the allusions in an Edinburgh
letter in last Fridays issue upon the projected
bridge across the Firth OF Forth to the now COM
pleted bridge across the Tay, which was de-
scribed the greatest engineering work OF its
kind in the world. Word now comes that a
portion of this great bridge was blown down
last night while q train was upon it. The sea
WAS so high that it was impossible TO go TO the
scene of the disaster in boats, and friends and
relatives of those supposed TO be on the
Year: 1879

Wou ID I were lying in field of clover,
Of clover cool and soft, and soft, and sweet,
With dusky clouds in deep skies hanging


over,


And scented silence at my head and feet.
Just for one hour to slip the leash of Worry
In eager haste, from Thoughts impatient
neck,
And watch it coursing-in in its needless hurry
Disdaining Wisdom's whistles-Duty's beck.
All! it were sweet, where clover clumps are


meeting


And daisies hiding, so to hide and rest;
No sound except my own hearts sturdy


beating


Rocking itself to sleep within my breast
Just to lie there filled with the deeper breath


ing
That comes of listening to free birds


song!
Our souls require at times this full unsheath-


ing


Ali swords will rust if scabbard-kept too


long.
And am tired! so tired of rigid duty!
So tired of all my tired hands find to do!
I yearu, faint, for some of life's free beauty,
Its loose beads with no straight string run


ming through!
Aye, laugh, if laugh you will, at my crude


speech


But women sometimes die of such greed;
Die for the small joys held beyond their


reach,


And the assurance they have all they need!
Year: 1879

1T behooves Us, as products of
the past, who will one day our
selves constitute the past, to deal
gently and even reverently with
it. We cannot break with it if we
would, nor should we if we could.
The very language which we use,
we owe to the slow acquisitions of
generations which have preceded
us; we cannot compassionate Or
contemn them, except in words
for which we are indebted to them.
There is hardly a word | have
used in this lecture which, were
it's history searched out, does not
mean generations of human cul-
ture to which we are heirs. Seems
it not then a wicked, almost a
sacriligious thing to hasten with
eager gladness to repudiate the
past to which we owe everything,
and to exult over the ruins of it's
beliefs ? It is as if a son should
rejoice over his fathers feebleness,
uncover his nakedness, and make
scorn Of his infrmities. AS he
who has been the best son is in
turn the best father, so the gener-
alton which guards with respect
the good which there is in the
past, and puts gently aside that
which is effete, will make the
most stable progress in it's day,
and transmit the best inheritance
10 the generation which follows
it. No doubt in the future, as in
the past, the knowledge Of one
period will sometimes appear
foolishness at more advanced
period CT human evolution-the
truth Of one age becomes the
laughing-stock Of the next; but
we may pro6tably reflect that de-
caying doctrine had its use. in its
day, and it may teach US modesty
to consider, that much which has
it's place in our mental organiza-
ton now, will one day probably
be put aside as obsolete belief. Let
1t be our prayer, that when shat
day comes, and this generation
comes up for a critical Judgment,
as historical study: before the
tribunal of posterity, it may be
justly said of it that it has done
as much for the progress of man.
kind as some Of the generations
upon which the visest Of US look
back perhaps with induIgent COM
passion, and the unwise among US
with foolish scorn.-Dr. Henry
Moudsley.
Year: 1879

Alec (Mass) electricianiWas expert
menting with a telephone the other
night, talking through fifty miles of
wire, when he was surprised to- hear
laughter and festive sounds from ma,
ny different voices and concluded there
must be jolly roomful,'a at the other.
end. But his surprise was greatly IN
creased when he learned that his fell
low operator had been entirely alone
during all of their conversation. The
most reasonable explanation of the
phenomenon is that the. wire must
have gone near some hall where a
large and jovial party were assembled,
and transmitted the sounds of their
merriment to the sensitive telephone.
Year: 1879

A vocal and instrumental concert for the
benefit of the Sabbath-school will be given
tonight at the Church of the New Jeru-
salem.


A chamber concert will be given this
evening, at the Conservatory of Music, II
West Eighth street, by the pupils, under
the direction of Miss Clara Baur.


The commencement exercises of the high
schools will take place next Tuesday and
in the evening the Woodward Alumni As
sociation will meet in the hall of Wood
ward High School to receive the graduating
class of 1879 into the Association.
Year: 1879

National Associated Press to the Star


FALL RIVER, June 19.-The spinners had
a full meeting last night, at which it was
decided that notice be given Monday, and
that they quit work Wednesday.
Year: 1879

Intimations are freely made that the Coy
ernor and Council are minded to count out
SOME of the Republican Senators-eleet and
either give seats TO the defeated candidates
or refuse certificates to enough Republicans
to throw the control of the Senate into the
hands of the fusionists That this shame
less project is entertained by some of the
fusion leaders cannot be doubted. From
men of their stamp anything-but good
may be expected. But the assertion that
the Governor and his Council have entered
into this conspiracy of desperate, reckless
and unscrupulous politicians to defeat the
will Of the people is yel to be proved. Per-
haps not much is to be hoped from their
sense OF justice. But it is to be presumed
until the contrary is established that self
esteem, prudence and regard for statute law
and public opinion will save them from the
perle ration of paipably unjust or illegal
acts. They are confronted by those pro-
visions of the constitution of this State
which provide that ''The Governor and
Council shall as soon as may be examine the
returned copies of the lists [of votes for Sen
ators returned to the Secretary's Office, and
twenty days before the first Wednesday OF
January issue a summons to such persons
as shall appear to be elected by a plurality
of the votes Of each district, to attend that
day and take their Seats" and that each
House shall be judge of the elections and
qualifications of its own members" They
may trespass upon these limits; but if they
do they will, to borrow the expressive Ian
guage of their Southern allies used at An
dersonville and Belle-Isle, step across the
dead-line
Year: 1879

Messrs. G. F. Putnam of New York port
land: Loring, Short & HARMONY publish in
their New Plutarch Series, the Life of Abra-
ham Lincoln written by Mr.. Charles &. Le-
land. No figure in modern history stands with
more majestic poise than that of the Martyr
President. He rises out Of the years that seem
far away and many because of the tremendous
changes that were made during their lapse;
we see him through the mist of the nation S
tears, crowned with the nations love, set on q
high throne Of the nations reverence. The
assassins shot that struck at the life of the
President, drew blood from the heart of Amer
lea. His apotheosis was instant; many men
whom party spirit or misapprehension had
arrayed against President Lincoln and his
policy, saw his worth more clearly when he
had sealed the record Of his faith, and had lett
the land whose sorrows had been SO heavy upon
his heart. To those wlio trusted him as lead
e. among men, he took on greatness more than
human. When the terrible word Of his muir
der ran over trembling wires, a cry rose up
through all the North-not the stately lament
for a lost leader, but the bitter intimate sorrow
for the passing away of the father of his
people


Abraham Lincoln was as dear to the coun-
try's heart as he was great before its sight;
and the story of his life cannot be too often re-
peated in all its details of honest work. struggle
against hinderng circumstances, and final
success. All that is royal of mercy and JUS
tce, of strength and honorable kindliness, is
to be found in the character of Abraham Lin
coin.


Mr. Leland's portrait of the President is
life-like and drawn with appreciative spirit.
In his daily life, no man had less of the con-
ventonal pose of the hero or magnitied his
office less in speech or bearing than President
Lincoln. Simple, homely, shrewd in his talk
and manner-he was little to the taste of the
would-be aristocrats of political life. He had a
quaint story to tell that bore upon each case
and we can only guess, who know and love
him now, now bitter was the sorrow that he
lightened for a moment with a laugh. Abra-
ham Lincoln had the great gift of wise sympa
thy; he felt the sin of his land and the suffer
ing of the enslaved people; it was an iror
crown that he wore and it lay heavy on hi;
head. All through his life, from earliest boy
hood, Lincoln had the good name Of an honest
and trusty man. The neighbors referred theil
differences to him, and said of him "He is the
fairest man | ever had to deal with" He was
industrious, temperate, constantly improving
every opportunity. He won the good VIII oil
all that knew him. These qualities were the
foundation of his after life which has become
historic. The present biographer, Mr. Leland
has arranged the events of the life of Lincoln
and those of the war, which were so connected
as properly to form part of his history, with
care and skill. The volume, OF very moderate
size, gives a forcible and clear idea OF the ca
reer of Abraham Lincoln from his obscure boy
hood to his honorable grave.
Year: 1879

1t is not to be regretted, it is to be re-
ioiced in, that in this State specific allega-
tions of corruption of voters have been
brought against men whose names have
been given. We have had much OF the gen
eral lie, the lie without name or other cir
cumstance. We have now to deal with the
circumstantial lie, and that is far easier
thing to deal with. When we were told
that the Republicans of Maine bought voters
by the wholesale, that they broke jails and
emptied brothels to stuff the ballot boxes,
we could only make general denial. We
could not produce pimps and drunkards and
other disreputahle loafers, to say that they
had not been bribed. They were the wit
nesses for the other side. We could cross
examine them after they were placed upon
to them, for we did not even know their
names.


There is prospect now that these wit
nesses will be put in a position where they
can be identified, can be looked at and ques-
toned. The Boston Globe promises great
revelations. The promise may be made only
for effect on the Massachusetts election, and
the subject may, after Tuesday, be dismissed
by the Globe. But the Republicans OF
Maine will not consent to the dismissal.
They demand the names, the residence, and
the testimony Of these promised witnesses.
They demand that to the airy nothings Of
fusion imagination shall be given local
habitation and a name. If one-half or one
third of the Democrats and Greenbackers Of
Maine have been bribed or intimidated into
voting the Republican ticket, as alleged by
the yituperative and evasiye Springer, we
want to know it. If the jails have been de-
livered, and the brothels ransacked to pro-
cure Republican votes we want TO know
it. If ''repeaters' have been brought into
the State, if dead men have been personated
if men have been drugged and carried to the
polls want to know it. If Democratic
attorneys have been put under ban by the
courts and impoverished because of their
political opinions, we want to know it. Ii
Washington County Democrats swap the
privilege of suffrage for pair of boots we
want to know it. Charges of this nature
should be brought in court. The fusion
leaders prefer to try them by newspaper
Well, lei is accept this tribunal. But lei
the chat IS be made specific and be preferred
by some Maine newspaper that can be held
to account for libel and slander. Then We
can sift evidence and settle accounts.
Year: 1879

THE Maine Standard persists in its COM
parison of the editor of the PRESS to a pole
cat and says other things about this paper
which wholesome fear of the law against
sending obscene matter through the mails for
bids us to repeat. 1t open to us, of course, to
liken Senator Pillsbury to a skunk-but the
comparison would be so degrading to the
nobler animal that the PRESS would lay it
self open to an admonitory visit from the
agent of the S. P. c. A. Even skunk has
feelings which people are bound to respect.
Year: 1879

We DO not read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable not necessarily for publca-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith


Wecannot undertake to return on preserve COM
munlCatlons that are not used.
Year: 1879

THE Democratic papers make it practice
to discredit The revival i'll business and are
yet continually giving instances OF that re-
yiyal. Here is the Boston Globe working
up a boom in the boot market iu Washing
ton County.
Year: 1879

IT is to be hoped that the Democratic pa
pers will be frank and give the prices de-
manded by their vo.ers. People are curious
to know just what Democrat is worth
By all means publish the trade list-with
the usual discounts.
Year: 1879

A DEMOCRATIC Governor in Maine count
ed in by the Council, would be worth ten
thousand votes to the Republicans of Maine
Were the Republican party i'll trade it might
close with this remarkable bargain.
Year: 1879

Grand Days Work by tho Party of the
People in Ohio-A Representative Ticket
Nominated and Placed Upon a Sound and
Patriotic Platforn-Death Knell of the
Ohio Nationals.-In Trying to Stand Alone
the Party Tumbles to Pieces-Ticket and
Platform of Factio91Platforn of the
California WOrkinsmen.
Year: 1879

Warren, and have engaged their
help so as to grade the distance be-
tween Montfort and where the pres
ent terminus of the Galena and
Southwestern Road is, in the short
time of thirty days. No arrange
ments have been made to run over
the Galena and South Western route
as yet. IT no arrangements can bo
made with the Galena men, says the
correspondent, the company will
build their road alongside of it, and
run into Belmont on their own
accord,
Year: 1879

AT Sun Prairie, on Friday even
ing, a sad and fatal accident occur
red While q freight train was
switching on side track, German
Catholic Priest named Father De-
Bekes, a resident of that place, at
tempted to cross the traclz, and was
struck by the tender, drawn under
and instantly killed.
Year: 1879

more wetting up for lifetime. II
you meet him give him q boost; we
didn't say what kind, bot if it would
land him safely at the next station
all right. Don't be penurious, your
sole can stand it.
Year: 1879

We know Of no man that is doing
more to-day TO show the reasonable
ness Of Christianity and the unrea-
sonableness Of unbelief than the Rev.
Joseph Cooks aor do we know OF
any sns who Is doing it with such
Year: 1879

TIE work of quarrying stone for
the erection of an addition to Mark
Terrilrs hotel has fairly begun, and
in c few days The lnasons will be in
full operation. Marks enterprise is
great advantage to Commerce.
street, and when this job is finished
the beauty of its surroundings will
be enhanced tenfold.
Year: 1879

section of the country by hundreds if not thousands
and through the use of money by intimidation and
other means control voters in the interest of the
party in power Those who are posted as to the
ways and means of winning votes can readily un-
derstand how all this horde of Government officials
would be lever of vast power to lift any man
into the Presidential chair The Sixty Surgeons
and their hundreds of satellites would be SO
many Express Companies bearing political docu-
ments to every soldier who served in the Union ar
my and the idea would be held out IF YOU want
any pension you must go with our party Is any
one so dumb as not to observe that this is one of
the purposes of the bill. There are but objects
in it, the one Is to cheathe soldiers ou of Hei, just
dues and the other IS 10 retain political podcer
Year: 1879

estly fought for what they esteemed to be their
rights, we freely admit it, and they may also be en-
titled to our sympathy but are not so charitable
as to believe that men of culture and education the
most prominent of whom were nurtered at West
Point, directly under the flag and all its patriotic
teachings, thus entitled to our respect Off, in
deed must have been the bitter reflections of such
soldier as Gen. Lee What has this Government
done against me that should seek to destroy it
Educated and honored by it, now command an
army fighting under another flag and against my
country" We are led to these reflections by re-
Gently perusing an admirable letter, written by
Gen. w I. Sherman to parties in North Carolina
who invited him to attend a reunion of Union and
and Rebel soldiers In his letter of declination he
says


There is of my mincing terms Whenever and
wherever the honest of North Carolina to aay
sectional and party anmostes and to cultivate feelings
of fraternity and respect for their fellow citizens of the
United States, it will be to most tempting
Salisbury would far prefer to alone than be
fore with vast army, leaving desolaton behind, but
must not be construed asserting to the proposition that
Confederate and Union alike worthy of celebia
ton for the terrible history of lS6165 All soldiers in
their social reunions gorfy their deeds of heroism and
this reunion will hardly be exception 1t would be
very strange sight for Gen. Sherman cheer the
of his enemies and respond to the claim that because the
soldiers of North Carolina brave and their
state and section, their sacred
which finally trumphed and made Union more glori
Gus and more resplendent than before. ~
Year: 1879

From recent report of speech made by Com
missioner Bentley at Philadelphia. we perceive he
has not abandoned that ridiculous monstrosity
known as the Sixty Surgeon Bill and again pro-
pesos to bring it before Congress- hence it
becomes the party now out of power, but who so
ardently seek to gain it, TO observe the vast patron


age for eectioneering purposes, which this bill will
afford The Sixty Surgeons named are but the nu
ceus of body of officials who will penetrate every
Year: 1879

Within seven weeks, from now, Congress will
again assemble and it becomes YOU, and we call
upon you, to prepare for action. great battle is
to be fought, to secure the passage of the Equaza
ton Bounty Bill You have but to say with unan-
unity, all this Republic that you will it to go
through and your will Congress will obey. Go to
work then, laow at once, immediately, and get up
petitions, for the prompt passage of the bill Have
them ready by December first and then forward
them for presentation by your Senators and Repre-
sentatves Let there be constant flow of these
petitions Let there not be a county in the Union,
but from whence one will not be sent Do not wait
till hundred soldiers sign petition-send it on
with twenty names if you cannot do better We
impress it upon you again, to go to work no,c, at
once, insmediotely The following form of petition
may be used;


PETITION


TO the Honorable Senate and House of RepreseR-


tatiues ia Congress assembled:


The petition of the soldiers who served in the Union
Army during the War of the Rebellion respectfully rep
resents


That whereas is conceded that the passage of what
is known the Equalization Bounty Bill, is of
justice recognized already by its passage several times in
the House of Representatives, and that the present is the
opportune time pass this bil for the Treasury
flowing with funds which could be devoted to nober
purpose than to discharge obligation the who
in its hour of need stepped forward TO it from de-
sructon therefore beg of your honorable bodies
respectfully yet earnestly and without delay pass this
bill and thus perform act for which you will merit
thanks and gratitude. And your memoralists will
ever pray.
Year: 1879

MISS KATE BENNETT TAKES A PARTY OF HER


PUPILS FOR SWIM AT CoNEY ISLAND.


Among the crowd on board the Adelaide bound for
the pier at the west end of Coney Island yester
day afternoon was Miss Kate Bennett. the swimming
teacher. and twenty of her pupils young ladies bo.
longing to the best families in the city. 1t is Miss
Benefits ambition to make those under her teaching
familiar with tho water under every condition. and her
motive in going to Coney Island to give hor
SURF of the beach--an experience much more trying
and exciting than the ordinary still water bathing.
Arrived at the pier, about quarter or q milo from
Norton Il Murrays establishments, Miss Bennett
instructed her pupils to prepare themselves for the
water, and In short time the ladies', clad In dark
blue flannel costumes, issued from their bathing
boxes. and in gleeful mood rushed down the
sands to meet the embraces of Old Neptune.
great variety OF natatorial performances. watched
with interest by the people under the pavilion and
scattered along the pier, occurred. There div.
ing, sw winning the back, swimming. according
to the English fashion, on the side dog swimming
and, in fact all sorts and styles OF swimming which
Miss Bennett varied with her customary tact. Tho
appearance of many young ladies' in the water.
acting like regularly drilled company OF soldiers,
drew the attention OF all those passing up and down
the beach, and soon there quite audience
seven years old, that Miss Bennett said had only
learned to swim q week before, performed some
marvellous feats in diving and floating. Onco
beyond tho white crest of the breakers the ladies'
seemed TO feel quito ut home, and though out OF
their depth felt not the least degree OF alarm. Miss
the mystical mermaid. looked after her charge with
n careful eye and brought them all to shore safely
and In buoyant spirits, the whistle OF the steam.
boat Adelaide warned them to prepare for home.