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Year: 1878

Wide awake and liberal, knowing thorough
ly the necessities and tastes Of people, experienced
in all details of the business and giving their undi-
vded personal attention it strange that the Levy
Bros, have won high place among the leading mer-
chants cf the South and that their elegant store
st. Andrew and Magazine streets should have become
of the most popular as it has always been of
tie most attractive dry goods emPoriums in New Or.
leans Having ample capital they enabled to pur-
chase goods for cash from Ast hands and being


liberal views, they allow their customers full bene
Of the great advantages they enjoy These facts being
universally known, the bare announcement made by
the Levy BroS, in their card fifth page Rhne
assortment of cloaks, blankets and seasonabe dress
goods will cause tt store be crowded with eager
purchAsers during he coming week.
Year: 1878

His Holiness Pope Leo XIII has address
ed to the Archbishop of Bourges brief
commendatory of the Archbishop's already
celebrated book. entitled, La Tradition
Catholique sur PInfailAbiHte Pontifcale.
The following is an extract from this
important Papal document: "Forasmuch
as it is unlawful to add to or to take away
anything from the doctrine taught by
Christ, and therefore it is not lawful for
the Sovereign Pontif or the whole Ecclesia
dozens to introduce any new dogma, there
fore 1T necessarily follows that if any OBJ.
cnrity or difficulty occur, or exist as q
germ in Holy Scripture or in tradition it
belongs atone to them (the Pope and the
Church) to explain, elucidate aud define
it. This being undoubted, you have uu.
questionably adopted the best method of
defending the Divine revelation of the
dogma of the Infallibility defined by the
Vatican Council, which is not only to rest
your argument on the authority of Scrip
ture, but also to go through the whole
succession of ages, and to draw from them
abundant testimonies to the unbroken
tradition of that dogma. Assuredly the
work you undertook was immense, bat 1t
is one that successfully refutes all the
calumnies against that definition, and
throws a fresh light on the purity and
holiness of the Catholic teaching"
Year: 1878

The sweetest little fish story of
the season is told by Frank Abbot,
of Burlington, la. AT Clear Lake
dwells little girl who takes a ride
every day in little skift drawn by
two pickerel. They are regularly
harnessed, and by means of lines,
she is enabled to guide them in any
direction. The fish are about three
feet in length, weigh between seven
and eight pounds each, and are
very powerful. When the girl is
tired of riding sire drives the pick
erel to boat house, where they are
embarrassed, taken into a commo-
dious aquarium made especially
for them and fed. When she goes
to the tank to harness them for a
ride, the pickerel Jump almost into
her arms, apparently, they are SO
glad to see her. The Young miss
has been offered $1,000 for her team.
Year: 1878

When the tasks and the lessons are ended


And the school for the day is dismissed
The little ones gather around me


To bid me good night and be kissed;
Oh the little white arms that encircle


My neck in their tender embrace;
Oh the smiles that are halos of heaven


Shedding sunshine of love on my face
Oh my heart grows as weak as n wo.
mans,


And the fount of my feelings will flow,
When think of the paths steep and
stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must
go;
OF the mountains of sin hanging o'er
them


OF the tempest of Fate blowing wild,
For there's nothing on earth half so holy
AS the innocent heart of a child
There are idols of hearts and of house


holds,


They are angels Of God III disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses.
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes;
Oh! those truants from home and from


heaven,


They have made me more manly and


mild,


And | know now how Jesus could liken
The kingdom of God to child.
/ ask not a life for the dear ones


All radiant as others have done,
But that life may have just enough


shadow


To temper the glare of the sun;
would pray God to guard them from


evil,


But my prayers would bound back to


myself
All q scraph may pray for a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is so easily bendcd


have banished the rule and the rod,
have taught them the goodness of


knowledge,


They have taught me the goodness Of


God.
My heart is a dungeon of darkness,
Where shut them for breaking rule,
My frown is sufficient correction,
My love is the law of the school.
/ shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse the threshold no more;
All how shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door!
shall miss the ''good-nights" and the


kisses
And the gush of their innocent glec,
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning for me.
shall miss them at morn and at even
Their song in the school and the street
shall miss tho low hum of their voices, |
And the tramp of their pattering feet.
When the lessons of life are all ended,
And Death says, "The school is dis


missed !"
May the little ones gather around me,
TO bid me goodnight and be kissed.
Year: 1878

The four men detained at
the statlOn-house on suspicion
of their having been con-
cerned in the murder OF
officer Scott continue to assert their
innocence of the murder, and that
they were not in the northeastern
portion of the city that night. They
appear to be quite frank in their
statements as to where they were
on the night of the murder, and, If
ii were not for the fact that several
citizens identify them as having
been in that portion of the city
which they say they did not visit,
their statements, made separately,
each man being Kept in different
cell, would have much weight.
They give in their statements
an amusing glimpse at tramp
life. One of them-the one whom
citizens have identified as having
worn a long overcoat-declares that
he did not have any such garment,
but would have been very glad to
have possessed one, as the nights
were very cold. His friends, he
says, are very respectable people,
and, if necessary, he can prove his
innocence of the murder by them.
He admits that the name given by
him to the police is not that which
belongs to him. In accounting for
his whereabouts lie states that he
arrived here Saturday evening on
the steamer Centennial from San
Francisco, the steamers arrival
having been delayed long time by
am accident to her machinery. That
night he endeavored to obtain lodg-
ing in a freight car on Sixth street,
and found it occupied by eight or
nine tramps, who received him
quite cordially. They inquired
whether he had any blankets, and
being answered in the negative,
they told him that it was very
cold in there and he would
not be comfortable If, how
ever, he wanted good warm
bed, he should go TO the vicinity of
Ninth and | streets, where he
would find stable, and if he
walked as If it was matter of
course through the stable down
| INTO the DaSemeDtJ no Oue Wouiu
ask him any questions and he
would find plenty of hay to sleep in.
He went as directed, and, finding
everything as stated, had good
sleep. Next day he fell in with the
three men, now his fellow prison
ers, one of whom he was acquainted
with. That night they all slept
in car, with number of other
? irresponsibles. During the even
ing the party were discussing the
subject of food supply, and
some of the sold ones" stated
that there was small
frame house with brick foun-
dation, on G street, near the Park


wned by man named Gwynn


lhlch was always good for two


reals, and another house in the


icinity Of Third and M streets was


are for one meal, besides which


lther places were pretty good bu,


Uncertain. The cold ones" Were


rec to tell about them, as they die


not want to go to the same place
swice for fear of being recognized


Two of the four men went to the 6
street house the next morning anC
got "square meals" and the house
in the vicinity of Third and NJ
streets also proved its reliability
Record Union.
Year: 1878

where the widest enthusiasm prevailed
which grew more and more intense as the
returns continued to come in, which made
the success more assured. s""
At length, when all the returns were In
. band was engaged and q number Of the
successful candidates were visited. The
first Of whom called on was Mr.. Almond


who responded to the serensde I'D q very
pleasant and happy manner. +


From 10 o'clock till after midnight the


widest demonstrations Of Joy were preva-
lent all through the city, bon.firss were
|kindled In all parts Of town and sent up


their lurid blaze; people shouted and
hurrahed in the fullness Of their satisfac-


ton and while many of the defeated Re
|publicans skunk quietly home, many were
quite willing to give IN and join In with the
expression Of satisfaction.


Below we give the general result In the
city in table, and after that the council
election In paragraph form. rn,..
Year: 1878

One of the prettiest objects person is liable to stumble over in strolling through the fields in the summer is a sitting quail. Scant and simple is the material she requires for her nest. A few straws cunningly arranged under the green leaves of blackberry briar, with hole on one side near the top just large enough to admit her body, almost wholly conceal ..her from view. She waits until you are just upon her before she moves, when she runs less than @ yard away and turns her head up with an appealing look. as if mutely beseech- ing you not to disturb her or destroy her treasure.

 On opening the grass little at the top of the nest you will discover thirteen white eggs-som4times there are eigh- teen-about the size of a pigeons. As the beautiful mother bird glides back to her charge before the eggs have had time to grow cold, although the little thing is so concealed and so near the color of the ground and leaves as to be l almost invisible, you wonder that, di- rectly on the earth as she is, she can es- cape the many dangers to which she is exposed until hatching-time. .. As soon as the young birds are out of the shell they begin to run about, and if YOU chance to come upon large brood of them the little things instlnctively run under leaves or squat so flat on the ground that you have hard work to find one of them.

 There are few more cheerful sounds that wake the morn or continue at inter | vals the live-long day than the shrill notes of the whistling quail. He com pines in an extraordinary degree the qualities of game with those of domes- ticated bird. He delights in the conti- guilty of human habitations, and quickly responds if he hears the whistle of a | man.

 If the eggs of quail are matched under hen the young will remain and roost with their foster mother, making Q beautiful ornament to the poultry yard, until the following spring, when, obe- oient to their natural instincts, they will scatter in pairs. Quails seem to under stand the different treatment they may expect at different times of year, and out of shooting season become extremely tame.
Year: 1878

The Chicago Legal Nea0s shows why the members of the Wyoming bar do not like Judge Beck " He even carried his whim of professional propriety so far as to prohibit swearing in court, and is said to have fined lawyer who swore at witness during his cross-examina- tion. Another peculiarity of this judge is dislike of seeing attorneys, when ar. guing case before him, pass around a bottle of whiskey, and he is said to be violently opposed to lawyers treating the jury to drinks while trial is in progress. Judge Beck is said to have violated common decency by refusing to proceed with case until the attorneys engaged in it should put out their pipes and community once rose in indigna- tion when he ordered lawyer to move his feet from the judges desk.''
Year: 1878

The editor of a Santa Clara California
paper 10 happily deaf, and thus tells OF
his adventures with female book
agent (thc book was not female oil
course): We thought everybody in the
State knew VIC were deaf, but once in a
while we find one who is not aware Of
the fact. A. female bsoX peddler came
to the Office the other day. Sse wished
to dispose Of a book. She was alone in
this world, and had no one to whom she
could turn for sympathy or assistance,
hence we should buy her book. She
was unmarried, and had no manly heart
into which she could pour her suderings,
therefore, we ought to invest in book.


She had received liberal education,
and we could not, in consequence, pay
her less than two dollars for book.
We had listened attentively, and here
broke in with: What did you say ?
We're deaf She started in a loud voice
and went through her rigmarole. When
she had finished we went and got roll
of paper, and making it into a speak
ing trumpet, placed one end to our ear
and told her to proceed. She nearly
broke a blood vessel in her effort to
make herself heard. She commenced:
Il am alone in this WORLD
1T doesn't make the slightest differ
to us. We are a husband and father.
Bigamy is not allowed in this State.
We are not eligible to proposal Oh .:
what fool the man isl she said in a
lew tone; then at the top OF her voice
L don't want to marry you, l want to
sell-a- -b-O-o-k.'


This last sentence was how'd. We
don't want n cook, we remarked, bland
"; our wi c does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow a. good looking q wo-
man as you to stay in the house five
minutes. She is very jealous


She looked at us in despair. Gather
ing her robes about her, giving US a
glance Of contempt. she exclaimed;


Il do believe that il three hundred
FOUNDER were let Of alongside that deaf
fools head, he'd think sOmbody was
knocking at the door,


You should have heard her slam the
door when she went out. We heard
. that.
Year: 1878

When you see a man with a long
pole over his shoulder and a small tin
pail in his hand. snesking down the
back alley with his hat slouched over
his face, and his twinkling gray eye
peering out from beneath the brim,
first on this side and then on that, ev'
identity trying to avoid recognition,
and when he suddenly darts through
his hack gate, and with quickened
step passes into the kitchen, il may b'
taken as an accepted fact that thu
man has been indulging in aquatic
sports. and has experienced "6sher
mans luck" There will be no fish Il
speak OF at the vesper meal.
Year: 1878

How To FISH FOR Men. AT the
New York Press Club reception on
Thursday night, Rev. I. DE Witt
Talmage, told the following story.
"An old fisherman once told me the
reason so few sinners were converted
lay in the manner in which the minis
tiers angled for them. When go to
catch FISH, remarked the disciple OF
Walton, Il use a delicate pole. an al


most invisible line, a hook of the most
artistic workmanship, and at the end
of all a tempting bait, which | softly
drop into the stream; hut when you
preachers start out you take for a pole
weaver's beam, 10 which you fasten
cart rope, with pot hook attached
and a swapping turtle for a halt. Thi'
you throw into the water with splasl
and exclaim, Bite or he damnedr"
Year: 1878

Jack ofall trades seldom succeeds in
making much money. To do one
thing extra well is about all man
can do. He may aim to be a prince
in one line of business. He cannot he
a very great merchant. contractor,
manufacturer, farmer, builder, RAILROAD
operator, speculator and cattle drover
at one and the same time. He must
take some one Of these to his heart and
head, and make speciality ofthat one.
1t is the only way the great trade
schemes are pushed ahead and that
millionaires are made. This one.idea
theory will hold good in every calling
of life; and no better advice can be
given to youth than that contained in
these words: "Do some one thing in
life, and do il WELL
Year: 1878

Idleness is the mother Of vice, and
boy who is allowed TO grow up in
idleness is pretty sure to be a vicious
man. The parents of such boys have
fearful responsibility resting upon
them when they let their sons run a
bout late hours of the night instead Of
keeping them at home reading good
newspapers and books, and training
them into moral habits so as TO be-
come respectable men instead ofidiers,
rum.drinkers, gamblers and loafers,
which is sure to be the case with the
night runners and day idlers, then the
responsibility is increased. Give the
boys plenty to do, and you will pre-
serve their morals. Better tired
body than a vicious mind.
Year: 1878

Everybody respects the man who is
not ashamed to work. People will
trust him and honor him and do all
they can to help him. 1t may he
starting on the lower round of the lad
der, but a higher and still higher
round can he reached by those possess
ing energy, pluck and industry.
Year: 1878

Ifa man is to be baptized it ought
to be done thoroughly. The other
day a convert was immersed, and when
he went home took with him the min
isier's pOcket-book. If he had been
under water for half an hour the acci.
dent would never have occurred
Year: 1878

Enameling as practice is said to
be increasing among Partisan bellies.
The method by which faces are enam.
eled is to inject a dose of arsenic in a
solution of rose water under the skin.
Beauty at such a cost must he terri
BILE thing to purchase.
Year: 1878




Our young girls do not understand
the witchery Of bright eyes and rosy
lips. but set Of their beauty by all
the artificial means which lie in their
power, never rejecting that by so do
ing they destroy their principal charm
that Of innocence. The rounded
cheeks, the bright eyes, the waving
hair Of the girl in her teens need only
the simplest setting. Rich fabrics,
and sumptuous adorning are more for
the matron, her dress gaining in am
pie fold and graceful sweep as she puts
on the dignity of years.
Year: 1878

BosToN. Sept. l0-The democrats of
this city held caucuses last evening for the
election of delegates to the state conven-
tioB. In nearly every ward Butler dele
gates were chosen. The general complex
ion of the entire Boston delegation is said
to be decidedly in favor of Butler.
Year: 1878

BERLIN. Sept. l0.-In a speech from
the throne which was read by count Stal
berg Wernizergde, at the opening of the
Reichstag. yesterday, it is said immediate
ly after the FIRST attempt upon the emper-
or's life the Federal government became
convinced that the crime was due to the
influence of sentiments propogated far and
widely, an agitation which aimed at under
mining the existing laws of the state Of So
ciety; the speech after referring to the
rejection Of the first bill brought forward
in the Reichstag for the arrest of the
machination which imperIlled the common
interests of the country, says, the Federal
government thinks now as formerly that
extraordinary measures are required to
prevent q further extension of the already
widespread evil. and to pave the way for
it's extinction, and that such measures
should preserve the liberty of the citizens
in general, and only prevent the abuse OF
liberty by which pernicious socialist agita-
ton threatens the foundation of lives and
all culture.
Year: 1878

In reply to question as to the best way
to bring up calves by hand, the editor of the
Massachusetts, P'oughman gives his own ex-
perience and practice. He began by allow
ing the calf to suck Tor four or five days,
until the meconium had passed of, after
which nothink but skinned milk was CIV
en-, on which the calf grew well and main
tanned good condition; in no instance was
there any sickness, while many of his neigh
bors who thought skinned mIlk too poor,
aud gave their calves the milk direct from
the cows, often suffered in consequence, los
ing more or less from staggers, the stomach
after death revealing its engagement with
caked milk. Doubtless the result was part
" due TO the rapid swallowing had the
animal drawn the milk from the tea's, it
would not as often have been fatal. possi-
bly, in some eases skinned milk does not
contain a sufficient amount of punishment
to support the animal We then should add
a little oatmeal or linsoed, but care should
be taken not to give too stimulating food,
Year: 1878




To the Editor OF Tke Tribune.


SIR The dispatch from your Washington
correspondent your Issue of yesterday concerning
brother Is lle He rarely your paper and many OF
vour readers served with him during the war; hence
this Telegram Please make it prominent the false
dispatch. G WRIGHT,


Major OF Engineers, Brevet Msjor-General. L. S. A.


Detroit Meh, May z. 1873.


I'VE print the above precisely as received from
the Western Union Telegraph. As it stands il is en-
tirely inscrutable If. however. the name
should be Weitze, in place of Wright, as
the titles appended would seem to ind-
cate, the dispatch becomes quite intelligible
though not at all to the credit of au excellent
officer whose experience in war. if not IN civil life
should have Taught him not to go off at haf-cock


lie has probably found out by this time that the dis
patch from our Washington correspondent concern
ing his brother and the Cincinnati Whiskey Frauds
was not "a he." but was very much within
the truth and that instead Of teegTaphing coarse
message like black guard. he should have rendered
thanks like the officer and gentleman he used to be,
for the consideration with which the case has
been treated.-hl
Year: 1878

TRIBUNE OFFICE. May 10, a. m.-A steady rise of


Ipressre took place yesterday. during aud after tho
morning rains. The temperature very even. tue
sky mostly clouded. There Is still excess OF
moisture in the air.


Fair weather with occasional clouds may be expected
in this city and vicinity for two days. with heat IN the
part OF the afternoon, but cool mornings and even
Year: 1878

Constant though moderate
gains will increase to astonishing
aggregates in the conrse Of years.
Here, for instance, il a table
showing by computation what
would he the result at the end Of
tifty years from saving q certain
amount each day and putting it
at interest at the low rate OF six
Year: 1878

Between the age of fOrty-tive and SIXTY
man who has properly regulated himself
may be said to be in the prime of life. His
matured strength of constitution renders
him almost impervious to the attack OF dis
ease, and experience has given soundness
to his judgment. His mind is resolute, firm
and equal; all his functions are IN the high
est order; he assumes the mastery over MS
business: builds up competence on the
foundation he has laid in early manhood,
and passes through period OF life attended
by many qualifications. Having gone over
a year or two past sixty, ne arrives at
stand-still But athwart this is the VIA
duct called the turn of life, which II cross
ed in safety, leads to the valley OF old age
round which the river winds and then be-
vond without boat or causeway, to effect
his passage. The bridge is, however, con-
structed of fragile material, and it depends
how it is trodden, whether it bend or break.
Gout and appopleXy are also in the vicinity
to waylay the Traveller, and thrust blm
from the pass; but let him grid up his IONS
and provide himself with q filter staff, ana
he may trudge Oh in safety and with per-
feet composure. 70 quit metahor 1.-THE
turp Of life" is turn either into prolong-
ed walk or into the grave. The system and
powers. having reached the utmost expan-
sion, now begin to close either like flower
at sunset, or break down at once. One IN
iudicious stimulant, single fatal excite
mept. NAV force it beyond its strength;
while careful supply Of props and The
withdrawal OF all that tends to force
until night has entirely set in.-Ex.
Year: 1878

We long to see the day when every
county in the state shall have a
thoroughly organized and active ag-
ricultural and mechanical associa-
ton, and when all these county
organizations shall be the instru-
ments tor the Success Of the annual
state fair, Our exhibition this year
is creditable, considering the diff
culties that have been in the way,
but it is not what it would be if we
had county fairs in every quarter OF
the state. But it is one Of the hope
ful signs of the times that the peo-
pie are exhibiting increased interest
in such gatherings. s.-Arkansas Dem
OCrat.