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Year: 1879

Oi III al po1 10 VI LuIOpC uuIluS Gu0 WILL
ter has been very severe, and heavy snow
storms have prevailed where snow is
rarely seen. Private letters from Paris
speak of the past winter as one of the
most disagreeable known for years. The
inundation at Szegedin was caused by
the melting snow. At Berlin recently
there was a heavy fall of snow, and
10000 loads of snow were removed
from the main public streets in order to
make them passable. Naples has been
visited by tempest accompanied by a
violent eruption of Mount Versuvius.
At Venice the Adriatic has inundated
Place St. Marc. and at Vienna they have
had thunder storm. In Syria and at
Southampton the sea was so calm that
the rain which fell covered the water
with thin ice, as the temperature was
not sufficiently low to freeze salt water.
The tempest which swept over southern
Europe on the 25th ult. caused heavy
avalanches in the Austrian Alps. What
is very singular, this tempest, which
came from Africa, brought with it the
sand of the desert of Sahara, which
mixed with the snow as it fell.


THE QUEEN OF HoME.-Henor the
dear old mother. Time has scattered
snowy fakes on her brow, plowed deep
burrows on her cheeks, but is she not
sweet and beautiful now The lips are
thin and shrunken, but those are the
lips which have kissed many a hot tear
from the childish cheeks, and they are
the sweetest lips in the world. The eye
is dim. yet it glows with the soft radi-
ance that can never fade. All, yes, she
is a dear old mother. The sands of life
are nearly run out, but, feeble as she is
she will go further and reach down low
er for you than any other upon earth.
You cannot enter prison whose bars
will keep her out; you can never mount
scaffold too high for her to reach that
she may kiss and bless you in evidence
of her deathless love. When the world
shall despise and forsake you, when it
leaves you by the wayside to die un-
noticed. the dear old mother will gath
er you in her feeble arms and carry you
you home and tell you all your virtues
until you almost forget that your soul is
disfgured by vices. Love her tenderly,
and cheer her declining years with holy
devotion.
Year: 1879

The PHILADELPHIA Evening "Bulle-
tin" referring to the useless expendi-
lures of public money says the amount
of public money squandered by Hen
drick B. Wright's committee during its
recent burlesque inquiry into the csu-
ses of the depression Of labor, was seven
thousand dollars. AS labor was not
depressed when Wright started upon
his trip, and as he would not have been
capable of making an intelligent ex-
animation of the subject if it had been
depressed, this money has simply been
thrown away. 1t was used for no other
purpose than to give Wright chan =
to take summer trip at our expense
and at the COS. Of other tax payers,
and to afford him al opportunity to
harangue Communist moDs and ml5cel
laneous idiots in Chicago and san Fran
cisco. As line specimen OF Democrat
ic economy, the waste of these seven
thousand dollars deserve popular con
sideration. No less consideration should
be given to the junketting tour of Sen
ator Salisbury and his committee, out
to Kansas to investigate the manner in
which Senator Ingalls, was elected. The
Senator, If he is anxious for investiga
ton that will amount to something,
should commence one in Delaware to
snow how elections are carried in for
the Democracy in his own little State.
The Seuator should sweep his own door
steps first.
Year: 1879




JUDGE THURMAN was interviewed the
morning after the election by repre-
sentative of the Cincinnati "Enquirer. l"
He expressed his surprise and dsap-
pointment at the result of it, because
he wished to see the Democracy carry
Ohio this fall, but, so far as he was
concerned, said that it would relieve
him of the duties of an arduous position
and give him a chance for rest, which
he needs. Amt it singular that Thur
man never thought of retiring and TAX
ing a rest until the Ohio Democracy
suffered Waterloo defeat
Year: 1879

No use of having the chils. no use of
headache or any of the ills that come from
disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

Trouble breaks out again at Washington tO-mor-
row.


Nobody offers to bet that there Will be Demo-
cratic cipher hunt.


The storm signal should be unfured when Til
den appears In Washington.


The Democratic editor refraius from loosing any
enthusiasm about Humans bulldoZng letter.


Perhaps this will be a critical week for the gentle
coparceners, but it doesn't look that way now.


OF course Mr. Potter will hasten 10 inform an i'm
patient country what he went To New Orleans for.
and whether or not he found IT.


Colonel Maekey's letter will destroy the last
Democratic hope that decisive proof of the tissue
ballot fraud caDuot be obtained. The evidence is
overwhelming.


Mr.. Thurman has been tho victim of several So
political disasters recently. and il hardly seems
credible that he is ready to call another one upon
himself by starting warfare on the National
banks.


The President is much interested in the next
election in Ohio, and is anxious only that the Re-
publcans pick out their best man 10 run for Cover
nor He makes no secret of his opinion that Gar
field is the man. though he does not wish TO appear
to dictate III any way
There are many evidences OF Democratic agony
al the present time, but none more pathetic than
those which appear in the columns Of space which
the able editors devote to reasons for the Of
resumption in spite Of Democratic predictions,
Nothing hut sheer luck did the business. they are
sure. ii they are right. they simply prove that
their own party Is droadiully unlucky.


In behalf of its beloved friends. the coparceners.
THE 1RlBuNE is moved to request that, in case
cipher hunt is started, tho first fact ascer-
tanned DO tho number and nature OF the dispatches
still remaining IN that barrel. Moses and Nevy will
| DO able to frame their answers with less nor-
Year: 1879

The Legislature of 1879, as Auditor Schuy-
Ter suggests in his report has it in its power
TO take the first step toward making the canals
of the State free in 1881. A refusal to pass
the constitutional amendment which he urges
will delay the frultiOn of this idea until 1888,
npder the constitutional provision requiring
amendments to be passed upon the second
time by Legislature containing u new Sen
ate. Certainly the arguments which Mr..
Schuyler advances deserve the serious cOnsid-
Grafton of members who have it in their hands
TO hasten or retard a step which may be of
vital Importance TO the commercial supremacy
OF New York.


When provision was incorporated into the
Constitution directing that the surplus rev.
enues of the canals should pay the principal
and interest of the canal debt, the legislative
wisdom of that day did not foresee the vast
and intricate development OF the rail-
way system which Is visible to-day,
and did not, as a consequence, perceive the
future importance of waterways to the
State, not ~ the means OF producing petty
revenue, but as instruments TO protect COM
merce against cOnspiracies of greedy corpora
tions. This function of canals is becoming
more plainly manifest every day, in other
countries as well as in this, and the time
seems now to have arrived when this
great State must say whether 1t will
make its great waterway powerful
factor for tho general good or will leave it
hampered with antiQuated restrictions which
choke the tides Of trade. For the canals seem
now to haye reached n poipt which may be
Year: 1879

1t was not strange that the Democrats and
Nationals in the Maine House of Representa-
tiyes should refuse to concur with the Senate
in the passage of resolutions congratulatng the
country upon the resumption of specie pay
ments and pledging themselves to oppose any
action against the maintenance of the same.
For these two parties, the Democrats as well
as the Nationals, had risked everything upon
the venture that resumption Mt this date was
Year: 1879

While the important movement to remove the
Sheriff, County Clerk, and Register of this County
is eminently commendable it is useless to conceal,
as some OF the more active members of the Bar
Committee attempt to do. that it originated in a
partisan and personal design in the interests
of Mr. TIlden and the anti rammany Demo-
Gratis But however ignobe the motive and
selfish the orioin of this reform measure it is one
which unselsh and genuine refOrmers Of all parties
ought to aid. There IS question that these cor
rupted Offices ought to be reorganIzed for the gen.
rral good 1t will be the fault of the general public
and of the independent press if Mr.. Tden and the
"Outs" of the Democratic party fill the places
without regard TO the general welfare. First let
get out the bad officers; then public opinion will
force the Governor 90 til their places with good
men without regard to individual or factious inter-
ests.
Year: 1879

The Rev. DR.. BellOws's pastorate of forty
years, commemOrated yesterday by the first
of a series Of sermons upon the history of the
Unitarian denomination in this city, is remark
able in length alone; in what other respects
also, the people Of his church know too well
to be reminded
Year: 1879

If the betting men of Raleigh are shrewd In
their predictions, North Carolina will disclose
the awful solidity of her Democracy by send
ing zebulon B. Vance to the United States
Senate. There are few men so typical of the
Solid South as Governor Vance, and it is,
on the whole, straightforward of North Caro-
lima to say just what she thinks.
Year: 1879

II is hardly necessary to say that the cold weather
inAicts great suffering upon the homeless poor.
The number of persons gratuitOusly lodged III the
station houses of this city always becomes large as
the temperature becomes low-nearly 400 were ac-
commodated last Friday night, and about half OF
these were 1t is of no Use 10 mOraliZe with
a person who is freezing to death about his prodi-
gality and dissipation. Whether he is deserving
not, he must first be taken in and warmed. Again,
the number of persons pershing by cold in differ
ent parts of the country during the last few days
is a melancholy One-perhaps not less so because
good part of them under the influence of IN
toxicating liquors. The prejudice against tramps
has become so great, that possibly really de-
serving of relief may be neglected. With the ther-
mometer at zero, common humanity demands that
every human being exposed should be sheltered;
and public receptacles, of course, are the best.


II is surprising how long joke can be made to do
duty The wittlcsm about rum and missionaries
going to Africa in the same vessel is one of the most
venerable of the kind extant. Lately it has come
up as fresh as ever and is travelling through the
newspapers. In this case the particulars are care
fully given-there is one missionary and there are
500 900 gallons of rum. But what is singular Is that
we are not given the name either of the missionary
nor of the ship, yet of the port from which she





destined. 1t is observed i'll quite despOndeut way
that this is not a very good method of making
Africa religious but 1t may lsO be suggested that
it is better than the expectation Of 100000 gallons
OF rum and no missionary at ALL


General Grants reception at Dublin was n notable
one. The warm heart of Ireland extended to him
an earnest welcome, and his presence ex-
cited Irish enthusiasm to more than even
its usual pitch. At Cork, there seems to have
been some hitch IN the preparations for the recep
ton of the ex-President. notion has received
currency there that somewhere, at some time and
in some way. the General has expressed himself in
n manner hostile to Roman Catholics We are at a
loss to know to what particular opinion, publicly
expressed or privately entertained of the General
this may refer. There may be some foundation for
the story, but if so it has made no indelble I'M
preston upon the popular memory here.


The appointment of court officers by Judge Cow
ing is announced tins morning. The new Judge is
to be complimened his first official act, for sew
era of the men appointed are known less for their
ward politics than capable and experienced men
in the line Of the duties to which they are newly
appointed
Year: 1879

The clerk of the weather has usurped the
functions of the Clerk OF the Assembly, and
declines to allow that body to organize after
its accustomed fashion. So many members are
blOckaded in the western part of the State by
the snow storms that hardly more than half Of
the Republicans of the Assembly have reached
Albany Ii Is considered hardly possible that
the Republican caucus can be held this even
ing. and it is even thought that it may be
necessary to infringe upon custom SO far rs to
adjourn the Assembly over one day without
electing a Speaker. Predictions as to the result
of the contest would be unseemly in the pres
ence of such highly supplementary conduct
ON the part of the weather, but one pleasant
fact is nOticeable-that the contest for the Re-


publican nomination does not take its tempera-
ture from the thermometer. 1t Is conducted
with the utmost cordiality. and no subsequent
thaying out of grudges will be necessary.


A Republican victory was looked for III the
elections for the French Senate which took
place yesterday, but not the splendid triumph
that has been achieved. Ii was expected that
tbe present Conservative majority In that
Year: 1879

A singular and perhaps unique incident oc- cured here sport time since. An old and large COW was staked, with an abundance of rope, on the margin of cultivated ground for the purpose of having her feed on the adjoin- ing grassy ridge. Some three minutes later, she was noticed to have her head down close to the ground, and it was supposed that she was about to throw dirt with her horns and feet as was occasionally her wont. Only 8 few seconds more and she was seen to stand on her head and end over, striking square on her back. What could the matter be2 Was she seized with an apoplectic fit that was about to end her existance /? It did mt ooesa probable. More likely she was entangled in the rope, and was being strangled to death. Yet such was not the case. A near inspection revealed the fact that she had run her horns into the ground in such manner as to be un- able to extrcate herself. There she lay with he: neck stretched back, and apparently with out the power to breathe. It took something of pull to loosen her head from it's perilous position, and when released it bounded up as How, with her heas thus fastened to the ground, she could have "whopped" over with out breaking her horns or her neck, is a mys- tery that remains unexplained.

 During the season just passed, our post master, Horace Fem, has done not little at farming. Beside considerable improving his land on North street, he has among other things raised corn to the amount of more than one hundred bushels in the ear.
Year: 1879

There are reports current in Bodie, says


the Stock Report, of the discovery of a mine


of marvellous richness on the borders of Death


Valley. For twenty-five years there has been


belief, amounting to a superstition, that


somewhere near Death Valley existed the
richest gold mine that ever entered into the


most magnificent castle building of pros
pector. Death Vallay is near one of the old
southern routes overland trials, and there are
hundreds of stories of big nuggets of gold
picked up in the vicinity by emigrants. and
golden bullets shot at white men by Indians.
In the early days of Nevada a man named
Breyfogle displayed in some of the camps of
Eastern and Southeastern Nevada, quantity
OF very coarse gold, which he claimed to
have taken from. an enormous ledge of al
most pure stuff somewhere down near Death
Valley. He professed to have been driven
out of the country by Indians. Breyfogle
was man who could lie like begger, if he
wanted to, and would make trips occasionally
out of camps in which he was living profess
edly in search of his wonderful ledge. Pros
pectors are credulous of stories about rich
mines, and many poor fellow started on a
search for the Breyfogle lead and left his
bones to be polished off by the coyotes and
ravens in Death Valley and the adjacent de-
serts, but to this day there are thousands of
on the Pacific coast who believe
in the Breyfogle lead and think it will one
day be found. Regularly every Autumn
there is report of the discovery of a tre-
mendous!Y rich gold mine near or in Death
Valley, and the miners and prospectors when
thew hear of it exclaim with one accord:
The Breyfogle lead is found at last ?"
Year: 1879

A mothers love! How lightly do we often
value and bow little d. We appreciate kind,
loving mother! What fountain of pure, un-
selfish love rises up from her generous, lov-
ing heart! Who will love US as mother
does? And who will suffer, work and toll for
US, depriving themselves of every comfort, in
order that we may be we'll cared for, and
spared all anxieties and cares of life? No
one but mother" We may have kind fa-
ther, gentle and loving brothers and sisters,
and, when we grow older and leave the pa
ternal roof, we may be fortunate in securing
kind husband or gentle wife, and may be
blessed with dutiful and happy children;
but no one will ever exercise toward us the
same kind, patient love and gentle forbear-
ance as a mother. How kind we should be
to her We should sharehe anxieties, tighten
the burden of her cares, and strive to make
her declining years happy. 1t is debt as
well as duty we owe to her, and it is hap
PLY in the power of all to pay it,
Year: 1879

1t is not every one who asks himself this
question, because, strangely enough, it is the
belief OF most persons that their lives will be
exceptionally lengthy. Howeva, life insur-
ance companies are aware of the credulous
weakness of those whose lives they assure.
and have therefore compiled numerous tables
OF expectancy of life for their own guidance,
which are carefully referred to before
policy is granted. The following is one of
these well authenticated tables in use among
London assurance companies, showing the
average length of life at various ages. In the
first column we have the present ages of per-
sons of average health, and in the second
column we are enabled to peep, as it were,
behind the scenes Of an assurance office, and
gather from their table the number of years
they will give us to live. This table has been
the result of careful calculation, and seldom
proves misleading. Of course sudden and
premature death. as we'll as lives unusually
extended, occasionally occur, but this is
table of the average expectancy of life of an
ordinary man or woman:
Year: 1879

A German physician of eminence claims
that the following is the only eff1catious treat
ment of hydrophobia: . Beneath the tongue
of every human being there are two veins,
whose blackness renders them easily distin-
guishable. When any one is afflicted with
bydrophobia. cut these open with pair of
small scissors or any other sharp instrument,
and allow the blood to trickle out This rids
the patient of the virus Then make tea of


upulin, the seeds of the hop vine, and give
the patient q cupful. This will at once put
him to sleep without having the injurious ef-
feet that would follow the administration of
opium. In four or five hours the patient will
awake Then give him another cupful of
the tea, and continue this treatment until he
has slept for twenty-four hours. He will
then be entirely cured.
Year: 1879

! On the curbstone up Brush street the other
| day sat girl of 8 or 10 full in the hot sun,
| but so busy with a woe begone rag baby that
| she seemed not to mind the heat and the glare
One arm had been torn from poor ''baby,"
| its head fell over to one side and the sawdust
ran from the dilapidated feet every time it
was lifted about AS the child sat there try
ing to make ''baby'' whole again with an old
darning- needle and bit of twine, boy of ID
halted on the walk and sneeringly said:


''That dolls bin sunstruck, an all the doc
tors in town can't save her life


The girl made no reply, and after a mo-
ment, the lad advanced, snatched the doll
from her hands and flung it high above his
head, laughing loudly at her feeble efforts to
prevent him.


els your mother dead ?" asked the girl as
her eyes filled with tears and her chin quiv-
cred.


mot as knows on"


"But mine is, and she made that dolly for
me when her hands trembled so and her eyes
had so many tears that had to cut the cloth
for her. That's why baby looks so bad!"


"Whew!" whistled the boy below his
breath, and walking into the street he picked
up the plaything. carefully busted it, and as
he placed 1t in her hands he said:


II remember now bout seem the Grape on
the door, and I'm sorry was rough. This
ere linin' in my cap will make that baby
hull dress, an if you won't say nothin' to no.
body of how acted Ill give it to ye."


He had it out at one pull, tossed two coat
buttons after it, and went away saying.


''When gals mother is dead that beats
me, and any time that ere dolly is tooken
sick you count on me to run for the doctor or
sit up all night! Goodbye Tab!"
Year: 1879

In the crowded street, have often seen
A barefooted boy-cadaverous, lean
With face begrimed and clothes unclean,
Saddencd visage and wOeful mien-
And all at once, like flash of light
From some mirk cloud of q darksome night,
The anxious light and sorry plight
Were swept away by the joyous sight
OF penny found. And home he ran,
As only barefOoted urchins can;
And, giving twitCh to his crownless cap.
Tossed the cent in his mothers lap,
And he was happy as lords would be
With richest gifts from over the sea.
And thus it is that little thing
Its need of joy may always bring
And thus it is that the needy poor.
Tho having but little of this worlds store,
May be "a happy as lords would be
With richest gifts from over the sea.
Year: 1879

ST. LOUIS, August 3.-late adyices
from northern Texas say the cotton Is
maturing earlier than usual this year
owing to the lack of rain. The yield
will be heavier, as the acreage is about
II per cent. greater, but the planters
fear the staple will be shorter from the
fact that the unusual dry weather has
forced the balls open before they reach
ell full maturity.
Year: 1879

REPUBLICANS PREPARED TO FIGHT THE ENEMY


AGAIN If NECEssARY-wHAT THEY SAY ABOUT


THE CAUCUS MEAsUREs-MINOR NEWS.


The caucus bills have not yet been reported
to Congress, and the Capital is accordingly free
from agitation. The Republicans will resent
any new attempt at coercion Of the President.
II is believed now that the Warner Silver bill
will make no further progress this session.
An opposition to the confirmation of Secre-
tary McCrary has sprung up among the DEM
ocrats of the Senate. The papers in the Fitz
John Porter case are now with the Presi-
dent.