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Year: 1878

This morning all kinds OF people will begin
to keep all kinds of Lent. There will be
much church going all over Christendom. a
large class will make it matter OF discipline
for the stomach, fOrswearing meat and taxi
ing to a diet of fish and eggs. Another VIII
renounce balls and opera for forty days, and
taste only the mild dissipation of kettle-drums
and hiQh-teas; a few will take it to mean n
difference III dress; Others, change from
dancing to quiet card-playing. With the large
majority let us hope, however, OF these good
neople. thero will be rational comprehen-
sion of the real meaning of this religious OBJ
servancc. and hearty endeavOr to mortify
their sous as well as their digestive organs,
and to bring themselves into closer relation
with their Maker


Outsiders, and the large body of Christians
who do not keep Lent, are apt to talk of it
as - superficial, emotional affair. with which
vital truth has no necessary connection. we
Year: 1878

Armory plan, but when the matter was sub
mitted to the Board, that body was found to
be divided and a decision was postponed. The
average Alderman is usually willing to be re-
elected, and he knows he would have a sorry
time begging the votes of laboring men after he
bad asked the Legislature to deprive them OF
the one West Side park which still remains.


The Honorable Readjusters have brought
the State of Virginia to pretty pass. The
Auditor in an explosion of official grief, i'll
forms the Legislature that he cannot run the
Government an hour longer. There is barely
hundred dollars in the treasury; no money
is coming in, and, thanks to the Honor
able Readiusters, none can be borrowed.
The banks have advanced all they care
to advance to State which is quarrelling
over the question of paying its debts. There
is no money with which to support the asy-
lums of the State, and, what is much less
serious matter, there Is no money even for the
Honorable Readjusters' salaries. A. this seems
to be regarded with no little surprise in Rich
mond, and there Is commOtiOn in the Legisla-
ture. But is it so surprising that when people
make a loud proclamation of their intention
to repudiate, they should be taken at their
wordf


According to the successive reports regard
ing that elastic treaty signed at San SteIano,
the New Turkey that is to come forth from
the smoke of battle Will he a power of moder-
ate extent and weak resources. In Asia it Will
retain Erzerum and the tract of barren, I'M
productive territory extending thence to the
shores of the Bosphorus In tlfis wide domain
it will have no great fortress, no important
city, no port, except Trebizond and Sinopt,
which can hope for commercial prosperity
The Porte will simply continue to msgovern
an idle, shiftless population, less disposed than
ever to submit to the tax-cOlectOr's exactons. In
Europe, the Ottoman Government will hold
direct control only over that part of ROumella
which will remain to 1t when the vague
terms of the treaty are carried into
effect, and the Porte has ceased to
yield territory in return for concessions OF
moro immediate importance. Turkish rule


may in the end be acknowledged some
leagues nOrthward of AdrianOple, but it will


have lost its arrogance, and will be tempered
by the proximity of Bulgaria, where Russian
! influence will long survive the MuscOyite oc-
cupation. The Ottoman Power has in fact
| virtually ceased to exist. 1t will henceforth
correspond in political rank with those East
Indian provinces where a native ruler governs


so long as he obeys the cOnqueror's will.
Year: 1878

Congressman Bliss has secured a unanimous
report from his committee in favor of an ap-
preparation of 100000 to build new Post
Office in Brooklyn, and the appropriation will
doubtless be made. Brooklyn will miss Null
lett.


Next to permitting President to serve out
his full term, the most sensible thing Mexl-
cans can do is to pass the Constitutional
amendment rendering him ineligible for re-
election. With tins provision engrafted in the
Constitution, there should be less temptation
to misuse the executive power, and claims TO
q second term could only be made by Violence


Mr.. Beck is another Democratic refOrmer
who wants the AstOrs, Vandeiblts and Stew
arts to foot the bills of the Government
and thinks poor laboring man does as much
TO support it as millionaire. Mr.. Beck offset
his loud declaration in favor of an income tax
with demand that there should be no subsi-
dies, but he neglected to make it clear whether
lie meant to shut out railroads as well as steam
ship lines.


The municipal elections in this State show
some interesting changes in the strength of
the new parties. In Elmira the Greenback
organization maintains its supremacy, electing
the MAYOR and almost all the Aldermen, as last
Fall it elected the Assembyman; and in Os-
wego the Democrats and Greenback men by
combining carried the city. which has been
carried by the Democrats before; but IN ROch
ester the WOrl1ingmen's ticket lost 1900 votes
On Its heavy poll of last Fall.


The supplementary chapters OF tho New
Code have now passed the Legislature by
such overwhelming majonties, and with such
an entire lack of opposition on the part OF the
legal profession-unless Mr.. David Dudley
Field is supposed to belong to it-that the
Governor will hardly withhold his signature
second time Even if he should do so, the bill
would undoubtedly be passed over his veto.
Only four votes were recorded against it in
the Senate, and the Assembly passed it yester-
day by nearly d three-fourths' vote Of the
members present.


Controller Kelly sets the fashions for Tam
many Hall, and the Aldermen are his crea-
lures. But even d number Of the Aldermen,
1t seems, refuse to follow his lead in the at
tack on Washington Square. The Committee
On County Affairs reported in favor of the
Year: 1878

Congressman Bliss has secured a unanimous
report from his committee in favor of an ap-
preparation of 100000 to build new Post
Office in Brooklyn, and the appropriation will
doubtless be made. Brooklyn will miss Null
lof
Year: 1878

IT Ia human to doubt. Display q
sign with tho inscription, Beware Of
paint" AMI nine persons out OF ten
will draw their fore-hpgers across the
newly painted surface to see II the sign
il not merely "an invention OF the en-
emy." The tenth man never learned to
rsal
Year: 1878

DER to secure the much needed reform.


In our opinion this suggestion sprung
from an erroneous notion as to the re-
al nature and necessities of the case.
AS long as any tolerationrls shown to
official thieves no. law that can be
enacted will prevent them from steal>
ing. The law should be made more
stringent in regard to the duties of of,
ticers, and should provide for the
speedy punishment of all offenders.
The people should see that no man
whose honesty there is reason to ques-
tlon, is elected to any Office. There
can be no such thing as reform as long
as important trusts are left in the
hands of dishonest men. The law
alone never can purify the civil SER
vice of this county. The people must
see that metz Of questionable honesty
are not elected, and must demand that
no person whose record is not right
shall. be allowed to fll public Office.
And even then reform cannot be
reached without severe penalties be-
ing provided by law. To sum up the
whole matter, the Question Of reform
rests primarily with the people, and
when they fully determine that NAL.
feasence in office shall not be tolerated,
reform will begin.
Year: 1878

The Pioneer Press of the 26th inst
speaking of the pending proposition
to give the internal improvement land
in full payment for the. old State rail-
road bonds, says:


1t is just possible the lands may now be
worth $500 or $3.50 per acre, or in the aggre-
gate million and a quarter dollars. If the
bondholders should be induced to accept the
lands in exchange for their bonds, we should
have the intense satisfaction of knowing that
we had swipdled them out of Soy en- eighths e1
the whole sum due them.


Now the Pioneer Press did not ex-
press such views as that when it was
trying TO make the people believe, SIX
teen months ago, that the lands would
pay all or nearl y all Of the bonds, basing
the settlement at fifty cents on dollar.
1t is not probable that any additional
information in reference to the value
of the lands has come to light since
that time, and we can only conclude
that the Pioneer Press changes its
views to suit the interest Of the bond
holders.
Year: 1878

The editor of the Transcript arraigns the
Chairman of the Democratic County Commit
tee, for calling the County Convention at SO
late day that he aud his little ring will not
have time to get up a. bolter's convention !!
And we plead guilty to the charge. That " Is
just the object in calling the Convent tion so
late; and If that be a crime against the DEM
dcratic party, we repeat that we are guilty.
Every Democrat in the County,
so far rs we could learn before calling the Con-
vention believed that party interests would be
best protected by calling it at the time we
did.-Morrison County Banner. !


The above extract from the Banner
shows conclusively that the Transcript
was right in asserting that Clark had
F'put up job" to deprive the Germans
of proper representation on the ticket.
Clark, with a candor very unusual with
him, frankly admits that the date to
hold the convention was fixed so ,late
in order that there would not be ''time
to get up bolter's convention" Now,
if every Democrat in the county was
satisfied with the arrangement, as he
says they were, will he please inform
us who he expected was going to bolt?
At the time that Clark fixed the date
to hold the convention, a "People's
ticket" had not been thought of. Now,
he knew very we'll that if a ticket was
nominated honestly and squarely by
the Democratic convention. there
would not be a "bolter's convention"
There is no way to avoid the conclu>
sion that Clark was acting in the in
terest of clique, and thas it was un>
derstood by him and the fellows who
had hired him to perform this dirty
work that the convention was to he
controlled by themselves. IF he can
give any explanation that will clear
him Of having apparently been a par
ty to a plot to get up packed conven~
tion, he had better try his hand at it.
Year: 1878

he acted exactly in accordance with
the law, as instructed by the Attorney
General. You speak Of fvillainy as flip.
PANTY as though a dishonest thought
had never found refuge in that thick
skull of yours for an instant. IF one
ever did slip in, It stayed there. It
found plenty of its own ilk, and could
not tear itself from its fellows. Did it
occur to you, Mr.. "Voter," that you
made an incompatible ninny of your
self when you wrote that letter last
week? You pretend to set yourself
over the State Examiner. lie gave
the official record of the Auditor a rig.


id and searching examination. He
investigated the books and records of
the Office Chat tax>judgment sale in
cluded) with the most absolute and


uncompromising thoroughness. He
found no "bare~faced fraud" no "vil>
lainy," no "Bill Tweed thefts," noth>
ing, in facty except what was entirely
and strictly regular and straight for
ward and he paid, in our hearing, our
Auditor high compliment when
he had finished bis investigation. And
yet you froth at the mouth and beat
the air with your nonsense to the ex<
tent Of nearly a column of last weeks
Transcript. Be careful and barricade
your doors strongly when the fool>kill>
er comes irto your neighborhood.


You talk as if you'd been a Demo>
crat in the past. Thank the Lord, YOU
are not now. The party don't want
you, and don't want to be encountered
with the expense ofseuding any of its
members to the asylum for idiots, and
it is plain to our mind that if our Pro-
bate Judge ever gets deal on you,
there's where you'll land.


Yours &c., DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1878

We hold that it is tho duty of the Legisla-
ture to provide and perfect a better system of
financial management for all it's institutions.
and that until it does establish some system
based upon ordinary business prudence, the
Legislature is directly at fault for whatever of
mlsmanagement, extravaganza, speculation or
fraud which may occur.-St. Paul Dispatch.


The above is taken from an article
on the crookedness unearthed at the
State insane asylum at St. Peter by
the Senate committee. The tone of
the whole article seems to harmonize
with the theory that if there is any
defect of law whereby there Is chance
to steal, the guilt Of the thief is not
so great as it otherwise would be.
Indeed, we have heard this theory adj
vanced and defended by prominent
persons, some Of whom even assert that
it is no crime at all to take advantage
of any and every defect of law to plun>
der the public treasury or steal public
lands. And defect of law, as they
interpret it, consists of an omission or
other feature whereby the law can be
grossly violated without the vlolator
being sent to prison. This principle and
this looseness of morals produces the
rottenness that Is so frequently found
in official circles. A man who upholds
fraud under any circumstances is not
a safe person to be intrusted with a
public office. But this perverted con-
dition Of the morals is often hid under
thick coat Of hypocrisy. The Rev.
Kerr. one of the trustees of the insane
asylum, furnishes an example, and a
number of the pious indian agents who
have lately been detected in the most
outrageous frauds illustrate the aston
ishing extent to which Hypocrisy can
be carried. It is we'll known that in
all branches Of the public service in
the United States, dishonesty and fraud
are much more common than they are
under the leading governments of Eu~
rope. This cannot be attributed to
the dishonesty of the American peo>
pie, for they are, as a whole, fully as
honest as the people of any other ma
tion. The reason Of this extraordinary
degree Of corruption in official circles
is to be found in the fact that in this
country official misdemeanors are not
generally followed by swift and con-
dign punishment. The laxity of our
government in this respect causes ma
ny people to look upon official dishon~
or rather as a virtue than as vice.
It would be impossible for SO much
corruption to exist if corrupt practices
were not viewed with some degree of
liberation. The Dispatch suggests the
propriety Of creating Estate depart>
ment of supplies aud building in or
Year: 1878

PEAcE.-It is said that all Europe is re-
joicing over the signing of the treaty OF
peace between Russia and Turkey. We
hope for the sake Of humanity that this
news is reliable. But we have grave
doubts Of the ability Of the European
governments to get matters hxed up so
readily. They have become greatly
mixed in all Turkey in Europe, and to a
great extent, too; in Turkey in Asia
While it is said all Europe sisrejoicing ii
is also said England and Austria are pro-
testing vigorously. Perhaps it Is under
stood that England's protest amounts to
nothing and Austria is too feeble to be
Of any account. But there are still some
well-informed people who hold that
E ngland's voice is yet potential.
Year: 1878

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.-One hum
dred years ago not a pound of coal, not
cubic foot of illuminating gas, had
been burned in this country. No iron
stoves were used, and no contrivance
for economizing heat employed until
DR.. Franklin invented the iron frame
fireplace, which still bears his name
All the cooking and warming in town
and country were done by the aid of fire
kindied in the brick oven or on the
hearth. Pine knots or tallow candles
furnished the light for the long winter
nights, and sanded floors supplied the
place of rugs and carpets. The water
used for household purposes was drawn
from deep wells by the creaking sweep.
No form of pump was used in this
country, so far as we can learn, until
after the commencement of the present
century. There were no friction
matches in those early days by the aid
of which fire could be easily kindled |;
and if the fire "went out upon the
hearth" over night, and the tinder was
damp, SO that the sparks would not
catch. the alternative was presented of
wandering through the snow mile or
so to borrow of a neighbor. Only one
room in any house was warm, unless
some of the family were i'll. In all the
rest the temperature was at zero many
nights in the winter.
Year: 1878

THE HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH
One of the hottest regions on the earth
is along the Persian Gulf, where little
or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid
shore has no fresh water, yet compar-
atively numerous population contrive to
live there, thanks to the copious springs
which burst forth from the bottom of
the sea: The fresh water is got by div
ing. The diver, sitting on his boat,
winds great goat skin bag around his
left arm, the hand grasping its mouth
then takes in his right hand heavy
stone, to which is attached strong line,
and thus equipped he plunges in and
quickly reaches the bottom. Instantly
opening the bag over the strong jet of
fresh water, he springs up the ascending
current, at the same time closing the
bag, and is helped aboard. The Stone
is then hauled up, and the diver, after
taking breath, plunges again. The
source of these copious submarine
springs is thought to be in the green
OF hills Osman, some five or six hum
dred miles distant.
Year: 1878

is rapidly coming to head In the department
here and his removal may be eonsid red as
settled upon, and will form o part of The gen
eral programme of The reorganization II Fed
eral patronage In New Orleans as soon as pres.
ent complications arc disposed Of


o BUELL.,
Year: 1878

I've Just been down in the parloT to
see mamma. She's in long box, with
flowers on her. wish she'd come and
bathe my head-it aches so. Nobody
ever makes it feel good but mamma.
She knew how it hurt me, and she used
to read to me out of little book how
nv head would get well and net ache
any more some day. i wish it was
"some day" now. Nobody likes me but
mamma. That's cause I've got sick
head. Mamma used to take me in her
arms and cry. When I asked her what's
the matter she would say, "Pm only
tired, darling" / guess Aunt Agnes
made her tired, for when she came to
stay all day mamma would take me up
in the evening on her lap and cry awful
hard. | amt had any dinner to-day.
Mamma always gave me my dinner and
a little teenty pudding with "D," for
" Danny" on the top. l have little
puddings with DIS on top. like to sit
in my little chair by the fire. and eat
'em. / wish mamma wouldn't stay in
the long box. / guess Aunt Agnes Iut
her there, cause she put all the flower
trimmings on and shows her To every
body. There amt no fire in the CRATE,
but ! guess I'll sit by it and make be-
Iieve there is. I'll get my little dish
and spoon and play I've got a pudding
with d for Danny on it. But any way
/ want mamma SO bad New Orleans
Picavune
Year: 1878

going to show the Affection OF dnm6
animals for those who care for them oc-
CURED in this city q .ew days since.
Our readers will remember the drowning
last Sunday of the little six-year old boy,
Danny. The child had little dog who
was his constant companion and play
mate When the accident occurred,
which resulted in the drowning of the
boy. the dog was with him. and by his
strange conduct and uneasiness he at
tracted the attention of those present
While the boy was lying in the bottom
of the stream, the cog would run TO the
child's mother and then toward the place
where the boy was supposed to be, and
finally plunged in and swan around or
over the spot where his little master lay.
After the body had been placed in the
coffin, the dog manifested strong desire
to see the child, and when the lid OF the
coffin was raised, he licked the dead
face and seemed to feel intense grief. In
short time the dog went out to the
railroad track and laid down upon the
road, as it had done many times before;
but upon the approach of the train, he
laid himself upon the rail and deliber-
ately permitted the train to pass over
his body-being killed. The whole
actions of the dog were such as to con-
vince one that it was governed by
reasoning powers, and is another illus
tration of the remarkable love or attach
ment that some animals have for their
masters The mother, at the time Of the
drowning, supposed the child was at
home, and, therefore, neglected to obey
the hint given by the dog that might
have saved the boys life Lincoln
(Neb.) Journal
Year: 1878

Once upon a time, the conversation
having turned, in presence of DIR. Frank.
lin, upon riches, and a young person in
the company having gexpressed his issurprise
that they ever should be attended with
such anxiety and solicitude, instancing
one of his acquaintance, who, though
in possession of unbounded wealth, yet
was as busy and more anxious than the
most assiduous clerk in his counting
house the doctor took an apple from a
fruit-basket and presented it to little
child, who could just totter about the
room. The child could scarcely grasp it
in its hand. He then gave it another,
which occupied the other hand. Then
choosing third, remarkable in size and
beauty, he presented that also. The
child, after many Intellectual attempts tn
hold the three, dropped the last on the
carpet, and burst into tears.


See there" said the philosopher,
there is little man with more riches
than he can enioyl' l''
Year: 1878

Mount Hamilton, Colorado, the site
selected for the great Lick Observatory.
Professor Andre said that at no other
place which they had visited in the world
did they find every thing so favorable for
astronomical observations.
Year: 1878

One of Philadelphia's largest carpet
manufactures has recently put in the
electric light to illuminate its floors and
the device is a complete success. 1t con-
sists of Brush dynamo-elecsric ma
chine of $4,000 candle power, arranged
to give four separate currents, each run
ming all electric lamp of 5000 candle
power. Two of the lamps were placed on
the third floor, and two on the fourth
floor of the immense building, and when
the engine was started up the machine
started at the same time, and without
the slightest manual interference the
lamps flashed out their light in all its
maguificence. The effect was most bril-
liant. The rooms were flooded with a
pure white light like the light of the
sup, and it streamed out at all the win
dows, Illuminating houses and streets Tor
a long distance in every direction. The
ligh was very uniform, and steady, free
from the Pickering, and considering the
enormous Illuminating power, the light
was unexpectedly soft and endurable TO
the ewes. Estimates were made as to
the amount that the light furnished by
this apparatus would cost if used by the
Screw Company as it was used on this
occasion. and it was ascertained that the
total cost including the items of con-
sumption of carbon in the lsmp5, inter-
est on the investment, and wear and tear
would not otexceeJ thirty cents an hour.
The light produced was photometrlcally
equal to 500 gas burners. burning i've
feet of gas per hour each. This amount
of gas would cost So per hour.
Year: 1878

1t is very true that George Washing
ton never told lie, but then his wife
never made him say he would spade up
the side flower beds and the verbena
mound in the front yard, before he went
down to the office.-1 Hawkeye.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, June 4.-The president
and some friends go to Havre De Grass
to morrow to witness the artificial hatch
iug of fish.


The senate committee Oh appropriations
to-day unanimously agreed to strike out
all the sections by which the house pro-
pose reorganization of the army and
reduction in number Of the officers and
men, and in the rank and pay of officers
The house clause prohibiting the use OF
the army as posse conanlitdtuS was
stricken out by party vote, but the sec
tions providing for the transfer of the
control of Indian affairs to the war depart
ment was agreed to, seven against two,
Window and Allison.
The bankrupt repeal bill, to-day, Went
to the president
Year: 1878

PORTLAND, June 3.-The election passed
OFF quietly. A very large vote was polled.
Returns from the city and interior are
coming in very slowly. Owing to the
number of tickets in the field and the
amount of scratching, it is impossible at
present to make any estimate. 1t is ex
pected that by tomorrow evening some
conclusion can be arrived at