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Year: 1879

An English writer, speaking of the
culinary uses for leaves, says that one of
the most useful and harmless Of all
leaves for tlavoring is that of the COM
mon syringa. When cucumhers are
scarce these are a perfect substitute in
salads, where that flavor is desired.
Again the young leaves of the cucumber
itself have a wonderful similarity in
taste to that fruit. Carrot tops may be
used, and 4 prodigious waste is suffered
in not using the external leaves and
blanchcd footstalks of the celery plant,
The young leaves of the goOsebcrry
added to bottled fruit give frcsher
flavor and grccncr color to pies and
tarts. The leaves of the Towering cur
rant give Il sort of intermediate flavor
between black currants and red. Orange,
citron and lemon leaves impart Il flavor
ing equal to that of the fruit and rind
combined, and somewhat different from
both. A few leaves added to pies, or
boiled in the milk, used to bake with
rice, or formed into crusts OF paste, i'm
part IN admirable bouquet" An infu-
sion can be made Of either the green or
dry leaves, and tea or tablespoonful
used. Peach leaves give the flavor of
bitter almonds.
Year: 1879

IT WOULD SEEM that some Of the
Democratic papers begin to think Senator
Bayard has fallen into strange hands
and they draw their inference from the
Wilmington corr espondence of the New
York Times. Who this correspondent is
we know not, but certainly he is not a
Democrat and has no love for the Demo-
cratic party, or he would not have said 1t
was "always unfaithful."
Year: 1879

are nomiualIy assessed and taxed they
are not really the law requires that they
shall be returned in the sworn tax-lists,
hut those who own them evade duty.
They hide their securities in their pock'
cts, la safes and out-ofthe-way drawers,
or they pretend to transfer them to Their
children or friends for few days while
making their return, and thus avoid pay
ing tax on them.-Reading Eogie.
Year: 1879

No DIVORCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina is the worst State in the
country for couples to emigrate to, who
want to get divorced. Before the war
divorce was unknown, but under recon-
struction rule the State lurched way
over toward the Indiana freedom.
Year: 1879

The Mayors rtmarks to the police
yesterday were just to the point. They
will be approved by all, especially where
he cautions his force against the Use of
the '.billy" and the pistol.
Year: 1879

Charles Summers friends will remember
his allusion in the Senate to a tree in the
grounds east of the capitol, the symmetrical
shape of which is almost perfect, the foliage
forming a slightly rounded cone, which is a
little higher than the diameter of its base.
Mr.. Sumner used often to visit this tree,
and in alluding to it he used to quote the
allusion to a tree of the same species-a
beech--by Virgil, in the beautiful opening
lines of the first of his Eclogues


"Tityre, tn patnlae recubans sub tegmine fagi,


silvestrem tenui musani meditaris avena"


Which is translated; Reclining under the
shade OF the spreading beech, Tityrus, you
practice pastoral song in low notes"
When the grounds east of the capitol were
graded, two years ago. the surface in the
vicinity of the Sumner beech was lowered
about eight feet, and a circular mound was
left about the tree. This however, was
very dry, and the tree showed evidences of
decay. So it was determined to lower it as


it stood. A ditch twelve feet deep and
three feet in width was excavated around
the tree at distance of fifteen feet from
the trunk. The tree was then undermined,
and earth enough removed to let it fall
squarely down eight feet without disturbing
any of the roots. This was done in the fall
of 1877, and this summer the tree has
flourished again, evidently benefited by
having its roots again below the surface of
the ground. There is another tree here
which was selected in the nursery by Mr..
! Sumner, after some discussion as to what
species he would have, to be planted in the
small yard before the window of the dining
room of his house on Vermont Avenue. 1t
is an oak and it has grown to be quite a
tree Washington Letter 10 Boston Journal
Year: 1879

Did you ever think, friend, what charm
there is in good appearance We mean the
appearance which good toilette-not an
expensive one, but good one-gves, es-
pecially to a lady? A neatly fitting dress
bit of color at the throat; flower or a
ribbon in the hair of shade to match a
bright expectant face to greet the husband S
return; just little brighter and more hap.
PLY expectant than is given to the coming
of any other man. DO you realize how
much OF sweetest influence and of happiest
effect there is in these and other home ap.
pearances And then the songs the old
songs that you used to sing to him in the
sweet days when you were first loving him
and he was growing to first love you. Have
you given them all up? If so, why? Is
love less sweet than of old Are the loving
ways less blessed? Have you allowed the
nature to grow old in the sweet spring sea


son OF your endless life, in which God in


tended it should grow fresher and younger
continually? If you are too old to have lov


ing ways you are too old to live. Please die
Year: 1879

look fondly at the bright face which Flo


took care should never show any trace of
| weariness at such times.


These were busy days for Flo. But bust


ness sometimes brings its own reward The


thought that she was helping to bear the


househould burden gave glad ring to her
| voice that was music in the ears of the
weary house mother. Winter came right
| along" and the children's clothes with it !;
Toms doctors bill received little Install
ment, and Flo tried to put away little
/ from week TO week for the rainy day that
| came before she was ready for it.
Papa Selden shut the ledger one night
| for the last time, and Flo. got the heart


ache noticing how heavily he leaned on her
| supporting arm. Now came a time when
there was a new worry in the household, and
| then-the peaoefulest time, when all worries
| are over.


They we're very happy all together, during
those last weeks. Flo. used to go away by
herself sometimes in her great thankfulness
that this new project of hers had succeeded
so that she could relieve him in part of the
anxiety for their future that would have


made death terrible.


And now the whole burden of support
came upon Flo.'s shoulders She thanked
God that he had made them strong enough
to bear it.


She spent no time in idle grieving, but
comforted the Others so far as human words
can have the power to comfort, and went 10
work; if there were times when flesh and
heart failed her that was a secret between
her and her Heavenly Father
K 1t was no wonder that Flo.'s business
nearly doubled. The black dress neatly fit
tIpn daily hank and forth fro,,, obn,, tr,
room, and the pale sweet face that bent over
busy fingers was a silent appeal that people
could not resist. Her hands were already
full and so the business overhowed into
those Of the younger sister, whom Flo. de-
cided to take into partnership. Flo. was
touched by this tacit expression as she
would have been by nothing else.


After that things went on quietly and
prosperously. Before the end of the year
Flo. had cancelled her Indebtedness to Harte
Bros, and gradually added little comforts to
the home that so sorely needed them. Best
of all, she was able to tell now where the
childrens clothes were coming from.


Well it is a little story but the ending
isn't yet. The stories that are lived never
had an ending, though we do sometimes
break them off in the middle as if they were
threads in a tangled skein, and think we
have found an end. 1t was lived neither
very long ago nor very far away-that is, the
beginning of it, for it is still continued


And all the while such lives are being
lived, you will hear grumblers asserting that
the girls of this generation are frivolous, and
careless, and useless, entirely given to van
ity because, in the multitude Of earnest and
true-hearted ones, they chance now and then
to find butterfly. / am content you should
call my brave Flo. commonplace, for
other maidens sake. She is cone of
thousand" but-one of a thousand just like
her.
Year: 1879

Very many parishioners make a sad mis-
take by neglecting to call on their pastor
and his family They think, perhaps, il
belongs to him and his wife to make all the
calls. But such is grave mistake and
should be corrected. Judgment it is true
should be exercised in this matter Lengthy
calls should be avoided, and calls on Satur.
day not often made unless on special bust
ness. But there are times when calls by
parishioners would be highly appreciated
by pastor and his wife. Try it, brother
and sister. Perhaps you have not called on
your pastor for six weeks it may be for six
months. 1t may be whole year, and so
you do not know how they appear at home
in their own family. And neither do you
know how he and his family fare in tempo
raj things. You wonder, perhaps, why Mrs.
A, the minister's wife, don't go to
church of late; why she is not teacher in
the Sunday.school; why not to the circle
and other places of entertainment. Yes,
why? Go Immediately, and learn why If
she is too modest to tell you the reason
why, then gently inquire something about
her apparel, and perhaps you'll be led into
the secret of her absence. Be careful that
she does not disguise the fact that she is
very needy, with no means to relieve her
necessities. Call on your pastor and family,
and cheer them by alms-deeds, and show
that you appreciate his labors, and esteem
him highly for his works sake. A short
call on your minister and few words of
cheer in commendation of his sermon the
past Sabbath may lift heavy burden from
his aching heart. For often his sermons to
him seem very poor, and not in time nor
place, when. perhaps, it was just the meat
which fed you. Don't be afraid of putting
him up by speaking in proper manner of
his efforts to feed the hungry souls. If you
were fed by the truth presented, tell him
so, and speak of it in the prayer-meeting.
If you would call on your pastor and fam
lily, it would be reciprocated. You would
see him more frequently at your home,
and there would be stronger attachments
created, and there would be better under
standing between pastor and people, and a
strong bond of love and union felt.-JIorn-
NIn.
Year: 1879

A holiday in its most important signifca.
tion is day of joy and gladness day OF
exemption from care and labor of amuse
ment and festivity. II is usually day
| commemorative of some important event in
national or religious history. And as these
pleasant anniversaries return let them be
seasons in which social uirtues and happiness
shall be cuLtiuated, and social esteem and con-
fdence acquired. They should be in meas
ure free trom mental or physical labor
Amusements should be free, innocent and
instructive, and after such a recreation and
rest for few days, with what a refreshed
mind and body we return 10 the daily routine
OF duties again and who shall say that our
hearts and lives are not made better by this
abandon for short time from the harrassng
cares and anxieties of lifeP Let us then try
to improve these occasions so that they may
be like oases in the desert, and we can re-
vert to them in after life as the sunny
places, and as the happiest days of our lives.
Let the simplicity and innocent carelessness
of childhood the overlooking life and anima-
ton, the dawning and irrepressible aspira-
tions of youth be encouraged and at the
same time carefully guarded, both by pre-.
sept and example, (though they need not be
trammeled by old time precision and prediu-
dice) They should be free and buoyant as
the eagles flight. The laugh of the child,
or the more mature and vigorous animation
of youth, should no more be chained by dis
pleasure or stifed by care, than the bird
should be checked in its morning song, or
the rosebud prevented from opening to the
light of day, or yielding its fragrance to the
zephyrs of the spring-time. We must re-
member that amusements are to be earned
by labor, and that recreation and pastime
are the compensation of useful and honest
occupation, and duties and lessons should be
faithfully performed, with the same anima-
ton that we anticipate the pleasures of
holiday.


Children should be attentive and diligent
at school, kind and obliging at home. Girls
should be gentle and amiable. Boys should
be brave and faithful.


Be sunbeam in the household


Ever cheerful kind and good;


Always frank and open-hearted,


True and faithful as the dove"


And the same may be said of our amuse-
ments. Our conduct towards our associates
should be such as to leave no regrets. Hol-
iday pastime should be simple, candid and
obliging Our bearing towards others affable,
kind and courteous. No one should be
panied or slighted. Then shall we reap the
greatest benefits from the social recreations,
and be enabled to sing, from the heart, as
did the angelic host at the birth of Christ,
4" Peace on earth, good will toward men,"
Year: 1879

RICn TOWARD GoD.-lIe that has no
love OF God, no large spiritual affections, no
share in the unsearchable riches of Christ,
no sympathies with his brethren, is in fact,
/" wretched and miserable, and poor and
blind and naked, and shall one day fluid out
that he is so, however now he may say,
am rich and increased with goods aud
have need of nothing lie only is truly
rich who is rich toward God-who is rich
in God-who has made the eternal and the
Interchangeable the object of his desires and
his Efforts Trench.
Year: 1879

captain, please give me a light" said u
private at camp. Certainly my good man,
but il we were in the regular army such
liberty would not be allowable" ais that
so ?" said the private, and then he sug-
gested-" but if we were in the regular army
you wouldn't be captain, perhaps"
Year: 1879

TO supply The extraordinary demand for
Senator Conkling's Great Speech upon THE
extra SESSION OF 1879; WHAT IT
"TEACHEs AND WHAT IT MEASs,' the
National Republican Printing Company has
printed large edition thereof in pamphlet
form, conreniem for public distribution as a
Republican campaign document Copies o.
This pamphlet may be had on application at ouy
Counting Room or JOB Office, at reduced rates


Orders respectfully solicited and promptly fiied
Year: 1879

THE hullabaloO kicked up by the Demo-
cratic organ over the defeat of the WAR
NER bill is in the nature of puerle at
tempt to make that measure political is
sue in the coming campaign. Suppose we
accept the proposition, treat of it as u real
issue, and hold the Democratic majority in
the Senate responsible for its failure; what
then?
Year: 1879

Now that the New York policemen have
taken to clubbing each other innocent cit
liens of that much-governed municipality
will have chance for a rest. 1t is to be
hoped the example will be spread con-
tagiOusly through other parts of the country.
Year: 1879

The Opposition press is inclined to make
merry over the statement that Senator
ZACH CHANDLER has expressed kindly
interest in candidate Fosters success out
in Ohio. The more circulation is given to
this kindly expression, either through the
columns of that press or otherwise, the bet
ter it will be for Mr., FOSTER. II gives tone
and direction to the Stalwart mind, you see.
Year: 1879

The New York World very properly as
sumes the role of Mrs. CAuDLE, and reads a
Democratic Congress of recalcitrant habit
the following wholesome lecture:


To make certain appropriations for the sal
aries of the Executive and of the judiciary is n
constitutional duty which every Senator of the
United States has sworn to perform. Certain
other annual appropriations also they must
make. They were chosen to maintain the
Government of the United States under the
Constitution and to provide for the general
welfare. Governments cannot be carried on
by impotent and intermittent manifestations
of spite and hate
Year: 1879

which he inveighed strongly against duel
ling. This fact, which would he passed by
as one of ordinary occurrence in any Chris
tian community, was accepted by those who
heard the sermon rs of such startling inn
portance and such wide departure from
the customs of that section rs to entite 1t
to be scattered broadcast over the country
through the Associated Press dispatches,
This is enconraping
Year: 1879

SENATOR THURMAN, it is said, is probably
the most accomplished scholar now in Con-
grcss. lie knows literature and manages to
keep pace with current publicatOns.-BIOdiO
Courier.


That is what is the matter with THUR
MAN as politician and statesman. He has
paid too much attention to light literature
and too little to the science of government
aud the principles of finance to have an adj
mirable and consistent career and record.
Year: 1879

TIE Democratic caucus on the WARNER
silver bill resulted, rs we expected it would,
in the practical abandonment of that propo-
siton as party measure by its Democratic
friends. 1t was coached through the House
by the urgent manipulation of the party
lash, and would probably have been treated
the same way in the Senate if the necessity
of adjoummcnt-imnediate adjournment
had not been pressed upon the Democrats
Of that body as an imperative partisan re-
qumement.
Year: 1879

WE judge from the Norfolk Day Book
that Mr. GOODIES district is no more decent
and honest in politics now than it was
when it counted him in as member
against decided Republican majority of
votes cast. The Day Book scolds the people
in this wise for submitting 10, instead OF
meeting, the atrocities committed ny the
rowdy element of the Democratic party OF
Norfolk, which is GOODIES headquarters:


1t is the dereliction of duty of the rcspccta-
bic people who will not attend their primaries
and vote on election day that gives an opening
for the thieving rings and combinations, and
that class blame it on the rough and rowdy
class, by saying they will not go where fight
ing and wranging is being carried on with nc
law or force to protect them.
Year: 1879

correspondent of the Vienna Fremdenblaa writes
from Alexandria that the Empire of Morocco is fast
hurrying into anarchy and dissolution through the
incompetence and folly Of its ruler. The process
watched with eagerness by Spain. whose states
men have long been anxious to acquire
Spanish Algeria" tho north coast of
Africa, and who think that the moment
is favorable for getting strip of this land
probably the triangle of Tetuan, Tangier and La
rache. The writor believes that Spain is arfning
for with Morocco and that o clash of arms bo-
tween the two Powers will infallibly commence
about next spring. Meanwhile the range of the an
archy widens every day in the southern part of the
Empires the whole district from the capital city,
Morocco, to the borders OF the Sahara Desert has
slipped from the authority of the Sultan Muey Has
In the event of war with Spain the Sultan
scarcely place in the field more than
1900 infantry and 1900 cavalry, as he is
compelled to employ all the remainder of his army
in tho suppression, or rather in the combating. of
rcvolts in the interior of his doninions The
spondcnt believes that the Sultan places his hope in
the English. partly on account of their possession OF
Gibraltar and partly from belief that they the
natural friends OF the Mohammedans. well az the
ancient foes Of Catholic spain. He observes that
sultan Muley Uassan will become, II he Is not
already, tho mere crowned vassal of Queen Victoria
and Will have to lend an obedient to tho com
mands Of Lord Beaconshcd.
Year: 1879

One of the first matters submitted to the Aldermen
at their session yesterday one in relation to tho
proposed Broadway Railroad. It was introduced by
Alderman Morris, and was a written agreement on
the part of William H. Appleton. Heron A. Johnson
and their associates to relay the pavement Broad
wny from Bowling Green to Fourteenth street.
These gentlemen together with August Belmont.
have agreed to a number Of other conditions, in
the franchise is awarded to them. Tho whole mat
ter is ut present before the Committee on Streets.


On motion Of Alderman Sluer on invitation from
the convention of Irish societies to review the pro-
cession st. Patricks Day accepted. The
same Alderman offered an ordinance prohibiting auy


dwellings on the streets. Tho consideration of the


subject referred to the Street Committed Alder


man Hyatt presented q resolution, which re-


ferred to the Committee on Parks indorsng the bill
introduced by Assemblyman Langbein in the State


Legislature providing for laying out temporary
parade ground in Central Park.


Alderman Shells here rose to question of privi-


lege. He said that he intended to call up the Mayor
veto of the days work resolution on Tuesday next.
He had been informed that In order to defeat tho
measure o number OF his colleagues would absent
themselves from the next meeting. This, he
thought, would show that they afraid to meet
the ISSUE


Alderman Morris read o despatch he had received


pletion OF the Barge Oice The telegram stated that
all that wanting to begin work was the consent
of the Common Council. The matter was laid
Then Mr.. Morris called up his resolution provid-
ing that the tops OF every lamppost nearest every
fire alarm telegraph box be colored red. This was
the signal for lively debate the question to
whether the work should be done by days work or
by contract. Aldermen Shells, Roberts and other


members made vigorous onslaught on the contract


system and bitterly denounced the Commissioner of
Public Works. Alderman Morris. in commenting


upon assertion made by Mr. Roberts, to the effect


that the republicans inaugurated the contract sys


tenn. read letter Of Ftz John Porter. who preceded
the present Commissioner, in which he upholds the
contract system. Mr.. Porter a democrat Al
dcrman Roberts retortcd that Mr.. Porter was


cocrced into making this statement by Mayor
Wckham.


| Board adjourned.
Year: 1879

The Board of Revision will meet next
Monday afternoon at o'clock to review
the accounts of Mayor Moore during his re.
cent term of Office. Mayor Jacob and the
Revision Board have found no books that
will give them any clue as to the receipts OF
expenditures under Moore. There was not
even cash book to be found.


As matters now stand they are impossible
to say what market people or peddlers
have licenses, and orders have been given ia
arrest every character who is supposed to
have no license. Nothing can be found in
the safe to show who.has a paid or char
ity license. There is fun in prospect,
Year: 1879

rolled in the United States service - Brezst
Second Lieutenant of the Fourth Artiliey.
At the commencement of the rebellion he
did duty as Captain in the Second y. 4
Cavalry. In 1862 he was promoted a. Cole
mel of the One Hundred and Forty sixth
New York Regiment and then did activc
service at the battles of FredericksbaE,
Charlottesville and Gettysburg. Deceased
leaves no family, be never being married