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Year: 1878

The excursion to Ocean City yesterday
was one oil the most pleasant that has
taken place SO far season.


The rain of the day before extended
nearly all the way down the road, and
therefore here was no dust making the
ride exceedingly pleas Ant.


The train left this city promptly at q
O'Clock with about one huI ed persons
on board most ut whom were railroad
employees aud their families.
Through the kindness Of Mr.. Mills, the
employees " ere given free ride to Ocean
CITY and return on the last two special
excursion trains. When the train ar
rived at the beach there Were about three
hundred and fifty persons on board who
upon lar ing soon scattered themselves
over the Island.


Tue L4,nlng was magnificent the
water being OF such delightful tempera-
ture and the breakers SO grand that the
beach was soon filled with bathers, who
could been seen dashing, and plunging
Into the breakers as they came in.


The season at Ocean City is nearly
over there being but very few visitors.
The Atlantic will close III week or two,
as will also the Ocean House. The Sea
s de lie t by SD Massey&Co., will remain
open all winter Tor the accommodation OF
gunners. The train arrived home al TO-
SO. Mr.. Eugeue Messick had charge OF
The train and looked after The comfort OF
those on board.
Year: 1878

"a baby in house is we'll spring
of pleasure. Please cut this out and
paste it on the goose-grease bottle, 80
that you may be greatly admonished
to take a correct view Of the situation
the next time you have to get up at
l2P. NJ. on account of the well-sprlngs
showing croupy symptoms.
Year: 1878

Anger sometimes leads one to e1-
press an honest opinion Of HIMSELF
When a man said, "That fellow ought
to be kicked by mule, and I'd like
to do it, he allowed himself, in the
exciting extemporaneous speech, to
tell a sad truth.
Year: 1878

One reason why some men are 30
Indifferent about the oft-repeated in
junction to lay up treasure in heaven
is, that they cant understand the pro-
priety Of putting their money where
they will never see it again.
Year: 1878

Ambrose Cummings and John Null
len, coal beavers, went out in a boat
Thursday midnight to intercept a
schooner bound for New Haven, in
order to get a job. Yesterday the
boat with their dead bodies attached
to it by a painter came ashore at Mil
ford.
Year: 1878

At twenty you know everything;
at thirty you have your doubts; at
forty there are some things you don't
know; at fifty you are sure only of
your ignorance; and after that you
read Beecher's sermons on everlasting
punishment and hope he is right.
Year: 1878

WAY HE FoUGHT NoT.-John Far
rago, Pennsylvania militia captain,
once declined duel in the following
words:


SIR: I haye two objections to this
duel business. The one is lest /
should hurt you ; the other is lest you
should hurt me. DO not see what
good it would DO me to shoot you. l
could make no use of you when dead
for any culinary purpose, as | would
a rabbit or turkey. l could not eat
you. Why then needlessly shoot you
down? A buffalo oulcl make bet
ter meat than you. For, though your
flesh may be delicate and tender, it
wants the frmness and consistency
that takes and retains salt. 1t might
make good barbecue, it is true, be.
ing of the nature Of raccoon or opos
sum but do not like barbecued
meat.


Beside, it would seem a strange
thing for me to shoot at anything that
stands still to be shot at, as | am ac-
customed to shoot at things flying,
running or jumping. We're you on a
tree, now, like squirrel, trying to
hide yourself in the branches, and |
could spy you through the interven-
ing boughs and leaves, your hinder
parts alone being visible, think |
should enjoy asking a shot at YOU
But as it is, there is no skill or judS-
ment in either discovering you or
bringing you down.


AS to myself.I do not like to stand
in the way of anything harmful. am
afraid you might hit me. | shall con-
sequently stay at distance. If you
want to try your pistols, take some
object, such as a tree or door about
my dimensions. If you hit that, send
me word, and l will publicly acknow-
ledge that if | had been in the same
place, YOU might also have hit me.
Year: 1878

The meeting of the above named society
last night at Turner's hall was attended by a
goodly number of members and spectators.
Belonging most emphatically to the class
who are eligible to membership, GLOBE re-
porter presented himself at the usual horr
Year: 1878

House tonight for the benefit of the Protestant
Orphan Asylum and Home of the Friendless.
The charitable institutions are worthy of
will be well worth the witnessing. Much care.
time and labor have been expended in the
preparation for the production of the drama.
and beyond q doubt large and appreciative
audience will greet the representation with
pleasure and interest. Seats should be secured
early Today, as there are but few left, and for
those few there will be demand.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON March %.


A report has been submitted to the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency by the subcommittee, consisting
of Messrs. Chittenden and Ewing, which
recently visited New York city for the
purpose of ascertaining the present
condition of the Sub-Treasury in that
CITY with regard to the amount of gold
held there belonging to the United
States Government and to others. and
with view of comforting with certain
financial gentlemen regarding the
practicability of the proposed resump-
ton of specie payments on the LIST of
January next The following are the
substantial points of the report


The bankers were of the opinion that
resumption at the earliest practicable
momentwa not only consistent with the
public welfare, but was of the greatest
Importance to the best prosperity of the
country; also, that resumption on the
lst of January, 1879, might be made
practicable and safe if adequate meas
ures should be adopted; but all who eX-
pressed themselves on the subject were
agreed that the plans of the Secretary
of the Treasury were inadequate, and
| that if he should make an attempt to
resume on the 1st of January under
such circumstances as were likely to
exist at that time the attempt would
most probably fail. They were of the
opinion also that the RECOMMENDATION OF
silver had seriously interfered with the
probabilities of resumption ut the time
fixed.
Year: 1878

NAhhlNdIoN, hplll 1.


Secretary Sherman was before the
House Committee on Banking and Cur
rency to-day and replied to the state
ments of the New York bankers. He
took the ground that if there was any
doubt about the ability of the Govern
ment, with its present means, to meet
all demands of the Resumption act,
there would be no doubt whatever about
it if he were authorized either to issue
a popular per cent. loan, or to sell A
per cent. bonds TO the bankers. He
said he had guarantees of all the specie
that could be required if he would sell
these A per cent. bonds,.and it should
be recollected that the rate of interest
was lower than had heretofore beer
known in the history of this Govern
ment.
Year: 1878

A lean, half.starved Wolf who had
been on q tramp from place to place,
begging meal when he couldn't steal
one, met o jolly. well.fed masiifi one
moonlight night, and after passing the
compliments OF the season the Wolf said,
"IIow happes 1t. Gully. that you get so
much more peck than l do ? take
more chances than you and am hall
starved while you are as fat rs butter.


Then the Dog told him that he could
get fat. too. II he followed his (the
Dog's) example. "What u that


asked the Wolf. ready to do almost any
thing TO make an honest living. "Why.


said the Dog. "only to guard the house
a-nighis and keep away thieves" The
Wolf said he would like just such job
himself. He knew every thief ia the
country. and thore couldn't any of them
eon him. So they logged along to-
gether toward the house that was
to be guarded. But the Wolf spied a
crease in the Dogs neck and was
curious to know how II came there.
The Dog gave evasive answers at first
said the neck band OF his shirts was too
small. but on being pressed aeknov-
lodged that he was tied up In the day
time, more for his own good, however.
than anything else. because hs was
rather quick tempered and might bite
somebody who was armed with dog
button. Another thing. be could sleep
better with rope around his neck. aud
as soon as night came he was free TO do
as be pleased. The Wolf said he didn't
believe be was cut out for watch dog.
exactly. A rope around his neck, Tor
ever 80 short time. would render him
exceedingly uncomfortable. reminding
him too iorcibly OF what his end might
be. lie believed he would hold ON to
his freedom, DO 1t with or without the
ballot. and take his chances about
victusls.


MonlL-Liberty is too precious to DO
bartsrsd for dog collar.
Year: 1878

"A bald-head is said to be an evi-
dence of early piety, but it requires a
great deal of that or some other kind of
piety to keep bald-headed man in a
good humor when blue bottle fly per-
sists in dancing hornpipe on the place
where the hair ought to grow.
Year: 1878

According to military writer in
the Cologne Gazette the soldiers in the
French army are better fed than
in the German army, each horse receiv-
ing in the light cavalry regiments two
pounds, and in the cuirassiers artillery
four pounds more forage than in the
corresponding arms in the German SER
vice; while the French soldier is given
a far more substantial ration of meat
than the German. He receives also half
litre of sound country wine daily, and
sufficient amount of well baked wheat.
en- bread-every man getting two good
hot meals day, of each of which a
thick, palatable soup forms the prin-
cipal part.
Year: 1878

A tramp saved a night train
on the Kentucky Central Rail-
road from destruction, BY signal
ing it with his shirt that he had
stripped from off his back and
set on fire. He had discovered
a large tree that had blown
across the track, and adopted
this method to prevent accident.
Peg one for the tramp.
Year: 1878

In the voluntary bankruptcy
case of Benjamin Wood, editor
of the New York Daily Neacs, it
is stated that the bankruptcy
was due to the depreciation of
real estate. One of his ventures
was the purchase OF a house on
which he paid $4,000 cash and
gave a mortgage for 100000.
Within year after the purchase
he offered to give up the house
for the release of the mortgage,
but the offer was net accepted.
The property was sold at public
sale for s60,GG0 less than the
face Of the mortgage-S40, 600
for what was purchased two
wears before at S150,000. This,
too, in city where there is an
abundance of money which can
not command over seven per
cent. interest on certain secu-
rity. This state of things is
what might be reasonably an
ticipated as the result Of inflated
currency and consequent specu-
lative values. In looking over
old personal letters a few days
since, we came acress one from
Gov. Horatio Seymour. dated
Feb. 16, 1870, in which he pre-
dicted the very results which
have followed. He says:


''The change that Will carry our
paper money to par with gold will
make widespread bankruptcy. The
Pacific States will escape the
troubles which overhang the Allan
tic sections. l think this state of
affairs will make strong movement
of people into the mining States.
You will have great advantage over
us in a settled currency and you are
dealing with the world upon fair
terms"


What practical man does not
recognize the wisdom and tore
sight of this prediction? None
of the settled portions of the
Pacific States and Territories
have suffered from any percept-
ible shrinkage of property val
ues, such as prevails throughout
the Eastern States; the sole
cause of which is manifest: all
business was transacted here
upon a standard currency; there
upon a deprecated currency.
No amount Of theory can affect
these stubborn facts. Many per-
sons were clamoring for the
adoption of the greenback cur
rency in our business systems:
upon the theory that it would
make money more plenty. They
can now see what would have
been the result of such a policy
But, Notwithstanding this expe-
rience, there are still many ad-
vocates for an inflated currency
upon the hypothesis that there
is not sufficient money in the
country to supply the demands
of trade Now, in this time OF
general business depression, at
no previous time was there ever
more money in the country, Or
that could be had at cheaper
rates Of interest on certain Sc
eurities. The trouble is not in
the want Of money, but in the
difficulty Of bringing it into cir
culatiOn in investments at in
fiated values. The suffering is
not in those sections which have
confined their business to cur
rency Of standard value, but ex-
clusively in those which have
used a deprecated currency at a
merely nominal value. 1t is
easy to see where the remedy
lies.


Almost everybody believes in
Year: 1878

It is argued that the little wretches in
Greenwich street, who have so precociously
entered ON the career of train wreckers,
have been justly set free without punish
ment because at their tender age the law
cannot suppose them to be capable of
malicious intent and cannot inhict
penalty without such intent. In this argu-
ment there ore two points that are not good
sense, and also we believe not good law.
Malice cannot be arbitrarily assigned to
certain limits in anybody's life by the fact
of age. Few things can be more absurd
than to say that an act may be malicious if
done on Saturday, which in the same per-
son would not be malicious if done the day
before; yet that is what would be held if
the law assigned the presumption of malice
to one age and not to another If boys
wedge a stone into groove in such way
as to compel the train to jump it, and n
great calamity is narrowly escaped in con-
sequence, they exhibit such perception
Of the adaptation OF means to end that it is
mere twaddle CT the hair splitters to hold
them guiltless of such n conception OF the
consequence of their acts as the law under
stands by the word malice Again, it is
absurd to say that the forms of the law can
not be used to protect society from danger
Gus people without the exhibition ON the
part of those persons of what the judges
may be pleased to call malice II these
boys in Greenwich street are not malicious
they are not sane. II they were not aware
of the nature Of their act it was because
they had nm unconscious and uncomfortable
impulse to bo up to some murderous dev-
iltry, and they should be incarcerated as
Year: 1878

Batoum has been fought for by the Rus
slams in the Congress as valiantly as it was
in the war, and yesterday this important
issue, that threatened the failure of the
Congress, was determined in favor of the
Russian possession of that important point.
The frontier of Roumelia, the war indem-
nity--these are difficult points that the
plenipotentiaries have not yet been able to
determine in accordance with their respec-
tive views of what is due to justice and to
themselves.


The division of the Bulgaria, that Russia
would have made all free, into two prov
inces, one of which is free, the other partially
free, but the southernmost border of which
does not touch the Egean as Russia de-
sired the limitation of Turkeys right to
defend on the Balkans the northern bound
airy of the southern province the retroces-
sion to Russia of Bessarabia. and the gift
instead to Roumania of the whole Dobrud-
scha the military occupation Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Austria, with or with
out the consent of the Porte ; the indepen-
dence Of Servia and the definition OF its
frontier the independence of Montenegro
and an addition of territory with seaport
these are points already practically agreed
upon in the Congress, but not determined
in all their detail.


As to the demand of Greece and the
liberation from Turkish misrule of Mace
donia, Thessaly, Epirus and Crete, the
Congress rather tavors the consolidation
of the Ottoman Empire" than the aspiration
for freedom. What shall be done about
the Dardanelles and what is to become of
the project of a British protectorate in Asia
Minor, are points that are as yet misty,
save in so far rs we have been enlightened
with regard to them by the English CORE
spondents in Berlin, who derive their infor-
nation from the en,tOuroge of the British
plenipotentiaries, in which they are evil
IDENTIFY and purposely filed up with fictions
intended to mislead the public.


Are the points not yet determined of such
gravity and likely to be SO firmly insisted
upon from either side that the failure of the
Congress to guarantee peace is possible?
Every effort will be made to avert war. but
there are points as to which effort has its
IlMlCS. hOW CdA IL iClu VA tAo "uI
indemnity? But Russia, having bound
herself not to insist upon territory in dis
charge of the war indemnity, naturally
wants to know what she is to have in place
of it from q penniless and bankrupt nation,
and there is no one to give satisfactory
answer.


In the concessions yet to be made to get


l.
humiliations, and on either side the temper
in which Powers find it possible to yield is
far less elastic than it was. But the decision
of the Batoum problem clears the board of
great danger.
Year: 1878

The article on the subject Of music in the
Catholic Church, printed on anoths9eeage,
will attract wide attention and commend not
only among the members of that religious
organization. but among nearly all classes of
the community, irreligious as well as re-
ligious. For several years there has been a
conflict. or at least diversity of opinion,
between two parties in the Catholic Church
in regard to its music. One side tavors
is called the "operatic" style, while
the other insists upon the exclusion Of the
magnificent compositions of Beethoven, Mo-
zart, Haydn, Schubert Mendelssohn and the
other great musicians of the last century
and q half The argument Of the purists in
the Church is that the works of the great
composers are "out of place in the litur-
pical offices Of the Church, because their
tone and artistic form are contrary to the
liturgical idea, which is that Of prayer
For this reason they advocate the plain
chant or the Gregorian style.


The reformers in this country are repre-
sented by the Paulis. Fathers of this city,
anu " Will Dc SctH iIDlu tHc IticEtcV
to that their efforts have received the ap-
proval of Cardinal Martinelli. the Prefect Of
the Sacred Congregation of Rites at Rome.
This is q great victory in q mere clerical
point Of view for the Paulists and the Gre
gorians, but rs the question is merely one
OF church discipline it is not de-
cisive, and in the absence of q de-
cision by council of the Church every
Church will be at liberty to follow out its
own ideas upon the subject. In the Six
tine chapel at Rome the very music which
is condemned by Cardinal Martinelli is per-
formed, notwithstanding the fact that he
characterizes it as "detestable." On the
other hand the Cardinal Archbishop of
westmin nster, in England. is so enrapturcd
with the Gregorian chant that he refuses to
give permission for the erection of new
churches in which the choir is not ex-
pressly rejected. The music OF the Cath
oic Church is so superb that the publ C
have n wide interest in the contest and the
progress of it will be watched with the
keenest attention.
Year: 1878

manfulIy stated, and while we do not agree
with General Butler, and are surprised to
find him following in the track of MIR. Hen
drick b. Wright, of Pennsylvania, who
made similar proposition last year, we are
not disposed to sneer at him, as some OF our
esteemed contemporaries" are doing. he
is as wrong rs wrong can be; but he viii
have to be met with arguments and not with
sneers. We are glad to see that he told the
laboring people whom he addressed that
violence is wrong and a blunder. ''The evils
of the day" he said, "cannot be reached by
sporadic riots and violence. The men
who made the riots last summer
effected no alienation Of the public
misery. Our remedy is the ballot" That
is sound and American doctrine; and SO
long as we all agree to submit our diff
fering views to the decision of the ballot
it does not much matter what views are
urged. General Butler thinks distribu-
tion OF four hundred millions of dollars in
paper money among the unemployed labor
ing men of the country, to put them on
public lands, would cure all our woes. He
has right to put forward his views and to
get as many people as he can to vote for
them
Year: 1878

1t is to be hoped our friends in Paris will
not get weary thus early of taking the Ex-
hibition pilgrims by the hand and leading
them about to gaze upon the wonders Of the
lovely city. We suppose it becomes tritie
borish to find IL fresh batch Of fellow citizens
at ones door every morning, all anxious to
find guide, philosopher and friend !;
but then the privilege of living in
the city to which the ordinary good Ameri-
can only goes when he dies must be ex-
pected to bring with it some duties to ones
fellow men and women. The Shah has
gone and left shawl and polite message
for his landlord. Why Paris should laugh
over Nasr ed Din's request that the Bonitace
should give the shawl to his wife if he has
one, and to some other lady if he has
not, passes our comprehension. 1t is
on record, however, that Paris laughs, and
ms she never laughs heartily unless there
is something malicious in the wind it is
possible that the Eastern potentate was
wittier than he knew. Gilmore's Band and
Edison's phones are dividing the sounding
honors at present in the gay capital. The
f0uftn went Oh IN me style, anu us HVe
hundred Americans could not meet any
where ON that day without a quantity of
speechmaking it is not astonishing that
they said n number Of complimentary things
about themselves and their neighbors and in
good old star-spangled English. We feel cer-
tain. The latest victory over the British
that at Henley-we are glad to learn, has
sent patriotic thrill through the colony.
If they could only have had the news on
the Fourth what glory it would have lent
to every swelling period, what an extra
fash to every rocket at the Pre- Catalan !
Even as it is we feel certain that the i'm
pressionable Mr.. Gilmore weeps with Joy
when he waves his baton to the first bars of
"Hail, Columbia Happy band
Year: 1878

Fuller information on the results of the
recent election in California shows that the
Kearney party was not by great deal so
triumphant as was first reported. Indeed,
il was not triumphant at all in that sense in
which triumph enables party to give its
own ideas the form and sanction of the law,
for it is a number of votes short of u
majority in the Constitutional Conven-
tion, even if we count as its faithful
adherents oil the men voted for on


its tickets. But the news as now given