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Year: 1878

IT cost the Worcester Press 100000 over
and above all receipts to live five years, and
of course it had to give up the fight for exis-
tence. Yet it was very bright paper, the
only Democratic journal in its county, and
had considerable advertising patronage. Its
experience shows the great difficulties in the
way of new papers.
Year: 1878

was shown conclusively that various branches
of the public service we're crippled in the
same way. and in the face of absolute proof
the force was in several instances still fur
ther cut down.
Year: 1878

country: the man who treats his employees
as machines, with whom his connection only
extends to work and wages, and the man who
feels human interest in the poorest laborer
about him, and who holds out brotherly hand
to him, not only to pay him wages but to help
him in some sort, both in body and soul.
The energy, the esprit du corps which is
wakened by this treatment, invariably brings
prosperity to employer and employed.


Another suggestion made by Mrs. Harpers
noble charity, is the ease and comparative
cheapness with which seaside hospitals can
be sustained by benevolent wealthy people,
who devote large sums to city asylums which
are not half so direct or speedy in their re-
suits. The amount which, when contributed to
a monster hospital, is but an undistinguishable
drop in the current, will maintain cottage
on the coast through the summer filled with
aiing children or adults. The efficiency OF
this mode of work is proved by the crowded
condition of the hotels at Atlantic City, which
have been in many cases open all Winter and
filled with tho patients of physicians in this
and other cities.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Fletcher Harper, at the instigaton of
his wife, has purchased house Oh the sea
coast at Atlanticville for homo for the sick
and disabled people attached to the house of
Harper & Bros. One of the secrets of the
success of this great firm has always been the
aifcctionate zeal which they inspire among
those whom they employ. The present IN
stance of their kindly care for their fellow
workers is in keeping with the system
inaugurated by the founders Of the house.
There are two classes of employers in this
Year: 1878

II patient waiting be no loss Packard ought to
win something presently


When tho "roform" party "goes behind the re-
turns" it is usually the last seen of tho returns


The trouble with Thompson. of Pennsylvania
seems to be that he doesn't rec ognize his pro-
family when II gets cold.


Wouldn't it be wiser for the Administration to
secure at least spokesman in the Senate before
venturing on another wreste with the New-York
Custom House.


Montgomery Blair has worried one branch of the
Maryland Legislature into sanctioning tho latest
variation Of his fraud" yell, but the other branch
is liable to squech it. The solemn pertinacIty of
the old gentleman is immense.


Governor Dick Bishop is earning his salary as trus-
tee of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad by defeating
all legislation concerning theroad which does not suit
him. There is an impression IN tho State that his
anxiety to be faithful railroad official is impair
Ing his usefulness as State official but it may all
arise from tho jealousy of those smal-mnded per-
sons who are able to do only one thing ut time.


Congressman Ellis. of Louisiana, is able to see the
stupidity of trying to get Whitaker out of tight
place at the expense of the Supreme Court of his
State. He says tho decision of the Court was unan-
imous, emanating from five Judges of exalted
character and great legal attainments They are not
mon who would shrink from responsibility, or who
would seize upon legal quibble to rid themselves
or Governor Nichols OF difficulty" This will con-
vince the Northern sympathizers with bulldOzing
that the court was of much too high character to
deal out justice to so bad a man AS Anderson.


Massachusetts will be hotter place than ever for
General Butler hcnceforth. His vote with the DEM
ocratic party against the clearly just claim of q
Massachusetts Republican Congressman to a seat,
has put the Bay State into perfect fever What
makes 1t especially bad for the General is the fact
that his vote decided the question. Had the Demo-
cratic majority been larger he could have weathered
Year: 1878

themselves up into fever Of INDIGNATION be-
cause the State compels its criminal classes 70
support themselves.


1t Is, of course, all the merest demagoglsm'
Mr. Peck, of Oswego, very neatly pricked tne
bubble they had raised when be said'
"Suppose there are one hundred iaporlng
"men here in Albany. If one or those
"men should endeavor to shift the burden oi
q" the support of his family upon the otner
ninety nine, they would decline to consent 70
cit. But let that man STEAL and then, accord
"ine to the theories advanced here to-day, ne
should be permitted to live in idleness LII
"the prisons at the expense of these very Ninety
"nine men, Any one can see the aDsurdlty
and injustice of such an arrangement Us tha''
and yet that is precisely what these men
would have done 1t used to be Democratic
doctrine that the functions OF government III
stead of being extended to minute individual
concerns, to furnishing employment or food'
or regulating wages, should DO. confined within
the strictest possible limits, leaving the indi-
vidual citizen to make his own fight Tor exist
ence and enjoy his own independence; In
other words, that the State IS not con-
stituted for the benefit of any Individual
or class, but for tho whole people. Society
expects every individual to make his own way
and earn his own living and when organized
society hnds Itself cncumbercd with criminals
whom it has been compelled for the common
safety to restrain of their liberty OF
choice and freedom of occupation, Its first
duty is to permit them. if they desire, or force
them, if unwilling, to earn their own living
That's the duty of Government for the protec-
ton of society to restrain these criminals, IN
the first place, then in common justice
make them pay theft own way, instead
of being a burden and tax upon hon
est people. The sooner these Tammany
statesmen get out of their heads the idea that
the Government has parental functions, the
better it will be for them and the nearer they
will get to the old definitions. But 50 long as
there arc votes to be got by demaeogism and
clap-trap, we suppose it is hopeless to expect
anything from Tammany Hall but just this
sort of nonsense.
Year: 1878

There is something about Jones-Slr Jones. Of
Oneida-which Is, rather than otherwise, engaging
Mr. Jones declares to the Assembly that there is
more ntoxication in n barrel of whiskey than in
barrel Of water" The intoxicatOn. he declares
with serene logical precision, is in the man who
drinks too much and not in the liquor of which he
drinks too much. Jones is right in one and
wrong in another. An intoxicating liquor will in
toXicate nobody who does not drink it, but at the
same time it contains the potentiaity of intoxica
ton. Joness distinction is nice. but maybe it is no
more practically useful than Berkeley Theory of
Matter or Kant's Critic OF Pure Reason. The liquor
will not come to the man he must go to the liquor
Only he is apt to go! Jones acknowledges that
with a candor which fills lis full of admiration for
his consistency. Jones drinks. Jones declares
openly. as the result of his experience, that good


liquor is good for man. and DrOmOtve of health and
longevity He cares nothing for brandy" he is satis
fed with mountain dew and old Kentucky Bolrbon.'
In moro than one legislature, men who did not pre-
tend be temperance men, total abstinence char
acters at any rate, have warmly advocated prohibit
ory measures, and have done so for the sake of Sc
curing reelection by temperance constituents
After voting for the law, they have gone away and
tempted he publicans to break it, Jones isn't of
that sort. He may be right or wrong but you know
where he is.
Year: 1878

In Europe, the situation is unchanged
but there are indications on every
side that all hope is not abandoned
of a peaceful settlement. The British
Government considers that it must take -
decided step" but it leaves Parliament
in the dark as to what IL IN
tends to do. Lord Beaconsticld spoke
on Thursday of rectfying the disturbed
balance of power in the Mediterranean, but
whether he means to do so by descent on
Egypt or the seizure of an island i'll the Levant,
remains undecided. The calling out OF the
reserves is, in itself, grave step, but
it has derived more importance from the
resignation of Lord Derby than it other
wise deserved. With q strong majority
at his back, Lord Beaconsiield can
pursue the most dangerous course, without in
curing apprehension. Pending the exchange
of diplomatic opinions, England seems re-
solved to keep her ironclads in the Sea OF
Marmora. while Russia is as determined to
retain her forces around COnstantinople. This
deadlock is beset with danger, and is one OF
the most difficult matters to adjust.
Year: 1878

The attention of the whole country has been
attracted to the showing recently made by IHE
TRIBuNE of Southern claims upon the
Treasury, as represented by the bills and reso-
lutIons introduced in Congress. That showing
was simply of demands laid before Congress
from the beginning of its session until
the opening of the holiday recess, and
vet the sum total, ascertained
from the actual figures, where they were
given, and from careful estimate, where they
were not given, was $15O,0OO,GOO. To-day
we supplement this portentOus roll with list
of claims preferred in the same manner from
the day at which the former list closed, until
the 18th day of the present month. In these
three short months the South has reached out
its hand for So, 100000 more, making the
whole amount asked for since the open
ing of this Congress, nearly, if not quite,
5000, 900 900! But to appreciate the full
significance of this disclosure, it must be re-
membered as we have already suggested, that
the Southern leaders are quite as well aware
as we are how Odious the very name of n
Southern claim is to the people Of the North,
and that the little bill which has grown to
this size in six months represents not the
whole expectation of the South, but only that
proportiOn of it which discretion has not had
the strength to conceal. Even the men who are
back of these bills know that it is not
wise for the South to show its appetite
at all, before the Democratic party gets con-
troll of the Government; but their hunger is
too much for them. This much they must
ask for, without regard to consequences But
if they ask 5000. 900, 900 in six months, when
they know it endangers their chances of
securing the National Government what
would they take if the National Government
should be secured Are we to be swallowed
mn i'm the Southern nav
Year: 1878

In the District Court at San Buena-
ventura, F. A. Sprague was called up
for sentence. After the court had over
ruled molten for new trial. Judge
Fawcett said after directing the prisoner
to stand up: "F. A. Sprague, you have
been convicted of the highest crime
known to the law. You were skillfully
defended at the trial. Every device
was exhausted to save you, but a jury
of your fellow-citizens has pronounced
you guilty of the great crime with
which you are charged. In the dead
hours of night you, the leader of a
band of masked assassins, applied the
torch to the premises of your victim,
and as he rushed, startled and half
naked, into the light of the flames, you
closed up ON him and shot him near to
death. He attempted flight, you pur-
sued; he fell before you with pleading
voice that should have wrung pity from
a heart of iron, but you remorselessly
riddled him with bullets as you would a
carcass of dog. There is no language
strong enough to depict the atrocity of
such deed. Your guilt is as clear as
evidence can make it. You probably
thought you would be upheld by the
community in which you lived. Thank
God, you were mistaken. There are
but few monsters to applaud your act
The result of your trial proves that we
are yet governed by law; that we are a
community of enlightened human be
ings, and not society of savages. The
law has seized you, and the voices Of
twelve good men held you in its inexor-
able grasp to pay the dreadful penalty
of your crime. Let your fate be warn
ing that justice is sure to follow crime
sometimes travelling slowly with leader
heel, but striking with an iron hand.
will not affect for you sympathy I dc
not feel. There is no point in your case
for sympathy to grasp at so far as yor
are concerned. l deeply feel for YOU
faithful wife and children. They ars
the ones who need and deserve pity ant
sympathy of kind hearts. 1t only re
mains to formally conclude this painful
duty. The judgment of the court i
that on Friday, the 9th day of Sep
tember next, between the hours of tel
o'clock a. m. and one p. M, you are t.
be hanged by the neck until you ar
dead, and may God Almighty hav
mercy upon .your soul"


Sprague presented stolid indifference
and perfect calmness while sentence wa
being passed. His wife and daughter
were present, and were calm and III
moved.
Year: 1878

He had been in the habit of standing
on the curbstone, in front of the church,
after service, and waiting for his girl.
AS he prided himself greatly upon his
politeness in public places, he invariably,
even after their betrothal, stepped up
to her, and, dofing his hat, requested
permission to see her home.


The first time that they went to
church together after they were mar
ried, they were unable to secure seats
together. This, however, did not worry
him. He secured a seat for his wife,
and at once sought his old quarters by
the stove, and among some of his old
cronies.


After service was over, he absent
mindedly walked out with the boys, took
his old stand on the curbstone. With
flashing eyes and glowing cheeks out
came his wife. She would have passed
him in indignant and scornful silence
had he not stepped up to her as of yore
and raising his hat, said: "Miss l.
may have the pleasure of walking with
youf


He had the pleasure of knowing tha
he was very much married, when she
exclaimed:


"You idiotic fool, put on your ha
and come along!"
Year: 1878

THERE has been an interesting cores
pondence in the London Times as to the
degree Of comfort with which men can
live at great heights. Mr.. Webber, writ
ing from the Grindelwald, in Switzer-
land, to the London Times, states that in
Thibet he has lived for months together
at height of more than fifteen thousand
fee. above the level of the sea, and that
the result was as follows: His pulse, at
normal heights only sixty-three per min
ute, seldom fell below one hundred per
minute during the whole time he was
at that level. His respirations were
often twice as numerous in the minute as
they are at ordinary levels. A run of
one hundred yards would quicken both
pulse and respiration more than run of
one thousand yards at the sea level, and
the higher the level, the greater the
difficulty of walking or running fast. He
crossed the shoulder of the Gurla Mand
hata at heightof some twenty thousand
feet, and found the greatest difficulty in
getting his breath quickly enough, hac
frequent and violent headaches, anc
found that his native guides and com
panions suffered much more even thar
he did. Clearly, the physical constitu
tion Of man has not been naturally Sc
lected 30 as to admit of great variation


in the attitude of his dwelling place.
Year: 1878

The judges who precide at the Courts
of Correctional Police, in Paris, would
be almost justified in claiming an in
crease of pay this year, so large are the
additions made to their duties by the
influx of visitors, fashionable and un-
fashionable, and by the consequent in
crease of petty offenses. Pocket picking
and all sorts of stealing and cheating
have become unusually prevalent within
the past few months, and the ingenuity
of the knights of industry has developed
itself to an extent which could hardly
have been expected by the bitterest
cynic.


Another most elaborate device for alb
stracting articles from the shop counter
has Just been divulged in the police
court, and deserves to be ranked among
the brightest inventions of the Exhibi-
ton era. The actress in the perfor-
mance-for this time it was not a
" "knight," but &c lady" :" of industry
made use of small child as sort of
stalking horse to cover her maneuvers,
and by this means contrived to carry off
a considerable booty before she was de-
tected. On coming into shop, the
child was set down upon the counter, in
a sitting posture, close to some pieces of
lace or other coveted articles, while the
supposed mother asked to be shown
something else. Very soon afterward
she managed to administer to the ILL
fated infant severe pinch, which nat
urally caused it to howl aloud, and
upon this the lady would hurriedly
snatch up her pretended offspring, and
with many apologies for its misbehavior,
carry it off, together with the object
which it was desired to appropriate.


This trick, simple as it was, seems to
have had great success, owing no doubt
to that feeling of sympathy with mater.
nal love with which the French nation
is so amply gifted. As long as the OBJ.
jects stolen were only of moderate di.
mensions, everything went we'll. The
affectionate mother was easily able to
hurry away into a cab before the search
| after her began. But from one species
of theft she unluckily proceeded tc
another, and at length conceived the
mistaken idea of carrying off a huge
piece Of pork. The usual proceeding
had been adopted and safely carried ou1
up to the time of exit into the street


But the booty had hardly been taker
out of the shop when some voraciou
dog wandering in the vicinity was lucky
enough to catch scent of it, and made
an attack upon the party, in which
several other ours soon joined. There


upon astonishment of the bystanders, in


quiries, explanations, and at last appear
ance on the scene of the porkbutcher


who succeeded this time in recovering


his property, and bringing the too au


dacious thief to justice.
Year: 1878

THINGS not so generally known as
they ought 10 be-That the evening
song of the nightingale is nice, but that
the morning lay of the barn-door fowl
is nicer. That the end of the longest
wall is blubber. That ships are fire.
quently put into stays, but they only
wear barnacles when they go to sea.
That some lovers's quarrels begin, and
that many end, with smack. That,
although one swallow may not maxi a
summer, yet an inverted tack on a chair
will make one spring. That the real
and only correct system of bookkeeping
is-not to lend them. That it is very
difficult to keep your own peace of mind
| if the wife of your bosom will insist on
frequently giving you piece of hers.
Year: 1878

JORDAN has the reputation of being
a rugged, uninviting thoroughfare, along
which supervisors are negligent and no
poll-tax collected, but the unprejudiced
conclusion reached by the man who
stumbles through the world with no
baggage in the matter of tact is that
the aforesaid slandered highway is a
bran-new Nicholson pavement compared
to the condition of his own pathway.
Year: 1878

ONE of the most difficult problems
TO mind of analytical tendencies is to
comprehend the magnitude of a prompt
ing cause strong enough to induce a
colored man to commit suicide right IN
the middle of the watermelon season.
The first case of the kind ever recorded
occurred in Alabama last week.
Year: 1878

The Petit Marseiliais relates that a
youth of about sixteen recently ventured
beyond the Portugal Rock to bathe,
when all at once he felt that something
had attached itself to one of his legs,
and was dragging him downward. He
was terribly frightened, and cried out
Justify for help. A fisherman heard
him, and came TO his rescue Just in
time to save him from sinking. After
much difficulty the lad was got into the
fisherman's boat, when it was discovered
that a cu.tle-fish, measuring eighty
centimeters from the head to the ex-
tremity of its arms, had fastened itself
to the leg so strongly that it did not let
go its hold, even when out Of the water.
Year: 1878

AN old man in the refreshment trade
was telling some of the boys the other
day that he once knew young lady
who missed an offer of marriage by re-
fusing to partake of ice-cream. The
unanimous verdict of his auditors was
that no opportunities of that kind go to
waste in present times.
Year: 1878


Ex-Governor Tilden, in conversation with
prominent political friend on the recent Florida deyel
opments, said that he had part whatever, directly
Indirectly, IN procuring the confession of the Florida
balOttheVes. He said that he had neither advised in
favor nor against the passage of the Electoral CODms
sion Act that he submitted 10 II the law and felt
bound 20 obey the Judgment of the lawful tribunal that
decided against him. and that he could disturb the
peace or the country by individually, through others
acting IN his direction, bringing exposures Of weiknOwn
frauds to the surface. He spoke with great caution
about what might be his duty the frauds should
he clearly proven before competent tribunal and
90 the Presidential title itself by duplicating ITS pos
eessor and avoided any direct expression conviction
on the subject.
Year: 1878

IL is now evident that the Northern Demo-
Gratis mucn opposed TO dong the South Justice
In public enterprises as the Republicans are. II the
Texas Pacific Railroad is not begun IL will be on
eccOuLt of the opposition OF Northern Democrats II
there Is no aid given 10 preserve the rich Mississippi


Valley from overflow, we may know that Northern
Democrats 20 blame Orlt 1t is Just possible that
the South is little too solid. The Northern Democrats
seem to think that they have bill Of sale OF the whole
South, and they act accordingly. II pOiut out to
them that millions have been spent Northern rail-
ways rivers harbOrs. etc. and insist that the smallest
Justice requires that the South should be given enough
AT least, 10 develop little OF her wealth. they give
huge dish or bOsh about the grand old doctrine aAd bid
US beware lest we njure the party. We are growing
weary OF this We beginning to ask ourselves what
would be the effect five or six Southern States should
take II into their heads 10 cast their Presidential ElectO
tai votes IN 1850 where they would do the most good
Year: 1878

TRIBUNE OFFICE, April 80, a. m.-The airpressure.
yesterday very uniform, though the sky was at
times nearly clear and at other times wholly clouded.
The temperature considerably. for short period.
during the afternoon sunshine The moisture the air
Is still In excess.


Partly cloudy weather with clearing intervals and
little change OF temperature may be expected In this
city and vicinity days, and occasional rains
not imprODabe to morrow.
Year: 1878




The NEw-Y0RK TRIBUNE comes to us in
the most convenient shape for OF any eightpage
Journal that reaches The edges are cut where the
top fold comes in others, and II is folded kaby
rea great luxury TO any one In the habit OF getting
hold Of papers folded bap-hazard.
Year: 1878

We have no desire to qualify any praise
shat may be bestowed on Mr. Welsh's public services,
!or We believe him have been honest and hOnOra be


But IN reading this sentence from The TRIBUNE we can
rot refrain from remarkng that this very Board OF
trusts, over which Mr. Welsh presided, contained sew
efa OF the richest most powerful, most reckless and
most INSCRIPTIONS members OF the City Ring AS Mr..
welsh was very shrewd business man, and splendid
manager do not doubt that the immense increase In
ae revenues and value Of the City Trusts vas his work.


put how far he succeeded In curbng and restraining
pe ndomtable Ring jobbers who sat there with him al
ne BOARD Is one OF those things that fellow can ind