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Year: 1874

For the purpose of public reader the
summer Garden Hall proved to be bad and schiiIers
poem OF The Belp proved TO he worse In the former
there arc upwards Of two dozen apertures through
which the voice may escape. King John might havc
died in it with entire resignation Forrest, in his most


robust mood, might possibly have governed It's Vents


in the latter there are it proves in practice, no
apertures at all through which the dramatic soul
may make itself manifest. The best passages
the epsodcal dgresons, relative to the growth OF
prosperity in the home and to the terror OF fire. MISS
Field interpreted these with exact Intelligence, with
sympathetic feeling, and with careful finish In other
respects reading kept fair average level OF merit


and-since it interspcrsed with music, broken
as to continuity, and in general made an IN


cdent to other and more pretentous WORK
the sternest could not forbear TO
say denoted upon the part OF the artist com
prehensve grasp OF the subject and delicate sense Of
symmetry its artistic treatment AS piece OF elocu-
ton was ineffective to auditors at distance-the
lady's proving inadequate 10 the extraordinary
demands Of the place Her feryor aEd her grace-anc
these INSPIRED with delicate aud earnest in-
stnot Of feictOus expresson-were III part defeated
here. 1t may be doubted whether these,
or much more than these, would have ac-
compished more, under the best or condi-
nops, with the elaborate and painful patitudes
OF Schillers Bell" We do not forget that the poem


loses the translation, something OF its movement and
fragrance in the original 1t Is not nearly on level
with LongfeliOws Building OF the Ship" Miss Field
had extremely arduous and exacng task 10 fulhll.
She performed her work with dignity and grace, and
with nervous self-possession, genteness of comport
ment, and smooth precision that promise well
for her future as an artist. Her appearance
was especially winning She was clad in white gar
ments chiefly OF lace: and this array consorted ex-
acty with her countenance Of eager hope and noble
purpose. 1t would not be possible to draw any positive


inference, Miss Fields powers as an actress from
her performance upon this occasiOn but II is certain
that few beginners in this field Of art have been sub
jected to q test upon this occasion,
firmly encountered and worthy borne by this spirited
and accomplished lady.
Year: 1874

We observe that tho Womans Christian
Association in Philadelphia have re-
ceived the gift Of q piece of land
on the sea-beach at Long Branch from
gentleman of this city, on which they
purpose erecting house for the accommoda-
ton of young girls Of small means and broken
down in health who require short rest and
pure air during the heat Of Summer. We are
not told whether they are to be received free
of CHARGE or whether the rates of board Will
be made to cover the actual outlay. The lat
ter plan is always the wiser, as charity y
in effect bars itself out from the most deserv-
ing class of needy poor who scruple to receive
aims, yet sorely need help to help themselves.
Philadelphia is bent upon utilizing the cura-
tive influences of the sea-beaches in her
negLborhood during the Summer, having
already one if not more establishments for
sick children on the coast. Merely IN an
economic point of view, it is wise course ;
one week of salt air and sea-baths is equal to
months of dosing and doctors in q costly city
hospital. A temporary asylum at the seaside
for the three Summer months would accom-
plish the work of permanent asylum with
it's cumbrous machinery for year.


We have urged this matter of Children's
Summer Hospital again and again upon our
citizens. 1t is not yet too late to make some
arrangement for July and August. If no
separate sum can be raised, part of the funds
devoted to general charity by the officers OF
the Children's Aid Society could be wisely
diverted to this purpose The apathy of our
people with regard to the sick and suffering
children penncd during the heat OF Summer
into the foul courts and tenement houses is
inexplicable in Winter, while misery and
want thrust themselves on their sight, they
are prompt to provide relief, but when they
have escaped to the cool stretch of sea-
beach they forget the wan babies dying al
home whom breath of sea air would bring
back to life.
Year: 1874

New-York can this morning realize the
Justice of those earnest protests which THE
TRIBUNE urged so persistently against the
appointment of partisan Police Board. On
the sentence to be this morning pronounced
by Judge Brady seems to rest the ques-
ton whether we have any Police Board
at all, until Mr.. Havemeyer, the Reform Mayor,
makes some more appointments. The two
members who give force to the body, Presi-
dent Gardner and Mr.. Oliver Charlick, the
one the President of the Administration Gen
eral Committee of this city, appointed
for partisan purposes at the demand
of the Administration Republicans, and the
other a late Sachem of Tammany, put in
at the demand of the Democrats to watch the
Administration man, have been jointly con-
victed of violation. for partisan
purposes, of the election laws they
were sworn to enforce. The trial seems
to have been fair, and we hear OF no reasons
for doubling the justice of the verdict. 1t Is
rendered on only one of the four indictments
that have been found. They involve these
two Commissioners in the attempt to secure
by unlawful means the election of two
Administration Republicans, and one Ring





from justice.


1t would be petty business to attempt to
make party capital for anybody out OF this
shameful result 1t is only surprising because
the crime has been so common, and its pun
ishment has heretofore been unknown. The
men we're appointed to do the thing which they
have done, and the parties which backed
the claims of each for the places would have
been grossly dissatisfied if they had not done
it. The initial fault, the crownng shame OF the
whole transaction, is that majority OF the men
who manage politics in both parties Ill this
city insist on struggling to get control OF
the Police Board for just such purposes. TIE
TRIBUNE's earnest appeals for non-partisan
Police Board were laughed at as the aspira-
tions of idealists Each party went into the
struggle, trying to cheat the other before the
Mayor. This Mayor, elected by Administra-
ton Republicans against the struggle of The
TRIBUNE SO far outraged the decencies as to
place in the Police Board, to conduct elee-
tions in this city, the man most vitaly
interested. by reason of his political posi-
ton, in securing the triumph of candidates
whom the Administration Republicans sup
port. He did an equally indecent thing
in appointing ; against him the most
forceful of the ward politicians on the other
side. The rest of the Police Board he
constructed of wax. The two strong
men formed an instant partnership,
and are to-day TO be sentenced.
The sentence is not so much upon Hugh
Gardner and Oliver Charlick as it is upon the
political leaders of the Administration party.
who forced the appointment of the one,
and the strategists Of the Tammany party,
who secured counterbalance in the appoint
ment of the other. The disgrace rests upon
the respectable men of both parties who re-
ioice at the success of their own side in such
struggles, and never complain save wheE they
pet heatpn.
Year: 1874

wraps whole community in ito unwholesome
atmosphere. Y.r7roal g1 I-.ssra sHr UnH


1t may now bo thought expedient by Mr..
Beecher and his friends to make some reply
to this authoritative and serious attack Ii he
should simply deny the truth of MIR. TiltOn's
somewhat vague allegations and explain the
document to which his name is attached, he
would find the community among whom he
has labored with such distinguished success
disposed to side with him against all assail-
ants. Mr.. TiltOn has much to say OF the retl-
ccnce lie has hitherto observed. We shall be
greatly surprised if he does not soon regret
that he did not observe it longer. 1t Is not
for us yet to Judge the action OF one VINO
claims to have been vitality wrOnged, but we
can hardly conceive any suffering more In
tolerable than that which the eloquent and
indscreet Editor Of The Golden Aqe has pre-
pared for himself by this unhappy manifesto.
The well-nigh fatal mistakes of two
or three years ago were beginning to be for
gotten. He now comes forth-stung by what
seems the insufficient provOcation OF technical
Irregularities in the Congregational Confer
ence and unfriendly criticism in certain news
papcrs-tO ,challengo to mortal duel the
most eminent preacher in the world, man
revered for his genius and his good works as
far as Christianity extends. 1t would be a
misfortune to all of us if the just and right
eous fame of the great preacher should receive
the slightest stain from this assault and it
would be base ingratitude for this people to
think any evil of him before he has been
heard, or without stronger proof than has yet
boen offered.
Year: 1874

On Wednesday last Mr.. Theodore Tilton
brought to The TRIBUNE Office proof slips
containing his statement in relation to what
IS usually called the Plymouth Church scan
dal We decided not to print it, not thinking
it advisable to give any further publicity to
this deplOrabe controversy than that which
il would receive in Mr. TiltOn's own journal


The other newspapers of the city have taken
q different view of the matter, and by their
act the attention of the public was yesterday
SO directed to the subject that it no longer
rests within our discretion to publish or with
hold the news. The condensed extracts which
we publish this morning give the essential
points of Mr.. TitOn's case. There are few
ueople in New-YOrk or in the country who
will not regret the reopening of this shocking
business, which from the beginning has
been marked on both sides with a singular
deficiency of tact and judgment. .. ..
The early publications in regard to it were
barbarous and criminal. The subsequent
measures taken to quiet the scandal were
awkward and blundering. The Brooklyn Con-
ference, undertaken with the best motives,
resulted in no good, and since its adjournment
there has hardly been word said in regard
to it which might not far better have been
left unsaid. Mr.. Tilton's critics have proved
their lack of practical sense by driving him
before the public with an appeal which cannot
fail to do great harm TO himself and others.
Innocence is no defense against the injurious
effects of wide aud clamorous scandal which
Year: 1874

We conclude the tabulated record of the
work OF the late session of Congress this
morning by the final list of bills, printed on
our seventh page and supplement it by the
very suggestive comparison of appropriations
for the past four years, printed on our second
page. This last viii be found mine of wealth
for politicians.
Year: 1874

Amystery. None knew whence she came, nor tho
spot to which she was bound. But that at which
she aimed was runawa ay husband somewhere in
California She has followed the railroad track all
tho way from Kansas City to Truckee, walking and
sternly refusing all charitable offers to dare the
dangers of railway travel. The people of Truckee,
anticipating the grand entry OF this remarkable
person. had intended to give her tiattering recep-
tion with brass band, speeches. &c. but she passed
through the place unexpectedly and without pause.
Il il calculated to inspire the philosophical mind
with unspeakable awe to consider what store of
energetic conversation must be accumulating in her
brain during this grand, gloomy, and peculiar
march and it is likewise improving to reflect with
what resigned piety her tratorous lord, after she
has found him, will pine to rest him deep, deep, in
the quiet grave.
Year: 1874

feud-as the rencgades who had betrayed
their countrymen to the Christian dogs.
Upon this denunciation a national ven
detta against the accused was solemnly
pronounced, and a member of the colony
named Ross selected to follow and assass-
mate the denounced men. In the latter
part of last March this emissary of bar
barian vengeance came upon the doomed
Marchella on Montgomery street, the
most public part Of San Francisco, and
there, without a word, shot him down.
On being arrested for the pitiless deed,
Ross stoically surrendered, and professed
a willingness to die for it, as it was Cor
his race, and not from any personal en-
nifty that he had killed traitor. This is
the man whose recent arraignment, as
said at the beginning of the sketch, re-
wives the whole wild and savage story Of
George Sharksovich-a narrative of bar
barianism almost unique in civilized an
mails, and challenging curiosity and Won
der for its strange incOgruity with the
life of civilization in which the principal
scenes are cast. As a study of medieval
character and custom renewed in modern
times, it is worth consideration more than
for its ira gic horrors.
Year: 1874

OWING TO THE DELAYS that have
" attended the printing and distribution
Of the Reports Of tie Commissioners on
MiHiRg ,StQtiSttcS, these carefully pre-
pared and otherwise useful publications.,
have failed to keep the world duly posted
in regard to the condition and progress OF
mining affairs on the Pacific Coast, the
information conveyed through this me-
dium being already many months old by
the time it reaches the eye Of the general
public. With Il view to furnishing fresh
intelligence on mining topics, and bring
ing the history Of this great industry down
to the most recent date, the undersigned
will, on or about the first of February
next, issue II large octave volume, de
voted to a consideration Of mining mat
tiers, as they exist at the present time, in
the States of California and Nevada. In
the fulilment of this purpose the author
will at once visit every important district
and locality in these States that has not
already been lately examined or heard
from through .reiabe channels, to the
end that the information embodied in this
volume may be recent and authentic.
The great aim will be to fill the book with
live practical matter wherefore, only
such properties as have been brought to
productive condition, or as have, through
developments made, established for them
selves good degree of actual or pros
pectivc merit will receive attention nor
will any notice be bestowed on processes
or appliances other than such as have met
with approval after extended working
tests.


This work will be printed on the best
quality of paper, and be elegantly and
substantially bound, the design being to
impart to it such mechanical excellence
as will reflect credit upon the book maxi
ing art in California.


HENRY DEGR0OT.


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 1878.
Year: 1874




Christian peace POUNDS itself in a reas.
enable trust. The man who has money In
sound bank sits him down in quie,u!c in
the midst Of financial fright lie does not
ask that some inward or outward sign be
given him that his bank is safe. His cheer.
fulness does not come Of any ailldus. H.
does not 20 and beseech the bank TO take
care Of what it keeps for him He does
not superadd precautions Ills peaceful
ness has no relation to his temperament.
1t is a trustiulnoss well grounded that
makes him sleep when other men awake.
1t was just such peace that Paul felt when
he said, " | know whom l have trusted. |
know his ability to keep to that day all tba,
| have put into his hands"


o souls, weary Of seeking why DO you
ask, Who shall 70 up into heaven 10 bring
Christ down from thence or, "Who
descend into the abyss to bring Christ up
from the dead ?" The word is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth. The way Of peace is sim.
pie, aud you will pcrist in overlooking 1t.
While you seek God by groaning aud pray
ing and iar.irayeling, God stands patiently
waiting at your own door to be let 10. You
would not distrust friend though he were
but q man. God has undertaken the care
Of your soul. His mercy cannot fail
Plant yourself on this reasonable truth,
cease to look for inward exercises, and your
peace shall fow as a river; the peace Of a
reasonable being who has made deposit 10
a secure place, aud who does not ngitaie
himself about il. " Wherefore, let them
that suffer according to the will OF God
commit the keeping Of their souls to him in
well doing as unto a faithful Creator"
Year: 1874

Humankind have queer ways, too, in
their disputes and tifs. They're very apt
to think that if they don't begin u fight
they've a right to keep it up in about any
way they choose. Some one lately told me
this true story about a boy named Harry,
who used to get angry very quickly and re-
venge himself right off. His parents
usually made light of his quarrels if Harry
only said Of the other fellow he began
It first" So it came to be common excuse
with him. Once he went with his mother
to visit rich family who had mirrors reach.
ing from the ceiling to the floor. Harry
had never seen such things before. 1t was
very hot summer day, and as the little
fellow soon became tired Of playing by him
self in the sun, he slipped into the quiet
paror, and lying down on a sofa opposite
one of these big mirrors, fell asleep.


After while he awokei rubbing his
eyes as he stood up, he saw boy rubbing
his eyes, too. He looked at him wonder
ingly, then iercely, and the boy looked Just
as hercely at him. In moment Harry
doubled up his fist, and the boy did the
same. This was too much to bear, and he
darted towards the boy (as he thought), and
dasbing bis fist against the mirror, broke
II 10 thousand pieces.


Hearing the crash, bis mother ran in
from the next room, and poor Harry, pick.
ing himself up, all scratched and bleeding,
cried out, " He began it first"
Year: 1874




The same amount of Christian work Is
exhilerating to one man and exhausting to
another. Ia the one case it is a tonic and
in the other leeches. Why the diilerence2


In order to work easy the undertaking
must be congenial But you say that much
of what is expected of US is repulsive to
the natural soul. Our reply is, " Get your
heart right and the work will be pleasant
No need of your trying to do Christian
work unless you are Christian"


If you have the salt rheum, and a man
offer you box of salye that be says will
certainly cure you, and you observe that
he has on his hand the same disease un-
healed, you say, "No, thank you: if
your medicine were worth anything you
would cure your own hands" SO there is
no use in morbid man Of gloomy heart at
tempting to raise others out Of spiritual
misfortunes, because his shadowed soul is n
slander on his medicine. A man must
have both his own feet solidly planted on
the Rock before be can pull sinking men
out of the floods. Christian at Work.
Year: 1874

The supposition that man cannot be a
Christian until the thermometer of emotion
in his bosom rises TO fever heat is pure
invention, having no foundation in reason
or scripture. 1t is every mans business to
act upon his highest sense of duty. The
notion that an intellectual sense of duty
must be fused before it can be a ground Of
action is without support in the analogy oI
life. We do habitually act upon our con-
yictions, however cold and entirely oil
the Judgment they may be. To sit wait
ing for feeling before putting forth any
effort to be better, is like waiting until the
pangs of hunger are upon you before put
ting seed into the ground.
Year: 1874

A very dangerous, yet very COM
mon winter practice, is that Of sudden
warming when very cold. We frequently
read in the papers Of little children falling
down dead on suddenly going to the heated
stove after long walk. Others are often
injured seriously who have no guess at the
true cause of the difficulty. Every intelli-
gent person knows that frozen limb will
become dead flesh if suddenly warmed.
The temperature must be raised very slowly.
The limb must be put into cold in
stead Of warm water, or rubbed with snow.
When limbs are half frozen, they cannot
resist the injurious effect Of sudden warm
ing. Commissions in children occasionally
occur many more are made suddenly faint
and sick without knowing the cause the
eyesight is often peculiarly affected, and
people call it snow blindness" All skin
difficulties are greatly aggravated by sud
den warming, and sometimes very painful
ones are induced. 1t is generally thought
that chilblains are caused by the severe
cold, but the true cause is sudden warming
after they have been very cold. II seems
as if this distressing malady were largely
on the increase-even very little children
suffer from it. Too great care cannot be
taken in this matter Of warming cold feet
slowly, and by friction rather than putting
them near the fire.


Sudden warming, too, makes the whole
system so subject to cold for long time
afterwards that extra garments are always
needed and then the frame shivers in what
was once very comfortable temperature.
Physicians have observed this in their own
cases, and say that they have sometimes
suffered 10 this way for years from single
such act of imprudence.


Use proper precaution on your own part,
and watch carefully over your children,
who Of course follow their natural impulse
to rush to the fire when very cold.
Year: 1874

The greatest cataract in the world is
the falls of Niagara, where the water
from the great upper lakes forms river
three-fOurths of a mile in width, and
then being suddenly contracted plunges
over the rocks in two columns to the
depth of one hundred and seventy feet
each.


The greatest cave in the world is the
Mammoth cave in Kentucky, where one
can make a voyage in the waters of
subterranean river, and catch fish with
out eyes.


The greatest river il the world is the
Mississippi, four Thousand one hundred
miles long.


The largest valley in the world is the
valley of the Mississippi. It contains
five hundred thousand square miles and
is one of the most fertile regions of the
globe.


The largest lake in the world is Lake
Superior, which is truly an inland sea,
being four hundred and thirty miles
long and very deep.


The longest railroad in the world is
the Pacific railroad, over three thousand
miles in length.


The greatest natural bridge in the
world is the Natural bridge over Cedar
creek in Virginia. 1t extends across a
chasm eighty feet in width and two
hundred and fifty feet in depth, at the
bottom of which the creek flows.


The greatest mass of solid iron in the
world is the great Red mountains, near
Alabama. 1t is three
hundred and fifty feet high and fifty
miles in length, of almost solid iron
ore, the largest and richest deposit
known in the world.


The largest deposit of anthracite coal
in the world is in Pennsylvania, the
mines of which supply the market with
millions of tons annually.
Year: 1874

When Campbell's chimney became
foul the other day, somebody advised
him to fire his gun up the fue for the
purpose of loosening the SCOT. Camp
bell did SO, but, unfortunately, he Sc
lected for the operation the very
moment when his oldest boy happened
to be sitting up there on the top of the
chimney, flying his kite. The boy
knew Immediately that somebody had
fred a gun, and he did not wait TO pull
in his kite or to make extended in
quiries as to the identity of the person
who performed the act. He seemed to
be animated by an irresistible propensity
to leave the spot at once. SO he sud
denly slid down the roof to the shed,
and thence to the ground. When he
was put to bed he appeared to want to
lie more over on his face than on his
back, and the doctor, when he had re-
moved thIee-quarters of pound of
shot from the little sufferers flesh, re-
marked to Mr.. Campbell that if the
child preferred to stand up for a few
weeks, while eating his meals and
studying his lessons, it would be inju-
dicious to offer any objection.