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Year: 1878

People like to be remembered in wills,
although they did not get much, and
even canes, rings, or few books may
make greatful legatees. Mrs. Ann Drake
Seaman, whose will was proved the other
day, had something better than old tea
pots to leave. She had a round, snug
million of dollars, and must have been
an amiable old lady, for she took care
that as many relatives and friends as
possible should share her money. A will
with twenty-seven bequests in it must
have been made by a kindly testatrix.
She seems to have no children of her
own, but to have been extremely rich in
nephews and nieces, and they each of
them get house and lot; and some of
them gets houses and lots; and some of
them money in the simple shape of
cash. To round all appropriately, the
executor receives the neat sum of
$4,000. Really, that is will which it
would be shameful to disturb. 1t is
crammed full of kindness. 1t is redo
lent of sweet remembrances. 1t is
just as nice as if it founded college or
hospital or library. 1t is much nicer
for not giving the whole of the estate to
one, to the anger and disappointment of
the other twenty-six. There will be no
long law reports in the papers about that
will. The lawyers will not get the large
part of that property. The document
willno add another to the series, already
interminable, of adjudged cases.
Year: 1878

city, and with statement of the amount of
money then in the treasury, and to what
particular fund the same belongs. 1t shall
be the duty of such Treasurer, in his
monthly report, to state where such money
is thus kept. Section 4. That any City Au-
ditor or City Treasurer violating the pro-
visions of this act, shall be liable to be re-
moved from office in the manner provided
for the removal of officers in the Municipal
Code; and being so removed, shall be in
eligible to again fill such office. Adjourned
until Tuesday afternoon.
Year: 1878

A WESTERN farmer, being obliged to
sell a yoke of oxen to pay his hired man,
told him he could not keep him any
longer. Why" said the man, "Pll
stay and take some of your cows in place
of money" "But what shall | do"
said the farmer, "when my cows and
oxen are all gomez" "Why, you can
then work for me, and get them back"
Year: 1878

THE New York correspondent of the
Chicago Journal says that more than
twelve years ago he was ordered by the
editor of the New York Tribune to pre-
pare an obituary of Thurlow Weed, who
still lives, but is in feeble health. The
London Timcs's fifteen column obituary
of the great Duke of Wellington was
prepared seventeen years before his
death, receiving annual additions until
he was no more.
Year: 1878

TEsTAMENTs FOR FIVE CENTs.-If
the present generation grows up in
sin and ignorance of the way that
leads to the better land it will be
chargeable solely to neglect. Yes
terday the Pennsylvania Bible So
ciety announced that it would sell
New Testaments for five cents.
These books are are printed by the
American Bible Society at New
York, which in point of fact, is
child of the Pennsylvania society,
the latter having been organized in
1908, and the New York Society i'll
1916. The facilities for publishing
these books enable the Society to
turn them out at the rate of one u
minute, and the price asked for
them simply pays for the first cost OF
production. Strange as it may ap-
pear, the society have always orders
in advance for all the Bibles and Tes-
taments they can furnish, and these
books are to supply the demandin our
own country. "They are like pins"
said the agent in response to an eX-
preston of surprise that there
should be such a demand for them
in land SO long under religious in
fluences; "no one can tell what be-
comes of them, but we know there is
n constant demand for them. They
are printed in l64 different languages
and dialects, and in many of the
countries the books are printed with
in their own borders, the plates be-
ing cast in New York and transported
with presses TO the land where they
are To I've used.
Year: 1878

VIEWS OF GENERAL sCHOFIELD, GENERAL GETTY,


GENERAL FRY AND OTHERS.


Durinp the recess at the Porter trial and
in the intervals when the counsel and the board take
time for consultation, and also in going over and
returning on the boat the conversation has frequently
turned on the subject OF the cipher dispatches
and the STAN they have placed on some OK
the prominent Democratic politicians. TRIBUNE re-
porter yesterday gathered the opinions OF some OF the
prominent persons engaged in the trial regarding this
subject.


General sehoneld. President Of the Board of In'
oury said he had been so occupied that ha
had not read all the dispatches, but he
had noticed that the system or eiphers was
a good deal the that In use by the Army oncers
during the war Like all Army officers, lie fought shy of
politics. but regarded the plot shown BY these cphers
as O great crime against the Nation.


General Getty. who is also q member OF the ooaroi
thought the ciphers had very bad look indeed Gem
eral Fry, Assistant AdjutantGeneraL had been away
and had NOT the opportunity of reading oil tne uA'
patches but he thought II was very grave matter.


General Morel thought the ciphers made an eauavS
binary exhibition of political turptude ana wouu
sIgn their authors to political grave in Dis 0p'""'
Year: 1878

A SUDDEN GATHERING AT WASHINGTON TO DETER


NINE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE TRIBUNE's CIPHER


REVELATIONS.


IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l


WASHINGTON, Oct 14.-There have suddenly ap'
peared here very considerable number Of leading
Democrats from all sections of the country They
are very silent as to the purpose of their VISIT Per-
sons who claim to have confidential information
about their movements say that one Of the direct
objects of this gathering 10 to consult concerning
the cipher dispatches and to what action II any
should be taken by the Democratic party. One Of
-the gentlemen is represented to have said that hii
first purpose will be to ascertain whether the dis
patches are genuine and the translatiOns correct
That donehe will recommend that the Democratic
party formally dIsavow and denounce Samuel u
Tilden, and leave him. and not the Democratic party
to suffer in the popular esteem. Senator Mcdonald
Thomas Ewing and Washington Mclean are already
here. Speaker Randall and jeremiah Black are
among those expected tomorrow.
Year: 1878

The greatest local political conventions Of
the year Will be held to-day In the afternoon the Tam


many Hall County Convention will meet, and In the
evening the Republican County Convention. These con-
vcDtous are TO nominate candidates for the Offices OF
Year: 1878

AN ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT OF GENERAL BENET


THE MEETING OF THE SUPREME CoURr-GEN-


ERAL, NEWS.


The annual report of the Ordnance Bureau
has been prepared. Various recommendations
are made, which will be found in the
dispatches on the subject given be-
low. The Supreme Court met yesterday,
the Justices paying to the President
the usual call of respect The President has
accepted an invitation to go to Winchester to
attend fair.
Year: 1878

hshmen may still cherish in a possible future for
the island 1t is long since they have had an op-
portunIty Of reading anything more conclusive
than Mr.. Forbes's demonstration Of the utter
worthlessness Of Cyprus" miserable island in
dead angle of the Mediterranean "-as a military
post. That is q point on which Mr.. Forbes is an
anthorlty-sO IS he on the other points he dis
cusses, for lie tells Of that which he has
seen and knows. There we're Liberals who COM
planned of his famous article Bulgaria in the
same periodical that it gave aid and comfort TO the
Tories and the "JingOes" No such complaint will
be heard of this. nor will the reading of it give
much pleasure either to Mr.. Cross. the Minister who
has spoken most stOutly for Cyprus, or to Lord
Beaconsield.


Dir. Forbes as you have heard, was himself one
OF the victims to Cyprus fever, and recalled
that account. You would never find it out from
his article. He stopped at Malta, was again laid up
at Messlna with a fresh relapse, which kept him
from going to Bosnia, and arrived in London some
days since in fairly good condition. but bringing in
his body the seeds of one more chronic malady.
HIS previous campaigning had supplied bin with
good assortment, and few more might bring down
his mental and physical powers somewhere near
the ordinary human average. He has clung to his
plan of lecturinE America this Winter, but if the
war with AIghanlstan comes off / doubt whether
he can be kept out of it. II he does not 90 as cor
respondent, he is likely enough to go as a soldier.
soldier he was born and a soldier he will die
whether in or out Of uniform makes little difference.
Year: 1878

motive. So may the board. There is possible
danger in lodging the power in the hands Of the
superior officer that does not also exist IN the board
There is possible evil opportunity to the officer
which does not also offer itself to the
board. Aud there is the added danger
that while the officer is directly and person
ally responsible for the work DONE the board is not
The board is but a remote and abstract body. Gov
ernment by boards one of the worst forms of gov
ernment. GOvernm ent by boards tends always
to government by one man, aud he not ap-
pointed bv the people, not known to the
people not responsible to the people. Indeed
greatly fear 1t is some lurking truth IN his
charge upon the boards of my beloved MasSachu-
scts that enabled General Butler TO chase the terr


fed Democracy from Worcester 10 Faneull Hail. TO
exlort from the ahrighted Republicans wild Mace
donan cries, and to make Boston cease fora moment
her steady employment Of marching In the van ol
civilization and run all over gOOse-fesh!


Never has been harvested a richer crop OF favorlt-
ism. persOnasm bargainism than since the lnau-
puration of Reform. Reform has been adopted
inst far enough TO furnish the appointing
mower an excuse for dsregardlng the usual
and proper Difference to the dominant party, the
usual and proper coureses of public life, and for
doing exactly as it pleased for its own persohai
purpose Reform has never made any manly ana
muscular attempt to prOmulgate even us
own principles. 10 has made proclama-
tions and displaced good officers, but II
has never sought discussion or craved legisa-
tion. Representative Cox has informed us of the
delight he is going to experience at the in-
terruptions he is going to meet in the speech
he is going to make upon the Presidential
message that is going to be sent to Congress
upon Civil Service Reform but the message has
not been sent and the speech has not been uttered
and the nterru: tons have not been made and MIR.
Cox has the delight all to himself.


Reform has but been made screen behind
which the distribution of the spois has
been going on not only without the moral
elevation which it's sincere adherents demand, but
without the common discretion which the old ma
chnsts practised. Everything that is praise
worthy in this Carnival of Reform belongs to Old
Line Repubicanism. Reform has touched nothing
which il has not tainted. And il has so pcriiled
Repubcanism that we have now in the
second year of tins Reform Administration
the extraordinary spectacle of the Prince
of retormers laying his reform thunders by, and
meekly saving ditto to the prince OF machinists, and
for that mere act receiving the highest plaudIts
from great people which, in Its disgust for the
sham of the new time; are in danger of forgetting
the real shame of the old. GAIL HAMILTON.
Year: 1878

ions given in the PARIS columns of The London Times
the triumphant tone of the Republican leader in


the South. Gambetta before he started refused to
see the correspondent Of that journal, who, having
an inkling of what was to take place at Vaence.
st. Rambart and Romans, wanted to force
his way in where Gambetta was sitting chatting
with Sir Charles Dixie, and be ahead Of
the event. A curt message, intended TO throw the
correspondent off the track, was taken to him by a
secretary, and admission refused NJ. de BlOwitz
had been indiscreet in reporting to his journal the
account of an interview which he was granted few
days subsequent TO the breakfast given by the
Prince of Wales at the Hotel Bristol. " Interview
ing " is q thing winch must be done with very
light hand in Paris, and with perfect taste:
BlOwtz's hand is very heavy his taste coarse and
his tact MIL He is avery inaccurate reporter and his
inaccuracies not calculated TO cover his
tracks, but either TO show himself off,
OF, for reason best known to himself TO throw
fat into the fire. Bismarck gave him and The
Times a very rude brush the other day in the Ger
man Parliament. What particularly ineensed De
BlOwitz with Gambetta was not the snub, for the
ThundereTs correspondent is thck-skinned, but
hrs having been kept in the dark about GambettRs
intention to pronounce against Leon Says scheme
for converting the five per cent reRtes. Before
dsmlssng this subject ! shall mention that il was
De Blowitz's report of his interview with Gambetta
which is the cause of the intimacy that has sprung
up between the four Russian Grand Dukes and
Gambetta.
Year: 1878

With the view of atiording pnblic convenience and of promoting the efficiency of the postal service the

 Postmaster General has ordered that the registry system be extended to mail matters of the third class. The order went into effect on the lst inst and is working admirably. The reg istry fee is ten/ cents additional to the postage now required by law, and must be prepaid in full. Pack ages are required to be put up se- curely, so as to bear transportation, and must be so wrapped as to admit of easy examination by the postmas- ter. The name and address of tile sender must be endorsed, either in writing or in print upon the package and no additional written matter is permitted by law. Postmasters are required to registea all packages ol third class matter, presented for that purpose, addressed to any postotlice in the U. s, or to any foreign coun- try within the limits of the Postal Union.- Little Rock Democrat.
Year: 1878

The advent of cold weather has caused the monster to measurably relax his remorseless grasp. Most of the infected districts east of the river have been visited by frost, and the back bone of the disease is, we sincerely trust. broken. There will still be some cases where the germs of the disease were in the system, and the cravings of the destroyer will perhaps not be satiated until some few more victims have been gwen to the grave; but we trust to soon see Jack Frost wln the victory over the destroying scourge and to see our whole land free from the plague once more. May that tine be very close at hand, for the harvest of death has already been fearful one and many is the hearthstone that it has robbed and left deserted, desolate and cheerless; and when we see the last retreating footsteps of the grim, gaunt monster, may it be many yeys that he will wander be- fore he again makes tracks in our far land.
Year: 1878

The Russellville DEMOCRAT is op posed to the reduction of the sala- Ties of State ofiicers-thinks they are low enough. We are little surprised at this, as that paper urges the strictest economy in all the de- partments. Bro. Battenfield would not reduce the salary of the officer to that of a clerk, but he would go for the clerk. We'll that is always the way, pay the boss big wages at the expense of the man who does the work. That is what builds up labor parties in this country. We may be old fogyish in our opinions, but, nev- ertheless, we think that the man who does the work ought to receive the pay. What think ye, Bro. Batten- l field?

 The above is from the columns of one of our highlyssesteemed exchang- es-the Lonoke Democrat. The Democrat understands our position exactly right when it says we are in favor of the strictest economy in all the departments. That is our posi- tion exactly, but we do not think we should lose sight ci the difference between economy and parsimony No good, sound business firm consid- CTS it economy to seek those em- ployees and agents winch can be procured for the least money. The man who fills the head of either de. partment has great responsibility resting upon him, and we should re. member that any man who is compe- tent to fill such place can make far more at his private business or pro fession than the salary paid him by the State. We think like Bro. Hicks

 that the man who does the work ought to have fair pay for his sefvi- ces, and we would be just as far | from "going from the clekr" to en. rich the officer as Bro. H.

 And then we believe, too, that the man who gets the pay should do the work. We are willing that both of, ficer and clerk shall have fair pay for the work they do for the State, but we think there is too much clerk work done in the departments, per haps, and too little work by the officers themselves. The matter of our department officers salaries is a small item Tn our States expenses, and we believe it is in other quarters, as we said in our former article on this subject, that the economizing should be done.
Year: 1878

We heartily endorse the following from the Atkins News:

 Frost, cold weather and winter, which will be welcomed by so many, are not tar of. Christmas, joyous Christmas, will be a sad, sorrow ful one at many, many a desolate hearth stone. Oh how many thousands are longing for the frost and the chilly air before the chill of death comes to take away their loved ones. Yes, winter is coming, but it will hrlng distress, suffering and sorrow as well as cessation of the plague. The world has given freely to the stricken sufferers in their despair, but who will care for the widows and orphans when the wintry blasts drive them shivering to wretched homes? It is to be feared that a long severe winter will make many . poor soul wish that the fever had borne them over the river with the dear ones laid low by the monster. When the fever is over there will be calls for help from the spared ones, there will be thousands of children left in cities without homes. Can not homes for . great many be pro- vided here in Arkansas? Families with few or no children can adopt as their own, many an orphaned little one. If we forget the dead let us not forget the helpless ones they can no longer provide for.
Year: 1878



 In conversation with gentle man from Boone county few days ago we were forcibly impressed with the necessity and importance of opening up some adequate communi- cation with that section of country either by railroad or good turnpike some means by which those peo pie over there can bring thelr pro ducc to market and take back their supplies of such articles as they can not produce-such as salt, sugar, coffee. boots, shoes, iron, dry goods, &c, We have, said our communica- tor, great abundance of everything that we produce in our country. Our country is in fact perfect cornucopia, oyerfowing with all the products of our land, and we could export large surplus if we only had some outlet. Our corn cribs are mostly full of old corn and we hardly know what to do for room to crib our new crop. We have tons of bacon end lard which we cannot use or sell. Our cellars are piled full of apples which rot down in piles be- cause we cannot use them and can not afford to bring them to your market over such impossible roads. But with all this abundance VIC are poor. We have no money, no salt, no coffee, no sugar, no iron and to get it we have to pull our teams to death over roads which we dread to travel. If we only had an outlet south-a railroad or good turnpike --so that we could reach Little Rock and market our products and get our supplies of articles winch we cannot produce, we would prosper and be happy.

 We are fully satisfied that the picture here presented is correct one, and we know that if there could be some way opened up to afford easy and speedy transits of freights to and from that part of our state it would prove great artery of trade to Little Rock, and to other towns on the lne Of the Fort Smith road in smaller way. That whole section of country is anxious to turn their trade South, and the construction of good road-either rail or pike-so as to tap the Fort Smith road at this point is what they want. If they had such route it would have the effect of stimulating them to in crease the production of farm pro ducts, orchard crops, and stock for which their country is pre- eminently we'll adapted. As it is there is no incentive for them to make anything more than they can consume.

 For years this country has been forced to Springfield to do their bus mess. They now want to change their base and have thelr dealings within their own state. All they ask is assistance to- open up the way. Cannot something be done to open up this great artery of trade? Would it not pay the business men of Little Rock Go give this matter their con sideration? Will it not pay her to reach out her arms and meet the advances that are made to her at least on half way ground? Cannot the Gazette and Democrat stir up the enterprising business men of Little Rock to at least investigate this matter and see what there is in it?
Year: 1878

has not only the right, but we hold it to be the DUTr of the State to sce that all tile people are given q com mon school education-- sufficient to enable them to read and write and make ordinary calculations involved in every day transactions, and ifcom- pulsory measures have to be used to get people to send their children to school we are in favor of the State resorting to them.

 Again the Record says:

 Our experience in and observation of public schools has not been such as to make Us fall in love with them. We have never lived in q place where any good came of them.

 And here again we must express surprise. The experience of the ed itor of the Record has been at wide varience with ours. We have never seen the public school system car ried out properly anywhere but that we have admired it and seen its blessings flow out like pure pearls among the people. Go to the State of Ohio and see the effects of tho system there. See how many heads of families you can find there who cannot read the Lords prayer. Sec how many farmers you can find who cannot keep a correct and intelligent account of their farm operations and their store dealings. See now many you will find who will have to ask some one else to read the letter te them which they may receive from an absent friend. See how many you will find who would not figh, for the public schools.

 In our State where the population is sparse and the people poor, ws cannot, of course, have 2 neat, white school house on almost every sectior of land as they have in Ohio, but we can demand of our State Legislature the enactment of such a wise and wholesome school law, that intelli gent people everywhere may see that we do not keep our youth in igno rance through choice, but that it ls merely our sparse population anc our consequent light revenue tha' keeps us from having good public schools. Seeing this, and seeing that we have a great agricultura country, with grand future ahead ofus, and seeing too, that we have { State School Law under which gooc and successful public schools may bt built up, an intelligent class of-pop ulation will soon flow into our State and the obstacle of sparse popula tion and small tax lists for schoo revenue will be removed.

 Let our contemporaries continue to discuss this subject, and Tel them think and consider well what they say upon so important ques l ton.