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Year: 1878

Late advices from Washington arc
to the effect that The Senate Committee,
TO whom was referred the entire ques-
ton of legislation affecting the Union
and Central Pacific Railroads, has at
length arrived ct unanimous conclu-
sion and recommend the passage of
Dorsey's Sinking Fund Bill


The bill As agreed to is amended by
the entire omission of the section which
provides for the re-conveyauce of a.
O0O,OO acres of land grants to the
Government On condition that the
sinking funds should DO credited there
fore at the rate of 81 % per acre, the
section providing that the Union Pa
ciic and Central Pacific companies
should be given preference for Gov
ernment business is also stricken
ont. The main features Of the amend
ed bill are as follows: All money due
these two companies the first day of
April next for Government transpor-
tation nre to form q nucleus of the
proposed sinking fund. the amounts to
be made equal by cash payment il nec-
essary to at least 1000, 900 for each
company. They are hereafter each to
pay into the United Stntes Treasury
Sl,000,000 per year in annual pay
ments until the year 1900 when the
bonds endorsed by the Government
become due. E.iE


Interest is to be accumulated semi.
annuity at the rate of six per cent
year upon all amounts thus placed to the
credit of the sinking fund and these
payments are to'be in lieu of the re-
quirements of the present law as to an
nual payment Of five per cent Of the
net earnings and the retention Of one
half of the earnings for Government
transportation. The balance found due
the United States by the companies in
the year 1900 is to be paid in fifty equal
seini-annunl installments together with
interest on deferred payment ut q rate
OF interest which shall equal tho rate
then being paid by the Government on
the majority OF its securities.
Year: 1878

GEoRGE SnuLTz, of tho Justice mine
says the report OF the Inyestigat.
ing Committee misrepresonts him; that
he gave up control of tho mine because
he was sick and disgusted with It, and
had sunk fortune in trying 10 srstein
it; that the mine cannot bo made to pay,
as the ore is of too low grade. and
valuable orc only exists in lunches and
spots.
Year: 1878

y MIR. DAVIS, Of Medford, Mass
achusetts, short time ago, while
shaving, fell backward upon the floor,
and was pronounced dead. AS he had
expressed fears that he might be buried
alive, the body was kept several days
III the house carefully watched. The
remaims were carefully buried ut
Maiden. After the funeral the widow
aud daughter, who reside in different
houses. ON Is certain night dreamed
that the deceased was buried alive, and
was trying to release himself from the
grave. They told their dreams to each
other. and finally caused the grave to
be opened. To tho horror of all, the
corpse was found lying on its side, and
the top Of the casket broken, showing
that the man had made strenuous ef-
forts to escape death by suffoca:ion.
Year: 1878

WE can't help thinking when delv-
ing into the philosophy of finance thai
there is much moonshlne and twaddle
in the everlasting STAT" money Green
back goose-gabble, and if those max
ing most noise and winning most cheap
notoriety were in earnest about reliev.
ing the country, they would sheer of
from whisky shops, abandon the
streets and country stores and village
green and go home to work. There is
wealth aud plenty and prosperity.
sooner or later, as sure as God reIgns,
in the sweat of the brow and toll of
the muscles. 1t were infinitely wiser
to preach the gospel of hard work and
of abundant money won by it than in
dulge these shallow plstitudes about
" iat money" the conversion of all
bonds into greenbacks and the making
of a paper balloon of the currency of
the Union.
Year: 1878

WE have always liked Col. Chandler.
He is a good and amiable gentleman.
He accepts the nomination at the hands
of the Greenbackers, if he accept at
all, simply because of his genuine
goodness of heart. lie could not bear
the thought of wounding the tender
sensibilities of the party-leaders. by
declining honors of defeat. We cannot
help suggesting, however, that the
ticket has the wrong end foremost,
and Col. Chandler should be first in
stead of second or third on the list OF
nominees. But has he accepted the
Year: 1878

We have an excellent State Demo-
cratic ticket and it becomes our duty
to see that it is triumphantly elected.
Why then look backwards Why
recur to misfortunes or failures that are
iremmedlsble2 What signify quarrels
and differences that began and ended
with the life and death of the late Demo-
critic conventioni Let US set our faces
against these querulous people. They
do infinite harm and no good. The
task before us is to crush out Radical
ism in its new guise, and from this
purpose we should not suffer ourselves
to be diverted by personal quarrels and
personal differences of opinion which
were merged and lost in the compro-
mise of all differences, by the proper
and wise nomination of Judge Rob-
erts
Year: 1878

THERE is not the slightest good
sense or use in proposing the subdivls-
ion of Texas. The fathers of the COM
monwealth were wiser than many who
1--we after them, and rendered this
scheme of ambitious, selfish party
leaders impossible of execution. The
very ARTICLES Of annexation provide
that territorial division Of Texas can
not be effected without the consent of
the entire commonwealth. Many,
many generations viii live and die and
the war between the States will have
passed utterly from the memory Of
men before the partition Of the State
can be accomplished. The advocates
Of the scheme should read the articles
Of annexstion.
Year: 1878

The Odd Fellows of this city and


State are exceedingly anxious to have


the Grand Sire and Grand Lodge of the


world lay the corner stone of the Grand


Lodge Temple of Texas. All this


was fixed and agreed upon, and the


leading members of the Order from


Europe and America were coming


hither. The city would have been
crowded through week with stran-
gers, and most imposing and interest
ing events were anticipated with eager
interest by the city and State.
With deep regret, therefore, do we see
1t printed that the leading representa-
tves of the honorable order in the
East are organizing opinion in the
Order In opposition to the convention
proposed to be held here. It is absr
lutely published that we are fright
ened, that We would establish a quar-
antine, that Austin is endangered, that
the plague has appeared in Houston
and Galveston. These impossible or
improbable stories have been sent
abroad by timorous Texas newspapers
and thus absurd folly becomes even
criminal. There is not half the danger
OF the appearance OF yellow fever here
that there is of its prevalence in Balti-
more, where it is proposed to convene
the Odd Fellows. There is and will
be no quarantine here. The fever will
not spread and if brought hither will
die and not the people. Experience
and transparent atmosphere demon
'trate these facts, and strangers and
citizens are safer in the heights of Aus
in than in any leading city of America,
North or South.
Year: 1878

THE nomination of a Democratic
candidate for Judge o. NJ. Roberts's
place will probably be made by the
State Executive Committee, of which
Col. Bower of Dallas is chairman. 1t
is authorized to do such work.
Year: 1878

EsconEDo shOuld not be put to death.
BE was merciless to Macmillan and
should be shown NO meEcy. There
fore let HIM live to brood over the
woes he has inflicted upon muItItuues.
BE win be sent to his home in Ma
zAtlAn, and We may never more behold
his elongated sars hApping in the sun
shiae On Texan prairie.
Year: 1878

We hear Of young gentleman who
delights In tsirliDg his cigar grncefusIy
between his fugers and tipping of lie
ashes, who bad great difficulty N max
ing the cigar burn. After he had been
trying for some time be tore it 10 piece.
Inside the wrapper he found 2-caii-
Der pistol cartridge. The bullet Wa
pointed toward the mouth end of TIE
cigar. Had be been successful IL mef-
ing the cigar burn. but few momsrss
longer Al explosion Would hare &C.
cured - the cartridge was already
heated.
Year: 1878

The Virginia Senate proposes to pay 5100, 600
interest on the Peeler bonds, the interest of
which has not been paid for several years.


The Quebec House yesterday passed vote
of confidence in the De Boncherville govern
ment-35 to Is.


Governor Porter, of Tennessee, has refused
to commute the sentence of Brown, the colored
preacher, to be hanged at Winchester on the
l4th inst. for the murder of another negro


At meeting of the directors and stockhold-
ers of the Louisville base ball club last night,
it was resolved to resign the position in the
league and to recommend the grounds in this
city for nse by good amateur club.


The steamer Bolivia arrived at New York yes
terday, and reported that she sighted the ship
Berthol off Portland in distress She sent the
life boat and found the captain and three of
his crew had been washed overheard on the pre-
vious day during the heavy gale. The mate
and one seaman were injured. The Bolivia
sent out an officer and two seamen to navigate
the vessel.


trestle PLATFORM used in building a new
iron bridge over the Potomac at Rowell's
Bend, gave way yesterday, precipitating thir-
teen men, who were at work, into the river, q
distance of fifty feet. Three men were killed
outright and the remainder seriously injured.
Year: 1878

A Second Enjoyable Concert Last Even


ing--Sunday Evening at the Athenaeum.


The audience last night was not quite SO
large as on Tuesday night last, but still the
Opera house was fairly filled, the upper part of
the house quite SO, showing that prejudice
against this, the best part of the house for the
full enjoyment of concert is giving way to
common sense. There never were SO many
ladies in the dress circle as last night. 1t is
perhaps needless to say that the concert was
most enjoyable one; the programme was hardly
so attractive to the popular ear-the solos not
SO brilliant-as at the former concert, but in
several instances they were far more difficult
OF execution. The cello fantasia from Sirvais
was masterly performance, wonderful in
technlquesand exquisite in tone; the flute solo
Romance" saint Saens) was also finished
performance OF a composition full of the most
difficult technicalities The quartette
from Beethoven in Op. IL, was a perfect
study in phrasing and beautiful shading,
especially the Adagio. 1t may be said that
the whole instrumentalization is seldom
equalled for breadth Of conception, delicacy of
shading and beauty of tone-there is never
with any of these artists the slightest uncer-
tainty, but every tone is clear and we'll de-
fined, even when exquisitely delicate Miss
McQuesten sings easily and shows high culture
but her voice is somewhat unsympathetic-
higher notes in the echo Song" were hard
and soulless The German element of the city
will be glad to learn that the club gives per
formance on Sunday at the AthenRum
Year: 1878

New YORK, March 1.-The railroad managers
were in session at the Windsor Hotel pretty
much all day and held session this evening.
After long debate a resolution was unanimously
adopted to pool eastern bound tonnage from
important competitive points upon a plan to
be arranged by the commissioners. The
convention entered into an agreement to
raise rates Monday next on a basis
of thirty cents per hundred to New York 1t
was claimed that this would substantially
grant New York merchants what they wished,
and put stop to discrimination against New
York, well as to prevent the petty disputes
dispute arise on question of apportionment,
which the companies cannot amicably settle,
the matter is to be referred to the commits
Year: 1878

There are now at White Bear the representa-
tives of six or eight different ice companies of
st. Louis and elsewhere, armed and equipped
the law directs for grand raid on the ice
fields at that point, but who are at present
doing nothing but watching Old Probabilities
and praying for cold snap.


After the cutting and shipment of some
seven hundred tons by the first arrivals from
st. Louis the whole operation was necessarily
suspended on Wednesday in consequence of the
continued hot weather and demoralizing south
Winds
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, March AFTER full considers
ton and consultation with the members of
both Houses of Congress the secretary of the
treasury has determined that the first silver
dollars to be issued will be used only in ex-
change at par with gold coin or for the purchase
of silver bullion at the market price. He does
not feel at liberty to use them to pay for cur
rent expenses, until the amount coined is suf-
fcient to furnish all alike without discrimin-
alton, nor does he deem it expediens ut present
to exchange them for United States notes or to
use them in the payment of interest on the
public debt, until the amount coihed is suf-
fcient to enable him to do SO impartially.
Therefore they will at present be used for the
purchase of silver bullion at market rates.
The silver certificates will soon be ready for
issue, and are of the form of bank notes, en-.
graved in the best manner and printed on bank
note fibre paper.
Year: 1878

The Silver Dollars te be Issued Only for the
Purchase of Silver Bullion. And That
When Silver Certificates Are Not Taken
or are Presented for Redemption--Yell


stone Park--Whisky Storage--Mississippi
Improvement Commission for the Lower
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, March Tn response to the re-
cent resolution of the House inquiring as to
the sale of United States bonds for outstanding
legal tender notes Of the United States at par,
the secretary of the treasury to-day sent COM
munication to the House, in which he says
All bonds disposed of by me have been sold for
their par value in coin.


The secretary of the interior to-day sent to
the House a communication recommending an
appropriation of $3.50 to be expended in car
rying out the intentions of the act of March l,
1872, relative to setting apart tract of land
near the head waters of the Yellowstone river
as public park to be under the exclusive con-
troll of the secretary of the interior, who shall
make such regulations as he may deem proper
for the preservation of all timber, mineral de
posits, natural curiosities and wonders within
the park and their retention in their natural
condition. The communication was accompa-
MED by resolutions passed by the American as
sociation for advancement of science at it's
meeting in Louisville in 1877, recommending
that provision be made by Congress for the
protection of the park. The communication
was referred to the committee on public lands.
Year: 1878

and subsequent verbal agreement, vary
ing manner of delivery, is binding. 1t
also said that the comments of the Judge
in his charge to the jury as to the circum-
stances under which the defendant might
be entitled to damages against the
plaintiff, cannot be on the ground OF
error where there was no such issue and
where the remarks could not have pre-
iudiced the defendant, nor is the court
bound at the request of counsel to give
AS instructions philosophical remarks
copied from text books, however wise
they may be,iu the abstract, or however
high the source from which they come
Affirmed
Year: 1878

LONDON, April 29.-The Manchester
Guardian says: The struggle in the
cotton trade continues, but the prospect
OF peaceful settlement sPpesrs some
Whist less remote. The operatives still
press for an opportunity Of submitting
their case TO arbitration and Saturday
they devised 8 plan for adjusting the
dispute which will probably commend
itself 10 most OF the people as fsir and
reasonable. The masters have courtcously
but firmly declined so far to place their
case before srbitrators, but if the princi-
pie Of arbitration be once conceded there
seems to be no reason to doubt that a
committee commanding the confidence
of both sides may be formed.
Year: 1878

The tule lands of this county are every.
where inhabited by droves of hogs that
have doubtless originally been propagated
from domestic stock, which have escaped
into the jungle and have become as wild
as the famous game infesting the Black
Forest, the hunting of which affords SO
much amusement to the German nobility.
They live and thrive on the succulent
roots to be found in the tules, and appear
moderately fat whenever they are seen.
They are exceedingly shy, however, and
it is only by accident that one catches a
glimpse of them, as they instinctively
avoid the haunts Of men. They are
trapped and caught occasionally in an in
genious manner by the tule farmers, who
build small but very strong cOrrals or pens
on their stamping ground. A heavy gate,
made to drop perpendicularly, is fitted so
as to close the corral when down. This is
raised and held by trap, to which string
leading to the ground is attached. Bar
ley is then scattered on the ground inside
the corral, and in continuous lines for
some distance in different directions The
corral having been built over the trails Of
the hogs, they are not long scenting the
barley, and once inside the corral they
can scarcely fail to spring the trap in eat
ing the barley. A drove of a dozen or
more has before now been captured in this
manner. The young ones are easily do
mestieated, but the old ones are slaugh-
tered at once.
Year: 1878

None but the married man has a home
In his old age; none has friends then but
he; none but he knows and feels the solaee
of the domestic hearth; none but he lives
and freshens in his green old age, amid
the affections of wife and children.


There are no tears shed for the old
bachelor; there is no ready hand and kind
heart to cheer him in his loneliness and
bereavements; there is no one in whose
eyes he can see himself reflected, and from
whose lips he can receive the unfailing as
suranees of care and love. No, the old
bachelor may be tolerated for his money;
he may eat and drink and revel as such do;
and he may sicken and die in a hotel or a
garnet with plenty of attendants about him,
like so many eormorants waiting for their
prey; but where is the moistened eve, the
gentle hand, the loving lips that ought to
receive his last farewell? He will never
know what IT is to be loved, and to live
and die amid loving circle He will 90
from this world ignorant of the delights Of
the domestic freside, and on the records
of humanity his life is noted-a blank.
Year: 1878

This is subject which has long been
discussed by mineralogists, who are much
divided on the question. Prof. Tscher-
max, after prolonged study, has come to
the conclusion that the active agent in the
process is volcanic. He points out that
the bolides which fall to the earth are an
gular in form; that they have no concen-
trio structure even in the interior; that
their external crust Is not an original
characteristic, and that they are evidently
fragmentary. Examination of the crust
has shown that during the later stages of
the flight disruption of the meteorite itself
frequently takes place. From much evil
dence of that character, Prof. Tschermak
has been confirmed in his views. He
argues that the finding of hydrogen in
meteoric iron is proof that permanent
gases and perhaps vapors, which are the
great agents in transmitting volcanic en-
ergy, have played some part in the forma-
tion of metorites; and although we may
never have the possibility of obtaining
direct evidence of the volcanic activity
which is supposed to have hurled these
mysterious masses of stone and metal into
space, yet such proof as the violent gaseous
upheavals on the solar surface, the action
of our terrestrial volcanoes, and the stu
pendous eruptive phenomena of which the
lunar eraters tell the history, lend power
ful support to any theory assuming that
meteorites owe their formation to volcanic
agency.
Year: 1878

There is a great satisfaction in knowing
what selection of shade-trees those who arc
competent to judge would make for road
or lawn planting. Just such information
Is now before the public, and it will prove
of very great value to those who intend to
beautify their road sides or private grounds.
The Park Commission of Washington, ID.
G., composed of three men of high stand
ing in horticultural circles, have planted
miles of street trees, numbering about
forty thousand. The bulk of these are
made up of twelve varieties, and are named
herewith in the order in which the com
mission valued them for the purpose:
" hite maple, American linden, American
elm, scarlet maple, box elder, sugar maple,
American white ash, English sycamore.
button-ball, tulip-tree, honey locust, Nor
way maple.


This is an excellent assortment to select
from for roadside planting. Each varie-
ty here Damed when full grown assumes
handsome proportions, and most of them
have brilliant and attractive foliage in the
fall. In planting shade-trees along the
roadside, especially in a clay country,
they should be set at least fifty feet apart,
for if closer there will be too much shade.
and bad, wet roads in the spring are sure
to follow. This close planting should also
be strenuously avoided in decorating pri-
vate grounds. Any system that excludes
the free access of sun and air from the
dwelling-house is pernicious. Go wher-
ever one may he viii find this faulty sys-
tenn of close planting in vogue, and in
eight cases out of ten there are two trees
or shrubs on a space where one would
have been enough. The plea for this is a
desire for immediate effect. The remedy
is to cut down in time every other tree.
This last is seldom, if ever, carried out
r. T. O., IN Scribner for April.
Year: 1878

One day you will be pleased with q
friend and the next day disappointed in
him. 1t will be so to the end, and you
must make your mind up to it and not
quarrel, unless for very grave causes.
Your friend, you have found out, is not
perfect. Nor are you, and you cannot
expect to get much more than you give.
You must look for weakness, foolishness,
and vanity in human nature; it is unhappy,
if you are too sharp in seeing them.
Year: 1878

JAPANESE CARRIAGEs.-Tb only sort
of carriage used in Japan is a small affair,
like an overgrown baby carriage. This
seats one person and is drawn by man.
The men who make livelihood by draw
ing them are possessed of wonderful en-
durance. They will run at top speed a
distance of ten or fifteen miles without
showing fatigue.
Year: 1878

Very few of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from diseases of the heart
do really arise from that cause. To as.
certain the real origin of sudden deaths ex.
periments have been tried in Europe and
reported to Scientific Congress held at
Strasbourg. Sixty six cases of sudden
death were made the subject of thorough
post-mortem examination; in these only
two were found who had died from disease
of the heart. Nine out of sixty-six had
died from apoplexy, while there were forty
six cases OF congestion of the lungs-that
is, the lungs were so full of blood that
they could not work, there not being room
enough for a quantity of air to enter to
support life. The causes that produce
congestion of the lungs are Geld feet, tight
clothing, costive bowels, sitting still, chilled
after being warmed with labor or rapid
walking, going too suddenly from close.
heated rooms into the cold air, especially
after speaking, and sudden depressing news
operating on the blood. The causes of
sudden death being known, an avoidance
of them may serve to lengthen many val
liable lives which would otherwise be lost.
under the verdict of "heart complaint. &"
That disease is supposed to be inevitable
and incurable; hence many do not take the
pains they would do to avoid sudden death
if they knew it lay in their power.