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Year: 1879

A warning to romantic young ladies'
who tall in love with distinguished
foreigners" is afforded by case which
is just now the talk of the fashionable
world in Paris. Itappears that few
days ago the French police received
notice from the Austrian authorities
that young lady belonging to one of
the highest families in Hungary had
run away with gentleman, and the
couple were believed TO be living in
Paris The police were not long in
finding them out. They had taken an
apartment in an hotel in the ST.
Honore quarter, and the gentle
man had given his name as that
of Baron Johannde Wrist. On
examination it turned out that
the distinguished visitor was only
the valet de chambre of Count liv-
ing in the neighborhood Of the
chateau inhabited by the young lady's
parents near Pesth. He had written
number of love- letters to her. rep
resenting himself to be an Austrian
nebleman, and promised to marry her
as soon as they arrived in Vienna.
where his property lay. Before leav-
ing Pesth the faux baron robbed his
master of several thousands of francs,
with the help of which, added to a
somewhat polished exterior, he sue
ceeded in throwing dust in his foolish
victims eyes The young lady has
been sent back, bitterly repentant. to
her family, while the valet de chambre,
has been handed over to the Austrian
authorities, who, it is to be hoped,
will make him pay dearly for his
heartless conduct.
Year: 1879

In account in yesterdays HERALD Of the arrival
in this city Of Frederick Bodenstedt Mira Schay)
the famous poet was inadvertently alluded to as a
count. so tar from wearing titc of any kind tho
aged German has always been q sturdy 'sdemvcrat.
His journey In the East was made in company not
with of the King OF bavaria. but with the King
himself Herr Bodenstedt will visit all the prime pal
cities in America returning to Wiesbaden In Nav
Year: 1879

and to coin it without limit only when
the commercial nations have agreed upon
market ratio upor which they can all
stand 1t is now believed that
this can be brought about by
commercial treaties, and a nesotia-
ton is now pending for that purpose.
Again they say that they favor the imme-
dlate use of the coin in the treasury for
the reduction of the bonded debt This
proposition is the purest demagoguism
unless 1t is desirable TO have irredeema-
BILE paper money depending for its value
only upon the mandate of the govern
ment, or what is called fiat money. If
we prodose to redeem our money we
must have in the treasury coin sufficient
to meet any sudden demand.


The secretary then considered at more
length the objections to national banks,
and reviewed the greenback platform in
Ohio, and concluded: Is it possible to
GO FARTHER IN THE ROAD OF DIsHoNoR
than is proposed in these platforms p
and yet the democrats of the state of
Maine, members of the old, powerful or
ganization which for half a century con-
trolled the destinies of the government,
are asked at the end of great war to
support and maintain dogmas which
strike at the public honor, the public
faith, and all the cherished principles
and aims of that party in its palmy days


You are now expected to adopt the crazy
dogma of extreme opinions, at war with
everything that was said by Jefferson, or
Madison, or Jackson, or any of your
time-honored leaders. 1 know that it is
against the judgment, against the in-
stincls of Old-tashioned democrats to
train under such a banner, and | appeal
to them now to come TO the rescue of
their country-nOt to be carried by
party name or party badge to the dis
honor of their country and the shame of
their children. / have sometimes thought
that the democrats of the northern states
have been led through devious paths
enough by the rebels of the south IL
their efforts to destroy the government,
and in their later movements to sap and
mine all the great powers of the national
government; but these extreme green
hackers, as they are called, ask you now
TO follow them in a voyage more danger
Gus, upon dogmas that cannot meet the
plain common sense and reason of patri-
otic citizens, such as compose the great
body of the democratic party.
Year: 1879

MEMPHIS Auaidnc5e: Men who profess
to think that Memphis is killed or even
scotched by repeated epidemics are
fools. They do not know, neither can
they appreciate, the prominence of
Memphis as a great center of trade.
Destroy this city to-day, and she will
rise tomorrow bright and shining ex-
ample of the power of resistless force
over a combination Of misfortunes
Year: 1879

The Boston Transcript believes that it
is within the range Of probability that
in less than two years Boston will have
a through line to Lake Ontario, and
will connect with the west by four lines
traversing New York and Pennsylvania.
Year: 1879

LIZ OAD D4AolN WIN 1shS


Rumors that have been floating around
town since yesterday in regard to the
contract for removing the old basin were
in measure confirmed this morning
when the work was not resumed. Mr..
Ford, the contractor, could not be seen
but it was learned that he had sent for
Mr.. Silvers, the chairman Of the Building
Committee Of the Levy Court, last even
ing, and had asked him that he be given
conference with the Building Commit
tee. Mr.. Silvers was in town to-day but
could give the reporter no satisfaction,
as he did not know whether Mr.. Ford
would be allowed a sum additional to the
amount of his bid or would be compelled
to go on with his contract without any
remuneration further than that which he
had offered to do the work.
Year: 1879

There are certain general types of character which are observable on al- most every railway train. and with which we are so familiar that we pay them little attention. There is the man of many bundles, a family man Ot course, who bears in his countenance the pain ful consciousness of having lost some thing or forgotten something, and who, in a desperate endeavor to recover a parcel which has slipped down from one arm, scatters upon the car floor an as sortment of parcels which escape from the other, and are promptly trodden upon by some nasty wretch behind him. There is the man who is always late, and who, dropping breathless into a seat after a brief race with the retreating train, wipes his perspiring brow and re- cites to his neighbor the circumstances of his detention and hurry. There is the nervous woman, who after having studied all the time tables, scrutiniZed the placards on the cars, and harrassed the ticket agent to the verge of insanity, atf1ictS her tellOw-paSSengers with shrill and tremulous inquiries as to whether the train runs through to Albany, and whether the car she is in is the ght one, Hapless and careworn individual! Smal good does the journey do her, for the train has hardly started before she dis covers that she has lost her ticket, and it is not until she is well along toward her destination and has goaded the conduc- tor into 8 frenzy and herself into tears that she finds the bit of pasteboard in some unexplored recess of her travelling bag, where she had placed it for safe keeping. There is the woman who will have the window open, and the irasci- ble old gentleman immediately behind her who will have it shut; there is the market woman with gigantic baskets odorous of herring and onions and other delicacies; there is the man who sleeps the sleep of intoxicatiOn, and who yielding only an inarticulate response tc the protests of the conductor, and dis. closing about his person no trace of 8 ticket, is presently bundled off by the brakemen; and there is the multitudinous infant, weary, wide-awake and vocifer- ous, an object of loathing and detesta tion to every bachelor in the car.-B0S' tO1 Journal
Year: 1879

Deeds of heroism may be performed in various spheres of life. Conditions and circumstances try the human heart, and spur the soul to noble achievements. We are prone to look too exclusively to the incidents of wars fr examples of truly heroic action, but while more op- portunities occur upon the field of battle to develop real bravery it must not be forgotten that under many other circum- stances in life human nature is subjected to equally as fair tests. It is our pleas ure to relate to our readers an incident in which the noblest courage was mani- fested-the heroine being little Maggie Geddes, daughter of D. J. Geddes of this city, aged but eight years. MT. Geddes is well known from his connection with the Alamo mill, located near the river in the northern suburbs. Last Saturday evening little Maggie and several play mates were amusing themselves in the back yard of their parents residence, which is situated very near the mill. Passing just to the rear of the residence is the race way, along which briskly courses the water that propels the large wheel and whirls the mill stones. The water, as intimated, flows very rapidly along this channel at depth of about five feet and the banks on either side are of a perpendicular height of from ten to twelve feet. While the children, as re- marked, were playing in the back yard of MT. Geddes' residence, one of them happened to look over the high bank into the raceway and observe something floating along which was taken to be a chicken. The discovery was at one an nounced by the discoverer, and among the first to reach the brink to see the supposed chicken was little Maggie Geddes. But the floating object did not appear like a chicken to the searching eyes of the little girl, who recognized i at once to be the body of neighbor's child, and seeing that it still lived, in stantly and without a word of warning 2 over the steep bank she went and down with a splash into the deep, rushing cur rent. Having been taught to swIm, Ilitte Maggie exhibited the most perfect cOolness, and so seizing the drowning child by one of its hands she swam with it to the shore and held fast until aid to enable her to reach terra firma ar rived. Had little Maggie delayed to re- move her clothing, or even gave ar alarm, the floating child would have passed under the great wheel that ope- rated the mill, where it would have been crushed and mangled and consigned tc a watery tomb in the doep river but q few feet farther on. While little Maggie seemed very proud over her successful rescue of the child, she did not boast O it-she only hinted that she had done what was right. She proved herself {: heroine, indeed.-Sa7a Antonio (Ter.) E;; nTPSS
Year: 1879

Books are men of higher nature, and the only men who speak aloud tor future times to hear.

 Whenever we have to establish new relations with any one, let us make an ample provision of pardon, of indulgence and of kindness.

 It is wonderful how silent a man can be when he knows his cause is just, and how boisterous he becomes when he knows he is in the wrong.

 No man while unhappy can show forth a true, noble manhood Everything short of cheer is medicinal, and medicine was not made for daily use.

 Being sometimes asunder heightens friendship. The greater cause of the frequent quarrels between relatives IS their being so much-together. No one is so greatly to be feared as the man who is willing to tell you all he knows, because the chances are that he will tell you great deal more. Hewho brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand blade without a hilt. The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit fiickers and expires against the combustible walls of her sanctuary. | It is easy to say, "We will forget, but perhaps the hardest task given us Is to | lock up natural yearning of the heart and turn a deaf ear to the plaint, for captive and jailer must inhabit the same small cell.

 The history of the world teaches us no lesson with more impressive solemalty than this-that the only safeguard of 3

 great intellect is q pure heart; that evil

 no sooner takes possession of the heart

 than folly commences the conquest of the

 mind.

 l | In the struggle of life the hero and the , coward, the conqueror and conquered , need sympathy equally. Often the mind , which uphoIds others needs itself to b' , upheld; the honest heart that seems st f bold and true is fainting from secre e sorrow, dying from some nttie Woun'

 which sympathy could stauneh.
Year: 1879

A company of capitalists have pur- chased a large tract of land at Rock away, near New York, to which they will add some adjacent property, and propose to- lay out the whole as a park and to erect upon it large and handsome hotels. Railroads will connect 1t with New York by routes so direct that 1t can be reached in little more than halt an hour. 1t is proposed to establish one o

 the most attractive seaside resorts In th' | world.
Year: 1879

THE FIRE LAST NIGHT.-BetweeD u and
i O'Clock last night q bright light was seen,
apparently from fire on Cary street, In
the vicinity Of The Danviiie dep0t. A gen.
man came into the Dispatch Office and asked
how it was that no alarm bad been given.
The bright light was shining upon the side
Of the GalIego Mills, and several persons
near the corner OF Twelfth and Main streets
thought that q serious fire was in progress {;
so an alarm was turned in at Station 10,
which proved to have been unnecessary, as
the fire was long way Of, and was the
burning Of large two-story frame build.
ing at the granite sheds, opposite Rockets,
which was consumed.


The first story was used as carpenter
shop. and the second as an Office. There
were two safes in the building filed with
the company's papers, which were also de-
stroyed, together with the contents. When
the fire was first discovered the whole. in
side OF the building was in flames. 1t origi-
mated from the tire which had been left IN
the stove in the afternoon.


In case some OF our friends in The Fire
Department may consider the turning in CT
the alarm at Station Ii good joke on the
Dispatch reporters, it may as we'll be stated
that a Joke may be had al the expense OF
some one else, as one OF the Assistant En-
sincers. who chanced to be up town, saw
the fire some ten min utes before the alarm
was turned in, ran 10 the Tenth-street hose
bouse, reused that company, and hurried
down to Fourteenth street, thinking con-
f1agralion was progressing in that neighbor-
hood t'f
Year: 1879

It may be all very we'll for mer to use the
term common fame" regarding statements
about any ordinary men and affairs, but
we give the Brooklyn Presbytery due
warning that the public will not
submit to any such expression being
used regarding the work and ways of
Its own Talmage Reports concerning him
are not common-they are invariably un-
common-and we protest on the part Of the
public, which for the past few years would
have been indeed lonesome without him,
against the Tabernacles pastor being be-
Titled by the pulpit jealousy which hides
behind a seemingly formal phrase.
Have not Talmage's sermons been
printed q thousand times oftener than
those Of any Of his accusers? Is he not
the principal attraction of Brooklyn? Has
he not gone through the various evil re-
sorts of New York and emerged without
having lost his pocketbook or his .charac-
ter? Does any other preacher, or any
dozen OF preachers, attract SO much atten-
ton from that stronghold of Belial, the
newspaper press? Let the members of the
Presbytery investigate, if they are tired of
preaching and want q rest from the practice
OF brotherly kindness, but let them give us
none of that sanctifed malevolence that is
SO thinly veiled by the expression common
fame"
Year: 1879

The politicians are anxiously awaiting
the decision Of Judge Barrett in the Tam
many injunction case, because many Of
them believe that the question Of the future
control of the Tammany Society hinges
upon the success or failure of the attempt
OF the anti-Tammany people to keep out
the one hundred and fifty new members
whom the present sachems are endeavoring
to get in. The friends of the existing Or
ganization, it is true, laugh at the assertion
that without these new members they are
in minority in the society and must be
beaten in the next election of sachems;
but if their opponents did not en-
tertain q different belief it is not
likely that they would have gone to the
trouble and expense of the pending legal
proceedings. After ALL is the society worth
having? Will it not prove white elephant
on the hands Of the gentlemen who are so
anxious to secure its control? The prop
worth one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, although it is doubtful if it would fetch
that sum at o forced sale 1t is mortgaged for
two hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars. The society's seven per cent bonds
fetch only thirty-four cents on the dollar.
It's legitimate yearly receipts from all
sources are about six thousand dollars less
than it's ordinary expenses, and yet it col
lects twenty-five dollars as an initiation fee
from new members, when the constitution
fixes the fee at three dollars. There must
be some peculiar attraction about Tammany
Hall to render any person desirous CT TAX
ing the responsibility of running such an
impecunious society.
Year: 1879

In his objection to sign certain pay war;
rants before the expiration OF the time tor
which the pay is to be held as due Mayor
Cooper exhibits wish to introduce into
the discharge of official duties the principle
that his signature shall never be appended
to any paper as mere formality, but that
whenever his signature is found on any
document its presence there shall be an
evidence that he has taken effective action
on that case /; that he has audited that nc
count that he has gone over the ground
and is satisfied mentally and morally that
the service has been performed, that the
pay is due or that the law requires him to
certify that it is due. His act in that light
is praiseworthy, and if he goes on in the
application OF the principle by which he
seems to be guided he will justify all that
was hoped Of his administration tor the
course thus taken may give him an i'm
portant control over much that would
be otherwise without control. Unfor-
tunately the law appears to require his
signature to be given in many cases where
he has not right to know previously just
what is to be dono with the money. Were
it otherwise he might efficaciously act upon
the whole city government, and the public
would be able to hold him fairly response
ble. But rs it is there is u great part OF the
administration that the Mayor can supervise
by this simple refusal OF his signature. We
hope, therefore, that he intends to apply this
plan where it may correct abuses, as well as
where it will merely change little routine
Office duty
Year: 1879

Some days ago We expressed our doubts
of the fresh theory in regard to the death of
Barron, the cashier of the Dexter Savings
Bank, in Maine, on the mere probabilities
of the case as exhibited in the statement of
that theory. Eight months subsequent 10
the death of n cashier it is discovered that
his accounts exhibit q defslcation and as
there is mystery about his death it is as
sumed Immediately that he had committed
suicide to hide that defalcation, and the
assumption is sustained by the statement
that an expert has actually succeeded in
putting lock on the inside of door in
such q way as to close the door with the
bolts of the lock shot. In the way Of that
theory the difficulties are obvious. 1t
needs first to be individually shown that
those books have not been tampered with
since the mans death and the presump-
ton is that they have been, because the
deialcations are not exhibited in the rcgu-
lar course of the figures as originally
entered, but entries ore inserted between
others to account for the absence of funds
not on hand. So clumsy device would
have been discovered Immediately, and the
fact that this discovery was not made Mt the
time OF the death gives ground for the pre-
sumption that the books have been manipu-
lated since. Again, q detective could lock
himself in, no doubt, with his hands free,
but could he do it with handouts And il
he handcuffed himself afterward how could
he put tho key in another roomP Insur-
ance companies, whose agents have sharp
eyes, did not doubt at the time that this
was case of murder, and the public will not,
with all the facts before it. But who has tam
pered with those accounts, and whose good
name is to be saved at the expense Of this
cn1nsnnv of the daad7
Year: 1879

On the supposition that the questions re-
garding the partition of the territory north
of the Balkans among the allied conquerors
of the Turk were about to be definitely and
peaceably settled public attention has been
drawn away from the recent seat of war and
directed toward the British Indian frontier
But the clements of disturbance which have
for centuries made the Balkan peninsula n
vast battlefield are by no means removed
by the results of the late war, and are
now threatening to cause rupture
between two of the allies over division OF
the spoils The Danube, which forms the
natural southern and western boundaries
of Roumania, became, by virtue Of the
Treaty Of Berlin, only II part OF the southern
limit of the principality. The annexation
of the Dobrudscha gave Roumania very
respectable slice of territory along the
Black Sea from the mouth of the Danube to
Mangala on the coast, and as far westward
as line drawn from point few miles
east of Silistria on the Danube to Mangala.
The famous fortress which 6etiod the efforts
of the Russians to capture it in 1853 there
fore became Bulgarian town, much to the
disappointment OF Roumania.


Our dispatches from London this morn
ing announce that the Roumanians have
forci bly, occupied the Arab Tabia. or chief
tort of Silistria, compelling the Russian
garrison to withdraw, and have refused to re-
tire on the receipt of simultaneous demands
from st. Petersburg and the Russian Gen
eral-in-Chief. Todleben. The consequences
of this bold defiance of Russia and viola
ton of the stipulations of the Treaty Of Berlin
by our despatch, Austria is willing to sus-
tain Roumania's action. 1t is certain
that the government OF Bucharest would
not dare to thwart Russia in this fash
ion if it was not assured of help
from some one Of Russia's open or secret
enemies, and as Austria has not willingly
accepted the results of the war or the Berlin
Treaty it is probable that she is behind the
Roumanian movement. The only other ex-
PLANTATION that can be offered Of this remark
able political incident is that it may have
been brought about by Russia, in order to
furnish her with pretext for a prolonged
occupation of Bulgaria and Roumelia, and
until she has exacted all her demands from
Turkey England will naturally view with
satisfaction any complication in the Danube
Valley calculated to tie Russia's hands, but
as she has not won fame recently for disin-
terestedness people will be asking what
island she desires to ''grab" next.
Year: 1879

M. Waddington, Minister of Foreign
Affairs in the Dufaure Cabinet, and the
actual author of the present republican
constitution of France, will be q Prime
Minister fully in accord with the new Pres
ident on all important points of public
policy. and fit depositary of the ministerial
authority and responsibility in the applica-
ton of those reforms rather than assent to
which the late President retired from Office.
Between NJ. Grevy, NJ. Waddington and M.
Gambetta there can be, in the dis
charge of the duties of their great
offices, only the trust and good will that
flows from perfect confidence and complete
understanding on the part Of each that there
are no sinister motives on the part Of either
of the others ; that none can have formed
or can indulge any other hope or other
purpose than to Serve his country and put
the ship of state out of the reach of storms


Gambetta, reviled for SO many years as eager
only to head a vile revolt that would make
him q dictator, has given evidence of self
abnegation that ought to silence detrac-
ton, and Gr6vy and Waddington are men
that cannot be suspected OF medtating con-
spiracies against the nation. Indeed, the
very fact that such suspicious were not
irrational against MacMahon, and would be
ridiculous now, is the evidence of the
enormous change made in these few days.