but the son of a citizen naturalized during the son's minority, he must also produce proof of his father's naturalization, of which the naturalization certificate will be the best evidence. A NATURAL-BORN CITIZEN over twenty-two years of age must have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid one month before the election. He must have resided in the State one year, or if, having previously been a qualified elector or native-born citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months immediately preceding the election. He must have resided in the election district where he offers to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. If his name is not upon the registry list, he must produce at least one qualified voter of the district or division to prove his residence by affidavit, and himself make affidavit to the facts upon which he claims a right to vote, also that he has not moved into the district for the purpose of voting therein. Proof of payment of taxes must be made by producing the tax receipt, or by affidavit that it has been lost, destroyed or was never received. A NATURALIZED CITIZEN must have the same qualifications as to residence in the State and district, assessment and payment of taxes, as a native-born citizen. He must have been naturalized one month before the election. If his name is not on the registry list, he must prove his residence by the testimony of a citizen of the district or division, and himself state by affidavit when and where and by what court he was naturalized, and produce his naturalization certificate for examination. On challenge, he may be also required, even when his name is upon the registry list, to produce a naturalization certificate, unless he has been for five years consecutively a voter in the district. These figures are upon authority of Dr. Mease, who said in 1811 that during the years 1794-6 the yellow fever was nearly as bad as in 1802, when the deaths were 835. The deaths from Board of Health report cases according to estimate. The figures given are the estimate of persons who remained in the city during the entire contagion. Large numbers of citizens fled from the pestilence. 229 16 M 230 17 Tu 5 14 231 18 W 5 15 232 19 Th 5 16 233 20 F 234 21 S 235 22 S 236 23 M 237 24 Tu 5 21 238 25 W 5 22 239 26 Th 5 23 240 27 F 5 24 241 28 S 242 29 S 243 30 M5 26 244 31 Tu 5 27 5 13 3 57 55 327 4 22 9 7 A.M. 9 52 9 31 3 33 4 11 5.3 2.00 A.M. stat. 8 10 45 8 2 01111 1911 50 9.54 P.M. Altair S. 3 166 51 I 8 8 4 8 .I 5 17 3 26 49 6 51 A.M. I 51 6 52 15 213 2 56 2 359 32 9 54 6.4 3.59 A.M. f 9. rises. gr. el. W. 617 3 37 3 58 10 56 11 17 6.5 11.45 P.M. 4 18 4 40 11 37 11 59 6.5 5.58 PM. 48. h. 0 21 6.3 0 14 20 0 43 I 5.6.2 MR. NEISON Concludes, from his study of Jupiter, that an extended atmosphere for it of any substance known to science is a physical impossibility. DR. SCHMIDT of Athens, in his final map of the moon, which is on a scale of six feet to the moon's diameter, makes its surface better known than many parts of our own globe. THE gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain has been presented to Prof. Hall, of the Washington Observatory, for his discovery of the satellites of Mars. PROF. HALL, from the motion of the satellites of Mars, which he discovered in 1877, has made an accurate computation of its mass, and finds it to be about one-third-millionth of the mass of the sun, not differing much from the values obtained by Leverrier, and by Hansen and Olfussen of Sweden, being nearly a mean between the two. rises. 10.05 P.M.. 9.34 P.M. 8.23 P.M. rises. 8.14 P.M. Fomal, rises. 6.00 P.M. in Per. 10.51 P.M. Aldeb, rises. 8.36 P.M. h rises. 1 27 I 51 6.0 2 15 2 41 5.8 8 23 8 54 3 10 3 42 5.5 9 25 9 53 4 13 4 44 5.3 21 10 50 5 12 5 40 5.5 NEVER do an act of which you doubt the justice or propriety. As threshing separates the corn from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched. ADVISE well before you begin; and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude. NOTHING can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or transcending the resources of religion to relieve. WHATEVER natural right men have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others. It may be remarked, for the comfort of honest poverty, that avarice reigns most in those who have but few good qualities to recommend them. This is a weed that will grow in a barren soil. It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction. Fear secretes acids, but love and trust are sweet juices. PHILADELPHIA CHRONOLOGY FOR 1878-9. 1878, November 24. Main audience-room of Messiah M. E. church, Moyamensing av. and Morris st., dedicated. November 25. First annual meeting of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charitable Relief and Suppressing Mendicancy, at Association Hall. December 26. British steamship Boadicea, of the new Mediterranean line, arrived after a voyage of 45 days from Messina, Italy. This was the first vessel that sailed from Europe on this line, but was the second to reach here. December 30. Meeting of citizens of Twentythird Ward, formerly of the townships of Byberry and Moreland, at which it was resolved to petition the Legislature to separate that territory from the city of Philadelphia and annex it to Bucks county. December 1. Norris Square M. E. church, Mascher st. above Susquehanna av., dedicated. 1879, January 1. A new department for the December 5. Iron steamship State of Cali-out-door sick opened in the Pennsylvania Hosfornia, built for the Pacific Coast Steamship pital on Spruce st. below Ninth. Company, launched from the shipyard of William Cramp & Son. December 8. First free breakfast of the Philadelphia Sunday Breakfast Association given at the corner of Eleventh and Wood sts. December 10. Steamship Emily B. Souder of Philadelphia, on the New York and San Domingo line, foundered at sea. Passengers and crew, numbering 43, lost. December 11. Offices of Department of Highways removed from Sixth and Chestnut sts., and opened in the new Public Building, Broad st. December 12. John R. Nagle and George M. Vickers, charged with embezzlement of the property of the Market Street Passenger Railway Company, were acquitted. December 15. New Moravian congregation organized and services opened at Forrest Mansion, Broad and Master sts. December 16. Chapel of the R. E. Church of the Reconciliation, Tasker and Thirteenth sts., dedicated. December 17. Greenbacks were on a par with gold coin and the premium upon gold ceased for the first time since December 30, 1861, when the banks suspended specie payments. The highest point reached by the gold premium was $2.85, on July 11, 1864. - John S. Morton, formerly president, and Samuel P. Huhn, formerly treasurer, of the Market Street Passenger Railway Company, who pleaded guilty, February 14, 1878, to fraudulently issuing stock of that company, were sentenced to pay a nominal fine, the costs of trial, and to undergo ten years' imprisonment, from February 14. December 18. Isaac K. Creamer, formerly clerk in the Water Department, tried for forgery in the books of the department to cover up an abstraction of the public money, was found guilty. January 2. Isaac R. Muloch, formerly clerk in the Water Department, convicted of embezzle ment. First business-day upon which the banks of Philadelphia resumed specie payments, in compliance with the Resumption act. There was but a very moderate demand for gold, most customers of the banks preferring greenbacks or gold certificates. January 3. A very cold day. Thermometer stood in the early morning at from 4° below zero to 30 to 50 above in various parts of the city. January 4. St. Philip's P. E. Church, removed from Vine above Seventh, opened for the first time in the Advocate church - building, Spring Garden st. below Broad. The congregation of the latter was dissolved. January 5. The P. E. Church of the Redeemer, for seamen, north-west corner of Front and Queen sts., consecrated. - New chapel of St. Sauveur P. E. Church (French), Eighteenth st. above Chestnut, dedicated. January 6. Night-school for artisans opened at Boys' Central High School, and night-schools for men and women in various parts of the city. Octavius V. Catto school for colored children, Lombard st. above Twentieth, formally opened. January 6 and 7. Largest sheriff's sale of real estate ever known in Philadelphia. Nearly 700 properties were levied upon and advertised to be sold, and two days were for the first time occupied by the monthly sheriff's sales. January 8. Arrival of the steamship Stadt Amsterdam, Capt. Sleuter, the pioneer vessel of the new steamship line between Philadelphia and Amsterdam. January 9. Steamship Saratoga, altered for the purposes of a Russian war-corvette, to be called the Africa, sailed, under clearance for January 10. Benjamin Hunter, convicted of the murder of John M. Armstrong of Philadelphia, January 23, 1878, hanged at Camden, N. J. December 20. Robert P. King, Jr., late clerk in Water Department, charged with embezzle-Sitka, Alaska. ment of the moneys of the city, was found guilty. December 21. John Fields, charged with the murder of Herman Meizlitz, October 6, 1878, at Oxford and Warnock sts., was found guilty of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to an imprisonment of 10 years 11 months and 20 days. Steamships State of California and Columbus, altered for the purpose of making them Russian cruisers, sailed finally from Cramp's shipyard, under American colors and clearance. At sea the American flag was hauled down and the vessels transferred to officers of the Russian government, who were on board of them with their crews. The name of the vessel first mentioned was changed to the Europe, and of the second to Asia. The Asia arrived at Cherbourg, France, January 4, 1879. January 15. United States Centennial Commission met for the last time at the Continental Hotel, and received and adopted the final report of the committee on finance and accounts. Meeting of the depositors of the Franklin Saving Fund, bankrupt. Assignees' report presented and dividend of five per cent. declared to the creditors, making altogether about fifteen per cent. paid up to that date. January 18. The steamship Vindicator, of the Philadelphia, New York and Fall River Navigation (Clyde) line, which had gone ashore on the coast of Long Island, January 4, became a total wreck. 249 5 S 250 6 M 5 Height 4 42 26 11 16 11 41 6 9 6 355. 3 23 10 22 5 11 27 o 5 7 0 7 24 5.8 3 F 15 30 06 28 4 26 11 7 5 38 28 o 26 0 47 7 45 8 6,6,1 248 S 4 5 31 1 20,6 26 1 25 8 26 8 44 6.2 39 6 25! 33 2 20 6 21 8.48 2 13 7 30 3' 3 8 2 56 9 44 10 15 6.5 3 29 10 27 10 48,6.5 4 16 11 12 11 35 6.4 5 7 0 06.2 7.07 P.M. sets. 3.30 P.M. 6 C. 6.33 A.M.HC. 10.11 P.M. 9 C. 9.42 P.M. Ant. sets. 1.00 P.M.9 3. 12.00 P.M. 1.00 A.M. 6.52 P.M. HO. gr.H.L.N. sets. 7.07 P.M. Vega S. 7.16 P.M. Y rises. 4 24 6 12 3 4 7 59 A. M. 9 8 44 9 21 3 26 4 3 5.3 8.11 P.M. Altair S. 4 46 6 7.39 P.M. h rises. 5 76 8 5 28 6 5 49 6 10 59 11 29 5 46 6 18 5.7 8.15 PM. rises. 6 5 7 38 8 16.1 I 3 1 23 8 22 8 42 6.2 10.57 P.M. Fomal S. 251 7 Tu 5 34 SEPTEMBER. 648 15 7 53 16 (9) VENUS Evening Star; near the Moon on the 5th. (9) Venus and () Mars near each other on the 7th. A SERIES of interesting articles in Nature, by Mr. Lockyer, on the "Modern Telescope," point out many of the defects of telescopes as now made. THE journal of the Cincinnati Observatory No. 4 gives the measurements of over five hundred double stars-a valuable contribution to that branch of astronomy. MR. LACERDA has been making some interesting investigations of the poison of the rattlesnake at Rio de Janeiro, from which it appears that the poison really consists of the spores of a rapidlydeveloping organism which preys upon and decomposes the blood. He thinks the best antidote is alcohol. Ir has been shown that the periods of sunspots closely coincide with the periods of commercial crises, and also with those of locusts, droughts and famines. It is believed that the interval from minimum to maximum of sunspots is generally dryer and warmer than from maximum to minimum. I 42 2 49 19 23 6.4 2 25 3 7 2 45 9 44 10 46.5 3 27 10 26 10 46 6.5 4 II II 8 11 30 6.5 6.4 2 11 5.9 6.29 P.M. ♂ sets. 4.25 A.M. 0.35 A.M. 11.00 A.M. Aut.com. 10.46 P.M. Mark. S. 7.54 P.M. 7✶ rise. 7.00 P.M. in Per. 6.18 P.M. 2 rises. 8.54 P.M. Arc. sets. 1.00 P.M. 05.310.57 P.M. Rig.rises. 5 53 5.5 6.34 P.M. h rises. EVERY man desires to live long, but no man would be old. TRUE blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death. THE mind ought sometimes to be amused, that it may the better return to thought and to itself. A BENEFICENT person is like a fountain watering the earth and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful and more honorable to give than to receive. THOSE who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them are for the greater part ignorant of both the character they leave and of the character they assume. As to the Christian religion, besides the strong evidence which we have for it, there is a balance in its favor from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth after a serious consideration of the question. THE training of children is a preparation for the gravest and most important relations of life, and upon the character of our home-life must rest the well-being of our nation and the permanence of all our institutions. January 18. Isaac Creamer, Robert P. King, Jr., and Isaac Muloch, formerly clerks in the Water Department, convicted of embezzling the money of the city, each sentenced to 2 years and 10 months' imprisonment, and to pay fines equal in amount to the sums embezzled. January 20. Gov. Hartranft commuted the death-sentence of Blasius Pistorius, convicted in Philadelphia of the murder, in Montgomery co., of Isaac Jacquette, to imprisonment for life. Cotton- and woollen-mills of John Brown & Son, corner of Eighth and Tasker sts., burned. Loss, $200,000. Annual meeting of stockholders of Permanent Exhibition Company. Number of visitors during the year, 297,430; expenses, $45,872.99; receipts, $42,246.42. January 23. George Beck and George Kearney, ex-clerks of the Water Department, charged with embezzlement of the public moneys, pleaded guilty, and each sentenced to undergo an imprisonment of 18 months and to pay a fine of $50. January 26. The Hebrew Independent Order of B'Nai Berith of the United States commenced its cinquennial convention at St. George's Hall. February 1. Augustus F. Boyle, alias Harry G. Richmond (his stage name), tried for the murder of Daniel Archer in Tenth st. below Callowhill, October 29, 1878, acquitted. February 8. Machinery Hall, Fairmount Park, originally built for the use of the Centennial Exhibition, and which cost the city of Philadelphia $634,867.48, was sold at auction to W. C. Allison & Son for $24,600. The building consisted of a main hall 360 feet wide and 1402 feet long, and an annex 208 by 210 feet. At the same time was sold the Japanese pavilion, west of Memorial Hall, with its annex, for $192. February 11. Newsboys' Home, 228 South Ninth st., formally dedicated by the Newsboys' Aid Society. February 17. British steamship Wycliffe, which sailed from Philadelphia on January 29, bound to St. Naziare and loaded with wheat, wrecked at the entrance of the river Loire. Loss, $256,000. February 18. Convention of the Association of the Disciples of Christ in the United States commenced sessions in the church on Twelfth st. above Wallace. February 24. Semi-centennial celebration of the establishment of Paul Street M. E. Church, Frankford. Sermon by the Rev. Jefferson Lewis, the first pastor of the church. February 28. Twenty-third annual commencement of Pennsylvania Dental College at the Academy of Music; 42 graduates. March 1. Cracker-bakery of Walter G. Wilson & Co., 212 and 214 North Front st., destroyed by fire. Loss, $40,000. March 2. New church-building of Belmont M. E. Church, Forty-first and Aspen sts., dedicated. March 4. -The building formerly the Arch Street Opera-House opened as "The Park Theatre," under the management of George K. Goodwin. March 12. Commencement of Jefferson Medical College; 194 graduates. Ninety-second annual session of Philadelphia M. E. Conference at Haines Street Church, Germantown, Bishop Jesse T. Peck presiding. March 13. Twenty-seventh annual commencement of the Woman's Medical College at Association Hall; 20 graduates. March 14. One hundred and thirteenth annual commencement of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and first commencement of the Dental Department, at the Academy of Music; 91 medical and 21 dental graduates. Fifty-eighth annual commencement of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the Academy of Music; 118 graduates. March 18. Celebration, with illumination, music, speeches, etc., by Americus Club, Jefferson Democratic Club, Nineteenth Ward Democratic Association and Square Association, of "the restoration of the legislative power of the federal government to the Democratic party for the first time in nearly twenty years." March 19. The citizens' yellow fever relief committee of 1878 met for the last time and dissolved. The final report showed that $132,096.10 had been received and distributed March 24. March 25. British bark Tulchen, while being towed from Kaighn's Point, N. J., to Girard Point, on the Schuylkill, capsized and sunk in twenty-two feet of water at the mouth of the latter river. March 26. Formal transfer of the museum of metals and minerals of the American Institute of Mining Engineers to the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, at Memorial Hall, West Park. March 28. The church-building formerly known as the Lutherbaum (English Lutheran) Church, at Twelfth and Oxford sts., dedicated for the service of the new Moravian congregation; subsequently named Church of the Holy Trinity. March 29. Corner-stone laid of new Leverington Presbyterian Church, Roxborough. March 31. Ninth anniversary of the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States celebrated at the Permanent Exhibition by colored people. -Fire and explosion at Belmont oil-works, Twenty-fourth and Mifflin sts. Two men burned to death, and one man very badly injured. Loss, $80,000. April 3. Kensington coffee-house and free reading and writing-rooms opened at 1939 Frankford road. April 6. Fire broke out in five-story brick industrial building, north-east corner Race and Crown sts., occupied by James Smith & Co., manufacturers of mill-supplies, J. Wagner, shoemanufacturer, S. R. & F. Hansel, military and coach trimmings, and others, and extended to the building north-west corner of Fourth and Race sts., occupied by William Waterall & Co., dealers in paints and colors, Ignatius Kohler, bookseller and printer, H. Muhr & Sons, jewelers, and others. Upon North Fourth st. the establishments of Misch, beer-bottler, F. Volker, saloon, and the Swift & Courtney match-factory were burned and other properties injured. South-west |