3 JANUARY 1880, page 18

A Bad Year. F Ew Or None Will Regret The Year

that closed on Wednesday night. 1879 passed away in fitting gloom of storm and rain. Its end, like its beginning, was one of sadness. The hard, dark winter which ushered in the......

The Rule Of The Old.

is very great, and statesmen, like judges and generals, are usually picked lives. The man who under our system can force his way to the top as a politician must have worked hard......