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MISCELLANEOUS

The greenback convention Of the sixth
Ohio district was held at Toledo Friday.
Hon. Z. B. Hall was nominated for Con-
gress.
The best thing Cary said in his New
York speech was this II don't know
how to describe to you the nature of the
hve-twenties, the seven-thirties and the
ten-forties better than this-at least. it is
simple explanation which you will at
once see the force Of 1t means that the
laborer is to begin work at $50, toll until
7:30, that the bondholder may lay abed
till l0:40."
Father Welpre, Of Idaho, says that the
Indian tribes can and will turn out sc, 900
warriors against the white men. He gives
the following estimate Of the number Of
Indians in the various tribes Sioux at
20, QUO; Crows, 10, 900; Blackfeet, 20, 600;
Utes, or Utahs, 80, 600; and, IN addition,
there are the Brule, OgAllala, Minnecon-
jou, Yanctonnais, Uncapapa, Two Kettles
San Acres and Santoo bands.
Goats wanted, inquire ~ithin;S-~s-
scribed on placard hung to the ribs Of q
scrawny nag, that some wag had thrown
adrlft in the streets of Rochester the other
day.
II don't think, says old Mrs. Prawn,
''that book keeping is a very sedative EN-
ployment. They must get, she added
thoughtfully, $50 much exercise running
up the columns"
A little 6ve-year old Of Dorchester some
what surprised his mother few days since
with the remark "God il everywhere:
he is all over me; and when you spank ms
you spank God =
They said 70 the father of one of the
prize-winners at the Conservatory $50
your son has earned his spurs Yes"
replied the practical old man, 'and now he
has got to earn his boots
Does our constant chatter disturb
you q asked one Of the three laxative la
dies of sOber-lOokIDg fellow passenger.
mo, maam; I've been married nigh on
to thirty years, was the reply.
Wherever you find many men, you ind
many minds, exclaimed public speaker.
'Faint 80, by jingo 4" responded one oI
the auditors. iii you'd only ass this
whole crowd out to take a drink. you a
hnd EN- all of one mind"
II guess dad Wishes we'd all die and 20
to heaven" said a miser'a son to his ma
ternal parent. why sor" she asked,
upon recovering from her astonishment-
''Oh, cause heavens such a cheap place to
live in"
The Pacific Company of Lawrence.
which has always been held up as a model
Of justice 70 its help, has juat posted no
tices requiring its employees to violate the
ten hour law.
The Soverssgn Greenback il the name oe
nm lndspendent paper which has been re-
cently started 1t kanaWha county, West
Virginia. tfr
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PETER COOPER.

Peter Cooper was born in the city of
New York, February 18th, 1871. His
father was lieutenant in the ranks of the
patriot army during the revolutionary war,
at the close Of which he retsrned to New
York, and engaged in business. Peter en-
gagged in assisting his father, who, being
unsuccessful in his business pursuits, was
unable to give him an education. From
kis seventeenth to his twenty-6rst year he
was engaged in learning the coach making
trade, during which time his services were
so satisfactorily rendered that his employer
offered to set him up in business, Mr..
Cooper declined because Of the obligations
it would entail. Manufacturing patent
machines for shearing cloth was his next
calling, which business laid the foundation
Of his TO ortune. Subsequently he engaged
in the grocery business, and finally went
into the manufacture of glue and isingiass,
which he has carried on for upwards Of fifty
years. In 1903 he erected the Canton
Iron Works near Baltimore, and shortly
after built rolling and wire mill in New
York City in which he successfully ap-
piled for the first time, anthratice to the
pudding Of iron. He erected at Trenton,
New Jersey, in 1845, the largest rolling
mill, at that time, in the United States,
for the purpose Of manufacturing railroad
iron beams for fire proof buildings, with
the early history Of railroads in America,
he has identified himself, being the con-
structor, after his own designs, of the first
locomotive ever run in this country, and
which was successfully operated on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In the ex-
tension OF the electric telegraph he has
taken no active part, having been, during
nineteen years, President of the New
York, Newfoundland and London Tele-
graph Company, Pre- ident of the Ameri-
can Telegraphy Company, Honorary Di-
rector of the Atlantic Telegraph Company,
and President of the North American
Telegraph Company. In the launching Of
the Atlantic Gable he took an active part,
and early interested himself with the New
York canals. He invented IN endless
chain propeller for utilizing elevated water
for the purpose Of towing boats in canals,
and took Q prominent part in advocsting
the construction of the Croton aqueduct
He was public school trustee and school
commissioner, and served in both brahches
of the Nes York Common Council. The
erection Of the Cooper Institute which no
establiahed in 1854, ID perhaps the mast
important and praisevorthy Lct which
charactsriss his whole life. This building
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employer. In bringing pressure to bear
upon the capitalist the Union is only do
ing what merchants and manufacturers do
to find out the price Of the commodities in
which they deal. For two recent years
the attention of the colliery proprietors
were chiefly engrossed with quitting on
the screw" in greater or less twists ut a
time, until they found limit to the dis
gorging powers Of the consumer. and that
limit was far beyond the widest demands
ever made by any class of men who have
ever struck for an advance of wages.
But, say those opposed to Trades Un-
ions, wages would ultimately rise when
profits rose, without any combination on
the part of the workmen. With desire
to concede ~ much ~ possible to our op-
ponents, let Us grant this BY no means self
evident proposition. There is still the fact
that the influence of the Union obtains the
advance sooner than would otherwise be
the case, and that In gain to the men,
and another proof that the societies are able
to bring about the results which it 10 their
object to effect. IL there were no combi-
nation amongst the men, and if profits
were rising, the masters would pocket the
enhanced profits, until an imperious me-
cessity obliged them to yield some portion
to the starving dependents upon their
generosity and benevolence.
Not only, then, Ia Union able TO bring
about rise in wages sooner than would
otherwise be the case, but it il also able to
Wrest from the masters larger share Of
the profits than he would concede TO q re-
quest unsupported by the power TO enforce
it. This phase OF the question will be
more properly discussed in the next chap
ter, and is only mentioned here because
some persons imagine all unionists TO be
williams Of the deepest dye" and the
masters "white-robed innocence from
heaven" descended. Such men, amongst
vast amount of prattle about the identity
OF the interests OF employers and employ
ed, are continually suggesting rose water
remedies a. settlement Of great and
serious question. Their principal advice
to the masters il, 'sBe kind 10 your men r
and to the men, s'Trust to the generosity
Of your employer" The men unfortunate
ly have had bitter experience OF the gem
erosity from which they are told to expect
such great blessings. They have not yet
forgotten the truck system, and it 10 not
30 long ago that, to save threepence a-day,
masters gave women three shillings a-week
to stack large bars Of iron, and were only
prevented continuing that policy by the
outory Of the public Il IN indeed foolish
TO maintain that masters would givs the
lfull wags 70 whish men are entitled unlsss
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stands at the Junction of Third and Fourth
Avenus New York City. At present the
Institute is attended by 1000, pupils
mostly all young mechanics who study en-
gineering, mining, metallury, analytic and
lynthetic chemistry. architectural drawing
and practical building. There are schools
Of telegraphy, photography, and wood en-
craving for the women, all of which schools
are free to everybody. The Institution
has free library which is resorted to by
about two thousand readers it also in
cludes a school OF design for the females,
attended by two hundred pupils
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include industrious men and women OF all
claases OF labor, all Il whom are to be ben
s6ttsd By the organization. IL gives the
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COOPER CAMPAIGN SONG.

AIR.-Hold thesFOrt.
Listen comrades sore beleasuered,
Ia the tolls we lie,
But above the din of battle
Hear ve not the cry
CHORUS -"Hold the FOst, Tor We are eOnhhS
Coming millions strong,
In Iuiependents 20 the rescue,
Marching right along
with fearful odds against us,
Long we've stood al bay,
Now The tide Of battles turning,
Hear the shout to-day
CH,Rus Hold the Fort, &c.
See al last our troops advancing,
sthey nearer draw,
Rei.lforcesneuts Join our standard,
Hear their loud "HurrAh"
CHosrs- Hold the Fort, &c
Veterans tr.lu the Tar Pacific,
New recruits from Maine,
Volunteers from every quarter,
swell the ] .ld refrain
CHoEUs-"HOid the Fort, Se-
In the heights our nAg is moving,
Planted here aud there.
pvsfsutng cheers proclaim tA.pr'TreaA,
Ftlling an the air.
CaeSus Hold the Fort" sc.
Nov the srong entertainments, guarding
Robbery designs,
One by one z We way, and louder
= noes doN q ur lines
CaoKcs-~Hod the Fort, sc.
See already cur beselgers,
Frym Their shelter hy,
From the plunderer's doom, rssoundinS
IN the pe0ples cry.
CHosrs Hold the Fort" &c.
igfar croHned our veteran leader,
Nm y almost here,
Loud the shouts u triumph mingle
Nith these words Of cheer.
Csosus-"H Hold the Fort" &c.
Mas. 8. n SMITH.
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advantage of association on the part of
families that would never become acouain-
ted with each other. Fathers, motheru.
sons and daughters, mingle together, they
dress to please the study the manner Of
social qualification there are restraints
thrown around the old and young alike
the father studi % the interest Of his son,
the mother has more than ordinary care Of
her daughters the young people are pre-
pared for each ether's society, thus induc-
ing early and more compatible unions in
the bonds of matrimOny. The children
honor father and mother with more atten-
tion, by which they increase the pleasure
OF all who meet to make each contented
and happy.
liz THE WORLD Is TO BIZ GOVERNED
by the bachelor and old maid, exclusivenens
would promote morality, but il would not
people the world and improve the gensra.
tions as they rise. IL would not aaumrn
the parent that the son would Be the hana
OF usefu! family relations, or that ths
daughter would be respected matron.
NV TIMEs PAST
the church prohibited dancing ard other
amusements but the present age demands
that kind Of social enjoyment. What was
then considered a sin il now deemed q ne
cessIty for the promotion of morality.
Church members then held up their hands
with holy horror at the idea Of introducing
organs Or other instrumental music, Or
pews, or men and women sit
ting together. All that is changed for the
better. Now it is understood that our an
cestors were at fault-they were in error.
FROM THE BEsT INFORMATION
we can get. there are about two thousand
Councils in the United States, some Of
them having from fifty to five hundred
members. Alpha Council proposes to com
mence cooperative System of purchasing
articles Of consumption, very soon. The
cooperative interest Of the organization in
the Eestern States is very encouraging.
They meet every Thursday evening. Al
pha Council has fixed the initiation fee at
-, and women ut 81 ~ monthly dues,
0O cents. New organizations must pay
two dollars for admission of men and one
for women.
WILLIAM III. EARLE
is a mechsric and philanthropist, a man Of
tine ability, good speaker, temperate and
pleasing in his manner. In the erRaniza-
tion OF the Sovereigns OF Industry lie has
struck a chord that will yibrate to his honor
long after he ID dead. Providsncs han
made him ene Of Hin instruments for inn
proving the condition Of the toiIing masasa.
We hope he will look we'll to his laurels
"A. Il. L - 4
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A Domestic Sorrow.

| Here is characteristic conversation which
| occurred some time since between a certain
| Mrs. Smith and certain Mrs. Jones. The
husbands of both belonging to tine --C Club,
and upon certain occasion the two wives met
and talked over their grievances. Said Mrs.
Jones: my dear, do you know that am un-
happy?'',
of anything OF that kind. You are living in
such luxury and ease that l supposed you to
| be the happiest of mortals."
"Oh. no, never think of that, for am too,
too, unhappy"
| .'What makes you SO unhappy?''
sob, never mind, dear; it doessnot concern
any one in the word but myself; but am
| dreadfully unhappy. I suppose am the most
unhappy person who lives"
''But what makes you so unhappy. Do tell
me what it is?''
swell, my dear, if you will know, it is this
My husband goes out and stays all night long
| at the club and plays cards. Amt that dread
fu?'
Mrs. Smith gazed at Mrs. Jones very calmly,
and placidly, and pityingly, and then remarked:
my dear Mrs. Jones, was absolutely fright
ened-l was alarmed. I shudderel for fear
you were about to relate some terrible mystic
nv. You are not half SO unhappy as 1 am. |
am really the most miserable woman that ever
lived"
s.What!" said Mrs. Jones. ''You unhappy,
and so much admired and carcssed by society,"
Eyes; the most heart-broken woman you
ever knew
''What can be the cause of ths?"
''Wel, I'll tell you. my dear. You see my
husband goes out and stays all night-well, he
stays all night and tries to play cards, but
can't. Those other fellows beat him every
night
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The Effect Of Light on Lunatics.


DR.. Ponza, director OF the lunatic asylum at
Alexandra, Piedmont. having conceived the
idea that the solar rays might have some cura-
tive power 3 IN diseases o. sne oran' commnnl-
Gated his views to Father Secchi, OF Rome,
who replied i'll the following terms: 1.-The
idea OF studying the disturbed state OF Iuaatlcs
y, Go,'ieetl M''a . u".'ois a,iu
with the colorea, esPecaily vlolet' llght OF the
sun, IS OF re,nareaoie ll.port'nce' al l CON
sidef ie WORT! oe,'iS c'l.,lsaleu' ouGh nSnl
Is easliy ootal,eu 10y ineerlns we SOFA. rays
through Sla.s % I''.'t colol. "'Iet; auus
Father Secch, mas sonethihg meianchoiy
and Oppressive aooue n, winch, phys,o .
causes low sp.r,.s nsnce !, mo uouot, poess
nave ufaptu l.ie 1;a,. :" 1uet snun.s
fernaps Vlolet nsns n,.y eann .ie nervous
excitement OF . I.1 Hi'1i'a E
lie then. IN MS ielter. ADVISES ". Iohza !, 70
perform MS experiments III roons' Tue walls an,
OF which are painted CT Tue same ceior as inc
glass panes OF the W, WIN, Mnlch should pc
as numerous as poss'oie. III oruer 70 FAVOR tne
action OF solar light: so t'laI IL may &c auhi's-
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The Centennial Fiend.

1t was only half an hour before the paper.
went to press, but lie walked nnerringly into
the editors private room, and. dropping his
hat over the warning placard of 'Busy Day
Short Calls" seated himself with easy bar.
room politeness on the table with the exchan-
ges. He was dressed in an ulster and so:led
ruH1ed shirt, wore an amethyst about the size
of hock-glass on his third finger, and a clus=
ter pin in his bosom. He took ''seven-for a
quarter from his mouth and, plac mg it on
the editors nkstand, remarked c0niidentially:
ST am going to spend some time this year.
The editor clutched his pen like dagger,
and pAwine after the few hairs on the top Of
head he said
sin Philadelphia
The young man spat gracefully over his left
shoulder on the new carpet. and responded
Eyes, I've done a little writin' in my day.
and bein' dsengaged ,his summer should like
to send a first-class journal like yours
The editor fell back in his chair, and gasp
ed
-.:some letters about the Centennial,
The interviewer nodded and kicked his No.
is pensiyey against The ac''eered panels OF
the desk.
s.Weuld YOU like to be packed In ice until
your friends call for von!' said the editor
gloonly. 'sor shall we forward your remains
n air tight casket 90
Their. gazing sorrowflfy at the young man,
NC pun iAAotse1 W sPS'HhtAS7oeoo ssites "SN
ed
Are any of the pressmcn at hand?''
Promptly waited through the tin-tuhe came
the reply
ssRed Mike and Big Dan, SIR"
The woud-be correspondent start,d up
aghast, put his hat on wrong side Ill front, and
buttoned the third button OF his coat into tho
second button-hole; but the newspaper man
taking 70 more notice OF him thar. he would OF
,leal-head advertisement, breathed through
the tube
Give 'em quarter apioe and let them come
here. Tell them there is another OF those Phil
atleldhia Centennial fellows here, and then pull
in a district telegraph boy and send for a
hearse.H
Before the last words were in the speaking
tube the tails Of an ulster coat sailed ont OF tt..
private office, and nervous Young man. after
trying the floor of the coat-rnom and diving in-
to the coal closet, reached the counting room
door, looked over his shoulder at two b awny
Mileslans who hasI just descended from SOME
upper region, missed his footblq for dozvrs
STAIRS aocsnteel his dissent with 3 heavy humh
an the first landing, and reached the street "a
the editor wrote the Last worl of an article o,A
ssthe business outlook and calmly sent it wl,r-
ring I'D In the hnxsIo the coripssi. x roonl~-
E,ston GcaswercTzf Eazl-tsfs.
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A few mats from Dumas Il Etrangere p
When one is no longer young they imagine
every one else to be the same. The profess
SONS demand talent are only the resource for
t t1 Hazard does not exist; it is the God Of
the ignorant. To love is nothing, to make
love everything. The wife's native land Is.
the country where she loves,
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Lady customer-s'Have you nice book all
covered with red leather, with gold letters on
the back?' Shopkecper-s'Yes madam we
have De Quincey's works, three volumes, in
Russia; or General Sherman's Memoirs, two
volumes, in calf" Lady eqstomer-''I don't
want anything about Russia. Give me the
book about the dear little calves; beside, it
was made by a general. #
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Hotels.
mHE SPOTTSWOOD HOTEL,
HarrisOnbUrg, Va.
PROPRIETOR

G. R. LUCK. PROPRIETOR.
The new Hotel, THE sPooTswooD. under my pro
pretorship is now open ana ready 9 receive vs at
ed anu the cellar to the roof, and is in complete or
te ffo demphatically new house ana II is de-
kent hotels in the State The proprietor has had
yery enlarged experience for Is years as hotel and
Re Hotel at Richmond
destroyed by fire in December l570o and the Jor-
dan um Springs in Rockbridge. He is quite snre
he may claim, here in the Valley Of Virginia. to be
able to keep hotel He therefore invites the PEG,
the travelling public generally to cali at the Spots,
wood and see whether he does not we'll UNDERSTAND
the business of his life. =, .
Parlors and the Chambers will always be found
agreeable. ,.+o .,, +,,o
people OF the Valley will cordially sustain this ef-
Spottswood shall be, in Harrisonburg.
My Omnibus will always be ready to convey pas
sengers to and from the spotswood. ,r,cv
noyl2 Proprietor of Spottswood.
A Immediately at G. & Ohio Railroad Depot,
NcorEsNEy S slAGSTSGs ea :, proprietors
The Proprietors in resuming the management o.
this we'll known and popular hotel SO long and favor
ably known to the travelling public promise IN tne
future to retain the reputation the American has
borne as FIRST-CLAss HOTEL.
ders it convenient stopping place Tor persons Oh
business or in search of health.
All the offices of the Telegraph and Stage lines run
ming to this town are adjoining this house
ASA first-class Livery Stable, conducted py fa
Aooi' " McCHESNEY & CO.
Citizens of the county will be furnished din
der at so cents and Horses fed by Pat OToole at u
cents
sTAUNToN, VA.
JOHN D. CRoWLE, Proprietor
| This we'll known house having recently changed
hands is now preparedto accommodate transient ant
permanent boarders at reasonable rates The table
will be supplied with the b9st this and other market
can afford Polite servants always ready to wal
upon the guests and every attention will be paid
| their comfort. share of the public patronage Il
respectfully solicited. Omnibus to and from the De
| pot free Of charge. o,o,rr
14-f JOHN u. ChOWLE.
| National Hotel.
| ~ Corner of Sixth Street and Pa. Ave
WASHINGTON, D. C.
| E. TENNEY & CO., Proprletors
nov 21-tf
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There's no end to strange discoveries IN Ne
vada. Now comes a prospector who solemltly
declares he has discovered a vast mine Of black
pepper and another 81 green tea. It doesn't
seem possible that he would lis ahostt 81.
ty,;y Erss Frs5s
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A very practical old lady having priced a
a comfortable looking, antique chair at store
devoted to the sale OF old curiosites, remark
ed, with flonnce, ''Good gracious your old
truck costs more than the new.''
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sg1Ppetrg.-
ONE ROSE.
BY ADDISON F. BROWNE.

BY ADDISON F. BROWNE
On yonder bleak hillside all barren and drear.
The spell OF dark silence holds ever its sway,
And nothing Of beauty the vision to cheer.
Awakes at the dawhing of Summers fair day
-Iat 4a 3lariet7 vs. 81 ta oh i9 i7rI
But that desert that rises SO cold or i.t'ai
Has one spot OF verdure upon its dim side.
Where spring bubbles forth meath . rock gray
and bold. I"
And rose full of beauty in sweetness doth hide:
And when ON life's journey human meet
Whose life seems desert all barren and drear,
That shows naught Of beauty the vision to greet
Z Or respond to the light of true spirits near
think of the hillside so cheerless and cold.
And hope meath this winter hidden spring flows
Near whose crystal waters in 81 ense Nn2old
The fragrance and beauty of oncssunhder fosel
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VTYagon Making and Extraordinarily
w m,etersigned formerly of Churchville, has open
ed Wagon Making and establish ya nsR
door to the Carriage Factory of Captain
he is prepared to execute all work in his line out OF
yood material in the best manner and az low ngureS
SRenairing promptly done and all work warranted
also manufacture Fesieg's patent Lifting Jack
GENERALLY. Call and see it.
feb 1877 JAMES NJ LiehAiteN'