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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-24
FINANCIAL.

FINANCIAL.
nh zoo TO LEND ON UNINCUM-
D4a Jul BERED city or suburban property,
In sums to suit for one year. Apply to
CHAFFIN, STAPLES & CO., ~.
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneer3,
de oz.2t No. l Tenth street.
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PRETTY LITTLE BASKETS.

FANCY BONES!
Such rs can lie found in no other "5iabii:"r".
in tie city.
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who has suffered that miserable condition
for so many years, likes it
Well, it seems then to be conceded that
Richmond may have the opportunity to be
llIberal, and that the Virgiaian has entered
coueat against the improper exercise OF
her power to discriminate against Lynch
burg. The protestation OF our friend is so
strong that it would seem to be suggested
by fear that Richmond would act most
selfshly. AS we know these people OF
Richmond, and more especially as we know
the decided identity Of the interests Of
Lynchburg and OF Richmond, we know that
the apprehended. injustice will never be
inflicted by Richmond upon Lynchburg.
The idea is forbidden not only byiustice
but by interest. Surprising the James-riyer
railroad built, and chiefly by Richmond
as it must certainly belt will be our In
terest to claim from Lynchburg and the rail-
roads passing through her borders that JUS
tice and comfy which would facilitate the
interchange Of freights, and thus secure the
entire freedom Of commerce.
But before we end this article we must
say tina. the Lynchburg Virginian, in Its
Fridays article, appears to be limiting the
scope OF its enterprise to way from Gilt.
ton Forge to Lyncbburg. We had hoped
that our contemporary would enter upor
the subject with more comprehensive dis
position. 1t 10 a matter OF decided import
anee 70 Lynchburg that the railway should
be continuous from Clifton Forge to Thu
head 81 tide-water, and thus bind together
and make aourishing the interests OF th,
whole valley. We hoped that Lynchbur.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07
TO JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR
WALK.

Careless persons are forever stumb-
ling their toes. l9
Unstable persons walk fast and
slow by turns. al5 D
Fun-loving persons have kind of
light movement. t'!3 '-4.
One-idea persons are always very
selfish ones, "toe in"
Cross persons are very apt to hit
their knees together.
Good-natured persons snap their
fingers and thumbs every few steps.
Modest persons generally step very
swiftly for fear Of being observed.
Calculating persons walk with their
hands in their pockets and their heads
siishsiy Inclined. ...,es..r. ... Y sd
La1yE sS+~>"a scrapet loosely with
their heels, and are first on one sIde
of the walk, and then on the other.
Very strong-minded persons place
their toes directly in front of them,
and have kind of stamp movement.
Wide-awake persons ''toe OUT"
and have a long swing of the arms,
while the hands more about miscella-
neously. ~.s -ea., .s. ..+-
Timid persons often, step off the
sidewalk on meeting another, and
always go around stone instead of
over it. -a-s aas-~-
Observing persons move slowly
their hands move alternatiyely from
side to side, while they occasionally
stop and turn around. sid .a ss-a
Careful persons lift their feet high
and place them slowly, and pick up
some little obstruction and place it
quietly out of the way. s..s .4...as aa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07

in his wake with a sore head and a
black eye. ls1f Il
There was light in the sitting
room. Mrs. Jones was there.
"See here, Amelia" exclaimed
uncle Joshna,F bursting in like a
thunderstorm, "you're fool of hus-
band says you've, fell in love with
some one, and that you wrote him a
letter saying you'd meet him at ten
O clock tonight and run away with
him, and he said he's seen this letter.
Now don't believe a word OF it, but
I'd like to have you explain If you
can" ai {
81 never wrote any such thing,
declared Mrs. Jones, Indignantly.
sYou didl' exclaimed Mr.. Jones.
aIt's no use for you to lie about it,
Amelia. You've broke my heart, and
you did write that letter. / found il
on your desk, and here it. It begins
Dear Edward"
"Oh, I know all about it now. :.
cried Mrs. Jones, beginning to laugh.
'Oh, dear me! You see Laura
Wade and / agreed to write story,
and / had got mine half done, and
went over to read mine to her this
afternoon, and when / got there ]
found that I'd lost a page of it. !
must have left it on my desk. Ii
was about woman who was going tt
elope,-my story was-and she wrote
that she would GO with her lover, ane
then, when she thought it all over
concluded to stay at home and dt
her duty. The page that was miss
ing was the one that had the letter OIL
| it that she wrote to her lover. Yol
found it, and thought I was going t
run away. On, dear, never heare
anything SO funny! Oh, dear mel
and Mrs. Jones laughed until tn
tears ran down her cheeks.
81 can't see anything very funn,
about it," said Mr. Jones, feelin,
rather sheepish. ''How was / to know
that you were writing stories? You've
no business to spend your time in tina
way. . -
"That's So, growled uncle Josh
ua, whose stomach began to feel sort
and bruised. "You're a fool fo
writing stories, and Jones is foe
anyway. - -.A@J .#a
/ Which was poor consolation TO
Jones. The story of the whole affai
leaked out, and he will never hea
the last of Mrs. Jones' elopement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07
HOW TO SAVE.

The way to save is to begin with Z
little matters, and to begin at once.
Noione ever made his way from poy-
erty to riches who scorned economy
in small things, and could not compre
hend the value of a single cent. The
poor man who would get ahead pecu-
nialily must 1earn that to save cent
after cent-one at time, if he cam
do no more-till he gets a hundred 81.
them, and so has dollar, is a wise
and noble thing for him to do. Hav-
ing thus actually saved hls first dollar,
he will have acquired power of
sef-denial and a tenaeityof purpose
which viii enable him to save one
dollar after another until lie SeG q
hundred; and then he can save on
indefinitely, and become indepehdefls.
in fortune. ''But," says some one
who has lived all his life without saw
ing, "how am I to save! My habits
are fixed. How can / lay by some
thing for old age? "You must do as to
money matters what the4ancient school
of philosophers did as to- morals.
These old sages used,i every night, to
review, their actions for the day, and
| see what they ought not to have done
| that they had done and what they
might have done better Of the thing
I, which it had been necessary for them
to do. So, too, must you every night
review the actions Of the day, and
seee what ycu have spent that you
ought not have spent, and how you
might have got more economically
what it was necessary for you to OBJ
tain. Any one who faithfully makes
such review of his expenditures will
tbe apt to discover many opportunities
for retrenchment and reform; and
then, if he will, he can at once begin
to save, and may acquire economical
habits which will secure his future
fprosperty. ~, e... s--r;.s7as... E!l
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07
PAY YOUR PASTOR.

ldirantians to th -
merchants. Mechanlas = -
turcs and professionsA ,,a !,
more or less injurionsly affected,
Nor do ministers Of the gospel escape
they feel them as sensibly as any, fol
it is now more difficult to pay over
their small salaries. No body of mer
are more willing to deny themselves
than they, and their people should, il
possible, not allow them to suffer.
The subjoined article, pertinent at all
seasons is especially so at present.
For -.i a...
/. God Iequirs it. See what He
says by Paul in l Cor, 9th chapter
''Even so hath the Lord ordained
that they which preach the Gospel
should live off the Gospel" The
plea which Is there made for the pay
ment of the minister is as unmistak-
able as that made by James (v. ~
against defrauding the harvest hands.
We might stop with the first season.
2. Honesty requires congregation
to pay its pastor. Every Christian
should be honest. Every company
of Christians should be honest. Such
a firm ought to be prompt and hon.
orable in meeting all of its engage
ments.
8. A congregation should pay its
pastor, if it wishes him to be honest.
How can he pay his debts if his debt
ors fail to pay him? A single in
stance of his failure to pay may injure
his reputation sadly. Repeated fail-a
ures of this kind would prevent all
usefulness on his part. Do your
part to secure a good name for your
pastor. @aF
4, Churches should encourage their
pastors by paying them. They have
many discouragements, perhaps, that
the people have never dreamed of.
An empty purse is a poor comforter.
8. Self-respect requires a congre-
CATION to pay its pastor. ~ s-f t't ~
6. Let the minister be paid, be-.
cause it has cost him so much to pre-
pare himself for his work. Churches
either ought to pay ministers well, or
not reqaire'a young man to spend SO
many years of costly preparation be-
fore he can begin his labors! zaf 4
z. Apastor should be we'll l~apaid,z
so that he can have the satisfaction
of contributing to benevolent objects.
Why should he not enjoy the blessed
ness of giving? Efj ,5ss
8. Let the pastor be paid, because
he is the most useful man in the COM
munity. His work is indispensable
to its welfare. .r--.- ,as2 -t3s's
These reasons are sufficient in num-
Der and kind. ..-......,.. IL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07
WHAT CAUSES HARD TIMES.


WHAT CAUSES HARD TIMES.
Too. many spend money, and too
few earn it, zoos ~ 90 4ia ba
Too ,mHeh money is spent waste
fully and uselessly,f alad too little
saved and made productive.
We buy too much abroad that We
ought to produce at home. @ :
We buy too much that we do not
pay for cash down-too much of what
we do not actually need. ~ Il
We are too wasteful, know too lit
tie how tol economic, and have too
little disposition to do so. a fl
We. are too speculative, unscrupu-
lous and actually dishonest in our eff
forts to make money. aH
Too many ofus prefer idieness to in
dustry, and too few of us know how
work and derive pleasure and profit
from our labor.
| We spend too much time learning
what is not useful. and too little in
forming ourselves upon the best
methods of promoting our material
prosperity.
| We know too much of politics,
spend too much time and money az
politicians, and know too little about
political economy aud the science Of
a stable, economical, successful pub
lie policy. .rs.a f.
i Our actions are governed too much
by passion, prejudice and partisan
feeling, and not enough by broad,
intelligent, liberal and patriotic con-
csption of the duties which American
citizenship involves.
i We are too superficial and impa.
tient, and lack the clear purpose and
persistent, patient application Heces.
sary to permanent success.
We depend too much upon om
sharpness" and ''cuteness and readi.
ness to take advantage of circumstan
ces, and not enough upon earnest
: honest labor.
Il We talk and read too much, an6
!, think and act too little.
We spread ourselves over too grea
a surface, and thus fail to dig deel
enough in one place for the nuggets
} that will surely enrich us.
: We lack in that higher mora1it,
I which frowns down venality and ele
Yates and encourages purity of life
r probity Of conduct, and scrupulou
r regard for good and honorabl,
name.
We do not teach our children tina
they must, nor how to, earn their owl
living. and are too willing to connmi
them to life of easy INSCRIPTIONS
ness, depending on their skill a
make-shifts rather than upon thei
. men. AVN "'.e' I" :
i We roll about too much like stone
that gather no moss, enriching cor
porations and specializing capitalists
and defraIding ourselves of the sub
stantial profits of our own industry.
| We are devotees of show rather thar
substance, and pay homage to th.
glitter Of ik's success" which is but I
robe covering filth, rottenness anG
corruption-social, commercial anG
political.
We build too many churches, anG
cultivate the Christian virtues and
spirit too little.
We have too many schools and toe
few real teachers.
/ We are too undivided in certain di-
rections and not enough so in some
others.
I We adhere too closely to what we
ought to depart from, and refuse to
take hold Of that to which we ought
to cling.
In short, we are too much what we
ought not, and not enough what
we ought to be.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07

I When you see man with SUBJ
dued air, streak Of whitewash down
bis back, and piece Of soap sticking
to his boot-heel, don't treat him with
contumely he is victim Of the
house-cleaning fiend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07

|. twill ] net make Q fine angel2''
said o conceited fellow with uncom-
monly large ears. 'sNo," replied d
young lady; ''your wings are placed
too high"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07

Represents the following old and reliable
Companies-FIRE AND LIFE: "
Liverpool, London & Globe, Eng.
y SAltna, of Hartford, Conn.
Hartford, of Hartford, Conn. a
PhGnix, Of Hartford, Conn.
Franklin, OF Philadelphia, Pa.
Underwriters, Of New, York. rs y.r.
German American, Of New York.
PhGiix,. of New Yofk.ss{
Niagara. of New Y orls.si
American Central, of st. Eoais.
III Life Association of Ameiica, st.
Louis. 49, "a &
Mutual LIE Insurance Company,
lof New York. 80.
The above line 81 Com pan,ss is tbs most
reliable known.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07
RULES FOR LADIES.

l. Marry not the prefane man, be-
cause the depravity Of his heart will
corrupt your children and ernbitter
your existence. s'.,ss.s sfa
4 a. Marry not gambler, tipler,
or haunter of tayerrs, because he
who has no regard for himself will
never have any for his wife. 5Hets
3. Marry not man who makes
promises which he never performs, be-
cause you can never trust him.
4. Marry not man whose actions
do not correspond with his sentiments,
because the passions have dethroned
reason and he is prepared to commit
every crime to which an evil nature
unrestrained can instigate him. The
state of that man who regards not his
own ideas of right and wrong is de-
plorable, and the less you have to- do
with him the better.asza E; sig@;srl
8. Marry not q man who is in the
habit of running after all the girls in
.thss country, because the affections are
eontinually wavering, and therefore
can never be permanent. s.,aw If
6. Marry not . man who neglscts
his. business, if he does so when single,
he will be worse when married. III. !.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07

A lady was telling friend from the
country of very grand party she had
given recently. 'sWe had two gen
erals, one judge, popular author,
and play writer.' s'Yes,' chimed
in her wicked son, s'and there was o
deputy sheriff, too, who said he want
ed TO see dad, and they went out be-
fore supper, and dad hasn't come
back yet. When that youth went
to school the next day, with his head
all tied up, he told the boys he had a
dreadful toothache.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07
NEWSPAPER MAKING.

1t isn't boys play, reader, to make
newspaper. Everybody can't do it
although most people think they can.
More excellent qualities Of head and
heart are required in an editor, than
in any other calling or profession in
the world. He talks to more people
than the pulpit does, and talks to b
people of all grades of life, Of all
shades of belief. If conscientious
and no man who is not. has any busi-
ness in the editorial chair, he feels the
responsibility Of his position as il il
were a mountain on his soul. He
knows that the welfare moral growth
and peace of the community depend
largely upon his daily or weekly ut.
terances. Many times does he draw
his pen through lines which expresses
his sentiments, but which he, fears
may be misunderstood, and do harm
to some Of those whom he desires to
make better and not worse. 1t is not
an easy position--it is scarcely de-
sirable one; and yet, If he happens to
express sentiment which does not
suit the reader, the latter is unchari-
table enough to lose no time in cen-
suring him. Thegeditor) does not sal- /
ways shink as the reader. does; he
cant. If he did, and never expressed
a sentiment, except such % the reader
cherished what would be the object OF
taking his paper5 It is certainly
foolish to pay for Q Journal which SIM
ply contains a re-hash Of what We
have long before thought of ourselves. +.
But, reader, when you are induced to
find fault with the editor because he
says something that doesn't suit you,
remember that you cart get q paper
under the sun, If it amounts to any
thing, that win mot sometimes say
things that you cannot agree with. - /.
Western Rural. m es
: When you see man with SUBJ
X = Hs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-07

t'sWhat is tare? Tell me, my son.
what tare is said the anxious
parent. : '''' - s'''''sH 1s' :.
.sYou HIND sem,''s1 iz,'i ssd sI
''Johnny, what do you mean a''
asked the father, opening his eyes
rather wide. @ ~ - ss"i
"Why, last week, when you didn't
come home for three days, said John
NY, I heard mother tell Aunt Susan
that you was on taer." =
Johnny was Immediately sent to
bed. s'
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-22
ORGANIZATION.

For some time, few of the aspirants to
 the next Delegacy, and one or two other.
 who want little money by the way oI beeiiHg, met al the hall of C. F. Cate in ] Prescott, on Saturday last, for the purpo,e ! of organizing the Democratic party in Ia yapai County. Being independent. in every ] thing, we stepped in, and us our former con victions had told Us, we found the few, say | Is in all, assembled to do the noble work Jno c. Campbell and C. F. Cate the brains of the meeting, did the talking. and made l.. A. Stevens chairman of the County Cen tral Committee Delegates were named from different precincts throughout the County who were not present, and We doubt much whether tEey will act or allow their names to be used. We did not notice such Democrats present Ps Gideon Brooke, T.. J. Cook, Col C. r. Head, John X. Rush, Wm. Wilkerson, Joe. Walker, Gid. Cornell, Geo w Curtis. r.. C Peck, J. x. Hutchinson. Benj, Morgan. Hon Judge II. II. Cartier. WI,ey Standeter and a few others whom We could mention. We account for their absence on the ground that they are not aspirauts to the Delegacy, which they know is to be gwen away l6 months hence. They are modest
 
 them To stand at the posts of honor, they will be generous enough to ask them to lend their servceS to the cause and become mar tyrs for the good of the country Should the Democrats, however, succeed in effect ing a broken organization in layapai County, will the Democrats in the different counties of the Territory follow Not much. The aim of Southern Arizona is and has been to break the long existing harmony of the two factions of lSvapai. thinking IL Is their only salvation to secure the next delegate in Congress. They wlll tiud, how. ever, that in this they will be foiled There | will be, when the proper time comes, Pco- ! ple's party, composed of the Republicans ! and liberal Democrats of the Territory, who . will sweep everything before them, and send | a Delegate to the halls of Congress by d ! vote of two-thirds of all those entitled to Inc right of franchise, and it matters but
 little to Us whether that man be . Repuhi- an or a Democrat, so long as he has the in creSts of the whole Territory at heart. stevens. the present incumbent, may want a make the third term" stick Woolsy vill be in the field from Maricopa; Buli, rom Mohave, and at least two Democrats Sill run from Yavapai, all on the strength fl Democracy. and for what they have done )ne man win be accepted by the lndeperd- nt party of the whole Territory, and he will e elected. But those who are ambition, ' ,ill. in the meantime, have h chance to yoi D their spare change, and the grand f4lle ill be "out and injured"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-22
Walnut Creek Items.

Mn. EDlToR - You are often favore, with communications from nearly ever, quarter ot our Territory, but I haze ncvei seen one from this fertile little district.
 Taking all in all, we are not a very i'm portant part of the country. yet we claim some notice as a very fertile little valley Our crops are not as forward as in former years, but arc very promising. Nearly ev- cry acre of ground that is susceptible of cultivation is teeming with corn and pota- toes and some of the largest gardens in the Territory have their location on this creek. There is about l60 acres in corn and twenty acres of potatoes.
 Mir. Ed. Scholey has, the present year, opened up garden of about five acres. and has large supply of water for irrigation. His vegetables are abundant and looking well. The Charming Dale garden consists of about two acres, and contains great va ricty of vegetables, as we'll as some orna- mental work and shrubbery.
 We expect to make our settlement equal to the best, and, as we improve, will occa- sionslly post you. $. c. R.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-22
THE GALLANT YOUTH.

Indian Agent J. P. Cum has offered to take the protection of the Territory upon bis shoulders, in addition to ihe five thousand pets that belong 10 his Agency, if he can have two companies of Indian police. He evidently thinks that if officers of the army can attend to his business, he can undertake to dc military duty. He is gallant youth, brave, energetic and charitable. The ill- success of lhe Governor and Captain Buford. his right hand man, who really has all the capacity there Is. al San Carlos, 10 manage Indian scouts does not deter him from un- dertsking the task of keeping the Indians quiet. He proposes to hold himself respon- sible for the conduct of the Indians; but even this obligation of the youthful saint will hardly be accepted by the people of the Territory. No doubt the Governor and Was son would both indorSe him. Still. even that will not be sufficient to give the people confidence to allow the troops to be with drawn, as recommended by General Sher man. If Cum ana his packers only would suffer in case of failure. we should like to see him take charge of the whole business; but as an innocent people would be the sui fcrers we sincerely hope that the youths en- desvors to destroy the reputation of a we'll tried gentleman's past and present honorable career will be nipped m the bud. Mir. Cum evidently wants 10 vent his spite on General kautz, and il at the expense of the inhabi- tauts Of the whole Territory
The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-22
EUROPEAN WAR.

The movements of the Russians, which
 were st first active and of character tt
 warrant the assertion that Turkey would noi
 last in the jaws of the Bear for any length oi time, seems to have been slacKened for some cause, and the Turks have taken courage from the Russians seeming lethargy ana have made . resistance that astonishes the
 whole of Europe. The movements of the Northern invaders do not indicate deter imitation to annihilate the whole Ottoman Empire. Were Von Moltke at the head Of the Russian army, with all its strength and resources. combating against 8 power faI inferior. aS Turkey certainly Is, he would long ere this have found means to have crossed the turbulent waters of the Danube and driven the Turks like chatf before the wind and entered Constantinople in trium- phal splendor. The Turks would, under 8 rein like that, which could, and ought tt have been, inaugurated, have been compelled to take refuge in the Balkan mountains or surrendered. IL seems that the Russian Royal Arch Duke has been, like C9Sar. halt ing on the banks of a river. There may be s good deal of military ability displayed by the Russian and the Turkish commanders. but if sc. they have been careful not to havt il known. In Asia the war seems more lik, . country dance ;han d war-a dance wher, one party retircs and the other advances: when The latter retiEeS and the other follow.