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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-09

IT is at the Bal Mssque. Hyppo-
lite-Adolphe Leblanc enters. accompan.
led by pink domino. Suddenly the
form Of the senior Leblanc looms up in
distane. Hyppolite is equal to the oc-
casion.
"Yawn, Titine-yawn, there's dear!
He'll think I'm with my wife,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-02-09

HANDKERCHIEF Irritation is very
simple thing-it only requires two
fools and two haudksrchiefs.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27
Horses and the Horse Trade.

The number of horses in the United
States is estimated at 5000, 900, Illinois
ranking first in numbers, New York
next with over half o million; then Ohio,
Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, Iowa, In
diana, and Kentucky. The number of
horses in the New England States is. es-
timated al 100000, Maine having the
largest number and Massachusetts next.
The farm or warehouses; of Maine and
Vermont are noted throughout the land.
The farmer who breeds horses knows
his own interests well enough to study
the tastes Of the community, and to
breed up to them. Speed is, to be sure,
only one of the many qualities which
are essential to good roadster, and
size, style, action, temper, form, consti-
tuition, and enduring equalities are
equally important in making general
estimate of the character of horses. The
horses raised in Maine are, generally
speaking, fine specimens of the equine
race. So are those imported from YER
mont and Canada, the latter having
qualities of their own quite distinct from
the thorough New England animal. The
weight of good roadster may vary from
$50 to 1000 pounds. For ordinary pur-
poses on the road and for general work
an old horse dealer tells us that 1000
pounds is heavy enough. A larger size
horse would not be found serviceable in
horse cars, omnibuses, or hacks, and
certainly not in the buggy or light car
riage. A heavy horse will not last so
long over the hard pavements Of the city
as medium sized one. The practice
now conforms to this rule, we believe,
as strangers will especially notice in all
large cities Gin the East at least) quick,
tough horses for most kind of work. A
medium sized horse will range from 14t
to 15t hands in height. --Dunton's Spirit.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27

modified after due trial. A hotel ,csn
not be quite so asoetic a. nunnery, and
SO Mrs. Stewart and Judge Hilton will
find out. Mr.. Hilton has indeed abro-
gated one Of the rules al the start-that
which requires that every inmate must
be actually engaged in some labor; for
he says that one Of the best uses Of the
hotel will be for women who desire en-
ployment and want safe and respecta-
bic place to stay while they are seeking
it.
Another class Of women to whom the
Stewart Hotel offers desirable oppor-
tunity, is that Of country residents with
out friends in the city, who wish to en-
joy the shopping advantages Of the me-
tropolis. Rooms are set apart for such
transient occupants, who must, howev-
err, always notify the manager and en-
gage their rooms in advance; and Of
course these women must, equally with
the boarders, furnish satisfactory ore
dentials. The main idea of these nu-
merous safeguards ought not to be
misunderstood. In the first piece, the
women's hotel must be known as place
altogether above suspicion, =
home which warrants the char
acter of its inmates. And then the
several inmates must have regard to
the general comfort of their neighbors
therefore the prohibition of pets,
pianos, etc. OF course all this is ex-
detrimental, but the guards now ordered
seem mostly prudential and sensible.
We learn that there are now about 200
guests, or one-fifth the number that can
be accommodated, which is fair be-
ginning. 1t is under charge of man
thoroughly acquainted with hotel man
agement, who has for some years had
the care of Stewards other hotel proper
ty. We certainly hope it will prove
that the Stewart Women's Hotel meets
genuine public want. 1t will be very
unlike the other enterprises of the mer-
chant prince if it does not. Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27
Republican Congressional Caucus.
fAsso ciated Press Report.]

w,suINcroN- n. g.. Anril 1O-A Re-
49,. ~ = ,,1 =. I'll. g., ,ho
publican CAUCUS was heiu to-hiSh' III 'h0
Hall of the House of Representatives. There
,,,o,.o ohou, IN ponrosaptot;ves and IN.
"eic ''o"S Nv Npi f
wards OF 70 senators present. oehators
ConkIino and Blaine were not among the
n..., nj, ,,o,;aod on5
NUMBER. Representative haie PIesiucu' an"
Representative Conger acted as Secretary.
IT,, oo,,o,,s onno;ntod tho folloving oentle-
ino Nau"' -. So
men as the National Republican Congress
siopal Committee. the nomination of each
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27

No members were appointed from the fol-
lswing named States and Territories, there
being no Republicans among their mem
beers: Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Texas, West Virginia, Utah Territory,
Arizona, Idaho and Montana.
Senator Sargent offered the following pre-
amble and resolutions:
Vhereas Restoration of tho Democratic
party to power would be a great National
calamity, to avert which all patriotic citizens
should put forth their best efforts; and
Whereas. Nearly $4,000 Republican officials
throughout the land understand themselves
to be under orders from the President to
abstain from participation In some of the
necessary steps In this great work therefore
Resolred, That tho President be requested
to rescind his order forbidding partieipa.
ton by officials IN the executive branch OF
conventions and committees OF political
character.
Resoired, That the Secretary of this meeting
transmit u copy of this resolution, properly
authenticated. to the President.
Senator Sargent addressed the caucus on
the subject presented by him, and was fol-
lowed by other gentlemen, who spoke with
much earnestness against the above order Of
the President, and of the injury which has
resulted to the Republican party by its en-
forcement, the Democrats reaping largely
the advantage. There was ageneral concur
renee in the proposition presented.
The debate was mainly confined to the
proposition Of Senator Sargent, and with
merely incidental references to the Presi-
dent, but not abiding to his Southern policy.
On motion, Senator Edmunds's resolutions
were referred to the Congressional Commit
tee with power to confer with the President
on the subject.
On motion of Representative Price, it was
resolved that the Chairman of the caucus be
authorized to appoint committee of eleven
members Of the House to confer with such
committee as may be selected by the Repub-
lican Senators, with view to consultation
with reference to the questions that should
properly be considered at the present ses-
sion. ,..
The proceedings Of the caucus were en-
tirely harmonious, and an adjournment took
place after session Of two hours.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27
Jupiter's Changes.

The physical changes that are seen to
take place on the planet Jupiter have of
late years received increased attention
at the hands of possessors of large tele
scopes, and among these Bredichin OF
Moscow, whose IS photolithographs OF
the planet as observed by him constitute
a rare contribution in this line. In max
ing these, he employed telescope of
nearly 10 inches aperture, with superb
magnifying power of $50. He distin-
guished six distinct regions, two Of
which he designates as polar regions,
one equatorial, two tropical, and one ly-
ing between the north tropical and north
polar. One of the tropical zones, says
NJ. Bredichin, seemed always 20 have q
color-described as being somewhat
green and somewhat blue; color very
similar to that observable in q thick
block Office. The mean breadth OF the
equatorial band was 3 deg. z Sec,
varying, however, from Z deg. z sec. up
to Is sec. Luminous spots were fire.
quently distinguishable here and there,
surprising in brilliancy all other Por-
tons of the planetary disk.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27
Our American Boys.

Advertise for clerk or book-keeper,
occupations overstocked to repletion,
and the large majority of the applicants
are Americans. Advertise for gar
dener, a practical farmer, blacksmith
or mason, and the chances are that the
less numerous applicants will be of for
eign birth. ....u,
We have among us a theory that all
honest labor is honorable. Butin prac-
tice this is reversed. Few Americans in
prosperous circumstances will make
their sons skilled as carpenters, black
smiths, masons or in scores of other So
called minor callings. The "honor"
appertaining to trade of almost any
description exists only as sentimental
fiction. The mechanic is not really
honored. His calling often places him
out of the pale Of fashion and society,
unless he combine with it talent for
politics, joins the legislative or political
rings, becomes contractor and buys
his fellow-craftmen at the lowest posi-
BILE rate, as he would machines.
The average American father covets
for his son position as ruler and a
statesman. Every American boy starts
in life for the Presidency. The average
duration of a generation of men is said
to be thirty odd years. In such period
only seven and one-half American boys
may attain the "highest office in the
gift of the people," The rest must be
content with such minor positions as
Governors, Senators, Assemblymen,
Collectors, Custom-house Weighers or
Constables.
The great gate and chief entrance to
the goal at Washington is the law. En-
tered on the lists as a lawyer and the
course is open to the American boy.
But the machinists, gardeners, masons,
blacksmiths and carpenters may only
stand without the ropes and look on.
1t is said that the practical Prince Albert
made each of his boys learn trade. The
Prince of Wales has, it is reported, skill
as a shoemaker. Should he, through
revolution, become wanderer, as were
Louis PHILIPPE and Louis Napoleon at
one period of their lives, he will have
his cobblership to fall back on. Here
he might, as the Fifth Avenue shoe
maker, soon accumulate fortune.
But there is little use in advising the
American father to have his son taught
a trade. There is little encouragement
for the young man to enter on any call
ing which may stint him out from the
smile of fashionable society. He can
flourish only in the ranks of law, medi-
cine, divinity, or as a partner in
wealthy firm, or exist and dawdle as
rich mans son. Meantime, the men
who are doing the work of the country,
laying its rails, forging its iron, tilling
its soil and manning its marine are
largely foreigners. Two-thirds of the
mates in what merchant service is left
us are of foreign birth. The native-born
American is known chiefly as President,
Senator, Governor, or-tramp. Speak
to the next tramp you meet on the
street and see If be is not one of sour
Boys"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27

AsIRoKE of lightning took of Geor-
gia negro's boots, and did no injury. We
see what this leads to. Mr.. Edison will
turn his attention to the elements pres
emily, and bootjscks will go the way of
all superseded things.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-04-27

IT is proposed that an inclined rail-
way be built to the summit Of Lookout
Mountain from Chattanooga
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Take Care Of the Horses.

The Illinois humane society, through
an appeal issued by their committee
make the following suggestions, which
owners of horses will serve their OWL
interests by attending to.
l. Shoes-If horses are sharp shod in
icy weather they viii pull larger load.
to greater advantage: it is poor economy
to neglect the proper shoeing of horses
which may thus be seriously injured.
2. Blankets, etc.-Horses should be
protected by blankets or water proof
covers from rain or snow, while standing
The cost of blanket is very small, and
its use would repay the outlay many times
ANY woolen or other protection placed
under the pad or saddle, and extending
back over the hips, will be found very
useful, as protecting weak part of the
animal.
8. Chpping.-The clipping # horses at
this season is considered to be, at least
imprudent, and by this society inhumanei
owners are respectfully urged to allow
the animals to retain the covering which
nature has provided.
4. Check reins.-Work horses. if at all
should be checked very low; they can
thus pull to greater advantage, protect
their eyes from rain or snow, and are
less liable to stumble or iniure them
selves. 1t will be noticed that the city
railway companies have largely aband-
oned the use of check reins.
5. Bits.-It is prudent to warm with
the hands, or otherwise, bits before plac-
ing them in the horses mouths.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Past andPraSenf.

Young ladies of the present day would
be rather shocked if they were obliged
TO endure the monotonous life of the
girl of a century ago. She was taught to
embroider, to sing, and to dance the
niinuet She carried herself uprightand
sat habitually on the edge of her chair,
and never leaned back Whether she
was modest at heart or not, she assumed
a modest demeanor. She looked down
when gentlemen spoke to her, and was
shocked when they peeped under her
bonnet, which was really something to
do in those days. She wore her dress
very low in the. neck, and very short
in the sleeves, because it was the fash
ion. She always spoke respectfully to
her elders, and sat in a corner until the
gentlemen who admired her sought her
out, When she danced she gave the
tips of her fingers to her partner, and
when he paid her compliments she
blushed, or at least hid her face behind
her fan "Sensibility" was her greatest
charm. Tears of sweet sensibility forced
down her cheeks" says an old-fashioned
novel, speaking of its heroine. She did
not dream OF accepting sultor without
first consulting papa" When she was
LAo1ANO0 SAO mCPeJ anu 81 ulu dll lll6
bridesmaids. The girl of to-day is taught
to play the piano and to dance the glide.
She stares about her, and there is no oc-
casion to peep under her bonnet. At
present she chokes herself with scarfs
and standing rufles, and sometimes
manages to give them anything but a
modest effect. She makes no secret of
despising old people, and at party goes
about hunting her beaux. When she
dances she tells her partner to hold
tighter and not let her fall, and she is
rouged too highly to blush. When she
has an offer she laughs, refuses it twice,
and accepts 1t the third time, but does
not take "pa and ma" into her confidence
until the last moment-not until it is
necessary for them to furnish her we'd
ding outfit. Look upon this picture then
upon that!
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Listen to This, Girls.

DR.. Carba1ly, eminent physician and
chemist, testifes that the cosmetics which
the fashionable bellies of the present day
are so fond Of using, and deem so indis-
pensable to their beauty, are the most
deadly enemies to the vital system.
Paralysis, that fatal and frightful form of
bodily infrmity, is said to be the result
of the continual use of the paints or
washes used for enameling or otherwise
artifcially whitening the skin.
Dr. Carbally further tells us, seriously,
that the peculiar droop of the hands,
sarcastically allied the kangaroo STYLE y
and one which was supposed by the
community to be a mere freak of fash
ion, really and truly had Its origin in a
partial paralysis of the extensor muscle
of the forearm, produced by the use of
those outward poisons. Some fashiona-
bic belle, no doubt, had suffered in this
terrible way for her folly, and all the
fashionable geese of her acquaintance
followed suit by crooking their wrists
and dropping their hands, like so many
hens with their wings broken.
We learn also that all powders, paint
and liquids which impart a polished,
scintillating whiteness to the skin, con-
tain metallic poisons, and are extremely
perilous. The more beautiful, the more
dangerous.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Self-Reliance.

s Be not mere initators of other mems
actions, methods and rules Of thought.
Use other mems ideas and experience
as you would book or newspaper, Ill
stimulating your own action, in compar-
ing your own conclusions. You are not
safe in blindly accepting the deductions
of any man without first applying them
to the crucible of your own common
sense, to the dictates and promptings of
your own judgment.
You must bear the burden or the in
jury of your own mistakes; it will be
difficult for you to find the man who
gave you bad advice after the crash
has come; most friends and advisers are
fair-weather philosophers, hence you
must mark out your own pathway OF
action, irrespective of the opinion and
advice Of others, except as aids in form
ing your own final judgment, Never rex-
pect that success from borrowed ideas
that you do from such as have been full
ly digested and assimilated in your own
constitution. You cannot work so well
in borrowed clothes as in those which
have been made to order.
Each forest tree depends upon its own
roots for support, and upon its own'leaYes
for nourishment, and yet, while each is
benefited by the shelter and protection
of its immediate neighbors, it would die
if dependent upon them for anything
further. So all men are dependent upon
each other for much that makes life
pleasant and prosperous; yet after all no
man can achieve mental growth, success.
or high attainment except through his
own exertions and his own faculties.
The world delights to aid those who'ar
abundantly able to take care of them
selves. Those who most need help are
least likely to receive it. The mental
victories achieved through honest pur-
pose, firm resolve, persistent effort, are
far more beneficial to the individual, as
well as far mere satisfying to his better
nature, than the mere acquisition of prop
ty or power through the assistance of
others, or through the medium of ques-
tionable practices.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
Death Rate in Various Occupations.

Nobody doubts that the occupation of
an individual has much to do with his
general health, and with his chances of
death. Statistics prove that the death
rate is lowest among scientists and pro-
fessional men-not physicians; then fol-
low Protestant clergymen, engineers,
farmers and laborers; next carpenters,
machinists, and workers in iron; then
come schoolmasters, tobacconists, physi-
clans, and finally the clergy of the Ro-
man Catholic church, among whom the
mortality is much greater than among
the Protestant clergy and the other pro-
fessions named. Next we have druggists
and butchers, then miners and glass
manufacturers, plumbers and copper
smiths, railway employees and dock la
borers, and last of all carmen, cabmen,
horsekeepers, and inn-keepers, among
whom the mortality Is greatest, and
much more than double that Of the first
mentioned occupation.
The deduction which may be drawn
from these facts are very instructive and
practically useful; they prove that the
quiet pursuits Of science tend to prolong
life as well as outdoor labor, provided It
is not on railways or among shipping or
horses; that to work in iron is more
wholesome than to work in lead or COP
per, as might be expected, while the con-
lined labor of a schoolmaster is as iniuri-
pus as the state of celihacy of the Ro-
man Catholic priest; lastly, the ihn-
keepers, being most exposed to the temp:
tation Of intemperance, have the least
chance for a long life, as well as those
with whom they habitually keep COM
pany.-ManJacturer and Builder.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
A sParallel Cases.

Yesterday a ragged, shivering middle
aged man called at a house on Sibley
street and asked for food, but the lady
of the house called out:
@Why don't you work for your food p
II would if 1 knew where / could find
work" )" he promptly replied.
There's place down town where you
can saw wood and earn your dinner,
she continued.
That seemed to stick him for half a
minute, but he finally said, with great
solemnity:
Madam, let me state parallel case
There is place in heaven for you, but
you don't want to die till you are driven
right to it."
She pondered over his philosophy fol
a few seconds, and then called to the
tcs7'; 10 pass out half loaf of breS4 : and
some meat
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29
RranM Means he an Editor.

An editor is the happiest being on
earth. He has little or nothing 10 do,
and his pay is all that heart could wish.
His sanctum, with its Persian rugs and
Turkish carpets, its costly rosewood fur
niture, its magnificent mirrors, its beau
tiful pictures, its complete library of
splendidly bound books, its silver bell TO
summon an attendant, and, In short, with
its everything that human ingenuity can
devise for his comfort and pleasure, Is
perfect little paradise, where he sits or
lounges and reigns a young lord, with
the world of fashion and pleasure at his
feet. And then anybody can be an edi-
tor-no study, no preparation, no brains,
nothing but little money to start with,
and once started the money pours in
upon you in a steady stream, and the
chief labor of your wife is to spend it. As
for the labor of editing a newspaper, that
is mere moonshine. A mere glance at
the columns of newspaper is enough to
convince you that it requires no labor to
edit it, and less brains. 1t is certainly a
glorious life, that of an editor; life of
luxurious ease and of elegant leisure
a life filed, like that of the young lover
in his first dream of requited love, with
AulCo anu IOoC ACdNCo anu AnOOA0OelAAAos
That all men are not editors is one of
the strangest things beneath the stars.
True, there must be doctors and lawyers
and merchants and shoemakers and pea
nut dealers and the like, and all these
callings must be filed by somebody, but
there are enough to fill them, and why
they don't become editors and lead the
life of opulent princes is a thing that
staggers us. But after all, it may be that
it is a mere matter of taste. It may be
repugnant to some natures to become
editors. The life of ease and elegance
and luxury, and exemption from all care
and tolls and debts and duns, would soon
become bore to him, and he would
spends his nights in dreaming of plows
and pitchforks and reaping machines,
and squander his days in devising some
plan for swapping places with black
smiths apprentice or asstreet-car driver.
Louisville Courier Journal
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-03-29

In Presque Isle County, toward Mack
mac, is a beautiful lake, hight Grand
Lake, on whose shore stands a club
house owned by sundry fsh-loving citi-
zens of Adrian, Michigan. The country
around is pretty much as nature made
it-rough-and the few backwoodsmen
living there are much like the country.
One of them, named Crawford, was
lately electeo Justice of the peace. A
wood-chopper made complaint that a
certain raftsman had beaten him, and
asked for a warrant for the offenders
arrest. The Justices entire stock of le-
gal blanks consisted of a summons and
a subpoena After spending some time
yainly in trying to make these papers
fit the case, he got mad, flung down his
papers, and addressed the complainant
thus;
"See here, mister, this Court is bound
to see Justice done in this township.
You pay me two dollars and half, costs
of court. show me the man, and the
Court will lick the devil out of him in
two minutes"
Complainant paid the costs and pointed
out the man. The "Court," with majesty
on his brow and his sleeves rolled up,
went for the offender, and in sixty sec
onds thrashed him to the full content of
both parties. The Court then put on his
coat. and remarked that che was peace
officer, and wished it understood that
this Court would preSerUe the peace, and
any man who thought he could raise
thunder in that neck of woods would
have to try the case with the Court per-
sonally." No other case has since been
tried by Squire Crawford.