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Better al Home.

FTN7T No IIFTT0s III TTFA
On n Michigan avenue car yesterday
young man held young woman's hand in his.
and they almost touched noses MS they loOkcd
into each others eyes md mentally figured that
lie was mndc up Of sticks OF sassairns candy.
ilye-ccnt trips. and cheap marriage cerrmon les.
They finally got to biting of the same stick ot
candy. and while some Of the passengers smiled
AMI some wlpcd away tear. IN old lady was
heard remnrking to herself
when see such actions. II makes me feel
certain that never lovcd-neVer begun to-"
she left the ear and went 10 market. and in
about half an hour newsOoy rushed past. cry
Ing:
AN about the s'an-dal,r'
Stop. huh!" She cried out. grabbing after
him. " il there ,Rndul =
"Ncs-hig one, he answered
Il knew thrrc'd br--l knew III" she chucklcd.
ne shr rubbed her hands. " When saw them
cre couple in street car humping noses and
chnwing cheap candy In unison. said the pa
peers would have il II It busted all the tel ephones
IN town. Well. let 'em do their sparkling to
home
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-19
A May Time Idyi.

"Up In the morning when the skies are red
smell sonp on the stairway
There's a big tub OF suds 10y the side OF the bed,
And Ii SOUNDS down stairs like II lair day.
There's somebody scrubblng IN the UP stars nan,
And / see a mop through the winder;
II smells and sounds like IL did last iHll,
There's nobody here that can hinder"
what to him was love or hOpe'
What 10 him was JOY or carey
He stepncd ON plug OF IRISH suap
The girl had left on the topmost stlir,
And his teet NEW out like Wild, fierce things,
Ann he struck each stair with sound ike drum
Aud the girl below with the scrubbinR things,
Laughed like u hcnd 10 see Inn come
For what Is life when the heart IL dead.
And a mau Is humping adown the stair,
Now ON his back, and now on his head,
To land ON the legs at an upturncd chairf
To clutch Mltll ncrce, unhtlplng grasp
Al the slipping halu,ters ilying by
To drop, at the end with a strangling splash
In a wash tub iull Of suds aud lyef
Better. a thousand times and more
That man should sleep his whole life through,
And startle the day with nightly snOre
And scorn the sparkle Of morning dew
Why should he rise from his eep-bTeatled sleep,
With his Outstretched hands to feel and groDe,
To founder and hop and crawl and creep
Through the ueaeherous swirls VI the shiny AoAsf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-19
Under the Nioiets.

Herb anis are cold her face is white;
No more her ulscs come AMI 20,
Her eyes are shut 90 use and l-hi-
Fold the white vcstures. snow ON snow,
Ana lay her where TIE NlOlets blow
But rot beneath craven stone.
IT, plead for tcnr~ wi'n alien Eyes;
A slender cr1-- si wood .inue
shall .ay that here a maiden lies
IN peacc beneath the peaceful skies
Ana gray Oh trees o. hdgcst limb
Shall wheel tarir circuus shadows round,
t. mike the scofchinf suull.httin.
That drinSs the srcVrne,, from tie ground;
And drop their dead leaves Oh her mound.
when Ger thcirr onrh. the squirrels run,
And through thrir leaves the robins call,
And. f4Ntnin4 iu The uut.iinu sun,
The acnri- and the ch"..uuts iall.
DO4bt not tLat sac Wall heed them all
To her The morning choir shall sing
It, inatIu> frnu tlir hranchp. hish,
Aud every miu-trrl.NNlcc ui sifius,
That tfll. lturutl the Ami Ky.
shai. greet her With Us earliest
Whom turning round their dialirack
istward tht icugMcniu- shadows pass,
H.r M Wuutrrr.. c.ni in black.
The cflCkct. .Ifius through the grass,
shall liie Tor her an evening mass
Atlast the rootcis Of the trees
stall tud tac prison whore she Les
And iclr tlIr buried Dust they seize
In leaves amt blossoms 90 the -hils
30 May tie soul that warmed II rlscl
lfany. horn OF kulaer blood.
ShOail a-k. " hut maid % lies below'
So, tun ihis 4 tender hud.
Tint t-tl tu uln.>uiii ig he snow,
Lies Mithercd whore the Nio'cts blow.
OLIVER WlNpELL nolnE,
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"'' No ""'! '''."''"
You oulhtcr come 'ruun to 10 church,
Pr.r R,uu-." slid "a deacon 10 Uncle Rrmus
y,4t.r,,uv W. had "A mlEEty 'frrshin' timr
las SUNDAY NIGHT II look ike dc hpnrrt Nug
RIGHT ,lnr n h, midst"
HOW mrnuy got Dlt an hanged upf' asked
W'I y"ii tsikin' 'i6nt. Bror Rcmus ?"
"Imtulein' 'inut dr,,ly dry wine up desc
MIXER chu'rh uui'e,s WIT loy been huyin'
do Br,nin' duy- wont out"
lor' llrar Il mus. " ~uII the deacon lauEh-
ing, " you'sa HUT .,ho.",
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-19

william" began n Second stroot woman the
other muiuin- us size Ian aside the daily ldltf " what
l. u.ls new metric system PROPOSED by Alexander
Stephens
Tits very wise measure. indeed. my dear" he re-
Piled suppose You want u new dress costing 81 per
Yard
"Nr."
"Illrr the metric system you write 80 father In
Wisconsin tor tnr money to buy 8; with ile muu.y
coulr- ynu tkc nah OF II ami hly mc PAIR uf pants
AMI tcu YOU Use tac rcsi ia lurcnasut Nccht dress
goods ltl-a very good measure. very EoNd
" And lheN propose to make tia Law, DO iAVy'"
20 iNtN cleo
"Wrli sr'" She claimed. showing red spot each
cck. "MNfu Sac metric system comes into lra. tge an
tins family INoce Wil loluW ami Ale Nander stephens
i, 4 TOOL Sit fool 900
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At nm Odd Follows hall tho other dny n young
man in The medical student line ct iit came suddenly
taco To face with dear Kind, Old, mtherN ukin- sen.
tlrnnn with white hair, Of highly respectable ana al
most libl cal appearance
They both Stood iran. liked The same idea flashed
across both Of them Your lace is familiar 10 mo, very
familiar. bnt can't remember where We haze met -
often However the friendly impulse was carried out,
they shook hands warmly, pAious OF friendly glass,
and departed sui ignorant OF each others name and oi'
cuuauun.
Hut the Young man was determined 70 solve the prob,
lem and lie seized the waiter and said TO HIM Ten
me waiter who is that distinguished stranger with the
white hair all about hlmYn Aud the water whispered
lowly: please air. that's the pawnbroker."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-19
MASONIC noyoRs TO ALIzERARYLADE
Madame BlavntsiSy Made n Crowned Prin-
cess o. the Rite of Adoption.

The Sovereign Sanctuary OF the Memphis
Rite in England and Wales hhs sent to Madame
B'avaisky. through John Nark"r. Esq. the
THRICE llHstrous Sovereign Grand Master
General. the tip.oma Of some OF the highest
honors OF that Order. The full text Of this in
tercstin. document Is rs follows:
To the glory ~ the sublime Architect OF the Universe
Ancient 4ud PRIMITIVE he 81 Masonry derived through
~" chfr'sr q" N, ruyeriin sanctuary OF America from
Respect iu the OfdrN
Peace. tolerance. ruth.
To an ilusiu'r- aud cnligh'enct Masons throughout
W. the Tirce nu.tfi0us SOVEREIGN Grand Master Gen.
ral aud the sovereign Grand Conse rvHtors sd and
list decree the SOVEREIGN Sanctuary tor England.
Wales &c decorated with the grand star OF Sirius 6e
Nc., Grand Commanders % the Three Lcgiun- OF the
Kn-hts m Masonry hv virtue VI the high authority with
ana w these nus nis dodccale ani proclaim our Illus
tlous uni euii- 'rici sister H. + Bsva.ky TO be az
Apprentice tunI 1ni'u Perfect NistIc,s sublime Elect
Scotch Ladv. nrnri H. ~ thevIirr de Rose Croix Ado
uIIt N.tr ~- ftr Uflc Mistress, and Crowned
Princess of tHe Kite o' Adoption.
Gtrn under 'ur hands nNi senls OF the sovereign
London Tin. 2ith day OF November 1877. year vi true
hsht Uuu.uuuts1
Joax YAnruR 3ad Degree sov'n G.M
VI CASPIAN. 1884 Degree, Grand Chancellor.
A u LoWrNsrAKK, $50 Degree q. secry.
John Yarkcr Esq. whose signature. IL ap.
pended 10 this do 'umont IS a member OF one Ut
the oldest English iumlirs and n distinguished
author. B.siirs being Granl Master of several
important Eli dish Grand Masonic bodies. in
.culir. N" l. L. Of Swcdenborg, Mr.. Yarker Is
Lodge 81 Greece. Hs is likewise Arch Censor
OF tlc Hindu Secret Society Of the Sat Bhai.
an! Cores pond ny Fellow Of the Theosophi-
cal Society ia New York.
No HIGHER marx OF Masonic honor could DO
conferred upon woman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-19
PROF. LAHRENCEs VENTURE
The Loss OF Five Hundred Dollars I'm Two
Nights In the Lyceum Theatre.

queer old man, with snow-white hair
and beard. sat quietly compaininsto reporter
Tor THE SUS yesterday. He was not dcspond-
ent: but he had made a venture in a theatre and
sunk $500 in two performances.
Prof. Philip Lawrence came TO this country
from England twenty-five years ago and has
been a successful teacher OF elocution during
his soiourn here. His eocutonarv gift is natr-
raj he acclaimed when he was years Of age
read and analysed Shakespeare with pers picu-
ity at the age OF IL. and never took a lesson in
his life He says that he isa" Shakespearean by
the gift OF God"
Recently he hit upon the notion Of producing
Romeo and Juliet" The Lady of Lyons"
aud number Of other pieces Of romantic
character in the Lyccum Theatre. giving anna
tours. who Were his own pupils, the leading
parts The venture failed for u variety of SUI
fcient reasons: and the old professor. sitting in
his elocution room. which turns sunny win
dow upon Washington square rehchrscd the
Desiring" lie said. " to bring 10 the notice OF
the ladies and gentlemen of this city the las
supposed and still do h"lev.l talent OF two Of
my best pupis-Miss Rose kcan. and my son.
Edward Lawrence-l engaged the Lyceum
Theatre at rental Of $3.50 for the house and
1925 for the gus, se"nr-shiiters. carpenters x
| paid $3.50 ~ this down before the rising Of tue
curtain on the evening OF Monday, APRIL 20.
aud before Shakespcare's tragedy OF ROMEO
and juliet was performed had expended for
ndvertis ing. posters. and sim lar matters 800
| WIS in hopes that might draw consider
able sum from the box office; but Judge 81 my
disappointment when | learned that the whole
sum ken that evening did not amount to $50.
found out what u mistake had made. How
ever persevered. and on "Wednesday evening
brought out the Lady OF Lyons The house
was full then. but 1t was n pulier audience. and
the money taken amounted only To 81. On
Thursday. i called upon Mr.. kingslqnd. the
manager Of the theatre ind told him how UNI
successful had been. / asked him 10 be lem
lent. but on Saturday the doors OF the theatre
Were closed against me.
Here" the elocutionist added. is a little
table, which will show you my experience in II
hal
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Mrs. Nancy u. Ciem's Case.

INDIANAPOLIS. May ls.-Judge Truman
II. Palmer positively denies that he was brlbed
Mrs. Nancy J.. Glenn. indicted for the murder OF
Jacob and Nancy Young. In FRANKFORT Ind.
the prevailing opinion is that ex-ProsecutlnY
give Palmer any.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-19
Georgia Peaehe. Coming TO New York.

MAcoS. Ga. MAY lS.-TEe first crate Of Geor-
gh peaches ctt here today by the southern ENprc.s
eon,yuea TO Il, u. Plant, New York. Forty thousand
will follow
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"On this day" the gentle old professor con-
tinued after tho reporter had looked through
Lyceum Thcatre. began the battle Of lie
anew weak in purse. but with n good, strong
heart bearing malice toward none forgiying
my enemies, fearing no man. and putting my
trust in that heavenly Father who never forgets
those who put their trust in him"
And why was II that you fnicdY
Because l took Mr.. Kingslnnd's advice.
and charged one dollar for admission instead
Of twenty-five cents. rs / had contemplated.
He advised me also to have professional actors
throughout. But my pupils were excellent
whereas Cdpuiet being professional. WAS deHd
drunk ana the scene shli.et WlS goo m4.h m,
rang"
DO you intend TO try the experiment again.
!" | do. / nm already making arrangements
to lease the Broadway Theatre and hope to re-
trieve all my i'll fortune some time in june"
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04

"1he very man OF all others achO has the
deepest interest IN sound currency, and
aoho suffers most By mischierous legislation in
money matters, is the man aoho earns his da;-
ly bread By his daily toll A deprecated cur.
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
fdttang detoeen morning and noon, and fal.
ling still lorcer betaoeen noon and night, these
things constitute the uery harvest time of spec
ulators, and Of the achole race of those oho are
at once idle and crafty. a disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
eUils. 1t tundermineS the Uirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its happiness.
1t aodrs against industry, trugaHty and econ
omy, and it fosters the evil spirits of entrao-
dgance and speculation. Of all the contri-
oaaces for cheating the laboring classes of
naankind, none has been more efectual than
that aohich deludes them with paper money.
This is the most efectual Of intentions to fer
titize the rich mans fields By the s,ueat of the
poor mans brow. Ordinary tyranny, oppres.
sion, ercessioe taration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared pith
frandulent cotrrencies and the robberies COM
naitted By deprecated per."-Daniel
Webster
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04
Men and Women.

Rsal, genuine moiesty is always best.
George f. Train don't like N. p. Banks be.
cause he is so conceited. George bashfully
says: II was standing with him in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other evening, and he con-
tinually looked around to see if the crowd was
admiring him. 1t never occurred to him that
and not he was the object of attention"
OF the members of the Berlin Congress
Prince Gortschakoff is a man of courtly man.
ners and charming conversation; Count Schou-
valoff is the handsomest diplomat in Europe,
fifty-five, white haired, keen-eyed Beacons-
field looks old and haggard; Bismarck looks
old, solemn, and scrutnizing, his beard grow
ing in thick stubble over his massive Jaws; and
Count Andrassy has, with brilliant aud pene-
trating mind, a fascinating manner
Prince Bismarck has been cultiyating a
fringe of whitish-gray beard which is said to
considerably enhance the normal grimness of
his remarkable countenancs The Emperor
William has been compelled TO part with his
handsome gray whiskers, one of which was
reluctantly condemned by his body surgeons,
as it interfered with the dressing of the wounds
in his left cheek. Thus the two most familiar
faces in the Fathsrland have been altered "out
OF knowledge.
OF Charles Dickens personal letters, Mr.. G.
A. Sala says: "Charles Dickens was one of the
best letter-writers of his age; his epistles are
strong, flowing, nervous and incisive in style;
as carefully indited as any of his literary work,
yet wholly unaffected. The letters of Dickens
ESQ far as have any acquaintance with them)
rarely contained any literary criticism or in
deed any reference to literature at ALL But he
wrote about the most sensible business letters
and the finest lessons of argument and advice
that ever read. He went straight to the
point and said what he had to say, sometimes
in quantity humorous, sometimes in a grave
and earnest manner, but always logically and
exhaustively. Thsckeray's and Shirley Brooks's
letters were, on the other hand, fall of scholar
ly illusions, anecdotes, quotations, bon 1aOts
and polished persifage."
Mrs. Agnes ID. jerks is thus described by a
correspondent of The Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle: She has a fair English face, of oval
contour with Grecian nose, double chin, and
a fine complexion. Her hair is bright blonde,
brushed smoothly off from her face and gath
cred in loose coil at the back; while her eyes
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04
SOlon Chase and Specie Payments.

Some time since the Lewiston Gazette,
which is battling manfully for hard money,
gave extracts from ''Poor Mans Tract"
written and circulated by Mr.. Solon Chase,
''the father of the Greenback party in
Maine," during the political campaign of
1868. At that time Mr.. Chase had no inten-
tion of becoming family man and did not
look forward to the doubtful honor of beget.
ting the portentous cub whose paternity he
now claims. In that tract he truthfully told
the poor men that they were robbed by a
deprecated paper currency, and that resump-
tion of specie payments was the cure
for the ills under which they Ia
bored. The Gazette has now discovered
another ''Poor Mans Tract" published by
Mr.. Chase in $780," three years before the
crash of 1S73," as it remarks, "and five years
before the 'robber resumption act was passed.
when paper money was plenty and times
ought to have been, according to Greenback
reasoning, highly prosperous. But Mr..
Chase found the times out of joint, and was
not disposed to curse because he was born to
set them right. "Specie payment" he said,
''s the one thing needful in our pres
ent condition, and will cure us of many finan-
cial ills" Further on in the same tract he
said: "The wit of man cannot devise a
scheme that will bring about specie payments
other than redeeming greenbacks in gold.'
And such redemption he heartily favored.
After pointing out the way for Government
to secure surplus revenue of $4,000 900
he adds:
sumed at once, and the promise that is written
on the face of the greenback to pay the dollar,
made good. This would give Bill good dol
lar for his work, and the wounded veteran good
money for his pension, which is only JUS
tice and fair play to Bill and the veteran; that
is, BM not only ayould aoorE for gold acdgeS
as he does noaU, but aooud bag his goods at qold
prices and thereby SdUe another large item OF the
S254 "a that as pressed out Of him aRnudltu
SPECIE PAYMENT is THE ONE THING NEEDFUL
IN OUR PRESENT CONDITION, AND WILL CURE
US OF MANY FINANCIAL ILLS. The moment
you have got specie payments, Pendleton's g and
Butler'S theory OF paying the bonds in green
backs, which means neither more nor less than
more and meaner money, becomes obsolete.
IT Congress an ats blinderingS did not dgree to
poy the principal Of the bonds an gold, 1t ought
TO hdUe agreed to, and specie payments will
make that agreement what it ought to be. THE
WIT OF MAN CANNOT DEVISE ANY SCHEME THAT
WILL BRING ABOUT SPECIE PAYMENTS OTHER
THAN REDEEMING GREEBACKs WITH GOLD; that
is, let somebody else have the good money bs-
sides the bondholder.
"BilP' was Mr.. Chase's typical working
man, who is described in the flush times be-
fore 1878 as oppressed by heavy taxes and de-
preciated paper money, and as supporting by
his labor "the gamblers, the paper money
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04

Mr.. SoLoN CHASE seems to have followed
at long distance, in the wake of Mr.. George
Ii. Pendleton, man whom the loyal people
of this country certainly have no reason to
honor. Mr.. Pendleton said, while the war
was being prosecuted: "The wit of man has
never discovered means by which paper
currency can be kept at par value, except by
its speedy, cheap, certain convertibllity into
gold and silver" Mr., Chase said in 1870,
five years alter the war closed: "The wit of
man cannot devise scheme that will bring
about specie payments other than redeem Ing
greenbacks in gold" BY that time however,
Mr. Pendleton had become an advocate of ir-
redeemable paper money, and now, eight
years after the publication of "The Poor
Mans Tract' advocating resumption, Mr.
Chase has caught up with Mr.. Pendleton.
They stand together now as they stood to-
gether years ago. Then however they stood
on sound platform. Now they stand on a
structure built of rotten timber, its rotten
ness but thinly disguised by fresh coat of
green paint
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04

As very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving is is to nse il as
sparinsly as possible; avoiding occasions
of expense by cultivating peace, but re.
membering also that timely disbursem ents
to prepare for danger frequently prevent
much greater disbursements TO repeI il !:
avoiding likewise the accumulation of
debt, NOT only by stunning occasions of
expense, but by vigorous exertions ia time
of peace to discharge the debts which un-
avOidabie wars may have occasioned, not
ungenerousiy throwing upon posterIfy ihe
burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04

kings, and big interest men," 'sBil," who
is shoe'bottomer, he said, "works for gold
wages THAT is, he makes boots for the same
price noao that he did IN specie timeS) and
taxes his pay in greenbacks, and then one
half of the greenbacks are eaten up by taxes,
bountles to the rich man, then they are
mixed up with big interest and still further
Increased bv a deprecated paper currency"
"Bill lives in Maine, closer TO Canada than
he does to the Westerner, and flour can be
brought cheaper to Bill from Canada than
Chicago. II the importer brings bushel of
wheat from Canada to Maine he has got to
pay 20 cts. (good money duty. He has got
to sell his wheat for bad money; he charges
for the difference betaoeen good and bad
money; he charges for the risk of taking bad
money; he charges bonus for advancing the
tax to the consumer, until he eats up the
wheat, and then for importers proits-all
these charges he puts into the price of wheat.
And the "father of the greenback party in
Maine" proceeds to figure out the tax i'm
posed on the poor man by this bad paper
money, "by reason of a law of Congress tax
ing wheat 20 cents a bushel, and oaD- lying
paper money, Bill is forced to pay the Yam
kee speculator bounty of 3S cents on every
bushel of wheat he eatsv' Or, in other
words, as he takes pains to add, "Bil gets 1s
lbs. OF flour for dollar, that is 9.20ths of a
bushel; 9-20ths Of 50 is II 1.1Oths cents, and
thus we see that Bill, by order of Congress
pays the gambler In grain a bounty OF
IL 1-1Oth cents each week, or as near as may
be one cent pound, on every pound of -four
he eats"
This was the position held by Mr.. Chase in
the "aush times" from 1868 to 1871. The
remedy he suggested was resumption of spe-
Gle payments. Since then he has changed
his views as he has right to do. But he
must expect that people will compare his old
arguments with his later ones, and that find
ing the former incomparably stronger and
more convincing they will refuse to accept
the reasoning he now advances. They will
appeal from Solon bewidered by economic
sophistries to Solon in sober financial sense.
1t is not necessary to question the sincerity
OF Mr.. Chase's conversion, sudden though il
was. 1t is sufficient to meet the p1or argu.
ments he advances now with the good argu-
ments he used in 1870. He is called into
court against himself, and his defense will be
likely to engross the major portion of his time
during the rest of this year at least. He GER
tainly cannot make the apology Offered by
so many of his followers for their abrupt
change of opinion) that he has not given un-
til recently any attention to the subject. AT
the time he Published the "Poor Mans
Tracts" he had made special study of the
financial condition of the country.
The Portland daily press., 1878-07-04

Impecunious man, addressing conmunis-
tic meeting: Gas said before, gentlemen,
am with you, heart and soul, The property of
the country should be equally divided. The
rich must be compelled to share their boarded
wealth with those whom a somewhat careless
and inattentive Providence has blessed with
nothing. Why should one be penniless while
another has his thousands? Why At this
point telegraph messenger boy pushes his
way through the crowd and hands the speaker
despatch, which reads as follows:
Colonel JVhackup: Dear Sir: Your aunt in Penn
Yam has just died, leaving you legacy of twelve
thousand dollars. ATTORNEY.
The speaker devours the glad tidings silently,
and then says, "Hum-ha-yes-well-
men, I shall be compelled to conclude my
speech at some future day, as have been sum-
moned away on important business and
Colonel Whackup isn't with them so much as
he was.
ellis banner led the spears no more
Among the hills of Spain.''
Cincinnati SQtVy(lQy Niqht