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ns lay Nan.

A lazy man Is always good-natured'
He never flies into passion. He might
crawl into one. if that were possible,
but the idea Of flying into enc Is pres
posistotiss
who ever heardsof lazy Man breaks
ing into bank where crowbar had to
be used, or drilling into a safe Not
but that he might eovet bis neighbof
goods contained therein, bot the horror
OF handling a crowbar and drills would
always deter him from actually com-
hitting burglary. He meter rims away
with his neighbor's wife, simply on as1
count of the horror he has OF running.
Tf he is ever known 10 run, 1t Is to rum
to seed.
He fsfeis Hes about bis nelghbyrs,
for Il would be too much exertioh; bot
he lies about baF-Foom al day.
He is of ines:imable service 10 blI@
lard saloons, keeping the chairs warm
and watching The game, for few would
care TO play If there wefE no speciat0fs'
The fact that he does this without pay
day in and day out, shows the remark
able unseliishness Of his nature.
The lazy man never gets np Tevolu@
lions, instructions, or other popular eN. !.
citemenls, and don't make nuisance ot
himself bY trampine aFoand ihe cQ,hIls
gFy, nakllse he slaszl > ~ pro-
mote public discomfort.
In bis own ne!ghborhood he i never
a busybody in other peoples affairs, Tor
the very idea OF being busybody at
anything would drive him out Of his
head.
No lazy man ever ran mad. II hs
goes crazy, il is because he cant SO
any where else without walking.
Lazy men don't disturb the quiet Of
peaceful neighborhoods By putting up
factories, furnaces and ether abomina'
lions.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.


Our system of tariff i an institution
u tse y E.neEigl pf4of u ES4B. instead
OF proEting by The mistakes Of other ma
tions, nothing will dobutthat the Amer
lean people must learn by the tedious
plan Of experiences. The original idea
ofimports was that they would repel the
encroachments Of foreign manufacturers
and foster home industries. In reality
there Is no protection" To protect
the hat-maker Congress imposes duty
OF thirty-three per cent. upon all hasts
imported. This shows two things: first
that il costs more to make American
hats than TO buy foreign ones; second
that the duty was intended to equal
ize the cost Of the two. The farmer. to
buy a hat, has to send-say q cord OF
wood to market TO pay for it. If he
could get The bat at foreign prices, or
what he paid, minus the import and
freight, he would have third of cord
.of wood left to purchase shirt o. a
pair Of brogans. Congressin encouraging
the hat-maker discourages the shirt and
shoemaker. "But," says some protec-
ZIONIST, ''the shirt and shoemaker is pro-
tected." That does not weaken the ar
gument; the third of cord wUuld still
be left to be used in purchasing the
aforementioned articles.
The railroad strikes of 1877, 50 dis
astrous TO the Pennsylvania railroads,
were in a measure caused by the tariff
laws. The heavy duties upon steel and
other articles of railway consumption
greatly increased the cost Of mainte-
nance, and compelled a reduction IN the
wages of the workmen. The necessa-
RES oflife having gone up in price
through q want Of universal competi-
ton and free ports, the laborers could
not live upon reduced wages. In their
desperation caused BY hungerthey burnt
the depot and tore up the tracks. A
portion Of these same men lately para
ded the streets of Pittsburg, fifteen
thousand in number-being melted
thereto by the rich monopolIsts and iron
merchants-and clamored for increased
duties on iron and steel. If du-
ties were intended to protect infant
manufactures when this country was
severed from England why have not
these duties been rcpealedi We are
now hundred years old and our produc-
tions have in some cases competed with
the English. We are strong. Repeal
the duties since no longer we are In
fants. The truth is that protection IS
not what is soaght, but the opportunity
OF monopoly.
Another theory Of the protectionists
was to impose heavy duty on every
manufactured article and admit free the
raw material. The great difficulty was
60 determine what was raw MATERIAL
In the tariff debate Of 1889 few States
wished high duty on molasses, be-
cause molasses was the raw material oI
rum. The PennsylvanianS advocated q
duty on pig-iron. Some objected 70
this because il was the raw material Ol
rolling-mills. The South wished du-
~ on hemp, but this being Tire raw ma
terial Of cordsge, the Middle States op.
posed il and suggested heavy import
On cordage. Maine objected TO this be.
casise ropes, ETC., were the raw mate
rial Of shipping. This last State, how
ever, advocated tonnage tax on for
eign vessels. The inland States dis
liked this because II increased the cosl
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01
A ou Affair.

A correspondent Of the Golden Rule
tells humorous story Of what happen
ed to lady at dinner party in Wes-
tern city. Seeing that the gentleman
wbo handed her into dinner was moi OF a
literary turn, the lady, who was a good
convcrsationalist, entertained him by
talking Of bunting, dogs, horses and fish
ing. The man was entertained and the
lady exhausted.
II was not many days after that she
encountered The same gentleman at an
other dinner party, and 10 and behold
IL again fell 10 her lot 10 go to dinner
with him. Tarning frankly TO him
when they were about to be seated she
said /:
"MF. So-ahd-so. you know quite weII
that We have talked on every subject
which would mutually interest as
Come, propose instead Of talking
(since for the sake Of or hosts We must
appear happy and pleased with each
CtherJ. we begin and count ike this !:
One, two, three, four, FIVE, six. sesen,
eight, nine, ten, eIeven, twelve, tttr-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

How TO Srop RusAwAv HoRsEs.-
The Mexicans have a method Of SUBJ
DUNG fractions horses, such as are In
clined TO run away, which might be in
troduced with profit here. A hood OF
winker is so arranged that the driver or
rider can in an instant draw il directly
over the eyes of the animal, efectnally
blindfolding him. Whenever this IS
done the horse instantly becomes quiet.
and repetition of the blindiolding, two
or three times, gradually results in his
becoming quiet and docile. Such an
arrangement would be q valuable APP
pendage TO the head-gear of horses dis
posed TO run away.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

&C. A man more than haif-seas over
was observed one day supporting the
parapet Of the North Bridge, Edinburg,
shaking his head and repeating to hIm-
self sadly:
at must be done. il must be done. I"
An old lady passing by thinking he
contemplated suicide. said to him
"What must be done, my man 20
'Must 90 home and face my wife, =
was the woeful answer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

o. The sermon OF the best preacher
In the &orid wIil not make as much I'M
preston upon congregation as the sud-
den pattering Of rain on the window
psnes Of church containing two hun
dred new spring bonnets.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

:
--it might almost be called diiplnatise
--lsk gentls. perznasiye alr, hex con-
slfainad gestirulafion, the low awcet
voice-1Ii were 1s Tar removed from
she repuIsiFe piIenemenon. the z.nan
wOsman, a. a il possible II Cohesive.
The hr1w alone seemed - betksY hef
Intellectual supefiofify: Der Fec re-
minded inc somfwhat Of the portrait q
Charlotte BFehte, lhat every ore y ia-
niIisF with. Yet there was no szE5kinG
similarity; / should rather ~ l''e .spes
81 head aud lace are The same. = ben
she crossed he Fpos1 fp e1Ii attention
g yoIumc Under 1ss<lssslea slse - 'afs.
almost like - snTa'ld. zH
also - lrxelssl Ile = z<z = Izs'l's'l !.
and irisoiiiy ~ dress. he guess, VINO
sat careless. cEosswise ~ h's chair, was
Edward Hurne Jones, the pFeraphaeiite
artist to Whom Swinburne dedicate
"Laus Venerls.
Burne Jones had evidently not arrayed
himself for the occasion. He wore
blue merino shirt collar and cuils as
blue as indigo, artist jacket and gen.
eral everyday AR that bordered upon
afectation. The conversation which !
had interrupted was soon renewed, and
It was better than thousand books 10
hear the riches that these three souls
lavished upon one another. Art pnl-
losophy, the music oi wagner, Rome,
ancient and kome modern, fiorence-
how they all love Florence and now
they detest modern kome. All Eng
lish people seem TO inherit the love OF
Florence. The conversation was pre-
sently interrupted. some one enterea,
and, having said his opening lines, WITH
drew to chair and subslded.
The artist departed; the artistic at
mosPhere grew thinner and thinner.
The three who had been discoursing
like prophets upon mountain top came
down out OF the high places, and u was
discovered that, alter all, they were only
little more than ordinary when taken
of their guard. Professor Lewes was
the lie oil the circle, wn'ch increased
as the reception hours drew 10 a close.
Mrs. Lewes was Always the same pia-
cId, seif-poised, kind-hearted' woman
soul VINO suiiered no one present 20
feel negiec'ed, ior sne TOOK care 70 can
the iorlorn ones 70 ner ana dis.ingu'sn
them ior moment at ieast. fernaps
Is nan rue, Tue st1ange s,ory Una.
neard IN all us variaions, Ior mere were
tnose present VINO SAT tla"snAea anu
gazed iap'uo1siy upon tne cfea'of oi
nomo'a ano hoan neue.
livery syhaoie sne u..ereu sank INTO
,srtiie hearts' iney VIII al sP.'.g up,
blossom ana pea, .iu.', pu' NOT III TINS
paper IL Is oana tna. mere are nose-
DOCKS tna' 30 feguiariy 10 tne Ff'ory
ana gofge toemseises WIN w.soom; u
- sa'a ina. 'he professor mas eiPPeu ms
pen in.o tue pages OF Daniei Dsron-
ga. .now no,n'ng o. .nls. can
sPeaN ~ 'ne no'nEy uo'Is ma sIsmee
a',nos' .l,:a1 UaIe h:L ahu -, u.s;n .a.s no n
sal.y, man wD,on nosn'ss eau n 'ess
Pre.en'ious; sna = NAG aouos.u NY y
sen up 70 oa'e, 'ne eA4u.ss'S enal'A VI
me hostess. as she oe'alnea 'he 20 re-
ne" on inVi'a'iOn "n'cn Mas % e,nesace y oo
me : p seasoh-eacn "a Suna I'm S:a :.0v - -
- ens,' 80 s
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

t. We are glad to learn, even ai fhis
late day, THAT Thomas Jefferson would
turn aside rather than step on . bufns
ble-bee. lie was bsfefootea when be
fell that wsys Of course.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

C. A six-year-oid, who was found
putting himself outside Of various good
things at a rapid rate. just after COM
planning Of inward gripping. explained
20 has wondering parent that he ''didn't
mean 10 leave any room for that stom-
ach ache
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01
LIVER COMPLAINT.

When from any OF the numerous Incl
ting causes the Liver begins 10 act abnor-
w<tly, the bile remains in the system,
Whaling and perverting every vital pro-
cess. and causing Boils, Carbunclcs,
Blotches, Pimples, Ccaghs, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Consumption, Dyscntery, Kid
ney and Bladder diseases, and many other
dlsoNers, all originating directly or indi-
rcclly from tie Liver. Keller's Vegetable
Life Drops induce the healthy action OF
tho Liver by providing for the removal Of
The hillary constituents by the Bowelss
Kidneys and Skin.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01
Keller,s Vegetable Life Drops

ore specific for DYsPErsEA, On IxDT-
0Ks<EoN, FLATULRNcY. HKARTBURH
CnAaGPs, NAUSEA and VOMITING, Pains
In the Head, Side and Back, Palpitation
Of the Heart, Hypochondria. and all that
ciass og diseases arising nom Indigestion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

Tho possession Of pure blood depends
anon good digestion; Cor where dcranEe-
ment Of tho digestive function exists
disease inevitably results, and Dyspep-
"a. with all OF It's terrUrs and torturea,
haenmea eafalaIinhed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

The suppression and retention OF the
contents Of the alIinentary canal produce
Foul Breath, indigestion, Dyspepsis,
Plies, Ciironic Headache, Skin affections,
and SSry many other diseases reGerable 20
The innIdious influence OF Constipation.
galler'a Vegetable Life Drops promptly
cure this disease, ana all the bad elfects
attending tpon or resulting from L.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-08-01

ere the safest remedy for those peculiar
diseases arising from the structural differ
snces between The sexes, and known as
Female Complaints.
The use Of Keller's Vegetable LIE
Drops has been thus only partially indi.
eaksdl their range Of application Is very
RxASf. and their work isalways moro than
satisfactory. Their remarkable efficacy,
a. already shown, n particularly exhibited
a diseases of Blood. Liver. Stomach aud
Bowels q
Knllcras Vegetable Life Drops are 10.
commended as being the best and chear-
~sk FAMILY aEEDTcFER ever c1Iered. and
= cold by druggists and deasen at 90
gseeg bottle. or I've bottles fcr g.
AsSss,., KELLER, Chemist.
-aLrnEoRR M
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
Splits OH the Platform.

The Manitowoc Pilot is a Democra-
tic sheet whose editor is one of the
out.spoken kind. 1t denounces in
vigorous language the platform on
which Gen. Bragg is running for con-
sress 10 that district. 1t says:
To say that the platform, IN its essential
features, is simply weak, is to suppress truth
through lpjudicious charity. To say that
it is despicable is to utter a truisrn which
candor will urhesitatingly accept. 1t does
violence to the convictions of the m en- no
are called upon to support it and merits
the reputation of those who feel tina prn-
cipes shold not be sacrificed to expediency
1t is characterized by degree of pusiaE-
unity that would earn the contempt of
lifelong towards. 1t is the work of a pro
| fessional pol tician whose motives are al
ways selfish and and wh 10 is willing to drag
the party down to the lowest debts of deg
radiation, if by SO doing he Gao further his
own schemes. 1t casts odium upon the
party, and cannot be palliated even on the
| plea of necessity, assuming that success
| justl6es the employment of means which
strict rectitude would reject. 1t is an at:
front to the honest conscientious democrats
which they will not be slow to resent. Its
obscurity is assumed.to avoid outspoken ex-
preston of opinion. in hope that it may be
| broad enough to cover the most diverse
opinion. 1t has the air of cringing sub
m isson which marks the man who fears
to make an enemy. 1t lacks every positive
| quality which would entitle it to the res.
pect of an enemy or the admiration of a
| friend.
AS the platform of the Democracy
in this congressional district is copied
almost word for word from Bragg's,
the Pilots remarks are equally appli.
cable to this locality. We commend
them to honest Democrats as worthy
of attention
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25

able no where and at no time, which is
an entirely different thing from green
backs which Republicans and all
friends of honest currency are in favor
of. This fiat money scheme, and
it's originators. are we'll described by
correspondent of the GAINESVILLE Times
signing himself "A Disguised Demo.
crat" who talks directly to the point.
He says:
know" that the proposed fiat money would
surely and rapidly depreciate to nothing on
the dollar, don't know enough to be citi-
zen of this tree and enlightened country
and had better emigrate. No human power
could prevent such a result. Nothing short Of
the power of A mighty God could keep such
a currency in circulation at par, or any
where near it. Old Peter Cooper wrote a
letter a short time since advocating the is
sue of enough Of this kind of money to pay
off the national debt. suppose he would
send it to Europe to pay off our bonds held
there; but he don't state where he would
get enough vessels to transport it. He
might load the Great Eastern from stem to
stern with 81 900 bills CT the stuff, and
when he got to England or Germany he
could not buy a 500 ooud with the whole
of it. But if Peter Cooper was fifty or six
~ years younger he would not make such
a foolish proposition. In looking over the
situation we find that the leaders of this
damphool party are a lot of sore headed de-
magogues, political dead beats, and financial
bankrnpts from both the old political par
ties. Look up the pedigree of any one OF
them, from Ben Butler and Sam Cary
down to the one-horse, cross-road politi.
clan like this Parker, of Be.oit and you will
find either chronic office-seeker victim
of disappointed ambition, an old, played
out POLITICAL hack, who has been dismiss
ed from some Government Office, or else a
man in financial difficulties, who has a
vague idea that a new era of inflated cnr-
rency and wild speculation would enable
him to retrieve his broken fortunes Such
men are the leaders o! this so called Green
back party, aud that thew should obtain
any considerable number of followers
among men who claim to possess common
sense, is one of the mos: amazing events OF
this country.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
A False Claim.

One of the prominent claims of the
Greenbackers for National Bank notes
is the Government would gain to the
amount Of bills lost, worn out or des-
troyed. This is a false claim. The
Government now receives all the gain
from this source. A letter has re-
Gently been published from the Comp.
troller of Currency, which settles this
matter thus: II will state with regard
to the loss of the circulation of national
banks that such loss does not accrue
to the benefit of the banks. When a
National Bank desires to reduce its cir
culation, an amount of legal-tender
notes equal to the proposed reduction
is deposited in the United States
Treasury, and remains there for redemp-
ton of the notes until the redemption
is effected. So, when a National bank
fails, or goes into voluntary liquidation,
an amount of legal-tender notes, equal
to its outstanding circulation, is depos-
tied in the Treasury and permanently
held for the redemption of the notes.
whether they are presented for redemp
tion or not, and no matter how long
time may elapse, the notes remaining
in the Treasury are not returned to the
bank that deposited them, nor is there
any law authorizing their return; so
that the gain from the loss on Nation.
al bank circulation innres to the bene-
fit of the United States"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
The Maine Election.

1t is amusing toresd the comments
of the Jefferson Banner and the Wat
ertown Democrat on the Maine elect
ion. They rejoice over the result there
as if the Democrats had really some
thing to crow over. But the figures
show that there is hardly a grease spot
left of the Democratic party, its vote
having fallen off from 42,1l4 in 1878
to % 900 this year, while the Repub-
licans poll $1,000 votes now against
SO, 63l last year. Here Is where the
laugh comes in-for everybody but the
Democrats. a cost to them of nearly
$4,000 in single year, and Repub-
lican gain of almost 1000 on an in
creased vote. A real loss to the Dem
ocrats considering the total, of about
10000, or nearly half the whole party.
The figures show, not that the Demo.
Gratis gained anything by dallying with
false doctrines, but that the Green
hackers swallowed the Democrats.
Really, Messrs. Democrat and Banner
we can't see what you have to chuckle
over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
Honest Greenbacks VS.. ssFiat" Money

The "Greenback" party, so called is
humbug and is trying to obtain votes
under false pretences. There is not a
man in that party who is in favor of
an honest "greenback" currency,
which bears upon its face the promise
Of the United States to pay. The
only real and consistent Greenbackers
are Republicans and an occasional
Democrat who has not joined the '6at"
money crowd. The Democratic party
as al organization, in Wisconsin and
in this congressional district, is in favor
of an irredeemable currency. Green.
backs do not come under this head.
aud hence the Democratic party cannot
claim to be the true friend of green.
backs. What Ed. Bragg, Gabe Bouck
Romano E. Davis and Democratic
fuglemen generally want is that con-
gress shall make "6at" money, redee a.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25

The Watertown Democrat is en-
titled to credit for its consistency in
refusing to support Romano E.
Davis for congress on the platform
adopted by the convention which
placed him in nomination. It
would have been qualification in the
highest degree for the Democrat,
under the circumstances, to have
hoisted the Davis flag. Indeed, we
do not see how the Democrat can
act with its party, SO far as the sup
port of its nominee for congress is
concerned, on any such declaration
of principles as that put forth by
the convention at Madison. If the
Democrat believes in what it has for
months been talking on the fnan-
cIal question-and we have no rea-
son to question its sinceritv-a
thorough reconstruction of theDem-
ocratic platform seems necessary be-
fore the Democrat can acquiesce in
it; or the candidate must repudiate
it an toto, to make his views har-
monte with those advocated by
that paper and render its support
of him in the least consisten
There must be a great deal OF
"crawfishing" somewhere before
the candidate and the Democrat can
be brought together.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25
For Congress:
Z. 3. CASWELL.
Republican Senatorial and County
Convention.

The Republican County Convention for
Jefferson County, and the Senatorial Dis
trict Convention for the Twenty third SEN
atorial District composed of the County OF
Jefferson and the Fifth and Sixth wards in
the City of Watertown, in Dodge County,
will be held at the Court House in the City
of Jefferson, on Saturday, Oct. 9Th, 1878,
at one O'Clock P. NJ, for the purpose of nom
mating a candidate for State Senator, aud
candidates for the several county offices, to be
supported by the Republicans and all 9th
ers who desire honest, capable men elected
to Office, and the public affairs of this coun.
ty conducted in the interest of the tax-pay-
ers and not for the benefit of small clique
of political ringsters
Each town will be entitled to five dele
gates, each ward in the cities of WATERFOWL
Jefferson and Fort Atkinson to two dele
gates and each incorporated village to two
delegates each
D. w. CURTIS,
j. H. KEYES,
y 7. NEWTON,
o. P. DOW,
County Committee.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-25

forge, were not mere partisan organ
ization, but embodied the patriotic i'm
pulses of the land. They bore the
name of the Republican party, but
they included Democrats as we'll as
Republicans. The War Democrat of
1861, who joined the Union ranks,
has been indicated by history. 1t
has been badge of honor to have stood
on the side of loyalty against disloyalty.
Conscience and patriotism carried men
there because it was ri ght, no matter
what the result. But the Judgment
of time has ratified the political wisdom
as we'll as the patriotic duty Of the act.
The call of duty is as plain now as
it was in 1861, 1t appeals now to
maintain the nations honor, and save
it from financial chaos and disaster,
as it appealed then to preserve it from
disruption and overthrow. The gulf
between the impulses of the honorable
Democrat, and the tendencies and in
fuence of the Democratic organization
in this emergency, is as wide and deep
as it was in that crisis. And just as
ma triOtic democrats thop unitod nj h
the friends of the Union for its defence
against rebellious hands, so honest,
sound money Democrats will now be
constrained to aid the friends of fnan-
cial honor and security against the mad
uess of initiation and ruin"