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POSTAGE.
now TO ORGANIZE GREEN
RACK Gibbs

LeiL " is n simple form for the or
ganizat1on of Greenback Clubs, Tor
the use Of any community deslrons
of organization. Let the workers IN
every town organize at once.
The NcePeAGeht
Green uck CtUb:
SEC. |. This organization shall be
known as the lNDEPEN-
DENT GREENBACK CLUB.
SEC. 2. It's object shall be, to aud in
publishing the principles OF the Green
back party, to the people by getting
speakers, holding meetings, etc.
SEC. 3. Its officers shall be Presl-
dent. Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer.
SEC. 1. It's meetings shall be held
from time to time. ut such times ana
in such places as may be appointed by
the Club, through its executive com
mittee and proper officers.
SEC. 5. The officers shall be elected
every three months, and the first cleo
ton shall be held on the date OF the
adoption of this constitution.
SEC. &. The expenses OF the club
shall be betrayed by subscription.
SEC. 7. Any person can become Il
member of this Club by signing this
constitution.
SEC. s. There shall be IN executive
committee appointed by the President,
whose duty shall be. in connection
with the President and Secretary, to
call meetings, and attend to other
business of the Club.
SEC. 8. Upon the application OF ten
members of this club II meeting shall
be called at any time
SEC. 10. This Constitution can he
amended by n two-thirds vote OF the
Club present at any meeting.
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To the Pc ple of the United tatps

Owing 10 the pressing demands from
all parts of the country for the i'm
mediate organization OF the National
party, the executive committee of the
National party of the United States
has adopted the following means OF
action. out of which it is believed will
grow a perfect and uniformed
organization of the party in the diff
ferent states.
Upon the application of ten or more
voters who have organized IL council
Of the National party in any locality,
and elected officers consisting of Il
chief Il vice chief. scribe and Il
treasurer, and reported the state.
postoitice, township and county. or
city and ward. in which it is organized
together with the names of the said
officers, the national committee will
Issue to snch organi cation an engraved
charter emblematic of the principles
and objects Of the National party, and
constitution and directions for the
organization and government of the
council. Each application must he
accompanied by the sum of one dollar.
This sum will cover the expense of
issuing the charter. and will secure to
each council the privilege of obtaining
printed documents. badges, campaign
song books and other campaign goods
from the national committee AZ cost.
or as near cost rs practicable.
The national committee will also
issue charters To young men councils.
to consist OF youths under age. upon
the same terms and with like
privileges to those granted to the
councils of voters. The object of the
formation of young mems councils is
to inspire the youths of the country
with a realization of the great strEg-
gle upon which the nation has now
entered, and to educate them in the
vital questions of political economy
and good government.
1t is not the design of the national
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

A belated and rather poverty
stricken foot traveller. whose railway
ticket was good on all country roads
and cattle paths, stopped at small
mansion of apparently fonr rooms and
kitchen. in the South Hill suburbs,
the other evening, to beg a nights
lodging. AS he stood timidly knock
ing at the half opened door, he heard
the shrill commanding tones of the
lady Of the house, disposing the gar
rison for the night: Tommy, gohunt
up Charley and Ben and tell them to go
to the grocery and tell your father to
bring Ella and Willie right home, its
their bed time, and if they see Louise
on the way send her to Miss CroZiea' s
for Alice and Jim, and see if they
know where Ezra is; you take this
lamp up to grandma's room and ask
her if she won't take care Of the baby
while l go and find Dick, and while !
am gone you undress Mabel and put
her to bed. and if Cousin Harry comes
while am gone tell him he's to sleep
with YOU And the traveller sighed
and turned away so oppressed with a
feeling of overcrowdedness. that he
walked out into the country and slept
all night in the middle of a prairie
nine miles lOng.-Burlington Hank
pHP
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ICES AND ICE CREAMS.

What RE termed ices consist SIM
ply Of the juices of fruits sweetened
with sugar syrup and then frozen.
like ice cream. 1t is stated that tho
best ices are made by first cooking
the sugar into the form of syrup,
having a strength of 800. The fruit
juices are strained through sieve
and then added, with little water
and the white of a few eggs, to the
prepared syrup. The final mixture
should have consistence of 30. 1t
is then frozen in the usual way.
TO make the best ice cream it is
necessary that the cream should be
Of the best quality, and the utensils
in which it is made must be absolute
ly clean.
With every qnart Of the cream mix
six ounces best pulveriZed white
sugar, a very little vanilla bean and
the white Of one egg. The latter i'm
parts smoothness and delicacy to
the cream that cannot otherwise be
obtained. The prepared mixture is
then to be stirred in the freezer until
it is entirely concealed.
Those who desiLe first rate ices or
cream should follow these directions
carefully, and avoid the use of corn
starch or other thickcners. Instead
of vanilla as flavor for the cream. a
trifiing amount Of any desired favor
ing syrup or juice may be used, az
strawberry, pineapple. orange. lemon,
etc.
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THE MEANEsT or HUSBANDS.

The champion meanest man is 4
residen. Of san Francisco. One Of
the latest exploits is thus described
by the Chronicle of that city in its
issue Of the 18th instant: a woman
Of respectable appearance named
Nellie Carter was before the Police
Court yesterday in answer to a
charge Of violating 4 saloon ordi.
nance. She had been in Jail all night
and was in the prisoners dock. OFF.
Ger Burdick testified that a woman
was i'm a saloon after six o clock, and
he arrested her. The accused stated
that the man who secured her arrest
was her husband. James n. Carter, q
Custom House night inspector, who
is in the habit Of frequenting that
saloon. She went there to find him,
and at the request Of the barkeeper
sat in rear room unii her husband
would come. When he came he had
her arrested. The Judge held that
she xas guilty Of a technical viola
ton of the law and fixed The penalty
at the Iowert fine. five dollars
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campaign document on the Pope's

campaign document on the Pope's
Toe, which he intends to contribute,
reserving the privilege of advertising
in it his late unstable book on the
Vatican. Schurz holds himself in
readiness to make speech at 5000,
which being reduction Of 300 from
his regular figure, he offers as an Off
set to Sherman's cash contribution.
Evarts, we learn. intends to remit
500 Of his bill of $4,000 against
Zach Chambers Committee for fees
on account of legal services rendered
in the electoral count. The bill
therefore stands at $4,000, with ac-
crued interest. Key, it is said, has
''antied' up to John Sherman's 500
in cash, so that there is now just 5000
on the pot As Mr.. Key just man
ages to make the two ends meet, and
keep the wolf from the door Of his
large family on the salary Of his
office, this contribution is so much
bread taken out of his children'S
mouths. as it were.--Washingt0n
Post.
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4 INERICAN TRADE WITH IIALY

4 scheme is on foot to establish a.
society for the promotion OF Amerl-
can trade with Italy. 1t is claimed.
by the projectors that many OF the
native products Of the United States,
which are now comparatively UNI
known in Italy. could be sold in that,
country at profit to American sell
ers and at saving to the Italian
buyers. It is claimed also that many
of the products could be Imported
into America much cheaper than they
are now imported from other coun-
tries of Europe. This is said to be
especially true, on the one hand, OF
American cottons, and on the Otherr
of Italian silks, gloves, and laces. Mr..
G. Fontana, who recently visited
Italy in the interests of this scheme,
said lately to World reporter: 1.-THE
Americans can send cottons, bleached
and unbleached, to Italy and under
sell the English cottons and surpasS
them in quality. At present the
American goods aresalmost unknown
in Italy. The Italians can send to
America direct their Como silks,
which are now sent to Lyons first and
then sold to America for Lyons silk.
They can send also the finest
velvets, cheaper than the velvets
now imported from France, and they
can furnish the handsomest Venetian.
laces, for the lace industry of Italy
is now reviving. The same thing is
true Of kid gloves. which are made
as good as in France. M. FOntana
added that a large number of gloves
sold in New York for French gloves
are really goods sent out here without
being stamped, and stamped here
with the names of French manufac-
turers. He mentioned one New York
house which last year sold $4,000
dozen Of these goods, and another
which sold 10000 dozen. The goods
can be brought from Italy, duty paid,
for Sc dozen, and they sell here
wholesale at 50 to $40 a dozen"
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PRE.EMiNENCE OF THE AMERICAN Elk
hIBlTS.

The London Times of August "a,
in an editorial comment on a two
column description Of the mechanical
display Of the United States at Paris,
which it prints, remarks that 1.-THE
pre-eminence OF the mechanical
genius Of the citizens Of the United
States may be admitted. and is illus
trated. not for the first time, in the
exhibition at Paris.
The Times. without pretending to
exhaust the whole secret Of the phen-
omenon of inventive genins on this
side the A tlantic. finds reasons there.
for in the greater efficiency Of labor
here, and the increased cost and diff
Guilty Of hiring it. The conditions Of
the Union as al economic society, it
holds. drive our inhabitants toward
invention. and here. as elsewhere.
necessity may be said to be the
mother Of it.
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FACTS For THE People.
Notes on Oemonetiz alton Opinions ofProm
inent Men-Read and Ponder

Money of every kind is an order for goods
An Inquiry -THoRNroS.
The friends of gold avoid debate because
discussion is fatal TO their schemes.
Computed in silver, the bonds did no. ST
their owners over seventy-tive cents on the
dollar.
Coins became in6i spensibie only when claim
ed rs legal ight-Nays and Means OF Paw
ment-CoLwE
Currency should be that which is most val
liable to the state, and Of no value to any ether
country. -PLAro,
Gold resumption means that every debtor
shall pay At least quarter more than he To-
cslved or agreed to pay.
al conceive the establishment o. this bank
National Bank as dangerous to the safety aud
welfare of this republic. Henry CLAY.
Whatever 'uen can employ in payment OF
debts, they will w willing to receive in pay
ment, and this independent OF legal oompul-
ion.
An increase Of the weight Of the silver doll
lar will increase the wealth of the money lem
ders and incre ase the burdens OF the producers.
''The right TO issuing paper money as cur
ren~y, like that Of gold and silver coin, he
longs exclusively 70 the natioG"-ALBEgT
GaLLATIN.
int SHTEft>>fNA ktErtNAAetA2SttnNt uE SILVER
you'd amount 10 u veriiapi. destruction of val
ues without any comp~nsatson.-BARo
RorHscrLp.
man who knows the facts Of the casa and
opposes the restoration OF the silver dollar, i
deferred flom theft only hy lack OF safe oppor-
tunity.
Thank God there is one country where pro-
duc,ions ara So lruad that they canno, he
MEASURED by the insignificant quantity Of gold.
Isaac Buchanan, III. p. Caass.a.
Ii by the stroke Of the pen, they suppress one
al tL.se meta tScld or silvsrl in the unonsta-
ry service, they double the demand for the 9TH
er metal to the rnsn Of all detsors--4. Wo-
lowski.
IL all the nations Of Europe adopted the sys-
temitha singls gold ssandardl Of Great Britain,
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BAYaRDON FINANCIAL TROUBLE:

Senator Bayard Of Delaware spoke
at Newport in that State yesterday on
Our Present Financial Depression.
He said that the reaction followed
the late civil war, high tariff. duties
on imported merchandise. and. above
all. the uncertain. dis0rdered condl-
ton of our money. were the main
causes Of the present depression.
Money has 4 legal and also a market
value. and. although the legal value
may be prescribed by statute. no
government can establish its market
value. In this country there is really
no scarcity of money. nor is there
any actual need for more money. The
sole basis of bnsinefs is credit. That
is the best shield Of the poor man.
and it demands that the bill first con-
tracted shall be first paid. In this
view of the matter, the payment Of
boads not vet due was nnwise. and If
one-fourth the money paid out Of the
public treasury to purchase, at 4
large premium. bonds not due had
been expended in bringing demand
notes to par. and restoring specie
payments. there would not have been
a question now as TO what orr bonds
were to he, paid in. for it would not
matter whether gold or paper were
rendered, providing the demand
notes of our government We're held to
be rs good IS gold.
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A STRANGE CAVE

\ Harrisburg. Pa, dispatch says:
4 man named Neff, near Alexandria,
Huntingdon county, this State, made
a remarkable discovery few days
ago. Having gone to his well for a
drink. he was surprised that no water
was Forthcoming, and his curiosity
having been excited. he descended
the well, to find the bottom out and a
cool breeze blowing upward. enough
to cause rustling among the leaves
of Il tree on the outside. Mr.. Neff
then adjusted lantern to a rope one
hundred feet long. and let it down the
cavern. AS the fire had not been eX-
tinguished, he concluded that the air
was pure. He then secured a rope
three hundred feet long. and fastened
to one end basket containing a
lantern, dog and cat, and slowly let
them down. Bottom was touched at
two hundred and ninety-one feet, and
at the end of six hours the basket and
contents were drawn up to- the surface.
The lantern was still burning and the
animals gave no evidence Of suffering,
except chiliness. The owner of the
disappeared well accompanied by a
friend, descended to the bottom, and
discovered a cave extending for miles
in different directions. Stalagmites
and stalacites were numerous. and at
intervals small streams Of water ran
over stony beds. Many bats flutterer.
ed through the cavern, and petrified
sea shells abounded. 4 vein Of nickel
ore was also discovered. samples OF
which have been analysed and found
to be superior to the nickel of either
Lancaster, Pa. or Germany, the only
,llacnS where metal L. NJ inal
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THE .NliONiL PARTY.
Platform of Principles. dopted at ToIedo.A
OHIO, February u, 1873.

OHIO, February u, 1878.
WHEREAS, Throughout our entire
country the value of real estate is de-
preciated, industry paralized, trade de-
pressed, business incomes and wages
reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted
upon the poorer and middle ranks Of
our people, the land filed with fraud,
embezzlement, bankruptcy, crime, suf-
fering, pauperisn and starvation; and
WHEREAS, This state of things has
been brought about by legislation in
the interest of and dictated by money
lenders, bankers and bondholders; and
WHEREAS, While we recognize the
fact that the men In Congress con-
nected with the old political parties
have stood up manfully for the rights
of the people, and met the threats Of
the money power and the ridicule of an
ignorant and subsidized press, yet
neither the Republican nor the Demo
cratic party, in their national politics,
propose remedies for the existing evils;
and
WHEREAS, The Independent Green
back party and other associations, more
or less effective. have been unable hith-
erto to makea formidable opposition to
the old party organization; and
WHEREAS, The limiting of the legal
tender quality of greenbacks, the chang
ing of currency bonds into coin bonds
the decentralization of the silver dollar
the excepting of bonds from taxation.
the contraction of the circulating me
dunn, the proposed forced resumption
| of specie payments. and the prodigI
waste of the public lands, We're crimes
against the people, and, as far as posi-
BILE. the result of these criminal acts
must be counteracted by ludicic us leg
islation.
THEREFORE,. We assemble in nation
al convention and make a declaration
of our principles. and invite all patri-
| otto citizens TO unite IN an effort to Sc
cure financial reform and industrial
emancipation. The organization shall
be known as the National Party, and
under this name we will perfect, with
out delay, national, state and local as
sociations TO secure the election to Of
fee of such men only as will pledge
themselves to do all in their power TO
establish these principles:
FIRsr-It is the exclusive function
of the government 10 coin and create
money and regulate its value. All
bank issues designed to circulate as
money should be suppressed. The CIR
culating medium. whether Of metal or
paper. shall be issued by the govern
ment. and made fnll legal tender for
all debts. duties and taxes in the United
States at its stamped value
SECOND There shall be no privileged
class of creditors Official salaries PEN
sions bonds, and all other debts and OBJ
legations. public and private, shall be
discharged III the legal tender money of
the United States. strictly according
to the stlpulatlons OF the laws under
which they were contracted.
Resolved. Tha. the coinage
Of silver be placed on the same footing
IS that of gold
FouRrH- Congress shall provide
said money adequate to the full en-
plcynent Of labor, the equitable distri-
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button of its products, and the requir-
ments of business, fixing a MAXIMUM
amount per capita Of the popu' alton as
near as may be, and otherwise regula-
ting its value by wise and equitable
provisions Of law,so that the rate of In
terest will secure to labor its Just re-
ward.
FIFTH 1t is inconsistent with the
genius Of popular government that any
species Of private property should be
exempt from bearing its just share OF
the public burdens. Government bonds
and money should be taxed precisely
as other property, and a graduated in
come tax should be levied for the sup
port Of the Government and the pay
ment of it's debts.
SIXTH-Public lands are the COM
mon property Of the whole people, and
should not be sold to spectators nor
granted to railroads or other corpora
lions, but should be donated to actual
settlers, in limited quantities.
SEVENTH government should
by general enactments, encourage the
development Of our agricultural, min
eral, mechanical, manufacturing, and
commercial resources, to the end that
labor may be fully and proftably en-
ployed, but no monopohes should be
legalized.
EIGHTH-All useless offices should be
abolished, the most rigid economy IA
vored in every branch of the public ser
vice, and severe punishment inflicted
upon public officers who betray the
trusts reposed in them.
NTH-As educated labor has de-
vised means for multiplying production
bv inventions and discoveries, and as
their use requires the exercise Of mind as
well as body, such Legislation should be
had that the number of hours of daily
toll will be reduced, giving to the work
ing classes more leisure for improve
ment and their several enjoyments, and
saving them from premature decay and
death.
TENTH-The adoption OF All Ameri-
can monetary system, as proposed here
in, will harmonic all differences in re-
gard to tariff and federal taxation. re-
duce and equalize the cost Of transpor-
tation by land and water, distribute
equitably the joint earnings of capital
and labor, and secure to the producers
Of wealth the result Of their labor and
skill, and muster out of service the vast
army of idlers who, under the existing
system, grow rich upon the earnings of
others, that every man and woman
may, by their own efforts secure COM
petence, so that overgrown fortunes and
extreme poverty will be seldom found
in our republic.
ELEVENTH Both national and state
governments should establish bureaus
of labor and industrial statistics, cloth
ed with the power Of gathering and
publishing the same.
TwELFTH-That the contract system
of employing labor IN our prisons and
reformatory institutions works great ID
| Justice to our mechanics and artisans,
and should be protected.
THIRTEENTH-The importation OF
servile labor into the United States,
from China, is problem of the most
serions Importance, and we recommend
Legislation looking to its suppression.
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TENNESSEE CREENBAcKERs.

The attendance at the Tennessee
Greenback Convention in Nashville
Yesterday was larger than expected.
and more would have been present
bur for the prevalence Of yellow
fever. Judge East was nominated
for Governor by aecllnation- and the
nomination gives great satisfaction.
The nominee is one of the foremost
inrists In Tennessee. was Andrew
Johnson's private secretary, while he
was Governor of Tennessee. served in
the Legislature. and vas Chancellor
for two years. resigning before the
expiration of his term. The resoIu-
tions demand the issue by the Gov
eminent of legal-tend1T paper money
receivable for all dues pftkc ard pri-
'vate, including those M imports. a.
well - the principal ana interest on
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NO HARD TIMES IN 'TENPERAMCE' VII
Lagos

Mr.. William Il. Dodge, the well
known manufactured and merchant
Of New York, when recently before
the Congressional Labor Committee
as a witness. said that his firm. en-
pIoying some 1000 persons. made it a
rule that persons engaged in their
manufacturing villages should not use
intoxicating drinks. As q cOnse-
anence there was no complaint Of
hard times among them. The vii
lagos named by him were. Ansonia,
Conn; Dodge Mills, near Williams
port. Penn; Tobyfanna Mills, Warren
county, Penn. st. Simon's Mills, Ga;
Wabasheen Mills and Ma9nattiwan
Mills, Ontario. Canada. and Ceilings
wood Mills. Canada. Many Of our
employees Mr.. Dodge continued,
..are property owners. They own
their dwellings and have reared large
families. Some Of them have been
with US ten. twenty. and twenty-five
years. Our men have not suffered
during this depression. They have
accepted wages which va could pay,
aud there has, therefore, been no
special distress among Them Crime
il practically unknown among them. !"
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the bonds; no more bonds; that the
Government retire all national bank
notes and alone issue money; that the
public lands be held in trust for the
homes of American citizens; that the
postal depository be established; a
graduated tax on all incomes over
$1,000; the establishment of labor
bnreou; thorough system of public
schools; the abolition Of the convict
contract system; and equal taxation of
all property. There is also plank
opposing the Importation of servile
Chinese.