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Year: 1877

the farm could be rented on a long and
satisfactory lease. But before this
can be done the owner of the land
must hold it as permanent invest
ment, and not as a property to be Off
cred for sale to the first conner. When
farm land is so held by the owners,
there will be some probability, if not
certainty, that it will be permanently
improved, and then such property
will be eagerly sought for by tenants
who will be able to rent it on long
leases, and cultivate it in a more pro-
ductive and profitable manner than
farms are now worked. And then will
begin new era in American agricnl-
ture, and one that seems to be very
desirable.
Year: 1877

We thought the Minnesota State
Railroad bonds were decently inter-
red, and would stay in their grave
for Il few years at least. But it seems
that those who were loudest in their
denunciatiOns of the programme of
of settling them for fifty cents Oh the
dollar, are now cOntriving and propos-
ing other plans of settlement. Mr..
). l.. Pierce. an attorney of st. Paul,
made himself very conspicuous in the
recent, canvass by his speeches and
publications against the proposed
scheme of adjustment; and he is now
out in letter to the st. Paul Dis
patch, in which he says:


1t is the first duty of the legislature
to appoint committee to take all the
testimony that can be obtained as to
the parties to whom the bonds were
negotiated by the railroad company
and as to the questions of good faith
of those parties in the purchase.


Chamberlain claims to own more
than one-half of these bonds. In the
archives of the state there are many
official documents and papers charg-
hing him with the grossest fraud in
their procurement.


Let all his transactions be fully in
vestigated.


Let the testimony obtained be pub
lished that the people may have that
information on which alone they can


act intelligibly.


Let the legislature by the aid of


this evidence propose basis of settle
| ment with the bona fide purchasers of
the bonds and with them only. and


greatly err if the plan when submit
ted to the people for their approval
will not be indorsed.


/ have conversed with MANY men
who opposed the late plan and with


many who supported it. and | find but
one sentiment-andt that is. it is time


TO have the matter settled.
The talk of the Pioneer Press about
the legislature waving its exemption
from liability to be sued and author
izing action to he brought against it
to test the validity of ithe claims of
the bond holders against the
state. could only he done BY amend


ment TO the constitution. and the p.
p. can rest assured the people will not


surrender the final decision of the
matter TO costly tribunal.


There would be no objection to sub


mitting the constitutionality of the
five million loan amendment to the
supreme court. if that court is willing
to entertain the question. But while
do not believe the amendment was


constitutionally submitted to the
people. do not or shall not claim
that the state should not grant relief


the bona fide purchasers of the bonds.
The determination of this single
question would not take from the peo-
pie the right to pass on the final plan
of settlement.


All of which proves that we were
right when we said that voting down
J the recent proposition would not kill
Year: 1877

silver was legal tender at the time
Congress authorized their issue; and
he argues that it would be a gross
breach of good faith for the govern
ment to take any other course.


John Sherman did always enter
tain such views of public right and
duty.


His course on the 500 bonds is
fresh in the minds of all who are
familiar with that subject. AS is well
known, those bonds made no provision
for the payment Of the principal in
coin, though there was such condi-
ton as to the interest. An attempt
was unsuccessfully made in the Senate
to have the bonds paid in gold, and on
that occasion Mr.. SHERMAN said:


''If the bondholder refuses to take the same
kind of money with which he bought the
bonds, he is an extOrtioner and repudiator
There is no such burdensOme loan negotiated
by any civilized nation in the world as our
500 bonds If it is to be paid in coin.


At a subsequent time he went even
further. and surpassed any declaration
made by Mr.. Pendleton. who was
held up to odium for maintaining
that these bonds were payable in
greenbacks. Mr.. Sherman, at the
second session of the Fortieth Con-
gress, said in the Senate:


'.Isay that equity and justice are amply
satisfied if we redeem these bonds at the end
of five years in the same kind OF money, of
the same intrinsic value it bore at the time
they We're issued. Gentlemen may reason
about the matter over and over again, and
they cannot come toanyAther conclusion; at
least, that has been my Conclusion after the
most careful consideration. Senators are
sometimes in the habit, in order to defeat the
argument of an antagonist, to say that this is
reputation. Why, sir, every citizen of the
United States has conforned his business to
the legal-tender clause. Every state in the
Union, without exception, has made its con-
tracts since the legal-tender clause in curren-
cy, and paid them in currency"


Here we have sound sense and just
views. John has sadly changed his
tune in these latter years.
Year: 1877

With our next issue will commence
the fourth year of the existence Of
THE ANTI-MONOPOLIST


We have tried to give the people a
faithful advocate of their interests !:
and to preach the truth whether it was
popular or not.


Our pecuniary success has exceeded
our most sanguine expectations. and
we will commence next week our
fourth volume upon sound financial
basis, and with a determination to
stay.
Year: 1877

A Costly SUPPER. In the case of
the Territory vs.. James, indicted for
assault and battery, on trial in the
District Court yesterday, w. H.
Bow, one of the jurors, asked per-
mission of the officer in charge to
step outside for a moment, after the
jury had retired to deliberate upon
q verdict. Probably thinking there
was no barn in so doing, Mr.. Bow
stepped over to the Occidental Hotel
and had supper. This action, of
course, invalidated the verdict. and
Judge Lewis instructed the jury to
render whatever verdict they chose,
as on account of the informality it
would necessarily be set aside;
and the jury accordingly brought
in a verdict of not guilty. More
over, it was intimated that a
fine of $500 and three months i'm
prisonment would be imposed on
the offending juror. The case will
be inquired into by His Honor this
morning.


BALLAsT1NG STREETS. Much dis
cussion has been going on in the
public prints relative to repairing
the streets of this city with ballast
taken from the holds of vessels,
which come here without freight
from San Francisco. The principal
objection for doing so is the fact
that most of this stone is taken from
Telegraph Hill. 1t is very soft like
soap-stone and would soon be pull
verized into mud, by the joint ac-
ton of heavily laden carts and long
continued rains. There is very lit
tie hard rock ballast brought here,
and nothing else would be fit, in
our opinion, for macadamizing our
streets.


DIR. BRENAN.--Another large au-
dience greeted this gentleman last
evening in his lecture on the "Mys-
teries of Life" The Doctor will re-
main with us for short time long
er, and can be consulted profession
ally at his rooms in the fremont
House.
Year: 1877

SAN Francisco, May s.
The settlement of the Lick trust was to
have been to-day on the basis of paying
$3s5,000 to John H. Leck in addition to
the sum given to him by the late Jane,
Lick.
Year: 1877

No soldier should incur the expense of execut-
ing applications for bounty under the Equaliza-
ton Bill until it has passed both houses of Con-
gress and been approved by the President You
will be informed when that is accomplished,
through the columns of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Then proper form of application will be pre-
scribed by the accounting officers the Treasury
Applications on any form other than the one so
prescribed, will be worthless. The first thing is
to get the bill passed. Use every endeavor to
that end then there will be time enough to
enjoy its provisions. Retain your discharges.
Year: 1877

AN unjust discrimination is made in favor of
the examiners of the Patent office, to the injustice
of the examiners of the Pension Office. 1t re-
quires as much judgment, skill, and education to
fill one place as the other, yet there is wide
difference of salaries and in the Pension Office
there is no system of promotion from one rank
of examiners to higher as there is in the Patent
Office. The whole organization of the Pension
Office should be changed, and new system of
appointments and promotions introduced.
Year: 1877

The Russian militia, which has been called ont
by Imperial decree, organized late IN $40 Every
between the ages Of twenty and forty belongs to the
militia and soldiers Of the regular army; after complc


ing their period Of service with the the re-
serve also embodied in IT, Tie whole is divided
into bans The troops Of the first OF divisions
may either be formed into militia corps, or, in OF
need may be cmpoycd renOrcements for the regular
army should the rguar OF this Inter become
exhausted or prove insufficient This first ban consists OF
OF the four youngest classes and Of the first four
classes Of men who have passed into the militia out of
tie reserve The second ban comprises all the remain
der Of the force and is used form militia corps only
The present levy is set al $4,000 men.


The Imperial Guard whchis also to be mobiizcd com
prises the First Second and Third divisions infantry
and the First and Second divisions OF cavalry IN time
Of war third division Of cavalry is generally attached
To le Guard
Year: 1877




wonder what has happened to the
good times that were to come right along
as soon as Hayes was inaugurated? Busi.
ness men here would like to know. Not
having much else to do, they give a
good deal of time to general remarks on
the subject. Everything was to be love-
ly the moment the presidential question
was settled, but the loveliness has not
yet put in an appearance. Broadway
looks pleasant enough, and the large re-
tail houses there are dong a pretty fair
business; but the Wholesale men complain
bitterly. and the small retail dealers all
over town say they are going from bad
to worse. "Why, 1 am not even begia-
ming to do as well as L did in the Winter, ,
is remark made q hundred times q day
by the grocers, butchers, and small
trades-people of every degree. nine out
existed six months ago. Has the stu>
pendous fraud in Washington anything
to do with this?-N. Y. Correspondence
Hartford Times.


The above is true bill, as the lawyers
say, and v,ry bad record 1t is. South
Carolina, however, is made better by the
settlement Of who is Governor; and
while Chamberlain insists that he leaves
South Carolina penniless, the South
Carolina people know that this is true of
the State he misgoverned, and they do
not believe one word of the statement of
the retired Governor. Louisiana will
have better business the very day
Packard is out of the way.-Jersey City
Herald.
Year: 1877

THE Republican now says it was in
error, that the negroes are not qualified
to vote at the school election on the first
Saturday of May. They had never been
taxed for. city school purposes, and
the last Legislature passed law making
the payment of tax prerequisite to
qualify citizen to vote at the city school
election, as well as at the municipal elec-
tion. This law operates to exclude all
from voting who do not pay taxes. Be-
fore this law was passed the negroes who
did not pay city school taxes in some of
the wards cast enough votes to carry the
election. The white people found their
money thus directed by an ignorant class
who held the balance of power, while
they did not contribute anything to the
funds. 1t is quite consistent with Radical
partizan legislation for the Republican to
complain that the negro is not permitted
to direct our schools. 1t is not long since
that paper was an advocate of mixed
schools, and the negroes have only been
kept out Of our numerous public schools
by Democratic legislation, and the denun-
citation Of such attempts by the wives and
daughters of Republicans, aided and
encouraged by the loyal Democratic
women Of the city and county.


The fact is now clearly proved that the
white people of this city are paying year
ly about 5000 to keep up separate
schools for negroes, while the negroes pay
no educational tax for city school pur-
poses. This has heretofore been stated
by the GAZETTE and as often denied by
the Radical papers.
Year: 1877

GROWING VIoLENT.-The Republican
has suddenly grown violent on politics.
1t has gone right over to the negroes on
the school question. and in addition de-
nounces property qualification for office,
which has been in existence in the State
since the formation of the Constitution.


Why has not the Republican City Coun-
Gil petitioned the Legislature for the alb
rogation of the property qualification in
that body? 1t says:


Another infamous paragraph of this
same school bill has never been exposed
fully yet. The same bill that DISTINGUISHES
the colored man also tiisfrdnchiSes the white
man from becoming a mem Der of the Board
unless he is freeholder."


So it is infamous not to allow the me-
gro to govern our schools to which he
gives no pecuniary aid; and infamous to
require a freehold as prerequisite to
handle the money derived frem tax on
property. Well, the Republican is mad
anyhow, land about all that is necessary to
make it rave is to say Hayes Extensively
nthe editors ear. 1t no doubt regrets
its old friend, Ben Wade, was not nomi-
mated instead of Hayes and many OF its
Radical readers would now he glad to see
it raise old Ben's name at its masthead
as the Presidential candidate for 1880.
Year: 1877

The declaration Of war in Europe had
a wonderfully stimulating effect on the
markets in Baltimore yesterday, and
there was rapid advance in prices for
grain. Corn jumped up on purely
speculative basis from three to four cents.
Wheat advanced from five to ten cents,
and -four fifty cents per barrel, the wheat
advance being also partly prompted by a
short crop
Year: 1877

Anna Dickinson enjoys the hearty
sympathy of the country, All that is
needed now is for her to "keep a stiff
upper lip" and maintain her plucly
spirit. Next fall she will come before
the public all the stronger for her con-
fiict with the unfair critics of the New
York press.
Year: 1877

i was large school, the pupils were
assembled and busily engaged in their
work, Nhen tiiefs-~ &C. alarm of
fire. As usual, a terrible panic ensued.-
r. ma confusion ard with shrieks and
cries every one darted to the doors Of the
schoolroom, forming there mass 50 dense
as to render escape absolutely impossible
to many. In the struggle to get out, sew
eral of the children were se1iouslyinjured,
and Que young lady, a teacher, rushed to
an open window, and jumped out Of it.


Throughout this scene Of confusion one
little glrl-one of the best conducted in
the school-nlaintaine her selfcomposure
and remained seated on the bench, where
she had been when the alarm commenced,
without once moving The celor had in
deed forsaken her face; her lips quiYered,
and some tears rolled slowly down her
cheeks; but not one cry, not one word es-
capped, and there she sat silent and mo-
tionless as a white marble statue, till all
danger was declared to be over.


After order had been restored, and her
companions had been brought back to their
places, except those who were too much
hurt or too much frightened for their duties
for that day, the question was asked her,
how it happened that she had been 50 com
posed as to sit still when every body else
was in such fearful state Of fright? Her
reply was, MY father is fireman, and he
has told me thatif ever there was an alarm
of fire in the school must just sit still, I
thought Of his words and did as he desired
me, and this was what made me stay so
quiet
Year: 1877

The officers Of a cavalry regiment sta.


toned at a dull English garrison town,


lately got up a donkey race for their


amusement, and very amusing It proved to


be. One donkey took the lead from the
start, and rapidly neared the goal amid
the widest shouting. When within few
feet Of the winning post his rider thought
to put on fine squirt, and SO gave the
beast spur, but with disastrous effect
The brute put his head down, kicked fur
iously, stopped dead short, and would not
bulge an inch Those who were running
second and third saw their comrades diff
Guilty, and redoubled their efforts. Slowly
but surely they came along, every stride
bringing them nearer to the goal. At last
the rider Of donkey number one came to
the conclusion that some action ought to
be taken, and that at once. Should he let
the prize slip from his hands, when itseem-
ed almost within his grasp? He sprang
to the ground without a moments hesita-
ton, and seizing his steed' tail, put it over
his shoulder, and dragged the unwilling
animal backwards past the post An OBJ
lection was lodged, but the decision was
given in favor Of the winner.
Year: 1877

Few persons are aware that veritable


Egyptian nummies are ground up into


paint. But in this country and in Europe


mummies are used for this purpose, the


asphaltum with which they are impregnat-
ed being Of Q quality superior to thatwhich
is elsewhere attained, and producing a
peculiar brownish tint when made into
paint, which is priced by distinguished ar
fists both of this and other countries. The
ancient Egyptians, when they put away
their dead wrapped in clothes saturated


with asphaltum, builded, as it were, better
than they knew, and could never have re
allied the fact that ages after they had
been laid in the tombs and pyramids along
the Nile their dust would be used in PAL nj
ing pictures in a world then undiscovered,
and by artists whose languages were to
them unknown. That portion Of one of
the Pharaohs, or a Potipbar, or even of the
historic Mrs. Potiphar, may even now be
% the canvas Of q Vernet MilIais, or
Church, who may question?
Year: 1877

Headin, the conjurof, used to tell of a


Count de Torrini, who, being reduced to


poverty took to the dieplay of his skill as
q eonjuror for the means Of living. He,
too, used to do the William Tell trick, and
place the apple on the head of his son, OF
whom he was deFotedly fond. ~On orc oc-


easion, when continued success and a
crowded audience had raised his spirits
to the highest state Of pleasurable excite
ment, he placed the apple on his dear
boys head, aimed and fred. To his aston
ishment, the boy fell fat upon his face on
the stage. At first he smiled, and then
his face grew sfhite with a terrible fear
raised his son. The boy was dead. It must
have been an awful scene to witness. Fran
tic with horror he denounced himselfa as a
murderer, and demanded justice on the
slayer Of his son--himself He afterwards
confessed that the exhibition had been no
fair feat of skill, but a mere coniuring
trick. The ramrod removed the bullet
as he thought with unerring certainty
but in this case it had failed to do so, and
his sons life had been sacrificed in con,
sequence,
Year: 1877

He was nice young man, and he start
ed.out the other evening to call upon nice
young lady. He was told by the servant
that the nice young lady would return from
neighbor's in about twenty minutes, ard
that she desired any caller to wait. So he
waited, and as the streets were very vet
his feet were very damp and cold, and he
concluded to utilize the twenty minutes by
taking Of his boots and warming bis feet
over the register. In quarter Of an hogr
he had accomplished his purpose, and pre-
ceeded to put his boots Oh agaln, but they
stuck at tie instep, and neither pulling nor
mental swearing availed any thing, When
the n. Y. 1. appeared he looked exceed
ingly tall to her, and somewhat unsteady
on his pins. When her father dropped in,
and he turned about to greet him, only to
lnrch frightfnlly towards the old gentleman
as one of the boots turned under his weight,
he was instantly selzed and deposited in
the street, with the information that sta
tion-house was the proper place for young
men to call when in his condition. He hob
bled home, and the next day boughta a pair
Of shoes.
Year: 1877

A miss Of seventeen summers has con
cluded to marry big man for first hus-
band, and little one for the second, SO
that she can cut the clothes Of the first
down, and make them over for his success
sor. Thur the hard times force home les
sons of rigid economy and practical sense
upon tender childhood.
Year: 1877

AZ a certain hotel Up town three ladies
on the same floor have each q piano, and,
by one of those singular arrangements Of
Providence, all practice at the same hour.
Nine guests have already been taken g
insane asyluns, and those who remain on
the floor are being treated by physicians
for brain fever.
Year: 1877

An old bachelor never mourns his bles-
sed singleness so much as when he is
awakened at midnight by masked bur
glar, and painfully realizes the fact, as he
"scrouges" over against the wall, thatthere
is no loyirg heart lying on the outer edge
Of the bed to discuss the situa ton with the
intruder.
Year: 1877

Why are ambassadors the most perfect
people IN the world Because they are
all e1cellencies. Why is sympathy like
blind mans buff Its fellow feeling
for felloW-creature. Why is the sun like
a good loaf? Because it's light when it
rises. Why is crow brave bird Be
cause it never shows the white feather
Why is a sawyer like a lawyer? Because
whichever way he goes, down comes the
dust. Why are Washerwonaen silly people?
Because they put out their tubs to catch
soft water when it rains hard. Why is a
man who doesn't lose his temper like a
schoolmaster Because he keeps cool
(keeps sehool. Why are mountains like
inyalids I? Because they look peakish.
Why are umbrellas like pancakes? Because
they are seldom seen after Lent Why is
a drunkard hesitating to sign the pledge
like a sceptical Hindoo? Because he
doubts whether to give up the worship Of
Jng-or-Not. Why cannot two slender per
sons ever become great friends? Because
they viii always be slight adquaintances.


4 young man who was eourting . Bos-
ton girl upset q can Of kerosine upon her
pet dog, In the furry Of his anxiety to
repair the misfortune he picked the animal
up and set it before the stove to dry. The
experiment could not have been entirely
successful, as she wrote that night: I'VE
have met for the last time. You can't ex-
tract any more Of the square root Of ny
affection
Year: 1877




A chap who had, perhaps, read a news
paper item about how a street car was
cleared Of passengers in short order when
man in the centre of the car announced
that he had the smallpox, tried the game,
Bgeessttss BgesstssFeday, Getting aboard, he sat down


II don't supposs yon object to riding
beside smali-po1 patient, do you? p


''Not in the least" replied the big man,
''but as some Of the other passengers may,
I shall heave you optm


Thereupon he took the joker by the col
lar and leg, carried him to the platform,
and shot him far out into big snow-drift.
Year: 1877

A TRAMP who rose abruptly from the
table in the house Of Judge 10 Mchi-
gan, answered a question With, "Nu. |
amt sick, but I'm going where 4 can get
a decent breakfast The bospiiablc
Judge thinks that he will let the next
tramp eat IN the kitchen.
Year: 1877

The amalgam from the cleanup
from Golden Gate rock crushed In the
Eureka Mill was retorted yesterday,
and the hands and proprietors moved
to town yesterday. The cleanup is
large, bnt the figures are not Jet
known.
Year: 1877

SOME persons have made an Investment
in our advertising columns this morning
in Council ticket for the Third Ward
whereon the editor Of this paper is placed
AS candidate. This Is a case Of con-
scription. The editor aforesaid Is not a
candidate, and begs leave to decline with
thanks.