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Year: 1878

SHABBY TREATMENT OF THE DIsTRICT-
Congress is acting in a very shabby manner
toward this District The whole winter has
passed away, and so far nothing has been done
toward settling the various questions regard.
ing the government of the District. There is
debt OF nearly twenty-five millions pressing
upon the necks OF the people here; they cam
not pay the interest upOn it, and it is not fair
to make them do it. Congress authorized the
whole OF if, and now Congress much furnish a
NeL0 ReDliLIicnn. 19
Year: 1878

IMPORTANT RULING,-The Secretary OF the
interior has decided that pre-emptiOn filing
is not absolutely required in making home
stead entry, and that it may be entirely dis
pensed with in making The final proof thereon
This ruling is of considerable importance, and
will save settlers great deal of Inconvenience
and expense.
Year: 1878

QUEENSTOWN. Feb. 19.-The steamship
City of New York has arrived. Cardinal
McClosky, who is en- route to Rome to at
tend the Conclave, is a passenger.


THE "TINEs" DISCUSSES AMERICAN FINANCE.


LONDON. Feb. 19.-The Times financial
article says that the United States funds
have surprised many people by advancing
instead of falling on receipt OF the news OF
the passage of the silver bill, in manner
that will insure it becoming law in much
its present shape. We have always said
that the public was not selling the stock to
any apprecable extent, and the weakness
which has now and then characterized the
bonds. is due as much as anything to the
passing fears OF dealers and to speculative
selling, which only made the market harder
Hence, on the receipt OF better New
York prices, and because the worst
was known, the market naturally rose
by mere efforts of those who had sold to
buy back besides. it has been noticed that
the Limitation put upon the quantity of silver
that may be coined within given tim e, Is
itself tantamount TO making silver sub
siduary coinage at all events for some con-
siderable time, so that there is little alarm
felt and holders stick to their bonds. This
does not alter the fact that political factions
in America have been playing fast anu
lose the National credit, or that the passing
of this bill is distinct breach of fai tn in
intention. We only seek TO account for the
attitude Of the market and the only thing
that will lower prices of these or any other
high class of stock just now, is the demand
for money.
Year: 1878

On Wednesday last Mr.. BENJAMIN
Haley, who occupies the farm of John
Peoples, Esq, in Christiana Hundred,
in company with his brother who re-
sides in Ohio, started on a trip to Ire
land to visit their aged mother, and
end-avor to persuade her to come to
this country and make her home with
them. The Messrs. Haley are prosper.
Gus farmers, and we have no doubt the
old lady will highly appreciate this
evidence of ilial affection on the part
of her boys, and jfa winters passage
across. the Atlantic is not deemed too
trying for one of her age, will gladly
accompany them on their return trip to
their homes. We hope they may have
a pleasant visit and accomplish all that
they desire by their visit to the conn-
try of their birth.
Year: 1878

On Thursday, while a funeral cor.
tege was proceeding to the Norris City
Cemetery, Niiristown, Montgomery
county, a horse at the rear of the line
scared and ran off, tn" wagon colliding
with carriage. A wheel OF the ruua-
way carriage was completely torn from
the hub, the vehicle upset, the oc-
cupants thrown out and the top demol
ished. The driver clung to the reins
until he had been dragged some dis
lance but was finally obliged to let 60
Although there were twenty-five teams
IN line the runaway passed them all
without further accident and ran
through the cemetery into neighbor.
ing field. When near the chapel he
stopped and kicked out of the running
gears, and then galloped around the
field until he was captured. An elder
ly lady who was in the carriage was
badly bruised but no one was serious.
~ hurt.
Year: 1878

Four dredgers ing out a term Of
Imprisonment on account of inability
to pay their lines for violating the
oyster laws, escaped from our Jail las
Saturday night, by saving in two an
iron bar in the window of their cell.
They had been in jail abont two
and would probably have been
in few days Why.
Year: 1878

Philadelphia, under government nominally Republican, seems nearly as heavily loaded with debt in proportion to its means as New 9Rk- That city now owes about fifty-two million dollars; and it takes about one per esat- Of all the property in the city every year ts pay the interest on this debt. Nevertheless the Load continues to increase at the rate of about three quarters of million year.

 A cOrUaer's jury has sanctioned the theory of an explosion of mill dust floating in the air, as the cause of the recent disaster at the Min ne4pOIis mills. There was first fire in the woodwork of one of the mills kindled by a spark from al pair of stones running empty. The explOsiTeness of a certain kind of mill dust seems pretty well established, little as anyone would expect it. We have eaten bread, how ever, made from grade of four in which we are confident there was no risky tendency of that kind We do not care to name any of eur advertisers in connection with such flour, but if can be found.
Year: 1878

National finances are on the gain. The de- fciency of the revenues is eleven millions less than last year, and expenditures are decreased eight millions improvement of near twenty millions in all
Year: 1878

The Chinese conservatism which denounces railroads has met with terrific rebuke in the recent famine in that country. The food so much needed in parts of that country abound cd elsewhere, only there were no sufficient means Of transportation. A few railroads would have saved most of the suffering
Year: 1878

The Vosburgh trial is still dragging slowly along. The prisoner himself testified on Fri day Mrs Vesburgh escaped last week and went to relatives of her husband in New York. She went back with the Sheriff, however
Year: 1878

Benjamin Moves is still under the harrow in New Jersey. We don't know exactly what he is charged with, nor how the evidence looks. bSEt nearly every Connecticut man has a profound conviction that Benjamin is guilty of something.
Year: 1878

One of those terrible tornadoes Or cy- clones which have proved so destructive in the West, swept over the southern and eastern part of Wisconsin on Thursday night last Striking Dane county south of Madison it swept e4stWardIy towards Milwaukee. Photographic reports from Madison state that thirty lives were lost and from fifty to one hundred people were injured in Dane county alone In Wau- kesha great damage was done, houses were unroOfed and the buildings about the mineral springs blown down. The track of the storm is everywhere marked by desolation and ruin Its width is from quarter to half mile. It lifted in several places, only to come down in others with renewed fury and force. It was accompanied by thunder and lightning of tLe most terrific description.
Year: 1878

Tbe Methodists of Waterbury have complet- sd and dedicated new church and chapel at the corner of North Main St. and Abbott Ave nue in that city It is of brick and will seat about 800 people, costs about $50,OO0, and has fine new organ built by Messrs Hook X Hastings of Cambridge. The dedication took place on Wednesday afternoon last.

 Among the distinguished clergy ofthat denom- inaiiOn present was Dr. Fowler, editor of the Christian Advocate. On his arrival he found that a heavy debt, to nearly the amount Of so. 900, would rest on the new buildings. He at once opposed any dedication until measures were taken to remove that encumbrance. For nearly an hour the services were delayed while this matter was being discussed. but finally the financial effort was postponed till the evening service At that time a tremendous effort was made, and the sum required to clear off en- cumbrances on the church was raised within 1000 It is expected that this will be clear ed away by the donations of the present week.

 The political editors are jolly again. Those Of the Democratic persuasion are bawling, Fraud" and the Republicans are printing, Revolution" in the biggest type admissible in the editorial business We of the independent order take comparatively little interest as yet believing that neither side means anything mere than to beat a sort of political reveille tc wake up their respective armies to action il the coming campaign. This has been bat winter for the political editor. In the rov over the New York appointments the, ''stal wsrt" Republican journal hardly knew wheth CT to side with Conkling or the President. It heart was with Conkling, but it was awar that the people sided with the President. So too, the Eastern Democratic editer has beel worried with the tendency of his Westerl brethren, and of fraction of the party east towards Imitation. Plainly the Fraud inves igatiOn is a godsend to the political press
Year: 1878

applied to to compel the District
Court to accept this one. Third
The District Court will set new
day for the execution of the sem
tence formerly pronounced upon
Sprague. The first of these three
courses is the one most likely to be
adopted, as the decision in the case
of the People vs.. Burdett, to which
the Judge refers, seems clearly to
sustain his ruling.
Year: 1878

A CHARACTERISTIC anecdote of Carl
baldi is related in "Lifc" of that Gen
eral, recently published. One evening
in 1861 he was met by Sardirian shep-
herd who was lamenting the loss OF one
Of his lambs Garibaldi at once pro-
posed to his staff that the mountains
should be explored for the little vagrant,
but after an unavailing search the sol
diers retired TO rest. Not 50 the Gen
eral, however. For the next morning
Garibaldi, who was accustomed always
to be the first man awake in the camp,
was found by his attendant in bed and
fast asleep. On being aroused he opened
his ewes in some alarm, and instantly
inquired whether the rest of the house
were awake or not. ile was relieved on
receiving an answer in the negative, and
stretching his arm under the counter
pane of the bed, he brought to light a
tiny lamb, which he handed 10 his friend,
urging him 10 take il with all speed
and without being observed to the dis
consulate shepherd. The friend had
just time to remark that by the side of
the bed was a saucer, in the bottom of
which remained a few drops of milk
Year: 1878

Very frequently We see newspaper
correspondents admonished to write ON
one side of the paper only if they
wish to see their articles published, and
it must be admitted that this is very
wise rule, but, of course, it has its ex-
ceptions. For instance, we received a
"pome," and had the writer been care
full to write on one side Of the paper
only, ii is very much to be feared that
her literary effort would have found
congenial losshipin the waste-basket
but under the circumstances we can not
refrain from giving II specimen stanza
from each side. The poem was headed
"The C ,untry,' and the poetess struck
her gait as follows:


"Oh, love to bask In Natures smile


Under the greenwood tree,


With naught in view save the rolling fields


Oh, the country's the place for me-"


This was all very well, of course, and
no one could Justly complain of her
desire 10 get under the greenwood tree
and bask in Natures smile, but the
other side of the page told different
story. Ii was the commencement of a
letter, and in prose the poetess talked
as follows:


"Dcor Pal wish you would come
down here and get me just as soon as
you can. The country is perfectly hor-
rid, and would rather bake in the city
than stay down here in this poky place.
Aunt Jane says ! will get used"
Year: 1878

The PHILADELPHIA Bulletin says that
Young persons who feel the literary inn
pulse, as nearly all intelligent young
people do in greater or les degree, at
one time or another, will find it profit
able, if they think Of embIrking upon
a literary career, 10 read certain con
fe,.iJns that have appeared in the II
iantic Monthly for August and ScptcH.
Der. The first confessor, who seems TO
be a writer of some skill, shows that he
earned only about 5000 by persistent
literary work continued during ten
years. The second confessor, in the
September atlantic, tells dismal tale
of hard and exhaustive work without
adequate compensation, and he gives
the following as the conclusion to which
his experience has forced him: 81 am
satisfied that story or novel writing
alone leads to starvation unless you are
illustrious. A literary man must have
the weekly wages which comes from
drudgery. This is the aocessaire; story
writing is the superfue." There can be
no doubt at all that this is sound doc
trine. ANY one who is conversant with
the facts of the matter, from observa-
ton or experience, must confess that
the man who attempts TO support him
self with his pen, depending upon find
ing a market for his wares after they
have been produced, is inevitably
doomed to life of extreme poverty un-
less he has great genius. If he seeS n
admission TO the magazines, he viii
probably be surprised to find, even if
his writings have great excellence and
popularity, that his largest possible
earnings are very small.
Year: 1878

The wood used in Paris is cut from
young trees, and consists almost entirely
of small round sticks, says correspon-
den. How this immense city can OBJ
tain sufficient supply of this kind of
fuel in this almost denuded-of-wood
country is mystery ! cannot explain,
unless it is because they do not consume
more than ten per cent. as much fuel as
is used in New York city. So costly is
wood that have seen it piled up in the
most artistic manner in tie second or
third story of a building where it is kept
for sale, and have even seen il piled in
shop windows as a sign that it can be
purchased there. 1t is saying that a
French family can live luxuriously on
what an American family will waste, so
thoroughly do they understand the art
of cooking and Of economizing food. II
can be said with equal truth that the
same family will keep comfortably warm
and do all the cooking on the fuel that is
unnecessarily consumed by the American
family. During cold weather only one
or two apartments are heated beside the
kitchen.
Year: 1878

shelf where there was mirror. Here
was a new discovery Of the mos.
profound interest. He gazed long and
curiously at himself, and came to the
conclusion that he had found a mate.
Going back TO his cage, he selecteda seed
from its box, and brought il in bis bill
as an offering TO the stranger In vain
the canary exerted himself to make his
new-found friend partake, and becoming
weary of that, tried another tack. step
ping back few inches from the glass,
he poured forth his sweetest notes, paus-
ing now and then for a reply. None
came, and moody and dispirited he flew
back to his perch, hanging his head IN
shame and silence for the rest OF the
day, and although the door was repeat
edly left open, he refused to come out
again.


MooUI PEEKEE.-Word is sent to me
of a queer kind of bread called " Pee
kee," which is used by the Moiui
American Indians. 1t comes in square
loaves that are made by folding, twice
across, several sheets of what looks like
very thin bluish-green crust.


First, the meal is made by women,
who grind il into flower between two
stones, and then it is mixed with water
until it is a thin blue paste or batter,
when a little codar-ash is sprinkled into
it. The oven is a smooth-faced stone
heated by kindling fire underit The
batter is smeared over the hot stone, and
is soon baked into a thin sheet, about
two feet long and foot and half wide.
Several sheets are folded, while yet
warm and soft, to make loaf, which is
then set aside to dry.


This curious bread is very brittle and
is eaten by breaking of little hits with
the fingers. People who have never
eaten it before soon become quite fond
of it. ",Jack-m-the- Pulpit" 81. Nicholas.
Year: 1878

3 A BIRD SroRY.-A curious incident is
related of a canary bird by Georgia
paper. The door of the birds cage was
occasionally left open that he might en-.
Joy the freedom OF the room. One day
he happened to light upon the mantel-
Year: 1878

There is a law of Illinois prohibit.
ing the sale of liquors to minors
Several of the prominent liquor sell.
ers of Chicago having violated Its
provisions, Judge Reading, of thai
city, pronounced sentence upon them;
and in the course of his remarks, ar
raIgned them in the following scorch.
ing language:


BY the law you may sell 1t to men
and women, If they will buy. You
have given your bond and paid your
license to sell to them, and no one
has right to modest you In your Legal
business. No matter what the conse.
quencs may be, no matter what pov.
erty and destitution are produced by
your selling according to law, you
have paid your money for this privil'
ege, and are licensed to pursue your
calling. No matter what families are
distracted or rendered miserable, no
matter what wives are treated with
violence; what children starve OF
mourn over the degradation of par
ent-your business is legalized and
no one may interfere with you for it.
No matter what mother may agonize
over the loss of SOD, or a sister blush
at the shame of brother, you have
right to disregard them all, and pur-
sue your legal calling-you are IL
censed. You may fit up your lawful
place of business in the most enticing
and captivating form you may fur
Dish it with the most costly and ele-
CANT equipments for your own lawful
trade; you may fill 1t with the allure
ments of amusements; you may use
all arts to allure visitors; you may
skilfully arrange and expose to view
your choicest wines and most capti-
waiting beverages you may induce
thirst by all contrivances to produce
raging appetite for drink, and then
you may supply that appetite to the
full, because it is lawful; you have
paid for it, you have license. You
may allow boys and children to fire.
quent your saloon; they may witness
the apparent satisfaction with which
their seniors quaff the sparkli ling glass;
you may be schooling and training
them for the period of 81, when
they too, can participate-for all this
is lawful. You may hold the cup to
their lips but you must not let them
drink-that is unlawful. For, while
you have all these privileges for the
money you pay, this poor privilege OF
Sc ling to children is denied you.
Here parents have a right to say
Leave my son to me until the law
gives you right to destroy him. Do
not anticipate that terrible moment
when / cannot assert for him no fur
ther rights of protection. That will
be soon enough for me, for his sister
for his mother, for his friends, for the
community, to see him take the road
to death. Give him to US in his child
hood, at least. Let US have a few
hours of his youth, in which We can
enjoy his innocence to repay us in some
small degree for the care and love We
have lavished upon him.
Year: 1878

Judge Gibson, in his charge to the
Grand Jury of Richmond county, that
State, told them it was well to inquire
whether a system which levies an an
nual tax of SIS, 900 for education is
right at ALL The Judge thought there
were too many educated mendicants
in the country now Said he: Give
me the man who studies at night by
the light of pinewood knot, and /
will show you a man. This thing of
people living on their fathers or moth
ers, or what some relative has left
them, won't do. The time will come
when all this will be stopped, and ev-
cry man will have to live by his own
honest work.
Year: 1878

The proposed goloid dollar of 25S
grains would be exactly ten times the
weight of the present gold dollar I;
| that is, it would be of exactly the
same weight as en-dOllar gold
piece. AS basis for a goloid coinage,
it is proposed that the silver dollar be
increased by three-tenths of grain
in weight, making it exactly sixteen
the weight of the gold dollar. 1t is
then proposed to combine four dollars
in gold with six dollars in silver,
which would give 1882 grpins of
standard gold and 2,476 grains of
standard silver, or $3.50 grains of the
amalgam. The aggregate of this
mass $40, one goIoid dollar would be
one-tenth of it, or 25S grains.


The proposed change in the weight
of the silver dollar Is so slight that no
serious objection could be made at the
present time. The relation of ten to
one between gold and goloid is a de-
cidedly convenient one; the goloid
dollars, halves, and quarters, cores
ponding in weight with eagles, half
eagles, and two dollar and a half
pieces, wouldIbe of a convenient size;
and, what is of the most Importance,
the simultaneous circulation of gold
and silver would be secured by bind
ing them inseparably together in the
same coins.


In short the goloid scheme seems to
have much to recommend it, If ii
acre only practicable.


Its great defect seem to be that the
amalgam, to which it is proposed to
give this name. would scarcely be dis
tinguishsble from silver, and hence
would easily be counterfeited in that
metal. The trade of the counterfeit
er is pursued with such persistence
and ingenuity that it is of the high
est Importance that the metals used
in coinage should be easy distinguish
able. If the advocates of goloid can
show that their com position possesses
this quality, there may be some
chance of its odoption but it does
not seem very likely they will be able
to do so.- Washington Cd. c. Nation
al Union.
Year: 1878

An important though little-known
business in Westfield, Mass, is the
manufacture of piano legs. Some 500
carved legs per month are turned out
They are made of whitewoad, and
carved mostly by hand. They are
sent unstained and unfinished to the
piano manufactures, who color and
polish them to suit the instrument for
which the are designed.
Year: 1878

What we want to know is, how a
child % inches around can.get away
with heaping plate Of Thanksgiving
goodies % inches around. We should
also like to know just what ought to
be done for the child about two hours
after ward
Year: 1878

MAY safely claim to be one Of the few popular
w remedies receiving the approval Of medical
gentlemen, Hho in private, not only freely recon-
mend it but it in their families in preference
physicians.


You are aware, said distinguished city ply
sician, that my obligations TO the Mass. Medical
Society are such that cannot publicly recommend
or prescribe the Radical Cure but since received
so much relief from the use of il myself. sitter a
thorough trial of the usual remedies, / have pri-
vstely advised its use. and presume have sent to
your store no less than one hundred of my patients
for