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Year: 1878

The readers of the PRESS have learned
from the dispatches of our fashion reporter
at Augusta that silk is the only wear with the
House may don the motley from time to time
in order to amuse and instruct their fellows,
knowing as wise men do that solid chunks of
wisdom are sometimes hidden in jest-that
all good jests indeed either convey or indicate
great truths. But the women, whose wit,
like the wine that is good, needs no tricks of
advertising to win it attention, and who are
proverbially conservative in their ideas, cling
to the costume of the wide.encroaching Eve,
merely substituting the mulberry for the fig
leaf, a change entirely due, we must believe,
to climatic conditions. Perhaps to be ex-
act one should say. in view of the prevailing
fashion of cut, that the costume clings to
them. However that may be, the ladies seem,
at those pleasant assemblies called legislative
receptions which so much enliven the dull
routine of the session, to be nearly all clothed
in silk,-ft wrapping for so precious ma
terial.


1t will be at once admitted that our re-
porter has discharged his arduous and deli
cate duty with prudence and fidelity. He
describes with gusto the gowns of one ma
terial and many shades, and gives glimpse
of the enraptured blackcoats edging their
way through the throng, with silks about
them close as guns about the Light Brigade
at Balacklava. He even ventures upon the
subtleties of trimming, but with caution as
befits the difficulties of the theme, wisely con.
filming himself to the simple direct Homerc
epithets, like black or white. In one case
of peculiar difficulty he has displayed sim
gular tact-for a man. There was young
lady, not in silk attire but clad in some
porter unknown. Her he describes, with
wisdom beyond his years, as elegantly
attired." Not for him is the foolishness of
men who think they have mastered the ter
minology of fashion, and so lose their way in
its macaronic maze, because they have no
Ariadne to hold them in leading strings.


The discretion and reserve manifested by
the reporter are worthy of imitation certainly
by those who have not seen the brilliant re-
ception that he describes. Those familiar
with the scenes, where we know all the
women to be fair and believe all the men to
be brave, can however easily fill in his out
lines. No legislator will fail to be thankful
for these pleasant gatherings which so Won
derfully brighten up, like glorious sunset,
the close of dull day of weary session.
Year: 1878

We were panied to learn that both
our congressman elect and our town
representative provided wine and other
Intoxicating drinks for those who called
upon them at the serenade in honor of
the election. AS we view the matter,
no rule OF pollteness required that such
a temptation should be placed before
the young men of the band and the pro-
cessiOn who called to pay their respects
to the successful candidates. The time
has gone by when society requires OF
expects of host to set liquor before
his guests, and the time has arrived
when society expects men not to do il .
Prevailing custom once demanded this
practice even of ministers. Now no
custom demands it of anybody. If fpeG-
pie see fit to add wines and liquors to
the entertainments which they provide
for their families and invited guests.
they have a right to do so But when
public men in a public manner place
intoxicating drinks before temperate
young men, inviting them to drink, we
think the prOpriety of the act is aues-
tiOnable, to say the least. We mention


this because in the temperance reform
which all acknowledge to be good
cause, we greatly need the help and in
fiuence of educated and wealthy men
And we hope the time is not far distan


when this class of men, instead q
standing in the way of the cause of re-


form, will, like the late Senator Wilson
OF Massachusetts, come out boldly il
favor OF total abstinence, and give til,
weight of their influence to help it fo,
ward.-BrattlebOro Record.
Year: 1878

LT-F1NDING.-There are people
lido not initiate them) who, if they hear
an organ, find out at once which are
the poorest stops. If they listen to
great speaker, they remember nothing
but some slip in the construction OF a
sentence, or break in the consistency OF
a metaphor, or flaw in the evolutions OF
an argument. While their friends are
admiring the wealth and beauty of a
tree whose branches are weighed down
with fruit, they have discovered a soli-
tary bough, lost in the golden affiuence,
on which nothing is hanging.-Anofy-
nous.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star


NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Messrs. OLeary and Cam.
pant have deposited the money for their match.
Nothing more remains to be done than to sign the
articles of agreement and decide upon the time
and place for the match.


Miss Anderson, the champion female pedestrian
OF England, will shortly give an exhibition of her
endurance in this cty ~ ava
Year: 1878

Young MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
Some Of our merchants and professional
men are taking steps to call meeting OF the
citizens in behalf OF the objects of this As
sociation early next week. The business
men OF our city, who are SO largely inter-
ested in the welfare Of young men, it is to
be hoped will generally attend this meeting.


The time and place for the meeting will
be announced in day or two.
Year: 1878

Real and Personal Tu1eS.-It does not
appear to be perfectly certain whether the
recent raise in the. taxes from one and
three fourths per cent. on the 800 to two
AID a half per cent. included personal as
well as real property. There seems to be
a diversity of opinion in the City Council
The matter will be settled, however, def.
nitely in time for the assessments to be
made. 1t is the opinion Of many outside oi
the Council that there should not be one
rate for real and another for personal pro
uprty
Year: 1878

THE FAIR AT THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH.
The fair Of the ladies in the lecture-room OF
the Second Baptist church will be continued
this evening and tonight. Their supply OF
beautiful, useful, and palatable articles is by
no means exhausted. They still furnish the
best the market affords on the cheapest
terms. Tonight one Of the companies OF
the First regiments expected to visit tue
fair, and there will be other attractions.
Year: 1878

The cause OF my trouble and discomfort
Is where to get n good CIGAR for cent.
Take this advice, you will iiud It best:
Hereafter smoke .WHITLoCK's Key West.
And If Tor Gne yon'll pay 10 cent,


To get something good aud be content,
BE sure You get WHIT LOCKS Model Cigar;
They are for sale most everywhere.
Year: 1878

The question has been raisad by different parties whether or not any officer has the power to call an elcc- ton for members to the next Legisla- ture, as the Governor vetoed an ap pOrtionment bill passed by the last Legislature. The law requires the Governor to issue his proclamation thirty days before election, less than month from the present date. We have nc doubt but that at the proper time the Governor will make a new apportionment and in so doing it would be only justice to Maricopa county for the maker to adopt the fol lowing from Governor Safford's veto:

 An act of the last Legislative As- sembly has taken from Yavapai county portion of its Territory and annexed the same to Maricopa county. There is probably within the part thus segregated q population of about 1000 people and undoubtedly Mari copa county is entitled to a propor- tionate increase in representation, but that increase should come from the source that has lost the popula- tion."

 Now if the Governor should make the same apportionment as the old one it would by only right and prop CT that Maricopa should be given a a third member of the House to be taken from Yavapai.
Year: 1878

From old settlers we learn that more rain has fallen in uiis valley this season than any previous year The summer has also been much cooler, and many other climatic changes have taken place that are certainly due to the improvement and settlement of the country. The his tory of other States and Territories all prove that with increased population and consequent Improvement the eli mate has greatly changed. We are of the opinion that inside of five years owing to these changes the thermom- cter will never have occasion to go above the 95 degree mark. During the last season large number of trees have been set out, and more ditches taken out, all of which has a tenden- cy to produce the above result. The mOreuees planted more water brought on the land, and larger acreage all have an effect on our climase.
Year: 1878

In a few weeks we will give an ex- tended notice of all the candidates seeking office in this county. As Mar icopa county extends over large ter ritory many of the candidates are unknown except in their own section. Such being the case it is certainly the duty of tie county paper to inform its readers of the qualifications of the different men in the race.
Year: 1878

The Chico (Cal.l Enterprise brands as falsehood the statement that there is a citizen of Chico who Is so fond of money that after he has paid a bill he walks home with the man he paid it to, so as to be near the money as long as possible:
Year: 1878

seme reckon their age by years.


Some measure their life by art
But tell their dsys by the low of their tesr''
md their llfe by the moAns Of their heart.


The dla's Of earth may show


The length, not the depth of yesrs,
Few OF many they come-few or many they go
But our time is lest measured by teArs.


All not by the silver grey


That creeps through the sunny hair,
And not by the soenes that pass on our way
And not by the turrows the finger OF care


On forehe Ad and face have made;


Not 80 do oonnt our years:
Not by the sun of the eArth-but the shade
OF our souls-aud tho fall of our tears.


For tho young are oft times old,


Though their brow be bright and fair
While their blood beats warm, their heart lies ood-
Der them the spripg.time-but winter 10 there.


And the old are oft times young,


When their hair is thin and white
And they sing in age in youth they eung,
And they laugh, for their cross was light


But bead by bead tell


The rosary of my years
Fron, q cross to n they lead-ts WE'LL
And they're blest with blessing of tears.


Better day OF strife


Than q century Of sleep
Give me instead Of . long stream of life.
The TEN pes.s and tears OF the deep.


A thousand joys maylfoam


On the bttiows Of Rit the ySnui
But Z ever the foam brings the brave bark homo
II reaches tho haven through tears.
Year: 1878

A late eminent Judge who was fond of
country sports, having one day entered
field of turnlps in pursuit of game, the
farmer, seeing him, ordered him out with
all possible speed. As the farmer spoke
in an angry and excited manner, the
sportsman said, "You surely are not aware
to whom you are speaking.
Year: 1878

CAREFULLY Avo1D THE USE of rasping ca
thartics. They weaken the bowels and leave
them worse off than before. Use instead,
that salutory, nominating aperient and anti
bilious medicine, DIX. Morris VEGETABLE
LIVER PILLS, which will not only achieve the
desired object, relaxation of the bowels, with
out causing pain or weakening them, but pro.
mote digs stion and assimilation and depurate
the blood. The pills are sold by all druggists
Year: 1878


should be blown away like q leaf. And
yet there was no hope OF es cape-none
1t was only question of moments how
long, with stiffening limbs, I could cling
to this rough beam, then q plunge into
the darkness.


Still had time to think. What were
my thoughts7 A helpless sense ofcruclty,
of the horrible unteelingness and malig-
nifty Of the hurting wind, Of the raging
waters. A sad modification, too, and
sense of injustice, that should loose my
life for nothing;a a pleasant ramble turned
to sucA an evil end. Of the pas: thought
nothing; it was nothing to ME nova
tale that was told; that was al. OF the
future, nothing, either, excepting a dim
and awful wonder. But plainly, wildly
berore my eyes saw the figure of my
wife, sitting at work by the fire, waiting
and watching for me-for me who never
should come. That was the bitterness of
it.. And yet withal was not unconscious
of a certain vague sense of the ludicrous
of myself, that I should be thus stuck
up astride beam, like some lad at play,
a sport tor the buffetings Of the elements.
With this. too, An unspeakable rage, a
kind Of crushed defiance. revolt against
the doom which was imminent--a revolt
which felt itself hopeless and useless
from it's beginning.


While all this storm of conflicting
thoughts was whirling through my
brain, the turmoil outside was diminish
ing. The wind had hushed for awhile, and
across my face for a moment sort of
ruddy glow, the last beams Of the sun
setting rapidly into the sea- The vapcrs
divided for moment the huge. dark mass
Of mountain frowned down upon me-
for moment only-then the clouds en-
compassed me once more, the glow died
away, the awful gloom gray of night be-
gan to gather in upon mo like a vast
net.


Should drop into the ses and end it
all! To die in ths- dark would be more
horrible than any thing; else. Even Oh
the 4uietest and most resigned deathbeds
the loss of light is the most disquieting
trouble to the departing soul. Light
Year: 1878

ereu t1e little lslanQ on which stood
would try to Climb that slippery beam
that rose from the sand, in which it was
partly buried, at an angle of about forty
five degrees.


With the tide rose the wind; with the
wind came rain and fog. The moon,
blurred and indistinct. shown family for
awhile, and then vanished altogether, al
though her difused light made every
| thing darkly visible. Soon the waves
were dashing ar my feet, the sand pulp
! beneath. Now was my time to make my
last effort for little more life. But
found that had overrated my own pow
ers. l crawled foot up the slippery
timber, then fell back, again tried it,
aud again, but it was of no use. Strength
does not come Of eager desire to be strong.
All that Icould do was to clasp my arms
around tho beam and stand upward,
awaiting the coming of the waters.


| The water rose, not gradually, but IN
pulses. Smaller waves came and went,
and left no change of level; but every
now and then some heavier, ffercer bill
low would come in with devoriring
sweep, covering me with its spray and
foam, receding again, but at each recess
sion leaving greater depth Of swaying,
lifelike water. These attacks, like buf-
fets from the hand of some skilled boxer,
left me weaker and weaker at every blow p;
and it was so trcacherous, too, the water.
1twould draw away for time, leaving
me free almost to my knees, and then, as
if driven by sudden impulse, it would
gather itself up and return in great
seething swathe Of .waterS:that would
swallow me UP from head to foot.


The end was fast coming now: = I had
CEASED to feel any thing. Only d6eged
determination to stick TO life :to the last
kept me clinging to my BEAM, But what
was that sound7s A long and*spierciDg
ecfeam, 1oat' aud . rumble and grattle
it vas an engine. An engine coming
iahng the complete part Of theE bridge
Tshrieking and screaming and .dashfng out
great watts of white steam in the stormy
air. The sound gave fresh lite aud vieof.
Human creatures wero within reach, at
Year: 1878




Fultons Baltimore American Letter.


Our baggage went astray at May
ence, and we arrived at Bingen
trunkless, though a young German
in our compartment managed to
understand our trouble, and by
explaining the difficulty to the
guard at Maycnce the baggage ar
rived two hours later by the next
train, with a charge of six marks
to pay on it on account of the bung-
ling of the officials.


There has been no change in the
old and troublesome baggage ar
rangements anywhere in Europe,
and to make a fresh start is one of
certain annoyance. The omnibus
always leaves the hotels one hour
before the departure of the train,
and Of that hour we have never YET
had five minutes to spare. To gel
tickets and have the baggage regis.
tered always takes up the best por.
ton of an hour. So well is this
understood that the ticket offices
close ten minutes before the depar.
ture of train, and no one can en-.
ter a car without showing his ticket
On reaching the depot an array OF
porters struggle to get possession oI
your baggage, and the hotel porter
hangs on to you as if you were bis
own private property. After resist,
ing for a while, the weary traveller
finds it best to submit and also
to fee the weighers SO as tc
have his baggage weigheI be.
fore the train starts. This is
specially the case if he has
ladies to look after. The weighers
won't weigh the baggage as it comes
in, but wait until there is a noun
tain of it stacked up before them,
with a throng OF eager passengers
urging them to activity, aud paying
them to favor them. We insisted
on having our baggage registered to
Bingen, but for some unexplained
reason were compelled to submit to
having it registered to Mayence
which is about twenty miles above
Bingen. We knew it would go
astray, but could not help ourselves
On reaching Mayence we again
changed cars, and there was nc
time to change baggage. Had il
not been for a young German Sama
ritan, who took compassion upon
us, there is no knowing where oul
troubles would have ended. lie
explained the matter to an official
at Mayence, and after taking din
ner we found our baggage at the
depot at Ringen waiting the pay
ment Of a new charge upon it, ant
felt thankful it was no worse.
Year: 1878

The use of poisons for the pro-
tOctiOn of growing crops against
their common enemy, the fly and
beetle, has become so frequent that
farmers in California as we'll as in
the EaSt are apt to forget the prop
critics of the article they are han.
ding, and serious results often
follow its careless use. From many
places in the East come reports of
large numbers of feathered beau
ties dying from eating the potato
vine upon which Paris green has
been busted. Quail, orioles and
robbins suffer severely in this way.
Dead fish are found floating upon
the surface after eating the bugs
washed into the ponds and streams.
A melancholy incident is the death
of a promising girl in Connecticut
from eating currants on which
Paris green had blown from po-
tato field.
Year: 1878

An adjournment Of Congress would be the


much more need than the late Confederacy Of being let
alone.-lCincinnau Gazette (RepJ


They have schemes against the Treasury
that would bankrupt it, could they DE made TO succeed
They have plans for political supremacy that will make
the franchise mockery. solid South, at all hazards
will meet divided North tu the next Presidential can
yass.-(Pttsburgh COmmercial-Gazette (RopJ


Persons in Washington who are in posi-
ton 10 know predict the greatest Indian war; next sum
mer that we have ever had In this connection II is in
teresting 10 know that Sitting Bull and his band ara
hanging on the border in excellent condition, and
nared 10 take the warpath whenever II shall suit them
to DO o.-lindianapolis Journal (Rep)
Year: 1878

from :,


With Democratic majority IN both Houses
OF Congress and a President 10 match III thc Whte
House fhe southern conspiracy 10 bleed the National
Treasury will prove complete success. 1he most
ASTONISHING thing about tho whole is the competency
with which the country looks upon this gigantic attempt
at public robbery. There seems to be no limit to te
raid coyertly IL forth with drums beating ana pau
flying confident OF success ana key TO realize It's
PLAYED through II has been begun III not loyal men
will have TO 10 to work without delay.
Year: 1878

Anybody who will take the trouble to figure
mp the total GreeubackIaOOr In the state at the
late election, viii experience little difficulty in pcrcev-
ing the narrow margins left the other parties few
thousand more one way other will determine
which of the two parties is TO dominate the State. So
that the whole matter simply resolves itself into the
question whether the National party Will poll a larger
vote than that polled at the last State election and
whether that vote Will be strongest in what are now
guse 1t as they may, the politicians of Pennsylvania
aeyer had more cause for uDeaness concerning the


the strength Of the new eement In Pennsylvania poll
ucs.
Year: 1878

In this city, last Thursday evening" ostensbly to visit
some unknown person In Covngton since which time
trace OF him can be discovered although the police have
labored diligently. Foul play Is feared.
Year: 1878

get on as fast and save money. A
man travelling alone has no difficulty
In finding comfortable apartments In
the second class. and, IL he smokes,
he is quite as we'll off as in the first
class. He has also the advantage OF
mingling with the under classes OF
the people. and, II he speaks their
language, or Is curious to observe
their habits. he has better chance in
the second or third than in the first.
A distinguished English clerg7 7man
told US In Italy that he always rode
second-class. that he might converse
with the people OF the country. he
spoke Italian fuently. and went about
doing good. 1t was not for the sake
Of economy, but to be useful to 9TH
ers, that he put up with the garlic.
It is more common now for all
English and American travellers to go
first. class than 1t was ten or twenty
years ago. Few OF them travel any
other way on the continent. II u
party Is large enough. six or eight, to
fill an apartment, 1t Is quite as well
to take the second. Then disagree
able people can be avoided without
telling a lie to keep them out. 1t Is
very common In the United States
for a man or q woman to say "this
seat is engaged" when 1t Is not: and
the same kind Of lying Is practiced all
the world over. This world Is given
to lying.


Hotel prices on the continent are
much higher now than they were ten
years ago. 1t was practicable then
to live handsomely at good hotels
at lower rates than in America. 1t is
not so now. The average Is higher.
But there Is this difference in favor
of the European plans: the prices
range according to the rooms you
take and the dishes you order. You
can thus regulate your expenses,
even at the most expensive hotels.
Extra charges are made for every
thing not bargained for. In all the
chief towns there are hotels Of re-
spectacle character that receive
guests at a fixed price. ten francs to
two dollars a day. For this q decent
room Is given. and three meals day,
with service and lights. At the Grand
Hotel in Paris, the advertised price
per day Is four dollars. But the
rooms will be the least desirable. At
the best hotels the price is from three
to six dollars a day, according to the
rooms taken and orders given. Al
pension, or boarding, the terms vary
from two to four dollars. In Switzer-
land there are nice pensions at one
dollar day.