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Year: 1878

MIR. LIE DooK may be able to- make
sugar from corn-stalks, but he will never
develop a plan for utilizing fodder odd iaso SO
tboroupbly as when it is converted into
milk Mil Iutter and cheese through the
bindlv mastication of the soft-eyed COW.
Year: 1878

Il is easy to condemn Judas, but many
now sell Christ fer less Moody.


4. WHENEVER you want to cure a man
of recklessness, place him near the pistol
pocket of a mule and let him reckless.
he will soon wish he was an angel


p THE neither in-law finds defender In
the San Francisco Mail, which says:
eff cid Adam had had a mother.in-law
to look after him and his wife it is more
than probable that to this very day we
might have been able to caper about in
the light and airy costume Of our hrst
parents" )"


THE impression has taken deep root
that a 4" woman scorned can do some
tall things in the way of facial expres-
sion, but her best efforts in that direction
are slim persimmOns compared with the
look of whitening contempt and super
ciIious arrogance with which the boy
who hos learned to g chew" looks down
upon the one whose teeth are IS white IS
milk.


EDWIN ADAMS, once upon time
found himself in theatre where one OF
the company, an inexperienced girl, had
to scream in her part-tO utter n real
tragic, blood CurdlIng scream, but couio
only accomplish a dry little squeak or
shrill screech, both equally and ex-
tremely comic. Adams tried in vain TO
have her open her mouth and pour out
her soul in a scream, but her larynx
remained dry, and when at the last
rehearsal he ventured on the expert
ment of giving her arm a vicious
nip, all that she could do was
to gasp out an aimIess Edwin Adams,
yo1-you--," and cry. Her HrsS
appearance in any scream was q
dead failure, and the manager threatened
her dismissal unless she could improve
upon her performance. She went home
in tears. and sObbed herself to sleep, but
at about a. m. every body in the house
was startled out of bed with wet hair and
palpitating heart by a horrible scream
g ''Adwin Edans, yoC--you-p She had
dreamed the correct scream, and never
afterward had any trouble in producing
it at will.
Year: 1878

A CURIOUS candle used in Alaska is a
fish eight inches long, almost transparent
and very fat, the fat being pure white
and very sweet The Indians dry this
fish, then light it at the tail, and it burns
with clear, sparkling flame, which the
wind will not extinguish.
Year: 1878

PoLIr1cs.-The following from the State
is correct Chesterfield, including Man.
chester, may be considered as sure for Clop-
ton on the first ballot, and thereafter with
undertaking regularity for General Joseph
L. Johnston. This is said to be the exact
state of the case. County and city pride will
cause unanimous rally on Clopton for the
go-off; thereafter the delegates will 60 as
they please, and the manner thereof, accord
ing to our last information, is indicated
ahnye3
Year: 1878

LEVY BROTHERS
conliaue to take Off ten cents on every dollars
worth Of goods you pun chase of them.
They show large stock of LINEN DRESSES for
ladies, which they are selling III about half price,
and take an extra ten cents Off every dollar.
They also offer their whole stock OF LADIES'
DRESS GOODS at ana below cost, ana take ten cents
OFF on every dollars worth you purchase.
You can ind 4 full assortment of every thing in
the way of


DRY GOODS,


FANCY GOODS,


NOTIONS and TRIMMINGS,


LEVY BROTHERS,,
and they take Ten cents OFF on every dollars worth
you purchase.
Year: 1878

In the sentence Of Harley g. Brown


yesterday afternoon, Chief Justice


Comegys rscognized the enormity


of the crime OF which he had been con-


yicted by imposing upon him the ut


most limit Of the law for manslaug hter
-Four thousand dollars and to und ergo
an imprisonment for five years. Tn
der the circumstances there can GER
tainly be no objection to such a SEN
tence, and of all men Harley G. Brown
may be the most thankful that he es-
capped the gallows, and he may also be
thankful that he had one of the best
criminal lawyers in the State to plead
his case. Having now escaped the ex
trelne penalty of the law he will have
time to reflect upon the folly and wick.
sdness of his actisn. While he keeps
his lonely vigi!s in his narrow cell dur
ing five Years the ghostly shadows Of
those four persons who lost their lives
through his folly, will no doubt haunt
him and be more Of a punishment to
him than the five years imprisonment
to which he is sentenced, and the pay
m4nt of four thousand dollars which he
can never pay unless aided by his kin
dred Let his fate and his narrow es
cape from the gibbet be a warning to
other evil doers. Truly the way of
transgressors is hard.
Year: 1878

The PRovIDENT SOCIETY will open
their Bazaar this evening, in the Opera


hous-, and 10 matter if the sky is dark
and lowering, and everything without
seems weird and gloomy, there can I've
found joy and gladness at the Opera
House. The sight of the eautiful deco
rations, and the thought that the pro.
ceeds are for the benefit of the worthy
poor, will be sufficient compensation
for donning the beaver coat, hoisting
the umbrella, and braving the storm.
We hope that no slight excuse will pre-
vail in keeping our citizens from at
tending the Bazaar.
Year: 1878

"I want to say a word about
hard times. No matter what the
financial policy is, no matter what
party has power, there Is only one
remedy for hard times, and that is
to restore the proportion between
the tiller of the soil and the trades
and professions that existed thirty
years ago. When we accomplish
this we can revive the times. Our
American people, born and bred
on farms, have felt that they could
not pursue the occupation Of till
ing the soil; they must be mer-
chants or professional men. There
is hardly merchant but who
has not been overwhelmed with SOL
icitations for positions for boys in
counting rooms or stores. The till
ing Of the soil IA the only remedy
that must come before we can find
relief. Our young men should take
Horace Greeley's advice and 60
West or 60 back 10 the old farms"
20. Beard.
Year: 1878

When a bridegroom finds all the
clothes he owns in the world hung
one over the other on n hook he
hind the pantry door, he realizes
for the first time that the honey.
moon is over.-Andrews' Bazaar.
Year: 1878

"Oh |" said the afflicted wife,
weeping over his remains, "he said
he would take off his fannels any
way, and poor man.. he never
thought how soon he would go to
that place where flannels are never
needed"
Year: 1878

The way the bulls and bears of Wall
Street frolicked on the,day before Christ
mas is told by the following New York
dispatch:


In the Stock Exchange this morning,
business opened with game of foot
ball, which was not carried on either
by the Rugby or any other rules. There
were no less than six balls on the floor
at one time, and the agile young brokers
hoisted them from the floor to the dome
with the utmost ease. The usual hat
smashing was INDUCED right and left.
Tin trumpets added.their clangor to the
general confusion, and to cap the eli
max certain of the young bloods, armed
with bags of flour, deluged the senior
members and each other with sea of
white. The next performance was a
cake walk, participated in by large
number of the members. A large cake
was sent in to be awarded to the cham
pion at the close of the contest. 1t was
finally decided to divide the cake equal
ly, and all the walkers were presented
with a slice at noon. The principal game
was the lassooing of members, who
were roughly handled and pulled about
by the younger members. The galleries
were crowded with ladies, who looked
upon the sport with mingled amazement
and terror.
Year: 1878

over two feet deep. Many animals
and few soldiers have perished
The transport service is interrupted,
and the Quartermaster's Department has
declared that it can not supply food for the
cavalry. Best authorities concur in the
opinion that the bridges across the Danube
must go in few days, and if the winter is of
ordinary rigor, field operations will be i'm
possible
Year: 1878

London, May 20.-The peace feel
ing is not quite SO buoyant as on yes
terday. The uneasiness is caused by
an apparent change in the attitude of
Austria, who is making demonstrations
unfavorable to Russia. However, there
is no doubt of a congress meeting. A
Berlin correspondent says formal in
vitation to congress will be issued as
soon as all the Powers have answered
informal communications with. regard
to date and other particulars of the
meeting. Bismarck has been advised
by his physicians not to take part in
the congress, as personal attendance
might prove too exciting and labOrious
for him in the present condition Of his
health. 1t is probable, however, that
he will attend at the close of the deliber-
alton, and give his formal sanction to
The proceedings.
Year: 1878

THE Baltimore Gazette asks how it
would do to reduce the army to one
man and let Charles a. Dana he that
man. 1t would do first first rate If the
army could only be ordered out to fight
Sitting Bull.
Year: 1878

resolution under the previous question
without allowing the amendments. 1t
woull only divide the Democracy and
unite the Republicans. My opinion is
that mischief instead of good will come
of an investigation by the passage of
your resolution as it is under the pre-
vious question.
Year: 1878

tionable, and to create . vacancy to be filed
by the appointment of Mr.. Green, would be
such an unscrupulous exertion of mere


power in contravention of right as would
make the whole term of Mr.. Cooper, if he
should be elected, period of turbulence
and confusion in the city govern
ment. Such municipal coup d<tat
would make the Mayoralty an instrument
of the ambition and revenge of Messrs.
Tilden and Robinson, and would sacrifice
the interests of the city to the political
hopes of Mr.. Cooper's democratic hackers.
We call upon Mr.. Cooper to disavow such
mischievous designs as are imputed to him
by his only democratic supporter in the
press of the city. Governor Robinson
wishes to be candidate for re-election and
Mr.. Kelly stands in his way as the chief
obstacle. But we should be sorry to think
that Governor Robinson would enter into
such conspiracy with Mr.. Tilden and the
anti -Tammany candidate for Mayor as is
implied in the remarkable threat to which
we have called attention.
Year: 1878

A stranger to our shores could not read
the columns of many of our contempo-
raries without becoming convinced that
for Office. A resident, however, knows bet
ter, and when he sees one candidate de-
nounced as thief, another as o burglar, q
third as homicide and fourth as a pirate
he only says to himself, ''this is the time
for the squirt guns Of SANDER Why
must candidates. private lite be searched
and paraded before the public eye? Not
to help the great cause of truth or justice,
for where malignity can find nothing to
magnify or distort it does not hesitate to
invent whole catalogues Of imaginary
crimes to be laid at his door. It would seem
to be as necessary for candidate to have o
criminal record created by his opponents
rs to have On honorable record for his
friends to blazon forth. The whole gamut
of slander has been SO played over that it
is "played out" TO use phrase politicians
will understand. It deceives nobody. Its
object is dishonest one, for the entire aim
is to keep the eyes of the people off the real
issues of canvass. It seeks to place tho
issue not, for instance, on whether the city
or State shall have good and strong gov
ernment, but on whether Hezekiah Frank
lin, the republican candidate for Assembly,
was bounty jumper. or Peter McBranigan,
the democratic aspirant for Alderman, q
clothesIine robber. It is time to stop this
We have surfeit of 1t. The men in the
background, who pull the wires and organ
ize these campaign ISLANDERS, do it no that
their hands may be concealed. Our citi-
zens have had SO much of it that they may
be relied on to reject it in the lump. and
vote for men and measures as they know
them, and not as the malignant fancy OF the
opposition paints them.
Year: 1878

The large attendance Of ministers and
laymsn at the conference in this city yes
terday OF the believers in the second advent
of our Lord is the best evidence that could
be given of the keen interest that is felt in
this question by the various Christian do
nominations. With one or two exceptions
almost every division Of the Christian
Church was represented. Nearly one hum
dred clergymen, who in other matters of
belief arc wide apart as the poles, met on
o common platform to attest their adhesion
to this idea, and IL ia very certain that the
doctrinal divisions on the platform hnd
their counterpart in tho large audience in
front Of it. This amicable gathering Of
Presbyterian and Baptist, of Methodist
and Episcopalian is in itself strong pre-
sumptive evidence in favor Of the second
advent and the millennium, which the sec-
ond advent implies. 1t is sweet to see
brethren dwelling together in peace and
there il some consolation in knowing that
there is at least one point upon which Chris
tian clergymen can unite. AT tho meeting
yesterday no new light was thrown upon the
question under discussion, and il is not
very probable that we shall know any more
on the subject after the conference adjourns
than We do nov. The theoloCians for nearly
Year: 1878

The artful expedients to which General
Pope has had recourse to evade testifying
before the Board of Inquiry in General
Fitz John Porter's case will make an unfa-
vorable impression on the public mind.
General Pope was leading witness before
the court martial which tried and sentenced
Porter, and if he was in error in some
parts of his testimony it would be an act of
candor and manliness to assist in the cor
rection of his own mistakes and to acknowl-
edge the Misrepresentation under which he
labored at the time of tho trial, when o
great deal that is now known Of the situa-
ton had not come to light. His unwilling
ness to appear before the Board and tes-
tify will be ascribed to his dread of cross
examination. He has. therefore, acted
very unwisely for his own reputation, as
we'll as evasively toward the investigation.
The Board of Inquiry is not a court; it has
no commission either to revoke or confirm
General Porter's sentence. The only duty
with which it is charged is the collection of
evidence to enable the President to make an
intelligent review of the case. When
SO important witness as General Pope re-
fuses his assistance, or at least declines to
testify in the same manner as the other wit
nesses subject to have his testimony tested
and sifted by cross s-examination, a handle
is given to General Porter's friends to assert
that he is not receiving fair treatment and
that the instigator of the original trial
makes practical confession that it would
be.awkward for him to attempt to support
his former testimony. If all the witnesses
had been permitted in like manner to
shirk q cross-examination the inquiry
would have been of no value as
a means Of eliciting the real truth. But no
satisfactory reason CON be given why this
prominent witness should be shielded from
the usual tests of credibility to which all
the others have submitted. It is desirable
that this controversy be closed in such
way as to leave no reasonable ground Tor
complaint, and it is to be regretted that
General Pope is unwilling to contribute to
that end.
Year: 1878

two thousand years have not been able to
agree upon it or to explain the precise
meaning of the Scriptural passages upon
which, however. as q whole, the belief is
founded. But, nevertheless, tho confer
ence can do no harm, and the fnct that such
a meeting is possible is in itself very
great gain to the cause of true religion
The meeting yesterday may in fact be one
of the signs Of the millennium. Who can
fal10
Year: 1878




The WEATHER.-The central area Of the low
pressure recently in the Northwest is now over
the lake region and the British territory to the
northward Steep gradients have tcen formed
on the western margin of the low area by the
rapid advance Of the high barometer from the
Rocky Mountains, and high winds from the
Northwest and West prevail over and westward
of the lakes and Mississippi River. In the
South and Southwest the pressure is increasing
rapidly, the low area in the Western Gulf
having moved eastward during yesterday and
formed with the northern depression an irregu-
lar shaped baromctric trough extending from
the lakes to the Eastern Gulf district. Rains
have fallen over all the region east Of the Mis-
sissippi, with snow in the lake districts The tenn
perature has fallen quite low in the Northwest,
but has risen somewhat on the Atlantic coast.
It must, however, decrease again rapidly in the
latter region when the depression passes east
ward and the cold northwest and west winds
set in. The winds on the northeast coast are
northeasterly from the high barometer overly
ing New Brunswick and Newfoundland. Dur
ing to-day they will change to southwesterly
and westerly. Navigators about to leave port
for Europe or the New England or British
American ports will do well to take precautions
against heavy southwest followed by north
west blow. The weather In New York and Its
vicinity to-day will be partly cloudy or fair and
solder. Tomorrow IL will be clear or fair and
sold. The middle and east Atlantic coast cities
will have similar weather, the clearing taking
Alace from south to north.
Year: 1878

ment on one side and on the other head
original enough to startle even the original
inhabitants of Australia Besides, Congress
and other sage authorities have pronounced
them as good as gold. Australia will never
have another such chance.
Year: 1878

THERE Is Report IN MEXICO that Pres
idcnt Diaz is coming to the border to see what
all the trouble is about. Before doing SO he
ought to send word to General Ord. Some of
his interesting countrymcn will probably en-
daovor Tn steal him
Year: 1878

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
ket was active and stocks were generally strong.
Gold opened and closed at 1OO3s and sold in
the interim at 1OOA. Government bonds were
firm, States dull and railroads strong. Money
on call lent at per cent and closed at 3 per
cent
Year: 1878

Ir Is Nor SURPRISING to hear that o large
number of the colored citizens of tho Eighth
Congressional district have determined to sup
port Mr.. Jerome. Gratitude is o marked char
acteristic of the colored race.
Year: 1878

a POLITE NoTE from Mr.. Evarts to the Swiss
government would probably induce our sister
Republic to behave in q more sisterly way and
keep her paupers at home. Another contingent
is on the way, and the trouble is we cannot send
them back il they decline to go
Year: 1878

GENERAL GRANT, it seems, has given up his
trip around the world. At the meeting of the
Army of the Tennessee yesterday General Shcr-
man read letter to this effect. After short
trip to Africa he will return to Paris, where he
will remain until his departure for home.
Year: 1878

THK NEW York Herald paper who's.
sympathies are strongly with the Demo
cratic party says, the Democrats ought
to understand that VIII lie the Federal
interference served as an excuse In for
mer times for the violent methods used
in elf-defence, the South has no such
excuse now in the public opinion ol
the North. Southern Democrats can
hope for no sympathy nowadays from
Northern men Of any party when they
interfere with the free political action
Of the blacks, and 1t is far better for
them to suffer defeat in their States and
to let the Republicans elect bad men
than by violence to maintain that ridic-
ulous and dangerous thing they call a
"solid South" Nothing will be 80
damaging to the Democratic party here,
after as "solid South" 1t requires
very little wisdom to see this, for 1t
will be regarded everywhere in the
North as evidence that the Southern
Democrats have coerced the negro vote.
1t is in the North, and not in the
South, that the Democratic party must
elect its President in 1880 If it is to
choose him at all.
Year: 1878

The slanderer is certainly most
mischievous element in any community
and possesses various instrumentalities
with which TO ply his nefarious trade


How many have gone to sleep in fan
cied security upon their pillows and
have awakened to find that some power
more cruel than death has been at work
to blot from existence the sun of thei,
happiness; has sown suspicion in the
heart Of the friend they best loved, and
blighted the flowers OF radiant hope
that bloomed along their pathway


Every community is afflicted with these
pests, who under the covering Of q
guileless countenance are watching
like spiders upon their webs, to let fly
the arrow that endangers and are fixing
the shaft that poisons. These cold
hearted demons in the shape of human
beings, who retail at low price theil
abominable lies about this one and that
one, and peddle out their falsehoods
like fish along the streets, are the bane
of society. SANDER is defined as any
thing uttered which tends to injure the
reputation of an individual, and ii
does indeed look as if those who listen
and receive such slanderous informa-
tion without rebuke are about as bad
as those who follow and make slander a
profession of their lives. Though those
who listen may not repeat what has
been told them, false accusers may Of
ten infer that their manner, and too of.
ten greediness to hear are tacit en-
couragements for further slanderous
reports. How often is the victim of the
base slanderer ignorant of the nature OF
that which is laid to his charge. The
cowardly demon who would rob him OF
that more precious than life has not the
courage to meet face to face the one
whom he has DETAINED, lest the light
Of truth might reveal to him the fact
of his own deep villainy and corrup-
ton. The mischief that one single
and evil disposed person can accom-.
p!ish is fearful, when we remember
how slight word will darken the at.
mosphere with foul suspicious, institu-
ting doubts Of those we have been so
happy in believing were good and true,
and even though we know the SIAN
derous charge to be without foundation,
still it will present its hideous face be-
tween trusted friends.


God pity the man or woman in any
community, who through envy, malice,
or desired revenge, will go to work de
liberately to destroy the fair reputa.
ton of fellow mortal. Unfortunate is
that Church which has within its pale
those who profess christianity, and yet
whose slanderous tongues wag from
morn till night, spreading over a town
or neighborhood a malaria calculated
to poison the mind and blast the char
Year: 1878

A number OF bids have been received
by the director Of the mint for the sup
ply of silver bullion under the recent
regulations adopted by Secretary 5her.
man to buy the same by competition il
open market. The amount Of bullion
to be purchased is four hundred thous
and ounces, and like installment will
hereafter be purchased weekly. Tn.
heavy gale having interrupted tele
graphic communication between Wash
ington and all points North and West,
the time Of receiving bids for the sale o
silver, which was to expire yesterday
has been extended to II clock, Friday
the 25th instant.
Year: 1878

Emery VOTE CAST for the Democratic
party is vote cast against the cause
for which patriots suffered and died.
Every vote cast for the Republican par.
ty is vote cast for the principles which
inspired millions Of freelnen to volun-
teer for the defense of the Union. Think
of this before casting your vote, and
no m1tter whether the ticket you vote
is successful or not, you have the in
ward consciousness of having voted con
scientiously.
Year: 1878

The HOLDING Of the annual gathering
OF the Episcopal Sunday Schools in the
Opera House last night instead of hold.
ing it in one of the churches was ahap-
py thought. No church in the city would
have held half the number of persons
in the Opera House. The fact that
Bishop Lee was to be present after his
trip to Europe, was one Of the incentives
to such large gathering, and shows
that the venerable and beloved Bisbop
has a warm place in the hearts of his
people. The exercises were dignified
and impressive, and in perfect harmony
with all that characterizes the Episcopal
church.