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Year: 1878

PAYING SMALL BILLS Those having
money in hand will contribute to the growth
of confidence by at once applying it to the
payment of any bills they owe, as by doing
so they will aid their creditors to meet in
turn their own obligations. A spirit of
promr.ness in paying bills generally by the
weIl>to- do will have happy influence, give
encouragement in mapy quarters, and. where
it shall be necessary. enable the creditors
trader to show greater Ieniency towards debt
ors who have no surplus funds at hand :
Paying the party that you owe enables him
to pay another that he owes, and SO, as the
money goes around. much wholesome liqnida>
tion may be effected. Small bills are easier
TO pay than large ones.
Year: 1878

which money Congress has the undoubted
right to and should now issue; not only
in response 10 such demand and the pres
ent pressing necessities of the people, but
as one of the results produced by the too
rapid contraction OF the amount OF obli-
cations issued by the Government in car
ryIGg on the late war, nearly all of which
for long time entered into circulation
as money; and


WHEREAS, The issue OF said money
would not diminish but would increase
the demand for gold and silver far be-
yond their possible present use as money,
by stimulating enterprise and prosperity
among the people, thereby creating q
necessity for their use in the arts, with
out in any manner diminishing their
value among those people who are not
yet sufficiently advanced in civilization
to accept, or whose governments are not
vet sufficiently well established TO form
basis o. credit for the transaction OF their
business. Therefore, in view Of these
considerations, be 1t


RsSJlrsd, Ii the Senste concur, that in
order to provide a sufficient amount of
money for the necessary demands OF
domestic business, TO give work to the
unemployed, aRd fair return for labor
and its productions, to enable the people
to pay their private and public
debts, and TO relieve them from the pre-
sent oppressive burdens of taxation, Con-
Eress will authorize the immediate Issue
of $40O 100000 of United States notes,
which shall be legal tender for their
face value in the payment Of all debts or
dues, public or private, hereafter created,
and for all existing debts or obligations
except where the contract provides for
their payment in coin, said notes TO con-
stitute permanent misunderstanding
obligation for currency uses, to be known
as national money, and to be placed IN
circulation st the earliest possible time
by authorizing and directing its expendi-
ture in the current expenses OF the Gov
ernment, Is pressing to early completion
such necessary public improvements ss
are Indicated in the preamble to this
resolution, and in the prompt payment
of just public obligations; provided al
ways that no stock or bonds shall ever
be issued to represent SAID money, or
any burden ever be levied on or collected
from the people for It's use when so ex-
pended.
Year: 1878

she never spoke again, and somehow we never thought to take the baby from her till it was all over. And maybe some thing or other frightened him, for he cried pitifully when we took him away. But there was the sweetest smile on Lissy's face. never could understand why she, of all people, should dle smiling.

 "She was buried two days after had big funeral, for the Wilkeses were known by most everybody. They had deal of trouble, though, to get her grave dug, the ground was frozen so hard Somehow I couldn't feel sorry that she was gone. She was professor, and seemed to me she was best off in heaven. As for Jake, he never was a hand to say anything, So nobody could tell how he felt about it. He married again, though, jest year to day after. But, as was going to say, it always struck me as curious that Lissy's baby followed after her sc soon. Granny did her best for it; but somehow or other, though it was nice, healthy-looking child, it went all of sudden; and if ever you saw anything that looked like an angel, it was that little creetur after it was laid out in Granny's parlor, and Granny seemed more upsot by it's going than I would have believed. They laid it right alongside of it's mother, and neither of them graves had tombstone for long spell"
Year: 1878

A man he owned terrier dog-a bob- tailed, ornery cuss, and that there pup got that there man in many an ugly muss for the man was on his muscle, and the dog was on his bite so to kick the dorg- -goned aninaile was sure to raise a fight. A woman owned Thomas cat, that fit at fifteen pound and other cats got up and slid when that there cat was round. The man and his dorg came along one day, where the woman she did dwell, and the purp he growled fero- ciously, then went for that cat pell-men

 He tried to chaw the neck of the cat, but the cat he wouldn't be chawed so he lit on the back of that there dorg, and bit !! and clawed and chawed ! Oh the hair it flew and the purp he youled as the claws went into his hide, and chunks of flesh were peeled from his side; then he fummuxed, and kicked, and died The man he ripped, and cursed, and swore, as he gathered big brick-bat, that he would be durned essentially if he didn t kill that cat But the old woman allowed she'd be blessed If he did, and snatched up an old shotgun, which she fired and peppered his diaphragm with bird shot number one. They toted him home on window-blind, and the doctor cured him up; but he was never known to fight again, or own another purp. Folks may turn up their snoots at this here rhyme, don't care darn for that All want to show is, that fighting dogs may tackle the wrong Tom cat.
Year: 1878

The Manchester Guardian is respon- sible for very Imaginable account of lawsuit which was decided last week be-

 fore the j,sge de paie of village near Toulouse. As narrated by our contem- porary the facts would seem to be these |: A certain peasant in the vicinity of Tou- louse bought COW from one of his neighbors for the sum of e20. The bar gain having been made the two specula- tors retired to quiet nook to complete the transaction-the one to give the money and receive the COW, the other to give the COW and receive the money.

 The buyer, with an amount of caution which would argue Scottish descent,

 held his new purchase by rope, while he carefully counted down upon a wooden log or stump twenty pieces of 20 francs gold and bank note of 100 francs. At this point the COW, being of an enter prising and speculative turn of mind, suddenly interfered Tn the matter, and, to use diplomatic phrase good deal used of late, "altered the situation by making @ totally unexpected dive" at the stump and swallowing the bank note. Naturally row at once got up between buyer and seller, the one maintaining that he had paid for the COW, and the other as stoutly asserting that he had not received the price of her, cllnching his argument with the crushing state- ment that as the COW now belonged to the buyer and had pocketed t:.e note in her way, the said document was still in possession of the purchaser. The un- fortunate judge to whom they have ap- pealed has asked for time to think the matter out, and do his best to cut the Gorclian knot. As our contemporary re- marks, the learned judge will find it even more difficult to decide than the dialecticians of the Middle Ages--or, as 8 gentleman of our acquaintance was once heard to call them, the middle aged dialecticians-found the celebrated dispute of porous ct saccuS. The ques- tion was this /: A sack containing pig was carried to market by peasant, and it was sought to know whether the sack or the man carried the pig. For fifty years, at least, the scholastics wrote nu

 merous fohos on the subject without being able to settle the problem. And yet that was a trifling matter compared with the present COW and bank note case.
Year: 1878

A writer in the Ma5ne .Fdrn1er re- marks that if he could have his choice of 100 tons of barnyard manure or fifty of mussel mud " for the same money, he "should certainly take the latter. " He esteems it of so much value as top dressing that he believes every farme T who lives within eight or ten miles o a mussel bank, which he can reach with team by land or scow by water, never will repent of having made large use of it.
Year: 1878

An Englishman hunting in Algeria had native for guide and found himself, late in the afternoon, in desolate spot and entirely out of provisions. The na- tive suggested that he should shoot a monkey and broil it over the camp fire. "What does monkey taste like is it good to eat ?" said the hunter. "Well," " said the native, in the most natural tone, " it tastes very much like man, but it is not 50 juicy" The Englishman at once struck out for home, with his guide well in front of him, and never took his sight off him until they reached civilized place where food was plentiful.
Year: 1878

When you look at the goddess, for we understand she is an alleged goddess, on the new silver dollar, doesn't it make your blood boil to the man who has evil dently chucked her under the chin with 8 croquet mallet
Year: 1878

The seed. Of sickness aud of death
In di-ordcrcd mouth are sown
whom had tho teeth or tout the breath,


Both soul and body lose their tone
Til sozopoNrs brought into play,
And sweeps these dire doiccts away.
Year: 1878

The following rules for properly expos Ing a thermometer, are taken from the book of instructions to Observers, Signal Service: Were they more generally fol lowed we should miss many of the sensa- tional reports of intense heat in Arizona that are so frequently given 10 the putlit

 The thermometer should be hung in the irstrument-shelter in such manner that it will always be in the shade, and at least one foot from the wall of the building to which the shelter is attached. It must be protected against the light reflected from surrounding objects. The instrument must be hung vertically, with the middle of the scale at height that will btirS it on level with the eye of the observer. When the shelter is built upon the roof great care must be exercised in making the readings, in order to prevent the in- strument from being affected by the heat of the body or of the lantern at night. The observation must be made as rapidly as consistent with accuracy.

 The accuracy of all thermometers in use at each station will be tested on March 31sts June SOth, .Septembe- 3oth and De- cember 31st, of each year, in the following manner:

 Place the thermometer to be tested in the vessel provided for this purpose, &nd keep them in vertical position, pack finely pounded ice around them to height little above the freezing point, and let them remain for one hour, at the e4pira- ton of which time read off the height of the mercury, without removing the ther- morheter from the ice, and note the result in each instance in the Daily Journal, and report it 10 this office in the Journal Ab stract.
Year: 1878

IF you want to hear some tall cussing just listen to some of these route agents trying to handle oHe of the large sized mail pouches in use for Arizona mails The pouches arc about five feet long and Will hold several hundred pounds of mail matter, and it's just comical to hear them grunt when they tackle one of them.- Semi-Tr0pic.
Year: 1878

THERE is a pocket telephone stretched across from the house of a young man on Sutter street, near Hyde, to the window of his sweetheart, just opposite. They are to be married neHt month, and # is a touching sight to watch the littls birds perch on the string and peck at the taffy as it slides along between their t5es.- Post
Year: 1878

The WOMAN WHO CHARMS 10
in this world no function more important
than that OF charming. The forest glade
would be incomplete without the hum
ming-bird. To shed joy around. to radi-
ate happiness, to cast light upon dark
days. to be the golden thread OF our des-
tiny and the very spirit Of grace aud har-
mony, is not this to render u service
Does not beauty confer benefit upon Us
even by the simple fact OF being beautiful
Here and there We meet one who possess
es that fairy like power Of enchanting all
about her; sometimes she is ignoranl her
self OF this magical influence, which is,
however for that reason only the more
perfect. Her presence lights up the home !;
her presence is like cheering warmth
she passes by and We are content she
stays awhile and we are happy. To be-
hold her is to live; she is the Aurora with
human face. She has no need to do
more than simply to be-; she makes an
Eden OF the house; Paradise breaths from
her; and she communicates this delight
to all without taking any greater trouble
than that OF existing beside them. Is it
not a thing divine TO nave a smile which,
none know how. has power to tighten the
weight OF that enormous chain which all
the living, in common drag behind them ?
- Victor HuQO.
Year: 1878

Beautiful, beautiful silken hair"
Philip murmured tondly, toying lovingly
with one OF her nut-brown tresses; "solt
as the plumage OF an angels wing light
as the thistle down that dances oa the
summer air; the simmer OF sunset, the
glitter OF yellow gold, the rich red brown
ot autumnal forests blend iD entrancing
beauty In its" And just then it came
oti In his hands. and he forgot just what
to say next. There was moment OF pro-
lound silence, and then Aurelia TOOK it
from him and went out of the room with
1t. When she came back he was gone.
They meet now, but they meet as strang-
ers, and the eyes that were wont to beam
upon each other with the awakened love-
light now glare as though life was an
eternal wash day.-HaUkeue.
Year: 1878




THE Gar leads a sad life. The fears
that he has had for years of falling vic
tim to the assassin's knife or bullet have
redoubled since the case of Vera Zassu-
Itch gave an impulse to the revolution
ary party, and they say that he never
leaves his bedroom in the morning with
out looking sadly around him as though
he felt he might not re enter the place
alive. Whenever he walks or drives a
n strong body ofpoiicemen are dispersed
in Gordon around him, and at intervals
mounted gendarmery and members OF
the secret police keep an anxious watch
over the Nihillsm they fancy they detect
in every face in the crowd.
Year: 1878

A GENIUS down East intends apply
ing for patent for machine which, he
says, when wound up and in motion, will
chase hog over ten acre lot catch, yoke
and ring him; or. bya slight change OF
gearing, it will chop him into saussges
work his bristles INTO shoe brushes, aad
manufacture his tail into corkscrew.
Year: 1878

WE have heard enough Of this swash
about the excellence of pedestrian exer-
else and the great amount of good Bertha
Won Hillern and 'Leary are doing by
melting people to walk. Pedestrianism
in a country where it rains nine days in a
week can never become popular and gene
raj; and besides, what is wanted is a
race of men with five arms apiece. and a
row of hooks up and down the back, sc
they can carry their wives shopping
home without paying for one seat and
taking up the whole street car.
Year: 1878

A CHICAGO woman drank whisky until
she was raving drunk. Her affectionate
son gave her chloroform to keep her from
harming herself, and she became so quiet
as to alarm him. The family physician
was called in and pronounced her as dead
as a door-hail. A wake was organized,
and the hour for burial was approaching,
when the woman opened her eyes ard
mouth and asked what all the fuss was
about. The funeral was postponed:
Year: 1878

In the days Of its power and plumber the
Republican party Of Louisiana had quite a
following of white men, interlopers here who
taught the negroes politics and held all the
fat offices. But at the death Of that party
these camp-followers suddenly disappeared
from the State, and to-day, save in q few Fed
eral offices in this city, q white Republican is
undiscoverable. A few Of these men, the other
day, sought to regain their lost offices under
the disguised name Of Nationals but their
appeal met with little response from the ne
gro voters. The Republicans will have some
members In our next Legislature, but only
two of these will be white. The Republican
Senatorial delegation will be thoroughly col
ored the Republican members Of the House
all negroes save two. These two Nom
bers will be the sole representatives and
heirs Of that once mighty horde Of carpet
baggers and scalawags who plundered this
State for SO many years. The chances are
also that they will be the last descendants of
this dynasty that will ever sit in our State
House as Legislators, aud that when another
election comes around, it will have driven
from our State forever the last lingering car
pet-bagger.
Year: 1878

We desire again to press upon the attention
Of the law officers Of the State end other
officials whose duty 1t may be to prosecute
the matter, the special report Of the Grand
Jury. made In August last. relative to the
State Printer. In that report, drawn up by
citizens OF high character. the gravest charges
are inslnuated. Ii not directly made, against
the Printer. That official Immediately ap-
piled to the Governor, soliciting a prompt and
thorough examination OF the charges in the
report. But the courts were closed and the
Governor had no power TO organize q commit
tee whose verdict would have been final and Of
tCial. Hence for three months the State Prin~
ter and his associates In business have been
forced to rest under tho most damaging i'm
putations. To honorable men this could not
but have been extremely CALLING. Happily
no considerable portion OF the community
attached much Importance to the charges.
But masked enemies, as well as men who are
always disposed to believe evil Of their fellows,
have harped upon this report and made It the
text OF the most offensive and coWardly at
tacks. We have borne this wrong with such
patience as we could command, conscious that
when the courts opened the law officers Of the
State would promptly prosecute tho matter,
and that the result would be d full and COM
plete vindication of the Printer. In August
last he solicited an Investigation by the Chief
Executive Of the State; he now demands that
the proper official shall proceed without
further delay to vigorous prosecution Of the
charges contained In the report of the Grand
Jury. In the first place. the public interest
4 is
public justice requires that he shall be con-
victed, punished and disgraeed. In the seq
ond place, the Printer and his associates are
entitled 10 q prompt trial, and o. full and
speedy vindcatlon Il the charges are shown
TO be false. It is the worst and most cruel
tyranny to compel public official and gentle
man to rest under charges that touch his good
name as well as his business interests, and the
State Printer does not intend to be subjected
to any such tyranny He now demands Of
the proper authority q judicial investigation
and trial, and he demands that the investlga-
ton and trial shall be prosecuted with the ut
most vigor and zeal. He wants no partiality
shown him, no whitewashng investigation
and verdict II the charges In the report be
true, he is public criminal and should be
condemned and exposed as such. This Is his
view Of the case, and he desires that he shall
be prosecuted from that standpoint and with
O. determination on the part of the State TO
learn the whole truth for the purpose Of pro-
tecting the public interests.


We regret to trouble our readers again
with this subject, but our good name has
been attacked by a Grand Jury, composed Of
well known citizens, in @ speeious and plausi-
BILE report which has been circulated from
one end OF the State to the other; printed and
reprinted and discussed to our damage. We
cannot, therefore, but feel very great con-
Germ to have as prompt and speedy an inves-
tigation as possible. and D verdict that will
counteraet the evil the report has done us.
Year: 1878

Tho 1efeat OF Butler Ia Massachusetts Is
one Of the results Of the recent election In the
Northern States over which the Democrats
can heartily rejoice. 1T would have been d
lasting Disgrace to the commonwealth OF
Massachusetts had such a political blather'
ssite secured tho position for which he has SC
long been al aspirant. Morally Infamous
and politically q dishonest trickster, he
richly deserves the crushing defeat which
overlook his ambition on Tuesday last. Hls
regard for consistency was aptly illustrated
yesterday. when he made forcible argument
against the Interference of United States mar
shals and courts In elections, an interference
secured mainly through his instrumentallty
and directed against the South. There will
be no tears shed In this section over tho fac'
that the Butler boomerang hit the craft,
Bon suuarely between the eyes on the fifti
MI
Year: 1878

Heretofore 1t has been our custom, In COM
mon with that Of other Journals OF this city,
h, publish on the first of September al an
o,,aI statement of the commerce OF New Or
leans But when that day rolled around this
wear. the ravages OF the fever had become
fully developed business was paralyzed, and
mail communication with our friends In the
Interior almost entirely stopped by quarat1-
tine restrictions Under these adverse cir
eumstances We deemed 1t expedient to post
pone the publication Of our annual statement
III time when the fever should have sub
sided and mail communication sufficiently
restored TO enable us to deliver the DEMO
fynAp to our numerous subscribers In the
country. as well as to the correspondents OF
our advertising friends and patrons.


We take pleasure In announcing that so
soon d. the much longed-for black frost shall
mako Its appearance and lower the crest OF
The knight with the yellow plume, we design
publishing o. long, complete and exhaustive
rsport OF the commerce Of New Orleans from
September l, 1877, up TO date. On that oeca-
sion we will issue one Of The largest editions
ever sent forth from n newspaper Office In
New Orleans, and we specially direct the at
tention Of our advertising friends to this on
nouncement.


It is well known fact that never before
were stocks Of produce and merchandise at
She South in the interior) SO low as at the
present time. When the cause Of the Inter-
ruption of business Is removed there will
necessarily be great demand for goods OF
all kinds. and New Orleans will naturally be
the great source of supply-the commercial
Mecca to which tho country merchants and
planters will bend their steps for the replen-
fshment Of their empty stores and exhausted
larders.


Then will be tho time for our mercantile
friends to avail themselves of the superior
advantages which the DEMOCRATS annual
statement and It's extraordinarily large edi-
tion will afford to advertise their goods and
present their claims for patronage to pur-
echasers from the country.
Year: 1878

PROHIBITION flourishes in the coun-
ties on the Eastern shore of Mary
land almost equally with those of
Maine At the general election, on the
9th inst, vote was taken in Kent
and certain districts of Dorchester,
which resulted almost uniformly
against the liscense of liquor selling.
AS the result Of this and former votes
upon the question there is now a pro-
hibitory law in three of the counties
entire Caroline, Kent and Talbot
and it prevails likewise in eight dis
tricts out of nine in Somerset, twelve
out of fourteen in Dorchester and
three out of six in Queen county
Both by territory and population the
prohibitory district forms much the
greater part of the Eastern shore.