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Year: 1877

may do, in. relation to appointments, the
other party would have precisely the same
justification in doing when it, in turn, has
majority. If it be right Tor republican
Senate to decide that it will reject every APP
pointment Of democrat to office, then it
would also be right for democratic Senate
to refuse to confirm the appointment of any
republican. The example which the malcon-
tent Senators are attempting to set will havc
m undesirable effect on their party if the
democrats should initiate it when they get
control OF the Senate in the next Congress


These republican Senators arc trying to
load blunderbuss which they cannot dis
charge without recoil which would make
its breech more dangerous place than its
muzzle. Some of the republican Senator'S
who are most active in trying to load
way in private life when the recoil
comes, but President Hayes must remain in
Office two years longer. He needs to look
far enough ahead to see how he is to get
through the last half Of his term with either
comfort TO himself or usefulness to the
country. Whatever personal pride or party
spirit might impel him to do, he has no
right to destroy his own usefulness by
provoking the democratic Senator'S to
such antagonism as would deprive him
of all liberty in making appointments. As
he must necessarily depend on the fairness
and magnanimity of political opponents for
the success of the latter half of his ad-
ministraton it behooves him to treat them
with fairness, at least, if not magnanimity,
during the intermediate period. The fortune
of politics has put it quite out of his power
to be n party President. The republi-
cans have no right to demand it
of him since their failure to give
him such a Congress as would sup
port him in that role. His position will
be embarrassing at best. His only chance
of being serviceable to the country lies in
rising superior to machine politics of every
description and inspiring public confidence
by single minded devotion to the national
welfare. A successful party President he
cannot be if he tries but to be wise and
patriotic public servant is within his power
he will dismiss all feverish anxiety to con-
ciliate the unscrupulous politicians who
wish to domineer over him.
Year: 1877

The TRIAL of the President Of the Security
Life Insurance Company for perjury in swearing
to false reports of its condition was begun yes
tcrday, deputy superintendent of the Insurance
Department being the principal witness. The
proceedings will be watched with good deal OF
interest.
Year: 1877

THERE SEEMS 70 BE SOME FOUNDATION for the
report that the trunk railroads have combined
to make heavy advance in rates this winter A
heavy movement Of freight from the West is ex-
pccted. The farmers are naturally alarmed
Year: 1877

ELEVEN VESSELS Of the fishing fleet which
took the risk of remaining in the Arctic Ocean
after the season had closed have been rewarded
by the capture of sevcnty-threc Wholesome of
the largest catches on record
Year: 1877

TIE BUILDING Of the Gilbert Elevated Rail-
road Is advancing with almost marvellous
rapidity. Between Seventeenth and Forty
second streets on Sixth avenue, upward of five
hundred men arc working day and night ut tho
foundations, which it is expected will be finished
down as far rs Worth street next month. Tho
opposition against the project seems to be en-
tirely diving out
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YEsrEIDAY.-Thc stock market
was more active and very weak, with a slight re-
covery ut the close. Gold advanced from 1925
to 1929. Government bonds were steady
railroad and State bonds irregular Money on
call lent at 5 q q per cent.
Year: 1877

TIE WEATHER.-A general fall Of the ba-
romcter took place yesterday attending the dis
sipation OF the extensive area of hgh pressure
that Tor several days has been ovcrying the
Southern and Central districts. The decrease of
density has been followed by the descent of the
isobar OF mean pressure from the northern
districts of Manitoba and Canada to the Valley
of the st. Lawrence and the upper lake region.
Northward Of this line the pressure has fallen
decidedly, causing the formation of Il depression
over Nova Scotia. The low barometer which
has been advancing from the Pacific coast
through Oregon, Idaho, Northern Utah and
Montana is now entering Dakota aud pre-.
scnts itself i'll the usual manner as well
defined depression Its further rate of prog
rcss will probably be more rapid as the
high pressure III its front rcccdcs further
soutlwarl. We may expect this depression
to move almost directly eastward over the lakes
and develop much energy when it reaches the
Atlantic coast We judge from the peculiar
movement of the high area over the
Gulf and South Atlantic States that q
depression will present itself in the South
west within the next three days in the
shape OF u storm advancing from South
ern Texas There are ut present no di-
rect indications Of disturbance in that
quarter. Except in the New England States
and Canada. where cloudiness is increasing,
yesterdays weather was generally clear. The
temperature has everywhere risen, especially
in the West and Northwest The weather in
New York and its vicinity to-day will be partly
cloudy or cloudy and slightly warmer.
Year: 1877

Jacob Ficur, of tine Cicnega. near Verde. was in town yesterday and weighed anchor this morning wi,h a wagon load of shakes, spgds and other ictcrs incident to camp on 3 sheep ranch.

 Jake is not only q good sheep raiser but handles an engine or quartz mill about as we'll as the best of them. Me remember when he was boss of the engine in the old Morning Star mill in Owyhee. when she was turning out her fifty thousand a month. He BON says that he intends to extract few tons Of silver and gold from lodges near the Cienega, that he has his eye on, bstoro he leaves the Territory.
Year: 1877

Geo. Carey and his partner passed through town to-day. with two wagons which were loaded to the brim with lumber that they are taking in the direction of the Peck mine and for that company.
Year: 1877

To CORRESPONDENTS. We are CON-
PEELED to reject many articles. Our space
is too limited for accommodation of the
hood of communications that pour in
upon us. The immense increase of the
circulation of the GAZETTE requires us
to get to press earlier in the day than
formerly, and If our friends would get
their articles to us earlier it would en-
able us to serve them more promptly.
The GAZETTE has always been favor
ite organ of the people, and we do not
intend it shall be any less so but we
must ask for patience in our friends.
Year: 1877

any Southern State, and the Democrats
will need only one Of the large States IN
addition to these seventeen 70 elect their
can didate.


Had the Republican leaders cordially
accepted the policy of President Hayes
and worked in jealous concert with him
the Republican party even then might
not have been saved. But whatever lit
tie chance of life it had ley in discarding
effete issues and establishing a genuine
policy of official reform at industrial re-
construction.
Year: 1877

seated by the votes of considerable
number of republican Senators, who,
knowing his claim to be perfect and in
disputable, are too honest to allow them
selves to be swayed against their convic-
tions by mere partisan considerations.
Year: 1877

Senator Edmunds has never been no.
ted as an investigator, but he now has d
splendid chance to try his hand. We
shall most cheerfully applaud his first
appearance in the role of an inquisitor OF
fraud.-BdttO. Gazette.


Certainly. Let us all help him to cast
light into the dark corners of his decay
ing party.
Year: 1877

On recent trip to Virginia City paid
visit to the neghborhood of Pleasant VAL
ley Grange. 1t is u very beautiful location
The farmers were busy harvesting their
grain. They have excellent crops of wheat,
but oats have been much damaged by the
'hoppcrs, SO they do not expect to realize
more than half crop. They have all
kinds OF vegetables growing III abundance.
They also have live Grange that means
business; they have Il live membership and
meet regularly, and claim that the moral
and social advantages of the Grange richly
pays them, though they expect IN the near
future to be benefited pecuniarly. Pleas
ant Valley Grange Compromise and Sher-
dan have now received the necessary sup
plies for organizing Pomona Grange, and
no doubt will shortly organize, when it is
hoped they will be able to establish CO.
operative store after the form lald down in
the digest, and make an effort to turn the
grange system to paying account.


Near Sheridan the oat and barley crop
has been seriously injured by the 'hoppers,
but the wheat crop is good. Further up
the valley, in the neighborhood of Lauraine.
the crops do not seem to have suffered so
much, and good yield is in store for the
farmer.
Year: 1877

A TAME RATA convict in the Richmond
Penitentiary has rat which he tanned and
domesticated until he will come to him when
be whistles and follows its master about like a
dog. The little animal sleeps by the priso'
ner's side at night, and will never be away
from him longer than be can help. When the
man goes to work in the morning, it matters
not what portion of the prison lot it may be-,
this little pet will certainly follow and remain
near him. The animal knows all the priso-
ners, and does not exhibit the slightest fear
when any of them approach him, but will
at the sig int of any one who is clothed diaes-
emily from the inmates Of the prison,
Year: 1877

HIS LucK.-A youth of six years, on re-
turning from church, inquired Of his father if
those who engaged in silent prayer on enter
ing the church, all made use Of the same
words. His father was unable to inform him,
but asked what led to the inquiry. The boy
replied that he overheard the prayer Of Mr..
K, who, on bowing his head, made use in an
audible voice of the following words: 81 wish
to Heaven had bought barrel of -four be-
fore this cussed war broke out. Always my
luck"
Year: 1877




"ST1cK TO DADA farmer writes us the
following: II am tired of farming and want
to come to town to make living for myself
What do you think of it ?"


Well, we think you are fool if you don't
stay at home. The city is over run with
"dead beats" and tramps, and if you have q
dead sure thing of making "bresd and meat"
on the farm, you'd better stay where you are,
and dig potatoes, than come here and 60 to
the workhouse and peck rock. Stick to dad.
Stay on the farm. You are worth more to
yourself, to your neighbors, to your state and
to the country at large than all the one-horse,
headed professional gentlemen that
are living from hand to mouth in the city or
State. You stick to the plow, the mower,
the reaper freeze to that farm like Ay-blis-
ter to negro's lip; raise rye, corn, hay, bar
ley, oats, potatoes; chop wood, maui rails,
burn brush, curry your mules, feed oxen, raise
stock, and instead of hanging around the
street corners, dependent upon lunch houses
to keep sand out Of your craw, you'll be at
home on your farm, living a life Of "indepen-
dent happiness" while thousands of nice
young men," too pretty and proud to work,
and too lazy to steal, will be lighting out
"over the hill to the poor house." merciless
beasts and lazy subjects Of utter dependence
upon public charity. Young man, if you
know which side of the bread of life the but
ter is on, you give up the foolish idea Of COM
ing to Louisville to snake living for your
SELF" twenty-five acres of land and chap
like you to till it, is worth more to the country
than the bank in the city and the smartest
capitalist we know of to run it. You stay
where you are. Follow the plow, and engi.
neer the docile, willing mule that pulls it.
Our word for it, any young, healthy, stout
farmers boy who will give up bis chances for
"a dead sure thing in life," )" and come to town
on an uncertainty is not smart enough to take
care of himself and should be arrested and
sent to a lunatic asylum for darned fool
Stay where you are.-Courier-Journa1.
Year: 1877

Iar An Indiana editor said in his paper
that he knew spring was fully come because
he had seen snakes. Whereupon Michigan
editor copied the item, and said: "When an
Indiana editor sees snakes, it is not 80 much q
sign of spring as of fall.
Year: 1877

ASNAKE SroRY.-At Cox & Browns mill,
some three miles from Bolton, small snake,
belonging to the tribe known to great many
as the "king snake" has taken up his abode
regularly, and among the rats and mice ne ls
q "fell destroyer" He has become quite tame
and gentle, and often, when the keeper Of the
mill takes MONDAY nap, his snakeship will
crawl around and over him, and frequently
lie quietly upon his bosom. We have fire.
quently heard, rather additionally, that this
species of serpent was harmless towards man,
but was relentless enemy towards all other
serpents, and as substantiating this idea we
will relate further incident concerning the
snake under discussion, which comes to us
through an authentic source. One day re.
Gently medium sized water moccasin was
seen lying on the sand below the mill, and
ere long the king snake was seen approaching
him cautiously. He crossed the small stream
which runs from the race below the wheel and
very slowly neared the moccasin, all the while
swaying his head from the right to the left.
This motion was more and more contracted
the nearer he approached, until when within
a few inches of his victim, he lay for some
time perfectly motionless. Then suddenly he
darted upon the moccasin; caught him by the
back of the neck, and proceeded to coil him.
self around him. When he had made sever
al coils he freed his mouth hold upon the moe
casins neck and by making loops of his body
and inserting his head through them he tied
himself in two or three or four knots around
bis victims body, which must have been very
tight indeed, for when he had remained there
some ten minutes he loosened himself aud
crawled triumphantly back to the mill, leav-
ing the dead body of the moceasin upon the
sand.-Anderson Journal
Year: 1877




NEVER FoRGET ANYrH1Na.-Asu successful
business man told me there we're two things
he learned when he was eighteen, which were
ever afterward of great use to him, namely,
"never to lose anything, and never to forget
anything" An old lawyer sent him with an
important paper, with instructions what to do
with it. "But," inquired the young man,
suppose lose it; what shall I do then 7"
The answer was with the utmost emphasis,
"You must not lose it'll" II don't mean to-"
said the young man, "but suppose should
happen to?" "But say you must not happen
to; shall make no provision for any such
occurrence; you MUST NOT lose IP This
put new train of thought into the young
mans mind, and be found that if be was de-
termined to do thing he could do it. He
made such provision against every contin.
gency that he never lost anything. BE found
this equally true about forgetting If Ger.
tain matter Of Importance was to be remem.
bered, he pinned it down on his mind, fastened
it there, and made it stay. he used to say,
"When man tells me that he forgot to do
something, tell him he might as we'll have
said, 4 did not care enough about your bust.
ness to take the trouble to think of it again.
1 once had an intelligent young man in my
employment, who deemed it sufficient ex-
cuse for neglecting any important task to say
II forgot it." I told him that would not an
swer. If he was sufficiently interested, he
would be careful to remember. It was because
be did not care enough that he forgot. I
drilled him with this truth. He worked for
me three years, and during the last of the
three he was utterly changed in this respect.
He did not forget thing. His forgetting, he
found, was lazy and careless habit of mind,
uhinh he cured = Gn,,nfr1i Gentleman
Year: 1877

~ The Troy Chief will soon be 20 years old. Sol.
Miller its founder is still hale and hearty, and fur
nishes the best and ablest editorial page in Kansas
When saw him at Topeka last Summer, he looked
to be still young man, able for another twenty
years heat.-Horard City Cou,unt


Of course, We are still young-think, from
the way We feel We must be getting pretty well
on to thirty years of age. How did the idea get
abroad that We were an old cusss Good for
twenty years longer! Why, if We thought We
hadn't somewhere near forty years yet to keep
the Chief going right along, We would feel sad.
and think the time too short to get in our full
quota of work.
Year: 1877

~ All those women who kissed Tilden, under
the delusion that they were kissing the next
President of the United States, probably now
feel sick at the stomach. 1t was sufficiently
disagreeable job to kiss the old coOt, without
being forced to realize that it was all for nothing
Year: 1877

u We would suggest to Mowry, that it is
both cruel and Improbable to expose the incon-
sistencies and lies of one who has become both
insane and blind with jealousy and spite. They
have struck in on the poor unfortunate. His
splurging hurts nobody.
Year: 1877

y The remainder of the buildings and fix
lures on the Centennial grounds have been
closed out. The Lafayette Restaurant, which
cost $2O, ,O0O was sold for 500. Considering the
amount of dirt that was sold in it for grub, at
three prices, they could expect nothing else than
that the concern would be sold dirt cheap.
Year: 1877

Is IT A JOB lone of the laws of the late Leg
islature, relative to Weights and Measures, re-
quires the County Board of every County in the
State to provide themselves with standard
weights and measures Of every denomination and
description. Every man in tho County who is
in business requiring him to weigh bis goods by
the pound or ton, or to measure by the yard or
foot, or by the bashel, peck, gallon, quart or
pint, must take every measure or weight that he
uses TO the County Clerk, and have them tested
by the standard in his Office, aud sealed by him
if found correct. Any man using weight or
measure without the seal, is subject to q penalty
It will cost every County not less than four hun
dred dollars to procure all the requisite standard
weights and measures; and it will cost every
business man at least 25 cents for each weight
or measure sealed by the County Clerk. Isn't
this huge job for somebody What interest
did some manufacturer of weights and measures
have in the bill and what per centage is he to
pay the State officer through whom the orders
arc madei Go on with reform-cutting down
the wages of working men, and imposing gigan-
tic jobs upon the people.
Year: 1877

The New Orleans DEMOCRAT has entered
upon it's third volume. 1t has had to contend
against heavy odds, but like hero, it has
battled bravely and has at last won dis
tinction we'll worthy Of its name. 1t Is now
the official journal of the State, and we hope
tai to Baton Rouge when the Advocate will
again rise up phGnix-like from its ashes
and enter as O contestant with our able con-
temporary for official hOnOrs. But this much
we will take occasion here to say to our con-
freres of the DEMOCRAT, we will not make @
Ptcdyme-fsh war on it or attempt to initiate
the dulcet strains of the Times in order to
catch gudgeons and make little cheap no.
toriety. We congratulate Our DEMOCRATIC
abundant prosperity in The future Baton
Rouge Advocate.


The issue of the New Orleans DEMOCRAT Of
the 10Th inst began its third volume. 1t
ayaied itself OF the occasion to review its
history, it's struggle for existence, Its firm and
unfiinching devotion to Democracy and its
present substantial and prosperous condition.
The DEMOCRAT Is the official journal Of the
State and has merited that distinction for Its
uniformly sincere and fearless advocacy Of
the cause Of the people. 1t Is conducted with
marked ability and it's circulation and influ-
ence has become very extended Lafayette
Advertiser.


That able, out-spoken journal, the New Or
leans DEMOCRAT, which is always ready to
vindieate the rights of Louisiana, and expose
those who dare trample upon her people. has
recently been reelected State Printer. We
are glad of il; those who believe in rewarding
the just and pure are glad OF it, and the State
Printing Board deserves much applause, in
asmuch as 1t has not yet forgotten its duty
EMorehouse Clarion.
Year: 1877

The following card, published in the New
York Times, needs reproduction here, espe-
cially as one of the newspapers Of this city
repubished the false statements of the Times
herein referred to:


To the Editor of the New York Times:


In an editorial of the 18th inst, the leading
object of which evidently was to oppose the
effort of certain New Orleans politicians to
break up our public schools by insisting upon
the co-educatfon Of the races, you have fallen
into an error that have no doubt you will be
glad to correct, relative to the schools Of this
parish. Your language is:


eff they" referring to the aforesaid poll
ticians, 'have nothing better to do. If
time hangs heavy on their hands, chow that
they can no longer disport themselves in
Washington, let them go into the Red river
country and the Baton Rouge district, where
there is really need Of colored schools, and
where the White League officials have no
idea of supplying the demand. They would
be of greater service in those sections Of the
State than in New Orleans, where there is
every disposition to give the colored people a
fair share of the school fund.-


The New Orleans Picayaae, Of the oath inst,
publishes copious extract from this edito-
rial, and. with singular complacency, while
commencing highly the attitude Of the Times
upon the mixed school question. quite
Year: 1877

The best possible thing for a man to do when he feels too weak to carry any thing through, is to go to bed and sleep as long as he can. This is the only recuperation of brain power; be- cause during sleep the brain is in a state of rest, in condition 10 receive and appropriate particles of nutriment from the blood, which take the place of those who have been consumed by previous labor, since the very act of thinking burns up solid particles, as every turn of the wheel CT screw of the steamer IS the result of cOnsump- ton by fire of the fuel in the furnace. The supply of consumed brain sub stance can only be had from the nu- tritive particles Tn the blood which were obtained from the food eaten pre- vIously; and the brain is so constituted that it can best receive and appropriate to itself those nutritive particles dur ing a state of rest, of quiet and sullaess of sleep. Mere stimulants supply nOth- ing in themselves; they goad the brain and force 1t tO a greater consumption of it's substance, until it is so exhaust cd that there IS not power enough left to receive a supply.-EX.