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Year: 1878

Chapter I,-Once upon time, in the dark
ages of the nineteenth century, there lived a
gentleman who held a commission in the
army.


Chapter II.-But he had serious scruples
as TO whether it was right or wrong to kill
his fellow creatures at the bidding of others,
or, in fact, whether it was not a crime to kill
his fellowmcn at all.


Chapter III.-He decided that it toas a
crime, notwithstanding the glitter and tinsel
thrown about the murderous profession; 80
he sold his commission and entered the
church, thinking that as he was an intelli-
do more good to humanity in that line than
in the other line.


Chapter IV.-One day, discoursing to q
rustic congregation on the folly of using pro-
fame language, he told them that he himself
was once guilty of the same folly, and adj
dcted to the same vice but that he had COM
pletcly conquered the habit.


Chapter VA flying insect hearing the
boast, winked his eye at the congregation
and thought "I'll put him to the test" So
making circuit round the old gentleman
head, he lit upon his nose.


"see! !" said the reverend gentleman
here is an illustration. At one time
should have sworn awfully at this Ay-bu
look now" Raising his hand, he said gent
ly. "Go away little fly, 90 array" Blu
the fly only tickled his nose the more.


The reverend gentleman, raising his hant
with some vehemence, made a grab at the
offender; and, being successful, opened it Il
throw the insect from him, in extreme dis
gust, he exclaimed. "Why, d-n it, it's {
caSp"


Horror of the rustic congregation, failure
of the illustration and the end.
Year: 1878

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in a sermon
on future punishment on Sunday morning,
among other things, said this: "The old ten
commandments belong to the barbaric state.
They are a story of negatives, 1t is not un-
Ill you get down into the New Testament
that you find "Thou Shalt" believe in the
justice OF God. believe that punishment
exists, both here and hereafter but it will
not continue after it ceases to do good,
With a God who would give pain for pains
sake, this world would go out like acandle."
Talmage gave a report of an underground
exploring expedition among the purleus of
sin and misery, and took occasion to thank
the press for nn audience of 100000 every
week. He said: Let the newspapers criti-
else, am Indebted to the press what never
can repay. So, slash away gentlemen. If
there is anything l despise it is a dull time.
Press criticism is Turkish towel with
which every public man needs to be rubbed
every day in order TO create a circulation"
Year: 1878

-Bodices are made in the shape Of a vest
to open over waistcoat of plain material,
either woollen or silk silk of course, is the
handsomest.


A female temperance lecturer from De-
troit carries miniature still with her, and
in the presence of her audience distills al
cohol from cider.
Year: 1878

syery warrant pad thcrrirom, during
the quarter. The Governor shall cause
every such report to bc Immediately
Published in st least one ncwstaper
printed at the scat Of government. The
Legislature shall, at It's first session. and
may AZ any subsequent oHr, provide, by
law regulations for the safe keeping OF
the public funds, and for bonds 10 be
given by the Treasurer. with surities.


Sec. IG. The making of profit, di-
rectly, or indirectly. out OF the State,
county, city, town or school district, or
using the same for any purpose no, au-
thorized hy law, Icy public officers. or
by any other person. shall be deemed
felony, and shall I've punished as proyid-
ed by law.


Sec. II. Private property shall not
be taken or sold for the payment Of the
corporate debt of municipal corpora.
tiOns.


Sec. is. There shall be State Board
Of equalization, consisting of the Score
tary of State, State Treasurer and
Superintendent ot Public Instruction,
whose duty it shall be to adjust and
equalize the valuation OF real and pei
sonal property among the several count.
les. Also, in each county. board OF
equalization, consisting OF the Board Of
County Commissioners, whose duty it
shall pc to adjust and equalize the valu-
tion OF reai aud personal property with
in their respective counties Each Board
shall also perform such other duties us
may be prescribed by law; prociasd, that
the Legislature may prescribe the rule
by which such equalization shall be con-
trolled, and may revise or amend the
same when they may deem it necessary.


Sec. 10 The State shall not assume
the debt, or any part thereof, of any
county, municipal corporation. or person
unless such debt shall have been COL
tracted to repel invasion, suppress in
surrection or to assist the State in the
discharge OF any portion OF its indebted
ness.


Sec. 20, The Legislature may borrow
money o. contract debts, to repel inva-
sion, suppress insurrection, or defend the
State in time of war; but the money
thus raised shall be applied exclusively
to the object for which the loan Was ap-7
tholized, or to the repayment OF the debt
thereby created.


Sec. 81. The State shall never con-
tract any debt tor work of internal i'm
provement, or be party in carrying on
the same. But whenever grants of land
or other property shall have been made
to the State, for particular works of in
ternal improvement, the State may carry
on such work, and shall devote thereto
the proceeds of such grants, and may
appropriate the revenue derived from
such works in aid of their completion
and repair


Sec. %. No money shall he drawn
from the Treasury for the benefit of any
church or religious or Theological SEM
mary.
Year: 1878

often think each tottering form


That limps along in life's decline
Once bore heart as young. as warm,
As full of idle faults as minei
And each has had its dream Of joy,
Its own unequaled, pure romance,
Commencing when each blushng boy
First thrilled at lovely woman's glance.
And each could tell his tale Of youth.
Would think its scenes love evince
More passion, more unearthly truth,
Than any tale before or since.
Yes they could tell of tender lays,
At midnight penned in classic shades,
or days more bright than modern days
And maids more fair than modern maids.
OF whispers in a willing ear;


or kisses on blushing check,
Each kiss. each whisper far too dear
Our modern lips to give or speak.
OF passions too untimely crossed
or passions sighted or betrayed
OF kindred spirits early lost,


Anu Duub lHdt DlOSeOHcu Dut " ldOc.
or beaming eyes and tresses gay,


Elastic form and noble brow,
And forms that have all passed away,
And left them what we see them now.
And is it thus-is human love


So very light and frail a thing?
And must youths brightest vision move
Forever on Times restless wing?
Must all the eyes that still are bright,
And all the lips that talk Of bliss,
And all the forms SO fair to sight,


Hereafter only come to this?
Then what are all earth's treasures worth,
If we at length must lose them thus
If all we value most on earth


Ere long must fade away from US.
Year: 1878

WE NEVER remember TO have wit
messed such lavish display and prepara-
ton for celebrating Christmas. If we
are not more able than we were some
years ago we have certainly grown more
liberal 1t is well that we should be
liberal and it is hoped that all will be
and at the same time wisely keep theil
expenditures within their means while
enjoying Christmas festivities as well a,
at all other times.
Year: 1878

Obliged to transfer their business to other
cities where there win be some margin
for profit Hence there is strong move
mept on the part of the leading proper
ty-owners and taxpayer, like the As
tors, the LorilIards and the Rhinelan'
ders, to cut down the enormous munici
pal appropriations for the ensuing year.
Year: 1878




Cable dispatches of the 10th announce
the death of Bayard Taylor, Minister
to Berlin, at o'clock of that day, of
dropsy. The German papers pay a
high tribute to his character. In fact,
they may claim him, to some extent, as
one of them, since he married Ger
man lady and was an enthusiastic al
mirer of the German people and of Ger
man literature.


During tho past twenty-five years
probably no American writer has en-
joycd so wide u popularity among the
people generally. His career has been
= source of constant inspiration to
young men. Beginning as printer
in country office in Pennsylvania, lie
worked his way up from the case and
achieved u reputation as the foremost
traveller and writer of travels in his
day. While still a young man he had
the pluck to set out and see Europe on
foot. He naturally gravitated to the
N. Y. Tribune. then controlled by
Horace Greely, another printer boy
who worked his way up from the case
70 great distinction and influence.


Mr.. Taylor looked upon his books OF
travel more as newspaper correspond.
ence than as works Of permanent liter.
ary value, and his great love was liter.
ary art, in which field he has achieved
quite reputation. His genius, how
ever, was not Of the highest creative
order, and his writings will be valued
chiefly for their estimate of the great
works of others. It is very much t.
be regretted that he did not live to fin
ish his life of Goethe, on which he wa.
engaged at the time of his death,
Year: 1878




know what I say when say it is
not hysteria. These men have no bus
iness to argue up to u supposititious
case. Let them first make their case,
and argue from it. Then their views
may be of more weight. I have seen
too much in asylums and i'll fever cases
Of such manifestations AS those we are
talking Of to be startled ut what the
human mind can do outside of the
body. am glad this case has been
made public and that it is attracting
so much attention. The scientific men
haye been having their say. Now let's
see what there is to he said in behalf of
the spirit. like to see such manifes-
tations Of the mind and the body made
public. AS have said before, they
teach the difference between the spirit
and the flesh, and the superiority Of the
one over the other"


It is encouraging, at least. to see
that there are physicians and clergy
men who are true enough to declare
facts when they see them and know
them to be facts, contrary to the blind,
dogmat,c and egotistical methods of
most doctors and ministers. We have
ourself conversed with numbers of
such men about the facts Of clairvoy-
ance and spirit manifestations. They
blind1y. ignorantly and often ins ult-
ingly assert that it is all 4 humbng
and a delusion. We give them fact
after fact Of the wonderful things We
have seen.ss They virtually answer $50
much the worse for the facts. A fact
which is contrary to our theories or
notions, must fall TO the ground. We
care nothing for facts. And besides
you are all u set Of lunatics, anyhow .
And yet millions Of people are testify.
ing TO such facts. Is human testimony
OF any account or IS it all hunnbug, too?
Year: 1878

LUkBER.-The Mankato Review
Gays:


We understand that a builder at
Garden City, recently came to Man
kato and got prices on lumber, and
afterward bought at Good Thunder,
saving twenty dollars on his bill: 1t
seems that the dealers on the Southern
Minnesota are able to undersell par
Ties who get their supply at Minneap'
oils.


That's just one of the main reason
vhy We want the Southern Minnesota
extended to this point. We shall need
IN enormous quantity Of lumber in the
next ten years to put a house on every
Quarer section of land and make city
Of WorthingtOn.
Year: 1878

1t was Boston girl who referred to Beacons-
fields new honor as '' the order of the elastic.


The nomination for observation-disclosures OF
Nevada is to be given to editor, and the
newspaper men are to play game of pedro who
shall have IT.
Year: 1878

To the Editor Of Pacific Commercial Advertiser !:
You will favor me by publishing the accompany
ing letter of the Secretary Of the Queens Hospital


am Trustee Of that Institution, but in minority
upon a measure most intimately connected with one
class Of patients, which honestly believe shouldbs
admitted to the privileges of the Hospital know
very we'll that the Hospital originally designed
for the benefit of the native population, but great
change has taken place during the past twenty years,
while the native population has been diminishing the
foreign element has been upon the increase, and es-


- last few years. Now it appears


1.-the Hospital demands
Year: 1878

A meeting of the BARRIERS of this city,
was held last evening, at the Fame Hose
engine house for the purpose of organiz-
inS a permanent association, in order to
combat the law in regard to opening
their shops on Sunday. a temporary or
ganization was formed by calling MIR
Sinclair to the chair and appointing IL
Valentine, Secretary. Without transact
| ing any further business the meeting al
iourned until next Thursday evening.
Year: 1878

No more serious question can engage
the attention now than the employment
OF labor that is wasting. A lecture OH
gold and silver, showing their relation to
our troubles, will be given at 219 King
street Tomorrow morning at 10.30. Seats
free, all are invited.
Year: 1878

A PAYING JoB.-No man who has
a home of his own need ever be
idle. There is always something 10
be done to promote the convenience
and comfort of the home, and in the
absence OF the work giving money
remuneration, making the home
more pleasant and comfortable is the
best paying job which any man can
undertake. 1t is a sign Of shiftlass-
ness. if not worse, to see men idle
while days work might be well
expended in battening doors and
windows against winters rude blasts,
or in providing some simple con
veniences long needed by the good
housewife to tighten her work. In
dustry always finds work to do.
Year: 1878

Comparing the present market prices of
all the articles OF necessity and luxury that
go to make up the cost of living. with the
prices that obtained when wages were higher,
IL will be seen that wages have fully held
their own. And il men will make the same
comparison with regard TO mems earnings
and purchases, twenty, fifty, hundred years
ago. they will see that-thsnks TO cheaper
and more rapid means of production and
carriage through mechanical invention
in every element Of living, in housing.
clothing, food. luxuries and the rest. the
workingman of to day has infinite advantage
over his father, grandfather or great grand
father. And he enjoys multitude of priv.
ileges and benefits, in stable government
personal liberty and protection, gratuitous
education for his children, free medical
attendance, pure water, lighted streets, and
other untaxed advantages which his aucss-
tors never dreamed of or hoped for. His
wages are higher and his money will buy
more, dollar for dollar, than his fathers
would.


We do not say that the real as well as the
relative cost OF living is not advanced by
every step forward in civilization. For ten
days work an East India islander, according
to Wallace, can manufacture or earn sago
cakes enough to last him q year; and less La.
Dor will keep him supplied with the limited
clothing he needs. A man needs more
clothing here, and a greater variety of food !;
yet when ii comes to the absolute necessities
OF men-the minimum cost of living-a very
small portion of Q mans yearly wages win
keep him alive and comfortable. Thoreau
Year: 1878

built him shanty in Walden woods and
lived year in it at q total cost of twenty
seven dollars, and never approached either
squalor or starvation. The experiment is OF
value only in that il proves 1t possible for
man to get as much bare living here for
gwen amount of labor as Polynesian can.
If one man wants more-and very uroperIv
most men do want more-one must work for
it; and our civilization happily offers az
once more opportunity for labor, and inf
nitely more TO be had for the proceeds of
such labor, than have been obtainable Ia any
other land, under any other social or indus
trlal conditions. And we doubt whether
there was ever a time when industry and
economy-usIng the term in its true sense of
ludiclous managemeDt-would or could have
met with surer or more generous reward
than in our own land TO day
Year: 1878

Washington STAR


About three weeks ago Mary Minor q col
ored Toman residing al the corner Of Twelfth
and + streets, southeast complained of being
mighty poorly" and badly griped" and
there vass curious movement observed about
her stomach. One or two physicians were
called in, and being of the opinion that the
movements in her stomach were occssioned
by tapeworm, treated her for It. But she
and her friends could not be brought to be-
heYe that this was the cause anu two colored
"voudoo" doctors were called in.


After diagnosis one gave the opinion
thai her stomach is the home of a big tree
frog, and the other that it is inhabited by a
black snake and two ground hogs-both
agreeing that the anImsls had been con-
jured into her by some enemy. One of the
voudooists has proved to the satisfaction of
the family and many of the superstitious
people in that section that snch is the case
by finding two "conjure" bottles under the
house containing some of the patients hair,
q piece OF her calico dress and some grave
yard dirt"


1t is CLAIMED by the present attending YOU
doc doctor that he has broken the spell and
that she won't be troubled any more after
she succeeds by medicine in dissolving the
'varmints," so that they can be naturally
elected. This case excites great interest
among the colOred people of that section,
and numbers OF people visit the patient from
time TO time to get an opportunity to feel
the movements of the "vaTnints," but there
is among them, as there is with the doc
tors" q diversity OF opinion as to whether
they feel the movements of the hind legs of
srog or the gyrations OF black snake and
his two attendant groundEogS
Year: 1878

Queen Victoria was not 20 years of age
when she assembled the throne Coming
into possession of power, with a heart fresh,
tender and pure, and with ali her instincts
inclined TO mercy, Te may be sure that she
found many things that tried her strength
of resolution 20 tire utmost On a bright
beautiful morning the young queen was
waited upon at her palace of Windsor by the
Duke of Wellington. VITO had brought from
London various pspers requiring her sigma
ture 10 render them operative. One Of them
was sentence of court martial pronounced
against a soldier of the line-that he be shot
dead. The queen looked upon the paper
and then looked upon The wondrous beau
ties that nature had spread 10 her view.


What has this man Gone?' she asked


The duke looked at the paper and replied:
"Ah, my royal mistress, that Ban, / feafXke
incorrigfble. he has deserted three times.


And can you not say something in his
behalf. my lordP'


Wellington shook bis head.


"Oh, think again, pray your


Seeing that her majesty was so deeply
moved, and feeling sure she would not have
the man shot in any event, he finally con-
fessed that the man was brave, gallant, and
really good soldier


But" he added, think OF the influeDcep'


"Intiuencew cried Victoria, her eyes flash
ing and her bosom heaving with strong emo
tion. let it be ours To WELD influence /
will try mercy in this mans case; and / charge
you, your grace, to let me know the result
good soldier, you said. Oh, thank you
for that! And you may tell him that your
good words saved him."


Then she took the paper and wrote with
bold firm hand, across the dark page the
bright, saving word-"Pardonedi"


The duke was fond of telling the story,
and he was willing also to conf IS that the
giving OF that paper to the pardoned soldier
gave him far more Joy than he could have
experlenced from the taking OF a city.
Year: 1878

A girl in Kentucky bit her roquet partner on the head with amallet, brain fever setin, and the young man nearly died The girl was kept un- der arrest until his recovery, and when be got well she married him; and nov the poor fellows sorry be didn't die
Year: 1878

The popular idea of farmer has been


that he WAS a man of narrow views, Civ


en- to crOaking. and an intense partisan.
We do not dispute that this description


would apply to many farmers of the past,


and not a few of the present generation.
We believe, however, that there is nothing


in the calling to bring out unlovely traits
of character. A generation has wrought


a remarkable change in the character of


the tillers of the soil. The old race of
hardy pioneers is rapidly passing away


and u more inteli gent class is taking their


place. Not that we would disparage the
farmers of the past generation they


were noble men, but the majority of them
began lite poor They had lutte time to


study and little means to invest in books
| or papers, and their range of vision was
necessarily limited. They were the


John the list" to the farmers of to-
day. Although many still hold to the old
idea that farming dwarfs a man, those
who are best acquainted with farmers


know that the conditions are changed
Our farmers are better educated. not only
in school but through the influence of the


press. Improved implements. stock. and


methods of culture have been adopted;


our State and county fairs. farmers clubs


and oranges, all have had their influence
| in making farmers intelligent, and elevat-
| ing their calling


What is there in Il farmers life to make
| him a narrow or prejudced manP His
| time is not so much empl yed but that he
can find time for reading and study. He
| is not confined to dusty or smoky shop
| where he must look out upon brick walls,
| as are most of our mechanics. He does


not spend his time higgling with custom
| ers about the price of goods, as does the
| merchant. He is not bought in contact
with the worst side OF human nature and
obliged to see the depravity and meanness
which lis brought to light in our courts.
His duties are not mechanical, TO be re-
peated a thousand times in unvaIyng


routine. But in the great laboratory Of
| nature he is an eXperimenter. She con-
| tides To him her secrets, and as a reward
for intelligent labor. ubl ,cks to him her
treasures and pours them at his feet
Through his int IL gent management the
plants and animals under his care are
greatly improved and the earth made to
yield double. He is awakened in the
| morning Y the singing of birds, and goes
| forth TO breathe the heal,h-giviny air, and


to view the trees and plants with spark
ling dew. he is not etfeminats, but his


labor under the burning sun of summer


and in the cold of winter, knits his muscle


and makes him strong and brave. His
table is furnished with fru t., vegetables,


and the products OF the daliy and p,altry
yard. He is his own master, and does not
| fear that change of administration or loss


of favor with some individual will cut off
| his income, and leave him without the


means oI support. Ii his income is small


no man is better prepared u meet hard
| times or TO practice economy. aud when
Providence rewards him with bountiiul
| crops he can fec that the blessings which
| enrich him have made no one else poorer.
The Practicable Farmer.
Year: 1878

The attendance last evening at the
Opera House upon the occasion OF the
appearance Of Miss Helen Potter in her
.aughable impersonations, was not as
args as the entertainment deserved.
Miss Potter as a reader is very pleasing,
and none who heard her could not but
lie impressed with her superior talents.
As a mimic she is inimitable. Olive
Logan, Anna Dickinson and John B.
Cough were impersonated with a faith
tulness that was surprising. She was
frequently and heartily applaud-d.
There is some talk of her coming back
here at no distant day.


4 Complaint.


Some time ago the second story of
the Old Academy was granted by the
City Council to number OF young men
who wished to start library i'll the
Ninth Ward. Complaint has reached
Is of considerable disorder in the room
granted for the library. A correspond
ent says, that domtnoes, chequers and
whiskey are freely indulged in, and the
ears Of persons passing to church are
Z metimess ,luted with volIrys o. oaths
blasphemy and obscene language. If
this is the use the Old Academy is put
TO, Council should rescind it, action.