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Year: 1878

They came into the car at a wayside
station together. She was In the lead,
a position she is not likely to surrender
as long as they travel together. A tall
brunette, with sharp face, piercing
black eyes, hair black as a ravens wing,
a long aquiline nose, with mole on the
side of it, mouth the cut of which be-
tokened determination and force. She
had passed the shady side of the teens
and had climbed to the apex of quar-
ter of a century. He was guileless
youth over whose tow-cOlored head
some eighteen summers had passed, an
innocent hobbledeh0y, just released
from his mothers apron strings. On
him she cast loving glances, and. his
face, suffused with bushes, was turned
with timid, appealing look to her.


The car was crowded, and eligible
1 pSesatSI, easily obtainable. About the
Year: 1878

san Francisco, Feb. pa Gail reporter
interviewed Duncan Last night. He said, in
effect:


l did not think was going to fail was
struggling up to the last moment to save N.Y.
self; up to o'clock on Sunday afternoon I
expected aid and hoped to pull through In
such state OF mind Was / when Went home
that evening tha.. my family insisted l Should
not return tG the bank and even wished ME
to leave the city. I refused to leave town
but f,nally consented to 60 to the house of a
tiicnd. l did not intend to wrong anyone
and not one cent of the depOsitors' money
went into my pocket and they would not
have lost anything if could have succeeded
in my plans


Duncan here became greatly excited, his
voice trembied, tears rolled down his checks
and MS nervous prOstratIOn was such that
the reporter was obliged to support and calm
him, he protesting all the lime that he was
not excited. He continued:


Inever wanted to go away from here, but
last week my family partly persuaded me to
leave the city. They made all the arrange
ments. had nothing to do with them and
did not know exactly what they were doing
in the matter. The threats made by some
papers and Kearney's crowd alarmed them,
and they thought would be in great danger
if discovered. l know little about these
things myself, as have been almost depriv-
ed of newspapers and would hardly read
them anyway. Fear of violence alone induced
me to leave the city. did not feel that
had done so much wrong as am accused OF.
invested money for the bank in real estate
and in the safe deposit company l had
taken Il, 900 shares of the safe deposit stock.
and intended to take the whole 20OO0, for
it was good investment and paying hand.
somely for awhile, but after the failure of
the Bank of California everything went down,
rents fell, my real estate deprecated terri
bly,, mortgages called in over 5000 per
month, and had to turn every way to keep
aAoat. Capitalists charged me interest Mt
the rate of 3 per cent. per month, and some
times even as high as one half to one per
cent. per day on large sums on short time
O, these usurers. Everything seemed to
conspire to overwhelm me-
Year: 1878

CONSTITUTIONAL CoSvENTIoN.-We have
unofficial information that the chairman OF
the republican central committee for the
territory has announced proposition. sub
ject, OF course to ratification By the conven-
tions, that the republicans will nominate the
district Judges for delegates at large to the
constitutional convention, Il the democrats
Will make no nominations against them. In
return for this. the democrats shall nominate
the three district delegates and the repub-
hcans will make no nominations in opposi-
ton to them. BY this plan six men viii be
chosen without any partissnship. and if the
democrats will select their best men, there
Will be two-hfths of the delegates, at least.
web qualified for the duties assigned them.
We could select three republicans that would
be at least as satisfactory to US and to the
majority Of the party, but whether by any
other plan, that number could be chosen
who would be as satisfactory TO the whole
people, is matter of doubt The PROPOSE
tion would be more than fair to the demo
crats as 1t IS almost certain that the three
judges or any other three competen. repub
hcans could be elected delegates at large. on
q party vote. Should our conventions an.
prove this plan, our opponents will hardly
dare reject it, as it would prove beyond a
doubt, what We have asserted, that it was
democrats and not republicans who were
bent on making q party fight in this election
We regret we had not learned of this matter
IN time to give it more general discussion.
~Otyn.pio Courier.
Year: 1878

SENATOR BAyARD referring to remark
lately made to the effect that both himself
and Judge Thurman. at the time the elector-
al bill was passed, thought that it would re-
suit in the seating of Hayes, said that any
such statement was utterly unfounded. He
said he could not of course, be cognizant OF
what was passing in the mind Of Judge Ed
munds or Of his hidden object, if there was
any, in inserting in the bill these pregnant
words "if any," to enable the commission
to decline hearing testimony But he knew
then, and knows now, that if the bill had
been fairly executed, the inevitable result
would have been to place Tilden in the pres
idency. Bayard says there is no doubt that
senator Morton expected that to be the re-
suit, for he opposed the bill in committee
with all the vigor and force of which he was
capable, and fought it in the senate up to
the very last minute. Bayard said that, as
member OF the electoral commission, when
Justice Bradley commenced to read his opin-
ion in the Florida case, he looked at Thur
man. who sat beside him. and nodded to
intimate the confidence which he felt that
Justice Bradley Would vote for Tilden. For
twenty minutes he held this conviction, so
evenly did Justice Bradley hold the scales
posed first going a hairs breadth on one
side then on the other, until he finally landed
on the republican side
Year: 1878

RELIEF MEAsrEEs.-Th Washington ID.
C.l Herald. recognized organ of the friends
of silver reconciliation, thus outlines 4
programme for action to follow the success
already gained by them 1t says the de-
pressed business interests Of the country Will
derive no great relief from the passage of the
silver bill unless it be supplemented by 9TH
or financial reforms rs the secretary of the
treasury may still hoard silver for purposes
of resumption. 1t therefore calls upon the
senate to speedily pass the house bill repeal
ing the specie resumption act, so as to pro-
hibit further contraction Of the currency, and
urges the enactment of Bcck's bill to stop
further payment Of the public debt until the
sinking fund is reduced to the limit actually
required by law The article continues as
follows: Then let taxes be reduced to the
extent of S37,000,O00 of the surplus thus
created and we may hope for some tightening
of our present burden. The passage OF the
silver bill is but one of a series OF measures
necessary to the public welfare and We ex-
pect to see it supplemented by the measures
above named and Others replacing national
hank notes with greenbaeks and making the
latter receivable at par for custom duties.
When these measures shall be passed the
country will return to a season of prosperity
such as has never been known since contrac-
ton became our national policy.
Year: 1878

THE FRAUDULENT PREsIDENr.-The Gin
cinnati Times was the first paper in the
United States to name Fraudulent Hayes as
a candidate for president. Here is what the
Times now says of the presidents standing
in the senate:


There is not man in that body who is rscos
nized a. a republican in full standing who can
be depended upon for even a half way defense
of the presidents republican;srn. of the organ
ization Of his administration, OF his civil ser
vice ideas, of his disposition OF the patronage,
or nf his entire course toward the south.


This carries with it, incidentally, the neces
sary implication that Stanley Matthews, the
confidential adviser and champion OF Hayes,
is no longer recognized as a republican. y
When We turn to the other branch of con-
gress, We have only this cold comfort:


The situation is but little better in the house
There is no man there who, when he rises to
speak. is locked upon as one in thorough accord
with the administration.


We suppose it will not be pretended by
any well informed person that the state OF
things is materially different among the peo-
pie in the country at large We have care.
fully watched for some signs of reaction in
the presidents favor, hut have only found an
accelerating tendency in the opposite direc-
tion.
Year: 1878

JUST So.-A little seven-year-old boy
in New Jersey was telling his brother that
the portraits he was showing were those
of the presidents of the United States.
Said the boy, Most of these were elect
ed, and the other one got in" And this
reminds us that it was Fraudulent Hayes
ana his brother conspira.ors in the l Louis-
lana penitentiary that brought that crown
ing disgrace upon the country.
Year: 1878

THE established mail routes in Oregon
altogether exceed 5000 miles in length
and as all have to be travelled twice each
week, at least, and several six and twelve
times, 1t is safe to say that not less than
ten Thousand miles of travel are required
10 deliver the mails each week in Oregon.
Year: 1878

HARD CURRENCY-Iron is the currency
of the iron region Of East Tennessee. the
metal being worked up into bars, half a
dozen of which can easily be carried upon
the shoulder. When a man wants shoes,
clothing, coffee, sugar, or any or all domestic
articles, he shoulders the bars of iron which
have been given him in exchange for his
labor, goes to a merchant and gets them.
And vet the bloated bondholders tell us that
the workingmen are not willing to take sill
yer dollars.
Year: 1878

suES1DIES-The long columns of names OF
congressman voting against sub sides in the
abstract look very impressive, but nobody is
deceived thereby. The first vote on real
subsidy proposition is likely to show very
different results.
Year: 1878

CApErs.--Some one remarks that if there
are to be no army AID no money, West Point
must stop graduating cadets. Shall we no
longer let loose these pups Of war asks the
New York Herald,
Year: 1878

= ANY person getting up s club OF
ten G. more ue-r sts5sc~i5s-s for THE
ADVERTISER may retain - per cent.
Of the money collected TO pay them for
their trouble Remember, they must
he HstC subscribers-thati is any person
not now taking the paper-and the
money for the same, at the rate Of s.
Z year, must accompany the order


less the % per cent. retained 10 pay
the sgent. Any industrious. young
man could make 5 a day az this busi-
ness this winter. Specimen copies of
the paper sent TO any address gratis.
Year: 1878

We think we venture nothing In
saying that there will be no split in
the Democratic party In Tennessee
over the debt question. The De-
mocracy of Tennessee has been re-
nOwned for the consistency Of it's
constituent parts from time imme-
mortal, and we do not believe that
any question can arise which will
seriously disturb the even tenor Of
its way. Here and there have been
and perpetually viii be-cat-and-
dog scufiles between local pOliti-
clans, but they are only the surface
boils which indicate internal vigOr
mere conduits for tho passage Of
surplus bile, which serve both to
solidify the party at large and teach
the recalcitrant In that hard school
taught by Mistress Experience, That
in harmony and cooperation alone
Ii Success.
Year: 1878

Hannaford has bis furniture rooms
crowed full, and is one of the best Sc
lected stocks ever brought to Brown
Vile. If you want any article, or
parlor or bed room set, common or
of the best and most elegant styles
you can be accommodated at this house
at the lowest living rates. Call and
see for yourself, up stairs in the same
building previously occupied. Go up
the stairway leading to The ADvER-
TIsER office and turn to the left.
is determined that all who
want furniture, or other goods usual
Iy found in furniture store, need not
90 elsewhere to make their purchases.
Year: 1878

- The Transfer company having to
remove their barn from where 1t is
now, have secured the lots where Ben.
Rogers livery stable was burned, on
corner OF First and Atlantic streets,
and masons are now at work dressing
stone for the foundation.
Year: 1878

aonal dislike, and for the ayowed
purpose of making him hateful.
This did not mend matters, and the
artist was threatened with venge-
ance if he did not change the fig
ure in the course Of a day. Next
morning when the Devil came to
look at the alterations he found the
sacristan mounted on the scafold
and employed in adding new hor-
rors to the representation. "Since
you are determined that we shall be
foes," exclaimed the irritated de-
mon, "let us see how you can leap"
AT the same time he overthrow the
Scafolding. But the sacristan had
no sooner called the Virgin to his
succor than her image stretched out
its arms to uphold him, and, after
suspending him for some time in
the air, to give the beholders time
to admire this beautiful miracle,
she placed him gently or the
ground, to the infinite disgust Of
Satan.
Year: 1878

Thibet is the old bachelors para
disc, for it is there that he can flirt
with a hundred girls Simultaneous
ly, and get married without know
ing it. Il. 7. Cooper, an agent in
the English civil service-6e was
recently murdered at Bhamo, al
though that is neither here nor
there-resolved to travel through
China by a route comparatively un-
known, and full of dangers. Start
ing from Hadow, he went along the
Yangtse- -Kiang to Eastern Thibet.
One day he found himself in a
grove, surrounded by a group of
girls, and, according to him, "the
whole scene was so Arcadian, and
the romantic effect so irresistible,
that, though struck by the remark
able absence of the male sex he
gave himself up to the influence Of
the situation and waited with Ian
guid curioSityifor the denouement of
this pleasant little adventure" He
smoked with the girls and shared
their meals, and afterward they
dragged in a young girl of sixteen,
attired in a silk dress, seated her by
his side, and then began to dance
round the pair. He could not
make it out until his servant ex-
planned that according to one of the
customs of Thibet, he had, without
knowing it, allowed himself to be
married. He at first wished to re-
sist, pleading English customs, but
the tribe among whom he was
would accept no explanations, and


he was compelled to take the girl


with him.
Year: 1878

Slhe Argosy.l


The monks Of a certain monas,
terry wished to ornament the gate
of their church. One of their
number, who was a sacristan, and
who understood sculpture, placed
on it a beautiful image of the Vir-
gin. 1t was very common in those
days to have near the entrance u
representation of the Last Judg-
ment Among those on the left
side WIS a Satan, armed with an
lron hook, and so hidoous that no
one could lock upon him without
horror. The original, offended at
the liberties which had been taken
with his figure. came one day to in
quire of the artist why he had made
him so ugly. The sacristan plainly
told him it had been done for per
Year: 1878

The divorce case of the Lord of
AyleafoFd is on hearing in Lcndon,
and discloses, as all such cases do,
that high life in England is not a
very pretty or edifying life. As
madame eloped with q marquis and
The couple set up in Paris as man
and wife, it is not difficult to estab-
lish the adultery charged, but il
does not follow that a divorce will
be granted The queens protector
Year: 1878

is as extraordinary as his taste in
waistcoats. A thick, heavy mass
of jet-black ringlets falls over his
left cheek almost to his collarless
stock, while on the right temple it
is parted and put away with the
smooth carelessneSs of a girls, and
shines most unctuously


With thy incompatible oil. Macassar?'
Year: 1878

IoSDoy June l. The Mark Lans Erpysss says; Broken.
weather has prevailed during e past week There
day without coplous shower The azricui
causing farmers auNe'y every
Complains ~ The dscooraon % The wheat are rife In Eng
land and no France where So many dsticA the Wheat
plant has been laid by heavy rains while weeds have
where Increased with rlpldy. L. Scotland similar
Of Affairs exsts all Tie ing land being sauratt d.
Speaking generally the appearance of all cereals Is bulky
tendency Of moisture has been 10 develop the
plant a the epenss Of the grain producing power and how


favorable the weather be during tie next two
months the appearance do not favor the presumption Of moro
than bare Yield at rate regards Wheat ana
supplies Of English wheat have been moderate
country mark and Mark Lane sales only
practicable decline OF 20 . reduction which
growers accepted with manifest reluctance Foreign
Wheat been coming hand freely The trado having
been very dull most Of is Wheat has gone into store and
material Increase stocks will probably be apparent Al the
end the America Russia and Germany have been
the chrf Of supply and on inc two countries hst
named shall receive heavy imports time India
may her prominent place In tue list OF grain sup
plying territories AS regards trade there Is very little
change but there has been rather stronger feeling as TO
Wheat at tho reduced prices OF last Monday


which p per ar the week. The inquiry Is
c0Iniry mers The sales have been %
retail Values have declined for all varieties
produce that the Congress definitely settled
uOn and opinion OF the Corn trade the influence Of
politics has ceased factor In the course Of prices
Year: 1878

Receipts the week 63l bales Shipments Of Hops
LOCI bales With quite inquiry for export and increase
In the receipts the market rules firm and from to c per
pound higher few choice sold 1Oc Quotations.
Year: 1878

In the early part of November last
there was printed a d, description Of new
invention by Mr.. Thomas A. Edison,
called the speaking phonograph. Mr..
Edison has since made an improvement,
and has now succeeded in making an in
strument that will record and reproduce
any words or sounds pronounced or
made within the proper distance Of the
mouthpiece Of the apparatus. This ap-
.paratus is exceedingly simple. 1t con-
sists of cylinder four inches in dame
ter and ten inches long, upon shaft
A spiral groove, like the thread Of a
screw, is cut in the surface of the cylin-
der from end to end, and the same kind
of screw IS cut in the shaft carrying
it. Over this cylinder is secured sheet
of paper or tinfoil. Immediately oppo-
site the cylinder, on an upright arm, is
speaking tube, one end Of which is
closed by diaphragm. In the center
of the diaphragm is a small point, like
that of a pin, arranged so as to be ex-
actly opposite the grooves upon the cyl
inder When the cylinder is set in mo-
tion it rotates, and at the same time
moves endwise. If, while rotating,
person utters a sentence in front OF the
tube, the movement of the diaphragm
causes the point upon it to indent the
tinfoil, so that for every movement OF
the diaphragm the point indents the
foil. If the movement is great. a deep
indenture will be made, and thus every
movement of the diaphragm is accurate
ly recorded by indentations in the foil.
To reproduce the sounds all that is nec-
essary is to turn the cylinder back to
its original position and start again, the
point upon the diaphragm riding in and
out Of the indentations sets it in motion
and thus reproduces all the original
movements.


Mr. Edison had his improved machine
on private exhibition in the Western
Union Telegraph Office on Monday, and
President OrtOn and number OF other
gentlemen connected with the company
tested its extraordinary powers of re-
peating spoken words. On one occa-
sion three gentlemen spoke In success.
sion-the first in English, the second in
Spanish and the third in Hungarian
and the machine repeated the words as
to be heard distinctly by dozen per-
sons standing around the apparatus
"Old Uncle Ned y and verse of
Spanish love song were next sung, and
reproduced by the instrument to the
satisfaction of all


Mr. Edison says the machine is de-
signed for practical use. He is now
making a new machine which will have
plate sufficiently large to receive 500
spoken words. Thus man may dictate
half dozen letters before leaving his
Office, and his clerks may write them
out in his absence If he should wish
to say more. he can remove the first
plate and put in the second, and SO on
up to any number he may require.


SO accurately are the words repeated
by the machine that gentleman who
was present at the exhibition yesterday
would not believe that the sounds were
made by it. He insisted that it was
ventriloquial performance, and would
not be convinced that it was not until
Mr.. Edison retired to another room
while the instrument was worked by
some one else.
Year: 1878

Galveston Letter to st. Louis Herald.


I'll tell you how one young lady man
aged in very disagreeable event of a
whole street under water to my person
al knowledge by eyesight She was a
pretty schoolma am in an East End in
stitution of learning, and at the close of
her days labors was returning home in
company with a number of her merry
school-children. 1t had rained very hard
that day, and Broadway, at the intersec-
tion of Tenth street, was a sea to the
depth of the knee for the pupils, who
plunged into it with evident enjoyment
Of the situation. The youag but selsi-
BILE teacher thought moment, then
doffed shoes and stockings, and with her
skirts held up, bravely waded across, to
the great admiration of her scholars, in
whose gleesome shout a grave young
man passing at the time felt sorely in
clined to join.
Year: 1878

Burlettc's Boone Letter to the Hawkcyc.


The boys up on the Northwestern
were telling us about an old Catholic
priest who lived until quite recently out
at Boone, and was, in his way, decidedly
and Enthusiastically original. 1t seems
that on a certain occasion, some or many
years ago we don't remember which, he
became party, or witness, in some
lawsuits. and, as is the legal custom,
was soundly berated and abused by the
learned counsel on the other side for
having the temerity to have anything
whatever to do with a case at law, of any
kind. The result was that very bitter
feeling grew up between the prelate and
the two young lawyers, and time did not
appear to soften this feeling. at all But
one day the old man fell very i'll. He
was very old, and his sickness sat so
heavily upon him that he feared he
would never rise from the bed upon
which he had lain down. SO when he
thought that his last hour was approach
ing, he sent for these two lawyers, who
obeyed the summons and came into his
presence. With great difficulty he ac-
costed them and begged them to stand
on either side of the bed, and remain
there until he passed away. Deeply at
fected, the two lawyers did as he desir-
ed, and when they were standing on
each side of him, with solemn faces, one
of them, in low, earnest tones, told the
old man how glad they were that in his
dying hour he should forgive them, and
feel no bitterness towards them for any
innocent or even excessive display of
professional zeal.


The old priest slowly opened his eyes.


1T is not that" he said, and the two
young men bent forward eagerly to lis
ten.


1T isn't that gasped the old priest,
1T isn't that But | feel that am a
dying man. And | want to die like my
dear Master


The words came very painfully, and
the young barristers held their breath
while they leaned forward to catch the
next sentence. The old man turned his
eyes upon them:


"Between-twO-thi thieves"


Two crestfallen young men tiptoed 81.
lently toward the chamber door. Two
black looking faces stared at each other
out on the sidewalk, and two rising
young barristers didn't know whether tC
laugh or get angry. But the old priest
didn't die. There was enough good hu
NOR in his old heart to conquer dozen
diseases and send even death away smil
ing, and we believe the old man is still
! living in Fort Madison.
Year: 1878

Osman Pasha was very handsomely
received by the Grand Duke Nicholas
and Prince Milan, both of whom said
Il compliment you on your defense OF
Plevna 1t is one of the most splendid
military fcats in history"
Year: 1878

Did you ever sit down before the
CRATE and cross your legs and wonder
how it comes that dear little todd.
ing youngster too small TO lift die.
tionary, can ask questions that would
send college professor to the foot of
the class '--(Cincinnati Breakfast
Table,