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Year: 1878

REV. MIR. COOK, in lecture on Socialism the
OTHER day. said that there was nothing attract
ing more attention in the world to-day than the
prevention OF the formation OF an impecuniOuS
an unemployed, an ignorant, and an unprInci-
pied class, and he added. ave should not ask
tie writer's OF cipher dispatches to aid in the
task
Year: 1878

A gentleman, whose namc could not bo ascertained,
while riding yesterday afternoon along the equestrian
road IN the Central Park, tried 10 make his horse
jump over some hurdles near tho Seventy ninth street
entrance but the animal shed and fell rdes
causing one OF the pangs TO pierce Its breast The
horse which valuable one, diod almost instantly,
while It's rider escaped without any injury.
Year: 1878

Good books and newspapers should
be angels in every household. They
are urns to bring us the golden fruits of
thought and experience from other
lands. AS the fruits of the earth's soil
are the most enjoyed around the family
board, so should those that mature upon
moral and mental boughs be gathered
around by the entire household. No
home exercise could be more appro-
pirate and pleasing than for one men,
ber to read aloud for the benefit of all.
An authors ideas are energized by the
confidence and love of the tender FAM
lily affections, and every heart is open
to the truth. like the unfolded rose, to
receive the gathering dews. The ties
of love between parents and children,
and brothers and sisters, are thus ce-
mented more and more, and varied
charms and pleasures are constantly
open through this medium to make
home very paradise. If the parents
would introduce this exercise in their
families, they would soon see the levity
and giddiness that make up the CONVEX
sation of too many circles giving way to
refinement and chaste dignity. Read
to your children, and encourage them
to read to you, instead Of reading your
papers and books in silence and laying
them away Church Union.
Year: 1878

TALK-A-HEAr or Frank-a-lieap which
ever you will il correct BLACKBURN is out
rs a candidate for the Speakership of the
next House This may account to some
extent for his violations of the postal laws
in sending private political campaign thun-
der to the country under franks restricted
by Law to he used only in the distribution
of public documents. But his efforts will
come to naught. In the first place, Re-
publican will be elected to that Office, and
there Is no use considering the second oil
third place.
Year: 1878

GENERAL JOE JoHNSroNis not an adept
politician. lie tried 10 Thurmanize the
other day and recant his hard-money
Democratic professions; but he fell short OF
the mark. He didn't get any further than
to declare his willingness to accept green
backs when they are the equivalent of coin
The Greenbackers of his district will hard
ly he placated by this so-called conces-
sion
Year: 1878

ONE great advantage derived by this
country from the fact that in our traffic
with other countries the balance of trade is
in our favor resides In the further fact that
in the natural course of the adjustment of
that traffic thousands and hundreds of
thousands of our Government bonds have
been sent back to US from Europe, and the
accruing interest is consequently paid into
the pockets of our own people. These
bonds were many Of them sent abroad when
the balance of trade was against us. Now
that it is in our favor, they are being used
in purchasing our native products. The re-
suit Is that as nation we are rapidly be-
coming independent of our neighbos of the
Old World. 1t will not he long probably
in this generation, before the balance will
be more decidedly in our favor and Europe
will become indebted to us-which is not a
bad prospect for tax-ridden people, y
burdened by grasping thieving, and
blundering Republican administration, and
all that sort of thing.
Year: 1878

GEN. SHERMAN has no confidence in
the young men of the country, either
North or South, who foughtin the armies
of the Republic. His whole soul is wrap
ped up in a small number of people from
the most disreputable sources, who have
enlisted in the regular army. A position
which every freeman is ash AIMED to hold
God save the country, when 1t has to
depend upon these miserable drunkards
and slavish tools under such as. the crazy
Sherman-the "Generar with his SIS, ,O0t
to back him taken from the hard earned
money Of the toiling millions.
Year: 1878

Now that the House of Representa-
tives BY. a vote of 2l5 to 81, have resolv-
ed that Hayes title is unassaihble, it il
hoped the investigating committee will
proceed with its work in the most rigid
manner, and punish the guilty severely
whether he prove to be cabinet officer
or n mere tide waiter at New Orleans
Let punishment fall with heavy hand
on the thieves of the Presidential office
while its occupant is still looked upon a
a man in possession of stolen goods.
Year: 1878

Secretary Schurz stands to his guns
even when the President, the rest of the
Cabinet and pretty much everybody else
about the administration, have made
their bayonets bristle against the civil
service reform that was the first article
OF their common faith about Inaugural
ton time. He has given the subordinates
in the Interior Department notice that
they needn't contribute to political ex-
penses if they prefer not to, and that
their paying or refusing to pay won,
hasten or hinder their removal.
Year: 1878

No GENERAL in the British army
would dare to threaten the British Lords
and Commons. Simon Cameron, at the
beginning of the rebellion asserted that
Sherman was crazy, and we believe the
man is lacking in sanity. He is erratic to
degree that makes him unsafe, and he
should be put under strict surveillance.
Year: 1878

No man ,oorthy the office Of President
should be willing to hold it i counted in or
placed there by any fraud. Either party
can afford to be disappointed in the result,
but the country cannot afford to haze he re-
suh tainted by the suspicion Of illegal or
false returns-PREsIDENT GRANT.
Year: 1878

Every prediction which the advocates
of a single gold standard made with re-
gard to the results of the reconciliation
of silver has fallen to the ground as so
much worthless bombast. Gold is now
flowing into the country more rapidly
than it ever did, and silver is filling the
national Golfers, showing a growing con-
fidence in the late currency legislation
that is all that could be desired. In bare
faced shamelessness some of the organs
of the brokers refer with sarcasm to silver
as returning to the L. s. Treasury and
not being acceptable to the people. The
fools are not all dead. The people do not
care for either gold or silver. They woulc
Just as freely accept greenbacks as either
All they desire to know is that the govern
ment will not cheat them, but will keel
sufficient silver and gold in store to re
deem the greenbacks if they need small
amount of coin.
Year: 1878

The latest reports from England indicate
that the great cotton strike is nearly at an
end. The Oldham operatives have come to
the terms offered by the mill masters, and in
the Lancashire districts disturbances have
ceased. A settlement of the difficulty is
greatly to be desired, for its long continuance
will bring sharp distress upon the operatives.
They seem to have followed in their course
the strikers of 1854, and hoped like them to
compel the great manufacturers to yield.
But they neglected to take into account the
entire change of conditions. In 1864 there
was an eager demand for cotton goods, and a
serious reduction in the quantity Of the raw
material occasioned by our civil war. When
ever manufacturer could get cargo of
cotton he was willing 10 pay an extraor-
dinary price for its manufacture into cloth,
for on every yard Of that cloth he could make
an extraordinary profit. The only difficulty
was the inadequate supply of material. This
brought about many id!e hours and much
suffering, The loss to the mill hands during
the ''cotton famine" is estimated as high as
sixty million dollars.


Now however the case is quite different. The
difficulty is not the scarcity of raw material
but the over-production of manufactured
stufs. The mill owners have on hand a
great quantity of cotton fabrics which they
cannot dispose of at the price it cost to produce
them. America has stepped into the market a,
manufacturer and is no longer buyer. We
have not only supplied our home demand
but have sent many goods abroad. The de-
mand for English fabrics has declined and
Year: 1878

SECRETARY EvARTs takes the same
ground in relation to the fishery award as
did Senator Blaine, showing the injustice of
the decision in the manner in which it was
rendered under the treaty and the utter dis
proportion of the award which this Govern
ment is called upon to pay for the privileges
secured. Congress will very probably adopt
the suggestion of Mr.. Evarts in making an
appropriation to meet our obligations under
the treaty, at the same time calling the atten-
tion of the British Government to the nom
conformity OF the award to the facts of the
case. The Chairman of the Senate Commit
tee quite agrees with Mr.. Evarts that the
questions between the two countries are of
much more serious import than the present
money payment involved. 1t is very evident
that If the treaty did not require the award
to be paid before the middle of November
next the whole subject would be put over till
next session.
Year: 1878

we DO not read anonymous letters and communi
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muncations that are not used.
Year: 1878

Hudson flows along. II the reader
can imagine some Dinty miles Of the
river like the Hudson along West
Point and Stony Point, every mile
or 30 crown the highest aud often
the most inaccessible peaks with
ruined castles, scatter strange look
ing villages along the bauks, cover
the steep mountain sides with little
patches OF vines, or different kinds
of grain, aud weave around the
whole tho accumulated history and
romance OF twenty centuries, he will
have something Of an impression OF
the Varied beauties of the Koiue.


We will remember how one OF our
own party, a straightforward busi.-
ness man Of the greatest intelli-
gence and good sense. and without
a particle Of ''sentimental gush' 10
his make up, SIT all day on the deck
Of the steamer, taking in the varied
beauties Of tho river, and could not
even be induced to go below long
enough to get his dinner. Our
second trip up the Rhine gave us
more pleasure even than the first,
and it was with sincere regret that
we left the steamer ut Biebricb, and
went by carriage to Wiesbaden.
We hope next week to show our
readers something Of "Germau
Watering Places.


D. r BuRCHARp.
Year: 1878

Much jewelry is vulgar.


10 not smack while eating.


Do not cut your nails in public.


Do not breathe hard while eating.


Unsweatened coffee cures bad
breath.


Short nails make the finger tips
grow broad.


Girls who part their hair on the
side look fast


In going mp and down stairs pre-.
cede the lady.


A formal call is long il it lasts
over half an hour.


Young girls are trusted too much
with male cousins.


There is too much promise uoue
kissing in this country.


a young lady should not stretch
her feet out in company.


Washington doffed his hat even to
negro il he knew him.


Address your wife as "Mrs." and
your husband as Mr."


A pink ribbon under the chin
makes pale woman look brighter.


Do not have pictures of game,
fruit or fish in your dining room.


A man should never appear in his
shirt sleeves before ladies' in the
house.


No man respects girl who 1irts,
though he may ilirt with her for
game.


The lady OF the house should re-
ceive the guests ut formal recep.
ton.


An engagement OF marriage is lit.
tie less sacred than marriage with
ceremony.


II it is necessary to use the hand
kerchief sonorously, leave the room
quietly.


Introduce the gentleman TO the
lady unless tho gentleman is consid.
erably the elder.


II you meet n gentleman friend
with strange lady on his arm, raise
your hat to both.


Nothing is prettier for a youngish
girl than braids down the back, and
tall wasted dress.


Men who eat what they want are
usually more healthy than these who
are always dieting.


Never cross khifo and fork on
your plate. Lay them nearly aud
carelessly parallel.


You need not call on newly marri-
cd people unless you are invited to
the wedding or reception.
Year: 1878

There are some real curiosities ii
faminine nature.


For instance, I once knewa young
lady who could easily pass another
one on the street without looking
around to see what she had on.
Poor thing sho was blind.


One Of tae worst habits a woman
can get into is q riding habit.


But it is not much worse than the
modern walkiug-dress, which ladies'
persist in wearing on the street.


When o woman approaches
crossing she panses for one heetiug
instant, gives sudden kick that
would fire the envy of a Mexican
mustang, and catches her train on
the fly.


There is no fun in kissing q girl
when you know you have got to dc
it. and a crowd is standing by to see
fair play.


The best way ia to lie 10 wait for
her, and jump out when she is not
expecting it catch her around the
neck, knock her hair down, tear all
the gathers out of her dress, pull her
hand away from her face, have
her cry, "Oh dont!' as you press
your lips to hers, then go of to q
quiet place and think about it.


The average aye Of woman is a.
hout tvcutv fwa yeara


She never lives to be very old.


Somo of them look as if they were
we'll advanced in years, but you
should not judge by appearances.


If you will take tho trouble to ask
a woman how old she is. you will
get at tho real facts Of the matter.


And discover that che is quite
young.


She seldom passes her thirtieth
year.


About which time she begins to
tear out certain leaves is the family
Bible.


Scientific mon are trying to ex-
plain why women can't throw stones
with tho force aud precision Of tue
sterner sex.


This is glaring nonsense.


Woman may not be able to throw
stones with precision, but they can
hit the mark every time with grid
iron. or stick Of stove wool


Experience has taught me that.


Won en-, as general thing. are
very hard to manage. know but
one way to keep II woman in check.


And that il to make her dress in
gingham --Botircr B!uejo.tle 1 n
HOMe Circte.
Year: 1878

The following items from the Silver Belt gre very suggestive of the spirit of the times on the San Carlos Reserva- tion:

 The report that one hundred San Carlos Indians had left the reservation armed and equipped for the @ar-path is news here as also at the Agency. The pets were never more friendly with the whites than now. The report that they are to be turned over to the militia " is not kindly received by them. They say they much prefer civilian rule, and not a few of them express the determination to jump the reservation and take to the hills rather than sub nit to the change.

 Major Hart was in town yesterday He reports his Indians apparently quiet.

 We have heard through another source that the San Carlos Agency Indians have been discussing the probabilities of their being turned over to the mili tary and are not at all pleased at the prospect Of the change. Should Con gress in it's infinite wisdom, with the concurrence of the President, have con- sumated the transfer the present seren- itv of Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico will soon be greatly disturbed, or in other words will have a realizing sense of what Milton's idea was Oi " hell broke loose"

 Es.kim.in gin, chief of the San Car los Indians, who has already endowed himself with a large share of this worlds goods, has expressed a desire to sever his tribal relations and live like a white man, become the possessOl of an indefeasible title to one hundred and sixty acres of land on the San Pc dro river. He has already shown his adaptability to the life of a farmer This year he planted sixty acres in small grain from which he will reap golden harvest. This desire 10 become one of us no doubt was quickened by the report that the Indians were again to be placed under military rule to which he is violently opposed.
Year: 1878

On the 29th of July next toiaI eclipse of the sun takes place under such circumstances as to present op portunities that occur scarcely once in a generation, for the study of some oI the most interesting phenomena with which astronomers have to do. The path of the totality of thIs eclipse runs diagonally across the center Of the United States from Montana to Texas and is somewhere about 40 miles wide.
Year: 1878

A WIsCONsIS editor Illustrated the revailing extravaganza of people now a-days by calling attention to the costly baby carriages in use, while, when he was a baby, they hauled him by the hair of his head.
Year: 1878

Inasmuch as General Fremont has been appointed and confirmed Govern or of Arizona, the following notes re garding his family will be of interest to our readers. The special cores pondent to the Cincinnati Enquirer writing from Washington under date of May sth, 1878, says, among the charming people in town now are

 GENERAL AND MRS. FREMONT. The latter still the same witty, buoy ant facinating Jessie Benton who made perpetual sunshine in her fathers house and who from early girlhood success fully measured swords and tilted with dignified scholars and ripe statesmen and fairly scintiliated in repariee She has white hair to be sure, but then Father Time powdered it in jest; and she is trifle stouter, but her complex ion is like a girls; her laugh is as merry as when it was first tuned, and rings just as true, and her eyes are as bright as the soul that looks out from them. They spent winter here zsev. eral years ago, and their home was a

 RENDEZVOUS

 For the wit and culture of the Capital Their parlor was a long salon filled, not crowded, with exquisite bits of brio a-brac, and the walls were entirely bare of small pictures; but a space on the north wall about fourteen feet long and six feet high was broken away, and in the opening rolled the hundred-hued waves that troop through the Golden Gate and die on the California shore to their own grand monotones,

 As harp-strincs are broken asunder

 By music they throb to express"

 The effect of this superb painting on the gay, careless throng who, rushing from reception to reception, came sud denly upon it in their rounds can scarcely be imagined, and the tribute of involuntary silence was eloquent praise. It was painted from the portico of their Wesrern home, and was the view their house commanded.

 THE FAMILY

 Consists of two sons and a daughter. The eldest son graduated from the Ma val Academy in 1873, and is now on a foreign station filling his professional and social duties as thoroughly and gracefully as becomes a Fremont. The youngest one was destined for West Point, and, in fact, spent a year there, but his health failed him, and he is now his fathers secretary. We are rather glad he missed the army, for he is a
Year: 1878

On the piano. The first time we heard hum play was one evening we spent with the family several years since. We had scarcely noticed the shy, quiet boy of seventeen until his mother said i: Frank, go play something for us, ,'' and he rose and went to the Steinway grand that was placed just under the " Coded Gate" As soon as he was seated a flood of melody filled the room that was intoxicating, and from those slender, pale hands fell chord after chord of magnificent harmony. The youths face underwent a transforms tion. The great black eyes shone like stars, the white cheeks were tinged with faint color, and the delicate young figure seemed to expand with the gran deur of the music It evoked. Ever since then Chopin's Marche Funebre and the Golden Gate have been indisso- lubly connected to our minds.

 THE DAUGHTER,

 Miss Lillie, is not pretty, but has the most charming manners and the love Hest hand and arm in the country" so artists and sculptors declare. She was brought up under exactly the same regime as that 10 which her brothers were subjected, and is as skilled in out door sports as indoor accomplish merts. She fences with exquisite grace, and so well that she can break down the guard of her father and brothers every time they measure foils with her. She is small and plump, with her moth CTS golden wit and tongue and her fathers grace and bravery.
Year: 1878

Fuller, in his description of a
good wife, says, "She commandeth
her husband in equal matters by
constantly obeying him. She never
crossseth her husband in the SPRING
tide of his anger, but stays till it be
ebbing water. Her clothes are
rather comely than costly, and she
makes plain cloth to be velvet by
her husband wearing it. In her
husbands sickness she feels more
grief than she shows"
Year: 1878

L.


Bears and squirrels are more plenty
this season than they have been for many
years past; and from this fact it is
adduced that an early and severe winter
is before us. Those who have made obser-
vations in nature say that the near
approach of those animals to the dwell
ing of man, in early fall, is an almost in
fallible sign. In the ,neighborhood of
Norwood they are more numerous than
ever before, says the Register, and al
most every farmer in the township of
Dummer has seen bear. One followed
a farmer who had honey in his buggy
some distance, and even approached the
door of the house.


IParis IN. " Mirror.I


Monday afternoon Miss Cora Harter
saw black bear crossing lot near her
fathers residence, and Immediately
communicated the fact to the house
hold. Her father and brother gathered
together their munitions of war, con-
sisting of two shotguns, and sending
Cora to summon the neighbors' assist
ance, were soon joined by George and
Frank Thayer, when all gave chase to
his bearship. They soon had him treed,
and Frank blazed away with an old
howitzer" and filled the bears mouth
with buckshet, but he merely shook his
head at the introduction. He then re-
ceived like dose from one of the party
in the back which caused him to seek
another tree. They followed him up
and kept pouring shot into his carcass
until he showed signs of fatigue, and
turning partly round to the hunters, as
if to appeal for mercy, he inadvertently
lifted a forepaw. Frank took advan-
tage of the position and planted broad
side from his blunderbuss, which brought
"bruin" tograss. They then fell upon
him and belabored him with clubs until
he died. His weight was one hundred
and eleven pounds-the half pound we
allow for the lead that had lodged in
his body. This is the fourth bear that
has been seen in this section within a
short time, and we may hear of other
captures ere long.
Year: 1878

A YOUNG lady of this city, day or
two since, in movinga -four barrel came
young ones. The mother ran away, but
the little ones, which were too young to
move, were taken up and put in wire
trap, which was thus baited and set to
catch the old nous. 1t didn't work
very we'll, though, for on looking in the
morning it was found that in so far as
catching mousey was concerned. mousey
had played it on them, for she had sue
cessfully entered the trap and carried
away the entire six without springing
the trap. The family dog afterward
found them in the chimney.-NetcbtUy
port Mass) Herald.
Year: 1878

A WISE man will never rust out. As
long as he can move or breathe he will
be doing for himself, for his neighbor,
or for posterity. Almost to the last hour
of his life, Washington was at work, so
was Young, Howard, and Newton. The
vigor Of their lives never decayed. No
rust marred their spirits. 1t is foolish
idea TO suppose that we must lie down
and die because we are old. Who is
old? Not the man of energy, not the
day laborer in science, art, or benevo-
lence; but he only who suffers his
energies to waste away and the springs
of life to become motionless; on whose
hands the hours drag heavily, and to
whom all things wear the garb Of
gloom. Is he old !? should not be asked