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Year: 1878

as reported in the papers, was
blaspheInous, eloquent, shock
ling and humorous; and III the
police governed countries Of
Europe would have been likely
TO have insured the reckless
speaker d berth in the station
house or at least a polite inyi-
tation from headquarters to
make himself scarce. But free
America not only lets him talk.
but on this occasion applauded
him uproariously. After a long
TRADE, ridiculing the idea Of
there being hell, the orator
concluded by vowing that he
would rather reason himself in
to the perdition against whose
existence he had been arguing,
than, giving up his reason. 10
get into Paradise by blind faith.


RADIx.
Year: 1878

In Compton, Canada, person
about to visit a friend several
miles distant, on New Years day,
prepared a family gift in the shape
of a turkey and plum pudding.
Knowing that he would arrive
rather toolate ohave them cooked
for dinner, be put stove 90 his
double team, started a rousing fire,
and when he reached the house
OF bis friend both turkey and pud
ding were ready for the table.
Year: 1878

His wife caught him with his
arms around the hired girls neck,
but his courage even in this try
ing extremity never forsook him.


81 suspected some one of stealing
the whiskey on thA preserves,


Jane, for some time, and of course
you know her breath would have
toldif she were the guilty party"
Year: 1878

Presently the stiffness of the court was interrupted by the presence of 8 man who came in with shufding, uneasy step, and with his hat in his hand. He halted and leaned against the railing. Nobody took the least notice of hin! however. At last he took courage, and sad: |:

 els the Judge in ?"

 The clerk awoke His Honor.

 "I'm looking for a job, Your Honor. I've been looking for work for over a month."

 "There's nothing for you to do here, sir," said His Honor.

 ''I thought you occasionally gave a juryman a job. Idon't read newspapers daily, aud being a stranger in town l ain't got no prejudices agin nobody. A pard of mine wrote down to Reno last week and said the jury business was brisk up here, and that it would pay to come up. As am stranger to ye and little hard up, I'll stand in and serve case or two for half price till you see what 1 can do."

 "What are your principal qualifca- tions?"

 "M y strong pint is to make jury agree. No juries ever hang if I am on them. I jist lay low till the first ballot and then jine the majority and argue the rest into it. kin show them pints they never tumbled before. I kin discount any lawyer talking. Sometimes I have to use force, but that's seldom. Once down at Truckee, in murder case, there was a couple of fellows standing out agin hangin', and after arguin' with 'em as smooth and gentlemanly as I could for quarter of an hour, I went for 'em with chairs, and by the time I had busted half dozen pieces of furniture on them they were glad to come in with verdict of murder in the first degree, and the feller was hung not long after ward. In Justices courts you can bet on the jury, and if you will just give a wink as to how you want the case to go, I will guarantee to fetch in the verdict you want.

 The Judge told him to call around in day or two and he would try to find a vacancy, but in order to do so 8 regular juryman would have to be discarged.- NeUGd0 Journal.
Year: 1878

A printer sat in his office chair, his boots were patched and his coat thread bare, and his face looked weary and worn with care. While sadly thinking of business debt, old Morpheus slowly round him crept, and before he knew it he soundly slept, and sleeping he dreamed that he was dead, from trouble and toll his spirit had fled, and that not even cow-bell tolled for the peaceful rest of the cow-hide sole. As he wan dered among the shades, that smoke and scorch in lower Hades, he shortly ob- served an iron door that creakingly swung on hinges ajar, but the entrance was closed with a red-hot bar, and Satan himself stood peep1ng out, waiting for travellers thereabout, and thus to the passing printer spoke

 "Come in, my dear it will cost you nothing and never fear. This is the place where cook the ones who never pay their subscription sums for though in life they may escape, they will find when they're dead it is too late; I will show you the place where I melt them thin, with red-hot chains and scraps of tin, and also where I comb their head with broken glass and melted lead, and if of refreshments they only think, there's boiling lead for them to drink :; here's the red-hot grindstone to grind his nose, and the red-hot rings to wear on his toes, and if they mention they don't like fire, I'll sew up their mouth with red-hot wire and then, dear sir, you should see them squirm, while I roll them over and cool to turn"

 With these last words the printer awoke, and thought it was all practical joke but still at times so real did it seem, that he cannot believe it was all 8 dream and often he thinks with 8 chuckle and grin, of the fate of those who save their tin and never pay the printer.
Year: 1878

As everybody is reading the report of a series of brilliant and vituperative articles published in an English magazine assailing Disraeli, principally on the ground of his Jewish origin, it becomes an interesting question as to how our Jews are getting along. l know a man in the interior of the State, of ripened faculties, of thoughtful habits, with an excellent well-ordered mind, extensive reading, and taste for theological subjects, who thinks that some great revolution in the worlds affairs is to come from a Jewish move ment near or remote, which will involve the fate of empires and continents. These theories are familiar to men of general reading and information. A more interesting study in daily life is as to the tendencies and general repute of this class of citizens. It may be that the Jewish population of Milwaukee ara different from the population of the same nationality in other cities. The Jews here with us may be "peculiar people" At any rate they are among our solid men as to personal character, business capacity, general worth and average responsibility. The elder gen. eration do not need eulogy. But it is especially remarkable, and it should be noted, that the younger members of the Jewish families in this city are gentle men and ladies of refinement, of real merit, of excellent character, and giving the best promises of usefulness. Among all the scions of the numerous Jewish families of Milwaukee, not half-dozen can be found whose habits or principles are bad. Nearly all, even of the youths just passing to manhood. are established in business or in places of trust in busi- ness houses. Some of the best social and literary clubs are under the patron age of young Jewish ladies and gentle men. This feature of Milwaukee busi- ness and social circles is so marked and peculiar that it deserves special mention. The few exceptions to the general good repute of the secoId generation of our Jewish population or y serve as a foil to set off the excellent qualities of the great mass of young men and young women of that nationality. Chicago Tribune
Year: 1878

A railroad company suspecting dead heads put detective on the track. One day he heard a passenger remark that it was very easy to go from B. to D. without a ticket. He watched the speaker and was surprised to see him hand the conductor a ticket. Getting into conversation with the passenger he said /: "I'd like to know your plan for travelling wi thout a ticket, and don't mind giving you couple of dollars for it." "Done," said the man, pocketing the bill. "When want to travel with out ticket walk"
Year: 1878

If every mistress of Q family maln- tained number of small account-books, or else one large one, as a reckoning of all the outgoings and incomings of her purse, and an inventory of her house. hold possessions, we think she would soon reap the benefit of it.

 It is desirable, however, that one should have an account of ones ex- penses, small as they may be; nothing so soon teaches one how to spend as looking over that little book and seeing how one has spent. AS one looks at the figures before one, 1t occurs to think whether or not one has paid too much for this or that; one gets into the habit of consulting the price-current in the newspaper every week, and con- pairing it with the pages of the book one finds out whether the price of com- modities varies from week to week, and learns the reason why, and gets into the habit of knowing when it is the cheapest time to buy such and such an article 1; and presently grocer and butcher and baker and all the rest find that they have customer who is looking after them, and good men though they may be, they do their best, all human na- ture does when it is under strict and lawful observation.

 Moreover, it is a service that one really owes to those with whom one deals, for this little account kept at home relieves them from all suspicion of overcharge and wrong, and is far from giving offense to an honest man. It causes him to feel sure of one bill at least which is not to be disputed.

 It is not with ones trades-people alone, though, that it is best to keep these small reckonings; they are of equal value with ones self in account with the family. The mistress who uses book with list of her bed-linen and her table-linen, of her towels, rollers, clusters, dish-cloths, lamp-cloths, and the like, of her silver and glass and china and cutlery in daily use, when she takes her book and compares it with the actual amount to be found, is really mistress, and not mere convenience of | her servants. She knows what aud where her possessions are, and servants will soon learn that they must take care of them or make them good, and cloths will not be thrown into the fire instead of into the wash-tub, napkins will not be taken to wipe cups and saucers, glasses and china will not be broken and laid to the cat, with the freedom that often pre- vails where no strict watch is maintained. The time needed for the necessary con- parison, be it taken weekly or monthly, is not half an hour if one goes about it in earnest.

 If any of our readers who are house. keepers have never used this method oi keeping even with their incomes, we would advise them to give it trial. Ii it is little trouble, it is also great deal of pleasure in its way, and in the end @ great deal of comfort Careless and slovenly people may laugh at them for primness and precision, but laugh is always for those that wln.-Bazar.
Year: 1878

A L1aHTHoUsE.-There is lighthouse near the Isle of Skye which stands in 8 peculiar situation. Just before it is the width of a narrow channel; to the left the channel stretches away for short distance, on the right it extends indefi- nitely. A lantern sufficient for the short distances would avail nothing at the longer ones, while such light as would be seen at the longer rauge would be needlessly and wastefully bright for the shorter ones. Recourse has, therefore, been had to lantern which unaided will light the narrow channel, while two series of prisms concentrate and defect beam equal to first-class light over the longer distances. The saving is from E40O to $500 year.
Year: 1878

An astronomical paragrapher ob- serves that " if man arm were long enough to let him reach to the sun it would be over three years before he would feel that his fingers were ssburnt. ,"
Year: 1878

Judge Jackson, of the United States


District Court of West Virginia. has re-
Gently decided in the case of the Sin
ger Manufacturing Company against
w. J. Hill the sheriff of Wood county.
that the act of the Legislature of West
Virginia imposing a license tax on
hawkers and pedlers is unconstitu
tional in so far as it discriminatps
against articles manufactured in anoth-
er State and brought to that State for
sale by the manufacturer. Following
a recent decision Of the Supreme Conr,
of the United States, the judge holds
this law to be a regulation of commerce
which the State has no power to make.
Year: 1878

\ special despatch from Washington
says; Speaker Randall recently wrote
to this city asking gentleman familiar
with Congressional proceedings to hunt
up the prrcrdents in the case of contest
ed jurisdiction between the House and
Senate. This is supposed to refer to the
probable action of the Potter Committee
in presenting Stanley Matthews to the
House for contempt, in having declined
to appear before that committee. The
question of power Of either House over
II member of the other has never been
settled
Year: 1878

A special despatch from Washington
says: "rhe President told a gentleman
yesterday that he should make the
southern question leading feature of
his message, and should dwell especial.
ly upon the necessity of enforcing the
XIVth and XVIII Amendments. The
President is also understood to have
said that he finds that in many respects
in its judgment of the South, the ma.
jority of his own party was right and
Year: 1878

There will be prayer meeting this
Tuesday evening, of the members of the
Reformed Episcopal Church at the
house Of Charles Smith, No. 9O6 West
Sixth street. A cordial invitation is
extended.
Year: 1878

Hayes.


WAsIIINGToN, June 4.-Tbere are
strange stories atloat about the ultimate
or correct object Of Gen. b. F. Butler IN
CONNECTION with tine investigation. 1t
Is now confidently asserted that be in
tends, II possible, TO S. cure the impeacb-
ment OF PRESIDENT Ii ,yes. The story
goes that he has information that the
McVeagh commission went to New
Orleans asst year with letter of credit
from secretary Sherman upon the SUBJ
treasury OF that point that The expenses
OF the commission We're paid by drafts
upon that letter of or dit that the
organ zation of the Nichols Senate was
aided by the commission, the expenses
incident thereto being part of the out
lay upon that letter of credit that the
commission knew that money was cor
ruptly used in connection with their
Efforts to reorganiZe that Senate that
PRESIDENT Hayes war cognizant through
ms agents Or friends on that commission
OF these corrupt acts that the amount
thus drawn from the sub-lreasury was
afterwards included in ALI esLim lie for a
deficiency appr 'priation; that he called
on the floor Of the House for all iiemized
account OF the expenditures alluded to
In the estimate that the estimate was
then Withdrawn and the deficiency was
then made good 10 the treasury by an
extraordinary draft on the secret ser
vice fund OF the State Department.
Year: 1878

WILMINGTON, w DEL, May 81, 1873.


We are informed, on credible authori-
ty, that large number of people resid-
ing in this city purchase their DRY
GOODS in Philadelphia. We believe
the statement to be correct, for If the
10000 people who reside in and around
this city did their shopping at home all
the stores that are here now would do
about twice as much business, df that
were possible) and, as consequence, the
city would be more prosperous. We beg
to assure the people who think they can
not buy their dry goods in Wilmington.
we mean the general run of dry goods,
1--WE except very fine goods that we think
they are mistaken. You can get just as
good goods, and can buy them Just as
cheap, and some goods you can buy
ABSOLUTELY CHEAPER HERE
THAN IN PHILADELPHIA.


Since opening our store we have been
hononed with visit from several Gus
toners from Philadelphia, who have as
sured us (and they seemed to know what
they were talking about that we are
selling goods CHEAPER than they can
buy them in that city.


Save your time and railroad fares by
patronizing the stores in your own city,
where you will do just as well, and in
some kinds of goods little better.


Our store is large, well lighted and at
tractive, and stocked with large and
desirable stock of all kinds of staple and
fancy dry goods, which we will guarantee
to sell as low, if not lower, than any store
in Philadelphia. We have but one price
and sell for cash only, which, with our
small expenses, enables us to sell goods
for a mere commission, which is doubt
less appreciated by the multitude of peo-
pie who deal with us.
Year: 1878

Now that the syndicate has taken its
fifty million dollars worth of Al per
cents it is to be hoped some other capital
lists will be found to take fifty millions
moreat even lower rate.
Year: 1878

The coaching excursion from New York
to Philadelphia has thrown light upon a
passage in popular nursery rhyme, which
to the infants of this generation has been
fraught with mystery-"Ride a cock
horse to Banbury Cross" What is cock
horse? This question has been asked by
many an inquiring Juvenile, and in most
instances fond parents have been obliged
to confess that they didn't know. The
American edition of "Nursery Rhymes
illustrates this much-quoted ditty with a
picture of small boy riding a walking
cane, the head of which seems to be the
efigy of rooster. No doubt the artist
supposedthat he was correctly representing
the text, but in this he was egregiously
mistrken. A correspondent of the New
York Herald, who in the guise of a
member of the Coaching Club, was ac-
corded a seat in the "Tally Ho," has fur
nished the true explanation of the mystic
rious rhyme in the following passage in
his admirable account of the famous trip


"The Tally Ho spun by the Princeton
trotting track at twelVe-mile gait, and
shortly afterward passed down rather
steep hill and oyer the Kingston Bridge
on the Delaware and Raritan Canal. A
short halt was made on the other side,
while cock-horse was added to the team.
A cock-horse is the coaching term for a
fifth horse, ridden by postillion, that is
hitched on ahead of the leaders. This
addition to the motive power was made at
the foot of Kingston Hill, and at 1904
p. M, the five horses were dragging the
Tally Ho up that rather steep incline,
Year: 1878

A certain doctor struck with the large
number of boys under Is years of age
whom he observed smoking, was led to
inquire into the effect the habit had upon
the general health. He took for his pur-
pose thirty-eight boys aged from 9 to 10,
and carefully examined them in u of
them he discovered injurious traces of the
habit. In % there were various disorders
of the circulation and digestion and palpi-
tation of the heart, and more or less taste
for strong drink. In IL there were fire.
quent bleeding of the nose, 10 had disturb
ed sleep, and twelve had slight liberation
of the mucus membrane of the mouth,
which disappeared on ceasing from the use
of tobacco for some days. The doctor
treated them all for weakness; but with
little effect, until the smoking was discon-
tinued, when health and strength were soon
restored. Now, this is no "old wife tale, !"
as these facts are given with the authority of
the British Medical Journal
Year: 1878

The coming press is massive engine of
mirror. like steel and bfass. 1t is fed with
the blanks through vertical brass tube
in the same way that the milling machine
is fed, and very charming young lady
satisfies its appetite, which demands eighty
blanks minute Its power is that of the
toggle-joint, and it moves with the sonif-
erons rock of baby giants cradle. As
the blanks reach the bottom of the tube
they are seized singly by a pair of steel
feeders, similar in motion to human fingers
and thumbs, and carried forward and
lodged in the collar between the upper
and lower dies. AT the same moment the
lever is descending, and, by the time the
planchet is in position, the toggle-joint,
brought into vertical position, imparts
to the piece pressure which, within the
narrow limits of its motion, is almost in
calculable. The immediate relaxation of
the joint causes the upper die to be lifted,
when the feeders, coming up with second
planchet, push away the one already coin
ed. The planchet, before being struck, is
slightly less in diameter than the steel
ring or collar into which it drops; but the
pressure upon the dies causes the piece to
expand into the collar, and takes from it
the reeding or huteing of its edge. The
tinkle of the falling coins and the meas
ured swing of the machine are musical,
and would interweave with other instru-
ments in a miser's symphony. Do they
awaken far-reachiug thoughts in the girl
who fills the tube, and sees the incensate
press casting off the coins at the rate of
more than fourteen millions year2 Every
time she hears the tinkle in the box near
her feet an inestimably powerful agent is
entering the world, and from the machine
to which she is so carefully ministering
come the multifarious evil and good of all
acknowledgement Journal for June.
Year: 1878

He was the manager of church fair
and one morning he walked into the news
papers Office and said:


"Want an item this morning.


"Of course" replied the editor. Where
upon the visitor laid the following note
upon the table:


"The ladies of the - Street Church
will give festival at their vestry hall next
Friday evening. Literary and musical en-
tertainments will be provided and supper
served to all who desire. The ladies ii
charge of the affair have much experience
in such matters, and are sure to provide a
good time. The admission will be only
Is cents, and it is certain that no one car
spend that amount to better advantage
Be sure to go and take your friends.


When the editor had read it, he said


"Oh, 1 see, an advertisement" ,"


"No, not an advertisement. Weprefel
to have it go in the local column" replied
the manager.


And seeing that the editor looked skep
tical, he continued


at will interest a great many OF youl
readers, and help good cause, besides, VIC
have spent so much money getting up our
entertainment that we can't afford to ad-
vertise it without increasing the price Of
our tickets. In such a matter as this we
ought to be willing to help each other.


"Well," said the editor, "if it goes into
the locals, suppose you will reciprocate
by reading little notice in your church
next Sunday"


The visiting brother asked what notice.
and the editor wrote and handed him the
following:


"The Weekly Chronicle, for the coming
year, will be the best and cheapest family
paper in Maine. Its proprietor has had
much experience and has had all the helps
which large outlay of money can procure.
His paper has larger circulation than any
other in the country, and is to be furnish
ed at only 50. 1t is certain that no one can
spend that amount to better advantage.
Be sure to take the Chronicle and sub
scribe for your friends" ;"


The manager hemmed and hesitated,
and then said, solemnly, that he doobted
whether it would be judicious to read such
notice, but suggested that if it was print
ed copies of it might be distributed at the
door of the vestry on the evening of the
entertainment.


eyes," said the editor, "but it would
attract more attention in the middle of a
sermon. 1t will interest large number
of your congregation, and help good cause;
besides, SO much money is spent upon the
Chronicle, that don't see how the owner
can afford to print hand-bills to advertise
it without increasing the subscription
price. In such matter as this we ought
to be willing to help each other"


Then the gentleman saw the situation.