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Year: 1878

Owing to the disagreeable state of
the weather Oh Saturday evening no
one put in an appearance at the Holly
Tree Inn and consequently the society
for the Prevention Of Crime did not
m ct.
Year: 1878

VERY few men in the country are being
rs literally advertised at present as Hon.
W +. CHANDLER He ought hereafter to
he able to do very large law business, as
he proposes to devote himself entirely to
his profession.
Year: 1878

The latest stand Of the gold people is, that
the silver dollar must be made equal in in
trinsic value to the gold dollar. That is, if
ll2l grains of silver are worth ninety-twO
cents, enough must be added to make the dol
lar worth one hundred cents. This is reported
70 be the Presidents view. This idea is not
dishonest, but is, in fact, strictly honest. The
only difficulty is to know just how much sill
yer must be added to make it equal to the
gold dollar. IL 1t were certain that silver
would not appreciate under the change, this
could be readily settled but it will appreci-
ate, and to what extent cannot be known in
advance. This is the difficulty. If we add
silver, and the price appreciates, what would
now make it equal with gold would then ap-
preciate 1t so as to drive it out Of circulation.
Hence, in Wow of all the facts, it is risky
matter TO attempt TO set up changing stand
ard.-Pihsbnpg Gazette.


The only fear, then, appears to be that
silver money will appreciate in value, and
hence set up changing standard. This
same fear would apply quite rs directly and
with more force to gold standard, for the
gold chart shows that it has appreciated in
value within the last fifteen years from par
to $3.50, and has fallen back again to 81 OF
This yascilatiOn in value shows that gold
has been very changing standard under
the influence of speculation, and may be
again unless it has a regulator in the intro
duction of silver Us u factor in our coin cir
culati0n where it will assume counter,
balancing power Give the country hi
metallic coin currency, and then gold, silver
and grccnblckS will at once work into a
very intimate relationship, and solve the
problem Of resumption so quietly that NJ
pcrccptible conclusion will he felt anywhere
Year: 1878

ELSEWHERE will be found Philadelphia
letter which gives the views of that emin-
ent veteran political economist, HENRY C.
CAREY, upon silver reconciliation and
other proposed remedies for our present
financial ills. We trust the letter will be
perused by the President and his Cabinet
and by every member of Congress. The
high reputation of Mr.. CAREY as writer
no less than his great age and acknowledged
wisdom in public affairs, warrant us in de.
manding for him careful and respectful
hearing from public men of all parties
Year: 1878

THE political "latter-day saints" ofwhich
Judge BARTLEY is the chief apostle and
preacher, so far as record shows, have held
an overwhelming meeting in this city,
with view to establish new party in
which there is to be no partisanship The
acknowledged ability and sagacity of the
leaders OF this new departure gives promise
that success will attend the movement. 1t
has our best wishes. The country needs
just such party as n Democrat sought to
establish during the war, in which neither
politics nor religion were recognized
Year: 1878

NASHVILLE, May s.-The crop and
statistical report Of the Tennessee Bureau
OF Agriculture is just out. 1t states that
the raV4ges OF rust threatened to be very
disastrous to wheat, but 10 the past few
days the prospect is improved to some
extent, and although considerable part
Of the crop has been cut of, yet the
largely increased average will make the
yield probably about three.fourth Of an
average crop. The fruit crop Is more
abundant than for several years, and the
corn, tobacco and other crops are reported
to be doing we'll. One-fith Of the to-
bacco crop has already been set out,
and while the tobacco planting il early,
an effort will be directed toward making
a good crop rather than large one. Tho
average OF the cotton crop ia much
smaller than last year.


It is now pretty generally admitted
that the sugar crop will fall short from
80 to 81 per cent, as compared with last
year, or from 100000 to 10000 tons.
Year: 1878


There was Sherman editor
From Washington that came,
To regulate "old Molly Stark"
And safely bag the game!
At once he pitched in fiercely,-
He had so much to tell;
And really the old organ
Seemed bound to cut a swell
He thought TO cross the river,
Nor wait to build bridge
Expecting thus to seize upon
A most commanding ridge!
Not he iiljlrm of purposel
Not he to pause and dream
But he the mighty leader
To bust" things with a scream
He told us matters wonderful!
Things all unknown before
That Sherman quite "above reproach,
We now must all adsre.
And Fraud too must we worship,
AS wells the golden calf;
And this was said with earnestness-
Though some inclined to laugh!
So too, Of many other things
This editor proclaimed;-
That we must change our tactlCsi-
Or live to be ashamed
His men to office we must choose
His Sherman men true blue
And then the fills at bridges


Would be reported true
Tom and his great advance man
Must have a daily, tool
They've got it running-running-
But wherein the devil to?
Tom feels the daily burden,


Those specials" of the Press,
Then "those id editorials"
Cause Thomas great distress
Year: 1878

The Capitdl very correctly describes the
PORTER Court of Inquiry as reopening OF
the case of MCCLELLAN rs. Pope. Looking


back in the light of subsequent events to
the details Of the second Bull Run cam
paign, no unprejudiced man will deny that
this is fitting characterization. PORTER
was the mere personal adherent Of the so
called Second NAPOLEON, and, as such, could


have had no vigorous or enthusiastic desire
to allow any other general officer than Nc
CLELLAN to win that or any other great
battle. The truth Is, and history will vim
dicate the assertion, the MCCLELLAN clique
in the army at that time never intended to
conquer u peace with the rebels. They had


too much mud-sill respect and sycOphantic
regard for southern "chivalry." They were
manpuyring all the while ~ professional
soldiers for fruItlcss victories like that at
Antietanl, and hoped after some such occur
renee that peace would be patched up in the
, interest of MCCLELLAN as q candidate for
| President 4 letter, written by one Major
/ KEY about the time Of that battle, exposed
their plans from an inside view thereof fol
the Major had been in close communication
with the conspirators up to that time. lie
knew whereof he wrote, and his letter, it is
now known, was effective in procuring Mr.
LISCULN's consent TO Secretary SrANTOS's
demand for MCCLEILAN's removal from ths
command of the army. In short, POPE'S
brief experience in the East was only eliica


cious in bringing 10 head the fostering
sore of political generalship that had so long
kept our Eastern armies in their mtrench


ments, or only permitted them to fight very
hard when the professional soldierly reputa


ton of the commander was at stake, as wa,
| the case In the retreat from the Peninsula


In this view of the case PoRTEI
il entitled to some sympathy because he
was simply tool; but, unfortunately fol
him, his loyalty to McCLELLAS was dis
loyalty to his country. Thousands upor
thousands of brave men lost their lives in
Year: 1878

THE fact that JonN RUSSELL YouNG
wrote the CESAR Articles in the New
York Herald in l-75-'7G, and is now writing
interviews with his imaginary CESAR,
simply shows his versatility as q journalist.
At the same time he is doing good service
in this interviewing line by counteracting
what little influence his work of two and
three years ago had upon the country. No
one can read his interviews with General
GRANT as they are now being printed
without having all idea or fear of the pos.
sibility of Cgsarism removed from his imlg-
ination-the only place where that idea oil
fear ever existed. 1t must be amusing to
Mr.. YoUSG, now that he has become
thoroughly acquainted with the object oi
his former attacks, % think what an ass he
made of himself in the days of his ignor'
ance.
Year: 1878

A HAPPY Form OF INsANITY.-Ne1c


York, March 27.-Prof. Mcdonald deliver
ed an exceedingly interesting lecture at
the University Medical College to day on
that form OF insanity known as general
paresiS. The lecture was illustrated by
eight inmates of Wards Islands asylum,
who sat quietly on the platform until call
ed upon to speak. The cases Of general
paresis generally came from the better class
Of society. At first the patient suffers
great. mental depression, that is followed
by elation to such degree that the victim
always imagnes himself possessed OF great
wealth, power, or social influence. After
occupying half an hour in lecturing, Prof.
Mcdonald called up the patients one by
one to speak for themselves. They spoke
freely in answer to questions, each claim
ing for himself enormous wealth, power,
and influence. The Professor said that a
peculiarly about these patients was that they
not only believed themselves to be sane,
but never doubted the sanity OF other pa
tients similarly afflicted. They often formed
co-partnerships in the asylum for carrying
on great enterprises. He knew patient
who imagined that he owned all the steam
ships in the world, and another who ina
gined he owned all the dried apples in the
world. They formed a co-partnership,
agreeing that the dried apples should be
shipped on board the steamers and trans
ported to all points OF the world, calcula-
ting the profits at fabulous amounts.
Year: 1878

How TO TAX THE FLoATERs.-The Moffett
register yields large revenue, which goes
far towards maintaining the expenses OF the
State, county, or municipality which adopts
it, and this tax is paid, for the most part by
a class OF citizens who contribute very little
to the support CT the city or State under the
present system oi collecting revenues. 1t
is this feature which we think espe-
cially commends it to the people OF Colo
RADIO. We have here large floating
population, including not only visitors from
abroad, but many OF our own people, who
skip from place to place so pertinaciously
that the assessor seldom or never catches
up with them, or if be does they escape the
collector. 1t is safe to say that the largest
half OF all the money paid for "drinks" in
Colorado is paid by men who pay no taxes
at present In the State, and by this plan
they would contribute very largely to the
support Of our public institutions OF what
ever nature DenUer. NeuS.
Year: 1878

A Cariosity.-Mr. John Charlton is IN re-
ceipt Of about dozen tea.plants from the
Agricultural Department at Washington.


He intends to attempt their cultivation in
his garden at the corner OF Hull and
Eleventh streets. This Is the first plant OF
the kind ever received in this city or vi.
Year: 1878

y Bridge Auenue.-The workmen who re-
Gently laid down the gutter on Bridge ave
nue. dug large holes In the sidewalk and
left them open, and the street is now in q
worse condition than before the gutter was
laid. 1t Unexpected, however, that the side
walk will be laid in very short time.
Year: 1878

The friends of John G. Campbell, in the sOu.heTn portion of the Territory are send ing to Campbellites in Prescott to manu- facture sensational reports and send them to the South for the purpose of causing a reaction in the gentleman's favor down there. The attempt will prove futile. It is too thin The people are to wide awake to be gulled by false reports coming through the telegraph or otherwise. Campbell can't carry the town of Prescott, his own home. Ae cant carry the County or any other in the Territory. He is a goner. All right, the thing was hurting him, and he is now taking his medicine, and will undoubtedly be entirely cured.
Year: 1878

It is a fixed fact tha. the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road has bought out or leased the Denver < Rio Grande, we fear lt will not hasten the building of either of the two lines into our Territory. They control the trade where they now are, and will net be in hurry to push on.-Santa Fe New Mexicsp
Year: 1878

The Post office Department has ruled that a husband has no control over tie cor of his wife. But this decision will not prevent man fram carrying his wife,s letters around in his inside coat pocket three weeks before mailing it; nor does it prevent him from having his photo graph taken at Bradley & Rulofson's when ever he imagines himself to be growing younger and better looking.
Year: 1878

readers the TINES have seen
the official September elections publish ihem along
with the Congressional election As will be see
the latter brought out but SUM compared with the o'e
the general election September aud strong argument IN favor
changing both the State and Congress
shall The The people demand IT,
the country demand To the next gene
n assembly atiend
Year: 1878

1t can afford but little satisfaction to
a mother when her children have passed
from under the parental roof, no more
to require the ministradOns of her care,
that she has kept the house daintily
nice, the table loaded with knick-nacks,
ond their wardrobes filed with stylish
apparel, if with this recollection comes
the consciousness that for this alone
does she deserve praise, for this alone IS
she valued; that she has never taught
her children that in her they have ever
sympathetic friend, ever ready to
cheer and ncoUage and stimulate to
high and noble action. have Known
some good, kind mothers who had no
faculty for orderly, systematic house
keeping; they reveled in fancy work Of
all SORTS till the house was filed, but if
you went there you would be almost
certain to find things pretty well at six
es and sevens, unless your coming vas
anticipated. The young ladies from
these homes will have to suffer for lack
of proper training, and if their husbands
are fretful and impatient with their
shortcomings, may make cross and
scolding wives and mothers. But js
there not a worse phase than this? l
think about the worst treatments child
can have is to be treated as a mere ma
chine, all buoyancy of spirit repelled,
all hope and vivacity checked, no sunny
spot in childhood. How very many
have been checked in their reckless
course, and felt constrained to choose
the peaceful paths Of virtue, by the
thought of mothers love and thought
fulness, even from their earliest remem-
brance. Especially with very small
children the parents ideas are almost
invariably adopted involuntarily. True,
as they grow older they often discover
the false standpoint by which their pa
rents ideas are governed, and it is lin
some instances) a deplOrahle fact that,
as Miss AlcOtt says, there comes a time
when we Judge our parents as men and
women; it is a sad thing to find ones
idol clay. The story of the little girl
who prayed that they might be very
''stylish, f." when her mother was so in
terested in putting the trimming on a
new dress that she had no time to listen
while she prayed, is to the purpose in
illustrating one phase of parental inhu-
ence. Well, do you ask, what has this
to do with housekeeping2 Much every
way, I assure you. Housekeeping that
is Lot housekeeping is wasting strength,
POSSIBLY for nought, yet it is a lamenta-
BILE fact that most of us could doubtless
point out some home in our immediate
vicinity which is untidy and ill-kept,
when there is no possible excuse for it.
It is very singular indeed that mother
who has once experienced the respOn-
sibility attending her station can be so
blind as to shield her daughter from
work, saying that she shall not work
while ut home, for she will have enough
of it by and by. Do not we all know
how much easier it is TO perform a task
in which we feel at home, and having
had experience in can take hold Of it in
the best way. RosAAoND.
Year: 1878

The heads of every family should cul-
tivate an ambition to own home Of
their own, where they can plant their
trees, train their vines, and rear their
flowers, and feel that these are growing
for ''me and mine" How it inspires
hope, nerves tie weary hand, and cheers
each passing hour. It binds the family
together. Each child has his or her
tree, shrub or flower, something on
which labor is bestowed, and to which
they are attached. And rs the years
go by and the family changes, sons and
daughters go from home into the world,
and parents are alone, how the evidences
of the toll OF skill of absent ones call up
pleasant associations of the past; and
to the children there are numerous at
fractions to draw them often back to
the cid home. 1t should become the
aim of everyone IN this country to be-
come the owner Of his home as early in
life as possible, and parents will do
their children a gresg service by in
structing and assisting them To provide
the nucleus of a nome, even during
their minority. II will give them an
object for which to save their money,
teach them frugality. and show them
that success is within their power.
Year: 1878

A young man, a graduate Of Dart


mouth, and a noted law student in Mer-
imack county, Maine, who had the mis-
fortune to lose his hearing, having
settled on a farm in the West, writes
thus of the occupation he has chosen:
There isn't much glory on a farm, but
you get a good, sure living. You are
your own master; you can't starye or
be turned out of business; and as far as
the work is concerned in these days Of
horsepower, a man needen't kill him
self farming any more than at any other
business. 1t is brains that win on a
farm as well as everywhere else, and
the smart man is going to ride, while
the stupid one goes on foot in the corn
field as well as in the bar or pulpit. I
should like to have my hearing, again,
but wouldn't leave my farm if ! had
It." /
Year: 1878

Those WHO are in the pO er or eyl'
habits must conquer them if they can
and conquered they must be, OF neither
wisdom or happiness can be attained;
hut those who are not yet subject to
their influence may, by timely caution,
preserve their freedom; they may et-
fectuaHy resolve to escape the tyrant.
whom they will very vainly resolve 10
oOOOupT
Year: 1878

Saying rude things, or running people
down, springs not so much from ill-na-
ture as from that vanity that would
rather lose a friend than joke. On
this point Mr.. johnson once remarked:
''Sir, a man has no more right 10 say an
uncivil thing than to act One-no more
right to say rude thing to another
than to knock him down" The vain
egotism that disregards others is shown
IN various impolite ways; as for in
stance, by neglect Of prOpriety in dress
by the absence of cleanliness, or in
dulging in repulsiye habits. Some
think themselves so well-born so clever
or so rich, as to be above caring what
others say and think of them. It is
said that the ancient kings of Egypt
used to commence speeches to then
subjects with the formula: "By the
head of Pharaoh, ye are all swine.
We need not wonder that those who
take this swine theory Of their neigh
bors should be careless of setting their
tastes and feelings at defiance.
Year: 1878

Society gossip from Africa: Eight
more of the wives Of Nosingela, King
Of the DIaputa River, lately decamped,
but five of them were caught in the bush
and taken back, when he ordered
them to be s.rangled, which an eye
witness to several Of his executions
states is done in the following manner:
s moose is made in a piece of rope,
which is placed around the neck of the
victim. CaGres take hold Of each end,
which they pull. while another Caffre
on each side beats the rope with q stick
in order to tighten it.
Year: 1878

There is no motto like hope for ones
guidance through life. Storms shadows
and darkness may and must assail our
pathway, but the star Of hope is always
beaming, if we only viii but see it,
white as a white sail on a dusky sea.
For a person determined to make the
best of everything, there are a variety
Of prOverbial encOUTagements which
never come amiss. Its long lane
that has no turning" Fortunes wheel
is ever revolving 'Bad luck this
time, better next, - are golden legends
for the poor and struggling
Year: 1878

coughing and sneezing. Our inside


passengers are little better of, for the


dust is whirling up from beneath the


wheels Of the stage and the feet of the


horses and pouring into the vehicle.


The ride by stage from Colorado


Springs to Manitou is by no means a


pleasant one when the wind is blow


ing. A little farther up the gulch


and we hear the dashing waters Of


Fountain Greek and catch a glimpse


of some white cottages. Then we sud-


denly round turn in the road, rattle


over a rustic bridge spanning the


creek, draw up in front of the Mani


tou House and deposit some passen-


gers, after which we rattle off again,


past Grace Greenwood's cottage nest


ling down in a wild rsvine, round an
other turn, across the Fountain again
and we are at the "Cliff House." not
the largest but the coziest and most
homelike hotel at Manitou. Then the
inevitable African with a huge dust
brush appears upon the scene and
knocks a cloud of dust from the trav-
eler at the first blow. The veranda
is full of guests, more than two-thirds
of whom have the hectic flush, the
emaciated form and the hollow cough
that show them to be suffering from
that dread disease, consumption. They
are here seeking renewed health from
the clear and bracing atmosphere of
the Rockies, but some of them will
probably never see their far-off East
ern homes again. 1t is said there are
more widows in proportion to the pop
ulation in Colorado than in any other
State in the Union. The reason is
plain. Many men in the last stages
of consumption have brought their
families and sought relief here by a
permanent residence, but the relief
was but temporary and death soon
gathered them in. Colorado is no
place for man or woman with only
a piece of a lung, for in this high lati-
tude and rare6ed atmosphere one with
two good lungs will pant like dog, at
the least exerition. After a good
1usting at the hands Of a former col
pred member of the Legislature of a
Southern State the new arrivals rushed
down to the big soda spring to try the
water, and see how many cup fulls
hey could put away before dinner.
They all do ii" at first, but the sec
md day they learn better.


Itwas my intention to give descrip-
ion of ManitOu, the springs and the
urrOundings, in this article, but SO
much space is already occupied that
urther particulars of the Saratoga of
he West" must be deferred and given
n future paper.
Year: 1878




There are no springs at Colorado
Springs; the town is so named from
the mineral springs at Manltou, five
miles away. To Colorado people, five
miles is merely nominal distance.
According to their estimate of space,
when you are within ten miles of a
given point you are in its vicinity, and
when you are within five miles of it
you are there. Of bright summer
morning we took passage in the Mani
tou stage-cOach for the Springs and
were soon being bounced over rough
and miserable road towards the noun
tains. A stiff breeze was blowing down
the canyon, carrying clouds Of dust
and even small gravels before it. A
number Of passengers had chosen out
side seats on the coach in order to get
. "vieW Of the country" but the dust
WhaFleo up IN such clouds, and the
fine gravels pelted them so unmerci-
fully that they were compelled to
bury their faces in their handkerchiefs
and postpone their inspection of the
scenery until ealmer day. Two miles
from Colorado Springs our stage rat
tied through the long and wide main
street Of Colorado City, once -four
ishing town and the Capital" Of the
territory but now dilapidated, tumb-
ling down and partially deserted,
though little more than eighteen years
have passed since the first building
was erected. When the Colorado
gold-fever broke ont and overspread
the country in 1859 and so, two steady
streams Of emigrants poured from the
East into the new Eldorado in search
Ofadyenture andfOrtune. One Ofthese