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Year: 1878

TIE SECOND ANNUAL REGATTA OF TIE NOM


pAREIL ROWING CLUB.


The second annual regatta Of the Nonpareil Rowing
Club was hold yesterday on the Harlem River, and
cverything passed of pleasantly. The steamtug +.
Myers followed the rowors the and large
barge anchored near McComb's Dam gava tho lady
friends OF the members excellent view of the finish
as the distance mile starting in front OF the
Columbia boat house. The were well contested,
especially that for gigs Alter the rowing was
over tho barge was towed up In front OF the club
house SO that the guests could see the swimming
match. There was a band OF music on board tho
barge and dancing kept up with great spirit
throughout the day. Tho following Is a summary Of
tho regatta:--
Year: 1878

ing wealthy at an unheard of rate.
How much longer values can re-
main depressed and trade languid
under such q state of things 1t is
hard to say, for the laws of trade
are almost as inscrutable as the
DEGREES of Providence. But 1t cer-
tainly should not be and cannot be
long. The principal evil from
which we suffer-the real source
from which the paralysis of busi-
ness springs-can, in our opinion,
be truthfully referred to the i'm.
mense aggregatioas of capital
which have been witnessed in this
country during the past fifteen
years. A man worth million
dollars is content to put it into gov
ernment bonds that pay him
four per cent. year and re-
lieve him from taxation. He is not
willing to take the hazards and fa-
tigues Of an active business career
with the possibility of making his
four per cent. eight. In addition
to the immense outstanding issues
of the United States bonds, the
capitalist has the choice of State,
county and municipal bonds, and
of railway and other stocks without
end. These multiplied public
debts rest like an incubus OH the
people and have converted the
masses into hewers of wood and
drawers of water. They have op.
pressed the poor aul enervated the
rich, depriving the latter OF that
dashing energy which was once the
distinction of the American busi :
ness man. There is such thing
Us people being too rich in the
artificial forms of wealth which
modern ingenuity has devised, and
we are inclined to think that that,
and not poverty, is the real evil
from which we suffer to-day. 1t is
the concentration and not the pau
city of money which is doing the
mischief. He who can Gontrive a
system for its more general distri-
button may rightfully claim to
have discovered a panacea for ali
our ills.
Year: 1878

The Millers' National Convention was
held in indianapolis last week, and on,
Thursday tho delegates went on an excur-
sion. A welcoming speech was made to-
them by Ex-Governor Hendricks, and,
among other things, he said: Gas bow
l was acquainted with the miller, and I
thought him great man. When he raised,
the gate with such coitpesure and conf.
dence, and the tumbling waters drove the
machinery ahead, admired his power
And then he talked strongly upon all quos-
tions. He was very positive upon politics,
religion, law and mechanics, and any one
bold enough to dispute point was very
likely 20 have q personal argument thrown
into his face, for he knew all the gossip
among his customers. Laughter He:
was cheerful. I thought it was because he
was always in the music of the running
water and the whirling wheels. He was
kind and clever-indeed, so much so that
he would promise the grists before they
could be ready, [laughter1 and so the. boys
had to go two or three times. He was o
chancellor, and prescribed the law. Every
one in his turn. The miller, standing in
the door of his mill, all white with the dust,
is picture ever upon tho memory OF even
this generation. 1t is picture of man.
ly figure. 1 wonder if you, gentlemen, tho
lords of many runs and bolts, are ashamed
to own him as your predecessor. 1t was a
small mill, sometimes upon "a willowy brook,
and somctims upon the larger river, but it
stood on the advanced line of the settle
ment, with it's one wheel to grind the In
dian corn, and one for wheat, and in tho
fall and winter ,ason one day in the week
set apart for grinding buckwheat 1t did
the work of the neighborhood. Plain and
unpretentious, as compared with your stately
structures would not say it contributed
less toward the development of the country
and the permanent establishment of socie-
ty. So great favor it was, and 80 impor-
tant to the public welfare, that the authori-
ties that day invoked in its favor the high
est power of the State-emincnt domain.
That mill and miller had to 20 before you
and yours, and am happy to revive the
memory of the miller at the custom mills,
who, with equal care adjusted the sack up
on the horse for the boy to ride upon, and
his logic in support of his theory in poll
tics or his dogma in religion"
Year: 1878

Whenever either employer or employed
forgets that there is community of inter-
est betwene the two, both are sufferers
This is true Of all kinds of business in
which the two classes come in contact
The employer who has no other interest in
his help thanto get out of them all that
their strength will permit them to do, will
soon find that his employees will become
equally as selfish, and not only the least
possible amount of labor that will prevent
their discharge will be done, but that what
is done, will be imperfectly performed and
the employe who has no other interest than
70 get. his money is q detrimept to any man
who employs him. II BE 6stSbi biishments
and on some farms, stranger would be un-
able to tell, from the language or actions of
the help, that they were employees. When
ever they speak of the affairs of their en-
ployer, they don't speak of them as if he
was wholly responsible, and that they had
no responsibility whatever, but their Ian
guaSe conveys the idea that they feel their
own responsibility, and that the success or
failure of the business is matter of anxiety
to them ; and their actions accord with their
words. Nine out Of ten employers greatly
appreciate such manifestation of interest,
and It really seems to Tighten the burden
which always necessarily rests upon bust
ness man. If an cmploye has such an in
terest in the affairs of his employer, there
is no mistaking it. 1t will show itself on
every conceivable occasion and if he has
been so unfortunate as to find a man who
does not appreciate his merits, they will not
long 60 unrewarded, for others will see them,
and be glad to avail themselves of them


1t is, no doubt, the case with human ma
ture, that it is selfish in all of its relations
Of life, and perhaps the great majority of
men are too apt to slight their duties, in
stead of doing everything upon honor, and
performing services for others as they would
perform the same service for themselves
but there are men, and a great many of
them, who are strictly conscientious in the
performance Of their duties as employees.
and it is such men who will always win
Western Rural.
Year: 1878

BABY's TNFLUENCE-No man who has
not tried it understands how restful it is to
play with the baby. In the civilization of
our time one of the commonest wants is
something to beguile the time of one set of
men, or while away the cares Of another
set, from cares of business or politics or
whatever the ordinary work may be. To
this numerous class, including both the
wcaried and the bored, We say, "play with
the baby Not the baby in arms, but the
young animal man when it has arrived at
the age which in its life matches the time
when the puppy gambols foolishly or the
kitten plays with its tail. Who can tell
how much we miss by not knowing how to
"play with the baby? 7" We arc always
thinking that children are noisy and rough,
that they make impcrtncnt remarks, and
leave doors open or bang them. Just SO ;
but this is exactly why so much pleasure is
to be got oat Of them, if we try to rise to a
comprehension Of their nature and feelings.


1t is not their fault if they are disagree
able to us, but our own fault, and misfor-
tune, too, if VIC are dull to all the beauty
and lovclincss Of their charming tricks and
iollics Some unhappy beings never know
real childhood and they lose Il great deal
of innocent pleasure in consequence,
Year: 1878

The five year old son of family the
other day stood watching his baby brother,
who was making great noise over having
his face washed. The little fellow at length
lost his patience, and stamping his tiny foot,
he said, "You think you have lots of trou-
BILE, but you don't know anything about it:
Wait till you're big efangh to ger n lickinss
and then you'll see--won't he, mamma ?"'
Year: 1878

\ six year old, who was found putting
himself outside of various good things at a
rapid rate just after complaining of inward
gripping, explained to his wondering parent
that he didn't mean to "leavc any room for
that stomach ache"
Year: 1878

1t was very careless leaving the parrot
in the parlor Sunday evening, but she new
CT thought anything about it until Monday
morning, when he reused the whole house
by making smacking noise and crying,
Darling Susie Darling Susie" He kept
it up all day, too, and the Old folks are
much interested in the ease
Year: 1878

Few men who handle horse 81 give proper
attention to the feet and lcgs. Especially
is this the case on farms. AIuch time is
spent of morning in rubbing, brushing,
and smoothing the hair on the sides and
hips; but at no time arc the feet examined
and properly cared for Now, be it known
that the feet of horse require more care
than the body. They need ten times as
much, for in one respect they arc almost
the entire horse. All the grooming that
can be done won't avail anything if the
horse is forced to stand where his feet will
be filthy. In this case the feet will become
disordered, and then the legs will get badly
out Of fix; and with bad feet and bad legs,
there is not much else of the horse fit for
anything.
Year: 1878

JonN RANDOLPH, of Roanoke, became a
woman hater, on account of an incident in
his early life, which is thus related He had
paid his addresses to young lady of equal
social position with himself, asked her hand
in marriage and was accepted. The day of
nuptials was announced, the invited guests
assembled, the hour for the ceremony ar
rived, and the priest stood ready to perform
the functions of his holy Office. The BRIDE
elect sent message to her aff1anced husband
that she wished to meet him privately for
consultation before proceeding to the hyme-
nial altar. He obeyed the summons and was
confronted by her parents and other relatives
and asked to sign q contract for a marriage
settlement as condition precedent to the
performance of the ceremony-a document
prepared without his knowledge, and Of the
existence of which he was now first made
acquainted. Not deigning to notice any one
psesent but she who had plighted him her
love and faith, be inquired of her if this de-
maAd had been prompted by others or was it
her own voluntary action. Receiving re-
ply that it was an act Of her own free will,
he bade her adieu and retired from the as
sembly. This Circumstance is supposed to
have had q lifelong effect on Randolph, TO
have blunted the finer feelings of his nature,
and to have given that cast to his character
which his enemies have construed into misan-
thropy.
Year: 1878

Considered as piece Of craftsmanship, i!
the term can be used in that relation, the
fraud movement seems utterly ridiculous and
absurd; as a political naneuvre it can only
damage the inventors. Viewed as strategy,
it is meaningless; as tactics, tiresome and sill.
ly. In the long and dreary talk about it in
Congress and the newspapers, in committees
end caucuses, and the Maryland Legislature,
the effect has already been discounted. II
falls dead and stale upon the publc's weary
ear. The only striking feature about it is the
manifest determination of Mr. Potter and his
party associations to make of this prepored
investigation what the betting mer call "a
dead sure thing" They have had several
''sure things" in the way Of investigations
since the session began, but uncommon hard
luck with every one of them. They were not
slow to proclaim the sure things they had in
the way of fraud discoveries at the outset
''Only give US full swing" they said, ''and we
will uncover such mass of Republican fraud
and corruption in all the Departments as will
astonish the world" They have had all the
facilities for q thorough and exhaustive rum
maging of everything; free range Of the De


partments, experts, stenographers, ''Stag
whisky" and cigars, and everything that heart
could wish, down to ''eye openers" before
breakfast, to assist them in their search; and
their sure things have, notwithstanding, dis
appointed them In every instance. How many
times has the dear delightful Glover shouted
''Stand from under !" in serene confidence Of
bringing down Republican, only TO send a
Democrat home limping And how many


parties have gone out with ''Stag whisky
and other refreshments, to hunt ''sure
thing only to come skurrying back into
camp with the ''sure thing" hunting them 2
No party ever had SO many ''sure things
against their opponents. None ever had such
unconscionably bad luck getting them into
camp. Bear hunters, they are, who come in
regularly just ahead of the bear.


1t is not surprising, therefore, that in the
present case, taking warning from experience,


they should take:special pains to have an alb
solutely dead sure thing without any chance
of failure or disappointment. They have been
careful to fence in the field, to circumscribe


the inquiry, to make sure that nothing shall
Year: 1878

Josh Billings.


Pills may sometimes fail to act on the iVer,
but saving wood never viii.


Make yourself necessary, young man, and
your success is certain.


Anger always hurls Us more than the one
we can get mad at.


About as low down as a man can get and
not spoil, is to live on his wife's reputation.


l don't bet On precocious children; the
huckleberry that ripens the quickest is the
quickest to decay.


Everybody seems to think himself q moral
half bCshel to measure the worlds frailties.
When you strike oil, stop boring. Many q
man has bored clean through and let the oil
out at the bottom.


Next in point of mSanness to doing an in
jury is to do man q favor and every now
and then remind him Of it.


The man who is honest from policy needs
as much watching as hive of bees just ready
to swarm.
Year: 1878

Mr.. d. G. Richmond, of Ohio, relates
in an article at large without credit-the re-
suits of observation and experience of sheep
killing dogs from which he was quite a suf-
ferer during twenty-five years. They slauph-
ter their victims by tearing open the large
they never can be broken of this trick. A
single dog will sometimes kill sheep, but
generally there are two-often large and
a small dog. The first time a dog kills a
sheep he will suck the blood, and then eat
some and be satisfied lie will soon learn
to kill several, sucking the blood until he is
full eating no flesh the first night. Any dog
that will chase sheep when out alone, will
sooner or later kill them. A greedy dog Will
sometimes Kill sheep in the daytime, but
this seldom happens. Nearly all sheep
killing is done by dogs in the night they
are very cunning about it, often going long
distance from home when there are plenty
Of sheep close By. a, Il preventive measure
bells are good not small one hut three
good sized bells for each hundred sheep.
If, in spite Of this precsution, sheep is
killed ray nothing. skin it and let the car
ciss lay in the same place, The first night
after killing, the dogs will not come, the
second night they will be on hand. Cut
four or five gashes in the shoulder of the
dead sheep, put small amount of first class
strychnine in the gashes, and the next morn.
ing you will be sure to have dead dogs. Mr.
r. has sometimes killed four dogs in one
night. lie adds that sit is well enough tC
keep the mouth shut" and concludes witt
mention of curious incident Zone moru
ing found a small yearling killed, with a
small round hole eaten out Of his fore shoul
der 1t puzzled me. | knew it was not {
common dog, | told my neighbors to shu
up their dogs. The second night after kill
ing put in the strychnine, and the mex


morning had the largest red fox ! evel
| saw"
Year: 1878

The american CuHirator thus encourages
farmers "In comparison with the long
continued prosration of other industries
and the severe depression of general bust
ness, farmers may congratulate themselves
that at least, through the long hours of toll
and the practice of close economy, they
have been able 10 secure the necessaries OF
life for their families and themselves. A
bushel Of corn is worth just as much to-
day in the feeding of a family as it ever
was, while it will buy as much sugar or as
many yards of cotton cloth as in the average
year. and it is only when sold for cash, OF
when applied to the payment of old debts,
that the farmer really suffers from its low
market value. Brighter days are coming
and the severe lessons of economy and strug'
gle with debt will have a salutary effect in
avoiding new liabilities in the future, and in
making all classes more cautious and more
thoughtful in their plans
Year: 1878

No one thing is more needed on the farm
than good substantial covers for both hay
aud grain stacks. They are easily and cheap
" made of stout factory cloth Of the requi-
site size, and being tightly stretched over the
hay, when roughly stacked with the horse
fork will save it perfectly from showers and
even extended rains, As the hands follow
to retop the stacks and finish all secure, the
covers are removed to other stacks, and thus
do duty during the entire season. So with
grain. A cover in catching weather will pay
for itself sometimes in saving a single stack
from serious damage. They may be used at
anytime for protecting loads of hay when
beih- moved, and for variety of uses about
the farm. They should be put in complete
order, that when haying fairly commences
there should be no drawback to continuous
work, and the crop may be sent to the stack
OF barn in the best condition.
Year: 1878

ANOTHER FIsH sToRY,-In pond Of five
acres in Riyerhead Mass, 2OO0 cells were
placed two years ago, the owner intending
to leave them undslurbed for five years. lie
ha, fed regularly on kind of shell fish, and
the pond now has millions in it. - With a
garden rake they can be drawn out, say
those who have been there, and a shell fish
thrown in on the end OF strong cord and
then pulled out agan will have a dozen cells
blinging to ir. When the owner goes out to
feed them a stroke of his whip agsinst the
wagon calls hundreds to the surface of the
water.
Year: 1878

Tom Horton leaned back from the break.
fasttable and looked at the exquisite face of
his young wife with unmistakable love aud
admiration shining in his brown eyes. Tom
was a confirmed bachelor, his friends thought
until year ago he had met Edith Dunbar.
Her wonderful beauty captivated him, as
well as her charming simplicity of character.
There were those who said that she was an
outrageous ilirt and only married him be-
cause he had better prospects than her other
suitors ; but Tom, during his six months of
married life, had been completely satisfied
with his choice.


Shall you be down to day, pet he asked
crossing to her side and stoNping to kiss the
lovely face upturned to meet his.


4 think not. I've lots of domestic work
mission now--to love my husband and look
well to the ways of my household


But you mustn't soil these dainty hands
with work. Cannot Mary do everything
there is to doY


No. she said, drawing his face down un-
| til his cheek rested against hers. 'Iou men
don't understand. There are lots of things
that require taste to perform that paid
help can never do as we'll as ones self
well, do whatever pleases yourself best,
said Tom 4 must be off, suppose, o, |
must change this necktie before CO.


He went up stairs lightly humming n tune
| ,ln;, oh fact bo
necktie and replaced it by another. Just
then he remembered that he had note TO
write to send by the morning mail and be.
ing terribly forgetiul, he thought he had
better sit down at once to his wife's writing
desk, that sat there. and write it before it
slipped Bis mind He tossed over the con-
tents, man fashion, to fnd something more
| suitable for hi, purpose than the tinted, del
icltcscentcd paper that Edith used. But
the object of bis search was forgotten, as q
| fine white sheet, with the address My Dar-
ling Eliih' and a date not week old caught
bis eye. 1t was in an unduubted masculine
hand. He snatched it up and read it With a
sickenng sensation stealing over him, aud
| the letters dancing before his eyes, tor there
was great deal of latent jealousy in MIR.
Tom Horizons composition. Part Of ii ran
thus: ......


81 cannot bear this horrible separation
from you. | love you as madly, as fondly
as ever, in spite of your cruelty to me. |
sometimes feel that that | should not dare
to meet The one who bad stolen you from me
| have become desperate. Your heart is
mine yet, of that | feel assured. must see
you soon, if for only one short hour Please
appoint an interview. \ sight Of your face
will relieve the torture of the past months,
even if am more strongly reminded than
ever that you are lost u me forever.


iYour broken hearted.
Year: 1878

Chicago has again come to the front with
its usual complaint that Cincinnati is deal-
ing in the CROOKED stuff" and that there
fore they can not compete with our firms
in getting rid Of their whisky in the mar
kets.


They have sent long communication to
Revenue Commissioner Green B. Raum eK-
patiating in full as to their conl-
plants regarding the manner in
which the collection Of taxes on distilled
spirits is being made in the various dis
tricts of Ohio.


They insist that crookedness is the fea-
ture of conducting business in this city.
In their letter they give the following:


"We know the difficulty of your position.
and we also know how they can be in Q
measure relieved, and that will be by the
interchange of the officers named We aro
able and perfectly willing to meet honor
able competition, but we can not
compete with distillers who have
Government aid by being overlooked; and
we are determined to bring the matter be-
fore Congress for investigation unless re-
lieved, as we are all getting very much dis
satisfied with the present management OF
the collection of the tax We are entirely
driven out of the manufacture of high
Wines and consequently are forced
to export a large portion of our
product. The consequence is our district
is in tax-paid goods continually being de-
creased, simply because we can not compete
with other districts who pay from twenty
five to thirty three per cent more for their
grain than we do and sell their product for
a large per centage less.


The attention of Internal Revenue Cod
lector Mr.. Amor Smith, Jr, was called to
the matter, and in reply he says, that on
Monday last our heaviest distiller
called on him and complained that neither
he nor any of our men could sell whisky ia
the Baltimore markets, owing to the fearful
reduction in the price made by the Chicago
distillers, They had entire control of that
market, and our man says that it is an i'm
possibility to make whisky and sell it at
the price that Chicago firms were selling
it at Baltimore. Collector Smith, after
long talk with the gentlemen of his
city, came to the conclusion
that Cincinnati distilers were all
right, but thought that an Investigation
should be made as to the transactionsof OF the
distilers of Chicago. As to their coa-
plant that Agent Meyers had been
removed from this place to
Omaha, Mr.. Smith says that Meyers was
employed here for only tea days while the
late investigations were going on.