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Year: 1878

Mr.. Justice Miller, before the N. Y.
State Association, thus expresses him
self on the value Of jury trials:


"If a cultivated Oriental wero told
for the first time that q nation, which
claims to be in advance of all others
in its love of justice and its methods
of enforcing it, required as one of its
fundamental principles of jurispru-
dence thateyery controversy between
individuals,and every charge of crime
against an offender, should be SUBJ
mitted to twelve men without learn
ing in the law, often without any 9TH
er learning, and that neither party to
the contest could prevail until ell the
twelve men were Of one opinion in
his favor, he would certainly be amaz.
cd at the proposition. Nor have the
European nations differed much with
him in their estimate of trial by jury.
1t has been well understood and re-
ceived the careful consideration of
continental jurists for great many
years, without being adopted by any
Of them, in the form that we have it
from England. Many attempts have
besn made to introduce it in some
modified shape, but think it safe to
say that it has not in it's essential An
glo-Saxon feature met the approval
of any people except those of tina,
race. In the days when kings exer
cised arbitrary power, the jury was,
among tho sturdy, liber,y-loving
Englishmen, valuable barrier
against oppression by the crown. Bu,
in this country, where the people are
sovereign, the jury is but too often
the mere reflection of popular i'm
pulse, and the safety of an innocent
man is more frequently found to de-
pend on the firmness of the judge
than the impartiality of the jury.
Still it is probably wise that no man
shall be convicted of an infamous
crime until twelve fsir-minded men
are convinced of his guilt l am al
go forced to admit, however, that even
in civil cases my experiment as a
Judge has been much more favorable
to jury trials thar it was as q practi.
toner. And am bound to say that
an intelligent and unprejudiced jury,
when such can be obtained, who are
instructed in the law with such clear


ness, precision and brevity as will
present their duty in bold relief, are
rarely mistaken in regard to facts
which they are called upon to fnd.''
Year: 1878

The general agreement In congress
to impose no impediment to resump.
tion and allow it to take place on the
day appointed, may be taken as set
Element of that question. Those who
expect anything like monetar!
shock as result of resumption on the
lst Of January will be disappointed.
There will not be any conyulsion OF
other disturb bance about it. Business
will go on 40 usual, ana the change to
specie basis will be so gradual 80 to
be imperceptible. The permission to
pay duties in greenbacks will destroy
the demand for coin from importers,
and it is not probable that there will
be any considerable amount Of green
backs presented at the treasury for
redemption. In fact the country has
slread, glided so nearly up to the re-
notch that the formal ac-
complishment of the work on the lst
proximo will pass unnoticed.-St.
Louis Republican (Dem
Year: 1878

JUDGE KELLEY has written friend


In Cincinnati an explanation Of Lis


silence on the question Of resumption


He says he is unwilling to share the
responsibility of any interference
with the law until 1t has been tried
because IL the Greenbackers modify
1t in the slightest degree, and it fails
the failure will be charged to them,
He expects to see it fail, and bring in.
creased suffering upon the people,
and when that happens there will be
popular uprising and clamor for the
despised greenbackers to take the
lead. The Judge proposes to wait
for the clsmor to call him to the front.
This is the attitude of all the soft
money agitators, and it is an uncom-
monty wise one. They will have a
chance to wait till their p tience
eclipses that Of the persecuted Job,
for the clamor they yearn for will no;
come.
Year: 1878

Hunters who go out into the coun-
try, discharging their blunderbusses
At random, probably do not know
that section $500 of the Code reads
as follows:


"Any person who knowingly dis
charges firearms of any description
within, or in the immediate vicinity
Of any inclosure where cattle, hogs or
sheep are being fed, for the purpose
Of fattening the same; or any person
who shall enter such enclosure with
fire-arme, or dog, unless such person
be the owner of said stock, or have
the control Of the same, or shall have
permission from such owner or the
person having control thereof to en-
ter said premises, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor."
Year: 1878

Mrs. HAYES has acknowledged the
receipt of the letter from the GENTLE
women of Salt Lake city, who seem
to be much more earnest in their fight
against polygamy than they have ev-
er been before.
Year: 1878

SAYS the Glabe- Democrat, which
never did like Postmaster Filley:


News from Washington shows that
Filley is making big fight against
the confirmation of Hays. There
need be no doubt, however, of the f.
nal result. An adverse report may
be made by the Post Office Commit
tee, but there will be majority for
Hays when the vote is taken in the
Senate.


The parties to this controversy may
make a big fight.
Year: 1878

Farmers are liable to forget the


necessity Of pure water for their stock


during the winter.


Ask yourself: "What can do
now that would otherwise have to be
done in the spring when time is twice
% valuable :" and doit. x~~
Year: 1878

How discouraging the laws of nature are! We sometimes feel as though they were conscious and on the lookout for a frolic. Just buy new silk hat and go out for promenade on cloudless day and see how nature will sport with you. She will entice you miles away from any dwelling and then stealthily drag up a great black cloud from the horizon. You have no umbrella, and therein lies the joke. With long strides you make the homestretch, thinking of the nine dollars which you thought you safety invested, but which proves to be a vain specula- tion. Over the trees you see the rain drops fall, but hope fills your heart and you quicken your pace. At last despair siezes you, for the rain travels faster than you can. Patter, batter, it falls on your new tile until it looks as though you had purchased it at some pawnshop, and then, when it is completely spoiled, the sun comes out to look and laugh at your plight. Nature may be our mother and all that, but there are times when instead of the staid and severe matron it seems as though she was out on mischief making lark, and nothing serves better to get her into this mood than a new hat.
Year: 1878

The fallacy of curing rupture by trusses has been fully established by the experience of the past ages There is certainly truss that will radically cure confirmed rupture, that can be truly considered, Ii worn any length of time, other than injurious.

 What is the truss but half-hoop gripping steel or iron band provided on each end with pads to press simultaneously upon the back and abdomen! What must be the effect of the pads Are they not heating and debtatng to the back and walls of the abdomen Is not the ceaseess force of the main spring bearing these pads toward each other attended with fearful results Look for a moment into the structure of

 man. the location of the organs and you will say with us that the kidneys, the bladder the tendons, the spleen the vertebre, and the lumbar regions must or later be seriously affected by the continued pressure of the tss and manhood destroyed ere the victim has reached the prime of life.

 Let us see from the following example F1ll TOT instance a sack, as the abdomen IS hheo ana clasl it with one of these socalled radical cure trusses and won will see the terrible indentat1ons made by the pressure. It is in this way that the constant severe embrace or grip of the truss exhausts the muscular hbre and nficts irreparable injury upon the organs, completely destroying their functons | in a word making the young old, and the old | useless. f' ,.5.@.f ..s .. f' t'. .'s. -'
Year: 1878

This is the true story of Prince Gortchakoff and the dog: Upon the occasion of his paying visit to Bismarck, his foot accidently slipped, and he was upon the point of falling. Bismarck rushed forward to assist him, when his dog, which is trained to attack all un- welcome intruders, mlstak his masters movement for hostile one, immediately flew at Gortchakoff's throat, and in moment both princes, with the dog on top of them, lay sprawling upon the floor.

 The shock caused by this contretemps, following upon surfeit of strawberries, is supposed to have accustomed Prince Gortcnakoff' s indisposition, t. ough there are some who are of opinion that it was merely assumed as an excuse in order that he might have an opportunity o1 preparing long speech at his leisure.
Year: 1878

When we see that death is so often the pen altypaid for fatuous disregard of the symp- toms of approaching disease, should we not be warned against the folly of neglecting de fensive measures when called for in our own case? Assuredly we should, and upon the first manifestation of ill health or decay of physical vigor, seek the aid of medicine. The fortifying influence upon the system of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters entitle that medicine of many virtues to the highest consideration as preventive, and it cannot be too strongly recommended as a means of a. resting the progress of malarious levers, dyspepsia, con- stipation, liver complaint, kidney and blad- der troubles, gout, rheumatism, and other disorders which in their incipiency are far albeit, the great alternative has repeatedly demonstrated its power to vanquish them in their worst phases. gs4
Year: 1878

Hundreds of lost pocketbooks never ind their way back to their rightful owners; but a gentleman of our &C., qualntance tells us an interesting story of property returned which came under his own observation. About the 1st of May his wife had the misfortune to lose her pocketbook, containing nearly thirty eight dollars in money and other valued articles. Much search was made for it. although it was thought useless to ad- vertise it. Eight weeks afterward it was returned by a poor woman living in Brooklyn, and hot cent of the money or anything else in the pocketbook was missing. It appears that on the day the book was lost it was found by woman on the sidewalk. There was in it the ad- dress of a friend of the owner, to whom the finder sent postal-card making in- quiry if it was hers. But this did not lead to any discovery of the owner. Then the poor woman advertised it, but with no better success. Finally the lady who had lost the pocketbook met the friend whose address was on the card and, happening to mention her loss, the conversation resulting led to the recovery of the lost property. During the eight weeks the poor woman had the pocket book in Der possession she had been sorely pressed for money, but never would touch any of that, but had kept it hidden under piece of carpet in the corner of her room, where no one knew of it. She had consulted her priest, of fer, d prayers that the loser of the pock- etbook might be found, ard plainly showed her dehght when she gave it to the rightful owner. A beautiful instance of honesty.
Year: 1878

bGSI TIME FOh CUTIlN6 WdGAIs

 The evidence given in favor of the theory that the gluten grains in wheat are formed and deposited during the last stages of growth, and not with the starch as the kernel formed, by the professors and students of the Ohio State Universi- ty, who are engaged in Investigating the matter, starts the question, " if the glu- ten is formed during the last stages of growth, is not the supply lessened, or at least injured, by cutting the wheat just as the kernel has passed out of the milky stage and has begun to harden" In other words, will it not be better in the future to "cut dead ripe wheat.

 Gluten, as all know, is not only the nutritive part of wheat flour, but it is the substance which gives adhesiveness to dough and enables it to hold the car bonic-acid produced in yeast fermenta- tion, thereby insuring to the housewife the "raising of a setting of sponge" It is not new idea that the flour from ripe wheat is liable to make the best raised bread, but while there may be this one advantage in dead ripe wheat, farmers have always considered that it has been greatly overbalanced by disadvantages. When wheat stands on the haulm until dead ripe it is thought to produce less flour, and four of a darker shade, be. cause the bran is thicker and harder, and cuts up in grinding. More nutri- tious straw is gained by cutti ing wheat earlier, and the saving of the grain is also secured.

 With the advantages enumerated on the side of cutting wheat while the ker. nel is yet soft farmers will doubtless continue to observe the habit of years ir securing this ceaeal, and will reconcile themselves to any small loss of nutri ment for the sake of winter. flour anG more of it /; nutritious straw and the bet ter chance of saving all the grain. --a.
Year: 1878

THOSE journals which are egging the
House of Representatives on in the passag"
OF their jug-handlcd resolutions of investi-
cation in the hope of Ousting the President
must feel their wind-blsdders slightly col
lapsng when they are told by the architects
and engineers of this scheme of nonsense
that the war is not against the Presidential
title, but for some other purpose not clearly
made known. This petty piece of political
malice is u greater fraud than any other yet
dreamed of and more nonscnsical.
Year: 1878

THE resolutions adopted by the Rcpubli-
can House caucus yesterday are worthy of
and probably will receive support from the
Democratic opponents Or Mr. pOTrER's revo-
lutionary scheme. They will ut any rate
be received with earnest commendation by
the business men of the country and by
reaceable and order-loving citizens of all
parties
Year: 1878

THE Republicans in the House have the
command Of the situation. They continue
to keep the Democracy on the defensive
Their resolutions, adopted unanimously and
harmoniously in yesterdays caucus, are
shrcwdly calculated to put the Opposition
at still greater disadvantage. All Of
which is encouraging.
Year: 1878

great cities In the West. II is certainly not
the desire of the Western people that their
fellow-citizens here In the District should
be oppressed with the burden Of sys-
tenn of taxation that rightfully should
be borne in part by Others, nor do we be-
lieve they would be content that the Amer
lean Capital should retrograde into the hog
hole and quagmire IL was before the war.
Year: 1878

Mr. LAPHAM, of New York, does not


propose to leave the country delenseless
under the Democratic policy of cutting
down the force of the regular army. He
has introduced a bill which proposes to per-
nit the President to increase the army TO
10000 men by enlsting volunteers during
the recess of Congress, in case of necessity
for greater force, and which is wise, pru-
dent, and timely in view Of the possibilities.
Year: 1878

Like the Oft quoted ghost of Shake
spere's creation, Butler will not down.
He has been interviewed, and this gave
him rare opportunity to make bid
for the greenback nomination for the
presidency. Just observe with what
distinguished consideration he speaks
of himself. Said he: f4Et


81 propose to devote the remainder
of my life to the service of the people,
If they demand it. l came forward in
this campaign at the demand of the
people, and l should do the same thing
again and again. / see some of the re-
publican papers say am dead-politi-
cally dead. am glad they think so.
If they do, they will go on in their ca
reer of expressing the people, both in
the state and in the nation, and if they
do will show them the liveliest corpse
at the funeral they have ever heard of.
Personal success or defeat to me is
nothing"


He is anxious that the people should
N>sAfessia ehae iiC ihahO OnC hAOAC odCtllCc
on the altar of-his ambition. Benja.
min is not content unless he is at the
top of the heap in notoriety-in the ar
my, congress, the Potter committee, or
as q candidate. He is man who revels
In the thought that he is talked about
continually, and when he steps down
and out of life into the boupdless fu.
ture, he desires that every intelligent
being on earth shall know that B. F.
Butler is dead. He is even working tc
this end now. If there are enough
greenbackers remaining in go to nomi
nate him for the presidency they will
do SO. Benjamin will over-exert him
self physically, mentallyand financially
and at the end of the campaign he will
initiate Stephen A. Douglas and Horace
Greeley, and the world will known Ber
Butler no more.
Year: 1878

congress will be confronted again with
the question, and it is quite probable
that if the house of representatives
does not take steps at least to limit the
influx of Chinese into California, the
vote of the state will be hopelessly lost
to the democratic party. The position
in which both both parties find them
selves is perplexing.


1t may be added that the Stars re-
marks concerning the democratic house
are also applicable, though with some
what less force, to the republican SEN
ate. tIE t
Year: 1878

SOME very interesting kilograms ap-
pear elsewhere, respecting the move
ments of Count Schouvaloff. As they
bear directly upon possible war in the
near future, they are highly important.
In an autocracy one man is everything.
Year: 1878

Editors Dispatch: We hear a good deal
OF discussion and talk about appropriations
for deepening the channel Of James river
Tor large vessels. 1t seems that at present
vessel drawing over fifteen feet OF water
cannot come into our harbor. 1t is proposed
10 deepen ii so as to get etserenteen feet, which
seems about as much as we can reasonably
expect for several years. To make Our har-
Dor a good and attractive export harbor we
should have vessels drawing at least twenty
two feet Since we have not the water over
the bars and ledgcs for these vessels, will
you be kind enough to tell us what
it would cost to introduce the canal
system, as used in many other similar
places, for lifting vessels OF heavy burden
over these difficulties? While it is not as
desirable as deep water, it would probably
be better than not having these vessels at
all; and the success OF it IN other rivers
would show that it could be used here. We
could by this means bring in and take out
from our harbor vessels drawing as much
as twenty or perhaps twenty-five feet,
which would OF course greatly improve
Eichmond's prospects us trading and eX-
port city. w.
Year: 1878




FIND BETTER DIGGINGs IN ANOTHER LAND
"stiek il over our heads, and bury us deep
enuff to keep the kiotes from gettin' meal
off us: B&P.d
Walking back to the bed he laid down be-
side his comrade, and, pulling out six
shooter, he placed the weapon against his
temple and fired. And there together IN
death lay the friends of twenty-six years.
cover the river en- I'm with yer. We shall
not part old man." was the ending Of the
friendship that had existed forever a quart
er of century, and a vivid illustration, by
no means rare, of the remarkable affection
often existing between men who voluntarily
estrange themselves from the busy world to
seek in the vast solitudes of the West that ex-
element not elsewhere to be found


Sitting on his launches, gazing into the
faces Of the dead men with a wondering
look In hls Intelligent eyes, was the dog, the
only living witness Of the deaths that occur
cd on that beautiful spring morning. Faith
full to them in life he guarded them in
DEATH


The bodies were found a week later by a
prospectot and buried in the place request
ed.


The dog was with difficulty torn away
from the grave, aud there on the edge of the
plateau, overlooking the beautiful valley,
awaiting the Anal trump lay the friends
who met IN Downieville in 1850. United
in life, together in death.
Year: 1878

On the morning of the wedding day he was there again, with a comptnion this lime, and forced his way past the hesita ting servant as one who had right He sent penci.cd demand 10 Alma, which she answered by appealing upon Nobe's arm.

 You do not believe my word regard ing this imp,stor. have brought you proof. Perkins, my man, tell your story to this lady as you have already told i to me

 Perkins Was a most disrepulable speci- men of the genus tramp, by his look, and thus adjured, he repeated his lesson with glib and thorough hardihUOd He had been fishing from the bank opposite the mill, had witnessed the altercallOn Of two men within the structure, had seen one strike the other blow and jing him along with the falling platform into the river. TAe man before hinl was the mur- derer he was ready to swear to it, and for proof, why there was the body yet at the bottom of the river

 And, ugly business as it is, resumed Ralh, with iil-conCealed triumph, "lhe bridegroom must be arrested on his bri- dal morn, You need not look about you with the thought of escape, sir; there are l officers without preparing to take you in churge.'

 First let me rectify one slight mistake you have made" said the other with re- markabe coolness. Il am not the prin- cipal intended for this happy occhson; allow me 10 present to you the bride groom, Elmer Noble, in all reality"

 He threw open door as he spoke, dis closing tue wasted, shadow seubIance of l one whose indentiy Rath could not douht--a figure reduced by illness and suffering, with bAndagcd forehead, and reproachful eyes turned upon that false friend and would ,be-murdcrer.

 That will do" said the speaker, as 1 Alma left him and fitted to EmeY's side while all Rath's brazen cffronlery was not enough to sustain him in the face of this unforeseen event We have got the better of your game MT. Rath, and Inc sooner you get out of this with that wretched tool of yours--his face will hang him yet, l say, itas prophcsy-- the better it will be for you"

 They slunk away at his bidding, an equally despcable and thoroughly dis 1 gusted pair.
Year: 1878

FINANCIAL PLATFORM OF CoNNECrICI-r
DEMoRATS.-The platform adopted by the
connecticut democracy in convention at Hart
ford yesterday has the following touching the
finances: That the Constitution of the United
states recognizes gold and silver as the stand
ard money of the Union, and this STANDARD il
the most stable basis for the commercial ne
ceSsitieS of the world. The democratic party
OF The mon has never failed to recognize
and support this essential principle. A great
and costly war and republican financial fraud
and corruption brought an irredeemable cur
rency, under which the pIi es of every COM
modify have fuctuated, industrial interests
have suffered, labor has been deprived of its
Just reward, and many business men brought
TO bankruptcy. But the laws of trade with a
large balance OF foreign exchange in favor OF
this country have brought us TO the door of
aredeemabe currency, aud a sound basis for
an improved and prosperous state of affairs,
which Will place the creditor and debtor of the
government on the same financial plane. That
the resumption act SO called, was in its incep-
tlon unwise, uncaled for, and not demanded
al the time OF Its enactiOn by those laws of
trade Which govern, with unerrIng certainty,
the hnance OF country: and having confi-
dence In the Senators and Representatives of
this state in the Congress of the United States
we unhesitatlngly rely upon their integrity
ana judgment, believing that they will be con-
troed in their action upon the question of re-
sumption by those well known principles
which underlle the necessities of commerce
and the best Interests of the people of this
state. We condemn all repudlation, and de-
mand an honest and Just payment of the pub
llc debt. We denounce the financial policy Of
the republican administration as the direct
and shortest way to universal bankruptcy and
tdal repudi a ion, and we dec'are that whatever
currency is issued should be for the benefit OF
the whole people,