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Year: 1878

THE HoRsE's BACK. The first
thing to observe in judging a horse,
so far as his back is concerned, is the
length of il. A long hack is a weak
hack the world ever, and in every in
stance. BY superior excellence of
structure in other respects, the weak.
ness of the hack may be, in some
measure, made up; but the horse can
never he the horse he would have been
ha9 his back been shorter one. We
do net care how short a horses back
is; for Il is a sure evidence that he can
carry or drag heavy weight great
distance, and not tire; neither, il he he
speedy, will two or three seasons Of
turf experience break him down, as
in the case with so many of our speedy,
long-baeked horses. Il Golden Rule.
Year: 1878

TRICK OF TRADE-Inquiry into
the wicked ways of Philadelphia's
mock auction men revealed that they
hired two or three women to attend
the sales, carefully inspect articles that
were to be sold, start the bidding at
the articles cost price, and run il up
amcng themselves until an outsider
put in n bid. IL was then promptly
knocked dOwn--to the outsider.
Year: 1878

The manufacture of paper from
wood has reached the attitude of per.
feciion in Canada. The superintend.
ent of mill up there says a Tree is
cut down and showed into one end of
the mill aud five minutes later there
is a neighbor at the other end 10 bor.
row the paper Danbury News.
Year: 1878

The Atlanta Ga. Consolation tells
this story Of woman's love and pride:
an. p. Stewart was arrested here, nc.
,sel of bigamy. In company with
him when arrested was his last wife, a
handsome young woman from a good
Tennessee family, who had married
him innocently. Stewart was tried
before Justice Henry Turner, for big
amy. The court decided that there
was not sufficient evidence to hold
Stewart. He was then a free man.


From the first to the last Of Stewards
troubles his wife clung to him faith
fully. When he was accused she pro.
claimed his innocence, and in his cell
she sat ever by his side. A few days
ago u brother Of a former wife If
Stewart came to the city and told his
present wife the true character Of the
man. She'heard the story, but made
no reply. No change occurred in her
When the case came
before the court she was by his side.
She heard all the evidence, and in the
suspense between the hearing and the
decision she was as faithful as ever.
When the decision was made early
yesterday morning, it gave Stewart
his freedom. Then she calmly went
to him and told him that their paths
lay apart. Firmly she left him, and
went back to her old home in Tennes-
see to her parents and brothers and
sisters
Year: 1878

EDITOR HERALD: From notices
in the San Francisco papers ]
should judge that the monster Mu.
steal Festival to be held In that
city will be a magnificent affair.


There are doubtless hundreds In
this city and vicinity who would
gladly attend were the trip not so
very expensive; and if half fare
first class tickets on railroad and
by steamer were offered, for ten
days or two weeks, we doubt not
it would induce great many to
make the excursion to their pleas
ure and to the profit of both the
railroad and steamship companies.


BY publishing this brief note you
will much oblige


A CONSTANT READER.


Los Angeles, March 10Th, 1878.
Year: 1878

Newly elected members of the Legislature should at once begin to inform themselves as to the duties that will devolve upon them as Solons and Lycurguses in the halls of Legislation. Among the important measures that should claim their attention, the re- modelling of the Registry law is not the least important. It needs rsmodeling in many respects, especially in this; that it shall not allow an itinerant Justice to travel from precinct to precinct, peddling franchises as it were, to his partizan friends. Regis- tration should close at least ten and we think Thirty days before election, and any elector who cares too little for his vote to attend to ms own registration without having an officer go round and hunt him nP, ought not to vste, for the chances arc that all such men are too little interested in the welfare of the country or lacking an intelli- gence to a degree that should unfit them for the franchise. Another feature of the law that needs remodeling is the clause that allows an slieu, who has simply declared his intention to become citizen, to vote after residence of six months in the territcry whereas full citizen must remain year to entitle him to the same privilege.
Year: 1878

We mean that we were on hand early and late, at our post doing duty, throughout the contest for the Delegacy, and though King S. woolsey has failed to receive the votes of the electors of Prescott and of this DOT. ton of Yavapai County, 1t was no fault of his, or of ours, but of those who basely betrayed him after having voluntarily promised him their support. That Col Woolssy was the best friend Yavapai Coun- ty had in the race, the journals of past legislatures and old files of the MINER abundantly attest, besides the facts arc in dellibly impressed upon the memory of the oldest inhabitants, and yet they have suf, fered themselves to be hoodwinked by the opposition into the probable defeat of the man who was best able and most willing tO do them honorable and effective ser vice in future as he has ever done in the past.
Year: 1878

dneted. let it be the conviction based upon full and careful examination. Let there oe no whiIewashing, but an honest disclosure of the true facts.

 Let me further say to you, in conclusion, as I have admonished you before, that m all these investigations you must keep youi minis free from bias, prejudice or favor. Iet the desire for the plain and conscietious discharge of duties be your sole gulde. screen no man because he is your friend; neither exercise this, your temporary power' against any man because he IS your enemy
Year: 1878

The. railroad bridge across the Colorado river at Yuma is to be covered in from sur and weather. Although its timbers wer, thoroughly seasoned before being put to gether, our dry climate shrunk and warped them considerably, in some places putting them several inches out of line. It has had thorough overhauling, and is now in good condition again.
Year: 1878

Some men who bought Sierra Nevada at S5 share, and would not sell when ii reached s210, complain that they lost money, because they had not backbone enough to hold it when it was manipula. ted down to $150. Our arithmetic does not show where their loss comes in.
Year: 1878

The Fair held on last Wednesday evening, in the building formerly oc- cupied by MT. Sampler, was q com plete success in every particular, and reflects much credit on the ladies who inaugurated and carried to successful termination an enterprise so worthy that of raising funds for the benefit of the Union Sunday school. In every respect it was most enjoyable occa- sion for every one present. The sum raised was nearly $1OO. We hope the ladies having charge will give Us an other entertainment of similar cha. . acter. These social gatherings have q tendency to elevate our nature, and remind Us of the long ago" in more populous countries.
Year: 1878

In the lobby Of "a inn at the head Of Loeb
Suinsrt the following inscription was painted
on The wal! in conspicuous letters: "No per-
son will get credit for wliskey in this house
but those that pay money down"
Year: 1878

WADE HAMPTON has been forced 10
temporarily abdicate his usurped Governor
ship because of an accident resulting from
the captious characteristics of q mule he
rode on deer hunt. Before many weeks
some of his followers will discover that they
have been on n dear hunt also, and have
been kicked by something stronger than q
mule
Year: 1878

THE future course of the Greenbackers Is
just now the subject of much speculation,
OF course they cannot accomplish anything
in the present Congress, and before the
next one meets specie resumption will have
become fixed and legal fact viii they


then attempt to demonetize gold and silver z
Year: 1878

intended at any time to do anything more
or less than his duty as he understands 1t,
and he has not done or said any thing lately
to indicate any change of policy in this re-
gard. If the policy of Cancellation had sue
cecded he would have administered the
laws all the same, and with the same Wig
orous determination to protect the rights Of
American citizens, no matter where or by
whom they might have been violated.
Year: 1878

NEITHER the Democratic enemies nor the
unwisc Republican friends OF the President
seem to know enough to let well enough
alone, They are all engaged just now in IN
endeavor to prove that he is not intent upon
doing his duty rs the Chief Magistrate of
all tie people of this country That is what
he said he would do in the interview with
him, printed in these columns last Wednes-
day, and that was all he said but these
enemies and friends are moving heaven and
earth, so to speak to cast diSCredt upon
that interview In the course of time, when
few hundred Rcd-Shirt murderers and


White Line assassins Of the South are land
cd in the pententiary, where they belong,
the vcrncity Of THE NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN and the study determination Of the
Administrator to execute the laws without
fear Or favor will no longer be questioned.
Year: 1878

At this season of the year the human system is liable
to become disordered from the insufficient efforts the
liver to discharge the of bile II nature ia not
assisted In her efforts bilious attacks prostra


ing evers necessarily follow causing great suffering and
even death. A little timely precaution. however, will
prevent all this and may be found that favorte house.
hold remedy ySINIMONS' LIVER REGULATOR.
Year: 1878

the filthy lucre, and paid them over to the speakers. the bright new dime was only bo' gus, gross fraud and of no intrinsic value. It wouldn't buy Gen. Love lunch. or Ed Murphy a cigar, and so when the lights were put out, there came down the stair way from the town hall few names, and these were mutterings, loud and deep. Then there was solemn compact made, too, in the murky darkness IS the bogus dime was occasionally thougAt of but the liberal spirited man had silently stole away, and Vengeance went unyreaked. Come agaln, bogus dime man; msy your hopes of 8 glorious future be as real as the counter felt coin you passed upon the unsuspecting collector.

 Ernest Webster of Canaan Valley, has engaged to teach the South Lee school, commencing Monday of this week. Err nest is graduate of the High School in this village, and is young man of fiue at tainments, every way well qualified to take charge of school.

 Subscribe for the Daily News.
Year: 1878

Our friends are never lost to view; The soul vision has

 Which always may surpass The sight that vainly would pursue. The feeting forms and shadows dim, That float in mem rvs hall, Nor answer to the call, Though near and close above they seem. Gods heart in love reflects the view; The soul we love casts there, And in our own we bear Love's sweet communion which thence

 grew.
Year: 1878

Subscription nAccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub. scriber shows the time t0 which the sub. scriptiOm is paid thus. R. B. Smith 6Jul77 indicates that Mf Smith has paid for his paper to see to it that their account, as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for renewal of their subscription, will the proper credit, and in the event of error to inform us for correction at once. No claims foi errors in these accounts will hereafter be coneid- cred, unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made as the regular receipt of tho paper with the date to which the subscription ie paid plainly printed thereon, is prima face evidence of its ac- ceptance as correct.
Year: 1878

That Bogus Dime.-There arc some people who are real generous on certain occasions, such as temperance meetings, church services, and other gatherings where a collection is taken. So th,s same liber- al spirited gentleman (whoR nature pioba- bly, designed either as a bushwhacker or cobbler of old boots) came to the temper ance meeting here last Friday evening. and he paid the closest attention to the excrci- ses of the hour. He applauded voclferous- ly when Gen. Love said his best things, and a sham tear stoodin his eye at the thrilling recital of rum's terrible destruction and 8 fathers downfall by young Ed. Murphy. He joined loudly in the choruses, and sat with mouth wide open, as he listened to the solo which was rendered by the choIr. It was an occasion he was willing to pay

 for, and that liberally so when the young man who passed the hat came around to his seat, the liberal spirited man, his face all aglow with enthusiasm and generosity, in the greatness of bis heart, dropped Tn with the jingling coppers, bright new dime. That closed the first act, and the liberal man stepped down and out but when the second'act brought out those who received
Year: 1878

A criminal lately gave to re
porter of the New York Herald
the following mode of introduc
ing powder within a safe for the
purpose of blowing open the doors;


"What tools did you use in
drilling the holes?" asked the re
porter.


Good cracksmendon'tuse tools, u
said the burglar. "l'Il show you
how to blow open any safe in
New York without any tools.
Just take me to a SAFE"


There happened to be a sale in
Judge Kilbreath's private room,
and the writer acquainted the
magistrate with the prisoners pro.
posal, "By all MEANS" said he,
"let us learn" and in a moment
the room was filled with specta.
tors.


The prisoner knelt teside the
safe, which was locked. "Look," F"
said he, "at this door. 1t fits so
tightly that no instrument can be
introduced in the cracks and pow.
der cannot be inserted. So far so
good. The burglar continued
he, simply sticks putty all along
the crack except in two places,
one at the top of the door and
one at the bottom, where he
leaves about an inch of space un
covered by the putty. At the
lower place he puts a quantity OF
powder and sucks out the air from
the upper place, either by a sue
ton pump, which is the better
way, or by his mouth. The vac.
uum created in the safe draws in
the powder through the small
crack below. The entire work
does not occupy more than five
minutes.
Year: 1878

The Supreme Courto Wisconsin
has just decided a case of great in
terest and Importance to Western
insurers and insured. A law was
passed in that State in 1874, pro-
viding that the amount of in
surance written in q policy "shall
be taken and deemed the true val
ue of the property at the time of
the loss sustained, shall be the
the loss, and the amount OF
measure of damages. The Court
holds that under this statute, in
case of total loss of property
without criminal fault of the as
sured, the value of the property
must be the amount named in the
policy. 1t further holds that the
measure Of damages being fixed
by the statute, the company has
no right 10 show that the assured
sustained q loss less than the a.
mount written in the policy. The
Court recognized the manifest pol
icy of the statute to be to prevent
over insurance, and therefore con-
sidered it wise and wholesome.
Heretofore" says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, commenting on the
decision, "it has been the practice
with companies doing business in
Wisconsin and in most of the
other Western States, to assess
the damage after a loss by fire and
pay only actual damage proved,
without regard to the value spec
ified in the policy" 1t adds that
the effect Of the decision will be
to compel closer inspection and
valuation of property on the part
of agents aud lower appraisal at
the time the risks are taken.
Year: 1878




nest simplicity, worked strong
~. even uponthe judge, whose
daily experiences are such as to
render him proof against any
ordinary display Of emotion.


The charge upon which the
man had been committed was a
grave one, that Of highway rob-
berry; and had it not been for
the girls effective pleading a
long imprisonment must have
followed. But so persistent
was she that a consultation was
had with the district attorney
and his consent obtained to
change Of the record, which en-
abled the judge to discharge
the grateful prisoner, who, / am
happy to say, found friends at
once, and is in no further dan
ger Of want. The heroine OF
the affair has since received COM
plimentary letters from ali quar-
ters for her humane and spirited
conduct.


There was a piece of quick
railroad building done in
Brooklyn the other night. A
company had a charter to build
a rapid-transit road from Fulton
ferry, right through the heart
of the city, the only condition
being that a mile of the road
should be built within a certain
time. This time, after having
been several times extended by
the Legislature, was about To
expire, and a very valuable
franchise to become lost. So
the company collected some
four hundred workmen and suf-
icient material, conveyed them
quietly to the spot after night
all, and commenced work.
When the astonished residents
along the route awoke the next
morning there lay a mile of
rack, ties, rails, and joints all
and the new rapid
ransit line had thus, in the
hight, become a fixed fact.


RADIx.
Year: 1878

At q recent Sunday evening
performance in Virginia City, Ne
vada, an individual, gotten up in
feultless style, attended the pro-
duction OF Saratoga" He an
nointed bis head with highly
favored hair >invigorator and
got front seat. Presently a
man came in with q dog and SAT
tehind him, evho was asleep
The first thing the dog did was
to put his paws on the back Of the
seat and lick the hair invigorator
off the top Of his bald head.
Four rows of people went into con.
vulsions of laughter, and baldy is
now hunting for the trainer Of
the dog.
Year: 1878

The editor of the Santa Clara
California; paper is happily deaf,
and thus tells Of his adventures
with a female book agent (the
book was not a female, cfcourse J:
We thought everybody in the
State knew we were deaf, but
once in a while we find one who
is not aware of the fact. A fe.
male bookpeddlar came to the OF
flee the other day. She wished
to dispose of a book. She was a.
lone in this world, and no one to
whom she could turn for sympa-
thy or assistance, hence we should
buy her book. She was unmar-
ried, and had no manly heart in
to which she could pour her suf
ferings, therefore we ought to in.
vest in a book.


She had received a liberal edu
cation, and we could not in conse-
quence pay her less than two dol
lars for book. We had listened
attentively, and here broke in
with, "Whst did you say? We
are deaf" She started in a loud
voice and went through her rig
marole. When she had finished,
we went to get a roll of paper,
and making it into speaking
trumpet, placed one end of it into
our ear and told her to- proceed.
She nearly broke a blood vessel
in her efforts to make herself
heard. She commenced, 81 am
alone in this world" 1T
doesn't make the slightest differ
ence to us. We are a husband
and father. Bigamyis not allowed
in this State. We are not eligi-
bic to proposals." "Oh what q
fool the man ISL she said in a
low tone; then at the top of her
voice: II don't want to marry
you. | want to sell a b o o-k!"


The last sentence was howled.
"We don't want a cook" we re-
marked blandly; sour wife cooks
and she would not allow as
good looking woman as you to
stay in the house five minutes
She is very jealous.


She looked at US in despair
Gathering her robes about her,
giving US glancs OF contempt,
she exclaimed:


81 do believe that if three
hundred FOUNDER were let off a
long side that deaf FOOLS head
he'd think somebody was knock
ing at the door"


You should have heard her
slam the door when she went out;
we heard that.
Year: 1878

A few days ago two ladies were
crossing Loss creek, Ala, on horse
back, one of whom carried ba-
by. When toward the middle of
the stream the mother became
dizzy and dropped the infant into
the water. Both ladies screamed
for assistance, but, none coming,
they rode off to the nearest house
and got some men out. The baby
was found floating a mile below
the crossing, after an exposure Of
forty minutes, with its face up.
ward, fast asleep. 1t was wrap
ped up, and the clothes had kept
it from sinking.
Year: 1878

Old Mr.. Meriden had been mar
ried forty three years when his
wife died last week. He didn't
appear to miss her very much
until bedtime, when he sat down
and stuck out bis foot for
somebody 10 come and pull off
his boot. And when his son in
law coldly handed him the boot
jack, the full weight Of the ire
parable loss be had sustained
broke upon the old man and be
gave way to flood of tears. AS
for the bootjack, it had been SO
long since he had seen one, be
didn't know how to use it.
Year: 1878

This is the choicest premium
ever given to newspaper sub
scribers-somcthing Of real and
practical value. The ladies viii
be delighted with it. IL your
neighbor don't take the OBsER-
YER tell him of this offer. They
all want the paper and book.
You get the old OBSERVER and
a capital, practical, useful book
Of 100 pages, for the price Of the
former.


Now is your opportunity.
This unprecedented offer will
expire in few weeks.
Year: 1878

The Jewish Messenger says:
''It is no compliment to the pub
lie that it should seem necessary,
on every occasion WHEN some one
writes or speaks sIightingly of the
Hebrews. Individually or as
body, that verbal tight should
take place through the press. The
public ought to know that the He.
brews need no defence; and, as TO
their petty assailants, We have
not yet reached the millennium
when all people will be sensible
and intelligent"
Year: 1878

IF a woman wants to faint in
comparative safety, Maine is the
place to do it. A woman tainted
in a car on Maine railway. and
thirteen liquor TASKS were prompt-
ly placed at her disposal. In this
connection it may be incidentally
mentioned that there were Just
thirteen men in the car.
Year: 1878

Down In Lower California it is
not necessary 20 have a Potter
committee to shake the founda.
tions Of the government. That
region has been kept lively by four
hundred earthquake shocks in
eleven days. Potter Gan never
hope to equal this.
Year: 1878

recently hanged 10 California,
sent for a clergyman in order to
have the Christian religion ex
planned to him, SO that he might
decide whether it is better than his
own. lie listened attentively for
two hours, but finally said that
the matter was SO complicated that
he couldn't hope to understand
it fullyin the short time that was
left to him, and that, therefore, be
would take the risk with a more
familiar faith.
Year: 1878

Mark Twain told a newspaper
reporter that he was going abroad
in order to Gnd quiet place to
write, where he would not be dis
turbed once day. 1t is singul II
that it never occurred to him to
remain at home and secure a
desk in a store that doesn't adver-
.fiSe