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Year: 1878

In examining thc French Department
d great many II ,he depo,i,ors appear
l,iorr the jury accompanied 10y their
wives, who take an active part IN de
srribing the moie Of the manufacture Of
the goods, and eNpistc most voluhly on
their superiority, and the uses for
which they arp intended In many
css,~ u is evident that the wife Is the
msster. mind of the establishment. and
knows more about the business than the
husband II is a well known fact that
there are few really prosperous business
men in Paris who do not owe great
daal oi their succ,ss to their wives In
deed, there are very few establishments
in PARIS wholesale OF retail, in which
women do not occupy most of the i'm
portant positions of trust and RESPONSE
bility. In many of the largest and
most successful establishments, the wife
Is the principle business manager Am
erican merchants who come here to buy
goods state that they transact most
Of their business with the wives of the
merchants, who are generally ON duty in
the wholesale houses during business
hours When purchasing goods nearly
all important questions are answered by
the female clerks or Sal-swoman, the
male clerks being mostly ingagcd in
the handling of goods, leaving all the
brain work for the women. In many
cases the wife is called upon to make
agreements or answer questions when
the husband is present, indicating that
she is the brains Of the establishment
Jennie June would be- delighted with
this feature of Parisian life, though she
would like to see the signs changed and
madam's name substituted for that of
the husband However, there are many
widows who continue to conduct the
business of their late husbands, end
some of them in their own names.
There can be no doubt that the average
French woman is superior to the average
II IItllCuHldn Ill DuollVoS bttCO uili CllCCl-
prise, as she is also superior to him in
physical development and address.
When passing the small stores at night
the wife is seen at the desk, pen in hand,
keeping books, and thousands of the
smaller stores are kept by women. They
undoubtedly have great business capa-
city, energy and enterprise, and take
more than their full share in supplying
the means for the maintenance of the
household. A Frenchman remarked in
our hearing the other day that he be-
lieved there are as many women in
Paris who support their husbands as
there are men who support their wives.
The prudent wife generally manages to
live free of rent by renting a fiat of
rooms and sub-letting enough of them
to pay the rent Of the whole. The Am
erican ladies who visit Paris and spend
so much money that they had no part
in earning generally return better salts
fed with their lot in life, and convinced
that their destiny has been more FORUM
ate than that of most Of the sisterhood
in the old world. However, business
woman is seldom an unhappy woman, as
the business man who makes money is
more happy and contented than the man
who does nothing but squander money
that he did not make. Corr. Baltimore
American.


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Year: 1878

The snow storm of Monday changed to an
easterly rain storm Tuesday morning. The
walking was something fearful during the fore
noon, and tAe rain and ice made the sidewalks
terribly slippery. The rain increased in vio-
lence as the day proceeded, and the wind be-
gan to rise at night. Late in the.evening the
wind had risen to a bowling gale, and the rain
continued falling in torrents.
Year: 1878

A CLOCK FOR THE PINE STREET SCHOOL,
A committee from ward seven attended the
meeting of the committee on public buildings
Monday evening, and urged that clock might
be put in the tower of the new school house.
The suggestion is Impractical one, and if the
matter is referred to the City Council it will
rest WITH them
Year: 1878

1t is astonishing to.see how well O.
man may live on small income who,
has a handy and Industrious wife.
Some men live and make q far better
appearance on six or eight dollars
week than Others do on fifteen or
eighteen dollars. The man does his
part well, but the wife is good for
nothing She will even upbraid her
husband for not living. in as good style
as her neighbor, while the fault is en-.
tirely her own. His neigbbor has a
neat, capable and Industrious wife,.
and that makes the difference. So.
look out, young man. before you go in,
to matrimony. Il is lottery and.
most men can only buy one ticket, and
if that turns out a blank, your whole
life had better be blank, too. Lucki-
ly, no one need 60 into welded state.
with eyes closed, as is the case with,
his lotteries, and we judge all who are
sensible enough will use their optics
and draw prizes.
Year: 1878

Two years ago she graduated, and
her essay was upon the Glorious Fu


turc." Let US strive to emulate tho
examples of the nobility Of past gener-
ations." she. said, "and let our aspi-
rations direct Us toward the accom-
piishment of exalted deeds, and our
reward shall be given Us in the true,
the beautiful, the good" a few days
ago she was lying on the sofa reading
the last insipid novel; she had on an
old dress, her hair was unconbed,
ard a hole in the heel Of her stocking
added to her picturesque appearance
while her moihsr vas out in the. kitchen
doing the weeks washing. and calling
in vain for assistance. The noble girl
Year: 1878

THE REPUBLICANS of Illinois are not
proud Of Hayes, in truth they seem
wholly to lack knowledge of his serene
existence, and if they ever heard of him,
it must have been in some vague and un-
satisfactory way. They didn't even take
the trouble to make some sarcastic re-
marks about him, as the Republicans of
Iowa did in their platform,
Year: 1878

lFRoM OUR OWN CoRREsPONDEHTl


WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The silver
bill as il now stands in the House in
the opinion Of the leadiDg members on
both sides will be concurred in tom or
row. Buckner and Ewing very re-
luctan'ly admit that the only chance
TO secure bill on this subject at all
will be to sustain shat now pending,


The opposition which they threatened
movement will be made to secure refer
ence to the Banking and Currency Com
mittee, it will not be pressed unless some
advantage should grow out of it. There
is another party who favor letting the
matter rest, as they imagine that It will
make an excellent issue in the campaign.
The Republicans who favor silver are
generally in favor of the present bill.
Year: 1878

The Dinner Year Book, by Marion Harland


eribners), forms excellent supplement to the pre-


Nous cookery books of the author, giving bill Of fare
for dinner in every day OF the year. and furnishing
useful practical guide to the young hOusekeeper If only
the cook could be found able and willing to carry the
instructions into effect in the daily routine Of the
kitchen. The illustrative plates. OF which the volume
contains profusion are Of appetizng character,
and might stand with not very hungry in place of
Year: 1878

A petition is in circulation at
Hawkesville, Kentucky, and receiv-
ing numerous siguers, for the pas-
sage of law by the Legislature
making ineligible as jurors and in
competent as witnesses all persons
who voluntarily sign or take a
pledge of honor and afterwards vio-
late it. This strikes us as a move
in the right direction to correct
public sentiment which be.
came so demoralized during the war,
when oaths were exaeted of a man
every time he turned u street corner,
until they lost all their sanctity. A
voluntary pledge of honor is no
light obligation, and society and
law should so teach until II can
oe said of every one that bis
word is as good as hls oath or bond.
A man who would violate his own
pledged honor can hardly be relied
on TO do justice under oath as a ju
ror or witness.
Year: 1878

Every one knows the story Of the
little girl, who, wishing to ask
something of heaven, wrote letter
to God, which she put into the
hands Of the Virgin statue in the
parish church.


A circumstance nearly analogous
has just taken place near Marchi-
enes, in Belgium. A girl named
Blanche was in the service of Mon
sieur and Madame c., who were
much attached to her on account of
her fidelity and piety. Some days
ago Madame C. fell i'll and died
very suddenly.


The day after her death, Blanche,
profiting by moment when the
corpse, already prepared for the
grave, was alone, made her way to
the chamber of death, lifted the
shroud and then retired precipi-
lately.


Those who saw her suspected she
might have been trying to pilfer the
jewelry of the corpse. Search was
made and nothing was found miss
ing, but there was letter In the
dead woman's hand. This being
opened was discovered to be let
ter from Blanche TO her mother,
dead long time before. 1t was AS
follows:


My DEAR AND Coon MOTHER {:
This is to let you know that NJ. X.
has asked me to marry him; as you
are no longer here 1 beg you will
let me know, in a dream, If ought
70 marry him, and TO give me your
consent. In order to communicate
with you profit by the occasion OF
Nine. c., who is going to heaven.


This letter, which bore the super
scription, go my mother Jose
phine, who is in heavenP' is truly q
poem of ingenious piety.- Baltl-
more Bulletin.
Year: 1878

1t is thought by many that TO
''move in circle" is the natural
order of everything. The earth
moves in a circle, the planets move
in circles, fashion moves in q circle,
society moves in circle, and so on.


But this is somewhat an Illusion.
Many things move in circles, but
there is also an onward movement.
Progress is the universal law. Fash
ion, society, modes, manners and
human laws sometimes return upon
themselves; but they are not just
exactly the same. At every sepa-
rate return they have progressed (;
something has been added to them
for the better.


1t is foolish to believe that man
kind can be brought back TO former
narrow conditions, or that anything
freed by force or by moral suasion
will resume its old place.


The dead we bury TO day are bur
led in their old conditions forever.
Do you believe in resurrection OF
the dead2 Then you must believe
that, when they return 70 the flesh
again, they take on something that
is better than the old. The old was
mortal; and, if the new is immortal,
and incorruptble, and incapable OF
defilement, IL certainly has received
something that was not possessed
before. So it il every where and
with everything. In manners and
fashions, in laws and morals, the
world is advancing. ia science, in
literature, IN religion, there is al
ways progress. The material Is
yielding to the intellectual and the
spiritual. We are stepping out OF
the slough and dirt on TO the dry
clean grass. We are constantly as
cending a hill, rugged, but interest
ing, toward the land Of the beauti-
ful. On the crown Of the eminence
is written the word, "Perfection."


Aud, though eternal ages may
pass ere we reach the crown, yet
we are always struggling for that
end; and in the struggle We In
crease in knowledge, and love, and
happiness and hope.
Year: 1878

The name of D'Israeli has never
been borne by any other family than
that of the present Lord Beacons-
field, and, as he has no living rela-
tives, will expire With him. Among
the 100000 Jews expelled from
SPAN in the sixteenth century was
an ancestor of the Premier, who at
that time assumed the name OF
D'Israeli. The father of Beacons-
field withdrew from the Synagogue
in London because lie had been
fined Gao for refusing to serve as
Warden.
Year: 1878

The New York Tribune mentions
the fact that the Sioux war cost
nearly s2.5OO,OOO. and says: at
seems about time that something
should be done to lessen the facili-
ty with which the noble red man
can drag US into such bloody and
costly wars as this" Yes, this way
the led man has of dragging us into
war just as the ferce blood thirsty
lamb drags the gentle tiger or limo


cent lion into the den OF the latter
has been going on long enough.
Things have actually come to pass
that we cant kill few Indian war
riors, burn down a few villages and
slaughter dozen or two squaws
and papooses without making half
the tribe mad Cs9riav JssraeI.
Year: 1878

1t is peculiar fact that the ires-
Goes of church are most interest
ing when the contribution box be-
gins to go round. The very men,
tion seems to rouse the faculty OF
self forgetfulness and absorption in
some distant object. This abnor-
NAL condition lasts until the box
has got by you, and you suddenly
recover and are ready to pray that
the hungry may be fed and the
naked clothed.
Year: 1878

1t is said by women who know
Myra Clarke Gaines like u book
that she never removes her bonnet
except when going to bed and that
she dons it in the morning before
she does her shoes or dress.
Year: 1878

Don't be a grumbler. Some peo-
pie contrive to get hold of the
prickly side of everything, and run
against all the sharp corners and
find out all the disagreeable things.
Half the strength spent in growing
would often set things right.
Year: 1878

The difference between having a
tooth properly drawn by a dentis.
and having it knocked out by a fall
on the pavement is only slight
distinction-one is dental and the
other accidental
Year: 1878

Mr.. Dickie, New York million
aire druggist, died some time ago,
and, as may be supposed, an attempt
is made to prove his INSANITY. No
matter what disposition he makes
of his property no millionaire need
expect to escape trial of this kind
after death. And he will be fortu
nate if he is allowed to escape until
than
Year: 1878

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested TO pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone viii yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere 10 a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such
course, and lrenew your su scriptIon
without delay. We solicit your favor.


tB- We enter no new names on our
books without the money In advance.
Year: 1878

It certainly looks,as if Fort Yu- ma, the oldest military post in Arizona, is likely to be abandoned. Property of all kinds has been sold or removed, until there is scarcely dose of pills left. From a military point of view there IS probably no longer any need of it. In time Of war, ii necessary, a few battalions and batteries could be rushed down here by rail, and throw up works of defense in 8 couple of days that would be worth a dozen hillocks like Fort Yuma. The Loma Prieta, at the edge of town, commands it con- pletely and in these days of artil- lery is 8 far more defensible posi- ton. But the government has at Fort Yuma extensive and c0mmo- dious buildings. These should be utilized by being converted into a hospital for men disabled by pulmonary diseases. Should the government sell the property, a fine opportunity would offer for private enterprise to establish a sanitarium for wealthy invalids. For such a purpose the climate and situation are incomparable.
Year: 1878

EDITOR SENTINEL

 An important fact, that should be blazoned forth to the world, IS that Phoenix is going to have a skating rink. It is mystery to me how we have existed so long and raised so much wheat, barley, sorgum, alfalfa, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, not mentioning melons peaches, grapes and afew hundred thousand of bacon and lard, with out skating rink. We are often out of sugar, coffee, candles, soap and tobacco, and sometimes our whisky gets low, and we keep happy and prosperous; but how have we done it without a skat- ing rink?

 Just imagine a young gent in paper collar and other etceteraS, with his sweetheart dressed in the height of fashion, skating fu- riously around the rink next Au- gust, with the thermometer rang ing above 100 in the shade. My paper collar becomes limp when l think of such thing.

 Skating is all very well on Q frosty moonlit evening, on the clear, smooth ice of New Eng gland pond, and it may be the
Year: 1878

NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Events OF the week
in financial circles were not especially inn
portant in any quarter, The monetary situa-
tion was easier, particularly for call loans,
the rate ruling from ~ to 31s per cent. Gold
speculation was alternately weak and firm,
with 1907 and 10O2S as the two extremes.
Foreign exchange heavy and lower early in
the week, but subsequently became firm and
recovered the decline.


Government bonds were lower in the early
part of the week, partly in sympathy with
gold, but with q recovery in the gold market
assumed q strong tone, and the early decline
laneous speculation was firm at the opening,
with an advance Of 4 to "a in prices of some
stocks, but subsequently, under free pres
sure to sell, a break of u to 4 per cent fol-
lowed. Still later there was a recovery Of n
to 3 per cent, with Granger shares, Lake
Shore and coal stocks as the special features,
but the Improvement was not fully main
tanned at the close.
Year: 1878

The new lunacy will have it's little day and
run its course like all other crazes. They may
elect here and there member OF Congress by
combinations with the Democracy In close dis
tricts, but the Fiat foolishnrss will not live
long enough to affect the next presidential
election. It will have its run like the yellow
fever, and it will kill off common sense where
ever it RACES as completely as the fever kills
it's Victims We have had other such crazes,
The temperance wave went over the country
and sought to enforce prohibition by political
means, but failed. The Granger excitement
had its brief day. Know Nothingism alsora
it's course Now come the Fiati9ts, who are
seeking to throw away the constitution and
the laws and government honor and credit
and rush into national population, and they
likewise will fail.
Year: 1878

LONDON, Sept. 14-A special dispatch from
Berlin hints that the reported discovery Of q
fresh plot against the life Of the Emperor is
an invention Of the secret service police, de-
signed to impress the minds Of the wavering
members of the Reichstag and strengthen the
hands Of the government In urging the pass
ago OF the nnti-SociaIist bill.
Year: 1878

The news from Maine falls fiat upon tho
public ear! Its suggestiveness is unappre-
cated; it's loud note of warning attracts no
more attention than an everyday partisan
squabble. This general Indifference to the
danger Of the Grtenback movement is ons
secret OF its success.
Year: 1878

COUNTY OF VAN BUREN,,


Probate Court for said County. AT a session
of the Probate court for said County, held at
the Probate Office in the village OF Paw Paw on
Monday the 18th day OF December. in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy seven, Persent Alfred j. Mills, Judge
of Probate. In the matter OF the estate OF
James skinner, deceased. Lucy Skinner, exec.
utrix of said estate comes into Court and rep
resents that she is now prepared to render her
final account as such executrlx. Thereupon 1t
Is ordered that Monday, the 14th day OF ,Ianu-
ary next, at ten clock in the forenoon, be as
signed for examining and allowing such account
and that the heirs al law OF said deceased, and
all other persons interested in SAID estate, are
required to appear at session of said Court,
then to be holden at the Probate Office in the
village of Paw Paw, in SAID county, and show
cause, If any there DO, why the said account
should not be allowed. and it is further Or
dered that said Lucy Skinner give notice to tie
persons interested in said estate oe the pen
dency OF said account, and the hearing thereof.
by causing copy OF this order to be published
in The True Northerner, newspaper printed
and circulating in said county, three successive
weeks previous 20 said day Of hearing.


"a true copy.) ALFRED J. MILLS,


i1S7t3* Judge Of Probate.
Year: 1878

No pains or expense will be SPACED in
studying up these interests fully, and
furnishing accurate information thereon.
Another leading feature of the STAR
will be the furnishing of as great an
amount of scientific matter as possible,
and especially in publishing original
representative articles furnishing scien-
titic intelligence relating TO the north
west The design of the publishers of
the STAR being to make it, as soon as
the support will be sufficient Tor q
specialist journal of that kind, the rep
reseniatiye
Year: 1878

number Of births must just equal the
number Of deaths. Should birth be
delayed, the dying man must wait, and
should the dying man linger few hours,
or few days, the birth must be post
poned; for, should the number. even to
the extent of one, be increased on either
side, the wheat market would fuctuate,
and some would be enriched while 9TH
ers would be beggared. Then, too, ev-
cry persons stomach must, at all times,
be OF the same capacity, and in the
same state of health. Should this organ
vary in its capacity, it would affect the
market to the benefit of some, and the
ruin of others. To keep the stomach
thus constant, compound cathartic pills
and emetic must be banished. Then the
doctor would suffer.


Thus it is, while Que class is benefited
by special enactments, others are ruin
ed. But then were it possible to make
everything thus uniform, another class
would suffer, and this very heaven itself
would be instantly destroyed. Had the
devil given the woman six apples, and
had she eaten them and asked for six
more, the effects upon the garden were
nothing, as compared with the effects Of
no speculation upon this Heaven. A
standard currency, and steady advance
ment would be death to prejudice. 1t
would leave the leaders Of our sect up
on earth no capital with which to mount
the high places upon earth, and the
throne in Heaven. Our leaders on earth
preach the doctrine of the advancement
Of all, and that the strong must carry
the weak, but they practice the doctrine
that the long-legged can swing out the
farthest, and run the fastest; and if a
man has but one leg, he cannot run at
all.


Many things more | saw and heard,
which are not profitable to record now.
Year: 1878

Dump mountain: As though drink Of
whisky would revive our courage. We
mentally begged her pardon for finding
fault with her tight lacing. If we
could have been laced tight then, even
to the back of wild buffalo, it would
have beeu preferable. In fact, any
thing for change. We drop down
here about 5000 feet in four miles.
When the driver could stop 80 as to
unchain the wheels, we concluded the
worst was over, and vowed we would
never again tide down Slumgullion.


From this point the road was good,
and our team went along at fine pace,
past Crooks works, down into the Main
street of Lake City, across Henson
Creek, and soon turned up at the Finley
House, where we five from the inside
had concluded to stop. A warm sup
per of trout, iced coffee, and good bread
soon made US forget Slumgullion. At
8 o'clock p. NJ we Informed our land
lord that we had been out last night,
and retired to good beds and happy
dreams. JED LAKE.