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Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, June 12.-President
Hayes although, in former years pre-
disposed like many other hard money
adherents to the prevalent doctrine Of
finance writes in favor of a single gold
standard, has materially changed his
views during the progress of general
discussions regarding the wisdom and
propriety of the act of 1873, which de-
monetized the old legal tender silver
dollar. He is now in favor of it's re-
monetization and of the adoption of
the double standard Of gold and sill
yer, or in other words he favors full
return to the condition of things in
relations these subjects which existed
previous to the legislation of 1872,
being convinced that such return to
the former system will greatly pro-
mote the resumption of specie pay
ments, an object that he regards as of
the first Importance. While however
he considers the legislation of 1873 to
have been hasty and uncalled for in.
reference with the legal tender pow.
ers of a large portion of our circu-
lating medium, he has not yet formed
any determination to bring the sub.
ject officially to the attention of
Congress, although it is by no means
improbable that he may hereafter
conclude that some recommendations
on his part on the nature above out
lined will be advisable.-AssociGted
Press Dispatch.


WASHINGTON, June 6.-ssI think
John is a little mixed on that point
himself" said Hayes recently of the
Secretary of the Treasury, in group
which sat talking at the White House
on the silver question. He had just
been expressing his particular wish to
see the dollars of our fathers restored,
ond to have once more the silver dol
lar and the fold dollar circulating side
by side, whic was the Presidents way
of putting it, but which, as a matter
of fact, they never have done, and
never will do. After a weeks stay
here, and the most constant inter
course and consultation at the White
House, Gov. Thomas Young, Hayse's
successor, has gone back to Columbus
and written letter fierce for the dol.
lar Of our daddies. Hayes talks con.
stantly in favor Of the same fat and
heavy coin, and it was in answer to q
question as to whether Secretary
Sherman agreed with him that he
made the remark just quoted. Sher.
man put his views into bill lsst
winter which devised various ways
Of giving the country the silver dollar
without letting it get into the treas.
ury. receiving it for customs or pay.
in9 the debt In it. Close observers o1
Year: 1877

Inc w mona HoraIO says.


.'It is worthy of remembrance that
during the late campaign the revival
of business was constantly thrust be-
fore the public and the universal cry
among the Republican leaders every
where was: ''get Hayes elected and
business will Immediately revive"
In support of this delusiOn, fraudulent
representations were industriOusly
circulated to the effect that confede-
rate bonds went up in London every
time the news from Washington indi-
Gated the election of Tilden. The
fluctuatiOn in bonds and gold were
daily pointed to as indications that
trade was in sympathy with the elec-
ton of Hayes. But more particularly
after the iniquitous decision Of the
10. Bradley Commission it was discOv-
cred that Congress had the power to
defeat the conspiracy, they again
raised this phantom of a revival of
business and used it as bull-dOzer to
frighten Congress to acquiesce in that
villaniOus decision. Hayes is Presi-
don't and since the 5th day Of March
has been exercising the functions of
that office, but where is the 'srevival
of business :" Echo answers, where!
The general commercial condition of
the entire country is one of disaster
and anxiety. The thousands who
struggled bravely through the long
stagnation are yielding to their fate
and crowding bankrupt courts, and
smile sadly when asked if the election
of Hayes has brought s'revival OF
business. The most stupid Of NOR
tails can now readily discover that it


was only pretence, knavish trick
of unscrupulous politicians to obtain
Office and nothing else. On the con-
trary the tendency of the times is to
greater depths Of dependency and
financial distress, on every hand, in


every city, town and village, in the


entire land, the CRY Of distress con-
tinues and increases in volume and


extent with the rising and setting OF


every sun, while the future has sscarce


one ray Of hope for better times foI
years to come. There Is but one
thing, and that is reform in every.
Year: 1877

The Cincinnati Commercial, (hard-
money! says:


A greenback is promise to pay specific
number Of dollars. It is not money, but
promise to paw money This promise is not
but a coin, containing a certain weight and
fneness of metal The greenback being legal
tender is a forced loan. The people have to
give up their property for it, and then when
the promise it bears on it's face is not kept, it
is dishonored paper, and it is fair to say that
it is not honest. This is a matter of fact, not
q personal affair.


To which the Indianapolis San, the
great organ of the Greenbackers of
Indiana, replies:


The greenback is money. The lazy
making the greenback says it is claw
full money and a legal tender" That's
the precise wording of the law.
Whatever legally pays debts, is money.
Greenbacks have been the only legal
money within reach of the people for
the last sixteen years. They have
used nosother. They have paid debts
and accomplished all with the green
back that they could have accomplish
ed with any money. A piece Of paper
may be dollar. It is not a forced
loan if it is legal money. Whatever
is made legal tender by the govern
ment for the payment Of debts, can
not be forced loan. The Commercial
idiot ought to know enough to know
that much. It is not ssdishonored
paper" because it is 'slawful money
and legal tender and paper that is
in and or itself a s'legal tender and
lawful money! cannot be dishonored
paper, and the Commercial idiot ought
to learn that fact. The legal tender
quality of the paper supplies to it al
the money qualities of gold or silver
coin, SO that the redemption of coin is
not necessary and not desired. The
greenback is better, cheaper, ,and more
honest than bank note. The people
know that fact. The editor of the
Commercial knows it, but the rapscal
lion won It acknowledge it. And after
all, that is the only question at issue
The conflict is between greenback'
and bank notes not between green
backs and gold. The greenback me1
say bring on your gold and silver ant
coin it and use it; but when you come
to supply the deficiency it must be
made up of government legal tender
paper, and not bank notes.
Year: 1877

land. He told Eve he was about


to emigrate, but she, like woman,
said, "Let well enough alone" But
he would not, but took her on his


back and carried her to the main
land. When he arrived there the
mirage was dlspelled, and there was
nothing but rocks and desolation.
When the Brahma was about to pun.
ish them, the man said, course me
and not her, for it was my fault" F"
That's the kind of a man you want to
start world With But the woman
asked to share the mans punish
ment, and the Supreme Brahma
spared them both. To tell you
the truth, l really wish from the
bottom of my heart that the Brah-
minical story was true. Honor
bright, don't you believe it is true :
Year: 1877

From Colonel lngersolls New Lecture'l


| have read in the Rig Veda an
other account of the same transac-
ton. The Supreme Brahma made
man and woman and placed them
on the Island of Ceylon. There
was a little strip ol land uniting
the island to the main land, and
they were told they could go where
they pleased bHt must not leave the
islaiid. Then the Supreme Brahma
said it is very desirable that they
should have a courtShip, and what
a courtship that was. No prospec-
tive father-in-law or mother-in-law,
no neighbors. They fell in love
with each other, for, said the
Brahma, it is my desire that they
should love before marriage. When
] read this, l said if any one of
these stories turns out to be true,
| will believe this one But the
man became restless. He recol-
lected the words Of Horace Greeley
about going West, and went to the
west Of the island, where he saw a
most beautisul vision on the main
Year: 1877

To the youthful mind there is rare
fascination in gathering chestnuts. This
is due partly TO the meritorious qualities
of the chestnut itself, and partly TO the
fact that there is a spice of danger in the
act of gathering it. 1t is true that there
is rather more burr about a chestnut in
Its native state than seems really neces.
sary, and there is no doubtit the chestnuts
were to grow on one tree and the hurs
on another, it would be a more generally
satisfactory arrangement Still, the boy
who has climbed to the tOpmost branch
OF chestnut tree, and sees approaching in
Che distance the angry owner, accom-
panied by large club and savage dog,
will hastily fill the front of his Jacket
with unopened burs, and grind them
against bis body as he slides down the
tree, with fortitude surprising that of
the historical Spartan small boy who
stole an anise seed bag from the master
of the Argos county hunt, and allowed it
to blister the entire surface of his stomach
III preference to admitting his guilt and
undergoing the inevitable thrashing. 1t
is a curious provision of nature that
chestnuts must always be stolen. The
trees always belong to another man, and
there is no small boy living whose father
ever had chestnut tree on his own land.
Why this should be so is mystery which
is not the province Of moralists to solve,
aud which, therefore, needs 10 discussion
here.


ltis the opinion of MisB Anthony that
the tyrant man has committed one of his
worst Outrages in mOnopOlzing the sport
of chestnut gathering. 1t cannet be de-
MED that the female sex is virtually shut
out from this delightful pursuit. To
gather cheStnuts successfully involves
climbing trees, and the mature woman or
full-grown girl rarely cares TO incur the
risks which are inseparable from climbing
in the present fashion of female dress. Of
course DR.. Mary Walker could gather
chestnuts with impunity, but with women
who have not put on-that is to say, who
still wear skirts-there is a general feel
ing that stockings should not publicly
wave either from clothes lines or branches,
unless they have been previously and
carefully emptied.-Ney York Times.
Year: 1877

coming season and hurry to completion
with view TO pressing right forward to
Sioux Falls, the people Of which place and
the interviewing country are understood to
be ready to advance tangible aid for that
purpose"


Sioux County Herald, 25; "Matten have
OF late taken new turn on the question of
extending the Sioux City and Pembina rail-
road, much to the delight of the settlers in
this county and Dakota territory. Mr.. Sam.
uel Held Of Buncombe has taken IN interest
in the matter by making personal col
lecting trip among the settlers, and about
81 900 has been subscribed, the company
wanting $4,000 to aid it to extend the road
this fall totCalliope. All that remains to
be done to bring the engine to Calliope is
to lay the iron, and when that is done the
company may expect to get its share Of
hauling off the surplus grain raised in the
Sioux Valley. 1t may be that iron will be
laid down next week on this road"
Year: 1877

lowing named subscribefs have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS, and as they did not notify us of their amounts placed parallel with their names we pub fish their only address known to us, and If any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any Of them, they will do us a favor by informing us.- Is 1t exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars are due, and then leave the postmaster to inform us the paper is not re- ceived, and the subscriber gone, nobody knows

 wherei The following have done this: tDoes
Year: 1877

The merry opera boufers reappeared last night be-
fore New York audience at this pleasant little theatre
and were received with becoming enthusiasm Ameo'
who bright and jolly as whom nrst she landed was
made the recipient Of hearty welcome, and smiled
bock her thanks with such bewtchng grace that the
public could do less than renew their
demonstrations Of friendly appreciation. The
bach's merriest work, LA Vie Parisienne,
which afforded the company full opportunity Tor the
display OF their piquant merrment TO Aimee Ie
the rendering OF The gentle Gabrielle, and It is almost
needless TO say that her portrayal Of that worthy
maid was full oi sprightiness and subtle humor as
her nations are wont to be. The company is
good one ana all the r6tes well and satisfactorily
filled the anagement is In the experienced hands
of Mr.. Maurice Grau.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. ISL
THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENrs-PhEs-
IDENT GRANTS VIEWS AS STATED By HIM
sELF-HIs FORTHCOMING MESSAGE TO con-
GREss.


In the course OF o long conversation with MIN TO-
day during which the President detained many cali
crs that ho might deliberately express his judgment on
the finances. he said that the recently reported inter-
view with him that subject was mainly accurate.
81 was not presented said he In effect ''but
was not fully reported" He said the published re-
port OF the Interview fair In this, that did not
dctract from nor obteratc the points which were IN
his mind at the time. These points, briefly stated,
are:-


Flrst-The President believes we can commence
specie payments now and he desires TO put himself on
record as entertaining that opinion before ne goes OUT
OF Office He Is decidedly convinced that the currency
can be brought to q specie basis within month.


Second He does not believe there will be much do
mand for gold under his proposition, because the
holder OF greenback could get government gold
bond for 1t, paying tour per cent interest.


TAird-He urges issue OF not more than
slOO OOO 900 OF such bonds to fund greenbacks the
bonds TO be valid as bank reserves deposits and
curly for circulation.


fourn-He has new figures to show an increasing





believes everything Will come out right pretty soon
tor the project" He goes far TO express his COLI
victon that gold will bo at point not above TWO
per cent premium and that II will speedily emerge
from its hiding places


Ffth-The President instances the fact that the i'm
ports OF specie Tor the six months ending January
we're nearly 81, ,000 900 more than the exports


iSirM-He intends to send to Congress an explicit
message upon this whole subject He would have
written 1t to-day but for great press Of other bus-
ness II docs not seem probable now that 1t Will
reach Congress before Saturday He WILL wrtc It TO-
night or tomorrow, but the counting the electoral
votes will occupy tomorrow and perhaps Friday In
Congress.


The President, as II adopting by inspiration the
suggestion at the close Of the HERALDs editorial ar
tcle Of last Monday. is bending his whole mine upon
the financial question He has collected great many
Aaures aud statistics and in the conversation to-day
he showed deep interest In everything relating to
the business and commercial relations OF the country
Year: 1877

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-ENGLIsH OPERA.


The Kellogg English Opera Company gave Meyer
beers Star Of the North" last night at the Academy
of Music The house was crowded, and the cast was
admirable II Is unnecessary now speak OF the
opera In detail Miss Kellogg repeated her success OF
last season, and Mr.. Comfy was very efficient rep
rescntativc OF Peter the Great
Year: 1877

take a 10 allow OF the reference OF disputed
question to tho Electoral Commission.


NOT IN COURT GOWNS.


The 1ve Supreme Court Judges who are to SIT In the
Commission have decided that they not required
the imposing silk robes which they are at-
ured when the bench. and will attend In ordinary
citizens dress.
Year: 1877

The Nevada Legislature, which has
just adjourned, passed an act for the
punishment of wife-beaters. It pro-
vides that one convicted shall be tied
to a post in some public place and
there remain exposed to the jeers of
the passcrsby for period of several
hours. A placard on the breast will
indicate the offense. Two chronic
wife-beaters are now under arrest, and
the efficacy of the new law will have
a prompt test. The Importance of
providing some humiliating punish
ment, for those. who beat, women
seems to have secured more than
usual attention recently" A bill to es>
tablish a whipping for this class
of offenders is now before the Missouri
Legislature, and a similar proposition
has been brought forward in Illinois.
where the pillory once did exist as a
punishment.
Year: 1877

The eighty seven persons now living
on Pitcairn's Island have just been heard
from, About two years ago a crew of
ship-wrecked sailors were succored by
the inhabitants, and on the arrival of
these grateful mariners in California a
quantity of money, clothing and other
things was sent back. A little girl who
sent some books has received a letter
from child into whose hands they fell.
The mother adds, in a postscript, an
apology for the appearance of the letter,
explaining that the little girl had never
before written on paper, which is scarce
article OIL the island.
Year: 1877

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Vance
vers Island has spiritual authority over
a territory that is almost inaccessible by
but he has never been able to reach its
northwestern shore, although he has been
waiting for years to get an opportunity,
He writes to the Roman Catholic Bureau
of Indian Missions that vessel is soon
to sail for the region that he desires to
reach, but that he has no money with
which to buy passage.
Year: 1877

edge of common arithmetic will enable him
to calculate the contents. BY measuring
his wagon boxes and granaries he may
readily ascertain their contents; dividing
the number Of cubic inches they contain by
2.7IS will give the number of heaped busll-
els The granaries should be marked inside
by several horizontal lines, each numbered
with the contents up to that line. This will
show approximately at any time what grain
he has on hand, or any added amount. He
may determine his barn by measuring the
space it occupies, and allowing about 500 or
$40 feet for ton of solid, packed timothy,
and 500 or 800 for clover. But the most inn
portant assistant Of all will he the platform
scale for weighing hay and grain, and do
mestc animals He may thus determine
the amount of hay more accurately, as it is
drawn in, than by merely measuring; and
he may know every week whether the TODD
and mode Of feeding his animals is proving
source Of profit Or loss. He need no longer
sell a fat animal by estimate. For measur-
ing grain, hc will Of course besupplied with
diferent-sized measures. }E@ E3


Having supplied all these facilities, the
next thing is to provide distinct and we'll
arranged, systematic plan of accounts, with
space allotted to each field, animal or dvi-
sion of work. After some practice. a few
minutes will be enough at the close of each
day to record the days operations, and to
place each item of labor or expenditure I'M
der its appropriate head, as well as the re-
ceipts or sales. .. rs


III this way farming would cease to be-
come u haphazard business. but would soon
arrive ;it 0istinctness and certainty. The
owner could easily ascertain where he is
losing and where he. is gaining. lie could
then omit understanding those operations
or crops that continuously prove waste of
capital, and retain those only which result
in gain. He could confidently adopt Rcal-
dos two rules, to cut short his losses and
let his profit run on. sd !.s#


This course may be adopted on q small
farm as we'll as q large one and the small
farm, although admitting less of expensive
machinery, would have the advantage of be
ing wholly under the eye Of the owner, iii
stead Of under the hired agents cf the eX-
tensive domain, and would in the long rul1
prove eminently satisfactory.
Year: 1877

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand U1ion Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro.
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is FIRST class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel,
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, iiftcens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense We advise
you to give the Grand Union q trial
Year: 1877

1t is said that young damsel in this
city sent seventy Eve cents and postage
stamp in reply to an advertisement which
appeared in an eastern paper of "How to
MAKE an expression" aud received for an
answer Sit down in pan of dough-"
Year: 1877

The closing words of Professor Tyn.
dall's recent lecture on the "Origin ot
Life" before the Royal Institution in
London, were important. He said :
This discourse is but summing up
of eight months of incessant labor.
From the beginning to the end Of the
inquiry there IL not, as you have seen,
a shadow OF evidence of spontaneous
generation. There is, on the contrary,
overwhelming evidence against it; but
do not carry away with you the notion
sometimes enormously ascrlbed TO me,
that l deem spontaneous generation
impossible, or that | wish to limit the
power of matter in relation to life.
Ny views on this subject ought to be
well known. But possibility is one
thing aud proof is another; and when
In our day l seek for experimental evil
dence of the transformation OF the non.
living into the living, am led mex.
orabIy TO the conclusion that no such
evidence exists, and that in the lowest,
as in the highest OF organized creatures,
the method Of nature ia that life shsll
be the Issue Of aniecedeni lie.
Year: 1877

This shows that Humphreys will be
our next Governor beyond any sort Of
doubt While We do not claim to be
exactly correct, we do claim that we
are sufficietIy so to show even now
what the result will be.
Year: 1877

NoTHNG LIKE "ScIENcE."-One day
last Summer an old farmer and wife were
in Detroit photograph gallery to have
some pictures taken Of the wife. Before
proceeding TO business the farmer took
the artist aside and confdentialy observ-
ed


"The old lady was bound to come, and
! couldn't prevent, but now | want you
to do me a favor. She's got ears like a
COW, and the biggest mouth / ever saw
on woman. Her picture would be a
laughing stock for all the children, and
know she'd be sorry when too late. Tell
her that shell take the best in cold wealth
er, and then I'll fix the rest"


The artist performed his errand, and
the woman went away both disappointed
and pleased. The other day, when old
zero was bowling himself hoarse, the
same pair returned to the gallery, and
the farmer seated his wife as far from the
/ stove as possible, and ordered her to be
taken" at once. As the artist hurried
te obey, the farmer cornercd him and
whispered


"Magnifcent and unbounded success
Mouth and ears reduced one half in size
by the cold Heat expands-cold con-
tracts-go ahead afore she thaws out
Hooray for science and me !"-D Detroit
/ free Press.
Year: 1877

a TOUCHING romance Of No Name Sc
ries comes all the way from Old Virginia
She was tall, she was beautiful and a
citizen Of Fanquier county enamored Of
her. She accepted his love, and the only
bar to their marriage was the fact that he
hadn't any real name. He became an
orphan soon after he was an infant, and
nobody seemed'to remember who his pa
rents were. A Christian name was impro-
vised for him, and in course oftme he built
on temporary eXtention in the form Of n
surname. Practically he was outside the
pale OF genuine nomenclature, and she
would not consent TO be known rs Mrs.
Anonymous. lie sought relief from the
Courts, but the lawyers argued that they
could do nothing for bin Court could
change name, but he hadn't any name
TO change. He has applied to the Legis-
laturc for the passage OF bill giving him
name. The day he is named she will
name the day.