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Year: 1878

NEW YoRK, Sept. 2s.--No foreign team put in
an appearance yesterday IN the contest for the
Centennial trophy. and 1t Is fortunate TOR 1t that
It did not. The shooting was. superb. The record
for the first day last year which up to that time i
was the best ever made. was beaten, and It I; II
not show any falling Off. An, idea Of the strength
OF the present team may be. formed from the
fact that the highest individual score eyer made
on any range was made yesterday by MI. Sum
mr., OF Boston, namely, gal points out OF pos
sible 225.
Year: 1878

Tt is no wonder that the Republican party
in New Jersey continues in the minority when
it pins its faith to such men as ez-Secretary
Robeson, who has just been nominated for
Congress In that State.
Year: 1878




It occurs to us that q few speeches by Gen
Joe Johnston might do good In some Of the
close Northern districts. II old Joe talks as
well as he writes he will be worth listening
to. Bring the veteran to the front.
Year: 1878

teonsolidated. The chairman of the Democratic
State Committee denies it.


That Butler delegate in the Worcester con-


vention making q speech with his left eye fres~
coed and 9 pipe In his mouth. was O subject
Year: 1878

1t is pretty evident that anything that
helps build up the National party helps tear
down the Democratic party. But the National
party will have only q butterfly existence A.
year OF successful resumption would put it In
the cold, cold ground.
Year: 1878

What are yeu reading this winter7
How are you spending your long winter
evenings and leisure time? Did you know
that most persons fool away" enough
time which If wisely used would, in few
years. make them persons of broad culture?
In this age of cheap books it is disgrace
to be ignorant of many subjects outside Of
school text School Jour
nal.
Year: 1878

A country lady. having heard that her
son had gained in school, as a prize, a
years subscription to popular youths
magazine. wrote an anxious letter to the
publishers. She had never allowed her
boy to read one sentence that was not
strictly true; it was the object of her life
to keep him from fiction and falsity, and
she wanted to know IL the magazine was
free from these Objectionable features
The answer was this: Dear Madame-If
your notion is carried out strictly. there Is
but one publication that we can recon-
mend-and. on second thought, we doubt
even as to that. We were going to sug-
gest the New Testament, until we hap
pened to recollect that onr Saviour therein
is mentioned as speaking in parallels"
Year: 1878

lNTERRUPTING A WEDDING.-Mr. James
Elder and Miss Martha Chatter were married
i'll the PamrOpO Methodist Episcopal church
on Tuesday evening. Some young men of the
place had cOnsplred to make the occasion one
ior M SCI series OF practical Jokes, which were car:
rled out 10 the great annoyance of the bridal
party. A wire had been attached the fire bell,
and a cannon was placed in the rear of the
church, within six feet of where the minister
stood. AS the guests were approaching the
church ScurrilOuS circulars were distributed
and carried into the church. AS the ceremony
was about to be begun one of the conSpiratorS
entered the bridal coach and directed the
driver to drive to the La TOurette House of
Bergen Point after mythical guests AS the
man and wife, at given signal the bell was
rung and the cannon was fired, creating great
CONSERVATION in the church. The minister
declaration. The coach was kept away so
long that the bridal party was compelled to
walk to the depot. Yesterday warrants were
issued for the arrest of the ringleaderS.-IN
Y sam. I'd.
Year: 1878

AN EDICT AGAINST THE MoLLIEs-Next
Sunday afternoon the corner stone of the new
9Th avenue, will be laid with much ceremony.
All OF the regular Catholic organizations of
this city, Brooklyn and Jersey City, have been
to the Hibernian order. They are prohibited
by an edict from the cardinal to attend any
Catholic religious ceremony in body with the
regal1a OF their order, and in this particular
to participate ON Sunday.-[M. Y. Times, Cd
Year: 1878

IMPORTANT RULING AS TO ALTERNATIVE
SENTENCES. - Yesterday in the Criminal
Conrt, Judge Wylie made a decision that
when there was conviction of the violation of
laws OF the District the defendant will be SEN
fenced i'm the alternative, and il he shall refuse
or neglect TO pay the fine imposed he shall be
detained in custody until the fine is paid IN
Is understood that the liquor dealers viii con
test this decision, and will sue out writ OF
habeas corpus in the case of the first person
who shall be detained i'm jail on account of
nOn- -payment of fine
Year: 1878

TIE TARIFF BILL.-It is the intention of
Fernando Wood to call up the tariff bill as
soon as the legislative appropriation bill now
pending in the House is disposed of. Mem
berS think there will be weeks general de-
Late on the bill, when it will either be killed
by striking out the enacting clause, or be
postponed until next December, which means
about the same thing,
Year: 1878

In Part of the Marine Court. yesterday. there was
tried the suit Of Daniel o. Sullivan We. Henry
Frecking, to recover ,242 &c. The suit brought
to recover for assigned counsel fees in two suits.
which were fought on Freckings account from the
The defendant resisted the claim on the ground that
it excessive. and that the amount claimed in
Of the suits ($500. for which this claim fee in
part had been lost through the fault OF the assgnor
The explanation Of this loss that while the suit
pending the principal. with certain amount Of
costs. rendered and refused that later as mat
ters growing shaky. offer made to accept
the principal without COSTS but this In turn re-
fused by the other side. and, when victory
finally won in the Court Of Appeals.
With tins explanation Frecking insisted that his
lawyer at fault In not striking the iron while it
hot by accepting the first Offer while the lawyer
insisted the other hand, that he not bound
at liberty to accept less than the amount OF his
clients claim. with the full statutory allowance Of
COSTS and that he could not be assumed to
foresee that the Judgment debtor would be-
come insolvent. Allowing for this loss and
reasonably reduced charge by his counsel.
defendant claimed he owed plaintiff nothing
charged them on the question OF professional
pensation follows "A professional man. whether
he be lawyer, physician or artist. is like lay
man. entitled to recover whatever his services
special agreement fixing the value. being left to the
sound discretion of jury upon the examination Of
experts belonging to the same learned profession


and at the time. the professional liza
BILE to his client for want OF skill or misconduct in
performing the service. The jury, in almost all
similar suits where the amount OF lawyers fee is
the ISSUE gave the layman the benefit OF the doubt
and found . verdict in favor OF defendant.
Year: 1878

THE REFuGEEs.-Th Yeusen family OF
refugees from New Orleans are in charge OF
the Council Committt for the Relief OF the
Poor. They are comfortably provided for,
and citizens need not fear that they will
lack anything as long as they remain in the
city's hands.
Year: 1878

The awful truth is breaking up
on the mind Of the impecunious
silver shrieker that it is one thing
to remonetize bis parents dollar,
and another thing to get it into his
pocket.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1878

The Adrian Times prints the
following as a genuine "excuse"
brought to a teacher in that neigh
borhood :-"Miss = please Ex-
cuse minnie for She was helping me
She is a CRATE help to me thou
Small she would be l would miss
hur il the lord should Call hur at
any time and oblige Mrs. B"
Year: 1878

n . . o.is not easily earned in these times.
" 4 4 but IL can be made in three months
M by any one of either SEX in any
eD4 4 part of the country, who is willing
n TO work steadily at the employment


we furnish. s66 per week in your
own Town. You need not be away from home
over night. You can give your whole time TO the
work, or only your spare moments. We have
agehts VINO are making over $50 per day. All
VINO engage at once can make money fast, At
the present time money cannot be made 40 easily
ana rapidly at any other business. IL costs MOTH
ing 70 try the business Terms and as outfit Free


Me ~ sI,,Is'
Year: 1878

The woman's literary club may
be good enough weapon, but
the women ought to depend main
ly on the good old-fashioned fiat
iron and rolling pin. They are
the real woman's weapons.-Grip.
Year: 1878

There is always some force which
will restrain man In the midst of
his fiercest passions. He may be
wrought to such pitch that he
will strike his wife and drive his
children from the house with a pit
iless oath, but IL there's a can of
dynamite in the middle Of the room
You can't get him mad enough to
kick IL.
Year: 1878

"Sir haveing been put in the
place of superintendent of the
Schools in the township of - i
am at loss to know what to do
having nothing to guide me will
you inform me what my duties are
and wither it is nessary for Inc to
give bonds or not cannot you sup
ply me with tex Book to examine
teachers with"
Year: 1878

Deep down beside the tangled sedge

 The meadow-lark sings all the day, And bursts at times from out the hedge

 The mimic chatter Of the jay; And here and there a wondering note,

 A crieket's chirp, comes sweet and clear Where dreamy mists Of summer float

 At noon upon the grassy mere. Afar below the hill

 see the noisy mill-wheel go, The smooth, broad lake above the mill,

 The flash Of foam that roars below! And on the even slopes that rise

 So gently toward the mountains brow The cattle watch with sleepy eyes

 The lazy plowboy at the blow. My soul is sleeping, and it's dreams

 An, sad and sweet that dreaming thrills For there are other wales and streams

 And other focks on other hills The hills whereon I.climbed to pull

 The golden rods and weeds Of May, When all the world was beautiful

 And all my life a summer day.
Year: 1878

A CORRESPONDENT says General Gar field goes about his farm in broad brimmed chip hat, with his trousers tucked in a pair of stout cowhide boots, giving directions to his hired men and lending hand at the having and harvesting None of his Wash ington friends, should they sec him driving a yoke of oxen in the broiling sun and emphasizing with gad the stentorian shouts of "Gee," Flaw and "Whoa, Buck" without which no oxen seem able to do proper amount of work, would have suspected that the broadshouldered, sun-burned farmer under the chip hat was the famous Republican chief, fresh from parliamentary victories on the floor o Congress.
Year: 1878

contradiction that milling as it is at present goes here is luxury we can not afford. There are thousands of tons of ore here that would pay splen- didly if cheap working mill were started, and the miners got all their silver. Yours, D. ROBE.
Year: 1878

The series of national mass meet
ings arranged for Sam. Cary, in
this State, seems to pan out rather
slimly in each and every instance.
They are, in fact, stupendous fail
ures, and we have no doubt that by
this time Moses Field and his State
Central Committee have come to
the conclusion that the investment
Of S33 per day and expenses which
they made when they secured Cary
to instruct and enlighten Michigan
voters on the financial and labor
questions, was rather bad specu-
Naturalization Patriot.
Year: 1878

ing only four, or four aud one-half
or five per cent interest. when
they can lend it as private bankers
at seven or eight per cent. Some
body else. perhaps in Europe, will
draw the interest from the govern
ment. The banker, getting back
his own capital, will lend it as he
does now, and the man who needs
it and borrows, will pay at least as
much for it.


Who, then, will be helped! Not
the government; it will pay to
some holder Of its bonds exactly
the interest which il pays to ma
tional banker. Not the borrowers;
they will 60 to the banker for cap
ital, as before, and will pay him as
much for it as they pay now. Pos
sibly the banker, for he will then
he engaged in business which no
knavish repudiator can imperil.
He will care nothing for the credit
of the government, except as any
citizen may care. He will he lend
ing his own money, and will take
care to get good security. The
race Of money lenders never made
gain as rapidly as in that age when
the poor tried to extort wealth by
tortures from miserable Jews. The
more harsh, unjust or brutal the
public sentiment or the laws, the
higher will be the rate Of interest
demanded by those who have money
from those who need it. In a coun-
try of great undeveloped resources
and many hopeful and enterprising
borrowers, he is a public enemy.
and particularly an enemy to the
borrowing class, who tries to dis
turb the foundations of credit or
to impair the security of capital
New York Tribune.
Year: 1878

In the midst of so much econ
omic slop as is uttered in these
times, it is not a very high COM
pliment to say of Horatio Sey-
mour's remarks last Friday that
they were the most sensible which
have recently been heard. A sim
gle phase of the relations between
the world at large and the western
farmer, which he pointed out, dis
poses of all the arguments of the
western inflationist. When our
paper money was plentiful and its
gold value was low, the prices OF
transportation and of everything
else were very high, rs must al
ways be the case under such con-
ditions, and the farmer had to paw
more for the production of his
grain and its carriage to LIVERPOOL
than he could get for it at the lat
ter place, where its price is fixed.
As a result our expectations Of
grain were insignificant. On the
other hand, since the purchasing
power of the greenback has ap-
proximated to that of gold, the
price of everything the farmer
buys, including transportation, has
greatly decreased, wbilc the gold


price of wheat has remained COM
paratively constant. Result, an
enormous expectation Of our grain.
large Profits for the farmer. an
enormous influx of gold from Eu-
rope. and the promise of an early
return to general prosperity. In
short It is plain that the interest of
the western farmer lies with the
side of cheap labor, cheap iron.
and cbeap everything but grain
Year: 1878

Suppose the government issued


all the currency, and the banks is
sued none, where would the man


who wants capital go for it! Not


to the treasury. The government
borrows, but does not Lend
Necessarily, he would go to money
lender; perhaps to the very one
who now manages national bank.
Moreover, he would pay at least
as high interest as he pays for
money borrowed from a national
bank. Nobody will go up and
down In the land lending money
for nothing, or for smaller interest,
because the government issued
more greenbacks. He who has
capital will still demand pay for
the use OF It, and he who lacks
capital will still have to borrow II
as best he can. The men who are
now national bankers viii, Of course,
take their capital out Of that busi-
ness, when they can no longer is
sue currency; being acquainted
with the money lending business,
they will naturally become private
bankers. or course they will sell
the bonds now on deposit; they
cannot afford to have money draw
Year: 1878

The Fifth Congressional district
of Michigan (Grand Rapids, and
its vicinity which was the stong-
hold of inflationism in this State,
is already the scene of an interest


ing split, due to the circumstance


that there were half dozen patri-
OTIS who wanted the nomination for
Congress and the party had but
one nomination to give out. One
of the reasons for which the two
old parties are condemned in the
Washington declaration Of princi-
Piles is that they are under the con-
troll of ofIice-seekers. We are con-
vinccd this is the real grievance Of
the greenback leaders. There were
so many office-scekers in the old
organizations that there was really
no room for the immense brood OF
the same cattle which has devel-
oped of late, and new party was
absolutely necessary to give them
occupation. The process has hard.
ly gone far enough, however, as
our national friends have proved so
prolific in this regard that two or
three more parties are needed TO
give them all chance. There is
sufficient diversity in their prin-
ciples to starttwenty.-Detroit
Evening News.
Year: 1878

do not believe any such necessity
exists, save in the fruitful brains of
partisans, who hope for another
four years of Grantism. II is not
Grant, but the "ism" which they
long for. For our own part we


have full confidence in the intelli-
gence and patriotism Of the Ameri-
can people. The people are strong
er and better, as a whole, than any
one man or set of men, and il our
country is in danger from any
source, it must be saved by the
people, but never can by any one
man.-Grand Rapids Democrat.
Year: 1878

In these troublous times we often
hear our Republican friends say,
"General Grant is the only man
who can save the country" Is It
really true that in a a population
OF forty-fiye millions Of people that
one man and one only can be found
who can guide us safely through
the shoals and quicksaDd In which
we are flounderingi Is It true
even that we are in a condition
that demands o special saviorl We
Year: 1878

The workingmen may not he
able to see through brick wall,
but they are sufficiently sharp of
sight to easily penetrate the very
thin mask of sympathy with which
the greenback portion of the party
veil their political ASPIRATIONS
Monroe Monitor.
Year: 1878

would take this method of returning
my heartfelt thanks TO the very liberal pub.
lie Of the entire city ofW .lmingten for their
kind and generous patronage to me for the
space of nineyears the time have been
located in what is known as the Eighth
street market. During that time / have
endea vored to the utmost of my ability to
deal justly by every one with whom | hare
had any business dealings. If l have done
otherwise it has been through Ignorance
and not design and am willing TO make
any reparation to any and alto whom I
may have failed to please ia any respect. 1t
has always been, my chief aim to keep the
very best goods the market afforded and
to dispose of them at price consistent with


Justice 10 my customer and myself bat new
er offering my goods at cost to keep my
neighbor from making sale a principal
that sringsno good % any one. would
also beg leave to inform my many custo


mers and friends that my business connec>
rion with the Eighth street market has
"stopped short" but have not skedaddled,
jumped the town or quit the business as
some of my friends? Of said market please
to report land whose names l shall give in
future card ifthe practice il confined. l
will continue my business in,tthe little
market at the west end Of Eighth street
market) Which will be hereaf fler known as
the Central Market whereby strict atten-
ltion' to business and choice line Of goods
hope to merit continuance of iormer


patronage. ~ Yours Truly


,.. THOMAS GREEN.
Year: 1878

Al. Vanduxse agent for the Singer
Manufacturing Company has received the
first and only premium in the Middletown
fair. Their new family sewing machine is
The best now in use all in want of machines
do we'll would to see the Singers before
purchasing elsewhere.
Year: 1878

Tonight at the Opera House K. Emmet
will appear in his "New Fritz" comedy,
supported BY an able and talented troupe.
There can be no doubt as to the excellence
of this company, for wherever they have
played, the press has been lavish in its
praises. There will probably be Q large
audience to greet them, and those who
desire to pass pleasant evening In solid
enjoyment should not fail to goa asItj
Year: 1878

The art OF advertising is being
brought down to a decidedly fine point;
and when an agent sends you an inch
advertisement to insert at your very
lowest rates and accompanies it with a
six inch local notice, which he wants
put In for nothing, you can't help but
admire his acreage Of "cheek," and
wish you had gun that would shoot a
hundred miles. and kill tho fellow you
are thinking Of, without taking aim.
Year: 1878

ss2, and the land was no. able to bear
them, and they had to hunt !afresh felds
and pastures new"


The wool growers Of the Panhandle
should 60 down to the valley Of the Big
Sandy and get the E1.Audi.or to post
them up In the secrets Of sheep raising
especially as to how he manages to have all
his lambs Of the female persuasion from
year to year, and by what process the pains
andl responsibilities Of maternity are
thrust upon those tender yeariings Of his
aock right straight along; and also BY
what hocus pOcus be adds the yearly In
crease to the original stock in trade, and
at the end Of ten years figures out two Of
the most formidable aggregates ever put
in print. We always knew that the Ex.
Auditor was . man Of multiiudinous
figures, but we confess that we were not
prepared to see him overrunning the hills
and valleys of West Virginia with shsep
st this frightful rate.
Year: 1878

Wind" says an old horseman, "is the grand secret of a fast horse. Good lungs will cover a multitude of faults: while, on the other hand perfec tion of shape and form are useless when the wind is out" The chest. therefore, be it kn town in all cases should be large and capacious, ill shape it may vary somewhat according to the service to which the horse is to be put. If he is kept for slow work and heavy drawing, the chest may be nearly circular in form, because this shape is the one for strength and bulk, to receive and bare up az gainst the pressure of the collar; at the same time sufficient room is secured for that expansion of the lungs caused by slow and regular work. But if the chest is circular, let it be at the same time deep, or else the lungs may be cramped. A horse with a shallow chest is worthless for any purpose. The rule then is this: For draft horse a circular but deep chest; but as you pass through different degrees of speed, up to the racer and trotter, the chest must increase in depth, compared to its roundness until, for the highest rate of speed, you must have chest as deep as a greyhound and at the same time not lacking bredth, Every breeder should keep this rule when selecting his brood-mares and stallions, for he may be sure that shallow chested parents never be- get deep chested colts
Year: 1878

BEST COW FOR SMALL FARMS.

 It is not supposed that cows kept on a small farm are placed there for the purpose of raising calves for sale. They are placed there for the butter they produce. The question is often asked, "What shall it be, blood or scrub stock?" The question is easily answered: Keep only such stock as is best adapted to the purpose. Our opin- ion and also that of the principal dairymen of the country is that the Jersey, commonly called Aldernay, is, above all others, the best butter COW. They are easily kept, very docile-a roint not to be overlook ed-and beautiful, giving milk of superior richness, from which IS produced fnely-colored, solid butter, having an equal texture and flavor. Butter from such milk has been known to keep when placed in a dry, not cold, cellar without the use of ice, and when taken out was in a hard, firm condition, and was then sold from twelve to eighteen cents higher than best ordinary butter The cost of Jerseys is not much more than for scrubs, and they will more than make up the difference in price in few months