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Year: 1879

VAIN is the fight against ghosts. The
philosophers may as well give up the battle.
But short time ago the youthful Prince
Waldemar OF Prussia died, and the night be-
fore his death sentry who was pacing the
corridors of the palace saw the White Woman
of the HoheDzollerns approach the door OF the
chamber where the boy lay. The soldier is
sure he saw her, and if we can place any re-
lance upon human testimony in matters like
these we have no reason to doubt his story.
Fortur atey for the Hohenzollerns and for
Prussia the Countess Agnes never approaches
warrior or a statesman of the House until
he is past his labor. As long as she confines
her attention to the very old and the very
young there will be no deep grief in the
Kingdom though there may be wailing in the
nalaca
Year: 1879

of my basket-as If humming bird had laid
her egg In an eagles nest! conid not help
laughing; and the robins seemed to ioir
heartily in the merriment. There was
native grape vine close by, blue with its less
refined abundance, but my cunning thieves
preferred the foreign flavor. Could tax
them with want of taste?
Year: 1879

The second number of the Century, the
New York eclectic weekly, is in the variety
of its contents and the catholicity of its selec-
tions, great improvement upon the initial
number. If hereafter the editors of The Gen.
tury get out as good numbers as the latest is
tEey will make paper that people will want
TO read
Year: 1879

THE World, after careful study, has come
to the conclusion that Michigan is State
that will bear careful watching by the Ma
tional Democracy. If the Democracy care to
offend their eyes by porng over the figures
of Republican majorities ''Zack Chandler s
State" will be good for them to look at.
Year: 1879

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES made visit
to New York last week, and the staid and
conservative and interview-hatng Post gave
an account of private dinner to which he
sat down. 1t is understood that a reporter
OF the Post, disguised as waiter, was pres
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and eommun
cations. The name and address Of the writer III
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
out as guaranty OF good faith.


We cannot undertake to return Or preserve COM
mnnications that are not used.
Year: 1879

DCRSUANT to warrants from the MAYOR AND
L ALDERMEN of the City of Portland the , duly
qualified Electors of said Ward No Three are mere
by notified to meet at their Ward Room in SAID
Ward, on the


Third Monday Of May instant,
being the NINETEENTH Day of SAID


month, at Ten O'Clock in the forenoon,
then and there to give in their votes for ONE Al
DERMAN, to fill the vacancy caused by the deatn
of Albert Smith, late Alderman of said Ward.


The polls such day OF election 10 remain open
until four O'Clock in the afternoon, when they sha
be closed


You are also required to give notice to said inhab-
itants, that the Aldermen of id city will be in open
session at the Aldermen's Room in City Building,
from nine to twelve O'Clock in the forenoon, ana 10
from two to five O'Clock in the afternoon each OF
the four secular days next preceding such day OF
election, for the purpose of receiving evidence of the
qualification of voters whose names have not been
entered on the lists of qualified voters, in and for
the several Wards, and for correcting said lists.


Per order,


my9dld H. I. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
Year: 1879

A lady in this borough had bag OF
yeast cakes hanging in such manner
that she thought them safe from rats.
One evening, hearing a noise in that
vicinity, she went up to ascertain the
cause, and found it was occasioned by
the dropping of meat hook on the floor,
lot of these hooks having been put
near there while not in use. On fur
ther investigation it was found that the
rats had hung one of the hooks from q
nail above, and then by hanging on
others had commenced chain which
they continued until it gave them ac-
cess to the bag of rising cakes. The
truth of this statement is vouched for
by several parties who saw the chain
while the rats were making it and after
it was completed.-NeU Bloomfield
(Pu) Times
Year: 1879




the Treasury.


Washington Cor Chicago Inter Ocean.l


An accounting officer of the treasury,


who passes upon the various appropria


tions, remarked to your correspondent
that, although he had been many years
in the treasury, the thirst for appropria-
tions exceeded anything in his expert
ence. He said our legislation, where
money was involved, was becoming very
vicious, and unless the people put
stop to it there was no telling what the
result would be. He said that the law
making power seemed to regard our
debt as nothing, and went on appro-
priating money as if we did not owe a
cent, and were five times richer than
before the war, when, as matter OF
fact, the people were less able to bear
burdens than then. Yet, as a matter
of fact, the public debt is a mortgage
upon every mans property to the ex-
tent of 10 per cent. of its value, for the
true gold value of property was to day
in this country not over 800, ,000, ,000, 900.
Tho assessed valuation by States is
very much less than this, and less than
it was in 1870, being then $l4,000000,-
900, and now about $12,000,000, 900.
Taking the assessed value as a basis,
and the public debt is about 10 per
cent. of the entire wealth of the country
"A mortgage upon every mans prop
erty.


This gentleman thought that matters
could be improved if people would call
public meetings and petition Congress
to cut down the expenses and cease to
make extraordinary appropriations un-
til the debt is extinguished. There is
no good reason why Government ex-
penses should be in 1879 five times
what they were in 1860. There had
been insufficient increase in wealth and
population to justify this large increase
in the burdens laid upon taxpayers.
The estimates for the next fiscal year
were about $285,0O0,000, and it is not
believed that so large a sum can be
levied upon the productive industry of
the country without prolonging the
"hard times from which all sections of
the country Mt present suffer.
Year: 1879

AT every great worlds exhibition for twelve
years Mason X Ilamlin Organs have bcon
awarded the gold medal or other highest honor.
Last year at tho Paris Exposition tlioy were
found worthy Of tho gold medal
Year: 1879

deprive him of it. He has undertaken to
suppress the clergy when they refused to
obey his behests, and has committed priests
and bishops to prison in the most arbitrary
manner, or consigned them to banishment.
He has suppressed the freedom of the press
and of public discussion; has denied the
right of petition and trial by jury; has driven
from the empire all who refused to fall
down and worship. at the shrine of impe-
rialism; has Knocked the very name of lib
erty. And yet he affects to be surprised at
the manifestations of discomfort that are ap-
parent on every hand. Such result is the
Legitimate offspring of his course.


When either Bismarck or the emperor
shall shuttle off the mortal coil, it will be the
signal of revolution. Another emperor will
not ascend the throne of Germany, but upon
the ruins of the empire will spring up re-
public that will be the grandest in Europe.
It may not meet expectations at first. To
presume as much would be to presume that
all men are patriotic, unselfish and infallible.
1t will encounter difficulties, principally from
the extremists of the nation, but eventually,
when the sober second sense becomes pre-
dominant we are confident that it will be-


come both strong and united. The German
empire is already in the last stages of disso-
luton; the German republic is thing of the
near future.
Year: 1879

For the past two nights the police station
has been crowded with tramps. They have
been gathered in from the highways and the
byways of the city, having come here from
adjoining States to find refuge from the
rigorous laws that have recently been enact
ed there. They have been packed into the
corridor of the station-house like sheep in a
pen, for st. Paul has not yet been able to
afford lodgment for so large number of
persons. 1t was sight repulsive to behold,
end at the same time suggestive of terrible
possibilities. hundred or more desperate
raen, gathered up in the course of two nights
in small city, show that the tramp evil is
not even now half realized. These men are
capable of infinite harm if let loose upon
the community. They are looked upon by
citizens generally as outlaws, and so regard
themselves, and are ready to undertake any
conceivable mischief for purposes of revenge
or plunder. AS the legislature of the State
refused to take any steps towards REFRESHING
them, it behooves the common coun-
Gil of this city to take action
in the matter. They have the power under
the charter to enforce such police regula-
tions as may be necessary for the protection
of the citizen, and must exercise that power
as regards the tramps. But one of the first
duties will be to provide accommodations
for the knights of the road. The police sta
tion needs enlargement, and if the present
influx of tramps continues the county iail
will need enlargement. AS fast as caught
these characters should be set to work, so
that they may earn enough to pay for their
subsistence and not become burden on the
public. By compelling them to earn what
they consume they may be brought to real
izipg sense of the duty of all men to work.
or induced to give our city q wide berth in
the course of their peregrinations
Year: 1879

The board of regents of the State Univer-
sity were in session yesterday at the capitol
all told about six hours, the entire session
being with closed doors so far as the press
of the city and State was concerned. The
board Of regents is State body, created for
the purpose of looking after the material
and educational interests of one of the most
important institutions of learning within the
State. Every citizen having the educational
interests of the State at heart has direct
end personal interest in all that pertains to
the institution, the welfare of which the
board vas appointed to conserve and foster,
and whenever the board draws the veil of
secrecy about session of six hours, OF six
minutes for that matter, it violates the trust
assumed by accepting the appointment.
Year: 1879

The Chicago Times goes back on Bayard
as its candidate for President because he has
pronounced in favor of the repeal of the su-
pervsors of elections law. We didn't think
Bayard had much chance of success, but if
the Times will but continue its opposition
we'll back him gainst the field at long odds.
Year: 1879

manner as to insure the concealment of the
names OF the informers, that Wyndham had
entered into negotiation with the confed-
crate government to surrender his command
for the sum of $500, 900. Mr.. Stanton could
not, getting his information as he did, place
Col. Wyndham under arrest, and try him
for this highest crime of which soldier can
be guilty, so the only road open was to re-
move him from command. The private sec-
retary said he was in doubt as to whether OF
not Judge Advocate General Holt was aware
of the matter, but believed Mr.. Stanton act
ed under his advice. The gentleman to
whom this story was told is in a position in
government employ and of high trust.
Year: 1879

As an indication of the enorm GUS losses
caused by the suspension of the savings
banks about two years since, it may be stat
cd that the broken banks of New York still
retain about fourteen millions of deposits
while those of Chicago retain at least seven
millions. Most of this money was deposited
in small sums by poor people, and in almost
every instance the failures were due to culpa-
bic mismanagement or downright dishonesty
Savings banks can hardly expect to have
the public confidence with such a record.
Year: 1879

Clever Thief Omt,vits a Couple of st. Louis
Detectives.


LSt. Louis Republican.


Detectives are sometimes to shrewd in
laying their plans to be successful in trap


ping criminals. An instance of this kind


happened on Sunday night, to the chagrin
of three of the Oldest detectiv es on the ST..
Louis police force, and to the disgust of their
associates, Detectives O'Neill, Lawler and
Hennessy, who we're expecting important
developments that would lead to the discovery
of lot of sneak-thieves.


The circumstances of the case, as related


by citizen, we're as follows: Last Sunday
afternoon domestic servant in the employ
of Mr.. Jacob Comrades, living at SIS Chou
teau avenue, discovered hid in the wash-house
in the rear of the dwelling, package con-,


tanning dozen pieces Of costly jewelry. She,
at the request of the family she was employ
ed by, reported the discovery to the police,
and also said that during the past week two
tramps had slept nearly every night in the
wash-house, having gained admittance by a
door opening from the alley. Information
was sent to the detectives, and Sunday even
ing three of them we're detailed to investigate
the affair. They took possession of the
package of jewelry, and estimated it to be
worth about 5000. They replaced the bun
die in the corner it was hid in when found
by the servant. They also tied a string to
it and passed the string through the floor
into the cellar below, where two of the
detectives took positions to await develop
ments.


placed SO as to fall heavily on the ground,
&ha otr lol A.
tective had placed candle under barrel on
the floor of the wash house, and took po-
sition in the yard to watch for the tramps.
The plan was to allow the tramps to enter
the building, and attempt to move the pack
age, giving good circumstanial evidence as to
who hid it in the first place. AS the stick of
wood fell it would be signal for the detect
ives in the cellar to crawl up into the alley
and get possession of that means of escape.
and the detective in the yard to rush into the
room, uncover the candle and make the
tramps surrender at the muzzle of drawn
revolver. The detectives waited patiently
until daylight yesterday morning, but they
had heard no indications of the tramps' re-
turn and decided to 60 home. Before they
started homeward they made an inspection
of the wash house, and were dumbfounded
to see that the package Of jewelry had been
stolen from there during the night. The thief
had tied a stick to the cord so as to prevent it
from slipping through the floor, and then cut
the package off and carried it away noise
lessly. The family gave the detectives
good breakfast, and while at the table the
servant said that at about 10 O'Clock Sunday
night she saw man come up the alley and
take off his shoes and walk into the wash
house. She said that knowing that the de-
tectives were watching the place she thought
the man was detective and therefore did
not give any alarm.
Year: 1879

There are no less than 100000


acres of waste land IN the United King.


dom capable of profitable cultivation, of


which 5,950.0O0 are in Scotland. Were


the latter cultivated the country might


be selfsustaininc. Yet these are kept


waste for the pleasure Of a few men,


while tens of thousands are cXpatriated


that might find happy homes on them.


One is sometimes tempted to think that
the venerable Professor Blackie may be
right and that "an agrarion outbreak
would do good. We have had two or
three premonitions OF exhausted patience
north of the Tweed The government
even thought it was time to be doing
something, and promised Game Law
amendment bill. Nay, they even intro
duced it, but then played and dallied
with it until the lateness of the season
gave them an opportunity of slaughter
ing it with the innocents The case was
this: The case Of o farmer in Scotland,
convicted, under the Night Poaching
act, of killicg q rabbit outside of his own
gate, had excited much Indignation, and
at the suggestion of a Scotch member
the government engaged to mitigate the
brutal severity of this act, by enacting
that when the convicting magistrate was
Of the opinion that the crime of killing
a rabbit at night was not aggravated by
violence, actual or contemplated the
penalty might be diminished to that to
which the offender would have been
liable had the horrible crime been com.
mitted in the daytime. 1t will hardly
be credited outside this enlightened
country that under this atrocious Night
PoaChing act the magistrate in sentencing
has no discretion, but must condemn to
Imprisonment with hard labor. The
government brought in their bill, and
though the Night Poaching Act applies
to the whole country, the mitigating bill
applies to Scotland alone. P. A. Taylor,
member for Leicester-that radical of
radicals, as well known, perhaps, in
America as here-not liking the idea
that the English farmer and laborer
might be kicked and houted more than
their Scotch kinsman, moved that the
bill should apply to the whole country,
This was agreed to, and friends of de-
cency and justice congratulated them
selves on the fact that ar last one little
step had been taken toward investigat-
ing the shameless atrocity of the Game
Law Code. But they cheered before they
were out of the woods. The bill went
to the wall with other innocents, and the
poaching laws are yet unamended, much
to the annoyance of the Scotch especially.


As l write the report comes to hand
that within the last two weeks no fewer
than seven applications have been grant
ed to farmers for sequestration in the
Sheriff Court Of Fifeshire, and that in
the Eastern counties the number of
farms on the eve of being given up is
steadily on the increase, the occupiers
intending to try their fortunes in Cam
ada and the States, where they will only
have the weather to contend against, and
not heavy taxes and extortionate land
lords also. 1t is poor consolation, but it
is nevertheless true, that now, as in days
gone by, England is suffering from the
folly of unwise legislation. London
Corr. N. Y. Herald. Nu ~
Year: 1879

Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell ne
how you kept yourself and family so we'll
the past season, when all the rest of US
have been sick so much, and have had the
doctors running to US so long"


BRO. Taylor, the answer is very easy.
l used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
family well and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars worth of it kept US all we'll
and able to work all the time, and will
warrant it has cost you and most of the
neighbors one to two hundred dollas apiece
to keep sick the same time. guess you'll
take my medicine hereafter. See other
column.
Year: 1879

This evening the Jefferson Democratic
club will give their second annual ball
in the Institute Hall. The committee
of arrangements have spared no pains to
make their ball success, and those
who favor them with their presence this
evening may rely on spending a pleas
ant time. First-olass music will be in
attendance.
Year: 1879

WHO ARE THE BLESSED


Blessed is the man who minds
his own business and attends to
lis own affairs, and not the az
fairs Of his neighbors.


Blessed is the woman who
never SAYS TO her husband u
told you so"


Blessed is the man who can
sew on his own buttons when
the baby is crying


Blessed is The woman VINO
won't marry a wid0wer-provld-
inc he's your father


Blessed is the mOther-in-law
who never reminds you that you
married above your station.


Blessed is the rich relation
who never look down on you
when YOU are in the gutter.


Blessed is the poor relation
who never look up to you-tor
money.


Blessed are the married peo-
pie that don't wish they were
single.


Blessed are the single people
that are contented to remain
so.


Blessed is the old maid that
don't hate old people and babies.


Blessed is the husband who
never says his mothers pies are
better than his wife's are.-tX.
Year: 1879

Corn, which is so easy to raise
i'm Arkansas, and which requires
so little time ana outlay in its
cultivation as compared with
cotton, is now retailing here at
from fifty-fve to sixty cents per
bushel. There maynOt be 'mill-
ions in it" at this price, but a
blind man can see that it is
much more profitable than cot
ton at seven and eight cents per
pound. IF it costs as much as
twenty-five cents per bushel
to raise corn the profit from
an acre Of bottom land which
viii yield sixty bushels under
good cultivation, will nearly or
quite double the meagre profit
from cotton at the pres
ent low rates. Then the adj
vantage in the corn crop is that
the farmer is not under the ne
cessity Of spending twelve
months in the year in making
his crop. He can have at least
seven or eight months to devote
to other crops or other business,
while in the case Of cotton it is
a perpetual tug for the year
round. Wherefore we say to
our farmers for the hundredth
time, raise more corn and less
cotton. The advice may not
lead to wealth, but we are con-
fdent that it will make our
farmers at least nearer self-sus-
tanning, and in these hard times
it is no small thing to come out
even at the end of the year.
Ark. Democrat.
Year: 1879

HEX CLIMATE, SClLf ADF AN J. =ifi3'


AND RESOURCES.


Sharp county was established
bv the General Assembly Of
1863, and is bounded on the
north by the state Of Missouri,
on the east by Randolph and
Lawrence counties, on the sOuth
by Independence county, and
on the west by lizard and Fulton
counties. It's population is
about nine thousand. Since the
establishment Of the county all
Of the necessary public build
ings have been erected and are
paid for. The face Of the cOun-
try is generally undulating
though diversified with rich al
luvial bottoms and fiat upIands
In many places the hills are
lofty enough to be called noun
rains. The arabic lands are sus-
ceptibla Of producing large
Yields Of cotton, corn, wheat
rye, hay, oats, potatoes, tobacco
and field crops generally, while
vegetables of nearly every kind
may be produced to great per-
lection. and all fruits adapted to
the climate attain the highest
degree ofperfection underproper
culture. That portion Of the
and which is thought to be un-
fit for cultivation, on account OF
the stones which lie principally
upon its surface, produces, each
year. a IuXuriant crop Of wild
grass upon which large numbers
Of cattle thrive and fatten dur
inc the summer months, and
which. in many places, could be
DroftabIy saved as hay. On ac-
count Of the splendid range the
barrens afford, and their adapt
ability to the production Of the
tame grasses, stock raising and
sheep husbandry could be pur-
sued very profitabIy, especially
so on the lands last mentioned,
q large portion of which can be
had under the Z. S. homestead
law for almost the asking.


While on this subject we may
add that we are informed by a
gentleman engaged to some eX-
tent i'm the wool business, that
the wool from the common grade
Of sheep brings almost as good
a price in the market as that
produced on lands costing fifty
dollars per acre and upwards,
and where the sheep must be
fed daily. 1t therefore seems
that North Arkansas offers in
ducements to the wool producer,
superior to any other country.


Sharp county swell timbered,
excepting in the barrens. Sur
rounding Evening Shade is a
large scope Of country covered
by yellow pine, which is cut by
the saw mills in the vicinity in
to excellent building lumber


Health in this country is very
good indeed. We will venture
to say that no country in the en-
tire southwest snrpaSses it for
healthfulness-the malarial and
bilious diseases so prevalent in
a large scope of the west being
very rare here, except in a very
mild form in the densely wood
ed bottoms,


Scarcely a neighborhood in
Year: 1879

TIE DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT


.arnS one Of the most important features OF
the store: here one can find anything in the
Try goods line from pin TO a bolt OF silk or
a pair Of blankets to pair of stockings, and
those thousand and one things that are so