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Year: 1879

There is . movement IN st. Louis
among the millcrs, to close their mills until
the price Of wheat declines. Two mills closed
Nov. Is. Two more will shut down as soon "a
the wheat they have ON hand is ground This
action will probably become general, The
principal reason assigned for this is that -four
is below the price Of wheat and can only be
made at loss. Many mlllczs have already lost
heavily on contracts made when wheat was
less than 81 bushel, and they see no pros.
pect of profit in the immediate future. But
little -four has been shipped from there the
last three weeks, and large amounts are in
store, moro than enough to supply all de.
mands for sometime. Millers are satisfied
there must be decline in wheat pretty soon.
At all events they will not purchase until
nrices fall or there is q margin on -four
Year: 1879

The next evening the boys, now nearly full grown, were out until late hour. Ruthven, by his fond but erring mothers consent, had a night key, and he could slip into the house af- ter the family were in bed. Mabel often sat up for him, and on one occasion he came home intoxicated. She was so frightened and griev- ed, she could do nothing but weep and follow his staggering footsteps until he was in bed.

 She ought to have told his father but she cul- pably kept the fact from his knowledge. This night, boisterous peal of laughter awakened them and MT. Blinn arose to see what was the matter. In the dimly-Iighted entry he saw enc of his sons assisting almost carrying, the other up the stairs, and he thought it was Ruth ven helping James He knew that the boy who was showed along was intoxicated 'It's only Jim" said he in great wrath, using her oft-repeated expression, and it took all the persuasion she could use to prevent his follow Ing them up stairs. The weight of sorrow on her heart told Mabel it was Ruthven. The morning after his previous lapse she had re- ! monrstrated rl with him and he solemnly prom
Year: 1879

RUMoRs are current that a compro


mise is likely to be effected between the
hard and soft money wings of the Demo-
cracy in Congress, by agreeing TO adopt
n resolution providing substantially that
from and after the expiration of national
bond charters, In 1888, the only legal ten
der currency of the country shall be gold
and silver coin, and that the Govern
ment alone shall issue the paper money
required for purposes Of commerce in
the form of treasury notes, not legal ten
der, except by special contract, but re-
ceivable for its dues and rcdeemable in
coin; it being also provided that one
third of the amount of such outstanding
notes be kept in the Treasury in coin.
Careful inquiry fails to discover any
foundation for this W idely, circulated re-
port, except the conferences OF a compa-
ratively few Democratic Senators, and
there seems to be very little probability
OF any such agreement IN the party at
large, although seme such resolution will
undoubtedly be brought forward for dis
cussion after the reassem bling of Congress
ard 1t may have the effect of forcing the
fight upon the national bank question,
which the majority of both parties have
heretofore apparently wished TO avoid.
Year: 1879

SENATOR BooTH ON THE PRESIDENCY.
Senator Booth said that he did not
think popular feeling in his State WAS in
favor of the nomination of Grant. AL
though the ex President would undoubt-
edly enjoy strong support If nominated,
and would carry the State, the people
were opposed to third term, except un-
der exceptional circumstances, and
Grants personal friends did not believe
third term would be desirable for him.
The Senator thought Blaine would be
California's choice among Republicans,
and Grant probably the second choice.
Year: 1879

SENATOR Hamlin, in his speech, said a
great crowd has assembled to say they
will not submit to this attempted subver-
sion OF their rights. The duty OF the
citizens of Maine is to sbun every one
of these men, as You would h pestilsnce.
Make every one of them an outcast and
wandering Jew. Point the finger OF
scsrn at them. Shun them as moral lep,
ors, who are all covered with sores from
head to loot. Make them feel that they
are exeerated by an outraged and indig.
nant Leople. II you allow the Governor
and Council to usurp the power OF deter
mining what they lave no right TO deter :
mine, what is there, in the name of the
public, but mockery and fraud? If our
people rise up in their majesty and de-
mand their rights, the usurpers will not
dare refuse them. There is moral
power in the free men Of Maine, before
which rascality will quail.
Year: 1879

WE understand that there is a move-
ment on foot to build a church, 20 be un-
der the control of the Presbyterian So
cety. We have good minister and
thorough gentleman here, in the person
OF l. N. Waterman, and as our popua-
tisn is constantly increasing, it is perfect
ly in keeping with other improvements
10 have good church edifce. There
are quite number of religious people
settled here, and there are others who be-
lieva that movement of this kind would
pronSote the morals of the place. This is
decidedly move in the right direction,
and will no doubt be encouraged by all
right minded people. Reading hide
pendent.
Year: 1879

Dan RICE. the circus man, has been
converted and will shortly enter the field
as an evangelist. So says recent East
tern telegram. 1t is to be presumed that
Dams sermons will have the true "ring''
about them, but for the sake of suffering
humanity we do hope that he will manage
20 get up a new joke or two, as all his old
ones are quite stale. Otherwise we don't
believe he can ring in on good st. Peter.
Year: 1879

THE New York Board of Aldermen is
moving for the suppression of exhibitions
OF female pedestrianism, which are char
acterized as offensive to the sense of pro-
priety and decency, demoralizing in their
influence and cruel and inhuman to the
participants.
Year: 1879

Democratic administration. The
fact is that the people OF the State
of California owe a debt of graft
tude to our present State officials
So conspicuously honorable and
honest has been their record, so
free have they been from any com.
promising acts, that we have no
doubt whatever that If Irwin and
his associates had been nominated
without break they would have
been trlumphantly reelected. The
people would gladly have repudi-
ated Perkins for the certainty of q
Democratic administration.
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, August 13th.-Tht
Herald says: Careful and detailed
reports collected in all the cotton
States give promise Of at least an
average crop, with probability oil
better results than last year. There
is little doubt that cotton planters
will have as satisfactory q harvest
in the South as wheat farmers in
the North.
Year: 1879

OTTAWA, October THE lumber
trade continues brisk and the shipping
is so lively at present that sufficient
boats cannot be obtained to transport the
stock. The last eight barges in port
now are being loaded and the mill men
have had to utilize the railroads to sup
ply the demand. At no recent period
has there been such great activity in the
lumber markets, and its influence is
already being felt in business circles.
Year: 1879

Berger was IN the chain gang At
Salt Lake. unirr u sentence Of three
months for petty larceny. and the
work greatly disgusted him. Reading
that pair OF mules had been stolen at
a certain place, at . time previous TO
his own arrest, he made . false con-
fessien that he was the thief. His OBJ
ject was to be indicted and transferred
to . cell for trial, thus getting ont Of
the chain gang. He did not doubt
that hi. Innocence would be made ap-
parent in court bu, in that he was
mistaken. for he had confessed %
plausibly that the jury convicted him .
ard he has gone to States Prison on q
five years sentence. His case is before
tho Governor.
Year: 1879

be deemed and treated as an interest in the property affected thereby, eX- ccpt as 10 railroad and other q,tast publlc corporations; in case of dchts so secured, the value of the property affected by such mortgage, deed or trust, contract or obligation, less the value of such security shall be as sesscd and taxed to the owner of the property and the value of such SC curity shali be assessed and taxed to the owner thereof, in the county, city or district in which the property af- fected thereby is situate. The taxes 50 levied shall be lien upon the property 9nd security and may be paid by either party to such security. If paid by the owner of the security the tax 50 levied upon the property affected thereby shall become a part of the debt so secured. If the owner Of the property shall pay the tax so levied on such security, it shall constitute q payment thereon and to the extent of such payment a full discharge thereof. Provided, that if any such security or indebtedness shall be paid by such debtor or debt- ors as an assessment, and before the tax levy the amount of such levy for that year may be retained by such debtor or debtors and shall be com puted according to the tax levy of the preceding year.

 SEC ?. Every contract hcrorfter made by which a debtor is obligated to pay any tax or assessment on mon cy loaned or on any mortgage decd of trust or other lien, shall as to any in terest specified therein and as to such tax or assessment be null aud void

 SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Year: 1879

THE Citizen expresses surprise that the Chicago and Northwestern Rail road company think It worth their while to occupy quarter column ad- vcrtisemcut in the HERALD. The reason of this advertisement, as well as all our other "outsidc" patronage Is that the HERALD Is the most en- tcrprisiug newspaper in Arizona.
Year: 1879

SABBATH REsT.-It is we'll esta.
blished fact that more real work is per-
formed by those who labor only for six
days than by those who devote all the
seven to unremitling toll. 1t has been
proved in the case of the OverwrOught
statesmen as well as in that of the bus


driver, who works for sixteen hours q
day from one weeks end to Oanother. In
this occupation few pass the age of fifty
years. The celebrated Mr.. William
Wilberforce so well acquainted with all
the great statesmen at the beginning of
this eentury-Pitt, Fox and other giants
of those days-has record that "he could
name several of his contemporaries in
the vertex of political cares whose minds
have entirely given away under the
stress of intellectual labor so as to bring
on premature death" Sir David Will
kie's experience was that "artists who
wrought on Sunday were soon dlsquall-
, fed from working at al" adding that
The never knew a man to work seven
days in the week who did not kill him.
self or his mind" Lord Chancellor
| Bacon, Sir Matthew Hale and Sir Will
liam Blackstone, amongst our Judges,
contribute the same testimony, and give
their experience of the moral injury
caused by the practice. The latter says
that corruption of morals usually fol.
lows prOfauatioD of the Sabbath"
Year: 1879

I.
AS the shuttle swiftly flies
Back and forth before our eyes.
Bending with its ilngers light
Warp and woof till they unite
In fabric good and strong,
Let us hear the weaver's song.
Weaving ever day by day,
AS the shuttles briskly play,
Broken threads how oft annoy
And our precious time employ;
Warning US by sharp reproof,
We must watch the warp and woof.
Weaving in life's busy loom
Mingling sunshine with tie gloom
Warp and wOOf of deeds we blend
Till life's fabric has an end;
Broken threads how Oft we find
Burdening the noble mind!


w.
Broken threads in life abound,
In each station they are found;
May Faiths kind and friendly haad
Help us to adjust the strand,
That, when life's last tide shall ebb,
There shall be a perfect web.
Year: 1879

PLAIN JUMBLEs.-Rub to O cream


one pound sugar and half a pound of


butter, add three eggs, mix well, and
add one and quarter pounds of sifted
flour, form the jumbles and bake in q


quick oven.
Year: 1879


New York correspondence of the St. Louis Re-


publican.


A daintily dressed woman in silks
and diamonds entered the bathing
house few days ago and emerged on
the sands in a becoming costume.
Two gentlemen, her husband and
brother, perhaps, met her, and hand
in hand they ran down the beach,
turned a somersault into the water,
and were soon splashipg around as
though the brine. was their native ele-
ment. The woman proved to be the
the best diver | ever saw, and she at
tracted the attention of all by her
wild encounters with the waves. She
would climb up to the shoulders other
companions, standing between like the
Colossus Of Rhodes, balancing herself
by clasping their uplifted hands.
When an angry wave rolled, increas-
ing in size, her companions, acting in
concert, pitched her into it, and for
minute she was out of sight; then she
laughing and happy to re-
peat the experience, and, not to have
all the fun to herself, she dove beneath
her companions and suddenly raising
her body, shesent them a tumbling head
first into the deep, while she swan
around to splash water into their faces,
in mischief, as they came up squirting
the wafer out of their mouths.
Year: 1879

Long, being a madman, was on the
engine in direct opposition to the or
ders of the company"


have that order and a copy of the
verdict side by sidein my diary, where
they will always remain.


Often in my dreams l see an un-
recognizable mass of quivering flesh
and broken bones beneath a huge
driver. and a white, unscarred face
presents itself TO my gaze. Sudden
shrieks will almost craze nae, and | am
often tempted to go where railroads
are unknown, where the Kissing and
screeching cannot reach me.
Year: 1879

The boilers of New York Demo
Gratis have labeled S. j. Tilden as
"the trickster Of cipher alley"
There is no use in trying to get
around the fact that there are MANY
democrats in the United States who
will vote against Saml j., should he
again come up for Presidential honors
They are conscientious, and there
fore cannot support him.
Year: 1879

So much trouble is being made
in Cuba by the slaves that Spain is
considering the propriety of abolish
ing all slavery in the West Indies
in 1880. 1t will probably be ac-
complished on condition that the
blacks work q certain number Of
years afterwards for wages.
Year: 1879

CERAIvo, KY, Aug. l5.
Editor Herald:


Here am again with no apology for
NV long silence except that | have not
had the mood to write when | had
time and when had the time had not
the mood. Time is precious for we all
have great deal TO do. The business
men of our town are kept busy of course
and our doctor and all the rest are going
somewhere, or doing something all the
time. We play game of croquet once
in while, as a matter of recreation,
and to keep ourselves in proper trim, for
beating any club or couple that may
come along; and we eat "A watermelon
occasionally, just because we feel it ia
he our solemn duty TO do so; and all
that is necessary to collect crowd OH
such occasions, is To yell out, "Just in
timer Throw the emphasis on the
first of these three words, and prolong
the sound little, and they have won
derful power. These three little words
have been known TO draw boys from
remote parts of the town, ut a rate ol
speed greatly beyond their attainments
at other times and under other circum.
stances. Their mammas cannot get
them to move SO quickly when they
want anything done.


As we are mostly Democrats around
here, 1 will be excused for saying that
we have been in a jolly good humol
since the election. At our voting place
(Centertown) we gave Mr.. Hooker 9
larger majority than we expected, and
had very enjoyable day of it general
ly. The richest thing for Democrat,
and thinest thing for Radicals was a ne
gro voting the Democratic ticket right
straight through, from beginning to
end. Yet why should this excite any
comment? Doubtless some of the Rad
icals were disgusted with such foo
Niger. for discarding all their humbug
gerics that they have preached to ne
groes all over the land about the Demo
cratic party; while the Democrat,
thought him the most sensible darky a
the polls, and gave him credit for voting
against the party that have used every
absurd bug-a-boo and scare that they
could trump up, for holding the negroes
in their ranks. The Radical scare abou
rebels aud their desire to place the ne
groes i'm beaaags-aSr:fi is wearing
thread-bare even with the Negroes ant
illiterate whites, upon whom this scar
was toact. They are learning that tn
rebel doctrine and tf-- ;trine ant
Year: 1879

Philosophy teaches us that no mate
rial substance is ever annihilated. Ii is
also said that the mind controls matter,
and it ought to have been said that In.
bor controls mind and matter. Suppose
Il poor man who has a large family (and
they generally do depending upon his
daily labor, should he stricken down
with chills and fever. dumb aguc, OF
something of the kind. He resorts to
quininc, but the chills return, he would


employ II doctor hut the cost is too great
and few days lost time is told by the
scarce and scanty table and the hunger
of his poor family. Quinine sets him
crazy, arsenic bloats him, and gelsemi-
mum makes him see double. Such a
man should Use nothing but Days Aguc
Tonic, it will cure him sound and well
at once, the chills will not return, and
then his labor can be resumed. IS IT
Year: 1879

The Norris;own Herald speaks of an
old man falling dead in Evansville, Pa,
one Sunday evening recently, while sit
ting in the parlor where his daughter
and her young man Were sparkling. Ii
may lie that the conduct of the young
couple sickened the old man and caused
his death, but ii will do no harm, and per-
haps much good, To cut this paragraph
out and show il the old folks who are
addicted to sticking in the parlor on
Sunday evening when their daughters
beau wants to tell her great many Sc
crets and so forth.
Year: 1879

"I believe it to he all wrong and even
wicked for clergymen or other public
men to be led into giving testimonials
To quack doctors or vile stufis called
medicines, but when really meritori-
olls article made of valuable remedies
known to all, that all physicians use
and trust in daily, we should freely
commend it. | therefore cheerfully
and heartily commend Hop Bitters for
the good they have done me and my
friends, firmly believing they have no
equal for family use. will not he
without them"


33 IT Raw, Washington, ID. G..
Year: 1879

THE State has made provision for the
free education of its blind children, OF
it, deaf and dun children, and of its
feeble-minded children. An advertise
ment ia another column calls attention
to the school for the blind i'm Louisville.
The deaf and dumb are taught at Dam
vile, and the feeble-minded in Frank
fort~s The State does its part for the ed


~Jn of these children. Any parent
= Snentucky who allows his afflicted
-Aild TO grow up in ignorance doubles
the weight of its affiiction, neglects his
duty and is needlessly cruel. One would
think that where such great advantage,
are freely provided there wbuld be nc
hesitation on the part of the parent, yet
we are informed that more than two
thirds of the afflicted children of the
State are growing up without the help


comfort and happiness that an educa'
ton may bestow.
Year: 1879

Prof. w. G.. Benton will give free
lecture on China and the Chinese at the
courthouse tomorrow night. Go and
hear him, and be informed in regard to
the modes and customs of that wonder
full people.
Year: 1879

THE Hartford HERALD copys our lit
tie bit of Poetry, "Toa friend" by Lit
tie May" and fails to give us credit
CuiiOWdy Neirs.


The poem was taken from scrap
book and did not know to whom credit
was due or we would have gladly given
it'd.
Year: 1879

rlOui tho Ohchgo EApress


II comes with i'll grace from the bank
ing association to say that greenbacks are
not safe money because, as they claim, no
congress can be entrusted with legalizing
the amount Of issue. They say this after
fighting for and obtaining law to retire
the [ eenbacks and give free banking
without any restrictions as to the amount
of bills they may issue. The law to re-
tire the remainder of the greenbacks was
changed for the sole reason that the ma.
tlonal banks would otherwise be compelled
to keep their reserves in coin, which they
could not do, They were so greedy that
they took larger bite than they could
swallow. Congress ought certainly to
have as much right to dictate the amount
OF currency as ring of bankers, not re-
sponsiblc to the people, bpt controlled by
their own selfish interests. They are now
initiating the currency. If it be wrong for
congress to initiate the currency why is it
not wrong for the national banks to do
SO? We see now what you mean, gentle
men of the banks. You mean that lnaa.
ton is wrong unless you work the bellows.
Would you not denounce a very large
coinage of gold as ''infatiop?"
Year: 1879

The success Of the lmperialists in the
fall elections has embodened them, and
they now proclaim openly what they
hardly dared to whisper before. They
are possessed of the same spirit of arro-
gance and madness that drove the slave
arist0cracy over the Niagara of civil war.
Give them plenty Of rope and they will
hang themselves.
Year: 1879

The use of gold and silver certificates
obviateS the objection to the inconvenent
handling ofboth metals. Certificates will
be the soundeat currency that has ever
been floated in this or any other country.
having a specie dollar on deposit for every
paper dollar in circulation. In view of
these facts the president hardly expected
to secure II repeal of the acts authorizing
he coinage OF at least 100000 month
OF silver dollars. 81 fas as the retire.
ment of legal tender paper is concerned
it is safe to say that the country desires
topreserve the outstanding present vol
ume OF legal tender paper, and if there is
a redundancy of paper currency let bank
bills go into retirement For every dollar
of legal tender currency retired an in.
terest bearing bond must be issued in
its place.
Year: 1879

II would be u wise man who could pre-.
iict accurately the outcome OF this session
of congress. 1t will be noisy and without
doubt long one. 1t is very easy and
simple matter of getting at certain class
of things that congress will do; that is, to
think very hard what it ought to do, and
then fall back upon the absolute certainty
that it will do exactly the reverse. A
short, quick session would be great wis
dom upon the part of the majority in con.
gfess, and nothing would help them more
than that in the presidential campaign.
For that reason one may safely count upon
II long and stormy session.
Year: 1879

After considerable discussion to-day.
the Chamber of Commerce decided to vote
by ballot on Monday next on the two al
tentative amendments to the Constitution,
one providing for the adjournment Of the
Chamber over election days, and the other
prohibiting such adiournments. s
Year: 1879

Baptist Church last evening, continued in
session to-day. Criticisms upon Rev. Mr..
Roberts sermon Of last evening were first
madam followed by an essay upon the
Duties of Civil Government in Respect to
Sabbath Observance. A general discussion
upon this subject was then engaged in until
noon when a lunch was served by the
ladies In the yestry OF the Church.
Year: 1879

Constables Williams and Gardner this
morning found a man giving the name of
j. c. Roth asleep in a wagon in Dayton al
ley. He had in his possession roll of car
pet which is supposed to have been stolen.


Roth was taken to the Oliver-street Station.
house and locked up on suspicion. ue
Year: 1879

The State Grange convened at Thoms'
Hall this morning for the purpose Of hold
ing their annual meeting.


The Master read his annual message,
giving a review of the years work and
making suggestions for the coming year.


The Secretary's report was, in substance,