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Year: 1878

p. o. D. EXPENSEs.-A subcommittee of
the appropriations committee reported to the
full committee last week advising a cutting
down in the force and appropriation for the
Post once department. 1t is not likely that
the House viii act on the matter until its com
mlttee on expenditures in that department
makes its report. This committee has already
obtained sufficient evidence to satisfy them
that an increase, and not decrease, of the
force is desirable.
Year: 1878

In Paris the care OF fingers is n trade.
Olive Logan says she visited mani
cures rooms, out of curiosity, and found
them crowded with men and women
awaiting their turn. The dress and
bearing of all present indicated their
position, and in almost every case it
was one of social importance. After n
tedious waiting Olives turn came, and
she seated herself by the manicure's
little table, upon which were scattered
the tools Of her trade. These were
scissors and knives Of shape specially
devised for the trimming of the nails.
files, nail cleaners, n small basin Of rose
water with bit of soap near it, tiny
towel of linen cambric bit Of lemon.
and various polishing powders and
sweet smelling unguents in the form Of
ruby colored pomades The first step
in her proceedings was TO wash off the
finger tips carefully, then to drv them
after assuring herself that there were no
ink spots or other stains upon them.
Then She clipped and trimmed the nails
into the approved fiIbert shape, neither
too short nor too long, nor too pointed
nor too broad the "half moons" at the
base Of the nails were gently brought
into clear light; all Chang nails" were
amputated, and after this she rubbed a
coral colOTed pomade Of delicious odor
upon the nails and the upper part OF all
the fingers. After allowing this to re-
main little while she wiped IL of
again, and scattered upon the nails a
golden brownish powder, which she
vigorously rubbed with the whole
length Of her powerful forefnger, oc-
casionally aided by the palm More
pomade, more powder, more rubbing.
and then the nails were shown with that
beautiful CLEAN upon them, that pearly
pinkness, seen in the interior Of some
delicate sea shells. The charge was
forty SOUS
Year: 1878

Among the resources of this expansive
country the fruits Of the earth form very
important factor. The interests of agricul-
ture are yearly augmenting under the
earth's ,illage, and the broad acres brought
under cultivation are multiplying in rapid
ratio. With soil of unequalled native fer
tility-with appliances Of every character
to facilitate culture-with n great variety
of climate and rapidly increasing agricul-
tural population, the United States are
moving steadily forward to an agricultural
supremacy that has never yet been attained
by any country on the habitablc globe. In
this consists the elements of our increasing
and future stable prosperity, and an
other century will find this country either
n political ruin or among the most
prosperous and wealthy of the civilized
world. TO very great extent the future
of the nation is in the hands Of the tillers
of the soil As they devote themselves to
their legitimate pursuits and aid in the de-
vclopmcnt OF the earth's resources; as they
educate their children, and study the char
actcr and needs of the institutions of their
Government rs they assert their rights as
citizens, they will become the sheet anchor
of the country and the cOnseryels OF nation
al prosperity and perpetuity.


But it is our present purpose to briefly re-
view the state of the crops and the extent
of the harvest of the present year. The fer
tile West Is teeming with abundant crops Of
cereals. Our information encourages the
belief that much larger yield Of the great
staple products Of the earth will mark the
present over tine last year. There are ex
ccptonal sections, where storms, insects
worms, and other enemies Of cereal crOp'
have worked harm, but the prospect is pro
pitious of superintendent harvest. While
these magnificent crops may tend to lowe
the prices realized by the producers, they
nevertheless guarantee " large income tG
reward their efforts and labor. This pos
pect guarantees an abundance and chcal
food to aid the manufacturing ant
other pursuits in setting the wheel
of industry in motion all owe
the land, aiiurding business to commerce b.
sea, canal, and rail, and imparting life an'
activity TO the various industries of on
great country. Then, again, as food /
abundant aud cheap in the United States
Europe will seek it, and II certain marke
ut home and abroad will be assured, tn


abundance compensating for low prices
The products of the soil will aid material.
in bringing the country back from the lie


preston that has settled upon its busines
interests during the past five years to I
higher degree of activity and prosperity


Even under an abundant harvest there nee,
Year: 1878

In urging tho local election committees
in North Carolina to bring out n full Demo
cratic vote, the Raleigh Obserrcr casually
remarks that "many cripples there are, un-
able to walk, some of them 30 from Yam
kce bullets and having no way to ride to
the polls" This is fair specimen of the
efforts of the average Southern Democrat to
inspire enthusiasm in an election campaign.
Throwing in the word Yankee" here and
there, and an allusion to the late civil war
in political exhortations of this kind is as
natural to q Southern Democrat as plcadings
for Cancellation and forgetfulness of the
past are TO u Northern mud-sill Gusher
Year: 1878

THE right of free speech is dear very
dear, to the heart of the average Southern
Democrat; but he is careful that it shall be
exercised only by his sympathizers. When
Republicans attempt to exercise it another
phase of the question instantly arises in his
mind, and when they attempt to secure the
election of candidates of their own choice,
he dcn0unces them as inccndiaries, as
cDlOr-lincrs, and all that sort of thing
This Is rs true OF Conservative North Caro-
lima as il is of all the Southern States. JEFF
DAVIS is still the idol aud the typical
the time approaches when they fondly I'M
aginc the country will pass into their con-
troll. the Southern Democrats become more
and more outspoken in his praise and in
their commendation of the Lost Cause. The
leading Democratic paper in North Carolina,
the Raleigh Observer, is moved by this I'M
pulse to remark:


The time will never come when In Northern
esteem II will be right and proper for represent
ative southern men to assert boldly and pub
| licIy that the cause IN which they hazlrded
their lives was u just cause. We are tired,
heartily tired, of waiting fOt that ever. coming,
! neycr.arriying convenient season ; aud We un-
hesitatimgly array ourselves with those who
say, Let Mr. DAVIS spcak-let us all speak, "
| and with those who think We have done our
selves 10 good by having sought SO HmXioGsly
| to please the Yankees and negroes during the
| last twelve or thirteen years. The yiudicaliUn


Of tho right of free speech In the south Ii


worth far more to Us than any mere matter OF
CXne1irncy,
Year: 1878

The New York HerdId either has q poor
memory or its study of history has been
feariully neglected. 1t says that ten years
ago the Republicans entered upon course
OF action which has since pointed invariably
to ito the solid South whenever they have
been asked for q policy. The Herald cannot
fail to call to mind the fact, il it tries that
there was no solid South" politically until
after the Inauguration of President HAYES
Cp TO that time the South was divided.
Year: 1878

THE United States not only furnished
munitions of war for Russia during tho re-
cent Turko-Nu war and the subsequent
Threatening aspect of affairs in the Old
Wo Id, but is now invited to subscribe to
the new Russian loan Of S200,000,00O Ef-
forts are being made to place" that loan in
this country by accredited agents of the
Russian government with some promise OF
success Somehow things have changed
during the present generation.
Year: 1878

THE Democratic papers over the country
are charming their readers with eighteen
distinct lies that are strung together like
sausages, aud that have been coined by the
Democratic organ of this city from the
metal, machinery and dies of jim ANDER-
SONS min. The coin is spurious, but it is
good enough for Democratic circulation. 1t
Is now said that JIM and his coming tools
are permanently engaged by the Post.
Year: 1878

MACKENZIE is across the Rio Grande
again. If this thing is kept mp, and it seems
necessary that it should he, the country will
be aroused some fine morning with the
booming Of cannon, so to speak, and our
skeletonizeI army will have its hands full
of earnest work
Year: 1878

The telegraph has been used of late to
send dispatches all over the country in ct
feet that the editor of the NATIONAL RE-
PUBLICAN is to DE summoned brlOr" the
POTTER committee, at Atlantic City, for
the purpos, of showing who wrot" the
editorials Of the paper during the counting
Of the electoral votes, These dispatches
should have said u former editor Of THE
REPUBLICAN, for the present editors are
not seeking a summon to a watering place
just for the fun OF the thing aud at Govern
mcnt expense.
Year: 1878

The Patrons Of Ponds Extract
are cautioned against the uncer-
tain, strengthless decoctions of
fered to the public as being equal
to this ar-famed, old established
remedy


DO not be deceived by similarity
OF odor and appearance These
mutations cannot an any instance
be compared with Ponds Ex.
tract


This great Curative is always of a
steady and uniform character
The extensive facilities for the
manufacture of Ponds EX.
tract enables the Company to
guarantee this, while the imitator
does not produce the same result
twice in succession.


The true secret of the manufac-
ture of Ponds Extract is
too well guarded and too wisely
transmitted TO escape.
Other unscrupuIOus trades
men, desirous of making a larger
profit, are in the habit Of stating
TO their customers who ask for
POnd's Extract, that they
do not keep it in bottles, but have
it in bulk


This Company is most SOIici-
tous to protect their patrons from
this dishon orable trick, resorted
to for the purpose of palming off
on the public q cheap dec oction
that can not in any way compare
in purity and quality with this
old established remedy
some OF our friends are in the
habit of taking old Ponds
Extra ct bottles to the druggists
to be refilled No dealer can
refill a bottle with genuine
Ponds Extract except by
emptying another bottle
The Ponds Extract Company
will feel indebted TO any one who
furnishes them with the name of
any dealer who attempts 10 sell
them any article in bulk as
Ponds Extract. or The same
as Ponds Extract. Those so
doing are violating an 1ct Of Con-
gress passed Aug. 14th, 1876, the
penalty of which is fine and i'm
prisonment.


PONDS EXTRACT co.
SO MAIDEN LANE, New YORK
Year: 1878

A writer in the Popular Science Monthly
says: When we begin to use telephone
for the first time there is a sense OF oddi-
ty, almost of fooishness, in the expert.
ment. The dignity of talking consists
in having listener, and there seems a
kind of absurdity in addressing piece
of iron, but We must raise our rcSpectfor
the metal, for it is anything but deaf,
TIE diaphragm Of the telephone, the iron
plate, is as sensitive as the living tym.
panum to all the delicate retinements of
sound. Nor does it depend upon the
thinness of the metallic sheet, for piece
of thick boiler plate will take up and
transmit the motions of the air r-parlicles
in all the grades of their subtill,y. And
not only will it do the same thing us the
tympanum, but it will do vastly more;
the gross, dead metal proves, in fact, to
be II hundred times more alive than the
living mechanism of speech and addition.
This is no exaggeration. In quickness,
in accuracy, and even III grasp, there Is a
perfection of sensitive capacity in the
metal, with which the organic instrument
cannot compare. We speak Of the pro.
verbal "quickness of thought" but the
telephone thinks quicker than the nervous
mechanism. Let word be pronounced
for person to repeat, and the telephone
will hear and speak it II hundred miles
away in tenth part of the time that the
listener would need to utter it. Give
man q series of half dozen notes to re
peat, and he can not do it accurately to
save his life; but the iron plate takes
them up, transmits them to another plate
hundreds of miles off, which sings them
forth instantaneously with absolute pre-
cision. The human machine can hear,
and reproduce, in its poor way, only sin.
gle series of notes, while the iron ear of
the telephone will take up whole chords
and strains of music, and, sending them
by lightning through the wire, its iron
tongue will emit them in perfect relations
Of harmony.
Year: 1878

A New Place for the Marine Band to Play.
To he Editor Of the National Republican:


SIR We would suggest that tho Marine
Band, for the warmer months of the year, be
caused to play on the top of the new Centre
Market building at eight o'clock in the even-
ing, and play, say till half.past nine or ten
O'clo'R, Instead OF playing as at present at the
Capitol NJ six p. ~. The reasons for this
change Of time and place are as follows: At
this hour it is cooler and people feel better, aud
are moro Mt liberty to enjoy treat Of this kind
than at the heated and exclusive hours of five
or six p. M. The place Is more central, and
more people will be able to enjoy the pleasure
of the music than at the earlier hours at the
Capitol. The band themselves will be up out
OF the way OF intrudcrs, and have a COL and
delightful air. Music thus elevated will pro-
ducC finer effect upon the ear than if IL Is
Immediately under ones nose. As general
thing people get too close to the players to get
the full sweetness OF the music. Music, In
order to produce its best effect, wants to be q
little distance away. Thus elevated II would,
upon u fine summer evening, come In soothing
tones to the many weary OLes who would be
on tho street Mt this time, and would furnish
u most agreeable treat to tho many who could
gather at this central point to ray homage 10
tho sweet strains which this superior band so
we'll know how to send forth upon tho willing
air Let the experiment he tried at least IL
not from this particular building from some
other well adapted for it.


PHILOMELA.
Year: 1878

TIE Greeubaekers in this District
they say will nominate candidate Tor
Congress. This is not SO. They viii
choose between the Democratic eaudi-
dates as to which oue's financial views
suits them best. and as all the esndi
dates are tiuctured with greenbaek pro
clivities. and are creening just as lar
over to the greeubaekers as possible to
keep himself inside the Democratic
party. it will be difficult for them to
make choice We like the green
backers. and have sometime an incIl-
nation to champion their cause, if for
no other purpose than the exquisite
pleasure of showing some OF our can
didates wherein they themselves so"ed
the seed that have ripeued into these
Greenback clubs all through The DIS
trict. Some who taught the doctrIue,
now are alarmed at the result.
Year: 1878

A successful man is generally a
healthy man; and to preserve ones health,
constant care and the use of that great
preventive means of disease should be used
-Keller's Vegetable Life Drops
Year: 1878

have their new wharf nearly ready for the
track. 1t is very substantial looking
affair. The bridge men are busy, and will
soon be ready to take the iron down pre-
paratory to putting up the big span. There
is one thing about the bridge work here
that has often been the subject of remark,
and that is the few persons hurt. When
one considers the climbing about in all
kinds of weather the men have to do, it is
awonder there are not more accidents. Men
have been thrown from the bottom cord
into the river by the slipping of a stick or
piece of iron, aud one man had quite
narrow escape by getting out on the end
of stick and saving the stick off between
himself and the bridge, throwing himself,
saw and stick into the water. Yet i'll all
their accidents we know of but one which
was attended with fatal results.


MISCELLANEOUS.


The temperance meeting was addressed
by Mr.. Jones, on Thursday evening. Rev.
L. w. Layield will lecture, on Thursday
evening next.-There will be three or four
persons baptized in the Susquehanna, about
a mile above here, on Sunday evening, by
Rev. Mr.. Elliot, of the Household of Faith.


KENO.
Year: 1878

where he remained for about a year, when
he deserted, about the time of the second
battle of Bull Run, and took refuge in Bal
timore He found means while there to
communicate with his brother Henry, who
resided in Port, who laid the matter before
James Armstrong. The result of the con-
ference was that they went to Baltimore,
of his heart, and at the risk of getting into
serious trouble, furnished the means and
found a way to convey the deserter MoG!ll
to New York and get him safely started on
a VOYAGE
Year: 1878

perhaps, by one of the elite or bon ton Of
the other world.


The lady who saw the vision was sleep
ing with her hostess, and awakening with a
start, saw before her bewildered and won-
dering vision the spectre, elegantly appar-
foot of the bed, having under her arm a
nnmbsr OF little boxes, one Of which she
held cut to the lady. Startled, yet retain
ing her. presence of mind, the recipient Of
this ghostly and entirely unannounced visit,
half raised up to receive the profered gift,
when the what-was-it vanished into thin
air, became at once invisible, leaving no
sign or trace of where she had been and no
intimatiou as to where she had gone The
lady said nothing to her hostess, who was
still sleeping at her side, but held her peace
until morning, when she related her expe-
rience. What was it. why was it or who
was il?
Year: 1878

Joe Murphy, the great comedian, will
appear at the Opera House next Saturday
evening in his unequaled roe of Dan OHara
in Kerry Cow" Joe always meets with
the heartiest Of welcomes when he comes to
Leayenworth, and next Saturday evening
viii be no exception. In delineating the
Irish character, Mr.. Murphy is without a
rival, and those who wish to enjoy hearty
laugh should not fail TO be present. The
box sheet will be open this morning at
Moriiar's book store
Year: 1878

At Cromer, on the Norfolk coast, says
an English writer, is submarine forest
plainly visible after northwest gale
has stripped the superficial covering OF
sand and shingle. 1t runs out to sea
for considerable distance, paving the
bottom of the German ocean. Southwark
it extends in a broken and irregular
manner for forty miles. In the black
clay OF this ancient forest you may see
the trunks of trees standing, with their
roots spreading through it as when they
grew. You may pick out fir-cones by
hundreds, and disinter seeds of water
lily and buck bean, rhizomes of ferns,
and host of other plants. You would
have no doubt whatever, at the first
glance, that this is only one of the many
fringing submarine forests to which l
have referred, or that it was of the same
age. When you examine the tall cliffs,
however, which rise almost perpendicu-
larly above you for two hundred feet,
you see that this "forest-bed " strikes
underneath them, and is therefore older
than they are. Every slice peeled off
these wasted cliffs by the northwesterly
gales exhibit a new section to view, with
fresh stumps and wood. How far the
forest stretches inland cannot say, but
it must be some distance, for the cliffs
hereabout waste at the rate OF at least
three feet q year.
Year: 1878

Where are you going so fast, young man2


Where are you going so fast,
With cup in your hand, flush on your brow
Though pleasure and mirth may accompany


you now,
1t tells Of a sorrow TO come by-and-by;
It tells Of pang that is sealed with q sigh;
1t tells Of shame at last, young man,


A withering shame that will last.
Where are you going so fast, young man?


Where are you going so fast?
The flush Of that wine there is only bait,
A curse lies beneath that you'll find when too


late;
serpent sleeps down IN the depths of that


cup;
monster is there that will swallow you up
sorrow you'll find at last, young man
In wine there is sorrow at last.
There's q reckoning day to come, young man
A reckoning day to come;
life yet to live and death yet to die,
A sad, parting tear, and parting sigh;
A journey to take and a famishing heart,
A sharp pang to feel from deaths chilling dart,
A curse if you drink that rum, young man
The bitterest curse in that rum.
Year: 1878

A writer sends to the Elmira Farmers
Club the following cure for gals on the
shoulders of draught animals, which he
says is the best he ever used: Dissolve six
drachms of iodine in half a pint of alcohol,
and apply it on the sore with q feather as
soon as the collar is removed, and, when at
rest, twice day, morning and evening.
The article should be in the stable of every
farmer, as it is an excellent application on
horses where the skin is broken by kicks
or other accidents, and is sure cure for
splints if used in proper manner.-Practi
cal Farmer.
Year: 1878

or what the charges against them
are, or who are the persons to be
arrested, as that might interfere
with the course Of justice. All
these things will come out when the
accused are brought up for exam
nation
Year: 1878

"Acting Mayor Goodyear has the re-
spOnsibiIity on his hands of eighty
thousand dollars to his credit in bank,
the Outpouring of the charity of the
country. What will he do with it ?
It is not a part of the funds of the
city government. 1t can not be used
for any official purpose. It can not be
appropriated by the city for its benefit
az corporation. What will the good
doctor do with it?


Would it not be a good idea to keep
it in bank for the benefit of the first
city in the Union that may be visited
by any similar epidemic in the future?
Year: 1878

LET Democrats who believe that the
question OF the State debt is one OF
too much importance to be ignored,
and who believe that 1t ought to be
honorably settled, ask themselves the
question; "Is there any good reason
why should not vote for DR.. E. NJ.
Wight for Governor
Year: 1878

Placing the little hats all in row,


Ready for church on the morrow, you know
Washing wee faces and little black fists,
Getting them ready and fit to be kissed;
Putting them in clean garments and white
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Spying ou. holes in the little worn hose,
Laying by shoes that are worn through the t
Looking Ger garments so faded and thin
Who but mother knows where to begin?
Changing button to make it look right
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Calling the little ones all round her chair,
Hearing them lisp forth their evening prayer !;
Telling them stories of Jesus of old,


Who loved to gather the lambs to His fold;
Watching, they listen with weary delight
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Creeping so softly to take last peep,
! After the little ones all are asleep Il


Anxious to know if the children are warm,
Tucking the blanket round each little form,
Kissing each little face, rosy and bright
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Kneeling down gently beside the white bed,
Lowly and meekly she bows down her head,
Praying as only mother can pray,


"God, guide and keep them from going astray !!
Year: 1878

GLEANINGs.-Appear to be better than you are,
and aim to be what you appear.


Happy is the man who has neighbors willing to
forgive his mistakes.


Faith that asks no questions kills the soul and
stiles the intellect.


He who thinks poorly of himself cannot win the
respect of his fellows.


When men, women and opportunity meet, the
devil sits down, knowing that the fire will burn
without help from him.


Many who expect to go to heaven, will fndlittle
comfort there unless they are able to get up a
lively trade in harps, and gold and nickel-plated
crowns.