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Year: 1879

Did you ever know a boy,
when he began to work in earn,
est for a living, who ever had
wages enough3 Somehow Sala-
ries and wants never do keep up
with one another. There are not
many who, like the old philoso-
pher, can walk the streets of a
gay city, and note the tempting
wares set out on either side, and
yet say; "How many things
there are that | don't want"
Yet if you can get a little into
this way of looking at the luXu-
ries of life, it will be a great
help to your peace of mind. And
it is a most singular fact that
most fortunes have been laid on
very small foundations, A great
merchant was accustomed to
tell many clerks that he laid
the foundation of his property
when he chopped wood at twen-
ty-fve cents a cord. Whenever
he was tempted to squander a
quarter, he would say, "There
goes a cord of wood" He learn
ed in very early years a lesson
in practical economy. An old
woman had been seen for many
years hanging about the whahs
where vessels were loaded and
unloaded in New York harbor,
intent on picking up grains OF
coffee, corn rice, etc, that by
chance scattered on the piers.
The other day she was badly
hurt by some heavy bags of
grain falling on her. The kind
merchant took up a purse for
old Rosa, and sent her to her
home in Hobokan, in charge Of
an officer. What was his sur
prise to find that the neat and
handsomely furnished cottage
was the property of the old
grain picker, She had literally
built and furnished it, as the
coral workers do their homes,
grain by grain. Do not be dis
couraged though your profits
are small. If you cannot In
crease the income, the only way
out Of the difficulty is to cut
down the wants. Turn every
claim to the best account, and
as prices go, you will be able to
get a vast amount of comfort out
of even a small income. The
habits that you are forming are
also Of the greatest importance,
and may be made the founda-
tion stones of high prosperity.
Elk.
Year: 1879

lHy ulllu w run lOl plVol0'OhV'
What the country wants is a
candidate who cannot be injur-
ed by investigation of his past
history, so that the enemies Of
the party will be unable to rake
up against him things that no
body ever heard of before. II
you know the most about a can
didate to begin with, every at
tempt to spring things on him
will be check mated. Now | am
going to enter the field with an
open record. l am going to own
up in advance to all the wicked
ness | have done, and if any
congressional committee is sup
posed to prowl around my biog-
raphy, in the hope of finding
any dark and deadly deed
which | secreted, why let it
howl.


In the first place, | admit that
| treed a rheumatic grandfather
of mine in the winter Of 1850.
He was old and ineXpert in
climbing trees; but with a heart
less brutality that is character
istic of me, | ran him out of the
front door in his night-shirt at
the point of a shotgun and
caused him to bowl up a maple
tree, where he remained all
night, while [ emptied shot in
his legs. [ did this because he
snored. I will do it again if |
ever have another grandfather.
| am as inhumane now as I was
in 1850. No rheumatic person
shall snore in my house.


I candidly acknowledge that
| ran away at the battle Of Get
tysburg. My friends have tried
to smooth over this fact by as
serting that | merely got behind
a tree--that | did so for the pur-
pose Of initiating WaShinton,
who went into the woods at Val
ley Forge to say his prayers. I
struck out in a straight line for
the Tropic Of Cancer, simply
because Twas scared. wanted
my country saved, but | prefer
ed that somebody else save her.
| entertain that preference yet.
If the bubble reputation can be
obtained only at the 'cannon's
mouth | am willing to 60 there
for it, provided the cannon is
empty. If it is loaded, my i'm
mortal and inHexible purpose is
to get over the fence and 20
home. My invariable practice
in war has been to bring out Of
any fight two-thirds more men
than [ took in. This seems to
be Napoleanic in its granduer.


My financial views are of the
most decided character, but
they are not likely, perhaps, to
increase my popularity with the
advocates of imitation. | do not
insist upon the special supre1na-
cy Of rag money or hard money.
The great fundamental plinci-
pie Of my life is to take any
kind | can get,


The fumor that | buried a
dead aunt under one of my
grape vines is founded upon
fact. The vines needed fertiIiz-
ing, my aunt had to be buried,
and | dedicated her to this pur-
pose. Does that unfit me for
the presidency The constitu-
tion Of our country does not say
so. No other citizen was ever
considered nworthy Of the Of
flee because he enriched his
grape vines with his relatives.
Why should I be the first vic
tim of an abused prejudice?


I admit also that | am not a
friend to the poor man. / re-
gard the poor man, in his pres
ent condition, as so much wasted
material. Cut up and properly
canned he might be made useful
to fatten the natives of the Can


II
Year: 1879

LANSING, Mich, May 10, 1879


Dean AvALACHE.-Matters are as
aming business shape in the Legisla-
SIRE The House held an evening ses-
sion last evening and worked until
midnight, and considered about fifteen
bills I'm committee Of the whole, The
House is now at work on the tax bill
reported 10y tine special joint commit
tee on taxation. This bill is of much
Importance 90 the people of the State
and win doubtless occupy the atteu-
tion OF the House for several days. It
provides some radical changes in the
old tax law. among which is a plan 70
make taN titles absolute, or as nearly
30 as possible, Under this bill tax
sales Of real estate are to be made


through the Courts, and judgement
ootuued against the land, and eAecu-
TO issue as i'm other cases.


The bill also provides that persons
listing their property shall do so under
oath, and that supervisors shall assess
property at its true cash caiue, and
make their returns on oath.


Quite an amusing incident occurred
during the evening session last evening.
The House went into the committee
of the whole, with Capt. Allen, of
Wuhtcnaw, in the Chair Late in the
evening. some member thinking per-
Lar. that the chairman was getting
hungry sent a messenger boy into the
reporter's gallery with section Of boil
oua sausage about three feet long;
thc boy quietly let it down by a string
directly n front Of the chairman; this
Year: 1879

a small party under the leadership
of Mr. L. P Ramsdell, went fishing to
Portage Lake last week. Nothing of
unusual Importance occurred on the
way The party arrived at the lake
shortly after dark, and after the usual
prelhninaries were arranged, in the
shape of wood and spears, the party
started around the lake in boat re-
sembline the Great Eastern in point OF
size and general make up.


Soon the spears began to play. and
the way the bass and pickerel were
hauled into that boat, would have done
credit to an Esquimaux fisherman.
One of the party got his eye on a huge
pickerel just as ne was Disappearing
over the side of the boat, having slip
ped from one of the spears. Like a
true hero, ne made a dive for the fish
and caught him; but another one of
the party. fearing to lose both man
and fish. caught the coat-tail of the
wou'd-be diver and thereby prevented
q catastrophe.


After capturing some Of the finest
specimens the lake atToads, the party
returned to the Hotel de Ramsolel, and
partook of "a substantial lunch. after
which ,hey wended their way toward

Grayling, none the worse for having
passed "a pleasant evening.
Year: 1879

I'm the evening an Ice Cream Festival
and dance was held under the auspices
Of the club. Everything passed off
pleasantly, until the wee sma" hours
when all retired to their respective
homes.
Year: 1879

Falrmout VIFyinIAn.


One of ourgood citizens has already said
that he will go $500 for its location here.
Have we not one hundred good and able
men in the county who will give $500
each in this great enterprise? The men
are here and tho money is here. Let not
only the Church wake up but the general
public. Wehave one Of the most delight
iul sites in the country for the Seminary.
Let all move together,
Year: 1879

PARIS, March Lit is said here that
Queen Victoria will leave London at the
end Of March for the Continent, resting
one night at the British Embassy here and
then proceed TO the Italian lakes, where
she will be met by the Duke and Duchess
Of Connaught, on their wedding tour. Her
Majesty thence goes to Germany.


MacMahon yesterday visited the Mu.
scum Of Decorative Art.
Year: 1879

lie who has money has the necromancer's s art.
If you have all you want, people are perfectly
willing to give you more; If you have nothing,
people are willing to give you more of that too.
There is On Italian prOyerb which truly says, Let
us have a0rins, and we shall be sure to have
cousins. a
Year: 1879

SILVER WILL Do FOR IIIM.-A Wash
inston dispatch to Chicago paper some
time ago stated that " Treasurer Gilfllan
has attempted to make Secretary Shcrman's
plan more successful by sending great
number Of circulars to private individuals
as well rs to banking institutions, notifying
them that silver in amounts of from 81
600 to $4,000 will be sent free to any ad-
dress" Some Of the Western people have
not gone beyond what was said in the dis
patch and graspcd what was meant to have
been said. AS witness the following extract
from letter just received by the treasurer
from an Illinois back woodsman II have
seen tho plan of Secretary Sherman, also
the plan of yours. Now am a deserving
poor man, with a large family and no mon
ey ; and you say that you will send free
to any address from 81 900 to S1O,000.-
| will take any amount from the lowest
figure named up to the $4,000, and will
make good use Of it. | think if you want
to give it away, give it to the deserving
poor. | would, indeed, like to be one that
gets some Of the silver dollars. So let me,
and send rs much as possible to needy
poor man, and do a Gods blessing. En-
closed you will find the piece cut out Of the
paper. My address is" &c.
Year: 1879

a WIDOW SUCCESSFULLY TRACING


Her STOLEN CuILD.-A romance in real
life, stranger than any fiction, has recently
had its dcnoucmcnt, one of the parties
most Interested being resident Of this city


This is widow lady, whose name wo arc
not at liberty to make public for the pres
ent, who has recently discovered the whcro-
abouts of long.lost daughter, stolen from
her twenty seven y,ars ago, when an infant.
The lady, though resident of Springfield
for some years past, is native of Hartford,
Conn: and went with her husband, after
her marriage, to Western New York, which
was then good deal of wilderness as
compared with its condition now. Her
first child, girl, was born there, and sho
was on her way to join her husband, after
temporary separation, when the infant was
stolen from her during long stage journey,
and she has never seen the child since,
though, as noted above, she has recently
discovered that she is alive and living in
Wisconsin, where she is married and has
three children. The anguish of the moth.
er ut losing her frst-born child can be con-
ccivcd but not described. A long fit of
sickness followed, and after her recovery
all possible search was made for the miss
ing babe, but without success But tho
mother never gave up hope of hearing Of
her child, and after twenty seven years had
elapsed her faith and patience have at last
been rewarded. 1t seems she always sus-
pccted a man who carried her some fifteen
miles by private conveyance to meet the
stage, when OH her way to join her husband,
Of stealing the child, with the intention of
adopting it as his own. She now knows
that he was the abductor. He gave it to
an accomplicc, who took it some fifty
miles across the border, into Pennsylvania,
where it was placed in family, with
sum Of money sufficient to provide for its
wants for some time. His evident intention
was to reclaim the child when he could do
SO without suspicion. But the time never
came when he dared to do it, and the little
girl grew up rs the adopted child of the
family, finally married the younger brother
of the master of the house, and removed to
Wisconsin, where the family is prosperous
and happy. Communication has been cs-
tablished for some months now between the
mother and daughter, and photographs cx-
--<y-i,--i.-i------i-,-- --------a--s-h
the relationship, if any had existed before.
They propose to have meeting soon near
the scene of their tragic parting more than
a quarter Of a century ago. What meet
ing it will be .-SprinafcM Nass.,) Lnion.
Year: 1879

rremesn Der beautiful land far away,
N isle by the blue earessed,
Nh the fields green a. the mountains SO gray
In this isle far away in the Wtst.
There rocks grim and hoarv and stately old hills,
SIN fcho the peasant's sweet song;
And broad shining rivers and m I'M urir rils


60 flashing and dancing along.
And many grotto and wierd.looking dell


Peep out from their emerald breast;
oh we'll may the fairies continue to dwell


In this beautiful isle of the West.
oh land ever lovely though many long years


NV feet have the strangers soil prest
Thy memory comes with gush of fond tears


Sweet home OF my youth in the West.
And often dream of the time when child


sat Mt the old cottage door,
with head full of fances romantic and wild,
And heart with warm love brimming DER
In tie glens, through the tangled green bushes I
And, oh supremely am blest,
And oven in spirit again I'm at home


At home in the beautiful West.
Still. Hfes troubled day to its close draWeth nigh,
Like some poor little bird to ts nest.
This heart. WON and weary, right gladly would fy
To its own darling Isle in the West.
Oh. Erin the heart that has felt the deep spoil
OF thy beauty and witchiug romance
Tossed about by the billows Of chance.
For ever the souls Of the wanderers crave
To return to the land they love beet
That their wings may be folded at last in the grave
In their own blessed isle in the West
Year: 1879

Probabilities OF Second Called Session


Interfering with Customs and Rev.


enues.


WASHINGTON, June 2G.-The second
branch of the Judicial Expenses bill, con.
tanning the appropriation for marshals,
with the provision forbidding It's applica.
ton to their duties in connection with
elections, will pass the House tomorrow,
and it is the intention OF the Democrats to
put both bills through the Senate on FRI
day and get them to the President on that
day. If possible, and by Saturday at
iartlieSt.


The bills will probably come back to
Congress together, the first approved, the
second with veto. Senator Davis, Chair
man OF the Senate Appropriation Com
mittee, has in his hands resolution for
adjournment, with the hour and day
blank, which he is authorized to offer at
his pleasure. The Democrats will seek to
adjourn as soon as possible after they get
the veto. That they will be called back by
the President Immediately is suspected,
but not known.


The failure to appropriate for the pay
OF Marshals and their deputies would
prove to bea much more serious matter
than would appear at first consideration.
1t would seriously embarrass the collec-
ton OF customs everywhere, and more
seriously with internal revenue, especially
with the whisky tax in the seven moon
shining States.
Year: 1879

DEMOCRATIC BLuHDER.


WAsnlNoroS, June 2G.-It is regarded
as good joke to be enjoyed by the coun-
try land paid for by the taxpayers) that
the Democratic Congress forced an extra
session which has cost about one million
Of dollars, aud the net result is that they
have got the President to sign a bill
against the use Of troops at the polls as a
police force. When it is further known
that he has opposed such use all the time,
never having employed them that way,
and never intending to, and never con.
tending that he had a right to, the atti.
tude OF the Democrats is very ridiculous,
and they will be put to their trumps next
fall to answer the questions as to these
matters which will naturally suggest them.
selves.


Stump speakers who are going to Ohio
for the Republicans say that Of all the
weak poines in party whose cause has
been illustrated by blunders, this last is
about the largest, and will be made to
serve excellent effect there this summer
and fall. ....
Year: 1879

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative. or blood-cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectorai.
Golden Medical Discovery
Is Cholagogue. or Liver Stimulant
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1879

Arrest Of q Gang of Burgiars-Lynch.- Law


Likely to be Enforced. -


NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 26.-Saturday and
yesterday IA men, four white and 10 blacks,
were arrested near Murfreesboro, ON the
charge of robbery, arson anu murder. Great
excitement has since prevailed. and things
have looked stormy for the prisoners, the
indignation Of the public having been stimu-
lated by the confession OF John Hall and Bur.
rel Smith that they were together at the KILL
ing OF Major Pugh, about a week ago. Things
have taken such q serious turn that in answer
to dispatches from the kauthorities, Governor
Marks went to Murfreesboro this afternoon,
and tonight delivered strong speech urging
the people to join with him in an honest and
earnest effort to uphold and enforce the law.
The removal of the prisoners to an adjoining
county for safe keeping has been suggested.
He wanted to confer with and rely upon the
tended to give them every assistance in his
power to enforce, uphold and vindicate the
law. He plead with them not to stain his ad-
ministration by a violation of the law. He
plead with the m in the most forcible manner
to let the law take Its course, p.edgfng them q
special term of the criminal court for the pur-
pose of having immediate trial. Four promi-
law. The crowd manifested impatience when
the trial would be set. The governor left Muir
freesboro at 10 o'clock. The success of his mis-
sion is a question upon which there is a diver
sity OF opinion. 4f
Year: 1879

Flood in Flat Rock River-Immense DAM


age. rE 19


Special to the Sentinel: rlr8


ST. PAUL, Ind, May 26.-The very heavy
rains and consequent rapid rise of Flat Rock
river last night and this morning have done
immense damage to the stone quarries here
filling them with sand and gravel, SO that
work can not be resumed for several days. A
number of cars are in danger of being wrecked
The river rose five feet from o'clock this
morning to l this afternoon. 1t Is now falling
Year: 1879

NEW YORK. May 26.-To-day, in the clerks
office of the United States circuit court, the
United States district attorney filed his blu Of
discovery in the case of the United States
against Samuel J. Tilden, to recover for alleged
deficiencies in his income tax. When she
case was on the calendar for trial several
months ago the counsel for Tilden answered
ready, and the district attorney asked leave to
file q bill OF discovery on the ground that
much of the testimony taken before the COM
mission, out West, was liable to objection,
and that the bill of discovery would very
much facilitate matters, and would make an
easy trial possible.
Year: 1879

CHICAGO May 26.-A committee of the City
Council. appointed to examine into the condi-
ton of the new city building now IN process
of erection here. reported tonight tn At there
are many and serious defects In the stone
workmanship and character OF work done.
and that the whole structure should 7e pulled
dowa and rebuilt according to contract. The
expense entailed by following this advice
would approach 100000.
Year: 1879

slg THE COMING D0yAL SPEECH.


MADRID, May Alt is understood that
royal speech at the opening OF the Cortes =
express the Governments desire to render the
position Of the colonies similar to that of the
provinces OF the mother country.
Year: 1879

What the Democrats of the House are in


Favor OF.


WAsHrNGToN. May 26.-The Democratic eau
Gus committee OF the House had q conference
this afternoon. and agreed to recommend that
NO further plans be decided upon by the ma
jority, until the Senate shall have disposed OF
the Warner silver bill, which passed the
House Saturday. This proposition wiz be
submitted at joint meeting OF the Senate
and House caucus committees tomorrow
evening.
Year: 1879

Last Sunday evening Miss Florence Ora
ham of this village, about twenty years of
age, was taking horseback ride, and when
about mile and half south of town two
young men, William Millera and Ruple.dro
up, each in buggy, whooping and hallow-
ing like wild savages, soaring the horse Of
the equestrian, causing him to rear and
plunge violently. In the intervals of the
rearing Of the horse Miss Graham assured
the men that if they would get out of their
buggy she would dismount and take plees-
ure in thrashing them. To this they returned
jeers and laughter, and drove on. Soon af-
ter she met Miller again south of town. As
she met the buggy she hastily dismountsd
and unsnapped the lines from the bride Of
her assailant's horse, which thus freed from
control ran into fence corner, when young
Miller alighted. Miss Graham had followed
closely, and as he alighted cu(fed him with
her left hand, while holding her horse with
her right, administering at the same time
sound maxims on etiquette and the proper
way for young gentlemen to behave them
selves in the company ofladies. Miller had
a driving whip in his hand, which the rate
equestrian wrenched from him, and, lash,ng
him with it, bade him depart; which he
speedily did while she, remountng. rode
VIGOROUSLY into town. The next morning
Miller, Sr., came as an envoy to recover the
whip,which, on his application, was handed
over to him. A subscription was mmali
ately started, and sum sufficient to buy
Miss Graham dress was raised and handed
to her by admirers of her plucl, and sclr-re-
lance cassopolis (Afich.) Democrat.
Year: 1879

Captain Edward C. Nichols; of the bark
Noriena, of Portland, while stopping at Port
Mahon in the MediterranauJ making re-
pairs made the acquaintance of a we'll
known citizen Of that port, Antonio Barte-
oni, who presented him with a silver coin
which Is supposed to be very yaluablej and
one Of the most remarkable curiosities ever
brought to this country Barteuni says this
coin is one of the original shehels Of the kind
used in the purchase of Joseph at the time
he was sold by his brethren into Egypt and
that it was made with some kind of flint
stone by the ancients. He says it came into
possession of his family from the Moors,
and has heen handed down from generation
to generation until row, While people are
at liberty to take their own view of this es-
innate OF its antiquity, it seems to be better
established that the coin is one which was
eagerly songht after fifty years ago by the
officers of one of our United States man-of-
war vessels, who applied to the owner Cor it,
but which Signor BartgUti then carefully
kept from them. 1t is almost square in
shape; and has some peculiar hieroglyphics
worked on both sides. - Bel0iSton Name
Journal.
Year: 1879

" Saw wood? Saw wood for my dinner?"
said tramp, with look of horror. Not
much, won't 1t isn't that object to labor.
yield to no man in respect for the God
given privilege of earning my sweat--l
mean sweating my earning-that is tc say;
breadng my earn by the brow of-you know
what meant l am ready nay anxious
to work Give me some hay to spread, right
out here in the snow. Show me where there
is a stone wall to lay-behind. Anything
but helping. in the most distant way, 90 de-
vasta.e the mighty forests Of this broad land
that the Almighty meant to gather moisture
and induce the reviving rain to fall upon
the moist earth. Why, do you know that
this continent is doomed TO become an arid
desert if this destruction goes on? It's a
fact and won't be party to il. No for
ests, no rainj everything dry-dry as am.
decline the responsibility for it. Tell me
you've got some coal 10 carry in, and I'll
see if can't send you boy to do iti but no
wood saving for me, if you please"