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Year: 1879

Secretary Sherman made speech yesterday,
to the Philadelphia excursionists, who escorted
him on his inspection OF the Delaware river and
the great city OF Philadelphia, he said, II had
that it would be good thing to get back to
l am pretty stubborn about principles hold to,
and that / will carry out what 1 begin. /
never had any doubt about the ability to re-
some Of these. no doubt, who hear me
thought it was not wise undertaking to at
tempt to make the vast volume Of our paper
enough to DO it. was the judge: had the
law on my side, the power to bring it about and
the determination to do IT.. The result had


All 10 a ana I
those who labor as well as those who spend
money-all are benefited by stable currency
such as we have to-day. Now, gentlemen, 1
think ! have said all I need say. am very
hopeful OF the future progress OF our country.
We are happily situated, compared with other
countries. We have broad, uncultivated area
OF land that has never been broken by the plow
We have mines, compared with the enormous
value Of which the vaunted mines OF Peru
were poor ana scant. The ComstOck lode and
others are greater than anything In the history
of the world. Two years ago labor was suffer-,
ing in the principal cities OF this country.
Men were afraid that our institutions could
not stand ndo the strain and would break
sion greater than that in England and France
o. Germany had come People were suffering and
could not get work, and discomfort reigned su-
preme. Some went to uncultivated lands In the
west. others went away, and migration finally
cqualiZed the demand and supply of labor. until
now, In two years, believe there is not any
part OF the United States where honest labor
cannot get an honest days work and honest
money to pay for it. There are those who held
that our currency never could be maintained
equal to coin with demand upon us OF eighty
or ninety million OF dollars year. l can say to
you now that we have the means, so rarely do
they care about gold Or silver for money that
only S., 600 have been drawn for notes and
greenbacks This is the strangest thing
about it, Now that gold is so easy to get no
body cares to take the trouble OF Carrying
1t. 1t Is fact that in every month last year
and the year before and the year before
tnat there was more gold paid from the
treasury than has now been demanded from
the 1st OF January Of this year to the present
time for all purposes, and our notes, instead of
Deing at 10 or Is per cent. below par, now that
We have gold and silver to pay them on de-
mand. are actually now at premium. The
treasury department In San Francisco wanted
notes instead OF gold, and we refused to give
them greenDackS. In New York and Philadel-
phia no one wants gold. When they couldn't
get 1t everybody wanted 1t; when they can no.
BODY does. Resumption is now fixed fact but
we nave got to stand by and not let demagogues
ana trlcksters cheat us out OF what we have ac-
cOmplfshed."


After the party had landed, Secretary Sher-
man remained on the Hamilton, which soon
after departed for New York. The Secretary
Will breakfast at Cape May tomorrow morn
Ing, and will probably dine at Long Branch at
noon.
Year: 1879

A BALTIMORE SENSATION ExrLoDRD.-The
Baltimore Sun Of this morning says In refer
ence 10 the sensational story OF young woman
who was said TO have been approached on The
public streets OF Baltimore at an early hour
saturday evening by man who chlerofofme0
her into ''seml- consciousness. !" and then, con
yeylDg her by street Car to the suburbs noar
Druid Bill park, brutally outraged her, that the
Office Yesterday acknowledged that what she
hsd told the two reporters about drugs and
outrage was lie out OF whole cloth. She sAa0
cars, hear Liberty street, by young man WIN
whom she had been drinking. She fell aBioop
In the Car from the effects OF her potations, an6
when she woke up she found herself on the
strange situation, and lost her way, and WAS
wandering back into the city, where she met
The two midnight philanthropists.
Year: 1879

FIRES IN THE DISMAL SwAMP.-For several
days fierce fires have been raging In various
parts OF the Dismal Swamp caused by the pro-
tracted drought, and large quantities OF cord
Sunday the flames seemed to be greatly In.
creased near Portsmouth, and the smoke hung
IN huge masses over the city all day The soil
OF the swamp mas burned In some places twenty
feet below the surface Unless there is rain
soon the destruction OF property In the Swami
region will be serious to the timber getters.
Year: 1879

The power of the printed page so far
transcends any personal speech, in these
days OF universal reading, that any COM
parison would be futile.


When the strongest array of facts, the
most cogent reasoning possible, persua-
sion that melts into pathos, or ringing
sentences that leap electric from point to
point in the argument, can all be COM
passed in form, and struck off by the
hundred thousand and transmitted in one
day to the people of n whole State, what
voice, even though of siren or saint,
can hope to compete with its influenceP
And this power of print, wonderful as it
now seems, is only at the lightning; for
invention is already rife with methods of
rendering it vocal as human speech, in
stant as photography, and infinite in re-
production.


Facts are what the world wants to see
in print, and facts are short, sturdy
things, just fit to put in print. Opinions
are of value only as they hold facts in
solution. Your moving eloquences are
but facts on fire. Iteration, too. and re-
iteration a. e essential. Facts which come
through the eyes are more permanent,
when fixed, than those got though the
ear; yet, like kilograms, they require to be
repeated to make sure.


In right cause the printed page in its
rapidity of reach and result is past belief
1t is with such weapons that reforms are
waged. Multiply impressions and effects
become cumulative. Scatter a few scores
of these documents in the quiet by-ways
where the wrong is being brooded over
and soon there will be neighborhood
in a blaze. Feed the flame, extend the
circle, spread the papers, and in a few
months good result will be accom-
plished.


Print is at its cheapest, and the amount
of invaluable publications to be had by
the poorest fully equals his time to pc
ruse it. When good paper is sent the
whole year for a dollar or two, it re-
minimum of prices paid for every right
word said in it.-B. Gratz BrOUn.
Year: 1879

He who runs after shadow has a
wearisome race.


Those who cry the loudest have gen
orally the least to sell.


There are two kinds Ofgeniuses-the
clever and the too clever.


1t is the best proof of the virtues of
family circle to see happy fireside.


How few faults are there seen by us
which we have not ourselves com
mitted.
Year: 1879

"A Report for It's Abolition to be Presented


to the Chamber of Commerce.


The committee appointed by the chamber OF
commerce to consider the majority and minori-
ty reports submitted on the swindling brass
kettle, was called to meet at II o'clock yeste1
day. The portion of the committee who re-
sponded to the call, agreed to submit the fol-
lowing resolutions to the chamber for consider
alton next Monday:


Resolyed, That it having been thoroughly
demonstrated that the brass tester can be more
easily manipulated to give different weights for
the same grain than other devices, it should be
abolished, and it's use forbidden in this State.


Resolped, That our legislature be requested
to take such action as will prevent the use of
the brass tester in this State, and that other
States be requested to cooperate.


Resoloed, That we cordially recommend the
movement now in progress in New York and
Eastern commercial centers (Which has become
an established practice in England) to have the
pound taken as the unit of weight in the sale
of all articles Of produce, and that we recon-
mend such action by Congress as will make
transactions throughout the country uniformly
on the pound basis.


Rcsolved, That the time has come when the
Northwest, which already does, and in the
future must continue to increase in supplying
the world with breadstuffs should establish a
grade for wheat, and not az now, be subjected
to the manipulation of grades at intermediate
points between the producer and consumer of
this great staple.
Year: 1879




The case of Patrick Nash against the city OF st.
Paul was brought to an end yesterday. It came up
IN the district court on the 7th inst and Thursday
the argument was closed, Messrs. Brsbin h Open
neim appearing for the plaintiff and City Attorney
Wllkn charged the jury at great length He re-
vieweo we the case and great amount of testimony.
Inc nature OF the case is familiar to all the GLOBE
rea0ers IN substance it was as follows:


The plaintiff in the action soupht to recover an al
ieseu oss OF profits upon certain contract entered
into by him with the city for the construction of what
was known as the Rice street sewer in this city. He
claims that after having entered upon the perform
ance OF his contract the city wrongfnly ousted him
from the work and took charge of ITSELF compet-
ing 1t under the superintendence of its engineer and
snat oy reason of that he lost profits that he would
have made upon the work to the amount of some
thing over $4,000. He also claims that he was COM
peNed by the city engineer during the time he was
hmsef IN charge of the work to do certain portion
Oh the work IN manner different from the re-
quirements of the contract, and to take down and
rebuild certain portion of the work wrongfuy and
ne claims TO nave been damaged by reason of that
aouon OF the city engineer to ths amount Of $1,000
lowed to him before he had been ousted from the
work. were retained by the city, and the amount of
which is 81 $40 and some cents He also claims thai
tnere was an amount of work not included in the es
1lihates ana or materials left by him the ground
when the city took possession, which the CITY appro
Prlated to its own use to the amount Of scne S17OO
ne claims Judgment in the aggregate to the amount
OF some $4,000 and interest


70 offset these claims of the plaintiff. the cit,
brings IN counterclam for S., 900. The same beine
aleged to have been expended by the CITY in fur
therlng erin work delayed and neglected by plaintiff.


me case Went to the jury the general anticipation
turned verdict for the defendant the city, and as
sessed damages at 81. A motion for q stay O
agd OF sty DAYS made by plaintiff
hlce street sewer controversy.
Year: 1879

From the Tribune, Feb. 10.


In publishing the following :strong card it is
our aim to adhere strictly to the truth and
the very fact that we publish such strong
card over our own signature ought to convince
the most skeptical that we mean just what we
say, and that ia this: We want every man, wo-
man and child in this city to know that Dr. E.
B. Halliday's Blood Purifier has proven to our
entire satisfaction the most wonderful blood
medicine that has ever been sold in this city.
We are utterly astonished at its results. We
could fill column after column of this paper
with testimonials to this most wonderful blood
remedy, as hundreds and hundreds of our citi-
zens, from the common )aborer to the man of
wealth, are enthusiastic in their endorsement
of this valuable remedy. We are selling daily
more of DR.. Halliday's Blood Purifier than all Of
the other popular blood remedies combined For
catarrh, female weakness, urinary diseases and
general debility it has no equal in the civilized
world. In fact, it builds you right up, and
makes life worth the living. Bon't fail to try
it. CRossMAN & PLUMMER,


City Hall Drug Store


Sole Agents for Minneapolis.
Year: 1879

ONE OF the leading Philadelphia
journals adds its cheerful voice to the
bracing reports from the eastern coun-
try in the following language:


From every quarter come words OF
cheer in regard to the restoration OF
business and the restoration OF conf
dence among trades people. The
country may now be SAID to have
reached the point where depression and
stagnntion will cease, and everything in
the shape of business take great strides
forward in the direction of general
prosperity. Our merchants were never
more hopeful or cheerful, while manu-
fHcturcrs are doing their best to meet
the demands mado upon thom by their
customers"
Year: 1879

GEoRoE MARSHALL, a newspaper man
we'll known on the Comstock, writes
from Leadville that it is not the place
for him. There are here and there in
the camp a few patches OF carbonate
ore, but in the whole place there are
not as many miners Ht work as are EN- &.
ployed in one mino on The Comstock,
and couple of two-horse wagons are
able to haul away all tho ore extracted.
He considers it the thinuest proposition
on which to build up mining excite
ment that he has yet seen. There is no
money in the country except that
brought there by men coming to seek
their fortunes, and everybody wants to
sell out,
Year: 1879

The Times. RerieU reports that the In
dians at the Duck valley reservation,
aud especially those who were removed
from the Carlin farm, seem perfectly
contented and are working we'll. About
four hundred acres will be cultivated in
wheat barley and vegetables.
Year: 1879

TnE Gazette says that tho Central
Pacific Railroad Company have finally
settled on moving tho railroad shops
from Wadsworih to Reno The head
quarters OF the Truckeo Division will
also be removed from Truckoo to that
f,1acn
Year: 1879

b@r Theintelligence comes from Washington
that the proposal to put Grant at the head Of
the army, with salary Of fifty thousand dol
lars year, is generally approved by mem:
bers of Congress. So enthusiastic are some of
them in behalf of it that it is proposed to
suspend the rules and press the bill at once,
if possible, and the belief is general that it
would go through by vote in every sense
non.partisan. Everybody takes it as matter
Of course that Grant will be delighted with
this arrangement, and prefer it to any number
of terms as President. He has often spoken
about the sacrifices he made when he gave up
his life position as General of the Army to
become President:
Year: 1879

ss The report Of the Philadelphia board Of
steam vessel inspectors, concerning the collis-
ion on the 9TH ultimo between the steamer
Champion and the British ship Lady Octa-
via, declares that the disaster was wholly due
to the absence of proper lookout on the
Champion. The board is Of opinion that the
fault rests mainly with R. n. Leonard, first.
mate of the Champion, and if he had sur.
vived, his action should have been condemned
in severe terms. The evidence shows that it
was the Lady Octavia that ran into the
Champion, but that under the evidence, the
officers Of the Octavia should be exempt from
all blame.
Year: 1879

Our RECEIPT FOR CURING MEAT.-As
the season has arrived when curing meat is
in order, we republish as Of old, our famous
receipt for curing beef, pork, mutton, hams,
&c., as follows:


To one gallon of water,


Take II pounds Of salt,


pound of sugar,


ounce Of saltpetre


ounce of potash.


In this ratio the pickle can be increased to
any quantity desired. Let these be boiled
together until all the dirt from the sugar rises
to the top and is skinned of. Then throw
it into a tub to cool, and when cold, pour it
over your beef or pork. The meat must be
well-covered with pickle, and should not be
put down for at least two days after kill
ing, during which time it should be slightly
sprinkled with powdered saltpetre, which re-
moves all the surface-blood, &C., leaving the
meat fresh and clean. Some omit boiling the
pickle, and find it to answer we'll, though the
operation of boiling puriGes the pickle by
throwing off the dirt always to be found in
salt and sugar. If this receipt is strictly fol-
lowed, it will require only single trial to
prove its superiority over the common way.
or most ways of putting down meat, and will
not soon be abandoned for any other. The
meat is unsurpassed for sweetness, delicacy
and freshness of color.-Gsrmanto,on 1ele-
graph. M
Year: 1879

find light corored clothing the most sesvicea.
bic in Summer. That circus horse behind
you is what many people call calico horse.
Now, call him genuine piebald. It's q
freak of nature, and may happen anywhere"
Year: 1879

D@ Did you ever notice that there is some
thing really musical in the pitiful weeping
of your own baby-God bless it land some.
thing, everything fendishly discordant in the
squalling Of your neighbours bowling young
one? How is it, anyhow, that it always is
that way sglgs ~ B
Year: 1879

the average of their imported brethren, will
work we'll for shilling day, which is less
than the American negro, with two or three
to provide for, requires. The American emi'
grants have not been able to 60 to the country
and the able-bodied among them have sup
piled no element of strength that the town
needed. There were very few artisans in
their number, and the most were drawn from
the commonest ranks OF Southern field hands.
They have done nothing yet to identify them
with the country or The interests of its people,
and the only hope they cherish is that some
happy chance will enable them to come back
to America. There are quite number Of
women and children, widowed and orphaned,
who are still dependent for the little they
have upon the kind Offices of their neighbors.
A few men are employed by the Liberian
Government, others work with the Kroos,
unloading the vessels that now and then an.
chor off the shore, and others make the scan
tiest sort of living as hired men on coffee
farms within few miles of town. Naturally
enough they can see no bright side to Liberia,
and their constant repinings and helplessness
have made them no fiiends among the people,
who have about all they can do take care Of
themselves The emigrants which the Amer
ican Colonization Society have sent out with.
in the past two years are doing better,
although there is considerable discomfort
among them. Very few of them have moved
into the interior, as was the original purpose
of the majority. They hang about Monrovia
or work on the farms few miles from the
town.


The Monrovia, which has been lying at
the Empire Stores, in Brooklyn, will be
placed in dry dock this week and thorough
iy oyerhauled. She will then be loaded for
another al voyage, and will start for Liberia
December Is. The Colonization Society has
already applied for accommodations for sixty
emigrants, and the number will probably be
increased to eighty or one hundred before the
day of sailing A clergyman will 60 out to
Join the Episcopal mission.-N Y. Herald.
Year: 1879

OLD AaE.-Fourscore years and ten is now
the general term of human existence. With
women the 6ftieth, and with men the sixtieth
year, may generally be considered that in
which they begin to exhibit sgus Of infrmlty
and decrepitude. Disease incidental to this
stage of life then come into play, and their
effect upon the habit and constitution is soon
manifest. Especially do such diseases as
gout, rheumatism, apoplexy and paralysis
arise to make wreck of the constitution;
and cancer, more particularly in woman,
commits ravages, destroying its victims with
deadly certainty. Now it is, that any excess
es committed in the earlier periods Of life,
any habitual infringements Of the laws Of
health, are found to have told upon the con-
stitution, although this was not apparent in
the full yigor of manhood. Now it is, that
we find impaired powers of respiration, of se'
cretion, and Of digestion, rendering it neces-
sary to be careful Of the air we breathe, the
exercise we take, and the food we eat. Early
to bed, but not early to rise, is the rule at this
period of life; or, at all events, must rest.


Exercise should be taken by the aged, but
Of passive character and not carried to IA
tigue; warmth is essential to their comfort
cleanliness, though often neglected bv the
aged, is very necessary to the preservation OF
life and with these requisites, amusements
should not be overlooked, though it should
be of quiet, unexciting nature. II unable
to read, themselves, they should be read to-;
for one of the greatest pleasures of the aged
consist in old memories and associations.


Aged persons live very much in world Of
the past, and if sometimes tediously garrulous,
it should be remembered, that from them this
world, with its exciting hopes and depressing
cares, is rapidly passing away; that We may
not hereafter have cause for regret, let US
gently smooth the pathway Of declining age.
Year: 1879

An English scientific paper remarks as
curious physiological fact that although
open air life is so favorable to health, yet it
has the apparent effect of stunting growth
in early youth While the children of we'll
to-do-parents, carefully housed and tended
are taller for their age than the children of
the poor, they are not so strong in after years.
The laborers' children, for instance, who
play in the lonely country roads and fields
all day, whose parents lock their cottage
doors when leaving for work in the morn
ing, so that their offspring shall not gain en-
trance and do mischief, are almost invariably
short for their age. The children of work
ing farmers exhibit the same peculiarity
After sixteen or eighteen, after years of
hesitation as it were, the lads shoot up and
become great hulking, broad fellows, pos
sessed OF immense strength. Hence it
would seem that indoor life forces growth
at the wrong period and so INJURIES" By
way of comment on this the Scientific Amer
icdn says " The inference is plausible, but
wide of the mark. The children of the we'll
to do are not tall because they are well fed
and saved from severe exposure. The chill
dren Of the poor are stunted not by too
much sun and air, but because they are ill
fed. Give the first class plenty of outdoor
play with their proper diet and they will be
strong as well as tall; give to the laborers'
children the food suitable to their years and
no amount Of sun and wind will stunt them.
On the contrary, they will not have to wait
I'LL age brings capacity to turn strong food
to bone and muscle, aud time to overcome
the evil effects of the hard times in early
life, but will grow from the first steadily
and sturdily."
Year: 1879

"Plead for your Christianity as eloquently
as you like, but till | see your processing
Christians live different lives from other
men, / cannot believe in Christianity


These words were uttered recently by an
intelligent young German to an English
gentleman at Cannes. How many are like
find them everywhere. They may be called
unreasonable. 1t may be said that Chris
tianity ought to be received on its own ere.
dentials. But is there moi, after all, in the
above statement, a demand for one of its
most important credentials-the transforma.
ton of the life of man? This kind of evil
dence is the most tangible. Few have either
the ability or disposition to examine the
historical evidence in favor of it, But every
one can see the evidence which consists in a
changed life. When sordid creature is
made liberal, a malicious person gentle as a
dove, selfish, worldly soul benevolent
toward all, on-lookers everywhere see this.
They cannot gainsay it, Nor do they want
to. AT heart men are looking for what will


make them better. Aud if they were fully
convinced that Christianity would do this,
they would without further hesitation EN-
brace it. OF this you cannot, however, con-
vince them by words. You may order your
arguments never so wisely, and advance
them never so earnestly. 1t will fail to win
them in seven cases out of ten. But pure
life fails seldom. When protesting Chris
tians will live differently, in private and
public, from those who make no profession
of religion, then shall the Genties come to
the gospels light and kings to the bright
ness OF its rising-Cdnadidn Independent.