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Year: 1878




The new party should learn to avoid
lawyers. They are the trained SER
wants of the capitalists. Were it not
for him they could not exist. The
monopolist Of railroads, or land or
mines, is the man who affords this
class the most employment. There
fore, let lawyers have their just pro-
portion of the offices-not a majority
of them. The doctrine Of '.less law
yers' should be strictly adhered to
in the selection Of legislators, both
for the state and nation.-Irov
Standard.


The question of exorbitant salaries
engages the attention Of the Corning
independent, and it insists very right.
ly that no man should be nominated
to legislative office "who will not
pledge himself to see justice done to
the people by advocating a reduction
Of salaries Of our members Of assem-
bly,, Of our county judges, and a
sweeping and thorough revision Of the
laws governing the fees of lawyers
in our courts Of justice. To accom-.
plish this result says the Independent
the people must not nominate those
men whose interests lie in the con.
tinuance Of these evils; but go to tile
farm or workshop to find their nomi.
nee.'


One Of the Maine papars that grind
out tunes to suit the old party bosses
describes a recent Greenback conven.
tion as "a most laughable farce" be.
cause 1t occupies nearly five hours in
doing its business. There was an eyi.
dent lack Of management it appears.
We are glad to hear it; very glad to
hear that it was thus farcical. Such
conventions impress the people more
favorable than those cut and dried az.
fairs the Democrats and Republicans
are in the habit Of holding. The new
party conventions propose to do some
thing more than simply ratify the se.
lections of the "bosses." Better
spend several hours in discussion. 40
that an understanding can be had,
than to hurry through the business
and then have dissatisfaction because
a chance for discussion was rot allow.
ed.


The shadow that coming Greenback
victories are casting before them ia
beginning to inspire the bondholders
and their supporters with an uneasy
feeling in regard to the future. The
New York Timer frightened at the
protentious size Of that shadow raised
Z warning cry that there is some
danger to Republican harmony in the
National movement And. 10 keen
It's readers faithful in their political
allegiance. it warns them that "The
movement is in the direction
of irredeemable paper money and the
Oppression Of the Industrious bv the
die. The Times Industrious class
are the bondholders, who display their
industry in the arduous work of cut-
Ting OIL the coupons Of the bonds
when the interest becomes due. The
oppression by the idle that 1t speaks
,f is the payment Of the bono. holder
n lawful money according to the con-
ITact made when the bonds were e.
'ued- This the Times calls oppression
u the industrious by the idle. waiter
shupe's paper. the ddcocafe. rfves ft
ne name Of Reputation.
Year: 1878

We would ask attention to the call
published in another column, for 4
Greenback Congressional Convention
in the Ist Minnesota district. The
signatures show that great numbers
OF Republicans are breaking away
from their party and entering the new
party. If a good man and good speak
er Is nominated vigorous canvass
will defeat Dunnell.
Year: 1878

We would ask the attention of our
readers residing in the I'd Congress
Slonal District, to the call for a con.
yention to nominate a Greenback
candidate in that district.


Let there be full representation
OF the counties in the district and
steps taken to inaugnrate a lively and
vigorous campaign.
Year: 1878

be over $2.000,OOO.


10 which the indianapolis Sun hap
PLY replies:


The Evening News clips this and
reproduces it under the caption elbow
to add to the nations wealth. Will
this editor please demonstrate how
the nations wealth can be increased
by any such process? If A spends on
B five dollars, is the nation any poor
er! II A keeps the money in his
pocket is the nation any richer! If
SO then If everybody would cease al
together to spend money and adopt
the lives Of hermits or savages, the
nation would become amazingly rich !!
Such is the tomfoolery palmed off on
the people for hard money wisdom.
Year: 1878

Let any one read Miss Corson's
book and then calculate that on an
average 100000 families spend 81
week on living where by management
and forethought S6 would amply suf.
fice. The addition to the national
wealth in year that would be made
were a wise economy the rule would
Year: 1878

aster to the body polite.


The National Greenback party
therefore invite every. lover of his
country to rally to the standard of
freedom with a full delegation from
each county.


The following number Of delegates
Year: 1878

A French chemist is said to
have succeeded in producing a
paint with which to illuminate
the numbers on street doors at
night. Figures traced with it
are so lustrous as to be read
even on dark night, and the
preparation of the compound is
said to be simple, Inexpensive
and not injurious.
Year: 1878

The Emperor of Russia has is
sued a decree by the terms of
which every soldier actually
present at the seat OF war will
be capable Of promotion to an
officers rank for distinguished
military services. Further ad-
vancemcnt will be dependent on
their successfully passing the
usual examination.
Year: 1878




IlIegItimate journalism.


The failure of the Snohomish
Star, suggests some reflections
upon a character of journalism
which bears the same relations
to the regular vocation that illit-
crate quackery does to the med
ical, orpettifogging and shyster-
ing practice to the legal profess
sion. There is no moral force
in the land so universal in its
influence, or which has more to
do in modelling public sentiment
and directing public affairs than
the newspaper press. Even in
its lowest phases the press is a
power not to be despised, and it
is safer for society to tolerate
quackery in medidine, chicanery
at the bar, or hypocrisy in the
pulpit, than ignorance, ,licentious-
ness or dishonesty in the news
paper press, the great popular
educator. To be q successful
newspaper editor requires as
thorough study and exact train
ing as any of the learned profess
sions or scientific pursuits. A
lawyer, a doctor or a scientific
professor, without knowledge Of
the business, is no more fitted
for the vocation of editor of a
newspaper, than a blacksmith IS
to forge legal pleadings or a
stone-cutter to perform an oper-
,, alton for stone in the bladder. In
the one case the client loses his
case; in the other the patient
loses his life, and there the mat
ter ends. In the case of the in
competent editor, his ignorance
and his false teachings extend
20 whole communities, corrupt
! the minds Of the young who
seek in it their first knowledge Of
current events, and take in all
the crude matter they find there
in in an undigested state. The
popular failure to recognize these
facts, which are patent to all
who care to give the subject a
thought, is the cause Of so many
newspaper failures, and the rea-
son why journalism is held in so
low popular estimation.


In the ease of the Star, the
people of Snohomish, who are
more than an average communi-
ty in intelligence and enterprise,
thought a local newspaper would
be Of great advantage in promo
tiny the prosperity of the town
They gave no thought to the
character of the paper, but gave
with a liberal hand the means to
purchase the material for a print
ing office. This they put into
the hands of a man with every
qualification for successful ed
itor and publisher except common
sense and a knowledge of the
business. He had zeal without
discretion, energy without any
defined object,perseverance with
out system, education without
sense, and u degree OF self-assur-
ance which was wonderful in its
development. With these push
ing qualities he managed to keep
the paper alive for several years
by perpetual drumming, until
he had become not only a but
and by-word, but a terror to all
who had suffered from his myth
ical auger. No one who has not
awakened from a nightmare can
imagine the sense of relief ex-
perienced by the people of Sno-
homish when the thing died;
though q number of them were
pecuniary sufferers to q consid-
erable extent by the experiment.
They still have their printing
material, which q practical prln-
Year: 1878




KEEP ACCoUNTs.-If no ac-
counts have been kept, a begin
ming Of a better system should
be made now. At the close of
the year make an inventory of
every article, and value them,
and also put down the debts
owing and due. This will show
how one stands at the end of
the year. By keeping strict ac-
counts of ones business, it is not
only known what goes out and
what comes in, but by noting
every expenditure and income,
we can readily find where VIC
gain or lose: foolish or unwise
spendings are thought over a
second time. and this naturally
leads to avoiding them in the
future.
Year: 1878

II IL generally expected at Madrid that II Moncasi
ia sentenced to death the King will exercise his pre-
rogativc Of pardon though matter of fact. cap
ital punishment is by no means unusual in Spain.
nearly fifty persons having been executed since tho
restoration OF 1876. The mode of execution is .
somewhat barbarous one, as the condemned man Ia
placed upon a chair in sitting position and then
stranpIcd The execution takes place in public and
after il ia over the body is placed upon scafold
and exposed 70 view several hours with monks


in the sombrc garb of pcnitcnts surrounding it and
rccting the prayers for the dead The last execution
which took place at Madrid revoted popular feeling
and the press unanimously protested against the
scandal of these public exhibitions. The public
osity is stimulated by the maintenance of tradition
which adds to the horror OF the punishment. Two
DAYS before the execution takes place the condemned
man is taken into the chapel of the prison and
handed over the clergy who for forty eight hours
exhort him to repentance and read the for the
repose Of his soul that when the time arrives for
him to march TO the "patitssc' he has already had
foretaste of death.
Year: 1878

San Francisco is by no means the
only city on the Pacific side of this
continent which Is troubled with
the Chinese problem Industrious,
frugal and quietly persistent, John
is to be found wherever there is
work of any kind to be done, ana is
always willing to do it cheaper than
American or European emigrants.
His wants are fewer, his ambition
less than theirs, and he is oftentimes
content with quarters and fare at
which a weIl-bred and respectable
dog would turn up his nose.


Our illustrations on page 1025
show the Chinese quarters in Vir4
ginia City, Nevada, and will give
our readers a good idea of the life
and habits of the emigrants from the
Celestial Empire. They turn their
hands to any kind of work. In San
Francisco the manufacture of cigars
may be said to have passed entirely
into their hands, several thousand
being employed in this branch of
industry alone. Originally know
ing nothing about boot and shoe
making, they have made such rapid
strides in this trade, that no other
class OF wOrkmen are able to CON-
pete with them. AS carpenters.
manufacturers of furniture, and
workers in all kinds of wood, they
have crowded out an army of white
laborers. With all the use of the
sewing-machine they have become
familiar, willingly and untiringly
working at one twelve and fourteen
hours without cessation.


Many hundreds of Cinnamon are
employed in laundry work, general
ly under a system whereby the item
of shop rent is reduced to the most
economical figure. Two wash firms
occupy the same premises and use
the same tubs and materials, one
firm working during daylight, and
at dark surrendering the shop to the
other, who occupy and use it until
morning. By this system there is
also a saving in water and fuel. As
a general thing, Chinese laundry
men are better ironers than washers.
They have novel method of sprink-
ling clothing when getting it ready
for the ironing table. Filling the
mouth with water, it is elected upon
the garment in the form of SPRAY,
being distributed more evenly BY
this process than by the usual hand
sprinkling.


There are quite a number of Chi
namen in San Francisco who are re-
puted to be worth from $1,000 to
100000, made by patient and par
simonious saving. They are not
fond of display, nor do they possess
the ambition for Improvement
which distinguishes Americans.
When a Chinaman is able to pur-
chase house in the ''quarter," he
will "honey-eomb" the interior as
much as possible, making four or
more rooms out of one, and fitting
them up in such a way as only .
Mongolian would endure.


HdTpeT'S Weekly.
Year: 1878

| fraudulent way in which the game In car


ried on, for only the unsold numbers are


ever named except 20 entice players.


When this money is used up, you look


such as old gold, silver, brass, newspapers


or, in fact, any thing on which you are
| likely to get o few cents at the junk shop,
all of which goes for policy. You now find
| yourself at your Wits ends to raise money


and it occurs to you that you have not yet
| borrowed from your friends. That which


you would not have thought Of doing be-
| fore, no matter how great your needs, now
that you have favorite ''giR" to buy, You


do not hesitate tn do. You begin to bor-


row of everybody whom you can possibly


think of, even the poor apple vendor from


whom you used to purchase when you


were more prosperous, and all of this


money goes with the rest. Though "broke"


nevertheless You walk every day, rain or


shine, i've or six miles to your fsvorite


policy Office leach player has his favorite
ofice, in which be has been the most lucky),


where there are about q dozen others who,
like yoorself, are ''desd broke" and who
pass the time in telling stories of how at
such and such q time last year luck attend
ed them through playing numbers which
they managed to pick mp in all sorts of
mysterious ways. But somehow you never
hear q player mention what he has lost.
You have now got SO low that you hail
with delight any "green horn" who comes
in. Him you begin to fawn on until you
get him to play your ideas on "sure things"
and he gives you q few shillings to make
a play for yourself. This makes you feel
happy once more until the drawing arrives,
for which you wait patiently. Again dis
appointed, you leave for home disgnsted
and almost distracted. Aud thus you
keep on from day to day. always with the
hope that something will turn up, and
give you a chance to retrieve ali your
iosses with one big shit" until you are
brought to the verge of self destruction.


1 know married men who have been
and are playing secretly-who have fam
lilies home toiling to make an honest liv-
ing-who, instead of looking for employ
ment, spend most of their time in a policy |
shop, waiting for an opportunity to get or
borrow little money TO crafty a passion f.!
which has carried them beyond their self |
control.


The above facts can be verefied by about ]
nine-;enths of the policy players. could |
fill volume with all SORTS of experiences, |
leading to misery, suicide and even muir
der. l have myself almost been on the |
verge of self destruction. Bot 1 thank God !
who has revealed myself unto myself, and |
as it were performed a miracle In saving |
have now been enabled to break |
off every tie between me and this nefarious |
traffic. ALMOST A VICTIM.
Year: 1878

Forfour months United States Senator
Withers, of Virginia, has suffered very
much from his right eye, which for some
time has been deceased. On Friday last
however, he did good deal of writing
in committee, and the result was that it
became suddenly worse. Monday his
physician ordered him TO go into dark
room and remain for ten days or two
weeks. He then proposes to per form an
operation on it, which he hopes will
prove beneficial. The Senator, however,
is not so hopeful. His general health is
excellent, and that is very much in his
favor.
Year: 1878

Governor Hampton is making a gen.
uine triumphal journey through the
State of South Carolina Al every town
and village he is received with popular
demonstrations of delight. Even the col
ored people in some places have turned
QUITO greet him. AT one town
q colored woman stepped in
front OF the crowd and said: "Governer
Hampton, you stay Governor. We's had
better time since you's made Governor
than we's had before since the war;"
Year: 1878

fOf tnt obNotte.


Where are the Policemen aud WHY
is not more care taken of the poor
horses hauling dirt from cellars? One
word from those in authority would
stop the cruel treatment and yet tha
word Is not spoken. At Sixth and
Church street and Ninth aud Spruce, they
are digging cellars, and an eye witness
te lis me they treat the horses too cruelty
striking them on the head and legs with
out any causs-riding on the loads and
racing to aud from the place of work
and this morning one poor little black
horse almost TOO weak to stand was
knocked down because his cart ran
against a post. We particularly request
the policemen to overlook both the p aces
mentioned, K. W.
Year: 1878

Mr.. w. III. Cloward, Secretary and
Trersurer of the Board of Education,
has been confined to the house for some
time past, by illness. AT the present time
he is confined to his bed, and there is
little hope of his ultimate recovery. He
is Suffering from cancer of the rectum.
Year: 1878

The following is an extract from let ter received by merchant in Boston from gentleman holding an official po- sition at Pekin, China, which is fearful narrative of the terrible sufferings by the famine in that region:

 "I am very glad that you have taken a collection in your church for the famine in North China. You can by no possi- bility conceIve tithe of the distress. Fancy starving wretches standing by to watch for the death, by starvation, of a member of their own family, and then fighting over the few shreds of flesh left upon the bones of the corpse. Fancy cities in which shops are opened in which human flesh is publicly sold as in or dinary times beef and mutton is disposed of Fancy a district containing 10000 souls in which the death-rate from star vation alone is 400 per diem.

 "It is estimated by the Governor of Shansi, the province adjoining this upon the west, that half the population of the entire province is already dead of famine. In this province and in the three bound ing it upon the east, south and west, there are at low estimate 10000, 900 of people utterly destitute of 8 morsel of food except what is given them by the Government and by charities.

 "Those who get any relief at all get only teacupful of sort of gruel made of millet, once each day, which, o1 course, won't keep life in grown person very long. Some ot my own missionary friends have been in the field distributing relief, and they give only one and one half cents per day to each grown persor only that, for funds would not allow more generous assistance. If $1,O0O, GOO could be sent here now it would save 1000, 900 lives"
Year: 1878

How sweet it is, in imagination at least, to die for love He was only eighteen, and many and many morn ing, before the severe tasks of the day, heRhad stood before the looking glass, feeling his upper lip with tender and anxious care, in the hope that single stray hair might be found, the harbinger of the manly mustache. She was six teen, the girl of the auburn hair, color which she found it very hard to match. Their two souls beat as one, but the cruel parents, grim and gray, forbade the banns, and all because forsooth the young couple had only $6 week to begin housekeeping with. Gould they not live on locusts and wild honey must filthy lucre stand in the rosy path oi love, and hard-hearted fathers talk about facts, about rent, and porridge, and brown bread, and such pitiless subjects when all the lovers asked for was moon. shine? We'll, if they couldn't live to gether they could at least die together A bottle of laudanum was procured they kissed, embraced, then swallowed the dose Result of this romantic story Only one funeral, alas He got we'll unwillingly; but still he got well ant now the mustache has grown and so hal his salary, and possibly his brains hav' swollen little, and, in sweet forgetful ness of the past, he sits under the ful moon, with his arm around another girl waist. Such Is life
Year: 1878

Plain and Simple Rules tO be Observed by

 Mothers During the Hot Season.

 The Board of Health of New York has published the following rules for the care of children during the hot season |:

 NURSING OF INFANTS.

 Over-feeding does more harm than anything else; nurse an infant month or two old every two or three hours.

 Nurse an infant of six months and over five times in twenty-four hours. and no more.

 If an infant is thirsty, give it pure water or barley water no sugar. con the hottest days 8 few drops of whiskey may be added to either water or food; the whiskey not to exceed a tea spoonful in twenty -four hours.

 FEEDING OF INFANTS.

 Boil teaspoonful of powdered barley (ground in coffee grinder) and gill of water, with little salt, for fifteen min utes, strain, then mix it with half as much boiled milk, add lump of white sugar, size of walnut, and give it luke warm, from @ nursing bottle. Keep bottle and mouthpiece in a bowl of water when not in use, to which 8 little soda may be added.

 For infants five or six months old, give half barley water and half boiled milk, with salt and lump of sugar.

 For older infants, give more milk than barley water.

 For infants very costive, give oatmeal instead of barley. Cook and strain as before.

 When your breast milk is only hall enough, change off between breast milk and this prepared food.

 In hot weather, if blue itmus paper applied to the food, turns red, the foo6 is too acid, and you must make fresl mess, or add small pinch of baking soda.

 Infants of six months may have bee tea or beef soup once day, by itself, O mixed with other food; and when tel or twelve months old, crust of bread and a piece of rare beef to suck.

 No child under two years ought to ca at your table.

 Give no candies, in fact, nothing tha is not contained in these rules, withou a doctors orders.

 SUMMER COMPLAINT.

 It comes from overlooking, and ho and foul air. Keep doors and window open.

 Wash your well children with col water twice day, and oftener in the ho season.

 Never neglect loosenesi of the bowel in an infant; consult the family or dis pensary physician at once, and he vii give you rules about what it should talk and how it should be nursed. Kee your rooms as cool as possible, hay them we'll ventilated, and do not allo, any bad smell to come from sinks, pr vies, garbage boxes, or gutters abou the house where you live. See that you own apartments are right, and complai to the Board of Health if the neighbol hood is offensive. Where an infant cross and irritable in the hot weather trip on the water will do it great des of good (ferryboat or steamboat), an may prevent cholera infantum.
Year: 1878

Levater says, "He who pralses what he means to purchase and tells the faults of what he means to sell may set up partnership with honestly" Yes, he may indeed, but the best thing after all is to call his creditors together and settle at the best rates. He is too good to live in this cold, cold world. He would say to his customer, "That sugar has three ounces of fine sand to the pound that milk has been evolved from a combination of oxygen and hydrogen, commonly known as water, and bit of chalk from the cliffs of Dover, and every thing in ny store has been touched by the delicate fingers of the man who can make one pound into two, and both pounds shall taste and smell alike" He would perhaps be innocent, but he would certainly be poor. We should al respect him for his uprightness, but sigt to think that the poorhouse was the only home to be reckoned on with any assur ance.