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Year: 1877

That hollow old shell, Henry Ward
Beecher, went around the country
last winter making speeches in favor
of resumption and contraction. Now
he has this to say about the labor out
break:


The necessities Of the great railway
companies demanded that there
should be reduction Of wages. There
must be continued shrinkage until
things come back to the gold stand
ard. 1t was true that one dollar day
was not enough to support a man and
six children. 1t was not enough if
tue man smoked. if he drank beer.and
if he aud his family want superior
clothing, food and shelter. But is not
one dollar day enough to buy bread
Mr.. Beecher continued: "Water costs
nothing. Man cannot live by bread.
it is true, but the man who cannot
live on bread and water is not fit to
live. When man is educated away
from the power of self-denial he is
falsely educated. A family may live
on good bread and water in the MORN
ing, and bread at midday. and good
bread and water at night. Laughter
Such may be called the bread of afflic-
tion, but it is fit that man should eat
the baead of affiictiOn.'


Thus discourses the eloquent friend
of Mrs. Tilton, living upon 10000 a
year!


Why don't Henry .'eat the bread of
affliction" if it is so wholesome and
salutaryl Why does this man of God
(9 draw $4,000 per year when he
could live in af1luence on q dollar a
Year: 1877

The California crop is almost total
failure.' Russia is engaged in war
with Turkey; Austria is getting ready
to sail in. This closes the great fields
of wheat supply in eastern Europe.
The Mark Lane E.1press of July 3Oth,
says:


AS the harvest approaches. more
numerous reports as to the present
condition and probable result of the
wheat crop come to hand and their
general tenor is decidedly against an
average yield. Complaints are made
from many of the principal wheat
growing districts that the ears do not
appear fully developed and top sets
have been rendered barren by blight
or mildew. The dissatisfaction is not,
however, universally expressed, al
though in no cases are we given to
expect an abundant yield. Everything
now depends on the weather, for as
the time goes on, the deficiency be-
comes more noticeable.


In the Mississippi valley alone the
prospect is good; but in Kansas we
hear that the crop will not yield as
much as was expected; and good deal
of the brag will subside when we come
to threSh in Minnesota. But the re-
ports that have gone forward have
broken down the price in Liverpool.
The Mark Lane Express says:


The main feature of the week has
been the sanguine estimates which
have been foreshadowed of the Amer
lean wheat crop. Although it is OBJ
yious reliance cannot at present be
placed upon figures it seems clear that
there is at least a promise of abund-
ance. This fact cannot fail to be of
Importance, having regard to the di-
minished power of Russia to forward
her usual supplies may tend to keep
prices on more moderate level than
at one time seemed likely,


That's the way it works. When we
have good crop the harpies who
prey upon us SO exaggerate its proper
tions that even in the midst of for
eign war the price falls below peace
rates.


The millions for a year past have
been, as they say themselves, 'sliving
from hand to MOUTH and by LAYING
in no large stocks have managed to
keep down prices. And now, with
500. 600 bushels of wheat in sight in
the United States and Canada. against
10. 341 .2SS bushels in 1876. at the same
time; with 100000 bushels in New
York as compared with 2,5O5, Jos
bushels in 1876. and with a great war
raging in Europe, we find wheat
worth about $1.O0 per bushel in Min
nesota


And our enemies hope that we will
rush our wheat on the market after
harvest and break down the price still
farther. We trust that every farmer
will sell just as little wheat as he can
possibly help. When the empty mills
and granaries begin to howl for wheat.
as they would in month or two,
prices would go up to such figures -
circumstances inStify rs in ernnnnfunuas
Year: 1877

NVv eSAAO O0PIOAS AAAO -.S-r


And in the name Of the bare-footed
Christ this well-fed old yoluptuary
shakes his gray hairs IN the face OF
starving multitude and tells them that
they should be happy upon prison
fare,-bread and water and that
they can vary the monotony Of the
diet by going without water at noon
And his full-bellied parishioners think
that this is an elegant joke, and in
dulge in pleasant laughter !!


A working man of St. Paul, a Mr..
II. Y. Russell, writes to the Pioneer
Press a we'll considered letter in which
he says:


The conscience of Christianity has
not yet earnestly been brought to bear
upon the labor question, although we
pray daily that Gods will may be done
upon earth. The church will undoubt-
edly grapple with it some day, else it
will forfeit all claim to respect in the
eyes of intelligent, believing men, land
take it's place as mere tradition
trampled under foot by the advancing
secular life of the race. For myself,
I belong by spiritual nativity to the
Christian faith, but l confess with
shame that a shocking Indifference
exists in the churches to all this vast
problem-and more especially perhaps
in those religious circles which either
cultivate a frantic solitude to achieve
personal safety at the Divine hands.
or which exhibit a preternatural ac-
tivity in the matter Of candles and
chasubles.


Surely such mockeries and shams as
this Beecher tend to bring the sacred
name of religion into contempt.
Year: 1877

There can be no question that the


southern states which were in the
hands of the carpet-baggers were
shamefully misgoverned. The gov
erning population. the negroes, paid
but little Of the taxes which they inn
posed; their ignorance was necessarily
dense; they distrusted the white man
Of the south, while they had the most
unlimited confidence in the white men
Of the north and thus they fell a
willing prey to the desperate northern
adventurers, whose politics were SIM
ply plunder. These thoughts are
suggested by an interesting article in
Year: 1877

A. Those who live by physical
labor, the doom Of the great mass of
mankind.


@. What then is the purpose of a
republic?


A. To promote the prosperity Of
those who live by physical labor.


@. Has the republic performed it's
function when the great body of it's
laborers are starved into insurrection!


A. Certainly not.


@. If a conflict arises between the
few and the many in republic who
must yield


A. The few.


Q. What is the highest province of
craftsmanship!


A. To SO govern as to secure the
prosperity Of the many and at the
same time protect the rights of the
few.


@. Can republic long exist where
the powers of government are used to
enrich the few at the expense of the
many!


A. No; the result will be the i'm
poverishmento of the laboring majority;
their degradation and decentralization;
and. as they constitute the governing
power of the republic, the fountain
of government will be poisoned at it's
source.


@. What then is nece ssary in re-
public?


A. To subordinate all things to the
prosperity and elevation of the labor
ing majority.


@. Is poverty Or prosperity the
natural condition of a civilized peo-
pie?


A. Inasmuch as the fertility of the
earth and the capacity Of human labor
are practically unlimited, nature is
not to blame for the poverty of the
people. There is no poverty that does
not spring from the operation of bad
laws, or the absence Of good laws.


@. What is the meaning of the
troubles that now afflict our country


A. It is the logic of the Declara.
ton Of Independence moving through
blood towards reforms that should
have been peacefully affected by wise
craftsmanship.


G. Will it be possible to lift the
labor force Of our country very much
above the status of the labor force of
Europe!


: A. It will:


l. Because it is necessary to the
contrivance of republican institutions;
and the republic must not perish.


2. Because as the labor force of
America rises in the scale it will lift
up the labor force of Europe, and
make republics possible there.


3. Because the past growth of our
country has been due to the fact that
labor heretofore has been elevated
and honored among us.


4. Because the laborers of America
having tasted the sweets of liberty
cannot be trampled back into serfdom.
'Like the young lion that has once Tapped


blood,


The soul can ne'er be coaxed back to aught


else"


@. What good effects will follow
from the present disturbances


a. The ''bloody shirt will be laid
away forever the quacks and charla
tans who trade in the passions of sec
tions will be retired; and the public
mind will be forced to consider the
financial and labor questions, the rea
issues of our age and nation and
hereafter the first duty of politica
parties will be to conserve the welfare
of the men who toll at the anvil, the
plough and the loom. and not the
| wishes of the SCOTS and Goulds and
Vanderbilts. Muscles will be once
more rendered honorable in a land
which of late has worshipped only
successful CUNNING
Year: 1877

Tho Court was occupied during the day with num-
ber OF minor cases. the most important being that or
Ann Rosenbsrcher, OF No SO Bowery, who is charged
with the larceny OF gold watch and cham the 10Th
OF september last The further hearing Of the case
will be resumed to-day.
Year: 1877

One OF the most important items in
the family expenses is the clothing. es-
pecially since there is so much of what
is called "cloth" made up, for boys
and men. that will hardly hold togeth-
er. With the average family the in
come is limited, and the prices of shod-
DIV articles are so small that there is a
strong inducement to purchase the So
called "cheap" goods.


IL is perhaps not too much to say
that the majority of people buy low
priced clothing. But, as a matter OF
fact, they are the most expensive goods
that can be worn. A strong, fine text
tured, well-made article will outwesr
at least three of this poor material.
and il does not really cost as much,
considering the amount OF wear, to say
nothing of the shabby appearance of
faded cloth-the vexation of having
the garments continually breaking to
pieces, the necessity Of daily repairs,
with the unsafe feeling when one steps
little high, or puts on AN unusual
strain.


The excuse which we have suggest
ed for buying such goods we know is a
hard one TO meet, being in the malori-
Nv Of cases the want OF money to get
better goods. But il is better TO make
the old coat last little longer, and put
all the money into the rest of the suit,
and when the money one will soon have
TO find TO supply another cheap suit is
at hand, get good coat. AS wise
and economical rule, one should never
purchase anything but good article.


The care Of clothing is a very impor-
tant matter. IL makes q great differ
ence in the looks and wear OF hat on
coat, whether il is thrown down on the
lounge or chair when taken of, or care
fully hung up. With two boys the ex-
pense OF their clothing is often nearly
one-half IN difference-mainly. as we
think, because one OF them will always
hang up his clothes carefully, while
the others may be found anywhere
when they can be found at all. Prop
erly brushing and cleaning clothes,
and mending them as soon as required,
rather than waiting until the thread
ravels out, or the tear has grown too
large TO be neatly repaired, add great
ly TO their durability.


When they get little seedy, have
some tailor who does the work cheap
and well give them a good cleansing
and pressing. This may be done sew
eral times TO good suit, and each
time they will "look as good as new. .
Here is where true economy comes in,
in the care Of clothing, and proper at
tention to repairing and cleansing :
More than half the expense can be
saved in the bill for the year il pains
are taken 20 secure material worthy oi
such care. -fGolden Rule.
Year: 1877

The sensible young man is now hv-
inc near Council Blufs, Iowa. Not
long ago he became involved in quar-
rel with no less than Ave different men,
and challenged each one OF them to
mortal combat. All accepted, and
were upon the ground in time; Then
the hero Of the affair said that he
wouldnt fight them all At once. but
would fght the best man first The
live began discussing the question OF
who was the best man, and got TO
fgbting. They struggled over the
o1esti, for about quarter of an
hour, tho champion sitting on a log as
umpire. and when the question was fin
ally settled, the best man could have
been whipped by anybody, and wasn't
ready 10 fight The challenger walked
of with al the honors, and was proud
and happy.
Year: 1877

From the Rural New Yorker.


L don't believe GRANDMOTHER
knows all the people in the world, how
ever long she may have lived in IL. i
am not a grandmother yet, nor likely
TO be, and have known and heard OF
many who were "just as easy AZ an old
SHOE" land just about as much yalue)
who were very willing TO enjoy "the
good things OF life" that came TO them
without trouble or exertion on their
part. / have often heard Of man
who, when found seated under his bed
Adding during a rain storm, while the
water was pouring in streams through
the roof Of his house, and when asked
why he did not mend it, replied that II
was no time 10 do it when II was rain
ing, and that in dry weather 1t did well
enough; and OF another, who, poking
listlessly about, was asked what he was
looking for, and replied that his corn
field was all growing up to weeds and
he was looking for his hoe, but he had
as lief see the Old Boy himself as to
see 10.


/ have known many a man, who,
without thought or care, lounges about
the village store and grocery, while
the cattle are breaking through or
stepping over his patched-up, non-re-
sisting fences and destroying what few
crops he has sown or planted, and the
pigs are roofing up the front yard that
his wife has tried TO make decent and
respectable; many man Iwho is so
good that he is always ready and on
hand to give the neighbors or anybody
else lift. while his own work is forev-
or uudone, and his premises and pro-
perty going 10 destruction for want OF
a little toll and energy.


know wives aud mothers who are
so easy and kind-hearted that they will
travel daily among their neighbors,
and gratuitously distribute all the
news for miles around, while their own
homes are unkept and neglected, their
children going to ruin for lack OF care,
and their husbands "going under for
want of help-meet.


know women, who, when their own
offsprings gather about them for care
and attention, with a wave OF the hand
will say, "Oh, go away i cant be
bothered with yon; do go off to play
somewhere, until dinner-time," when
they know they will go into all kinds
OF danger, both physical and moral.


One Of this class, an intelligent,
well-bred womsn, sends her two little
girls, aged three and five, to run at
large in the streets Of great city, and
on one occasion, when they had wan
dered to depot and on board an ex-
press train, and were being swiftly
whirled miles from their !home, the
conductor telegraphing here aud there,
in the greatest anxiety. to find to whom
they belonged. q friend came to inform
her of the disaster. She calmly and
indifferently raised her eyes from the
book she was perusing and said: "Oh.
well, / guess they'll get back again,
they always do come home at dark un-
less a policeman picks 'em up, and
keeps 'em until the next day.


Verify, we are not altogether a race
of fretters and borrowers of trouble,
Year: 1877

THERE is no more interesting spectacle
Gle than to see the effects of wit upon the
different characters Of men than to OBJ
serve it expanding caution, relaxing dig
nifty, unfreezing coldness-teaching age
and care and pain to smile -extorting
reluctant CLEANS of pain from mel
ancholy, and charming even the pangs
Of grief. 1t is pleasant to observe how
it penetrates through the coldness and
awkwardness of society, gradually
bringing men nearer together, and like
the combined force of oil and wine, Civ
ing each man q glad heart and q shining
countenance. Genuine and innoeent
wit, like this, is surely the favor Of the
mind Man could direct his ways by
plain reason, and support his ways by
tasteless food but God has given us
wit, and favor, and brightness, and per-
fumes to enliven the days of mans pill
grimage and to charm his panied steps
over the burning marie"
Year: 1877

A NEW RELIGIOUS SEcT.-Russia has
a new religious sect, one Of whose lead
ing tenets is that man is subordinate to
woman, and shall confess his sins to his
wife, at least once week. We always
thought man became lord of creation I"
through some Misunderstanding.
Year: 1877

A NOVEL PRocEEDINa.-An amusing
incident occurred at the establishment
of a we'll known London publisher.
The manuscript of a novel was sent to
him SO hermetically sealed in tin box
that it could not be extracted without q
hammer. The clerks who received the
box conjured up in their minds an idea
that it contained dynamite, and, conse-
quen1y after much perturbation, the
box was deposited unopened in dark
cellar, where it has remained for sever
al months, and where, probably, it
would have continued to remain, had
not the author, who lives in q remote
part Of the world, unexpectedly made
his appearance in tho British metropolis.
Year: 1877

AN Electro-Galvanic Battery. combined with the
n celebrated Medicated Porous Plaster, forming
the grandest curative agent in the world OF medi-
cine and utterly surprising all other Pasters mere
tofore In use. They accomplish more in one week
than the old Plasters in a whole year. They DO not
paliiate, they CURE.
Year: 1877

the infringement of the fire ordinance by
the Moline Plow Co., and report at next
meeting.


A bill of the First National Bank for
$75, for interest upon temporary loan
was allowed.


Bills, approved by the finance commit
Year: 1877

SHOULD Mexico succeed in preventing
boarder raids, of which complaint is made,
our government will recognize Mr. Mata as
representative of that Republic, thus resum-
ing diplomatic relations between the two
governments.


The case of the vessel Edward Lee,
supposed to have been fired upon by Span
ish war vessel near the southern coast of
Cuba, has been brought to the attention of
the department of State. Inquiry thus far
has not shown any foundation for the alle-
CATION in the case of the Lee.


THE Treasury Department has decided
that in cases where steamers desire to
change the business for which they were
originally inspected during the year for
which said inspection was made, reinspec-
ton and examination made necessary by
such change will be made free of expense to
the owners of such steamers.


AFTER full consideration it has been
determined by the President that public in
terests will be better served by the appoint
ment of officers for the three leading posi-
tions in the New York custom house.


KENNETH RAYNoR, solicitor of the
treasury, was fined 500 for assaulting Sotel-
do, editor of the National Republican.


The department OF state is informed
that the Jewish residents of Symrna, headed
by their Grand Rabbi, waited upon the
United States minister to Turkey during
his recent visit to that city, and thanked the
government of the United States for its
solicituae for the Jewish people in the Otto
man empire as evinced in the recent instruc-
ton from the department of state.
Year: 1877

A war correspondent writes: "In the
dead of night that extraordinary fellow,
Gen. Skobeloff, the younger, turned up
in Prince Schackosky's headquarters.
He is the stormy petrol of the Russian
army. If | were riding along road in
a given direction in expectation of see
ing fight, and if | chanced to meet the
General riding in an opposite direction,
without any inquiry or any hesitation l
would wheel my horse and ride in the
Generals tracks, in the full assurance
that / was doing the best thing for my
self and your readers. He is in the
thick of everything. In the gray dawn
of the morning of the crossing | shook
hands with him on the edge of the Dan
ube, after the bayonet charge in which
he had taken part. His face was black
with powder, and he, General as he is,
carried soldiers rife with the bayonet
fixed. He was in the fighting at the
Sc ipka, and led the first column which
traversed that pass. There seemed some
prospect of quietude for some days on
the other side of the Balkans, and the
Plevna expedition offered prospect of
fighting. The General is unattached,
and can roam from flower to flower,
from one fighting ground to another.
He is, | sometimes think, little mad,
but man of real value in warfare such
as this. 1t would be embarrassing if
every General was Skobeloff; but a
few Skobeloffs scattered up and down
through great army have their uses.
They generally end by getting shot, and
earn a short memoir and good many
decorations. But | hope it will be a
long time before Skobeloff meets his in
evitable doom, for he is a right good
fellow, and a staunch cOmrade. He
came to us from Baron Krudender's
headquarters, with instructions that he
should assume temporary command of
Col. Tutolmin's brigade of Circassian
CnSsaoks. who have also been attached
to this expedition, and execute a recon-
noissance in the direction of Lovca. He
rode off in the darkness, and after riding
fifty miles, returned with the tidings
that Lovca was held by five battalions
of Turkish infantry, and its rayon in
tested by Circassians and Bashi-Ba-
ZOukSf
Year: 1877

A sCHooLMIsTREss in suburban
town, who had long been annoyed by
the perversities of male pupil of nine
teen, on one of the of the closing days of
last term kept him in and undertook to
whale him. He, however, disarmed her,
and returned several kisses for each
blow. The schoolmistress, unable to for
give this breach of discipline, looked him
sternly in the face, and shaking her fore
finger at him in menacing manner,
said, solemnly, " William, l will give
you precisely fifteen minutes to stop
hugging me, and if you disobey me /
shall punish you very severely"