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Year: 1878

Every one can do something to add TO the
social life at the table. II one can not talk.
he can listen or ask questions, and let those
who can talk. Good listeners are as Deees
sary as good takers. Never argue at the
table but tell pleasant stories, relate or read
anecdotes, and look out for the good of all.
Sometimes single anecdote from paper
starts cOnversati0R that lasts during meal
time The family table ought to be bright
and cheerful, a sort of domestic altar, where
every @He cssts down his or her Offering,
great or small, of pleasantness and peace;
where, for at least brief space OF the day,
all annogances are laid aside, all stormy
tempers hUshed, all quarrels healed every
one being glad and content to sit down az
the same board and ear Of the same bread
and salt, making il, whether il were rich
repast or a dinner of herbs, equally a joyful.
almost q sacramental meal
Year: 1878

AT Coventry, VT, there is society of
religionists who believe in miracles One
Of their number was seriously hurt by
a falling tree, and two Of the brethren
came every day to pray with him. After
their prayers they command him to
"arise and walk" which he tries 10 do,
but thus far without success.
Year: 1878

Martin Van Buren was told of
the marriage of his son, Smith Van
Buren, he said 81 thought he had
given that girl up. Well, he is ruined.
She is very rich. Now, he'll give up his
profession of the law, where he had great
ability, and become really rich man
the least useful of human things. Poor
Smith %
Year: 1878

Mr.. lorgenson, of Virginia, is one of the
very few Republican members Of Congress
from the South He seems to be person of
wild and untrammeled imagination, a faith
full believer in the strength and power Of the
Republican party in the South. He has
Just prepared table OF the Congressional
districts in the South which he thinks the
Republicans can carry and handed this
over to the Republican National Congress
sional Committee to work on. Mr.. Jorgen-
sons idea of what are Republican districts is
based apparently on the idea that the election
Of 1876 was not fair election, and that to find
the true politics of any Congressional dis
triet you must go back to the election of
1874: why he should have chosen 1874 as the
sample year Of Republican strength in the
South instead of going back to 1868 when he
could have found several score of Republican
congressman from the South it is difficult to
say.


Selecting however 1874 as his sample year
Mr. Jorgenson finds that tho Republicans are
entitled to no less than thirteen representa-
tives from the South, The whole South Caro-
lima delegation ought, he declares, to be Re
publican and three Louisiana districts
Third. Fifth and Sixth Districts ought
TO send carpet-baggers to Washington
The Sixth District sent MIR. Robertson to Con
gress last November by over 5000 majority
it is difficult to see exactly how Mr.. G. Jor-
genson expects to get over this majority but
his brilliant imagination may, perhaps en-
able him to do SO.


Jorgenson also suggests a plan that has
already been proposed by the New York 1fi-
b,tne, This is t. send two or three leading
Northern Radicals into each Of these thirteen
districts that are to be contested to make ultra
Radical speeches. Ifthese speeches are calmly
listened to, 1t Is thought they will precipitate
race conflicts Of some kind that will be good
Year: 1878

Senator Eusts has offered in the Senate
amendments to the harbor and river bills
making the appropriation for the improve
ment Of this harbor S476,0s in accordance
with the estimates Of tho photographic sur
vcy recently completed and also increasing
the sum appropriated for The improvement OF
the mouth Of Red riycrfrom $4,000 to $500 900
and that for removing snags in the same
stream from $25,o00 to $t6oo0N These ap-
preparations asked for by Mr. Eustis are moth
ing but right. and IL they are refused great
Injustice will be done to this section of the
country. It lis all very well for Northern news
paper TO raise howl about Southern claims
and appropriations for partisan purposes
but this is only the cOmmonest of the many
difficulties that all Congressman have to en-
counter in doing their duty. and it should
not influence their action in the slightest.
The commerce of Red river iustifies ten
fold the expenditure this amendment pro-
vides for while the S476OOo asked for the i'm
provement of our harhor- a sum certified. as
the result Of one Of the ablest and completest
surveys ever made, to be absolutely necessary
to the safety Of New Orleans is a matter in
which the West and tho East, alike, are
scarcely less Interested than New Orleans
herself Day by day the grain and produce
of the West are finding their way here. and
there is no doubt but that In a few years the
bulk of this produce will find its way to the
world through this port. The East is inter
ested through its ships, which find even now
In this port the main profits that have kept
alive the meagre shipping of the United
States. These are national and not local con
siderations, and they make the Improvement
of our harbor. for which nothing has been
done heretofore, as much national work as
that of New York itself. These amendments
would scarcely have been made by Senator
Eustis at haphazard, and we augur from them
that the interests of this section arc being
well attended to, and that there ie a prospect
of Congress coming to its senses at last in
regard thereto.
Year: 1878

campaign timber for the North; If the people,
however show tendency not to listen to in
temperate and incendiary speeches, the North
will be appealed to and called on to witness
the fact that free speech is prohibited In the
South Either horn Of the dilemma presents
advantages to the Republicans.
Year: 1878

The Democratic State Central Committee
will meet this evening for the purpose Of call
ing State convention. and to take such other
steps toward organizing the campaign as
may be deemed necessary. A number Of the
country members will be present. and we as
sumo there will be quite full attendance.
Year: 1878

Considerable complaint is heard from the
various counties on this Peninsula of the
scarcity OF farms for rent. Not many years
past owners of farms found it q difficult
matter to obtain good tenants and the land
renter could have his choice of farms.
But since the influx of population from the
north, the cutting up and dividing of real
estate, much of our land has passed into
other hands. In word, there are more
land owners now than formerly, and hence
the scarcity of lands for rent. Not only
has the incoming population purchased
farms but many of our land renters, seeing
what was coming have purchased homes
also, leaving those of smaller means and
young men just engaging into the business,
| to look after their own interests as land
renters. Hence arises these complaints of
the scarcity of lands for rent. But rental
rates have increased also and this adds
additional burdens to the poor land renter.
| Every year our population is increasing,
| and if this state of things should continue
| Tor years to come. every tiller of the soil
must either become q land owner or settler
upon the cheap lands Of the West. True,


we have thousands Of acres of worn out


and abandoned lands that might be reclaim


ed, but it will require both capital and


labor to make it "bloom and blossom I"


with abundant crops. This has been done


in the past and may be done again. With


the soil and climate we possess our waste


lands may be made productive and yield a
profitable income. Our land rentersshould
purchase small farms and themselves be-


come the owners of the soil they cultivate.


1t will elevate the dignity Of true manhood


to know that they in common with the rest


of their fellow citizens have substantial


interest in the community in which they
live.-Dsnton Union.
Year: 1878

Actresses devise most ingenious plans to
secure free advertising. You never read of
an authoress falling down and breaking her
nose, or burying pet dog with grave oere.
monies, or carrying a horse shoe in her
pocket in memory of favorite horse, or
being run over by an omnibus, or travelling
with four cats, two dogs, q monkey and a
parrot, or narrowly escaping death by
drowning, or having ten thousand dollars
worth of diamonds stolen every six months
or so-you never hear Of an authoress, we
say, resorting to any of those dodges in
order to call attention to forthcoming
book -NorristOwn Herald
Year: 1878

Root crops attain their full growth after
the light frosts come. The cool weather
seems to affect them so that they become
solid and compact, and form sugar, under
its influences. So do not fear the effects of
frost on the turnips and mangels, but rath-
er welcome it, and do not harvest till just
before the ground freezes. Potatoes, how
ever, should be dug as soon as the tops
wither, as they gain nothing thereafter,
and are apt to rot under the action of the
fall rains after ripening.
Year: 1878

A careful estimate of the yearly gold and
silver production of the United States
shows that it does not average less than
eighty millions of dollars per annum.
Five years production would pay off every
greenback in existence, and put solid
wealth in place of paper promises. Would
it not be better that the four per cent in
debtedness of the nation were increased to
this extent, if by that means the medium
of exchange that goes from hand to hand
day by day in thousands and millions of
transactions could be of universal accept
ance and as little liable to fuctuation in
value as any human device can beP The
cost of maintaining an irredeemable paper
currency is fourfold greater than the in
terest on like amount of bonded indebt-
edness, and the tax falls upon those least
able to pay it.
Year: 1878

The railroads will now bring barrel of
-four from Chicago to New York for twenty
cents, but the down-trodden laborer charges
twenty-five cents 10 take the barrel from
the depot to the consumer. But the down.
trodden aforesaid makes it all right with
his "effete" customer by throwing in a
speech on the necessity of putting down
the railroad monopoly SO that the poor can
live
Year: 1878

A lady asked her minister whether
person might not be fond of dress and
ornament without being proud. Madam"
said the minister, 'when you see fox's tail
peeping out of the hole, you may be sure
the fox is within"
Year: 1878

A butcher let sailor have a shoulder of
mutton on trust, but finding in day or
two after that he had gone to foreign
land, said: "My word but if had known
he never intended paying, ] would have
charged him penny a pound more for itr'
Year: 1878

HAY BURNER STovE.-Messrs. Collins e.
Burgis, stove manufacturers Of Chicago,
H., have in the Kansas Farmer, a cut and
full description of their celebrated hay
burning stove. The reason it is called
ebay burner" is because it is heated with
hay or straw instead of coal. The idea of
stove burning hay no doubt sounds very
strangely to many of our readers, and for
their information we clip from the article
in the Farmer the following paragraph which
will give some idea how it works:


"If coal is used the year round in an
ordinary No. cook stove, it will consume
300 bushels, and probable more than this
amount. At 16 cents bushel, which is the
cost in Topeka, the sum in cash required
to keep a stove in fuel for that length of
time will be, we'll say $50 The interest on
that sum will be S., or Sc. Every farmer
can determine more satisfactorily than we
can, whether the interest on his outlay for
coal would not cover the cost of providing
years supply Of hay or straw fuel to take
the place of coal, while the quality of the
fire made by hay or straw being a purely
charcoal flame, is infinitely superior for
cooking purposes to that from coal. No
smoke, dust or gas is emitted from the hay.
A coal stove burns out in three or four
years at most, while the hay stove will last
twenty years"
Year: 1878

The President cannot calmly fold his
hands and appeal TO his record aud the
platform for his record contains many
blunders. and the platform he has dis.
regarded on more than one occasion
when il suited his policy or convenience
10 do 80. If President Hayes can feel
any genuine satisfaction in looking AZ the
present condition OF the party, 20 lately
brought to defeat and disaster. a solid
South arrayed against 10, his own State
OF Ohio delivered over TO the absolute
control Of the Democracy. a Democratic
Senator TO take the place which for elk.
teen years was held BY John sherman,
the certainty OF Democratic majority la
the United States Senate few months
hence, himself and his party In Congress
without mutual understanding or conf
dence. we confess we see no special cause
for hilarity or satisfaction. That condi.
tion OF mind may be safely left 10 the
opposite party. The mood Of the Presi
dent would be more 10 our liking II he
were anxious or doubling A mighty re-
sponsibility rests upon him. We believe
he means wisely and well. but he cannot
afford to rest on good intentions lie
must do wise deeds. regain the sympathy
and support Of his -party, show himself
friendly II he wishes friends, and bauish
forever from his mind all idea that he
can govern the country successfully in
any other way than that which will meet
the sound approval of that great Retub.
lican organization Of which be should be
the shinug ornament and pride.-rCleve
land Herald.
Year: 1878

prostitution in all our large cities. we
cannot charge this to the Chinese as an
original ofiense or one peculiar TO their
color. They are not addicted to the use
Of intoxicating liquors. and drunken
Chinaman is rarely seen in San Francisco
their form Of intemperance being in the
use Of opium. which does not produce vi
olence or outbreak, but stupor. followed
by languor, depression, and disease. and
the number who practice IL is smaller
than the number Of whites who visit sa-
looms and get drunk"
Year: 1878

Reason should teach us that a blotchy, rough
or pimpled skin depends entirely upon an in
ternal cause, and no outward application can
ever cure the defect. VEGETINE is the great
blood purifier.
Year: 1878

Four boys, the oldest only eleven
years old, were arranged before the
Tombs Police Court, New York, charged
with attempting to wreck train on the
elevated railway. The evidence against
them was conclusive. They were seen
climbing on the track and coming away
from it. A pair of old trousers, picked
up in an alley, was packed fulo eobble
stones and hung over one of the rails.
A Belgian paving block was also wedged
between the guard rails. Scarcely had
these distractions been placed on the
track before an engine with cars at
tached came down with great speed.
Fortunately, the train held the track,
and the boys did not enjoy the fun of
seeing the cars and passengers dashed
into the street below. The boys scram-
bled off the track to wooden awning,
and thence disappeared through a win
dow into the street, and were caught.


Two of the boys cried when they
found themselves in the police court
but the youngest and smallest of the
gang told the officers to shut up
They all admitted the attempt to wreck
the train, and united in stating that the
object was sport. Each declared, how
ever, that " de 'udder boys done it." Ar
attempt was made by the counsel for the
boys to have the charge against them
dismissed on account of their extreme
youth, but the justice decided that boyf
Year: 1878

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On the roof of the Cathedral, at Col
mar, says the Baroness Oberkirch, in
her Memoirs" there had been placed
a wheel, laid crosswise, as an induce
ment to the storks to build their nests
there. This is a custom throughout
Alsace, it being popular opinion in
that part of the country that these
birds are harbingers of good luck. The
storks had not failed to come, and from
the windows of our inn we saw the SOM,
ber profile of a parent bird standing out
in strong relief against the evening
sky, then Redeemed by the setting sun.
A brood of young storks were grouped
around the parent, that stood upright
upon its great claws. None in the nest
slept; it was evident that they awaited
an absent one, some straggler, perhaps,
and from time to time we heard their
wild and disagreeable cry. At length
we perceived on the verge of the hori-
zon, a stork with outspread wings, cleav-
ing the air with arrowy swiftness, and
closely pursued by bird of prey of
prodigious size, probably vulture from
the neighboriDg mountains. The stork
was frightened wounded, perhaps-
and the cries of those in the nest re-
sponded to the parents cry. We saw
the poor frightened bird arrive straight
over its nest and fall there exhausted
either by fatigue or pain. The other
stork then took her companions place,
and sprang toward the enemy. A fierce
combat commenced; the two champions
rushed upon enc another, uttering ter
rife cries. But the glorious instinct of
paternity displayed itself with incredu-
lous strength, and energy in the stork.
While defending herself or attacking
her gigantic adversary, she never for an
instant lost sight of her little ones that
lay trembling and terrified in the nest
beneath, but tried continually to cover
them with her wings. Atlength, too weak
to sustain an unequal combat, by a des-
perate effort she approached her branch
| formed nest, where lay the expiring
mate and the young ones yet unable to
take wing. She caught the nest in her
bill, shook it forcibly and turned it
over, dashing from the top of the tower
the objects of her affection, rather than
see them fall prey to their enemy; {;
then, deyoting herself singly, resigned
victim, she fell upon the wheel, where,
with blow of his beak, the vulture
terminated her existence. We were
touched to the heart by the sight of this
combat and this defense. To use an ex-
preston then in fashion, it was real
family tragedy. The Count du Nord
especially seemed as much interested
and excited as if he had been looking
on strife between two mail-clad war.
riors.
Year: 1878

DIFFICULTIES never come singly,
Our engine got out Of gear on Friday
and delayed our issue, and just after our
pressman commenced to print the GA
zEffE it broke on Saturday small rod
delaying us again. Thus it is always
with newspaper that is compelled to
get to press early and work late to get of
the large edition we serve, in time ia
catch the cars, trains and hacks by which


they are distributed all over the country.
Year: 1878

The Republican does not like our
reference to its sable voters. 1t Is not
alone in this particular. We have un-
knowingly given mortal offence to some
people in high circles because we would
not let negro suffrage alone. But they
wanted the negro votes. We did not
There was the difference. We were
ready, when we asked the negro tt
vote for us, to vote for him. They were
not. They wanted the negro's vote, bu
did not wish to give him anything in re
turn.
Year: 1878

WE ARE indebted to Hon. Wm. G.. Le-
Due, Commissioner of the Department
OF Agriculture, for copy of his Report
for 1871. As we have been prescribed
or neglected by our entire delegation in
paper people should, like our public
school children, have only limited edu-
cation, the receipt of such volumes as the
Report OH Agriculture and Education
are very acceptable, and to send them
with the compliments of the donor.
shows that, whatever else may be said of
the head Of the Department, he is at
least, as polite and gentlemanly as he is
learned and energetic.
Year: 1878

DEMoCRATIc MEETINGS here now are
entirely superfuous but there are al
ways some who want to spout little
that they may hear themselves, and it
may possibly do no harm to crafty them.
Year: 1878

IT occurs to us, in view of the ex.
cursions which are on the tapis to
Los Angeles, that the railway au-
would do a wise thing to
provide the people of this and
neighboring towns with excursion
facilities to the State Fair at Sac
in September. If a gem
erous schedule of fares were an
nounced we have no doubt what
ever but that very large number
OF our people would avail them
selves Of the privilege with un-
doubted benefit to both them selves
and the railway company. The
usual rates of fare would repress a
natural desire to be on hand on an
occasion of the kind.
Year: 1878

THE last pleasant note We have
heard is suggestion that Arizona,
ss an incident of General FIRE.
niont's arrival, should be made q
State, and the Pathfinder should
be one of the first United States
Senators from the new common
wealth. Soft you, now, brothers
of the press, Southern California is
prior claimant at the doors Of the
national capital. Everything in
the order of population! Los An
geles is the ancient capital of the
State of Alta California. Why
should it not claim to be the capi-
tai of the State of California del
Sur? We have now twice the pop
ulation of Nevada in the natural
limits OF the territory which would
be em braced in the new State, and
nothing but an incredible lack OF
ambition should cut US out of the
accomplishment of an oId-time
dream.
Year: 1878

THE great question of the imme-
diate future is as to whether the
United States will be equal 10 its
opport tunities. We have been lam
entably nibil for some time past.
II the old Democratic party, with
its vigor and national impulses,
can be resurrected, this country is
all right. The United States have
been in q Rip Van Wrinkle slum-
Der for the past twenty years.
When we went TO sleep the United
States possessed u merchant marine
which veXed all the oceans of
the earth, and which was only a
close second TO that of Great Brit
ain. We possessed Navy which
was only a slight remove from that
Of England, and which could have
been easily brought up to the
standard of the older country, and
hey ond it, for that matter. Some
twenty years have passed since the
Navy of the United States was Sec
ond only to that of England, and
now the sum total of our Navy
comprises, after spending easily
half n billion upon it, lot of rot
ten old tubs which are not, all
told, worth single English line of
battle ship. Such are the miracles
of administration of the "God and
morality" Republican party. May
heaven forefend us from longer
continuance of such rule!
Year: 1878

Among the first things that
strike tile traveller in Japan are the
wooden sandals wern by these 36,.
100000 of people. They have
separate compartment for the
great toe and make u clackipg
noise on the street. Straw slippers
are also worn, and a traveller set
ting out on journey Will strap a
supply of them on his back, that
he may put on new pair when
the old ones are worn out. They
cost but three farthings pair,
and. leaving the foot free to the
air, we never see those deforDities
of the foot in Japan which are so
frequent liz this country. They are
never worn in the house, being
left outside the door. Passing
down a street you can see long rows
of them at the doors, old and new,
large and small. 1t Is surprising
to see how readily the Japs step
out of them and pick them up
again with their feet, without
stopping, when leaving the house.
Constant habit makes them dex-
ferrous.
Year: 1878

THE railway company In its ex-
cursion rates is acting very liber-
ally. The fare for the round trip to
and from Bakersfield to Los Ange-
les was only $5 SO. The fare for
the round trip for the excursion
party which is about to come to
Los Angeles from Tulare Is only