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Year: 1877

WORKINGS OF THE BANKRUPT LAw.-To
| illustrate how business integrity is de-


bauched: A merchant bought $4,000
! worth OF goods or credit, and soon after


had himself put in bankruptcy by friend


so he would have to pay nothing for re-


lease, procured friend to be made as
signee, who had the stock appraised at


S., 900, which another friend bought in ut
fifty cents on the dollar, and transferred to


the original merchant on the very day he


received his discharge, thus securing
goods worth $4,000 for $500. When
one OF his creditors, purchasing at


his store, asked reduction on the article,
giving as q reason that lie had lost so


much money by him, the debtor exclaimed,
"Do you think was such fool as to 60
into bankruptcy for your benefit?" 1t
| will be asked, How can such things be and


not come to the notice of the officers Of the


Court2 The proceedings were regular, and


the Court relies upon the oaths made before
it. Even in the case OF the bankrupt who


has no desire to defraud, the fees attending


the proceedings are so enormous that, as the


law student said, g the aim Of bankruptcy


seems to be to make an equitable division Of


the assets between the officers Of the courtand


the members OF the bar.'' We know of an


instance OF large operator in Iowa who


was at one time reckoned to be worth five


millions of dollars. He moved to Chicago
and engaged extensively in banking, pack
ing. and produce. He had real estate esti-
mated to be worth three millions OF dollars.


He obtained from Hartford Iife-insurance
company loan OF one million dollars ON
his real estate, and then he took the benefit
of the bankrupt law in SO short time that
the mortgage was adjudged fraudulent as
to his other creditors, and the company will
scarcely realize twenty cents on the dollar
Of the principal sum advanced, to say no.
thing OF the interest. In the light OF COM
mon honesty this would be called an i'm
mense swindle, but it is nevertheless the
Legitimate workings OF the national bank
rupt law,-Indianaposis journal.
Year: 1877

WAeHlNGTON, Juue ~.


AT a cabinet meeting yesterday decis-
sion was arrived at regarding the payment
of four per cent. bonds which was embodi-
ed in letter by Secretary Sherman to F.
o. French, N. Y. The secretary says un-
der the laws now in force there is no coin
issued or issuable in which the principal of
the four per cent. bonds are redeemable or
interest payable except gold coin of the
United States of standard value Hxed by the
laws in force the 14th of July 1870, when
the bonds were authorized. The govern
ment exacts in exchange for these bonds
payment at their face in such godl
coin, and it is not to be anticipated that
any future legislation of Congress or any
action OF any deputy of the government
would sanction or tolerate the redemption
of the PRINCIPAL of these loans or the pay
ment of interest thereon in coin of less
value than the coins authorized by law at
the time Of the issue of the loans, being the
coin exacted by the government in ex-
change for the same.
Year: 1877

down this way. The excitement increases
and number Of volunteers start for the
upper country this evening. Two com
panes of cavalry left Today for Fort Lap
wal The excitement runs high. People
on the other side of Snake river are with
out protection; they are fleeing for places
of safety.
Year: 1877

English paperj ga person was re-
Gently sent to bank for the purpose Of
drawing money. Two men stood near
the place where he was counting over
the amount he had received, some $500.
One OF the men remarked to him,
you've dropped a 45 note,' pointing to
a paper on the floor. 'AlL right, sir,
was the reply; pl just put my foot on
it for the present. which he did and oon-
tinued counting his money. IT was not
till the sharpers learned that they were
trying their game on a smart fellow that
they informed him that the Is note was
dropped by one Of them. Any thought
less person would have stopped tor the
note aud in all probability have lost the
best part Of the $500"
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-Orders have al
ready been issued for the apprehension
of some of the principal agltators among
the Indians In the disturbed regions of
the West with view of placing them
in confinement In florida, a practice
which has proved effective in quellng
disorders among the Indians in the In
dian Territory and elsewhere. Army
officers here do not anticipate any se J.
GUS commotion on account OF the death
Of Crazy Horse.
Year: 1877

~ pursuance of Order of the District Court of the
Second Judicial District in and for the County of Omsby
and State of Nevada made the Sth day OF August 1877
and Ema Smith, the undersigned, the guardian of the
said persons and estate will sell private sale the high
est bidder cash. gold coin of the United States the
18th DAY OF JANUARY A. d. 1885, subject to confirm
alton of the said District Court at the law office of T. D.
Edwards No King street, all the right title, interest
the said minor heirs in and that said piece of land
situate lying and being in the County of Douglas and
State of Nevada and described follows wit: What
is known as the Warm Springs or Smith Ranch; terms
and condition SALE cash. gold coin OF the United States
on day of sale.


decl4 w H. SMITH Guardian.
Year: 1877

ONE GREAT cause of our troubles lately has
been the shrinkagc of values That process
will now go on more rapidly than ever for
nothing deprcciates the value of property like
laWlessness
Year: 1877

had rented for $4,000, was empty,
and there was no prospect of it's being
occupied for some time another was
occupied at a reduction of seventy
five per cent, and to sum it up, the
income of $35, 900 had shrunk to less
than $4,000. She promptly declined
to enter into the marriage state on
any such money, and notified the
groom in expectation, that the nup-
tials would be postponed till the odd
$25, 900 could be made up. The young
man was in despair. There was no
use trying to do any thing with real
estate, for that is drug, and so, be-
tween desperation and brandy, he
raised money by mortgage, and went
into Wall street. Need / detail the
result He came out of that place
plucked clean as pigeon, for he
bought on rising market and sold
on falling one, as all such fellows
do, and from an income of $4,000 he
was q young man about town with no
income whatever to speak of. He
threw himself upon her mercy but he
Jared worse with the adamantine
young woman of the world than he
did in Wall street. She declined to
see him, and forthwith engaged her.
self to another fool whose father was
smart enough to put his money into
gas stocks, which never can depreci-
ate, having city to swindle. And
the discarded lover is wandering
about accepting invitations to drink
from those who knew him in his bet
ter days. Moral-for the benefit of
your sons, invest in gas stocks.


Business is as dull as possible.
There Was q faint show of revival
when the passage Of the Electoral Bill
was announced, bat it died out in a
day. The political complication did
not make the hard times, nor can the
settlement thereof unmake them.
There viii be nothing done for two
mouths. PIETRO.
Year: 1877

FARM OPERATIoNs.-Says the St.
Charles Herald of the 3rd inst:


For the past two or three weeks the
weather has been most unfavorable
and disagreeable for the successful
opening of the present agricultural
season, and planters have been en-
joying happy state of incidence and
Inactivity. The indications, at pres
ent, are that fair weather will be in
order in the future aud the song and
i" halloan of the laborer is already
heard in the fields. The farming sea-
son has been fairly inaugurated, and
all hands are determined that if prop
er energy and care can insure large
and remnneratiye crops, then such
crops shall be made the present year.
The blowing up of rice ground is pro-
crossing rapidly and favorably, and
the planting of the seed will occur
earlier this year than last season. On
sugar plantations the land is also be-
ing broken up. 1t is said that larger
area will be devoted to corn this year
than the previous season.
Year: 1877

Although the mathematical calcula-
tions in life insurance are rather intri-
cate, nothing can be simpler than its
foundation principle, Iknown as the
law of average This may be formula
ted thus: All ordinary human events,
such as births. deaths, marriages.
weather phenomena, crimes, casual
ties, are found to recur with acertain
average regularity, when observation
is extended over a wide area and q
long period. A and b might insure
each other at the schedule rates, but
they would get no protection from
average until they joined with them a
large number of others. The applica-
tion of average to life insurance is
simply. that while nothing is less cer>
tain than an individual life, nothing is
more so than the duration of life in
the mass. That is, il we take large
body of selected persons of the same
age, it is utterly uncertain which ones
will die in any year, but perfectly GER
tain ho,o many will die on the average
yearly until all are gone; if more die
in one year than is expected, some fol-
lowing years will bring variance the
other way and restore the average. OF
course, the rate of mortality increases
with age and the "law" undertakes to
affirm merely that out of q given num-
Der Of selected persons of one age, say
1928 will die ON the average this year,
S4S next year, $40 the next, and so on.
To show hisprogression. the following
extract of few ages is made from the
american Experience" mortality
table (the complete table starting with
100, ,00U selected lives at age 10), show
ing the number living at each age. the
number OF deaths during the year to
the number living at that time:
Year: 1877

Amer listning to : few committee re-
ports. the house went into committee OF
the whole and after adopting the new
state house bill in the committee, the
house refused TO concur in the report oi
the committee. The bill legslixing the
contract Of the city Of indianapolis with
the Belt Railroad company was passed
Year: 1877

am sure nobody who sees my placid husband now would believe that ho was once one of the most jealous tempered men in England and as the way in which cured him of his folly was very sim. pie, will relate the means pursued by me, for the sake of other victims to the absurd mania, be they male or female.

 My parents died while was quite an infant, leaving me to the care of my maternal grandmother, who did her best to spoil me, and was most successful in her treatment. The first eighteen years of my life were passed with few trials or troubles. My grandmother and lived in cottage at Brix,on, the prettiest little specimen of suburban architecture im- aginable, the only drawback to which was large stone portico. Granny was very proud of this unsightly thing; I hated it, not on account of it's inappro- priateness, but simply because it inter- cepted my view of the garden gate, 90 that from our sitting-room window we could not catch even glimpse of visi. tor.

 Although my grandmother was rather old, she was SO full of life and fond of making young people happy that l never felt dull in her society, and made her the confidant of all my little adventures, and she entered into them with all the zest of a girl.

 One day the even tenor of our lives was disturbed by the arrival of an in- vitation from my aunt, who lived at Scarborough, asking me to spend some weeks with her. At first I refused to ac- cept it, for this, my only near relative was almost stranger to me.

 You will go, my dear Eva, to oblige me-" said Granny, coaxingly; want to have the cottage thoroughly done up. inside and out, and this will be an ex- cellent opportunity.

 I went. spent three months very de- ligh.fully at Scarborough, and returned home, leaving my heart in the safe keep ing of Claude Anderson. I loved him very dearly; but certain fear which l felt for him prevented that perfec: love which would have made me quite hap py. During the month we were engag- ed, before 1 left the North, scarcely day passed without one or more little "snarls" taking place between us. I knew the word have used is a vulgar one, but no other will answer my pur- pose, seeing that Claude and I did not positively quarrel.

 There were great many nice young men and lads in and out of my sunt's house all day long for she was most kind and hospitable, beside being the mother of six very pretty daughters. These male bipeds were constant sources of jealousy on the part of Claude, who in all other respects WAS sensible, clever, and I might say almost perfect.

 I was unusually full of health and spir- its, also, Che himself told mel very pretty and charming A brought me bouquet of roses, B box of preserved fruits. c pug puppy; in fact, the whole alpha bet, assisted by my six female cousins, conspired with me to tease poor jealous Claude, until positively l believe he felt glad when he put me into the train and sent me back to London with . gold
Year: 1877

Julia Ward Howe tells of six sisters, all unmarried and living together, the daughters of an Earl, ao# dead, who se, fused to allow any of his younger daught CTS to marry before the eldest should find husband. She Dever did find one, and one at least of the younger sisters, who was sought in marriage by a man of suit able position, was obliged to submit to this cruel prescription, and remained single until after her fathers death, when she declared herself too old to en. ter new condition,
Year: 1877

Wy, there would be no serious cause for
complaint; but it is notorious fact that,
with the exception. perhaps, of the torDe-


do department., our naval arm is ridicu-


lously weak. We question whether there
are twenty ships which, in event of war
with any European power, would be avail
able for active service. Is it not about
time that congress took this matter in
hand, and gave it the attention its supreme
Importance demands2 Why not appoint q
naval commission, composed of experienced
naval officers, to examine the navy s'from
stem to stern" and make report? Until
such examination is had, we are simply
working in the dark; throwing millions an
nually into bottomless hole TO feed an
army OF hungry contractors, agents, and
SPECTATORS. The people certainly have a
right to demand of congress rigid and
intelligent investigation of the present con.
dition OF naval affairs. Secretary Thomp-
son is good enough as far as he goes, but
from the very nature of the case he can.
not 60 far enough. Let him be vigorously
assisted in the way suggested, or some
other. The new sloops deserve specia


scrutiny, for they are the legitimate result


of q gigantic steal. Vessels do not begiI


to fall to pieces as soon as launched, i
properly built; and there is no doubt tina


somebody has made handsome thing b!


what must have been an ingeniously con


trived and thoroughly systematized swindle
Year: 1877

Sweet are the uses of retributive justice.
In passing through train on the New
York Central railroad to collect tickets,
the conductor encountered, east of Utica,
colored man who had neither ticket nor
medium of exchange, and, after desultory
discussion, stopped the cars and kicked
him off the platform. A few weeks after
ward, the conductor took chair in bar
ber-shop in Albany, under the ministration
of colored man. The barber covered
bis customers face with lather.' whipped
out glittering razor, and, while he was
improving its edge by means Of strap
that dangled from the wall, remarked to
the gentleman in the chair: Say, boss,
you doesn't know me. does you? Does
you remember de fellah you lanlbed from
your train up at Tribes Hill2 Dat was a
bad thing for you to do, sab, an / remem.
bers it well" Right here the conductor
bounded from his chair and danced around
the room with the lather dripping from hi'
chin and his hair standing on end. HI
was finally induced to resume his seat, OF
the barber's pledging himself to do NJ
mischief, but he did not enjoy the shave
and breathed more freely when he was
outside Of the shop.
Year: 1877

THE President "does not see what is
to be gained by malicious prosecution
of Wells and Anderson" Without stop
ping to point out that the prosecution of
torgers and perjurers in the regular course
of the law can never be properly called


"malicious," we may mention for the


benefit of the Presidents torpid con-
science, that among the things to be gain
ed by the prosecution in question are the
following: First, the punishment of the
criminals themselves; second, the brand
ing of the offense as Que which may not


hearatter be committed with impunity; /;
third, the satisfaction of justice, so loug
Knocked by the President of the United
States, and so lately defied by majority
of the Electoral Commission; fourth, the
direction of public Ottention to the frauds
which derived their force only from the
success of the federal power in prevent
ing their full exposure; and lastly, the
creation of such public sentiment a.
gainst the vitiation of the ballot that the
fraud first triumphant in American his
tory may also be The last. Perhaps Mr..
Hayes will still say that none of these re-
suits are worth striving after; if so, he on
ly the more clearly exhibits himself to
the nation as usurper, who, having sto-
len presidency, feels that he is no lon
ger resposible for any breach of morality
or law.-Bdlt. Gazette.
Year: 1877

Men who use their muscles Imagine that
men who use their braIus are strangers to
hard work. Never was there greater mis-
take. Every successful merchant does
more real hard work in the FIRST ten years
Of This business career than farmer or black.
smith ever dreamed Of. Make up Jour
mind 70 work early aud late. If necessary.
that you mas thoroughly mnster every de-
tail Of tho business upon which you propose
to enter. The habit Of persistent. rapid
work once formed. you have gained mo.
mentum that will carry you very success.
fully through many piEch in business
where less persisten. worker would fnd IL
vastly easier TO lis down and fail. Home
aud Farm.
Year: 1877

by them and will make other concessions BY which me
il was admitted yesterday by tho representatives
Of some of the large companies tat 'niS Us
action was much better than any. attempt 10
form another combination control production ana
that the result would be lower cost with further H.
tar1sy that inc Cnly pernanen relief for the trade ~ in
competing for potion OF the traffic now controlled py
Great Britain il was stated, had already received iho
careful attention Of OF the large companies anu
had been found that anthracite coal at present prices
would compete successfully with English coal in some OF
the foreign markets.
Year: 1877

Extract from the Senator's speech iI

 Sacramento, August 9: Carlyle ha.

 said, and it is not more true than it i,

 sad, that the saddest sight on earth i,

 that of man who is willing to work

 for bread and who cannot get the op portunity. And it is terrible com

 mentary on the christian civilization oi the nineteenth century that in the growth of society thls very sad thing does sometimes occur. Any one who has been looking at the course of hu- man affairs and industrial pursuits even for the last few years, cannot fail to see that there has been a gradual change in the relations of employers and employed. A good deal has been sad and a good deal foolishly, l be- lieve, about the antagonistic or uu. friendly relations between capita, and labor. Now, capital as capital does not think Labor as labor does not think. Some capitalists are wise and some are foolish. Some are liberal and some are mean. Some invest their capital in bonds and some in indus'ri- al enterprises. Some laborers are skill ful, others are unSkilltul; some are prOvident others are improvident; {; some are industrious others are lazy But when a man has labor {, sell he goes to some one who wants to buy la- bOr, and then they are in the position of making a bargain, ana the labOrer wants tO get the most he can for his la- bor and the man who employs him as a general proposition wants to buy his labor at the lowest prIce. But its just so with the laJOrer when he goes to buy anything. Perhaps he does not. buy labor directly, but he buys the commodities that are produced by labor everything that he wears, everything that he eats, the house that he sleeps under, are all the produce of labor. and in buying them he buys labor only one degree removed, and he buys it. just as cheap as he can, SD that really labor patronizes labor, just as much and a little more than capital does. be- cause there are more labOring men than capitalists. And that rule runs through all the transactions of life. that the seller tries to get the best price he can and the buyer 10 pay the least he can.
Year: 1877

Farmers ought to plant more fruit trees. At thIs time, hardly any fruit can be had in Tucson. We have some very far peaches for cooking, selling at one to two cents each, whereas they ought to be raised and sold here at a profit above that realized on grain, at say from Sl to S1jO per bushel. Quinces are beginning to come inIo the market at from five to eight cents each, whereas fine profit should be made at one cent each. No apples are raised here tor sale and very few for any other purpose, but enough have been 10 show they can be and of good quality. Then iR thIs warm climate, especially, fruit is one of the actual necessanes of every family and of ev- cry individual Fruit is much cheap Ter and more effective in preserving health than doctors visits and prescrip- tons.

 A large quantity of fruit fresh from the trees could be sold here, and the producers could dry it and sell much more in that form. For some reason or other, much of the dried fruit we get here, is damaged either by age or other cause. We are very glad to know that quite a good many farmers are growing fruit trees, and all ought to be. Fruit orchards about tbe farmhouse. however humble, give 1t an ar of com fort and enjoyment They help to pin the attachment 10 the farm for both old and young, male and female. They break the winds, afford shade, and. above all, bear to Us the cheapest and best food the farm produces. Life is but short at the most, and all the time we live in anticipation of the necessar- ies instead of the actual enjoyment of them, Is so much time thrown away.
Year: 1877




4 young man and young woman are NOW
passing through 3 terrible ordeal Of asnnlzing
suspense. They are engaged to be married, md
their fate rests upon tue decision Of the Presi-
Dental election. The; young man is staunch
supporter Of Hayes, md the young woman is
firm friend OF Tilden. They made a bet, stalking
no less than their future happiness on the result
Of the election, Such wager may seem exceed
iuglv fouish to coolheaded older people, but in
the heat Of an exciting campaigns when both
sides claiu, the election, the Young man and
woman whose minus are wandering Tar oil
in Utopian realms cannot be expected
to exercise tho saulc Judgment that character
ICES the clcar-heatled politician. But the belts
made, and tue parties propose to stand By It to
the bitter end, They love each other with all
the fervor anil passionate ardor OF their Young
natures, and their very souls seem to catch the
inspiration Of each others presence. Those
who nave been there know how It is themselves.
The lovers eagerly sean the daily papers and
deyour with ayidity everything touching on the
yexed political question. The bet which they
made is as follows: II Tildcu should be in
augurated President, the younsg man IS to marty
the young lady; but If Hayes should be iii
.augurafcd President, the young lady is to marry
the young man. The counting Of the Electoral
votes aud the announcement OF the result Is
anxiousl; awaited, as that, aud that only, can
decide which one Of the parties Is to marry the
other.