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Year: 1878

speech Of Hon. Thomas Ryan, Of


Kansas, i'm the House Of RePresen-


tatives, Thursday, February 2S,


1873.


On the message of the President of the Unit


ed States returning with his veto the bill


Oh. X. No. 1885 TO authorize the free coin


age of the standard silver dollar, and to re-


store its slegal-teuder character; also on the


Senate amendments.


Mr.. RYAN. Mr.. Speaker, conscious of
the utter impotency of the voice of a new
and unknown man in this House, have
not participated in the debate upon this
bill, nor in fact upon any other subject
pending in this body. Although the dis
cussion upon this proposition has been most
exhaustive, the fact that we are now met
by the executive veto would seem to render
it proper, if not duty, to say word in
justification Of my action respecting it.


The issue is supposed to have such rela-
tion to the labor OF the country, to capital
to our industry, to business and commerce,
that presumably every man, woman, and
child will be benefited or injured by this
measure should it become law.


We are told that such law will do vio-
lence to the public faith and upon this
idea the executive objections are founded.
II the President is correct in that asssmp-
ton the veto should be sustained The
man who would stand here and deliberate
ly scheme against this country's honor de-
serves public execration. But / venture to
suggest that even the President is not in
fallible, and should be sorry indeed
if the small minority here and in the Sen
ate opposing silver demonstration had a
monopoly Of public virtue, of the science of
political economy, and of love of country.


II We examine the legislation bearing
upon the subject We shall find ourselves
utterly at loss to discover in il any war
rant for the position of the President, that
the honor Of the Government is pledged for
the payment of any of our bonds in gold
coin exclusively.


If the obligation to pay the public debt in
gold coin exclusively exists at all it must
be found in the act of March Is, 1869, "to
the public credit" the act of
July IA, 1870, or in the act of 1875 known
a. the resumption act. 1t will be conceded
At once that the legal duty to pay the obi
cations Of the Government is not imposed
by any provision of Law outside the acts
named, unless possibly it may be insisted BY
,ome that the effect of the act of 1873, by
which silver was demonetized, was By fair
implication to raise such promise in regard
10 all bonds issued and sold by the United
States since that date.


The act of March Is, 1869, was passed to
,ettle controversy or doubt that prevailed |
he public mind as to whether the pripci- |
pal Of the debt was payable in coinor. in leg |
il tender notes. Up to that time it was with |
.reat fo,ce and plausibiliiy maintained by |
ome of our ablest lawyers and statesmen |
hat the principal was payable in United
Year: 1878

A bill is before the Senate of Ohio
which, according to the Dayton Journal,


will enable judgment debtors to hold their
property sold under execution for two
years after such sale, without interest or
cost, in order to give them a chance to re-
deem their property at the expiration of
Year: 1878

Gold went down in New York yesterday
to threefourths of one per cent. premium.
We begin TO understand now what the gold
people meant when they said the passage Of
the silver bill would ruin the country. By
sthe country" they evidently meant the
god gamblers; and it does seem TO be rath-
CT hard ON that particular part OF the
country, but everybody else can manage to
Stand it; with gold below one per cent, and
falling one-eighth TO a quarter day, re-
sumption will soon come around of its own
,oo,rJ
Year: 1878

1t is generally supposed that Governor
Nichols call for a special session of the
Louisiana Legislature is with view to the
pardon of Anderson, but the Cincinnati
Times says his real purpose is to get through
the gerrymandering bill which failed at the
last session, and which proposes so to redis-
trict the State as to cut out some score or
more Republican representatives.
Year: 1878

lBlue Valley telegraph


Quite large number of land buyers are
looking for locations in our neighborhood.
Most OF them intend to improve their farms
and engage in stock raising.


A dozen or more wagons passed through
this place Tuesday for Great Bend, Kansas,
Scarcely day passes without emigrants.
with their families pass through our streets
bound for some point in the west or south.
Year: 1878

There has been considerable excitement
lately over the discovery of silver near
Buffalo, Wilson county. The interest is
becoming intense, as parties have examined
the locality and brought IN specimens of
rock which have every appearance OF con-
tanning the precious metal. If this dis
covery proves to be reality and not de-
lusion as We fear, it will be rich lead for
the best agricultural State in the Union,
and open up market for our produce at
the farmers door.
Year: 1878

The warm and pleasant weather in the
early part OF the week set the frogs to sing
ing which is their sing for March. There
has not been a month during the past win
ter but that some time during the month
the frogs have been heard singing.


silver Discovered I'm Wilson County.
Year: 1878

LCentralia COrre>pOndencs Nemaha Co. Re


publican


The school board in district Al, in Nema-
ha county, contracts with the teachers OF
their school each winter to have a spelling
school once week. We think it would be
good idea to make this practice general
throughout the county.
Year: 1878

The Leavenworth TINES issued 10000
extra copies the 2ith ult. Another straw
showing which way the tide of immigration
is coming. We note with pleasure this
omen Of prosperity, and hope every Patri-
otic citizen of Kansas will let the good
tid;ngs of this terrestrial paradise be carried
to all people. Let the story of our fertile
soil, genial climate, free institutions and
happy people be told, that the good, the
wise and intelligent may all come and
dwell in the garden spot Of America.
Year: 1878




The summer sea rocked drowsily
Beneath the summer noon,
And time and tide and life were set
To one ecstatic tune!
We watched the silver shoals of cloud
The bees-the field-birds pass
The green leaves dancing on the bough,
The shadows on the grass.
While she sang to me ditty,
When the days were bright and long,
And Natures exultation shook
The breezy world with song
A sweet, pathetic idyl,


Whose passionate refrain
Was, Love is welded unto loss,
And rapture unto pain!
O'erhead the woven woodbine rained
Her perfumes on the air,
But, save one honey-hiving cup,
The trellis rose was bare,
Beyond her eager, reaching hand
The tempting blossom swung,
Coquetting with the sunshine, while
My pensive darling sung.
A tender minor sadness,


Like the vesper chant of waves,
Or quiet weeping OF the rain
Among deserted graves,
Dwelt in the plaintive cadence of
Her passionate refrain
"Ah, love is ever linked with loSs-
And rapture wed to pain !"
NAY, love"-I answered, clasping
Her slender hand in mine
''Whateer of SORROWS yet to be
Thy spirit may divine;
Behold, a myriad joyous flowers
Make beautiful the land
Pluck thou the Rose of Life that grows
The nearest to thy hand!
Full oft the bloom of richest scent
Lies closest to the root;
We strive to reach the rose, and tread
The violet under foot
Some joy hath compensation
For every sorrow born,
And if we may not pluck the rose,
We shall notwear the thorn"
Year: 1878

The long standing electoral tyranny


aud abuse which have made the elcc.


tions in Rhode Island to u great ex


tent an ey parte affair are in the way


of finding remedy vigorous enough


Tor their removal or. cure. Senator


Thurman has offered n petition in the


Senate subscribed by eleven hundred
naturalized citizens Of that State, max
ing just complaint Of the laws which
operate there to prevent naiuralized
citizen from voting unless he Is IN
possession ola freehold. and urging
the adoption Of an amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States pro-
viding that the right of citizens Of the
United States to vote shall not he de.
MED or abridged by the United States,
or by any State. on account OF the
place of nativity of any citizen there,
of. The petition was properly re-
ferred. Ifit is equal rights for all
citizens, whites as well as blacks, that
it is sought to establish in the United
States, we can only say it is high time
the Rhode Island case received seri
Gus attention. But for tho notorious
fact that the existing freehold qualii.
cation, by its restrictive results, opcr-
ates to keep our sister State IN the
hands of the Republicans as fast as if
It were in the grip Of a wise, it is pre-
that the efforts of the Demo
Gratis to remove so unjust provision
of the State Constitution would long
since have been crowned with success.
We earnestly hope that the petition
now before the Senate will be persist
emily pressed, until the odium is fixed
permanently on the party that is re-
sronsble for refusing to white men
the same free suffrage which has been
thrust upon the blacks. - Boston Post.
Year: 1878

The WIFE. needs no guilt to


break a husbands heart. The absence


of content, the muttcrings of spleen,
the torbidding scowl and deserted
hearth-these, and other nameless
neglects, without q crime among them
have narrowed TO the quick the hearts
core of many man, and planted there
beyond the reach of cure, the germ of
dark despair. 0, may woman, before
that arrives, dwell on the recollections
of her youth, and cherishiug the idea
of that tunetul time, awaken and keep
alive the promise she SO kindly gave.
And though she may be injured, not
the iujuring one-the forgotten and
not tie forgetting wife-a happy illu.
sion to the hour of peaceful love- a
kindly welcome to comfortable home
"A smile Of love to banish hostile
words-a kiss of peace to pardon all
the past, and the hardest heart that
ever locked itself within the breast of
selfish man will soften charms, and
bid her live, as she had hoped, her
years of maichless bliss, loved, owing
and content the source of comfort
and the spring of ioy.-[Cbambers
Journal,
Year: 1878

A scrawny looking individual came
into the office the other morning to
advertise his wife, who had LETT him,
that people should not trust her Oh
his account. He asked the book
keeper the price and when told said
in some surprise as that so . Why
that's what paid to advertise my first
wife. thought the price might have
come down." "-Danbury News.
Year: 1878

a great many people wonder why
it was that Christ did not come at
once to Martha and Mary, whom he
loved, when ne herd of their affliction.
1t was to try them, and it is the same
with his dealings toward US. II he
seems not to come TO US in our afflic-
ton, it is only to test us Moody.
Year: 1878

There are preachers in England
as well as in America, nova days,
declaring themselves disbclievers in
hell No one has right to discard
the Word of God. Ii hell does not
actually exist, then there is 10 heav-
en-, and the Bible is a mere myth
1t is very pleasant doctrine to some
people to discard hell and advocate
heaven. There would be no Justice
to the upright and pure if they were
paced upon an equal footing after
death with the wicked and depraved.
Heaven itself would then be a hell.
The beautiful life OF Jesus, and the
immortal teachings of His apostles
and followers will never be blotted
from the face of the earth by all the
ingenuity and skill of men. But the
true ministers of the Truth will have
to fortify themselves and combat the
errors of inidelity that are even try~
ing to creep in the very chnrch Of
tho Most High. With lightning
speed 10 the errors and false teach-
ings of men spread over the world


Men love talsehood, it seems better
than truth. What wickedness, what
blackness, what darkness, what cor
ruption, what rottennees, what death


Turks in the hearts Of men who seek
to undermine the religion of Christ.
Year: 1878

Ghls do not always know their
power. 1t is far greater than they
think; and were they true and brave
enough to exert it they might almost,
in a generation, revolutionize society,
about them. Exert your power for
good npon the young meu who are
privileged to enjoy your society,"
Gentle and good, be also brave and
true. Try to exhibit the ideal of a
woman-a pnro and good woman
whose life is mighty as we|l as beau.
'ifnl in its maidcnly dignity and at
tractive loveliness. Do not let it
oven seem that dress and frivolty
constitute your only thoughts, but let
the elevation Of your character and
The usefulness Of your life lift up the
yonng man who walks by your side.
Some of you are in intimate associa-
tions, which, under exchanged prom.
ises, look forward to a nearer and
more enduring relation.
Year: 1878

~ will not learn trade" saiG the
the young Chicago blood to his faith
er. But this business of learning a
trade is only matter of time, for
within a year that young man was
studying harness making in the State
Prison.
Year: 1878

A newspaper is a window through
which men look out on what is going
on in the world. Without news-
paper man is shut up in a small
room, and knows little or noting of
what is happening outside of himself
In our day, the newspaper will keep
a sensible man in sympathy with the
worlds current history. Itis an une
folding encyclopedia and unbound
book, forever Issuing and never fins
ished. Always bear this in mind,
and never fail to take, and more par.
ticularly, pay for your home paper.
Year: 1878

London, March 20.-The situation is
unchanged. There is still dead lock
between Russia and England on the
basis of the congressional discussion.
The impression is gaining ground that
the difference is insuperable and many
confidently apprehend that war is the
only outcome. The public feeling at
st. Petersburg is represented as all one
way-in favor of hostilities against
England: A telegram from there says
the government seems yielding to the
popular clamor and that there is reason
to fear the worst. The British gov
ernment evidently fears that the result
of the present deadlock may be an
armed collision. The fleet has been re-
inforced and everything is being pre-
pared for instant action in case of ne
cessity.
Year: 1878

THE Senate Finance committee Wed
nesday heard Senators Beck and Mat
thews in advocacy of a favorable re-
port upon the House Joint resolution
extending the time for the payment of
tax on distilled spirits.
Year: 1878

''No man will ever prosper who
has the curse of a ruined woman upon
him. The murderer of the body can
be tried and executed by the worlds
laws, but the murderer of the soul is
tried by heavens law and the execu-
ton is as sure as divine Justice"
Aunt Betsey said this as she folded
the white hands of beautiful girl,
and put white flowers and green
leaves about the marble cold fore
head. There was a tiny baby beside
the girl mother. The house was
hushed and there was mourning such
as few know. Half glad that the
mother and child were dead, the rest
of the family must perform the last
sad office OF burial and bear the fami-
ly shame. A haunted house! A
ruined home God the architect and
man the spoiler. The curse is there,
and the destroyer cannot escape
Woman's Journal
Year: 1878

consist of the old seminary building
and large four-story brick, which
was erected by donations from the
citizens. The main building contains
a chapel, recitation room, dining
room, study hall and private apart
ments for boardeIs. The buildings
have capacity for from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred students.
The campus consists of ten acres Of
elevated and rolling land, covered
with a number of forest trees and is
being improved as fast as time will
admit. -.... ..


The foregoing is a faithful state
ment of the present condition of our
town. We record it in our columns
with pleasure. We do it for the
double purpose of conveying informa-
ton and having something always at
hand to test the progress of our ris-
ing city. Year by year we expect
this record to surpass. itself. Our
motto is = &.zs
Year: 1878

Some people criticize very closely
everything at hotel at which they
stop. An investigation will prove
that these same fellows thrived excel
lently on corn bread in their youth,
and pataloons that resembled a map
of the world because of the patri-col-
ored division"
Year: 1878

There is nothing like looking a
long ways ahead, TO be prepared for
rush. A West Hill church, with
eye to the festival season next winter.
has already contracted for eleven oys-
ters to be delivered in December.
Year: 1878

Stop spending so much on fine
healthy food, cheaper and better Cloth
ing; get more real and substantial
things of life every way, and especially
stop the foolish habits of running after
expensive and quack doctors or using
so much of the vile humbug medicine
that does you only harm. and makes
the proprietOrs rich, output your trust
in the greatest of all simple. pure
remedies, Hop Bitters. that cures
always at trifling cost, and you will
see better times and good health. Try
it once. Read of it in another column.
Year: 1878

BALTIMORE, March "A trestle plat
form used in building the new iron bridge
over the Potomac at Rowels Bend gave
way yesterday, precipitating thirteen men
at work into the river, distance of fifty
feet; three men were killed outright and
the remainder seriously injured.
Year: 1878

In Delhi. India. we saw the crle-
bratcd basket trick. which is sometimes
poorly initiated by a professional macl-
clans in this country. y nave pro>
duccj basket and blanket, and after
permitting us to sec that contained
nothing. inverted the basket on the
ground and covered it with blanket.
We paid no attention to his incanta!ions
but kept our eyes fixed on the basket
and the space around Ii. resolved that
no boy should be smuggled into it or
out Of it without seeing him. What
made the feat still more wonderful was
the fact that the performer stood in u
clear space. and we could look down on
him as he proceeded. He then went
through the customary act Of thrusting
n sword through the lntcrstices Of the
basket, when the cries Ola boy We're
heard as if in mortal pain issuing from
the basket. Turning it over, there was
was boy within, apparently unhurt
and seemingly enjoying the fur. Re-
storing the basket, with the blanket
over it, to its former position, with tie
boy underneath it, the jugglcr went
through with some incantations, and
then running his sword under the bian-
ket tossed it away from him. Turning
over the basket no boy was to be seen.
So far as anything could be observed.
there was no possibly place in which
the little fellow could be concealed.


Another feat quite as astonishing W.
saw performed in the streets of Con-
stantinople.. An itincrant magacian
showed us n cane which had the ap-
pearance Of being wood and very krct>
ty. This he tossed in the air as high az
he could, and when it struck the srounl
it took the form of live serpent with
blazing eyes and rapid movements. ItI
lookcd ike a dangerous specimen, and
one which 10 nan in his senses would
Ike to approach. Catching up this
monster. the fellow coilcd it around hl'
neck and foudled it, while it writhed
and cxhibcd the most vcnomous quail
ties. Throwing it high up in the air,
it fell to the ground the same cane
which We had handled at our ease. l.
was this trick which Aaron per-
formed in Egypt when he turned his
rod into serpent, and the Egyptian
magician did the same thing in imita-
ton.
Year: 1878

\ nice young man employed in the
Kansas Pacific Office resolved the other
day to present his beloved girl with a
nice pair IF shoes. lie accordingly pro-
cured her measure and went into one OF
the fashionable stores on Main street
and purchased two dollar pair OF shoes.
In order to make the present appear
more valuable he marked five dollars
upon the s,les 81 the shoes, and at his
request the clerk put rcceipted biilior
five dollars into one Of the shoes. The
presentation was made, and the lovers
were happy as lovers should be. But
mark tie sequel. The girl examined
the shoes in the daylight and was not
satisfied. She was convinced that her
lover had been cheated in the purchase
Of such pair of shoes at that price. She
decided to 90 and change the shoes and
obtain better bargain. Yesterday she
appeared in the store and selected
pair Of shoes, price $3.50, and politely
requested the clerk to take back the
shoes for which she said her sweetheart
had paid S.. Tic receipted bill was
produced in proof. and the boot man
found it impossible to 20 'bchind the
returns. The smart girl took her $3.50
pair of shoes, and obtained $3.50 in
money, and went home happy and sat-
isiad The boot seller sent bill for
s3 to the young man who promptly
paid the difference, but he thinks that
girl little too smart for him.
Year: 1878

Oit within our little cottage,


a tnc shadows gently fall,
While the sunlight touches softly


one sweet face upon the wall.
DO we gather close together.


And in husbcd and tender tone.
Ask each others full forgiveness


For the wrongs that each have done.
Should you wonder why this custom


At the ending Of the day,
Eyes ard voice would quickly answer,
1T was once our mothers way
If cur home be bright and cheery,
Iii; hold welcome true,
Opening wide its door of greeting
To the many. not the few;
II we share our fathers bounty


With the needy. day by day.
Tis because our hearts remember
This was ever mothers way.
Sometimes when our hands grow weary.
Or our tasf seen very long
When our burdens look too heavy.
And we deem the right all wrong.
Then we gain new fresh courage
As we rise to proudly say &:
"Lct Us do our duty bravely,


This WAS our dear mothers way.
Thus we keep her memory precious.
While we never cease to pray
That at last when lengthening shadows
Mark the evening Of life's day.
They may find us waiting calmly


To 90 home our mothers way
Year: 1878

Hold on to Your tongue when you
are just ready to swear. lie. speak
har.hly or say any improper word.
Hold ON to your hand when you are
about to strike, pinch, scratch, stea! or
do any disobcdient or improper act.
Hold Oh to your foot when you are on
the point Of running away from duty,
or pursuing the path Of error, shame or
crime. Hold on to your temper when
you are angry, excited, or imposed up
on. or others angry with you. Hold
on to Your heart when evil associates
ask your company, and invite you to
Join in their games, mirth and revelry.
Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is more valuable 70 You
than gold. high prices, or fashionable
attire Hold on to truth, for it
will serve YOU well and do you good
through eternity. Hold IN to Jour
virtue it is above price to you III all
times and places. Hold on to Your
good character, for it is, and ever will
be, your best wealth.