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Year: 1879

Mr.. TILDEN OUT OF THE RACE.-A special dis
patch from New York to the Philadelphia Times
says that short time before the late election in
New York Hon. L. B. Faulkner and other prOmi-
nent democrats called on Mr.. Tilden TO consult
his wishes with regard to the nominations. After
saying he wanted Gen. Robinson renOminated
he made the startling declaration that he didn't
care to be candidate again. He was getting
to be an aged man. The constant worry and nc
patton in politics was wearing upon him.
He had lawsuits and private business on
hand that required more than his entire atten-
tion. He had fortune, and his inclination was
to live the rest of his life in the ease of his home


He had once been elected President OF the
United States, and the majority OF the people
knew it-were coming more and more to know
it every year-and the time would come when
every one not blinded would say that he had
been cheated out OF what rghtfully belonged
to him. and he added 1t is question whether
will not live better in history rs an elected
President who was cheated than f:y running
again and serving for four years; for any man
in ofIiee is bound to make political enemies"
Year: 1879

JAY GOULD, AND so FoRTH.-We are at . loss
whether to call it ridiculous or disgusting, the
way the rival Missouri River towns are going on
about Jay Gould, both through their newspa-
pers and by means of associated press despatch
es. Each and every one of these towns is keep
ing up din about what Jay Gould is going to
do for them-he is going to centre all his rail-
roads there, and eternally ruin all the other
towns. They have all let 20 their grip, and are
looking to Jay Gould to boost them along.
Some or all of them are lying outrageously, or
Jay Gould is. To an outsider, it looks as if
Jay Gould is going a big eye on st. Joe. As he
owns the st. Joe bridge, and controls the Hani-
bal road, the direct eastern route from this part
of the country, why would lie run out of his
way to Atchison, and cross a bridge that he
doesn't own, in order to go further to reach the
Hannibal roadf Why does he send a man to look
over the "bob-tail" road, if he doesn't want to
get shorter cut from the Central Branch and
Missouri Pacific to the St. Joe bridget Is he
building the branch from Marysville to point
on the Central Branch in order to take business
away from his own road and his own bridge, or
to bring business from the west end of the Cen
trail Branch to the st. Joe bridge, there to meet
his eastern connecticut At any rate, do not let
60 all holds, and put yourselves at the mercy of
Jay Gould. If nothing else, grab root.
Year: 1879

y Sol. Miller is queer in all things, but new
yet believed he would join the George William
Curtis Hen Party. Sol. don't seem to like Grant,
and he is preparing himself to scratch. His "Grant
boom" in the Troy Chiefs rat her the order of
anybody beat Grant" Still the people will have
Grant President.-Learencorth Press.


Why do you willfuily msrepresent usi The
very article you refer to, declares emphatically
that if Grant is nominated, we shall heartily
support him. But in this free country, a man
has right to first choice, even if it doesn't
chime with the furore of the hour. If, with all
the honor Grant has already received, he has
not yet got what the nation owes him, We are
afraid the nation will never be able to pay. If,
out of the host of able men, soldiers and civil
iani, who have brought the country through
the last twenty momeutous years, Grant is the
only one deserving high honors, then the coun-
try is badly off indeed. And if Grant is the on
ly man whom the Republicans can elect Presi-
dent, it is humiliating confession, and the
party had better make an assignment ar once.
If these opinions constitute us q member of the
Hen Party, there is a big Hen on. -------
Year: 1879

II The associated press dispatches say that
Hayes, in his Message, will take decided ground
in favor OF limiting the coinage of silver, lest it
should drive all the gold out of the country, and
of retiring the remainder of the greenbacks.
Since resumption has succeeded so well, hadn't
Hayes better let we'll enough alonei Nobody
is complaining of being overburdened with sill
yer or greenbaeks, and as they are on par with
gold, there is no cause for further interference.
Gold is not being driven out of the country to
any alarming extent by silver, and will not be
driven out, until the conditions of trade now
bringing it in are reversed. Fortunately, in
this instance, the present Congress is not dis,
playing remarkable alacrity in carrying out
Hayes recommendations.
Year: 1879

The SCHOOL TAx.-The Leavenworth Times
speaking of the State school tax muddle, say.
the effect will be, that the school districts
throughout the State will be deprived of q large
proportion of their fund, and will have to Gu,
their terms short. If we have had an erroneous
idea of this business, will some one enlighteu
us' We had supposed that this annual school
tax did not come back directly to the school dis
tricts, but supplied fund to invest in certain
securities and that the interest on these invest
meuts was the fund that was apportioned among
the schools. Ifso there will be the same amount
of fund to distribute this year as last, but the
regular increase will be cut off for the next two
years. But whether this tax comes back direct
or through interest on investments, it cannot
affect the schools this winter, for the fund fol
them is already on hand. Next year will be the
time it will he felt at the worst.
Year: 1879

U There are just about 5000 Republicans in
Nebraska SO bigoted that they will vote against
a man who entertaius their political principles,
because he thinks differently on religion. One
of the Republican candidates on the State tick
ct was cut to that extent, because he was free
thinker
Year: 1879

II We understand that Judge Price of Troy,
will be q candidate again for Attorney General
Judge Price has a fund of horsesense in connection
with his legal qualifications, that would enable him
to fill the position with ability, that would command
the confidence and respect Of the lawyers of the
State.-Hiaratta Dispatch


We imagine that the people Of Kansas have
come fully to the conclusion that q bad mistake
was made when the last Convention failed to
nominate Judge Price. But there is not much
encouragement in being n candidate, when a
mans own friends do net take enongh interest
to stay and vote when he is before the Conven-
tion. Judge Price would have received the
nomination before, but his friends, who had re
ceived the benefit of his assistance, left By
twos, threes, aud half-dozens, seemingly crazy to
get home, after having fooled away time in
nominating Governor, and having succeeded
in pulling their particular friends through.
Year: 1879

r The Hiawatha Dispatch says the father of
the editor of the San, who is an Illinois Republi
can. furnishes the money to enable his son to
publish a Democratic paper in Brown County,
to fight the Republicans. Perhaps the old gen.
tleman has mania for trying to fill rat-holcs
by pouring in water by the spoonful. If so, it
is all right, as long as he furnishes the water,
for he is doing nobody else any harm.
Year: 1879

T The Hayden murder trial is still in prog
ress in New Haven. If all the diagrams in the
case that have been published in the newspa-
pers were collected in a volume, it might pass
for a first class work on architecture.
Year: 1879

The ultra temperance people have already
cuinmenced the campaign in favor Of the prohib-
itory amendment to the State Constitution, to
he voted on next November, and are trying to
press the newspapers into their service. We
have received the following circular, which we
presume has been sent to every newspaper in
the State:
Year: 1879

Our business is run in the oldfashoned way. We


do not shuttle customer about from salesman
to another to buy paper of pins from one salesman


yard of calico and spool of thread from another,
thereby taking up hours IN purchasing a few goods
that can, by our way of doing, be purchased in a.
many minutes. keep but first-clsss statesmen,
who are we'll posted in every line Of goods. The
same salesman goes the entire stock with the custo-
Year: 1879

In every country, notably in every
large city, says the N. Y. "Times, !"
men are always wanting employment
without any training to do any partic-
ular thing. Ask them what they want
to do, or what they can do, and they
cannot tell. They are anxious to earn
money, without understanding how to
earn it. they have neither trade Or
vocation; yet they wonder why they
are not employed. This has been the
case with thousands and ten thousands =
here and everywhere during the last
five years of dull, hard times. owing
partially to the fact that nowadays
boys in cities have not the chance they
used to have TO engage In mechanical
pursuits. Thirty years since, any
American father could selec. trade
for his son or sons, and have them
learn it thoroughly, so that at maturi-
ty they could be skillful wcrkmen. Many
men of means put their boys at a trade,
that they might in case of need, gain a
livelihood by it. They found out the
boys aptitude for this or that branch
oflabor, or consult his inclination, and
set him to learn what he was fttsd for,
or wanted to undertake. This is no
longer feasible. A boy cannot as a
rule exercise any choice. He must &C
cePt what offers. The rules of trade
unions exclude, indeed prohibit, boys
from entering workshops, and many
industrial establishments are closed
against them in order that place may
be kept for skilled worknen from Eu'
rope or for half-educated mechanics
ever coming to town from the country
This is a serious evil. Certainly
Americans should be encouraged, moi
deferred, from giving their sons a use
| ful trade
Year: 1879

Last svenin g a colored man who is
said to be known unlocked the door OF
the stable attached to Merrick's ba.
zaar, and took therefrom fine brown
morse belonging to Mr.. William Stork-
ley. The negro then abstracted jump
seat carriage from the bazaar to which
he litched the stolen horse and drove
towards the railroad. When driving
near the Fourth street crossing the
horse took fright, and when caught by
the watchman the carriage was badly
broken. The horse was returned to
the stable upinjured. The negro jump
ed from the carriage leaving his hat be.
hind.
Year: 1879




In an old-fashioned book we are told
that, soon after the invention of the
lightning-rod, the ladies of Paris. France.
thought it fashionable, as well as safe, to
wear a bonnet ornamented at the very
top with 1 thread of bright metal. To
this was attached little silver chain
which reached down the back over the
dress and touched the ground. 1t was
believed that the lightning would be
caught by the metallic thread, and
would then be so polite as to run along
the chain down into the earth without
harming the wearer of the bonnet.


At about the same time, too, umbrellas
made of silk were fitted with wires and
chains in a similar fashion, so that the
holders might enjoy cozy walks during
thunder storms, | suppose, without get
ting scared.-S. Nicholas.
Year: 1879

Some advertisers think that because an
advertisement which appears to-day is
not followed tomorrow by an appreci-
able increase of sales the advertisement
has done no good and the theory of
advertising is false. Though it is per-
haps impossible to insert a notice that
shall not be read (et any Didymus put a
three-line card, Wanted-A Dog,n in
the obscurest corner, and be convinced
OF this) it is not to be expected that the
moment a person casts his eye upon an
advertisers announcement he sets out
for the advertisers store. He may not
at the time need any article-in the mer-
chants line, or he may deal with another
house. But if the representation is at
tractive he will almost inevitably, when
ever he needs anything of the kind an
nounced, turn to the paper where he saw
the card and give the advertiser trial.
The merchant should regard his outlay
for advertising as he would that for
painting his building or putting up his
sign n-board-as a necessary charge upon
the whole years business, the effect OF
which is not to be perceived Immediate
". Men do not sow wheat one day and
harvest it the next. .a


The man who has begun to advertise
must keep on advertising if he desires a
continual increase in the volume of his
business. He may keep steady clientele
of satisfied customers, but the chances
are that some of these will be detached
by seeing the advantages Of other dealers
persistently advocated. He will certainly
not attract new patrons. They will &C
elsewhere, just as they would seek an.
other store than his if, on coming to his
door, they found it locked and the shut.
ters up.-Moder9, ArgO.
Year: 1879

The race is not always to the swift nor
the battle to the strong, nor is it the man
with the largest mouth who gets the
most favors in this world. Yesterday
forenoon very quiet stranger entered q
real estate office on Griswold street and
softly asked if he could use q blotting-
pad a moment. One was handed him,
and he sat down to q table, looked
around, and said: "Ahl thanks; but
have you pen and inkp" They were fur
nished him. He tried the pen on the
pad, shook the ink around and mod
estly continued: "1f you could spare a
sheet of paperp" A sheet was handed
him. He wrote a brief letter, folded it
up and whispered: Il shall have to beg
an envelope of you" An envelope was
passed over, and when he had directed
il he looked all over the table, under the
table, up at the ceiling and inquired


"You couldn't lend me stamp, could
youP" A three-center was handed out
and when it had been licked on the
stranger rose and started out, saying
"As you have no office boy suppose
shall have to take this letter to the Office
myself. .n-DetroH Free Press.
Year: 1879

No doubt the sound of laughter is one
of the very earliest and oldest ofhuman
cries. 1t is certainly an astonishing
sound, and one that is very difficult to
listen to and analyze without prejudice
and remote feeling of sympathy. The
best way to study it that | know fs to
seize on opportunities when one is be-
ing constantly interrupted, say at ones
club, in reading serious book, by
shouts of laughter from a party ofstrang-
ers; one can then note the curious
variety of srasmodic sounds produced,
and marvel that men in the midst of
rational conversation should be COM
PEELED by necessity to break off suddenly
their use of language and find relief and
enjoyment in the utterance of perfectly
inarticulate and animal howls, like those
of the "Long-armed Gibbon. ."-Notes OF
a NdturalGsJ.
Year: 1879

The game of polo is rapidly becoming
a favorite amusement in this country.
The chief attractions of polo are its ex-
citing, manly character and the great
skill which each player is obliged to
possess. Concisely described polo IS the
game of football played upon horseback
and with mallets. A large level field
several acres in extent, a good supply OF
horses and skillful riders are the chief
essentials to forming apollo club. The
contesting clubs, which vary in number
from five to dozen, each member of
which is upon horseback and provided
with long mallet, are stationed at OPP
posite ends of the field. The umpire,
also upon horseback, calI Iios a largerub-
ber ball to the center of the field and
throws the ball to the ground as the
signal for the game to begin. Each
club then gallops toward the center, the
object ofth game being to bat the ball
over the heads or through the ranks of
the enemy, through two posts which
are ut the extreme edge of their part of
the field A game varies from few
minutes TO half an hour in length and is
often q sight Of intense interest.
Year: 1879

Very likely he has been gone a week, on


business, OF course, but it was quite
change from being at home. So lie does
not feel the need of change as she does.
and he is too selfish TO exert himself to
please her; the time he would do that is
past. As it is too far for her to 90 alone,
she stays at home. So for weeks,
months and years it is the same routine
OF labor, without relaxation. No won
der the mind and body both give way.
Ii some one will give a recipe to cure
seliishness in husband it will be of
more benefit than anything else can
think of.-Ltnda, IN Indiana Fdrnaer.
Year: 1879

Do YoU want to die7 Why, Of ccnre
not but the fever and ague or some SIM
liar disorder, gathers in many man, and
it may take you if you don't fortify your
self against it. You can do this in no
better way than by using Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic. 1t is agreeable, wholesome
and invigorating, and in collie, dysentery
and all disorders Of that kind it proves
a mild corrective and an agreeable stimu-
INIT. Its purity is guaranteed.
Year: 1879

problem of destiny to such a solution
that in few years Memphis will be
one of the most attractive and pros
porous commercial cities on the con-
tinent, This can be done if We will it.
Year: 1879

The other day dentist in Portland,
Ne, noticed that a dog was evidently
suffering from an liberated tooth. He
induced the animal to open its mouth,


applied the torceps and extracted the
tooth. During the operation the dog
sat quietly on his launches, and
stopped moaning, appearing to fully
realize what the doctor was about.
After the tooth was drawn the dog ex-
pressed his qualification in many ways,
Year: 1879

IT has come at last. A bill has been in.
troduced in the Tennessee house of repre-
sentatives reducing the per diem of men,
bers to 50. Candor compels us to say that
this, together with a good deal of other
salary reduction foolishness, for which the
present legislature is responsible, is stupid
demagogism The present allowance is
none too large and the reduction will not
save over five cents per annum to each
taxpayer in the State. Like some other
reductions, it is penny-wise and pound
foolish pofcy.-LKnoxville Chronicle.


The constitution fixes the per diem
of the members and the legislature
can neither increase nor diminish the
same. Any member desiring to dis
tinguish himself pre-eminently can
draw his pay and turn over a portion
or all of it to the school fund or the
general treasury. His constituents
would no doubt agree with him in the
admission that he is not worth four
dollars day or even fit to send to con-
greSs.
Year: 1879

FINE MECHANISM Ono Of the most
singular mechanical operations imagina-
bic is the making OF gold wire for what
is known as gold lace. The refiner first
prepares solid rod Of silver about an
inch in thickness he beats this rod, ap-
plies upon tha surface a sheet OF gold
leaf, Furnishes this down, applies another
coating, Furnishes this down-and so on
until the gold is about one-hundreth par.
tho thickness Of the silver. The rod is
thon subjected to train OF processes
which brings it down TO the state of 1ne
wire. when il is passed through holes in
steel plate lcssening step by step in diam
eter. The gold never deserts the silver,
but adheros closely TO it, and shares all its
mutations IL is one hundreth part of tho
thickness Of the silver at the beginning.
and it maintains the same ratio to tho
end. As to tho thinnoss 10 which the
gold coated rod OF silver can be brought,
the limit depends upon the delicacy OF
human tklIl. 1t has been calculated.
however, that the gold actually placed on
the very finest silver wire for gold lace is
not more than one.third Of one il.ionoth
Of an inch in thickness-that is not above
one zenith the thickness of ordinary gold


leaf.
Year: 1879

TIKI city government of Philadelphia
has ordered that the telegraph companies
shall place their wires under ground and
dispense with the poles, which are re
garded as an obstruction and disfgure-
ment of streets. The New York Herald
sees in the construction of the elevated
railways in New York an additional rea
son why this measure, which commends
itself from other considerations, should be
adopted in the metropolis.
Year: 1879

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN sUG-


GEsTED BY Ex-JUDGE HILToN's OFFER.


1t is expected that the interest in tO-days meet
ing of the Board OF Police will centre i'll the con-
sderation of ex-Judge Htons offer to take the
ashes garbage and street sweepings of the city, for
use on the Long Island property of the Stewart
estate. What action will be taken by the Board on
the subject must remain matter of conjecture, as
the Police Commissioners seem to have paid little
attention to the proposal. Commissioners Smith
and Erbardt not having read the proposal declined
to give their views on the subject and Mr. Mac
Lean adheres to rule that nothing is before him
as Police Commissioner until 1t has been before
the Board. Mr.. Wheeler is i'll company with his
lawyer in Albany.


The publication of judge Hilton's offer has
caused much gossip in police circles and various
objections have been raised to it. 1t is argued that
it VIII be almost impossible to keep the ashes sepa-
rate from the garbage especially in the tenement
house districts. Then, although the trip TO the
ocean will be avoided, the cost of transportation TO
Bushwlck Creek in the manner eXacted by MI.
Hilton will not be triflng and it is also thought
that owing to the difference in the food tides of the
East and North Rivers it will be found difficult TO
transport the dirt from the North River dumps
around the Battery and as far up as Greenpont or
Hunters Point.
Year: 1879

The funeral Of the late Francis Skiddy the Wall
At. merchant took place yesterday afternoon at the
Church of the Holy Trinity, at Forty-second-st. and
Madison-aye The building was filled in all parts
Year: 1879

There isn't better place in the United

 States to stay away from than Wall

 streeb--with the exception, perhaps, of

 Memphis or New Orleans in yellow fever season. know five men who went there to try their luck about year ago. l One was confidential clerk in a foreign

 house that operated largely in the street. He was in a good position to get "points," and the understanding

 was that the others should operate upon

 them, letting him in for a share of the

 profits in consideration of the informa- tion he should furnish. These five ! formed little ring with cash capital

 of about $50,000. They hadn't the slightest doubt about doubling it in six

 months. They were to be on equal

 ground with the biggest operators so far as "points were concerned, and no

 such word as fail could be found in the

 lexicon of their calculations. Where

 are they now2 Well. the confidential

 clerk is in lunatic asylum. One of the others is a strees-car conductor at | $1. .75 day. A second is clerk in an in-

 insurance office at ten dollars week.

 A third made his way West toward the

 Black hills, and has not since been heard from. The last of the party of five still hangs around the street, watch | ing the indications, but unable to put up even five dollars in a bucket-shop. Their whole capital melted away in three months, and they were left with out dollar. Here Is another case: A

 aRce considered himself too smart to be l beaten at any game. He lived in fine style, kept horses and carriage, and

 was we'll known in society. The Wall street fever struck him and he began to speculate. He made out pretty well at tho start, and that led him into larger operations In less than six months

 from the day he put up his first SIG, GOO

 margin, he was an insolvent debtor,

 with suits against him by the brokers,

 through whose hands all his money had l passed He now manages to scrape up

 cheap living as an insurance agent,

 but he is hard pressed half his time for l his board. This man has told me more l than once that the affection of his wife l ig the only thing that has kept him from

 suicide. Scores of such warnings against

 tempting the goddess of the Stock Ex-

 change might be given, but so long as

 her snares are set, men will walk straight

 into them, with their eyes open, and the

 notes of warning will be raised in vain.

 ~ Caspor's NeaQ Fork Letter.
Year: 1879

Michael Vincent, formerly famous in France and this country as the Iron Man, died lately in San Francisco. His strength was enormous, one of his feats being to lift 800 pounds from the floor to his shoulder but he too often raised a glass of liquor from bar to his mouth, and finally died of intemperance.