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Year: 1878

THE story comes from Oregon that a
mean fellow shot country girls pig
which she was bringing up on butter
milk so as to get money to buy a new
gown, because she would not go with
him to the Christmas ball. Miller and
Patrick will have to look to their lau.
rels; this is worse than the Cronin nose
business and the attempt to ::'Gobble'
an electoral vote.
Year: 1878

THE question which mainly disturbs
the equanimity of the Banking Com
mittee of the House of Representatives
just now is how much money there is
in the country with which to resume.
Their resolution to send for persons
and papers on the subject must be in
the interest of the Washington hotel
lraaraor-o
Year: 1878

In the opinion of the Attorney Cen
eral the duty of compelling the Pacific
railroads to abide by their charters
devolves upon Congress and not upon
the President. The whole question
appears to be getting into delightful
condition of confusion.
Year: 1878

THE contest for State Librarian in
Kentucky resulted in the reelection of
Mrs. Bush, who received majority of
two. There was keener interest
taken in the contest for librarian than
in the Senatorial question. Both can
didates were ladies'.
Year: 1878

THE wedding ceremony in the mar
riage of King Alfonso and Princess
Mercedes, which was celebrated in
Madrid on Wednesday, occupied nearly
two hours and was performed accord
ing to the Catholic ritual. A carnival
lasting five days was enthusiastically
inaupurated by the people,
Year: 1878

There is ajolly Saxon proverb


That is pretty much like this:
That man is half in Heaven


When he has a woman's kiss.
But there's danger in delaying,


And the sweetness may fcrsake it;
So tell you bashful lover,


you want kiss, why take it.
Never let another fellow


Steal a march on you in this;
Never let laughingemaiden


See you spelling for kiss.
There's royal way Of kissings


And the Jolly ones who make it
Have a motto that is winning;


If you want a kiss, why take 1t.
Any fool may face cannon


Anybody wear: Crowd
But man must win woman,


IF ned have her for his own.
Would you have golden apple,


You must find the tree and shake it;
Ifa thing is worth the having,


And you want kiss, why take it.
Who would burn upon a desert?
With forest running by?
Who would give his sunny summer
For bleak and wintry sky?
Oh! tell you there is magic,


And you cannot, cannot break it;
For the sweetest part Of loving


Is to want kiss and-take it.
Year: 1878

beer, and out there you see those
big black bull dogs, they drink beer
and get along. We don't know
anything about drunkenness around
a brewery. Our men drink all they
want and are never tipsy. Most
people who are accused of getting
drunk on beer have always drank
something else before they started
on lager. Beer has been blessing
to America. Instead Of drinking
whisky, that sets men crazy and
wild, men drink beer to a great ex-
tent and escape the terrible conse-
quences Of rum. 1t has helped our
civilization.


"No, sir, l have never had dys-
popsia," the brewer continued.
"Lager beer drinking people never
have dyspepsia. But dyspeptic
people drink it to cure them.
have no desire for water, and l
don't drink it. Tea or coffee may
be al, right in it's place, but give me
beer. My stomach is always in
good order. | never felt better in
my life, and have always been a
hard worker for years."
Year: 1878

to give life and value to what was
too often a mere collection of in-
congruous materials. Her earnest
ness, her thoroughness, seemed to
be at once infused into the mass of
inertia, ignorance and Indifference;
all had to do their best, because
she always did her best, and her
best was not, as in so many instan-
ces, a mere ego, stalking around,
wrapped in its own sublime self
confidence, looking down upon and
ignoring the lesser lights as of no
consequence.


LOVE OF CHILDREN.


+" Among the letters Of this
PERIOD" says her biographer, 81
find many expressions Of Miss Cush.
mans passionate love for children,
without some allusion to which this
memoir would be very incomplete,
1t was one of the most marked
traits in her character. She was in
sympathy with children, and could
be child with them. They loved
her and gave her their confidence,
and she was never so occupied that
she could not give time and strength
to them. Her nephew's children
were to her like her own. She
called herself their big mamma,
and she would travel any distance
to be present at their birth, even on
one occasion crossing the ocean for
that purpose. It was her great Joy
to be the first to receive them in
her arms, and she had a feeling that
this ceremony made them more her
own. Her first visitors in the morn
ing were always the little children,
and she had smiles and songs and
merry games for them, even when
at times her suferings confined her
to her bed"


We should like to quote much
more Of this absorbingly interest
ing volume, which, aside from itt
intrinsic merit, is a worthy tribute
from one noble woman to another
and not only every member Of the
dramatic profession, but every
American should feel proud of this
biography of a sister professional
and countryWoman,
Year: 1878

soDs from getting under the wheels.


-a-a-u-


The Truth About Bald Mountain.
spartanburg Is. C,) Cor. Charleston News


and Courier.l


In accordance with our instruc-
tions to visit Bald Mountain and
report the facts in regard to the
alleged rupture Of that famous
peak, l left Spartanburg last
Thursday. Finding it impossible
to reconcile conflicting rumors, or
to ascertain the truth by inquiry, l
procured guides and ascended the
peak the same afternoon. But one
man had ever seen the fssure, and
him | could not find. After a long
and painful search, however, we
finally CHANGED upon the object of
our quest, and found it to be a
crack about one hundred yards in
length, about four feet in width
and of unknown depth. The
crevice, which runs nearly due east
and west, is parallel with and but a
short distance from the brow of
the preeipice, which marks the
southern boundary of the noun
tain. That it is Of recent origin
was plainly to be seen, as is further
proved by the freshly torn roots of
the trees growing near. Careful
investigation led me to the conclu-
sion that the crevice merely marks
the separation of very large sec
ton Of the cliff from the body of
the mountain, and the break will
result, sooner or later, in a land
slide, differing only in extent from
others like it and of frequent oc-
currence in this locality. There
has been no appearance of smoke,
nor smell of sulphur, and the
mountain experienced its last ague
at least year before the crack
appeared. Whether or not the lat
ter was caused by the former is a
thing no fellow can find out.
Year: 1878

Magazine.l
A fool for my doubling and dreaming
And followed up and down.
shall oil my life with scheming
For touch Of my lady's goWn?
Shall / plot from night to morning
Foe the glance OF q woman's eye?
And take tho wage Of scorning
And wear shame's livery?
q footman, 0 wonder Of whiteness
Aud diplomatic cockade;
U iootmaa OF much politeness
For my lady's lady 's-maid--
As you open the door of the carriage,
just tell her I've gone away,
But will come TO dance at her marriage
On somebody's happy day.


J.R. S.
Year: 1878

Spirit OF the Times.l


PARIS, April 13.-When spring
sets in there is a comparative luil
in baccarat playing at the Paris
clubs. During the long, sunshiny
afternoons, men drive in the Bois
or sit and sip absinthe before the
cafes on the bouleVards until their
dinner hour instead of dropping
into the club at 5. After dinner
the air is so cool and pure that one
is tempted to stroll in the Champs
Elysees, and not until midnight or
after does an hour at bacearat sug-
gest itself. This being the case
there is q notable falling off in the
afternoon attendance at the clubs,
the absentees being, of course, only
that class who consider play merely
as an occasional pastime, for there
are hundreds Of men with whom
baccarat has become a necessity of
life, and who would hurry to play
even If the city were in danger Of
destruction. The slaves to the
game are faithful throughout the
year to the green cloth, in summer
and in winter, in spring and in fall,
sitting down to the game when the
sunlight is still too strong for gas,
and sometimes still engaged in it
when the orb sends golden shafts
through chinks in the shutters the
next morning, Superficial students
Of Paris life, and casual visitors to-
the city, though they know, of
course, there are dozens of clubs
where gambling is kept up night
and day, have little idea what a
llourishing and deep-rooted institu-
ton baccarat has become in Paris.


They come at an early hour, and
calling for a few louis worth of
counters, gamble away in the wild
hope that with some extraordinary
run Of luck they may recover their
losses and start in again on a large
scale. However, they are more
often drained of the small sum
they daily bring to water Che insa-
tiate green cloth, than recouped of
their previous reyerses, though now
and then some such surprising freak
Of fortune will occur in their favor,
as that which | saw happen a few
days ago to the Marquis de Castel-
lane, that well.known gentleman,
who for a number of years now has
neglected the duties of his high
station, and squandered his money
and his time while passing the
greater part Of his life in the hells
Of Paris.


At about five in the afternoon
Castellane appeared in a fashion :
able club situated near the Grand
Opera. The young gentleman is q
fayorite in such hannts, where his
high spirit and gentlemanly bearing
are appreciated, and when he sat
down to take the bank new inte-
rest was felt in tho game by the
eHtouTage. Castellane had his
usual bad luck; the cards ran dead
against him, and With that fatal
ohstinacy which even the most ex-
perienced gamblers cannot contend
against, he persisted in struggling
against i'll fortune. The heaps OIL
counters melted away from before
him like snow In the spring sun,
and his pocketbook was lightened
Of q number of thousand franc
bills, which disappeared quito as
readily Having run largely in
debt by borrowing from persons at
Year: 1878

We believe it is not pretended, by the most
eanglline Of rcfcImcrs, that the Republican
party is just now in very satisfactory posi-
ton. or that President Hayes in spite OF his
high purposes and amiable intentions, has sue
cceded in directing the strength of his adj
uiu;stration TO the work which is most i'm
portant for the country in the present crisis.
With proper management, by the proper use
of influences which rightly belong to the
Chief ExecutIve-and not by the prostitution
of patronage-it seems to Us that the RcQublI-
cans in Congress could have been rallied to
the defence of the National credit and the
nrotection of our commercial and industrial
interests. We are not certain that ii is even
vet too late to bring back the de-
moralizcd party to its ancient faith ard
strength But 10 serious effort To that end has
been made by the man to whom tIc party
looks rs its leader He has packed the SEN
ate and the Cabinet with adversaricS Of his
own financial creed aud lie has innOccnuy
given announcement to the party lie desired
70 defeat. Meanwhile be has lost all his
friends and he has not accomplished the re-
forms upon which he set his heart. Every
body respects bin. Everybody who has per-
SDildi Intercourse Win MN iihNo HiiH' A''b AZ
Is inpossiblc not to see that the first year of
his administration has been Il sad failure, and
that the second year opens with dark pros
poets.


Some friends who have acted with us on
many public questions, who sincerely desire
the unity and honor of the party ard the
preservation of the National credit, and a
rational course Of reiolm. Just as We do, and
who. moreover, see the facts of the situation
lust as we do, are Gisplcascd because we
blame the President fOr this state of things
rather than certain Senator's and Representa-
iives who have formed themselves mo Re
publican opposition. TO this it might prop
erly be answered that the President is
the head Of the party; that the leader
ship belongs to him, and not to Mr.
This or Senator That; that the business of Il
leader is not to scatter, but TO lead; and that
Mr.. HAYES, knowing whep he came into office
what needed to be done, what sort of material
he had 10 work with, and how utterly power
less a President is without party behind him
in Congress, ought to have shaped his conduct
accordingly. A general who rushes into action
without taking his army along too, may be n
very gallant fellow but he is not good COM
mander. This is an answer which might fairly
be returned to the complaint some of our
friends make of us. But there is another.


We do not find fault for the pleasure of
fault finding, nor do we believe that a news
paper serves the cause to which it is attached
by reckless and tireless censure of the er-
rors of its political friends when no practical
good is to be accomplished by the scOlding
For our part we have been lavishins sound
advice upon certain prominent Republican
politicians for great many years without dis
Year: 1878

covering any surprising alacrity on their
part to accept it.; and since we have IN view
the strengthening of the Republican party iof
the defence of the Nation in a period OF great
danger and not merely the distribution 10
each side of its respective shares OF praise
and blame, it Is not unnatural, perhaps. that
we should now address ourselves to those VINO
are more likely to listen.
Year: 1878

A curious feature of the municipal elections
in Maine is The fact that IN three towns there
was no choice for Mayor, the obstacle, in each
case, being apparently the Greenback candi-
date. The Grccnback men seem to have shown
considerable strength in many of the towns.
Year: 1878

The confirmation Of Judge BlatchfOrd as
Circuit Judge was, happily, inevitable, and
Judge Johnson's place will be worthily flied.
1t is to be hoped that the President will be
able to make an appointment of like unques-
toned fitness in filing the seat which Judge
Blatchlolirs promotion viii leave vacant.
Year: 1878

Representative Joyce seems to have carried
his crusade to keep rebels off the pension rolls
a little too far when he wanted to provide
that no one who participated in the rebellion
should draw pension for services in the war
of 1912. The number Of men who were old
enough to fight in 1912 and young enough to
Aght in 1861 can hardly 10 great; and if
there are any. it will take them some time to
Year: 1878

Buffalo Bill, the illustrious government
scout, will appear in the Grand Opera
House this evening, In the new and refined
sensational drama "May Cody" During
the performance the Austin Brothers, the
champion rifle team Of the world, will give
some OF their wonderful fests. The troupe
Is fret class in every particular. A large
number Of seats have been taken.
Year: 1878

We think that the power of money
is on the whole, overestimated. The
greatest things which were done for the
world have not been accomplished by
rich men, or by subscription lists, but
by men generally of pecuniary means.
The greatest thinkers, discoverers, in
ventors, and artists have been men of
moderate wealth, many of them little
raised above the condition of manual
laborers in point of worldly circum-
stances. And it will always be so.
Riches are oftener an impediment than
a stimulus of action; and in many cases
they are quite as much misfortune as
a blessing. The youth who inherits
wealth is apt to have life made too easy
for him, and SO grows stated with it be-
cause he has nothing left to desire
Having no special object to struggle
for, be finds time too heavy on his
hands; remains mentally and morally
asleep; and his position in society is
often no higher than that of a polypus
over which the tide floats
Year: 1878

notes, or use them in payment of in
terest on the public debt until the
amount coined is sufficient to enable
them to do so impartially. Therefore
they will at present be used for the
purchase of silver bullion at the market
rate.


IN RESPONSE TO A RECENT RESOLUTION
of the house, inquiring as to the sale of
United States bonds for outstanding
legal tender notes of the United States
at par, the secretary of the treasury to-
day sent d communication to the
house. in which he says all bonds dis
posed of by him have been sold for
their par value in coin.


THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
to-day sent the house a communication
recommending an appropriation of
$4,000 to be expended in carrying out
the intentions of the act of March 1st,
1872, relative to setting apart the tract
of land near the head waters Of the
Yellowstone river as a public park, to
be under the exclusive control of the
secretary of the interior, who shall
make such regulations as he may
deem proper for the preservation of all
timber, mineral deposits, natural curl
osities and wonders within the park,
and their retention in their natural
condition.
Year: 1878

An associated press dispatch from
Washington, dated March 9TH, says that
the ways and means committee to-day
considered the rate of tax on woods, and
made the following amendments: The
duty upon wool of the first and second
classes which shall be imported washed,
shall be twice the amount of duty to
which it would be subjected if imported
unwashed, and duty upon wool of all
classes which shall be imported secured
shall be three times the duty if import
ed unwashed; and the duty upon wool
of sheep or hair of Alpaca goats and
other animals which shall be imported
in any other than the ordinary condi-
ton, as now and heretofore practiced,
or which shall be changed in its char
acter or condition for the purpose of
evading duty, or which shall be reduced
il volume by admixture of dirt or any
other foreign substance, shall be twice
the duty to which it would be otherwise
adjusted
Year: 1878

"Well, see you have been rriting
items with scissors" observed friend
of Fluke's yesterday as he picked up
an exchange in the sanctum.


''Oh, it is Easy enough to write with
scissors and make perfectly legible
characters-plain as with pen or pen
Gil.


Certainly; but you must cut out the
writing from some paper or manu-
SCRIPT" urged the interested friend.


NO, sir; will take a blank piece of
paper, use the scissors as II pencil, and
write any series of sentences you sug-
gest." And Il smile of triumph radia-
ted over each square foot of his cheek.


"Oysters for the Office you can't u
quickly put in the friend.


Agreed, quoth Fluke.


shake They shook


Then Flulie got out his vest pocket
scissors, took two sheets of common
blank white paper, and between these
sheets he laid n sheet Of carbon paper
or "black Sheet as telegraph oper-
ators call it. Coolly he placed the
scissors in position for writing, and
passing over the topmost sheet n dozen
times or more, he produced the under
sheet. On this the astonished friend
read the fact he had lost the oysters
and that "writing with scissors" must
no longer be considered n species of
refined sarcasm. But the office hasn't
had the oysters yet.
Year: 1878

He Has no Attraction for the Albany


County Bar.
Special to the Leader


LARAMIE, Oct. -.
A quiet canvass among the members
of the bar here reveals the fact that as
n general thing they will support Col
Downey without regard to politics.
Pease stock falls fiat on the political
market here. He may be pretty
enough to attract female votes, but he
lacks sufficient intellect to draw sup
port from men of brains.
Year: 1878

IT WAS expected yesterday that the
Austrian reichsrath would be informed
by baron Won Pretiscognado that the
emperor had accepted the designations
OF the ministry. and that he had been
asked by the emperor to form a new
cabinet. The worst thing we can see
in the change is that "Pretiscognado''
is prolific of more profanity in the COM
posing room than "Andrassy.
Year: 1878




WOODSTOCK, ILL.,, Dee 11-John Stewart


who is now in jail at this place charged with
the murder Of VIM. Frost at Crystal Lake,
contesses, but does not always tell the same
story. He says that he and Frost were cross
ing the. country from Algonquin towards
to spend the night; that they had bottle of
whisky, of which he alone partook. but was
not drunk; that they sat down bya haystack,
talking and had a light difference of opinion:
That ho jumped UP and shot Frost with re-
yolVer which he had bought in Elgin that
day for that purpose. He denies firing the
stack. trying to convey the idea that a clay
pipe in the mouth of his victim did that btsi-
ness. The watch and poclfetbook of Frost
We're found upon the prisoner but he saws
that he found only 81 on the person Of the de-
ceased, and he does not know which did the
shooting, but that he did not drag the body
into hole i'll the stack. touching it only for
The purpOse OF seeing what he cnnlld find
Year: 1878

CHICAGO. Dee 11.-After two days hard
work q full jury was secured laet evening in
the 81. Petrie murder trial The mysterious
case Is attracting a large crowd in the Grim
maj court. 81. Petrie is accompanied in court
by a young French girl Fixfie Benot. who
ne claims as his sweetheart, but it is said he
only made her acquaintance after the murder
ana receives her attentions to shell him
from suspicion of having been in conspiracy
with Mrs. Clark in the murder Of her hus-


ne Times has statement from the sec
retary Of the Republican campaign commit
zee that the Chicago whisky men contributed
s3oo0 Tor campaign purposes, which would
seem to be pretty plain denial of Hiram
Barbers claim that no money was given by
tIi siein 10 secure his election to Congress and
his aid in procuring their acuuttal.
Year: 1878

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
summer months, the lethar gy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and
frequent perspirations reduce bodily energy, par
ticularly those suffering from the effects of debili-
ting diseases. In order to keep natural health
full activity of the system must resort to artli-
cial means. For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very effectual. few doses will create an
appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated body


For dyspepsia, it is invaluable. Many eminent
physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia can be
permanently cured By the drugs which are geneT-
ally employed for that purpose. The Sea Weed
Tonic in its nature is totally different from snch
drugs 1t Contairs no corrosive minerals or acids !;


in fact it assists the regular operations of nature


and supplies her deficiencies. The tonic in its no


ture much resembles the gastric juice that it is
almost identical with that fluid The gastric Juice


is the natural solvent which, in healthy condition
Of the body causes the food to be digested; and


when this juice is not excreted in sufficient quant-


ties Indigestion with all its distressing symptoms
follow. The Sea Weed Tonic performs tue duty
of the gastric juice when the latter is deficient
| Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by all Druggists.
Year: 1878

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