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Year: 1877

the capital they have in charge, will be
best promoted and secured by such ma
terial reduction of the rate of interest as
will build up the solid industries of the
State.


Of another class of dealers in money
have this to say, and only this. refer to
the sharpers who follow in the track of
the grasshoppers, or others unfortunately
like these poor settlers, to whom money is
doled at rate only measured by the
dire necessities of the victims. Of such
men I have this to say, that IL would
put whip OF scorpions in the hands Of
every honest man to lash such scoundrels
naked through the world.''


But again, it seems to me that the high
rates for money here are becoming ex-
ceptional as to the general rates Of the
country. Money is freely loaned in the
East and portions of the West at from 4 to
6 per cent. per annum. Capitalists there
have already conceded that such rate is
all that business will bear, and to charge
more is to PROSTATE business and jeopar-
die capital. There surely can be no
good reason why the same wise and safe
policy should not be adopted here. Should
this he done I am confident it would be q
long step in the revival of business, the
right adjustment of the question and for
the general good of all classes.
Year: 1877

A lady writing to the New York
Times says: without giving any re-
cipes for making soap, wish to tell all
the hardworking farmers wives how
much labor they may save by not using
such vast quantities of this article. For
nearly five years I have used soap only
for washing dishes and other kitchen
purposes. My family has ranged from
three to twenty-five. l have used tis-
tern water, limestone water, as hard as
possible, and hard water composed of
other ingredients besides lime, and /
find with all these my plan works equal
ly well. Have your water quite hot,
and add very little milk to it. This
softens the water, gives the dishes fine
gloss, and preserves the hands; it re-
moves grease, even that from beef, and
yet no grease is found floating on the
water, as when soap is used The stone
vessels 1 always set on the stove with
little water in them when the victuals
are taken from them; thus they are hot
when am ready to wash them, and the
grease is easily removed. find that
my tinware keeps bright longer when
cleaned in this way than by using soapor
by securing.
Year: 1877

From the Toronto Globe.


A little Girl, II years old, very lightly
clad and barefooted, applied at the jail
at Goderich on Wednesday forenoon to
see her father, George May from Exeter,
who was serving term of one month
for abusing his wife. She was admitted
at once, and the fathers surprise and
pleasure were genuine, themor so when
he learned that the little one had come
most of the way on foot. The girl left
her home in Exeter on the previous
Monday evening, and walked along the
track towards Clinton until it got dark
when she laid down in the grass by the
way and slept until morning. The jour
nsy was resumed early on Tuesday and
maintained until the vicinity of Clinton
was reached late in the evening. Dur
ing the day she had nothing to eat but
beach nuts, which she gathered in the
woods, but she was taken in by kindly
farmers wife in the evening, kept over
night and forwarded to her destination
the next morning in buggy. She was
kept for short time in the Jail, where
she made herself very useful and proved
herself bright intelligent little one.
On Thursday the mother arrived and
took the child, much against her will,
home again.
Year: 1877

Another arctic expedition is to be
equipped in England. The commander,
for wonder, will not attempt to stem
the icy current of Smiths sound, leav-
ing the further prosecution of the at
tempt to reach the pole against the
stream of that nlrrow channel to the
Howgate party, The route chosen by
the Englishman is by way of Spitzber-
gen. IT is expected that the expedition
will start in the spring.
Year: 1877

MAJOR JAMES H. NELSON is assigned to duty as army payHast here at Yuma In addition to paying of the army corps at Mofiate, he will have to pay off the brigade that eistwhile defended our bridge against the railroad invaders like another Horatius Cocles. Besides him, Major Nelson will have to pay of all the forces now garrisoning Fort Yuma; and besides that he will have to-to-well, to amuse himself the best way he can. It's pretty dull here now for army folks.
Year: 1877

THE U. s. grand jury made red hot report on the Wickenburg stage robbery. They inadvertently omitted to compliment Marshal Standifer, but this was corrected by the court which, at request of member of the grand jury, caused to be spread on the minutes that they thanked him for be. ing on hand with funds, and for his pcrsis- tent persistence in the performance of his persistent pursuit-or something like that.
Year: 1877

A COUPLE of cases of small pox were brought in here early this week from So- noita. They are getting we'll - too dry here for much disease. The matter was kept concealed; no harm has been done, but concealment of such matters is crim- inal. They should be made public so as to give people chance to take precautions against spread of the disease.
Year: 1877

THE bridge has been planked over, so that foot-men can cross without trouble The bulkheads on the California bank are now to be filled in and planked over. Then teams can cross and the ferry will be given up.
Year: 1877

A San reporter the other morning
visited the Merchants Hotel, ON Court
landt Street, where he met well known
physician of New Brunswick, N. J. In
the conversation that ensued the name
of Miss Claxton was mentioned, and the
doctor said:


81 have known Miss Claxton from her
earliest childhood, and 1 was also an
intimate friend of her father. 1 have
always regarded her as a women of ex-
traordinary nerve, courage and persever-
ance. As soon as she made her great
success in the Two Orphans 1 did all
in my power to PERSUADE her to create
a version of the play in German, in
which language she is very proficient,
and carry it to Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Milwaukee and other cities containing
a large number of German inhabitants.
1 felt confident that in these cities she
would make a complete success. After
the terrible fire in Brooklyn, from which
she SO narrowly escaped, 1 noticed a
great change in Miss Claxton. The
dreadful scene enacted in her presence
that night and the details of the disaster
as they were subsequently carried to
her, shocked her nervous system to such
au extent that / am doubtful whether
she will ever wholly recover from it.
Indeed, she seems to have a premonition
that she is to be burned up. All
her friend have tried, and are now try
ing to dislodge the idea from her mind,
but in vain. have heard her say, that
fire and flames will always follow me,
and my life will be yielded up in a
tragedy more terrific than any eyes have
witnessed on the STAGE"


At the very instant the doctor pro-
pronounced Miss Claxton's words, the
wide doors Of the hotel were flung open,
and newsboy rushed in with an extra
announcing the terrible news from St.
Louis, and Kate Claxton's almost marvel
GUS escape. For an instant the doctor
was utterly paralyzed, and it was sew
eral moments before he was wholly HIM
self again.


The above remarkable coincidence
can be corroborated by at least half a
dozen gentlemen who were present at
the time.
Year: 1877

The New Orleans Picayune says: There
is something extremely curious III the
crops of the east and west banks of the
Mississippi. 1t has been noticed for
some time past that these two banks
enjoyed wholly different weathers and eli
mates; that frost on one side of the
river very seldom travel across it; that
while the right bank might be enjoying
a rain, the left bank was just as apt to
be suffering from a drought; and, in
fact, that the thousand yards of the
Mississippi produced the same effect, as
far as climate and weather were con-
cerned, as thousand miles of ocean.
The last few years have shown a wonder
full difference in the sugar crops of the
plantations on the east and west banks
of the river, and greatly in favor of the
latter, difference that is increasing each
year. For instance, the crop on the
west bank plantations this year was
56,350 hogsheads, to 34,901 hogsheads
produced by east bank plantations,
showing that the former are sixty-one
per cent. more productive than the lat
ter
Year: 1877

The Free Press says that the other
night about ten o'clock, a policeman
passing along Larned Street east came
upon boy who was walking up and
down in front of a house, and, when the
lad was asked if he lived there, and why
he did not 60 in, he replied:


Dads waiting for me with whip"


"Going to dust your jacket, is he ?"


&c That's the programme" sighed the
boy, "unless I can think up something
to unfasten his mind from the subject,
If 1 could rush in and tell him that a
big fire was raging down town, or that
the Mayor was dead, or some such thing,
he'd be taken by surprise and forget all
about dressing me down."


And you can't think of anything
else?"


"Not a thing. / wish the old gent
was in the habit of stealing his wood,
getting into the House of Correction, or
doing something that would give me a
hold on him, but he's straighter than an
Alderman's elbow"
Year: 1877

Down in a cellar a little plant lay,
Sadly she wept through each dark Winter day;
Friends and companions were gone far away.
Once in a beautiful garden she grew,
Warmed by the sunshine and bsthed in the


dew
While all about her sweet fragrance she threw.
But to that garden the fIost came one night,
PSor dropping Rosebush she shivered with


fright
stood in her beauty all trembling and white.
Der her the gardener shook his wise head
:" Poor little flower, fear she is dead.
Yet will give her the chance of bed"
Thus in the cellar, she lay, cold and drear,
Torn from her kindred and all she held dear;
None spoke a kind word the lone heart to


cheer.
Once as she wept thus-for sad was her theme
Through the dark easement tSere crept a sun


beam,
Turned the tray cobwebs to bright silver


sheer.
"I pray you to tell me, my young friend" he


said,
"why is 1t you hang down your pretty green


hesd7
Yourleavcs are bat vilted, your sweet buds not


dead;
That fate has been cruel know 1t is true,
Then sll the more reason, believe me, for you
To wake up and hnd you have something TO


do"
The little plant listened and soon to be seen
We're rich bulls Of crimson and bright leaves of


green
As never had gladdened that cellar ween.
She spread Ger the easement a covering fair,
In pattern Of rose-buds so dainty and rare;
While delicate perfume she breathed in the


air.
Again came the gardener, What a surprised
He scarcely believed what he saw with his


eyes,
Such fragrance, such teauty, such marvellous


sizel
Dear children, the plant speaks to you to


me,
And show us, whatever our portion may be,
That we can make beauty for others to see.
Let us hide with glad sunshine, in cold, cheer


less spot,
Then blessed be our portion and happy our lot,
Whether home be palace or only cot.
Year: 1877

The mild eye Of the family physician lights up
now that the picnic season is hereA


The Marshal frowns now when book agents
want to leave him catalog to inspect.


A barber shop In Commercial Alley has come
down to ten cents shave. No cigars or chfomos
thrown in.


The Paragraphists' Association Of America pro-
pose to erect mausoleum. It was undsre food
that they had organized for a benevolent purpose.


The controversy about the railroad tax is a
poser to many people who may be heard any
day to say that they don't know how to vote on
the question.


The Seaside Hotel, at Bay st. Louis, is to be
opened ON the first Of June by Mr.. A. d. Fisher.
The hotel has heretofore been only partially
thrown open to the public.


The Crescent City Rife Club will, on Wednes-
day, at 2 p. M, commence work for the inter-
Year: 1877

THE LEATHER MEDAL


was donated to the gentleman having the largest
ecore Of goose eggs (0) as being at the head OF
the missers.


A sweepstakes match was then made, there be-
ing two prizes at five balls each, to the right, in
which Msssrs. Blackshre and DaPonte tied,
breaking five each; Messrs. Muttan and Ohaudet
tied at four each, and Messrs Roscoe, Buckley,
Cousin and Knight broke but two and missed
three each. In shooting off their tie at twenty
one yards and five balls each, Mr. DaPonte made
a clean score, and Mr.. Blsckshre m ssed the first
and broke the other four balls which left MIR.


DA PoNTE THE VICTOR.


In the shoot off between Messrs. Muttan and
Chaudet for the second prize, the distanceswas
increased three yards and the former won, max
ing clean score while the latter missed his first
and third, and broke the other three. This was
something novel in its way. Each gentleman it,
stead Of holding the butt Of the gun under the
elbow, as is customary, dropped the butt to the
ground, raising it to fire only after the word to
spring the trap had been given and the ball was
speeding along in the air. which, of course, made
it all the more difficult to hit them, as the shooter
at the score cannot possibly raise the butt Of the
gun from the ground to the shoulder and get
Year: 1877

SECTION 1. The Judges and Inspect ors of elections shall canvass the votes given thereat, shall openly declare the result, and shall make out and sub scribe a certificate of such canvass ; which certificate shall show the whole number of votes cast at such election, the number cast for each person voted for, and the office for which he shall have been voted for; which certificate shall be recorded in the journal of said City Council.
Year: 1877

BURL NGToN HAwKEYE -" The bull doze cocktail has just made its appear ance at the fashionable bars. You must tilt about teaspoOnful of water into the glass and immediately intimI- date it with as much whiskey as the glass will hold Then, when the count is made throw the water out"
Year: 1877

SEC. 1. Every officer elected in said city shall, within ten days, after he shall have been notified ofhis election, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by law, before any person authorized by law to administer oaths, and shall file the same with the Re corder of said city.
Year: 1877

SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the Recorder of said city to give at least ten days notice in writing, by posting the same in at least three public pla- ces in said city, of the time and place of holding all elections, or by publish ing the same ln some newspaper pub. lished in said city.
Year: 1877



 SECTION ]. That the district of country embracing sections twelve and thirteen in Township fourteen south of Range thirteen east and heretofore known as the incorporate Village of Tucson, in the county of Pima, shall be city by the name of Tucson, and the inhabitants residing therein shall be corporation under the name and style of "The Common Council of the City of Tucson," and by that name they and their successors shall be known in law and shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, complain and de fend in all courts and in all actions and proceedings, and may have a com. mon real and change the same at pleas. ure, may purchase, hold and convey real and personal property for the ben. eft of said city.
Year: 1877

UT DEEDo ANU UhUINANChS.

 SECTION 1. And be it further enact ed that all deeds of conveyance hereto fore made by the Mayor and Council of the Village of Tucson are hereby declared to be legal and valid convey ances, and all ordinances enacted by said Village Council are hereby de clared to be legal and binding, but shall be imperative on and after the passage of this act.
Year: 1877

subordinate offices mentioned in this act, that may become vacant; but nc special election shall be held until a, least ten days notice shall have been given of the time and place of holding the same, and the office to be filled.
Year: 1877

within the corporate limits of said city, and payable to the Street Commissioner on demand or in lieu thereof two day. work, the party owing the same fur nishing pick and shovel, and per forming said labor under the direction of the Street Commissioner

 ARTICLE XVI.
Year: 1877

had been deposited bv their father In a savings


Tho children OF the lrst wife, who were born in
Switzerland hearing OF thor fathers death, instilu


ted proceedings before the Court the money


The two young men, Biers and Juste, were not found
until Saturday, and through their counsel they told
Court the money was all spent that they had
were In existence, and that they now fled
an account OF the disposition of the
money Surrogate Calvin, In disposing OF the
two prisoners said IL appeared that they had little
no money lett and were not In position to rclund It.
They must however. pay the fees of the Sheriff con-
sequent on their arrest THIS they able 90 in
the course OF the day and they were discharged to
await the subsequent action OF The Court In this
CALVIN that IL could not be too widely known that
by passed by the State Legislature, iast ear


any trustee guardian or executor, who might be
victed OF embezzlemont must refund the money he
has misapproprated with iorty per additional,
Year: 1877

A PEoMIsE.-A promise should be
given with caution, and kept with
care. A promise should be made with
the heart, and remembered by the
head. A promise is the offspring of
the intention, and should be nurtured
by recollection. A promise and its
performance should, like a true bal
ance, always present mutual adjust.
ment. A promise delayed is justice
deferred. A promise neglected is an
untruth told. A promise attended to
is debt settled.
Year: 1877

II takes a sound body to make a
sound mind. Work is not vulgar. Sc
long as the brain needs the juices Of
the body, so long will hard work be
the fundamental element in the devel-
opnert of the mind. Business is em.
mently fit tor man of genius, and to
earn livelihood is the best way to
sharpen ones wits. Besides, business
affairs offer better opportunities at
present than the so-called professions.
Therefore, Our youth should be thor
oughly and practically trained for bus
ines, in order that they may succeed
and become a credit to whatever call
ing they may adopt. At the same
time they should be educated not to
despise labor; for, after all, it is only
by hard work that we achieve any sue.
cess worthy of the name.
Year: 1877

The comb is the hens pulse. If
that be strong and bright, and Of a
good color and full of blood, shaking
with every quick movement of the
bird in the combod varieties, the bird
is in normal health. When the rim
OF the comb and wattles have a pur-
plish tinge, the bird is not well.
Year: 1877

| was breakfasting in a restaurant
when all Of a sudden the door opened


with loud noise and Cossack rushed


in like hurricane After promenading
noisily around the tables, he pulled up
his horse before one of the guests, and
placed the animals nose on plate of
green salad, which had just been brought


out and which the horse ate with great
celerity. The man and horse departed
just as they came, without any person,
not even the proprietor of the establish
ment, saying single word Perhaps it
was because the Cossack held in his
hand the kinjal, whose strokes would
cost him nothing. Later on | spoke OF
this incident to the aid-de-camp of an
ALBANIAN, who simply laughed and said,
What surprises me is that the Cossack
did not make his horse get upon a ta-
ble.' Seeing that was astonished, he
called Cossack who was waiting in the
yard. The soldier came in on horse
back without hesitating. The officer
spoke but single word, and, in less
time than it takes me to write it, the
Cossack made his horse mount the bill


lard table. insisted on no more, fol
this experience was enough to edify me
Year: 1877

LeOna, the hour draws nigh,
The hour we've waited so long,
For the angel to open door through the sky,
That my spirit may break from its prison and
try
It's voice in an infinite song.
Just now as the slumbers of night


Came DER me with peace-giving breath,
The curtain half lifted revealed to my sight
Those windows which look on the kingdom of
light,


That borders the river of death.
And vision fell solemn and sweet,


Bringing CLEANS of a morning-lit land;
saw the white shore which the pale waters
And heard the low lull as they broke at their


feet,


Who walked on the beautiful strand
And wondered why spirits could cling
To their clay with struggle and sigh,
When life,s purple autumn is better than spring
And the soul flies away like sparrow, to sing
In Il climate where leaves never die.
Leona, come close to my bed,


And lay your dear hand on my brow,
The same touch that thrilled me in days that


are fed,
And raised the lost roses of youth from the


dead,


Can brighten the brief moments now.
We have loved from the cold world apart,
And your trust was too generous and true





er'S dart
Was ranking deep in my desolate heart,
l was dcarer than ever to you.
thank the Great Father for this,


That our love is not lavished in vain;
Each germ in the future will blossom to bliss,


we kiss,


Never shrink at the shadow of pain.
BY the light of this faith am taught
That my labor is only begun;
In the strength of this hope have / struggled


and fought
With the legions of wrong, till my armor has


caught


The geam of Eternity's sun.
Leona, look forth and behold


From headland, from hillside, and deep,
The day king surrenders his banners of gold;
The twilight advances through woodland and


void,


And the dews are beginning to weep
The moons silver hair lies uncurled,
Down the broad-breasted mountainsaway;
Ere sunsets red glories again shall be furled
On the walls of the west, DER the plains of the
I shall rise in limitless day.
o! come not in tears to my tomb,


Nor plant with frail flowers the sod;
There is rest among roses too sweet for its


gloom,
And life where the lilies eternity bloom,
In the balm-breathing Gardens of God.
Yet deeply those memories burn


Which bind me to you and to earth,
And sometimes have thought that my being


would yearn
In the bowers of its beautiful home, to return
And visit the home of its birth.
'Twould even be pleasant to stay,
And walk by your side to the last;
But the land-breeze of Heaven is beginning to


play
Life shadows are meeting Eternity's day,
And its tumult is hushed in the past.
Leona, goodbye; should the grief
That is gathering now, ever be
Too dark for your faith, you will long for relief
And remember, the journey, though lonesome,


is brief,


Over lowland and river to me.
Year: 1877

have our freight carried at o corresponding
price.


The question that asked ut BloominRt1a
two years ago, to wit what kind Of rAiIways
should we have in the fnture, and how shOald
they be built! Shall We build . uix hOrns
railroad to do one-h horse business, and pav
. slx horse power for the same or shall We
Dulld according TO the wants Of the regions
through which they run Shall the people
'urnlsh the money to build the Ioada, and
then pay interest on their money to the com
Panies, or shall we let those who operate
them build them are questions should like
to have answered


Build up labor, pull down demAgoguium.
Let those who do the work enjoy the benefit
q Their labor. We farmer folks need educn.
ting. We need to learn more Of buainenu.
more Of our real wants Every one needs 20
learn that when most il being done TO build
up the mudsills, that most is being dons 10
build up the country