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Year: 1879

THE vide diversity OF opinion respect
ing the merits and demerits of the pro-
posed new Constitution for California,
can only be accounted for upon the hy-
pothesis that the views expressed re-
garding it are merely the reflection of
personal bias or prejudice. as the
instrument might favornbly or un-
favorably affect individual inter.
ests or ambitions more than the
result Of a profound study of the
provisions of the proposed organic law
Of the State. with view of ascertaining
whether its adoption or rejection would
best promote the general welfare. its
adoption would certainly uproot many
long established practices, aud to deter
mine whether these radical changes
would prove more advantageous to the
great majority Of the people, regardless
OF its effect upon individual interests, is
the consideration which should alone
govern the action Of the voters at this
important junctuIe. With the excep-
tion Of the Chronicle, the press Of san
Francisco, is almost unit in its oppo
sition to the new measure, but many of
the journals, and those too, Of ability
and influence in other portions OF the
State, as staunchly advocate it. In
discussing the subject. the Los Angeles
ErPTtss gives utterance to the following
positive language:


"By the adoption OF the new consti-
tuition the State will start out on a new
era Of prosperity. Taxes will be
equalized, the railroads will be brought
under fair and equitable rules, banks
will be restored to public confidence,
individual eIertion will be encouraged.
laws will be enacted in tho interests OF
the people, Legislative lobbying AMI
corruption will be done away with,
stock gambling will be discouraged. our
harbors and navigable streams will be
accessible, the great railroad monopoly
will be prevented from crushing out
fair competition, and principles OF
equity and justice will be guaranteed
to all men. We will not then present
the marine spectacle OF tho yoracious
Inhabitants Of the deep swallowing up
the smaller ones in detail. Tho pro.
cess OF absorption Of the wealth
Of the State by q favored few will
be stopped. und Oach man knowing that
he will enjoy the first fruits OF his own
labor will become potent factor in the
progress und prosperity Of the State"
Year: 1879

In the course of a conversation with
Mr.. Benedict Prieth, of the Freie lei
TINA, on the Law and Order Associa-
ton of Newark, reporter of the Ad-
UertjSer learned a few facts pertaining
to the German and Austrian method of
treating drunkenness which are worthy
Of becoming generally known. In both
of these countries, said the gentleman,
such an order as the one in question is
unknown, and yet drunkenness is sue
cessfully handled. In reply to the in
quiry, how is this done? the statement
was made: Every drunkard is socially
ostracized, and regarded as sort of
leper with whom there is to be no fell
lowship. His name is published in the
papers, so that the fact becomes gem
orally known that he is thus cut off from
all pleasant associations with the world.
No one is allowed to sell him any liquor
under penalty Of heavy fine. Should
such q drunkard, whose name has thus
been published, enter a beer garden,
sober or intoxicated, he would be shun-
ned by those present, no matter whether
he be rich or poor, and his wants in the
drinking line ignored. In addition to this
the drunkard forfeits all his civil rights.
He is regarded as non cOmp0S naentiS
and consequently disqualified to attend
to the transaction of any business. An
officer of the city, with functions some
what similar to those Of our surrogate,
takes charge of his estate, if he has one,
and appoints a guardian for him, as is
done here in cases of lunacy, etc. This
plan tends to check the evil of drunken
ness much more effectively than any
system in force in this country. Mr..
Prieth represented that if this plan could
oe adopted here it would lessen the
number of drunkards among US, especi
ally among the better classes, and that
if licenses were refused to all the low
saloons, and none but respectable places
allowed to remain open, the sale of in
toxicants to drunkards could be discon-
tinued.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
Year: 1879

"A prima donna is very sweet at the
beginning of her career, but let her get
rich, and there is not more cranky,
contemplate being on the face of the
earth.


1T is written in the Talmud that
"the world is saved by the breath of
school. children" The writer evidently
never sat in school next to boy who
grew fat on garlic.


ga sewing-machine agent, who
was very ill, being told that he must
prepare to pay the debt of nature,
wanted to know if it couldn't be paid on
the monthly installment plan"


-"Too many cooks spoil the broth. !"
That poor cook of Naples who tried to
kill King Humbert got himself into a
royal mess. He thinks he was the one
cook too many.


While Edison is consuming his val
liable time in trying to perfect his elec-
trio light, deSpairing public is pray
ing for lantern that won't blow out
Just when you get to the darkest, mud
diest spot on the road.


-Nicodemus said, "Wake me up,
wake me up at the first break of day."
but don't be deceived, girls, the NicO-
demuses of old are all dead, and Nico-
demus, Jr., will make no such request
he'll lay in bed and snore, while you
crawl out and start the fire, and let the
day break all to pieces before he gets
up to breakfast. .-Eln1ir0 G0zette.


=" Do you think" writes young
student of human economy, "do you
think the human race is decaying9"
Not at all. not at all. Part of it isn't
decaying because it is yet alive, and the
portion of it that is dead doesn't decay
because the medical student don't give
it chance. Oh no, the human race
was never, in all its history, so we'll
protected against decay as at present.
Be thankful that you live in an age
when the grave has been SO shorn of its
power that it can't hold a man so long
as sieve would hold spoonful of
quicksilver r.-HUWbeye.
Year: 1879

A good Deacon IN a Middletown
church is the owner of a hard-headed
horse which is something of trotter,
although he sometimes wishes he
wasn't. 1t is the popularity of this
horse that whenever he is pulled out on
the road he is bound to go by any thing
there is ahead of him. Now the Dea-
con seldom pulls out. He don't believe
in " training horses" He didn't mean
to do so on the occasion we are about
to mention. .... ....i.


He was in funeral procession which
was vending its way at the usual slow
pace through the streets of Middletown
toward the church. The Deacon's car
riage, with himself and good wife in the
seat, was nearly the last one in the line.
His wagon had been newly washed, and
he was careful to keep it clean. There
was big mudhole right in the middle
of the street. The Deacon thought he
would drive around it. The horse mis-
took his intention. The instant his
nose was turned out away he went, ev-
identity intent on going to the front.
The Deacon called "whoa," and sawed
at the bit with all his might, but it was
of no use. The horse was going by and
he never Stacked his pace until ne had
passed the procession-mourners, car
riages, hearse, minister, all. The peo-
pie looked after the flying Deacon in
wonderment He turned his horse into
the first side street and waited until the
the procession had passed by, when he
! fell in at the rear and drove 10 the
church. Since that when he is in fu-
neral procession he keeps right in the
middle of the road regardless of all
mudholes .-MtddIet0lOn IN. T. Press.
Year: 1879

Bonaparte lost four aides-de-camp during the short time he was in Egypt. One of them, ,Croisier, appearing to Napoleon to lack the proper degree of boldness at the proper moment, he burst out against him in one of his violent and huiniliating at tacks of abuse and contempt. The word coward escaped him; Croisier determined not to survive it j. he sought death on sev- eral occasions, but did not succeed till the siege of Acre. He was in attendance on Napoleon in the trenches there, when such sharp lookout was kept by the garrison that if an elbow or feather showed itself above or beside them, it was immediately grazed by bullet. Croisier watched his opportunity and jumped upon the platform

 "Come down, command you!" cried Ma poleon, in voice of thunder; but it was too late; the victim of his severity fell at his feet. Murat, the chivalrous braver of all danger, had also his moment of fear, which lost the countenance of his general until disoleasure could no longer resist the brilliancy Df his achievements. It was at the siege of Mantua, in the first Italian campaign that Murat was ordered to charge body of troops that were making sortie from the garrison. He hesitated, and in his confusion declared himself wounded; he was removed from the pres- ence of the general, and in every way dis countenanced. In, Egypt he was sent out on the most distant and dangerous ser vices; in short, he more than reconquered his character before the battle of Aboukir, on which occasion Napoleon himself was obliged to declare that he was superb. The brave Marshal Lannes one day severely rep. rimanded colonel who had punished a young officer for moment of fear "That man," said he. is worse than g poltroon who pretends he never knows fear"
Year: 1879

No barber knoweth whom he
may shave, and the man who
rushes INTO a barber shop, and
drops into. a barber chair, with
out seeing who occupies the next
chair to the right or left may get
badly left, as a case proved
yesterday. A solid old citizen
in the wholesale trade was TAX
ing it easy, his face covered with
lather, when in came young
man who flung off his coat,
bounced into a chair, and called
out: e


"Hurry up, now, for I must
get back to the store before old
Blank does Or he will raise thun-
der! Hang him, he won't even
give man time TO die!"


The solid citizen turned his
face to glance at the, other, and
the barber noticed a reddening
of his face.


"Going on a vacation this
summer?" asked the barber, who
was preparing to shave the young
man.


"Vacation ! How in the To-
|phet can I get away from old
Blank? And if / could he pays
such a stingy, contemplate sal
ary that / couldn't afford even a
ride on a ferry boat?p fKsS
"Why don't You ask him for
a raise?" queried the barber. {


"Why don't I ask him for the
hand ofhis freckled-nosed daugh-
ter? He'd discharge me in a
minute, though he's making
money and can afford it. If the
old hyena would have stroke
of apoplexy the junior partner
might do something, but such
chaps always live to be hun
dred years DID," 1-A-4E


Conversation ceased here, the
solid old man got out of his chair,
took a brushing and sat down,
and when the clerk arose from
his chair and turned around
snow-balls would have looked
black beside his face. He tried
to bow and speak, but something
wouldn't let him, and when he
started to put on his coat he
held it tail up and collar down.
He was still struggling with it
when the solid man rose up, look
| ed around and walked out, say
ing not a word. The barber wet
the young mans head and held
cologne to his nose, but he walk
ed sideways when he went out,
and there was an uncertain wob-
bic to his knees. In applying
for the vacant position to-day
state what shop you shave at.
Year: 1879

Marriages between rich old
men and young ladies of the
"sweet sixteen" order are not
remarkable events in the Eas-
tern States, but in the far West
the case is widely different. An
affair of this kind took place
recently, and the Rocky Noun
tain News sent a reporter to
interview the young lady, with
the following result:


"How came it," the reporter
asked "that You wed a man so
much older than yourself?"


@Because l love him." was
the pert reply.


"That is a reason, certainly.
But I should have thought a la
dy so beautiful would have
chosen a younger mate"


"Would you? Well, now,
I'll tell you. A young man is
very hard to please, and it is
very hard 10 displease an old
one. You know the old adage,
"a young mans slave and an
old mans darling lam rather
fond of being a darling"


'1 should think so.
"Would you, indeed? Then
| don't think there is any thing
in the whole world so charming
as a young widow, and such a
thing is possible for me-"


sThen you are already count
ing on the old mans death?"
~ t"No, l am not counting on it
exactly, but | live in hopes, "and
with a radiant smile the guile
less.thing went off to join the
dancers.


1t IS not necessary to pursue
the subject further. Any one
can see that there is something
very bcwitching about sweet
sixteen.
Year: 1879

The Methodist says in reply
to a correspondent who asked
the editor how he would like his
daughter of 20 to marry a man
of 40: DWELL, in the first place,
this is the age of obedient par
ents, and we may not have much
to say about it. If we do have
a word, We shall begin by OBJ
jecting to her marrying at all,
unless-unless this Rachel of
ours loves her Jacob a great
deal. We are not referring to
pretty sentimentalism, but to the
genuine, pers onal attachment
which is the only safe reason for
marrying. After that,w should
prefer her husband to be at least
30 years old. Before that age
few young men have either a de-
fined character or an ascertained
career; we should like our per-
feet girl to know whom and
what she is marrying. AS to
her marrying that man when she
is only 20, we should prefer her
to be older, say %. Soberly,
however, we cannot cross the
river until we get to il"
Year: 1879

We are to have sober jurors
in Tennessee hereafter, if the
law is enforced. An act of the
late General Assembly says:
'That either party to an action
may challenge for canse any
person presented as a petit ju-
ror in either civil or criminal
proceedings or trial pending be-
fore the courts of this State, and
it should be a good cause for
challenge by either party that
such person, at the time he is
SO presented, is drunk or has
been drunk during the term of
the court then sitting, or that
such juror is habitual drunk
ard"
Year: 1879

Congressman Barber, of Chi
cago, has entirely recovered of
his melancholy. He will be re-
as having excused
himself for obtruding some re-
marks on the Army Bill, on the
ground that he might never
have another chance, s'because
it seems probable" he said,
"that this will be the last ses-
sion the American Congress
will ever hold" He was sure
the rebel Brigadicrs were about
to swallow the country. A few
doses of catnip tea after he got
home relieved his stomach Of
the wind that gave him the
blues, and he does not now think
the country is going to the
demnition bow-wows at all, at
all. We congratulate him on
his recovery.
Year: 1879

z The engineer of a large Pitts
burgh machine shop said dam
me" inadvertently, and, being a
pious man, was SO worried by his
slip that he thought he was go-
ing crazy, and asked to be sent
to an asylum.
Year: 1879

The story is true of the world to-day;
e We see no white robed angel mild;
But out of the dark and perilous way,
Where men and women forget to pray,
Into the peace Of purer land
They are led by gentle, shielding hand


The hand of little helpless child.
Year: 1879

IHE 0HFEGUHHD.
A baby crept TO bis fathers knee,
= And was lifted up and lulled to rest
Till his blue eyes closed. so tired was he /;
And his little head fell so peacefully
At ease on the ready shoulder there,
While the baby hand SO soft and fair


Lay like shield ON his fathers breast.
OF old twas said when men draw near
To fierce temptation of deadly strife,
And lost their way in maze of fear,
Or periled their souls for worldly gear,
By an unknown way an angel hand
Would lead them out of the dangerous land
8 Into the light of nobler life.
Year: 1879

organization won't finger the present appropriation.

 The senate committee, raised at the demand of Senator ConOver, to inves- tigate the mysterious disappearance of page from one of the appropria- ton bills last session, had not report ed, but undoubtedly it will fully ex- onerate Mr. Conover. On the last night of the last session the general appropriation bill, with some senate amendments, was hurriedly cngross- ed in the office of the clerk of the house, and after adjournment it was discovered that clause making pro visions for continuing the Hot Springs commission had been omitted. Foul play was at once charged, and finally a small-bored spy in the secret service bureau undertook 10 connect Senator Conover with the matter. Conover is not very friendly towards Governor Stearns, one of the commission, and this was assigned as the motive for defeating the measure. This sneak of detective reported to his bureau, and the report was sent to commit tee of the house charging ConOver md his secretary with the theft ot the missing sheet Clerk Adams, how. ever, has always believed that it was merely an error in his office, easily accounted for by the confusion and haste of the closing hours, when his clerks were orcrwOrked and kept two days without sleep. The result Of the investigation has vindicated Sen ator COnover, a republican and a gen tleman, while Secretary Sherman will vindicate decency by kicking Benson out of the secret service bureau of his department.

 After the recess the army rcorgani- za.ion bill will occupy the attention of congress to some extent Nofe of that another time DoM PEDRO
Year: 1879

Good grass will make nice colored but
ter. At such seasons, when the color of
butter is pale, use colOring carefully. 1t is
better that butter be rather light than IL
dark yellow.


When the butter comes in granules
stop chuning. Wash with cold water or
cold brine; work only enough to bring it
to a firm uniform mass. Do not salt heavily;
from quarters to one ounce of salt to
pound of butter is enough.


Pack in tight clean, sweet packages;
fill to within Il half inch of the top, cover
with a clean cloth, and add brine to fill
until Sold Keep it i'll the coolest place
you have, and there is no reason why You
should not get the top price for your but
Year: 1879

JOSH BlLLTNGs strikes the nail sQuarcly
on the head when he says: "The man
who is willing to work for fame, and let
bread and molasses take care of ITSELF has
got perfect right to do it, according to
the statutes, but he must make up his
mind 10 Starye at public expense, and be
buried at last in the same way"
Year: 1879

How can man be healthy and happy
when two-thirds Of the blood In his body
has been absorbed by lecches? How can
nation be prosperous when two-thrds of
its life blood money which formerly pull
satcd through every vein, artery and chan
mel of trade, has been drawn from circula-
lion.
Year: 1879

The hard moneyites in Congress dare
not permit even a discussion of the fnan-
ciaI question. They know that the Green
hackers have the argument all ON their
side, and they are now resorting to all sorts
ofdisreputable tactics to use up the Mon
day morning hour without permitting
the currency question tocome under con-
sideration.
Year: 1879

The confederate and continental mon
cys were lost but oncc-by depreciation.
But the redeemed greenbacks are lost
every seventeen years, and will continue
to be for all time to come, in payment of
interest on the bonds with which the ransom
was purchased.
Year: 1879

Mr.. MuNDELLA's recent attempt to
abolish property qualification for Office in
municipal corporations in England was
defeated in parliament last week, but by
so small a majority that it is supposed the
bill will pass next session.
Year: 1879

plate, then all traces was lost to- his


memory. The next morning hcc, was


again in the office of his friend, and al


he was about to leave his friend said to-


him, 'By the way, here is book I saw


you leave on my desk as you went out;
yesterday morning." at the same time,
handing him the identical book in cues. =.
non, still wrapped up as he had fixed it
to take away. The gentleman said hc


mad never in his life more distinct, recolz,
lection about anything than he appeared
to have about that book, and vet nothing
could be more certain than that he was
mistaken. What puzzled him, too, was, was
that the restaurant-keeper was so sure e''a as 1
to having seen him bring the book in,
and take it away with him. In many
cases this might be expainable as a.mere~
subtertuge, but IN this instance the resta-
urant-keepcr was man of tried honor
the friend of his guest, and far beyond
any suspicion Of the kind. He had
probably seen some one bring in a, pack
age on that occasion and take it away
with him, and, by trick of the n1emory,


had associated the tao cases Nth each
olher.-Massours Republican. - ..
Year: 1879

Several cases tred in the Circuit
Courts in this city have developed either
some curious tricss of memory on the
part ct witnesses, or something worse.
IN one case a witness had made dcposi-
ton giving a minute detail of certain
important transaction, but ON the witness
stand he could not remember ANYTHING
about it, although it occurred but few
months bctolc. III another case in which
deposition had also been taken the wit
ness who made 1t, when put on the stand,
gave an entirely different account Of the
matter. In neither instance did the wit
ness have any personal interest in the
suit, and a rigid cross examination and
outside scrutiny failed to detect anything
beyond trick of the memory 4 gen
tlcman who knew one Of these cases, in
commenting on it, said an experience of
his own led him to be very cautious in
forming severe judgment of witness
so situated. A few days ago, he
said, he vas in the office of friend,
where he was sufficiently intimate to
take freedoms, and seeing there book
which he wanted to read, he wrapped it
up intending to take it away with him.
Just as he had finished, his friend came
in, and after they had chatted few
minutes, the visitor left and went to a
restaurant to get his dinner. Whilst in
his Office after dinner he suddenly rccol-
lectcd that he had left the book on the
table beside his plate, where he had laid
it when he sat down to eat. His first
impulse vas to go immediately after it,
but as he was pressed for time, he con-
cluded he would wait until he went for
supper, rejecting that if the book had
not already been stolen it would be safe
In the hands Of the restauratcur, who
knew him well, and at whose place he
was in the habit Of getting his meals. At
supper time he spoke about the book
and was not little surprised when he
was assured that he had taken it away
with him, the host having seen him
bring it in and lay it on the table and
also take it out when he left tho
restaurant. He ransackcd his memory
then to try and trace it up, but utterly
failed. He remembered distinctly
wrapping up the book in his friends
office, taking it with him to the restau


rant, laying it on the table beside his
Year: 1879

NO CoNPRoxzA1 WITH Nm CONVICTIONS.


WASHINGTON, June 16.-A call has been
issued for = meeting # the Senate Democratic
caucus tomorrow to receive the report from
the committee of three Senators, Thurman,
hcDonald and Garland, appointed: Friday to
confer with Senator Bayard in regard to his
proffered resignation Of tho chairmanship of
tho finance committee, and to report
whether sumo harmonious arrangement could
not be effected to reclaim the Warner
silver bill from its present suspended
position ic the committee and place it upon
the senates calendar. The caucus committe Q
will report that Bsyard 10 inflexaibly opposed
to making any compromise or o0ncesaion in tho
matter and that he therefore absolutely declines
TO become party to the sug ggested arrange
ment OF reporting tho bill back 10 the Senate
without recon mendation, even though it be
stipulated that NO further action shall be taken
on the subject until next session. In brief he
ineists that tho bill should be left in tho hands
of the committee for mature consideration At
the next session OF Congress, and that if his
party colleagues deem it advisable +, force
action upon the measure in opposition to bis
conscientious convictions concerning it they
must accept his reaignation.
Year: 1879

A public lecturer fell on the stage in In
diana last week and the audience hissed
him, believing him to be intoxicated; but
when it was announced that the man was
dead the audience rcpented its hasty cen.
sure, and then the applause was deafen
ing.