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Year: 1877

4 ROMANTIC RECoGNITION.-A ten
years ago two brothers left their home in
Illinois and went 10 California. The elder
was man of steady habits, and had re
ceived good business education. but the
younger was inclined to be dissipated, and. g.
indeed had figured in SO many scrapes at
home that his departure WAS not regret-
ted in his native village. The two broth
erS lived fora short time in San Francisco
while they looked for situations. The
younger brother, however, fell into bad
company, and they separated by mutual
consent The elder brother obtained a
situation in wholesale store as porter.
and by his diligence and steadiness so
worked himself into the confidence of his
employers that he rose from the position
Of porter to that Of partner in the firm.
he lately purchased a house III Bush
street, San Francisco, married 4 lady with
considerable fortune Of her own. and on
one evsning not long since saw three
beautiful children around him enjovinr
the delights Of a charming home. The
family retired Al midnight, but the gentle
man had hardly closed his ewes when he
was awakened by noise down stairs. and
moving stealtmly 10 the parlor With A
revolver In his hand. he saw 4 man en-
deavoring to open the buffet where. he
kept his silver. Levehng his revolver at
the thiefs head, he exclaimed. = St1p or
you're dead man - The jimmy dro,-
ped from the hands OF the buglar. who.
falling on his knees, cried out. I" As God
is my judge, Robert, / did not know Thar
you lived here " The gentleman then
discovered TO his horror that the burslar
he was about to shoot was his YOUNGER
brother whom he had not met for nearly
ten years. That night the burglar siept
peacefully under the roof Of his forgiiving
brother
Year: 1877

To REMOVE DANDRUFF. Is a nat
ural secretion, but becomes cutaneous
complaint BY neglect Take an ounce OF
powdered borax, a piece OF unslacked lime
llas size OF a chesnut and tablespoonful
of spirits of ammonia put them into a
quart bottle and I'LL it up with boiled or
pump water. After twelve hours, apply
tins wash TO the scalp Ladies can apply
1t best with fine sponge. Rinse with
tapid water. After few applications the
scales VIII disappear, the hair become soft
and brilliant. and young hair VIII be seen
to start out. Dandruff should be cured
gradually, 50 IS not to produce sick head
aeheor dizziness by It's sudden suppression.
Year: 1877

PRoTEoTIOE. - The workingmen IN the
East who complain that they cannot live of
the wages they are paid, should turn their
attention TO the tariff, for it Is that which
prevents their wages from going as lar as
they ought to 90. The tariff increases the
cost of production, and consequently keeps
prices up. 1t prevents the farmer and the
stock raiser from selling their produce ar
reasonable rates, and thus 1t falls with sPe-
cial severity upon the working classes. Wa
ges are higher now than they were IN 1850,
but the cost of raising grain and stock Is
higher still in proportion, because of the
tariff. and so the wages will not 90 as far as
they used to. The tariff Is a patent mode OF
grinding the face OF the poor, and laborers
are blind indeed when they submit patient
" TO the extortion of that mischeyous IN
stitution. and make no effort TO overthrow
the incubus.-iSac Caioa Record.
Year: 1877

TIE CHARM OF REsERvE.-Do not be
too anxious to give away yourself, to
wear your heart upon your sleeve. 1t IS
not only unwise, it is wrong to make your
secret soul common property. For you
bring the delicate things of the heart IN
to contempt by exposing them to those
who cannot understand them. II You
throw pearls before swine, they viii turn
again and rend you. Nor, again, should
you claim too much openness, as duty
to you, from your child, your friend, your
wife or your husband. Much Of the
charm of life is ruined by exaeting de
mands Of confidence. Respect the natural
modesty Of the soul It's more delicate
flowers OF feeling, close their petals when
they are touched too TUdely. Wait Tlth
curious l0ve-with eager interest-for the
time when ell being harmonious, The
revelation will come Of It's oTn accord,
undemanded. The expectation has It's
charm, for as long as life has something
to learn. life IS interesting; as long as
friend has something 20 give, friendship
is delightful Those who wish TO destroy
all mystery in these they love, TO have
everything relealed, are unconciously
killing their own happiness. II IS MUCH
to be with those who have many things
to say to Us which we can not bear now
1t is much to i've with those who some
times speak to Us parables-if we love
them. Love needs some indehniteness IN
order to keep his charm. Respect, which
saves love from the familiarity which de-
grade II, IS kopt vivid when We feel that
there is a mystery III those we love which
comes Of the deF5h Of character. Re
member thas ig-xiciating your own re
serve, or that of another, you destroy
that sensitivoEcsS of character; and beauty
Of chasact,r Is not 50 common IS not to
NIL q Il 2 c..lnl !l.-r - .E.il l.
Year: 1877

come accustomed to see many wild
and crude notions aired there. We have
not forgotten the late Thaddeus Stevens
attempt to make legal tenders equal to
gold by forbdding differential quota
tions, which is as though we should en-
deavor to cool the air on hot summers
day by smashing all the thermometers
But the unblushing way in which MEM
bers of the present House have preached
repudiation of public and private debts
is still a novelty.


Only think of that The Herald puts
the silver dollar, that is currency all over
the world aud has been money in all
ages, on level with the greenbaek when
it was worth nothing intrinsically, and
only brought from 40 to 80 cents in silver
in the market. Gould anything be more
barefaced than this slander of the House
and its members.
Year: 1877

The South Carolina Legislature took
recess yesterday until January Is. The
most important measure adopted was
ratitying the amendment to the State
constitution which levies an annual tax
Of , mills upon the taxable property in
the State for the sapport of the free
school. On its final passage yesterday
more than two thirds voted athrmatively
The committee to investigate the bonded
debt will report Immediately after the
recess. No special class of bonds will
De declared fraudulent, but only parti>
cular bonds which were issued Irregular
",
Year: 1877

IT Is a strange coincidence that the
demonetization OF silver has always been
followed by disaster and hard times, and
that our own distresses are so immediate
in its train that we have been unable
to recover and our chief hope now Is in
its restoration and the defeat of the
money changers. Our own opinion is
that their greed is as outrageous to-day
as it was when Christ entered the Tenn.
pie, and that they deserve to be scourged
as they were scourged then, instead oi
simply being restrained in their desire to
fleece every poor widow and poor man
who owns cottage to aggrandize the
millionaires who live IN splendor.
Year: 1877

THE SILVER DOLLAR which is so much
objected to by the brokers and their
newspaper organs is of the same weight
and fineness which the silver dollar had
before the war and it was in that
weight and fineness the U. S. bonds and
greenbacks were promised to be paid, II
paid in metallic currency; but in fact the
bonds, when issued and sold, were prom
ised to be paid in the currency OF the
country, and under that promise they
were sold; and the attempt now to make
the currency finer and the weight heavier
than was promised is simply an attempt
to extort usury from the people. 1t is
really astonishing to us how any man
can claim to be a friend OF the people
who labors to increase the burden of the
national debt as the advocates Of the
single gold standard must do. We have
heard enough about the honor that is due
10 creditors, and the want of honor in re-
fusing to pay usurious interest and de-
mands. There was a lack of honor in
demanding of the people more than they
bargaine1 for and if gold gamblers, and
those who risked their money in the
promises of faithless agents of the peo-
pie, had not loaned at risk, the people
would have had less of debt. Too much
credit too frequently leads to extrava
CANT outlays, that are bad only in theii
influence, and doubly bad unless used a:
warnings for the future and in this way
what is called adjustment in Virgini;
and reputation by some others, may b.
beneficial, in so far as they are warning
to people not to loan their money TO
works that will not pay. The New Yorl
Herald now argues that adjustment"
"repudiation ;" it says that to insist apo


aging the debt with silver dollar {
AZ grains is reputation, notwithstant
ing this was the legal-tender dollar bt
fore the war. The same paper, in 1856


urged the people and the banks Of Ne


York not to loan the Lincoln Cabin


money and thus prevent their plungiI
the country into war. This lead to tt
printing and issuing of greenbacks by Il
government, followed by the printing al
issuing of bonds payable in greenbacl
which were bought by brokers and ban
ers as low as a cents on the dollar in s
yer or gold. -Four years ago faithle


Congress, in the interest of the bondhol
ars was induced to demonetize silver a


thus make their bonds payable only


gold. Now, Congress, in behalf of t


people who elected most of the membe


with this in view, proposes to remoneti


silver and make the dollar legal tent


again. AS one Congress cannot bind


people to pay unjust debts, we can S


nothing dishonorable in what is propos


1t is simply preventing the people fr


being robbed by the money kings.
Year: 1877

"Speabing about mules, remark
ed sixfooter from Barnett county,
az he cracked his whip at market.
"I've got mule ut home which
knows as much as / do, and / want
to hear somebody say I'm half a
fool"


No one said SO, and he went on :


"T've got disgusted. When you
come down to kicking, | want to
bet on my mule. A friend came
along and took dinner with HE the
other day, and as he seemed little
down-hearted | took him out to
see Thomas Jefferson, my champion
mule. l was telling the good man
who that mule could flip his hind
feet around, and he said he would
like to see q little fun. He'd
passed his whole life in the South,
but had never seen mule lay his
soul into big time at kicking.
Well" he continued, after borrow
ing some tobacco. Il took Thorn
as out of the stable, backed him
up against hill, gave him a cuff
on the ear, and we stood back to
see the amusement. 1t was a good
place to kick his durnest, and what
do you suppose he didi In ten
minutes by the watch he was out
of sight. In five more we couldn't
feel him with Il twelve-foot pole"


Here the crowd began to yell and
sneer, and tie narrator looked
around and asked:


"Does anybody think I'm lying'
Would lie for one mule Right
here under my arm is pound of
tallow candles which are to light
the. hole for me 10 go in after
Thomas; and ] got word not an
hour ago that the hind feet of a
mule were sticking out of a hill
thirty-nine miles as the birds fly
from where my mule went in. I'm
shaky on religion, gentleman, but
our family never had liar in it."
Year: 1877

a story is told of two New Eng
land deacons, between whom Bit
ter feud had long existed concern
ing some contested point. Meth
er would yield and the matter
threatened to be handed down to
the next generation, when one day
Deacon Smith appeared before his
old enemy. aud solemnly said:-
"Brother Jones, it is shame that
this quarrel of ours should bring
scandal upon the church. | have
prayed earnestly for guidance in
the matter, and have come to the
conclusion that you must give in
for l cannot"
Year: 1877

Even the Church-going infants
of Toledo are precOciously wicked.
On recent Sunday small child
grabbed all the coin Oh the contrl-
Dution plate in church in that
city, and had TO be violently shaken
before he could be convinced that
his date for resumption had not
been reached.-Cleveiaud Hearld.
Year: 1877

IN TtIE DISTRICT CnURC OF TpE SE =


ond Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and for
the county OF Ormsby Roger Grow, plaintiff vs.. J. L.
Cegg aud Florence Clegg and A. W. Pray, defendants.
Action brought District Court of the Second Judicial
District of the State OF Nevada in and for the county of
Ormsby and the complaint filed in said county OF Ormsby


in the Office of the Clerk of said District CourThe State
OF Nevada sends greeting to Cegg and Florence Ce


and A W. Pray defendants: You hereby required
appear in action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff the District Court Of the Second Judicial
District OF the of Nevada in and for the county
Ornsby and to the complaint filed therein "a copy
of which accompanies this Sumons within ten days lex
elusive of the day OF servce) after the service you of
this summons-f served within this county; served
this county but in this district within twenty days.
otherwise within forty daysor judgment by default will


be taken against you The said action is brought to fore
close certain mortgage executed by defendants j. L.
and Florence Clegg to said plaintiff lot No. C) in
block six (6 in Rice Peters addition to the city of
Carson in Ormsby county, Nevada; which said mortgage
given to secure the payment OF promissory note
made by defendants L. and Florence Cleg the Goth
day of May A D. 1875, to plaintiff for the Of six
hundred dollars and interest thereon at three @ cent
per month all in gold coin of the United States And
plaintiff asks decree of foreclosure of said mortgage and


that the morgaged premises be decreed be sold and the
proceeds applied to the payment of COSTS attorneys fees
taxes insurance and the principal and interest
said note gold coin of the United States and if found
insufficient that Judgment be docketed against the prop
erty of defendants L. and Florence Clegg for any bal
ance found remaining due plaintiff. All of which is more
fully set forth in plaintiffs complaint file in my office.
And YOU are hereby notified that you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint above required the said
plaintiff will apply the Court for the relief demanded.


Given under hand and the seal of the District
Court of the Second Judicial District OF the State


LIS of Nevada in and for the county of Omsby, this


-* oath day Of August, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seyen


au25-iaw6w ALFRED HELM Clerk.
Year: 1877

And in accordance with law and order Of the Board Of
Trustees made and entered the 14th day of August A
D. 1877 many of such designated shares of stock be-
longing to and standing in the of the shareholders
aforesaid shall and will be necessary psy the
upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders


standing in their upon the books OF the company
will be sold public auction at the office OF said company
i'll the office of Trenlnor Coffin in Carson City Nevada
Year: 1877

Bennett and May fought their
duel on the 8th at Slaughter Gap,
Delaware. The significance of the
name was spoiled by the harmless
exchange Of shots three times.
Then the man with the Tilted SIS
ter and the gay editor with the
marks Of the horsowhip on his face
met and were recohciled. The
lessons taught We're that if an eds
itor should dccei vo and then try
to ,raduce a young lady he may
expect TO be horse-whippod, and if
brother should attempt the horse
whipping he must expect to be shot
at deliberately. With all this
soap and water process all stains
disappear, and the twain must
rush to each others embrace.
Year: 1877

for several hours, and he did not get back
to the inn till midnight. sf


On the following morning he sent up to
the Hall, but Potts had not yet returned.
Philips came TO tell him that he had just
received telegraphic despatch informing
him that Potts would be back that day
about one o'clock. This intelligence at last
seemed to promise something definite.


Brandon found enough to occupy him
during the morning among the people Of
the neighborhood. He seemed to know
every body, and had something to say to
every one. Yet no one looked at him or
smoke to him unless he took the initiative.
Last Of all, he went to the tailors where he
spent an hour.


Asgselo had been left at the inn, and sat
there upon bench outside, apparently idle
and aimless. At one o'clock Brandon re-
turned and walked up and down the YER
anda.


In about half an hour his attention was
attracted by the sound Of wheels. 1t was
Potts's barouche, which came rapidly up
the road, In it was Potts and young
lady. .-


Brandon stood outside of the verada, on
the steps, in such position as to be mos'
conspicuous, and waited there till the car
riage should reach the place. Did hi
heart beat faster as he recognized that form
as he marked the settled despair which
had gathered over that young face-a face
THAT had the fixed and unalterable wretch
ness which marks the ideal face OF tn
Mater Dolorosa.


[To BE Continued
Year: 1877

cites us to renewed efforts in the same
direction.


To labor to raise the standard of cdu
cation still higher, is the noblcst work ot
the American citizen. We would like to
take our brother aborcr by the hand and
pledge each other to rest not until the
public schools oi Port Townsend and the
Snohomlsh were up to standard of per-
fiction so elevated, that NO parent would
think OF sending their children abroad,
but would educate them at home under
their own vigilant eye.
Year: 1877

Remember that It is IA invariable
cule Is discontinue send ms the ANTI
soxopoLrsr at the end Of the period palo
for We have no right to pres ume that
g subscriber desires his paper continued
Il he does not renew and remit and we
are no. willing to force it on him
Year: 1877

There is nothing more amusing
than the confidence placed by MAINE
Democrats in the hasty declarations of Re-
publicans who are momentarily vexed at the
defeat by the party of their pet schemes or
tavorite candidates. The action of the
Democratic convention Tuesday was con-
fessedly shaped to the end to secure dsaf-
fected Republican votes, and its leaders,
shrewd men in all other affairs, and not given
to implicit trust in the professions of their
followers, really believed that they have
good chance Of carrying the state. The hal
Inclination is not new one. For ten years
past every Democratic State Convention has
met in joyous mood, indulging in the belief
that in September there was 10 be greet Re-
publican bolt which would give the Democ-
racy the control of the state. Ten Septem-
bers have brought Republican victory, and
the deserters from the Republican standard
have been few. Occasionally leader, disap-
pointed In his hope of prelerment, would. 60
over to the enemy, but could carry none of
the rank and file with him, and would only
succeed in strengthening the likeness of the
Democratic party to Artemas Wards COM
pany, in which every man but one was an
officer. Still the Democracy, true to their
nature, learn nothing from experience. Their
old men dream dreams of, and their young
men see visions of, Democratic victories in
Maine. This year they are as confident as
in the johnson and Greeley times, and with
as little reason.


But whatever chances they may have to
win disaffected Republic an votes they invari-
ably throw away. With all their anxiety to
secure allies, they never can bring themselves
to offer terms which those desiring to form
an alliance can accept. In all the years that
they have been fishing for Repu blican votes
they have fished with bare hooks, and have
not droppeda bait that even gudgeon would
bite at. They have never framed platform
on which Republican could consistently
stand; indeed their platforms have mostly
been of scant width for members of their own
party. The old mistake has been repeated
this year. Evidently the polite thing for the
Democrats to do was to fatter those Republi-
cans, if any there be. whose zeal for the Ad-
minstraton so far outruns their discretion
and their sense Of loyalty to the party that
they are willing to bolt the regular nomina-
ton. Instead Of doing this, they went out
of thoir way to insult these men, by denounc.
ing as fraudulent the election of the man
whose especial friends and Supporters the re-
calcitrants assume to be. Thus the Democ-
racy deprived disafected Republicans Of all
pretext for supporting the nominee of the
Portland convention. This year, as in years
past, the Republicans find success greatly ia
cslitated by Democratic blunders.
Year: 1877

The Georgia Constitutional Convention
has decided by vote of 166 to Is to engraft
upon the organic law prohibition against
the payment of lawful debt. The securi'
ties thus repudated are known as the Bull
lock railroad bonds and amount 10 5000
0OO. They have never been declared fraudu-
le1t or illegal by the courts of the State. The
Convention is reckless and unprecedented In
its treatment of the subject. 1t will not per-
NIT the question as to the legality of the
bonds to be submitted to court. 1t closed
its doors against Jere Black who appeared TO
argue the case for the bondholders, as it also
refused verbal statement from Democratic
ex-senator Norwood. And when ex.Goyern-
or jenkins proposed that the validity of the
bonds be submitted 10 Democratic court,
without the right of appeal, Bob Toombs
fought the suggestion with success. The
whole thing is fagrant. naked, rascally re-
pudiation. But the blame does n OF rest
alone with the Convention. The people back
OF the Convention are also responsible for the
act. Last May the citizens of the State
adopted, by a large majority, an amendment
to the old Constitution Of the same purport
os the provision now put into the new instru-
ment. That vote was virtual instruction to
their delegates to the Convention to repudi-
ate the Bullock bonds. The people aud the
Convention share the shame.
Year: 1877

THE reduction in wages for the past FIVE
years is estimated at about thirty per cent;
the reduction in the prices of the necessities
OF life is about the same. The difficulty is
not so much in the small amount of money
that can be earned as in finding work at any
rates, and the trouble can only be overcome
by such perfect reconciliation between labor
and capital as will restore the confidence OF
those who have capital to invest.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

lent votes were given to the majority candl-
date, and that fraud on the part OF the mi
nority should not vitiate the election of him
VINO mad received majority Of proper votes.
de oldn't argue that fraud on the part of
OF tne minority was "no wrong" but that 1t
should not affect the result.
Year: 1877

One of the remarkable things about
New York is the marvellous number of
third-rate men we have in business.
We have hundreds of lawyers, yet, if
a frst-class case comes up, you can
count one of ten men who will con-
duct the case. You can find hun
dred men that can engrave a portrait
for a dime novel or a police gazette,
not two in 200 could cut fine
line engraving, A thousand men
could build a roRd.bed, but not one
in Thousand could engineer the track.
On the street dozen men rule the
Bull side and the Bear side. The rest
are mere subordinates. The profess
sions, callings and trades are crowded
with small men, yet talent is at a pre-
MUM and capable men are in de-
mand. A well-known fnancier bas
Just accepted the position of cashier
of the Nevada Bank on the pleasant
little salary of 100000 a year. He
has brains, probably, and executive
force.- Cor. Boston Journal.