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Year: 1879

It is a true saying that poverty is not a crime especially when born of misfortune, or caused by generous expenditure for the support of others. If competence is necessary to our full innocent enjoyment and value as members of society, which is doubtless to some extent a fact, there are many instances of poverty which come under our observation not morally justiiable. We often hear men who never live many steps in advance of want say, We make it a rule not to deny ourselves anything which is for our comfort" Some may say none but miser would object to this. Circumstances will not always justify this idea. When men get into "tight place" no one doubts the wisdom of self denial and painful shifts in order to gain a vantage ground. Every man in this country on his first setting out in life with no inheritance but his hands,

 is in a ''tight place" where nothing but the temporary denial of what he considers his com forts, may enable him to build a successful foundation for comfortable competency. While penurious meanness is to be avoided

 would it not be wise while in the courage and health of youth to forego at least, if the case demand, some of the unnecessary indulgences, that middle life and old age may be made in- dependent? No matter what virtue or amiable- ness may characterize the unthrifty young or old man penniless without good cause, ,-when sickness befalls him his creditors begin to look upon him with something of dissatisfaction while his physician considers his attendance as probable gratuity. It is difficult to know what real necessary comforts are. Many of the American laboring class seem to consider that they consist in nothing less than the lux uries that supply the table of the vouptuary, and with consumate folly live up to their pam pered appetites "from hand to mouth" till some unfaVorable change plunges them into per- plexity and distress while creditors are left to suffer from their delinquencies Such is un- justitiable, criminal poverty, prevailing to a great extent in every community. It is with pleasure and respect that every generous minded American witnesses the instances o thrift among those who have crept from the most pitiable depths of poverty in a foreign land and are now gaining substantial and respectable citizenship among us through their frugal and self-denying efforts. Whether praiseworthy or not, their success will win them character, and every native born of this land cradled in like circumstaces, will do well to emulate their example. SEARCH.
Year: 1879

community in their bereavement, and the as- surance that she has gone to better land than ours, for we are told in that holy book Except we become as 8 little child we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven"

 Mrs. Benjamin Hoyt has been quite sick from hemorrhage of the lungs, and her many friends are anxiously awaiting her recovery.

 Stone X Bakers juvenile menagarie gave an | exhibition near the railroad bridge Saturday afternoon. suppose it was good, of course A great many of the children attended to sec the elephant, but as he left his trunk at home they did not recognize him. I did not see the handbills, but learned the admission was if | teen pins. They are billed to show at Schaghti coke next Saturday,. ST. ELMo
Year: 1879

If thou art desirous of promoting the aris- tocracy of the cemetery, and adding to it's az grandizement, plant no lying marble therein when a mean man dieth-for the reading the record thereof will only freshen the contempt of the living. But rather erect truthful shaft chiseled with the word Mortality"

 If thy guest be voluble while thou art inclined to silence it is great evidence that he prefers to talk rather than to have thee, and that thou canst best entertain him by listening

 In thy conversation strive to excite pleas. ure rather than admiration, and thou wilt give and receive happiness.

 We cannot deny that little acidity in woman resembleth lemonade be cau- tious my fair friends about mingling too much of the former ingredient.

 As swamp hay doth serve to cork up the importuning stomachs of young cattle, SC may Beanield literature aid some meagre pur. pose. Yet the devils editorials should have greatly the preference. DR. LoNGFELLow
Year: 1879

rumors that it is going to clean out the un- derbrush from neighboring grove to use as sort of park. That is all very good, and shows laudable public spirit, and the enter prise ought to be supported by the citizens But if a stranger may be allowed the privi- lege of criticism, would suggest that the streets and sidewalks first receive a little more attention, then if there is any surplus means left. let the park have the benefit. A clean and well kept street always makes a favorable impression on strangers, and their recommend might be of some service to a place in inducing others to locate therein. Trusting that you will pardon the length and dullness of my letter, I remain

 Yours Truly,

 TRAVEIER
Year: 1879

The enterprise of the "Woodruff scien- tifc expedition" around the world has not been given up Last spring was the time ap- pointed to start, but as the number of stu dents was too small, the project was post poned. The managers are working hard to obtain the required amount of patronage, and there is no doubt they will make it a success. They propose to publish journal giving accounts of the places and objects of interest they are likely to meet with. For those who have the means, it will be an ex- cellent opportunity to get great deal of practical education and see the world at the same time.
Year: 1879

The conviction of Col. Buford for the murder of Judge Elliott was quite an agree able surprise. Shooting affairs have been SC common down south. and they have been treated so lightly that the public were pre- pared for verdict of acquital on the insanity dodge. But the jury finally agreed on yer dict of guilty of murder in the first degree and, under statute of the state, fixed the punishment at imprisonment in the peniten- tiary for life. Evidently healthier public sentiment is on the increase in the dark nd bloody ground"
Year: 1879

Scarcely day passes that we do not see accounts of strikes. The same old war be- tween labor and capital still goes on without any material advantage to the workman. In most instances it results in a loss to the strik- CT, yet he keeps 'kicking against the bricks. :" All of the threats and acts of violence will not help the matter. If man is compelled to pay more than he can afford in the manufact- ure of an article, he will stop his business and laborers are left idle. Labor and capital are dependent on each other and it is foolish for them to quarrel The prices of wages and goods are regulated by the demand, and this country is too large for many successful ''cor- ners" in either. Powerful corporations may combine and for time regulate the price of their wares, but it is the night of folly for the poor workman to kill the "goose that lays the golden egg" ------
Year: 1879

*** We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrence of interest which may come under their notice.

 8S- CORRESPONDENTS are requested to send in their communications so as to reach us on Monday of each week as we cannot insure the insertion of any correspondence received after that time,
Year: 1879

An expert in figures tells us that the late award to Great Britain for the fishing priVi- lege amounts to about $67 per barrel for mackerel. He has collected the statistics of the number sold by the packers and gives this amount as the result. If this sum had to be all paid by consumers the now plebeian dish would rise to a position among the aristocracy.
Year: 1879

A sharp Yankee living near the centre of the State wished to ship a sulky by rail. The agent would not send it except at the rate charged for wagons, which was very high in proportion to the weight. Our Yankee friend had an economical turn of mind and thought he could fix that thing more to his own satis- faction, so he took the wheels and thills and shipped them alone. That was nothing but ordinary freight and of course was billed by weight. The next day he, sent the seat and axletree, and the result was that he did not have to pay half the price for whole gig.

 The mysterious disappearance of the wife of John Shufelt of North Egremont, for the suspected murder of whom her husband was arrested, but discharged for lack of evidence, seems about to be cleared up as case of elopement. It will be remembered that the theory of Shufelt was that his wife had dis appeared with one Church. He has now re- ceived letter from an uncle in Michigan which says that the latter received letter from the missing woman in May, dated at Mechanicsville, N. Y, saying that she wanted to go West, and asking the uncle to send her 1925. She further told him that her address was ''Care G. B. Church, and that she should stay in Mechanicsville till June

 ! Geo N Williams and Fred B. Mitchell of New Britain, who have been encamped at Twin Lakes for the past month, returned home fast Saturday, the other boys composing the original party having returned two weeks ago. They are jolly set, and although occupying positions of dignity at home, seem fully to ap- J preciate the reyelries of liberty from the con-
Year: 1879

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. s.
The case of the South Carolina
Railroad was before the United
States Circuit Court this morning.
On motion for full hearing and
final decree, on which an appeal to
the Supreme Court might be based,
this was opposed, and the court re-
fused to grant the motion, on the
ground that no final decree could
be made until all the creditors had
been called In.


An order will be granted to-mor-
row appointing Referee, before
Year: 1879

FOR lAo 0aZ6.Le. ....


.,,,. ... city Finances. a.t. f


Mr.. EDITOR IF you will spare me q
little room again, will send you . few
more lines about city finances. First,
Mr. Guthrie's report seems to hold out
the idea, and indeed it is both sensible
and business like-that it will be better
to borrow money to run the city


from April to July than to- tax the peO-
pie for these last three months for money
to lay, idle in the treasury. And If we


have right TO do this, |, for one, agree


with him. But II does seem to me that


the Council has no power to borrow


money, for the City Charter strictly for


bids any money to be borrowed on the


credit Of the city. They can make ordi-


nary debts and liabilities in the common.
course Of carrying on the work and busi-


ness of the city, which must be paid out


Of the income Of the current year. Now


the next question is when does the cur


rent year end? Is it the last day of June
or December? If the editor would please
explain this l think the people would be-
glad Of it, and have always thought you
good on finance. / will now criticise the
talk Of our worthy and active chairman
of the finance committee to one Of your
reporters. First, he showed a little iIri-
liability about the proposed organization
of Taxpayers. These men don't want
any of the Council to resign for they are
rather well-pleased with them and think
our finances have been managed very
well, considering the difficulty the pres
ent Council started with. But we claim
the right TO look after, and stop, by law,
II necessary any more borrowing of


money to meet the current expenses Of
| the city. .r 5 .ua4.i a


The chairman of the said committee


says after the July taxes are in, there


will be enough money after paying the
floating debt 10 have a balance in bank,
September 1st, of $3.50, 900, and on this
amount, with other revenues, the city
can be run on cash basis until the 1st
of April next. Here is where the mis-


take is, and 1t is no odds whether 1t is
| done by this present Council, or even


done by this organization of taxpayers
if they had been in their places. These


other three months ought to have been


provided for, if we intend to 60 by the
City Charter. And the difficulty might


have been bridged over in this way,


which, in my opinion, would please the
people better than borrowing: To have


fixed the tax rates so much for current


expenses, and SO much for schools, and


then show how much more it would take


on the dollar to pay the floating debt ;
and then at July next the city would
| have swung clear of a floating debt,
which has been over us, more or less,
for twenty years; and the sensible and


heaviest Of our taxpayers, and all good


citizens would be better satisfied, at least
when July next arrives. T.
Year: 1879

An excursion train on the Utah Western
Marrow Gage railroad was blown from the
track near Black Rock on the 9th inst. The
brakeman was killed and the conductor
slightly injured. No passengers hurt.
Year: 1879

l

 So much has been written at va

 rious times respecting the Terri , tory of Arizona that it would b'

 folly almost to attempt going over so we'll beaten a path Enough has been given of it tropical heat, Its vast plains O.

 sand, its mountain ranges, it curious old ruins, and it's dreary desolate appearance generally

 to render unnecessary saying any

 thing more on the subject. The

 exhaustive articles on, and pro

 fuse illustrations of everything

 interesting appertaining to the "Apache Land" that have been published, give, of course, very fair idea of the country and its resources as then known, but yet, Arizona must be seen to be fully and properly appreciated. With in a year past great changes have taken place. The pictures here tofore drawn, always dark ana gloomy, now begin to assume a brighter appearance, and the time may not be far off when the ter ritory so long and so justly dread- ed, will become an attractive place not only for the tourist. but for the actual settler. Now that the rails are laid SO far within its border, an excellent opportunity is offered to look at both sides of the picture of Arizona. Some idea can yet be formed of the ter rible discomfort endured by those who less than a year since, were compelled to make the journey from Yuma to Prescott or Tucson, packed like sardines in a box, on " buckbOard," or in a mud wag OF. Yes. it can be seen from the windows of a comfortable passen- ger car, and as one looks upon the vast eXpanse of dreary waste through which the old stage road passed, he fully realizes the change that has taken place, and thanks his lucky stars that his visit was deferred until the pres ent time, when the greater part of the Journey can be made with every comfort, ,and when thirstcan be quenched from the tank of ice water, instead of being compelled to resort to the canteen, which always formed part of the outfit of a person destined far within the land of the Apache, the cac

 tus, and the rattlesnake. Now is the season to make the visit, bear with the heat, the dust and the discomfort arising therefrom, for all these must be experienced in order that a proper estimate may be formed of the energy, the per severance and the endurance that have constructed a railroad so far within a desert. which, l venture to assert, is not a whit more in vIiing in appearance than is the great African desert of Sahara True it is that all staging has not yet been done away with. The passenger for Prescott, Ph9nlX and Florence has even now a fair share of it, and fourteen hours are yet necessary to reach Tucson from the end of the track, but the worst has been wiped out, and the old Arizona traveller looks upon the stage route of the pres ent day as mere nothing in com parison to former times, when distance had not only to be over come, but when there was every chance of having to submit to "throw up your hands" atgu- ment of the road agent, and of hearing the whiz of an Apache bullet Or coo orcolu IncS fatal arrow,
Year: 1879

| anu uOuSSo UcluS OuI OilO oiOi

 high, they are most unsightly

 ard the stranger finds nothing

 about either place to render them

 attractive. Florence is situated

 within the belt of timbered (cot-

 tonwOOd) land that is found along

 the line of the Gila river. Wheat and barley are grown to some ex-

 tent in it's vicinity. The town is

 very dull at present, but being i'll the neighb0rhood of several important mining districts, the probabilities are that it will re- vive in time.

 Tucson is, beyond all question, the city Of Arizona. Ithas a pop- ulation of about eight thousand. two thirds of which is Mexican

 A number of extensive business houses are located in Tucson that do a large and lucrative trade especially with the State of Sono- ra Mexico. Now that it is settled that the railroad will pass within the city limits, the probabilities are that new town will spring up in the immediate vicinity Of the Comp1ny's buildings, one more pleasing than now exists. It will be discovered that d frame building, properly constructed. can be made as cool and as con- fOrtable as one of brick or adobe, and when this is known we may look for something possessing more claims to architectural beau ty than can now be found iu that locality Trcson will be the great centre of supplies for numerous minioT districts of south hern Ar izona, and it is destined to be- come place of great importance, that too in very short time.

 There dan be no question but that Arizona is exceedingly rich in gold and silver, to say nothing o5 other metals. The develop ments of the past prove this, but it is for the future to show the immense value of the mining property of the Territory. In aiding such developments, the great value of the railroad will be demonstrated. The difficulty and danger of penetrating to all points will be in q great measure remOv- eI the great expense of trans- porting heavy machinery and supplies to and ores from the mines will be done away with, and those capitalists who have heretofore declined lOinvest their money in localities so difficult of access, vii, now reconsider the matter. They will go and see for themselves, and when the pros. poets are promising, will doubt less place their spare funds from where they are satisfied ample returns will he made. Already the shipment sf bullion from the mines has commenced. and in year helce We may look for a large and increasing supply ot the precious metals from all the districts in the Territory that are now opened and from others that are destined to be opened within a very short period of time. The mining interests of Arizona are but in their infancy. but with the railroad facilities now exist ing and to be increased so rapidly, if is but natural 10 expect that the time cannot be long delayed when the great mineral wealth of the Territory will be fully de- veIoped, and 1 firmly believe that IL will prove greater than the most sanguiue eXpec'. A very little time more will prove if I am 3 false prophet or not.
Year: 1879

THE New York Herald of last Satur-
day, which is inmicsl to Tilden, said


II 1t shall happen that Mr.. Cornell
and the Republican ticket are chosen,
the Democrats may find great comfort
in the reflection that this relieves them
finally of that old man of the sea, S I'M
u,l ] Tilder, and leaves them free to
nominate as able aud as popular a man
as they may have sense enough to Sc
lect. The opinion of many judicious
Democrats, that it is worth while for
them to lose this State next Tuesday


because then they will be rid of Tilden,
seems to Us entirely sound. The dan
ger of the Republicans has been that
they would degenerate into mere one
man party-a Grant party; but the
Democrats have actually been in that
awkward and fatal situation for seyer-
al years; they have fallen to be mere
Tilden party; willing or unwilling,
they have had this old gentleman sad
died upon them, determined to iule or
run them. II by losing New York
next Tuesday they can be fiOally rid of
him they may "thank God and take
courage" for this will leave them at
least q chance of success next year /;
with him they would have none.


But the question, unfortunately, is
still undecided. l. is not certain that
Tilden is Impotent. While Robinson
has gone under, and b&rely gone under,
despite the combined hostility of Tam
many and the canal ring, the Herald
discovers that the rest of TIL
den's ticket Is successful. Whether
the Herald. with the facts of to-day be-
fore it, would pronounce Tilden's
doom, is doubtful. In truth, the defeat
Of Robinson, with all the potent COM
binatious against him, is hardly de-
feat, and so little is the strength Of
Tammany in this Governors race that
Tilden and his supporters may think
It trifiing matter to overcome it in q
presidential contest. But it is to be
hoped that Tilden is shelved forever.
Year: 1879

An exchange thinks that il the
South should cause the nomination Of
q soldier candidate for the Presidency,
ConkIing and Beecher would swear,
and more than half of the blessed
North would believe it, that we pro-
pose to fight at once for the freedom
of the States and re-enslavement Of
the blacks. And yet, Gen. Hancock
did as noble service as did Grant in
suppressIng the rebellion"
Year: 1879

GOVERNOR SEYMOUR presided oyer q
Robinson Democratic meeting four
days before the election in New York
and mildly advised young men to ad-
here to the party and Its nominees.
His adhesion to Tilden is thus sus-
pecsed, though he made no reference TO
the adroit magician Of CIPHER Alley.
Very certainly the most honored Of
living Democrats opposed John KelIy's
detection.
Year: 1879

CHICAGO, that went Democratic q
year ago by 1000 majority, has been
turned over by congressional folly and
the excitation Of sectional issues to the
Republicans who have made > gain Of
about 5000 in that city.
Year: 1879

TIE relative strength of parties in
New York is shown by the votes for
the two candidates for the Lieutenant
Governors place. Robinson and Kelly
slew one another. Dispatches even
yesterday did not show clearly by what
majority Potter was elected.
Year: 1879

For cheap electric battery. this modii-
cation Of the Daniell cell is recommended
Take thin flower pot, close the hole in
the bottom with aplug. and place in a
stone jar of about the same height and
twice the width. Place sheet of copper
in the ilower-pot and II sheet of zinc around
it. The cell is then complete. To change
the battery; cover the bottom of the flow
er-pot with crystals of sulphate of copper,
filling it with II solution of the same; fiji
the jar outside the pot with u solution of
sulphate OF zinc or sulphate of magncsia.
Any number of these cells may be con
nected by means of copper wires. If a
large quantity of electricity is desired con-
meet the zines together and all the coppers.
If great intensity is wished. connect the
zine of the first cell TO the copper of the
second, the zinc of the second TO the cop
per of the third. and so on.
Year: 1879

JOsEPHINE's SANCrUARY.-AtM Malmai-
son, Josephine consecrated one room to
the memories of happy days passed there
by Napoleon before his divorce from her,
1t WAS room then used by him as IL study
whenever the cares of war and politics
permitted him to seek temporary rest in
her society in that charming retreat; and
when she was left there alone to mourn
their separation, she would allow nobody
to occupy the room but herself. In it luy
the pen last used by the Emperor, which
the ink had long since corroded ION a table
lay tho map he had last studied ;over there
the line of march tracked out which had
long since taught Europe to feel the power
OF his tactics; on the wall hung glass
case in which some of his hair was arrunp.
ed in ornamental or symbolic form. 1t
was long since that hair had grown on his
head. that the sight of it must have carried
back Josephine's memory to the time
when she, the widowed Vicomtesse de
Beauharnais, determined on marrying it's
owner, tho young soldier of fortune, with
nothing but his love and his sword and
his cloak to offer her" " Such Il SANITARY
indeed was the chamber at Malmaison to
the ex Empress, that she would not allow
any hand but her own 10 dust or move the
objects in it which had been consecrated.
as she deemed, by the touch ofthe husband
who had sacraticed her to his ambition,
and in so doing hal lost his guiding star.
the guardian angel of his life.