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Year: 1878

A story is told Of two New England
deacons between whom bitter feud
had long existed concerning some con-
tested point. Neither would yield and
the matter threatened to be handed
down to the next generation, when one
day Deacon Smith appeared before hin
old eremy, aud Solemnly said Broth
er Jones, it is a shame that this quarrel
of ours should bring scandal upon the
church l have prayed earnestly fol
guidance in the matter, and have come
to the conclusion that you must give in
for cannot.
Year: 1878

It is now over 10 years since the
death Of Monica, as she was called, and
many of the interesting facts connec-
ted with her sad story are forgotten. l
was then chaplain at Fort Laramie, and
one day in February a messenger
arrived and announced that Spotted
Tail, with a band numbering 300, was
On the other side OF the North Platte


river, with the body Of his daughter,


which he had brought from the Powder
river country, Is days travel, and desir-
ed 10 bury on the hill near the fort
Gen. Maynadier, then in command


went with his officers to the river bank
and met the funeral corlege. The
warriors advanced in regular procession
bearing in their midst the body of he
Princess, and chanting funeral dirge,


which was low and mournful in the
extreme. We Joined the procession


and marched to the fort to what is
known as "Bedlam Quarters" where
the body was laid in state. The room
had been hastily decorated with flags,
muskets. and sabres. All the principal
men Of the place we're present, and the
crowd of Indians and soldiers not only
filed the space inside but the porch
and grounds outside. General May
nader made speech Of coincidence, and
welcomed Spotted Tail 10 the post.
The chief replied in Sioux, and his
speech was very beautiful even as im-
perfectly interpreted in our language by
Charles Gareau. remember it affected
every one present. Among other
things Spotted Tail said. II am sad,
but when look around at this beauti-
fully decorated room and see many
k.ud aad sympathetic white faces l feel
comforted. II seems to me like a
dream, but have only TO lock out Of
thai window and see the sun shining and
hear the winds blowing, and know il
must be reality" He then stated
that though he had been on the war
path against the whites; he desired now
Year: 1878

After her death Spotted Tail often
spoke Of his daughter Monica, and still
fondly cherished her memory. In the
afiectionate council at LARAMIE in 1866,
he said, with great softness in his voice,
Were not the hopelessness Of resis-
tance and the dictates ofpolicy sufficient
to deter me from committing acts OF
war, the pledge 1 made my child in her
dying hour would cause me to keep at
peace with your people ?"
Year: 1878

We read few days ago in the Boston
Bulletin that large quantities OF SO called
wooden goods are composed not of wool
alone, but of cotton and wool mixed, and
carded together before being spun into
yarn. We wonder why people will con.
tinue to purchase such inferior stuff when
goods so infinitely superior in every way
can be had at home from our own manufac.
tury. The Leavenworth Woolen Mills
have now been running some three years
and have turned out some beautiful goods
The stock on hand and being manufactured
consists of Cassimeres, Doeskins, Tweeds


rricots, Diagonals, Kerseys, Satinets,


leans, Linseys, Standard and pressed Elan
oels, in all styles and colors, blankets and
q complete assortment Of stocking yarns,
All the goods made here are straight wool
goods, not particle Of shoddy ever hav-
ing been used, and no mixture made with
cotton or any inferior substance. Looking
over the line of Cassimeres manufactured
in this establishment W ewere surprised at
the great variety Of designs, styles and col
OTIS, the assortment being complete in goods
for mems and bcy's and children's wear.
We often meet persons who say they have
worn these goods for over two years and
wouldn't trade them for two suits OF what
is called the best store clothes. 1t is GER
tainly in the interest of economy to buy
such goods, especially when they are man
ufactured at home from wool grown in our
own neIghborhood, N preference to buying
clothing made from such cottOn-mixed
goods as il mentioned above by the Bosom
Bulletin, which will soon fade out and wear
out. Another reason for patronizing this
mill is that all the money paid out for la
Dor, wool and other material is
kept here in our own section instead OF
being sent off east. All should call at
the mill and examine the goods and prices
and become convinced Of their superior
wearing qualities excellent styles and low
prices. The proprietor sells goods at Il very
small margin of profit and as he buys
everything for cash what you buy Of him,
you get at bedrock prices. BE sure and
examine these goods before making your
fall and winter purchases.
Year: 1878




The National candidate for Congress in
the Cleveland, Ohio, district is named
Shove. He is neither counterfeIter nor a
carpeuter, We hasten TO say, but a shoe
maker occupation altogether useful
and honorable, since all labor is noble and
holy, as the poet asserts. Mr.. Shove has
been in the field a considerable time, his
party friends having up their enthusiasm
10 the convection pitch very early in the
season, ami as he has been a ste dy and
close canvssser, giving his nights and days
earnestly TO the work, Mrs. Shove
and the young folks have bean somewhat
scantly provided for. Mrs. S. h IS therefore
taken the road herself, and engaged in
business Of peripatetic character. called
rudely by correspondent peddling, and
she is, We hope, doing a lively trade, as she
goes from door to door, enthusiastically
telling all who will listen that her husband
is a candidate for Congress, and they ex-
pect brighter times when he is elected"
Well, there's many a worse canvass than
this; it DOES look picturesque, Judged by
conventional ideas Of political propriety,
but there is Republican simplicity in the
Shove movement, and we are not going to
give it a single backward push.
Year: 1878

was immense, and at fair and candid esti-
mate approached twenty, and possibly
twenty five Thousand, although enthusiastic
Kansas Cityites claim from forty to sixty
thousand but ii must be remembered that
sixty thousand, and even forty thousand
people w,re never gathered in one place in
this western country at one time, during the
history Of this section, and that twenty
thousand is an immense crowd, and rarely
seen. The crowd of yesterday was the
largest, in all probability, ever seen at =
fair IN this western country, and is
Year: 1878

There will be picnic at Springdale for
the benefit Of the Catholic church to-day,
Sept 2l-t. Rev. Father Kelly will have
charge OF the affair, and it will undoubted-
ly be a success.
Year: 1878

A detachment of the 10Th infantry, from
Fort Dodge, were boarding the train at the
time the correspondent was writing. to
,out south from the small station west.
and to endeavor to prevent the Indians
journeying north. The number of Indians in
lhe vicinity Of the depredatious is es,imat-
ed from three to eight hundred.
Year: 1878

We again urge it upon our peo-.
pie that this is the most impor-
tant election ever held in the
State of Louisiana and any in
difference may be fatal to the
very best interests Of the State,
and as the victory is within our
grasp if We will only rally to the
standard of our party, we will
forever free ourselves from the
tyranny and oppression which
has SO long been the ruin of our
common country.-[Southron OF
Sabine.
Year: 1878

~ For the want of a nail,
the shoe was lost; for the want
Of a shoe the horse was lost; for
the want of a horse, the rider was
lost; for the want of a rider the
battle was lost; and for the loss
Of the battle, the nation was lost.
For the want Of a vote, the State
may be lost. REGISTER and
VOTE.
Year: 1878




political contest which is now
approaching it is of the utmost
importance that the responsible
ity for the present state of affairs
should be fully and faily under
stood. The utter bankruptcy Of
more than third of our busi-
ness men; the verge Of bankrupt
cy on which at least a third more
stand; the Improbable business
which even the solvent ones are
doing, are subjects which de-
mand the serious consideration
OF every man who is entitled to
exercise the highest prerogative
of freeman-the casting of the
ballot. Hundreds of thousands
OF men are idle-eating up the
savings of their past industry or
living on municipalities or the
charity Of their friends and
neighbors. Respectable men,
the fathers and providers for
happy families of six years ago,
are tramping the country, losing
their manhood, their love of
home and family, and creating
a class of criminals and vaga-
bonds-at once a blight on the
country, a reproach to the once
honored name of American citi-
zen, and a deep damning dis
grace on the lawmakers who
would have us call them states
men. This condition of affairs
has been brought on slowly, but
none the less surely, by the ope-
ration of vicious national laws,
bearing on every productive in
terest of the whole country. For
| the passage of these laws but a
single party has been in power,
and it only can be held respon-
| sible for their enactment and
enforcement, and that party is
the Republican. We propose to
hold them to the full measure OF
that responsibility. We do no,
intend that in the terrible strug-
gle which the people must make
for a return to a prosperous con
dition, that the Republican par
ty managers shall escape sin
gle iota of their just dues for the
condition of bankruptcy, begga
ry, theft, defalcation, forgery
and the crime which hangs like
a nightmare over the country
threatening to destroy our insti


tutions, as it has our prosperity
The great organ of Republican
ism, the N. Y. Times, has already
published the decree that ths
farmers must be dispossessed o
their farms, and the farmers O
to-day become the tenants of to
morrow. The great corruption
list of the Union Pacific Railroad
who controls the N. Y. Tribune
says he would give a million dol
lars to put Grant back in th'
White House. The corruption
and bribery and ring-rule of th'
Grant regime are an everlasting
disgrace to an honest people
We must look these m after
fairly in the face. Before cast
ing another ballot let ever,
Year: 1878

Let there be no lack of inter
est in registration. Let every
one work in earnest from now
until the election. The redemp-
ton of the State has cost US too
much hard labor for it to have
been expended in vain.-Shreve-
port Standard.
Year: 1878

Detective Cunning OF the Central Office. has for the
past two days been investigating mysterious Of
robbery which reported from the private
boarding house No. 13s West Thirty fourth street.
pair Of pearl earrings valued at $1,000 the property
lady named Carter. who has been boarding at the
house. disappeared from a bureau drawer on Friday
The detective made searching investigation. but
unable to arrive at any conclusion regarding
the property is supposed by the lady in charge OF
the boarding house that the vauabes have not been
stolen. but only misaid. reward of $500 WAS offered
yesterday for their return.
Year: 1878

At one o'clock this morning Joseph Doyle seven-
teen years DID, Of No. 322 East Twenty sixth street.
prisoner in the Fourth precinct station attempted
suicide by hanging himself by his suspenders to the
door Of his cell. He discovered after hanging
few moments by the doorman. who called aid and
cut him down. physician sent for, who treated
him at the station house He arrested for intoxi
cation and under the influence of liquor at the
time he made the attempt. 1t is thought that he will
Year: 1878

EDITOR HERALD: As askin,


questions Of the different candi


dates for municipal offices, il


reference to their future policy


seems to be in order, will you pleas


allow me, through the columns o


your paper, to PROFOUND few ques


tions to the Workingmen's candi


date for City Attorney, Col. ]. F


Godfrey:


First-Will you, if elected Cit,


Attorney, in the future draw up al
contracts for labor to be perform ed
for the city so ambiguously thai


they can be so construed as to ruiz


the contractor and thereby save a
few dollars for the Taxpayers OF


the city?


Second-Will you agree to rig.
idly enforce Section 6 of Article s
In the new charter, SO as not to al
low any one to escape paying bis
part of the taxes even though he
may pay heavy rents to tho capi-
talists of this city and have nolh-
Ing to support his wife and chill
dren with except by hard day's
work at half what he ought to have,
and the milk of one old crumpled
horned COW, as there is no reason
for his being poor, and no reason
why he should not pay his part Of
the taxes for the privilege of living
in this Christian country under a
perfect blaze of modern ciyiliza,
ton?


Third-Will you agree, at all
times, when there is u street to be
opened, widened or Strengthened,
to advise the City Council that it
is better to condemn than to pur-
chase the property needed, so as to
keep the city eternally in litiga-
ton and give good chance for the
taxpayers to obtain the individ.
uaPs property that is needed for
the public good, without having to
pay much for it, as no man who is
not able to defend suit in the
courts has has any business to be
In the way of public improve.
ment?


Fourth VIII you in the
future, make dligent search
for any technical flaws in
real estate titles, aud when
FOUND, commence suit to recover
the same without any regard to the
Intentions Of the city authorities,
when they parted with these lands,
us those old fogies had no right to
dispose of these lands until we who
are here now should have
chance to buy them, as these
lands are now worth Il great deal of
money, and il they had kept all
these lands till the city was as
large as it is now and then have
sold them, we would have the rich
est city in the world of its size.


Fifth-Will you use every effort
to keep enough litigation on hand
so that the Council will be COM
PEELED to allow you an assistant, SO
as to give you plenty of time to at
tend to these things, as thereby
you will always subserve the best
interests of the heavy Taxpayers
OF this city. j. w. PORTS.
Year: 1878

1 have found the following way to


tighten wagon tires to be successful
Apply leather rings between the
shoulders on the outer ends of the
spOkes and the corresponding por.


tiOns of the fellies, which may be
done as follows: Procure g. numb ber of
small pieces of leather, from an inch
and half to two inches In diameter
with sharp knife and compasses, or
with cutting punch, make round
holes in the centre of these pieces,
and make straight cut from the hole
to the outer edge of the pieces so as to
form open rings. The holes must be
made ss size that will nicely fit
the lemons on the outer ends of the
Bspokes. Place O fulcrum on top of
the hub on which place your lever,
with its short end under the felly
near spoke; have an assistant bear
down on the outer end sufficiently to
raise the felly, and expose the shoul-
der and tenon of the spoke; open
your leather ring and fit 1t nicely
around the tenon, holding 1t to its
place while your assistant relaxes the
lever, and settles the felly firmly up
on the leather by blow or two on
the tire. Having repeated the pro-
cess with a sufficient number of
spokes to make the tire all right,
trim off the projecting leather even
with the surface of the spekes. and
your task will be done. IF your piec-
es of leather should be spongy, ham
mer them down some before using
3. r. an Western Rural.
Year: 1878

From Toledo Blade.


The question which every dlsaffect-
ed Republican should put to himself


before he commits himself against the


party is, Whether 1t is In any way


possible that he can secure better re-
suits by voting with some other party :?
If he will review all the elements In


this query we are satisfied that his an
swer wiA be IN the negative, and that
he will be compelled to admit that
not only can he not hope to better
himself, but further that he cannot do
so well. The Republican party is not
tall that any of US would like; many
of Its minor acts are opposed to our
ideas of right and expedlency, and
We frequently wish that some of its
Headers were different, but with sh
this there Is no mistaking the fact
that the worst of Republicanism is
much superior to the best of Democ-
racy. There is nothing which any
Republican can complain of that will
be righted, or even bettered, by the
success of the Democrats or the Ma
tionals, while there are many things
of much more Importance that will
be irretrievablY injured by the suc-
cess of those parties. The road to i'm
provement In any particular is
through the Republican organization.
1t Is the only one which has the ca
paeity or inclination to effect reforms.
Attempts at such by other parties are
simply thinly disguised schemes of
corruption. The Republican who
loves his country aud earnestly desires
Year: 1878

her welfare, has no choice but to cling
to that party with whose administra-
tion is associated the most brilliant
epoch in our history; whose work is
far from being done, and which has
in its heart and brain more potential
tiles of good for thecountry Ia the fu-
ture than can possibly be embraced in
any or all the organizations opposed
toit. To build up and support the
Republican party is to do the most ef-
fective work for the good of the coun-
try. No patriotic man can in justice
to himself and his convictions permit
himself to be driven offfrom the grand
purpose by some disaffection upon a
question of minor importance, as all
questions which now divide Republi-
cans are.
Year: 1878

PLAIN SANDWICHES some
very thin slices of bread from a square
loaf baked in tin butter them, and
place very thin slices of ham, beef
tongue. eornbeef or game between the
slices. Season them with salt land
mustard If liked). press them on a
clean board with the blade of a large
knife, cut off the orusts evenly. and
divide them into oblong squares.
Pile them on a table napkin, and
serve; or keep them till you go on a
picnic and then eat them.
Year: 1878

STEwED CABBAGE,-Shred small
cabbage as for cold-slaw; boz 1t in
water for twenty minutes, thin drain
thoroughly and cover with sweet
milk. Cook until tender; sason TO
taste with butter, pepper and alt, and
just before serving add the yGk of a
beaten egg mixed with a little sweet
cream. Thd dish is very goo with
out this latter addition, and Rvorite
with many who dislike plain boiled
cabbage.
Year: 1878

Speaking of General Grant and the
nomination in 1880, Senator Conkling
said to a Graphic reporter that Gen
eral Grant would probably do exactly
as his friends wished. If they asked
him to run because the good of the
country demanded 1t, he would do it.
A chance of defeat would make no
difference with Grant, as "he is the
truest and most magnanimous of
menu
Year: 1878

No man can go down into the dun.
geon of his experience. and hold the
torch of truth to all the dark cham
bers and hidden cavities, and not
come up with q shudder and chill Us
he thinks of the time when he un-
dertOok TO talk politics with the deaf
old father of his first sweetheart
while the girl was present.
Year: 1878

An old man in the refreshmen
trade was telling some of the boys the
otheriaay that he once knew young
lady who missed an offer of marriage
by refusing to partake of ice cream
The unanimous verdict ofhis auditors
was that no opportunities of that
kind go to waste in present times.
Year: 1878

Tell woman that England had
changed to a republic, the Sandwich
Islands had sunk, and Lake Erie had
dried up, she wouldn't exhibit half
the interest that would possess her
over the statement that something
had at last been invented to remove
freck les.
Year: 1878

Twenty years ago New Hampshire
man named Lewis stepped on q
needle, which broke as it entered his
foot, but the peices were not removed.
Last summer the eye half came out
through a sore under his left knee,
and not long ago the remainder was
taken from the fiesby portion of his
right hand.
Year: 1878

An Alabama woman recently gasp
ed her jaw out of joint. Later
Seventeen hundred applications have
since been received from married
men, asking her how the thing was
accomplished, and the most favorable
circumstances for such an undertake
ing.-ELnlira Gazette.
Year: 1878

The physical development exhibit
ed by the university students in
Scotland has been ascertained by
Scotch professors to belong in the
first degree to the Scotch and Scotch
Irish from Ulster accustomed to feed
on oat meal; Englishmen, not given
to the porridge, rank far below In
measurement.
Year: 1878

A dry goods drummer, having an
hours leisure, went into a Paterson
foundry the other moring, and going
too close to the machinery, u ten-ton
trip hammer hit him In the cheek
and broke itself all TO pieces. He
Immediately left town to avoid a suit
for damages.
Year: 1878

A Missouri writer says: If boy
tell years OF age starts on the western
prairie with ten sheep. and permits
them to multiply until he is twenty
one years of age, he then will be a
rich man.
Year: 1878

Gretry was wont TO slacken and
quicken the pace Of a walking compan-
ion to suit his own inclination. To
say" he would argue, ''you walk too
fast or to slow Is impolite but to sing
softly an air to the time OF the walk OF
your companion. and then by degrees
either quicken the time or make II slow
or, 10 a strategem as innocent as Il is
convenient" The principle Of Gretrys
russ was we'll exslnpliiied in the case Of
the stingy farmer who gave his hired
baymaksr butierinilk and whey. for
breakfast. aud going to the field heard
the man singing In drawlips way


B.u.t-t-e-r-m.i.l.k and whey.


Faint all day. faint all day;
His scythe keeping time to the tune.
The next morning the farmer set good
meal Of bacon and eggs before the man.
aud when he went to see how he was
getting on with his work. hs found his
arm going swiftly to


bacon and eggs,


Take care Of your legs !"


-CAdmLcrs' Journal.
Year: 1878

A letter dated the 18th says: The volume of water in the Little Colorado has run down considerably but the stream is still difficult to cross CD account of the quick sands. All the travel goes around by way of the Mormon bridge.
Year: 1878

which he docs not consider himself


free 10 do at least nationally.


Another question unanswered in the
order Of place is: "Can Catholic teach
what has not been declared to be- the
doctrine Of the church by council or
Popep" He can when what he breaches
Is no novelty In the church's teaching.
For example he can preach the doctrine
Of the assumption Of the soul and body
ofthe Blessed Virgin into hea( ZEN though
never deaued or decided by Pope or
council. There Is probably not one
Catholic In the world who doubts the
doctrine. II, however, any Catholic
doubted II, he would not be deemed
guilty Of h-resy but only Of rashness
and dangerous incredulity. No Bishop,
however, would allow him to preach
his doubts. CATHOLIC.
Year: 1878

What is the use OF sending Mitch
ell te Il Democratic Senate since he
has done nothing for Oregon when
that body was of his political faith9


Why should VIC send the tool of the
Central Pacific Com pany to Washing
ton, when that corporation is
known to oppose railroad connection
with the East for Oregono


Should not a man who would dis
grace his constituents by voting
against compelling the Pacific Rail.
roads TO create a sinking fund out OF
their earnings with which 10 pay
their honest debts, be kept at home:


Should not a Senator vino aims tc
keep his position by using his ap-
pointees as wire wsrkeis, and by the
corrupt use of money, resembling the
disgrace of TweedisIn, be defeated al
the pells?


Can any man of real principle vote
for man Of .Tehn Hipple'S notorious
character, to represent him in SO high
q station rs the United States Sen.
ate?


Is rnan who has done nothing but
introduce bills for effect, and who
has accomplished nothing of practical
Importance, worthy OF being sent
again to Washington?