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Year: 1878

We COPY this morning, from the Topeka
CgmmonueaI.h, an article on the law oil iibel'
written by one of the ablest attorneys in
the state. He argues that the recent rui-
ing Of our Supreme Court that the truth OF
a statement justifes its publication, is not
always right. We must presume that a
bad man by reform, and if one has lived
uprightly, and shown an honest desire to do
right, through long series Of years, the
publication OF a statement OF acts commit
ted by him long ago, though true, is not
iustiiiable, because it cannot serve any
good end To justify publication other
wise nbellious, the charge should not only
be true, but should be published Tor lustifi'
HE pnds
Year: 1878

The Senate fn6ee cammittee will not he
in hurry about considering the House bill
to repeal the resumption act.-Chfcd9o Times


1t locks now as though ii would make
very little difference to the country whether
the resumHtion act was repealed or not.
While the silver bill was pending, the Chi
cago Times, and the other gold organs, told
us so many big stories about the way gold
was to 60 up as soon as silver should be re-
monetized, that we supposed the single
standard people had . corner on gold and
intended to send it up, clear out Of sight.
In such case, of course, the repeal Of the
resumption act would have been necessary.
But instead of going up, gold has been
steadily going down ever since the silver
bill passed, and there is fair prospect that
resumption will come of its own accord,
sometime previous to the date fixed by Law.
Year: 1878

Instead Of making a great fuss about
locking the stable door after the horse Is
stolen, and rushing of to EmPoria to look
after those missing Normal School moneys,
Gov. Anthony should look around to see ii
any more ofthe SACRED Fund is anywhere
in the custody of Lappin's old clerks.
Year: 1878

connections OF General tOsteI ne uhueI
stands that nothing can be more absurd,
even if the penalty were to be S230,OOO, than
to talk about his wanting time to perfect his
bond. He wants no more time to perfect 1t
than is necessary to transact the fOrmalities
of the business. That is what think ought
To be done and therefore i am somewhat
restiye under this iterated outcoming in be-
half of the pensioners, as if we who stand
here to challenge the fitness OF this extra
ordinary legislation were not the friends OF
the soldiers, of the crippies, or the mourn
ers OF the war!


Now sir, one other word as am on my
feet. / have heard great deal said here
about arraigning the President OF the
United States. have not arraigned the
President. / conceive there is something
vastly more important at stake than ar:
raienipp the President ! have not intended
to do it either openly or in disguise and
will rive the assurance to the Senate that on
every occasion and on every topic when
think it is my duty to arraign the Presi-
dent. |. will do it so frankly that no Sena.
tor need think / am skulking behind
snbtertupes to critiGse him. The
President nominated this officer
| Inc ScOdtt Cuc-c W SophA "a AA.Aas N~'~
not challenged that action, shall not on
the part Of either body. The nominee has
chosen in the presence OF an approaching
quarter day to allow three weeks to elaPs<
without filing his bond. For that laches OF
his part must say l think some explains


lion would be appropriate. Probably ar
explanation can be made. He may have
been absent; there may have been some &C
currence or casualty which will account fol
that. 1t is not necessary to arraign evel
him. Certainly have not intended to Ar
raign either of his official chiefs in the re
marks | made. But do intend 70 insist :,
the last that here is an infracfion Of . sys
tenn which has lasted for more than twogen
erations, which has worked no harm or in
convenience, but suficed for every case a
il would suffice for this; and now upol


what must deem petty and inadequate


considerations the Senate Is appealed Il
leeislate as / believe imProvidently, un
! wisely, and exceptionally; and I resist il
not because it is an arraignment Of tins ma
or an arraignment Of that man, bu


because in the presence Of this case, ate
Year: 1878

ticket is about seventeen thousand
and they have lost one congressional
district. The friends of Bradley Bar.
low, the Greenbact candidate in the
third district, are confident that
when the official returns are in he
will have majority over the Republi.
can and Democratic candidates com.
bined. He lacks but few votes of
this on the returns now in. But if a
new election in November is neces.
sary Barlow will sweep the district.
This is remarkable opening for the
Greenbackers. The most sang gaine
of the new party leaders never con-
templated the election of a congress.
man from Vermont, where the
movement did not have fOothold
until this year. This is evidence of
the wonderful progress of the new
party.
Year: 1878

Here is a pitable story of human
love and suffering:


This poor, faithful man would, if
in the State of New Hampshire seek.
ing work, be arrested and punished as
a tramp


Hamilton (Ont J Spectator.


On the arrival of the I:5O New York
express at the Great Western railway
here. Tuesday morning. the men
engaged in testing the car wheels and
running-geer of the cars were sur
prised to see man slowed away upon
the trucks of one of the sleeping-cars
"a position in which it is as much as
ones life is worth to ride even the
shortest distance. The policeman
in charge of the station. Mr.. Farr,
was informed of the circumstance,
and at once arrested and searched
the man, finding only six cents in
money and some papers on his person.
On being questioned as to his motive
for placing himself in such a danger.
ous position. the man said his name
was Lenox and that he had been
working in Emmett, where he had
received telegram informing him
that his wife was lying at the point of
death in Buffalo. Monday morning
he left Emmett, paying his fare to
Lordon, beyond which point his
money ran out. Being determined
to reach Buffalo somehow, and not
knowing any means of doing the
journey so quickly except by rail, he
slowed himself away on the truck
under the car, and there he had re-
manned until discovered at Hamilton.
Let the reader. if it is possible. form
Il conception. the faintest idea of the
perils of such journey, and then it
may be possible to understand what
the poor. grief-stricken German must
have suffered. The distance between
London and Hamilton. by the Great
Western railway is eighty.five and a
quarter miles. and the slightest
change OF the position on LenOx's
part. or the least obstruction on the
tract. would have launched the poor
fellow into eternity at once. And
think of the agony he must have suf.
fered from the dust. sand and debris
thrown up by the swift flying train.
and the great tension on the nerves
and sinews by being compelled to
maintain his hold on the truck. The
policeman said he would not risk a
journey of one hundred yards in the
position Lenox was for the whole
Great Western railway. and where
IS there another who would do so for
what is commonly called ..mere love. =
Year: 1878

Our absence on the frontier has
heretofore prevented us from hottie
ing the castardly outrage. committed
at Austin. Minn.. in the destruction
of the type and presses of the Repub-
lican newspaper. by gang of rutfians
who are opposed to Judge Page.


Such acts always rebound on the
prosecutors; and the result of this out
rage will be to give the Republican
and its editor tenfold more influence
than they ever possessed before.
Year: 1878

Few things could more clearly eyi.
dence the heartlessness of our age and
the indifference to human misery,
than the folio wing from a recent
number of the Chicago Times. No
wonder that people who feel thus
should witness without remorse the
movement of events which threaten
to destroy liberty in the land.


Some of them rush into bankrupt.
cy, some of them tuck up their coat
tails and skip for Canada. and some
of them so to the parks and cut their
throats. Anything to beat a bill.
John Trein tried the latter and suc-
ceeded. He WAS found on yesterday
IN . puddle called lake in Douglas
xsGk. His throat was cut. aimoet
Year: 1878

The election i'll Vermont is any :
thing but satisfactory to the Re-
publicans. Heretofore the latter
party could count every time on a
clean sweep and majority ranging
from twenty-five to thirty thousand.
This year the majority on the stats
Year: 1878

cincinnati CummcrCitnI


In the afternoon Of Saturday there
was an exciting scene in the house at
the Geological Garden occupied by the
dozen huge boa constructors recently
imported from South America. One Of
the snakes had crept up the branch of
the tree that was occupied by another.
At this the one with pre-cmpted claim
to this particular resting place seemed
to take serious Oicnse, for it suddenly,
having taken two three tight coisaround
the limb, archcd its neck, and with
lightning-like fashings of its tongue
shot forth its head and buried one of its
rangs in the skin of the other at about
its middle. The bitten boa instead of
striking back, Immediately let go its
hold on the limb, and dropped OIL, its
entire length of nine feet hanging down,
partly in the air and partly on the floor.
1t was held thus by the fangs of the at
tacking boa, that remained caught in a
loop of the skin, This placed both
snakes ina position of pain. The biter's
neck was pulled out as taut as stick
by the weight that it could not shake
off, and its jaws were wrenched wide
apart. 1t seemed that it either lacked
the instinct to release itself of its coils
on the limb, or was prevented from so
doing by the strain. The other snake,
evidently suffering from the wounds and
the strain on its skin, was writhing in
pain, with its tail on the floor and its
body and neck squirming in the air.
Occasionally it would raise its head as
if to strike the other onein the neck,
but was not observed to do so. AT last
one of the attendants opened the door,
and with stick raised up the lower
snake in such way that it managed to
wiggle OIL that ugly hook. The other
snake then dropped to the floor. IT ap-
peared to be suffering greatly, and there
is fear that it may die. The bitten snake
does not seem to suffer much.
Year: 1878

1t is the firm belief of woman that
everything can be mended by glue, or
by some other adhesive mixture. There
is no possible breakage which furniture
can undergo which she will not boldly
attempt to repair with whatever sticky
material happens to be at hand. There
is nothing more beautiful and pathetic
than the unfaltering trust placed by a
pure, good woman in mucilage, A man
may become hardened by long years of
vice and wickcdness, but when he sees 4
woman try to fasten broken leg to the
dining-room table with mucilage, he is
melted to tears. 1t is certainly strange
that this faith in mucilage should not be
in the least degree shaken by thou
sand failures. Experience, like argu-
ment, has no effect in leading woman
to doubt the efficacy of that feeble and
pretentious gum, and she will 90 on try
ing to stick together broken pianos and
wrecked bedsteads, though she has never
known mucilage to stick anything to-
gether with any permanence, except the
hair of troublesome children.


With the cruel and heartless purpose





of playing upon the holiest emotions of
the female heart, certain depraved per-
sons have from time to time put upon
the market bottles of alleged glue,
which they have represented to be cap
able of sticking anything together, from
two halves of a lead pencil up to the
broken pieces of a steamers shaft. Mill
ions of money have been paid out for
these delusive bottles by ytrusting women,
but the mixture which they contained
was found to be as faithless as mucilage
Doubtless there were things which it
could mend, but for any of the capital
operations, such as the gluing of the
back of an upright chair to its seat, or
the fastening of loose door,knob to the
Interpretations in which women take
peculiar delight--it was useless. Its
power for evil is, however, nearly gone,
formost women have lost all faith in it,
and have returned to mucilage with
more confidence than ever.
Year: 1878

While a gentleman was at work in
his fields, he happened to glance toward
the sky, which was cloudleSs, and saw,
apparently, about half mile off in a
westerly direction, an Opaque substance,
resembling a white horse, with head,
neck, limbs, and tail clearly defined,
swimming in the clear atmosphere. 1t
appeared to be moving its limbs as If
engaged in swimming, moving its head
from side to side, always ascending at
an angle of about forty-fve degrees. He
rubbed his eyes to convince himself
that he was not dreaming, and looked
again; but there it was, still apparently
swimming and ascending in ether. He
called to the men, about one hundred
yards off, and told them to look up and
tell him what they saw. They declared
they saw white horse swimming in
the sky, and were badly frightened.
Our informant, neither superstitious
nor nervous, sat down and watched the
phantasm (if we may so call it) until it
disappeared in space, always going in
the same direction and moving in the
same manner. No one can account for
the mirage, or illusion, except upon the
uneven state of the atmosphere. 1llu.
sions of different appearance have
been seen at different times in the same
vicinity, frightening the superstitiou'
and laughed at by the skeptical.
Year: 1878

Click! In the dead of the night a
sharp sound wakened Mrs. Halifont
The room was dark. Not even a CLEAN
of moon or starlight fell through the
curtains of the windows. 1t was very
strange sound indeed, but she saw moth
ing, heard nothing more.


She sat up, leaning on her dimpled
left elbow, and put out her right hand
and touched her husbands shoulder.
He lay upon his pillow sound asleep,
and did not waken at her touch.


at must have been dream" said
Mrs. Halifont; and her young head
she was only the bride of a year-nestled
down again closer to her husbands
arm, and she slept again.


Click!


This time the sound did not arouse
Mrs. Halifont. 1t was her husband who
awakened. He did not pause to listen,
but grasped the revolver beneath his
pillow and jumped out of bed at once.
In an alcove in the next room stood a
safe which contained money and valua-
bles 1t was not one of the wonderful
new safes which defy fire and burglars,
but an old one that had been in the
family a long while. Mr.. Halifont
knew on the instant that some one was
opening this safe.


A man OF courage, a man who never
hesitated in the face of danger-One,
too, who had warm regard for his
worldly possessions. Mr.. Halifont strobe
,,,tz, r,b ha
breakers were at work, and run
ming in the dark against powerful
man, tackled him at once.


The light of lantern flashed across
the ROOM There were two more men.
Three against one.


The. sound of blows, struggling, and
the reports of pistol, aroused the
young wife once more. Amidst her ter
ror she had the good sense to light the
gas. 1t shOne upon spectacle of hor-
ror. Her husband, weltering in his
blood, wrestling with gigantic man,
whose features we're concealed by mask
of black Grape; man, the upper part
of whose person was clothed only in a
knitted wooden shirt, of some dark color,
with sleeves that left his great arm bare.
On the right one, the one which
clutched Mr.. Halifont's throat, was a
red mark or brand, scar. birth-mark.
1t would have been impossible for Mrs.
Halifont, even in a calmer moment to
tell what it was; but it indelibly i'm
pressed itself upon her mind, as she
bravely cast herself into the struggle,
and fought with all her might to drag
the horrible hand from her husbands
throat, screaming all the while for aid:


A blow, kick would have silenced
her. The burglar must have known that;
but there are very bad men who could
not use violence toward woman to save
their own lives. This man could not
His companions had flown with theii
booty; help might have arrived at any
moment. With great effort he
wrenched himself from the clutch oI
his victim, and let go his throat, ant
sped away. # was not too soon. As
.istance arrived, now that it was too
late, but Mr. Halifont did not live Z
tell the story. He was MORTAL,
wounded His young wife watched b,
Year: 1878

KING HUMBERT of Italy is very pale
and thin, and his chest, they say, is
affected. He devotes portion of his
time daily to the investigation Of the
financial affairs of his father, who has
left troublesome crop of unpleasant
monetary claims behind him. A special
secretary attends to this business. Know
ing very well that Humbert is averse to
any public scandals the Roman tradesmen
are exorbitant in their claims for lux
uries supplied to the ladies of the late
kings establishment The ladies refuse
To pay, on the plea that the debts be-
long to the dead king, and in some IN,
stance, the bills have only been settled
when initiatory proceedings have been
commenced in the civil courts.
Year: 1878

Mrs. Roberts, in the Washington CdPt-
tai, very truthfully remarks: Marry
ing man to reform him is like being
measured for an umbrella. 1t may or
may not be satisfactory; but you might
as well try to make politician honest
as to talk to woman who loves man.
No matter how worthless he may be,
she will brave everything for him; and
! wouldn't give snap for her if she
didn't. Not long since, on the avenue,
| saw man, respectable looking, in a
helpless state of intoxication, and a
policeman on each side of him taking
him to the station-house; behind him
was his wife, young, nice-looklng,
well-dressed woman. she paid no atten-
ton to the rabble following, or the Won
dering looks of the passers by, but stuck
by him, trying to pacify and quiet him.
| could not help thinking how little a
man would stand by a woman. Man is
of the 'nobler' sex, and a superior be-
ing; but he will get woman in trouble,
and then leave her to get out the best
she can"
Year: 1878

New Castle was tho meeting ground yesterday for
tho Queens County Hunt In spite Of tho or
the day . pretty large nsld turned out Tho hunt
broke cover in q stubbe neld TO tho east Of New
Castle aud after running shorI distance In north
criy direction 1t became apparent that the
poor, account Of the high wind which prevailed.
After cutting across a nne pioco Of country.
In tho triangle formed by Ncwcnstis. Hioksvlle and
Jerusalem, tho pack mado broak. Pretty soon the
scent was again picked up, but the hounds at
fault-four OF them Kccpng on the fresh track, and
the getting tho back scent The greater part
OF the pack followed the back Newcastle,
and the four dogs that were right kept tho true
scent to near jerusalem wnero they we're Withdrawn.
The that at fault returned to the Kennels
which reached about tho that the
maindcr OF tho pack got thcrs-a quarter to tour
ociock The icnces were not very stG and the days
ride very agreeable.


Next Wednesday the meet win be at Island Trees.
Year: 1878

charge their duty to the best of their
knowledge and ability, and proceed to
"equalize the valuations of real prop
erty among the several Counties" of
the State. (AA. 1874, 63l, Section
64)


The action of this Board is re-
ported to the General Assembly at its
next session, and, untH accepted and
confirmed By its adoption, no tax is
levied or collected upon it. The Gen.
eral Assembly may adopt it in whole
or in part, and by joint resolution
may direct the Comptroller General to
rate any County differently from the
rate reported by the Board. In this
case there is no reassessment, but the
instruction of the tax levying power is
speedily carried out through the
Comptroller-G Generals Office and Office
of the Auditor of the County affected.


This summary brings out the salient
facts that the State Board have not
yet affected, in any way, the assessed
value of property in South Caroline.
Their decision does not touch the
assessment on which taxes have just
been paid, nor does it become opera
tive for the succeeding fiscal year,
beginning this month, until it shall
have been approved and confirmed by
the Legislature.


We shall next submit az official re-
port of the proceedings of the Board,
and show how far they have raised the
valuation Of property for purposes of
taxation,
Year: 1878

LITTLE CHILDREN.-PeopIe who
habitually put little children out
of their hearts, and close their
doors upon them, have no idea
how much comfort they set asid8
what pleasure, what amusement.
Of course the little creatures med
die with things, and leave the
traces of their fingers on the wall,
and cry, and "bother" little;
but when one gets in the way OF
it, as mothers and other loving
relatives do, those things become of
minor Importance. They say such
pretty things, and do such funny
things; the touch Of their little
hands is so soft; the sound Of their
little voices SO sweet; their faces
are SO pretty their movements
so graceful and so comical. The
whole family goes baby. mad-and
it is no wonder. No book was
ever written that was half so in
teresting as a little child that is
learning to talk and to think, that



is developing from tiny animal
into a being with conscience
and a heart.


Parents who cram their chill
dren into an upstairs nursery, in
company with a nurse, while they
"go into society y old bachelor
uncles who always call some
one to take away that trouble
some one if he scrambles into the
study; or aunts who detest chill
dren because they climb upon
ones lap, and rumple aounces and
tear laces, are all losing more than
the smiles and bows Of people
who care nothing for them. The
most important business affairs,
or the most immaculate toilets
cane never repay them for the
sweetest thing is a little child
when it has learnt to know and
love me.
Year: 1878

have to supply a few millions OF
francs to make up the probable
deficiency; but the plethoric sacks
of the merchant, the mechanic, the
cabman and hotel keeper will more
than compensate for the loss and
make them wish for another ex-
hibition in 1879.


Truly yours,


BROADBRIM.
Year: 1878

Plenty and indulgence depend
upon the opinion every one has of
them; and riches no more than
glory Of health, have no more
beauty or pleasure than their
possessor is pleased to lend them.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Henry Bessemer has a griev-
ance against the British government.
He says that he invented, after long
study, a stamp which saved the gov
ernment 100000 year, and was
asked by the authorities if instead of
receiving a sum of money down he
would be satisfied with post of su-
perintendent Of stamps at f600 or $500
year. That was forty-fve years ago,
and MIR. Bessemer was at that time
only too glad to accept the offered APP
pointment. He has never received
either superintendency or money. As
regards the promise made to him, he
says that excuses followed each other,
with long delays between, until he
saw the whole thing sliding out of his
grasp. He had no patent to fall back
on; he could not go TO law, oven ifhe
had wished to. The Crown, in whose
name these things were done, had the
inventor at its mercy, and it gave him
neither smile nor shilling from the be-
ginning to the end. All that it has
done for him is to forbid him with
others to accept the decoration of the
Legion of Honor awarded to him at
the Paris Exhibition, The famous
steel manufacturer could endure no
more on that hint he has told his
story, and a very curious illustration
OF official carelessness and injustice it
is
Year: 1878

How to remedy those prolific causes Of dis
ease, an impoverished circulation and an inn
paired digestion, WIS problem the solution
Of which had oftgn bafied medical skill, but
which was solved over a quarter of century
ago by the introduction of HOstetter's Stom-
ach Bitters to public and professional notice.
Since that time, which mayWell be said to
have initiated new epoch in the history of
medicine, the remedy and preventive referred
to has obtained foothold in the confidence
Of the American people that each succeeding
year has only served to strengthen. 1t is rec
Ognized throughout the Union as a tonic Of
the first order, a remedy for and sure means
Of preventing fever and ague, and disorders of
the stomach and bowels; as reliable means
Of reforminga a disordered state Of the liver,
and Of counteracting o tendency to rheuma-
tism, gout, urinary and uterine disorders.