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Year: 1879

Never be Idle.


Never gamble.


Make few promises.


Always speak The truth.


Keep good company or none.
Dr'nt: 10 Intoxicating liquors.
Live mp 10 your engagements.
Never speak lightly Of religion.
BE just before you are generous.
Never borrow if it is possible to
avoid it.


Good character is above all
things else.


Never listen to idle and loose
conversation.


Make no haste to be rich if you
would prosper.


Keep yourself innocent if you
would be happy.


When you speak to q person
look them in the face.


Ever live misfortune cxcepted)
within your income.


Never run in debt unless you
see way to run out again.


Save while you are young, and
then spend when you are old.


lfyou would have others speak
we'll Of you, speak we'll of others.
Your character cannot be essen
TALLY injured except by your own
acts.


Good company and good con-
versation are the very sinews of
virtue.


When you retire to bed, think
over what you have done during
the day, and resolve to do better
the day coming.
Year: 1879

SHE WAS PRAcrIcAL.-He clasp
ed her tiny hand in his, he vowed
to shield her from the wind and
from the worlds cold storms. She
set her beauteous eyes upon him,
and with her rosebud lips said she,
can umbrella will do as we'll"
Year: 1879

A BILL was passed in the House the
other day that has history. 1t is q
claim for damages on account of 8
seizure without sufficient cause of a
ship by United States Consul. The
bill was first introduced in 1S48, and
has been through the mill many times
since then. Curiously enough, Dir. Nc.
Lane, who made the speech in its favor
during this session was the man who
introduced it away back yonder in
1848-thirty-one years ago; and Beale,
who reported it from the Committee OF
Commerce, was also in the House in
l848. II the claim is just one the
heirs o. of the Original claimants
have a weary time in waiting until
they should have their own again.
Year: 1879

adopted this morning to see whether
it did not by its terms authorize the
transfer of all bills relative to the
Inter>oceanic Canal from the CONS
mittee who now have charge of
them to the new Select Committee.


Mr.. Morse, of Mass, presented
petition asking for the passage of a
joint resolution, now before the
Senate committee, providing for the
abolition of the legal tender power
now given to the United States
Treasury notes. Referred.


The House then adjourned.
Year: 1879

IN speaking of the Presidents mes
sage the London (England) Times
has the following


HE has the pleasant task of con-
graduating the Nation on revival OF
prosperity, checkered, as it would
seem, by the single difficulty of get
ting rid of its too abundant silver.
The evil of having too much of a
good thing generally cures itself, and
the anxiey which the President
shares with the Secretary of the Trea-
sury is not of kind to awak en- a
very lively sympathy"
Year: 1879

A NOVEL feature in hospitals is be-
ing started at Paris. It is a hospital.
but it is also village. Cottages are to
be erected and each cottage is to be
surrounded by small garden. The
best of nurses and food will be fur.
nished Many poor invalid will rise
up and call the originator Of this plan
hInasod
Year: 1879

THE Cincinnati Enquirer, evidently
doesn't think much of Bayard. In
fact it reads him out of the party, but
whether he will admit the EnQurer's
Jurisdiction is gray horse of another
color. 1t says:


"BayaTd has chosen to array him
self against his own party and half of
the other. Bayard is down and out"
Year: 1879

from Capt. Brown, Of the Alaska, dated at
Sftka May 10, as follows.


The Alaska arrived again at Sitka Nav
! found everything perfectly quiet. At least
ing for the summer. The whites are working
In the mines and the fish canuops are ali
working unmOlested. Many Of the citizens
have gone to the mines. Those who remain
apprehend no danger.


THE DISTURBANCE IN THE NEW ToRR MONEY


MARKET.


Efforts have been made to make It aupear
that the government was res ponsible for the
disturbance In the New York money market
yesterday The fact is the government sim
ply made a demand on the national deposito-
ries for fraction Of amount overdue for some
time on account Of the sale OF 4 per cents.
The demand as is usual, was made by letter,
giving the banks ample time to act without
disturbing the market; besides, the banks
knew that the money was overdue, and they
were liable to be called upon to pay 1t even
earlier than the date on which the call was
made.


THE FATE OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL.


There is no prospect OF early action ON the
army bill by the House. It Is known that the
majority OF the committees are opposed TO res
porting the appropriation bill pnre and simple
until every measure to secure the passage OF
It's political sections Is exhausted There will
be no action until the Caucus has spoken on
the subject. 1t is said that this body and
the majority OF the Appropriation Committee
are In accord. The committee seems to be
apprehensivs that should they report the bill
any shape, the Republicans, aided by the
Gresnbaekers and some favoring Democrats,
would control It's future
Year: 1879

CINCINNATI, May 1G.-The members of the
Mastrr Mechanics Railroad Convention and
number O prominent citizens left on the
Southern Railroad to-day for an excursion
over the line. The convention closed it's work
yesterday. end was given grand serenade
at the Grand Hotel last night.
Year: 1879

DUNG our visitation in Morris we
spent couple OF hours in the school
whose name has gone broadcast dur
ing the present term because of the
low conduct Of a few Of its pupils. Our
investigation of the whole case proves
conclusiyely that neither the teacher
in charge nor the Board of Directors
have been in error, but the whole
trouble rests with few families, whose
total contributions 10 the support OF
the school would amount to about
$500 annually Such a class of pa.
irons should be the last to complain
and assist TO encourage their Sblg'
girls to annoy and fight the teacher,
who is striving 10 do them good. Dur.
ing our visit the department OF few
boys was not what IL should have been,
and while trying to urge them TO for


sake their evil ways, one daring up


start remarked, "Givc that calf more
string" We wish only to remark that
II rapid change is not made in the
department Of few OF the scoblars oi
that school, We are going to- give their
names TO the public, together with the
shameful record they have had from
their youth up. Therefore, young men,
reform, and snvc yourselves from pub


lic exposure.
Year: 1879

Surely there are no teachers in the
county who will allow their schools TO
be open one day during the session OF
the County Institute. Remember, these
are the times that test teachers, and
show who are faithful and loyal to
duty.
Year: 1879

A DELEGATION has gone to Washing
pr. alton for new post-office building in
tuat city. Can nothing be done for poor
little Wilmington, Notwithstanding she
pays as much tax to the government as
all he State combined ? Should New
Castle be successful, and we cannot see
why it should not, then Wilmington's
chance for an ice-pier and road to the
hght-boat station at the mouth of the
Christiana, so essential to the harbor
there, may be the more certain. There
is noting more sure, however, than that
if We ask for nothing We will receive
nothing.
Year: 1879

What is it that makes all those
men who associate habitually with
women superior to Others who do
not2 What makes that woman
who is accustomed to and at case
in the society Of men superior to
her sex in general? Solely because
they arc in the habit Of free, grace.
full, continued conversation with
tho otherscx. Women in this way
lose their frivolity, their faculties
awaken, and their delicacies and
poculiarities unfold all their beauty
and captivation in tho spirit Of
intellectual rivalry. And tho mon
lose their pedantic, rude, declama.
tory or sullen manner. The coin
of tho understanding and the heart
changes continually. Their asperi'
tics are rubbed off, their better
materials polished and frightened,
and their richness, like gold, is
wrought into finer workmanship
by tho fingers Of women than it
ever could be by those Of men,
Tho iron and steol Of their charac'
ters arc hidden like tho character
and armor Of q giant, by studs and
nots Of good and precious stones
when tloy are not wanted In actual
warfare.
Year: 1879

WITH THE ENLARGEMENT OF OUR STORE A
CONTAINS ALL THE LATEST EUROPEAN NOV.
IN EVERY WIDTH. QUALITY AND PRICE.


THE ASSORTMENT OF FABRICS IN OUR BLACK
TINE BEEN so VARIED. so COMPLETE OR so
BRANDS OF RAVEN BLACK AND JET BLACK
Year: 1879

ly in the dark. l have found few
advertisements of furniture Zone of
the firms have profted from me by its
announcement), but | have passed by
scores of other houses Which | did not
enter because | mad not even news
paper acquaintance with them while
in buying other things--a refrigerator,
for instance had to learn from
friend where they are to be found"


Our merchants must decide for
themselves the lesson of such com
plant, and how much it applies to
each of them. The newspapers are,
Of course, glad to print their adver-
tisements; that is a part of news
papers business. But the fact that
all our daily leading newspapers have
been able to pass through the period
of financial depression without lessen
ing their enterprise in the matter of
news, while they have confessedly felt
a temporary loss Of advertising bust
ness, is proof that they have firm
constituency of readers to rely upon
and this only gives them greater conf
dence in maintaining that their col
ums are the best means of communi-
cation between the public and the
class Of people who have wants to sup
ply and money to spend.
Year: 1879

GENERAL GIBBoN has had about as
much experience of Indian fighting as
any other officer in the army, and his
advice as to the arms that should be
used to fight Indians with ought to be
needed. He says in the April number
Of the new quarterly, the United Ser
vice, that the small arms at present in
use are defective in Indian fighting
because they are not accurately sighted
nor suitably triggered. The first
thing to be done is to ease the trigger.
"No man" he says, "can shoot ac-
curately rife which requires seven
pound weight to be brought to bear
upon the trigger" and yet that is
the measure of the force required to
fire off an army rife. The Indians
and frontiersmen, and all the sharp
shooters, at Creedmoor and elsewhere,
have hair-triggers in their guns. They
also have their front-sights filed down
and their hind-sights replaced by what
is known as the buck horn" sight.
This enables them to draw a " fine
sight" and, with hair-trigger, they
can, after a little practice, send ball
home nearly every time. What these
classes have found by experience tc
be useful improvements ought to be
provided for the soldiers at once
Many valuable lives might be saved
thereby 1t does appear, however
that the soldiers got " fine" enough
sights on the last lot of miserable
Cheyennes that they happened to cor
raj,
Year: 1879

The following story about President
Lincoln is certainly characteristic
Soon after he went to Washington he
attended the Foundry Church, occu-
pying seat within the altar while
Bishop Simpson preached missionary
sermon, and as the congregation was
about to be dismissed, an irrepressible
brother rose and proposed to be one Of
a given number to raise 800 to make
President Lincoln a life director of
the missionary society. The PROPOSE
tion was put and Brothers A, B and
c responded ghbly. But the inevitable
pause finally came. Part Of the money
was wanting. When the bishop an
nounced, "Who will take the bal
ance2" the pause became slightly i'm
pressive. Then the tall form Of Lin
coin was seen to rise, long arm was
extended imploringly, and he said,
" Bishop, this is the first time l have
ever been placed upon the auction
block. Please let me pay the balance
myself, and take me down"
Year: 1879

dered as above detailed, was born in
New York, and made his debut on the
boards in his native city. He made
his first appearance in this city as
" Captain Lynde," in Divorce, with
the Furbish Fifth Avenue Theater
Company when it produced the play
for the first time at Woods Theater


He was tall, handsome man, very
mild and gentlemanly in his manner,
and the last one to give offense to any
one. In fact his general demeanor was
rather effeminate than manly, and the
villain who killed him was probably
well aware of the fact. AS an actor
he was very clever, and general ia


vOrite wherever he appeared. Mr..


Barrymore played leading part in the
season with the Ward Barrymore Di-
plomacy Troupe. He is the husband
of George Drew, who is the daughter
of Mrs. John Drew, manageress Of the


Arch Street Theater in Philadelphia,
Year: 1879

ENoW iOFk FOSt.i


A very successful merchant in a
large New England city once remarked
to the writer; II always advertise
most when times are dull. In busy
seasons it is only necessary to keep my
name before the public; | am sure to
get my share of the spontaneous traf-
fc, But when business is light |
illuminate my broadsides of special
bargains, and then is just when special
bargains are sought for. This
remark was recalled recently by the
complains of a gentleman who was
making purchases in this city for ft
ting up a house, and who remarked
the scarcity of advertisement of arti-
cles which he desired. i of course
know" said he, "the names of several
large houses which sell carpets, but
find comparatively few of them men
toned in the columns of any of your
New York newspapers. In buying
crockery | have groped almost entire
Year: 1879

No man can be suspicious Of others
without making Others suspicious of
him, and no man can spend his time
in talking against the honesty of
Others without exciting the feeling
that he himself will bear watching,
Year: 1879

The temperature Of the Sutro
tnnuel is 30 high that operations
therein are greatly retarded. In
the south lateral drift, says the
Lyon county Times, but one shift
of four men are working. These
work in ten minute shifts, at the
end of which they retire to the
drift connecting with the Hale 81
Norcross incline, where the temper
ature is cooler by about 15 degrees.
In the north lateral drift the tenn
perature is not so high, and three
shifts of six men each and one boss
work there. When they become
overheated they retire to the COM
bination drift to cool off. In that
drift the temperature is only about
80 degrees. In the main tunnel the
temperature is ITO degrees. The
connection with the Savage mine
is being enlarged in order to obtain
greater supply of fresh air. The
temperature at this point is over
100 degrees. For some time the
men working there have enjoyed
the use Of the cooling station at
the 1500.foot level of the Savage,
which could be reached by ascend
ing the pump shaft for about go feet
above the tunnel level; but they
no longer enjoy that privilege, and
are now compelled to seek their
own drift to cool of. A blower is
being put in place at shaft No. 2,
and pipes connecting with the
headings of the drifts are being
laid. This work will be finished in
q week or ten days, and the air in
the drifts will be cooler by some ten
degrees. 1t being impossible to use
machine drills at present, all the
boring is done by hand drills.
Year: 1879

The facilities of the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside of San
francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates,
Year: 1879

Several articles and letters have been
printed in the German papers of late
laudiDg the efficacy of the sting of the
common bee as o cure for gout. Here
is one of the latest of these communities
tions, which appeared only few days
ago in the Augsburg Evening Gazette /:
III was lying in bed" !" says the writer,
:" suffering from q heavy attack of gout,
accompanied with violent pains in my
left foot, when j chanced to read in D
newspaper an article describing how
gout may be cured by the sting of bees.
j at once determined to try the remedy,
and soon contrived a small box by means
of which q captured bee could be ap.
piled TO the afflicted part. i then let
my foot be stnng by three bees in sue.
cessien, each bee leaving his sting be-
hind in my flesh. After lew minutes
these stings were extracted; and when
the pain caused by them had subsidized /
found that the equity pain had also left
me. On the same day left my bed,
and on the morrow was able to walk
about. For some little time my loot
was slightly inAamed and experienced
some burning sensation; but IN four on
1--WE days this completely left me, and 1
waa completely recovered"
Year: 1879

j don't know of amy place either
whore 30 much pure Satanism is brought
together and acted out in 30 small q COM
pass as behind the scenes. I've been son'
many night, when in q company of
forty people j never heard q good word
spoken Ior anybody. 1t seemed all hatred,
jealousy and backbiting. The star swore
because one .ef his support pleased too
well and attracted attention from him.
z IT was his piece and wanted it played
according to his directions You have
no idea how jealous some of these people
are who own plays. They make no con
,cealment OF the TACT that their support
must play down. TO certain level in
order to give their acting the more prom
inence. Then the leading lady would
smile in the face of her stage sister, and
the moment she was out OF ear-ahot
abuse her for overdressing. The old
women. past their prime for Irritation,
find employment in watching girls mo-
ticed by the actors and Whispering scan
tdal. Its enough at times to make one
scynic, lose iaifh in any good in human
nature, and finally go and do likewise
with all ones might


"But all is not no black behind the
aesnes7"
Year: 1879

The iOndnsss OF literary readers continue
to increase the circulation Of the NEw
YoRK LEDoBR; it is constantly growing n
reputation and In power until it has become
the most successful literary and family
paper of which we bave any knowledge.
No other paper can show such list OF il


lustrious contributors;it sppeas to and graft
fes every wholesome literary and education
sl taste, keeping pace with the genius and
spirit OF American progress. Published BY
RoBr BONNER, New York, at So per year.
Year: 1879

Our SENTINESTS--Tha abartive attempt on
the part of very small and uninfuental mem-
bers Of the bar to get mp a cry against Judge
Wing ,rd, has failed, and the judge, by reason
of his uprightneSs and good qualities, shines
out more respl-ndent than ever By reason Of
the attempt. The charge of J. H. Lasater
that the Judge is mentally disqualified is one
of the most outrageous and disgraceful charges,
and could only have emanated from one who
had private reasons of his own, and wished to
use others, as the monkey used the cat to pull
the cheStnuts out Of the fire. for the furtherance
of his own individual ends This is the more
evident from the fact that only those who en-
deavored to assist in this dissraceful proceed
Ing Are those who are only too glad to scram-
bic for the crumbs dropped from the table Of
other lawyers whose position and Influence in
this country have been gained by devotion to
business and strict attention to their personal
honor Now Judge Wingari is graduate of
Dickerson college, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He
has been in active practic. in Pennsylvania





For several years he was member of the
Pennsylvania legislature, and for ten years So
licitnr OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
He came to this Territory about ten years ago,
and after some three years practice here he
vas appointed United States attorney, which
p '~itiOn he held until appointed judge of this
4; .riet- After four years hard service he WAS
reappointed. From all We can learn from the
leading citizens OF this place he has given as
good or even better satisfaction than any Judge
We have ever had. As proof Of this he has
never been reversed on 4 law question IN a sia-
gle case before the supreme court: and now it
reInains for private enmity to attempt to ac-
complish their ends by speaking of mental
incapacity,' by those who never have and
never will be satisfied with any Judge We have
ever had upon the bench. We advise this
crowd in the future to cultivate the good opin-
ion of our citizens, and at least try and pre-
serve the appearance of decency before again
committing themselves to a measure that would
make even Chinaman ashamed
Year: 1879

NELLIE-To turn down the lower left hand
corner of your cayte de riSite signifies that you
left it in person; the lower right corner. that
you sent it by your garcon; the upper left cor
ner, coincidence; the upper right corner, that
You SICK.


JuLIA.-There is no such bureau as you
mention in this city aS Vet. 1t Is, however.
believed that 4 matrimonial bureau will soon
be established to accommodate young AMI Old,
male and female.


AUGUSTUS. are to be pitied, hut We al
wise you to accept her dctation foT the present !;
after the knot is tied We are of the opinion
that she will have to accept your ideas about
such matters.


YoUyG PoET -Yo our e:fusion is received; We
think YOU must take the advice Of an old phil
osopher and eat more before You are perfect IN
the art of making poetry. 1t is the length and
not the quality Of poetry that takes the puhiic
now a-days Send Us sous more whenever
You feel ike it.


LAWYER You say that your friends tell You
that you are posSessei of a basket full of brains
but le s;lect tn mention the size of the basket,
Inform us of this and We will tell you what we
think of You.


ENQUIRER Is anxious to know if these an
swers to correspondents are original on not
You know noY, don't You
Year: 1879

THERE have been crrsaies against whisky,
and against coffee and tea; and now great
movement is on foot in New York to eradicate
pie People are taking sides For instance,
DIR. Hammond vigorously opposes pie, and Mr.
Beecher As vigorously defends it The excite
ment, if We may believe the newspapers, is be-
ginning to run high. May not this question
enter into the politics Of the future. Issues Of
as little pith and moment have divided parties
and been fought over for years. We hope to
See the Pie party prevail; for without pie what
would become Of pumpkins, AMI without
pumpkins what would become of country fairs ,
Without country fairs, it is needless to say,
the Presidency would be robbed OF half its
pleasures and glory. Besides no power on
earth could hold New England in tn Union,
If deprived Of pie
Year: 1879

ALWAYS WITH YoC.-At this festive season
Of the year We ARE apt % overlook those who
are unfortunate There are many poor people
in this city who are deserving of attention and
assistance they are too proud t. bes, so let us
help them by giving them work.
Year: 1879

GET READY GIRLS 1T is a common saving
that We are bottled up in this country during
the winter. We plead guilty to the bottlin5,
but deny that the bottle is corkel. Ii is un-
pleasant t. know that We calInot reach the out
side world without long and tiresome sleigh
ride but We fin;l some consolation in the fact
that We, Ike mos. Of our citizens, have no o.
casion to take it. We are comfortable AMI
happy in our isolation with time for reflection
upon things that are past and the stirring
times about to dawn upon US. Our people are
naturally of 4 social nature, and We rs5ret
that they are SO shy of giving full vent for
their hospitable temperaments. If the two
or more hundred manageable bellies EN-
braced in our population We're fully alive to
the situation they would be making things
lively for the numerous forlorn masculines who
occupy their lonely and dreary winter even
ings, only waiting and wishing for the slightest
inducements 20 sport their manly forms on nv
iady's carpet. The fair sex should be making
matrimonial nay while the sun does not shine
in this case
Year: 1879

On Sunday last as two young tall
ors, Of West Chester, were returninl
home from this city, the horse ran "
wagon into the gutter and upset
throwing the occupants out. The wsa
oD was very much broken and likewia
the harness. The young men wen
compelled to walk the remainder Of tb|
way home.