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Year: 1879

Jan. -, loIS.


From the tone OF discussion during the
past week, it seems evident that ma
jority of the House are about prepared to
vote tor u square reversal OF our foreign
commercial policy, but the BourboDs of
the Senate seem disposed to throw them
selves back on party dogma to Justify
the opposition they are making TO any
change from the old ruts in which we
have been revolving since the beginning
OF the war |, shows the pitiable straits
to which they have been reduced, by the
ttsde statistics Of that period, and by the
steady decadence of our shipping inter-
ests, which has reduced US from one OF
the first 10 one OF the most Insignificant
among the maritime nations OF the world.
in less than two decades. One OF the
most telling speeches since the discussion
began, was that OF Mr.. Blaine, adyocat-
ing an immediate abandonment of a
policy that has annihilsted our merchant
marine. His criticisms on our practice
OF spending millions annually on naval
establishment, for which we have no use,
was especially effective. The cautious
manner of his opponents. striving to give
the appearance of answering him. while
only intent on evading his points. is
pretty good evidence that they regard
them as unanswerable. Certainly any
one can see without Senatorial aid that
we have next 10 no shipping. save that
engaged in coastwise trade, to require
protection, and that as certainly requires
little naval supervision. 1t only requires
a glance at the enormous aggregate vot-
Year: 1879

During the wild debate at Augusta
over the salary bill. Professor loung Vi
Brunswick made q speech which, Tor
point and praciicability. can but meet tne
approval OF all. We give his remarks
as quoted By the Daily Press:


Mr.. Young OF Brunswick. thought the
trouble here arose from general feeli
of distfust. one OF the other. IL seemed
TO be. to use some hat profane ilustra-
ton that we are all trying to see the 9th
er and go a little better. All OF US are
equally Interested. There is here no tax
payers party and no anti-iar payers
party, as he understood ii. We all come
here to do what we can for the promo
ton of the interests OF the State. We
are all in the position Of the m an,
who when reproved by somewhat un'
scrupulous minister for swearing, said,
lit is all right. You pray little and !
swear little, but neither OF Us mean any
thing By it," We fling these things back
and forth as il some of Us were here TO
oppose retrenchment and some OF as TO
advocate il. 1t seems that the whole
theory of a republican government lies
in the fact that is so often talked of in
our school houses. that every boy may
become President of the United States,
just as in the French army it is said every
private soldier carried in his knapsack
the baton of field marshal. II we are
to apply that principle we must attach
such salaries to these offices to be filed,
that will enable men who are fitted to fill
them. to accept them. If we FIX such
salary to the office Of Governor that no
man can afford to be Governor unless he
is either rich, or a rascal, or both, then
Year: 1879

ave will have it out now, if you
please, madam p said Mark Arkwright
to his wife, Augusta.


And they did have it out with ven
geanoe; both we're high-tempered
neither had learned self-control and,
before the scene between them was end
ed, both had spoken words such as no
two people who love each other should
ever speak If two Indifferent people
quarrel, it does not amount to much
generally; bat when two who love each
other indulge in tb's dangerous pastime,
it is frequently fatal 20 b ppncss.


They bad been married but IA year.
and the sweet glamour If romance had
scarcely worn off. This was their first
disagreement and it beg in secret.
Perhaps Mr.. Arkwright had ample
cause to be angry with his wife. / am
sure that every man will think so,
though a woman's judgment might be
different.


On the afternoon Of the quarrel he
had asked his wife to drive with him
and she had declined on that old plea
the headache. He had pitied and pctted
her, and smoothed her soft blonde hair,
and established her on the lounge in her
room, with pillow under her head and
shawl over her feet, before he went
out for bis afternoon drive.


Two hours later be had occasion to
cross Hyde Park, and there, walking
slowly down one of the most secluded
paths, be saw a purple velvet skirt, be-
side black coat Augusta had a pur-
pie velvet skirt, and looked like an
angel in il, her husband had frequently
told her, all unmindful Of the historical
fact that angels universally wear white,
and are supposed to be above the weak
ness Of purple velvet skirts.


The airs and manners Of the man
were foreign he was handsome and bad
an uneasy appearance generally-indced.
he seemed TO be constantly looking over
his shoulder.


Arkwright paused 10 the shadow of a
clumD Of trees aud watched the pair. ]
suppose watched is the proper word,
though Arkwright prided himself on
being an extremely honorable man, and
would doubtless have knocked anybody
down who had insinuatOd anything to
the contrary.


There was no mistaking the grace of
the lady, the wave Of her golden hair,
the turn Of her snowy neck-yes. the
very wreath Of purple pansics in her
we're Augustus; and in a mo-
neDt more her husband heard her voice.


Dear Arthur" she was saying,
every moment you are here is fraught
sith peril. Lose time 10 getting out of
London"
Year: 1879

Every child walks into existence
through tho golden gate of love.


Women are extreme in all points. -
They arc better or worse than men.


Virtue pardons the wicked, as the san
dal tree perfumes the axe that strikesit.


Surely half the world must be blind
they can see nothing unless it glitters.


Ingratitude calls forth reproaches as
gratitude brings fresh kindness


individuality is everywhere TO be spar
ed and respected as the root Of every
thing good.


Let man overcome anger by love,
evil by geod, the greedy by liberality,
the liar by truth.


Lawyers are never more earnest than
when they work With will--that is IL
the estate is valuable.


What is the difference between
church organist and the Influenza One
stops the nose aud the other knows the
stops.
Year: 1879

A young lady having asked surgeon
why woman was made from the rib of u
man in preference to any other bone, he
gave the following gallaut answer?


"Sho was not taken from the head lest
she should rule over him; nor from bis
feet lest he should tranple upon her
but she was taken from his side that she
might be his equal from under his arm
that he might protect her; from near
his heart that be might cherish and love
her,"
Year: 1879

The United States District Attorney
in Salt Lake City is to be instructed to
assist the next Grand Jury at Salt Lake
City, which meets next month, to ex-
anime the Endowment House, where
all the polygamouS games are cele-
brated. An attempt will be made to
bring the records of the Endowment
House into court, and the Department
Of Justice will make vigorous prose
cution of the case.
Year: 1879




Surprise is exhausted in respect to
the facts of western growth. Whenever
the statisticau comes forward with the
latest collection of data upon the in
creased productiveness and expansion
of that section, we expect, almost as a
matter of course, nothing but a fresh
series of marvels. In the paper upon
this topic read before the Social Sci
ence Congress at Saratoga by MIR. Rob
ert P. Porter, of Chicago, there is no
failure upon this score. We accept
without question its statement Of the
wonderous increase of population in the
trans-Alleghan region; of the constant
extension of the area of soil brought
under cultivation; and the rapid growth
of manufacturing enterprise there.
Such facts, marvellous as indeed they
are, scarcely move US, for they are
what the history of the last quarter of a
century or more bas taught the world
to expect. But some figures which
Mr.. Porter offers upon the comparative
Indebtedness of nine selected eastern
and western states, and the ratio of
taxation to population and the value of
property in each group, have much of
novelty in them. They have, too, q
special interest at this time, when so
much is heard about the crushing in
debtedness Of the west, and the hard
heartedness of eastern capitalists in de-
manding repayment of the loans they
have made there. II Mr.. Porter's
figures can be accepted as correct, they
enable us to understand how much
justice there is in these complaints.


In the first place, Mr.. Porter presents
figures in proof of his assertion that
the ratio of necessary living expenses
to annual earnings is less for persons
living IN western states like Illinois
than for persons OF the same class liv-
Year: 1879

The use Of gelatire to dry pla es in
photography diminishes by fve-sixths the
time required of the sitter, and enables
the operator to catch a transient smile,
or bright, happy expression which no
sitter can preserve naturally for more
than q few seconds.
Year: 1879

The religion of the Hindoo teaches them
that men become saints, by disfguring their
bodies and living in nakeduess and filth.
These Hindoo saints are called fakirs (pro-
nouncod fah-keers) They form a class of
people by themselves, generally wandering
about from place to place, having no fixed
home. They deem it virtue to be filthy
aud almost naked. They neither cut their
hair nor comb it, twisting it about their
heads or letting it hang loosely. They paint
their naked bodies or rub ashes over them
50 as to make themselves as repulsive as
possible. A few years ago there were
said to be two millions of these fakirs
in India. The people greatly reverence
them, seeking their blessing and dreading
their curse. They are great beggars, and no
one dares refuse them gift. The proudest
/ brahmin will bow down before one of these
wretched creatures whom he happens to
meet upon the street.


There is class of these fakirs who give
themselves up to some special form of self
torture, and it is astonishing what suTerings
they will endure. Occasionally one will
make vow to fssten his eyes on an object
and never take them Off while waking. He
will stand for days with fixed gaze as if he
were stone. Some of these will stand on
one foot until their legs shrivel, and 1t be-
comes impossible for them to walk. Others
will tie an arm over the head, and keep it
there until it becomes rigid and useless. A
missionary tells of fakir whom he ouce
met who was making pilgrimage to Ben
ares, distance of 24O miles, by measuring
the whole distance with his body He would
throw himself upon the ground, and then
placing his feet where the head struck, re-
peat the process all day long.
Year: 1879

The Queen was not twenty years of age
when she ascended the throne. Coming in
to possession of power with a heart fresh,
tender and pure, and with all her instincts
inclined to mercy, we may be sure that
she found many things that tried her
strength of resolution to the utmost. On a
bright, beautiful morning the young queen
was waited upon at her palace, at Winsdor,
by the Duke of Wellington. He had brought
from London various papers requiring her
signature to make them operative. One of
them was sentence of court-martial pro-
nounced against a soldier of the line, that
sentence was that he be shot dead. TheQueen
looked upon the paper and then looked upon
the wondrous beauties that nature had
spread to her view. What has this man
done p she asked. The duke look, i at the
paper and replied 'Ah my royal nIistre,
that man, l fear is incorrgible He has
deserted three times And can you not say
anything in his behalf my lord?' Yelling
ton shook his head. 'Oh, think again,
pray your Seeing that her Majesty was 50
deeply moved and feeling sure she would not
have the man shot in any event, he finally
confessed that the man was brave and gallant
and really good soldier. But he added,
think of the influence Influence ? the
Queen cried, her eyes flashing and her bo-
som heavng with strong emotion. Let il
be ours to yield influence. / WI! Try mercy
in this mans case, and | charge you, your
Grace, to let me know the result A good
soldier, you said, Oh, thank you Tor that,
And you may tell him that your good word
saved him, Then she took the paper and
wrote, with bold, firm hand across the
dark page, the bright saving word-'PardOn-
ed ? The duke was fond of telling the story
and he was also willing to confess that the
giving of that paper to the pardoned soldier
gave him far more JOY than be could have
experienced from the taking of a city
London Jomnal
Year: 1879

Two young men went into the woods near
Aurora, H., to play game of cards. As
they were rival lovers, and had not previ.
ously spoken to each other for months, it is
conjectured that the girl in dispute was the
stake that they played for. The winner
however, was not permitted to gain the
prize, for his opponent instantly shot him
through the heart. An effort to settle rival
ry by chance had a not less sad result in Tex
as. The two suitors were convinced thai
the young woman would accept either if the
other would let her alone, and they agreed
to throw dice to decide which should give hel
up. The loser honestly endeavored to keeT
the compact, but the woman refused to b'
disposed of in that way, and wrote to hin
that she would marry nobody else, and woulC
not even see the winner. The latter woulC
not believe that his competitor had tried t.
retire from the contest, and so murdere'
him.
Year: 1879

To give glass great brilliancy, wash
with damp sponge dipped in spirits, then
dust with powdered blue or whiting tiled in
then muslin bag and polish with chamois
cloth


A flannel cloth dipped in warm soap suds,
then into whiting, and applied to paint, will
instantly remove all dirt and grease. Wash
with clean water, then dry; the most deli.
cate paint will not be injured and look like
new.


A paste OF whiting and benzine will clean
marble, and one made of whiting and chlo-
ride Of soda, spread and left to dry lin the
sun ifpossible) on the marble, will remove
spots.


Paint splashed upon window glass can be
easily removed by hot solution of soda.


To clean oilcloths, wash always with
warm milk. Once in six months scrub with
soap-suds, dry thoroughly and apply a:coat
of varnish. They will last as long again.
SCOT falling on carpet from chimneys, or
from carelessy handled stove pipes, if COW
cred thickly with salt, can be brushed up
without damage to the carpet.


a little spirits of turpentine added to the
water with which floors are washed will pre-
vent the rayages of moth.


When carpets are well cleaned, sprinkle
with salt and fold when laid, strew, with
slightly moistened bran before sweeping !;
this, with salt, will freshen ther- wonderful
ly.


One pound of copporas dissolved in one
quart of boiling water will destroy foul
smells, Powdered borax scattered in their
haunts will destroy cockroaches.
Year: 1879

Gambling houses frequented by females
alone, are now the sensation of New York.
They are discovered in the most fashionable
parts ofthe city and, for aught that appears to
the contrary, are irequented by the most
fashionable ladies. They are only an outcrop
of the times-a natural outgrowth of the
boarding house existence of so many fami-
lies. Having no home cares or home at
tachments, they seek excitement and amuse-
ment in the gambling house. Our large cit
les have so few homes and so few domestic
comforts that it is little wonder that so much
Of folly and vice prevails among those who
call themselves the better class of people.
"oatan finds work for idle hands to do"
| says the proyerb, and it is always true. A
woman who could sit down day after day
and week after week, running on into years,
and look out of Il hotel window unto busy
street and yet feel no desire to get out and
enjoy the excitement stimulated by the NOV
| ing masses around her, would be strange
mortal indeed. The same desire for excite
mcnt and the same influences the same bur
den of emui-would carry her to the gaming
house, where she would meet only those of
her own sex, aud participate in the exeite-
ment of gaming as a relief foI the dull mo-
notony of her up stairs existence.
Year: 1879

If the grabbed old bachelor who uttered
this sentiment could but witness the intense
thought, deep study and thorough investi-
CATION of women in determining the best
medicines to keep their families well, and
would note their sagacity and wisdom in Sc
lectng Hop Bitters as the best and demon
strating it by keeping their families in per
petual health, at mere nominal expense
he would be forced to acknowledge that sucl
sentiments are baseless and false.
Year: 1879

THE REVIVAL OF TRADE.-The re-
vival of our old time commerce and the
demand made upon our agricultural /
resources, give daily increasing evidence
of the return Of a season Of prosperity
that all have been anxiously waiting TO
see for many years. It's return has not
been so gradual, as was expected in
many branches of trade, and hence con-
siderable difficulty has arisen in such
ndustries-notably in the product, sale,
manufacture and use of iron. The de-
mand for which has exceeded the sup
ply in every part of the country, and
heavy shipments of iron and steel are
being made from Europe, notwiths,and-
Ing the high duty upon both articles.


In some quarters the boom which We
are told is sweeping over the West has
prostrated some good men who were re
ported as substantial while il has put
milliens of others on their feet. This
could not be otherwise. The advance
in the price of grain has set everything
in motion in the great western cities,
into which the gold OF Europe is pour
ing to buy food for the millions of other
lands, and thence disseminated all over
the adjacent country.


Chicago, in which year ago trade
~os efa md rapts Inx.- ia unu mora
buoyant than it has ever been before.
We are told that all buildings in its
mans of trade are rented at high figures,
and that there is scarcely r ON to do
business in 10 be had. And that none
can be rented at the present rates for q
longer period than six months. Even
the second stories and Easements are il
demand at immensely increased figures


New York and Philadelphia have fe
the stimulant TO trade, but not to so grea
degree as the cities Of the West Th'
demand upon the Western merchants il
the dry goods trade In Chicago has beer
so great, so our advices are, that every
thing on their shelves is in demand a
prices far in advance of what they wer
expected to be sold. This eff, ct is n
doubt directly traceable to the advanc
in wheat, corn, beef cattle and other art
cles of export. The effect of an il
crease of from fifty to one hundred pc
cent. in the price of st.ch staple article
as wheat and corn could not fail to max
wonderful change in such grain pr,
ducing regions as centre at Chicago. 1t


hoped that its effects will be felt he


more fully before the winter sets in.
Year: 1879

Bayard's friends in Wilmington are
anxiuusly waiting the course Of affairs
in Ohio and New York They reason
that the defeat of Ewing will effect a
blow at the infationists which must re-
suit in strengthening their favorite's
chances. If Robinson should also fail
to carry New York, they would then
conclude that Tlden's opportunity for
1880 would not be worth considering,
and that Thereby Senator Bayard would
rise up TO magnitude of a political
necessity" His strength in this emer-
gency would be in the fact that he had
withstood Ewine's theories, warned the
party against the dangers of an extra
session, and favored the resumption that
has resulted in return of prosperous
times. Against Grant and Ii military
disposition and rule, Bayard will be
held up as representative Of purely
civil government and legal methods.
Such, although no systematic work is
beiug done as yet in his behalf, are the
arguments AMI p ans presented by the
friends Of Bayard in his own State, who
look in great activity upon his return
home, now thought to be only two
weeks distant.
Year: 1879

Our advices to date indicate a
majority of little less than $4,000
against the 504 compromise. We
will not stultify ourselves or offer
an insult to the intelligence of the
readers Of the paper by pretending
that we are not disappointed and
mortified. We are both. 1t was so
plainly and Enthusiastically the inter


est of the people to accept that we
were sanguine of favorable result.
1t was so manifestly the policy and
the interest of the democracy of
Tennessee to be rid of the question
that we expected they would have
the good sense to rally TO les sup
port, thereby serving the common.
wealth and relieving the party of q
matter which has already worked
much harm, and, unsettled, will in
year or two more irretrievably
wreck it. Many republicans voted
for it, some voted against it. while
the majority didn't vote at all; but
they are largely in the minority in
the State, and the responsibility Of
settlement does not rest with them.
The democracy have had an undis.
puted majority of from forty to fifty
thousand in the State, and were
Justly chargable with the settlement
or adjustment of the debt. They
have had the power and the oppor


tunity TO lift it out of the field Of
politics and be rid of it forever.
They have let that opportunity pass
unimproved, never to return. and
the question remains on their hands
an open one and in a more perplex-
ing and embarrassing condition
than ever before. Not only this
they have done worse. They have
not only rejected the compromise
and made any future efforts in that
direction impossible, but they have
repudiated and treated with con


tempt the counsel and advice of the
best and ablest men OF the State;
they have questioned the integrity
of the judiciary from the highest
to the lowest, and tried to make
them by word and a reproach in
all honorable estimation; they have
charged bribery and corruption to
men who have expended theI eaer-
gies OF a lifetime and grown old
and grey in trying to promote and
subserve the public good; they have
jeopardized the unity and suprem-
acy of the party in the State and
furnished the republicans with cap