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Year: 1879

draw a terrible howl Of indignaton
from the non proteetionist papers, ou'
for the life of US we cannot see why q
ufacturer has not a perfect figh' W
refuse to employ any person VINO doeS
not in every respect try to advance MS
interests. 1t could hardly be expected
that an employer would be satisfied
with a workman who would perform
the labor allotted to him and pocket the


wages, but who upon every possible
occasion at the polls would vote and


use his influence to take WORK away
from his employer, yet this is wha'
hundreds of workmen in our ship yards


and other Wilmington industries are
doing when they vote to put the party
in power that would repeal the protee
tive laws OF the country.
Year: 1879

Up to this time the Confederate Con
gress has been upon its good behavior
Though there is the same disposition tt
60 to extremes in legislation that man
ifested itself at the late extra session
The late fall elections have had a won.
derfully tanning effect upon the ex-con
federate Generals and Colonels and ha.
forced them to adopt new role. Tht
defiant staggering toae which so offend
cd decent sensible people, is kept ir
ckeck, and though the Bourbons hold
small numerical majority they SO fal
show sope little inclination to use it il
a more quiet and undemonstrative man.
ner. All this however amounts to but


little and will scarcely deceive sensible
pe opls. The true character of Congress
was shown in the extra session and
what was then attempted to be done
will still be attempted, though perhaps
in some other guise, or under new
sugar coating. Then again the Bour


bon majority is smouldering fire
ready to burst out upon the leset touch
of a Northern match, which will nc
DOUBT be applied at Some time daring
the session and then this forced good
behavior will be thrown aside and the
real plantation role will take it. place


Were this but the first session of even
this Confederate Congress, We nigh,
have some hope Of it as We would then
be testing its merits and its future re-
cord would then still be unreoorded, but
we have had one. session .fit in its real
natural primitive State. In looking back
over the record it has made we now see
the dangers that the nation has escaped
by having a firm consciensious man al
the head ofthe helm of State who knew
exactly when to say yes and when to
say no. II We escape these dangers now
it will be because the brigadisrs fear
the people of the north who are watch
ing every movement with jealons eye.
The meal tub looks as white as II ever
did, but the same treacherous poll ical
cat is in it and looks as white as the
meal itself. If Congress preserves a
proper decorum, transacts it's business
wisely and and promptly and then ad.
iourns, the nation will be the gamer,
but at the same time it would not de
serve a particle of credit for doing 50,
as We have already had an exhibition
of what it desires to do if it had the
power. The faithful man in the Presi-
Dental Office, supported by faithful
and liberty loving people, is to the
brigaders the Mordecai in the Kings
gate, and this sober them into sem


blance OF conservatism which does not
represent their true spirit and dispOsi'
tion. The extra session showed all
that and by that the present brigadiel
Congress must be judged.
Year: 1879

From the above it will be seen that
the United States ship.builders pay
about double to their workmen that
Great Britain does, and for some classes
of labor three times as much as Ger
many pays, and still it is known that
American workmen are not overpaid.
The passing of Mr.. Beck's bill would be
to reduce the wages Of American work
men in ship yards down to what is
given in Great Britain and Germany


and would demoralize the whole labor
system of the Nation. 1t has been as
certained that from ninety to ninety
FIVE per cent. of the cost OF building a
ship is labor, not that labor that merely
lays the keel, puts up its ribs, rivets on
the plates and fills the skeleton with
machinery, decks and state rooms,
though this is much, but that labor
that digs down into the bowels Of the
earth and brings up the iron ore and
coal that is used, that brings the solid
timbers from the rugged stump from out
some swamp or morass and that saws it
into convenient shapes, the labor that
builds furnaces and forges and coz verts
the iron ore into bars and sheets. All
this is an importrnt part Of labor that
contributes to sbip-building and goes
to make up the so or 95 per cent. Of labor
required in the building Of a ship. In
no other country on the globe is labor
better paid and better appreciated than
in the United States, and yet strange
"A it may seem there is this constant
attempt made by Democratic free traders
to degrade labor, while at the same
time they profess to be the friends Of
the working classes, and it ia with regret
that we say that too many of our Amer
loan workmen believe these political
sycophants and vote all the time direct
ly against their own interests. There
are hundreds of labOrers in the ship
yards of our own city who are furnished
employment and given good living


wages only because shipbuilding is


protected in this country by this law
which forbids the purchasing OF foreign


built ships who continually and per


sistently cast their suffragss with the
party which is trying to repeal this
law, and which if repealed would throw
them'ou of employment and shut up
American shipy ards, unless they would
work for the same wages given in Ger
many and Great Britain. In allowing
their political prejudices to warp their
Judgment they not only cast their suf.
frages with party that would shnt up
the American shipyards, but against
the men engaged in ship building who
employ them and pay them living
wages. Outside of political circles this
would be called base ingratitude, but
in politics it is called political freedom.
Under the system Of protection which
has been in vogue in this nation, ship.
building and other manufacturers
have had no occasion to dis-
criminate ia their employment OF
worknen in regard to political opin-
ions, but If fres trade prevails they
will he driven to the wall, and we may
not be surprised il they will be compel


led to employ only such workmen a;
shall have the good sense not only t.
do the ph ysical labor expected OF them


but in every other way to advance thu
interest of their employers. five wer'
to advocate the principle Of politica


discrimination in the employment 0
Year: 1879

The advance proof- slips for the quarter
ending June 80 are sufficiently in hand t.
warrant the statement that the figures xivel
above both for commerce and Immigration
will show an increase over the quarter end
ing March 81.
Year: 1879

There is ladies' economy club in
Philadelphia. The members have hus-
bands who get small salaries, and to
make these salaries go as far as possible
is one of the objects of their organiza-
ton. lis announced at every meeting
that the next assemblage will be at the
house of Mrs. -, one of the members,
and in this way each member has one of
the meetings in her parlor. These
gatherings are conducted upon the prin-
ciple of experience meetings, member
rising in place and without embarrass-
ment because she knows, by virtue of
tneir presence, the pecuniary situation
of those who surround her) telling how
she manages to get along on her hus-
bands small salary. These experiences
are intended as lessons by which all who
listen are to profit. Gentlemen are not
supposed to invade these places, but
often they get in under pretense of deep
interest in the cause, and it was such a
subterfuge that accounts for Record
reporters presence at one a few days
ago. 1t was in the parlor OF modest
house in the northwestern section. The
hostess welcomed her callers with q
bright smile, and, as the ladies were all
good takers, it was not long before they
proceeded to business. IT started with
making children's clothing, and the
manner in which "papa's" old breeches
were put to new service after he had
doffed them was astonishing to listen to
Old coats, hats, shirts, ETC., were, under
the skillful manipulation of the house
wife, twisted into some useful garment
for some little one at home, The tall
took wide range, and fairly turned in
side out every department of the house
hold. One lady declared that her hus
band received only six hundred dollar
per annum, and yet by economy witt
that amount she kept her two children
nicely dressed.
Year: 1879

How careless men can be with money
is shown by the incident related in the
Sunday Gazette:


My friend was the paymaster of a
large railroad company, and one day he
went out with thirty thousand dollars
to pay the men. The money was wrap
ped up in an old newspaper, and he car.
ried it under his arm. He stopped at a
wayside hostelry for dinner, and left the
money on chair when he went out. He
had not gone many miles from the place
when he missed it. Hes.few back, and
asked the woman if she had seen q
parcel.


"There's bit of newspaper on the
chair beyant," said she; perhaps
that's it" Which it proved to be, and
my friend returned a happier and a
wiser man.


Another circumstance: A man ]
know of lost roll of bills amounting to
ten thousand dollars. They also, were
tied up in a newspaper. He tolda friend,
and the two talked over the loss and
the probability Of finding the money.
The friend made him tell all the ground
he had been over since he had the
money. The last place he was at was
the postofice. The night was wet over
head and slushy underfoot. They
stopped at the postofice, and going to
the place where the man had been,
found two or three torn bits of news.
paper. 1t was the same. They looked
further, and found the lost treasure. II
had been kicked in turn by every one
who came into the Office, and when found
was all united and completely soaked
in slush. They seized it eagerly and re-
turned to their hotel, where they spenl
several hours in cleaning it. 1t was al
there, and at last they got it dried.


The grateful man took his friend out
and bought him the handsomest gold
watch. chain he could find.
Year: 1879

The old gentleman who threw the pa
per down the other morning with the
impatient ejaculation, "Oh, there's
nothing in itp and went out to look at
his garden, was the same one who COM
ing back half an hour later and discov-
ering that his wife had cut up the paper
into patterns, thereupon ripped around
like yellow jacket, broke an important
commandment and window pane by
kicking cat through it, turned over a
bucket Of clabber on the new carpet and
the baby, and finally departed with a
slam of the door that clattered the
crockery to the .uttermost parts of the
house, and with withering maledictiop
on these gawlbusted women anyhow, /"
--LouisriUe Courier. Journal.
Year: 1879

In naming new towns the people in
this State and California show great
versatility and classical lore. So soon
as mining claims are staked out and a
few free fights indulged in, the town is
christened, and the name generally
sticks. Just think of writing to friends
in the Far East-Boston, for instance
how much you enjoy life in " Hell's De-
Light" what lovely time you had in
Ground Hogs Glory" and how busi-
ness is fourishing in "Hangtown."


Ask traveller where he is journeying,
and you need to brace yourself, for he
will probably tell you he is going to
"Knock Him Stiff" While you are
wondering who the poor victim may be,
and why he deserves such treatment, he
goes on to tell you that the rock at
Knock Him Stiff will go two thousand
dollars to the ton, and that there is rock
at Bung Eye that will beat that, but the
rock at Gouge Eye has pinched out" !"
The three towns last mentioned are in
this county, in Paradise Valley. There
is a great deal of irony in some of the
names: Paradise Valley is dreary and
dry. Rag Town is just over our East
ern range. Iasked a friend why it was
SO called. He gravely said because there
are no rags there.


And I find this will apply to most of
them. Last Chance is somewhere
in California; and to live in place of
that name must be an incentive to do
ones best.


To people of delicate organization and
weak nerves it must be enfeebling to
live in the classic shades of Shirt-Tail
Canon" just think for moment of
writing letter, pouring out your whole
soul as it were, and addressing it to
Miss Augusta Fitznoodle, Shirt-Tail
Canon" Do you think it could be
done7 Not bit of it. You would
look at it and say: "Hang it; it shall
never wave over love letter Of mine."
Put it in the fire, and write another,
asking the price of COWS and the pros
pect for feed in the foothills. At one
time this town had a population of
fifteen hundred; but its glory has de-
parted. 1t waves no longer. Gone the
way of all such appendages.


At Paradise and He'll Gate there are
toll roads. 1t costs dollar and half
to enter Paradise, but you can slip
through Hell's Gate for "four bits"
Here is food for reflection, but thank
Heaven / am not given to moralizing.
Let us always be thankful for what we
escape, as well as for what we receive.
Year: 1879

MosT ofus pass our lives in regretting
the past, complaining of the present,
and indulging in false hopes of the
future, when it would be vastly better
to cut a pole, dig some bait and go
fishing.
Year: 1879

The attempt to examine the prospects of trade in this country has met with encouraging results. Leading business men in New York express the belief that times are steadily improving. The abundant harvests in the West and South are cited as a basis for this be- lief. The revival of manufacturing in- terests in different parts of the country is also mentioned as proof of return ing prosperity. Prices in all departments of trade are firm, with tendency to rise. Aside from these general consid- erations other encouraging signs are found to exist in the present condition of trade. In many cases the volume of business for the past six months shows an increase over that of any core. spending period since 1873; and in every instance the volume of business thus far in the present season is consid- erably in excess of that of last year. h. telligence has been received that more cheerful feeling exists all over the land than at any time since 1873.
Year: 1879

Nearly every day we receive bills from parties for advertising contracted for in New York. We take pains to collect these bills if they can be collected, but in too many cases we find the parties advertising from some out-of-the-way locality, and the parties wanted not to be found. If man is doing legiti- mate business he will not hesitate to give publishers good references or pay in advance. It is only rascals who mean to beat the publisher that will put on airs when asked to do this, and no ad- vertisement should be inserted for parties who grow angry when asked to do what every business is willing to do at all times. Every publisher upon receiving an order for advertising from house that he does not know to be all right should ask satisfactory reference, or the payment of his bills monthly or quarterly in advance. If one of these demands is not granted leave the ad- ve-tisement out, for the chances are no good to the publisher will come out of it.-Pera and Press.
Year: 1879

On the curbstone up Brush street the other day sat girl of nine or ten full in the hot sun, but so busy with woe- begone rag baby that she seemed not to mind the heat and the glare. One arm had been torn from poor "baby," it's head fell over to one side, and the saw dust ran from it's dilapidated feet every time it was lifted about. As the child sat there, trying to make " baby" whole again with an old alarming needle and a bit of twine, boy of fourteen halted on the walk and sneeringly said:

 "That dolls bin sunstruck, an all the doctors in town can't save her life."

 The girl made no reply, and after a moment the lad advanced, snatched the doll from her hands and flung it high above his head, laughing loudly at her feeble efforts to prevent him.

 "Is your mother dead ?" asked the girl as her eyes filled with tears and her chin quivered.

 "Not as knows on."

 "But mine is, and she made that dolly for me when her hands trembled so and her eyes had so many tears that I had to cut the cloth for her. That's why baby looks so bad"

 Whewl" whistled the boy below his breath, and walking into the street he picked up the plaything, carefully dust ed it, and as he placed it in her hands he said:

 ''I remember now bout seein' the crape on the door and I'm sorry was rough. This 'ere linin' in my cap will make that baby 8 hull dress, an if you won't say nothin' to nobody of how I acted I'll give it to ye."

 He had it out at one pull, tossed two coat buttons after it and went away saying:

 "When girls mother is dead that beats me, and any time that 'ere dolly is took sick you can count on me to run for the doctor or sit up nights! Good bye, Tabl Detroit Free Presa.
Year: 1879

Sauntering up to the counter he began to harpoon the eatables at the free lunch table, and as he slowed away the articles under his vest he began, in tone of melancholy sadness: "Gentle- men, my actions may seem ill-bred, but with half starved man hunger must be satisfied before good manners can be attended to-" The bartender reached for club and told the apologetic stranger that if he wouldn't leave at once he'd go for him. My dear sir, 7" resumed the gaunt-looking new arrival, with deprecatory wave of the hand and child-llke smile that was spoiled by his having 8 mouthful of pickled cabbage to attend to, "I can under stand your astonishment at what may seem impudence on the part of an entire stranger, and I am not offended at the anger it causes you to display. But when I say that I am poor, homeless, wandering refugee from the fever stricken City of Memphis" Five schooners of beer were laid down upon the counter with a simultaneousness that showed prompt decision, and five panic stricken men perambulated toward the door with unity of action that was admirable. The man behind the bar had vanished into airy nothingness, and as the weary stranger polished off the free lunch and gathered, in schooner after schooner until, beer laden, he ambled toward the street, that saloon was as bare as the upper lip of sixteen year old youth. And the poor, home less, wandering refugee from the fever stricken City of Memphis, footsore and woebegone, turned into Beekman street with the dazed, sad countenance of one whom life had left nothing worth living for. As he passed into Theater alley, two shabbily dressed tramps approached him and inquired in accents of anxiety: "Well, Bill, how does the new racket work ?" The poor, homeless, wander ing refugee from the fever stricken City of Memphis, who had so suddenly descended to plain "Bill," laconically replied, with 8 defection of the left optic: Immense !'-Puck,
Year: 1879

The vermontville (Mich. RaaOk says: One of the most remarkable escapes from instant death ever recorded oc- cured at Kalamo last week at Levi Sweets while engagedi in threshing. As one of the men was driving into the yard with loaded tank of water for the steamer, his little girl, ten years old, climbed upon the hind end of the wagon unobserved by the driver and three other men, who were likewise riding on the tank. She had got seated just in front of the hind wheel when younger sister came up, and she proceeded to pull her on the wagon while still in mo- tion. Losing her balance, she seized the rolling wheel to save herself, and the wheel rolled over her, striking her left arm just at the arm pit, passing diago- nally across her body, and going off at the right shoulder. Strange to say, when the accident became known, she was picked up still alive and insisted that she could walk to the house alone. Dr. Shell was sent for immediately and made an examination in twenty minutes after. He found that the heavy weight had crushed her right lung, which was filled with blood the other lung being somewhat injured. it was difficult for her to breathe. She succeeded Tn throwing off the blood, when she breathed easier and commenced apparently to get better. We called at the house last Saturday, when we found her bolstered in the bed, eating. rice pudding. To questions asked she declared the wagon running over her didn't hurt her the least bit, nor had she suffered any pain from the first. The bruised mark of the wagon tire not only showed plain across he1 breast, but showed the same mark directly on her back, proving conclu lively that the space between the vince and ground was not more than an inch Strange to say, not bone was broken but being a remarkable healthy chilt her ribs were as flexible as spring steel The doctor says the only danger lies il an abgcess forming about the lungs, il which case it may prove fatal. Other wise he can see no reason why the chilt will not be around in few days. Th' weight of the wagon, including the fou

 men, was 4,200 pounds. Had such weight passed over the strongest man i would have crushed him to death.
Year: 1879

THE COUNTRY FOLK OF GERMANY are little primitive. An honest farmer of Weldon, near Ryensburg, Germany, deserves the first prize for simplicity. He recently ina hired of a notary in the city after railway engineer who had disappeared. It turned out that he had lent money to the engineer on the security of the locomotive run by him, supposing it to be his personal property. and that he now wished to SC ze this collateral
Year: 1879

WHY not make up your mind at present what hotel you are going to stop at when you arrive in New York. The Grand Central on Broadway is now kept on both the American plan at $2.5) to $500, and the European plan at $1.OO and upwards per day. An elegant restaurant at moderate prices is conducted by the hotel.
Year: 1879

sonOoAoo was carEAeo out, 50 lar aS she was concerned, though she was innocent of any crime, and had been directed to go to Siberia merely in order that she should not be separated from her hus- band.

 The word pin-money IS not much used nowadays, and when it is, is art to be used loosely. It is often employed to mean an allowance by a father or husband for daughters or wife's extra expenses. But it's proper significance is woman's allowance for all her per- sonal outlay, whatever it may be. The origin of the term is somewhat singular. Long after the invention of pins in the fourteenth century, the maker was per. mitted to sell them openly the 1st and 2d of January only, when the court and city ladies crowded to the shops to buy them, having been provided by their fathers and husbands with money for the purpose. After pins had become plenty and cheap, women spent their money for other things, but pin-money re- mained in vogue.

 Mixed and most sanguinary are the politics of Panama. The election of members of the Legislature recently was accomplished under difficulties, the opponents of the present administration having hit upon the neat expedient of stealing the ballot-boxes. They were to begin fight, and while it ragged the electoral urns (so to speak, were to be abstracted. A free use of revolvers prevented the consummation of the plan whereby the larcenous crowd was
Year: 1879

Thou art not my first love,


For had loved before we met,
And the mem'ry of that summer dream
Is pleasant to me yet
But thou! thou art my last love,
My dearest and my best,
My heart but shed its outer leaves
To give thee all the rest.
Year: 1879

Never try to get too heavy days work
out OF team. Moderate and steady 60
ing is what counts in a long race, and the
farmers race is long one. Ii takes hut
few hours, md often even but few min
utes,,- to SO tax horse that he is out OF
fix and not unfrequently rendered useless
for nt1nths