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Year: 1878

The newspapers of the State and correspondents of newspapers will be busy from now until the meeting of the next legislature laying out programme of work to be done at the next session, and by the time the Legislature meets there will have been such 8 mass of measures pro- posed that it would require six months session of a legislature of or dinary capacity for dispatching bus mess to do half of what shall have been proposed.

 Now in our humble opinion our next Legislature will be just like all former legislatures; they will of their own free will and accord, with. out any prompting at all, undertake great deal more things than they will be able to accomplish. A su. per-abundancy of legislation is one of the tendencies of present legisla- tures-there is too much legislation. Among the multiplicity of measures of minor importance, matters of real importance are forgotten, postponed and left undone,

 The next legislature should guard against this. We need very little legislation from them, and when Il is remembered that every day they sit costs the State more than one thousand dollars, it becomes appar. ent that about the greatest service they can do their country is to waste no time in adding new statutes oi no importance to our already over crowded statute books, but to get right down to business the very first day of the session, if possible, and as quickly as possible do those things which are of pressing necessity and then adjourn-making the session, Ii possible, only thirty days long.

 The idea that the good the aver age legislature does the State an idea which seems to possess almost every mothers son of them) is measured by the amount of gass and fuss that is generated by each indi' uidual member; by the number ol measures proposed, and by the mum Der of pages filled up on the journals with nonsense. is very great mis- take. Let our next session of the Legislature be ONE OF STRICT BUsI NESS AND A SHORT ONE.

 Members who want to win the applaudits of their constituency can do so in this way more effectually than in any other way. And al though they will not get to puff cigars, drink fine liquor, and read the morning papers lat some body else's expense) over a legislators desk quite so long, they would be oi far greater profit to their constitu ency by adjourning and saving the poor taxpayer the thousand dollars per day which the session costs.
Year: 1878

Not cheap whiskey stimulating compound, but
made from the finest vegetable tonics known in
are vouched for by our most reliable and careful
physicians.


AS cure for the debility and lassitude so fre
quent, just after cold weather, and a remedy to TOR
tfy the system with strength to ward of the dis
eases of summer, We confidently recommend it
to invalds and the public, stalking our reputation
on its harmle essness drug, and efficacy as a
remedy.
Year: 1878

CABBAGE AND Kisses. A curious
divorce case is on the tapis in Harri,
son county. A wife who was greatly
in need of a mess of cabbage made a
"bargain and sale with II neighbOr,
trading three kisses for three heads of
cabbage. The irate husband accused
her of the act; she acknowledged the
circumstance, and added that she
thought she had made a good bargain.
The husband did not care much for
the loss OF the kisses, but was fearful
that they indicated more than was ap-
parent "on the face of the returns,
and so has filed his petition for divorce.
t Barnesville CIV. Va.) Enterprise.
Year: 1878

lie who betrays another's secret be-
cause he has quarreled with him, was
never worthy the sacred name OF friend,
A breach of kindness on one side will
not justify breach of trust on the
other.
Year: 1878

old ones, to hear every man who feels
aggrieved at the operation of the statutes
and believes he may be benefited by a
change. Many Of these desires and com
plants may be foolish. but they are none
the less entitled 10 a patient hearing.


The complaint is made that some bad
or unnecessary laws are enacted by our
lie gislature. That may be the case; to
assume the contrary would be to assume
that men are infallible. Bat it will be
found that the majority OF bad or unneces-
sary laws have been pat through-very
often in the hurry of the closing hours OF
the session-without dle consideration.
The Legislature has not devoted proper
time TO their examination This is fault
of a short session, not Of a long one. 1t
is unfair to judge the Legislature by oc-
casional mistakes; it should be judged
by the general excellence of its work
Ii we carefully watch the record OF its
proceedings we will be agreeably sur
prised to find what a great number Of
proposed laws. iniudiciOus or needless,
it rejects. These are carefully considered
aud their faults discovered. If an ua-
wise measure does get through it is gen
orally because it has not been thorough
ly examined. Perhaps the cIamor tor "a
short session may have huu.od the com
mittpps in their action


1t is 10 be hoped TIA, This Legislature
will not be indlced by he desire for a
short session to hasten over with INSULT
cent examination any measures which
may be submitted TO its consideration
Let ii lake sufficient time to inquire into
the merits aud demefits Of all the acts
proposed for its adoption.
Year: 1878

The New York Star says that the whole
agitation about the Presidents title "is to
keep Mr.. Tiden in the foreground as the
candidate in 1880, and nothing else, but Il
more iujud.cious political movement was
never made. If he has any chance of a
nomination, this win do more to disgust
both the democratic party and the public
generally than anything else
Year: 1878

Our remarks on this subject last week are said to have been painful shot in certain political bowels. They were very mildly drawn, and judged by a San Pedro communication before us on the subject, much milder than ihe subject warranted. We give few remarks from the letter:

 Yolr remarks are we'll timed in re- gard to the one-man power in the Board of Supervisors. Out this way we feel that the public have had that man paraded before them plenty long enough, in his robes Of infallibility, and must say that in SD far as the oth- CT two sit passively down and allow themselves 10 be manipulated by a demagogue who never was elected to the tf flee by the votes of the people of Pima county, IS fit picture for ridi- cule and contempt.

 There is more in the same tenor, with the banter to "put forward your name, old man, and the people will ." bury you so deep that Gabriel will "blow in vain for yOu''-&c. This is a cruel remark, if true, and particular ly cruel because it is so generally be. lieved to be what would happen if the name were before the people for votes It is better to be just without being cruel, and therefore we omit farther quotations from the letter fresh from a leading agricultural settlement.
Year: 1878

MYTH THE EXPRESSED DESIRE OF

 w a great many of my friends. once more submit my name Co The voters of Pima County as a candidate for County Recorder at the next general election. and most respectfully ask the support of my fellow citizens, promising that If elected shall fill the position as faithfully as dld once before. AUGUSTUS BRICHTA.
Year: 1878

an equal or pro rata division of the
chicken-pic ~ the next scramble
for Office. Correct; lot equal rep
resentation for all sections be the
watchword, provided always that
the claimants are backed by worth
and merit"


Exactly 40 and we are, further
more, in favor OF rotation in office.
Experience and observation dc
monstrates in n majority of cases
that after once an Office holder Is
safely installed in position, his
greatest concern is, not 80 much as
to the faithful discharge Of his du-
ties and the impartial execution Of
the laws, but as TO now he shall
best promote his individual inter
ests and apply the means and pow
or u, his command to perpetuatc
himself in Office for an indefinite
time. it is not necessary to enter
into details as 10 the how, ways
and means adopted to subscrve
these ends all are more or less f,.-
miiiar with them. The natural re-
suit and consequences are still
more patent throughout all the de
partments Of the state-irom town
ships up, in the lack Of revenue to
dciray the necessary expenditures
to carry on the county and state
governments. We would like TO see
the same rule adopted in Arkansas,
MS that in Kentucky, Missouri and
other States, limiting the tenure OF
Office to two terms. Each success
sor serves as u chock or restraint
on the actions if his predecessor,
and the tendency is to developo II
generous emulation as to who shall
most faithfully discharge his whole
duty as public servant. Wont
the cand iates for our next legisla.
turc take these hints under consid.
GRAFTON, and discuss the subject
with the dear people, and get their
opinion. Loon well to all points
OF the political compass.
Year: 1878

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: 1878

King Louis, Of Bavaria, who, no
doubt, will be known in history under
the name of the Solitary, has lately Civ
en- an original festival, in honor Of the
Crown Prince of Austria. 1t was, as
usual, the night time that the royal
lover of the moon chose to give, in his
winter garden, an entertainment to his
guest. A method Of lighting of the
most ingenious character produced all
the appearance of a tropical sky.
Luminous balloons of all colors gave a
soft light to the entire garden, while an
immense star shone in the midst of
them like sum- In a kiosk, richly
decorated, table was spread with ex-
quisite viands around which were seat
ed the King, the Crown Prince of Aus
tria and the Princess Gisele and her
husband. From this spot the outlook
over mass of lilies embraced the
whole extent of the garden, at the ex-
tremity of which was column sur
mounted by laurel and standing in
the midst of fountain of sparkling
water. Upon the sides, on the right
and left. were paths ornamented with
statues, inviting the guests into groves
filled with musicians. A feast given by
Louis of Bavaria without music would
have been absolutely impossible. There
was, therefore, scattered among the
trees the quartet CT Walter, the double
quartet and the chorus of the theater
and the band of the Second Regiment
of Infantry. All these musical parties
performed vigorously, while now and
then flood Of electric light added to
the entertainments the fantastic charac-
ter which comes from that kind of il
lumination.-Berl Cor. British Re-
UieU.
Year: 1878

Early last August party of Cape
Flattery or Makaw Indians, returning
from a visit to their friends (the Song
ish, of VictoriD, encamped the first
afternoon out on the beautiful Bay of
Metchosen, V. /. The weather being
very fine, most of the party went bath
ing. and among the number maiden
of perhaps eighteen summers, who had
accompanied her grandfather on the
trip. Desiring seclusion, she went
round point away from the other
bathers, and, being known as bold
swimmer, is supposed to have taken q
header into deep water. However
taken, it proved to have been plunge


nto the arms of death. for when the
swimmers reassembled around the
campfire the girl was missed, and, not
withstanding . diligent search that
evening, could not be found. The fol-
lowing morning with sad hearts the
party left; but very soon those in the
foremost canoe on rounding the first
point saw the water being calm and
ciear) human body as if seated on
the sandy sea-botton, with what
seemed like a flour bag Immediately
behind it. The natives knew what this
meant. As soon as the canoes got to-
gether. two of the most active young
men managed with daggers SO to dis
able the monster for it was a gigantic
devil-fish) that the octopus with its
victim was brought to the surface.
The foregoing facts have been COM
municated to our informant by an in
telligent and respectable half.breed
woman from Metchosen, who saw the
body of the drowned girl with some of
the prehensiles of the mollusk still ad-
herring to it. She compared the head
Of the octopus in size to that of fifty
pound flour sack, fell; said the tentacles
were twelve in number, of different
sizes, and the largest about the circum-
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Year: 1878

Saddle Rock roast is the equivalent Of
a silver fork-plated, of course, but not
easily distinguished from solid silver
or glass sugar-bowl. This always
takes the young men; it sets them to
thinking of housekeeping and matri-
mony; it makes them believe that you
are the incarnation of economy, and
would make an excellent wife; and so
they often say things which give hold
over them, or are effective before a
jury"


Eliza treasured up these sagacious
counsels, and acted upon them with
such earnestness and effect that when
she came home she was an engaged
woman.-N. Y. Weekly.
Year: 1878

That wise old rat, Thurlow Weed
can smell the coming tempest farther
off than any other of the old rats of
the country. Here is what he said
the other day to Herald reporter:


"a new party movement growing
out of such causes Mr.. Weed con-
tinued, was inevitable, and the ma
tional or labor party owes its exis-
tence to the provocations of capital
lists. 1t is the result of a concerted
policy to portect capital at the expense
of labor. During the last fifteen or
eighteen years labor has been onerous-
ly taxed. while capital was exempt.
This exemption of the capitalists has
especially applied to the owners of
government bonds the reason given
for exempting them at the outset
being to induce capital to invest
Never was any hope more futile.
Capitalists refused to buy bonds until
gold was so high that the bonds which
bear interest at par could be had for
6fty per cent of their present value
Year: 1878

There Is every prospect that the
Greenback state convention to no
held at Minneapolis. will be one of
the largest held in the state for wears.
At last Minnesota is waking up.
There will be music in the air vet
Lifchfsld Independent:


In this connection we desire to
warn the Greenhackers of the Sd dis
trict that there are indications that
W. u. Washburn's friends will try to
pack the Greenback congressional
convention and control its action.


See that every county is represen-
ted by the right kind of men.
Year: 1878

hard money newspapers. sMen are
pretty much all alike,'' said the Gen.
eral, "they will all do about the same
thing it they get the opportunity.
Four men in New York can dictate
what you shall pay for bread and the
common necessities of life. They
meet occasionally in Saratoga or else
where to agree upon the prices for
the transportation of wheat and other
grains to this city and assume to do
about as they wish as to supplying
this market with what we must all
have. They would be more success
full If their system were honest. But
they go away and not keeping faith to
their pledges, cut under each other
in rates, and when that occurs tney
meet to compromise again. The pow
er OF this country is in the hands of
the working man. You must vote
for men who are under obligations to
you. Congressmen-I know them
well-will lick the hand that feeds
them. Organize" exclaimed General
Butler, loudly and fervently, land
take this country under your own
control! You can do it. You have
as mucn right to DO so as any set of
men. God has been good to this
country"


General Butler then spoke of the
hand labor of former years, where
workers of all classes were compelled
to labor ten and fourteen hours day.
Now machinery hiss been made to
produce more than ten times as much
as hand labor could. Yet people now
eat no more than then, and wear no
more clothes than then. They should
be better fed, better clothed, better
lodged. Don't send any more men to
congress who will do for capitalists
what they will not do for the men
who work ten hours day.


Three cheers were then given for
General Butler. and he drove away.
Year: 1878

In all these years Congress has shown
no sympathy with labor, and when
legislatlng at all has uniformly legis-
lated in favor of capital. The i'm
mense grants of lands to railroads is
an illustration of this. Although a
large part of the public domain was
given away to corporations which
could have had no existence but for
the bounty of the government, 1 can
not recall single instance where
grant contained a provision to enable
poor people anxious to settle in the
far west to get over the roads free.
The repeal of the duty on tea and
coffee was another unwise and op-
pressive measure, because it did not
make either of these articles cheaper.
while the duty went to the producer
instead OF the Treasury. It is long
time since I foresaw and predicted
the present condition of things, which
was bound to result from giving labor
too little consideration and capitol too
much. A binder policy, and at the
same time a more unjust and oppres-
sive one, was never persued in free
country; and the only wonder is that
the issue did not come sooner.
Year: 1878

That malicious sheet. the Fari.
bault Democrat, published some time
since a statement that at the Shako-
pee Democratic convention we oppos.
ed the nomination of Major Barton
and induced the Wabasha delegation
to cast their votes for Mr.. Poehler.
This statement is utterly without
foundation. We told all who spoke
to us on the subject, at Shakopee,
that there was no hope of defeating
Strait in the I'd district. except BY a
thorough union of the Greenbackers
and Democrats. that this union could
not be effected upon Mr.. Poehler be.
cause of his pronounced hard money
views, but that we thought it might
be brought about with either Major
Barton or Mr.. Lienau as the candi.
date. and that if either of these gem
tleman was nominated we would do
our best to have the Greenbackers en-.
dorse him.


We will give the Democrat five
hundred dollars if it will produce a
single respectable delegate who will
declare that we ever advised him t.
vote for Poehler. Why should we
urge Poehler's nomination and vet
refuse to support himi The lie is a
lie on its face.


We should have noticed it sooner
but for an absence for > month past
in the harvest field.
Year: 1878

GreenbackS or cOmmuuism--which
Every vote given for the Greenback
is vote against communism Every
vote given for the Republican party
is a vote for communism. Greenbacks
or communiSm--which


Don't believe it? Let us study the
matter a little. What is communism?
A communist is one who believes
that the property of the rich has been
robbed from the labor of the poor,
land there is some truth in the asser-
tion,) and therefore it is just and
right that the rich should be compell-
Ell to divide with the poor, and
equalize the property of the country.
Now there is not one in ten thousand
who will sincerely advocate this
opinion. for he knows that it can
never be effected peaceably; it can
never take place without revolution,
war, bloodshed, and the reputation
of all debts. But Americans, before
they are reduced to absolute slavery
will fight for their freedom; before
all the land gets into the hands of the
money-sharks, the serfs who till it
will not only clamor for a division,
but fight forit.


Now two straight lines continually
approximating each other, will Ger.
tainly meet, unless they are stopped.
These two lines are Republican poll
tics and communism.


We put it thus: The interest on our
great national debt accumulates faster
than our national wealth increases.
which proves that unless stop is put
to the debt. it will ultimately absorb
the whole. All the real and personal
property Of the country will go into
the hands of the bankers and bond
holders. unless Greenbacks succeed
in wiping out the banks and paying
up the bonds. There is no other way
to avert the impending evil--no other
peaceable way, no other just way.


The two lines will never be allowed
to meet, although they are now fast
approximating; for if Greenbacks do
not triumph, and stop the present
progress of things, communism and
revolution will. Therefore, every
Republican vote cast this fall, will be
a vote for communism--that is,a vote
towards neceesitating communism
and every Greenback vote cast, will
be vote against it. Greenbacks OF
ommunism-whichl


"Can the rush grow without mire!''
Bible. But If you make the mire
and plant the rush, it will be sure to
grow. II. T.
Year: 1878

General Rutler yesterday visited


the Office of the Advocate at No. 237


Pearl street, New York. The estab.


llshmentis ten hours workshop, but


as General Butler said he had known


operative in the factory of his own


city of Lowell to work for fourteen


hours day. he did not seem to con-


slider the fact as oppressive. AS he
stood in front of the press by the side
Of Walter Shupe, editor Of the Advo-
cate, the type settlers, pressmen, enpi-
neers and folders crowded around the
Massachusetts statesman, and some
one proposed three cheers for General
Butler. The cheers had the effect of
drawing several passers by into the
press room thus swelling the audi
ence that finally insisted upon
speech. Mr.. Shupe had a type box
inverted in the middle Of the room.
and the press was stopped. Standing
on the box. facing a group Of girls
and holding his hat and cane in his
left hand, General Butler said that
the condition Of men of enterprise
nowadays is not to be envied by
the woTkingmen who earn and draw
regular wages. The capitalist whose
money is in untaxedboads is the drone
to be condemned. The General said
he had been accused of being largely
in bonds. He wished he
was. The non-taxation Of the bonds
comes back upon the people. Men of
in New York are letting
their substance and profits slide away
from them because they listen 70 the
Year: 1878

suffering the dimunition of forty mil
lions of capital which was employed
IN productive industry. And the
fraud practiced on the people by
forcing on them unasked, these coins
OF less weight and value than they
represent. ought to consign the Re-
publican party to eternal oblivion.


Will you. reader, make yourself a
party to such loss, damage. and fraud,
by your vote. jnjuriug and ,demoral-
izing both yourself and the whole
country? r.