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Year: 1879

private interview, or letter, or mes
sage, or other means and appliances,
not addressed solely to the judgment,
to favor or oppose, or to vote for or
against any bill, resolution, report, or
claim pending, or to be introduced, in
either branch thereof, by any person
who misrepresents the nature of his
interest in the matter to such member,
or who is employed for consideration
by a person or corporation interested
in the passage or defeat of such bill,
resolution, report, or claim for the
purpose of procuring. the passage of
defeat thereof"


Cortlandt Parker, who is to be the
new Minister to Russia, was one of the
visiting statesmen to Louisiana. 1t is
to be hoped that some day all that lot
of men, even to the last one of them,
who went down and braved all the
dangers and hardships of the first class
hotels of New Orleans, with their bills
paid, to help in dismantling the
Packard Government and setting up
the illegal Nichols Government on its
ruins, may get an Office. They all
tught to have it during this Admin
istration. For it is not likely that
| there will be another Administration
| in the next thousand years that will
pay off such men for such work. 1t is
right they should be paid now, and
we trust the last of the long roll has
already been nearly reached. We
hope this, partly on account of the
visiting statesmen themselves, but
still more on account of the party.
Year: 1879

6ne kepT as mute as mouse WnlIe L
was fixing the coat; but, when l was
done, she took my hand in both of hers,
and, says she, DO you think so very
much of me, Ben?' and, says /, More
than I can tell, or you can think, l
reckon


! @And, says she, Why did you never
tell me so before?'


Well, '-says I, you know I'm rather
| slow of speech; and, besides, l reck-
oned you wouldn't care to hear the like
from me-


"She didn't say nothing after that for
a good long spell, till I began to be
afraid she was offended; then says she,
8 You may sit down here beside me, if
you like, Ben


"I did SO, and then, after another
good long spell, says she, stroking my
hand with one of hers, You're the best
and kindest man in the world, Ben; /;
and / like you better than any of them


My shirt-sleeves were by this time
wet enough to wiring, and the chill gusts
that every now and then swept dowE
from the tree-tops were enough to make
a Newfoundland dog shiver; but never
felt warmer or more comfortable IN my
life than when Susie said that. I never
felt my slowness of speech more in my
life, though it seemed as if couldn't
think of any word that meant enough
So I had to sit and listen to Susie with
out being able to say word myself, but
she didn't appear to mind it bit.


Well, the first thing knew it had
stopped raining, and the moon was
I1.ifA in tho
clouds. I found the path in no time;
and Susie made me put on my coat
again.


"When we got home to Susie's, her
father was just turning out to look for
us, and met us at the yard gate.


"'Soaked but smiling, says he.
What on earth has happened to make
you look so pleasant, when you are both
as wet as a couple of drowned kittens?'
He had lantern, you see, and flashed
it right in our faces. We didn't tell him
anything then, but he found out about
a month after when l came to ask for
Susie"


just at this moment We were inter
rupted by pretty, scolding voice from
the house, exclaiming, "Why, Ben, you
VIII caUcn your QeaUn OF cOlu, SIGIIuS Oub
there without your coat when the dew
is falling"


Simpson had been over an hour tell
ing his story. Our pipes had gone out
and the sun had gone down, but there
was still light enough to mark the placid
expression of delight that came over his
face at the mere sound of his wife's
voice; and I thought saw palmer than
ever before how it had happened that
the lively little Susie had married my
slow friend. and had done wisely in so
doing.
Year: 1879

gave $4,000 for her, and sold her
in about a year-in '70-for $35, 1000. Tt
is hard to say what she would have
brought at her best. She has been
taken from the turf. She will have a
colt this month. who is the colt by?"
By Gen. Washington, young stallion
of perfect form, great vigor, and fine
blood. He has the blood of old Lady
Thorne and Gen. Kent in his veins, and
was selected as the best partner for the
mare that could be found in the world
The colt will be worth $4,000 in gold
the day it is dropped. OF course, it will
be valuable; the world will look with
great interest to the performance of the
coming horse. If there is anything in
breeding, he will be wonderful. 1t was
not known whether the Maid would
breed or not, as she is % years old, but
when she was taken from the track a
gentleman offered to give s., 900 for the
chance of her breeding, and pay all her
expenses. Mr.. Smith, however, deter
mined to own the colt himself, and had
her put on his own breeding farm. The
colt will be born this month. She is as
vigorous, healthy and active as she ever
Was.-BGtd D0ble.
Year: 1879

Imagination ministers but grudging-
ly to the feeling of sympathy between
man and man. We need to see the
CHASTITY spectacle of mangled remains,
to hear the groans of agony and the
shrieks of despair, to have some men
ace of loss or danger brought home to
ourselves or those with whom we have
some bond of connection closer than
that of the universal brotherhood, in
order to realize the horror of a great
disaster and feel for its victims. The
touch of nature that makes the whole
world kin is one of universal selfish
ness. Perhaps it is benefcent provi-
sion that saves us from the strain upon
our sympathies, which would make life
miserable if we were forced to share in
all the sufferings and calamities of the
race.


The appalling disaster that overlook
the Hungarian city of Szegedin was
full of multiplied horrors, and had it
taken place on the Passaic river it
would have filed the columns of our
newspapers almost to the exclusion of
everything else, blanched every cheek
with a sense of awe, filled every heart
with pity and dread, and made every
task but that of succoring the hapless
victims almost impossible. But it is
5000 miles away. 1t touches not us.
We read of it with a sort of hstless
wonder at the magnitude of the calam-
ity. but the most sympathetic nature
fails to be at all deeply or keenly af-
fected by the recital. And yet human
life is as precious in Hungary as in New
York. Death and bereavement are as
pitiful there as anywhere; loss of home,
of friends, of relatives, and of the
means whereby men do live, brings the
same pangs of suffering, the same DESC
lation, and the same blight upon life.
A city of 10000 inhabitants is over
whelmed in the tremendous flood of
waters, as the dikes that held the swollen
and struggling river within its confines
give way, at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Nearly 10000 houses are swept into
ruin, hundreds upon hundreds of their
occupants are drowned, and the rest
are driven out in the cold winter night
in terror and dismay, to seek refuge
from the pitiless food. The neighbor-
ing country is submerged, 1000 farm
houses are swept away, and a seasons
crops well-nigh destroyed. There is
pitiful suffering from lack of shelter,
from want of food, from death in fear
ful forms, and time cannot repair the
consequences of the terrible misfort-
une. Yes, we say, it is awful; but we
do not feel tive cannot realize it.
Year: 1879

My blrd-house is not my own inven-
ton. I read in some newspaper that an
Otster-keg made a good bird-hOuse,
and an oyster-keg is what you must
have in the first place. Most of you
easily get one from some store or some
oyster-man. Leave the heads in, and
stop up the bung hole; then cut a round
hole, two inches in diameter, in the
side, about two inches from the end you
design for the floor of your house, and
nail this end firmly to a square piece Of
board large enough to project couple
of inches all round, like little plat
form. Next, cover the outside of the
keg with pieces Of rough bark. If you
have wood-pile to go to, you can prob
ably find logs from which you can pry
off wide, curving pieces that will go half
round your little house; but if not, you
must get smaller bits from trees in
the woods, and trim them with
knife to fit side by side; no
matter if the Jennings are not very close,
when the house is fastened on some ar
Dor or trellis, no eyes but the birds can
possibly see the crevices, and they are
not critical, bright as they are. Use
small brads for mailing on the bark, and,
if driven in little on the slant, they
will hold the bark more securely. For
a roof, nail two wide strips of bark to
the upper rim of the keg in such pO-
sition that their upper edges will meet
to form gable just in the middle above
the door. It is not necessary to have
this roof water-tight, because the head
- Trorr -Vy11I 1roo,1 49,,
off the upper edges of the bark roof
sides SO that they Will meet closely, but,
If they do not stay together WELL bore a
few holes and take several stitches with
fine wire, and your work will be better.


The house will look prettier if you
make the roof both wide and deep,
giving what, in real house, would be
called 'Overhanging caves"


Last of all, fill up the open spaces
under the gables with bits of bark
trimmed to fit, and nailed to the sides
of the keg. Now, your bird-house is
completed Nail it on the top of the
grape arbor, or in the crotch of tree,
and hang bit of cottonwood and few
hairs about the door, which the birds
will read as we read the sign "To let"
and see ii you do not have wrens and
blue-birds coming to look at the vacant
house, and, at last, some nice little
couple concluding to rent it for the
summer"


No matter if your house is not ready
until late in the season. ] do not think
all the birds get to housekeeping before
June, and you know often they build
more than one nest in the course of the
summer; so, unless there are too many
cats about, I think you may be pretty
sure of a tenant.


When I made my little house, I had
no idea it would last more than one
summer, but it has weathered the storms
of four winters and still looks well
Every spring the wrens and blue-birds
squabble and fight for possession of it
the wrens, / am sorry to say, always
coming off conquerorsi And every
spring I watch the nest-building from
my window with great satisfaction
sob" IN st. Nin1OIGs for April.
Year: 1879

November meteors are due about this
time


One million two hundred thousand letters
pass through the Post Office in Paris on an
average each day.


Duluth has three churches which can be
turned into grain elevators with but little ex-
pense. She built 'em that way on purpose


"Above the Clonds" is the tender headline
in the Louisville Courier Journal over its re-
port of the funeral of General Hooker.


Two young ladies were imprisoned for half
a day on the dome of the st. Louis Court
House last week. They had gone up to the
top, counting the steps after the manner of
women, and after enjoying the prospect had
found that they could not open a door lead
ing to the stairway. After six long hours of
anxiety and weariness, one of them remem-
bered device resorted to by the heroine of
her favorite novel. She wrote few words
on paper, clamped the slip under the blade of
her pen-knife, and tossed it into the street.
A young man picked up the knife, and read
these words, written on a tag in delicate
hand ''We are fastened in the dome For
heavens sake get us out!' He showed the
signal of distress to the ianitor. ''Mein Gott
und Himmel - exclaimed that worthy man
''dose pooty gals up dere all desc times y
He rushed up the winding stairs as fast as his
legs would carry him, and reaching the top,
opened the small door leading to the cupola.
The girls received him with tears of joy, and
in their gratitude may have added kiss or
two. They are now anxious to find out what
is the color of the eyes of the young man who
picked up the knife to wit, their noble pre-
server.
Year: 1879

The Maine Standard is a good deal ex-
ercised about the report that Pillsbury
had the election returns in his office for
examination. Deputy Sawyer comes for
ward with statement When we remem-
ber that Secretary Cove put his official
signature to lying campaign documents
for Pillsbury, we can'tputmuch confidence
in what the Deputy may say where that
individual is concerned. No returns have
ever been kept or left at the Journal Of
fee that it was not proper should be there.
Mr.. Stacy the present Librarian, can an
swer on that point. He knows very well
that no returns relating to elections could
be detained in the Kennebec Journal Of
fee, while he was Secretary of State,
without his consent. and never were.
Year: 1879

Was it necessary in order to help his re-
form work along that the Globe missionary
at Damariscotta should have strange wo-
man and a large supply of whiskey with
him? And who was the man with the
badge that took the woman away, and
why3 Let Pillsbury or some State official


answer in the next copy of the Standard
Year: 1879

The Maine Standard thinks the shot
gun and tissue ballots are legitimate
means to win democratic victories, but the
report that an order was given to aperson
in Codyville tor pair of thick boots about
election time, causes il to boil over with
indignation about republican fraud and
bribery
Year: 1879

The enterprising newspaper correspond
ents at Washington have begun to tell
what will be in the message of the
President and the reports of the depart
ments. One of them says: 1.-The Pres-
dent has outlined his message, and is now
waiting the department reports, in order
to complete it. He will refer with much
satisfaction to the improvement in bust
ness and the general revival of trade oc-
casioned by the eminent success of the
financial policy of his administration
That portion of the message respecting
diplomatic relations, which is prepared at
the Department of State, will principally
treat upon the fishery controversy, which
has been reopened with view to salts
factory adjustment of the money value of
the privileges under the treaty of Wash
ington, or its abrogation in this respect.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in addition
to his recommendation of suspension of
the coinage of the standard silver dollar.
asks further Legislation to enable him to
continue his funding operations of the ten
forties and the bonds of 1881 into four per
cents. This will bring the entire indebt-
edness into four or four and half per
cent. bond. The secretary of the navy
will again urge the establishment of a
Board Of Admiralty, and general sys-
tenn of increase in the number and eflicien-
cy Of the vessels of the navy. lie will
also urgea liberal appropriation for the
navy yards, and Legislation to make ap-
prentices eligible to promotion in the line.
The Postmaster General will recommend
large increase Of the fast mail service.
the experience of the past year demon
strating its value to the business interests
of the country
Year: 1879

The Progressive Age of this week,
speaking of the Burleigh and Madi gan case
saws: 1.-The Governor and Council threw
..out the votes of several democratic towns
land gave the certificate to Burleigh."


Now the editor Of the Progressive Age
is entirely mistaken. The Governor and
Council did not throw out the votes OF
several democratic towns" They didnot
give .'the certificate to Burleigh." Bur
leigh had no certificate from them. lie
was admitted to his sea, on the report oi
the Senate Committee on senatorial votes
The Governor and Council did not give a
certificate to Burleigh or Madigan, but al
lowed the case to go to the Senate to be
decided as that body thought best. 1t is
amazing that case in which the Cover,
nor and Council deferred in marked
manner to the authority of the Senate to
settle who are elected senator's should be
quoted as a precedent for the Governor
and Council to usurp such authority.
Year: 1879

United States Senator Bruce, Chair man of the committee Investigating the Freedman's Bank, is represented in a published interview as speaking as follows:

 "When we make our report there will be startling revelations which I cannot now speak of. There is one great trouble, ] find, our experts have in balancing the books, and that is that just where they reach that point which ought to lead to some important develop ments they find that three or four pages of the ledger are torn out. What want to do is to induce Congress to buy the Freedman's Bank building and the property up to the corner of Sixteenth street. If such sale can be effected I will guarantee that an additional divi- dend of twenty per cent. will be paid to the banks creditors. That with the thirty per cent. already paid will aggregate total of fifty per cent. and that is all I think ever will be paid. What ought to be done by Congress is to buy the building and discharge the three Commissioners who have for years been drawing $2,OOO per year. If the bank creditors get the fifty per cent. they ought to be satisfied, for I feel con- fident they will get no more."
Year: 1879

The misers of New York city, writes the New York correspondent of the Rochester Democrat, have been chiefly among the lower classes. One of the most conspicuous of this number when advised by friend to use his property for his personal comfort, since his heirs would only spend it, replied thus: "I take more pleasure in saving the money than they will ever have in using it." Several instances are on record in New York city of destitution and death in which large sums were afterward found. In the John Lewis case the estate is nearly $1,000,000. There is also the instance of Gold man Wells," whose heirs recently tried to prove him insane. They failed in this, and hence the old man is left to still increase those accu- mutations which must eventually come into their hands. One of the last cases to attract attention is that of the rag picker, Samuel Leach, who died in 8 tenement house in great misery. The Coroner found the corpse the solitary occupant of miserable attic. It might have been buried by public charity had not the Coroner began an immediate search. A barrel of dirty rags which stood in the room proved to have been 8 place of concealm ent, for it contained quantity of greenbacks and specie, and also several greasy bank-books, which had done long service. On fur ther examination it was discovered that this chifonier, who was generally SUD- posed to be miserably poor, owned two houses. He preferred, however, to hive in an attic, as it was better conceal ment of his wealth, which is now esti- mated at $15,000. Since this fact is known large number of relatives have put in their claims, and when the case was called five lawyers arose, represent ing an equal number of contestants. How many relatives dead man has, if he only leaves an estate
Year: 1879

abhorrence of tobacco smoke. It prob ably affects his stomach. At times the sight of pipe or cigar throws him into nervous spasm, and he becomes so ex- cited that he frequently leaves the track.
Year: 1879

THB GAZING IN OF a culvert at Second
and Adams streets yesterday morning
after not more than an ordinary show.
er, and carrying down horse and
wagon with it, is suggestive OF the
imperfect manner in which much OF the
city work is performed. We do not
know who built that Gu rrt, nor is it
necessary that we sho ID know, but it
is evident that the work was not done
as it should be. Fortunately very lit
tie damage was done to the man, horse
and wagon that went down with the
culvert, but whatever damage has re-
suited from the accident, 1t is evident
that the city is liable for it, even lad
tbs damag- been much greater. Better
have stronger culverts and less dam
ages to pay.
Year: 1879

The exodus of the cOlored people
from the South seems to be the best
civilizpr the South has come in contact
with for some time. The time was when
the negro could not get away from the
South, and if he did, ten chances to
one he would be caught, sent back in
chains, and sold perhaps to new mas
ter. But things have wonderfully
changed within the last two decades,
and although the negro is not much
better of in one sense, he cannot be
sent back to slavery again after he has
ESCAPED from his bondage, as was for
merly the case. The negroes seem to
have only found this out within the
last three months, and they are new
making bee line for freedom. There
are a number of papers that are trying
to deceive the people and to make them
believe that politics had nothing to do
with it, and that the negroes are leav-
ing the South because their would-te
friends are holding out delusive hopes
to them and want to profit by their i'm
migration to the West Happily there
are few papers bold enough in the
South yet to speak the truth upon this
question, and amongst thrra is the
Vicksbnrg, Miss, "Herald," right in
the heart Of the district from which the
negroes are fle.ing.


Surely II any body knows any thing
about this question the "Herald' does.
Il scouts tn. current Southern asser-
ton that politics has nothing to dc
with the migragatoy movement and
says: "Politics has great deal to dc
with it and it is folly for us to deny it.
The colored man prizes his political
rights as much as we do ours, and
many of Us know he has not always
had them in this State and Louisiana
Now, we are in favor Of giving them al
to him in the spirit and letter Of thu
amendment to the Constitution. II VI
can't hold our own, with Intelligence
wealth and pluck on our side, we de
serve To sufTe.. We are in favor OF thi
thing being settled once and forever
by the open, honest, just, philanthro
pic course We have indicated. II tn
Democratic party Of this State does no
intend to do this 1t ought to change 1t
platform, which 1t invariably promise e
shall be DONE"
Year: 1879

Mr.. HEsDRICKs really seems to be IN
earnest about declining the second
place on the ticket in 1880. He au-
thorizes the editor of the indianapolis
Journal" to say in as positive language
a, he can command, that his Intention
in his recent interview was to irrevo
cably decline to be again a candidate
for the Vice Presidency that he is not
an aspirant for that place, and would
not accept nomination to that Office if
it was rendered him to day. In his
opipion it is a less honorable and less
responsible position than that of the
Speaker Of the House it is less remun.
erative than his law practice in lndi-
ana, and he can see no reason why he
should consent to stand for it again.
He h az no desire to enter the White
House through the back door, or
through the Vice Presidency, and he
desires to put at rest at once and for.
ever all talk about his occupying the
second place on any Presidential tick
1t. 1t is h~d saat after all this Mr..
Hendricks will be left alone. He has
already been through one Presidential
campaign o. the tail end CT the ticket,
and has been defeated. This ought to
be enough TO satisfy him, but while hr
80 emphatically declines to enter the
White House through the back door he
says nothing about entering through
the front door. He could if he would
put at rest all this talk about his occu-
pying the first place on the ticket, but
he does not do so. Hendricks must be
a candidate and no mistake, but 1t IL
unnecessary that he should take thu
trou bic to let it be known, for there
are very few people now who think o
looking for President from the Demo
cratic party. The coming man is
Republican.
Year: 1879

THERE Is not quite so much laughing
on the front seats Of the Democratic
snow as there was when the army bill
With its political rider passed both
Fl ,uses Of Congress. President Hayes
= the Mordecai sitting at the gate
through which the ex-rebel army must
pass before it captures the executive
de partment of the government.
Year: 1879

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