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Year: 1879

ANYTHING TO BEAT GRAHT.-The
New York SIN SAYS in its leading article:
The elections which have just taken place
in several States show conclusiveIy such
an augmentation of Republican strength
as to render it altogether probable that
the Republicans will be able to elect their
candidate for President next year. Elect
ing President for third term would be
an innovation on the custom Of the coun-
try established by our revolutionary fsth>
ers-an innovation of the most alarming
character, and menacing the overthrow
Of eur free institutions ard the establish
ment Of monarchy. Anybody, every
body against Grant is the motto Of true
and eriightened patriots.
Year: 1879

SHORT RoUTE.-It was expected that
the short schedule time of the railroad
would have been in operation by this
time, but it seems that the track across
the tule. below Sl.isun, continues to sink,
and has settled about six inches since it
was graded and grsveled. and everything
thought to be in readiness. The new
passenger and freight depot at Susun is
completed, but there is hitch between
the Railroad Company and the Water
Company which will probably be settled
by the Railroad Company sinking an ar.
tesian we'll. The railroad authorities are
confident, however, that all obstacles will
shortly be overcome, and ths short route
be declared sn established fact. Record.
Union
Year: 1879

HENRY WARD BEFcHER said in his
morning sermon last Sunday: "There
are but two objects Of punishment above
and below. One is the preservation OF
society. the ether the reformation of the
criminal. The inHiction of infinite and
endless punishment for any other object
is a token of demoniae cruelty. 1t is
demoniac and not divine to infict pain
for the sake of pain. If / thought that a
God stood at the door where men go out
of life, ready TO send them down to eter-
nal punishment, my soul would cry out,
Let there be no Cod Ny instincts
would say, 'annihilate him."
Year: 1879

TAXATIoN.-Th Nevada State Bank
Of San Francisco has fled certificate
with the Secretary of State of a reduction
Of its capital stock from 100000 to
S3,000,00O. Several other heavy banking
corporations, including The Bank of Cal
ifornia, have done the same thing. This
course has been adopted with n view of
lodging the effects of Section ! Article 8
of the new Constitution, which provides
for the taxation of everything capable of
private ownership.
Year: 1879

TIE Examiner says Hon. w. r.
White, late Workingmen's candidate for
Governor, and at present by the grace OF
Governor Irwin Bank Com mjssioner
''is in every respect worthy of this mark
of the appreciation in which he is held by
the Democracy" Now ye Democrats
who wish to insure an Office and merit the
respect Of the Democracy, bolt the first
ticket and help elect Republican.
Year: 1879

MANY Of the mines on the mountains
around Leadville, Col, have suspended
work for the Winter. being inaccessible
in consequences of snow. Those that can
be worked are carried on with difficulty,
and prospecting is not easy. The ground
is covered from two feet to eight feet
with snow.
Year: 1879

THE provisions of the law prohibiting
deer shooting at certain seasons OF the
year are again in force. II will now be
unlawful to kin deer before the 1st of July
next. The statutes now in force, by pro-
hibiting the killing of does for the last
four years, have had the effect of greatly
increasing the mum Der of deer.
Year: 1879

THE Chico Record, disgusted at John
Kelly's bolt in New York, growls thus,
We trust that the time is near at hand
when The Democracy can bid an eternal
fare well to all such cattle" But they
cannot, and gain success, either in New
York Of California.
Year: 1879

How terrible the thought of soul being
deserted by the Spirit, given over of God,
doomed to destruction-even in this life,
sealed beforehand to despair And yet, such
thing is possible or such admonitiOns as
"grieve not, "quench not the Spirit" neV'
er would have been given. Such thing is
possible or God himself never would have
declared, "My Spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he too is flesh, Let
Ephraim alone, he is joined to his IDOLS
The thought is ell the more appalling, when
we reflect that soul may be in that condi-
ton and yet insensible to it and unconscious
of it. In that condition while in the lively
exercise of all his faculties, in the buoyancy
of bodily health, intent upon the pursuits of
this life, and in the enjoyment of all the
world calls good and great. In that cOndi-
ton and insensiblc to it, and thus remain,
until on his dying bed, the light is let into
his soul, and the remorseful conviction is
forced upon him, that the market is over
with hin, and in his own conscience he has
the fearful premouitions of coming wrath
or amidst the fires seTophet, he awakeS to
consciousness, with eternal realities upon
him, and in vain calls for one drop of water
Co cool his parched tongue.


God has sovereignty concealed from the
eyes of mcr.sls the point at which, or the
time when, the sinner reaches that degree in
wickedness, as forever to quench the Spirit,
and that fearful sentence goes forth against
the doomed soul, "Let him alone" And
vet suppose that many faithful servant
of Christ, who stands between the living and
the dead, to proclaim the glorious gospel Of
the Son Of God, has painful apprehension
that such may be the case with some soul
who sits under his ministry, but who lives IL
persistent impenitency, and provoking ne
glect of the great salvation, and upon whom
the gospel falls with no visible good effects
One of two effects the gospel must produce
in the hearts of all who hear it, 1t mus
either soften or harden. God hath said, my
word shall not return unto me void. l
shall accomplish that which I please, an(
prosper in thing whereunto l sent it. How
solemn the thought to all who'hear the g'S
pei? Dear reader, suffer the inquiry, Ho7
have you heard the gospel? What impres
sion has it made upon your heart? Not
withstanding its gracious invitations, sWee
and precious promises, and fearful and sol
Year: 1879

an evil-disposed young person, to say with
reference to the curing of bacon, that ours
was both meat house and meeting house.
All this has made the Office of sexton one Of
great responsibility and Importance. And
we have been much troubled to get the right
man. One colored brother after ancsher
was tried and resigned, because nobody would
haul wood, and because as they said they
had "toted' all the sticks and chips they
could find in reach. Withal, they averred
that the remuneration was not Of that regu-
larly periodic character which was to be de-
sired. There seemed nothing else left to US
under the circumstances, and We accordingly
got our ingenious pastor to accept the posi-
ton of sexton, the duties of which he is dis
charging admirably.


Now in all these things we have as We
hope, shown our desire to give honor where
honor is due. But with this said, we have
grave charge to bring against our minister.
He does not visit as much as he ought to do.
We have often told him that he should spend
six or seven days With each of our families,
or at least visit us every few weeks. And
that we might nearly as we'll have no pastor
at all, as have him. He has confessed his
ineficiency in this respect, but has tried to
excuse himself in this wretched style. He
says, aud says rightly, that we expect him to
study his sermons thoroughly, and that he
must devote at least half Of his time to this.
He is not far from sixty years old, and in
bad health, and yet as he says he rides not
far from sixty miles week. There is no
point on the earth beneath, or the heavens
above or under the earth, from which the
average distance of the congregation is less
than seven miles. Hence as he alleges,
dozen visits to each of us would just equal
the circuit of the earth, and that were he to
pay the longer one suggested, devoting every
other week to the duty, it would take him
four years to get around. Indeed he once
remarked that the only way he could see Of
meeting the calls for calls upon him, was to
have himself treated like that ancient lady,
who was sliced up, and went around to the
tribes, in very uncommon and improper frac-
tions.


Now it is just here, we want him to be
made to do better. We want pens more able
than ours to enforce on him what We all feel.
Where there is a will there is way. No
man has right to be in the church at all,
and not do all he can for her. To forget
her welfare or her woe, or to neglect her in
terests, is to forget or neglect the body of
Christ. As the Master loved and sacrificed
SO he requires all of his people to follow him,
that he and they suffering together, may also
rejoice together. Such are few of the
points we wish to have enforced on our de-
linquent pastor. He who shall give it to
him we'll, shall have the thanks of many


OLD GRUMs.
Year: 1879

Among the last words of dear DR.. Beadle
were these: go Lord, and is this the way?"


Yes, 0 yes, thou loving brother, thou
faithful servant Of God, this is the way; not
the way that thou wouldst have devised, per.
hsps, nor the way that any of thy earthly
friends would have chosen for thee But it
is the way appointed by infinite and unerr.
ing wisdom, and selected by eternal and un-
changing love. 1t is not in man that walk
eth to direct his steps across the Jordan, or
anywhere else. A wise man would rather,
if it were possible, die twenty times than be
compelled to decide when, where, and how
he shall leave the world. If God determines
such things, there will be no error, no mis-
take. If man determines it, fool will be
arranging matters Of which he knows nothing.


And yet, dear brother, the way the Lord
took to remove thee from US is mysterious to
us, and no wonder it seemed go to thee
Almost all Of US have our plans for leaving
the world; that is, we never foresee just how
it will be. Thy removal was so sudden, so
unlooked.for by any of US, at the time when
thy vigor seemed unusual, there was but
step between thee and death. One wintry
blast seemed to do the whole work.


Gods ways are never as cur ways. The
Saviour went to his Father by the CROSS
His way was much rougher and darker than
thine. Thy death, dear brother, was agoniz.
ing. Thy Masters death was ezcruciating.
He was forsaken by friends, and Knocked by
enemies. But thou didst leave us surround,
ed By friends, who lovingly ministered unto
thee. He died under the wrath of God, and
With dreadful sense Of His Fathers dis
pleasure against himself as a sin-bearer.-
But thoa didst leave the world with the GER
tain knowledge that thy suferings were not
for Precipitation. He tasted death for every
man, and drank the cup of the wine of the
wrath of God. But thou left US in the peace
of the redeemed, and had no cup held to thy
lips but the cup Of salvation. By his suffer-
inga the Redeemer took away the sting and
bitterness of death from all who believe
Jesus foresaw all his suferings, and for years
and years knew all that was coming, and so
he, as it were, died thousand deaths. But
from thee God in mercy concealed the time





and the manner till thy hour came.


When the Lord died his work was done;
and when thou didst breathe ont thy great
and loving spirit thy work was done, though
man knew it not till the Master called for
thee. His decease was accomplished in the
very best time-the time fixed in the coun-
sells Of infinite wisdom and everlasting love;
and so was thine, though thy loving people
could no more see it SO, than did the dis
ciples see how seasonable was their Lords
departure
Year: 1879

THE BEST recipe for going through life in
an exquisite way, with beautiful manners, is
to feel that everybody, no matter how rich
or poor, needs all the kindness he can get
from others in the world.
Year: 1879

Let some one lay up copy of toe
vote on the school appropriation where


moth nor rust can corrupt, or thieves


break through and steal. The time is
fast approaching when it will be con-
venieut for reference. And there will


be a weeping and wailing and gnashing


of teeth when that roll is called 30
loudly thst all the people of the state
ca hesr.-[ San Antonio Expr -
Year: 1879

A CORES pondent of the Galveston
News lately interviewed Mr.. McCor-
mick, one of the state officers at Aus
tin. Of whom he says:


He is violently opposed to uncle
Sam j. Tilden, and when | asked him
why, he said he would never vote for
any man who having been elected
president, was too great a coward t0
assert and enforce his right. l guess
old Sam knew what he was up to.
When his party proposed and adopted
the electoral commission, guess he
had nothing to do. but submit with the
best grace he could. He said that the
revolt of Tammany showed that old
Sam was a dead cock in his own state.
On the contrary L think it SHOWS that
he is the strongest sort Of cock it
shows ceatainly that he is fighting
cock. He fought and whipped oul
the gigantic canal ring of thieves, and
now he has the hardihood to take the
gigantic ring of Tnmmauy thieves by
the throat. 1t appears that nobody
opposed him in the state convention Of
New York except the Tanrnany ring
of thieves. Itis singular to zee the
mercurisl element Of the South joining
these thieves to whip out uncle Sam
and perpetuate The rule Of the repub-
leans. Such sDectacle is bound 10
have telling influence in the north,
Year: 1879

OSg Of the largest and most enthusiastic
political conventions ever seen in Ohio
will assemble at Cincinnati to-day, and we
venture to predict that It will nominate a
ticket and enunciate platform that will
moi leave much show for the Democracy
Al the ballot box next October. Ohio, Is
awake from centre to circumference. 1t
was a sorry day for the Democracyzmhen
tbey forced the present extra session Of
Congress.
Year: 1879

Us taking the chair at the meeting Of
Bishops in New York on Monday night,
Cardinal McCloskey made the following
remarks:


I'VE are met to devise ways and means
for the reliet Of Archbishop Purcell. l
have known him from boyhood. His
affection for me has been that Of father
and brother. He has labored long and
hard, and the weight OF many years rests
upon him. We know how heavy are his
trOubles, and our sympathy goes out to
him in his misfortune. Its our desire to
10 all that can be done to relieve the bur-
dens that press him to the earth"
Year: 1879

One Of the mills Of the city yesterday
gave notice to its nailers that the scale
now in force whereby 81 cents Is paid for
cutting lOd nails is no longer satisfactory
toit, the price Of nails having gone below
the price in vogue when 81 cents was fixed
as the rate for cutting 10d, The proprie-
tors have therefore asked a conference
with their nailers next Saturday. This
action on the part OF the mill referred to
bin accordance with a resolution passed
al the Nail Manufacturers meeting on
Monday last, and will be followed by sim
liar action on the part of all the mills.
All Of them will ask conference with
their nailers with view to a reAdiust.
ment Of the present scale. non. ~.


ltisgrestly to be hoped that these con.
ierences will result in an arrangement
satisfactory to both parties in interest, In
asInuch as the stoppage Of the mills is a
possible contingency to be deeply deplor-
ei by every person in this community.
In England great many lock-outs and
strikes have been saved by boards of ar.
bltration, and it is to be regretted that
uere is no system Of the kind in existence
IN this country, In tho absence OF it the
only thing to be done is to try and adjust
differences by conferences. 1t seems as


il conferences between intelligent and
vedispOsed men on both sides should be
productive Of good results. A fact on
either side should have in its logical force
irrspectiveot the stand point from whence
it emanates, and certainly all the facts
that enter INTO the present situation OF at.
lars between the mills and the nailers are
capable OF being presented and discussed
without passion or prejudice, and on a
basis Of simple justice to the ultimate best


interests Of all concerned. ys5g
Year: 1879

THE CONVENTION TO MEET TODAY
r11r REPUBLICANS GATHERING AT CINCINNATI IN


GREAT FoRCE-IHE PARTY FULL OF FIGHT


AND CoNFIDENT-Gossp ABOUT THE CANDi-


DATES AND PLATFORM.


Nearly every prominent Republican IN ONO
has gone to Cincinnati to attend the state
Convention, which meets there to-day. A
sensation was created yesterday by report
that Mr.. Thurman would probably be the
nominee of the Democrats. This caused the
names Of Secretary Sherman and General
Garfield to be brought forward prominently
for the Republican nomination for Governor IN
place of Judge Taft and Mr.. Foster; f; but Cen
aral Garfield declined positively to run, and Is
ON the ground to make his declination en-
pbatic, and Mr.. Sherman has written to his
friends again to say that he cannot run either
II is still believed that he would accept II the
Convention should demand it, but the friends
of Taft and Foster think that the party can
beat Thurman with either of the two can
didates last named to head the ticket
The platform will condemn the course
of the Democratic majority in Congress, ana
indorse President Hayes and Secretary Sher-
man. It will demand the maintenance OF the
National authority and the purity and free
dom of elections.
Year: 1879

THE GLOBE MUTUAL LIFE TO BE WOUND UP
THE TRUSTEES ASK THE ArroRNEY-GENERAL TO


BRING AN ACTION TO DISSOLVE THE COMPANY


OPPOSITION BY POLCY-HoLDERs.


The Globe Mutual Life Insurance Company has
finally succumbed after reorganization
which it was hoped would result IN re-
storing the company to solyency The COM
pany have requested the AttOney-General
to bring an action TO wind up the company and
to obtain the appointment of John w. Barrow, tho
present president as receiver. A single member Of
the board voted against this step. and in concert
with policy holders has employed counsel to oppose
the proposed action.
Year: 1879

How TO CHOOSE SILK.-Many la dies do not know how to choose a good black silk; but well informed women know that it should be soft and heavy. 4 good silk must never be gummy or stiff. They prefer gros gi'ai'a because it is fashionable but they will have 1t light, though full in the hand" They do not look so much at the grain as at the floss they pull out of it. If this process of investigation is not al lowed, they pinch the specimen on the cross, then pull it in a contrary direc- ton. If the crease looks like fold in a paper, they reject that piece but if it smooths out and disappears they are secure. They also imperceptibly touch the sample with the tip of the tongue, for the presence of iron used in dye Is thus detected. As regards the color of black, there are very unre- liable green blacks and dun blacks. A black, singularly enough, and without the slightest desire to appear ridiculous, should be blue. The ravens wing has a blue haze over 1t. No one not in the business can know how difficult 1t is to get glossy blue black a dead black is not such a feat. Cheap qualities of silk would not reward the manufacturer for his trouble, therefore a brown or green black are of inferior fiber. There is not a more useful investment to be made than money expended for really good black silk.
Year: 1879

Our daughters must be educated to

 bear their share of tho burdens of life. We do not wish them to be Amazons, to contend as athletes, to become re-

 nowned as horsewomen, as good shots,

 as successful pedestrians but we must

 not go to the other extreme and train

 them to be delicate, helpless, ignorant,

 incapable. They must understand the whole duty of woman. Of course we desire them to have loving, indulgent,

 faithful husbands. But marriage is 8 partnership, and unequal partnerships never turn out we'll. Suppose to the

 partnership the husband brings a strong, well-built body, developed by all manner of wholesome and manly exercise, and the wife brings feeble

 body, weak from want of exercise, in iured by tight-lacing, improper dress and bad ways of living, so that how ever willing she may be to do her part she is physically incapable of discharg ing the responsibilities she assumes at the hymeneal altar. What then? Can happiness follow such a union? There Is plenty of work about house that will make girls strong. Sweeping is capital exercise, so is ironing and cook ing and the whole round of domestic 2 has a chance to rest from one kind of labor while performing another kind. Then in the husbands of our daughters we wish intelligence, culture, knowl- edge of men and things. Do we see to it that in these respects our daughters shall be capable of becoming compan- ions to them? A marriage in which there is no companionship Is very fimsy and unsatisfactory affair. If mothers would see to 1t that their daughters are physically and intelIec- tually capable of becoming good wives and mothers and bearing easily the burdens of married life the course of moral reform would be wonderfully helped. As we can not foresee what burdens our daughters may be called upon to bear, it is we'll to prepare them for all emergencies. There is no ob- ject more pitiable than feeble, inca pablo woman who must depend upon herself.
Year: 1879

USEFUL HINTs.-If coal fire is low, throw on tablespoonful of salt, and 1t will help it very much. A little gin ger put into sausage meat improves the flavor. In icing cakes, dip the knife frequently into cold water. In boiling meat for soup, use cold water to extract the juices. If the meat is wanted for itself alone, plunge in boiling water at once. You can get bottle or barrel of oil off any carpet or woolen stuff by applying dry buckwheat plentifully and faithfully. Never put water to such a grease spot, or liquid of any kind. Broil steak without salting. Salt draws the juices in cooking ; it is desirable to keep these in if possible. Cook over 8 hot fire, turn frequently, soaring on both sides. Place on. a platter ; salt and pepper to taste. Beef having a ten dency to be tough can be made very palatable by stewing gently for two hours, with pepper and salt, taking out about a pint of the liquor when half done, and letting the rest boil into the meat Brown the meat in the pot. After taking up, make a gravy of the pint of liquor saved. A small piece of charcoal Tn the pot with boiling cab bage removes the smell. Clean oil cloth with milk and water brush and soap will ruin them. Plumbers that have had milk in them should never be put in hot water. A spoonful of stewed tomatoes in the gravy of either roasted or fried meats Is an improve ment. The skin of a boiled egg is the most efficacious remedy that can be applied to boil. Peel it carefully, wet 1t and apply it to the part affected. It will draw of the matter and relieve the soreness in few hours.
Year: 1879

THE QUEEN OF HoMB.-Honor the dear old mother. Time has scattered snowy flakes on her brow, plowed deep furrows on her cheeks, but IS she not sweet and beautiful now? The lips are thin and shrunken, but those are the lips which have kissed many hot tear from the childish cheeks, and they are the sweetest lips in the world. The eye Is dim, yet it glows with the soft radiance that can never fade, An, yes, she is a dear old mother. The sands of life are nearly run out, but, feeble as she is she will go further and reach down lower for you than any other upon earth. You cannot enter prison whose bars will keep her out; you can never mount a scaffold too high for her to reach that she may kiss and bless you in evidence of her deathless love. When the world shall despise and forsake you, when it leaves you by the wayside to die un- noticed, the dear old mother will gather you in her feeble arms and carry you home and tell you all your virtues until you almost forget your soul is dis figured by vices. Love her tenderly. and cheer her declining years with holy devotion.