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Year: 1878

There are many young men who srs
in the habit of sxcusing their idlenese
and ineficiency with the plea that they
con do nothing without capital. Ths
lack Of means is the ready reply they
make to every appeal to action. They
imagine that they possess in themselves
ell the prerequisites to success except
capital. If they OILY had capital, in
addition to their other imagined cirtues,
they would do great things in the
world; would grow aud astonish the
natives with the boldness of their enter
priae. They would become rich and
10y the ID under perpetual obligs-
tions to them by the msgniicence Of
their benefactions. This 10 the way
they think and talk, and they roll the
vainiglorious idea over in their minds
until they come to imagine that the
world is an immense loser by their
poverty.


These persons forget one important
fact, that ell capital 10 the product of
labor. That nearly oil rich men in
this country were once poor. That ell
personal fortunes they can snumerate is
either the product of les owners toll
and skill. or the representative Of his
fathers toll and skill.


How did the makers Of these fortunes
get along without capital! Had they
spent the vigor OF their youth in idle
and foolish lamentations over their
poverty, they would have lived aud
died poor. Capital allied to labor and
skill can work wonders In the war Of
material enterprise. But money is
not the only Indispensable thing 10
young men. There are other kinds Of
capital bssides accumulated money.
Brains. muscle, industry. honesty,
diligence. truth. fidelity, skill. tact.
education all these are capital, and ell
of them ere Of Q commercial value. which
the owner will be sble, sooner or later.
to command In the masket. Provided
with these. any young man il this
county may make noro than b needs
to spend every year, and thus have
sometbing at the end Of each year to
invest - money capital. Il hs needs
money let him 90 to work and make
it, and thus give proof Of his ability to
use it probably and judiciously. II
We go into any great city. or into any
prosperous agricultural district, We
fiud the capitalists ere those who have
made their fortunes without any out.
side aid. They did not waste their
time in repining at their poverty. and
in silly dreams Of what they cosld do
il they had the money 10 do 1t with.
They went boldly and resolutsly 10
work; they toilsd and thought and
planned, and kept toiling and thinking
and planning, patisntly, until at last
they graspsd the fortunate moment,
aud succeeded.
Year: 1878

Many foxes grow gray, but few grow
good.


Presumption first blinds q man, then
sets him running.


Drink does not drown care but water,
it and makes it grow faster.


Having been poor is no shame. but
being ashamed Of it is.


The wise man draws more ADVANTAGE
from his enemies than fool from his
friends.


Keep conscience clear, then never
fear.


Strive to be the greatest man in your
country, and you may be disappointed;
strive to be the best and you may sue
ceed.


Honest Tom You may trust him
with house full of untold mill.
stones.


There is no man 50 bad, but he
sincerely respects the good.


Courage would fight, but discretion
won't let him.


We are not so sensible of the grestest
health IS OF the least sickness.


He that by the pillow would thrive,
himself must either hold or drive.


He that keeps his shop his shop will
keep him.


A good example is the best sermon.
A quiet conscience rests in thunder.
but rest and guilt live far asunder.


He that won't be counseled. can't be
helped.


Write injuries in dust. benefits in
marble.


What is serving God. 'Tis doing
good to man.


He that cannot bear with other peo.
pies passions cannot govern his own.
Year: 1878

WHAT WE THINK about the
man who unrolleda q customers goods
that he had bought somewhere else,
and then tell him hehad paid too high
for it, when be sells goods thesame way
himself. is. that he must be 3 very
bad man. HOpewe are wrong; don't
say anything about it to him; it would
plague him so bad. Shame on such q
fellow. The tine to sell goods is BE-
fore the customer buys.
Year: 1878

Must not become offended to have
them presented for collection; they
should have been paid as you, prom
ised. Really the best way to do busi-
ness with US is not to credit any of us
for one cent? make US pay for all We
get from you cash up. Then don't
ask US for credit until to morrow or
next week, and we will guarantee you
will love US ten times better; in fact
there viii be a general love scrape.sll
around. Now doa't you know this is
the best way to do businesss
Year: 1878

CThese goods we are Offering very
cheap. We must close the stock out;
and in order to do 80 We are determin-
ed to offer all mannerof clothing very
cheap. Come all hands and see what
big tat bargains we are offering in this
department.)
Year: 1878

EDITOR AEGuS:--rhe Joyful sound has
again senl forth lis welcome notes to glad-
den The hearts of the hardy sons of toll
who have for months past been anxious to
hear the SIrill whistle Of the Port Dis,ov-
cry mill.


Everything is being put in order by the
efficient and skilful hand of the Boss.
Mr.. A. |. Smith. whose name alone is
sufficient to guarantee success to the mill
company.


Many one. especially on the lower
Sound, viii he pleased to know that
the Port Discovery mill has steamed up.
Long may it run with profit to its owners
and benefit to the country will be the good
wishes OF all. BUY.
Year: 1878

Many of our old citizens think that
pulverized willow charcoal is almost
sure preventive Of yellow fever.
They point to the fact that many
families in this city used it during
every visitation Of yellow fever, and
that not one of them had the disease.
The proper way to use it is mixed
with little sugar and water, q table
spoonful at a dose, once or twice b
day before meals. 1t can be had Of
any druggist


Othera have great confidence in
turpentine. They say that it is tho
best disinfectant of rooms now known
and that Bronze John refuses to call
when turpentinc is kept constantly
open in small vessels in every room.
a little poured in saucer and kept
in every room in dwellings, is sufii-
cient. Let us all try it, anyway; it
is very cheap. and it certainly can do
no harm VicksJurg Herald.
Year: 1878

There is feeling here, shared by


all Republicans, whether IN office or
cut, that If the Democrats get the
House this Fall, or rather retain


what they already have, it will be up
hill work for the Republicans to car
rv the next Presidential election.
With the House and Senate in the
hands of the enemy, working together
for a common purpose, the Ropubli-
cans will suffer from the disad-
vantages Of the situation. The Sen
ate is already gone-that is conceded,
the Democrats to have possession
March 4. Hence the struggle for the
House, a struggle upon the result OF
which is supposed to hang the Pres
idcntial election Of 1850. Should The
Year: 1878

A man Of eXp'r ence says:


have seen a sOnug man sell a good farm
turn merchant and die IN the insane asylum


have seen a farmer travel about 50 much
there was nothing al home worth looking al.


! have seen "A man spent more money II
folly than would supper, his finiiy in com.or
and independence.


have seen Il ypung girl marry inIn q
Year: 1878

Artemus Ward related that one Of
his earliest ventures in the show bus
mess, at Skowhegan. was putting can
vass around lot of ground and
charging admission fees to the peo-
pie who wanted toSee an eclipse of the
sun. lie had an excellent hand or
gan and the people were all satisfied,
though they could hare obtained L
better view on the outside.
Year: 1878

Did the prophet Isaiah ever eat at
a railroad station? 1t certainly looks
so, for how could he have described it
so literally ifhe had not? "And he
shall snatch on the right hand and be
hungry; and be shall eat on the left
hand and they shall not be satisfied" {"
Year: 1878

1t is very depressing to a Summer
congregation to see the minister, in
the most eloquent and impassioned
passage of his sermon. gesture with
one hand and fight dies with the
vtbcr.-HOwkryc.
Year: 1878

Good nature is the best feature ID
the tirest face. Wit may raise admira'
ton, judgment may command respect
and knowledge attention. Beauty may
infiame the heart with love. but good
nature has more powerful etfect-it
adds a thousand attractions to the
charms of beauty. and gives an air OF
beneficence to the most homely face.
Year: 1878

POTTERs committee is making haste
slowly. Indeed, it looks very much as if
the hgure-head Of that remarkable organi-
zation Of hate, malice, disloyalty, and mis-
chief began to be dazed by the magnitude
of his revolutionary scheme, and was about
ready to faint by the way. The loyal and
patriotic sentiment of the country is
against this effort to oyerturn the laws and
bring disorder and disaster upon national
and individual interests The more level
headed and Union loving Democrats of the
country stand aghast at the cnormity of
this attempted outrage and either assume
an attitude of inaCtiOn or enter their pub
lie protest against it. The more sensible,
the more patriotic, ard the more conscrya-
tive portion of the Democratic party dcpre-
cate this move most honestly and sincerely,
and thus, as during the former at tempted rev.
Oution, the Democratic party is rent in
twain, and divided and weakened in its
power. To what extent this schism exists
cannot now be rs well defined as it will be
whenever this embryo revolution shall cul-
inmate in violence but that it does exist
there can be no just denial.


The path Of duty to the Republicans is
very plain. They have been abused for Il
year without stint because they consented
to the introduction Of the Elaboration
mission machine for the settlement Of the
Presidential qucstiOn-and we are not so
clear that they do not merit some abuse for
having yielded that consent. The man of
their choice who was declared elected
through this machine of Democratic origin,
has been branded as fraud" almost with
out cessation for year, by the
Democrats and their allies, and the world
has been taught to think that the President
OF the United States is moro entitled to
position in the pententiary than to the
chair ho now occupies. Thus tho Republi-
can party has submitted to insult, misrep-
Year: 1878

ONE reason why the Democrats are 50
anxious not to admit nTc testimony in the
pending Title Investigation Is that the pub
lie memory would be refreshed bya reopen
ing of the Oregon and South Carolina
investigation with the tales of TIL
DENERo's Immediate and personal con-
nection with the CRoNIN and NASH
bribery attempts. Suppose, in this
connection. they should after all succeed in
Year: 1878

THERE is much fuss just now over one
ANDERSON, who turns up from Louisiana.
and has be, II the cause of considerable ex-
citement at the Treasury Department and
among a class Of excitabe journals. In
less we are mistaken in the individual re-
ferred TO, he was much more of man when
he was sticking type than now while he is
sticking his nose into the Presidential
Question
Year: 1878

installing the Gramercy Park income thief
would the peace and confidence of the coun.
try be restored by knowledge that the
Chief Magistrate was party to those at.
tempts at corruption?
Year: 1878

The South can have u Southern Pacific
Eailroad whenever that company which can
D"Ild one without subsidy from the Govern.
ment is encouraged 10 90 OH with the work.
1t is no time for the Government to make
NV grants of lands or to indorse the bonds
OF railroad companies to make them negoti-
able in the market. But it is a good time
to encourage the building of road on ex-
isting land grants and with private capital.
Year: 1878

They think in Washington that JOHN SHER.
MAN has covered his tracks But they smell
pretty strong, and may be found by men of
trained noses.-t toHrier-JouTndi.


This Is fair specimen of the style of
innuendo by which the Greaser press main
tains its cause before the country. There is
no specific charge against Secretary SHER-
MAN in this paragraph, but the door is left
wide open in II for unreasonable and unjust
differences. But the writer thereof is be-
trayed by his familiarity with such things
near at home into an exposure of his own
instincts when he uses the phrase trained
noses" Mr.. WATTERsoN knows how ii is
himself A smelling committee is as neces.
sary to Democratic campaign as smelling
salts are to nervous old maid and Just
about as useful. They both serve as an ev-
anescent stimulant, and deceive those who
use them with false idea of the possession
of great natural strength.
Year: 1878

BARS-YARD manure must remain,
for many years at least, the back
bone of profitable farming, hence
it should be guarded with special
care. Natures should invariably
be under cover, and in absence OF
proper shelter, they should bo pro-
tected by thick coat of dry earth
road scrapings or sods and molas
Do not permit your most valuable
aid to Increased profits to blow cfi
with every wind, or wash away will
every rain.
Year: 1878

REPEAL OF THE BANkRUPT LAW.
The Judiciary Committee of the
House agreed to report bill favor
ing the repeal Of the bankrupt law.
All voluntary proceedings are to be
open until tho 1st of July, 1879.
but involuntary proceedings are to
cease from the passage OF tue act.
Year: 1878

Brooks Martin of the firm of Morris
Il Martin, met with an accident yes
ter,lay which came near sending him
to his future existence. While sweep
ing In the mill his coat caught In the
gearing and he was shut up like ~ jack
knife, wound around the shaft and
drawn through the smallest hole any
man ever went through alive. His
clothing was literally chewcl to pieces
and left In the gearing.


The second finger on his right hand
caught in coy wheel and was cut three
times In two, rendering amputatiOn
above the knuckle joint necessary. He
has some very severe bruises, but we
think nothing that will prove fatal.
DR.. jenkins assisted by DIR. Browne
dressed his wounds and he II now very
comfortable. Clarion, My lOth.
Year: 1878

We have already spoken q bear
catching In Manistee town by Mess'S.
Goolenow and Thompson. Webelieve
We have referred To the catching OF
two, the last one having been m IL
TONED last week. On last Wednesday,
however, they trapped tue third one,


which turned out To be rather young.


Monday of this week Mr.. GOodehOw
sent word down to us that u large one
much older than the Others--had
been caught, and desired us 10 go up
and sec IL. We went up about eleven
O'clock In the forenoon, and after pass
Ing the swamp north Of Hugh Medium
eas' farm, We passed OH up the hill and
turned into the woods near Rietz Bros.
old camp. Just cast Of the slianty we
found IIruin with his foot in the trap
ani the trap caught under log. He
had dragged the rrup several hundred
yards from where he was caught, and
had almost pulled his foot OFT In his
frantic efforts To free himself from Its
iron grasp. The small trees all through
the wu0ds where lie had gone, and the
logs, were torn almost into fragments
by his teeth. After looking the brute
over Il few moments, MIR. GoOdenow
lcveled his rifle ut him and sent bull
let through his brain. He weighed
over three hundred pounds and was
very fat, nearly eight g'.llosls Of oil be-
ing taken from him.


To those who are not acquainted with
the manner Of Ofcatching bears, we would
say that they are caught In large steel
trap male in the same shape that small
steel traps for catching rats are made.
A Kind of n den Is constructed near an
old up-tlIrned tree root with one end
open for an entrance, and the other
closed. A piece OF dead horse, cow, or
other animal Is put in the back part of
the den, and the trap set in the en-
trancc. The trap has n chain to it, and
II large ring on the eud of the Chain.
This ring Is slipped over IL large stout
pole, und then spikes are put in the
pole to keep the ring from slipping of
This Is fixed in that way 50 the bear
can wander about but cannot go far,
the pole becoming entangled In the
brus., and trees.-.M1,istee Times.
Year: 1878

Isia marked feature of social life in
England, and certainly one of its special
charms, that mothers and daughters are
50 uniformly seen together at home.
Not only is TIE mother the first lady to
whom YOU are introduced at the house
where you visit, but she is mistress OF the
ceremonies throughout; not only does
she preside at the dinner table, but at
the evening party she sits as queen.
Whatever may be your first Impressions
of such An arrangement, it il happens
tha, your sympathies are with the
younger ladies, you will very soon learn
to think that the mothers absence would
be very sincerely regretted by the daugh>
ters. As picture, all must admit the
arrangement to be perfect The portly
form and matronly dignity Of the mother
are an exquisite Toll to the youthful
beauty and maidenly coyness OF the
daughters. And yeu will find nothing
Year: 1878

the whole animal kingdom. They are
engaged in eating one another up, and
man is the greatest glutton of all. Even
in the vegetable kingdom, the weeds
and thistles are seeking to crowd out the
grass and the grain, Man preys upon
everything, vegetable and animal He
preys upon his own kind, Among men
there are three beasts Of prey, whom hon
esty must guard agaipst-the cannibal,
the capitalist and the communist. Ev.
cry capitalist is not rascal, nor is every
communist, but both classes need watch
ing TCourier-Jourual.
Year: 1878

THE spirit of self>sacriGce is one of the
great beauties of holiness Husband
Yielding to wife, vile te husband brother
to brother; sister to sister; friend TO
friend; in great things, but in small,
especially. First and foremost, zee tha.
the spirit is with you az home; then
carry it abroad into the world. It is a
spirit that will sweeten happiness and
brighten troubles; and when the soul is
ready to wing its flight to its eternal
home, it will have the unspeakable con
ISOLATION of knowing that it has not lived
70 itself; that II has left the world
hsppier and better in some degree than
il fund 1t; that it mas been faithful to
| its earthly mission.
Year: 1878

ORANGES impregnsted with arsenic
have been dropped in exposed situations
in the streets of London. The authors
of this diabolical practice have not been
discovered, and nothing is learned as to
the motive. The only result thus far is
the death Of boy nine years Of age, but
many children had narrow escapes.
Year: 1878

A correspon dent writing from Han
kon, in China, says: There is a very
large trade in brick tea, which is pre-
pared here for the Russian market, and
is shipped hence by the way of Tientsin
and Pekin. Nearly half of the foreign
merchants here are Russians, and they
have several factories for the prepara-
tion of the bricks This morning |
visited one of the establishments and
witnessed the process. The dry tea is
weighed out into portions for single
bricks, and each portion is wrapped in a
cloth and placed over steam boiler.
When it is thoroughly steamed it is
poured into mold and placed beneath
machine which presses it into the requir-
ed shape. Some of the machines are
worked by hand and Others by steam;
both kinds are rapid and efficient, and it
dld not appear that the steam had much
advantage. Five men working hand
machine and receiving twenty cents each
per day, W re able TO press six bricks a
minute. The steam press worked only a
little faster, and the cost of fuel must be


nearly equal to that of muscle.
Year: 1878

AN ACT regulating the Working and


Proper Ventilation of Coal Mines in AL


legany and Garrett Counties, and Pro


viding for the appointment of an in In


spector of said Mines.


SECTION 1. BE it enacted ~ the Gencr-
al Assembly of Maryland, That the Act of
January session, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-siX, entitled "an Act regulating the
working and proper ventilation of coal
mines in AllCgany and Garrett counties,
and providing for the appointment of an
inspector Tor said mlncs,' be and the same
Is hereby repealed and re-enacted, so as to
to read as follows:


SEC. 9. And be il enacted. That the
Governor SHALL by and with the advice and
consent ofthc Senate appoint one mine III
spector for the counties Of Allegany and
Garrett who Shall hold his office for two
years from the date of his appointment.


SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That no per-
son shall be eligible to the Office of mine in
spector until he shall have attained the age
OF thlrty-tiyc years, and shall possess Il COM
petent knowledge OF all the different sys-
tens of mining and working and proper
ly ventilating coal mines and the nature
and constituent parts of noXious gas of
mines, and OFT the various ways of eXpelmg
the same from said mines.


SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That before
entering upon and discharging the duties
OF his office said Inspector of Mines shall
take an oath to faithfully discharge the
duties hereinafter set forth, in an
impartial manner; and for the
faithful performance of his duties
the said Mine Inspector shall re-
ceiNc salary of fifteen hundred dollars
per annum, Which salary shall be paid out
OF the States money by warrant of the
Comptroller upon the State Treasurer for
the same.


SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall
be the duty ofxhe said Mine inspector to
carefully examine all mines thai may be in
operation IN the counties Of AllCgany and
Garrett, at least once il every month aud
oltener II necessary, to see that every pre-
caution is taken to insure safety to all
Workingmen that may be engaged in said
mines, and to see that the provisions of
this act are strictly observed; and it shall
further be the duty of the said Inspector
after being notified by magistrate of
said counties Of Allegany or Garrett to at
tend at every inquest that may be held
on the bodies of any person or persons
that may lose their lives while engaged at
work in or about any of the coal mines of
said counties, and lie shall examine close
ly into the cause by which said person or
persons lost their lives, and if it shall be
fully proven that the said person or per-
sons lost their lives by any WilItal violation
Year: 1878

mssioners shall cause said fstreet to be cut
down and graded to grade to be fixed by
the City Engineer, such grade to be uni
form from Washington to Green street, and
the curbing and sidewalk paving now
along the eastern side of said street shall
be Ie-laid SO as to conform to the new line
thereof, and shall apporticn the cost of
said grading and re-paving and curbing Of
said street amongst the property holders
on said street and against said Mayor and
City Council in such proportions as said
commissioners may deem Just.


SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date of its
passage.


Approved March 90, 1878.


JOHN LEE CARROLL,


Governor.


FETTER S. HOBLITZELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.


EDWARD LLOYD,


President of the Senate.
Year: 1878

Golden Medical Discovery
Is Alternative. or blood-cleansing.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Pectoral.
Golden Medical Discovery
Is q Cholagogue, or Liver Stimulant.
Golden Medical Discovery


Is Tonic.
Golden Medical Discovery
Year: 1878

The Democrats came very nearly suiieflhg
another defeat In the House OF Representa-
tives last week on the Wood investigation
resolution. On the first day that this resolu-
tion camcup the Republicans actually had n
majority on the floor Of the House, and the
Democrats were compelled to fight for an ad-
journment by Hibustering, and on the next
day succeeded In carrying the resolution by
slim majority Of four


Absentecism is fast becoming growing
evil In Congress. The Democrats the other
day received an awkward defeat In the increase
of the army, thanks to seven Democratic Con-
gressmen who were away from Washington.


At that time it was announced that the
Democratic caucus would create a committee
ON absentees who would see that all the DEM
ocrats were In their seats whenever an Inn.
portant measure was to be voted ON. Such a
committee would seem necessary, AS quite a
number OF Democratic congressman have a
way of wandering off from Washington ut
most inopportune moments.