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Year: 1878




WASHINGTON, July 17.-Assistant United
States treasurerS have been ordered to pay
out the silver dollars In their vaults on checks
In exchange for greenbacks and bank notes to
parties wishing them for disbursement on
pay rolls, and in lieu OF one and two dollar
notes.


Depositary national banks have also been
notified that the silver dollar will be sent them
free OF expense. 1t is hoped that the fall de-
mand for small notes for the movement Of
ard silver dollars. The Treasurer is taking
an inventory OF the small gold coin to see
what amount is on hand, and If found to be
advantageous to the interests Of the govern
mpnt, 1t will be disbursed.


1t is believed that this action Of the govern
ment, taken in connection with the impOrta-
tion Of gold from Europe, which 1t Is pre-
dlcted VIII commence unusually early this
season, will have the effect to wipe out en-
tirely the present low premium on gold in
this country and giveus a practical specie re-
sumption some time before the period set by
act OF Congress.


With the approval Of the Secretary of the
treasury, instructions were to-day sent by
telegraph to the superintendent of the mint
at San Francisco, to coin S1,000,0O0 in value,
hall In One-quart6r eHges and half in one
half eagles, and to hold the same subject to
the order Of the Treasury Department.


The purchasing rate for silver In lots not
exceeding 10000 ounces, at the Philadelphia
mint and the assay office in New York city,
has been by order of the Secretary of the
Treasury reduced to one-haIf cent per ounce
below the equivalent Of the London rate. The
amount Of silver dollars exchanged at par for
gold coin at the San Francisco mint, for the
week ending on the eighth instant, was S18,-
600, which is very gratifying to the Treasury
department, as such exchanges return to the
Treasury gold In place Of the gold coin paid
out for silver bullion during the first two
months after the passage Of the silver dollar
law. 1t can be stated authoritativeIy that
every legitimate effort will be made by the
government to wipe out the remaining pre-
MUM on gold.
Year: 1878

LONDON July ia dispatch from Berlin
states that Emperor William Is desirous OF
sparing the life of the man Hoedel and that
unless the wishes Of his Majesty be overruled
H0edel will be sent to prison in q fortress,
perhaps for life and perhaps for term Of
years, but Prince Bismarck and the Crown
Prince are both opposed to this cemency,
only to himself but to the other crowned
heads Of Europe, both Hoedel and Modelling
should be executed.
Year: 1878

says that Italy is negotiating with Greece for
the cessiOn of a portion of her territory for
occupation, in case Turkey should refuse the
rectificatiOn Of the Greek frontier, as sug-
gested by the congress-
Year: 1878

there. Maybe he has been Killed in 4
fight probably


81 hardly think so. Very few people
in the country would care TO engage him,
and he never sought trouble. On the
other hand, ne always avoided personal
encounters, though when he was forced
1nirablv. No, I do not think he has
fallen in a fight


Il suppose there were occasions when
he was invaluable to youS


Eyes, indeed, and never more so than
when crossed the river in order to go
to Miles relief, fearing that Sitting Bull
might come to the rescue Of the captured
Indians. heard that he had intercept
ed the Nez Perces, SO I crossed the river
with the whole command to the scene Of
the fight. Johnson was my guide On that
occasion. Everything depended on him
no one else in the command knew any
thing about the country we had to ira
verse-and he led US straight to our des-
tination." ~


ssWhat sort Of man was he socially"


s'These men are pretty much alike.
They live from hand to mouth; make
little money and spend it assoon as made;
live principally by the chase and seem to
have ne care Tor the future
f'Married or singleS


sob, I've no doubt he was, or had been
married. The marriage relation is not
very seriously regarded in that country
Such men marry squaws generally ac-
cording to the Indian custom, but the re-
lation is not considered very binding, and
Johnson may have been married more
than once -
Year: 1878

Too MUoH JoKING.-Slang is not wit.
Neither is the miss spelling Of words humor.
And We may go even further, and say that the
prevalent disposition to present everything ser-
GUS as we'll as trifing, 10 ridiculous light, is
also bad as matter of morals Yet there are
many people whose sole effort in writing and in
conversation appears to be ia the direction of
what they consider "smartness." That con-
slant trihing with the sad realities of human
life; with the serious work of human kind
with the events of the day, and with the char
acter of the living and with the memory OF the
dead, is lowering the tone, not only of ltera.
ture, but of morals The world itself is not O
huge joke, however some people may so affect
TO consider it.
Year: 1878

CHANCELLOR KENT's START IN LIFE.-It
was soon after his admission to the bar the
chancellor said he had cast about, as young
lawyers generally do, to determine where he
should settle, and concluded to open an office
in his native county of Putnam, and there ac'
cordiugly in one of the small villages he hired
rooms and put out his sign. Whether this was
the village Of his birth | do not recolleot. Busi.
ness however, did not crowd the Office Of
the young lawyer. But after time several
men of the village came one evening into his
(ofice.
Then, said the chancellor, rubbing his hands
with slight chuckle of delight as be recalled
the incident) [ thought there was important
business to come-when, after some conversa.
tion on common topics, the seltconstltucd
chairman or spokesman, said -


"Mr. Kent, We have been talking over the
subject of your settlement with US and have
concluded that We do not want any lawyers
here" land then added by the way of salve;)
if We were to have one, We would rather have
you than any one else


The prospects of success, the chancellor said,
did not appear very promising, and be soon
after removed to Poughkeepsie. There he
subsequently formed partnership with Gilbert
Livingston, prominent and successful lawyer
of that place. Business was good, and when
ever We received money We divided said the
chancellor, land very soou," clappiug his
hands, II had money in both pockets" "


It was while residing 10 Poughkeepsie that
Chancellor Kent was married to Elizabeth
Bailey, member Of prominent family in
Putnam county. and of whom he spoke alice
tionately and familiarly as bis wife Betsy. The
chancellor said that his wedding tour was very
short, and he was but few days absent from
his Office. Some Of his young friends and com.
panions laughed at tho shorness Of his absence,
"but l told them," said the chancellor, that
I was starting in life and had my way to make,
and could not afford to do otherwise; and, y he
added, II think if some of those young men
had done likewise and devoted less time ard
expense to wedding tours and more time to
their business it would have been better tor
them"
Year: 1878

A CERTAIN gentleman of La Grange,
Mo whose residence is near his place of
BUSINESS, to save the time and trouble of
ging to the door raised window from the
outside and requested his wife to hand him
aSlO bill. While she was gone after it, he
'scalled away. Meantime, apassing tramp
saw something inside the window which he
thought it possible to take, raised the win
dow, put his hand cautiously in, and must
have been astonished to nave q bill thrust
ntot. Of course he accepted it and i'm
n'diately left. Then the gentleman re-
turned Tableau - Cleveland Herald.
Year: 1878

The following rule, adopted by the Board
of Officers of the Chamber of Commerce,
and to be known as Section 20 of the By
laws for the regulation of the Merchants
Exchange, was read on Change to-day by
Superintendent Maxwell:


The throwing of dough, grain, bran, OF
missiles of any kind shall not be indulgcd
in on the floor of the Exchange. Every
person violating this rule shall be liable 20
a fine of $40 for the first offensc and
of the floor of the Exchange
until the same shall have been paid, and
for each succeeding oftense suspension
from the privilege of the floor for period
not exceeding thirty days 1t is hereby
made the duty of the Superintendent to
report all such offenders to the Board Of
officers"
Year: 1878

New YORK, April "A horse belonging
to August Belmont, and ridden by Budd
Tarber, while on Sixth avenue this morn
ing took fright and threw the rider The
horse then ran through the streets to Fifth
avenue, where he jumped into wagon Of
the New York Transfer Company, partly
demolishing it and injuring John Mcclure
the driver, very seriously The horse was
finally caught and returned to his owners
stable. Mcclure was taken to his home.
Year: 1878

National Associated Press to the Star


FALL RIVER, MASS, April The weavers
IN the Chase Mill were told yesterday morn
ing that their pay would be reduced from
twenty one To twenty-five per cent, when
they quit work.
Year: 1878




One of the common funny scenes in
the minstrel show is the feigned death
scene, gotten up for speculation. The
husband is laid out, and the supposed
widow begs for money to bury the body.
When they get it they have a good time.
This was actually carried out in Brook
lyn a few days since. A lady touched
by the grief of the newly-made widow,
contributed literally toward the burial
expenses and retired, but before reaching
the street she missed her muff, and re-
turning hurriedly to the chamber OF
death in search of it.


As she entered she heard a voice, as
from the tomb, saying: "Ole oman, if
you'll just hump yourself right lively
this here dead husband business is gwine
to pay purity tolerable damn we'll, you
bet" And there, sitting up in the bed,
were the remains counting their
money! The mere presence of few
dollars in the house had brought back
the poor husband to life. But, hearing
somebody drop a casual remark touch
ing the police, the now happy couple
hastily removed from the neighborhood


Too many peas in the broth-"A pick.
pocket picking a pickpockets pocket
Year: 1878

Come, now, what internal barbarity is
this-leaving a clothes-line out after
dark! A great deal OF funny comment
has been made upon the custom by
thoughtless people, but it is most Sc
rious matter, and it is high time the
tomfoolery was abolished. We are just
as ready as anybody to see the funny side
of thing, but we have ceased to observe
anything amusing in being unexpectedly
sawed across the neck, or rasped across
the face by clotheslin 1t is time
there was legislative enactment to
either hang clothes-lines sixty feet above
the earth, or make leaving them out after
nightfall State Prison offence. 1t is
most incomprehensible fact that clothes
line is always hung across garden path.
If the yard was ten miles square and a
path two feet wide crept along close to
the fence, and the woman had but eight
feet of line, she would manage to cover
the path. Whether this is because she IS
perverse, or cannot help it., we do not
know. We only know that it is 80, ana
that it is an appalling evil No home clr-
Gle is safe where this custom prevails. IL
matters not how good natured man is,
it matters not how carefully he has been
educated, it matters not how lofty ana
noble are his aspirations-the moment
clothes-line catches him under the chm
especially if he has pan of ashes In nls
arms, that moment he sinks with awlui
velocity to the level of brute, and pro-
ceeds to act out the conditions thereof al
once. In its proper place clothes-line
is valuable companion, but across
path after dark it is simply brutalizlng
force.-Daabury NelDs.
Year: 1878

He loves not we'll whose love IS bold


Iwould not have thee come too nigh.
The SUMS gold would not seem pure gold


tnless the sun were in the sky:
Tetake him thence and chain him near,
Would make his beauty disappear
He keeps his state-do thou keep thine,


And shine upon me from afar
So shall bask in light divine


That falls from Loves own guiding star
So shall thy emlnence be high,
And so my passion shall not die,
But all nv life shall reach It's hands


Oflofty longing toward thy face,
And be as one who speechless stands


In rapture at some perfect grace
Nv love, my hope, my all, shall be
To look to heaven and look to thee
Thine eyes shall be the heavenly lights;


Thy voice shall be the summer breeze,
What time It sways, on moonlit nights,


The murmuring tops of leaiy trees;
And will touch thy beauteous form
In June's red roses, rich and warm.
But then thy self shall not come down


From that pure region far above;
But keep thy throne and wear thy crown,


Queen of my heart and queen of love!
A monarch in thy realm complete,
And monarch--at thy feet!
Year: 1878

The great inventions and discoveries
of the present century have facilitated
intercourse with the nations of Europe
to such an extent that our intimacy with
some of them is closer than that between
some portions of our own country seps-
rated but few hundred miles. England
eats our fresh beef, oysters, bread and
cheese. Our opulent citizens spend time
and money in the luxurious capitals OF
Europe, and our afternoon papers furnish
news few hours old from the centres of
trade on that continent. We must ad-
mire that wonderful intelligence of the
human mind which has made the accom-.
plishment of such things practicable
bat is it certain this close, easy and cheap
intimacy is benefit to us} Are the
morals, the fashions, the ideas and the
civilization which are got from beyond
the ocean good for usl Do our rapid
communication and transportation bring
us wisdom, prosperity, good manners
and happinessl


If we consider the circumstances con.
nected with our foreign intercourse, we
shall be compelled to admit that our
neighbors on the other side of the Attain
tic have much more sagacity than we
have, or, to use popular phrase, they
are "much too smart for u.s." The grand
object of desire in all commercial and
business affairs is the omnipotent dollar,
and in this great truggle for money they
manage to secure all the prizes.


The resources of this country are i'm
mensely greater than any one of the
European States, and some of our own
products are indispensable to them; while
they produce but little that we need.
They manage, however, to get us deeply
in debt to them, in addition to the profit
they have from trade with US. Is not
this humiliating confessions Is it not
truel We hear much of the smartness
of the "Great Yankee Nation" but when
our rivals can win our cotton, tobacco,
provisions, grain, gold and bonds, while
we accept their fashions, amusements and
luxuries, and toll for their profit, is it not
time to stop boasting and to ask if we do
not present very ridiculous spectacle to
the civilized world0


New schemes to render our communi-
cation with Europe more complete are
constantly urged upon us, and very few
stop to think Of the consequences. An
honored proverb tells US that "evil COM
munications corrupt good manners" and
it is certain that our manners are not i'm
proved by our too easy communications
with Europe. One of our most venerated
statesmen once expressed wish that
there were an ocean of fire between us
and the Old World. An entire cessation
of intercourse would benefit us, but as
this is not practicable, we should strive to
use little prudence in the matter OF
commerce and morality - Philadelphia
PreSs.
Year: 1878

Here is somebody's idea of him in
1909: "Some one has writ to me ont of
the country a very civil letter, and has
desired that / would let him know what
l mean by gentleman.


~ begin-any one that is much in
company will observe that the height of
good breeding is shown rather in never
giving offense than in doing obliging
things; thus, he that never shocks you,
though he is seldom entertaining, is
more likely to keep your favor than he
who often entertains and sometimes dis
pleases you.


"The most necessary talent in a man
of conversation is good judgment. He
that has this in perfection is master of
his companion without letting him see
it; and has the same advantage over men
of any other qualifications as one that
can see would have over blind man OF
ten times his strength.


"By the light Of his faculty he acts
with great ease and freedom among the
men of pleasure, and acquits himself
with skill among the men of business
He neither is nor appears cunning; but
he does a good office with readiness and
alacrity.


"His judgment is SO good and unerr,
ing, that the equality of society is per-
fectly kept up, and makes his company
desired by women, without being envied
by men. He would be just as he is il
there were no law; and be as discreet as
he is if there were no such thing as cal,
umAy."
Year: 1878

TRAINED THIEvEs.-The chaplain of
the convict prison at Portland, England,
speaking of the trained thieves who came
under his notice, gives striking instance
of the sentiment which animates such
criminals. He lately reasoned with a
prisoner who was in the hospital, and be-
sought him to forsake the path of crime.
The man listened respectfully and then
stretching forth his hand, from which he
had lost three fingers, he exclaimed, "Sir,
do you think can afford to lose the ben
eits of fifteen years apprenticeship
Crime was his trade, and he accepted
punishment as a time of depression
which has to be borne.
Year: 1878

A man in the northern part of the prov
ince of Rio Janeiro has confessed upon his
deathJed that he was the real author Of the
murder of family of eight persons in
1852, for which a wealthy planter, BY name
Motta Coqueiro, and three of his slaves


we're executed in 1856. The house in
which the victims lived was set on fire
after the crime had been committed. sus-
picion having fixed itself on Motta Co
queiro, he and three of his slaves were
brought to trial, The evidence was weak


but so strong was the feeling against the
planter that the jury found him guilty, and
the Court of Relation at Rio confirmed the
sentence Of death. He and his friends
strenuously asserted his innocence, and
when it was found hopeless 10 obtain his
acquittal, every possible effort was made
to induce the Emperor to grant him a
pardon. 1t is even said that sums of $3.50
600 were promised to persons around the
Empress to induce them to enlist her sym
pathies on behalf Of the condemned man,
and thus, by means Of her intercession
with the Emperor, to attain the object in
view. All, however, was in vain. The
Emperor was firm; the Empress declined
to interfere; the Government sent vessel
Of war to Naeahe to prevent any attempt at
rescue, and Motta Coqueiro and his three
slaves were exc ;uted for crime which il
now turns out they never committed. The
man who lately died acknowledged that
he, assisted by some of his dependents,
deliberately murdered all the inmates Of
the house, which they afterwards burned
Year: 1878

numbers, were the first to come to grief.
While passing most dangerous cataract
too dangerous for even one man to re-
main in the boat for the purpose of guld-
inc it with pole while the party on shore
hauled it around the portage-the craft
slowed around, and, in spite Of every ef-
fort made to prevent it, went over the fall
with its load of provisions, bedding, tools,
ETC., and the whole outfit, worth $780,
was a total loss. This accident caused
five of Standiferd' s party to return, but the
rest continued on their way as best they
could.


AS q natural result of our slow progress,
provisions began to grow scarce, and
while it had the effect of tightening the
boat somewhat, and thereby diminishing
our labors, it was not pleasant to think OF
a scantv larder under such circumstances
and in such wilderness. There was,
without doubt plenty ofgame in the coun-
,rv. but during the day we had no time to
hunt, and at night we were too tired to
think of anything but resting our weary
limbs.


We finally came to the largest and most
dangerous fail we had yet met vii :
The nature ofthe banks was such that we
could not make portage around this
boiling torrent without crossing to the
other side of the river, and to do this sue
cessfuHy seemed equally impossible.
There were really two falls, but the di-
stance between them was so short that
they appeared like one. Payne, who was
familiar with the most difficult points Of
navigation on the Frazier and other rivers,
threw up the sponge when we struck this
spot.
= 'Ifthe Lord will permit me to cross this
river again in safety" said he, "I'll never
trust myself upon the treaeherous stream
again"


Standiferd led the fleet, and his pro
gress was watched with interest by the
other boats crews. On account of the
great swell caused By the plunge Of the
upper fall, he started as low down as pos
sible in order to avoid being swamped.
Year: 1878

the Radicals would tax the chew OF totac.


60 that solaces the weary worker at the


furnace fires. And yet the Democrats who


represent West Virginia in Congress are


responsible for sending into our midst a


horde Of convicted felons from other States,


to work for mere pittance per day as com.


petitors with our West Virginia mechanics.


This act on their part Is, however, in


keeping with the record Of the party at


Richmond before the war, in the days


when they put q tax OF one-half, and as
high as one per cent, on the wages Of
every laboring man in the City OF Wheel
ing, This they did, too, while at
the same time they exempted mil
lions OF dollars invested in slave prop
erty from single cent Of taxation. This
is the way that Democracy sympathized
with the poor when they were in power.
They knelt at the feet Of the slave holder
and robbed the poor man. They took toll
out of his every days wages, and yet per-
mitted him togrow up In such ignorance
and darkness that there were actually
ninety thousand adult men and women in
Virginia who could neither read nor
write.


SO. completely were the public men Of
the Democratic party in our midst the
mere echoes OF the slave power at Rich
mond, that, like Ben Wilson, they were
willing to indiCt men in the courts for pub
fishing orgetting up clubs Tor Republican
newspapers, and for that ofiense alone to
drive them from West Virginia soil. They
levied toll on the daily wages Of the poor,
denied them the advantages Of schools,
and undertook to terrorize them in regard
to municipalities. Such was our condition as
a people in West Virginia in the days when
Democracy fiourished in its purity in our
niIlt
Year: 1878

The agricultural fair which had been ii
progress for three days at Cameron ended
yesterday. We understand that it was {
handsome pecuniary success. There wa
a large crowd in attendance most OF the
time, and especially yesterday. The
weather was delightful and the people
came together for good time, and the!
had il. .-- ----