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Year: 1878

and that, in the language of this memorial,
will stop emigration to that Territory, ana III
the end depopulate it if enforced.


have no desire, Mr.. President, to prolong
this debate confess that l feel lndi gnan]
at the harrassment, the embarrassment tna'
visitation, the exaction, the oppresslon' inc
outrages which the report read by the cen,
ator from Ohio confesses have been pracuceq
upon those distant people. 1t is tor them l
sneak; and when the honorable senator
from Mississippi (Mr. Lamar) brought IN ms
bin here knew nothing whatever OF the CIR
cumstances.; had never beard OF the case
but said then as say now that If they es os
anvwise at all parallel with this case WIN
which think the Secretary of the Inferior
will acknowledge have some famhiarny'
thew deserve the relief which but TOR the as
placement of date they would nave re-
ceived. if correctly read the veto message
If the President of the United States.


The Secretary in his communication re1els
only to the people of Montana: 1t was only n,
for them that spoke, and I wish to hold the ~
honorable Secretary to the issue that IS maze.
/ speak for the people of Montana, who nave
no representative on this floor to speak 1or
! Them
Year: 1878

The Corning Journal is authority for the
following romantic story: A citizen VINO
holds a conspicuous official position got &C.
ouainted with his amiable and excellent wife
a dozen years ago at Elmra, where she was
on visit. He met her at a party and was
introduced. Perhaps they would have re-
NAMED strangers but for one incident, as fol,
lows: He was driving out in Southport, and
overlook a lady in a buggy, alone. wishing
to show the speed of his horse he undertook
to pass her. She whipped up her horse and
kept ahead. He recognized his new acqualn,
lance and was determined not to be baked
in hls effort, and he urged his own horse into
a rapid gait, and for a mile on that Sunday
morning there was lively race on the plank
road. He failed to drive by her. but was
doubtless impressed favorably by the grit dls-
played, so that an acquaintance soon led to
wedding. 1t is suggestive query whether
the lady has ''kept ahead" since then; bu


whether or not, they are very happy couple
Year: 1878

Night came down DER all the earth,
And took the tired Day,
And clasped her tightly in her arms,
And bore her far away.
The moon like some vast lighthouse seemed,
Far up in the Milky Way;
The glistening stars, like tiny barks,
At anchor round her lay.
And like single silver thread


That twines in some dark curl,
The river wound through trees and brakes,
A cleaning band OF pearl.
heard the soft low dip OF oars,


Like a weary slow heart throb;
And the wavelets Tapped the bow OF the boat,
A low half broken sob.
And on that night, SO long ago,


A vision wOndrOus sweet
Came to me in its fullest JOY,


So perfect and complete.
@ golden dream! why did | wake


TO find it past and gone?
The dream was like glorious day;
The waking, cold gray dawn.
II were better far that had died


Believing it were true,
r were better far to sleep for aye


Beneath the sky 80 blue,
Than live, when each long weary day
Seems longer than before;
When life is but constant pain


A wound unhesled and sore.
The river still flows murmuring on;


The stars are just IA bright
As when the vision came to me


That restful summer night
The same? Yes. ! alone am changed.
oh God! each weary day
l wish that had died the night


The vision passed away.
Year: 1878

She is modest, but not bashful,
Free and easy, but not bold;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow.
Not too young and not too Old;
Half inviting, half repu!sive,
NOW advancing, and now shy
There is mischief In her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature;
She is schooIed in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma
AS the mistress of al! hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile;
oh, maid is sometimes charming
But widow all the while.
Are YOU sad? How very serious
Will her handsome face become!
Are YOU angry? She is wretched,
Lonely, trcndless. fearful, dumb!
Are Won mirthful? How her laughter
Silver sounding, will ring out!
She can lure and catch and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
Ye old bachelors of forty,
Who have grown so bold and wise,
Young Americans of twenty,
With the lOve-lOOks in your eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall;
But know little widow


Who could win and fool you all


-Ner York Dem0et0
Year: 1878

INDEPENDENCE, (Mo. y March ia most
remarkable case of animal tenacity to lite has
Just been brought to light in this city. About
thirty days ago Larkin & Sons, livery men,
very mysteriously lost horse, which r. had
been turned out on the street, and all eHorts
to find it were fruitless. 1t was advertised as
stravea or stolen. but to no avail, and the
owners had given up all hope of finding it
until day before yesterday, when it was acci-
dentally discovered in carriage house ad-
Joining the stable, where it had been shut up
for twenty-eight days without drop of water
and nothing to eat, except about $50 pounds
of bran. The poor animal had eaten up the
box containing the bran. 1t was alive when
found, but terrible gaunt: The supposluon
is that the horse had accidentally entered the
carriage house when the door was pIown
Shut and fastened with spring lock. AS no
one had occasion to go there, it remained a
nricOnpr
Year: 1878

As much as has been said on this
subject, it has never been a theme that
was overwrought, and each new ex-
ample brought to the public notice is
only an additional incentive to the
young and the properly ambitious
young man-and especially does it
seem SO when we are pointed to an eX-
ample in our own midst. With this
preface we may be pardoned for copy
ing the following remarks from the
Seattle Dispatch, referring to an ener-
getic young man, not unknown to the
citizens of Washington Territory:


Nat. Bloomfield was the only son of
an indulgent father and doting mother,
habituated to ample means of indul-
gence, in addition to which he had the
misfortune of being pretty boy, with
10 other apparent object in life than
to be an ornament to society, III which
he was a general favorite as a mere
agreeable dilletante, being regarded by
practical men as very useless APP
pendage to community. a change
in his fathers fortunes brought him to
realizing sense of his dependence
for the future upon his own resources.
The spirit and manner in which he ac-
cepted the changed situation was Il
matter of astonishment to all his ac-
quaintances. He applied himself to
the study of the law with the determi-
nation and persistence which nearly
ruined his health, and on his admission
to the bar Immediately took rank with
the ablest lawyers in the district He
stepped into the arena in full harness,
and has won the respect and admira-
ton of all by his manly bearing and
manifest devotion to duty. Soon after
commencing practice he was elected
Prosecuting Attorney of his judicial
district, and in the discharge of the
duties of that office he has made a
splendid record.


The young man Injured to toll from
childhood, with no means of indulgence,
who by industry and perseverance
overcomeS all obstacles and achieves
honorable distinction for himself is al
ways regarded with high consideration
in every intelligent community; but
he is a greater hero who emancipates
himself from habits of luxurious indul-
gence, voluntarily enters upon life Of
toll and self-denial and carves out for
himself position Of honor by his own
indomitable pluck. We are glad Of
the opportunity of recording our adj
miration of such a character.
Year: 1878

The downfall of Mr.. Mitchell in
Oregon, furnisheradditional evidence
that the rank and file of the Repub-
lican party, if Objectionable party
leaders who wish TO subordinate
everything to self-interest cannot be
induced to retire by any other means,
will throw away power temporarily
rather than not free themselves of the
incubus. The management OF a party
bv one interested man is not always
compatible with its prosperity and
success.
Year: 1878

Olympia is looking up, if we may
Judge by the following, from the Staad-
ard:


The results of the progress of our
railroad enterprises are already becom-
ing apparent, in the renewed confidence
felt by all classes of the community.
The feeling of deSpondency that had
clouded the future has been supplanted
by one of hope, and the Improvements
that are being made on every hand in
dicate a growing faith in the stability
of our interests. Everybody finds en-
ployment who seeks it, the shops are
crowded with orders, and the mer-
chants report ready sales for cash, all
of which indicate the dawn of season
of prosperity. just how much this is
owing to the railroad, is, Of course,
difficult to determine, but we believe
that it is the primary cause which has
set the ball OF progress in motion.
Year: 1878

A Boston paper saws: "A butter
fiv was caught at the South End yes
terday." 1t may be safe enough to
catch butterfly at the south end, but
when you 90 to grab wasp, You want
to catch it at the north-easterly end,
shifting westerly toward the head
Year: 1878

Several men lately SWAN the Mis-
sissippi river above New Orleans, ON a
wager. \ reporter on the race says:
'None of them seemed to be putting
forth much effort till it was discovered
that an alligator had struck out from
the shore as a competitor, and then
well, every man did his best to keep
the alligator from carrying off the
stakes"
Year: 1878

Well saw a boy osomethingthe
other day that made me feel good for
a week. Indeed, it makes my heart
feel with tenderness and good feeling,
even now as write about it. But
let me tell you what it was. AS |
was walking along a street of great
city, l saw an old man who seemed to
be blind walking along without any
one to lead him. He went very slow,
feeling with his cane.


"He's walking straight to the high
est part Of the curbstone," said I to
myself. "And its very high, too; 1
wonder if some one won't tell him,
and start him in the light direction?"


"Just then boy, about fourteen
years old, who was playing near the
corner, left his playmates, ran up to
the old man, put his hand through
the mans arm, and said:


"Let me lead you across the street.
By this time there were three or four
others watching the boy. He not
only helped him over the crossing,
but led him over another to the low
er side of the street. Then he ran
back to his play! Now, this boy
thought he had only done the man u
kindness, while l knew that he had
made three other persons who had
stopped to watch the boy, turn away
with tender smile on their fac, 5
ready to follow the noble example he
had set for them, know that | felt
more gentle and forgiving toward
every one for many days.
Another one that was made happy
was the boy himself. For it is i'm
possible for us to do u kind act, or to
make any one happy, without being
better or happier ourselves. To be
good, and do good, is to be happy
This is every ono's mission here in
this world, Then again, the kind oI
boy here, shows the kind of man you
are going to be, lfyou are kind
|. gentle boy, you will be n generous
benevolent man.


-
A man can keep pair of horses
+. much easier than. he can keep IN
! umbrella.
Year: 1878

A NIGHT OF DANGER,


Riding hard and. and fast, almost
as for dear life, along the wilds of a
vast prairie, found myself, to my
astonishment, entering on a strag.
Cling settlement, and pulled up 10
reconnoitre and considet


That had missed anyway was too
plain; for on the course / ought to
have come, there was not cabin or
a single settler,


Almost any traveller in the bordet
sections would have been rejoiced to
thus stumble unexpectedly upon a
place where food and shelter might
be obtained, At another time /
should have been SO myself. Not
now.


In the breast pocket of my closely
buttoPed coat l carried FIVE thousand
four hundred and Einety-odd dollars,
United States money, 1t was dur
ing the time of war. The money
had been given into my charge to
carry it, without stopping gand by the
most unfreqdented route, to one of
the forts and place in the hands, of
Colonel South and who was waiting
for.it.
But thcre.I was, having lost, my
Ealte aud not knowing whether i
was safe or not-at least whether the
money would be. And now that l
had blundered on 10 the verge of this
scanty settlement, what must be my
course? Should l halt for refresh
ment, as any ordinary traveller would,
or should l ride straight through
without stopping2


The latter course might Of itself
excite suspicion. So, pushing on to
the house Of entertainment with the
most careless air could assume l got
off my horse.


There were only two men in the
bar room when l entered-the land
lord and the hostler. ordered sup
per, and sat down.


Two travellers rode up and ordered
drinks. One of them went with the
hostler, the other threw himself down
on a bench outside and began filling
a huge pipe.


Strolling carelessly about the room,
l managed to glance from the win
dow. Ny heart leaped into my
throat, for in the man seated there l
recognized Bill Wolf, one of the most
desperate characters that ever figured
in the annals of border rufiianism.


I sat down again and went through
the form Of eating my supper but
whatever appetite might have felt
on my entrance to the inn had van
ished now.


Presently the men came in togeth-
er and ordered supper Mine was
finished, and now was my opportu'
nifty to leave.


Paying my score and saying a gen
eral good evening l crossed the dim,
smoky bar room. They took no no
tice of me whatever, only the land
lord looked furtively after me. My
spirits rose; l hoped my fears had
mislead me, and that l should get
away safe.


1t was quite dark outside, but the
hostler was fitting about the stable
with his lantern. He brought oul
my stood and I trotted away


/ was feeling infinitely relieved al
my providontial escape from contact
with the desperate characters whom
| had left at the hotel, when my
acute ears detected the sound of swift
riding.


! drew up my horse one momen
10 listen. On they came. No trav
elers ever rode like that, II mean
pursuit
| gave my stced tho lash, and III
broke into convulsivc gait, how
,, his body up with one or two plunge
stumbled, and pitched me LITERAL!
heels over head


/ What was the matter with tn
; horsoP lie had u white spot on hi
; G,o o,I this snomed TO come OIL oI
Year: 1878

Notwithstanding the overwhelming proofs
that in the last Presidential election, not only
were several Southern States Estates as strong
ly Republican with fair vote as any State in
New England) carried for the Democratic nom
inee by the most detestable series of outrages
and murders, but in others where these afro
cious crimes failed of their purpose, those hardly
less infamous, including forgery, perjury and
bribery were attempted, there are still those
among the baser and mora reckless parlisans
and party organs that have the unblashing
hardihood to prate about the fraud By which
Mr.. Hayes holds his position; and this not
withstanding the fact that grossly partisan
committee, packed for the purpose of finding
fraud, after months of lsbor and an expense to
the nation Of tens Of thousands Of dollars have
utterly failed to establish single fact tending
to show wrong doing on the part of any one
connected with this administration, by q single
scintlla Of proof that would stand a N oment
before any honest tribunal The assertion that
President Hayes holds his office by fraud, or
that he, or any of his friends in his behslf


were guilty of completely with fraud before,
during or after the election is as UNANIMOUSLY
false as any that ever emanated from the father
of lies. 1t is the old cry of "stop thief raised
by a detected criminal to divert attention from
the real culprit. REPUBLICAN.
Year: 1878

1t was late in September, a day of perfect
calm. As we looked from the broad piazza,
there was CLASSY smoothness over all the bay,
and the bills were coated with film, or rather
mere varnisb, inconceivably thin, of haze
more delicate than any other climate in Amer
ics can show. Over the water there were
white gulls flying, lazy and low; schools of
young rnackerel displayed their white sides
above the surface; and it seemed as if oven
butterfly might be seen for miles over that calm
expanse. The bay was covered with mackerel
boats, and one man sculled indolently across
the foreground in scarlet skiff. 1t was so still
that every white sail-boat rested where its sail
was first spread; and though the tide was at
half-s BIB, the anchored boats swung idly differ
ent ways from their moorings. Yet there was
a continual ripple in the broad sail of some al
most motionless schooner, and there was con-
stant melodious plash along the shore. From
the mouth of the bay came up slowly the pre-
monitory line of bluer water, and we knew that
breeze was at hand.


Across those tumultoous waves I like to
watch, after sunset, the revolving light; there
is something about it 50 delicate and human.
1t seems to bud or bubble out of the low, dark
horizon; a moment, and it is not, and the n
another moment and it is With one throb
the tremulous light is born; with another throb
it has reached its full size, and looks at you,
coy and defiant; aud almost in that instant it
is utterly gone. You cannot conceive yourself
to bs watching something which merely turns
on an axis; but it seems suddenly to expand, q
flower of light, or to close, as If ;soft petals of
darkness clasped it in. Daring its moments of
absence the eye cannot quite keep the memory
of it's precise position and it often appea ears a
hair-breadth to the right or left of the expected
spot. This enhances the elfish and fantastic
fickering surprises every day and ali night
long. But the illusion of the seasons is just as
coquettish; and when next summer comes to
us, with the blossoms and its joys it will dawn
as softly out of the darkness and as softly give
place to winter once more.


- HIGGINsON.
Year: 1878

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The anne and address Of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muDications that are not used.
Year: 1878

A p r o @ l. A M A T I . N.


The people of this state have received signal
lations of the goodness of God in the blessings He
has bestowed upon them throughout the year.
Health and prosperity have been given them 10 full
measure. Peace, good will and well being have pre-
vailed The seasons have been propitious and Ma
ture has continued the glories OF the summer be.
yond its usual limit through long succession of
beautiful days. gardening the earth an1 uplifting all
hearts IN joy and thankfulness.


In order that the people may with one accord offer
their reverent thanks, do hereby, in conformity to
the usage which santions and endears this annual
holiday, and by and With the advice and consent of
the Council, appoint


Thursday, the 2S day Of November, 1878.
as day of Thanksgiving and Praise to God tor the
rich gifts and constant of the past year, and for
the promises and hopes that attend the coming OF
the new year.


Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta, this


sixth day OF November, in the year of our Lord


one thousand eight hundred and seventy eignt,


and OF the Independence of the United States of


America the one hundred and third.
BY the Governor. Sell DEN COMM OR.


Sd. CHADBoURNE, Secretary of State.
Year: 1878

1t is believed that the epidemic raging in
Magador and killing sixty people day, is
not cholera. Not much consolation in the
thought, for whatever name is given to the
epidemic it is just as deadly.
Year: 1878

question of the income tax. he said that
under the present law the poor mans
blanket paid duty of 90 per cent. The
money paid for this article was an outgc
from that which was income, so that tax
of. 80 per cent. was laid on SO much of the
poor mans income as went out of his
pocket to provide his family with the nee.
essaries of life. Therefore the tax on
consumption was tax on income, because
it was tax on so much Of a mans income
as went out to pay for the bare necessaries
of life. 1t was a misnomer to call such a
system protection. He closed with an
eloquent peroration urging that past issues
be forgotten; that the house labor for the
whole country and not for any section.


MIR, Robbins, of the committee, supported
the bill, though it was not his ideal of a
tariff law. He appealed for reform of the
internal revenue. and reduction of the
tobacco tax. North Carolina wanted pro-
lection from protectionists.


The committee rose without action.
Recess till 7:4O.
Year: 1878

An Arab may divorce his wife on the
slightest occasion. So easy and so COM
mon is the practice that Burckhardt as.
sures us that he has seen Arabs not
more than forty-fve years of age who
were known to have had fifty wives, yet
they rarely have more than one at a
time.


By the Mohammedan law man may
divorce his wife orally and without any
ceremony he pays her portion. gener-
ally one-third of her dowry. He may
divorce her twice and take her again
without her consent, but if he put her
away by triple divorce conveyed in the
same sentence, he cannot receive her
again until she has been married and
divorced by another husband.


By the Jewish law it appears that q
wife could not divorce her husband !;
but under the Mohammedan code, for
cruelty and some other causes she may
divorce him.


Among the Hindoos, and also among
the Chinese, a husband may divorce his
wife upon the slightest ground, or even,
without assigning any reason. She is
under the absolute control of her hus-
band.


The law OF France, before the revolu.
ton, following the judgment of the
Catholic church, made marriage indis-
soluble, but during the early revolution
ary period divorce was permitted at the
pleasure of the parties when incompati-
bility of temper was alleged. The Code
Napoleon restricted this liberty. On the
restoration of the Bourbons law was
promulgated, May 8, 1916, declaring
divorce to be abolished that all suits
then pending for divorce by mutual con-
sent should be void, and such is now the
law of France.-Al6any La,o Journal.
Year: 1878

In the court Of quarter sessions, in
Newark, N. J., Henry Busy was ar
raigned for breaking into the freight
house of the Newark and New York rail-
road and stealing q canvas wagon cover.
he pleaded guilty, and said that he
committed the theft because his wife and
children were without food. Mrs.
Busy was in the court with babe in
her arms. She wept bitterly while her
husband was on the stand, and, as he
was being led away, she cried out:


"Judge, in the name OF God have
mercy on my husband, our children are
starving"


The Spectators were affected by the
womans grief, and Judge !itsworth
called her to the bar and questioned her
closely for several minutes. She SAID
that her husband was stage carpenter,
and that he had worked in theJ Jersey City
opera house until it closed, since which
time he has been out of work. They
have four children, two OF whom are Ill:
The rent was due, and the children had
nothing to eat, and her husband started
ont in the hope of earning little
money with which to buy bread for his
little ones. Mrs. Bussy said that she
had not seen her husband since that
time until she met him in the court
room. Judge Ellsworth said he would
make the punishment light in view OF
the circumstances. Busy was sent to
Jail for ten days.