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Year: 1879

eral Assembly of 1879, and the unanimous vote by those members in favor of the meas ure ought Gt 5e@st to be equal to the judg- ment of the very worthy chairman of our State Committee, and when we add the rec ommendation of the legislative commission, ii would seem as though there was a very large preponderance of weight in favor of the just ness and excellence of the proposed amend ment, and that the best of reasons must exist to believe that very substantial benefits would be conferred by it's adoption, for all time tc come, upon all the taxpayers of our proud lit tie State

 Having deep interest in the success and 'ascendancy of the Democratic party in this my native State, I trust that whatever may be the fate of the proposed amendment de biennial sessions, that, if it. is rejected by the people, it will not be in the power of ou1 political opponents to charge it's defeat upon the Democratic party As an humble mem Der of the party, living ill a Democratic coun- tN of some political consequence in the make up of our General Assembly, I utter a warn ing to my political friends, and especially the press, to consider well tho bearings of this question of public economy, before they at tempt to make it a party question.

 Yours, very truly,

 HENRY B. GRAVES.

 Litchfield, August 25th, 1S79
Year: 1879

THE LIVER is more frequently the seat
of disease than is generally supposed, for
upon its regular action depends, in meas
ure. the power Of the stomach, bowels,
brain, and the whole nervous system


Regulate that important organ by taking
Simmons Liver Regulator. and prevent
most of the diseases that aesh is heir to.
Year: 1879

MINISTERIAL SIMPLIoITY.-Perhaps the worst and most mischievous of hobby-rid ministers is he who makes a hobby of some real or fancied personal trait of his own. I knew minister, who was once complimented by some very soft and spooney young ladies' they were not so very young either-on his simplicity. From that time he cultivated

 simplicity in and out of the pulpit, and culi- vated simplicity is very likely to degenerate into what on the outside looks very like im- becility. The truly simple minister is simple in the childlkeness that Christ commends. No child ever thinks of acting the part of a child. They are childlike because they think nothing about their being children. This man was simple because he was vain. He was the Reverend Cream Cheese churned into butter, he was so concentratedly simple. His conver- sation was prattle and his sermons babble. He was so lamb-like that he gambolled away his diaconate, and in his priesthood turned out what all lambs turned out if they escape the butcher To this day he goes from parish to parish dealing out intellectual baby talk, not because he thinks the people. will like baby talk but because he is so simple. Ionce heard this man address some children-and he spoke as follows: s'I love the pretty little stars because they twinkle so. Do you know what makes the stars twinkle? don't Maybe we all shall know some day what makes the stars twinkle so. Would you like to know? I should. Perhaps the good people who have died and gone to heaven know why the stars twinkle so They must be very happy to know why the stars twinkle so. You must ask God to help you to be good children, and then you will some day be with those good people and will know why the pretty little stars twinkle so. You must think of this when you look at the stars. Do you know that pretty little song beginning Twinkle, twinkle" etc. There was ever so much more, and the children looked sleepy and disgusted before my friends fountain of simplicity had half run out.-W. M. P. Round in Sunday

 Afternoon.
Year: 1879



 T'HE INCREASING IMMIGRATIoN.-Not a day has passed for some time but that has brought fresh tidings of strikes, the closing of mills and factories, and other proofs of the bad state of . tine labor market in all parts of England. A late dispatch reports that ten thousand dock la- borers are on a strike at Liverpool, and that an equal number are already idle because of the slackness of trade. The sole cure for this spreading evil lies in emigration. It is clear that no remedy less radical will answer the pur- pose. The existing economic conditions in England admit of no adjustments of capital and labor that do not reduce the supply of the labor. Other methods are merly paliatives; and, as the distress constantly increases, the mode of relief we point out must of necessity be adopt ed.

 The circular to be sent at once te the Cover nors of the different states of the Union by the commissioners of Emigration has timely regard to the probabilities thus foreshadowed. AL ready the arrivals are in excess of those for cor
Year: 1879

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Year: 1879

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Year: 1879




What blessed thing it is that we can for
get To-day's troubles look large, but .
week hence they will be forgotten and bur-
led ont of sight. Says one writer, If you
would keep book and daily put down the
things that worry YOU, and see what becomes
of them, it would be a benefit to you. You
let a thing worry you just as you allow
fly to settleon you and plague and you lose
your temper-or rather get it I; for when
men are surchsrged with temper they are
said to have lost it ; and you justify your
selves for being thrown off your balance by
causes which you do net trace out.


But if you wish to see what threw you OF
your balance before breakfast, and put IL
down in little book, and follow it up and
follow it out, and ascertain what becomes of
it, you will see what a fool you were in the
matter. The art Of forgetting is blessed
art, but the art Of overcoming is quite ss i'm
portant. And if we should take time to
write down the origin, progress and ont.
come of few of our troubles it would make
us so ashamed of the fuss we make over
them, that we should be glad to drop such
things and bury them at once In eternal
forgetfulness. Life is too short to be worn
out in petty worries, frettings, hatred and
vexations.
Year: 1879

Yes indeed it's true for me and here's
how it came about Poor Mary Neil's hus-
banda carpenter like ourselves and an old
comrsde-has been sick all winter, and de-
parted this life last Tuesday. What with
the grief and being left on the wide world
With her FIVE orphans, and no one to earn a
bit Of soup for them. the craytber is fairly
out of her mind stupid from the crying
and the fret, for what does she do poor wo-
man, but send the wrong measure for the
coffin, aud when it came home II was ever
so much too short Barney Neil was a tall
man. nigh six feet VIC reckoned him. He
couldn't be got into it do what they would,
aud the poor crather hadn't what would buy
another. Where would she get it after the
long sickness himself had, and with five
childher to feed and clothe So, your hon
or, all that's in it is to cut the legs off him.
Me and my comrade here is going to do it
for ::the desoate woman. Well just take
'em off at the knee joints and lay 'em along
side him in the coffin. think, sir, now that
I've told you our job, you'll say it'sthe quar-
est you ever heard of,


'Oh cried the gentleman, such thing
must not be done. It's impossible. How
much would a new coffin cost p


The carpenter named the sum which was
Immediately produced and bestowed on him
with ipjunctio to invest forthwith in the
necessary purchase,


The business, however, took an unexpecl-
ed turn. Mr.. Plunket, on his return home,
related his matutinal adventure to his fam-
ly at breakfast, the future Chancellor, then
young barrister, being at the table. Be-
fore the me al was ended the carpenters made
their appearance, and with many apologies,
rendered back the coin they had received.
He who had been spokesman in the morning
explained that on seeing the gentleman in
advance of them on the road, he had, for a
lark made bet with his companion he
would obtain the money, which having won
his wager he now refunded.
Year: 1879

The Euglisbmau seems never to be able to
escape the influence of his surrounding.
Though he occupies a part of every conti-
nent, his methods are seldom continental.
This is apty illustrated in his railroad build
| lag. His island Is small and densely popu-
lated, his roads short, and the traffic heavy.
Naturally the roads are of the best. Every
valley is spauned by viaducts or bridges, ev-
cry hill pierced with deep cuts or costly
tunnels The early railroad hen had an i'm
preston that a railroad must be Ms nearly
straight as possible, and as level as labor
and money could make it. Later English
builders followed these ideas closely and.
the final result is magnificent iu every sense.
The roads are the best known, and make 6t
ways for the splendid engines designed to
run upon them. But all this is insular.
/ When the Englishman tried continental
railroading, as in Canada and Australia, he
built on iusular plans. and the result has not
been wholly happy.


1t Is to the American we must turn TO learn
what are the requirements of the modern
| railway, and to get some suggestion of its
| future. More than this the moment
the English locomotive is taken from
| It's island line it exhibits defects and GER
tain want of pliablity that completely uu-
fit it for a continental railway. But If the
English road and the English engine are
the best in the world, why are they not the
best for the world ? Simply because they
do not pay. There can be no higher reason
than this. Anything that does not. paw IL
useless, because 1t does not meet human
want, The excuse of the railroad and its
train Is that it moves men aud things cheap
ly The cost of any operation is the meas
ure of its value to human beings, and If the
road does not pay, of what good is 1t Now
a railway to be cheap, must follow the face
of the country. That is, the line must go up
and down hill, pass around abrupt curves,
according to the lay of the land, and with.
out much attempt at a straight line or level
bed. It il upon this idea that American
railroads have been built, and all continent
tai lines are likely to be built in the future.
If a railroad can thus follow the face of the
country, it will not cost so much, there being
no high bridges, deep cuts aud tunnels. OF
course there is limit in this direction, and
even the American engine cannot climb up
the side Of house, or turn right angle in
its own length; but within certain broad
limits it may be said that the future loco
motive must follow lines that run up hill
and down dale, and get round very remark.
able corners.


This being the case, what of the English
locomotive? Can it travel in safety over
crooked lines that wander in astonishing
freedom over hill and dale through all the
sinuous line of winding river valley :
There is no need to say it ought, or II may,
for it never did. 1t has been tried again and
again, and at the end of it all the engine 10
in the ditch, and the unhappy stockholders
are clamoring for American engines, or At
; least engines built on American plaiis.


Charles Barnard, in Harper's Mdgdsine Jor
, March.
Year: 1879

The first Viscount of Guilamore, when
Chief Baron O'Grady, was remarkable for
his dry humor and biting wit The latter
was so fine that its sarcasm was often unper-
ceived by the object against whom the shaft
was directed.


A legal friend, extremely studious, but in
conversation notoriously dull, was showing
off to him his newly built house. The book
worm prided himself especially on sanctum
he had contrived for his own use, so seclud-
ed from the rest of the building that he could
pour over his books in private quite secure
from disturbance.


'Capitalp exclaimed the Chief Baron.
you surely could study here from morning
till night and no human being be one whit
the wiser
Year: 1879

In those days, before competitive exami-
nations were known ; men with more inter-
est than brains got'appointments, for the du.
ties of which they were wholly incompetent,
OF these was the Hon. @. lie was tel
ling Lord Guilamere of the summary way
in which he disposed of matters in his
Court


Il say to the fellers who are botheripg me
with foolish argument, that there's no use in
wasting my time and their breath, for that
all their talk just goes in at one ear and out
at the other


NO great wonder in that, said O'Grady
seeeing that there's so little between to
stop it,
Year: 1879

1t was this worthy who being at public
dinner shortly after he got his place, had his
health proposed by a swaggish guest.


Il will give you toast he said The
Hon. O., and long may he continue in-
differently to administer Justice
Year: 1879

The specie in the banks last year was
nearly all held on special deposit, and was in
no proper sense available as reserve. Now
all the specie held is fully as available as the
leeal-tenders. The April outflow of legal
tenders last year did not reach $3000,0O0,
but the banks might now lose more than
twice that sum, and still have remaining
q larger lcgal-tender reserve in proportion to
their deposits than they held at this time last
year. Moreover, not only the $1S,S0O,OO0 i'll
specie which they hold, but many millions
more in the Treasury, have now become availa-
bic for use in any emergency. Better yet, re-
sumption has opened to the New-fork market
all stores of money all over the world, and
any real demand here would be very promptly
answered by the holders of unemployed funds
elsewhere.


The apprehension of trouble from the con-
ditlOn of monetary affairs at New Orleans has
been almost wholly removed by later advices
There will be severe losses to some busi-
ness men of that city, but it is clear that
the solvent banks there are unusually
strong, as they need TO be in dealing with a
community i'll which the spirit Of Reputation
prevails. The event will help in one respect :;
it will warn Northern merchants not to fall
back into the old habit of trusting much and
losing much Ill Southern trade. Where business
has no better basis than it can have
under government of rings and rcpu-
diatOrs, there an undue proportion of
traders, however honest they may be
personally, will inevitably find themselves
unable to meet their obligations. The course
of exchange already shows that no disturb
ance here is TO be expected in consequence of
the suspensions in New-Oreans, and IN view
of the immense supplies of specie that are
available the small amount of legal-tenders
that has been sent forward can easily be
spared


Many persons still fear that settlements for
four per cent bonds will cause trouble. 1t is
Whispered that ono bank has taken 81, 600, 600
of four per cents, which it has not been able to
sell, and that another has $4,000, 900, and so
on and it is thought that the struggles of these
speculative purchasers to make good their sub
scriptions will cause disturbance. But 1t must
be remembered that subscribers are called
upon to pay only as fast as the corresponding
calls for six per cent bonds mature. As these
calls approach maturity, holders OF the six Der
cent bonds viii be as anxious to find new in
yestment for their money as the holders
of four per cents are to find purchasers.
The whole question Is one of rate; at
what price must the holders sell four per
cents III order to get possession Of SIX
per cents which are about to be redeemed
Under the latest order OF the Secretary of
the Treasury, any subscriber for the four per
cent loan can obtain III settlement interest on
six per cent bonds to the date of ma
turlty of calls prior to April IL, but
any other holder of those bonds can obtain at
the Treasury interest only to the date of
their redemption. Consequently, the subscriber
TO the four per cent loan can without less pay
Year: 1879

at once to the holder of tho called SIX per
cents all that he can possibly get by holding
them until the maturity of the calls. Inc
Government allows commission to snb'
scrlbers, also, and they can therefore sell 'he
four per cents at less than par by the amount
of that commission. If these concessions 90 ho'
bring the old bonds, those who have bought iour
per cent bonds on speculation will be Obliged
to sell them at small loss, but that loss VIII
probably be insignificant in the aggregate
There is no doubt that holders OF called SKIES
amounting to many millions are patiently
waiting for just this concession, in order 10
get four per cent bonds at quarter or
half per cent below par. But the operation
need not cause any disorder in the money
market. Whenever the speculative DuJer o,
fonrs finds that he can do no better, he VIII
offer his new bonds at q small loss, and the Ola
six per cents will come forward III abundance
for the settlements with the Treasury.
Year: 1879

The two Southern members of the Green
back delegation in the House are the strong
est opponents in that little party of the re-
peal of the election law. 1t would seem that
q Southerner gains i'll intelligence by not being
q Democrat.
Year: 1879

There is nothing less defensible than the attempt
of strikers to prevent those willing to work from
doing So The courts rarely treat this gross offence
against law and equity lenienty strike OF
miners occurred few weeks ago ut California
town on the Monongahela. The strikers, about
800 in number drove some forty miners who were
willing to work from the mines, and kept them ldie
until the sheriff came with posse and captured
the rioters Fifty of these it is pleasing to record
have Just been convicted and will be duly pun
ished. They have, most of them at least, been
Molly Maguires of the worst sort, and have been
also actively engaged in many strikes In the
Monongahea region. The mino-OwnerS arc pleased
with these convictions, and are certain that they
will be cf great benefit to all classes IN the neigh
I.nrb
Year: 1879

II is understood that the first task OF the
Democratic Senators to-day will be to vote
out the faithful employees of the senate ana
vote in the hungry fellows whom the caucus
has selected to be fed. In other words, the
Civil Service rule, which has been observed
by the Republicans for eighteen years. ana
was first framed by Democrats, will be tram
pied under foot by the present generation III
that party. It's exceedingly polite OF them 10
volunteer to show the country so plainly that
the Democratic party is even worse than IL
was twenty years ago.


From the testimony elected at the opening
session of the committee appointed to inves-
tigate the Kingston election, it is evident that
the Ulster County Ring knew how not to hold
an election as well as how to compile Dill
The system by which the polls were sur
rounded with the adhercnts Of the ring, ana
only those voters were allowed to pass through
who gave a sort of secret-society sign OF their
allegiance to the bosses, might be commended
to other rings IN distress. The difficulty was
that the business of sitting the voters i'll tins
manner was OverdOnc, and developed INTO
riot. Men were knocked down and
hustled about, and one bold voter, who
had dared to contemplate voting against
the ring, had his jaw broken by the
local PurrOy. In short, the cXtrava-
CANT zeal of the Democrats Of Kingston over
reached itself, and the most damaging testi-
mony which has been obtained was that eX-
tOrtcd from their own Sheriff on Saturday
Fortunately this corrupt crew have already been
voted down in the county at large, but the
full exposure of their practices at this one
point cannot fail to add another degree to their
defeat
Year: 1879

The vacancy in the SurgeOn-Genelalship of
the Marine Hospital Service seems 20 offer an
excellent opportunity to the President for
rigid enforcement of sound Civil Service
principles. Other things being equal, there
can be no doubt that the interests of
the service would be best promoted by the Sc
lection of some member Of the corps. The
general Judgment of that body bas pointed
cut DIR. Hamilton, and it would be pity if
this judgment were to be ignored in behalf OF
Some applicant from civil life.


IL snnrnr 70 he eYnecfeh hY q world which.
Year: 1879

A commercial traveller, while TAX


ing stroll in the streets of Peoria,


noticed young lady in a phaeion


who was driving a restive horse.


He stopped for a moment, caught


the lady's eye, quickly stepped in


front of the horse, and rendered his
services as driver. The lady blush
ingly accepted, and the consequence


was an exchange of names, a pleas


ant ride, a somewhat tender "goOd


night" and pledges to learn more


of each other. On the following
evening the lady drove down town
and found the gentleman in waiting
and another joyous ride was taken.
The commercial traveller went his


way, but returned in the winter to
meet the fair maid at a party, and
TO devote himself to her. Her faith
.er went to Chicago and learned that
the young man had been divorced
under questionable circumstances.
He went home and put an end to
the whole affair. His decision was
communicated to the young lady,
and by her taken very much to heart.
For a time all communication be-
tween the lovers was shut off. But
there was a stolen meeting after
while, and all eloDement was plan
ned. On the evehtful morning she
rose, breakfasted and joined a lady
friend in a drive, and never once
thought of her lovers last letter
which she had left under her pillow.
Meanwhile the chambermaid visited
the young lady's room in the course
of the mornings work, and finding
the letter delivered it TO her mistress
The young lady's mother. The
discreet matron read it and discov-
ering the plot, kept her daughter at
home during the day. The com
mercial traveller, after making all
the arrangements for elOpement and
marriage, was sorely disappointed
when the girl did not appear. He
resumed his drumming a more Gym
ical man.
Year: 1879

fact there seems to be no general princi-
pie about the conduct Of the public busi-
ness. Contracts are formed so loosely
where one is entered into that when the
work Is to be entered upon no one seems
to know what is to be done. This sys-
TEN will not do. We are not confident
as to whose fault 1t is; but we have a
City Solicitor, Street Commissioner and
Street Committee. 1t might be sup
posed that, therefore, when a contract is
made it would be in such intelligent
shape that when confirmed by the City
Council 1t would operate to some advan-
tage. This Is not the case, or the Coun-
Gil would not have to discuss 1t by the
hour and then leave it as they found it.
A number OF the present City Council
men have been favorable to, as We I'M
derstand, giving out the cleaning of the
streets by contract. The City Council
has, for some reason, not favored this
mode of dong the business, or has ne
elected to do II, and we feel in duty
bound to urge the contract system upon
that body unless it can be shown that the
work can be done by the day for less
than what it has been done by contract.


The interest Of the tax-pay ers demand
this. Gentlemen whose city taxes
amount to hundreds Of dollars are not to
be forced to pay taxes merely for partys
sake. To many Of these it matters little
which party is in power and they arc not
such fools as TO submit to heavy taxation
to keep men in Office no matter to what
party they belong. And this is the reason
why we have Democratic Council now.
so far this Council has been more eco
nomical than its Republican predecessors,
and IL must be still more economical if
it expects the majority to remain in
Democratic hands.