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Year: 1877

Senator Morton's speech yesterday in
the Senate was complete failure. 1t
showed what Morton's object was. We
have stated in the GAZETTE previously
that Morton had the twenty-third rule
repealed with the design of making an
effort to force the country to accent the
count OF the Electoral vote by the Presi-
dent OF the Senate, and it becomes more
apparent each day that this was a deep
laid scheme by which he hoped to force a
PRESIDENT upon the people whom they
had not chosen.


He has now fully one-half of his OWL
party papers to oppose and all the indie.
pendent journals. The Y. Y Sun of this
date says The cause of Morton's in
tense hostility to any form of compromise
py which the party lines might be broken,
IS so plain that he who runs may read
While the two Houses stood confronting
each other with opposing maiorities, anf
directed alone by partisan policy. Mr.
Morton was substantially master of tb,
situation, and could dictate his owl
terms. He could coerce those whl
really differed from his audacious nlan
by the discipline of the caucus. Now hi,
sceptre is broken, and, in the angry diyi
sions which are likely to follow, it remain
to be seen how large and respectable
following he can rally.


Ar. Conkling and Mr.. Edmunds. tw
Of the ablest Republican leaders. an
whose standing before the country is. i
many respects, superior to that of M,
Morton, will be compelled to defend Nh
new scheme with every resource they ca
command, and to meet its antagonist n
any ground he may choose now or here
after. A schism is pretty certain frol
thls controversy, and the struggle mu.
terminate in the complete defeat of on
or the other faction. Mr.. Morton
struggling to preserve his ascendancy :
Inc dictator Of the party, looking forwar
TOUR years hence to the nomination f.
PRESIDENT. To second his ambition. it


necessary that the party should be mai,
tanned in power at any cost, and he is
those who believe that the end instifi
the means.
Year: 1877

Ii Senator Morton had agreed to the
joint committees report for counting
the presidential vote he would have
shown degree of inconsistency with
his own character which no one had a
right to expect. AS a contemporary
remarks, he has always exercised the
right of going back on last years re-
cord when he felt like it, and the re-
port of the committee embodies some
OF the very features he was himself
advocating year ago.
Year: 1877

A MODERN BABE IN THE WooDs.-A
correspondent of the New York World tells
somewhat remarkable story of a i've
years old boy who wandered into q dense
forest in Lordvlle, Delewsre Co., N. Y,
fortnight ago, was lost and remained there
day and night, bnt came out unharmed
through perils of wild beasts and a terrible
tornado. When the child was first missed,
the father, expecting TO find him near by,
went TO the woods, but aner quite an ex-
tended search failed to find any trace of
him. lie returned 10 the village, wbere
the alarm became general, as once before
half grown boy had been lost in the woods
and never found, the supposition being
that he was devoured by wild beasts. The
whole village turned out in search of the
child. The hunt was kept up all day Mon
day and all Monday night. During the
night the most violent storm of rain and
wind ever known in that vicinity broke
over the woods. The thunder aud light
ming were terrific, and the wind a perfect
gale. Tree after tree was blown down in
the woods, and lightning struck on every
hand. There were several narrow escapes
from falling trees and branches, but in
spite of this and the terror born of The phe-
nomena OF the storm the search for the lost
child was not interrupted. 1t was the opin-
ion of a majority of the party that the
search would be fruilless, for it seemed
that the child must have long since fallen
victim TO some Of the many perils of the
night. About sunrise Tuesday morning
Mr.. Adams, the father of tue missing boy,
was prosecuting the search with compan-
ion high upon the mountain, two miles
from Lordville. He had given up the hunt
as hopeless, and was nearly distracted.
They sat down by the side of a stump, and
were discussing what had best be done,
when they were startled by a voice calling
out family, "Hallo, papaw They jumped
to their feet, and in hollow in the stump
crouched the missing boy. The next mo-
ment he was hanging about his fathers
neck, and they were both almost crazed
with joy. The little fellow said he had
gone TO the wood 10 pick flowers. He had
wandered about all day Monday trying 10
find his way back home and calling for his
papa. At night be crawled, frightened and
almost dead with fatigue, into the stumpin
which he had been found. Hekept calling
for his papa, but big dog, he said, came
up TO the stump, and growing at him,
frightened him into silence. This was be-
yond doubt bear, as was plainly indicated
by the tracks discovered. The boys flesh
and clothes were badly torn and lacerated.
Within distance of 100 feet three large
tr, p were blown down and one struck by
li-htning. Broken branches lay all about
where the boy was found. He says he
heard strange noises all night, and was so
filed with terror that be could not sleep.
The boy is prostrated with a nervous fever
and he is stiff and sore, but no serious con-
sequences are anticipated.
Year: 1877

Is prepared from the true Jamaica Ginger combined
with choice aromatics and genuine French Brandy,
and is vastly superior to every other Extract or Es-
sence Of Ginger before the public, all of which are
prepared with alcohol by the old process 1t instantly
relieves
Year: 1877

THE SwALLows.-These little wander
ers have returned and are building in
their old quarters under the coping Of the
Court House. We notice by the Sacra-
mento Bee that the State emptoye, were
endeavoring to di,lodge the swallows.
which had took possession of the Capitol
building, but found 1t harder task than
they had expected.
Year: 1877

"ON Tr."-Shasta county sends forth


pretty fair crop Of candidate. for this
early in the season. Three for Sheriff
and four tor Clerk is fair beginning.
Among the anxious to be -heriff batch
we find the name Of Jerry Culvorhouse.
Year: 1877

A Characteristic song has been discovered
among the redskins which shows that they
know thing or two better than some
s'pale-faces." The song translated reads
thus


Let man talk very long time,


Let man talk a very long time,


Let man talk a very long time,


A hole he will bore in rock.


As writer on agricultural topics the old
sssage. Of the walia Walla Union coaxes
the beat right out of the ground, asfollowss
We yield the palm to Minnesota wheat


Each April sown in;
But Oregon has raised the premium beat


Its name is Cronin.


Another poet, speaking of g politician OF
some Western State who suddenly became
notorious for his carelessness of reputation
and weakness for money, puts it In this
way


Ring, ring, ring the bell
Cronin's going, going. gone towel!
But as he went you could hear him hollef.
SHY soul it fetched three thousan' dollar ~
Year: 1877

The sun comes up and the night goes down.
And the day and the night are the same


as one.
The year grows green and the year grows


brown,


And what is it all when all is doneT
Grains of sombrc. or shiny sands
Sliding in and out of the hand.
And men go down in ships to the seas,
And hundred ships are the same as


one.
And backward and forward blows the


breeze.


And what is it all when all is done?
A tide with never shore in sight,
Setting steadily on to the night.
The fisherman droppeth his net In the
stream


And hundred streams are the same as


one.
The maiden dreameth her love-lit dream,
And what is it all when all is done?
The burden the net of the fisherman breaks
And after the dreaming the dreamer


awakes.
Year: 1877

CHANGE OF Base It was resolved on
Saturday night to discontinue the meetings
at the Court House, fol this week at least,
giving way TO fhe Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton. and hold meetings each night in two
of the churches OF the city, hoping thus to
keep up good feeling among all classes
and accommodate every one desirous of
aiding in the good work that has been 60
ing on for weeks past.
Year: 1877

WOMAN SUFFRAGE.-Our citizens of the
male persuasion have been unusually meek
since Tuesday, as ON that day The advocates
of woman suffrage opened their batteries
at the Court House in this city.
Year: 1877

Valentines day excited some of our little
folks wondrously. Numbers of them
sswent through with every ''bit'' they
could borrow or beg. It was grand day
for some of these miniature men and
women, and sad one for othersi
Year: 1877

THE rains did so much injury to the road above that the stage from Tucson was slightly damaged on Mon. day last, this side of Mohawk. The dam age consisted in the breaking of a Jack, the bending of its brace and letting the body down on one side upon the perches. The only serious effects were the failure to connect with the s. P R. R. on Tuesday, and consequent detention of the mail and the inconvenience to the eight passengers, all Of whom save one being destined to Yuma. The stage did not reach here until $50 p. m. on Tuesday, instead of at noon as usual.
Year: 1877

THE steamer Mohave started for up-river on Saturday, but when some twelve miles on her way, owing to some flaw or defect in the shaft it broke and she was compelled to return. The barge carrying the freight was moored at the scene of the mishap and on Monday the Cocopah was sent up the river with the passengers who had, mean while, been entertained at the expense of the company. The shaft and other dam aged machinery left by rail within twenty four hours for the repair shops of the s. P. R. R. at Sacramento.
Year: 1877

MONDAY afternoon rain clouds filled the to the south and east and we were treat ed to the sight ofa double rainbow; a sma. t shower would have been more welcome. The rain fell copiously along the Gila be- tween Stanwix and Gila City, doing some damage to the road
Year: 1877

Col. c. G. MASON, of Silver King fame, arrived on the 5th from his protracted visit East. After resting few days at Yuma he goes to his mining property in the Globe district. May his shadow never grow less.
Year: 1877

LIGHTNING MARKs.-The leaf-like fig
ures which are 30 frequently found upon
the bodies of mon and animals struck by
lightning are sometimes believed to be
impressions of the foliage near the spot
where the accident has occurred. made
by the lightning in some manner anal
ogous to the process of Photography.
These figures. however, are not derived
from trees at all, but represent the fiery
hand of lightning itself, the trunk being
traced by the main discharge, while the
sprsy-like branches proceed from the
electric feelers first cast out. as it were,
to find the line OF least resistance. The
sensation of cobwebs being drawn over
the face, which has sometimes been felt
by sailors just before their ships have
been struck by lightning. is to be at
tributed to these sprays Of electricity
preceding the main discharge.
Year: 1877

We grant. a. has recently been said


that he open ire j. ''incompctcnt 10
heat our houscs.' bat we sciicvc il can
be made such an important factor iu the
culture OF children, that we have nu
hesitation in urging others 10 try 1t.
In houses that are wholly warmed 70,
furnace, the family circle j. likely to be-
come impai,ed. The children take
their friends TO their own room. and
the mother rarely become, intimately
acquainted with their associates
Around a wood fire all naturally come
together: what interests one, comes in
4 little while to interest all. and the
children learn TO be open and free.
Tie fire warm. the heart a. well a. the
body. \ wood fire lii early in the
evening when the children sre home
from school is all that i necessary.
When the boys get used to coming in
from the cold and snow 10 find a cheer
ful hickory fire blazing on the parlor
hearth, with the room not 10 nicely
furnished for them TO use, they will not
want to leave il for any outside attract
ions. The moment the familiar whistle
Is heard in the evening, let some kind
ling wood be thrust under the logs. The
pleasant sensation produced by a tiaz-
ing FIRE, if repeated every day, Winter
after Winter, amounts 10 great deal
OF happiness in 4 boys life time. and
viii never bc forgotten. 1t is difficult
TO oyerestimate the value oi this cent
IA! gathering place for the whole fAmi-
Is. Wood fires are not dusty, and
when used not for heat. but tor cheer.
and only in the evening. are mol costly.
The moderate heat OF "a furnace or
stove is sufficient for the parlor by day,
and but little wood in the fireplace i,
necessary 10 make il comfortable at
nigbt.-lndecd, the register often hA-
10 be closed TO keep the heat Of the
house lcom rushing into the parlor.
The wood fire ycntilates. and thus, not
only are the feet kept warm, but the
head remains cold. Half cord Of
hickory wood lasis about month, and
We use it on Sundays after church, aud
on other days if we have friends to diu
ner, or The children are TO be at home.
Ia Spring and Fall an open fire place
is particularly useful. Every one
knows how the furnace is dieliked in
moderate weather, but by using at
such times the wood alone, the desired
heat is obtained and far more than the
cost saved in the coal that would be
burned to waste. If the fireplace i
painted black there will be good
background for the red flame, and the
brickwork twill hot be made TO look
shabby by the smoke. Let it be a
good hearty blazing fire or none at all.
Better TO save in fine furniture. or in
rich desserts, than pat on logs sparing-
Is. Brass andirons arc the best, for
they never wear out, and the labor in
keeping them bright i much exagerat-
ed. The wood should be sawed in but
Two pieces, so as TO reach clear over
both andirOus. y lot of cora cobs will
make a hot, quick blaze, just before the
children 90 up TO bed, and will make
their slumber all the .wecter-ScrJ-
1ter far October.
Year: 1877

STEwED FowL.-Fill the inside OF
young fowl with oysters, pa it in a
jar or tin pail. tightly closed and put it
in kettle OF water. Boil all hour and
half; there will be a quantity of gravy
from the fowl aud oysters: add to it
a little flour made smooth in small
quantity of water; some butter, season
ing 10 taste, and more oysters with
their liquor. Serve this with the fowl.
which will be very white and tender.
All the fine flavor lost in the ordinary
boiling will be preserved
Year: 1877

A Southern paper thinks that one
OF the strangest things in the world is
TO find Southern planters buying tons
OF Northern hay. while the heavy and
giievous task the whole year round is
TO keep the fields clear of grass.
Year: 1877

z What's wrong with Squire Forman, of
Doniphau, that the Democracy are 50 opposed to
himf There WAS hostile element in the Wayne
Township delegation against him, and they were
determined to beat him for anything. We no
tice that he has not been re-nominated for Sur
veyor. We thought he WAS one of the old stand
bys. But If the Democracy want change, and
want to give Others in the party chance, why
didn't they carry it out all through their Coun-
ty ticketf
Year: 1877

WHO ARE HIS FRIENDS I'VE would call the
attention of the many warm friends of ]. +.
Hampson to one or two facts. They have been
dissatisfied, for several years past, because he
was neglected in the bestowal of Offices and
many of them have supported opposition tickets.
Mr.. Hampson has, oflate years, frequently acted
with those who opposed regular Republican
ticket This year, again, the same class of men
used his name freely, in CONNECTION with two or
three County Offices. They expected to use him
as an independent candidate, knowing that, as
such, there would be no possibility of his cleo
tion but they expected that he would take
enough votes to defeat the Republican candidate.
This would have left him in worse condition
than ever; but they did not care picayune
what became of him, after he had served their
purpose. But Republican Convention offered
him g nomination in good faith, for they could
insure him an election. He had the good sense
to accept it. They have shown him that they
are his true friends, for they have not tried to
use him for a selfish purpose, but have given
him place that will be of substantial benefit
to him. We believe him to be q good Republi-
can, but that the advice of injudicious or pre-
tended friends has influenced him to his disad-
vantage. We have had the best of feeling for
him, from the earliest days, and if We sometimes
could not support him, it was bacsuse of his po-
sition on opposing tickets. We trust that his
real friends can now see who are willing to do
him a genuine service, and 60 to work In earnest
for the whole ticket. 1t is impossible to work
against portion of a ticket, without hurting
the whole of the ticket. Mr.. Hampson needs
the Office, and his friends should help those who
are helping him.
Year: 1877

u And now comes the report that the editor
of the Bslletia honey -fuggled around Democrat
ic delegates, and tried to get the nnomination
for Commissioner against Mr.. Leland. If he is
anxious to know what kind of race he would
have made against Leland, let him undertake q
butting match against one Of the big freight To-
comotives, when coming at full speed down
rrade
Year: 1877

q We will not support Burkhalter for Sheriff. if
nominated BY thousand Conventions -Bnlefia, s0n


Would the reader believe that, two days after
the above declaration was publishsd, the editor
of the Bmiletia would send messenger to Burk
halter, offering to support him If he would agree
to divide his patronage with himf It is even
80. That man would sell Jesus Christ or agree
to support the devil, for q few dollars.
Year: 1877

And now comes the republican par
ty of the great state of Pennsylvania
and demands the repeal OF the act
which demonetiZed silver. Here is
their resolution:


Sixth-That the long and success
full existence under the laws OF con-
gress of the double coin standard
warrants us in demanding an early re-
peal Of the legislation which demone-
tized silver and established an almost
exclusive gold standard; and we there
fore favor return to the free use
and unrestricted coinage OF the dol
: lar of 1898. and it's restoration to the
position it held rs legal tender dur
ing eighty years of our national eXls-
tence, thus preserving the equality OF
the commercial value of the silver
sdollar with the gold dollar, and keep
ing both in circulation.
Year: 1877

In his speech to the laboring men
of st. Paul last Tuesday night Broth
er Donnelly told them that one OF the
outrages that capitalists had commit
ted against labor recently was to buy
their wheat for one dollar q bushel
when they ought to pay one dollar
and forty cents. The speech was ev-
identity written for grange festival,
and we should advise Brother Don
nelly to have side track in order That
he may switch off that portion OF his
speech when he addresses consumers.
So. Paul Dispatch.


Not at all, Brother Castle. we
showed in that speech that a great ring
had been formed to depress the price
of wheat in the United States forty
cents per bushel below the price IN
Liverpool, after deducting all charges
for transportation and handling; and
we showed that this prevented farm
ers from selling their wheat at this
time, and thus putting thirty million
dollars in circulation, which would
set all the wheels of business in mo-
ton, and give the laboring men OF the
state a share in the general prosperity.


The laboring men of st. Paul, IN the
midst of dull times; pay as much for
their flour as if the farmers were re-
ceiving all their wheat was worth.


The DrOsperity of the farmers of
Minnesota is the prosperity of all the
people: and whenever ring robs the
farmers it depresses the business OF
the whole state.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Merrill is doing we'll in the text
book matter. The works he will offer
will be first class. Some OF them are
the publications of d. Appleton 4 Co..
revised; and the Appletons publish
ONLY first class works. This is just
what Mr.. Merrill should do. but what
we feared he could not accomplish; and
now if his books are good. il they are
as good as any series. we do not hesl-
tate 10 say that it is the duty of every
officer of state. county, town or school
district who has any act to perform IN
relation thereto, to SO act as to faclll-
tate the success of the project to the
utmost. The independent school dis
tricts ought to use the books as soon
as Il change can be made without loss;
county superintendent and the State
Superintendent should aid i'll acquaint-
| ing communities with the merits OF
the new books and inducing 4 ready
compliance with the law. Some
amendments will be necessary in re-
gard to the method of supplying the
children with books. but it is enough
to know now that the cheap books will
also be good books.-Red Wing Repub-
hcan.


Very true: and yet desperate
effort is now being made to pack the
next legislature with man who will
repeal the law. in the interest of the
School Book Ring. One of the leading
representatives of that Ring has said
that they could afford to spend half a
million dollars rather than permit the
Merrill law to go into force. No doubt
of it. In three or four years they
would get their money back from the
people of Minnesota alone; while if the
Merrill law proves success other
Year: 1877

possessors of farms or workshops. If
all these things do not represent
wealth what is wealth! We had sup
posed that wealth was those things
necessary to the wants of the human
family, food, clothing, homes, means
of transportation, etc. And now we are
told that a period Of time which p. O.
duced all these things in a degree of
Superabundance such as was never
seen before in the history of the
world was really a period Of suffering
and ruin. We are asked to believe
that all these millions of Workingmen
who, during these years, enjoyed the
comforts of civilized life, were in an
inflated and unnatural condition, and
that now when they are homeless.
hopeless. and half starved. wandering
over the world looking for work. they
are in their normal and proper condi-
ton!


We do not believe anything of the
kind. We believe that the enormous
prosperity which followed the war
was due to the fact that for the first
time in the history of the world the cur
rency Of the land was adequate to the
demands of trade. And we think
that the men who for selfish purposes
arrested that extraordinary growth
committed the gravest possible crime
against mankind.


What our nation needs is:


!. An abundant currency, fully
equal to the necessities of business,
and increasing with the increase OF
commerce and production.


II. That this currency should be
issued by the nation itself, without
the Intervention Of any third parties


Ill That it should be full legal ten.
der for ALL debts, public and private
including duties onfmports.'
Year: 1877

Prof. Johns of the MankatO Normal
School. whose bread and butter is
drawn from the taxpayers of the
state. is going around the country ad-
vising teachers and school district
officers to pay no attention to the law
of the state in reference to the Mer-
rill school books, but to buy the Mon
roe series of readers, for which he is
probably agent.


Isn't the Normal School burden
growing a little heavier than the peo-
pie can bear! Isn't it time for a lit
tie more agitation OF this steal!
Year: 1877

states will follow the example Of
Minnesota and their huge profits will
be destroyed forever. Hence it is
life and death struggle with them.


FOreWarned is fOreWarned and the
people should see that no man is elected
to the Legislature who is not sound on
the school book question.