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Year: 1879

If a man desired to make a prosperous leap from
an express train which was running at the rate of
thirty or forty miles an hour, he would hardly elect
to be chained fast to another man by the wrists an
ankles. This was the desperate cnance which PAIR
of bu glars took on Wednesday when on their road
e. fifteen year, Imprisonment at Trenton. They had
o. allowed by Sheriff Decker of Essex County.
who had them in charge, to enter the closet unat-
tended. and few moments later were on the
car platform, having III some inexplicable
way. roned together as they were, climbed
through a window only twenty-three inches
square. The Sheriff seized one by the
arm. but his companion made wild spring ont
ward dragging the other after, and down the bank
the pair were hurled. while the train sped on to
few-Brunswick. mile and half beyond. The
.-leriff and a deputy at hurried back to pick
nm the mangled remains-but the remains had
forded a swift stream. and were "a mile away at "a
farmhouse chopping away at their irons with an
axe az the wOod-plle. The New-Jersey agriculurist
and an athletic son of his happened to be at
home, and more arrested the pair
before they had succeeded in getting
apart, and carried them away to the Jail
in New-Brunswick where sheriff Decker found
them. These were two Of the three who were az
rested ia Deckcrtown the night before election for
breaking into the house of Farmer Howe. and one
Of them, who calls himself Sawyer, Was the expert
who. after some careless pistol practice captured
the horse and buggy Of his pursucrs and drove away
into the night. leaving two amateur policemen
standing hepessly in the road 1t is reported that
the bruises in the last exploit NAV prove fatal
TO Mr.. Sawyer. II he RECEIVERS lie will probably have
an irnpedment in his speech nasmuch rs he bit off
a considerable section of his tongue
Year: 1879

Springer is safe from spontaneous explosion. He
has found vent the Utes and will enter upon the
holiday recess with the grateful spirit OF a man who
has escaped unharmed from the ragged edge of
great peril The Utes stand it. for the sole effect
Of Springers mouthings is personal relief to him
self the rest of the world paying no more heed to
blm than 1t would to Daniel Pratt. At the same
time everybody will be glad to know that Springer
is safe, for he is of the few modern statesmen
whose antics are harmless as well as amusing


Mr.. Weaver would be able TO move through this
vale of tears with less friction If he could him
self as others see him-that Is, as Joke.


The National Democratic party rises up almost
unanimously and says of the work of the Maine
brethren; I" IL is we'll" This enlarees the party's
platform Of principles by one plank. and makes it
Year: 1879

The conviction of padrone in the United
States Circuit Court yesterday raises the hope
that this system of white slavery will perhaps
be broken up, at last This is the first con-
viction that has been obtained in the five
years during which the offence has ranked as
a felony. If the Court is disposed to deal
sternly with the case the Imprisonment may
extend to five years and the fine to $4,000.
Year: 1879

At Naples she received n visit from the
English ambassador, Sir William Hamil-
ton, who begged that the first portrait
she took there shonld be that Of Mrs.
Hart, his mistress, whom he shortly Of
terward married. This person, equally
celebrated for her statuesque beauty and
her relation with Nelson, was painted by
the French artist Bachante reposing on
the seashore and holding III her hand q
cup. Her lovely face was very animat-
Ed, and she had, it seems, an enormous
quantity of lustrous chestnut hair, which
when loose, covered her entirely. The
life of Lady Hamilton, earlier known as
Emma Lyon or as Mrs. Hart, had many
elements of romance. Her mother was
poor servant, and at thirteen the girl
took service in the family of London
marketman. The Prince of Wales told
Nine. Brun that he had seen her at that
time standing in clogs at fruiterers
door, and though poorly dressed, her
handsome face attracted his attention.
From one place to another she finally
drifted to tavern frequented by actors,
where she presently sank to the lowest
stage OF degradation. A chance drew
her out of the abyss, one Doctor Graham
having hired her for exhibition at his
house, under the name of the Goddess of
Health. Some time afterward painter,
by name Romnoy, took her as his model
and put her into his pictures in thous-
and graceful attitudes. In this way she
acquired that habit of being able to alter
her expression III a moment, which after
ward made her famous. At this time
Lord Creville, son of the Earl of War
wick, fell so desperately in love with her
that he wished to marry her, when he
suddenly lost his place under the govern
ment, and his fortune. Starting for Ma
pies, in the hope of obtaining assistance
from his uncle, Sir William Hamilton,
he took Emma with him, the better to
plead his cause. His kinsman consented



to pay his debts but on condition that
Emma should belong to him, and q mar
riage, as we have said, taking place sub
sequently, the ex-servant maid became a
great lady. Every one knows that while
at Naples, Lord Nelson was greatly en-
amoured of her, and when Nine. lie
Brun met her years afterwards in Lon
don, Lady Hamilton had with her a child
who was said to be the daughter of the
victor of Trafalgar. We may add that
one of the accomplishments acquired
during her chequered career was the ca
pacity of swallowing a vast quantity of
porter. She was not tipsey, we are told,
even after drinking two or three quarts


E1jlII(s
Year: 1879

1t now seems pretty well fixed that the
present cotton crop of the South viii be
very large. Thus another integer to Tho
country is added. The executive conf
mittee of the National Cotton Exchange,
in their report says: During the last
five years cotton-cultUre in the United
States has outstripped the most sanguine
expectations; that the problem of free
labor has been virtually solved; and that
the South must be regarded as the future
reliance of the cotton manufacturers Of
both America andEurope."


CribBiting. NJ. r., Venice, H.
Query: Car you tell me way to cure a
cribber or stump sucker of his habit9


Reply; We know of no cure, The
habit once acquired is apt to be perma-
nent. The horse may be more or less
successfully prevented from indulging in
it by lining the wood work against which
he cribs, with sheet iron, or by mailing
on some sheep skin, which may be smear
ed occasionally with some aloes. A broad
strap is sometimes applied around the
neck OF the horse, the compression hav-
ing the effect of preventing the habit,
while it Is on; but the continued use of
such strap is liable to produce constric-
ton or other injury to the windpipe, by
which the horse is apt to become roar
Year: 1879

Expose yourself day and night, eat too
much without exercise; work too hard
without rest; doctor all the time; take all
the vile nostrums advertised; and then
you will want to know how to get well.
Which is answered in three words-Take
Hop Bitters! See other column,
Year: 1879

The nettled harbor master was about
to tell the calm minded stranger to fish
away and be hanged to him, when he
carefully lifted his hook out of water,
spit on the apple core and said:


Give been in this city two days and
over, sleeping in boxes and living on air,
and was just experimenting to see if
there was a burned reptile in this neigh
borhood as hungry as 1 am -


The officer lent him a chew of tobacco
and permitted him to continue his ex-
pertinent in ace.-Detr0H Free Press.
Year: 1879

WHAT HE WAS FISHING FoR.-The
other day the harbor master came across
stranger on the wharf, at the foot OF
Randolph street, fishing with cotton
string TO which was attached a hook
made Of stove pipe wire and baited with
an apple core.


"Do you expect to catch any fish with
such tackle as that f. inquired the OIL
cial.


''No sir. was the prompt reply.


''Are you fishing for bites %


''No, sir"
Year: 1879

Our rendafs will remember that two wRsks ago We stated that a gentleman of this town would subscribe twenty-five doliars toward puFehh sing homo for tho perpetual Use of the town poor. Since then a nuble-hearted lady authorizes Us tO place her name down for twenty-five dollars, and further promises tO giso her personal attention to soliciting ar tirlcS for the purpose of furnishing the Home. rh Iuld 1t become n certainty. And th., good work progresses. Since the above was written another gentleman haS c0Bbe t0 the front with twenty-five dollars aAd encouraging words.

 Come friends, and make known your wish in thIs matter send in your names to be added to the list, and give what you desire. Perhaps some of tho sons and daughters of dear old Ncwtown far away may wish to join tn this praise worthy schemc; if so, let them send in their names and whom q sufficient num- L'r express Il willingness let there be a meeting called of the subscribers and an organization of officers made, so that some suitable psIsOn can bo selected to receive thc money that will be paid in. bu not hesitate to writo and state your objections or make suggestions concern ing this charitable movement.

 Talk with your friends, and do not stop agitating the question until the home be- eonacs one of the good works of the peo- ple of the town. If you cannot give more than one dollar send your name. Every citizen, male and female, ought to fcol that they have privilege m this work for the comfort of tho poor, "who arc al. ways with you
Year: 1879




During his first visit to Paris M.
Lassalle. distinguished German,
presented himself at the house of
well known lady, to whom he had
sent letters Of introduction in adj
vance. When the servant opened
the door and received his card she
conducted him to the boudoir and
told him to be seated, saying:
"Madame will come in Immediate
ly."


Presently the lady entered. She
was in deshabille and her feet were
bare, covered only with loose slip
pers. She bowed to him carelessiy
and said: "Ah, there you are;
good morning"


She threw herself on a sofa, let
fall o slipper, and reached out to
Lssselle her very pretty foot.


I.asselle was naturally complete
ly astounded, but he remembered
that at his home in Germany it
was the custom sometimes to kiss
lady's hand and he supposed it
was the Paris mode to kiss her
foot. Therefore he did not hesitate
to imprint kiss upon the fascina-
ting foot so near him, but he could
not avoid saying, "Ithank you,
madame, for this new method of
making a lady's acquaintance. 1t
is much better and certainly more
generous thai kissing the hAnd.u


The lady Jumped up, highly In
Year: 1879

1T will be seen by our kilograms
that the London Times takes q
very gloomy view of the tendency
and probable effects of our new
Constitution. There is a good deal
Of exaggeration in such CONN ents
and even more misiDformation. It
ls quite probable that we shall
have ample cause to regret many
provisions Of our new organic law,
but there is no necessity for run
ming into downright absurdity IN
describing them. We shall proba-
bly, find 1t expedient to modify
many features OF the new instru.
ment, but the machinery for such
modification is provided in the
document itself. We are great
ways from the Paris Commune.
Year: 1879

glance to these men at the next
election and has worn their collar
ever since. 1t is all very well for our
Worklngmen fellow citizens to
prate of their untried virtue, but the
homely old adage comes into play
that "the proof of the pudding is In
chawing the bag"
Year: 1879

COB protect the people Of Cali
fornia from the VI am better than
thou" class which proposes to take
charge OF the State. A miracle
may be worked in favor of our
young commonwealth, but we
challenge successful contradiction
to the statement that hitherto, In
cry development of our politics,
n the critical time came, the
men Of unlimited professions
an wofully behind, in their
ce, their predecessors of
loose morals. The
'orm Legislature


'ilich was


incident


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vt
Year: 1879

MIR. EDITOR. Among other changes occur ring in town, some hives of bees are changing owners, and Mr. Olmstead has several more hives for sale. Every body knows that the main object in keeping the ''busy bee' is to ob- tain honey, but every one may not knew other important advantages that may accrue from keeping them. They are a wonderful study. Why it is that they will attack and sting one person, without having had the least provoca- tion, and allow another to handle them with importantly, is unaccountable but such is the fact.

 Uncle A is one of the people who is suc- cessful with bees, but age, with it's lntirmties has pvertaken him, and he is assisted in leco- motion by crutch and staff One day his bees swarmed and lit a little distance from the house. With the aid of the customary crutch and staff he proceeded to hive them. Soon he came swiftly to the house minus crutch and staff; bee in his trousers being better pre-
Year: 1879

The Nation considers the Ftz John Porter trial a complete yindicatien, and that the full Ter evidence now attainable shows conclusive ly that his former conviction was based upon an entire misapprehension of fact.
Year: 1879

There is great suffering among the negroes landed so hastily in Kansas Many have died of cold and privation. and there will have to be large contributions, or the mortality will be ter rife A convention met in Louisiana, last week, to consider the question of the negro ex- odus. The press dispatch says that the make ing among its members careful thinkers and representative men,"
Year: 1879

Those who suffer from nervous irritations
itching uneasiness, and the discomfort that
follows from an enfeebed and disordered state
of the system, should take Ayers Sarsaparilla
and cleanse the blood. Purge out the lurking
distemper that undermines the health. and
constitutional vigor will return.
Year: 1879

The great success won by the Louisiana state
Lottery company has been gained by the
strict fairness OF Its dealings with the public.
All its methods of dong business are open as
the day and buyers of tickets have learned
that they have only to contend with the laws
of cnanoe, and that all are served alike. When
anyone asserts the contrary of this 1t is safe to
call him a liar or blackmailer. The regular
monthly drawing Will take place on the 18th
of January.
Year: 1879

Just two yards, and turns to sse him pick mp
his stool and follow, she has the most
amused expression on her face possible, and
If she eau kick over the milk pail she grows
positively hilarious.
Year: 1879

Iy been promoted and gone to
another Department. My thanks
are greatly due to this officer for
his quickness and vigilance, also
for his great discretion and local
knowledge in covering the right
places with troops at the right
time, without uselessly harrass-
ing those at rest in camp.
Year: 1879

Corruption is written all over the face of
political parties. Men whose word is con-
sidcrcd good in anything else, in politics
join in the most dishonest schemes 10 Sc
cure success. The standard of political
morality is far below the normalpo and
its effects are rapidly penetrating into 9TH
er departments. limo past time was there
so much dishonesty financially as now.
Defaulting cashiers and absconding treas
urers are the regular daily news. Unless
some barriers are erected against this flood
tide of corruption, it will soon break
through and break down all morality. 1t


is the duty of every man and woman who
sees this black cloud to protest against it
and endeaYor to rouse the slumbering
sense of honesty of purpose in the people
that alone can turn the tide and rescue
thc nation from the destruction by the del
ugc from it that threatens to submerge us.
Year: 1879

Happily for the three million tramps;
happily for the Fall River strikers and
their brothers everywhere; happily for the
thousands of starving families in all the
large cities, the people are prepared to
step forward to an extreme sufficient to
put their feet on the neck of the whole
bondholding, money-lcnding and banking
crew, who have been let loose on the coun-
try until they have swindled the people
out of thousands of millions of dollars and
got their robber clutch on all the wealth.
The people don't believe it to be their
duty to stop to parley with such enemies,
however wise, They will find an answer
ing echo in the heart OF every down.trod-
den, suffering laborer; every farmer
pressed to the wall by Shylock and the
tax-gathcrer, and every merchant and
manufacturer who has sunk beneath the
tread of the modern MOloch.
Year: 1879

Good, honest money" is for tine bank
er, but it is hard fo' the toilcr and prOduc'
er to get one of the bankers "honest" dol
lars. Good, honest money has added to the
wealth of one man by making another
poorer. by money the banker means tC
take a pair Of oxen to pay a debt that q
pair of steers would pay when the debt
was contracted. The farmer swings the
scythe and sweats in the meadow from
sun to sun, while the banker lies in the
shade and takes the hay-all in the name
of good, honest money" The platform
lodges the single gold standard, says
nothing about cheating the public creditor
seventeen per cent. by paying in silver.
Year: 1879

FrOmthe Western Rural.


Farmers get swindled; there is nc
doubt of that at all. But they are not
alone in the unsatisfactory experience.
This world is divided into two classes,
the swindlcr and the swindlcd, and the
latter class is a great deal the larger one.
There are some swindlcrs Of which the
farmer is the victim, that he might es-
cape, no doubt, if the press did its duty.
If newspapermen would just stop to con-
slider moment, and let a little common
sense shed its light upon the character OF
certain swindles, instead OF quietly and
rcgretfully stating as matter OF news
that some farmer had been swindlcd
through tho wilcs ola lightning rod or
some other similar impostor, they would
point out the fact that the farmer could
not be held upon many of these contracts.
A lightning rod man is very apt to blum
der in making his famous contracts, but,
however much he may blunder or what
ever degree of fraud may appear in the
transaction, the papers have been accus-
toned to say; "lts too bad; let the dog
loose the next time lightning rod man
sets foot on the premises" If n heavy
bill has been already paid this advice is
a great deal like locking the stable door
after the horse has been stolen. The
time to have let the dog loose was when
the Swlndler began to pour forth his ell
oquence. There is not a bit Of danger
that the lightning rod man will victimize
the farmer the second time. A burned
child breads the fire, and man who has
had his finger burned once, will take care
of the next live coal that he sees, without
the aid of any dog.


A new swindling scheme has been de-
velopcd in Iowa. A man goes among tho
farmers, and buys eggs, paying good
price and cash for them. Upon payment
Of the money he begins to write receipt
with lead pencil, which does good serv-
ice until tine last word before the sigma
ture is written, when the point convcn-
lently breaks off. He then produces a pen
and the farmer signs his name in ink.
Then the pencil writing is erased and a
promissory note written above the sigma
ture, and the note thrown in bank, and
the deludcd farmer is compelled to pay it.


This is such stupid performance that
we can hardly credit it, but taking it for
granted man can be found reckless
enough to make such a prominent bid for
the pcnitentiary, it is not matter of
much concern to the farmer. A valuable
consideration. But how many of such
notes are held by such PARTIES parties en-
tireIy ignorant of their character? They
are usually sold to the local banker. They
must be sold to some one who is acquaint-
ed with the alleged maker, for no one
else would buy them. Now this local
banker knows how such notes are secured
in the majority of cases. He knows that
they are a fraud, still he buys them. Not
one in Il hundred could be collected by
law.


1t may be well to repeat here, the ad-
vice often given to the farmer: Never
sign your name to any paper presented by
u stranger. DOnt Sign! DON'T SIGN!
Follow that advice and it will saye you
lots of trouble. But if you have already
signed, then fight the thing, if it Is not
all right.
Year: 1879

The grccnback party was crossing the
river with splendid span Of horses
named Grcenback and Expansion. They
stemmcd the rapid current Of Depression
river and made straight foe the opposite
shore. But when half way across, some
Of the drivers saw a motley crowd OF ami
mails who wanted to ride too, and they
cut loose the horses that were doing so
well and harnessed to u mule. That mule
is carrying the whole crOwd-the old
grecnbackers and the crowd who wanted
to ride with thcm-rapidly down river to
be soon swamped in the ocean, unless
they cut loose from it. 1t would have
been all right had they merely swapped
horses; but to change the breed of the
animal in "the swap" is quite another
thing.
Year: 1879

The grcenback went where gold and
yer dare not 90. The grccnback went
down there with the old flag, and stayed
there, ntil the last rebel shot was fire,
GOm was never found in dead soldiers
pocket. If the soldier had any money
when he died fighting for his country it
was rrcrnbacks,
Year: 1879

FoR fifteen years they have been making
laws to enhance the value OF their bonds
until now their bonds are payable in a
dollar that has a purchasing power of 40
per cent. greater than gold dollar in
1860, and the bond is above par.
Year: 1879

EVERY civilized nation that limits its
cash exchanges to the amount of specie in
its bank vaults, encourages debt and spec
ulation and is responsible for panlcs and
industrial break-downs. Barbarous ma
tions which have few and simple exchang-
cs and no social system, may so limit its
business, but it is not possible for nations
which deal in every form of exchangable
commodity. The nation that limits its
cash transactions to the amount of specie
which 1t possesses will have rich bankers
and poor people. This is why the specie
basis is such fraud.
Year: 1879

We need more currency. This is no
rag baby. When panic strikes IL people
there is a general loss of confidence, and a
frantic effort to do business on cash
basis. There is in consequence money
famine, and it is upon us that the Money
Power in control of the government see
iii to force resumption by contraction OF
the currency.
Year: 1879

The needs of the country not only re-
quire an issue Of money sufficient to pay
the bonds and stop that drain of interest
from the industries, but also enough more
If that shouldn't prove to be enough tc
rapidly pay all other Indebtedness and
stop the whole drain of interest from la
Dor. That drain amounts now to the
enormous sum of fifteen hundred million
dollars year. The industries earn
enough, net, to pay perhaps FIVE hundred
millions. The mortgaged property oI
small landholders and of business mer
goes to pay the other thousand million
And that is the way the rich grow richel
and fewer and the poor poorer and NOR,
numerous every year.
Year: 1879

WE desire victory, and as we believe in
the final overflow of the powers of dark
ness, we know we shall obtain it, if we
keep our skirts clean and our principles
pure and worthy of it; but rather defeat,
yes thousand defeats, than victory won
by trickery and fraud or by sacrificing one
lot or title of honor or principle.
Year: 1879

The banker don't want the power 10
collect his pay or his bond, but he wants
the power to collect his pay for his green
backs, SO that by drawing one dollar. of
gold from the treasury he can force the
government to retire three dollars of the
grccnbacks. The mischief is not in pay
ing gold for grecnbacks, but in giving the
bankers the power to drive out of circula-


ton three times as many grcenbacks as
they hav, got and fill the void, if it Is
their pleasure, with national bank notes