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Year: 1877

Strength for to-day is all that We need


AS there never will be a tomorrow
For tomorrow will prove but another to-day
With its measure Of Joy and sorrow
Then why forecast the trials Of life


With such sad and grave persistence,
And watch and wait for crowd OF Ills


That as yet has no eXistencel
Strength for to-day-what precious boon
For the earnest souls that labor,
For the willing hands that minister


To the needy friend or neighbor.
Strength for to-day-that the weary hearts
In the battle Of right quail not
And the eyes bedimmed with bitter tears
In their search for light may fail not
Strength for to-day-on the downhill track,
For the travellers near the valley,i
That up, far up on the other side,


Ere long they may safely rally.
Strength for to-dsy-thst our precious you'll
May happily shun temptation,
And build from the rise to the set Of sun
On strong and sure foundation.
Strength for to-day In the house and home
To practice forbearance sweetly-
To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
Still trusting in God completely.
Strength for to-day is all that we need,
AS there never will be to-morrowi
For tomorrow will prove but another day,
With its measure Of Joy and sorrow.
Year: 1877

Many young man has been ruined
for life because he never learned how
to do anything, "My father once
said an intelligent young friend, who
found it extremely difficult to earn q
scanty livelihood by his pen, "did not
think it worth while for me to learn
any trade or business" lie had been
unexpectedly thrown on his own re-
sources, and, although a man in stature
and years, he was n mere infant in his
capacity to earn q living. They are
too many men of his class floating
around the world-men who have tai
ents, but do not know how to apply
them. Such cases lead us to look upon
the culpability rs very great, of any
parents, who bring up son without
having been practically and thoroughly
instructed in some way of earning an
honest living. Every man should have
some profession or trade; should know
how 10 do something. Then, whether
he steadfastly pursues it or not, he at
least has an occupation to which. in an
emergency he may resort for the sup
port of himself and others who may be
dependent on him. or all men the
practical know nothing 10 most to be
pitied.
Year: 1877

committees or the votes of the House
or Senate The truth is that the ex-
penditure of every dollar received by
the Normal Schools from the State is
strictly accounted for, and itemized
bills are filed in the State Auditors
office and published in the report OF
the state Normal Board to the govern
or and by him submitted to the Legis-
lature. The people or their repre-
sentatives have the fullest informa-
ton as to how the money is used,
whether properly or economically or
otherwise.


But the trick consists in this:-An
ordinary appropriation cannot be
made until passed upon and approved
by each branch of the Legislature
The secret appropriations for the
Normal Schools, cannot be interfered
with except by the joint action OF
both houses, by an act to repeal the
act of last winter. In the meantime
the appropriation Of 100000 is not
voted upon at all. If one Legislature
can thus make law which ties up the


hands of all succeeding Legislatures


we had better abolish the Legislaturt


altogether.
Year: 1877

The st. Paul Dispatch, Republican
organ is fair enough to say:


Mr.. Banning's letter strikes an at
titude on the currency question that
will command many sympathizers. If
that was orthodox Democratic doc
tline-or if the people could be made
to believe that his election would
bring about the results he desires to
reach, he would be popular candl-
date.


Well; it is enough to know that Mr..
Banning is himself right. and will act
right il elected governor. Let us all
give him a chance to put his doctrines
in to practice.
Year: 1877

Every bit of this pretense ota great
desire to bring gold and greenbacksa at
par with each other is a sham. There
is not single whit of sincerity on
the part of the Resumptionists in this
whole outcry: because the way is open
now and always has been to accomplish
that object in three days time. All
that is necessary is to give the note
the same legal paying power the coin
has and the thing is accomplished
st. Louis Farmer.


The object is not to bring the green
backs to par but to increase the pur
chasing power of money at the ex
pense of all forms of human industry
What do the Shylocks of Wall stree
care about the national credit, tina
they should distress themselves abou
the discount on greenbacks. The pre-
tence is absurd.
Year: 1877

\ significant circumstance in the
bullion reports by cable is the con-
stant flow of gold from the bank of
England to the United States. An
other large shipment of American ca
giles took place yesterday, and the
bank rate Of discount has been raised
to the unusual point of five per cent.
to check the drain. Simply as an in
dication of the success of Sherman S
policy of attracting and accommodating
gold. this circumstance is gratifying.
Pioneer Pdess.


What. in the name of all that is rea-
sonable, had Sherman's policy to do
with the flow of gold to the United
States! 1t was caused blythe English
demand for American wheat. Surely
Sherman had nothiug to do with that
But what kind of a financial policy
is that. the success of which depends
upon the action of the bank of Eng
land. If that great institution can al
any time prevent gold from coming te
the United States by raising it's rate
of discount, the business of the Uni


ted States, if it rests upon gold ba


sis, can at any time be thrown int


convulsions. Our prosperity as pee


pie will hang upon the action of TIL


Bank of England. Is that right!
Year: 1877

The Republicans of Faribault coun-
try thus expressed their approval Of
some of the legislation of last winter:


RESOLVED That all regard with salts
faction, the action of the last legisla-
ture, whereby the rate Of interest
on money was restricted to twelve
per cent. under severe penalty; the
rate Oh unpaid taxes from "A per cent.
to Is; and the salaries of county officers
diminished so as to correspond more
nearly to the value Of the services re-
quired at their hands, believing these.
reforms to be in the interests of the
people and in accordance with the
genius of the party.
Year: 1877

the bank;but that he made the same mistakes
in investing his own money; that he did
eyerythiny in his power when the rush Of the
savings bank panic came upon him to pay his
depositors, and that hen forced to close he
did all that an honorable man could do.


How can any credit business be
safely conducted in community
where property shrinks in a few
years from FIFTY TO SEyENTY-FIyE
PER CENT


And what is ito be thought Of a
policy which arrests material prosper
ity and growth and causes such a
shrinkage as that!
Year: 1877

Winona Herald: There is one good
result already grown out of the Mer-
rill school book bill. namely. it has
broken up gigantic school book ring
which hung like an incubus upon the
people of Minnesota


Yes; and the enlightened educators.
especially the Normal School profes-
sors, are s,hard at work to hang the in
cubus over the people again. Let us
sustain the Merrill law and abolish
two of the Normal Schools.
Year: 1877

time with work. never read the bill.
l took it upon the faith of q prominent
Democrat laughter and prominent
Republican, and / don't know that \
voted at all. There was no call Of the
ayes and noes, and nobody opposed
that bill that I know of,


Wasn't that a pretty way to pass the
most important bill of the century!
Year: 1877

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.-The state
central committee of the greenback
and united labor parties have agreed
to mite for the purpose of conducting
the present state campaign. ana De
known as the united greenback ana
labor state central committee.


So the work of consolidation goes
IN avpryWhprp
Year: 1877

If the Democrats Of Iowa had all
voted the Greenback ticket, the old
Republican majority of 10000 would
have been entirely swept away and
the state carried by a party one year
old. There has never been such !;
revolution Of public opinion since
Columbus discovered America.
Year: 1877

I'm Iowa the combined Greenback
and Democratic votes are more IMAM
equal to the total Republican vote;
and the Greenback vote IS as large as
the Democratic vote.


How is that for a Rag-Baby only
one year only old?
Year: 1877

Not more than twenty seven
blocks from the capitol building,
Hillsboro street, couple of young
ladies elegantly costumed in visit
ing paraphernlia emerged from
a residence and entered the street
just ahead OF us. Each had a
trail as long as a peafowl's tail,
trailing in the dust, and they
must needs lie taken up. The
elder of the two followed the re-
voting custom OF the day by
reaching down asd taking hers
up by hand, but the younger
didn't do it that way. Planting
her left foot square on the ground,
she gave sudden kick with the
heel of the right foot, and the trail
was iDs.antaReously elevated to
its position in the right hand, ex-
tended to receive. 1t was done
so quick that the motion was
hardly perceptible; in fact, it was
the "cutest" trick we remember
to have seen, and the FIRST sleight-
ol.heel performance We ever heard
of
Year: 1877

The Louisville Courier Jour
nal has the following sensible
and pointed remarks, which we
thoroughly endorse, and COM
mend to thoughtful perusal of
the people of Lincoln county:
"One of the too-much neglec-
ted duties, which every good
citizen owes to his family and
to the community in which he
lives, is to aid as far as he can
in supporting his county paper,
for that paper can do more to
promote the moral, intellectual
and natural interests of his
county than any or all other a.
gencies. Show us a county
which literally supports a good
newspaper, and we will show
you a county whose people are
intelligent, enterprising and
prosperous. A good newspa-
per florlrishes only where the
people of the county are known
abroad for their intelligence,
their enterprise and their pros
perity in all the pursuits of life.
About the best country to move
from is one which does not sup
port, or supports but indiffer-
emily, its newspaper. About
the best county to move into is
one which does support, and
liberally, its newspa-
per-"
Year: 1877

The worst confidence game Of


the season was practiced on a min
ister few days since by unknown
parties. A couple--apparently q
gentleman and a lady-went to
the house of a Quincy Gil J divine,
armed with a married license, and
requested the minister to marry
them. The ceremony was accord
ingly performed, according TO the
latest fashion, when the BRIDE
groom asked the clergyman how
much he charged. Three dollars
A twenty dollar bill was handed
out and the groom received seven.
teen dollars in change. A few
moments congratulations followed,
when the happy couple prepared
to depart, but the bride, who was
evidently alittle awkward at the
business of handling a train, dis
played a pair of heavy boots. This
naturally aroused some suspicious
of the trick. Accordingly some
of the household watched the pair
as they left the parsonage and
had the satisfaction of seeing the
woman disrobe in an alley and
come forth as fine a looking young
man as one would wish to zee.
The reverend gentleman who had
made them man and wife then ex.
amined his twenty-dollar bank
note and discovered that it was
counterfeit. But he has not yet
found the confidence men who
passed it on him.
Year: 1877

Some years ago, in Scotland,
two intimate neighbors, child
less women of middle age, had
each a son born on the same
night. 1t was a cold season, and
for greater convenience and
comfort a great fire was built in
the kitchen Of only one of the
two houses, and there the mid
wives dressed the newly-born
babes. Something distracted
their attention and the identity
of the infants was lost. There
was no alternative left but to
leave to chance the determine
tion of which was the baby be-
longing to the house where the
fire was, and accordingly it was
selected in a dark room, in
which the babies were laid side
and side. The father of one
of the infants was wealthy
man with an immense Roman
nose; the father of the other
was poorer and had a small pug
nose. Time passed; the faith
ers each died and the boys grew
to maturity. AS they grew, the
boy assigned to the rich mans
family showed symptoms of a
nose pointing pertly skyward,
while the others face developed
a great nose, hooked like an ea-
giles beak. There was no mis-
taking the inference. When
the Rsman-hosed boy reached
maturity he brought suit for the
property left by the rich man
and now held by the pug-nosed
youth. The legal contest was
bitter but brief. The noses were
brought into court by their re-
spective owners, and the jury
could not hesitate. The young
man with the Roman develop
ment was reinstated in his un-
doubted right. 1t was Scot
tish cause ceIebre.
Year: 1877

1t is given out of late that the
I'President has signilied his approx.
al of the remonetization.of the sill
yer dollar as d standard Of value,
measure not only proper and
necessary, but demanded by al
most every intelligent man 10 the
country, except such are interest
ed in bonds, payable in gold, or
are more or less interested in gold
speculating. Gold being less pIen-
tllul as a product of this country
tban silver, if the latter is not
made a standard of value, gold
will bear higher price and the
value of bonds payable in gold
will be enhanced, hence the oppo-
sition of bondholders to the pro-
posed measure. The silver dollar
was demonetized a few years ago
by one of these little tricks for
which some men in Office have
been somewhat notorious, and its
restoration to its proper place is a
want of the country. The people,
therefore, shoilld require their
representatives in congress to at
tend to the matter at once. Very
persistent opposition will be made,
asd every possible effort made to
prevent it, but if the people ere
true to themselves it will be done.
The oOs popali may not be, nor
is it the Uo.r del, yet it has a con.
trolling influence over those who
expect gratia popuE to obtain
them bread and butter. Let the
people speak out on this subject,
and utter no uncertain sound
when they speak. The measure
will do no wrong 10 bondholders
aud speculatorsing gold, while twill
greatly promote the interests Of the
whole people.
Year: 1877

The Washington correspondent
OF the Cincinnati Commercial
says: The stories that Postmas


ter General Key is about to resign
because he can not find a split in
the Democratic party South never
had the slightest foundation in
fact. Judge Key is satisfied with
his office. He has got fairly fa-
miliar with its duties, and is dis
charging them satisfactorily to
bin self and everybody else.
Meantime he isn't sitting up nights
with the new party project.
Somehow he don't seem to think


that is what be is paid salary for.
Year: 1877

Des Moines Register Yester-
day morning two children were
born to two mothers In the west
part of town, in the same room
and at the same time. The wo-
man who cared for the little stran.
gers bathed and clothed them, and
started to present them to their
waiting mammas. Then she made
the startling discovery that she
had inextricably mixed the in
fants so that she was unable to
decide which was the mother Of
either. The two mothers cast lots
for choice, agreeing that if the
children should, when grown, de-
velop family traits sufficiently to
identify chem they should be ex-
changed if the selection should
prove to be incorrect.
Year: 1877

"War was declared in my house
a week before the Car thought
of the thing" said Mr.. Johnson,
sand all because ] happened 10
get up first in the morning and
help the hired girl about the FIRE.
Poor grill she crossed the Prulh a
ward ahead Of my wife, into the
next door neighbOr's, and now she
is working in hotel
Year: 1877

A great deal Of disappoinmeEt
is felt among dealers because the
Turks and Russians do not eai
more -four. Not much fighting Is
going on, and it would be 10 more
than neighborly for the warriors
to eat an extra meal now and
then, and give lift to their friends
on this aide Of the water.
Year: 1877

A barber who had become con


verted TO religion was told that he
must work for the SOULS about
him. The tonsorial ertist was
3 difidcnt man, and he did not
know bow to begin; but one day a
pretty hard case came in to be
shaved, and he thought he would
improve the opportunity. The
expected convert was seated in
2 chair, duly lathered, the razor
strapped till the edge was as keen
as a Damascus blade, and Just
ready to apply to the customers
throat, when the barber whisper
ed in his ear: "Are you prepar.
ed to die?" With bound and a
shout the victim left the chair,
crying: "Not if ! know III
rushed up the street hatle.s and
terrified lest he would be pursued
by the, as he supposed. would be
murderous barber. The wielder
Of the razor has given up conver
sion during business hours.
Year: 1877

One of the Southern papers tells
OF man whose life was saved by
a plug Of tobacco carried in bis
pocket. A pistol bullet fred at
him lodged in the tobacco, and
the man was unharmed. Moral;
"If you will use tobacco, don't
take IL from your pocket"
Year: 1877

WHEN Unndry ~ Grays' carloads
of Fall and Winter goods were re-
ceived few weeks ago, it was a
wonder to many how they could be
disposed of during the season. How
much more will those people wonder
to learn that the stock is already so
much diminished that to replenish
is necessary, and Mr.. Gray has gone
east for the purpose of making pnr-
chases The secret OF all which is
that this house is known of all men
in southwestern Wisconsin 10 carry
the finest stock. can always be de-
pended on to deal honorably, and sell
as low as the same quality of goods
can be got for anywhere in the coun-
try. The new stock soon to arrive
will embrace the very latest and best
things out in the line of staple and
fancy dry goods, notions, etc, which
are yearly being more sought after
as holiday presents than the merely
ornamental, useless things.
Year: 1877

BaowN e Co. the enterplisinS
merchants of Belmont, are still sell
ing goods for cash at such figures as
surprise everybody, as will be seen
by heir advertisement in this paper,
They keep their stock complete by
immense invoices daily to replace
what the people are daily carrying
off by the wagon load.
Year: 1877

The editor Of the Galena Press,
Mr., ID. w. Scott, and the editor of
the Warren Seatinei had little con-
test on the night before the election.
The provocateon was slanderous
item which appeared in SCOTS pa
per some three weeks ago, in which
the writer, supposed to be Scott,
intimated that the shooting Of
Cams wife, about three years ago
10y her husband, was not as accident
al as was thought by his irinds On the
night Of the encounter Scott visited
Warren for the purpose Of attending
a Republican meeting and reporting
it for his paper. As soon as he step
ped on the platform he was met by
Gam who pitched into him and made
it quite lively for while II such
an article was published in the Press
it cannot be regarded in any other
light than very reprehensihle. Mr..
Cams misfortune was sufficiently
CALLING without having it limited that
he did it purposcly.
Year: 1877

SAVE Your QUARTERs.-We don't
want to exact - cents extra from
any subscriber for being in arrears
after Jan 1st, but shall certainly do
so in every case of failure to settle
hv that date. This rule will have
been advertised three months before
going into effect, which seems ample
tine to allow every one to raise the
little amount required.
Year: 1877

For large and complete assort-
meut of Dress Goods at astonishing
low prices, call on Sherwood " Berg,
at the City Store They say evely-
thing in their Store will be sold as
low as the same can be bought any
where in the country; aud they are
men who viii prelorm what they
promise, 90 and try them. A.
Year: 1877

Greenville Times.


To show what free schools have
done for the advancement OF the col.
Ored people, we submit the following
letter. One hundred years ago the
African gentleman whose name 10
signed.to this written instrument didn't
know q letter in the book now be Is Q
constant patron of the Government
postage stamp shop.


L0cH LEvEN PLANTAIOH,l


April 18th lsII1
Nr. Edmarn Martin


ihaVe the present Opportunity Oi rit'
ing you aiew Inns to inform you that lam
Wei and doing Well and ant RaChul ts
Well at presant Robet Martin is Well and
all the puble is will at present And Old
man izioK Is Dead and ihope that when
These few Inns Reach you that they Will
ind you the Same and please to Answer
this letter as soon as Opportunity Will
permit to do so and lam getting on very
Well With ant RaChul and with my Cot
ton and With my Corn and that is all that
ihaye TO say at present your truly Friend
Rubin Downing


and more sur lam sorry and regretted THAI
| you left lock Leven here my uncle II
Dead and ihave no one 10 Work With mC
and please TO II you Can ind me amaI
and send MIN down here TO me II yoI
| please,
Year: 1877

WERE Paul living in this age we
think he would advise Timothy to take
HONE STOMACH BITTERs instead OF
wine (for his frequent infrmities) as
they contain so many valuable health
restoring properties.
Year: 1877

The Detroit Free-Press says that few
miles out from Detroit on the Gratiot
road, at a small place called Leesville.
lives Alexander Bender, well-to-do
farmer. A few days ago he started for
Romeo on business, leaving his wife and
a servant girl in charge of the, house.
About four o'clock Mrs. Bender visited
pasture lot near the barn to drive the
cattle under shelter, and discovered one
of the COWS lying in one corner of the
lot, while near her was lying a newly
born calf. As the day was quite cold
Mrs. Bender's pity was aroused, and call
ing the servant girl proposed that
together they should carry the calf into
the barn.


During the conversation the cow re-
mained perfectly quiet, but when Mrs.
Bender made q motion to lift the calf,
the cow, with a spring and rush,
caught the lady upon her horns and
threw her into the air. The servant girl
fed, screaming, to distant part of the
field, and her shouts, with the cries of
terror from Mrs. Bender, seemed to goad
the infuriated cow, as she again and
again tossed the woman into the air until
the latter fell insensible to the ground.
The cow then began to roll the body of
the inanimate woman over and over in
the mud, and finally lowered her horns,
rushed at the woman, and with tre-
mendous use of strength lifted her from
the ground and threw her completely
over fence that is fully five feet high.
Separated from her prey the COW re.
turned to her calf and Mrs. Bender's life
was saved.


The frightened servant girl aroused
the neighbors and messenger was sent
for DR.. Kaiser, and when Mrs. Bender
was examined it was found that one Of
her legs was broken just above the knee
both legs were badly bruised, her body
was covered with bruises and slight cuts
while there was one horrible wound
about six inches in length, from the toE
of the right him joint around nearly tt
the pit of the stomach.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON Star: The persistent lit
tie litigant, with the blonde wig, Mrs.
Myra Clark Gaines, has finally won her
femous suit against the city of New
Orleans, and now half the town is hers,
provided always, as the lawyers say, she
can obtain possession. The decree of the
Court commands the defendant to ac-
count for all the income received from
the property for more than sixty years
past. As large amounto of the property
was long ago sold by the city and subse-
quently resold, we have no notion that
the claimant will soon acquire possession
of what the Court decides is her prop
erty. In consequence of this, litigation
will probably go on for an indefinite
period.