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Year: 1878

Now Time has turned. with restless hand,
His hour-glass DER and DER,
And the news goes forth on sea and land,
Old Christmas comes once more.
There never was cheer like the Christmas cheer
The last best gift of the dying year


To the weary sons of men.
The bells are ringing the story old
From out their brazen throats,
And millions listen to hear it told
As over the world it floats.
The wanderer hears the joyous sound;
God bless the bells am homeward bound


For Christmas comes again"
In the city's glare he has dwelt alone,
Alone in the "madding crowd"
And ceaseless labor no rest has known
Till the bells ring out so loud.
Then over the snow his footsteps glide;
For JOY comes back with the Christmas tide,


And peace to the souls of men.
The Joyous call that the bells have rung
Is summons to love and home
The same old song that angels sung
Who yentured on earth to roam.
Goodwill and peace where the loved ones wait
An eager hand on the cottage gate


Old Christmas comes again.
Year: 1878

A FABLE FOR COMMUNISTS. Here is
a shoe shop. One man in the shcp is al
ways busily at work during the day-al4
ways industrious. In the evening he goes
counting good, nice girl. There are Eve
other men in the shop who don't do any
such thing. They spend half their work
ing hours in loafng, and their evenings
in dissipation. This first young man BY
and by cuts out from the these others and
gets a boot and shoe store Of his own. Then
he marries this girl Soon he is able to
take his wife out to ride of an evening.
The five lahorers, his former companions.
who see him indulging in this little luxury,
retire to neighboring saloon and pass
resolution that there is an eternal struggle
between labor and capital al-FFom [07.
Robert IngersoWs Speech.
Year: 1878

The old north breeze through the skeleton tree
Is chanting the year out drearily,
But loud let it blow, for at home we know


That the dry logs crackle cheerily.
And the frozen ground is in fetters bound,


But pile up the wood we can burn it,
For Christmas is come, and in every home


To summer our hearts can turn it.
Here's happiness TO all, abroad and at home,
Here's happiness to all, for Christmas is come.
And far and near DER landscape drear,


From easements brightly streaming,
With cheerful glow on the fallen snow


The ruddy light is cleaning.
The wind may shout as it likes without,


1t may bluster, but never can harm us,
For a merrier din shall resound within,


And our Christmas feelings warm u.s.
Here's happiness to all, abroad and at home
Here's happiness to all for Christmas is come
Year: 1878

A Rhode Island newspaper thinks It
strange that man who IS not able to spell and
puncuate correctly should be sent TO Congress
Education is not necessary qualification for
Office, either in New York or In Rhode Island.
otherwise the latter State would not have been
governed n few years since. 10y chief magis-
trAte who could neither read nor write ordinary
English with anything like facility. but who had
worked his way up from poverty and made
very good Governor. Sound practical knowl-
edge IS, after all. OF more value in n legislator
than familiarity with the rules Of grammar.
and It is better 10 have an uneducated honest
man in Congress than a classically educated
rogue,
Year: 1878

lie SWears that he viii Never Desert Tam


many.
have led you on 10 a sat defeat
And your ruins now well nigh complete
But though you have been 80 shoeklngly beat


| Will never desert you
have made you poor when you ought to he rich.
ANA have dumped you snidly into tile ditch,
But sull viii stick like plaster Of pitch


And never desert you
Some day will name some other men
Tohavc the Tammany votes. and then
How handsomely you will be beat again


But won't desert you.
In times that are past you have poured ike wine
Your votes and your money for me and mine
And while am able TO breakfast AMI dine


] Will never desertyou.
Al present my prospects are rather blue
The people with me viii have NOTHING 70 DO
But still expect 10 rule over you,


And wall never desert you
They have beatenthe King and larrupci the Clown,
And toasted our cake too exceedingly brown,
But while there's an office 10 get IA the town


viii never desert you.
No votes of the people, no shafts OF the press.
Can make my anec ton Tor Tammany less
Then come 10 my hearts most faithful eaTess!


1 will never desert YOU
Year: 1878

There was everything in the character and
past history Of Mr.. EDWARD COOPER TO
justify the citizens Of New York In electing
him to the office Of Mayor. 1t was wise
thing to do.


Now what kind Of an administration OF the
olre Mr. COOPER will make whether ho
will fulfil the expectations Of his fellow
citizens or not--the future only can deter
mine. But the chances Of a good admins
tration would not seem To have been better
with any one who can be named than with
him.


But even If 1t had been known that for
two years the Office would be better admin
istorcd by Mr.. ScHELL. still, he being the
candidate Of the anti-American, odious
one man power, we should have felt bound
to oppose him. The principle involved was
OF far greater consequence than any slight
difference in the personal qualifications OF
the opposing candidates.


But we believe in point Of fact Mr.. COOPER
is far the better qualified Of the two.


In regard to the appointments to be made
by SIr. COOPER we desire TO say that we have
no preferences whatever for any individual.
We only desire that the appointments shall
bc the best that can be made That is all. In
our opinion il Is about time that all public
offices should be administered solely Tor the
public benefit
Year: 1878

Let US look at our gigantic police system,
and costly policemen.


week ago last Saturday morning. an Alder
man OF this city was stabbed on one Of It's prin-
cipal thorougfares A week age last Sunday
morning, n Broadway savings bank In the heart
Of the city. was robbed OF money and securities
to the aggregate value OF between two millions
and half md three millions OF dollars. On
Thursday morning Of this week. graveyard.
also in tho heart Of the city. was entered O
coffin broken open. and dend body stolen.


At the hour OF going to press. the huge police
force Of the city had not arrested the man who
stabbed Alderman Morris the men who robbed
the Manhattan Savings Institution or the men
who stole A. It. STEWARDS body.
Year: 1878

1t is not without n shock that we read in a
leading article in the Cincinnati Gazette certain
" observations OF tho Jardin Mabillo. where
each American tells us that the first thing he
knew his hat was kicked Off by n fair dancer
and each one lies" In these emphatic words
the startling suggestion is that Deacon RICHARD
SMITH OF Cincinnati, the Truly Good Man is
personally familiar with the scenes and the
usnges OF that noted resort Of Partisan folly ;
and the dazed mind pausea 70 inquire how 81 eh
Year: 1878

II Mr.. FRANCIS MURPHY succeeds in max
ing sober men OF even a small percentage Of
the drunkards Of this city. he will do u praise
worthy work. While the average temperance
orator" is prone to eXaRgerate the ravages Of
intemperance in this city. the facts are bad
enough. Every honest and hopeful effort TO
nght this social plague is to be welcomed But
what are these reports which we get from more
than one point in New England OF the whole
sale backslding Of Mr.. MURPHYs converts ?
What does It profit man 10 sport a blue ribbon
ut his buionhole for fortnight or Il month
even. II rs soon the teetotal excitement dies
out his appetite reasserts itself. and he goes
back to his bottle' Is not the last state OF that
man likely to be worse than the first? Let
Brother MUIPHY contradict these reports il
they are false. or reconsider and revise his
methods II they are true.
Year: 1878

narrow gauge railroad is talked of be-
tween this city and Millvile, provided the
heavy man of the Daily can dictate how it
shall be built, and also that he allowed the
privilege of showing his generosity and en-
terprise by furnishing the right of way
through the scrub oaks at 5000 an acre.
"Who will grade the next mile ?''
Year: 1878

Already a number of persons have intro
duced water in their houses from the res
ervoir, and the indications are that when
Spring opens more will avail themselves Of
the opportunity to provide themselves with
water from that source.
Year: 1878

Health is an estimable jewel The cough
that deprives you of it may take your life
too. One bottle Hale's Honey Of Horehound
and Tar will avert the evil, and save you
from consumption. Will you weigh Life
against half-dollar? Sold by all Druggists.


ian 10-4t.
Year: 1878

The publisher of the Daily is enthusiastic
for a 'narrow-gauge" railroad from Mill
vile to Bridgeton. If the road should ever
be built the projectors will do well to re-
member that there is room for the depot
next door to the reservoir of Elmer's Hill; a
few more acres of scrub oaks being still on
hand, at the low figure of two hundred dol
lars per acre.
Year: 1878

into which he had fallen, quickly
dropped the ring and acknowledged
himself beaten. He was taken down
to the Ninth-street Police Station,
where he gave the name of c. w.
Ingalls,, printer by occupation, and
engaged at the Office of the Star in
the West. He lives with his wife
and children at the corner of Fourth
and Smith-streets.


In conversation last night he ac-
knowledged that his whole purpose
in the transaction was to extort mo-
ney from Mrs. Snider on suspicion of
familiarity with other men, and that
he had hoped his suspicion was SO
well founded that he would have no
difficulty in obtaining whatever mon
ey he demanded. But he reckoned
unwisely.
Year: 1878

the gas and the Low intensely rarefed
air are apparent, and the madman
sinks into a state of lethargy. The
aeronaut cautiously brings down his
balloon, and the terrible crisis is
ended.
Year: 1878

The Douglas County News tries to hold
Mr.. Stone responsible for our utterances,
because lie is relative of ours. It would
be as consistent for US to say that the rea-
son A. A. Brown got drunk while here last
week-so drunk he had to be put to bed
was because he lives in the same town
in which the News is published.
Year: 1878

1t is duty we owe to the public at
large, to promptly and fearlessly battle for
the right. expose treachery and fraud in it's
every form, use our utmost endeavors to
make public any imposition, and denounoe
villiany and rsscality. To do this, we
must reveal true characters, and this is q
painful duty, even when we know the
charges to be true, and the reputation
black. But the public welfare demands
it, private interests demand it, and were II
not that corruption, villiany and depravity
are discovered and exposed, every interest
would suffer. Hence it is part of a Jour-
nalist's duty to stand firmly, and be guided
by sense Of right and wrong, and if a
wolf in sleeps clothing appears in the
fold, it Is his duty as shepherd to protect
his flock. His position leads him to inYes-
tigate mems conduct, search into their past
record, examine and enquire into the Yari-
Gus measures before the public. and
promptly expose all irregularities. In this
we are often retarded by the obstacles
placed in our path by parties equally as
guilty and dishonest as the character or
measure he would investigate, and these
obstructions are placed there for the pur-
pose of concealment, and with the object
of delaying the inevitable exposition which
must sooner or later be made-for the old
adage is true one, and murder will
out. During this campaign we have been
guided by sense of duty, and all we have
said or done has been done for the public
good, and not for private or selfish ends
and to our friends, patrons and the public
at large, we, leave the question as to
whether right or wrong shall prevail, feel
ing confident they will in the future, as in
the past, be found doing their duty and
battling for the right"
Year: 1878

Governor VIM. r. Marshall will address
the citizens Of this village tomorrow even
ing. He should be heard by every voter
in this section, and we would ask all that
can possibly attend to do so.
Year: 1878

The wholesale lies in the Pope County
Press lead US to remark, that if the editor
of that obscure sheet had only followed
his natural propersities and made lying
study, he would have graduated with the
highest honors.
Year: 1878

One of the frequent5Ts of Broadway
is q woman In poor garments, with her
effects in a satchel on her arm, but
titled countess by marriage. She be-
longs to a good New York family aRd
went to Madrid, when a girl, where her
brother was consul. There she met
and married French count, and for
several years led a gay life at Paris
Excess of wine ruined her, ana though
8 file musician, q painter in oil, mi, :
tress of several languages and elegant
in conversation, she comes back home
to sleep 10 the park and station houses
and spend what she can earn and beg
for drink. a companion piece Is found
across the North river in Hoboken,
where an Italian duke is making
money keeping restaurant. The duke
came to New YORK and fourished in
fashionable society until his money
was gone. Then he went to Hobo
ken restaurant ss cook, finally became
waiter, and, In time, saved enough 10
buy out the place when TIE landlord
died. On one occasion q distinguished
Italian whom the duke had known IN
his native land was g guest at that
place. The proprietor serTed At sup
per a. waiter, but was not recognized
until, after the meal was over, he came
back in evening dress with diamond
order on his lapel. The duke serves
up nne dishes, and is now 3 rich bach
elor.
Year: 1878

THE terminus of the Texas Pacific
Railway, as provided in the bill to
come at once before Congress, is to be
on the Mississippi not above Memphis.
Has Tom Scott gone to Europe to get
cablegram from Grant favorlng the
measured If he secure it the bill will
become the law. Hayes will sign the
bill, and it is only necessary for Graut,
the next Republican candidate for
the presidency. to approve it.
Year: 1878

The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
has just decided that an inn-keeper is
bound to pay for goods stolen in his
house from guests, unless stolen by a
servant or companion Of the guest.
The court declared that Il was the nm
keepers duty to provide honest ser
wants, and 10 exercise an exact vigi-
lance over ali persons coming into his
house e gaests or otherwise.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Spurgeon has written to the Ca
madam churches which have invited
him 20 visit them, saying that his
work At home will not permit Of his
leaving. When he does leave the post
of actual service he says he must seek
absolute repose, but be 'scou.d not get
that in Canada, for when be sees the
ssgerness Of the people 20 hear be must
preach, and 10 refrAin from 80 doing
u \ greater strain than to deliver his
&l. Hence be could only 90 TO Can
Year: 1878

X large proportion of the Amercan people are to-day dying from the effects of Dyspepsia or disordered liver. The result of these diseases upon the masses of intelligent and valuable people is most alarming, making life actually a burden instead of q pleasant existence of enjoyment and usefulness as it ought to be. There is no good reason for this, if you will enly throw aside prejudioe and skeptIcIsm, take the advice of drug gists and your friends, and try one bottle of Greens August Flower. Your speedy relief is certain. Millions of bottles of this medicine have been given away to try its virtues, with satisfac- tory results in every case. You can buy a sample bottle for 10 cents to try. three doses will relieve the worst case, Positively sold by all Druggists on the Western Continent. For sale by J. NJ, Ilarkcy & Bro.
Year: 1878

The observing young man is around and sets the world by the ears, asking why such and such things are. Why" he asks ''do we give three cheers instead of four? Why is it that the majority of the people use their right hand instead of the left, and cannot help smiling at those who use the latter? Why is it that a man cannot see bundle Of toothpicks without helping him self when he does not need them at ali? Why is it that when any one asks us how many days there are in certain month, we always say to ourselves, Thirty days hath Septem- Der, April, June and November. Why is it that we turn to the right instead of to the left, when the left is far more preferable, and if adopted would save many an accident on rail road and highway? The driver al ways sits on the right sot hls vehicle; {; in turning to the right he is farthest away from the wagon he passes, and unless he is an expert, cannot tell how close he comes to the wheel of the man who goes by him; whereas

 

 if he turned to the left side, he could look straight down to the fraction of an inch how close he was approach ing an obstacle, and thus avoid it.
Year: 1878

SOME Of the Bourbon Democrat, IN the
House are getting ready TO object TO further
proceedings III the Title Investigation Oy
the POTTER Committee, on the ground that
they are in violation oil the reserved rights Of
the States which serve as u bar to anything
like "going behind the returns They
maintain, Of course, that the returns from
the States were final and irrcvocablc, They
have Ciphered this out very lately.
Year: 1878

was one Of the customs Ut his people and
he could net break them and retain his
power, and that Ills own people would
Kill him If he tired to interfere with the
prophecies.


After She had crossed the stream she
0assed the child to another old hag, and
when she took her she bit of the other
cheek of the screaming child. Carrying
her a short distance, she passed her to
third one, WHO bit out q piece Of her
breast, and she in turn passed her to
another, who bit out another piece and
ate it. The child was followed by woman
and children singing and dancing
One woman had little child in her
arms, bat little smaller than the one that
was being eaten alive. She had piece
of bread fruit III her hand, which she
was eating. When the poor little strang-
pr il her fright and fearful agony,
reached forth her little hand IS If to
ask for piece OF the bread 1falt' l coo'o
stand no more. | lad begged and u1ed
70 buy. ! had threatened that would
bring my crew on shore and attack the
chief and his people and spare none, as
he had spared none, but he only smiled
sf. me. for he knew that could do no.
thing, as in fact he eonId DO nothing to
save the child. SICK at heart, | turned
back and left the poor little sufferer to
her fate. When l reached the aecufSeo
sacrifice grounds, for then at that time !
could not enter although l did 50 after
wards as | learned the next day that
they offered her up to their heatnenlsh
nnd
Year: 1878

Russian marriages are generally ar
ranged through priests. A weli-bred
bridegroom must present !. gift to the
monastery and another to his parish
church; the bride, through her friends,
is expected to clothe some statue Of a
virgin with gown Of silver brocade, en-
riched more or less with jewels, according
TO the pety Of the donor; and in some
parts Of Southern Russia she adds gift
Of two white doves to the pope, which
looks like relic of the worship Of Venus.
The consent of the parents is necessary
| for a marriage until the age Of 36 in the
case Of men, land . in the case Of women,
but young people are at liberty to appeal
to the civil authorities if consent be arbi-
trairly withheld. In this event parents
are called up to show reasons for their re-
fusal. The reason must not be mercenary,
unless one Of the young people be heir to
landed estate then the question is re
ferred to the marshal Of the nobility in
the district, whose decisions are based
upon expediency rather than upon
fixed principles. These appeals are. rare,
because the Russians are a marrying
people, and dispose of their children
early, In the middle and lower classes
men marry at 20, when not drafted by the
conscription. In the higher arstoeracy
young man goes the grand tour"
before settling down, but he IS often
betrothed, before starting, to q young
| lady not vet out Of hor szlles1 aonnn.
There is no country that has 50 few old
maids as Russia. When girl has
reached the age Of Is, without finding a
mate, she generally sets ont on what she
calls pilgrimage, if poor-on round Of
ttayels if rich, anl in either case she
turns up some years later as a widow.
Widows are plentiful as old spinsters are
scarce, and widows whose husbands were
never seen are more numerous than the
rest. Etiquette forbids any allusion to a
lady dead husband in her presence, and
this is sometimes Convenient. When a
couple are engaged a bethrothal feast is
held, and the bride elect has a lock Of hair
cut off in the presence of witnesses and
given to the bridegrooms who in return
presents silver ring set with turqoise,
an almond cake and gift of bread and
salt. From this moment the two are
plightcd, nor can the relatives break the
i atch except with the consent Of the par
ties themselves, which is signif-d by a re


turn of the ring and lock Of hair. So
much Importance is attached to the ring
that among poor people who cannot afford
silver and turqoise, tin ana bit Of blue
stone are substituted These bethrothal
rings are kept:s heirlooms, bat must not
be made to serve twiee-a son cannot give
lis bride the ring which his mother
received, for instance, though why this
should be SO is a mystery which the clergy


who sell the ring could best explain. o.


the wedding dey the bride comes to
church dressed in white but it is onh


among ths highest classes that the brida


costume is entirely white, and that


wreath Of orange flower blossoms ar,


worn.-PaU lalJ Gazette.
Year: 1878

DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER of the Or
phan's Court Of the State of Delaware, in and
for New Castle County, will be exposed to
sale at public vendue. at the hotel Of Alex
ander Maxwell, in the town of Middleton, on
Year: 1878

From very reliable source we have been
Informed of two sad events which transpired
in Vaudeville during the past week.


A child of one of the psrlshioners o. the
Rev. Father NJ. Kratz, pastor of the church in
that town, died of yellow fever, and the corpse
remained for three days unburied. A know
ledge of this fact reached the above-named
priest while in the discharge of his spiritual
duties. Immediately he, with the ass s.ancs
of an acolyte, made q oofin, dug grave and
deposited therein the body of the child.


While engaged in this most charitable work
q severe rain fell, completely dreuchnG the
good priest and his faithful assistant. That
same night the priest WAS taken i'll. 1t proved
to Ibe q genuine case of yellow fever from
which he never recovered. He died as many
prieats and heroes dte-in the service of his
God and fellow-man.


Requiescat in pace.
Year: 1878

meddlesome old woman was sneering OF o
young mothers awkwardness with her infant,
and said, declare, o woman never ought to
have o baby unless she knows how to hold it,"
s'EoF o tongue, either" quietly responded the
Young mother,
Year: 1878

The Emperor of Brazil has invited eminent
doctors from Europe to Rio Janeiro to study
on the spot the true character of yellow fever,
and discover o remsdy for it. Several have
accepted the call.