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Year: 1877

The single standard men from Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, who arrived
here yesterday to enter their protest against
the silver bill now before the Senate, would
have exerted n much more ss,lutary inilu-
ence upon the business interests of the
country if they had stayed at home. They
ought to bc well satisfied with our virtual
return to q coin basis, without insisting that
the word coin" shall read gold" When we
began the issue of credit money in
1862 coin meant gold and siluer,"
md 50 continued until our whole na-
iional debt was incurred and good portion
Of our floating debt was paid and our funded
debt largely reduced. In 1873, when silver
was partially dcmonetized. the demand for
coin was 50 light and its uses so circum-
scribed that no especial attention was given
to its effect in the way OF adding difficulties
70 resumption. Little thought was then
given TO the fact that the decentralization OF
fifty per cent. of the material OF " hich coin -
was composed would necessarily nearly
double the value Of that which alone re.
mained money. The people of the
United States did not then dream
that the act Of 1873 would compel them, in
effect, through the appreciation of the value
Of gold, to pay two such dollars rs they had
borrowed for every one they might ray in
liquidation of the principal OF that debt.
And when resumption was pressed and
finally agreed to, it was moi dreamed by the
people that the fractional currency and
legal-tender notes werI to be redeemed in
gold coin, to the exclusion Of silver. for many
OF them did not know even that silver had
been practically demonetizcd. No sooner
did they learn this fact than they all
objected with one accord to any such
double contraction OF both credit and real
money. A gradual return TO q coin basis
was what all agreed to- provided it could he
done 80 gradually rs not to disturb legiti-
mate commercial and industrial transac-
I, 'ns. But when they became aware that
the basis had been changed on them un-
awares they arose in their maicsti, might
and called halt, which resulted in the
passage of the silver bill in the House
Now, If the single standard men
arc wise, they will gracefully yield to
this equitable demand of the people. Let
them he ndmonished by the fate of SHY
LOCK and cease to press for gold, and gold
only, as n standard. Let them be warned
In time, lest, in seeking the poLnd Of tlesh
they find that they are compelled to put up
with stamped paper, irredeemablc promises
for both interest and principal. The pres
ent temper ofthis people is dangerous to
trihe with.
Year: 1877

We notice that the army appropriation


bill, which has gone to the Senate for its
concurrence, is being criticised with some
severity because it provides that four full


regiments of cavalry shall he kept in Texas


to protect its Mexican and Indian frontiers.


We cannot sympathzc with this line OF
criticism. While it may perhaps he re-
garlcd ~ u little dscourteOus to the Presi-


dent, who by the Constitution is clothed


with full power to dispose OF the army


m its commlnlcr-in- chief, in accordance
with his judgment and discretion. to con
troi his action in any degree by legislation,
there il such u marked necessity Ior prOvid-
ing amply for our frontier when exposed to
aud threatened by invasion that we are not
dislai.i',l to chatter over that point. Texas
il entitled to full protection, aud for aught


that we know the President is fully alive
to the Importance Of providing amply for
that cnl. At all events, the people of
Texas are very solicitous US to their
frontiers, rs they have reason TO
lie, and it is not to be regretted
that provision is definitely made to
answer their wishes. The army should
diminished IN its strength, but We suppose,
under the regime of pacicaton, that we
should respect, rs far us we can, the aversion
that the Southern portion Of Congress have
for "the boys in blue This is only con-
session suggested by the policy of peace and
Year: 1877

SERVED HER RIGHT.-The following
laughable incident is told by a we'll known
Government office holder who has nothing
else to do but ride on the cars: "There
were two seats in the car turned so as to face
each other. One was occupied by lady
and the other by Chinaman.


Evidently the lady did not relish the
presence of the Chinaman. She explained
to him that she wanted to take the cushions
and their frames and place them length
wise across from seat to seat John said,
"All rightee,' and got out in the aisle while
she proceeded to lie down on the bed thus
improvised, with her head resting on her
valise. She supposed that the Chinaman
would take the hint that the lady wanted
to rest in the space usually occupied by
four persons. But John at once proceeded
to crawl in and stretch himself by her side,
with his head on little bundle Of his own.


"The Chinese are an immtative race,
and likely to do as others do, you know.
The lady, as soon as she discovered that she
had hedfellow, got up a little wildly and
started for the next car, to the infinite
amusement of the passengers, who had
been watching the little scene with some
interest. John took no notice of the fun
he had created, but went to sleep with the
whole bed to himself"
Year: 1877

Queen Victoria will open Parliment in
person on the Sth inst. She will, with
the Princess Beatrice, be seated in the
last of eight state carriages, and will
alight at the Peers entrance to the House
of Lords, not at the grand entrance through
which, until the death of the Prince Con
sort she was accustomed to pass.
Year: 1877

A HAIR IN LADY's THRoAT.-A young
lady in Reading has been troubled this
week with hair in her throat The hair
was about an inch and half in length, and
was the very color and shape of her lovers
mustache. The physician remarked that
accidents would happen in the best regu-
lated courtships.-Readng Eagle.
Year: 1877

The saddest story l have lately heard


had its catastrophe precipitated by the


vote of Governor Kemper, of Virginia.
Ex- Governor Smith was a member Of
the last House of delegates from the
county of Fauquier. and early in the
recent session he introduced bill with
this curious title: Declaring the name
of Charles Van Mason" Afterward,
when the bill was reported and came up
on its 6rst and second readings, ex-
Governor Smith explained that one Of
his constituents was man without a
name" Both his parents bad died
when he was an infant, leaving him a
waif and an estray in the county, de-
pendent upon the bounty of the benev-
olent. He passed from hand to hand
until his real name was lost and nobody
could be found who could recall it, As
he grew up he became known as
'Tromp Payne mere nickname,
to which be had no legal claim He
was bright youth, and a gentleman of
the county took a fancy to him, had
him educated to scme extent, and taught
the trade of a stonemason Since be
has arrived at manhood's estate he has
achieved much success in business, be-
coming a considerable contractor, and
accumulating some wealth He had al
ready experienced some modification
and some legal difficulties by reason of
the uncertainty of his name. but he
had managed to get on until last year,
when be fell in love with a beautiful
girl Of Fauquier and sought her for his
wife Then be found his nameless
condition an insuperable objection to
the lady She could never consent to
part with ber own name until assured
that she would legally receive another
in its stead ',Tromp" applied to the
courts for relief, but they held that
while they bad power to change a name,
they had no power to give a name to
person who bad none In his tribula-
ton "Tromp" applied to Ex-Governor
Smith, who introduced in the General
Assembly the Dill declaring the name
of Charles Van Mason"-in which
'Tromp" had combined the name of
his chief benefactor With that of the
trade whereby he bad got on in life.
But it was not until the last days of the
session that the bill was got through
both houses and sent to the Governor.
He had not heard of the facts of the
case and supposed it to be one in which
the courts could do everything required
He vetoed it-returned it disapproved
just as the General Assembly was ad-
iourpiDg SINE die, and it was too late
to help the matter Late information
from Fauquier tells that the lady has
finally refused to entertain "Tromp's"
proposal any longer, and has taken an
ther suitor, whose name is Inherited
and incOntestable 'Tromp," in des-
pair. has gone to Texas. So much for
an ill-considered veto
Year: 1877

If we need higher illustration, not


only of the power of natural objects to


adorn language and crafty taste, but


proof that here we find the highest con-


ceivable beauty, we would appeal at


once to the Bibe. Those most opposed


to its teaching have acknowledged the


beauty of its language, and this is due


mainly to the exquisite use of natural


objects for illustration. 1t does indeed,


draw from every field But when the


emotional nature is appealed to, the


reference is at once to natural objects,


and throughout all its books the stars,


and flowers, and gems are prominent as


the illust ations Of the beauties of re-
llgiou and the glories of the Church.


''Tbe wilderness and the solitary place
shall be glad for them, and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. !"
THE mountains and the hills shall
break forth before you into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap
their hands Instead of the thorn shall
come up he fr-tree, aud instead of the
brier shall come up the myrtle The
power and beauty of the same object
appear in the Savieurs teaching The
fig and the olive, the sparrow and the
lilly of the field give peculiar force and
beauty to the great truths they are
used to illustrate. The Bible through
out is remarkable in this respect 1t is
a collection of books written by authors
far removed from each other in time,
place and mental culture, but through
out the whole. nature is exalted as
revelation of God Its beauty and sub
Unity are appealed to to arouse the
emotions, and to reach the moral and
religious nature No language can be
written that SO perfectly sets forth the
terrible in nature, aud its forces, we
hear, when God answers Job out of the
whirlwiDd No higher appreciation of
the beautiful, and of God as the author
of beauty, was ever expressed than
when our Saviour said of the lilies of
field. Il say unto you, that even Solo
mon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these" and then adds
''If God so clothed the grass of the
field" ascribing the element of beauty
in every leaf and opening bud to the
Creators skill and power Prof. Chad
bourne.
Year: 1877

The COUNTRY A young man from
the country who had recently come into
possession of a few thousand dollars,
visited an uncle in the city. an old
merchant, to get his advice about in
vesting his capital in business. $50
back to the country, young man." said
the merchant, land invest your money
in land Buy farm, settle down on
it, and do a safe business. l have been
in business here nearly forty years
and have accumulated fortune, but it
has been done by a fearful risk, heavy
responsibility, constant toll and ankle
ties A dozen times | have been on
the verge of bankruptcy, and twice l
have been sorely tempted to take my
own life. Of ten men who commenced
business when l did. only one besides
myself succeeded The rest all failed,
one after another, some dragging their
families down to poverty and disgrace
Take my advice Keep away from the
city and its delusive business avenues
Quiet contentment on moderate com
potency in the country, is the best for
tune | could wish for you"
Year: 1877

FRITrERED AwAY.-How many times
we fritter away without doing anything
for ourselves or the public good. For
such omissions it is too much the habit
with US all to excuse ourselves on the
plea Of a want of time; whereas, in
truth. this is seldom good and sufi.
cient ground of justification. Nothing
is easier than TO fritter away time in
matters of no use to ourselves or to any,
one elese The habit is readily formed
1t grows upon one unaWares Keep a
strict account of every hour of your
own time for single week, setting down
correctly the exact manner in which
every hour is spent, and see whether,
when you come to review the record,
you do not find it full of admonition and
instruction. In this simple way one
can readily understand the secret of his
want of time. He will discover that
he has given hours to idle talk, to in
dolence, and to inconsiderable trifes,
which have yielded him neither profit
nor pleasure. What is the remedy T?
Arrange your work in the order of its
comparative importance. Attend first
to the things which are essential to be
done, and let the unessential take their
chance afterward The difference in the
amount of work accomplished will be
astonishing Duty before pleasure
Those who practice this precept have
plenty of time for pleasure, and enjoy
far greater satisfaction than those who
reverse this rule,
Year: 1877

The agent Of a sewing machine COM
pany had sold machine to a person in
Brooklyn on what is known as a
"lease" The payments under such a
sale are to be made by installments, but
the machine is only "leased" to the
purchaser, the payments are designated
"rent," and when default is made, if
even on the very last installment, the
agent steps il, reclaims the machine
and retains all the money that has been
paid upon it. This onesided bargain is
"a cheat on its face, and besides, large
addition is generally made to the honest
price Of the machine when thus sold on
time In the Brooklyn case the pur-
chaser bad paid $50, when, failing in
meeting an installment, the machine
was seized and carried off by the agent
The victimized purchaser brought suit
to recover the amount he had paid
Judge Gilbert Immediately directed the
not unwilling jury to give the plaintiff
a verdict for the full amount with in
terest The counsel for the company
pleaded for delay "Not an instant, +"
was Judge Gilberps reply. This is
treating these sharp dealers to a little
of their own medicine "Not an. in
slant, is their reply when a purchaser
asks for time. The Brooklyn decision
will probably encourage number of
persons who have lost both their money
and machines by such sharp practice to
attempt to recover either the one or the
other.
Year: 1877

STRENGTH OF CHARACTER Most peo-
pie keep 10 strong hold of their per-
sonality to be able to forget themselves
in their subject; they carry an unac-
knowledged self-consciousness along
with them. If to be single-ninded is
to have an undivided interest in things,
they are not single-minded. Beauties
are aware that they are handsome !;
clever people are in the habit of show
ing themselves to advantage, however
little their subject lends itself to these
considerations The natural character is
not blind to its good points, nor is it
ashamed to own them it is not bash
ful. but the thing under discussion is
bona fde the subject of thought; it has
no feigned interests, not ministering to
self-love by indirect means. Natural
ness is the gift of Inconsistencies of
doing things without thinking or know
ing bow you do them, and perhaps, we
should add, doing them we'll. Under
the charm of such a spirit we feel
sense of liberty and expansion we
breathe a purer air One natural per-
son makes many, and inspirer a conf
dence in human nature. And how
Straightforward intercourse becomes un-
der these conditions!
Year: 1877

The few compost
tions which have won
the confidence of man
kind and become
household words, not
only among one but
many nations, must
have extraordinary
virtues. Perhaps no
one ever secured so
Year: 1877

And accordance with law and order Of the Board Of
Trustees made and entered the 14th day Of August A
D. 1877 so many OF such designated shares Of stock be-


longing and standing in the Of the shareholders
aforesaid shall and will be necessary to psy the
nent upon all shares held and owned by such shareholders
or standing their upon the books Of the company
will be sold at public auction the Office of said company
IN the Office Of Trenmor Coffin IL Carson City Nevada on
Year: 1877

A gentleman from Nevada tested the sandstone being used in the erection of our new county buildings. by suhiecting it to a ,bree hours roasting in hot furnace, this morning. and pronounces it as equal to the p.D.rock from the Pancake mountain near Fsreka. Nevada. which k said 10 be the best Are stone on the Pacific Coast.
Year: 1877

WISHED He Was \ BoY.-There was q
business man standing in front of the
Wooster house picking his teeth, the other
morning. He was doing this in mechani-
cal way, as his mind was employed upon a
weighty matter. While he stood there q
boy approached with bundle of books
under his arm. He was going to school,
but he wanted to go elsewhere. He saw
the business man standing in the shade,
and leisurelY picking his teeth, and then
he thought of the hot school room with its
tasks, and of the cool woods and fishing
brooks and groaned within himself as he
said:


g wish was a man so | could do as |
pleased"


The man still stood there He had a
note of four hundred dollars to pay before
the bank closed, and he had goods to
order from firm whom he already owed,
and he had twenty-five dollars in his pocket,
and no earthly possibility of collecting a
hundred more. Then his eye fell upon the
boy going to school, and he sighed and
said


"Would to heaven l was a boy again at
school. ."-DanJ,ny Nccs.
Year: 1877

CLEANSING CLoTHEs.-A lady writes: 81
find great deal of wear to muscle and
muslin is saved by the following plan :
When soiled white clothes are taken off,
instead of putting them in the dirty clothes
basket, wet them thoroughly, rub them
all over with liquid soap, and lay them on
the grass to bleach. Morning and evening
have one of the children turn them Overland
sprinkle them with the watering pot. By
the time washing day comes round they
are bleached quite clean, and need very
little rubbing. My husband is a working
farmer, and but for this method of cleans
ing white clothes, my Mondays work
would be great deal more labor than it
is."--N y. Tribune.
Year: 1877

debtor severely questioned as to the
reason OF his not paying just debt, replied,
Solomon was very wise man, and Sam.
son very strong one, but neither of them
could pay his debts without money"
Year: 1877

INTELLIGENT FLEAs-A writer from San
Francisco says: California is a fea-bitten
country. Our ieas are dainty. They are
respecters of persons. Let no one think
OF permanent residence here till he has
been put to a hea-test. We know ladies
who ordinarily catch and take revenge on
an average of fifteen to twenty heas every
night before retiring, to reduce the re-
tallating blood-suckers to some ten or a
dozen for the night. In public meeting
1t IS painful to note the suppressed
squirming of ladies under flea torture a
flea IS cunning in anatomy. He knows the
spot you dare not scratch before folks,
and wherever it be it demands most un-
graceful contortions to disturb his carnivo-
rous repast.
Year: 1877

and argument to prove that man sinned


through Adam and was redeemed through
Christ Considering that most of his audience


DeiieVe this already, it is, perhaps, waste of


iorce, but it accomplishes one thing-it sets
Joseph Cook up in the foremost ranks of Amer
ica's smart" men, and furnishes to Bostonians
pleasant hours entertainment each week.


Many who read what have said of Joseph


Cook will at once set me down as.hayins a yery


low order of intellect Perhaps 1 have; but
can't understand all that the man says-not
even half of it, Yet II know enough to know


that he is very learned man-especially


learned in the technology of philosophy--and


that his manner is so intense and earnest that


ne makes many man commit himself to his


highly-embroidered orthography who would


otherwise be all adrift in his theology. Men


who ought to know say that Joseph Cook is


profound thinker-and 1 believe them-but 1


have beard profound thinkers who made their


thoughts as plain as daylight, and have


always considered that the highest truths


needed no props of diffuse oratory or deft ar


gument to make them clear and forcible."


A Chinese giant, greater than the once IA
|


China. Yaou Shan, when last measured, was


eight feet and three inches high and was still


growing. Unlike Chang, whose limbs were


well formed and firmly knit together, Yaou
Shan is badly proportioned. his head being alb


surdly small and his joints loosely set. The
funniest thing about him is his own way of ac-
counting for his great length. According to his
story he was no taller when he was eighteen
than other youths of that age; but it chanced
that one day, when he was fishing in a stream
near his fathers house in Kwangse, he caught
strange looking, smooth-skinned fish, and,
unfortunately for himself incontinently cooked
it and voraciously ate it. Almost Immediately
afterwards he became very i'll; and when, after
some weeks, he arose from his bed of sickness
he found that an immense impetus had been
given to his growth, which, however did not
cease with his illness, but became even more
marked as his strength increased. When asked
how he accounted for his head not having
grown in proportion to his body, he said
'Why, you see, L only ate the body of the fish
A dog snapped up the head, which 1 threz =
away, and has head grew to such an enormous
size that they were obliged to shoot him." Gi-
gantic veracity!
Year: 1877

IT would seem that not only is the climate
of Iceland growing so cold that grain cannot
ripen there, but that of Scandinavia and
Western Europe is becoming more severe.
This is due, it is supposed, to the steady de-
scent of the ice of the far North upon the
shores of Iceland. 1t has been ascertained
that the temperature of Greenland was once
much more mild than at present. Plants
have been discovered in a fossil state there
which cannot now present sign of life. In
the Atlantic, also, ice has been found much
further south than formerly. Is another ice
age slowly making its approach?
Year: 1877

UNTIL the meeting of the French Chamber
of Deputies and the adoption of definite
line of action, we may expect to hear all sorts
of rumors as to what will be done both by
MacMahon and the Republicans. The i'm
probable story that the Left would invaldate
the elections on the ground of a technical in
formality in posting notices is already con-
tradcted. But the report that MacMahon
will attempt to dissolve the new Chamber of
Deputies-even without the consent of the
Senate-if they show an aggressive front, is
Repeated in such way as to leave little
doubt that the Marshal is still seriously con-
templating revolutionary measures,
Year: 1877

FOUR hundred and seVenty-fve thousand,
seven hundred and fifty-six millions is large
SUM. 1t is nearly sixteen times the value of
all real estate and personal property in the
United States, as estimated in the last census
report, and about PIG times the national debt.
1t represents the transactions of the New
York clearing house during its twenty-four
years existence.
Year: 1877

Poor little Cuba must continue to fight
almost hopelessly on or succumb to foreign
power, for it now transpires that all those
pleasant rumors of peace negotiations were
without foundation.
Year: 1877

The Boston Post, speaking Of the New
York republican convention says: The
action OF this convention is the death
struggle preceding the final dissolution of
the republican party in the Empire State. F"
Year: 1877

THE LOSSES BY FIRE which DESTROYED
the North Point Dock bonded warehouse at
San Francisco on Monday Will approximate
$4,000 on the building and its contents.
Tie lessee OF the warehouse believes that the
IRE WAS OF iEcendiary origin. IL IS under
stood that he has been prominent IN the
movement 10 reduce the wages of longshore-
men, who consequently threatened to do
him some mischief
Year: 1877

GERMANY is urging Belgium 10 accept q
German protectorate, and make her military
system uniform with that Germany In return
for a guarantee OF Belgian Independence. It
is argued that in case OF another French and
German war Belgium would probably be tha
battle ground and be absorbed by the victor.