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Year: 1878

For the past two years there has been
a pleasant rivalry among literary people
todeyise mode ofeXpressing the thoughts
by certain signs and acts, 50 as to he un-
derstood and read by parties distant, TO
this end they first devised the handkerchief
Irritation, then the fan, and now the glove.
each In lts turn becoming the more popu-
Lar as they We're invented. Among Ger
tain class, however, there was still 4 ague
uncertain sort Of deficiency a kind fun
describable sort Of lacking that failed to
cover the ground. A few of our Young
men had no gloves, and others We're with
out fans, and still d greater number were
frequently unprepared to give credtable
handkerchief entertainment by reason Of
the great washer woman monopoly which
IS carried to such an extent in cities To
meet this lOngtelt want the Champion
has designed a Irritation with the hat,
which will be duly entered according to
Congress rs soon as a feasible entrance to
Congress can lie effected


In introducing a Irritation with tile hat,
it has been the experience Of many Of our
most proficient tlirters that ii is better to
raise the bat perpendicularly from the
head few inches that the object Of your
Irritation may be satisfied Of the absence
OF bricks or other cutaneOuS substances
which are sometimes fatal to the success
OF your advances. The following are the
different interpretations


To wear the hat on the left eyebrow
Are you there, Moriarty


TO wear the hat on the bridge of the
nose We are watched by the police


To wear the hat on the right ear You
will find my photograph on sale with all
the principal news dealers.


To wear the hat on the left earl love
you, but livery teams and ice cream are
up 50 that it will be impossible for me to
carry on the acquaintance.


To carry the hat in the hand You
fathers financial condition is such that it
will not justify me. You need not hope


To place the hat on the back Of the head
7 am yours; ask mother. Atchison
Champion.


A story comes from Ohio, of a Mrs. Nc
Cormick, who is credited with having
given birth to quintuplets four boys and
one girl at birth, all healthy children
and the mother ''doing WE'LL The faith
er Of this remarkable accession to the Ohio
census has become the hero of the hour in
his heighborhood.
Year: 1878

Never fear, young man, never falter
Press forward with living courage burn
ing in your heart 'there's room at the
top" no. 2s39, five stories beyond the
elevator, right under the tin roof, ther-
mometer l29 degrees in cool place, no
fire escape, no bell, no water in the pitch
er only one towel and no soap, and the
only window in the room opening into a
dark hall. Yes, young man, there's al
ways room at the top, and the dustier you
are and the more weary and travel-worn
you look, the more absolutely certain is
the clerk to send you there. Burlington
Hawkeye.
Year: 1878

THE Baltimore Gasehe is disguised with
New York politics and politicians, and
abandons that State to the Republicans, In
the midst of its grief it turns its woeful face
to the West, and, between a smile and a
tear, exclaims, "Tho West and the South
must form partnership at once and pre-.
"parc to name the next President" Why
bless your simple heart bowed down,
CRoNIN is gone, and who else is there III
the West for the South to cOparcenate with
You should think before you speak, young
man, The South has no friends in the West
any more than it has at the North, since
Che late electiOn.
Year: 1878

boys and girls Use your guest voice
at home. Watch it day by day, a. q
pearl Of great price. for it will bs worth
more to you in days to come than the
best pearl hid in the sea- A kind voice
is like !srk's song to q hearth and
home. 1t is to the heart what light is
to the eye. 1t is o light that sings as
we'll as shines. Train it to sweet tones
now, and it will keep iu tune through
life.
Year: 1878

"Witi this sum specie payments can be
resumed at once, and the premise that is
written ON the face of the sreenback TO pay
the dollar, made good. This would give
bill good dollar for his work, and the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice md fair play to
Bill and the veteran; that is, Bill not only
would work for gold wages as he
does now, but would buy his goods
at gold prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 that


is pressed out of him annually
SPECIE PAYMENTS Is THE ONE
THING NEEDFUL IN OUR PRESENT
CONDITION., AND WILL CURE Us OF
MANY FINANCIAL ILLS. The m oment
you have got specie payments, PendIeton's
and Buffers theory of paying the bonds in
greenbacks, which means neither more or
less than more and meaner money, be-
comes obsolete. If Congress in its blum
derings, did not agree to pay the principal
of the bonds in gold, il ought to have
agreed to, and specie payments will make
the agreement what il ought to be. The wit
of man cannot devise any scheme that will
bring absnt specie payments other than re-
deeming greenbacks with gold; that is, let
somebody else have some good money be-
sides the bondh hsldcrs.-SOLON CHASE'S
"POOR MANS TRACT OF 1871.
Year: 1878

MONEY was never more abundant in this
country than it is oday. So cheap is it that
the Government, for the first time in its his
tory, can borrow money at four per cent.
interest. Millions of money are idle to-day,
seeking investment, and waiting only the
return of confidence. Confidence in what ?
Confidence that people will pay their debts,
that money lent will be returned. 1t cannot
be that any distress we are now suffering
from is due to lack of money, for any man
to-day, on good security, can borrow any
kind of money, gold, silver, paper, at the
cheapest rates ever known in this country.
Would an increase of the circulating medium
restore confidence? Would men be any
reader to lend? Would they not feel less
disposed to lend, seeing that as nominal val.
ues mounted up, they would not get in re-
payment the equivalent of the value with
which they parted?
Year: 1878

The Tennessee Democrats demand that no
mora interest-bearing bonds be issued" and
they say, "We are in favor of an equitable
adjustment of the public Indebtedness and the
issue Of bonds in compromise of the present
debt" and further say, 1--WE point with pride
to the fact that since the accession of our party
to power it has not created dollar of debt"
Nor is it very likely that it will on these con-
dtlons. If, however, there is anybody who
has money to lend without interest, and, for
the principal itself compromise shall be
returned he should let it be known, for besides
these Tennessee fellows who advertise for loans
"ln the name of Democracy" there is great
Labor party" which will take any amount on
the same conditions,
Year: 1878

ALL history teaches rs the folly of attempt
ing to add to the wealth of a country by de-
basing its coin, by multiplying the number of
irredeemable promises, or by evading in any
way the prompt and faithful payment of hon.
est debts. Shall we heed the lessons of his
tory, or shall we furnish to the world another
melancholy example of nation which re-
sorted to quackery and SO brought upon it.
self ruin and dishonor?
Year: 1878

Does any one wish the country to invest
another thousand millions in railroads that
cannot pay the interest on the money put out
to build them? Does any one wish our cities
and towns to run in debt two thousand mill
lions more, so deep in debt that it will cost
more to dig them out than it cost to excavate
Pompeii, or dig out the buried cities of Argos
or the Idalium tombs2 Yet that is what
return to the flush times following the war
means. It means running in debt, it means
living credit, it means parsimony in pub
lie expenditures and pinched living when
settling day comes.
Year: 1878

THE Greenbackers, who at the meeting in
City Hall Wednesday evening, declared their
intention to vote for Butler this fall gave a
striking proof Of their political intelligence
and of their knowledge of candidates ia this
State. They are the men to wrestle with fl
Dancp
Year: 1878

THE Argus well knows that the Four
teenth Amendment does not cover the class
of claims known as Southern claims, and
when it asserts that the Amendment is a
bar to the prosecution of that claim it
attempts to deceive It's readers.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous Ie. tiers and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable not necessa rly for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muncstions that are not used.
Year: 1878

THE argus says the PRESS dare not denv
that the appropriations have been decreased
by the Democrats. The PRESS does not
wish to deny that the Democrats did re-
duce appropriations. Our point is that the
reduced appropriations were insufficient for
the necessary expenses of the Government.
and this the Democratic House has acknowi-
edged by the passage of deficiency bills.
Furthermore we assert that the Democrats
knew they were not voting enough money.
but attempted to make cheap reputation
for economy, by Withholding as long as DOS
sible portion of the sum essential to carry
on the Government. That is, the boasted
retrenchment was fraud planned to cheat
the country. The saving.was not a real re-
duction; it was merely a postponement of
payment made in order to get up false claim
of economy for the uses of a political cam
paign. Now the bills can no longer be de-
ferred, and in the present year alone are great
er than for the last four years of Republican
control in the House taken together. In the
last year of Republican House the appro-
priations were reduced $16,0OO,OOO. In this
latest year Of a Democratic House they have
been increased S24,OOO,0OO. There is the
contrast. If the executive departments made
deficiencies by violating the law why did
Democratic House condone that violation by
voting money for the deficiencies? The off
cial figures which the Argus quotes are the
figures of Mr.. Atkins, and are obtained by
the very convenient process OF reckoning the
amount the House refused to appropriate in
former years as so much saving and ignoring
the fact that the House has had to atone for
the neglect and make up the deficiency.
Year: 1878

THE one great question at issue in this
Maine campaign is, Shall we resume specie
payments on the first of January next?
Shall the Government then say to its credit
ers, "We will give you dollars value for
each dollar-note of ours you present2' That
means that each one of us shall follow the
example of the Government; that the man
who is paid "dollar" for his days work can
exchange that "dollar'' for a hundred cents
worth of goods; that the trader shall not
mark his goods ten or twenty cents above
cost and legitimate profit in order to cover
the difference between real and nominal val
ues; that the seller who disposes of commodi.
ties on credit may be sure of receiving an
equivalent three months, or six months, or
year hence, for the goods with which he
parts, That is the question to be decided.
and not questions of banking, of kinds of
notes to be used between men in the transac-
tion of business, of forms of paper currency.
What we want is to have paper currency
based on and consequently rejeemabe in
coin. That once settled we shall be free to
discuss the wisest, safest and most economi-
cal forms of paper currency.
Year: 1878

You that he has a dentifricc identical with
or containing ingredients equally or snpe-
rior in efficacy to those Of SOZODONT.
discredit the statement and insist upon
having that alone. By doing so. you will
secure a dentifrice par excellence The best
in the market, containing botanic ele-
ments Of rare preServdtive Influence upon
the teeth, and one which will endow them
with most becoming whitenesS. Another
desirable feature OF this stable toilet article
is that it imparts fragrance to the breath.
Sold by the druggists.
Year: 1878

THE NEw-YORK TRIBUNE led off one OF its
Washington dispatches yesterday with the following ::
"BeacOn-st. has n victory and captured the BOs-
Custom House" There is 10 'biectOn 10 this az
BIT Of pleasantly although even In that sense II gives
this prosperous street credit to which IL has DO claim
The social and money influence which Beacon-st. is
pOpUary supposed 10 stand for had no Interest IN this
contest. The Counties OF Berkshire, MddicseX and
Worcester had much interest, and great deal more
Influence IN bringing about the capture than the
whole of Boston had together Indeed. the influence
which the late Collector had to contend against WIS not
f. respect Of the exclusive sort which THE TRIBUSE
has often represented IL from men who have had
% fight their own way in the world and who never
dreamed OF opposing man on account OF Ills social
position or supposed poverty.
Year: 1878

perhaps unkind-but you cannot fill
my idea of true manhood as long as
you neglect to develop your mind. We
were not placed here to lead butterfly
existence.


Frightened at having said so much
Agnes hid her face in her hands. Ralph
sprang up like one awakened from
dream. New thoughts went flying
through his brain. Reared in affiuence,
with every wish gratiied, this aimless,
inactive life had become a part of his
nature. He was thoroughly awake now;
all his dormant energies were springing
into life. He would never again be the
idle drone he had heretofore been.
Agnes stole glance at him, and won-
dered at the transition. He was stand
ing erect, his head thrown back, his
really fine features Lit up by an EXPIRES
sion she had never seen.


agnes" he said, as he bent over her
and touched reverently the braids of
her hair, agnes, you have spoken the
truth 1 am living like poltroon upon
the fortune which my father amassed
for me; am wasting the fortune God
gave me- Little teacher, your words
shall not be in vain. When I come
again | will come more worthy of you,
or will never come. Let me but kiss
this hand; it is all the pledge ask In
deed, l have no right to ask any pledge
Gently, reverently, he raised her hand
to his lips, and he walked quietly away.


Five years the seasons came and went,
and with them came changes to Agnes
home. Her mother was deai-she was
all alone.


No word eyer come direct from
Ralph. She heard of him in the busy
city as rising young architect. Her
cheeks glowed when she heard his
praise. although she believed he had
forgotten her. For year she had been
teaching IN distant city, where she
received a better salary.


Five years from the time we first met
'Asy. she ,retuzned to her native 4illage
to visit her friends and her mothers
grave.


She was walking slowly along the
green lane that led from the cemetery,
unmindful of the violets and buttercups
that raised their tiny heads and looked
pittyingly up at her.


She was very lonely this bright spring
morning. There was traces oftears upon
her face and her lips quivered like thoee
of grieved child. This was her mo
ment of weakness she would be strong
again by and by.


A gentleman was coming up the lane
A stranger, she thought. Unconciously
she found herself admiring the tall
manly form and firm resolute tread.
Perhaps it was the contrast with her own
weakness that attracted her attention
and drew forth her admiration.


He came nearer, paused and held out
his hands saying simply, @Agnesl"


Ralph" she replied, and placed her
hands in his, II have come" he said,
"as 1 promised. I trust I am more
worthy of you than before. Two years
ago, the emergency you foresaw came.
My fortune was all swept away. Thanks
to you, I was prepared for the trial. I
can earn our daily bread now, have a
snug little home. Will you come, ,Agnes?'


@Oh Ralph, it will be like heaven"
she said and they went down the lane
together.


In after years when his friends re-
marked his devotion to his wife, he used
to say, Il ought to love my wife better
than most men, for she made a man Of
me-"
Year: 1878

For sell application to any part Of the body,


meet eUeTy requirement.


The most learned physicians and scientific
men Of Europe and this country indorse them
These noted Curative appliances have now
stood the test for upward of thirty years, and
are protected by Letters-PatenG In all the
principal countries OF the world. They were
decreed the only Award of Merit for Electric
Appliances at the great Worlds Exhibitions
Paris, Philadelphia, and elsewhere-and
have been found the most valuable, safe,
simple, and efficient known treatment for
the cure of disease,
Year: 1878

Ever the most popular we'll as the best of
Sewing Machines has yearly been proved by OFF, al
returns Of the number sold and by the numerous
mums ar prizss awarded it at all State fairs and
hibitions the celebrated SINGER FAMILY MACHINE has
again come to the forefront being cheaper than
other even than the bogus imitstions offered
for sale In some quarters During past
the company have reduced their prices as to put
their machines within the reach of all, and NO home
however humble, need now be without 20 inestirna-
BILE treasure. Caro- should be taken by the pur-
chasers not to be imposed by parties selling iatio,s
OF the Singer The best safeguard that we know of
against this danger is to call Company splendid
store, go Canal street where the very efficient and
courteous AGENT Mr.. g. E. Rundle, and his polite
sistants i'll that get what you wish and that
at the very lowest prices
Year: 1878

The stomach is the laboratory of the system
in which certain mysterious processes are going on
These result in the production Of that wonderful vvi
tying agent the blood which in state Of health rushes
laden with the elements of vitality to the remotest
parts Of the system. But when the stomach semi.
paralyzed by dyspepsia blood manufacture is carried
on mperfecly the circulation grows thin and slug.
gsh. and the system suffers in consequence. More
over. indigestion reacts upon the liver and bowels,
rendering the first sluggish and the latter


brain also sueIs by sympathy and sick headaches
sIeepiessness and nervous symptoms gendered
Hostetters Stomach Bitters reforms this gs
Riyes permanent tone and regularity stomach
and Its associate organs, the bowels aud liver and
ensures complete nourshment and increased viGor of
System It is the popular as the ost
efficient antidyspeptic and tonic In America.
Year: 1878

Love God above all. Do not suffer any natu-
Eai attachment to keep you from listening to
His voice. You can help your relatives best
when yoa follow the cali of God. Do not
grudge them to G?d when He calls them to
Him by religious voostion or by death. They
are more than ever yours when they belong to
God alone.
Year: 1878

Perhaps 1t Is worth noting that Mr.. Ran
dali did not receive at the hands Of his own
constituency the flattering ovation that was
extended him by the Manhattan Club at the
nstigation Of Hewitt and Wood. the special
and peculiar enemies OF the Brazil mail con-
tract. Indeed, from tho multiplicity and
elaboration Of RandaIl's apologies to every
body and for everything, in his speech on that
Suspicious OCCASION" we infer that he Is not
altogether easy as TO the outcome Of his won
derfuI record as Speaker. The Philadelphia
Times makes no bones of telling him that his
espousal Of New York interests during the
last session Of Congress has by no means en-
HANGED his influence at home and advises
him that the patronage of Hewitt and Wood
will hardly compensate him for the sacrifices
he has made among his own constituency. 1t
would be very reasonable and also very
delightful thing II Mr.. Randall we're elected
to stay at home next time. 80 mote 1t be.
Year: 1878

the public peace. is In no peril from which wise
legislation and wholesome administration Of
the laws cannot rescue 1t, and the people want
no President who can keep the country quiet
only by imperial methods. Our confidence in
the popular sentiment on this point makes
us yearn for the candidacy Of Grant. It
would assure an overwhelming victory for
the Democratic party.
Year: 1878

Our stock of LADIES' UNDERWEAR Is sc
we'll assorted and fresh that we take pleasure
in calling your attention to 1t.


These goods are made to suit the taste, OF the
New Orleans ladies. We guarantee goods and
prices.
Year: 1878

St. Clement is said to have been con-
vert of noble birth. The early Fathers
identified him with the Clement whose
name st. Paul declares to the Philippians
was written in the Book of Life; and
Tertullian assures us that Clement was
consecrated bishop by st. Peter himself.
Be that as it may, it is certain that he had
seen the Apostles and conversed with
them. With their divine words still ring
ing in his ears, he began to rule the Church
of God and thus he was among the first,
as he was among the most illustrious, in
the long line of those who have held the
place and power of Peter. Clement enter
ed on his high Office in evil days. He lived
at the same time and in the came city with
Domitian, the prosecutor OF the church;
and besides external foes he had to contend
with schism aud rebellion from within.
The Corinthian church was torn oy lotes-
tine strife, and its members set the author
ity of their clergy at defiance. 1t was then
that St. Clement interfered in the pleni-
tude of his apostolic authority, and sent
his famous epistle to the Chrinthlans. He
urged the duties of charity, and above all
of submission to the clergy. he dld lot
speak in vain peace and order were
restored. St. Clement had done bis work
on earth, and shortly after sealed with his
own blood the faith which he had learned ,
from Peter and taught to the nations.


Would you learn how to venerste the
teaching of the Church and of the Pope
Then look to the first days of the Church
and to the disciples of the Apostles. Al
though the Corinthians Lad sinned by
schism and rebellion, they were apPeased
when once the Pope had spoken, and they
received Clements letter almost as if it
iplTSa had been inspired. Not long. after the
middle of the second century, st. Diony.
eins tells us that in his time the epistle of
Clement was still read publicly from time
to time in the Corinthian Church, as they
also read another letter recently received
from one of st. Clements successors; and
long after we know that other churches
Year: 1878

Elizabeth was daughter of king o!
Hungary, and niece of ST. Hedwige. She
was betrothed in infancy to Louis, Land
grave of Thuringia, and brought up in his
fathers court. In her fourth year she
began to spend her time in prayer, and
gave all she had to the poor; aud growing
up she increased in piety and humility,
undeterred by the reprOaches and ridicnle
Of her husbands family and courtiers. She
never left her husband without necessity,
and in his absence laid aside her royal
robes and lived in retirement. She was
the first in Germany to join the Third
Order of St. Francis. Not content with
receiving daily numbers of poor in her
palace, and relieving all in distress, she
built several hospitals, where she served
the sick, dressing the most repulsve sores
with her own hands, God rewarded her
charity with many miracles. Once, on
ner way to banquet, che gave her ducal
mantle to a poor man, and an angel restor
ed it to her. Another time, being simply
dressed, she appeared before her fathers
ambassadors in purple robe embroidered
with gold and precious stones. On her
husbands death she was cruelty driven
from her palace, and forced to wander
through the streets with her little children
prey to hunger and cold /; but she well
coined all her spfferings and continued to
be the mother of the poor, converting
many by her holy life. She died in 1881,
at the age of twenty four.


Once at st. Elisabeth was descending by
a very steep and rough path from her
castle to the town, carrying in the folde of
her mantle bread, meat, eggs and other
provisions for the poor, she met her hus
band returning from the chase. Astonshed
to see her bending under the weight of her
burden, he opened the mantle which che
kept pressed against her, and found in it
nothing but the most beautiful red and
white roses he had ever seen, although it
was not the season for flowers. He also
saw over her head luminous image, in
the form of a crucifix. Bidding her pursue
her way, be took one of the marvellous
roses, and kept it all his life.