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Year: 1878

ought no: to multiply solemn oaths and
covenants on our parr, and thus to play
with them as children do with their
toys. without necessity That which
may be very appropriate in one set of
C rcumstances may be very much out of
place in another. and few things would
tend more to blunt the conscience than
the making of such services common
and frequent.


III. THE RESULTS OF THE REVIVAL.


The st rvices at Jerusalm were char
acterized with great enthusiasm; or. as
the record has it. s'with shouting. and
with trumpcts. and with corners, and
all judah rejoiced at the OATH" Thus
true religion is ever attended with Joy.
We have not under the New Testament
the same temporal sanctions as those
which We're appended 10 the old covenants
for Jesus has said to His followers. "ln
the world We shall. have tribulation.- but
still In very important since gOdliness
has the promise of the life tn 1t now Is
as well as that which is to come, and
even i'm this lowest of all departments,
We may rest assured that God will take
care of us. But in the spiritual region.
we shall consult the safety of character
and secure the preservation of our souls
from detilement only by thorough de-
vOtiOn to the Lords service Nothing
Is so sad in these days as the deteri0ra-
ton of character which has been re-
vealed i'm the case of those who have
been formerly earnest in the Church
and in its beneficent operations. But ir
will not do to say that they were always
bad. They may have been. we have no
doubt they were once, sincere; but the
time came when their heart was divided,
it could no longer be said of them that
they sought God. with their, ,whole de-
sire, AMI so their souls were undetend-
ed, and spiritual enemies entered md
took possession.
Year: 1878

GOLD COMING HERE.-The false
prophets change their tone. When Bland's
silver bill was before Congress, the gold
standard Republican newspapers, and
such of the Democratic faith that had
been led astray by such cunning knayes
as John Sherman, prophesied that if the
silver bill passed all the gold would leave
the country. To show how little they
knew about it we copy the following
from the Public Ledger, one of the news
papers, owned by the DreXel Brothers.
which opposed the Bland bill and favored
single gold standard. Gold is now
flowing into the country instead of going
out, as the Ledger predicted. But it does
not say this. The reconciliation of sill
yer aSd coinage of silver dollars has
made wonderful change. 1t is sale
that in every country where silver has
been demonetized great financial difficult
ties have arisen. Whether this is so or
not we do not pretend to say. But we
must insist upon our single gold standard
people, who objected to the course of the
GAZETTE, noting the fact that gold is
now pouring into the country instead of
going out. There is no longer necessity
for the gold gamblers to keep it away SO
that they can ''corner" the market. be-
cause silver comes to our relief, and they
cannot .gamble successfully in both
metals. Had the mints been kent at
work coming silver forthe last five wears.
1--WE should have had more specie in the


Treasury than we actually needed. But
John Sherman and the Republicans in
Congress secretly and adroitly passed a
bill through the House and Senate. with
out its being read, demonetizing silver
and preventing its being coined or circu-
lated in order that they should have gold
and greenbacks only for currency-the
gold to sell and gamble with and the
greenback rag-babies for the people to
use in buying gold. If the Bland bill
had not passed, resumption, forced as it
is to be, would likely have driven gold to
20 per cent. Now see how the false
prophets are shown to be without credit.
These two items are from the Ledqe,
money column of yesterday:


The steamship Canada, which arrived
at New York yesterday from Europe,
broughG s45O000 in gold from Havre
Treasury authorities think that If the
accumulation of coin proceeds at the
present rate the amount on hand on
January 1 will be at least equal to two
thirds OF the volume of legal tenders out.
standing. The news received daily since
the return of Secretary Sherman from
New York gives the Secretary renewed
confidence in the perfect success of re-
Year: 1878

Mr.. GRAY, last evening, in his speech,
referred incidentally to the tariff, and
cited the manufacture of matches. Mr..
Gray, without being aware Of it, touched
a sore place in the Radical camp. The
Radical party are responsible for MANY
monopolies, and this of matches is one
of them. 1t is complete. The door to
any young mans entering that business
for livelihood is closed. 1t was closed
by Congressman. Like the sewing ma
chine monopolies, kept up for years by
the extension of patents through the vile
use OF money, while the poor sewing
woman had to pay four prices for a ma
machine, and ten prices where they hired
them, toput money in the pockets of the
millionaire reprobates, Howe and Singer,
SO the poor women and poor men are
now required to pay three cents box
for matches, which could be had for hall
cent box were it not for the monopo.
ly kept on them by Radical Congress
slonal committees, through stamp tax,
that costs the government almost as much
TO print as the match monopolies pay for
them. This is home tariff for the nro-
lection OF the wealthy and gathering
from poor widows into the plethoric
pockets of the rich.


But Mr.. Gray referred also to the high
tariff on articles generally. Yet he did
not, as he might have done, tell our peo
pie that articles (not nutmegs) were
manufactured in this country and taken
to foreign countries and sold cheaper
than they are sold here, while the same
articles made abroad are kept out by the
high tariff. This is the way the Radical
nigh protective tariff is skinning oul
farmers and mechanics. Nor did Mr.
Gray say, as he might have done, tha
the cheapening of iron and articles made
OF iron would cause an increase of work
Suppose railroad bars could be bought al
about one-half the price they sell at here
Gas they can in Europe) that might cause
the building of thousands of miles OF
railroad through this vast country this
would require railroad ties and labor OF
all kind. Locomotives would be wanted.
ana great many other things that are
necessary.





And this is the case with all manufac-
turers. The low price at which we can
now buy nails and hardware induce very
much the building Of houses. If shoyels,
hoes, spades and rakes are cheap, they
WILDE used, ,and their manufacture reouir.
ed 1t is an outrage that the farmers
markets for his grain should be taken
away to make princely fortunes fo,
manufacturers. They make money by
stopping their works to put up the price
on the American farmer. They have
become nabobs in the land, and want to
make fortunes in three, five and ten wears
while a successful man at almost anv
other business is satisfied to make half
the amount in twenty or thirty years.
Year: 1878

The New York Herdnd refers to Mr..
Seymour's letter as follows: "The


venerable Democratic Ex-Governor sell
dom speaks from the retirement Of his
Deerfeld farm without uttering words of


sage counsel which deserve to be needed


by the whole country as well as by his


own political party. His letter which


we print to-day expresses views from


which very few intelligent and candid


men in this State will dissent. He says


but little on the currency, having given


his views on that subject so often and


with so much emphasis on former occa-
sions. 81 do not believe" he says, "we
can have good currency which is not
redeemable In coin." But he shows his
broad grasp of the commercial situation
by maintaining that resumption Of spe-
Gle payments, desirable and indispensa-
BILE as that is, will not of itself build up
our shattered industries. awhile a bad
currency will harm trade and industry
and good currency will help them, still
it is true that it cannot of itself make
wealth or prosperity"


Wealth consists in the products of la
Dor, and there is no encouragement TO
make products which cannot be sold or
exchanged. What the country most
needs is good markets and cheap access
to them. ave have enough to SELL" he
says, ''and should have more if we could
find markets. The question of the day,
then, is what we can do to sell what we
have and what we can produce. The
answer to that will solve all our troubles,
will make labor glad, give comfort to our
homes, and give life and hope to every
form of industry"


Mr.. Seymour lays the chief stress of
his letter on the importance of cheapen-
ing transportation between the West and
the Atlantic seaboard, and giving our
citizens share in the lucrative carrying
trade on the ocean by free trade in ships.
We cannot recapitulate his striking ar
guments and illustrations, but his letter
is not long, and we commend it to the
perusal of citizens of all parties.
Year: 1878

The hospitality of corporations in gen
eral may possibly be discouraged by the
decision of the Court of Qaeen's Bench in
the case of the Queen y the corporation of
Sunderland. An order to pay out of ones
pocket the expense of an eutertainment TO
an iilustrious foreign guest, for the honor
and credit ofa town which he distinguished
by his presence, ia enough to make the
most pu blic spirited of aldermen pause and
consider the matter we'll before again IN
dertakipg so costly service to his fellow
townsmen. The banquet given to General
Grant by the corporation of Sunderland
cost no less than E2.0O0; it was most
splendid and successful affair, and it Ie-
hected the greatest credit on ali concerned;
and ino doubt the happy aldermen and
town councillors congratulated themselves
upon an event to which they might ever
look back with unmixed satisfaction. But
that contentment was not fated to endure,
and there were found among their own
townsmen individuals whether they had
failed in procuring invitations or not we
do not know) 80 ungrateful for the honor
conferred upon their town as to impugn
the right of the corporation to expend the
public funds in manner in which, it was
alleged, no baDefit could be conferred upon
Sunderland. The Court of Qaeen's Bench
took an austere view the matter
decided that, however distinguished man
General Grant may be, the corporation
were not justified in expendinR public
money upon his entertainment. They are
to refund the money so expended, and not
only so, but the court could not allow even
the extra police expenses incurred for the
preservation of the peace upon the festive
occasion. We may presume that the court
takes a correct view of the legal liabilities
of these unhappy aldermen, but it does
seem rather hard that they should have to
pay not only General Grants dinner, bat
also for restraining disorder among the
people of Sunderland.
Year: 1878

The sun was n apogee, and the earth in
| aphillon, this morning at "A minutes after
three-that is, the earth reached the part


of her orbit in which she is at the greatest


distance from the sun. For, strange as it


may seem, the earth is now three millions


of miles further from the sun than she was


on the st of last January. Taking the


most approved estimation of the Guns


distance, and using round numbers to


express the same, the distance between the


three millions of mites, while in


midwinter the two bodies are ninety


millions of miles apart. The question


naturally arises as to the reason why we


do not have the coolest weather when the
sun is farthest away. This is easily
dicularly upon the earth in midsummer.
and obliquely in midwinter: the intensity
of the heat far overbalancing the difference
in the distance. The summer heat Is,
however, tempered by the greater distance
of the central fire, for IN the southern
hemisphere, where the sun is in perigee at
midsummer, the heat is intensified, and
the temperature is higher in Australia and
Southern Africa than in corresponding
latitudes north of the equator. 1t is well
we are not living about thirty six hundred
years before the creation of Adam, for the
sun was then in perigee during the north
ern summer, and in apogee during the
northern winter. Sir John Herschel esti
mates that the northern summer at that
distant period of the worlds history was
twenty three degrees hotter and the
northern winter twenty three degrees cold
or than it is at present. Every inhabtant
of the north temperate zone has, therefore,
reason to be grateful that the sun is n
spogee at this season, for what would
become of the poor mortals who have been
simmering in the intense heat of the last
Eve days if they were required to bear q
from ten to twenty degrees
higher than the nineties in which the Their
has been mercilessly reveling =
Providence Journal, July 1.
Year: 1878

to have been more annoyed than Il altered by
the attentions of the young men who kindly
wait after church in order to keep big dogs
from biting themlon the way homo. The girls
have therefore procured the regular insertion
in the paper of that place of the following no.
tioe: The Donkey Club of this village would
respec fIlly inform the young ladies especially,
and the public generally that they have made
arrangements for an ext snsive demonstration
on the steps in front of the Methodist Epsco
pal ohurch-the members locating themselves
on either side of the main entrance-on Sun.
day evening next. Positions taken immedi-
ately # or the close of the religious exercises
within" If these forloTn maideus now have to
go home by themselves, they will have nobody
but themselves to blame.
Year: 1878

Most people who profess piety ask a6-
vice of directors about their prayers and
spiritual exercises. Few inquire whethe r
they are not 10 danger of damnation from
neglect of works of charity.
Year: 1878

At the opening to-day there was general stlfien-
ing m prces throughout the list. Letter there
WAS a dropping tendency. OF the active stocks
the ST. Pauls alone retained the fresh appearance OF
the morning. Wabash was an exception TO the gem
eral rule having early declined from 1884 to l2l2
ON the announcement that another injunction hau
been obtained against the company here; later II
recovered TO the opening price ON the assumption
that the various suits prosecuted solely Tor the
purpose Of stock-jObbing.


Pacific Mail rallied to 20lsd2O, but was duli
In regard TO our remarks of day or two ago about
some expected Congressional action we have letters
from Washington under date OF May o. which say:
"Cbde arrived here this morning and IS TO take
command of the Pacific Mail forces The T. U.
Committee of the Senate have held two meetings
Oh the subject, and 1t looks as ii they would report
in favor of mail contract at so much per niie' IL
will come up in the Senate on Monday"


The market closed irregular, but generally weak


RANGE OF THE STOCK MARKET
Year: 1878

THE CABINET MEETING to day discussed the
propriety, under the posse comitatus clause
of the army bill, of employing the armed L. S.
forces against the Illicit distillers in Tennes-
see. 1t was decided TO advise the collector of
internal revenue in the district where the
trouble is to use all the civil force necessary to
enable him to discharge his duty. but to de
cline TO send U. S. troops for the purpose


MIR. j. w. BABsON has been transferred from
his present clerkship in the Patent Office to
have charge of the Official Gazette, the posi-.
ton vacated by the resignation of Col Frank
Burr.
Year: 1878

Far less attention Is paid to providing
suitable roosting places for fowls and
chicks than is given to host Of other and
less important matters connected with
poultry and poultry houses. We have
seen neat, tasty poultry-houses which ap-
peared from an outside view to be the
most comfortable places fowls could wish
Tor, yet an inspection of the inside re-
vealed the roosts from five to six feet
high, far too high for heavy fowls. In
''ye olden times" when lght-bodied
fowls were the go. it did well enough to
let them roost high. especially as the hen
house was not carefully closed at night to
prevent the visits of predatory rats, wea.
sells and other animals with q natural
relish for chickens In the rough. Now
we have heavier fowls, are more particu-
lar in regard to the condition of the plum
age, and take more pains with them, 50
the Sc erial roosting places can readily be
dispensed with substitute being readily
found in the now popular roosting bench
es. which can be made with but q small
outlay of time, labor and money, and are
movable, permitting the fancier to move
them wherever necessary. These bench
es can be made from twelve to sixteen
inches high and of two by one inch Stats.
There is no regular length for these
benches, from five to six feet being q very
convenient size. though. if the compare
ment be not too wide, they can be made
to conform to the width Of the house, be-
ing careful TO make them set true on the
floor, with widespread legs we'll fastened
on.-Poaltry Journal.
Year: 1878




Over eighty years ago, according to
tho London Telegraph, q sergeant in
Lord Edward Fitxgerald's regiment Of
foot, while stationed in British North
America, happened to pass the hut Of
a non. commissioned officer Of artillery
and was struck by the sight Of a young
English lass, the artllleryman's daugh.
ter, whose rosy and pretty face was bent
low over the wash tub. The thought
at once struck him that she was the
girl he wanted for q wife, and he shap-
his campaign accordingly with the
most satisfactory results. But the bat
terry to which her father belonged was
ordered elsewhere, and her lover at
parting gave her bag Of golden gum
eas. telling her tospend what she need.
cd and keep the rest tor two years,
when he would make her his wife. At
the end Of two years:they met as agreed
but instead Of being leaner the bag
Of gold had received accumulations
from the thrift and industry Of the
faithful young woman. They were
married, Of course, lived happily and
had a great many children. This
young sergeant was afterwards the fa.
nous William Cobbett, editor of the
Political Register and member Of Par.
Lament for Oldham. This in itself
might be an old story, for William
Cobbett has been dead for close on for.
ty-fve years, but one Of his daughters
died 10 London few days since at the
advanced age OF eighty.two. She was
born in Philadelphia in 1895, where
her father was tEen selling books.
Throughout her fathers long and in
cessantly active public career Miss
Cobbett was the custodian Of his pa
pers and his chief assistant as an
amenuensis. and a large part of his
most stirring compositions went to
press in her handwriting, and her hand
directed the lightnings that we're sent
forth against Ministers and members
of Parliament. BY relationship and
association she was an Interesting
character, and by her death another
living link has been lost from the
chain of history.
Year: 1878

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There is no longer any use in hoping
to get fair and honest statement of
the purpose and effect Of Bland's silver
bill from any morning paper printed in
New York. They are so unanimously
bent on maintaining the gold monopoly
that they seem incapable, rot only of
stating, but even Of seeing the truth.
They denoupce the bill as repudla-
tiou scheme and violation of plight
ed faith, although it passed the house
of representatives by the almost un-
precedented vote Ut 163 to 34-nearly
five to one.


Now let us see just what the Bland
silver bill does do. 1t directs that the
coming of silver dollars of the old
weight of 4l24 grains Troy shall be
resumed at the government mints, and
makes these dollars "a legal tender at
their nominal value for all deb's and
dues, public and private, except where
otherwise provided by contract" This
does not by any means say that the
United States bonds may be paid in
silver dollars. For the bonds are a
matter of written contract. which it
will be the function of courts, and not
of congress, to construe. There are
ways enough in which the question can
be got before the supreme court. The
Bland bill does not in any way touch
the question of bond redemption, it
there is a contract that they shall be
paid in gold. If the court finds that
there was no such contract; if it finds
that the law explicitly declares that
they shall be paid in ''coin," and that
coin at the time the contract was made
included silver dollars of the weight
indicated in the Bland bill and if
the coart finds that in the Congression-
al debates which accompanied the au-
of the separate loans, it
was repeatedly declared over and over
that the bond could be redeemed in
gold or silver" and if the court finds
that it was the distinct understanding
by both borrower and lender that they
could be redeemed in gold or silver
why thun iu that case, the court will
undoubtedly hold that q tender OF
gold or silver must be accepted in pay
ment for the bonds. No act that Con-
press can now pass can change the terms
in which our bonded debt was con-
tracted, for such legislation would be
&c post JactO, and therefore null and
void. The courts will have to decide
whether the bonds must, according TO
contract. be paid in gold, and the
Bland bill has no more to do with it
than the seige Of Kars.


The Bland bill merely restores to
currency the metal Of which it was
,landestinely robbed. As its value
has been deprecated BY disuse, 20 it
will be increased BY restoration to the
coinage, aud will, so even the widest
gold fanciers think. very soon attain
10 the market price Of gold. If the
Bland bill is not passed. the nation
will have only one o: the coins speci
fed 10 the bond contracts. and 30 will
be compelled to redeem all bODds 10 1
gold, which now maintains an exirava- /.
Year: 1878

A YOUNG man in New Jersey vas
engaged to be married one day last
week, but atoned for his weakness BY
resolutely staying away from the cere-
mony. much to the anguish Of the bride
elect and disgust to the guests. who had
parliamentary doubts about attacking
the supper under the circumstances.
The next day he was shot at twice by
the inevitable big brother. % matter
Of course, and was expelled from .
local militi.company-doubtless on the
ground that such . man would avoid
danger in any shape. However. be-
ing endowed with such . remarkable
ureseucs of mind can AFFORD to smile nj
the petty pcrsccutious Of envy.