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Year: 1878

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tinguished statesmen Ohio has ever
had, died this morning, at his home
in Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio,
at $3.50, Of typhoid fever. He was
born in Springfield, Mass, Oct. 9th,
$500, and hence it will be seen he
lived to ripe old age. His fathers
family were in moderate circum-
stances, and rs boy and young man
he was obliged to struggle up by his
own unaided efforts. His educa-
ton, therefore, was limited when
he arrived at manhood. Know
ing Mr.. Wade personally twen-
ty-five years ago, we have often


heard it remarked that as common
lsborer he for time worked upon
the Erie Canal in its construction.
About 1922, he and his brother Ed
ward Wade settled near where he
died and they took part in clearing
up large farm there, all the while
putting in as much time as they
could in obtaining an education
and finally in reading law. 1t
was in an early day on the farm
among the heavy timber with
which that part of Ohio aboun-
ded at that time that Mr.. Wade be-
came the expert shot with a rifle for
which he was so noted. The custom
then was among the frontiersmen
10 use the old squirrel rifle to
shoot through the head four shots out
OF five the squirrels in the tops of the
tall timber. Mr.. Wade had a special
love for this sport, and being man
OF indomitable courage and steady
nerve with a Jacksonian iron will,
when he became U. s. Senator in
1851 he stood up among the mad cap
arrogant Southerners, a well known
acceptor of challenge from them
though he go detested the practice
that he would never be the challeng-
ing party. He was in the Senate a
fearless opponent of slavery, and
boldly spoke in strong singing
language his views upon all occasions.
His impetuous manner led him at
one time to reply to the arrogant
and insolent Robert Toombs, of
Georgia, who, in his anger, challeng-
ed Wade and he accepted, naming
his favorite weapon, the rifle. That
duel was never fought for the simple
reason that Toombs discretion soon
got the better of his passion and his
courage.


Mr.. Wade was so mercurial and
impassioned that his conclusions
were not always correct for the mo-
ment, but his was a noble heart that
never consciously sided with wrong.
All his native instincts were with the
humble, the wronged.


While upon the bench in Ohio in
his earlier manhood, it was noted that
he had always leaning for the
protection of the weak and injured.
He was an able lawyer and often en-
listed without fee where his feelings
carried him. His whole record
as q legislator marks him as
one who struggled always for
the good of humanity. We grieve
most sincerely at the death of such a
man, and it is genuine pleasure to
ane ak nf his rrro pdlv v,ohlo ua%uro
Year: 1878

Our latest dispatches indicate that
Russia has modified her demands so


that there seems little room to ex-
pect war. She has evidently made
satisfactory arrangements with the
Turks and henceforward the two ma
tions will form an offensive and de-
fensive alliance and the Turk will
virtually be a dependent of the Car.
Year: 1878




The Democrat says, Professor T. S.
Parvin's lecture in Davenport, Satur-
day evening, abounded in well told
anecdotes of carly Iowa settlers
some of which are too good to be
lost.


Among them was one concerning
Governor Grimes. One day the gov
ernor went to Burlington and when
on the way to the hotel, dressed very
plainly, and making no pretensions
as to appearance, he was accosted by
q spruce young man, who evidently
took the governor to be q porter, and
who asked him to carry his trunk to
the hotel. The governor did not hes
itate moment, but took the trunk on
his shoulder and carried it into the
hotel. The young stranger had prom
ised to give him quarter for the job,
and when the trunk was safely landed
in the hotel, rendered the porter a
Mexican quarter which, however,
was good for only 20 cents. One spe-
cial errand that the young man had
at Burlington was to meet the gov
ernor of the State, 80 that short
time after his arrival he made his
way to the executives room and in
quired for Governor Grimes. The
porter who had carried the trunk
met him smilingly, and astounded the
young man as he had never been as
founded before, by telling him that
he was Gov. Grimes. The stranger
managed to recover from his cOnfu-
sion, and made his application for an
Office. The governor cut him very
short, however, and curtly told him
that any person who would agree to
pay for an honest job in an honest
way, and then when the job was
done, to defraud the porter out Of q
part of his earnings, was not proper
man for any position of responsible
ity and would never gain his (the gov
ernor's) recommendation for anything
of the kind.


Thirty-fivc years ago, Mr.. Parvin
said, the Supreme Court of the State
of Iowa consisted of three very young
men, plainly and unostentatiously
dressed, the chief justice being man
of not 25 years. One of the judges
was very frugal man.. and came to
court in cart drawn by mule, and
not only that, but instead of patron
izing the hotel for his dinner, brought
some cold lunch in q basket, and ate
it in the court room after court had
adjourned. The Chief Justice at that
time lived in Dubuque. At one of the
terms of the court he was anxious to
60 home by certain boat which ar
rived before court had completed its
business. The Justice sent the U. S.
Marshal, therefore, to the boat to Sc
cure q stateroom The Marshal
found the captain, told him he want
ed the best room in the boat for the
Chief Justice of Iowa. The captain
felt highly honored by the prospect
Of having such distinguished COM
Year: 1878

Thurlow Weed is rejoiced at the
demonstration of silver and he has
had most level head all through the
fight. We wish he were little
younger. lie is to day one of the
most honest and one of the ablest
statesmen of the nation.
Year: 1878

The Presidents friends and others
at Washington are annoyed at tho
manner in which the
Presidents veto message, yesterday,
was disposed of in both houses of
Congress. 1t has been usual, hereto
fore, not to take action upon the
Presidents messages until they had
been printed, but both the Senate and
House ignored the custom, yesterday,
and went to work, and in the spur of
the moment passed the Silver Bill in
stanter, and with anything but de-
cent respect for the Executive Or for
so sound a State paper as the veto
message.
Year: 1878

The total vote of the city Monday
was 1893. This is a moderate vote,
A full vote should give us 500 more.
1t is evident to our minds that the
democracy fell much farther short
of their full vote than the republic.
ans did. We have good reason to
believe that some democrats at least
were ashamed of their ticket or a
part of it and felt so little interest in
the election that they did not vote at
all. Then the ladies who kept their
coffee stands about the polls secured
quiet, sobriety and decency, and &C.
cording to democratic alderman OF
this city, quoting his own remark
"Iou cannot run the democratic par.
ty on hot coffee; it takes straight
whisky"


1t was source Of the very highest
qualification to note the perfect order
good feeling and tho absence of lille.
gal voting, that SO prevail, engendcr-
ed by the fumes of whisky.


We call attention, just to instance
the character of republican officials,
to our republican aldermen elect and
the hold-overs. We have &. T.. Blake
and o. M. Ladd in the I'd ward, w.
A. McGrew and l. N. Mast in the Sd
ward, and Charles b. Rounds in the
4th ward, five in number, a clear ma
jority. We point to them with pride,
as good men, as able men, men fit and
proper to place in charge of the in
terests of the city in conncil. And
one thing we will say right here, that
not one of these men will ever be
found advising or doing the very sill
ly and wholly unjustifiable thing of
moving away and still retaining his
office whilc wholly neglccting to per-
form its duties.


The republicans worked manfully
and the result shows what earnest,
faithful work will do. We tender
the republicans our thanks for the
energy they displayed.


The democracy saved only "Peter
of the First" and We hear some of
the ardent say now they wish he had
bccn defeated. They did not tell us
why they wished this. Well, "Peter
of the First" looked awful blue a,
IL a. m. yesterday, and at that hour
he was badly beaten and the order
went out to man the life-boat, scuttle
the old democratic ship for the sake
Of Peter the First, single plank OF
the democratic craft. The balance OF
the crew so far, as we can learn, were
incontinently Jonahed to save the
democratic stronghold.
Year: 1878

The silver dollar is a legal tender
silver is returned to its rightful
constitutional position and yet gold
goes down and American bonds re-
main firm with an upward tendency
even, both at home and abroad.
Year: 1878

Hanging seems to he popular at
Des Moines. The Senate yesterday
passed the bill, by decided vote, re-
enacting the death penalty and it is
given out that the House is likely TO
endorse the bill.
Year: 1878

We want to say to our readers that
the era of better times is at hand
that is, the beginning of good times
is upon us. We do not expect be-
cause the silver bill has become law
that therefore the country is to be
flooded with money; the fact is there
is to-day about enough currency in
the country, there is certainly enough
in the present depressed commercial
condition of the country, and whcth-
er we shall need more upon the re-
turn of prosperity will be developed
and as developed, free banking will
provide the necessary volume upon
demand.


1t is folly to suppose that depres-
sion in business was or is caused by
lack of money. The depression in
business has had three causes, two of
which were general and one having
a local application only.


First, the fears of the people touch
ing resumption have caused all pru-
dent men to curtail their business,
that is to say, to make no ventures
except such rs they were entirely cer-
tain they could reach or had the mon.
ey actually on hand necessary to ac-
complish them. In other words
prudent men expected curtail-
ment in business, because ell men
who intended to pay their debts were
economizing for that purpose; in fact
the whole nation was coming down
from the extravaganza engendered
during the war, to healthy state of
living. This condition of things of
course dried up the springs of busi-
ness in comparison with what it had
been.


But the great thing that has brought
this nightmare upon the business Of
the country has been the shrinkage in
values caused by the gigantic mon
ey swindle of narrowing down the ba-
sis of money to gold alone. This was
what made prudent men and men of
sense so fearful of the future. They
feared the ability of the government
to resume upon a gold basis, and this
gold business made money dearcr and
property and labor cheaper; it was
this shrinkage in property and appre-
citation in money which was crushing
the country. AT the same time there
was no shrinkage in what people
owed, but on the contrary the appre-
citation Of money was enlarging the
indebtedness.


Now all is changed, the basis, the
foundation for money is enlarged by
the adding of silver to gold and we
have no fears of the ability of the
county to resume soon.


Silver reconciliation will not only
stop the shrinkage in property, but
enhance the value thereof.


This will give confidence to the
people and they will be ready and
willing to make ventures and as con-
sequence the channels of trade and
business will be enlivened with activ-
| ity. 1t is clear to our minds that the
setting in of an era of prosperity is at
hand; that the time is at hand when
no man need fear further depression.
The third, local cause for depres-
sion, is failure of crops. OF course
nothing but good crops can remedy
poor crops and the depression caused
by poor crops. This cause, no wever,
for hard times is only local.
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The Supt.
of the Philadelphis mint writes that
the melter and refiner were busy all
day Friday casting ingots for new
silver dollars and the coiner will
work up to him as closely as possible
with rolling and cutting. The en-
gravcr will do his part rapidly and
in due time everything will be work
ing to the directors entire satisfac-
ton.
Year: 1878

he wished to punish. Let us look on
these startling occurrences from high
point of view. These mad acts of
fanatics should touch the heart of every
man. 1t is the little minds only that
have not been affected. This proves the
vanity of these struggles between peo-
Piles, where each nation purchases the
blood, the flags and the cannon of the
other with her own blood, her own flags
and her own cannon. The ground is to-
day undermined by a frightful danger
a common enemy: The question is no
longer of nations in danger, but of the
family in peril. ;s saa


This is why those even who would
have seen without sadness the empire
fall, have seen with alarm the Emperor
fall. We can say, then, without caus-
ing a shudder to the grass on the graves
where the battles of 1870 made our
brave ones to sleep, God save the life Of
his Majesty the Emperor William.
Year: 1878

He was born rich, and of course he
should always be rich. That his fathers
great wealth could ever take wings and
fly away, never entered his head. There
fore he saw no particular reason for
hard work in any direction. He must
90 to school, and make some show of
learning, because that was the fashion.
Every body went to school. Twas use
less, of course, to pore over books as
other fellows did who would have to
work for living. He had money, and
was much fonder of play than work;
and so he played before school, and af-
ter school, and in school, and was gen.
orally late, and always a Ounce. He
peeped into his books at recitations, and
hired his companions with his favors to
Where were his teachers? Why, teach
ers can't make boys learn if they are
determined not to learn. The nomina-
tive case was too hard case for him,
and proposition governing the OBJ
jective case was a conundrum that
might be solved by any one who cared
for such brain-tasking things. He
could talk well enough without bother
ing his head over grammar. When
once asked by schoolmate why he al
ways made use of little "i's'' in writ
ing, replied that she wasn't half so
stuck up because he had money as the
fellows seemed to think. A little
| was big enough for him. Arriving
at the age of twenty-one, this young
man was fashionable, slightly dissi-
pated, rather good-looking gentleman,
and, Notwithstanding his lack of edu-
cation, was admitted to the so-called
best society. Then a great crash came,
and fathers millions were all swept
away. Friends gathered round to help,
but what could friendship do for a
young man who had no education?
There were counting-rooms waiting for
book-keepers and correspondents, fam
lilies wanting tutors, schools teachers,
but no chance for a man who could
neither add, subtract nor spell. Too
delicately reared to handle pick-ax or
a shovel, there was nothing left for him
but to live on the charity Of the few who
pitied him; then, cut by those who
formerly toadied to him on account OF
his wealth, he took to drinking, and is
now confirmed drunkard. The only
use he can be put to in this world is to
furnish, by his bloated face and bleared
eyes, warning to boys who think be-
cause they have money there is no need
OF study. This picture is a sad one-i


Is not an uncommon one. The photo


graph ray be recognized in scores o


cases in every large town, and hundred:


and thousands of cases in every larg,


city YOUTHS Companion.
Year: 1878

sweet, gentle, unselfish, womanly wo-
man, beautiful in person and gracious
in manner. Loving each other as they
did, it seems to us but natural that they
should not have been divided by death,
but should enter heaven together, hand
in hand, to renew their marriage vows
in the presence of the Lord and his holy
angels.


When old King Winter waves his icy
scepter over fever stricken Grenada and
drops his white mantle of frost softly
and pityingly down upon her desolate
streets and broken homes, those of her
inhabitants who have been spared
alas, that there should be so few! will
return, and with husky voices and ach-
ing hearts call the roll of the dead On
that long roll will be found the names
of some of Grenada s loveliest daughters
and bravest men, but none of them will
be breathed more softly nor waken
deeper regret or sweeter recollections in
the hearts of the survivors than the
names of Jacob Poitevent, his lovely
daughter and his sweet wife Mary.
Year: 1878

In a food in Austin, Texas, a man
found himself left on q swiftly dissolv-
ing bank. He called to his son, who
was on high ground above, to throw q
rope. The boy did SO, and theold man,
as he took one end of the line in his
hand, said: Now listen to me, and
do as 1 tell you. If you find you can't
hold on when commence to climb, let
go. It's no use for both to drown, so
don't let me pull you down. If you
find you can't hold the rope, drop it,
run down in the fiat, and grab for me as
I float by.'' The boy braced, and the
! father was saved.
Year: 1878

Crusts and pieces OF bread should be
kept in an earthern jar, closely covered,
in dry cool place.


Keep fresh lard In Tin vessels.


Keep yeast in wood or glass.


Keep preserves and jellies in glass.


Keep salt in dry place.


Keep meal and -four 10 cool, dry
place.


Keep vinegar in wood or glass.


Sugar is an admirable ingredient In
curing meat and fish.


Lard for pastry should be used as hard,
as il can be cut with knife. II should
be cut through the -four, not rubbed.


In boiling meat for soup, use cold
water 10 extract the juices. If the meat
Is wanted for itself alone, pung In boil
ing water at once.


Boil steak without sailing. Salt draws
the juices in cooking; IL is desirable TO
keep these in If possible. Cook over a
hot fire, turning frequently, soaring on
both sides. Place on platter, salt and
pepper TO taste.


To prevent meat from scorehing during
roasting, place a basin Of water in the
oven. The steam generated prevents
scorching and makes the meat cook bet
ter,


Beef that has tendency to be tough
can be made palatsble by stewing gently
for two hours with pepper and salt, TAX
Ing out about pint Of the liquor when
half done and letting the rest boil into the
meat. Brown the meat In the pot. AZ.
ter taking up, make gravy Of the liquor
saved.
Year: 1878

Why may not the government,
which always has use for mouey,
and is amply responsible for all its
uses. establish postal savings banks?
This inquiry is becoming general,
and daily grows in emphasis. There
seems to be at least three good rea-
sons why this question should re-
ceive an affirmative answer. In the
first place the government needs
more money, and by just the
amount borrowed from its own citi-
zens would decrease the necessity of
borrowing from foreign capitalists
and the consequent expectation of
gold for the payment of interest. In
the second place, such a measure
would encourage thrift among the
people by placing the opportunity
before all alike to save securely. lit
tie by little, the surplus Of honest
industry. How to help the working
classes place themselves above want
should be the careful study of all
governments, for security from want
is security from temptation and con-
sequeut crime. In the next place
such o plan would tend directly to
foster an abiding attachment for and
personal interest in the prosperity
of the government among the class
whose loyalty is of prime import
ance.
Year: 1878

They tell good story Of the
ponderous Senator David Davis.
When Senator Maxey was
speaking, recently, Davis left his
own seat to get near the Texas
Senator. He took the chance of
one of the ordinary Senate chairs
holding him. The result was
that he had no sooner got we'll
seated in it than the cane seat as
we'll as the underpinning gave
way, and dumped the distin-
guished Senator on the floor in.
q very undignified bundle.
Year: 1878

The Seattle htelAgencer evi-
IDENTIFY tries to dampen the ardor
and humiliate the pretentions of
our Dungeness friends. Itspeaks
of seeing an item about a sloop
going from there to Victoria,
loaded with produce, and adds,
"the place must be coming out;
get steamboat to Neah Bay,
and these LITTLE NooKs will be-
gin to fill up, etc. This sounds
like trying to belittle the place
with sarcasm, after we consider
that from two to five schooners,
scows, etc, averaging a tonnage
Of 25 to 40 each, are kept busy
during the greater part of the
year in freighting away the sur
plus produce from that place.
Wonder if our cotemporary's
subscribers down in that section
don't feel grateful for such deli
cate attentions? Or maybe his
conceptions of the size and i'm
portance of their neighbour ood
are based upon the amount of
patronage he gets from it.-Port
Iounsand Argus.


The theological world contin-
ueS to be agitated in respect to
the subject of hell. It is worth
pointing out that the discussion
is largely one of definitions. The
fact of future punishment in
some shape for wilful sin in this
world is very generally conced-
ed. This deprives the hair-split-
tings of the theologians Of all
practical application to human
conduct. 1t is not worth while
for ordinary men to vex them
selves about what future punish
ment for intelligent sin shall be
called or what particular form it
will assume, SO long as there is
u general concurrence of opinion
that the sinner will be made to
suffer the full penalty for his
sin. The practical thing for
common men to do is to live IN
such a way as to be delivered
from any kind of punishment af-
ter death. AS to the theology
ans, they may be left to look out
for themselves.-N. Y. Post.
Year: 1878

Ensign Lucien Young who
was one of the saved from the
Huron, is the brave young off
Ger who last year received a
medal from the Life-saving Be-
nevolent Association of New
York for his gallant conduct in
leaping into the sea from the
United States steamer Alaska,
while under way, and saving the
life Of q wounded seaman who
had been knocked overheard
from aloft On the 10th of Octo-
ber, 1878.
Year: 1878

days in thy cold burial bed, and
let not the time seem long. |
have now but little more to do,
and then it will be day again. "
AS she was going away she
looked back once more and said,
s'What the earth has once re-
stored will not IL second time
withhold"
Year: 1878

A tramp presented himself at
a dwelling and said he was rich
in mind but not in physical COM
forts; that the spirit in him was
stronger than the body, and that
he was a poet reduced to medi-
ocrity. At the third stanza he
was treated to a flow of sole.
Year: 1878

The discussion about the di-
vision of social classes by luxu-
rious living continues, especially
in California, the idea being that
he who lives luxuriously is Of the
socially higher class and he who
lives poorly is of the lower
class. Gentleman, do you mean
there is a social difference be-
tween mush and mushrooms?
Year: 1878

Little Rock Post: We understand
that, in consideration OF the fact that
General L J. Churchill has always been
considered man of pronounced Green
back proclivitics, aud opposed to the
Adams Redfeld and other schemes, the
State Central Committee recommends
that the Greenback Labor party of the
State support him for treasurer.


What has Gen. Churchill done, that he
should be endorsed by the ring and bob
tail of the Radical party, under the
name of " Greenback- Labor Party p 1t
looks little queer. Tho General will
learn, when, perhaps, it is too late, that
it will not do to attempt to ride two hor-
ses at the same time.
Year: 1878

I The Evening Post says Judge
Mcclure threatens to run for tho State
Senate, in the Little Rock District and
this, too, after the groenbackcrs have
fixed everything up to scoop in all the
radical vote of the District to their net.
Such, Daniel, is politics.