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Year: 1879

NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED YESTERDAY BIZ TIE


CHRISTMAS PEDESTRIANS.


All the predictions Of q green Christmas culmi.
mated last night in black Christmas Eve. Seldom
has such heavy weather fallen to the lot of New
Yorker at this merry Even Dickens descrip.
ton Of London fog fails to suggest picture OF the
horrible weather Santa Claus found hanging over
the metropolis on his annual visit to the city. Of
which he is the tutolar saint. The clouds had
dropped down upon the Garth and cung limp and
wet to everything terrestrial. During the day 1t
seemed as IL the very heavens falling Whole
patches Of black sky would come tumbling down in
lump Tho chimney tops touched the horizon;
the was soggy; nature wept instead Of smiling.
as Ia it's wont at Christmas time; the heavens hung
out only mantle Of darkness and all through the
day the light was half night.


CONDITION THE STREETS.


Gloomy was the aspect above. below the pros
pect was oven more gloomy. The streets every.
where were next to impossible. Broadway was COM
paravely in good condition. but the less frequented
thoroughfares were simply horrible. The Bowery
was bog. Centre street was In fair way for the
old Collect Pond on which our Grandfathers used to
skate at Christmas time-where King William
his skill-to reassert itself In its old condition
fresh water lake. Canal street almost ready to
was once Richmond Hill was swamp al last and
the denizens OF the Eighth and Ninth wards forget
full that man was the leveller began to swear tina
nature had chosen SO low grade for the west side.
Up town the evils OF slush and mud seemed
to be increased rather than diminished. Some Of
the streets rivulets, some rivers. Not SO
much as An attempt had been made to clear any Of
them of tho mud and snow which have made them
next TO impassa bic during the week Captain WILL
Jams aud tho street Cleaning Bureau have not even
SO much as taken the uble to look at them. No
body expects that doughty hero succeed in clean
ina the streets any moro than people expected IL
uptown dcnizen knows the value. OF a friendly
Year: 1879

Idler, why lie down and die?


Better rub than rust.
Hark the lark sings in the sky,


Die when thou must
Day is waking, leaves are shaking;
Better rub than rust
In the grave there's sleep enough
Better rub than rust
Death, perhaps, is hunger-proof,
Die when die thou must
Men are moving, breezes blowing,
Better rub than rust.
He who will not work shall want.
Naught for naught is just
Won't do, must do when he can't !;
Better rub than rust.
Bees are flying, sloth is dying;


Better rub than rust.
Year: 1879

Owe no man anything.


God promises nothing to idleness.
If you are insured, watch your policy.
Never make loan on Importantly.
Money easily gotten is soon spent.
Money earned is money valued.


Avoid a second mortgage for fresh loan.
He that maketh haste to be rich is not
WISE


Never sacrifice safety to large expected
returns.


Little coins, like little drops of water,
will fill bucket.


Poverty is no bar to marriage if both par
ties will work and save.


The gods help those who help themselves
men or women.


As we saw in temporal affairs we shall
reap.


1t is easier to loosen up good property
than to re-establish it.


In discussing business disagreements
keep cool.


Poverty is in want of much, but averice
demands everything it has not.
Year: 1879

/ The utter insuiliciency, says the St.
Louis Republican, of the explanations
given by Secretary Sherman and the
officers of the First National bank Of
New York of the extension OF time
granted that bank in the payment of its
four per cent. subscription makes it the
plain duty of congress to institute an
investigation which will develop the
true motives of this suspicious affair.


1t is simply ridiculous to say that the
government is justified in leaving the
money on deposit with the subscribing
banks so long as it is not needed to
make payments for called bonds. because
of the supposed duty of the treasury to
''keep money easy" to prevent hamper
ing the movement of the crops. Once
embarked on this sea it will be hard to
fix time when the treasury bark shall
be brought back to land, tor 1t is more
than likely that year hence will not
find all the called bonds presented and
paid. The proportion unpaid will per
haps be small when considered in COM
parison with the hundreds of millions
that have been handled within the year,
but if the First National and other ia
vored depository banks are to continue
to hold the treasury funds without inter
est until they are needed to pay the call


ed bonds, it will be found that the bond:
unpaid year hence will aggregate {
large enough sum to make the cores


ponding amount lett on deposit with the
banks quite a valuable deposit. More
than that, there is quite as much reason
why the treasury should 60 on "keep
ing money easy" for the benefit OF com


merce, long after the 4 per cent. funds


have been used up. by distributing one
| or two hundred millions of the cash il
the treasury among such lucky banks a
may commend themselves to the goot


favor of the secretary of the treasury


This is the reduction to the absurd, Q
course, but 1t is the logical and legiti


mate consequence OF the extraordinar


policy Mr.. Sherman is endeavoring t


defend just now, and if the truth wer


known it would doubtless be found ou


that he is quite as well aware as anyon


that it is ne part of the business of tn


government to keep money easy'' b


spreading its funds around among tn


banks in the shape of gratuitous depos
Year: 1879

Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette I


FREDERICK, Sept. 11.-At the risk OF
reviving the controversy as to who took
up the flag the men hauled down. when
Stonewall Jackson entered this city in
1862. send you a slight contribution on
the subject which inspired Whittier to
give to the world his celebrated war
lyric, in which the good old Dame Bar
bara Freitchie, "bowed with her three
score years and ten' forms the central
figure. Having an hour to spend in this
pretty little town to-day. make hasty
visit to the site of the old Freitchle
dwelling, which several years ago made
way tor substantial modern structure.
A portion of the new building, which
stands just east of the creek on Patrick
street. occupies a portion of the site of
the old FreitchIe house. while the creek
flows over western part o, the ground
once occupied by part of it.


A few doors from the bridge resides
niece Of Barbara, by name, Mrs. Hand


chuh. give this Qame the German
Year: 1879

Vernon County Democrat 1.-The
LexlngtonIntelligencer thinks that If the
Legislature had done nothing more than
to awaken the immigration turore which
has followed the passage of the law on
that subject. it would have well earned
all it cost There is no doubt but the
action of the legislature in this matter
has resulted in much good to the state
and that the immigration to Missouri in
spite OF the slanders heaped upon her by
her political enemies, is greater than
for wears paSto
Year: 1879

The democratic party needs discipline.
Let those men who are with 1t only be-
cause they fear to leave it, either give
1t their undivided adhesion or 60 to the
enemy. The party should stand by its
principles, yielding not one of them, and
acknowledge as leaders only men who
can be trusted to prefer their party to
themselves,
Year: 1879

Clerk Adams is a very importsnt branch
Of the government. The latest report oi
his intentions is TO the effect that be j. going
to strike the whole Iowa delegation off The
roll, in order to give the Democrats ma
iority independent OF the Greenbackers
There is no justification in law for this eA
traordinary proceeding, but then it is necess
ary, and necessity knows no Law. In order
ogive the Democracy a msj1rity over all
it is necessary TO throw out the delegation
Of some Republican State, and as lows is
among the mott thoroughly Republican
Sta,es, it had just a. well be hers as any
other.
Year: 1879

Celery Is said to be a sure antidote
against rheumatism. 1t is said also to be a
sure cure for this disease if you eat enough
Of IT. Thi. is certainly an excellent rea-
son for its free Use. But far more pre-
vailIDg reason for its Use is its too,hsome
quality. 1t ia certainly most delicious
vegetable, and why it Is not more generally
found on the table of farmers is proof O,
their ignorance of its superlstive worth a.
a continent or their lack of knowledz,
and skill as to the method of its culture.
In our treatise on gardening there are spe-
citic directions given for its treatment, and
culture, and if our farmers are really desir-
Gus OF raising 1t they will quickly and eas-
lily find out the way.
Year: 1879

l-Aai NpAiNS


The people Of every new country ar,
strangers TO each other al d are apt to cling
to the memory OF the society they lef
rather than form new acquaintance and
friendships ere they are locate. This j.
all wrong. Do not merely be friendly with
your neighbors whsn you chance to meet
bat wilt them and have them come To see
you. Do not stard on ceremonies. Do
not hesitate because you moved into tie
neighborhood last Attend all gathering.
and take part; feel that you have az
much interest in The country as adv one
and show it. If there ia church or SUNDAY
-chool in the neighb ,Ihocd help sustain i,
by attending-there il no better recommeI d.
alton for new neighbor than to
see him seeking associations refining and
elevsting in their character. Ii there ia an
effort made to open school, even sub
scription school lend it all the aid you can
for upon these institutions depend the char
ac'er OF the society Of the neighborhood
\ county new-paper il the br-t medium
through which 20 become acquainted with
The people Of the county at large, is proved
by many taking the county paper from
shere they came 20 hesr what their old
frieuds and neighbors are doing. Hence.
me # the best means Of becoming scGu lint
ID in a new county Is by taking a newspa
per published there. Get acquainted. then
rou will feel at home
Year: 1879

Good stock pays vastly better than poor.
Well titled fields are more remunerative
end yield more pleasure to the farmer than
those that are neglected and given to
weeds Good fences, if not an ornament,
are protection to the crops they free the
mind from great anxiety and save the legs
from great weariness. An orchard of one
hundred trees, we'll selected, carefully set
ont and properly cared for, will yield the
owner more profit than ten times that num-
Der OF poor varieties and suffering from
neglect, blight ard the invasion of borers-
fat heads and round heads.
Year: 1879

The Southern press is unanimous in de,
claring that if the President vetoes the sp
preparation bills which are saddled with 8
repeal Of the election laws, and thus stop,
the machinery of the government, the
country will visit the Republican party
with swift condemnation. The trouble
with this opinion is that the authors regard
the Slid South is the country. They will
find out on election day that there ia a
right smart chance" of country outside


the Solid South.
Year: 1879

cessfuily established. He was buried at
Washington on Sunday, under the au.pices
OF the government, in the historical Reck
Creek Cemetery. His death at this time Ia
severe national less, in view of the very
important work he hiss done, and still more
important Efforts which he contemplate d in
connection with yellow fever matters.
Year: 1879

Pope Leo KILL does not countenance the
theory that all dancing is of the Evil One.
To some ladies who asked his permission to
dance during the late Carnival be said: "Go.
my de'rs, and enjoy yourselves in an inno-
cent dance, only don't keep up too late your
papas and mammas when they want to get
Dme ayaipn
Year: 1879

On Sunday afternoon and evening the
city Of RAJ moud had narrow escape from
destruction by the burning of the prairie
grass around the limits of the city. The
fire in many pl4ces reached into the heart
Of the town. The lack OF any strong wind
at the time saved the buildings.
Year: 1879

There is serious talk of re issuing a sup.
ply Of the 10 cent fractional notes. Their
convenience, especially for transmission BY
mail, is causing many petitions to be sem
TO Washington praying for their reissue
Year: 1879

| REGULATING ATTENDANCE.


| The Blodgett investigation was resumed yes
| tcrday morning, about three-fourths OF an hour
! after the time to which an adjournment Was
taken Friday afternoon. It is beginning to be
| very evident that $3.50 is rather too early a
| morning hour for all the parties, for up to date
only one session has gone off promptly at that
time Yesterday morning it was the Blodyctt
party who were late, the investigators and the
memorialists having the start Of them somc-


thing like half an hour. When the gentlemen


did cornc together, a brief consultation was held


around the Committee's table, the subject OF


the conference being the question as to wta.


should be done to prevent repetition Of the


crowdins and jamming which took place Friday,


The up5hot Of it all was that the ticket scheme


Of admissions was adopted Tor the remainder OF
sthe investigation. As it WAS of course im-


practicable to get out tickets yesterday morn
ing, the new rule will not go into force until


Monday morning. The crowding Of the day be-
fore had the effect, also, OF suggesting to the
Committee the propr1ety OF stationing some
one az the entrance to the room whose duty
consisted in wardiue off the commoners from


the privileged class and sending the former to


the rear of the room and the latter to the front.
This additional precautionary scheme worked
with considerable success, and, although the
crowd was very fair for the opening hour, twas
possible to conduct the investigation, and par
ticularly to report it, With some degree OF COM
fort and satisfaction. As the hours passed the
crowd grew iu size, but the prohibtory arrange
meuts to prevent jamming we're effective in
keeping it within subjection and proper bounds,
and no one whose attendance was matter OF
business or duty had the slightest cause for
complaint that his comfort was not sought to


be provided for Il


Among the morning arrivals was Judge Bangs.
mut1ied as to his throat in huge scarf. Having
divcsted himself OF his superfuous clothing, he
caught up morning paper and became appar-
emily very much Interested in reading what tic
Grand Jurors, and particularly DR.. Halnlinc,
had to say about him on the stand Friday.
Year: 1879

Editor VIEWPOINT BEE:

 DEAR SIR II commenced to keep Bees a little over year ago, by buying what know was two very poor old box hives of Bees, at which time I was as ignorant of Bees as person well could be. l also procured a movable frame hive and wait ed for swarm till discouraged, and then bought a swarm and put into it.

 Afterwards forced swarm from each of the old box hives; but it was of no ad- vantage, for it was done so late in the season that neither of the old stocks or swarms made honey enough to winter on, only by packing the hives ill leaves so warmly that they managed to just live through on the little honey they had, and of course, were very weak this Spring. l procured two Italian queens of MT. H. L.. Jeffrey of Woodbury, which he introduced into the hives for me. and with his advice and assistance, now have eight strong stocks, A. Italian, and blacks). and have succeeded in securing a surplus of honey. in very neat and marketable one and two I presented to you, and also left for sale at L. B. Booths store. All my increase of stocks has been by artificial swarming, and the result of my experience with the much honey for me as the Blacks.

 Very truly yours,

 L. B. LAKE.
Year: 1879

It is limited that Madame Anderson
accomplishes her prodigious walking
feats without any signs of exhaustion
by a simple stratagem. Somebody
looking and dressed like her takes her
place while she rests and sleeps. A man
In Cincinnati walked 1000 miles IN
1000 Iours by means of a double"
who finally undid him, for he be-
trayed him just at the close of the walk.
The trick is a very old one. 1t Is found
among Hindoo legends of the hedge
hog and the fox, a version of the hare
and the tortoise. The fox challenged
the hedgehog to race, and the hedge
hog agreed. The fox started, but when
he arrived at the end of the path
through the woods, there was the hedge
hog. Then he proposed running it
right over again to the starting point.
The hedgehog agreed and the fox
found him ahead of him as before.
This contest was continued until the
fox could go no more, and paid the for
felt. The hedgehog merely stationed
his wife, wno looked so like her hus-
band the fox did not know them apart,
at one end of the route while he stayed
at the other. Neither Of them moved
and the fox ran back and forth from
one TO the other until he drooped from
fatigue.-DetTOit Free Press.
Year: 1879

We have carefully compiled from the
Tribune almanac for 1879, which
gives returns from all State and Con-
gressional elections held in 1878. the
following tables showing the complete
Greenback vote of that year. In ths
States where a Greenback State ticket
was nominated we give the vote of the
head of that ticket; where q State
ticket was not run we give the Green
back vote for Congress:
Year: 1879

CALEoREIANs are told by the San
Francisco Call that, il they want five
cent pieces, they must get over their
prejudice against the nickel, as there are
not enough silver pieces to answer the
demand.
Year: 1879

DR. I. I. HAYES has introduced in the
New York legislature a bill to establish
at the lower end OF Manhattan Island
grand underground railroad depot and
to tunnel the Hudson river SO that the
great trunk lines could enter New York.
Year: 1879

NEw York World: at viii probably
be found that the principal stockhold-
ers IN the companies for introducing the
electric light are also heavily interested
IN gas stocks, so that it is not likely that
sny change which may be made viii be
ct . ruinously evolutionary character =
Year: 1879

The passage ef the bill for the re-
moval of the Court House to Whining
ton is looked upon by the delegate o.
citizens who attend Dover on Tuesday
asa fixed thing on its coming up or
Thursday afternoon before the Senate
The bill will have a majority OF two
votes for its passage.
Year: 1879

From a letter to the Eureka Sentinel
from LeHdville, Colorado. we CLEAN the
following facts in reference to this the
latest mining excitement.


Leadville is in Lake County near the
centre OF the State Of Colorado, on the
headwnters of the Arkansas river about
ii 900 feet above the sea level. The
mines arc base and carry silver in
much the same proportion as those OF
Eureka District, and the ore bears a
striking resemblance to that taken from
those mines.


The footwall Of good many of the
mines is limestone. and the hanging
wall when there is any is either quartz
or porphyry and sometimes u col glom
Grafton of both.


The average of the carbonate ores is
about 40 per cent. in lead and trace
OF gold; some however carry eight. or
nine ounces Of gold The smelling
capacity OF the district consists of seven
furnaces capable Of yielding in the ag-
gregate 6s tons of bullion per day.


Three sampiing works are purching
and shipping ore to St. Louis


The Gerrnania Company Of Salt Lake
have purchased II location and in few
days will break ground for the erection
Of AN institution OF not less than twenty
furnaces.


The headwaters OF the Arkansas river
pass down the valley three miles from
the town. and from point we'll up
towards its source ditch has been com.
menced to take water to Leadyille.


The town contains no less than q, 900
people: lots Of gamblers, and the limit
Is Sl2 90, With fifty cent checks.
Year: 1879

The bill of Senator Comins Of White
Pine. the object Of which is to prevent
the uso Of bogus tickets in elections.
that is tickets that are gotten up in
immitation Of the regular tickets but
containing names other than those on
the regular ticket with intent to deceive
voters, is all very well, but the trouble
is that cases are liable TO occur where
there Is a split in party aud both
wings claim to be the regular organiza-
tion, and in such case il would be
come n nice question to decide which
party would lay themselves liable un-
der the law to have their ballots thrown
out by the election officers according to
the provisions of this bill. We very
much fear that this bill gives the
election officers powers that are liable
to DO a5used.
Year: 1879

A NAN in Fountain county. Indiana,
was killed by meteor that came
tbrogh the roof Of his house in the
night and killed him while he was in
bed asleep. The stone weighed over
twenty pounds, and came with such
velocity that it passed. through the roof
the bed on which the man who was kill
ed was lying and buried itself five feet
deep in the ST :und.
Year: 1879

CHERRY CREEK IndrPendent: The
manner in which the United States
Government treats its witnesses, at least
in the stage robbery case.is very unjust,
drawing il as mild as possible. At best
the Witnesses received but half enough
to pay their expenses home. allowing
that they were taken there by the Gov
ernment. This way of dealing with
poor men is great piece of injus tice.
nnd in the future Uncle Sam will have
considerable trouble finding witnesses
in Cherry Creek to prove mail robbery
Cases
Year: 1879

ANOTHER carpet -bagger will soon be
on the way to Idaho w G. Thompson,
has been appointed Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court Of this Territory. II
there were no legal gentlemen in the
Territory capable of filling the position
1t would be proper enough to send nm
outsider here, but it is known that We
have just ms good material here for the
Chief Justiceship as there is in Iowa.
Year: 1879

WHEN JAMES BUCHANAN was President
he sharply rebuked his Secretary of the
Treasury and some others Of the Cabi
net for having taken revenue cutter
on a short excursion down The Potomac,
and he required the Secretary TO pay
every dollar of the cost Of running the
vessel on thi occasion, out OF his own
private means. lie would not permit a
,loll"r Of the public money to DO used
for such purpose.
Year: 1879

APPedi.-Saloon keepers in Eureka
occasionally spread u report that a
dead Indian in a decomposed state has
been found in the water tank. People
Ht once stop drinking wnter and rush
TO tho saloons TO quenct their thirst.
Thus do the iniquitous find means to
thrive i'll Eureka. In this city good
whiskey is the only inducement held
out to drinkers.
Year: 1879

A BILL has been introduced in the
Legislature to disincorporate the town
Of Treasure City. As there has not
been but two or three people in that
place for the last year. the presumption
is that the fact of there not being
enough men to fill the Offices renders
disincorporution necessity,
Year: 1879

The joint committee Oh the transfer
Of the Indians to the War Department
IS equally divided on the question.
The report OF those who favor the pro.
position makes a strong argument in
favor OF their side OF the c Use.
Year: 1879

We have not noticed that anything
has been done as yet in the Legislature
IN reference to changing the apportiou-
ment Of representatives in that body
from the different counties in the State.
There have been material changes in
population since the present hpportion.
mcnt was made, and new one should
be made TO conform with these changes.
Year: 1879

QUITE number of our Legislators
went mp to Virginia city TO see the prize
fight the other day, and now talk about
Introducing bill to prevent such occur
rences in the future. The law as il
stands now is amply sufficient if prop
erly enforced.
Year: 1879

TIE FIRE TELEGRApH-Y Yesterday while
n force oil telcphouc-cnnsruciio men were
ut work stretching their wire across Cary
street near Eleventh the wire fell upon the
city fire-alarm wires, and the gong in the
Tenth-S,rcct Hose Company's (No. 6's)
house commenced striking at a terrible
rate. The fremcn OF that company were
summoned, and a large number Of persons
gathered in the vicinity, thinking fire
was in progress, although it would have
been hard matter to have said from what
box the alarm came. The telephone folks
were informed OF the excitement they were
unwittingly causing, and the trouble was
SDcelily ended