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Year: 1878

Demagogues may say ''give us plenty of
greenbacks and all is we'll" The poor and
rich alike, if they are imbued with the
ideas of true Democracy, know that the
greenback is worthless only as it may be
the peer of gold and silver and may be re,
deemable in gold or silver at the option of
the holder. What the true Democrat most
needs is that there shall be no currency
tinkering. The country at large is in fair
way to make short work with hard times.
One or two more good crops even atlow prices,
will be worth all acts of Congress that ever
were passed. The fact is, the day of spec
ulation is over, and the day of work has
come. All the people want is to keep the
ball rolling as farmers, as mechanics, as
manufacturers. Elect honest minded
men to Congress and all other public sta
tions; men who will let well enough alone;
men who cannot be blinded by demagogues,
and all is well.-Hunterdon Democrat
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the Miners Journal,
writing from Summit Hill, the terminus of
the Switchback Railroad, says: Summit
Hill boasts of having one of the wonders of
the age, viz: an ice cavern 300 feet below
the surface of the ground. In this cave ice
forms Winter and Summer, and forms more
ice in Summer than Winter At the bottom
Of the cave is beautiful spring of clear
ice-cold water, entirely surrounded by ice
The ceiling and sides of the cave exhibit
what look like large veins of coal, but upon
examination these are found to be solid ice
In the centre of the cave, formed by the
continual dropping of water is an icy mon
ument that reaches from floor to roof
Year: 1878

a law passed by the last Legislature, and
approved March goth, 1878, forbids any as
SCISSOR in making a valuation of taxable
property to allow any deduction from such
valuation for debts, unless the individual
claiming such deduction shall sign a state
ment, in writing, under oath or affirmation,


of the truth and justice thereof, and of the
several debts owing by such individual which
he desires to have deducted, to whom owing
and where the creditor resides, and also of
the total amount of personal property of
such individual, including debts due and
owing to such individual from solvent debt
Year: 1878

AT an early hour on Friday morning, w.
Fifer, fireman of yard locomotive on the
Northern Central Railroad, at Baltimore,
was run over and instantly killed. Fifer,
whose locomotive was standing on one side
of the track, near Boundary avenue, had
jumped off his locomotive and carelessly
lain down upon another track with his head
resting upon one of the rails. He soon fell
asleep, aud another locomotive passing along
severed Fifer's head from his body.
Year: 1878

The people on the beach at Ocean Grove
have introduced the fashion of sand baths,
now so popular along the coast. The man.
ner of the sand bath is peculiar. A trench
is dug in the damp sand near the ocean, and
the suns rays are allowed to pour into it
until the sand becomes almost hot. The
bather then reclines in the trench and an
attendant covers him with sand until he
looks like terrapin. The bathers say that
three such baths will cure rheumatism.
Year: 1878

After King Alfonso, from the window OF
his palace, had seen the funeral of his
Queen depart, he remained steadily looking
at the horizon of blue mountains in the
direction taken by the mortal remains OF
his darling bride, and then listened to the
consoling and tender solicitations of his
sisters, to the voice of duty in the eloquent
advice of his Prime Minister and he has
since been more calm, more resigned. His
Majestys intention is to spend some time
near the tomb of Queen Mercedes.
Year: 1878

On Tuesday night Of lat week lightning
struck the house of Mr.. Woody in Penns.
grove, but the family being temporarily alb
sent nobody was hurt, and the only damage
done was to shatter the weather boarding
somewhat. The same nightlightning struck
in the Delaware, front of the main pier,
raising great splash in the water; and also
the electric fluid, about the same time,
struck the water above Barber's wharf
Woodstowp Register.
Year: 1878

rhe barn of David Dare, on the road be-
tween Watson's Corner and Friesburg, was
struck by lightning on Wednesday evening,
and burned. The only live stock burned
was calf, but the building was well filled
with wheat and hay. Insured in the Cum
berland Mutual Insurance Company.
Year: 1878

a California paper tells of hen that has
mama for laying in umbrellas. Now that
umbrellas are so cheap there is no difficulty
about laying them in, but the prevailing
mania is for borrowing and not returning
them. If that hen had been on-nest, she
would have kept away from the umbrella
stand.
Year: 1878

Geo. Hoff, of Tuckahoe, while in the barn
yaro at work one day last week, received a
terrible wound from a COW picking him up
on her horns and dashing him headlong
against the fence
Year: 1878

Abraham Lincoln, in one of his last mes
sages to Congress said:


ga return to specie payments at the earl
lest period compatible with due regard to
all interests concerned should ever be kept
in view. Fluctuations in the value of cur
rency are always injurious. and to reduce
these fluctuations to the lowest possible
point will always be a leading purpose in
wise legislation. Convertibility, prompt
and certain convertibility into coin, is ac-
knowledged to be the best and surest safe
guard against them.
Year: 1878




the party that does not believe in property;
does not believe in the society relations; a
party started away back, for aught know,
in the Dark Ages; started, think, by the
devil. Laughter and applause.] We will
not discuss Communism. Communism will
never take root in American soil. tits con-
trary to our institutions, contrary to our
principles, contrary to honesty, absolutely
contrary to the continuance of society.


THE so-cALLED NATIONAL PARTY.


Now, fellow-citizens all OF these different
parties have undertaken to combine and call
themselves the National party. How they
make themselves National party is beyond
any power of comprehension. unless it be
that they aggregate and conglomerate and
bring together all the elements of error, of
rascality, and of wrong to be found in the
nation. Laughter and applause
Year: 1878

must have n efficient head to our school system Ne believe in re- trenchment and economy in the con duct Of our state government, and we believe the views of Auditor Crawford in regard to the need for retrenchment and the cutting down of expenses as in Etho main correct, but we protest most earnestly against weakening the efficiency of our school system by trying to run i, without an efficient head. If we have . single interest more sacred than all others, one upon which we should be willing to spend our money, and one from winch we may hope to reap mnhiffcent returns, it is oul Public School system. The intelli gence of rising generations, and the character of our coming govern ments, depends upon the present means of education placed at the use of the present people. What kind of government can we expect people to set up, when perhaps 2 majority who exercise the elective franchise cannot read the ballots they cast? The idea is repugnant Let us never retrograde in the man agement of our school system. Let the public press of the State see te it that we have no more trihing witt this great interest as we had in ante bellum times in our State.

 We hope Col. Smithee will lay bare the iniquitous mis-management which characterized the management of this interest ia the good ole times" In such a plain manner that no one will wish to return to simi- lar management now.

 We shall be glad to hear from him on the swamp land subject.
Year: 1878

We repeat that S2, 900 in currency viii build T neat, commodious conn- ty building, anu it will last us until we get out Of debt and get our scrip up to par.

 What we need now is not fine courthouses. We need economy in the administration of our public affairs so that onr counties may get out of debt We need light taxes so that our people may be able to do something for the public schools, fer their county fairs, for their own farms and homes, and for the pay ment of their own private debts. We want to get free from debt, both pub lie and private, and to get start upon the Eighroad of prosperity. So long as we are grooming under bur den of public debt, incurred in pay ing useless public expenses, in bull. ding fine eourthouses, &c., We can not hope to get much ahead of the hounds. We have no fear that the people of Pope County will be gulled into the error of demanding a fine and costly courthouse by such soph- lstry as is contained ill the above ar ticle from the News.
Year: 1878

LCt E,

 A cord of love draws tighter, and binds stronger, than the stoutest chains of oppression. The proud neck bows readily to the caress of love and sympathy, while it spurns the yoke of tyranny and despotism. Words ard acts of humanity and brotherly sympathy do more to sof- ten and melt the heart, than com mands and royal edicts, sent forth with all the pomp and impressive grandeur of majestic power.

 We sec this forcibly illustrated Tn the present crisis. In thousands of Southern homes the angel of death has made his dark tracks, and the vail of the dlseonsolate and the heart broken goes up Tn mournful cadence upon every breeze. The happy home where the joyous shouts of eb:ldhood but q short time ago l&ng out in clear accents, is now still and gloomy, and .naught but the sob of the widow and the orphan, and the measured tread Of the be- reaved husband and father, breaks the stiffness of the melancholy sl-

 

 lence. The tramp, tramp, tramp of the hearse- bearer and the slow rum bling of the death cart is heard alone upon the Ideserted and deso- late looking streets of our Southern cities, but recently active and alive with the whir and buzz of business.

 But in the back ground of this picture a silvery gleam of light breaks through, and as the tear is wiped away it's softening sheen is seen to settle down upon the scene, and is reflected from every object and every saddened face. The welcome gleam comes from ev- cry point of the. compass. Wherev- CT there is heart stirred with the noble feelings of humanity the gleam is lighted up and is shed abroad Tn acts of human kindness, and love and charity.

 "Man's inhumanity to man" is a repugnant picture to look upon; but the brotherly love and sympathetic humanity which flows out from the North, the East and West, toward the afflicted people of the South, is a golden link in the beau tiful garland of love which is draw ing the sections together. The bloody chasm is being bridged by a garland of love and brotherly alice tion. From every town and city in the.Union the kindly aid offered by brotherly hands comes flowing in If there is single reflection to which we may turn in this sad hour with feelings of satisfaction, it is this display of human sympathy and love; and if there is a single omen which bespeakes long and lasting peace between the sections which will forever bar out the monster, War, and bind the North, the South. the East, and the West together in one indissoluble Union, it is the manifestation of brotherly love which we now behold. So mote It be.
Year: 1878

ENGLAND AND THE EAsT.-In the House of
Lords last night the Earl of Derby, replying to
eden on eastern affairs, said for obvious rea-
sons the fleet should not be sent into the Black
Sea at the present moment. He protested
against the repetition of unfOunded state
The government had not asked that Greece
should enter the congress on the same footing
as the great powers, but simply that She should
voice and claims heard. The government had
never proposed that Russia should submit the
peace conditions to decision by the majority
of the congress. They asked that all of the
articles should be submitted for discussion,
and discussion only, that being the only pos
sible manner of deciding which of them affect
tion now at issue. He was not prepared to say
what answer Russia would give, but he thought
the demand of the government was reasonable
there would be very little use for the congress
to meet at all.
Year: 1878

WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NEW ENGLAND-The
bill granting female suffrage at municipal
elections was defeated in the Massachusetts,
house by a vote OF lN to SO. In the house of
representatives of Rhode Island the commit
tee on woman suffrage reported a proposition
for an amendment to the constitution to give
unmarried women and widows the same priv
ileges as men in voting upon proposition to
impose tax or appropriate money or for city
council. After some discussion the PROPOSE.
ton was defeated by a vote of 10 to 25
Year: 1878

A GRowL FROM THE THUNDERER AGAINST
SENATOR BLAINE.-The London Times con-
tains bitter article in relation to the speech
made by Senator Blaine with respect to the
Fishery commission, and the alleged disposi-
tion evinced to avoid the payment Of the
award,
Year: 1878

A HUSBANDS RIGHT TO HIS WIFE-An in
tereSting decision relating TO the right of a
husband 40 the custody OF his wife was recent
ly determined by Judge Rice at late term of
the Gwinnett county court. The wife was a
minor being only 10 years of age, and on this
ground the father detained her at home The
husband sued out a writ of habeaS corpus and
on the return day of the same the Judge held
THAT, Notwithstanding the license was irreg-
ufarly issued and the father had not given his
consent, she being 10 years of age, the mar
riage was valid and binding, and the parties
occupied the relationship of husband and wife
but that under the law which gives the parent
child until majority, unless he voluntarily
lOoSeS ii, that defendant had the right to her
services until she was u, and therefore was
entitled TO her custody. An order was there
fore passed diSmissing the writ and remandng
the wife To the possession OF her father.-ISa.
U0Tlndh (Gd.) NelrS, March IL.
Year: 1878

PRINTING THE SILVER CERTIFICATEs-The
bureau of engraving and printing today be-
gan the work of printing the silver certificates,
commencing with those of the denomination
of so. 1t is expected that certificates of all
the denominations will be ready for delivery
by the first of next month. Orders for them
have been received from most of the large
cities, the largest order being from New York,
for about eight millions.
Year: 1878

PBRsONAL.-Mrs. Fassett will remove her
painting of the Electoral commission from the
court room to her studio on SATURDAY., and
those who have not been able to give her Sit
tinpS can call there.
Year: 1878

AFTER THE MORNING HOUR to-day in the
House, Mr.. Hendee asked Speaker Randall if
a motion which had been made to go into the
committee of the whole on the private calen-
dar should fail, if the District of Columbia bill
would come up as unfinished business. The
Speaker said it would. The question, how
ever, was submitted to the House. and it de-
cided to go on with the private calendar.
Year: 1878

THE COAST SURVEY STEAMER BACHE, which
has been lying at anchor near the navy yard
since last June, has been ordered to get ready
for sea Immediately. She goes to the Gulf Of
Mexico,
Year: 1878

ARIZONA weather is little warm in summer we admit, but if any country or section can produce lovelier days or nights of more real beauty than we have enjoyed in Florence during the past week, why, we'll pick up and go there, but we fear If we wait for greater beauties Of this charac- ter 10 lure us away, we will lay our bones to rest in Florence,
Year: 1878

PAT CONSELLY sent us down beautiful tom Of the Guanajuato mIne. It is filled up with sulphurets and covered all over with chlorideS; it weighs about five pounds and will assay over S21OO to the ton. Pat had some assays made yester- day from specimens not quite as good as ours and the certificate showed nearly sl2OO per ton, That Connelly strike was a lucky one and the best Of it is yet 10 be told.
Year: 1878

WE received by express yesterday from Mir. A. Levin of Tucson, ten fine pepper trees, two years old and in a way up healthy condition. The trees have been planted about the residence of THE CITIZEN man, and in year or two when we have made a fortune and retired from the scissors business we shall quietly rusticate under the grateful shade of these eyergreens.
Year: 1878

whenever either employer or employed
iorgets that there is community of inter
est betwene the two, both are sufferers
rms is true Of all kinds of business in
which the two classes come in contact
The employer who has no other interest in
MS help thanto get out of them all that
their strength will permit them to do, will
soon ind that his employees will become
equally as selfish, and not only the least
possible amount of labor that will prevent
their discharge will be done, but that what
Is done, will be imperfectly performed and
the employe who has no other interest than
70 get his money, is q detrimeut to any man
Who employs-him. Insonne establishments
and on some farms, stranger would be un-
able to tell, from the language or actions Of
the help, that they were employees. When
ever they speak of the affairs of their en-
ployer, they don't speak of them as if he
was wholly responsible, and that they had
no responsibility whatever, but their lam
guage conveys the idea that they feel their
own responsibility. and that the success or
failure of the business is matter of anxiety
to them and their actions accord with their
~ords. Nine out Of ten employers greatly
"PPANSAoeS ouSh manifestation OF interest.
and It really seems to tighten the burden
which always necessarily rests upon busi-
ness mau. If an cmploye has such an in.
terest in the affairs of his employer, there
is no mlstaking it. 1t will show itself on
every conceivable occasion and if he has
been so unfortunate as to find man who
does not appreciate his merits, they will not
long go unrewarded, for others will see them.
and be glad to avail themselves of them.


1t is, no doubt, the case with human ma.
ture, that 1t is selfish in all of its relations
OF life, and perhaps the great majority of
men are too apt to slight their duties, in
stead OF doing everything upon honor, and
performing services for others as they would
perform the same service for themselves;
Dut there are men, and great many of
them, who are strictly conscientious in the
performance Of their duties as employes.
and it is such men who will always win
Western Rural
Year: 1878

BABY's INFLUENoE.-No man who has
not tried it understands how restful it is to
play with tho baby. In the civilization of
our time one Of the commonest wants is
something to beguile the time Of one set of
men, or while away the cares of another
set, from cares Of business Of politics or
whatever the ordinary work. may be. To
this numerous class, incldding both the
wcaried and tho bored, We say, "play with
the baby" Not the baby in arms, but tho
young animal man when it has arrived at
the age which in its life matches tho time
when the puppy gambols foolishly or tho
kitten plays with its tail. Who can tell
how much we miss by not knowing how to
"play with the baby2" We arc always
thinking that children ere noisy and rough,
that they make impertinent remarks, aud
leave doors open or bang them. just SO /;
but this is exactly why so much pleasure is
to be got OF Of them, if We try to rise to o
comprehension of their nature and feelings.


It is not their fault if they are disagree
able to us, but our own fault, and misfor-
tune, too, If wo are dull to all the beauty
aud loveliness Of their, charming tricks and
follies. Some unhappy beings never know
real childhood, and they lose great deal
Of innocent pleasure in consequence,
Year: 1878

1t was very careless leaving the parrot
in the parlor Sunday evening, but she new
er thought anything about it until Monday
morning, when he reused the whole house
by making smacking noise and crying,
Darling Susie Darling Susie" He kept
it up all day, too, and the old folks are
much interested in the case.
Year: 1878

A six year old, who was found putting
himself outside of various good things at a
rapid rate Just after complaining of inward
gripping, explained to his wondering parent
that he didn't mean to "leave any room for
that stomach ache"
Year: 1878

business win prove myth Tose have been no exports the
week and Is doubtful much business win be trans
in limo until next Sprn The liability Of severe
during the months Il attributed the cause
by those now engaged IN shipping horses
Year: 1878

Arc not exceed by any place Sound for fishing milling
Sound Snohomish
Wlam there and unng it is also on the
There excellent o alton
for establishing warehouses; which ship the products OF snoomis
On these premises will also
thirty forty head in all thus afordng those
homes to stock If desire


addition finest land
the Territory known as the Hurley Rh of upland This is
mile Snohomsh City
Year: 1878

If tho art too lazy to think, thou
wilt be TOO poor to know.


If thou canst tolerate a liar, thou art
half liar thyself.


1t takes more than one to get all the
good out of laugh.


When a man gets too poor to feed
his own feas, he gets dog.


All men think well of themselves,
but some have a queer way Of showing
it.


Men boast Of their relatives when
they have nothing else to boast Of.


Thou mayest tell the truth SO that it
viii be lie.


A knave cheats others; fool
cheats himself
Never relate your misfortunes to
others.


The trial is not fair where affection is
judge.


Vows made in storm are forgotten
iu calms


No man should be judge of his own
cause.


To man fun of questions make no
answer.


What men are deficient in reason
they usually make up in rage.


The heart is a crystal palace-if once
broken it can never be mended.


To keep your secret is wisdom, but
to expect others to keep it is folly.
Year: 1878

While the fever has been taking
away the people of New Orleans by
hundreds, and this death wagon has
been going through the streets, the
humourous column of the New Orleans
PicastIyse has never failed, nor has it
assumed the tone Of grief.-Every day
the faithful paragraphist has had
his little joke about the people who
asked $50 for q ton Of ice. He said
that they would find some time place
where it cannot be had for twice the
money, and has warned them not to
come to New Orleans at present. lie
has had his little joke at the country
towns'that.have establisheda a quarantine
against New Orleans, as the only means
Of letting the world know that such a
place sxisted.-When he learned that
the Buffalo police had sent $500, he
said. "Let us hear no more of the club
bing together Of policemen" Later on
he advised the doctors "To pool their
issues the yellow fever must go. And
With a tlnge Of sarcasm he notices the
fact sthat the season .at fashionable
Northern watering places is about to
close. and then our poor refugees will
be Obliged to enjoy themselves IN crowd
ed cities" When the rollaof stand-bys
Is made up, let US place high on the
list the name of the brave paragrapher
Of the New Orleans Picayal,ae.
Year: 1878

The New Haven Register has been
investigating the question Of children's
playing with dirt, and this is the con-
clusion arrived at The best play
thing for your children is dirt. This
teaching may not seem orthodox, but it
is true nevertheless. 1t is hard to see
the clean dress of the morning wrinkled
and begrimed. 1t is hard to see the
rosy cheeks and dimpled hands that we
dearly love to kiss covered with dirt al
most deep enough to plant potatoes.
All this is annoying, but it is almost a
necessity to the children's health. The
earth is good mother. From it we
came, upon it we live, and to it we
shall return. Children naturally love
the earth. If they have no little spade
they will improvise one from stick,
and dig in the garden. They will run
their fingers in the dirt and stir it up,
breathing the air that escapes. Is seems
to be almost instructive with them.
Fresh earth is their delight, and mud
pies a luxury. 1t is well to dress your
children in the morning for dirty work.
Al cheap calico dress and the Oldest
pair Of shoes they have should so on.
If it is pleasant let them play the whole
morning in the dirt and mud they like
They will have an immense amount Of
fun and come in with glistening eyes
rosy checks, and hard, firm flesh.