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Year: 1870

We urge upon all young men, who are
just starting in life, to make it an invar-
liable rule to lay aside certain portion
of their income, whatever that income
may be.


Extravagant expenditures occasion a
very large part of the suffeTings of a
great majority of people. And extrava-
gance is wholly q relative term
What is not at all eXtravagant for one
person may be very extravagant for
another. Expenditures = no matter
how small in themselves they may be
are always eXtravagant when they
come fully up to the entire amount Of q
PERSONS whole income.


The mode of living is almost entirely
O matter Of habit. It is Just as easy to
get along with three fourths of your in
come-what the amount of it may be
as on the whole Of it, if you only think
so, and restrict your expenditures ac-
cordingly.


The thousand inconvenience Of debt,
empauassment and dependence may all
be avoided bv firm and undertaking
adhesion to this rule.


One great aid in pursuing the course
which we have recommended will be
found in keeping an accurate account of
all receipts and expenditures. BY fre-
quent reference to this you will see Just
what you can afford to eXpend, without
enrOaching on your rule; and you will
also see what of your expenditures you
can most conveniently curtail, or cut of
entirely.


There is a great deal, too, in reflection
and foresight, in the expenditure of
your money. It is q very common re-
mark that one person viii make the
same amount 60 twice as far rs another.
This is owing to the employment of
greater prudence and Judgment in buy
ing. Almost any amount of money can
be thrown away and scarcely any thing
obtained for it, by a thoughtless, care
less spendthrift.


We despise sllinllints. But economy
and meanness are ~ no means dental.
On the contrary, rs it Is easy for any
one to see, an unselfsh, judiclous econ
Omy-a wise saying-furnishes the
means not only Of independence, but of
benevOlence and generosity also.
Year: 1870

After taking my gymnastics regular
ly for three or four weeks, am prepar-
ed to testify to their beneficial effects. I
can now raise a beefsteak with ny teeth
with the greatest of ease, win engage to


hold n barrel out at arms length with a
man in it, only stipulating that both
heads be knocked out. At raising
things with the single exception per-
haps of rent money! have no superb
or l raised q bunch on my head with
forty pound club the other day, that
made me look like a double-header. /
Year: 1870

There IS no medicine equal to Hollands German
Bitters or Tonic in cases of Debility. They impart
appetite cause enjoyment Of the food, enable the
stomach to digest it, purify the blood, give good,
Year: 1870

sound healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from The eve impart q bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from short-bresthed emaci8ted,
weak, and nervous invalid to fullfaced stout, ana
vigorous person


Weak and Delicate Children are Made Strong


By using the Bitters or Tonic.
Year: 1870

ever known, and win cure all diseases resulting from
bad blood. Keep your blood pure; keep you liver in
order; keep your digestive organs in sound healthy
condition by the use of these remedies and dis
ease viii ever assa yOu. The best men in the cOun-
Try recommend them. If years Of honest reputation
60 for anything you must try these preparations.


EE9TINEoHT


Like the following was never before offered in behalf
Year: 1870

ably considered by the Administrations and he
went on to give reasons for rejecting the renewal
They are not such as would commend themselves TO
financers and political economists but they would
OPINION and the refusal TO negotiate IL necessary
consequence.


Une advantage OF reciprocity treaty between
Canada and the Unted States " 30 obvious that
every cllz6n 0T thS Vhf1n, however gear may be
his Judgment On other grounds Against the relowal
OF the treaty, Ia obliged TO confess It, Any one who
looks AT the map OF North America will see In the
ton . powerful reason for free trade between the
two countries II 10 almost impossible to protect
this struggling boundary with y sufficient army OF
revenue officers The Canadian delegation which
was ut Washington IN the summer pressed this con-
slderat0n Ine attention OF the President ana MS
was apparent that the economic education OF
the American administration had NOT mate
rally advanced since Mr.. Gait ana Mr. Seward
discussed together the question OF the trade
between the two communities upon the explra-
tion OF the former treaty three years ago. 1t was
ner. that freedom OF traffic between Canada and the
United States was OF little advantage TO the latter
because 1t only enabled the citizens OF the Union TO
buy cneaply or Canadians, and did not greatly mu-
tiply the purchases made Dy the Canadians IN the
Union. The phraseology adopted was tnat the
markets were weak" General Grant and his Min
listers may nave used different words from these,
but their argument IL the same. The advantages O
free trade between the federation and the Dominion
the President said IN his message "would be wholly
In favor OF the latter" 1t was perhaps fancfu to
Wncn nation adopts the fallaces Of protection as
rules OF conduct towards the world large. nothing
else can be looked tor to guide their relati0us with
auy particular country.
Year: 1870

man we want, not his town or coun-
ty. Merrill is northern man, but
he has good solid sense, and we are
for keeping him where he is indefi-
nitely. So with Harlan. The latter
has national reputation of durable
kind, and we would not displace
him for a small busybody who can
only get up every five minutes and
scold on a paltrN tariff detail and
with not brains enough for aught
else. A Senator represents a whole
State, and occupies higher position,
if he is great enough to fill it, than a
Governor. We send ordinary men
to the House at Washington, and
this is well understood. A State is
Judged not by them but by its Sena-
Iu11kA. Qwsets'6 senators rests its repu.
tation throughout the nation and
abroad. So viewing the case, what,
we would ask in all seriousness, is an
ordinary man good for? After
Harlan and Grimes are we to take a
mere fiddle-faddle individual that a
few score of furnishing office-beggars
ut home may have new deal of the
offices in the gift of the Departments:
Send these fellows to the poor house.
Let the overseer put them to work
on the farm, and it will do them a
world of good by accustoming them
to labor. They have not brains
enough to lift them up in the world
otherwise than as beggarly parasites
clinging to the trowsers Of some
particular individual and shouting
to him to go higher, higher, higher,
and every step he takes he has to
lift several tons of this sort OF
rubbish.


Such is the most prominent phase
of the locality humbug. The people
ut large are not office-seekers, and
they desire the ablest man, intellect
ually and morally, and who will, in
the highest degree, reflect honor on
the State.-1namosa E,u'eka.
Year: 1870

This humbug comes up again.
Somebody imagining he carries the
sum total Of the State and all its
wisdom combined in his breeches
pocket, for lack of any other recep-
tacle wherein to stow, undertakes to
say that the next Governor and
Senator-why not add everything
else down to a village constable:-
must come from nOthern Iowa be-
cause the southern part of the State
has had more than its geographical
share. Such fellows have ever and


always forgotten or ignored the fact
that until recently Northern Iowa
had scanty population, and the more
northern part still has little in that
line. And then Dubuque, the gate
way, has always been copperhead
and that fact repeals talented young
men from coming in that direction.
Hence we have found the abIest
minds among the central and south
ern counties thus Ear. 1t may be
otherwise in the future and probably
will, but thus 1t has been in the past.


This claiming Of officers on the
ground of locality Is exceedingly
childish, downright silly. Present
the best and ablest man and we win
accept him whether he halls from
the north, south, east, west or central
part Of the State,sand we will accept
him with q hurrah, but don't hry to
force on us bag Of dirt. It ds the
Year: 1870

The policy of the Democratic party
is being rapidly developed by its
representatives in Congress.


First, we have the resolution of
Senator McCreery asking for the
removal Of the Union dead from the
National Cemetry on Arlington
Heights and the restoration of that
property to the family of the late
Gen. Robert +. Lee. The resolution
did not meet with much favor simply
because of the small number of Dem
ocrats in the Senate. Had they been
in the majority there and in the
House also, there is little If any
doubt that the resolution would have
been passed and the measure it pro-
posed carried into effect.


Second, came s. S. Cox, the leader
of the Democracy in the House, with
q resolution favoring the repeal Of all
tariff and internal reveGue laws, and
a resort to direct taxation. The same
principle was approved by the last
Democratic State Convention Of
Iowa, and by the conventions of that
party in other States. Free-trade
and direct taxation may be consid-
cred as standing at the head Of the
Democratic platform. Under the
Constitution Of the United States
direct taxes are to be apportioned
according TO the number Of iuhabit.
Year: 1870




| lone of the aspects of the nany-sided Chi
nese question is its relation to the supply OF
| domestic help in families. How to get good
domestcs has been for a long time the despair
Of housekeepers. Since the development OF
manufactures, our native American girls have
found more lucrative employment in the cot
ton and wooden mills, and the kitchen has been
left to the almost exclusive dominion of the
Irish, German and Scotch girls. The power
which this monopoly has given them, has not
been used with moderation, and has made
them insolent and dictatorial. Unskilful, I'M
tractable, waste!ul, and sometimes dishonest,
IL has been found hard task to get them
broken in, and when this is ACCOMPLISHED
there is no certainty that they will not desert
at some critical juncture, leaving the house.
keeper to Shift as best she can, and perhaps TO
the same trying ordeal with another s.
VI course there are exceptions but the ;,pu g
is fair sample of complaints which are very
common.


The advent of the Chinese holds out hope
OF deiiv2rance from the despotic reign of the
BiddieS. The Chinan..n is docile, apt at ina
itation, and economical. He is also said to
be neat and trustworthy. If on trial he shall
be found 10 possess these qualities, he will be
decidedly valuable as domestic help, and his
services will be in demand, unless those who
now have the field show disposition to re-
form.


Whether society will ever reach that stage
of perfection in which there shall be neither
servants nor masters, but entire equality of
conditions, it would be difficult to say. But
servant is one that is necessary, and may be
beneficial to both if they perform their re
spective duties with fidelity.
Year: 1870

The New England Farmer urges upon
lis readers the importance Of commencing
haying early. Proofs enough OF the Inn
portancc Of this have been given in these
columns heretofore. 80 that we need not
dwell upon them now. Our observation
has convinced us that. 80 far rs weather
Is concerned. the most favorable time for
making hay Is the last ten days in June.
and the first ten In July. As n general
thing. also, the grass cut during this pc
riOd Is worth more than most of that cut
later. The evidence, too, is clear that
grass cut while in the bloom and cured
without much exposure to the sun. Is very
much more valuable than that cut later,
and exposed part Of two or three days
10 sun and air. Grass cut early and made
mostly in the cock. retains more fully tho
grass qualities, and all stock like this bet
ter than other feed.
Year: 1870

In recent sermon by one Of the Pres
bytcrian ministers In Cincinnati on the
secular and religious press, It was said


We can get along without coffee for
breakfast better than we can without our
paper. Not only as vehicle OF ncws Is
the paper powerful: not only because by
the paper does Flora McFlimsey do her
days shopping and the merchant his days
buying. but especially because It does the
practical thinking Of Large part Of tho
people. They are too busy or too indo-
lent to do II for themselves. 50 they get q
man to sit up nights, state the facts, and
draw the conclusions and advocate the
ory for them. do the whole up In . conve-
nient package and slip II under tho front
door. In half an hour, while they sip
their ccflec, they have not only learned
what is going ON In the world, but exactly
what they ought To think and how they
ought to feel about the mixei.up business
In this great rushing world OF ours.


1t Is idle 10 say newspaper Is n
very ephenlaral thing. or . very unreiis-
bic thing and that people do not believe
what Is In newspapers. 1t II ephemcral
only rs the leaves of the summer src
ephemcral. easily trnmpled. hut forever
renewing and cxerting their influence on
the face Of the world from generation TO
generation. Tho paper you bad at your
table to-day Is easily thrown under tho
counter, but the power Il speaks OF Is one
you would not caro- TO grnpple.


And as to not believing the papers.
while there Il great deal Of that kind Of
talk, I believe that half the business con,-
munity, affecting to paironisc the press,
believe In Il with q surrender of faith
moro absolute by Ear than they give TO tho
Bible.
Year: 1870

One Of the clerks at the post Office,
whose duty it is to open and distribute the
mails, informs Us that he left the Office
shortly before eight o'clock, Saturday
night, and had then received no notifca-
ton as to when the mail would arrive; that
arrival OF the train, if messenger had
been sent for him to his room from the
Office, he would have returned and opened
the mail; and that he will try to quad
against such an occurrence in the future.
We give him the beneftof this explanation,
as he appears not to be at fault for the
failure to open the mail Saturday night.
Year: 1870

To the Editors OF the Union and American:


As it is time that we, the voters, of this
the Fourth Congressional District were
canvassing the claims of our many distin-
guished and able politicians for Congress
ional honors; permit us through your
columns to mention the name of our young
and distinguished friend and fellow citi-
zen, Richard Warner, ir., as one in every
ay worthy of that high and honored posi-
ton.


He was a member of our late Constitu-
tional Convention and of his parliament
ary and legislative abilities, it is unneces-
sary for Us to speak. They are known not
only to this Congressional District, but to
the whole people of the State.


He was one among the youngest mem
bers of the Conv ention and we can safely
say one among the most efficient men,
bers of that highly intellectual body. We
are satisfied we're we to place him in the
the council of nation lie would do credit to
his constituents and honor to himself.


Vo1-r-Dc
Year: 1870

This entainment came off yesterday
evening before about three thousand peo-
pie, and, we scarcely need say, it was q
perfect success. There was prize dance,
In which Little Holly (no kin to Dick
was the victor. If your foot is pretty,
show IT, etc.
Year: 1870

Nothing has been done by the Senate
Finance committee with the House tax bill.
delegation of distillers is here endeavor-
ing to get the committee to abolish the
special tax on distilled spirits. They make
The point that under The permission of con-
tinuous distillation at the distillery much
of the products of distillers reach COM
merce and consumption without being sub
ioct to the special taxes being levied on the
Year: 1870

The great artist Benjamin West, said /;
"A kiss from my mother made me a
painter" We will give the anecdote re
ferred to: '' t' ODD - ''-'
ga little boy named Benjamin We st
living in Pennsylvania, was set to watch
a baby asleep in cradle '''' ]" ''.


Helooked at it kindly, and felt pleas
d to see it smile in its sleep He wished
that he could draw picture of the baby
and seeing piece of paper on table,
with pen and ink, he tried what he could
do. When his mother came in he beg.
ged her not to be angry with him 70,
touching the pen, ink and paper; and
then showed her the picture he had made
His mother saw the baby's likeness, and
was SO much pleased that she kissed her
little boy. Then he said if she liked ii
he wonld make picture of some flowers
she held in her hand and so be went on
from that time trying to do better and
better until he became one of the best
painters in the world" "5v- -- -...t
In after life be said that it was this
kiss from his mother that made him m
artist
Year: 1870

From the Virginia City Enterprise, .l.r


On ranch on the Carson river, eight
miles below the mouth Of Six mile Can
yon. and about seventeen miles east of
the ,city, is to be seen q herd Of twenty
six camels, all but two of which were
born and raised in this State. But two
of the old herd Of nine or ten brought
here some years ago are now living. 1t
would seem that the original lot fell into
the hands Of Mexicans, who treated them
very badly. overlooking and abusing
them. The men who now have them
are Frenchmen and men, it seems, who
had formerly some experience with cam
els in Europe. They find no difficulty
in rearing them, and can now show


twenty-four fine healthy animals. all Of


Washoe growth. The camel may now
be said to be thoroughly acclimated in
this State. The owners of the herd find
it no more difficult to breed and rear
them than would be experienced with the
same number of goats or donkeys. The


rancho upoa which they are kept is sandy
and sterile in the extreme, yet the ami
mails feast and grow fat on such prickly


shrubs and bitter weeds as no other ami.
NAL would touch. When left to them
selves their great delight, after filling
themselves with the coarse herbage of
the desert, is to lie and roll on the hot
sand. They are used in packing salt to
the mills on the river from the m arshes
lying in the deserts some sixty miles to


the eastward They have animals that
easily pack l,10o pounds. Irr.a asuIp1
Year: 1870

The Poor German Inventor senterccd for


Life for Contempt OF Coprt--Tslcpt Crim-


inaiIy Wasted by the Law.


10 hs Editor OF The sun


SIR; II gladdened my heart to note again
another evidence OF your impartial magnanimity in
taking up the case Of poor Muller, and presenting
10 In Its true sspect Tue Sun, indeed, "shines for
ALL" Not only does II befriend the rich and power.
full In station but the obscure victim Of cruelty and
injustice Is also brought fore the public gsze and
hope in this particular Instance that the subject
OF your sympathies may be benefited by the innu.
readers.


few months since visited Ludlow street Jail, In
company with 4 friend, and there saw this unfor.
tunate man. His sad tale aroused our compassion at
once. He Informed us Of the details OF
bis Imprisonment, and we were deeply shocked to
learn that unless he could pay tile enormous sum Of
s2,5O0 he must remain In hopeless Imprisonment.
Surely some effort should be made In his behalf TO
rescind this unjust sentence He Is very Inventive
and seems 70 be perfect monomaniac In this re.
spect. lie began to tell US OF his various con.
triyances and seeing we interested, proceeded
with cagerness aud aacrty to Pot In practical opera
lion an apparatus which he had just completed de.
signed to give light aud heat to his cheeress cell.
and ut the same tune afford facilities for cooking
The only tools used In The construction OF this IN.
senious piece Of mechanism were old hammer
and soldering iron. The solder used was obtained
by melting upfoil, and the wleks for the lamp were
made from AT old felt hat When we considered the
difficulties under which II vas made, we could not
help but commend him for his perseverance and
utter inability 10 afford him sny relief


Hoping that TnE SUN will continue TO beam kind.
g on the unhappy man. man am, ., nnoo


pnooutyx F.h q
Year: 1870

A FEMALE CATTLE THIEF.-In the
persistent clamor for her rights" woman
is displaying her aptitude for many of the
rascally acts hitherto confined to the male
white. Mrs Susie Raper has made her
appearance as an expert cattle thief; and
we have been told that she can throw the
riettta and lasso an animal with the dex-
terity of an experienced vaquero. 1t ap-
pears that she has been living in Pine
Valley, in Eiko county, where she and her
confederates have been engaged in stealing
cattle and slaughtering them. The depre-
dations of this band have been extensive.
The particular offense for which Mrs Susie
Raper has been pursued and arrested, was
stealing cattle from a person living on the
South Fork of the Humboldt river, none
of which have yet been recovered. She
and her accomplices have been objects OF
sollcitude to the authorities of Elko county
for some time, and she has fallen into the
clutches of the law at last. She was fol
lowed by Deputy Sheriff Smith of Carlin,
and Murphy of Elko, who overlook her
and her accomplice in Grass Valley, in
this county. Her male companion made
his escape. When the officers were about
to arrest Mrs Susie Raper, she drew her
revolver and threatened to shoot. She
surrendered, however, and was brought
into this city on Sunday, and taken to the
National Bank lodging house, where
Deputy Sheriff Smith said he would sleep
in the same room with her to prevent her
escaping. In the course of yesterday she
was taken to the city station house, where
she was kept until the departure Of the
stage for Argenta, on which she left in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Smith for Carlin
Reese River Reveille, 25th.
Year: 1870

SENATOR IRwIN's SPEECH-We have care
fully read all the published speeches made
in the Legislature on the Fifteenth Amend
Siskiyou, delivered about the ablest argument
made on the Democratic side of the question
He didn't fly the eagle equal to Lewis, but
surpassed him in logical argument and close
reasoning
Year: 1870

VERMONT has prohibitory liquor law
which provides that when drunken man
commits an injury upon person or proper
ty, the party who sold the whisky that
made the trouble shall become responsible
for all damages
Year: 1870

When HENRY @. STEDBINs and the other
gentlemen of the New York Yacht Club
wish to enjoy the pleasure of q cruise they
provision their vessels at their own expense,
ship their crews at their own expense, go to
sea, have good time, come home, and out of
their own pockets foot the bills.


The use of the vessels Of the United States
Navy in the Mediterranean is yachting-and
a very mean and dishonest kind Of yachting.
There Is no business whatever for them
there /; they don't render the country par
tcle of service neither our commerce nor
our politics require a man-of.war In the
whole stretch of that water. But the Medi-
terranean is the hnndsomest, pleasantest, and
safest yachting ground in the world, and Off.
GERS like Admiral PORTER are fond Of play
ing sailor there. But unlike the New York
yachtmeD, they make other people pay for
their frolics. The country is taxed for these
marine pleasure trips of the officers of the
navy, and taxed very heavily too.


We implore some strong Representative
in Congress to address himself dotermnedly
to the work of cxterminating this national
nuisance-the use of American men-ofwar
for yachting in the Mediterranean at the
public expense. 1t is time that this i'm
pudent swindlc ceased.