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Year: 1876

The champion mean man of st. Paul is an
individual named Garland, a so-called mer-
chant, who took the ASTI-MoSoPoLsr Tor
more than year, received it every week III the
mail, we pre- paying the postage Tor him, and
then " hen called upon to pay Tor it fell tack
on any number OF conticucg subterfuges and
lnsulted our collector. II he had said, like
man, that he was poor and could not pay we
should have forgiven him the debt.


We suppose there is no limit to the creative
power OF the Lord but it does seem to us that
when He makes man who will take paper
for year and then refuse to pay It, he mas
about reached the limit OF the possible i'll one
direction at least. "The torce OF Nature can
no farther 60"
Year: 1876

How To BREAK OFF BAD HABITS
Understand the reasons, and all the
reasons, why the habit is injurious.
Study the subject until there is no
lingering doubt in your mind
Avoid the places, the persons and
the thoughts that lead to the temp
tation. Frequent the places, asso-
ciate with the persons, indulge in
the thoughts that lead from tempta-
ton. Keep busy; idleness is the
strength and promoter of bad habits.
Do not give up the struggle when
you have broken your resolution
once or twice-a thousand times.--
That only shows how much need
there is for you to strive. When
you have broken your resolutions,
just think the matter over and en-
deavor to understand why it is you
failed, so that you may be on your
guard against recurrence. Do
not think it an easy thing that you
have undertaken. 1t is folly to ex-
pect to break off habit in a day
which may lave been gathering long
years.
Year: 1876

A little girl in town recently saw
an old drunken man lying or a
door step, the perspiration pouring
off his face, and a crowd of children
preparing to make fun of him. She
took her little apron and wiped his
face, and then looked up SO pittiful-
ly to the rest and made this remark:
80; say, don't hurt him. He's some
body's grandpa
Year: 1876

Travellers on railroads are often de-
sirious Of knowing the speed at which
they are moving. and. as general
thing, are not aware that with the aid
Of watch they may readily do 50.
even when mile posts are not placed
along the rack. This may be done.
says the Scientific Press. by simply
counting the number Of rails which are
passed over 10 any given minute. On
the best laid roads the hammering
sound made BY the wheels in passing
from one rail to another is quite audible.
and may be easily noted on which ever
side Of the car the observer may be
sitting. All rails are either twenty
four or thirty feet long-the length may
be easily ascertained by measuring with
pocket rule at any station where the
train stops. Then BY counting the
number Of rails passed in thirty or sixty
seconds, the speed Of travel may be cal.
culated by any passenger. When I
train moves l4.67 feet second. it il
travelling at the rate Of ten miles Al
hour. or mile in six minutes. Wen
York Sun.
Year: 1876




SuccEss.-Every maa must patiently
bide his time. He must wait, not in
listless i1leness. not in useless pastime,
not in querulous detection, but in con-
slant. steady fulfilling and accomplish
ing bis task. that when the occasion
comes be may be equal to it. The
talent Of success is nothing more than
doing what you can do we'll. without
thought Of fame If it comes at all. it
will come because it is deserved, not
because it is sought after. It is very
indiscreet and troublesome ambition
which cares 50 much what the world
says Of US; to be always snxious about
the effect of what we do or say !; to be
always shouting to hear the echo OF our
own voices.
Year: 1876

We look upon April az the begin
ming month Of the hard labor op the
farm. Il is absolutely necessary for
the farmer and the planter to be alert
and actively employed now. SO. as to
avoid delays and getting behind hand
III bis work. II the farmer is not we'll
up with bis work this month, it is likely
he will work to disadvantage all the
year, and have small profits after much
vexation and displeasure. The determi-
nation Of each one should be to get
ahead, and keep ahead, Of bis work.


MANURE.


Haul out and spread oil the manure
that has been made during the winter !;
top dress grass lands with it, and SOW
plaster over it as soon as spread to fix
the ammonia. We prefer using manure
10 this way. to applying it to crops. unless
the manure il perfectly decomposed.
and made fine BY working it over, and
IN that case il, might be used to sdvan-
tage on the poor spots iD the corn and
tobacco fields. and with root crops. Bot
We would advise, to give all home
made manure to the grass fields. and
use plentifully such artificial compounds
IS ares specially suited to the different
crops grown


OATS.


III II is late. but if oats be sown this
month on rich. well-prepared land. and
the season be favorable. fair crop may
be expected, and they serve As good
Year: 1876

thought of laying down, and he seemed
to revolve the thing 10 his mind for about
aquarter a Of a minute, and when he had
settled what to do he looked up, ready
to act, but one glance at the payma.ter
made him change his mind; for he
could see, shining through the young
mans face. oil the accumulated, UNUSUAL
grit of years, aud man with half an eye
could rave seen that he meant business.
The gambler realized the fact. He
pulled his knife out of the table, stuck
his pistol into his pocket, and walked off
down the saloon, whiStling Rosa Lee
just as soft and pleasant as though be was
going fora cigar after dinner. Then
the paymaster booted his knife and slung
his shooters and packed his trunk putting
in along with the rest the thirteen thous>
and odd of the gamblers money; and hs
didn't take any more draw that trip.


"And l am told that be was 50 much
impressed by the revelation to himself Of
his own backbone and nerve that he male
up bis mind there was something better
for him to do than wasting his time in





gambling, and he hasn't handled card
since"
Year: 1876




Take courage, my lad. What if you
are bat an humble, obscure apprentice
a poor. neglected orphan--a scof and a
by>word for the thoughtess and gay, who
dispises virtue in rags because of its tat"
ters? Have you an intelligent mind, un,
tutored though it be? Have you vir-
tuous aim, pure desire and an honest
heart: Depend upon it, some Of these
days you will be wanted. The time may
be long deferred-you may grow into
manhood, and you may even reach your
prime ere that call is made but virtuous
aims, pure desires, and honest hearts, are
too few not TO be appreciated-nOt TO bo
wanted Your virtue shall not always
hide you as mantle, obscurity shall not
always veil you from the multitude. Be
chivalric in your combat with circumstan-
ces. Be ever active, however small your
sphere Of action. 1t will surely enlarge
with every moment, and your influence
will have continued increasement.
Year: 1876

UAgsest at hotel found iadys
night>gown in bis room, and went to the
clerk with it saying, Look here, mister.
this is hollow mockery, a delusion and
q snare. If you don't fill it up, I don't
want the darn thing in my room."
Year: 1876

A little Kentucky girl utterly refused
to lat hermot hers funeral unlss,
she was furnished with new black dress
and black veil. When the articles
were furnished she pitched in and did the
best job ofcrying that was done that dsy.
Year: 1876

\ wife viii hardly ever notice
whether her husband has had his
hair cut or not, but let him 90 home
with Il strange hair pin sticking in
his over coat and she'll see it before
he reaches the gate.
Year: 1876

The New York Times had a pecu.
liar start. Six men met in the Direc.
tors' room of a bank, In. a contract
written on one side of sheet of letter
paper an agreement was made to start
daily paper, to be called the Times.
Raymond was to be editor-in.chief.
and was not to be interfered with.
George Jones was to be the publisher,
and an autocrat in that department.
That contract still exists, and no other
basis has the Times to stand upon.
The original subscription was eaten up
in a month. The first year the stock
holders did little else but put their
hands in their pockets, from week to
week, for the deficit. Then the tido
began to tnrn. The value of the pa.
per now is seen in the long contest
over the few shares connected with an
estate that gave the controlling inter-
est to whoever held them.
Year: 1876

est price. Should the United States at
this time return to q double standard,
it would be placed in the same embar-
RAISING position which France now
holds. If the nations which still
maintain a double standard continue to
adhere to it the gold they have now
in circulation will disappear and be
thrown in large quantities upon the
English and other markets, including
the United States. This would tend
strongly to restore the equilibrium
between the two metals throughout
Europe. If the United States adheres
to the present policy the great decline
in value Of silver may, by causing an
accumulation of gold in England and
this country, make it easier than ii
otherwise would have been for the
United States to resume specie pay
at some subsequent date not far in the
future.


Pinchback's Pay.


Washington, July 14.-Pinchback
turned up at the Senate yesterday with
a demand for the $40, 900 voted him a
few days ago, but was refused fol-
the reason that the contingent fund
did not contain enough to pay him.
An additional appropriation will be
required. Pinchback is anxious foi
the money, that he may return ia
Louisiana and work with 1t in the
cam paign to secure the legislature.


Minor Matters.


The conference this morning on the
legislative and judicial appropriation
bill was without result.


The President and Secretary Fish
left this morning for Deer Park, in
Western Maryland.
Year: 1876

One FRED BUssEY was brought be-
fore the court in Virginia City to an
swer for having published challenge
to fight. Judge Cox was moved to
mercy and discharged the prisoner on
account of his having been drunk
when he wrote the challenge but as
sured the prisoner that he would give
him the full benefit of the law, if
hereafter he should commit similar
offence. The brutality of such amuse-
ment ought to disgust any one pos
sessing the least spark of humanity.
The law forbids it and should be en-
forced to the fullest extent. We
heard of something of the kind hav-
ing taken place at one of our places of
amusement in this city recently. The
District Attorney has, or can get the
names of the parties, and will no
doubt deal with them. 1t is bad
enough for men to bruise each other
when they cannot settle their Difficult
ties any other way, but the attempt to
make living by this passtime is
more than civilization can endure.
Year: 1876

A metallic currency has been the cry
of California for years past Having
tided over the financial crisis which
has wrecked and ruined the CONNER
cial interest of so many communities
in the east, we have boasted to the
world that our wonderful success was
the result of hard money and upon the
faith in hard money which was
strengthened by our success, both the
great political parties in the east have
added hard money plank in their
platform. We really thought they
were in earnest and actually desired
hard money until an effort was made
by Congress to redeem the trashy
fractional paper currency of the United
States with silver. But the very in
stant this was Gone there is great
hue and cry from these same people
against silver. In all our CONNER
cial transactions California has used
silver and gold indiscriminately
and Notwithstanding the circula-
ting medium of the nation was such
that nearly all the gold and silver
in circulation was forced to remain
West of the Rocky mountains;we new
er found ourselves burdened with sill
yer. We have used all that we bro
duced. True it was little unhandy
to transport from one city to another
in consequence of which discount
sufficient to pay the expressage was
allowed. But upon ordinary transac-
tions in the city it was received and
paid out at par with gold. The idea
of discounting it four, six and eight
per cent. never once occurred to us un-
til the news came from the East that
there was a great surplus of silver in
in the country. How dull we are. We
had it all here with us, and counted
it, in buying and selling every day,
and never dreamed that we had too
much until those poor fellows who
have not seen ten round dollars in ten
years discovered that there was
plethora of silver in the country, and
that silver must pay eight per cent.
premium. Or in other words, silver
is worth no more than the shinplas-
ter currency of the East. 1t is true
we are producing large amount of
silver on this coast, but we are also
producing proportionately large
amount of gold, and if one depreciates
from this cause the other must depre-
ciate also. And if they both go down
what is to be the future standard of
value? A close investigation of this
subject will satisfy any one that there
is some other cause for this deprecia-
tion of silver. The great cry for hard
money in the East is nothing but a
political ruse. They are not in earn
est. They do not want it. If they did
they would hail with joy this lnitia-
tory step towards specie currency. If
the proposition had been to redeem
the fractional currency with gold
there would have been an objection
raised. The men who control politi-
cal affairs in the East do not want
| hard money. Wall street has con-
trolled Congress for ten years and
Wall street makes millions by the
fiuctuation Of currency, and it is from
Wall street that the depreciating cry
comes.
Year: 1876

The editor of the Puget Sound Eru
press is giving notice to those of his pa
irons who don't follow the orders given
to Zaccheus and "come down." that
their paper will be shut off. It is q
better way never to let q man get but
ore year the best of you. If you fur
nish man with paper for a year and
he cant pay you at the end of that year.
he will never be able to pay you for two
years. We have tried the plan of clos
ing out all dellnquents az the end of
the year, and shall always follow it. It
is as much easier for any man to pay
three dollars than six.
Year: 1876

years ago, in Philadelphia. ''burst
forth to curb the great and raise the
low" is not yet ended in America, there
will be an appalling day of reckoning
for these defilers of the sanctity of the
ballot-box. We await the result of the
Congressional investigations, with no
ordinary interest.
Year: 1876

Now that Victoria is becoming an
unsafe place to visit, in the opinion
of the more prudent portion of the
travelling public. the grand jury at
that place begin to realize that the
presence of the Indians is unsafe.
Any sane man could have seen that
before. So long as Indians are kept
upon reservations, they are safe
enough; but let them once get into
a city where there are dance houses,
with rum for sale to whomsoever
will buy, and they become personal
ly negligent. Negligence begets
filth and that breeds disease. Can
it be wondered at, that the small
pox prevails about Victoria, when
white men who have lived on terms
of equality with Indians for years,
come to Victoria in droves and then
mix in with the filthy savages at the
great dance-house on the opposite
side of the bay?


The better class of citizens want
ed to drive the squalid wretches back
into the woods, four years ago; but
there was certain class of business
men there who encouraged them to
stay, as the Indian women spent the
proceeds of their shame for calico
and gilt jewelry in the city. Hence
they have been suffered to stay there
till now they have scattered the
seeds of a pestilence among the peo-
pie. And now the citizens are be
ginning to come to their senses over
the cese, so it is probable that the
filthy men, squalid women, rotten
salmon and NANCY dogs, will lie
sent down to Metchosin or up to
Comox, or got rid of in some other
way.


The Indian trade is no benefit to
d town; on the contrary, it is a de-
triment in every way. 1t places
vice within easy reach of our youth,
poisoning them both in body and
soul. Seattle has had her day of it
and has nearly abolished the moral
plague-sore. The few dollars that
it leaves in town are no adequate
compensation for the damage it
does. Victoria has encouraged the
Indians too long; now she finds the
curse of the business. coming home
to roost. We wish her well out of
the filthy dilemma.
Year: 1876

He and Whitney had been advised to
take her off the river, even if it took
both the Antelope and Helen Hensley
to do her work. He replied that the
Capital would be ready for duty in forty
days and ne guessed the Yosemite could
stand it for twenty or thirty days longer.
At this juncture came the explosion and
Major Hensley never held up his head
again. His sensitive spirit led him to
Year: 1876

WASHINGTON, Dec. ls ls7a
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS For PEACEFUL soLu-


rroN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRoBLEM-MoD-


xRATE REPUBLICANS DISPOSED TO DE MORE


LIBERAL-MiNpFD AND LESS PARTISAN.


Tho latest suggestion made here toward solving the
political problem is, substantially, TO draw siraws for
tho Presidency Il proposed tia, two ,hrce
Senator'S and Representatives shall put their in
hat, IRON which seven shall then be drawn. who
TO count the electoral vote and declare without appeal
whom they please be President


The author OF this ingenious plan Is getting laughed
at but he has done at least thing ne has made tho
shiity policy ridiculous ana has increased the number
of persons in both houses who say substanantialiy
"Some one, either


MR. HAYES OR MR.. riLDES,


has been elected, about that there can DO GO doubt
which OF the two Is remains TO be decided
Committees OF both houses .nves.
tigating in the three disputed States On
their reports tho houses will act because they must
base action and that action will bc decisive and
final Both parties must submit TO it at once and
peacefully" The number OF persons who talk thus is
Increasing daily, though not very rapidly. A week
ago all tho republicans seemed to hold that tho Vice
President would open the certificates ana count the
votes he chose, and there II would end. To-day
probably third Of them are known 10 entertain at
least grave doubts whether the Vice President any
such right power, and the more tho question Is cx
tho already II is perceived that only
have the two houses and they only the constitutional
duty and power TO examiner the electoral vote bu
that tho republicans have fully and repeatedly com
mtted themselves to this WOW, and TO the EXTREMIST
interpretations and and consequences Of II that they
cannot now, without disgrace, attempt to oppose it.
1t is curious fact that what Is said IN Congrcssonal
debate soon forgotten, not only by tho pub
lie, but by the speakers themselves. The other
day when Mr. Ferry decided that the twonty second
rule was abrogated, and there seemed likely to be
debate on II, the greater part OF tho Senators took
their Congressional Record they said
in the OF the question: and there
great silence and hasty vote, when the Senators
had read their speeches. Within few days
number OF Congressman have begun 10 look up the
question, and IL Is now probable that when
the timo for discussion comes tho speakers
will be well informed; thus tho prospect that
tho houses will come 10 honest and constitu.
tional ag grcemcnt tho manner of examining" tho
electoral is good deal better than Il wns week
Louisiana Returning Board to exhibit the manner In
which they secretly manipulated the vote Of tho State
Is disgusting good many OF the better class OF re-
publicans here, who though they would like to sec
Hayes President do not want to see him themselves
stained by suspicious OF foul play.
Year: 1876

Is unquestionably the greatest success of the day
Makes the only true locks til ch in tho world.
Any person sit and do tho beautiful worl
right off with ease and pleasure. making


seams entirely secure.
Year: 1876

RED CLOUD AGENCY, September 90
At 1890 A. NJ. the Indians sent word to
the Commissioners that they were ready
for another council, and the Commission
ers at once proceeded for talk. --.sh-


The first speaker was Little Wound,
who said yesterday he heard something
which made him almost cry. He always
considered that when the Great Father
made arrangements for n railroad
through the Indian country he would pay
for il Tor SO years. He considered this
his own country, and when it was told
him yesterday that he was to be made
like man without country, II made
him cry. The different kind Of animals
he wanted was not for one band, but for
all the bands for all the time. He wanted
the President to give them each year
three wagons. He wished all the white
men married into the tribe to live with
them. We wish you to give S25 each
year 10 each OF our women and children.
He wished the white men living among
the Brulcs married 10 Ogalalla women
TO come and live with them. He was
willing to sign the papers the commits
sioners had brought here, on condition
that while their young men were in the
Indian country those who .staid here
should be fed. He Understood that there
was S25 each 10 be given them yet in
addition 10 the SCI, 900 they had already
received for hunting privileges in Ne
braska.


Bishop Whipple replied that with
reference to the things asked for they are
all provided for in the paper they are
asked to sign. The commission will use
all their power 10 secure rations for
them through the winter. With refer
ence 10 the arrival OF the goods, the COM
mission could not say when they would
get here. They might now be on the way,
and the commission would write n letter
to-day about the matter. As for the
white men married into the tribe, they
would not be interfered with, but white
men who came here to stay few days
and do the Indians injury would not be
allowed to stay.


Little Wound then said the Indians de-
sired 10 20 to Washington and see the
bEeut t htueT. 1le htao MiSueh WY Va
everything said here given to them, so
that there might be no mistake. l


Col. Boone then said that full copy OF
all said should be given them and the
paper presented for them 10 sign as soon
rs the secretary could make 1t out.


Bishop Whipple said for them to select
the Indians they wished to sign the treaty
and it would be presented 70 them in a
body; in the meantime the provisions for
a feast would be given them.


Little Wound said that he had said
nothing about S25, 900 promised them for
hunting rights.


Judge Taylor replied that the President
had tried TO get 1t for them. last winter,
but could not, and the commissioners
would do their best TO get 1t for them this
winter. .,.E d


The Indians then said, we wanted a
chief and two OF the head men OF each
band to get ready to sign the treaty at 8
Pm.


We have to send this dispatch to Lar
annie Just now, and cannot keep Courier
until after the, result of the afternoon
talk, but the treaty may be- considered
consummated. .., .tw