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Year: 1876

\ Most telling, perhaps, was his
caustic reference to Tilden as conspicu
ously hard money man until that time
when the Southern claim agent began to
insist upon the issue of more paper mon,
ey, that with the greenback-bag open at
both ends, they could put their war
claims in at one end, and


GRIND THEM OUT IN PAPER MONEY
at the other. He reminded the Green
hackers that the holders of the rebel
claims knew full we'll thatif the paper dollar
is made of full value-the silver dollar
and the gold dollar-they cannot receive
payment of their claims; that therefore it
is they who do not want the currency bet
tered, and that the Greenbackers of the
North are but voting with the South,
which doesn't mean the currency shall be
bettered until their claims are paid, and
the paper that should be issued for these
same claims is issued. He also remind
ed them they would some time have to
be paid. This point, which was present
ed with Mr.. Blaine's wonted striking
clearness, was


A PHASE OF THE CURRENCY QUESTION
that had not been considered by the
Greenbackers hereabouts, and evidently it
struck home. Not less forcible was his
summary of the facts as to the rebel war
claims made upon the assumption that
the loyal people were all wrong in putting
down the rebellion, and that all they
can get out of the United States is law
full plunder
Year: 1876

TILDEN'S ESSAY ON FINANCE.


Now, there is a gentleman by the
name of Tilden who has written an
essay on finance Some people call
it letter on finance. Laughter
Now we have been told in his essay
that one Of the great preventatives
of paying this debt is having a time
fixed when to pay it. | have never
taken any notes that l recOllect of
that there was not something said in
the note about when it was to be
paid; and [ had always supposed
that it was an exceedingly important
part of the note that there be at
least an indirect allusion to some age
or epOck at which the maker there
of proposed to liquidate the aforesaid
note. But l find all this time | have
been mistaken, and that nothing in
the world will prevent it being paid
so quick rs to have the date fixed
when it is to be paid. Tilden says
the reason of this is you cannot pay
a note without wise preparation, and
wise system of preparation, and to
have date fixed plays the very dew
il with wise preparation. Laugh
teri He also tells me that it is nee
essary to have central reservoir of
coin, and ifyou fix the date the res
ervoir is an impossibility. He also
tells me that you must approach this
thing by slow and gradual process,
and that if you have date fixed you
cannot make your process gradual
| enough. Laugnter.] Now, let me
read what he says:


How shall the Government make these
| notes [greenbacksl at all times as good as
| specieg


Well, in my humble view l had
supposed the way to do that was to
| be ready to redeem. [ had really.
Laughter.] Tilden says.


1t has to provide in reference to the
\ mass which would be kept in use by the
/ wants of business central reservoir of
coin, adequate to the adjustment of the
| temporary fluctuations of the internation-
al balance [Laughter.l


l would like to say to the gentle
man who gave me a note I want the
date, and l will tell you why.
| [Laughter.l al have to provide SO
\ sir, reference to the mass which
would be kept in use by the wants
of business, central reservoir OF
coin, adequate to the adjustment OF
the temporary fluctuations of the in.
ternational balance" TLaughter. ]


But Mr.. Tilden did not entirely dis.
gorge his mind on this subjuct, so he
says:


As IA guaranteeiagainst transient drains,


artiically created by panic or by specula.


tion, it has also TO provide for the pay
1 ment in coin of such fractional currency
as may be presented for redemption, and
such inconsiderable portion of legal-ten


ders as individuals may from time te
time desire to convert for special use, ol
in order to lay by in coin their little store
of money. Ii wisely planned and dis


creetly pursued, 1t ought not to cost any


sacrifice to the business, but should tend


on the contrary, to the revival Of hop.


and confidence.


| Now, if you want anything palmer
| than that write ityourselves. ILaugh
lter.1


/ The proper time for this resumption i
the time when wise preparation shall hav,
iripsned into perfect ability TO accomplish
Year: 1876

Let us now briefly state what this Re-
sumption law is. 1t contains several dis
tinct provisions, but all of them intended
to bring up our greenbacks and bank
notes to be equal to coin. The first sec
ton provides for the substitution of silver
coin for fractional currency. The reason
of this was that this small currency was
very perishable, lasting only, on an aver
age, one year, and costing $l,4OO,O00 a
year, or three and one-half per cent. on the
amount of it. 1t was not money, but
promise to pay money, while silver coin
was money of intrinsic value, that re-
deemed itself, and cost nothing for coin
ing, only one and one-half per cent, and
when coined lasted indefinitely. We were
able to buy silver bullion and and coin it
at considerable profit, and thus redeem
a costly, perishable, dirty paper money
with bright shining, silver coin-real
money. Now this has been done, and
thus this part of the Resumption Act is
executing itself daily, and now everybody
agrees that this was wise provision.


Another provision for this act was for
free banking. Before that, the organiza-
ton of National banks had become mo-
nopoly. The limit of the law had been
reached, and no new banks could be au-
thorized. The Resumption Act threw
down oil barriers to the number Of banks,
Year: 1876

Under the reconstruction acts,
planters and commercial men have
grown rich, and with their increase OF
production and wealth the old spirit
OF the slave master has returned with
double force to crush out personal
liberty. An Confederate talking
over his exploits always grows warm
on the subjet OF freedom. He will
tell you that the South, meaning the
rebel South, could not live in union
with the North because its liberties
were destroyed. 1t therefore appeal
ed TO the arbitramcnt of the sword


But il you ask: Why did the South
rebell he will tell you. to preserve
slavery, and that the "lost cause"
will still revive and flourish. The
existence of this element in the coun-
try is shown by the persistent effort
to re-enact servitude i'm some form;
to bring the colored citizens under
the control OF the whites that tn y
may do the bidding OF their old mas
ters, or suffer the consequences. The
composed OF ex-Confederate Demo
Gratis. and their sympathizers who
have a graduated scale of oppression
to destroy the independence OF the
black voter Democratic land
owners will not sell or let to a negro
land in States under Democratic
ascendency. Planters or farmers will
not employ or pay for negro labor
unless the colored man will undertake
to vote as he is toll, aid always for
the enemies OF his race. Traders
will not give the black man
trust for the necessities Of life. The
local officers in such States are not
anxious to educate the negro, and so
they complain of his ignorance and
want OF culture. What, then, can the
negro do who has his family TO pro-
vide for? Do these besotted ex- Con-
federate whites think the colored
men cannot see their drift? Practi-
cal slavery is re-established wher-
ever the colored man is prevented
from supporting life by labor unless
he will vote under the dictation of
hrs masters. Negroes that resist
these outrages are ruthlessly shot by
men who talk of the brutality of the
negro character, and tell how much
they yearn to have the North forget
the war and embrace as brothers.
Year: 1876

Michigan claims to have given birth
to the biggest man that America ever
produced. He appeared Years ago in
a gang OF laborers on the Flat Rock
and Gibraltar canal; said his name
was Charley Freeman, and that he
was Michigander, seventeen years
old. He was IA growing boy, then
nearly eight feet high, and well pro-
portioned. Big body and little brain.
moving logs out OF the way OF the
canal diggers. He was the wonder OF
all who saw him. and even the In
dians OF the region were little inter-
estcd He was afterward engaged on
a steamboat as "A sort OF freight hoist
er. Everything he took hold OF had
to yield TO his application OF force.
Then some sharpers took hold Of
him. for the purpose OF speculation,
but he was too big thing for them
to manage. He only made for them
few occasional drinks by picking up
1906 pound anchor and carrying it
into "a saloon under his arm to pawn
il for liquor. The man behind the
bar willingly stood treat TO have him
carry the anchor out again. The
sharpers took him to England to see
il they could get up fight between
some champion pugilist and an un-
known. They succeeded in getting
one match-which was never fought
and that was all. They presented
the unknown" as large snd strong.
but very green; and o match OF
science and skill against power was
made with noted pugilist. The par
ties came on the ground. As soon as
the pugilist saw the unknown he
turned away, saying he had come 20
ton was so exceptional that the
match was considered "off" by gener-
al consent. A friendly sparriDg as an
experiment showed that match be-
tween him and any living pugilist
Was impossible. The giants face
could not be efrectually reached.
Blows on the body did him no harm,
and no good for his antagonist. When
his fist came down it was like pile
driver, and any thing it met "went to
earth" He was too much OF good
thing for the sharpers. There was no
money in him, and they deserted him.
He became dissipated, took consump
ton from exposure, died in Liverpool
and was buried in a pauper's grave.
SO Michigan, though it boasts giving
Charley Freeman birth, has not the
honor OF holding his bones, and Up
silanti thinks it's pity.-St Louis
Republican.
Year: 1876

A couple OF young men of this city.
whose business It Is TO sit behind
teams OF horses, fell in love with
young girl, living in Goosetown, and
rushed matters pretty lively for
while until about week ago, when
one OF them drew off under protest.
He drank OF the cup OF disappoint-
ment, but did it honorably, and with
"a clear conscience. A few days after
wards. hearing that his successful
rival lad taken advantage of his con-
tinued absence and coiored his char
acter, he went up to Goosetown to
look the matter over, and arriving in
the vicinity OF the house he met
young man, approaching whom, he at
once took for his rival. They met,
and the one was boldly called by
name and accused of his perfidy. and
warned to be on his guard. Before
the stranger could answer. he receiv-
ed blow in the face which staggered
him, and another on the bead, which
felled him to the ground. Ibis sat
isfied our irate friend, and he with
drew, and doesn'. know yet that the
man he so fieTcely assaulted is an en-
tire stranger who is hunting the par
~ OF the second part to know who
the devil the other one is. -LOgaRs-
port Star.
Year: 1876

If the rebellion was put down, why
is its split still fiouting the people?
III the Southern rebels have been
forgiven and restored 10 their rights
OF citizenship, how is it that the CON-
mission OF crime forgiven has become
boast; is the stock in trade OF pro-
fessional rebels, who, like profession
al beggars, appeal for sympathy in
the Democratic States South, and to
leading Northern Democrats, and
get it: and is the only qualification
for Office, as in the case OF Il. III. Hill
and his ex-Confederate colleagues in
the House OF Representatives.. The
amnestied Confederate who is still
disloyal, ranks with the Irish Fenian
whose selection and prominence in
certain Irish counties is not because
OF his rare ability or glowing virtue,
but because he is an offense and "a
nuisance to the British Government,
and TO every other man who loves
peace and quietude, law and order.
What earthly use can Hill and Lamar
be except TO play the role of South
ern Fenians whose presence is the
signal for disloyalty for which they
receive the contributions of honest
people who are disgusted with them
and their fellows, but who are forced
to pay for their support while so
dirtily employed? 1t is little too
early to predict the triumph d trea-
son among the men who met 1t on
the field and understand it perfectly.
The spirit Ui 1861 in the loyal States
North, East and West is not extinct.
IL only waits 10 be summoned on a
proper occasion, when it will APPEAR
in all its majesty and strength, and
fully organized to make the work it
there undertook effectual i'm every
sense, in the year Of grace 1876. 1t
may, perhaps, not be amiss to remem-
Der it.
Year: 1876

Tears ago, says a correspondent OF
the Boston Transcript, when we went
to school in q little weather-beaten
school house, what exciting contests
there used to be over the teachers
favorite exercise OF having the schol-
ars estimate with the eye the size
ana weight OF different objects in the
school rooml He would hold up his
cane, and have each one tell how
long he thought it was, and it was a
lucky child that could come within
half foot OF the right length He
would measure an urchin and then
have the scholars try 10 reproduce the
measure On the wall. He would
mark off an inch or "A foot or yard
in some conspicuous place, and then
see how near anybody could come to
chaiking the same length upon the
black board. And it was astonishing
how wide astray one woHld go. The
fact is, our eyes deceive us ridicu-
lously even upon the commonest
things. At first thought, which
should you say was the taller, a three
year old child, or a -four barrel? and
could anything but actual measure
ment convince you that the same
child is half as tall as "a six-footer?
There is an old saying that a child
two years old is half LAS tall as he
ever will be; and after few expert
ments in measuring one can easily
believe il, bat not before.
Year: 1876

Many years ago, the husband OF an
old lady living i'm Buckinghamshire,
died without making his will, for the
want OF which necessary precaution
his estate would have passed away
from his widow, had sha net resorted
to the following expe1ient to- avert
the loss of the property. She con-
cealed the death of her husband, and
prevailed on an old cobbler, her
neighbor, who was, in person, some
what like the deceased, to go to bed
at her house and personate him, In
which character it "as agreed that
he should dictate will. leaving the
widow the estate in question. An at
torney was sent for TO draw up the
writings. The widow. who. On his
arrival, appeared in great dfIiiction at
her good mans danger, began to ask
questions OF her pretended husband,
calculated to elicit the Iswer she
fAI'titQ dtiI Tie t'ODDltF.
groaning aloud. and looking much
like a person going to give up the
ghost as soon as possible, seebly an
swered: Il intend to leave you half
Of my estate, and think the poor old
shoemaker. who lives opposite, is de-
serving the other half, for he has al


ways been good neighbor." The
widow was thunderstruck ut receiv-
ing a reply SO different from that
which she expected, 'ut dared not
negative the cobbler's will, for fear OF
loosing the whole OF the property;
while the old rogue in bed-who was
himself the poor old shoemaker liv-
ing opposite-laughed in his sleeve,
and divided with her the fruits OF a
project which the widow had intend
ed for her sole benefit.
Year: 1876

Formerly it was maxim that a
young woman should never be mar
ried until she had spun herself a set
Of body, table and bed linen. From
this custom all unmarried women
were termed spinsters. If the old
custom were enforced there would
not be wedding for, say, many a
day, but the girls would all have
learnt to spin in month, and upset
that calculation.
Year: 1876

Dubuque boy was troubled for
fear they would not know his father
when they both reached heaven, but
his mother eased him by remarking:
"All you will have to do Is TO look for
an angel with a red nose on him
Year: 1876

When st. Theresa set to work to
found a house of Mercy, and had only
three half pence in her pocket, she
said "Theresa ami three half pence
can do nothing; but God and three
half pence can 60 all things,
Year: 1876

Julia Decring, twcnty eight years Of ago. inmate
OF The lodging house No. 03 Cherry street, found
night by o1cor Lyons, OF the Fourth precinct
Frank tort street with her infant child dead IN hes
arms sho taken TO the Oak station house,
where she told Captain Murray that about seven
o'clock sho mad left tho lodging house to visit friend
in the First ward and that she had only gonc low
blocks whom found that the child had died Over
come with grief she says she had wandered
for several hours through the streets OF the
Fourth ward, not knowing what TO do or
whcro to go When she met by tho
officer she surrounded by crowd Of women
aud boys She told tho ofccr that hor child had been
sick Tor somo weeks past John Decrihg, her hus.
baud called at tho station house later the night.
and said that the child was quite well when he lott
home. and that IL had not been sick since birth.
supposed by tho poIcc that Ms. DeerIng, who
slightly under the influence OF liquor whom brough
into the house had in trying protect from
the cold smothcrcd the child. Tho mother was de-
tanned the station rosult OF the AUTOPSY
Tho child was only six weeks old
Year: 1876

LAWRENCE KANSAS, Oct. l6, 1876.
EDITOR CHIEF:-The County Fair is over, and it has
demonstrated several things the prominent of hch
is that for specimen apples Kansas has rival Some
apples smooth and handsome that they
ed if they had been polished and vanished by
expert artisan who born expressly for that purpO
others large that they looked if they were
grown during the age of gigantic animals and BIRDS
stuffed especially for this occasion. No GO
and buy two three bushels of such fruit but when
strangers such wonderful productions they imagine
all the fruit of the size and quality and then
they praise the country and wish that they lived here
These apples taken to the Centennial to astOnsh
the eyes of the world and of advertisement
to induce immigration.


good have children it is good to send them
school but it is not such amusing affair to be
PEELED purchase books for them every year. suit
the whims of two three School Board members to
help support author who claims that his system lis
better than any other heretofore introduced The people
allow themselves be humbugged in this every
year If Indignation meeting could be organized and
made against such absurd changes the people
would do credit themselves their children would make
advance, and much money would be saved.


The bridge is repaired and more the citizens on
both sides of the river happy. There about
hundred men employed the dam, and doubt it will
be finished this Winter to be ready to be swept
away when next Spring freshets arrive.


Visitors returning from the Centennial the public
schools full the University is like bee hive and
business is increasing in activity.


CARLOS NoGGS,
Year: 1876

Republicans should observe the general rule,
vote for the Republican County ticket, through
and through; but whatever they may do on TINS
or that County Office, there should be no foolish
ness with regard TO Senator and representatives.
Republicans shouid settle down TO the determin-
alton that the solid Legislative delegation of
Doniphan County must be Republican. This is
the wrong year to crafty spites or break up into
factions. The Legislature, the coming Winter,
will have United States Senator to elect and
the State Senators elected this year, viii have
n voice in the election of two United States
Senators. The Democracy have already got con-
troll of one branch of Congress, and are counting
upou soon controlling the other branch. Does
Kansas want to assist in giving them that con-
troll She sent one TO swell the Democratic ma
iority in the House, and he proved to be all that
the Confederate Brigadiers conld DESIRE She is
ashamed of that act and will retrieve the false
step, this year. And she does not propose TO as
sst the Democracy in the Senate. DonlPhan
County does not want to contribute vote to
that end. Democrats may be good and clever
fellows, and excellent citizens; but if you elect
one of them to the Legislature, he will vote Tor
Democratic United States Senator. All over
the State the Democracy calculating upon
slipping in members by means of Republican dI-
visions, or running independent candidates
There seems TO be no danger of electing Demo-
cratic Legislature, but sense of security often
loads to fatal results. We again say to Repuhll-
cans, be united, and see that none but undoubt-
ed Republicans go to the Legislature from Doni-
phan County.


There is danger that the Republicans may lose
two Districts in this County, unless they come
to a speedy understanding among themselves
They should settle the business without further
delay. But whatever you do, elect none but Re
publcans to the Legislature!
Year: 1876

The howl about the use of the army in South
Carolina is all hypocrisy. Every man in the
country knows that the bayOnet will not inter
fere with any mans right to vote in Sonth
Carolina or anyw here else in this country. The
question between Tilden aud Hayes has become
one between the Confederate and the Republican
national forms of government. All who are in
favor of the Southern Confederacy will vote for
Tilden those iutelligently opposed to the extern
sion of the Southern Confederacy over the whole
nation will vote for Hayes-CiRciRRdti CONNER
cia[ (IRd)
Year: 1876

The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims
for it supe riOry all remedies offered to the
public for the safe certain speedy and permanent cure OF
Ague and Fever Chils and Fever whether of short
or long standing He refers to the entire Western and
Southern country to bear him testimony the th of
the assertion, that in whatever will it fail to cure


if the directions strictly followed and carried out In
great many a single dose has been sufficient for
cure and whole families have been cured by single hot.
tie with perfect restoration OF the general health 1t
is however prudent and in every more certain to
cure if its rs continued in smaller for week or
two after the disease has been checked more especially
in difficult and long standing cases. Usually this msdi-
cine will not require aid keep the bowels in good
order Should the patient however require cathGrte
medicine after having taken three doses of the
Tonic single dose of Bulls Vegetable Family Ps will
be sufficient.