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Year: 1875

The industry of Secretary Robson is some
thing quite startling. Not that he keeps the
world in wonder at his plOdding perseverance
and his sleepless and untiring devotion to
duty. BY no means. SO far as we can learn,
he is a statesman who rarely misses a regular
meal, never burns the midnight oil except in
q social way, and scarcely ever writes with
his head on the desk and his tongue out.
And yet the amount OF things he discovers
and brings to the attention of Congress is
simply marvellous. The methods of retrench-
ment and measures of economy he has thought
ont and put in practical operation during his
administration of the Navy Department. have
been so fresh and original and withal so
unique that popular enthusiasm has been kept
gently bubbling almost without intermssion.
If it has occasionally seemed to cease, the fer
tile genius of the Secretary has reawakened
it by some harmless expedient ut Government
expense, say the bursting of q gun, or some
little thing like that; something to show the
American people the true sources OF wealth
and the secrets of political economy. For, we
take it, no American citizen is so 0btuse as
bursting in time of peace all the bad and in
ferior guns in the country


The economy practiced by the Secretary
also in the management of Yards can
not be too highly commended. 1t is not only
practical and far-reaching, but ii is immedi-
ate in its operation. Ii takes hold on the
future; also upon the unexpended appropria-
tiOns, and sometimes upon the Deficiency bill.
Witness how at the last Congressional cleo
tions. when fault-fndng people and com
Year: 1875

No person Of sound mind can read the pro-


ceedings of the House of representatives
yesterday without feeling of relief that eight
DAYS only are left of its official life. After
series of unsteady evolutions, it has at
length succeeded in passing bill to increase
the taxes, which bill, if really necessary, ought
to have been passed year ago, while, if the
official statements of the Treasury Depart
ment can be relied on, there is no reason at
this time to pass the bill at all. The bin diff
fers somewhat from that which has been be-
fore the county, foS some daYs past. In that It
Year: 1875

1t is not probable that the leaders of the Ad-
minstration party in Washington are aware
OF the rapidity with which they are isolating
themselves from the sympathy and support of
the country They have had their own way
80 long, they have found the people so ready
to stand by them on all occasions when they
required their votes for any purpose which
might seem necessary to carry out the plans
of the Republican party, that they appear in
capable of imagining that this confidence and
support are ever to be withdrawn. For four
teen years the principal question which the
ordinary honest voter has asked about his
candidate has been whether he was sound
on the war and on the issues which it left.
How many and what scarlet sins this cloak
has covered we need not stop to enumeratc.
Loyalty to the Union and an active regard
for the freedom and the protection of the blacks,
have been in many regions the only quail
fications required for public office. The
natural result of this in the minds of Ordi-
nary men, not given to looking below the
surface of things, has been to induce them to
think that an exhibition of zeal in the same
direction was the only means of keeping the
positions they have gained. 1t is hard to con-
vince them of the contrary, against their will
and their interests. The lapse of time counts
as nothing to them. They expect and demand
to-day the blind party loyalty of 1854, as sim
cerely as the enameled belle Of thirty-ive ex-
poets the homage and alteration which were
hers at twenty. They cannot be made to see
that they have dawdled. The war has been
over ten years. The work they have per-
formed in that time is not satisfactory. When
people express dissatisfaction, it is not enough
to refer to the battle-scarred flag, the prison
pen of Andersonville, the victory at Gettys-
burg, and the death of Lincoln. These things
are irrelevant.


The usual resource is next to assert that
there is no general dissatisfaction. Defeat
after defeat makes no impression on certain
constant minds. When Mr.. Parsons was
beaten in a strong Republican district, the
household organ at Washington declared that
his nomination was blunder. After the
deluge in Massachusetts hundreds of patriots
climbed up on the rocks, and after clearing
their eyes and wringing their hair exclaimed,
1--WE must get rid of Butlerism.n The Presi-
dent himself calmly read the kilograms an
nOuncing the defeat of Gen. Dix, and said
that came of opposing the Third Term. Each
one had his own way of accounting for every
disaster, but there appears but one way of re-
pairing them. Mr.. Shanks and Mr.. Butler
agree that the party has suffered because it
has not been partisan enough, and that the
only thing to save it is to begin anew, pass
moro war measures, give the purse and sword
into the hands of the President, protect the
black man, prescribe the rebel, and make trea-
son Odious. This, they think, will awake tho
dormant enthusiasm of ten years ago, and
carry them oil into Congress once more. This,
tho household organs datteT thens,' YES, will
Year: 1875

II is a;remarkabe and interesting fact that on
Monday over $500 people visited the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Who shall say after this that there
are not large number Of people in New-York who
have no leisure save on holidays. and who yet know
well how TO use holiday to the best advantage
when it comes On the other hand. the Trustees
find that on Saturday evenings when an admission
fee is rcquiredl the attendance Is so small as
scarcely to pay for the gas They fear that they
will shortly be compelled to limit the exhibition to
the day time unless they find it better attended in
the evenings than at present.
Year: 1875

WHO SUPPORTED COL. SCOTTS SUBSIDY


We suppose Col. ScOtt's effort to secure
subsidy for his Southern Pacific Railroad at
this session received its death blow in the
House the other day. We do not undertake
to question the motives of the gentlemen who
voted for 1t, many of whom are excellent men.
But the list is an extremely suggestive
one, and will be found valuable here
after for reference The question came up
on a motion to suspend the rules 30 as to
allow the bill to be reported this evening,
and providing that the vote should be taken
tomorrow. The vote on this motion was
generally accepted as a fair test of the
strength of the friends and opponents of the
bill.


The gentlemen who voted "Yea" are, there
fore, the gentlemen who wanted to further
the scheme of paying $4,000 to $4,000 per
mile subsidy in these hard times Qrom a
Treasury which now demands $40, 0,000, 900 more
taxation to meet current requirements), to be
given to Col. Scott. for several hundred miles
of railway already built, and for great many
hundred more which he is willing to build, at
that rate, through the wilderness, along our
Mexican frontier, towards the Gulf of Cali
fornia
Year: 1875

The proposition to increase the salary of the Post
master of this city will command a cordial approval
not often seep in these hard times. by people OF OIL
parties Mr. James has made an admirable Post
master and he especially deserves praise in that he
welcomes every report of any failure in his Office
and uses it as means for improving the efficiency
of the service He has greatly bettered the carrier
system, and generally quickened the operations OF
the office
Year: 1875

The Republican opposition to the carpet
bsggers' bill for tho management of the South
is one of the few pleasing features OF tho
political situation. a large number OF Repub-
licans in the House are opposed to its con-
sideration at all. and so far have succeeded
in staving it off, but il it is persistently
pressed there is reason to believe that IL VIII
receive the handling it deserves from Mr..
Blame and others who are lndependeht
enough to take stand against the Admins
tration, and strong enough to maintain such
position.


We do not remember that the real object OF
the combination of coal companies to control
the trade-or indeed of almost any great con-
solidation of interests in business or produc-
tion-bas ever been stated with such engaging
candor and admirable simplicity as In the
words of an officer of one of the coal compa-
MES yesterday. When asked about the pros
pect for prices this season, he remarked that
they would be as high as Providence would
"permit and as low as necessity should COM
"pel." But householders find encouragement
in the fact that the schedule already an
nounced shows slight reduction from the
rates of last year.


The interest in the Beecher trial, which has
all along been much more intense than many
people seem to understand, appears to be
rapidly approaching its elimination. The close
of the prosecution yesterday was unexpected,
and the development now of the policy of the
defense will be eagerly awaited. There are
rumOrs of purpose to break down nearly all
the important testimony already in by pro-
ducing witnesses who will swear either to the
exact opposite or to such other conduct on the
part of the previous witnesses as to destroy
their credibility. Mr.. Beecher's own appear
ance on the stand will naturally prove the great
event of the trial But there are half dozen
Others whose testimony is expected to be. in
the language. Of the reporters. extremely
sensational
Year: 1875

The Pacific Mail Subsidy Jared almost as
badly in the Senate as in the House of Rep
resentatives. An adverse report from the
Judiciary Committee. presented yesterday,
was followed by an adverse decision of the
the continuance of an appropriation originally
secured by notorious fraud. This is the last
OF the subsidy, but the country is not ready
70 let the subject drop. Nothing but a
thorough Investigation Of the circumstances
Year: 1875

The Republicans in the French Assembly
must have been sorely tempted by the Bona
part'sts yesterday. Their moderation was
praiseworthy. If they failed to secure every
thing which they desired, they have the con-
ISOLATION OF knowing that they did not lose the
advantages that were within their reach.
Year: 1875

II your horse is in tho habit Of kick.
ing. use II low board aud your horse will
soon get over it.


Keep your horse fat; don't allow any
ono to get lien OH him.


When your horse refuses to tako
up an oat, consider him us having
failed.
with halters.


Look carefully after the bits Of your
horse, or you may soon be looking after
the bits Of your wagon.


If you have tho proper address yo'i
may receive couple of lines from u
horse, but on no account drop n line,


However well you may be attached
to your horse, You must be certain that
your horse is well attached to your car.
riHge,


When you tell horse to "get up"
look well to his "get up" Some
horses get up within tho buggy, but,
like deep sorrow, "lcNvo their trnee5
behind"
Year: 1875

The power of ofHndnessisportraye
in the following: Apoor woman used
to give an elephant, who often pass
ed her stall in the market, a hand
full of greens, Of which he was very
fond. One day he was in a great
fury, and broke away from his keep
er, and came raging down the mar
ket place. Every one fled and in
her haste the market woman forgot
her little child. But the furious
elephant, instead of tramping it to
death picked it up tenderly and laid
it on one side in place Of safety.
Do you think she was sorry she gave
him his handful Of greens as he
went by? No, we never lose by a
kind action no MATTER to whom II
is done.
Year: 1875

The DEATH KIss.-Woman's


love! Is there anything like it?


A Canadians wife has just died


in Raleigh, and he has taken her
to Canada, and he has taken her


home to bury her under the ma
tive sod. She died in a land


Of strangers, but left behind her
the name of o beloved wife. It


was love in death. He saw her


sinking fast; he knew it was con-


sumption. He nursed her like q


child, the great strong man, and


there they were in the room to-


gether the night she died. She
wanted to see out, to gaze once
more at the world outside, bat be
entreated her against it, and told


her that to take her up would
make her worse, but she told him


she was dying anyway, and he
lifted her tenderly in his arms,
and walked with her about the


room, holding her to his breast


and showing her this object and
that, pointing out every pleasant
thing, and she kissed him with


every breath till the last breath
was e,and the kiss died cold on
his cheek. Woman's love! When


God made man, He put all heaven
in woman's love! and told him to
win it and be worthy Of it.
Year: 1875

"Moral Courage" was printed in
large letters as the caption Of the fol-
lowing items, and placed in a con-
spicuous place on the door of a sys-
tematic merchant in New York, fo1
constant reference, and furnished
by him for publication:
Have the courage to discharge a
debt while you have the money in
your pocket.


Have the courage to do without
that which you do not need, how
ever much your eyes may covet
it.


Have the courage to speak to a
friend in a seedy coat, even though
you are in company with a rich one
and richly attired.


Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary that you
should do so, and hold your
tongue when it is prudent that you
should do so.


Have the courage to own that
you are poor and thus disarm pow
erty of it's sting.


Have the courage to tell a man
why you refuse to credit him.


Have the courage to cut the most
agreeable acquaintance you have
when you are convinced that he
lacks principles friend should
bear with a friends infrmities, but
not with his vices.


Have the courage to show you,
respect for honesty, in whateve,
guise it appears, and your contempt
for dishonesty and duplicity, by
whomsoever exhibited.
Have the courage to wear your
old clothes until you can pay fol
new ones.


Have the courage to prefer com
fort and propriety to fashion in al
things.


Have the courage to acknowledge
your ignorance, rather than to seel
for knowledge under false pre-
lenses.


Have the courage in providing al
entertainment for your friends moi
to exceed your means.
Year: 1875

"WeH, my little man, you are
here on time, I see" said Mr.. Jones
to, Jack Knowles as he stepped into
his store one morning, "that is a
good beginning, and I hope you
Will always be prompt in meeting
every engagement, and energetic in
attending to your duties"
P Il Will try to be both, sir" Jack
answered and just at that moment
he thought that nothing could
tempt him to break any part of his
word.


s'Come this way, and I will tell
you what you have to do"


Mr.. Jones then led him into his
counting room, and kindly placed
his hand on his head while he said:


'.Now, Jack, you know the bar
gain between your mother and my
self is that you come into my fam
lily as my own child. Do whatever
I ask you to do, quickly and cheer
fully, and try to make yourself use
full all the time. You will be ex-
pected to run errands, such as car
rying small packages home for Gus
toners, going to the post-oGce, de-
ivering messages, and assisting the
clerks in whatever way you CAN
In return, I expect to clothe and
feed you, send you to school during
the winter months, and, if you prove
yourself worthy, will advance you
in your position in the store. Real
ly I do not need a boy, but I do this
for your mothers sake. Do you
agree to the tecms?''


Eyes, sir, and L am very grateful
to you-indeed I am-and you
shall see by my work how much
I love my mother and you" Jack
spoke these words earnestly. He
meant all he said.


Il believe you my boy, and viii
do all I can to help you keep your
good resolutions.


THANK you, sir


"Your place will be in he sales
room remember to help all yor
can"


4 will, sir. You may depend
on me"


Mr.. Jones turned to his desk
and Jack hastened to do something
Year: 1875

Kind words are among the most
valuable Of cheap things. They
often reclaim the erring, lift up the
fallen, and prompt to noble deeds.
They encourage the faithless, cheer
the hopeless, and gladden. the
hearts of the responding. Who
then will not use kind words? They
cost very little, and result in the
happiness Of the speaker and the
object both.
Year: 1875

PLAIN TALK TO G1RLs.-Your ev.
cry day toilet is part of your char
acter. A girl who looks like a fury
or a sloven in the morning, is not
to be trusted, however finely she
may look in the evening. No mat
ter how humble your room may be,
there are eight things it should
contain, viz: A mirror, washstand,
soap, towel, comb and hair, nail and
tooth brushes. They are just as
essential as your breakfast, before
which you should make good use
of them. Parents who fail to fur
nish their children with such apph-
ances, not only make a mistake, but
a sin of omission. Look tidy In
the morning, and after the dinner
work is over, improve your toilet.
Make it a rule of your daily life to
"dress up" for the afternoon.
Your dress may not, need not be
anything better than calico, but
with a ribbon or flower, or some bit
of ornament, you can have an air
of self-respect and satisfaction that
always comes with being well-dress'
ed. A girl with fine sensibilities
cannot help feeling embarrassed
and awkward in a ragged and dirty
dress, with her hair unkempt
should a neighbor come in. More
over, your self-respect should de
mand the decent apparelling OF your
body. You should make it a point
to look as well as you can, even
if you are sure that no one will see
you but yourself.
Year: 1875

where the chair broke all to atoms.
This ended the fight.


If wives will learn from this sad
story not to leave rocking: chairs
standing around the middle Of the
room for their poor husbands to fell
over, we shall not have written in
vain.
Year: 1875

I A prominent physician, in an ar
ticle on sleep, and how to WOO it, has
expressed his views. and finds in lager
beer stuff which will


''Pluck from the memory rooted sorrow,
Raze ont the written troubles Of the brain,
And with some sweet, oblvious antidote
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous


stuff


Which weighs upon the heart"
Year: 1875

EXCLUSIVELY TO THE DAILY DlSPAlCH.


New YORK, July ia correspondent
at Geneva gives an account this morn
ing of terrible storm which broke over
that city, at midnight. Wednesday,
the 7th inst. About S P. NJ, few heavy
drops of rain began to fall, and at the
same time the whole circumference OF
the horizon became fitfully Illuminated
by flashes of sheet lightning bu. there
was no thunder. Once only during the
entire night was there one clasp of
thunder, ard that was when the storm
was Just over. The lightning gradually
increased in intensity and became COZ
tinuous. The entire atmosphere seemed
to be an element of flames, and all this
time there was not the slightest move.
ment of the air in the street. About
eleven small objects lying on the roofs
of houses were caught up and whirled
around as if by a cyclone; still there
was no movement of air i'll the streets
below. Al midnight the tempest came,
mainly from the Ju.a range and from
the southwest, travelling in that direc


ton toward the basin of Lake Lemar.
As it neared the lake it seemed to spread
Year: 1875

OUR Coal EXPORTS. - The
venerable editor of the Tacoma


Tribune, forgetting for a moment
the temporary location OF his
paper and his lately assumed
role of champion of our town,
has fallen into his old habit OF
accusing US of Misrepresentation
and exaggeration whenever we
state anything in regard to the
coal exports of this place. In
an issue of last week, we men
toned the fact that there was
nearly three times as much coal
shipped from this place as from
Coos Bay. The Tribune imme-
diately accused us of uncalled
for and objectionable exaggera-
ton" in so stating. We have
been to some trouble to procure
the exact figures to prove that
there has been no exaggeration
in the case. From the Coos Bay
News of July Goth we find that
the total amount of coal shipped
from Coos Bay from June 18th
to July 18th. 1875, was 2,23l
tons. During the same time, our
,,;poc chinnad "a folIOws.
Year: 1875




THE "WANDERINa PILGRIaI. The
Jacksonville Sentinel says: IS. ?. Has
lett, well known by every member of the
craft on this coast as the pilgrim print
er, for the reason that he is continually
on the tramp and never stopping at one
place more than day or two at time,
called at our Office last Tuesday, and
as usual was busted, and if we couldn't
give him some work, or if We had a
couple of bits about our clothes that we
could let him have to get cup of coffee
and something to eat. He looked as
seedy as ever, with his clothes we'll torn
and worn, and after giving him piece
to pay for his breakfast the next we saw
of him he was engaged in spirited dis
cussion with one of our citizens as to
whether his clothes were complete fit
or not. Mr.. Haslett has given one of
our exchanges short sketch Of some
of his experiences while travelling over
the country. He has encountered some
pretty rough journeys on this coast, but
nothing to that across the mountain s
from Siskiyou county to the coast by
trail frequently losing the trail, and
once travelling at random over and
through almost perpendicular mountains
along the rockey-shores of the Klamath
river, where the foot prints of a white
man were probably never seen. After
long and hard trip he arrived at
Orleans Bar, where he remained few
days to recruit, and then resumed his
journey. On the second day out from
Orleans Bar, where he was overtaken by
Indians, but soon met party of friend
ly indians, who acted as a guard to Nc
Donald S ranch, near Arcata. The mail
carrier being there he followed his tracks
along the sandy beach, and finally
struck the trail, fetching up in Eureka
just in Tina to receive the benefits of a



severe shock of earthquake. The
Pilgrim" states that at some fu ure
day, for the benefit of his typographical
friends and the public generally, it is
his intention topublish a history of his
exploits. travels and incidents during
the past quarter of a centuary, there be-
ing hardly town or city in the whole
United States where he has not visited
excepting Arkansas and Texas, which
States he intends "doing" st future
time. He is coming northward, and
the members of the "craft" in Portland
may look for the wandering typo" in
few days.


n
Year: 1875

Don't crowd, the world is large enough For you as well as me; The doors of all are open wide The realm of thought istree. In all earth's places you are right To chase the best you can Provided that you do not try

 To crowd some other man. Don't crowd the good from out your

 heart

 By fostering all that's bad, But give to every virtue room The best that may be had; To each days record such a one That you may well be proud; Give each his right-give each his room, And never try to crowd.
Year: 1875

the mail on route No. -, from - to o-, do swear that have the ability, pecuniari- ", to fulfill my obligation as such bidder that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to enter into contract and perform the service in case said bid shall be accepted.
Year: 1875

NoTE.-When the above oath is talk ken before justice of the peace or any other officer not using a seal, except a Judge of a U. s. Court, the certificate of the clerk of a court of record must be added, under his seal of office, that the person who admin istered the oath is duly qualified as such officer.