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"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
OOODLANDER & L.EE,
CLKARPIELD, PA.
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O. R. OOODLANDER,
MORL B. LR8,
Pablliaora.
Card.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW & COLLECTION OFFICE,
CURWRNKVILLE,
2 CltatlaM CoaaUr, Pran'a. thy
Tfloa. Hvaur. craus eoBDoa.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
aT-Ofllee ! Ple'e Open Hoaie, eeoond floor.
:tO'T4
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTO RN EY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to all buslnoBB entrusted to kin
promptly and faithfully. tori! 78
WILLIAM A. WALLACB.
ABar r. wallacb.
patid l. kbbbb.
JOBN w. walOLBT.
WALLACE Sl KREBS,
(Suieoaeors to Wallace A Vieldioc,)
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAAV,
ll-IS'78 Clearfield, Pa.
tORBfB B. H'BBALLT.
dabibl w. a'cuaor,
McENALLY & MoCURDT,
ATTOKN EYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
' rJr-Leeal bailneaa attended to promptly wltbj
lilellty. OAoe oa Beoond street, above the Plret
National Bank. Jaoiiue
G. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
clkaufikld, pa.
Harlot; renirned hie JotlK-e.hip, baa returned
the practice nf the law la hit old offloe at Clear
Held, Will alteoj the oouru of Jetereon and
Klk counties when apeelally letained in oonnection
wltb realuent oountel. 1:14:7a
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Real Rttato and Cullectloa Agent,
CLEARPIF.1.0, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all legal buiiaett ea
truftixl to hit care.
prOmet in Pie's Opera Hoaaa. Jenl'71.
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTOKN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
atar-Offloo la tlie old Wetttro Hotel bulMlnr.
t.,-Kl bu.inoa. promptly attended to. Rral estate
oougnt ana sold. Ju la
AT W W A LT E R 8'7"
ATTORN BY AT LAW,
ClearltrM, Pa.
Vi,Olne in Grahani'B Row. fdep8-ly
h7 w7 smith,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ll:l:7 Clearfield, Pa.
W A LTER BARRE TT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. ,
Clearfield, Pa.
M-Offire la Old Wetttrn Hotel bulldlnl,
oiiruur of Saooad and Market Sta. nof'zl.to.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
pf OOet In Iba Court Home. I Jyl l.'eT
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
f-9- Office qp Ualaet ttrtet, opp. Court Hoaaa,
Jan. , 1ST.
" JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. '
tnd Real Eatate Agent, Clearfield, Pa.
Olnoe oa Tblrd atreet, b.l.Cb.rrj A Welnat.
Mr Ro.poetfully offera bit aorvieea Ib telllag
ad buying laoda la Clearfield and adjoining
oontlea and with an eaporieneeof OTar twenty
l.arfl aa a aurvoyor, lattare blmaelf that he oaa
eoder lalUfaetloo. Fob. 18;:tf,
j7 BLAK E W A L TERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER, ,
AMD DSALBB IN
Saw Log iiml jLiiiubor,
- CLEARFIELD, PA.
Office la Ur.bom'. Row. r - liJ6:71
J.J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY-AT 8 LAW,
1:18 IKceolo, Clearfield Co., Pa. y:pd
' J. S. BARN HART,
I, ATTORNKV . AT - LAW, ,
Hcllcfonte. Pa.
Will praoliot In Clearfield aad all of the Coartl of
the Both Judicial illatrtet. Heal eetau boatneaa
and ovlleotioa ofelalina made apocialtlea. Bl 71
t DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
LliTllKRSBURO, PA.
M ill attend profuaioaal aalla promptly. au10'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
rUVSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OBoe ob Merle! Street, Clearfield, Pa.
aaOflico hourai I to IS a. au, aad I to t p. m.
JJK. E. M. SCIIEUKER,
iioiiflsoPATiiio piiymouu,
Office la re.idcnca oa Market at
April J, 1S7J. Clearteld, Pa
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN A SUBGEON,
HAVINS located at Peanield, Pa., offera bl.
profeaelonal eerTlcaa to the people of that
plane and aurroaading eoantry. All oalle promptly
attended to.
eel. II tf.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Late Surgeoa of the 83d Reglmeat. Peanaylyania
Volaateore, having ratnraed frov the Army,
olleri hie profeaaionel aarrteaa to tbe.lll.en.
ofClaarleldaoanty.
tT-Profe.iloual cell, promptly atlaaied to.
Office oa Sooond atraot, formarlyooeapled by
Dr. Wood.. lP'4tlH'
DR. H B. VAN VALZAH,
CI.EARPIBI.n, PENN'A.
OFFICE IX MASONIC BUILDING.
- Odea hour, From U to I P. M.
, ' May U,
DR. JEFFERSON LIT Z,
WOODLAND, PA.
Will promptly attend all call, la Ike Ilea of bl.
prn.eei..a. 0oe.l-H
: D. M. DOHEETT,"
rAflllOKAlitl BARBER A HAIR IlRKrWKR.
CLEAUFi ELD, PA.
Sbi'P la room formerly eecapled by Nauglo
Market Blreet.
Joly II, "It.
II
AliltY HNYDEIt,
(Formerly with Lew Rchaler.)
DARUKR AND HAlRDREftlER.
hSboP on Market St., appoilta Court Hoaaa.
A eUaa towel far eeery auelomar. may 10, 'It.
Wholesale liquor stoee.
Al the end of the aew bridge,
WB8T CLEARFIELD, PA.
TLo aroprletor of ibla aelabll.hmeal win hay
hi. Ilowora direel from dl.tillaro. Pertlea baying
from Ibla hoaaa will be cure to get a pare article
Bt a email margin abate eert.1 Hotel keeper, eaa
be (oroLbed with lloeere oa teaaoaable tarma.
I'ara wiaee Bad hraBdlaa direot from See ley
Viaary, at Bath, Mew York.
' IIIORUR H. C0LDURN.
Clearield, Jaae It, Ult tf.
JII1TICKH' dk CtmilTAiimtV VIVM
Wa ban ariaUd a large aamear ef the ao
tun BILL, aad will ea the receipt of tweaty.
Ira eaatt, mall a eoyy la aa addraea. myaf
CLEARFIELD
GEO. B. GOODLANDER, Proprietor. ' PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. TERMS $2 per annum in Advance.
VOL. 50-WHOLE NO 2189. : CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1870. NEW SERIES-V0L. 17, NO. 38.
Cnrds.
JOHN D.THOMPSON,
Jaillo of th Pae d Sorivner,
Curwentvllle, Pi
,Collot.oni ntidt ftod,noBy promptly
pld over. leuiJ (in
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl'STICS OF TUB PKACK
reB
ltetator Town t hip,
Ouoola Mill. P. n.
All oOolal bu.lnell tntraateil to him will bo
promptly attended to. raobH, 7(1
80. ALBBBT BBBBT ALBBaT......W. ALBBBT
W. ALBERT L BROS.,
IfaBufaetaren A eiten.lre Daalera IB
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, PKNN'A.
aVOrdara aollelled. Bill, llled on abort notloe
and raaaoaabla teroa
Addraea Woodland P. 0., eiearteld Co., Pa.
,J5.1y W A.L11KRT A BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
PreuehTllle, Clearfield County, Pa.
Koapa eonatantly an hand a fall ajaertmont af
Dry Oooda, Hardware, Uroeeriea, and averytbiag
uaually kept IB a retail eiore, wnion win oeeuiu,
for oaib, aa oheap aa eliewhere In the eounty.
FrenohTllle, June 17, 1807-ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
BBALBB IB
. GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CRAHAMTON, Pa.
AIM, extenaira manufacturer and dealer In Square
Timber and Sawed Lumber or an ainua.
M-Orden aoliclted and all bill, promptly
llled. . . lJJ' "
REUBEN H AC KM AN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
VaVWill exeoutejobe in bla line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. err,67
G H . HALL
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NBAR CLEARFIELD, PKNN'A. .
JPumpi alwayt on hand and made to order
on abort notice, ripei bored on reaaonenie terme.
All work warranted to render aati.farlion, and
dalirered ifdi.ired. my2i:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
PRALBRi IS
SQUARE TIMBER,
- BBd maaufaetorert of
ALL KINim IIP SAW i:i I.fJMIIKR,
8-7'7J CLERFIKLD, PKNN'A. '
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer in ' ' ' ' ' ' 1
Real Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
siiinoi.es, lath, a pickets,
0:1078 Clearfield, Pa, ' '
JAMES MITCHELL, . ' ,
DKALKft IV i i-i' I
Square Timber & Timber L an tin,
jtirrs CieKAnPiKi.D, pa.' " '
JAMES H. LYTLE,
III Kraller'B llulldliiR, Clearfield, Pa.
Dealer In Oroeeiiea, Prorlelun., Vcgetablea,
Prolte, Flour, Feed, ete., eto.
aprU'7a-tr
WARREN THORN, -
BOOT AND SI10K MAKE!!,
Market Ht., CtearUeld, Pa.
In the ihoD lalelr eeeupiad hy Frank Short.
one door weet of Allef hany Houae.
T. M. ROBINSON,
Market Mreet, CtearUeld. Pa.,
MAHVrACTVRKa Of
Ltfht nod Heavv Herneii, ColUn,
Bridle, e. Rppklriag Beetle done.
PdJlci
My 2i, 7 cm.
JOHN A. STAPI-EU,
, BAKEH, Morhet St., Ckftrfiidd, Pa.
Preih Dreed, Ruik, Rollf, Piei aod Cekoe
oft band or made to order. A general aieorlmeot
or Coafecttooar.ee, rrolte end Piute in etoob.
Ice Cream and OYitere In leaaon. Bnlooa nrerlj
opposite the PnitvDea. Prleei moderate.
Moron ID-'79. - .
J. 1. M'MURltAY
WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MERCHANDISE AT THE VERY LOWEST
PRICE. COME AND SEE. (I:a:73y:)
NEW WASHINGTON.
CHEAP GROCERIES!
LUMBER CITT, PA.
The anderalgned annoanoea to kia old friende
and patrone that be ha. opened a good line ot
GROCERIES A PROVIHION8 at the old eland
of Kirk A Hpeocer, for wbieb be eolieit. a liberal
patronage. II. W. SPENCER
Lumber City, Pa., March iO-tf.
MARBLE aUd RTONP. YARD.
Mra. H. . I.II1DIC1 L,
llaeing engaged in the Marble huaineao, deelree
to inform bar frlenda and the publla tbat aba baa
Bow and will keep eonelantlyoa hand a large and
well eelected Block of ITALIAN AND VERMONT
MAKHLB. and la prepared to furnleh to order
TOMBeTUNBM, BOX AND CRADLE TOMBS,
MONI'MKNTH, Ae.
fefA-Yard on Reed Btreet, near the R, R. Depot,
Cloarleld, Pa. Jtlt,7
S. I. S N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABU DBALRk IN '
Watched, Clocks And Jewelry,
tfraloaa'e Horn, Marlttl Slml,
' ' CLUAHPIBl.l), PA.
All klnda ef repairing la my line promptly at
endod to. April 1 lJ4.
fjtvery Ntnblo.
TIIR anderelgnad bege leave to Inform lliepqb
He tbat be ii now full; prepatW to edwoui mo
de t etl In tbe way of furnlibing Il..eee, Huggtee,
Itaddlee and Haraeaa, oa the ebortatt aotioo end
a raaeonabla ternti. Keeideaaeoa Loeuet etraet,
batwaea Third and Fourth.
JKO. W. OKARHART.
Oleerfeld. Peb. 4, 1174.
mTCHELL WAGONS.
The Best is tbe Cheapest I
Thome KpIIIt bee rrcelred another lirge lot of
"Jditehell Wtgone," whteb are among tba very
bet manufactured, and whiob be will tell at tbe
moat raaeonabla ratet. lile etoob ineluilea alaioot
alt dcieriptioM of wagoar largrund imall, wide
and narrow trecb. Cell an4 ee them.
ajird'Te TilOMAU H I. ILLY.
"ANDREW HARWICK,
Market Street, t leirfleld. Pa.,
WARt rAm una 4x1, dbamh m
HARNEY l"AMLE9, HUIDLkf", COLLARS,
aad all blade of
IOHSE CV UN I8III SO HOODS.
A fall etoek ef Peddleri' Hardware, Brut-he",
Combe, rtlenkete, Robna, ete., alwaje a bend
and for eale at tbe lowest eaih pHoee, All kind
af repatriag promptly attended to.
AH kiede nf blJee tabaa fa eirbotiga for bar
aaea and rojpeirlng. All bind! of baraepa Iralbtr
kept op bend, and for eale at a imell profit.
I'learfleM, Jaa. 19, 18U.
'NDK It TAKING.
Tba aderelgnl art sew fblly prepared ta
aarry aa tba bualaeia af
riaDERTAKING,'
AT KBAS0HABLI RATES,
Aad raepeetfally aelleil the pelroaege af laoie
aeadiog inch eerriee..
J0ni TROHTMAW,
JAMIS L.LRAVT.
Clearteld, Pa, lek. It, 1(7.
1
DIMOCRATIO CAMPAIGN IONO.
Air-"Our ?t9 Tkr:
Our TlUcn'R tbrt, our Tlltlcn'i thtri.
Wt'll htll him with tbi-M loud huuu,
Our TllJen'i tbrtt our Til Jen ' ihoro,
A Iloro fi to Iruit oar eui.
6a til it kin ) tb nitlon'i rio,
IU'11 hunt eorrupilon fir tail nor,
He'll bftulah It from trtrjr pltwo,
And elnnto tbe Und wo Itold to lUtr,
Our Tilden'i I here, olo.
Our tiiek high, the grtliber'e gma,
Help, betp tbejr or;, 'til ft discrtoo
Fur Ueiooeroti our piece to feln,
Aad tliui expoit our Jum fftoo.
Our TilJcD'i there, eto,
OppraiitoDt felt on every ilde,
Keform ii bounJ to win the re,
. Roffuei ftod tblovee (torn oflloo slide.
Bend bonrit men to All thetr pltee.
Our Tildeu'a ttort, olo.
Our vletV woo, we'll nlae itora
Of routing ol ten, bo lb loud and eleer
For Tlliien, liendrlabe snd Keform,
In fntitudoMnd ohoer on eboer.
Our Ttldeo'e there, oto.
A RALLY AT LOCK HAY ESI.
The Hungry Belly vs. The Bloody Shirt,
Bl'tKCll OF
HON. W. A. WALLACE
DELIVERED AT LOCK HAVEN, ON TCE&V
DAY, 8R1TEM11ER 12th, 1H7U
Fellow Citihens: Wlint aro tlio
quoHtluna Unit now prens thcmsclvot
upon the minds of all? Are thoy those
tlmt affect tlio diatunt South, thut ro-
Into to other communities, aro they
Uioho which como to all who hear mo
in their homo lite ? Is it not how shall
I suvo the protcut of my note ; how
avert the seizure liy tho Sheriff: how
avoid financial bankruptcy ; how ob
tain siiio lor my lumber, my coal, my
iron or my merchandiso 1 Is it not
bow am 1 to pay my rent; to koon a
shelter over my little ones during tho
inclement winter that lust approachca;
how nrovide tho ienerous iuod ncccs-
sary lor tho health ol a loved wifo and
siillerinL' children ; how and whore ami
1 obtain work tlmiugh which fltnrva
tion and squalid poverty may be kept
Mom my tiomo ! hat reiiel is there
for the businessman, tor tho manufact
urer, lor tho lumberman and the mer
chant, and through them lor the over
ready hand nf honest toil T Indissolu
bly united, dependent, each upon tho
other, Business and moor sutler and
despair, tlivo tho former its wonted
channels, and tho latter reaps its just
rewnrU. l lO( those channels, and
bankruptcy and financial ruin pervade
tho ranks of one, whilst deprivation of
1. ..1 I 1 1 ..lf I..1
ivuih, Hiiuriuneu uuura ui muur, lliu
want tif nutritious food, diseaso and
death rapidly como to tho other. Iloro
than a year ago wo asked the penplo
of Pennsylvania, what relief thero was
tor tho business man? I ho answer
has como in increased financial distress,
in added bankrupts, in official returns,
which show during the first six months
of 187G, 4, COO failures in business for a
total ol (1118,000,00(1, as against 3.BV4
failures in business lor a total ot till,
000,000 in tho first six months of 1875,
an increase of mora than ono-third in
amount and nearly ono-third in nunv
ber. In all our broad State, wherever
ontorpriBO and energy were wont to
find scopo and purpose, disaster and
distress prevail. Tho roar of tho fur
nace, tho crash of the forge, the hum
ot the spindle and the shriek ot tbe
stationary engine that used to wake
the echoes ot our mountains and val
leys, aro silent. In the busy marts of
trade, on the whan and in the count
ing room, men aro found uneasy, anx
ious and earnest in attempting to find
a safe path of relict from tho almost
universal dread ot bankruptcy and
financial ruin. Disaster and distress
have visitod many happy homes. Tbe
comparative aftlucnco of yestorday has
givon placo to Uio poverty or to day.
Tho cordial grasp and cheerful greet
ing conceal lint illy tho care that sits
enthroned within tho heart ol many
whom you meet in tho hours of busi
ness, and these- givo place to depres
sion and gloom when tho homo circle
is sought and the wolcomo of loved
ones is chilled by abstraction and
thought. Oblivion is often tho refuge
of thoso whom fortitudo deserts, or an
unhinged brain usurps tho placo of
judgment and of reason.
lhat this is no overdrawn pieluro
those who hoar me know. Its direct
importance to you and to tho country
can not be over stated.
WHAT ANSWER?
What answer do thoso who rule the
country givo you when you press upon
them thoso matters of so vital moment
to your homo life t They talk of Ham
burg and its rioters, and ignoroCharles
tnn and negro proscription. When
you ask what relief for tho business
man, they answer, through Cameron
and Taft: "Put the troops in march
ing order I" When you ask of the
rumedy for business destroyed, they
answer : "Tilden and his incomo re
turn!." When you seek lor an avenue
to confidence in business, and how shall
tho artisan and tho laborer find work,
they answer: "Tho rebels will ruin tho
government by economizing iu its ex
penditures." When you ask what re
lief is there for tlio business man, they
answer : "Klect llnrs, perpetuate our
rule and trust us. (.'an you trust
them? At whoso door lie all thefuults
of administration of the past ten years ?
Who aro tho authors of tho legislation
during that time? Can they reverse
this policy if they would ? Lot Sena
tor .Morton himself answer this query.
In his speech at Indianapolis, printed
in tho Now York 'J'lmrnA August 12,
ho says: "The administration of any
President will be in the main what the
fiarty which elected him makes it. If
io breaks awny from his party, the
chances aro that ho will bo broken
down. In a government of parties like
ours the President must have his ad
visers. Tho men to whom he owes
hit election, who have dulendcd him
from assaults, to whom bo must look
for support in tho future, will ordinar
ily control his action and be will do
nothing offensive to them." Thero is
no hope (or revival ol business, for re
lief from "hard times," but in the use
of tho remedy Ol change. A rovorsal
of tho present policy is demanded ; "it
can only romotbrongh a change ol of
ficials. The power is with the pooplo ;
they must use It or continue to fuller.
PARTIES JUDUXD BY THEIR PRl'ITS.
The Republican party, Its press and
lis orators, assnmo that It it bettor and
purer and nobler than (irant and hit
administration, and they ask the peo
ple to continue them in power upon
their prolession of reform. Is this as
sumption truthful? Who nominated
11 ay et 7 ii ranis power Sherman,
Conk ling, Morton and Cameron. Each
and all of these were the bitter oppo-
nents oi jianie, arm uui tor inoir joint
efforts he and not Hayes would have
been the nominee, and the Cincinnati
Convention expressly applauded the
domestic policy of President Urant,
in its seventeenth resolution. Who
have moulded tho financial policy, dic
tated tho annointtnonts and boon tho
thick und-thin supporters of li rant but
tho very gentlemen who aided mm to
defeat Bluino ? Wo Judge men by tho
company they koop. Wo judge parties
by their fruits. Men do not galhor
grnpot from thistles nor tigs lrom
thorns. W bo champions Hayes now 1
Whoso naino is appended to tho recent
ordor for outrago in tho South ? Who
opens tho campaign in Ohio? Who
leads it in Indiana? In what has tho
Republican party shown a desire or a
willingness for reform? Is it in resist
ing tho Democratic Houso in reducing
expenditures ? Is it in defending and
championing thoso under Investiga
tion? Is It in a technical construction
of tho Constitution through which a
high official guilty of bribery has es
caped ? Is it in so acting and voting
that Integrity in official lif'o and tho
rule of official accountability aro held
at the enprico of tho incumbent? Is
it not the history of nil parties in this
country that long continuenoe in olllcc
brings corrupt praeticos and maladmin
istration, and Las not tho country al
ways boon benefitted by a change?
Adversity purges political organiza
tions ana lit mom ior economical aa
ministration. They who sock power
through tho Kcpuinicun organization
dure not run counter to those who pos
sess it, and tho words from Senator
Morton aro both a warning to Hayes
and an assuranco to his own followers
in office that they aro safo. They mean
a porpotuation of tho reigning dynasty,
lhoy would put the child Koloi in
to a nurse that loves it not.
THE NEEDS OP THE PEOPLE.
Tho groat needs of tho pcoplo now,
thoy rccognizo and feel, aro a chango
from the impure methods ot Federal
administration to honest government,
a chango from expensive and luxurious
appropriations to economical and cheap
government, and a change from a nnan
cial policy which has been and is con
tinually against the business interests
the pooplo to one which will recognize
natural processes and conduct them to
a sound basis by sotm other road than
that of univorsal bankruptcy. Is it
strango that tlio pcoplo want honest
government? tan yon, my Kcpuhli-
can friend, look back with prido to the
record ot your party In the past Bcven
years? Aro tho men who have mndo
you to blush for their misdeeds fit to
do again trusted 1
REI'PIIUCAN EXTBA VAUANCE,
Is a party that since lsiiO bus re
ceived from the pcoplo more than for
ty-two liu nil l ed millions of money and
paid but about fivo hundred millions ol
debt, coniiiotuut to economize and re
trench I Vi but has become ol all these
millions? , In tho increase ot civil ex
penses, in tho multiplicity of officials,
in jobs and peculation, aro lound much
of tho loss. We buvo expended in
those years for a navy about fJ75,000,
000, and as a result thercirom we have
ships which one ot tho witnesses be
fore tho naval investigating committee
declared wero neither fit to fight nor
run away. Tho committco of investi
gation of Federal offices in Iioulsiuna,
say: "From all tho circumstances, the
conviction is forced on tho minds of
your committco that all or nearly all
ot tho entire sum of money represent
ed by tho Touchers referred to, was
absolutely stolen. The number of
these vouchers was ollen increased,
taking each month largo sums of mon
ey illegally from tho treasury." Tho
report of the investigation of tho gov
ernment printing cilice declares lhat
"tho cost and charges of tho work dono
for Congi'csB and Fxocutivo Depart
ments aro exorbitant and greatly in
excess of what the same could be dono
for by private parties; tbat Its man
agement is extravagant to a degrco
that would bankrupt any private es
tablishment in tbe country, and that
tho printer has drawn money from tho
United States Treasury on falso vouch
ers.
Tho committco on expenses in tho
department of justice report that "in
many instnnccs Marshals tnko receipts
from their Doputies for throo-fotirths
of tho amount of their gross earnings,
but do not pay them one-half of tho
amount stated in tlio receipt. Thus,
in ono instance, a Mnrshal tukes his
Deputy's recoipt lor 13,205.83 and only
pays him $750. Again, ho takes a re
ceipt for $3,533.77 and pays him only
11,000." Two hundred thousand dol
lars wero appropriated by Congress
since 1870 to bo expended under tho
direction of the Attorney Gonoral, and
no vouchers wore rendered except the
rccolpts of II. C. Whitley, Chief of tho
Bocrct Sorviro Deportment, for largo
amounts as drawn by him in bulk.
Tho eommittce on military nfluirs, re
porting on contracts for soldiers head
stones say "tliBt tho awarding of tho
contracts for head-stones wore made
in violation ol law, and show a disre
gard of official duty ; that tho contracts
wero not awarded to tba lowest re
sponsible bidder, as required by law ;
mat some ol ino inspections appear to
liave been corruptly made." Tho bid
accepted was 1100,000 mora than that
of tbe Knnxvillo Marble Company.
These are but specimens of tho mode
n which your money has gone. What
a commentary are these reports and
tlio admitted reduction ot expenses
upon the work of tho past seven years
and the tirade of abuse our opwiients
boup upon a Domocralic House of llep-
rcsentutivos I A so-called Confederate
Congress has reduced expenses, has un
earthed corruption, has, in its regard
for tho honor and tho famo of tho
country, impeached a corrupt Secre
tary and sent him to the bur ot the
Senate for trial. If they really desiro
to destroy tho government, what bet
ter course was onon to them than to
join with thoso who increase expenses,
osier extrnvaganco and wink at cor
rupt practices ? Such a process would
huve proved more deadly than an aV
tack with arms.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
Tho exhaustion of tlio country, the
wasto of labor, of life, of productive cn-
orgy and of capital during the past (11
tccn years are, ol course, the primary
causes for the ills of the present, but
they have L con aggravated and du.ibled
by vicious legislation in tho interest
of a class. We aro learning new les
sons, we are suffering under tlio pres
sure of new burdens, and wo must
como to soo that thoso aro to be ad
Justed In tho Interests of tho pooplo
and not of thoso who own tho debt.
Itecognizing our full tluty to pay
our debt in coin in tho Tory spirit of
tne contract ana in accord wiiu its let
ter, it is our right and our duty to so
manage our financial affairs, so to timo
our paymonta, so to enact our statu lot
that tho people may be protocted and
their burthens lessened. We chargo
that the licpublican party has added
to the weight of tho debt ; that it has
mismanaged and erred in its legisla
tion : nay, more, that every step taken
by them in regard to the pubho debt
baa been in the interest of those who
own it and against the Interest ot tho
pcoplo. F'rom tho beginning of Grant's
administration down l the adjourn
ment ol Oonirress ill Autrust. 1876,
overy financial stutule has bad but one
purpose, and that puqisso to increase
the viiluo of tho bondeel indebtedness
of tho government. The people hnvo
boon ignored and tho cltqiio who olect
od (irant havo controlled legislation
and moulded financial policy solely for
lliomsoives. I ins policy on mo imu
of March, 180!), under the plausiblo
pretoxt of increasing tbo credit of tho
government, by n statute in tho fulfil
ment of pledges given during the oloo
tion of 1808, mndo payahlo in coin an
issno nf tbo bonds of tho government
made In 1802, which before In the ex
tent of $500,000,000 was not ho paya
ble j It deprivod the pcoplo of tho op
portunity ot placing a long bond there
for at a low rate of interest and at
onco made a difference t-f i!7 per cent,
between tho money of tlio pcoplo and
tho obligations they bad contracted to
pay in that money. Legnl tendors
wero 12 per cent, below par and these
bonds wero pushed from B to 15 per
cent, ubovo pur. nut this m tlio in
terest ol tho people? .
LEGISLATION IN TUB INTEREST OP CAP
ITAL. The funding act of 1870 followed In
tbo wake ot this statute. J'lvo per
cent, bonds at ten years, lour and a
hulls at fifteen years and fours at thir
ty years, to tho extent of fifteen hun
dred millions, wore ordered to bo issu
ed. Tho highest rate and shortest
time, instead of the lowest rate und
longest timo, were at once thrown up
on tho market, und only now are we
beginning to place the 4 per cents, in
tho room of tlio f 1,01)0,000,000 of C per
cents, yet outstanding. Currency (i's,
pnynlilo In thirty years, stand highor
in the mnrkcts to-day than any other
bonds paying six per cent., thus dem
onstrating fully tho power to pluco a
long bond at a better rate than a short
one. Hut horo again tlio interest ol
those who owned tho debt was con
sulted, and not a Just view of tho credit
of tho Kepublic. In 1875 tho statute
lor resumption In 1879 was ouactcd,
and as a result therefrom tho price ot
lands, of houses, ot merchandise and of
every other commodity savo only tho
debt of tho government has depreciat
ed in valuo. In 1873 silver was de
monetized and the silver dollars taken
from thostatuto, so tlmt to-day no law
exists for its coinage. An effort to re
establish it In August of this year
failed by tho votes of Kepublicans.
Why is this? Is tho temporary de
preciation of tlio recognized coin ol the
constitution to deprive, the people of a
currency in which they have contract
ed to pay many ot their debts, both
public and privuto? In whoso intorcHt
is this legislation? Why Is not the
silver dollar of 1870 equal to tho silver
dollar of 1802? Aro wo to bo told by
Icirislatison and bv tho coin-In thnt n
ground rent paya f.lo in silver dollars
cannot no so paid? Arc wo to be
tuuclit for tho intcrcxt of those who
own the debt, thut a nolo Tor 200 bush
els of wheat, payablo ono year after
date, cannot be iii.id tliorewibli boi.ui,.
wheat linn depreciated In valuer
. Tilt REALISES.
So fust and so far has this habit of
yielding to tho dictation of tho owners
of tho debt that may bo said to control
and direct evory movement inour finan
cial world as well at our business in
terests nnd onrproporty is held but at
their will. A just view of their ow n
situation will demonstrate to them, as
it must to all dispassionato observers,
that tho real safety, as well of them
selves as nf tho people, consists in tak
ing that lino Ol policy which reduces
tbo rato of interest, enables business to
prosper and trives to labor full und
steady employment. (Irinding exac
tion produces discontent and bitter
ness, and it it men who voto aud not
government bonds. The wunts of the
our are a chango in the management
of tho financial affairs ot tho govern
ment, cheaper government nnd honest
government. Thcso are tho real Is
sues of this canvass, and tbo pcoplo
will not bo diverted by tho "bloody
shirt" or partisan prejudice from tho
consideration ot tho questions which
affect tho well-being of business or tho
comforts of tho homo. It is tho hun
gry belly against the bloody shirt
CLAIMS TO Til Ii DISCOVERY
OF AMERICA.
Probably no aroelueological mystory
is enshrouded with mora intorest and
a greater charm than the discovery of
tho V extern Continent. J lie tact Is
attested by tho devotion and zeul of a
galaxy nf men of genius, such as II um-
boldt, Kingsborongh, fiteplions. Knlm,
and well nigh a score of othors. Tho
various thoories for tho solution of this
perplexing problem, many of them in
geniously spun, ore too numerous tor
mention hero. Unly tlio principal
claims to discovery and colonization
can recoivo attention. Ancient Amer
ica, with its nohlt monnmenls nf a
onco grand civilization, is to ut a land
ot darkness, and its history ono ol un
certainty, in our Inquiries fact must
In a measure bo exchanged for conjee
tnro. Very scanty aro tbo records
that como down to us from tho an
cients concerning their knowledge of
the Atlantic and the islands hidden in
its bosom, though thoso indominitnble
sailors, tho Phienicians, had passed tho
pillars of Hercules and established col
onies on the western coast of Africa,
in the ninth century before Christ.
Three hundred years Inter (11. C. 670),
according to Herodotus, Pharoh Nocho
fitted nut an expedition, manned by
Pliipnician sailors, and sent It around
tho entire coast of Africa. That the
Canary Inlands wore discovered and
colooized by tbo Plncniclnns, there is
no doubt. Strnbo, speaking of tho Is
lands of tho lllesscd, or Fortunate
Isles, as they were afterward called,
adds, "That those who pointed out
thoso things wore the I'ho-niciniis.who
before tho timo of Humor had posses
sion ol tho best part of Africa and
Spain." It is a well known fact that
thcso hardy adventurers nf tbo seas
wero in tho habit of preserving with
tbo strictest socrccy the names and lo
cation of tho distant lands with which
they engaged in commerce Where
they sailed aud trailed, other than in
the ports of tho llrilish Isles, must re
main unknown. Whether furnished
by this nation ol sailors or not, the an
cients seem to have had some remark
able information concerning an island
or continent hidden in tho Sea of Dark
ness, as the Atlantic was culled. The
first mention ot this is mndo by Thoo
pompus, a celebrated (iroek orator and
historian who flonrishrd in tlio timo of
Alexander the (Ircat. Ilia description
of this distant island, oi great dimen
sions, and inhabited by a strange peo-
rle, it presorved In vWlan's "Varite
liatortR'," written during tbo reign of
Alexander Soveans. Thi (lalaxy.
A patent has been granted to a llal
timore man lor "an improvment in
oysters."
REPUBLICAN,
TAWS OR VEIL
A XIANI.Y AND CLEAR-HEADED EXl'OHI'RE
OP THE PLOT AHAINST THE PI1EK
DOU OF ELECTIONS.
A reporter of tho New York HVW
was favored with a most interesting in
terview with Senator llayard on tho
subject of Attorney General Tuft's ex
traordinary "order" turning over tho
South to military law. Wo givo the
conversation in full :
ltoportor. Havo you read tho ordor
of Judge Taft, giving form to tho die
lutes of Grant, Cameron and Chandler,
and what do you think of it?
Senator lluyurd. No document so
partisan in character, so reckless of ull
constitutional limitations upon powor,
so regurdlcsa of historical truth, so ut
terly insubordinuto to the decisions of
thesiipromo court of the United States,
bus in the history of our country issued
from a department, not only acting as
all departments should act, under the
sanction ot law, but looked to by all
other departments of tho executive as
itsell the fountain ot law for them.
11. Huve you rcud Mr. Kvarts'
opinion of 1808?
Senator 11. I havo read it, and by
the light of that opinion I consider thut
my condemnation of J udgo Tuft's order
is completely justified. Mr. Kvarts'
opinion breathes, from first to lust, tho
truo spirit ol subordination of the mili
tary to tho civic power. Judiro latt s
long, confused order, opinion, or wbut
over it may bo called, directly roverses
tho American theory and seeks by
quibble, evasion uud downnVht usurp
ation to placo luw under tlio loot of
military power, and it carried into el
fect would absolutely annihilate every
police power necessary for tho niaiu
tenance of Stuto governments. For
exnmplo, both Mr. Kvarts and Mr. Taft
cito tho opinion of Attorney Gonerul
Cashing as to what may bo comprised
in tho !aw etmitatu. In givini' this
abstract definition, Mr. Cusliiig recog
nizes equally tho power of the .State
in I'M.j.vi Jin isuii.in ill, aim Ul
luo I nitcd Mutes wherein theirs, by
declaring that the persons and classes
alleged ny lilm to bo dotnposcd within
lho"powerof tho country are all aliko
to obey tho commands ol a Sluriff or
Marshal ; '. c, that the county or State
ofliciul, tho Sheriff, is at fully entitled
to the aid of tlio power of the county
in execution of his lawful duty as the
United States Marshal enn bo. . llut
Mr. Tall sees fit, in clutching at power
to servo tlio party ends of bis superiors,
to omit tho well recognized aud essen
tial fact that ueithcr tho State nor tbo
United Stutus can either directly or in
directly luierioro with cucli other in
tho exercises of their respculivo jurit
ilictitons ; tlmt the existeuco and main
tenance of tho duo power ol each is as
essential to tbo maintenance ol our
system of govornmeiit as of tho other.
To use tho lorciblo words of Mr. J ustico
.Nelson speaking for the entire court in
the ease of thu collector against Day
(11th Wallace): "To disturb these
cssculial right and power of tho Stutus
u-ouui euea our fcovornmnnt to disap
pear from among tbe family of nations."
Thus no judge of a United Stutos court
has so lar over nttompted to assert
that when jurisdiction has fully ac
crued to a State tribunal over a person
or a subject oi dispute within tho cog.
nizanco of tbo .State tribunal. Buck
jurisdiction can be nullifiod by the
tinted Slates. Illustrations of this
aro too frequent to mako discussion
noccKsury. Hut, passing by Judge
Tafl'scluim for an indefinite jurisdiction
over matters which can and must in
tho nature of things belong solely to
IheStnto tribunals, tho claim of power
which ho makes is so full of danger,
not to tho South alone, which nfl'ords
the immediate pretext, but to every
section of tho country, the North and
the n est as well, that it should bo in
stantly met by all who love law and
onler, without regard to party, with
tuo sternest reprobation aud condom
nation. What does Judgo Tuft meun
hyspeakingol tlio "peace of tho I nited
States," which tho Marshals and their
swarms of deputies aro to preservo aud
tho violation of which they are to sup
press, and which protects "nmoiuift
other rights" tbo rights specified by
him ? Does ho not plainly mean, that
us tho United States include all the
States, tho preservation of ncaco in
each Stato. und tho right to suppress
violations of tho peuco in each Stuto
are taken from tlio control of Stato
ofllciuls and banded over to Federal
powor? What are tbo breaches of
pcaco of tho United States for tlio vio
lation of which they may arrest, nnd
secure all persons? Does Judgo Taft
mean : is it intended to obliterate tbo
States and Stuto powor iu rolntion to
all matters connected with the prepar
ations lor or conduct of an election ?
If not this, whpt docs ho mean when
ho says "the United States secure
voters against" whatever in general hin
ders or prevents thorn from a full ex
ercise ol the olnctive franchise, extend
ing that care aliko to tho registration
lists, tho act of voting anil the personal
freedom and security of tho voter, as
well against violence on account of any
voto lie may intend to give against eon
spimey 'because of any ho may hnvo
ul.icady given?" If this language does
not include uhsoluto and unlimited
polico control over tho elections, it
would ho difficult to find words by
which to givo it. Whnt docs Judge
Taft mean whon ho speaks of tho "right
to voto which tho United Stntoj havo
given or hnvo secured?" Where did
tho United States givo the "right to
vote?" And to whom? The supremo
court of tho United Slates distinctly
affirm, in tho Inst decision on this sub
ject, thnt the fifteenth amendment con
fers the right of sufl'rngo uiion no ono,
and yet it was only under that amend
ment of tho constitution that any
claim was made in tho enses in which
this decision was made. Tho supreme
court had long before and repeatedly
decided thai the fourteenth amendment
in no way touched tbo right of suffrage.
Although Judgo 1 all propones to evade
tho effect and l'orco of these decisions,
which should havo bound hi in as a
lawyer, and to which it was his dntyl
as a citizen to conform his conduct, by
staling towards tho end of his opinion
that ho "has considered tho recent im
portant judgments given , by tho su
premo court ol mo united Mates upon
tho nets of Congress which regulate
this general topic," yet ho proceeds to
aver thnt he neod "iu this placo to add
no more than that these judgments do
not concern lederul elet lions." Tho
decisions he refers to defino broadly
and yet explicitly tho powor vested in
tho United States in reference to the
right of voting without regard either to
Federal or Stuto elections, and distinct
ly limit the powers uf the Unitod
Slates under tho fourteenth and fif
teenth ainondiuenls to the enforcement
of a single guaranteo, which it that tho
right to voto shall not bo "ubr.dgeu or
denied on account or race or color or
previous condition of servitude," and
that where the abridgment or denial i
for some other or any oilier reason or
oauso, tho protection of thu oxerciso of
the right must bo found in tho laws ol
tho State and not in those of the
United States. It will be observed
tbut the prohibition to abridge or deny
is addressed to "tho Stutos und tho
United States," and if any Stuto should
for reasons of its own seek to impose a
new and gonoral qualification upon the
right to voto, such as property or odu-
culiou, or as a penally tor the smallest
or must venial ollenso, and dificulties
ariso at thu polls and riots, Judge Tall
and hit collunguo, Cameron, and his
master, urant, wouli Iiitvo just as
much right to secure their now-fungled
"poaco of the United Slutes" as they
now cluiin, and could cull in their
troops or swarms of deputy Murshuls
in .Now York, Ilotton, Chicago or St.
Louis, and their all-embracing posnc
omnitatm, to tuko euro "alike ol tho
registration lists, and net of voting aud
tho personal freedom and security of
tho votor, us well against violence on
account of any vote he may intend to
give as against conspiracy bocauso of
any that lie may have already given."
li. This ordor, thon. Senator, being
thus in Ueliance ot this decision ot tho
supremo court without warrant in luw
or tho constitution, whut legal effect
can it have in binding good citizens
(Senator li. Upon mo it would havo
none. Jiutwccn tho decisions of tho
supremo court enlightening my sense
of duty us a citizen under a government
ol laws, and thu unwarranted and par
tisan order of un executive oficiul, 1
could not hesitate for a moment which
way my duty luy. I am as sure as 1
am of my existence lhat if J udge Tail's
order cun bo carried out in letter and
in spirit it will totally subvert our form
of govornmeiit, which I believe to bo
tho very soul ol our institutions, tho
shadow ol a nume. In my judgment
it will behoove all citizens who dosiro
to porputuato oursystem of government
to raise their voices in instant and
severe condemnation of this attempt,
unlawfully and dangerously to en largo
federal authority. All ofllciuls entrust
ed wilb Stato power should examine
this document of tbo Attorney General,
aud prepare to hold him and every
subordidulo who shall act under his in
structions, liable to tho laws of tho
Stato which they shall invade in its
exocution. While I cannot bclicvo
that ha will venture practically to en
force these monstrous assumptions of
powor, yet it will Do best that bo and
thoso who act under his authority
should boa confronted with tho results.
I view tho action of President Grant,
with his Secretaries of Wur, tho Navy
ami the Interior, and his Attorney
General, acting, as they ore represent
ed to hnvo done, in consultation and
concert with Sherman, tho General of
the army; Chambcrlin, tho Govornor
of ono ot tho States ; and Patterson, a
so-called Senator from South Carolina,
in no other light than as a conspiracy
to Invade the plainly rcscrvod right of
mo ciates to noid nco elections under
their own authority. If such attempts
escape public reprobation or if tho
pcoplo of all tho States remain blind to
their danger and permit themselves
carelossly or wilfully to be led by their
votes into maintaining In power nnd
parly so led and so sustained, my hopo
of constitutional liberty on this conti
nent will havo fled.
DEATH OF ETHAN ALLES.
This famous bono died full ot years
and honors at Lawrence, Kansas, on
Sunday, tlio 10th inst., at the ago of
Zl. llo was bred by tho lato Sir. Joel
Halcomb, at TicondcrognJn this State,
and it was said that lie was got by
Hill's Black Hawk. This, however,
has often been disputed. His dam was
a little gray mare, reputed to have been
of Messenger descent. Her son, Kthau
Alton, did not resemble the known de
scendants of Messenger at all. IIo was
unlike them in size and thnpo, and
though no nail great speed and hcuuti
fill action he hud powerful and deter
mined runners liko such as Socks and
Charlotte I-', to take tho weight and
pull him along. In tho great match
between him aud Georgo Wilkes at tho
Fashion Course, when tho latter prac
tically ironed nis nrst raco, r.llian had
the toot of him at the beginning of tbo
heats, but was unable to maintain the
naco, nnd was beaten in straight heats.
Kthan Allon was a natural trotter, and
fast when young. IIo boat i!oso of
Washington when they wore four
yenrs old, though Smith llnrr protests
to this day that ho was fivo. IIo trav
eled much and trotted many races.
Mr. Malcomb took him as far as Now
Orleans. Hu was tho first as well as
tho greatest of thoso who havo trotted
very fast in doublo harnes, aided by a
runner. Ho and Socks had several
races with F'lora Temple, and it was
after ono of them thai some jacks in
oflico seized tho mare on Long Island
and tried to havo her confiscated, upon
tbo pretense that her owner, Mr. Win.
MacHunuld, of Daltimore, was a rebel.
Thut was tho Inst of her races, and she
was then perfectly sound, full of tire
and vigor, und just in her primo. The
thoroughbred mare Charlotte r. was
Kthau Allen's mato in double harness
liir years. Dan -Mace had bought her
of Dr. Weldun when she was miserably
out of condition, and wo must do Dan
iel the justice to say that ho soon got
her right. Tho next lime Kph Snedi
ker saw bor he did not know her and
protested that it wus not Charlotlo F.
liy intimate association with Kthau,
and through much jogging with him,
tho thoroughbred niaro learned to trot
and liked it. Sho was very strong,
though bloodlike, and whon Mace had
young Pocahontas in tho soma stablo
it wus hard to say which ot tlio young
mares was the most beautiful. Charlotte
F, had nothing liko first rate speed at a
trot. Her best rate was not much
bettor than threo minutes, but she
could keep on all day, nnd Mitoe offer
ed to back her to trot fifteen, sixteen
and seventeen hours to a wagon. She
und Kthau retired, nnd being then
joined in tho bands of matrimony they
produced several lino loul, nil ol them
nut unit trotters. I'.t ban's greatest per
formance with a runner wus on the
Fashion Course, when tho incomparn
bio Dexter made them go in 2:15 and
2:l(i. In that second beat Dexter, car
ried to tho outside, showed tho perfec
tion of trotting, anil if tho rules had
been all idly administered ho would
havo got the heat Kthsn was obliged
to run as well as his mate to head tho
king ol tho trotters. The vast multi
tude did not notico It, and tho judges
could not see It, by reason of tho densi
ty ol tho orowd ; but old trotting men,
such as John Doty, Captain ltyndurs,
etc., know that it was so. On thut
duy, although beaten by tho composilo
team, Pexter made, tnko it for all iu
all, the best pcrlormanco of which tho
American tnd tor has yet been found'
capable Kthan Allon was vory tuo.
eessfnl as a stallion, and whon bo had
frood mares his progeny showed no
ark of game and resolution. New
York Nportman.
MUSK, AMIiERCIRlS AND SAF
FRON. Musk arrives in its natural condi
tion iu small pouches, packed tins or
ciwmw, uuu oiteu iiumuiy auuituruieu.
jrownngni fictitious musk is niso sont
to tho this country, tho emptied pouch
es being retlllod with abominable trash
concocted for purposes of fraud by tho
"Jieatncn Luinco,' and other child
liko Orientuls. A great quantity of
genuino musk, however, comes from
Toqnin, from Control Asia and from
tho Indian Archipelago. Tho extra
ordinary permanenco of this perfumo
is well known. A handkerchief onco
scented w ith it may bo washed a doz
en times and stoied away fur several
yenrs, but when token out the scent
ol the musk deer "will cling to it still,
and displuy tho power falsely ascribed
to the rose. Other instances of tho
enduranco of musk might be given
such as tho famous ono of tho apart
ments of tho Kmprcss Josophinu at
Malmaison, from which no quuulity of
scrubbing, painting, and lumigating
could removo tuo subtle, penetrating
odor.
Ambergris, of which sundry tins are
for sule, Is another curious animal pro
duct, a secretion of tho sperm wbulo,
still known as perfumo, and sold at a
largo price in Mincing Lane, but much
fullen from its meditcvul celebrity as a
condiment. Wo do not much cure for
dishes "drenched with ambergris"
tru tiles being good enough lor the
gourmands of these degenerate days.
Saffron, too, has fallen from its high
estate, and is no longer prized as of
old as medicine, condiment, perfumo,
or uyo. in tlio good old time suttron
and almond mink wore tho sheet on
chore of tho "master cooks," of such
luxurious monarchs as our liichurd
II: but except in bouillabaisse and
baba cakes, saffron is now rarely mot
with on our tables. So highly was it
esteemed in tho middle ages that tre
mendous edicts wero fiilminuted
against thosophisticatorsof thcpopular
condiment, in Uermony notably in
Nuremberg a Satrnnschan or saffron
inspection was established, and adul
terated goods, whether holdun "know
ingly" or not, wore burned, together
with tuo proprietors. At ono timo it
was largely cultivated around SafTrrin
vt alclcn in r.ssex.
AN ACTOR NOT IX THE HILLS.
Tho owner of tho dog told mo tho
story, and 1 deem it well worth re
pealing. The animal was a pure New.
ioundluud, and brought up to care for
Ins master and Ins masters family;
but, liko his noblo species, it was his
wont to care lor everything that real
ly needed and deserved his rare. Ono
evening tho gentleman went to tho
theatre, silling in his pnvalo box, and
taking his favorite dog w ith him. In
tho courso of tho drama, which verged
slightly upon tho sensational, tho stage
became tho scene ot a norce strugglo
between a mother and two "dark vis-
aged ruffians" for the possession of a
littlo child. One of tho ruffians hud
trraopod tho women', shoulders from
behind, and the other was about to
tear tho child lrom her frantic grasp,
whon a new nnd unoxiicctod actor ap
peared on tbo stage. Good Neptune,
from his master's box, had seen about
all of that kind of work he cared to
see, and had evidently only boon wait
ing fur good mon, whore there appear
ed so many, to hasten to the rescue;
but when ho saw too rullian s bunds
upon tho child ho cleared tho railing
of tho box at a bound, and lighted on
tho stnge, nnd at tuo first onset bo
lnirly knocked tho last mentioned
"heavy man'' off his pins, thus setting
free tho child. His next attention wus
bestowed upon ruffian number two.
whom ho was dragging down upon
tho stage, when the scene shifters and
property men came to tho rescue llut
not until tho owner of tho dog had
como upon tho stngo, and tho two ruf
fians had left tho mother and child in
poaco, could tho noblo animal be sub
dued. Tbe gentleman of tho box tried
to explain to tbo andienco, but there
was no need. They understood fully,
and tho noblo Newfoundland received
round after round of applause
FIFTEEN HUNDRED FEET
UKDER GROUAD.
It lakos only fivo minutes. Yon step
on tho stage and tbo hand thnt guides
the Titan at tho surfheo touches tbo
reins ol his black monster and you aro
plunged into tho gloom. Tho cago
stops and yon aro more than a quarter
of a milo below tho busy city; from
the dusty highway you have stepped
into the world's grandest treasure
houso; you have passed from tho
temperato to the tropical r.ono in a
minute you are in tho Bonanza.
It is no littlo thing to work a mine
1,500 foot below the surface. True,
thorenro broad avenues ; broad timbers
which, liko Atlas, seem competent to
support a world ; there are engines at
work and cars running; but every
glimpse of the men reveals the exertion
nocessnry to keep up this conflict with
tho spirits thnt guard tho buried treas
ure below. Tho men are stripped to
tho waist, thoso bruwncy dclvcrs,with
perspiration bursting from every poro.
It looks pleasant down thero in tho
mimio streets nnd under tho lantern's
glare; but before these streets wero
opened thero was in the stifling air a
work performed that cannot bo calcu
lated. Picks were swunir. drills wero
struck, powder was burned, men faint
ed ami lull in their places, but tho work
wont on. So it will proceed in tbo
future, until, probably, after another
sixteen years, they will bo working 3,
000 feet below tho surface Virginia
senimei.
How They Married in '70. A
hundred years ago a Virginia hello was
not to bo won without a foolscap and
red-tape. This was tho cerlificato
which tho brido had to sign before her
lover could get a marriugo license :
"The bearer hereof has my permission
to procure lrom tlio authority tlio
necessary credentiuls,which shall duly
and honorably merit my attention in
tlio support or my affections, to con
tinue through the end of all things,
which shall reflect evorr rnv of honor
nsoribublo to so resplendent an element
or sentiment of my right mind, and
wmcn snail heiicelortii bo strictly ad
hered to tho proper form, at mv instant
and his Importunity, in the making
valid all things pertaining to the stream
of my desire to become his partner in
the vigor of my youth, in the morning
of affections, properly directed to the
momentous obligation ol conjugal em
braces In ondloss felicity. In witness
to tho above 1 have hereunto," etc.
ti eaii
A young lady boasting that the choir
of tho church which sho visitod was
unusually good,hor mischievous brother
called out: "I say, Bis; Is your quire
foolscap?" "No," she indignantly re
sponded, "it is a paid quartette." "Oh,"
said torn, "thon it is commercial note."
"INJUNS ABOUT."
On the 1,1th Gon. Crook, had two
fights with tho Sioux on Orol Crook,
Dakota.
A hand of about 100 braves was tur
prised at dawn, their village destroyed
and their mnios captured uy a detach
ment of tho Third Cavalry under Col.
Anson Mills. Tbo main column, under
Gonoral Crook, overtook tho troops in
advance about noon, and about three
o'clock it was attackod by Indians be
longing to tho neighboring village,
numbering about 5011.
Ono soldier and ono scout wore kill
ed in tho engagomont and eight soldiers
wounded, onout whom died this morn
ing. Ahoutforly Sioux wero killed and
twonty-one woro made captivoa.
UNEXPECTED POOD POB TUE TROOPS. ,
Tbe pack train was led into the vil-
lugo and loaded with 0,000 pounds of
orieu meats anu iruits lound there.
Tho lodges woro full ot splendid robes,
bead work, doer and elk skins, guns,
ammunition, saddles, etc., eto. liut
trophies of far more significance wero
thero. Colonel Mills took from a lodgo
tho guidon of Custer's cavalry.
Tho overcoat of a slaughtered ofllcor
ol tho Sovontb cavalry wat found, and
scvSYul saddle of troopers killed on
the Littlo Horn, while tbe horses in
the herd bore tbe mark of tho devotod
regiment. Captain Jack killed and
scalped au Indian a mile from the col
umn during tho engagement.
Captured Indians say Hitting Bull
has crossed tbo Yollowsluno and that
tho other bands aro returning to tho
agencies. Tho captured horses have
been distributed among persons on
guged in tho capture of tho village.
Ono formorly belonging to Custor's
cavalry fell to your correspondent.
Tho wounded aro doing wolf. They
aro carried on uiulo litters furnished
with captured furs and blankets.
Tho Uluck Hills arc infested by
strong bands of armed Sioux and mur
dors are ol daily occurrence. At Ha
pid City within tho paBt two weeks five
whito men havo bean killed and great
numbors of horses stolon. A party of
citizens pursued tho Indians and killed
ono, losing one of their own number.
Tho war of savage life aud civiliza
tion is at its hoightin thcso mountains.
and its nature is horribly desperate.
Citizens do not limit tho irrovengo to
an imitation of the Indian custom of
scalping, but when they kill a Bioux
they cut off his head, exhibit and sell
it at auction.
SELF-SACRIFICING.
This is a truo story. The happy cir
cumstances occurred on lost Sunday
evening. IIo escorted her to and from
church, and upon arriving ut her homo
their discussion of tho sermon and the
extremo heat suggested an invitation,
readily accepted by Charles, that they
step into the house and partuko of a
cooling glass of lemonade Sho led
him to the dining room, and thero
found naughty brother Bun about to
squoeze tho last lemon in the house for
his own individual benefit I Calling
him asido she induced lien by sundry
throats nndromiHcs, to dissect that
lemon and make Charlio and herself a
glass. A self-sacrificing thought struck
her I "No, Hen," said she, "put tho
juice of tho whole lomon into Charlie's
glass and bring mo a gloss of water,
llo won't notice it thero is no light in
tho porlorl"
lton was making ono good strong
lemonade, as directed, when Charlio
quietly slipped out and remarked : "I
soy, Ben I put tho juice of the entire
lemon in your sister's glass and bring
mo somo ico water there is no light
in tho parlor and sho won't notice it 1"
Den's forto is in obeying orders.
With a merry twinkle in his eye bo
drank the lemonade, thon carried them
each a glass of water.whicb they drank
with much apparent relish, asking each
othor between sips, "if it was swcot
onoughl" And naughty brother lien
with tbo taste ot that lemonade in bis
month, stood in tho hall and laughing
till his sides ached, to hear tbem assure
each other that it was "just right I so
paiuuihio and so roiresbing 1"
Wheat Chop op 1876. The wheat
crop in Kansas is now sufficiently se
cured to warrant a reasonable estimato
of the yield. From our exchanges,
and from all other sources within our
reach, wo gather that the acreage for
tho current year is at least 33 percent.
greater than last year, and that tho
yield per aero will bo somewhat larger.
The cold, wet spring, which has re
tarded tho growth ot spring crops, bus
been pcculiurly favorable, for wheat,
and tho unanimous verdict is that tho
berry is larger than over before raised
in this country. In somo instances it
is so lull us to cause considerable wasto
in harvesting. Tbo crop of 1875 was
nearly thirteen and a quurter millions
of bushels. We think it porfectly safo
to estimato tho crop of the Centennial
yoar at twonty millions. 1 he farmers
ot tho State are just beginning to re-
nlize the fact that they havo the best
soil and climato in the world for wheat,
and that fortunes can be rapidly ac
quired by raising it. The Texas steer
it no longer Kingol Kansas. Tbe com
mon senso ol tho people has decided
that tho poorest use to which our rich
lands can bo put is to pasture them.
Tho wheat crop of tlio Plato increased
from two millions in 1870 to thirteen
millions in 1875, notwithstanding tho
unusual discouragements of two out ot
tho fivo years. Wo predict that wo
shall produco ono hundred million
bushels ot wheat in 1880.
Horticulturists and economists havo
tor years been warning us thut at our
present rato of consumption a few years
would sco our forests entirely cut off,
while wo wero mnking no effort to re
pluco them. Statistics show us that
everywhere this destruction has pro
duced climato changes unlnvornblo to
health and to agriculture, and yet wo
havo gono on stripping hillsides and
plains of valuable limber, entirely rock
less of tho future. Somo few of tho
Western States, on whoso vast prairies
the absenco of trees brings tho subject
more sharply into notico, havo mado
an effort by salutary onactmonts to re
place tho timber they have cut down,
but this is a small offset to tho thou
sands of noblo trees that have been
wantonly destroyed merely to cloar
the ground.
A negro who stalo threo watches in
Omaha, Nob., Inst week, was pursued
by a plucky policeman to tho bank of
tho Missouri river. Pulling off coat and
shoes, ho jumped into tho wator and
struck out for tho other shore. Tho
policeman, who was quite a good swim
mer, took tho precaution to divest
himself of every stitch ol clothing, and
then plunge into tho swift and danger
ous stream. Tho men met in the mid
dle of tho river, and the thiol swore ho
would rather drown than be arrested.
Aftor wrestling in tho water and duck
ing each olhor, they struck out for tho
shore, but the thief sank before ho
reached it.
An Indiana youngster was reciting
her Sunday School lesson, which was
about Solomon and tho (juocn of Shcba.
" W bat did tho Queen bring toSolomon?"
asked the teacher. "Costly gifts, was
the answer. "What did Solomon show
her?" "His wisdom and his breeches,"
was the startling reply. Tho answer
ou tho paper read : "His wisdom and
his itches.
A Western man moves that the
hickory trej be made an emblem of
the United States, as the oak is of Eng
land and laurii af Grccco.
Kneland has waced firrtv-nlno wan
since 1300 ; F'ranoe, thirty-eight ; Rus
sia, twenty-two; Austria, twelve; and
1 russia eight. ,