I . nHIMII ITBI IIHIIW, i
OOODUNDER & LEE,
' ." 0LMAHFIXL1I, PA.
BIT IH.I4HHD IB ISS1.
Tue largwe CkreedaUaa af eat Kewtpapar
In Bank Central Ptantylyaala.
Termi of BnbioriptioB.
!
, (Ml
, t SO
, oo
If paid la adraaae, ar within moata,.
U ka UUI aaa uoiore e aBtu
If paid altar ike uplralloa f awalki.
Bates oi Advertising.
Tranilent ndTartlaeraaata, par if uaraaf II llaator
'OBI, I tlinoa of Ihi $1
fur eaob eabiotueal laaertloa..
Admialatratoro'and Bieeuurl'notleae- t 60
Aadltera' notieoe. ....
Caatloai and Kitrnya. 1
flieeolution nntleee
Profeaitonal Car da. llnel M rata,! year,... U
Leea! nolleei, par lint-.. I
YEARLY ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 a-Ura.... ia 00 I toluoia.. ,.So 00
1 ,ara......lS 00 1 eolomu. ... TO 00
1 auaraa. wtu 01 I I ooloran.... 120 00
0. B. 600PLANDBR,
NOEL B. LEE,
Publlihtn.
JimriCRti cowhtahliw vkk
We haee printed a targa a umber af the at
FBI BILL, and will on tba raaalpl af twaaty.
Sow Aenlo. mar) a ewna In ney adaeeee. ' met"
, : H. W. SMITH,
ATTORNET-ATtIjAW,"
11:1:75 rirld. Pa.
"' J . J . LI NG L E,
ATTORNET-AT-LAW,
1:11 Ptilllptburg, I antra fa.. Pa. y:pd
Q. R. 4. W. BARRETT,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
clkartif1.d, pa. '
January III. I7s. .
ISRAEL TE8T,
A TTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
eVOfiiee la Ihe Caart Uouee. (Jyll,'T
W C ARNOLD,
I, AW A COLLECTION OFFICE,
f ... ' CCKWENSVILLR,
Clearteht ConUr, Poaa'a. tij
g T. BROCK BANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' CLEARFIELD, PA.
Offloa la Court llouie. ap aMf-ly
WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OSW t:t,t dvr rtl of n'ritara Hotel LniMluf.
oLiiopitr t'oart HoaM.
..L.VJJ. CLL'AltrlKLD,
, PA.
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAVT,
Clrarfleld. Pa.
Will attend ta all baainai aulraotad to btaj
noiflptlj and fitthfullj. ' Janl'T
ILI.IAM . WALLara.
a mar r. aaLLA.-a.
DATia a. aaaia.
iotia w. waiat-ar.
WALLACE & KREBS,
A T T O li N B T 8 - A T - L A W ,
jDl'7T t'lrartleld, F.
10. H. Ul iflAT. CThm (tlH.II.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORN EY8 AT LAW,
CLXAKFlb'LI), PA.
p0 Otoa la I'ia't Ufivra lloaM, aaenad Boor.
HilU'7
CHAKLE3 0. LEIDY,
ATTURNKY-AT LAW,1 ' .
0. ola Mill, rimlldj Co , fa.
LJ Uatnau of all llti-l. atlanJod to. Par
lioular atttatiaa paid 10 the pnteariaa if hoanliaf,
raa.tana, Ar. 1 1
Nor m, i7l ly. - n
lo.era a. u'f kallt. CANtBt. w. a'eranr.
McENALLY & MoOURDY, -ATTOKNKY8-AT-LAW.
ClMrAU P
f&-LH kaatnttiattiodtd to pruntptlv withj
1 Xf 'My, ofico un 8wtod itml, obovo iho Fint
XatiituirU bonk. Js:li7
wu. m. Bttvru.inoa. p . r.t. iu urn
Mt ClLLOlttll CI Civ.
ATTORXEVS-AT-L.Vn,
( leartteld. Pa.
All li-tal buiae.i promptly atteaded ti. OSea
-n aeoB-l Iti', la Ibe Maltnnke holldinf.
Jni!!'7t. ,
A.G.KRAMER,
A T T O R N E V - A T - L A W ,
' ' Real CrUte and Collaetlna Ageat,
VEAKFIELI), r
Will proaipllj attaad ta all legal kmlaaaa aa
Iraatad lo bia aaro. . , -
. TOIteaia Pla'aOpara Houm. Jaol';l.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
lud Real Kataia Areiit. ClearHeld, Pa.
OKoa ob Tblrd atraat, batCbarrj A Walnut.
gatr Keapaetfairt affara bli aaretoaa ia aalltng
and baylag land la Claarlald aaa aujotning
BMintlea Bad with aa aipartanoe oi over twenti
y.ari aa a aatr.T.r, laltua klatKBll that ha aaa
r.na.r tatlif.oilon.' ' If eh H.'.vtf,
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
' , ,, HJTUKRSBURU, PA. . ,
Will attend irofea'ioaal oalU proaiptli. augl0'70
' - 1 ; rr
: DR. T. J. BOYER, .K",
tHYSICUN AND SURG KON,
Ufioo m Market rkroot, CtoriM. Fa.
0Se hoorii I to IS tv m , n4 1 ty I f. m.
, , .
D
R E. M. SCIIECRER,
UOMttOl'ATLHC 1'UYSlCIAK.
OBae la mid, are aa fitat at.
April M,l". Cleaeleld, Pa.
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
Cl-KAHflliLO. PaCNN'A.
OFFICE IN MAKONICBI'ILUINO.
pf Ot,o hoara-rroaa li ta t P. at.
Uar , IM.
DR.'J. P. BURCH FIELD.
Late Snrgaoa Of tbo B3d Raglnf bt. FoaniylTaMa
Volaatoora, having rota rood froia tbo Amy,
offon bit profoaalooal aorvleoi tboeltlwai
of CUarAald ooaaty.
-Profaiiloallll profcpUy BtUsdol to.
Odoo on Hoooad troot, foraorlyoeeapkoa bj
Dr. Wood. , ttP'Vftt l.
WILLIAM M. HKXKT, Jihtick
or vat Pauca ap Kcutmii, LUUDKR
OITT. Cvllwtloai aado and kabj proaaptry
paid oror. Artie ki ol agrooiaoBt aid dod ol
oontoyanoo arLiy otweul an 4 waraatM eor
rK of a rbaro. I-Uy'1!
RKCD 1 HAGEUTT, ,
MaiLBBB IB
HARDWARE, FARM IMPLEMENTS,
Tluwara. Walls w ,
oaoad Rareat, Clear. W, Pa.
JAME8 H. LYTLE,
a krataer-a rralldlag, rirarteld, Pa.
lanW ra lleaenUo, PrMiakma, Vegetahloa,
i rraita, naar, aoaa, ata aaa,
aprUtk.lt
nARRT 8NTDER,
RARRER ANU lAlRbRaWaR
Rbep oa Market "I., appoelta Coart Hoaaa.
A eleaa towel for oeara aartnawr.
Alaa aaaafaetartr af
All atlada af Artareaw ha Haaaaa Hair.
Cwaia4d, Fa. aaa, It, 'It.
JOUN A. BTADLER, - '
RAKER, Marital IH., CharteW, Pa.
tik Omd, taak, R.dla, Put a ad Oaka.
aa head ae aiada la aider. A g .natal eeaeetaaeal
oa rvaitoueaariea; Vtaria aBea paaa aa aaaot
loa Oreo a. aai Bjaliil aa laaiaa. laiorta
opaeaaia la Paataaoa. PrbMa ataeViala.
iaarah la-'te
g,,,, i . , . - -J. B g
r n i ,v.;. .. J . . , ... . ., ...... 4i . l')"'7Pi "TO.
GEO. B. G00DLANDER, Proprietor.
VOL 52-WHOLE NO.
Cards.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
' J Xnitiet of tht Fckc and Scrlfeotr,
Cvrwemvlll, Pa
k M,0iIInImi m.U.iiT'i
pal) nt. 1
otny nrnpt.jr
RICHARD HUGHES,
JCSTICE OF TUB PEACE "
Dtcatur Totrnihlpf
Omou Mini f. n. -
All oftel-v) iilnii ntrtt4 lo him ftlll
protDtt)y Rtuniltid Ut. moli 29, 7H.
THOMAS H. FORCEEr
1 1, i .i ,( iiim m - i, ! . Ii
HF.NKRAL meucuandi.sk.
, (iRAUAMTflN, Pa.
Alaa, aiuaalra aiaaafaatarar and daalar In flquara
TmboT and 8aad Lambarof all kiada.
AM-Ordart anllrltad and all Lllla Jiromptlj
aiiad. jyion
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
i Hanger,
4'learHrld, Prliu'a.
'aWill alautr jobi la hlfl lint pri.motl; and
la a worknaallk taaiinar. r,tl
. Q. H. HALL, ?
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLRAI1PIKLD, PKNN'A.
ffVPampa alwara on band and nada to order
en .hmi notteo. Pine, bored on roaionahla terma.
All work warranted pn render eati.faotion, and
dallearrd II daeired. aijlitlrpd ,
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,'
Dial LI HI 111 i
SQUARE TIMBER,
kid Uannaittftarvr of
ALT KIND OF IAH KI) I t MHKH.
8 -J'TJ CI.K4RFIKLD, PENN'A.
JAS.
B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Real Estate, Square Timber, Beards,
SHIMiLKS, LATH, A PIl'KKTS,
t:IO'73 Cleardald, Pa,
WARREN THORN,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKKlt,
Market tn ( l arliald. Pa. t .
In tba flhnp Ifiei oeeapled Bj Fmr.k Itfaurt,
ana dojr we.t of Allegbaa Uobm. .
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, tnVTRACTOR and III ILDKB.
Planl and Pperlfleatlun. furnished for all kind,
of building. All work Hrll elaiu. 'Stair built
tog a .petlellr.
P. O. addrm, Clearadd, V. Jan.n-TIlf.
JAMES MITCHELL,
nr.ALaa la
Square Timber & Timber LnndH,
j.tru clkakpikld. pa
JTlT. MTMuTlUAY
WILL 8UCI LY VOl' WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF AlKRUHANblHK AT THE VERY LOWFT
PRICE. COME AM) 8KK. , (1::-;0
NEW , WASHINGTON.
WEAVER 4. BETTS,
Real Esta'e, Square Timb r,Saw Legs,
AND LLMtJPKOF ALL KINDS.
,flHr-Offl''o oo Hooa.ad ttroot, la roar of itoro
ruoio of HecrK W.ror A C . ( Jantr. '78-tf.
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
. . ABO tlBALBB IB '
Hnw.lMgn aud Iuiubor,!
CLEARFIELD, PA.'
Odea in tlrakam'a Row. . ,' 11:11
S.I.SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKXK
ABB nBALKB IN
L Watohea, Clocko and Jewelry,
OroAaa'a Aoia, ifartal Html,
fl.F.ARHF.LD, PA.
Alt kinda of repairing ia R17 liaa promptla at
adad to. April 2a, 1074.
NEW BOOT AjWSHOE SHOP.
Tho undtwlgued would Inform thi publlo that1
bo bai rrnorad bio Hoot aud 8 ho 8 hop to tho
rt'QB. latfly onnoplod bf Jot. Deartng. tn Khaw'a
Row, Marktt itroot, wbrro ha It prop rod to at
toad o tho wdU of ail who aeod anything in bli
liB. All work dunt by bit will o( tba ht
lualorlal, and guarauttro j Ut bo Grot-olaM iu tt'ty
rnpfft. Repairing promptly at Undid to. AH
kinda of IialbT aiid $ho Finding! f r pa'
JiiHN 8UIIIKFKIU
Clr..rlit Pa , July IS, lH7T-in.
Clearfield Nursery..
ENCOUUAGK HOME IXUUHTRY.
1'HE aoderlgBed, baring a.tnhll.hefl a Nur
aery aa the 'Plkw, al.nut half way belwe.B
Cleaiaeldaod Carwi-nerille, ia nre.re.l to lor.
nleb all kind, of fRLIT Till K-l, l.lanjotj aad
dwarf.) Evergreeae, HbraMwrT, drone Vina.,
lioe.aneerf, Lnwtea 'Hlaekberfy, aitnwt.rrrp,
aad Haapbarey Viaea. A au. Hiberiaa Crah Tret..,
CiBiaee, aad early aaa rial kbabarh, At. Ordera
proai.tlji attendwl to. . Ad.lre.a,
, , , 4. u w niuu j,
aepIO ! Carwen.vllle, I'a.
ANDREW HARWICK,
Market atraet, I loarBcld. Pa., '
BtarrAerraraANpaaALaaiN
HARNKKfl, a tHDLL", ItRlllLFJ, fuMAliS,
aad all kinda af
H0K3K rVKXlSHlSII oOfM '
A lull atocb of Haddlera' Uardaara, Rraaka',
Ooatba, Rlaaketa, Roaaa, ata., alwaya na bead
and for eaJe at the loweel aajb prtoea. AU kiada
of repairtag piouptly alleodad aa.
All ainoa l biaaa takea la axraanga tfr nar.
noea and rei.alttng. All kiada of baraeee Uatbar
kept oa hand, and for aale at a iniall proAL
tie
leerteld, Jan. It, 117
, E. WARING'S ;
LAW BLANKS
lot tale at aaa Cleartald RasiatieAB oBet.
The Mtl Comylrte KeriiB mfLatr
Ulanks publlthtd. .
Tkeea rllaaka art go. lea ap la aapertor elele,
era of aanforai tlao, aad farniehod al etry low
gwrat far eaek.
Call at Ika RrrvatlrAB oCfO aad eaaMia
laeak Oidoea by aS proaiptlT tiled
Addeea. . teOOUkARtiER LEE,
Jal;. IMI U. , Clearatld Pa.
JOHN TROUTMAN,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
91 ATT It ERftEM, '
AND
Improved Spring Beds,
MARKET STREET, NEAR P.O.
fha aaderelgntd baga leaea to laforat tba till
aaae of Cloarleld. aad tba awbllt ffeoeroilT. thai
no Bad en band a laa aaaartaaaait of Earaiiara,
aaeb aa Walaat, Ckeataal aad Paialod Cbaaibet
gollea, Parlor HnMaa, Reellelag aad EiUnekia
Ckarrt, LadW awd Sewte tuj Chain, tba Per.
rotated UlaHa aad Pareat Okaira, Saao Roau aad
Watdae aaieai Caeakaa aWa, Slew aard Hum.
Mas La die it, Hal Raaka, arakbaag traakoa, At
ator;u()i ao picrcaa j-rahpj,
not bag tiamta, Oaeaawa, t arblak wwaU
palmeae let llalalat areata 'A
dMltH AlNST TROJ'TM A
2,562.
IF WC KNEW. ,
If knew wbro walking thought It j
Ttiroufth lh rorJid noiiy my,
Tlit oui pMrl oT woiidrwut whiteneii
CIom bende our pub way Uy ;
Wd woald pkut, when bow w bntn,
W wuuld oftttt tnolt alNmnd. -
Ltal iir cirflWM Itet thould trmt '
Bom tnr JH In ih (round, -
, If hctw vhftt form wtf IftlBtiod
. For lb hadt that waibuald fling.
If wo hkw bt IIb wn porehing
For thi witf w tbotjld briug,
Wo wutild bl witb 3r fiolalapf,
Wo wuold work with willing htodi.
, Dcarlng oupt of eoollng wator, ,i
fUsiiiig rowi of ibadiog pultun.
I If we ktew whoo ftindi araind hi.
II
j (J Cltipri ld to y HWLt tJf, ii
Whirb atut.UK mo npi 101 ui,
Firlt ihoald 'nooib the aUj Ho (
, , Wo would olwp r oro orond tbooj,
. aobifts 00 ifaou ibroutth r tort
lendtr wurda oi lovo oltroo.
, Wo wooJd wb.cptr lo their ert.
If wo kru-w ihut Htm or daiktfDrJ
11; auuio ibuugUllMJ w rl: uf frHrJ, ,
hicb bad ivtr Ui anong tbum L,
t Liko tlio froit amoBg tbt flowers,
UbJ with wbt linefirt rrptntiBg.
Witb niiai-anguiob oi rvgrrl. ,
. Wiiilf our cyl wrro ovfrflowinK, ,
Would mv cryforjin, forytt, ,
If wo Lbcw alu! rid do wo
Nor. r oaro of mk to kith w ' '
W bather bitttr borba or row,
la out wclKhbort' Rirdoo gTiwl
Ucd forffiTO BP, Irat hereafter,
Our brljt brfok to tror hiBt tar,
1 K'UM-itjpt fa.l), I novor kaow y,
Frnui uiy prt'tioo flto oway."
CuBiOiUBliialid.
RtjUALIilA TION OF TAXES.
Tito ( oimty CominiMsii)ni aiu fro.
quciitly mked "How di it oome
that thu liunltT iho tinica ate, tlio
liiybcr tho an't" I presume
tltia quotation ih not irotn ti J ko much
by a convieiion tlittt I lie tuxes are
really hiltor thn,lbey formerly were,
k liy I lie I'ut t tlittt tliu qiiehtintier
(liil It'.vj tA" mir iifJicHll to his
ttixt, wlielher llity be inoro or K
lliati tbej' were in nod Urrrr Uav
iti' htl an turtle a wi ll a an aido
veiti til'. 0iib n'ljcH, and bein ouauil
iltrira ihtti nuted T M that 1
i.fn jneltffid In JjiinK o puUin almwei'
to a qtientini oi iiiiblie inui'eMt. Tax-
ntinii in at all tittiex a burden, but it ia
a "nwufaarr evil, anil miiHt bo borne
as iutienliy ax pofxibly. So lon n
WKiety exiala it bua a iV'ht to protect
ilaelf, anil to lli is end gnrernmeiitH are
nteeesary. (inYetnuieiits, statu, conn
ly or iniiiiieipal, eauiiot be organized
mid tiilniinietered wilhout revenue, and
itiix numl be derived Irotn the proper
ty ol Ilia tiliieiis. Rut tliono who ad-
mlniitUtr llie (overhmenthotild see to
it Unit thu luxit lor that purpose are
aKMfked equally, collected impartially,
and diabuiHed judiciously.
I. Are tbt ion n I) tuxes higher than
llicy wero in eood limeH? I'Luro arc
M'liio reH,,iivliy tliey ahoulil be an thu
lollowinjf coinparifon will show :
I
H77.
lis
I 110
tl.tTa'ai
11' 4 71
'fti'A:.
i
Nr. ofcrim'nl e-i.-i fntr'd
tiit. rom'trd tn 0. rlnn
runt ol tauiiiUuiV iriu er
Com'tb Oaitta pid by Co.
tlrarid A travfrM Jur'i fot"
fid
$2,eMl
til ..y
4.J0ll J4
$,n't"i)"v;
t'ou.,ar'veoV per.iMu C.
A. ol luiile lo. ua IhUI.
11
So it would appear thai tho harder
the times are the more it conta to re
aerve the peace. - '
11. Aretha titxea RHnetKied equally t
1 am compelled to answer in the neg
ative. One, reaHon n that the law on
the anbject ia defective.' Another in
that the law an it ia, i not complied
mlh. It is un unpleasant Tact to con
tcinplalo, but it i iiererthcletia true,
that the law a it atando, virtually ex
empt the rich, and throw the burden
ol taxation upon those leant noie to
bear it. I w ill mention a few exam-'
pltx. ,i The ri' h man may convert Inn
prueriy into government bond and
ew apo taxation entirely, or ho may
turn banker and pay nne per rent, on
Ida capital, or, under the law of April
4, IKort. ha may invent it in mortKagca
on real estate, and onpo taxation in
thai way. Thero aro aevcral oilier
waynthat (ho nutne thing may be ac
compliahod, but the above ia anflieient'
lo indicate my meaning VVir A'tcjuor
do noi (h Iheirduly. FtrBt, In refer
ence to State lax. On awutninK the
duties' ui thcitl (jfliio ,tluy obligate
themnelvea lo "uao their titmoat dili
l'ciji e and ability to discover and to-
certain all the properly wilhin their
diatricta, luko accurals account of lite
name, and bonenily and juHlly aaaeiu
and value all
property Bccorilinjf t
.1,,. Intro ttf tliia Piitnntnmvpitll h lltld'
the law directs tbein lo ' assess all
salaries and emoluments ot office,
all Diet Igagcs, money o mg by solvent I
debtors, articles of agreement and ac
cotinls bearing interest, ull i
household furniture above (300 value,
all ptnert and shores in any bunk,
all loans or iiivcotmciits, on interest,
buggies, carriages, watches, Ac.,
The Assessor then gas to Mr. "A,"
Who bastbc reputation of haV lug tnon
uy at JnteiiBt, bondn, fine luniiture,
watches, Ac, and itska Inm If he has
any such, and the prudent financier
blandly tells him that he has "just d is
posed of'lhe same." Thenbliging As
sessor then passes on (o Mr."u," who,
w ith nine children, aud two old horses,
is trying lo scratch a living out of a
hillside, and taithfully Jots driwn bolh
horsi a and the row that gives milk lor
tho poor man's children. That I may
not appear to do the Assessor injustice
T-nndi would not willingly do so I
refer to the Triennial assessment for
177. We find the whole value of
furniture and plate in'tho fnitity re
turned at 7,757.00-iG,lol.O0 of that
buing returned from Cleartiuld bur
ouch Ihe balance from Cnrwensvillc.
Now, who believes tliat there Is s
furniture outside 0) Clearfield and Cur
trtnsvillct Again, wo find but 91 gold
lever watches returned, and U of lliem
from Clearfield and Osceola borongbs,
and hut 47 from all the bulauco ol Ibe
county. We also find but 71 silver
lever watches, while 22 bOroagha and
townships, representing 4,660 taxables
and 18,000 population, do not return a
sinirle watcb of that kind, and only
Go of any kind only three watches to
township while one township of
1)02 taxables returns but two watchos,
and one of C0H taxables and about
2.500 inhabitants docs not return a ain
ele watch of aav kind.
Who ia so child like and bland" as
to believo for an instant that such fig'
area constitute a "true and correct no
tort, acrnnlinr In law f" Tho resell
of such assessment ia that tho county, I
In 1877, only received lu4.7V revenuo
from thai class of property, from which
the State lax Is supposed to be raited.
The State officials knowing thia lo bo
the rase, assessed thia county for Htnto
purposes 12,190 00 in tba lump. Now,
law requires that the Btale assessment
shall be paid at one out of tba funds
provided for tbat purpose, but if no
lands arw provided, then if gnnU 6c paid
out of any mtmiy in the 'J rrasur. , 8o
numbers ut about 11,646.21 las each
year taken oft" the luxuries ol hat and
added to the nw-tswtariea by Ihla sys
tem of negligent Rsssssment. )
Hrcond, As to county 1a. ' An un
founded, and It Mem 10 .Die a Iboliih
notion, is abroad tbat Lb lets ftuW
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1878.
lion the lew tax. This mlrilakcD idea
has (riven rise, to a (lornicioua ayatora
of valuation aa devoid ofmanlincaa aa
it is suicidal in practice. It consists
in giving property a fictitious valua
tion one-third, one fourth or onoHflb
its true valuo. Each Assessor seems
to imagine that through thia chican
ery Ail township will cseaiie with a
lilllt ta county tax than Lis neigh
bor's. Ho then makes bis return to
the Commissioners and says, "Ourpeo
plo are perfectly satisfied witb the as
sessment as it stands, but thov will
not be satieficd if you cbaogo il ' ut
terly Ignoring the fact that the law
compels tho County Commissioners by
path and under penalty of tine to
equalize and harmonize if possible those
illegal and wild assessments. (At the
last Triennial assessment farina in Bell
township wero valued at about their
full worth, and in Girard atabottt one
tenth of their value.) , Tho result of
the attempt of the Assessors to under
mine each other, is that the County
Commissioners, in equalizing assess
ments, reach n loic invrage for the coun
ty. They aro then compelled lo lay
an extra mill or two on aueb low val
uation in order ta raise auflicieut rcvo
nue todefray tho expenses of the coun
ty for tho next year. This brings the
Assessors just where they started.
Thoy have made endless trouble for
themselves, the Commissioners, collec
tors and taxpayers, and gained no ad
vantage alter all
Another ditliculty arines in the valu
ation of unsealed lands. Non-resident
owners of land are continually com.
plaining that their limber and coal
lands are taxed higher than farms ad
joining, and intimate that the Assess
ors are unjustly uiscrimmuling against
them.! Whether this is imo dr tint I
do not know, but it appeura to rue that
when a land owner will not look at
$100, or 911)0 per acre fur bid coal or
limber .lands, he ought not to complain
it'll isahscsseJ at twenty or lwutily-i
five dollars' per aero, especially tut l'"r
the twenty years preeoedinp tho' last
fire he paid almost no tax on the same
lands, and il is only simple justice that
he ia now called upon Lo pay his due
liroiiortion ol the county taxes. Hut
the fac t his taxes are onerous now to
i'.7if thry vert, causes him to threaten
lo strip the laud and then abandon il
to the county. .
There Is just one straight', honest
road out of all this dilllctilty, and that
is nssflif ectrylhing tit its aclunl valvci
Just what the law requires and thrn,
and hot until then, Kill the burden of tax
ation be borne rqnnlly. Tho writer ol
this has long deplored the evils of the j
present system, (or rather lack of sys-
I lem) and in his official capacity nsod
, his influence lo corrct tho wrongs
growing outol it, and would, if ho bad
the power, correct them at once...
ill, 'Aretha- taxci colheud Impar
tially?;' 'r.rcar-jhoi. ,, 3'axeJi.tii .this
comity', era A'oUvuleil under a, special
(U.Vaaaod. Jlarcb 1H, . liiTd, vtUick
makes -tr 1 tvaturrwr Collector,' and
obliges the Cunslablut, under a penal
ty ot lUty dollar, to collacl ali residue
after tbo Treasurer lias skimmed the
cream off. The trouble is that the'
Constables art) olico', responsible, per
notia, .aud aulhwn do iMK ollautllie
money', or else full''W Y it into the
Treasury when collected, and when
ihe county atlerriplM lo fiirce collec
tion, tlata Cotialablaa' bail is JlrtutJ Ae be
worthless, and thus the delinquent
taxpayer ollen escapes, throwing the
burden on him who dors pay. To
remedy this vi) tlt County Oommis
sipntra have petitioned hr Legislature
to repeal the special law iindef which
the taxeg in this county aro collected.
1Y. Arc tho county 1'utida raised by
taxation judteousiy disbursed 1 I con
fidently assert (hat thoy are. It has
been the aim of tho writer lo hold the
balance even between the man who
pays the taxes and him who proaenla
a claim upon tho Treasury. This has
ofleu proved a difflcutl, and de.ieate
iiislt. '1 regret lo be fnm pellet! lo day
that frequently bills of thu most extor
tionate and illegal character have been
presented for payment, persistently
pressed, and even legal aid sometimes
called in to carry tho point., i Under
these ointimstances the Commission
ers have been obliged to closely seru
finite all bills presented, and frequent
ly incur thu displeusuru of the parties
presenting tbum by culling them down
In lawful and reasonable limits. This
" probably been done lo Ihe extent
of IvVolitjMlvo per cent, ol tbo total
amount ol bills preswi.lvd, and has been
" """-'h complaint, bnt l ie
" " "-"" ' " .w.j
and believe lhal the taxpayers wilt
sustain their uelion. ' .
'Any extended remarks, however,
n this lauini.are nut mtussary, as the
County Auditor have passed upon
this subject and published their report,
w lulu uiu Commissioners comment ly
offer in comparison with that of any
oilier county in iho Slate.
Kocoirtnzinif uie riutit ol In tax-
paver' tu Uk the riutsiioh ti tlfb head
ol this article, I have tried lo uuswur
it candidly, and trust 1 bavo done so
satisfactorily. . JIauius Uoovr.H.
Clbarpiki.d, r., .March 4, ltjiH.
'AFFSCT1X0 SCEiK i.V A
.SALOO.X.
'One aftornoondn tho month ol June,
1870, a ludy In deep mourning, followed
br a little child, entered ono of tho
fashionable snlmins in ihe city of N .''
The writer happened to bo passing at
tho time, and prompted by curiousity,
followed ber in to sco what would en
sue. Stepping np to the bar, and ad
dressing tho proprietor, she said ;
, "Hir, can you assist ine ? I have no
home, no friends, and am not able to
work."
lie glanced at ber and thou at the
cb i Id; with a mingled look ot curiosity
aud nltv. Evidently he was much sur
prised lo see a woman in such a pluce,
begging, but, without asking any ques
tions, gava her come change, jiud turn,
ihi to those present, ho said '
"Gentlemen, hero is a lady in dis
tress. Can't aonie of yon help her a
IHUo."', ; i 1 , ,
Thoy chcertnlly acecedetl lo the re
quest, and toon a purso of two dollars
was made un anil put into ner nanu.
"iladaai, said; the gentleman who
gave herthertioney, "why do yon come
lo a saloon T It isn't a proper place
for a lady, and why aro you driven tn
soeb a step V ,
"Hir," said ths lady, "I know It isn't
proper place tor a lady lo be in , and you
ask nie why I am driven to such a step.
I will tell you, jn one short word,"
pointing to a kotllu behind theoountor
labelled "whisky," Ibat is what
brought ne here whisky. Iwasonoe
bappy and surrounded with all the
luxuries wealth could produce, with a
fond, indulgent buabantt. ' Hut in an
evil hour be was tempted, and not pisv
sessing iho will to resist tho tempta
tion, Ml, and in on thort year my
dream of happiness) was over, tnj liotne
rat forever desolate, and the kind huw
band, and toe wealth tbat soma called
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
mino, lost lost, never to return ; and
all by the accursed wino oup. You sco
before you only tho wreck of my form
or self, homeless and friendless, with
nothing left mo in Ibis world but this
littlo child ;' and weeping bitterly, she
affectionately caressed the golden curls
that shaded a face of oxquisit loveli
ness. Regaining bcr rcposure, and
turning to tho proprietor of the saloon,
oho continued :
"Sir, the reason why I occasionally
enter a placo liko this ia to implore
thoso who deal in this deadly poison
to desist, to atop a business tbat spreads
desolation, ruin, poverty and starva
tion. Think one moment of your own
loved ouos, and then imagine thent in
tho situation I am in.. I appeal to your
better nature, I appual to your heart,
Ibi-I know you po em a kind one, to
retire from a bu' jta so ruinous lo
your patrons. ,
"Do you know the money you lake
across the bar is the same as taking
the bread out of tho month ol tho Iiim
ishing? Thntil strips tho clothing from
their bucks, deprives them alt of the
comforts of this life, and throws nnhap
piness, misery, crime and desolation
into their once happy homes? , O I sir,
I implore, beseech and pray you lore
tiro from a business you blush lo own
you aro engaged in betoro your fellow
men, and enter ouo that will not only
bo profitable to yourself, but to your
fellow-creatures also. You will excuse
mc if 1 have spoken too plainly, but 1
could not help il when 1 thought 'of the
misery, the utihuppinc-s and suffering it
haa caused me."
."Mudum, I am not offended," he an
swered, in a voice husky witb emotion,
' but I thank yon from tho bottom of
my heart lor what you have said."
".Mamma," said llie little girl who,
mean lime, bad been spoken to by some
of iho gentlemen present taking hold
of her mother's bund, "iheee gentlemen
want me to sit g 'Little Ileasie' lor
thetn. Khali 1 do so?"
They all joined in the request, and
placing her in the chair, she Rung, in
a sweet, chiiiish voice, the following
beautiful soug:
Out ia Ibe gloomy aighr, aadly t Mara
I have lit aioth.r dear, ae pleMiant boate t
No vat, tarea for me, ao one would try
Erea il poor Itllla Uo'lio abould die.
Wearr ant lired I've been waB'iaring all dav,
A.kiog lor work, bnt I'm too ainali, they eay :
On Ilia deuip groud I nu.t now lay lay brad ;
I'atber'i a drunkard, and mother la dead.
Wa aereeob.ppy till father drtak nira,
Tbea all our aurrow aad troai'le boan ,
Mother grew pale, and wept every day
llaby and I were too hungry to play,
bit aly they faded, lid one eaauner Might
Follud their dead fare, all .i:ent and white :
Then ilb big leara alewly dropping, 1 aaid,
."Kalhft'a a diunkard aad aieur ie dead."
Oh 1 If the teaiperanee aioa eould only God
Poor, wrelebrd Iflilier, and talk eery kind ;
If they would etop him from drinking, tbea 1
I .henlJ bt ttry bappy anio.
Ie it loo lale, IrrtptTanre mru ! Plt-a try,
Or poor little lleia.a raaal Boon elnrte and die.
All iba day long I re been brgging lor bread :L
"J, I
Father's a drunkard, and another ii dead.
The gamo of billiards was left nnfin- j
isbed, the tarda thrown aside, and the!
unomptied glass remained on thocoun-i
ter; ull had pressed near, some with
pity-beaming eyes, entranced with tho
musical voice and beauty of the child,
who seamed belter fitted to bo with
angels abovo than in such a place, .
: The ac.eno 1 shall never forget to my
dying day, and tho sweet cudenem of
her musical voice still rings in my com,
and from her lips sunk deep into the
besrts of those' gathered around bur.
Willi her. golden bair falling care
lessly around her shoulders, and look
ing so trustingly and confidingly upon
tbo gontelmen around her, the bcnuli.
fill eyes illuminated with a light that
seemed not of this earth, alio formed a
picturo of purity and innocence worthy
Iho genius of a. poet or painter.
, At the close of tho soug many Mi re
weeping ; men who had not shed a
tear for years wept like children. One
young man who bud resisted with
scorn the pleadings ol n loving mother,
and entreaties of friends lo strive and
lead a bettor lite, to desist from n course
that wus wasting his fori u no and ruin
ing his tieallh,ow approached the
child, and taking both bands in his,
while tears streamed down his olieeks,
exulaimed, iu deep emotion :
"Uod bless you, my .little angel. You
have suved me front ruin and disgrace,
from poverty and n drimkard'a grave.
If thero are angela on earth, you aro
one I tiod bless you I God bless yon !"
and putting a note into tho hand of the
Qioltiur, SMld I
"Please accept this trifle as a token
of my regard and esteem, for your lit
tie girl has dono mo a kindness 1 can
never repay ; and remember, whonever
you are in want, you will find mo a
true Irieud ;". at tho sumo II mo giving
her his name and address
Taking ber child by tho hatiJ she
turned to go, but, pausing at the door,
said : ' ' "
"(Jod btesayoil, gentlemen I Accept
iho hourtfelt thanks of a oor, frioud
less woman for the kiudneaa and cour
tesy you huvo shown her." llcfort)
any ono could reply she was gone.
A silence oi several minutes ensttcu,
hicli was broken bv tho proprietor,
who exclaimed :
Gentlemen, that ludy was right,
and 1 huvo sold my last glussof whisky;
r nny ono nr yon want any more you
will have to tto elsewhere."
And I bavo drank mv Inst glass oi
whisky, said a young man who naa
lontr been given no as sunk too low
ever to reform, and ns utterly beyond
tho reach of thoso who lisd a deep in
terest in his welfare. Stl.
TliKTnAvirlnHr.aiTANiE Eighteen j
years of Radical misgovornineut baa,
bequeathed to in an inheritance never
dreamed of by anybody wbile tbo Dem
ocratic party ruled the stale anu me
Union. To illustrate: Mr. E. O. Da
vid, Superintendent of tho Crawford
county Poor House, ndieves himself in
very plain tcngnsn on tno tramp ques
tion, lie says in his annual report to
tbo Directors ; ;
Tramps are galling lo be an intol
erable nuisance. 1 hero is scarcely a
night but wo have more or less ; some
times as high as fifteen or sixteen dir
ty, lair, lousy, able bodied tramps;
and a there ia 110 place provided lor
them, we aro obliged to admit loem
into ibe house with the lawful Inmates.
We have no place for them to sloop
bnt in tho sit ting room, and as most of
them are lousy, It ia impossible to keep
the Inmates clean. 1 bey are worse
than a nestilenoa. Tbey crowd an al
ready overcrowded house. They de-
morulizo the inmate 1,-uriuiiy witn
their dirly aongs and smutty stories,
and their very presence Is an insult to
honest poverty, and they never should,
undor any circumstancea whatever,
oome u contact with the inmates ol
the Poor House, aly opinion is that
it we bad a small bouse on the farm
lor tramps, and had lliem arrested un
dur the vuttraut act ol 1876, and sen
leiiced lo five or ten days labor, it
would mil ba liinrr before tramn would
be eraroe around tbea parts. At least
it woald not be very expensive to give
it a trial
UXIOX PACIFIC R. ll.A OliRA T
MONoroi y.
It appears that notwithstanding tho
charier obligations of the Pacific Rail
roads great injustieo is being dono to
millions ot our citizens by tho refusal
of the Union Paoifio to pro-rale with
tbo other connecting roads. Tbo road
now known as the Union Pucific is a
lino 1,032 miles long, extending from
Omaha lo Ogden, and il assumes to
control traffic, being a connecting link
and tho only means of communication
for a distanco of about half Us length.
Its discriminating charges aro simply
outrageous and intended to bankrupt
other roads, while it moat seriously
abuse the people, grossly violating its
charter.
lion. J. II. Chaffee, of Colorado, in
his placo in tbo United Stales Senate,
recently diaeussin.rf tbo course ol tbo
Union i'acilic Kailroad and its branches
at conaidomblo length, directed atten
tion to tho fact that those roads wero
built with the means lavishly furnished
by: the Government ; and ba made
among others the following surprising
statements :
" Tho obligations imposed by Con
gress have been aud tiill aro totally
disregarded by tho Union I'ai ilio Rail
road Company, and in retaliation for
aelf delenso, ibe Kuusas l'acibo Com
pany has used tho Denver Pucific
to shut out the main lino from tho
Slato of Colorado. While thoso com
panies are quarcliugover this question
tho people of the country aro still
uompelled to pay these exorbitant rates.
Tbo young and vigorous Slato which I
have the honor to in part represent iu
this Chamber, is practically embargoed
by the refusal of theso roads to com
ply with ibn luvr. No article of com
merce raised or manufactured can be
transported west of Cheyeiino without
paying morn for freight, even for b
miles, than is charged from Omaha to
Ogden, a distance ot 1,032 miles. I
select a lew examples ot discrimination
from laic tariff rales by the car-load ol
ten Ions : On bacon, tho charges from
Cheyenne to Ogden exceed those from
Omaha to Ogden I6 ; for (leans, ISA ,
for iness buel, $K1 ; coal oil, SHI ; grain,
88; hides, 8J13.&1 ; lard, 7I.60 j lum
ber, f70 ; powder, $108 ; augur, ?31.
Excess 1 charges in a single train ot
fourteen cars tor Dili miles over 1,032
miles ia 1,054.40. Neilbor Kansas,
Colorado, nor Alissouri can ship bacon,
mess beef, grain, live stock, Ac, via
Cheyenne, to any of'the Western .Slates
or Territories, and all are entirely shut
out from Ibe markets of Utah, Montana.
Nevada, and other regions. Like dis
criminations are luadu by tho Union
1'ucifio Company in freight tralllc by
the hundred weight.
"Tho commerce between California
J ii nd Colorado is already large and is
... . . . -. , .. ,:
Constantly increasing, noiwillisiaiiuing
these villainous discriminations ill
freight by tho Union Pacific Company.
During tho years 1875 -'70, tho crops
in Colorado were nearly all destroyed
by grasshoppers, and our people had to
depend on California and oilier Slati-s,
to supply tba Uvliciency. I'uiaioes
were purchased iu Texas and shipped
to llwuver, a distanco of over 2,000
nil lea, cheaper loan they could bo bad
from Ogden, in Utah, about one-quarter
tho distance.
On cahbago by tho car-load tho
charge) lroni hlaciatneiilo to Denver
4 fcOli, distributed as follows: Sacru-
inento 10 Ogdon, 743 niilus, tl'Jo.bO ;
Ogden toCheyenue, tUC miles, S229 50;
Uheyenne to lcnvr, luti miles, t'jii.
One firm in Denver purchased in Cali
lorntu Inst your lud car-loaal of fruit,
the Jreighlmte being more lo Denver
than to Chicago,: In cur-load lot llie
rales from Kan Francisco per 100 pounJa
to C hiuago are 1.60 ; lo St. Lou is,$ 1 U;
to iew- lork, tjl.titi ; to l.inciniiati,
81 00 ; to Denver, 81.04, or 41 cents
per 100 pounds more 10 Denver, being
1.000 mile less 'distance than tho
newest of the oilier points named. The
rate on bottled beer from Chicago to
San Frnnciseo in car-loud lots Is 2 1-
100 pounds, via tho Cnion t'acitlo Kail-
road, distani about 2,400 miles. On
0110 carload ol ten tone tins would
amount lo 400. 1 his i tbo published
tariff rate Bl'the Union Pacific Railroad
Company ; yet wo find them charging
tor one cur-loan oi nii -"V
last, .iia ireigui irom t. ueyei. ,u .U
I ......mi.. ..t. t, f,7 mil,... v.-vtf. nt the
inner pluce. This car load
aiii.ilioni
the Kunsas Pacific Railway and wus
delivered to tho Union 1 ucilio at Chey
enne. 1 hold in my band thn original
fru'ght receipt ol Iho Union Pacific
Company, lo show tbo irulli of this
statement. Theso illegal anu out
rageous discriminations arc mndo tn
compel all shippers west to tmversu
the entire lino of the Union Pacific
Company. Although the C111011 I n
citio skirts our nortnern iuiiiuir.ry
nearly tOOniilesntid lhc Kansus brunch
traverses lhc State over !!00 miles, Iho
people of the Slalo aro thus. In open
dufianoo of law, deprived of all ils buno
fits of a through lino, and to all
pci sons traveling across the Continent
Colorado is a foi biddon land.
" During the month ot July last it
became nocessary for tho Government
to send tbo Second Regiment of lo
funtry lroni Georgia 10 San Francisco.
They wont via iho Kansas Pacific
road lo Cheycniie. I-'rom Cheyeiino
to Ogden, 510 miles, the Union Pacific
Coinpauy charged SIC. 50 per capita, or
nine cents per mile, being the same
ratolorSIli miles a tor 1,032 miles.
This account is unadjusted, and the
papers are in the yuarleiuiaster lien-
end's Offuo now pending settlement."
" !
T1IR PROdRKSS OF C II ft IS
TIAMTY.
A noticeable feat 11 to of tho lato dis
cussion of luturu punishment was the
complacency with which many assuin-
at Christianity Is bound up with
re dogmas which the libernlisin
of tbo time has remanded to tho limbo
of things obsoli to and useless. This
was because it at known to tbem only
in tbo lorrauliis of belief, and never
studied as a distinct and independent
entity. Christianity is life, not
creed. Dogmas, changing with every
burst of new light, are but expressions
of tbat life a it ripens from ago to age
and grows to richer fruition. Tho man
who assaults a system ol those, thinn
ing to strike Christianity prostrate, is
more thhn Quixotic. He has not the
knight of La Manrba's excuse for hi
folly, since the experience ol thousands,
should havo lauglil htm lietter. A
creed, as popularly understood, is a
convenience, not a necessity. Bread is
bread under any name or no name,
and so is Christianity. B it called
what II may, the thing remains with
eternal steadfastness in the midst of
evert revolution of opinion, yesterday.
le day and and forever Iho some Lite's
forms alter, not its essence. Just what
is this life? It is known by its fruits,
and needs no definition, if the gen
tlenitn who bave been telling the pub
Ho that Christianity 1. fast following
medmval Balan on hi way to oblivion,
would but opon tlicir eyog to what It
is doing around them, they would not
bo so f'reo with Ihoir information.
W hat is it doing? Il is making tho
policy of conciliation possible. The
eldor Adams told the. Abbo Ma lily not
to attempt history of tho Revolution
until he bad mastered the church sys
tem of New England. The advice waa
wiso. Religion in this country lias
always boon hand in band with poli
tics. The church member Is in a pro
eminent aenso a citizen. And upon
him tbo spirit of brotherhood descend
ed when the smoke of battle fled away.
Tho fraternal movomcnlB among the
sects, North and Sooth, nshered in our
day ot peace and good will, and it is
tho Christian principle which inspired
those that now hold factions in check.
Let us hear no moro absurd insinua
lions that tho religion of tho Kaznrone
is perishing m luo origin light oi sci
ence. Deep down in the nation's heart
it flourishes in Immortal vigor. The
policy of conciliation ia the triumph of
ihut spirit which camo among men
with the advent of tho Galilean tonch
ers. 'and not aslroko of statesmanship.
Wliat Is it doing? Resides mould
ing tho character of a great people
bore, it is cutting its way through ig
norance, prejudice and barbarism, to
tho heart of empires that wero gray
with age before the Genoese dreamed
Of a western world. Tho missionary
xeal of tbo American churches ia the
best evidence ol their abounding vital
ity. At a titna when financial disas
ter bus swept tho country like a tiopio
storm, and men have nil been driven
to the self denial of anchorites, nionoy
has been found lo maintain tin. cher
ished cumu) of civilization, with which
go the ideas and tho hopes and the as
pirations which have made, its a great
people. To China, to India, to Japan,
to Turkey, lo the land of Confucius
and liuddlia and Mahomiiird, to wher
evor inun suffers and woman weeps,
iho American churches stretch their
helping hands, if wo measure a work
by tho grandeur of its object this of
lifting the race lo self-respect and hon
or and freedom stands alone in stalely
splendor. And that is the smallest of
all small minds which allows Itself to
be deceived in this by satires on the
weakness or sumo engaged in it.
These sntircs aro generally prompt
ed by the inexcusable supiosition that
distunt heathen monopolize the chari
ty which should ho henlosved on those
at homo. Inexcusable, because agents
of tins wido mission work are found in
, . .. .1 i. ...... ,i..An..i.
of the churches are oxtrended within
soifnd of their Sabbath bells, in resell
ing the orphan and the outcast Irntn
want and shamiv And while mis.
innarie in foreign lands aro loft lo
self support in thn developed fields,
thoso among the blacks of the South
and the pioneers and Indians of tho
West received money without stint;
not for thcmaelves, but for their un
dertakings, for schools and churches
and hospitals, and whatevor else is
necessary to success. An equally false
supposition prompts satires quite as
1 caustic upon denominational differen
cos. .Men who mist more 10 incirwn
thun to their knowledgo have not
learned that llieso difference aro far
less of iloclrtnefi-than -of methods.
Within tho swoop ot Protestantism
their id ull tho unity consibtont with
activity of thought. The era of dog
ma and denunciation belongs to tbo
past. Abovo tho fog of metaphysics
list liseu tbo unchangeable truth that
Christianity moans tho lifb ol God in
Iho buninn soul.
t bristmnilv is a lile. not a erect
This explains it all. It is' tho secret
of tho patriotism, tho benevolence, the
aeil'snorifico. tho tirolew industry in
enterprise of charily, of education, of
religion, w Inch especially characterize
tho American churches, and which
never put them to a more fiery and
triumphant lest than during tho yenrs
still greou in mommy. .
.1 wickriTra ROA l.. '
. Sotuo weight is to be attached to the
testimony of Mr. E. V. Smnlley, as to
. ,,1,(,a n,i,rvt,n.ir, i,-..
t '; p,,m,..innoP. r
Mr ,,,.',, t,0 .wiiolls leaders.
ror to the withdrawal of r edcral
Urom lhc -1Kkar,l Government
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ordinary stalenicnt that this under-
standing involved a positive agreement
t hat thero should be no prosecutions
for certain felonies notoriously alleged
to have been committed in the election
of 1HJC by officers sworn lo the honest
discharge of duty in connection with
the vnting and canvass of voles, if
this was truu the Nicholls leaders,
whoso names aro not given by Mr.
Smtilley.nnd tho Hayes Commissioner,
General Iluwley and Messrs. MuC
Vcngli, Lawrence, and others, were
guilty of a high crime of which the
country lias been nnwilling lo accuse
thetn, and the foot that thoy were not
authorized by tbeir principals to treat
for Ih compounding of lelonies, and
thai no such agreement is binding in
Any way, being illegal and prejudicial
to gnntf morals, docs not acquit them
of responsibility to the pcnplo for so
great an outrage. Mr. Smalloy makes
tho charge in unniistultttblo language,
ami, of cunrse. Iho burden of proof is
with hlin ; but surely tho gentlemen
whom ho implicate will seo Ihe neces
sity of evpluining il by telling what
agreement, il any, really was inude.
Unless this charge is dissipated Iho
world will bo uncharitable enough tn
think that Mr. Hayes sent certain
worthy gentlemen to Louisiana lor llie
express purpose of oblaining immunity
for tho men who crimes brought the
Presidency within his reach. yVisil.
IIeatixh aTown nv Steam A tele.
gram from l.ockport, N. V., says the
experiment of beating thai city by
steam, by tba " Holly system" initialed
thero at the beginning 01 llie VI inter,
has proved successful, liy three miles
of pipe, covered with non Conducting
material, ann lam iitxicr gioniio,
through some of the principal streets,
about filly dwellings and other build.
nigs, including a largo public school,
have been thoroughly warmed all Win
ter by steam thus distributed, and
turned on or off as required by the
tenant with tbo tacility ol water or gas.
It fa stated that dwellings more than
a mile distant Irom the steam generator
have been healed as readily aa lliose
next door. Steam metres are providitl,
so that tho consumer pays only for
w hat he consumes, and the rates, il is
asserted, do not exceed tho cost ot coal
and wood antler the old system of boat
ing by fires, it i claimed lhal tbo
system can ln developed so as to fur.
msli sienm " filty pounds pressure,
transmitted ibrotigb twenty nines 01
piH, thus supplying power for engine
and manufactories, aud steam for conk
ing and laundry purposes, for. sxini
euishiiig .conflagrations, lor cleaning
street of Ice or snow, or protecting
hydrants fpom Iroal.
SViH infucy. b.uny.
TERM8-$2 per annnci in Adranct.
NEW SERIES-VOL, 19, NO. 10.
COMB A TI FENRSH VF BIRDS.
By a fiction of the poets birds all
sing jiraise, if thoy ding at all, to the
great Creator. Of course, this sounds
well, and may have some moral found
ation ; hut I can come as near proving
that a catbird curses, and swears, and
flings out all sorts of abusivo epithets
at its enemies, when angry, as any ono
can coma to establishing tbo aong
praiso theory, llow these littlo fel
lows can fret, and scold, and hiss, and
imprecate yos, Imprecate I Let a
sparrow-hawk or screech-owl, or butch
er bird, go near one's nest, and, if you
observe closely, your imagination must
bo very torpid, indeed, it you cannot
bear "Sacrdleu'J" and all that, acaiter
cd aiound pretty freely. 1 have seen
ono fairly dance in ccstacy of anger
. ! when nothing bnt a poor, little brown
lizard enme near it. A pair ol catoirua
had Ihoir nest and young In a onrrant
bodge of the garden belonging to a
farm houiw where 1 wus lodging one
Spring, and I used to amuse myself by
exciting tho anger of the mother bird.
To this 1 bad only to hang a bit of red
cloth netir the nest in her absence, and
await iho result. No sooner would she
return than such a twittering and
squeaking, and scolding, would begin
as only a catbird could generate, aud,
when alio found out that thoro was "no
fight" in tho rag, she would eye me
silting at my window and mow trium
phantly, as if she well know who it
was hud thus troubled her equanimity.
A war of words or rather a war of
notes is a t hing of frequent occurrence
belweeu a catbird and common brown
thrush Early in the morning through
tho month of May Ihey may bo heard
screaming their respective iiicdlcya at
the extreme pilch of their voices from
ncighlioring trees, each songster mali
ciously bent on drowning tho others'
The common barn-yard cock is
voice.
given to a like ambition in tho matter
ol "crowing down all competitors.
Speaking ol the brown thrush reminds
mo that 1 ought to record right hero a
very singular combat, witnessed by
myseii auu oioiticr, netwecn one 01
these gny singers and ablue;Jay (what
bird is not compelled to fight thn lat
ter?), and in which tho jay was finally
discorulilol and beaten. We were in
the sbado of a wild plum tree on tho
edge ol a lilt to glade. Near ni was a
clump of stigar-hr.w bushes, in one of
which we had discovered a brown
thrush's nest. Tho bird was incttba.
ting. A blue-jay, Hilling about on mis-
ways is, happened lo spy her, and im
mediately attacked ber, driving her for
refuge into the thick, thorny loliagu
above tho nest. This seemed au easy
turn for tho jay, which at once pre
pared to have a least ot the eggs, mil
no sooner bad it perched on tho rim of
the nest than the tnrusu, wtin a sav
ago squall, plunged down from its hiding-place,
and struck it a heavy blow
in the back. The jay retreated in dis
order, but warily returned again w hen
all seemed still. Willi iiitiuito caution
111 every movement, it hepped from
twig to twig, turning its created head
this wny and that, till It reached the
nest. Again, with a shrill scream, tho
thrush pounced from its hiding-place,
using ils long, sharp peak for a sword
lo sub tho jay exposed and defence
less back. Again and again tho would
bo robber fled and returned, each time
to get rougher usage ; and finally, as
if utterly outdone, with rapidly-repeat-cd
cries of "Do jay I do jay I do-jay I "
it flitted away into Iho depths of the
woods, to come no mor.'. From A-
j liktvn.for February.
I'AiNrt L Scene im a Covrt Room.
Charles K. Fredericks, night distribu
tion clerk iu the ISowaik ('. J.) Post
ollit'c, who was delected in stealing let
ters, w as brought before Commissioner
Wbitehoute, iii Newark, recently. The
father of Fredericks, who is more than
70 years of age, camo in and was led to
the chair whore tho prisoner was seal
ed'. For a moment he atood trembling
boforo him, and ihrn resting bis hands
on tho ahtmUars of his son, cried, "Oh,
Charles, diaries ; yon have yon bavo.
Your mother is gone, but before she
died she said you would somo time
break my heart." Whon the wife and
child of tho accused man entered tbo
room tho wife, regardless of thoso pres
I"", micei
ent, threw Itersclt into Ills arms ana
c,-,,,, ,,f -imri
hare you dono this?
And have we been living upon these
thefts?" "Thia was the first time,"
was the answer. The next moment
.s almost irenz eii w.io was -.pun "lrl
Knees oetore tue t.oui.i.,sa,o.,er a.
cried out. in au acony of grief "Kill
me, murder me I do what you will, but
lot me bavo my Charlie." She was
nanny conscious n... u rou.
room
r.xamlnntion was waivou anu
Fredericks ooroinitlcd, iu default of
$.1,000 bail. A'. J. Tribune.
A World's Farle. Ono day a tall
Obelisk stood sunniug bersell un the
hsnk of the Nile, when a New York
World reporter camo down to go in
swimming. The reporter al first pre
tonded no, to sco tho Obelisk, and fell to
ploying in the water with u beautiful
Canard that kept Spattering him witb
its feet. The Obelisk at last spoke
and said : "My fine fellow, look ber.
What is lbs fare lo New York during
a warm winter?" The reporter said
ho thought about olo hundred thou
sand dollars." The Obelisk then re.
died Hint tho reporter had belter go
mine and raise it, for that was tho
kind ol a Cleopatra's necdlo she was.
So the reporter went tu New York
and got the money, and then ho wrote
to thn Obelisk that bo was ready for
her, and that il she w as coining, why
didn't she come along? At this the
Obelisk tittered a great iangh, and
said she wanted no more of bis hiero
glyphics, as he had failed to consult
lie Mieilive. Moral: I here ate mote
things In this World than you ran al
ways believe. l.ouiscutc Courier.
A HisBANii Market. A strong-
minded woman married a man not no
ted for activity of body or energy of
t.-haracter, and betore ibe honeymoon
was over, upon awakening one morn
ing, he found bis spouse In tears.
Aly love, said ho, "a, hat Is the
matter?"
Oh, I've bad such a dreadful
dream."
"Why, what waa Ii?"
"I thought I wa going out Fourth
avenue, w hen 1 saw a alga 'Husbands
lor Sale, no many women were rush
ing in that 1 followed, and jual then
they were selling a splendid specimen
tor ai.oou.
"Hul did they all bring as much as
that:
"Oh, no I They went nl $1,000,1100
and sit on down.
"Well, did yon tse any that looked
like mo 7
"Yes, indeed. Bat tbey were tied
up in bunches like anparagns, and soKl
tor ten rents a bunco.
, Tableau. Pitttburf TttefrapS
POrATO RECEIPTS.
lha tvli tor of tbo Boston jPojrf,' fur
nishes weekly some of the very beat
household receipt now given to tba
I public. Below b discusses the potato
subject.
1 TO BOIL OLD POTATOla.
'ISlaLlci- " it ;x'.j.'.'j jrJLltt. .
vvttt nati,, k.rw.a, ; . r i w Vni
a scrubbing brush. Peel tbem with a
sharp knito, and carefully cut out the
eyoa and any black specks about tba
.tt..- m i en. waea - m -e,-.
potato, cut ine large ono In two, ao
that tbey may bo nearly all of a size.
Put them Iu a aauce-pan witb plenty
ol cold water, and sprinkle in a table
spoonful of salt. Boil ihom from twen
ty minutes to half an bonr, and then
try them with a fork to ae if the cen
tra Is tender. When thoy are tender
all through, drain oft tba water, told a
clean cloih over them, and lot tbem
stand at the back ot lb atov or range,
with the lid on, to steam. The ciotb
absorb tbo steam and makos them per
fcotly dry and mealy, which isthoiind
1711a den of a well boilod potato, but
which is as rare, wa fear, as it is Indis
pensable W hen potatoes have becom
quite dry tako tbem carofully out of
the aauce-pan and send op in a hot veg
etable dish. Potato aro much more
universally well boiled in England than
they are with us.
TO BOIL MEW POTATO EA.
Take eight or ten new potato,
wash tbem and scrap tbem. Pour
over them plenty of boiling water, add
salt, and let them boil fiftesu minutes.
Try them with a fork as before, and
when done put a clcau clolb over them
to steam them, and serve as above.
TO STEAM OLD POTATOES.
Wash aud scrub tho Old potatoes,
and if preferred, peol tbem, removing
carefully all black speck. Pat them
in a steamer over boiling water.
Sprinkle theiu with salt, and put tho
lid on lo keep Iho steam in. At thu
end ot half an hour try them with a
lurk, and if the centre is quite tender
tako them out, put them in a hot vege
table dish with clean napkin lolded
over Ihom, and send thorn to tho table.
If steamed in their skins, they must ba
peeled, of course, before dishing.
X. II. When potatoes come to the
table looking blncklsfi, It at eiiuer w
cause they are very poor potatoes, or
bocanso the water has noilod away ana
they have got exposed to tbo air. It
is best to keep the lid on all tho time,
for in thai case the steam protect
them from tho air. If the cook is in a
hurry and cannot take time lo steam
them under a cloth, aho may squeeze
each potato gently in a clean cloth and
lay it in tho dish, and this will equally
mako them while and mealy. Some
' fut the 'aUr. but
ihrm under the cloth.
J)RA TU OF TI1R CA TTIR ALVO.
Jno. W.IIiff, who has for a number ot
1 y0ttri 1(M, known as the "Cattle King
j'f w , ., djcd . hi hon4 io
.est,"
ver Citv, Colorado, on the utb ol Feb
ruary, 1878. Deceased wa a native
ot Perry county, born near McLuncy.
Ho w as tho eldest son of the late Thos.
llilT, Esq., who was well known lo
most of our citizens. He was, at the
time of his death, about 47 years of age,
He was attracted to the West by the
Pike's Peak gold excitement of 1S&9,
and was engaged in the mercantile bu
siness for some years, but his invest
ments in that direction did not prove
successful, and about the close of the
war bo wont Into the entile business,
sinco which lime be became the larg
est and moat successful cattle dealer
that the West baa ever produced. At
the time ot his death his herd numbered
about 60,000 head, which at their aver
ago valuo of (20 per bead, are worth
f 1,000 000. The profits on bis sale
during the past Summer have amount
ed to 1200,000. Hi cattle range oc
cupied a strip ol territory 150 mile in
length and 75 miles in breadth. He
also owned 20,000 acres of land, besides
valuable city property. Th wealth
tbtt be leaves behind him will proba
bly aggregate four or five millions ?
His lather, the late Thomas liiff, of
Perry county, Ohio, wa quite wealthy,
and somo fourteen year ago, when
his yotingost child bocamo of age, bo
converted about two-thirds of bis for
1 11 no into cash, and inviting all bia
children to a family dinnor, divided the
money equally botweou tbem, taking
into account all previous amounts ad
vanced to any ol them, and told tbem
that with their fortune in their bands
they roust go forth into the world, and
add to or loso them, and that it would
bo the pleasure of bis declining year
lo see ihom mako a proper use of bis
lifetime's savings, and that the remain
iriir third was 10 keep him and bis wife
during their livos, and they need not
tlcpeml on receiving anytning irom it.
All bis children prospered, aod be liv
ed until a year ago to seo tbem io the
lull enjoyment ol their inheritance.
Piltsl'ura Ttkqraph.
(inEATQRIRFS.
That Anderson this estimablo cit
izeu (seo Sherman, Garfield A Co.
same parties that cortified to Eliza
Pinkston'a chastity) should be not only
indiciod but tried and convicted of a
penitentiary with griof. This tumul
tuous sorrow is based entirely upon
the wrongs done an innocent man an
uegiimable citizen. But this seems a
, UU(( inoon,latMlt , p,rty that seat
cdold briodle Bill Kellogg who rep
resents nothing but his own business
as Senator from the same State. John
!,. not , Tociforou, 0r
,. . , ., . .,
this. John was as calm as a cow pen
of a Summer morning ; and yet what
is the Imprisonment of an innocent
citizen to tbo injurious outrage and in
dignity put on a State I
i met my friend Chandolor not
Zach, but W'illiam and bis Intolleet
uul countenance shono liko a bollow
pumpkin with a lighted dip inside.
And wbat do yon think this statesman
and le'l luminary said to me 7 By
Joveboaaid says bo, solemnly : "The
mills of the gods grind slowly, but they
grind exceedingly fine I" Now, if that
is not adding insult to injury 1 don't
know what is. 1 observe that, wbile
our financial John and onr pious Gar
field are troubled, Chandler, Conkling,
Blaine, and others aro exceedingly gay.
It is believed here that John's wrath
and trouble arise Irom tho fear tbat hi
turn may come next, an indiolment,
whether followed by trial or sot, would
damage John socially. It would not
be pleasant to have the Secretary of
tho Treasury, onr great Minister of
rinance, going about wnn auncnus
band on bis slender person criminal
escaping conviction. Tb Bboraaea
have an eye on the social position that
somewhat embarraase tbeir short 00m
Inns. To bo comfortablo io that line
ono must cast aside all care of wbat
Mr. Kih may aay, and bv independ
ent of the slow mowing linger of public
scorn. IPiHAi'nyfon Capital.
ScRIPTCRAL PlSOATORJALISal. DuWIl
at Bva Urov th pastor baa great
trouble in getting Sunday-school teach
ers. After much inquiry b secured a
long, lank fiaherman, Sol. Wanringtou.
Tho fid low ing is wTiwiiet reported'
bis first lesson :
(j. How many way doe tb Old
Testament track of catching tab?
A. Angling, with a seine and book.
Isaiah xix. 8 to 11. Amos Iv. t.
Q. Wbo wero the best of the Apos
tles? A. Th foar fishcrniain PUr,.A
drow, James and John.
Q. How did the Apostle lib tbeir
fish cooked ?
A. John lit. 9, Luk xxiv. 41.
g. WbatwuooBsideredalaBrday'
lack fishing?
A. Hu John xxi IL
Q. Wbat wa a pour day' Lucdt ?
A. Bt. John ixi 9.
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