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VOL. VI. NO. 18. .
TIONESTA, PA., MARCH 11, 1874.
$2 PER ANNUM.
Jul) work, laslion Delivery.
TIONESTA LODGE
Xo. ai
i. o.oro. jr.
MRKTH everv Friday evening, at 7
o'clock. In tlie Hnll formerly oocuplcd
Xij the Uood Templar.
jas. woodinciton, i. o.
' A. B. K RLLY, Reey. 27 -tf.
Samuel D. Irwin,
ATTORNEY, COUNSKM-OR AT LAW
nd REAL KSTATK AOKST. 1R1
Alanines promptly attended to. Tloueta,
Pa. 40-ly.
, wWTOJI rBTTll.
MILES W. TATBi
?ITTI TATI,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ml atrtui,
TI0XK8TA, PA
Mafor A Jenks,
ATTORNKTS AT LAW. Otllee on Kim
aot, abore Walnut, Tionesta, Pa.
K.W.Hays,.
A TTOKJf HY AT LAW, and . Notary
X. Public, Reynolds Hnkill A Co.'
ltlosk, bsnece. Hi., uu cny, r. . o;-i j
r. XINMEAR. I. B. aMILKT
' &IXXEJU A SMILKY,
AMm;i at Lw, . Franklin, Pa.
PTtACTICK In the several Court of Vo
u nn go, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin
ttift eountiua. - .1 SU-ly
n. n.vKtiu, .
D. B.rASSKTT,
it a n n ts rAssurr,
tornera Law, TtivarUla Perm's.
ORACTICKln nil the Courts of Warren,
a. Crawford, rorent ana vonangq ixran
V... ' -
J. H. Helvly,
SUROKO DENTIST, lii Hchonblom'a
lliilldinr, between Centre and 8yca-i
All operation done in a careful manner
and warrsnteu. inioroiorra anu einerai
aainistered when required if tha otM will
permit. ,. . . " 1&-1.T
Charles B. Ansart, '
T.K1TTIST, Centre Street, Oil City, Pa.
As lalmonr Blook.
Lawrence House,
rpiONtSTA. PA.. O. O. BUTTER
X FIKI.D, rnomiBTOiu Thie hnus
-la eentrallr locate 1. Kverythinu; new and
well furnished Superior- aocominotta.
Nona and strict attention pi von to guests.
Vegetables and Fruite of all kind served
tn thtur nwnn. sample room tor torn
Bteroial Agcota. 1
F01KST HOUSE, . . .
DT.LACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
Court House. Tionesta, Pa. Just
ooennd. Evervthlmi new and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kopt coiiHtantly
n hand. A portion of the publio patron
aire la rmpeytiully olicitd. 4-17-1 v
Tiooesla House. -
f1 T. LATIMKR Lonaoo. Kim St. Tio
vJ, nentn. Pa., at the mouth of Ihocreok,
Mr. I Iiim thorouKlilv renovatod the
Tioaonta llousn. and re-fiiminhod it oom-
letoly. All who mtronir.e him will hn
well entnrttuiioa at rtaxonHDio ratea. ly
National Hotel. ' !
' nniDIOHTK, PA., BonJ. Elliott, pronric
X tor. TIiIm honxe has boon newly turn
ixhivlniid im kept In (rood style..- Uncets
win ie mnuo cuiniuriauiu uuiv m jwnwun-
ble mice. u ij
Dr. J. L. Acorrb, .
PHYSICIAN AND KUROKON, who ha
had 11 ft ecu years' experience in a larpre
and surcoRMful practice, will attond all
VrofpHHioital Call. ODIco In his Drug; and
Grocery Store, located lu TidiouUs, near
Tidiouto House. "
IN HIS STORE WILL RE FOUND (
A full assortment of Medicines, IJqiiors
oliaM'o, v iarn, nimiiici J, winn, M. iiim.,
tils, Cutlery, all of the beat quality, and
will be sold' at I'oiutonnble rates.
DR. CI1AS. O. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Drug. lit from NewYork,
has charge of the Suio, All prescriptions
put up accurately.
jko r. rise
1. B. (KLLT.
'it A Y, J' ARK ,C CO,,
B A JST K E K S
Corner of Kim A Wulnut Sis. Tionesta,
Hank of Discount and Doposit.
Interest allowed ou Time Deposits.
CoUeoitons madoouall thePiineipal points
of the U.K.
Collections solicited.
18 ly.
NEW BILLIARD ROOMS!
VDJOIKINO the Tionesta Uoiiho, at the
mouth of Tioue.-iU Creek. Tho table
And room are now, und everything keit in
order. To lovers of tho K'aino a cordial
tnvitution is extended to eoino and plity
in tha nuw room.
.637 tf li. T. LATIMER, Lessee,
D. W. CLARK,
(C0MMISIONKI's ( I.Kllli, K0I1KST CO., r..)
REATj EXTAVK AG EXT.
I JOVRKHnnd LotH for Sale and KKX'
r.
1 L Wild Lands lor Hiile.
I have Kiiporior facilities for ascertaining
the oiiullliou or tuxes an. 1 1st decent, Ac.
nml nm thcrcl'oro oualilied to net iutclli
gently as u;ioiit of thoso liinn lit a dis
l4ius'. o ninv lands in ihe Conntv.
(Mticc in iMiiniissioiiers Ronni, Court
lloiu-c, Tioncala, Pa.
4-ll-lv. I'. W. CLARK
Dr. J. E. Dlaine,
OFFICK and residence opiMisite the
Lawrence House. (Cilice days Wednes
days and Saturdays. " 30-tf.
I P. WENK,
lias cNtniiiiHiied a
now and eomplote LIVKRY.STAULE in
the barn in the raroftho Lawrence House
and Is prepared to furnish rigs of all kinds
on short notice. Orders left at the Law
renco House will recolvo prompt atten
tion. !i-ly.
THE ROOT & SHOE STORE
OIF1 TIIDIOTJTE!!
Nr.. STKVKNS. Proprietor. Tarties
in want of FINE Boots and Shoes will
alwavsilnd a good assortment atKtovens'.
When von rail, lust sav "From Tlonosta"'
and vou'will be liberally dealt with.
n.ifm r . , . K V HTliVENS.
FINE GROCERIES,
CHOICE CIQARS, TOBACCO, CANNED
FRUITS, STATIONERY, ; ' , ;
AND NOTIONS,
for sale at J. B. Agnew'a Store Room, In
Bonner A Agnew'a Iilock. -
FRF.SFI OYSTERS, by the can or served
to order, ! rr 29 tf.
Frank Ilobbins,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(SUCOESSOn TO tlKMIXO.)
Piotures In erorv stvleof tho art. Views
of tho oilrcirion for sale or taken to or
der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing.
SYCAMORE STREET, neatr Untor De
pot, on city, fa. nu-ir
LOTS FOR SALE 1
- . .., ..
'j ' IN THE
- BOROUGH rOF-TIONESTA.
Apply to GEO. G. SICKLES,
" 79, Nassan St., Kcw York City.
WM. F. BLUM,
IB Xj JL CSlC I T 31
: ' I - ,...
. AND 1 ,
WAGON-MAKER,
Corner of ChurcU nntl Kim Streets, 4
TioisrESTA. I3 A.
This firm Is prepared to do all work in
Its line, and will warrant everything done
at tliclr shops to give satistlu.'tion. Par
ticular attention givon to "
iionsirtiioi.ix;,
Hilvothem a trinl, and you will not re
gret 11. . i;-iy-.
PHOTOGRAPH . A LLERY.
. . W ter, street ,
OVER HIL11RONNER A COs STORE,
Tionesta, Pa.,
M. CARPENTER, - - - Proprietor.
Pictures takeu in all tho latest styles
tlieart. ..
K. KLEIN,
TtniouTK, Pa.
Dealer'l'n
Fins Wstchea,
, ClMki, ,. ' '
Jewelry,
BpwUclM, etc.
All . ri))alrlnf in
this lino neativ d 'lie
and warranted. Par
ticular attention paid
to th ropairing of
VVntc.hes.1
GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE
IN TI OX S TA.
GEOAV.BOVARDxiCO.
1 ' 1 .
AYE just lkrought on a complete and
II
cuieluliy selected sioeK 01
FLOUR,
GROCERIES, . ,
, ' : ; PROVISIONS,
nod everything necessary to the complete
stock ofa first-lass Urnccry iloase, which
they have opened nut at their establish
ment on i;hn St., first door north of M, K.
Church. , ,
TliAS,
COt KK ICS, ' RlHJAKa
SYRUPS, FRUIT,
SPICKS,
MAMS, LARD,
A Sit MO YlfilOSS Of A l.L h'JXDS,
at tho low est rush prices. Goods warrant
ed to bo of tho hv.-t quality, ( all anil ex
amine, and we believe wectiu hiiit von.
CEO. W. lioVARD A CO.
Jan. 0, '7J.
11 LACK AND Til IS HIOllI 11 LA".
The slave power knew, ill cnemiee,
as by instinct, when Booth and Tuyne
Attacked Lincoln ond inownrd. Ucea-
bionnlly now an old Northern dotich-
face a raco almost extinct attacks
tho memory of Lincoln or Stanton or
Seward, guided by tho tame kind of
instinct. Ihe latest instance may be
found in apublished letter addresser!
to Charles Francis Adams by Jeremiah
S. Ulnck. Some people ..will remem
ber Mr. Black's bitter attack on .Mr.
Stanton soon after the death of that
great War Secretary. Others believe
that Mr. Black inspiredihat venomous
hook. "Lamon's Life of Liircoln."
Many passages of that work bear tho
mark of his polished but Jesuitical
pel), while it is known that Lamon
and Black were associates and part
ners ns lawyers and churn agents whiln
tho book was in preparation. Mr
Seward is now the object of defama
tion by this buy jackal. As an expo
nent gf.the principles . of tboDciuo
cratiUpnrly Mr. Black is the highest
authority.
It is this which gives the subject the
greatest importance. Can the leopard
chang-e his spots T
Our attention 13 chie8y directed
now to his attack on the higher law
and the astounding- ignorance displayed
by the writer, of what IJepublicans
regard as the simplest principles of
moral philosophy applied to Govern
niont. The tiera lawyer we know,
who essays to dispose of the higher
law mi the way mr. mock attempts to
do it in this letter to Mr. Adams, is
apt to reject such philosophy as loo re
fined and too spiritual. Men of Mr.
Blaok's cls recognize as their only
religiou tli j worship of the btutc. Ln
like that party, tho creot men. tho
leaders ot mankind, ever manifested
Fuprcme faith in God and humanity.
Adams' denounced ''the apologists of
the fctamp Act as "enemies of human
nature." Tho authority of British
law, as laid down by Bluckstoue, was
quoted nguim't tho Act 111 these words
"Tho law of nature being coeval with
God himself, is, of course, superior to
any other, ino human laws are ot any
validity if contrary to this."
Alexander Hamilton', the framer of
the Constitution, n (linns that "the sa
cred rights of mankind are not to be
rummaged for among old parchments
or musty records, ihey are written
as with a sunbeam in the whole vol
ume of human nature, and can never
be erased or obscured by moral pow
er."
"Ilappv, thriee happy;" said Wash
ington, "shall they be pronounced
hereafter who shall have assisted in
protecting the rights of human na
ture.
Tho Revolutionary Congress, in its
last act, enjoined upon posterity to re
member "that, it . lias .ever been the
pride and boast of America that the
lights for which she contended were
rights of human nature.
Cicero wrote that denial of a higher
law "subverts all union in a state and
destroys the community of tho human
race.
Locke inculcated the doctrine that
"ihero is a diviue law which is over
all society and all states, and which is
the only tqucustoDe of moral recti
tude." Milton's "Defense of the Feoplo of
England," although at tho time b jvn
ed by the public executioner, its au.
thor only by good . fortune' escaping
the same fate, was but a promulga
tion of the samo philosophy so de
rided by ex-Attorney General Black.
-Guizot, in writing of the decliue of
Roman civilization arrives at the this
momentous conclusion : "The only
foundation of our hope for humanity
Is in the great truth that there exists
a law which, by whatever name it may
bo called, whether reason, the law of
God, or what not, is at all times and
in nil places tho same."
Is it strange that the advocates of
this philosophy are still persecuted
and denouueed? Adams, Hamilton
ana Washington escaped the scanold
only by the success of their cause,
while thoso from whom these statemcn
derived their philosophy Locke, Sid
ney; and ViiBe perished as felons or
sought refuge in exile. Socrates, who
who first inculcated it, drank tho fa
tal hemlock, and Cicero fell by the
sword of the assassin.
Although a printer may be standing
still all day, vet in his own way, he is
s great traveler, or at least his hand is,
as we will show. It is said that a first
rate printer will set 8,000 cms a day,
or about 24,000 letters. The distance
tiaveled over by his baud will average
about one foot, going to the boxes in
tbo case, and of course tho same dis
tance returning, making two feet for
every letter he sets. This would make
a distance each day of 48,000 feet, or
a little moro than i miles, and in the
course of a year, lenving out Sundays
ami good priutcrs never work ou
Sundays the printer's lund travels
about oVOOj miles. .
JOKI! ON THE U;iITMU KOD MAN.
Max Adeler tells this story in the
Philadelphia Saturday Pott:
Up in JJiossbunr the other day a
lightning rod man drove up. in front of
a liaix'.eomo edifice standing in the
midst of trees and shrubs la Mr. Sum
mers, who was sitting oil the steps in
front. He accosted Summers aa the
owner of the residence, and said i .
"I see to have ilo Iielitning rods' on
this house.'
"No," said Summers. , . , '
"Are you going to put any on?"'
"Weil, I hadn't thought of it, re
plied Summers. . ,
"1011. ought to. A tall building
like this is very much cxposod. I'd
like to run von up bue oJ" mv rods;
twisted 'steel, glass fenders, nickel plat
ed tips everything complete. May I
put one up to show you ? I'll do the
job clean." " . ' ' '
..' Certainly you may if ypu .want to.
I haven't tho slightest objection," said
Summers.
During the next half-hour tho man
had his ladders up and at tho end of
that time the job was com pled, lie
called Summers out into the yard to
admire it. He said to Summers :
"Now that is all well enough,' but,
if it was my house, I'd havo another
rod put' ou.'the other side. There's
nothing Ijke being protected thorough
ly." . '
"That's.,trup," saiil Summers; "it
would be better."
. "I'll put up another, sliall I ?"'i(sked
the mail. "
"Why, of course, if you think it's
best-," said Sumrticrs. ' '""""'"
' Atcordrtigly the mart went to.-work
again"; and soon' had the - rod -'In - its
place. ; 1 ?rr ' . ' : i
"That's a firiit-.rtttQ.job," Iu5 said to
Summers, frsrthey" both etood Vyeing itt
"I like such a man us you aie big
hearted, liberal,1 not afraid ' to put a
dollar 'down for a good thing. There's
some pleasure in tlealin' with you. I
like you so much that I'd put 11 couple
more rods ou that house, ono on the
north and one on the south, for almost
nothin'." ' ' '
"It would make things safer, I sup
pose," said Summers.
"Certainly it would. I'd better do
it, hadn't I hey ?"
"Just ns you think ' proper," said
Summers.
So the man ran up two more rods,
and then came down and said to Sum
mer?, "Thero, that's done'. Now let's
settle up." -
"Do what?" : "
"Why, the job's finished, and now
I'll take my money." .
"You dou't expect mo to pay you, I
hope?" -
"Of course I do. Didn't you tell
mo to put those rods on your houso?''
" "My house; shouted bummers.
"Thunder and lightning', I never or
dered you to put thoso rods up. It
would have been ridicujous. Why,
man, this is the court house, and Tin
here nailing for the court to assemble.
I'm on the jury., ..You seemed to be
anxious to rush out your rods, aiid;aa
it was none of my business, I let you
go on. Pay for it? Come, now, that's
pretty good." . .
. Tho Bhissburg people say that the
manner in which the . lightning rod
man tore around town" and swore was
fWrfill. But when he got his rods off
the court house he lett permanently.
Ho1 don't fancy the place.
"Here's yer nice roast chek'n," cried
an aged colored man, as the cars stop
ped ut a North Carolina railroad sta
tion. "Here's yer nice roast cjiick'n 'n Li
ters, all nice and hot," holding up bis
plate and walking the platform.
"Where did you get that chicken,
uucle?!' asks a passenger.
' Uncle looks nt the intruder sharply,
and then turns away, crying:
"Here's yer nice roast chick'n, gen
tl'm'n, all hot; needn't go in the house
for that." - t
"Where did you get that ehiken?"
repeated tho inquisitive passengor,
"Look it yer," says uncle, speakiug
privately; "is you from de noif?"
"Yes."-
"Is you a friend obdocullud man ?"
"I hope I am." ,
"Deii don't you. nebber ask ine
where I got dut chick'n again, Here's
yer uice roast chick'n, all lot,"
, The truin started.' '
There are two Indian . tribes in
Maine, the l'assamaquoddies and the
l'enobscots, aud each tiro represented
iu the legislature by 0110 of their own
number. These two representatives
of tho red man take no part in legis
lation, but tiro allowed to draw leir
pay just tho same as the representa
tives of the white meu. TLey spend
most of thoir tiino during the session
iu tho rotunda engaged in pipe smok
ing and iu chatting with each other in
the dialect of their fathers.
The sou of tho Ex-Emperor Naj-j-leou
III will uttuiu his majority on
the Jlli of March.
A ItKAIl HTOHY WITH A HOItAT,,
A rrmn killed a bear and brought
the meat to town to cell. I asked him
if it was good to eat. He said, cer
tainly it was, and cheap as dirt ut
twenty-five ceDts per pound. I asked
him why bear meat should be any
higher than auy other meat. .He told
me bear meat had a peculiar effect on
the humau system ; that those eating
it would partake for a time, not only
of the meat, but of the nature of the
Animal ; that benrs were great fellows
to bug; that if I was a married man
I should buy some for my wife and
get her to eat it for supper, and the
would undoubtedly hug me. .
Now my wife isu't an angel, ; so I
bought four pounds and puid that man
a dollar 'my last dollar, arid he fold
ed it up, rolld a paper around it and
put it down in his poeket. Then he
slapped his poeket to seo if it was
there. He then went 011 -'to- eay that
sometime whert 'tlie bile wasn't right
tho ment had the contrary effect, and
made the wottrn'n growl ; and some
times in place of wanting to hug; her
husband she would want to busf the
man that killed the beer. I told him
that I didn't like bear meat, and never
did; that I felt siek ; that I owed a
mau tho dollar and he would - sue' me
if I diJ not pay him right off. But he
told me he hud just paid hts internal
revenue tax and hadn't ft cent in tho
world. I thought then, and still think,
that lie must have told a lie. r In fact,
rtfter thinking over the matter, I would
not belieVo him under oatlb' Now, I
nm a poor man,' and could not afford
to throw meat away, and so I took" it
he ik c, ami Hilary Ann (that's my wife's
imme) ?ooed it, ancr e nte itlorsnp
per.It tueted good. I think bears and
'possums are . made out of tho same
timber,' only put up on different plans
nud. specifications. , ,
After supper we sat down by the
stove,,' Mary" Ann went to sewing.ttnd
1 sat. looking at her.; Directly my
bear ment began to tnko effect, and I
felt like I Wanted to hng'Mary Ann
So I put my arm around her, and she
toltl me to take it away, and wanted
to know if I hadn't been drinking
again', (I never drank a drop in my
life). I hugged her littlo and. she
growled. I kuew then thejig was up,
and the bear meat -hud gono back on
mo in her caso, but I thought I would
try it aitfin. 1 Her arm flew back und
I saw a ' thousand stars. This riled
mo, ray bear meat turned or; me, and
1 s! lipped her square to the -mouth
Well. I have a confused remembrance
of seeing her spring toward tney of
hearing a inghtlut roariug 111 my beau
and feeling a sensation ns if I was be
ing run thriugh a threshing machine,
and then all was blank.
I can see a little out of one eye this
moruing, and can set up in bed with a
pillow behind me. Mary Ann has
gone out to liOy sonxs chairs. Theser
vant girl says they nil got broken. . I
feel sore and bad, and I dou't want
any moro bear meat iu mine, and if
ever I get hold of the man that sold it
to me--vell, you know how it is your
sen.- . ..... ... ,
Ihe isiiron tie ..v was a miser
to the extremity ofHneanucss. lie
was at daggers drawn with his nephew
who was his heir and moreover
spendthrift. Fiudiug his end ap
pronehing. the Buron called his valet.
"Here," said he, "are ten sous ; go and
buy me a sheet of stamped paper. I
wish to make a will disiuheritiug my
nephew." . "But, Monsieur, stamped
paper is new twelve sous a sheet."
"Iwelvesous! Heavens! It is too dear,
I had rather let my Bcoun'drel of a
nephew inherit.
One of the peculiarities of tho col
ored people down South is e.iid to be
tho singular alacrity with which they
go to law. Suits involving omouuU
ranging from two dollars downward
nre numerous, and slander cases based
on the most triviaj provocation are
epiaiiy pieiuuui.
A few days ago a very handsome
laoy entered a dry goods houso and in
quired for a "beau." The polite clerk
threw himself back aud remarked
that he was at her service. "Yes, but
I want a buff, not a greeu one," whs
the reply. . Tho young man went ou
measuring goods immediutuiy,
1
A clergymen being asked to o)en. a
legislature with prayer, offered the
following ambiguious petition : "May
corruption and sin of every form be
as fur Irum every member ul this leg
lslature as J hou art.
. Tho old Michigander boasts tlmt he
can brin an argument to u p'int ns
quick ns any other man. It occurs to
us that he can bring n quart to a pint
much quicker.
"What," said a teacher to a pupil,
"makes you feel uncomfortable when
you have douo wrong t" "My p.ipa's
j big leather sirup," feelingly' replied
I the hv. .
AflIKITEIInUL.
We have fallen upon a piece of
newspaper, (apparently about 1837)
in which is mentioned the following
incident respecting a spirited girl ot
seventeen years of ago in Illinois. She
was an heiress to nu estate valued at
ten thousand dollars, and ran away
with a young man who paid his ad
dresses to her, taking with her an ac
quaintance as bridesmaid. Her guar
dian, believing her lover wholly un
worthy ot her, refused his consent t
her marriage; so she went oft' to bo
married at a distanco from home, on
tho farther side of tho Mississippi.
When the party reached the nvcr, the
ice was running furiously, and liny at
tempt te cross would be. full of danger.
A boat . being procured, the young
lady, in momentary expectation of
being followed by hergdardian, wished
instantly to bo poshed from the shore,
and all embarked on4lie peri loos voy
age. The party had nearly reached
tho hand of. an Island, .about a third
of tho distanco. from the , opposite
shore, when the current became mora
rapid, the cakes of ico very large"; and
their situation extremely dangerous.
ThcJver, excessively frightened, and
torgetfur of everybody but his owr
dear self,: bawled out in the most
Piteous accent Oh.; I. shall be
downed ! I sliall Le drowped !" and
bitterly reproached his lady lore 'ns
the cause of his probable death. 'She
uttored not a word her courage and
presence of mind' seemed to- increnso
with the peril. A tremenduous caku
of ico fairly capsized the boat, ' but it
Was so fnrL'fctlmt nil got on it. The
lover rendered no nssistnnce nt all. It
bore them to the bend of the island,
and, ns good fortune would have it.
the stream between it and the Missiourt
shore was frozen over, And they .cross
ed without uilhculty, I bey . reached
a tavern nenr the river, and after
changing their wet garments and be
coming warm nt ft good tire tho lover
hinted to the young lady that it was
lime now for them to have that- knot
tied, as tte magistrate had arrived for
that purpose and was in the next room.
She gave him a most withering) Jopk
of contempt, and declared she . would
not unite bcr ' destiny with one who
was selfish aud cowardly. It was in
vain that he nUernpted by entreaty
and argumei-t to' change . her resolu
tion ho was immovable and replied
to him with scorn. A. few duys after
wards she returned to tho liouse of her
guardian, thankful that she had escaped
marrying a Inan whose only object
was her fortune. Her lover returned
to this side of the river also, but such
showers of. ridicule and coutempt were
bestowed upon him that he found
it best to decamp, which he did, leav
ing behind. him a host of unpaid de
mands. Tho story has this moral, that
young ladies tLouKl bo careful with
whom they attempt to ruu away,
A PROPOSITION. . ii '
A New Yorker, in a spirit of wag
gery, doubtless, offers at a suggestion
to Congress, "That Senators and Jtrp
reseutu'.ives shall receive compensation
on nnd after tho 4th . day of Martbv
1875, as follows:; When the .balaaco
of . trade with foreign countries is
against our people, each Senator shall
receive $3,000, and each Representa
tive $.1,000 per annum, and wheu tho
balance of trado with foreign countries
is in our people's favor each Senator
shall receive 810,000 und each Repre
sentative $7,500 per annum. . Iu de
termining the balance of trade, ncith
cir bullion nor coin shall be counted
ns an import or export." Whatever
the spirit that prompted ' the sugges
tion, it fairly hits the nail on the head.
Congress is practically uninterested in
this entile issue-of finance. The mem
bers receive, each, a certain salary,
nnd duwdlo time away when the in
terests of the country are aetuully
suffering. Could its members be in
terested, in the financial welfare of
the nation, by having their salaries de
pend ou it, we would have, very soon,
an entirely diirerentcondition of aflkirs.
It is entirely feasible, within fiveyearsl
to resumo specie payments, by so leg
islating as to give the country an op
portunity to provide for itself. Wheth
er this is duiio or not, one great need
nt piescut is to determiuo promptly
what shall be done in relation to thinn
ers. If anything or nothing, let it bo
declared, that the business of - tho
country may adjust itself to the situa
tion. Wo regard tho non-aetiou of
Congress, on Iho finances, ns the great
est misfortune the country has at thi.i
time. Jc is not 11 wrong proposition,,
if this is to continue, tli.it salaries shall
be reduced.
A great deal of the present injury
of the Jew. iu Jerusalem U directly
traced to tho misplaced, ill advised
generosity of tho I.uiopeaii Jews, who
think fiey are discharging a religious,
duty, i's well 11s pci icrmiiig u clniriu-ii'i-
' t, by 'endiny them money.