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oUR PARENTS.

q
@ Respect to aged persons is one of
the virtues. There is no period in life
when our parents do not claim our
attention, l0Fe, and WaFmest affection.
From youth 10 manhood, from middle
age, to ripper years, if our parents sur
we, it should be our constant study
how we can best promote their well
fare and happiness, and smooth the
pillow of their declining years.
Nothing better recommends an indi-
vidual than, his attention to his par
ents. There are such dutiful children
men whose highest ambition seems to
be the promotion of their fathers and
mothers. They watch over them with
unwearied care supply all their
wants, and by their devotion and
kindness remove all care and sorrow
from their hearts. On the contrary
there are others who seem. never to
5estoW a thought upon their parents
and to care but little whether they are
comfortably situated or not. BY their
conduct they increase their cares, emu
bitter their lives, aud bring their gray
hairs in sorro W to the grave. Selfish
ness has steeled their hearts to the
whispers of affection, aud avarice de-
nies TO their parents those faYors
which would materially assist them
in the downhill of life. Others too,
by1la course of proalgacy and vice
have drained to the very dregs their
parents cup of happiness and made
them anxious for death to release
them from their sufferings. Oh how
fearful must be the doom of those
children who have thus embittered
the lives of their best earthly friends.
IF there Is as' world of woe beyond
the precincts of the tomb, = surely they
cannot escape its horrors. There can
be no happier reflection than. that de- 4
rived from The thought of having con-
tfibuted all in our power to the COM
fort and happiness of our parents.
When called away from our presence
(Which sooner or later must happem !
the thought will be sweet that our
care sTnoothed their declining days,
so that they departed in comfort and
peace. If we were otherwise, If we
denied them what their circumstances
ana necessities required and our hearts
did not become like the neither MILL
stones onF remorse mustpr0ve thorn
in our flesh, piercing US, sharply, and
filing our days with sorrow and re-
gret.
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THE rHnEn MEN OF GOTHAM.


Astor's wealth is mainly in real es-
tate and revenues q Vanderbilt's in
railway stocks and dividends ; Stew
arts in goods, houses, stores, factories,
land and stocksa The aggregate
wealth of alIof them is supposed to
be between seVenty-fiVe and q hum
dred millions. Astor lives plainly;
Vanderbilt occupies a three-story
brick house on third class, street;
Stewart lives in a marble palace on
Fifth avenue, one of the finest resi-
dences in the world. Astor is a ma
tive of New York, and a large, heavy
man of seventy, with strong features
and rubicund face; he is an inde-
pendent Methodist The Commodore
also native of New York, is a. tall,
slim, handsome, proud looking man
of nearly eighty, straight as an arrow.
Stewart, 8 native of the North of
Ireland, is a medium sized man, ratha
er sslenderand tall, with q face like
parchment, which gives the impress
sion of being hard up. Astor has
heirs; Vanderbilt, lchildren;l Stewart
is childless. Astof gaxeaa couple of
hundred thousand dollars to the AstOr
Library, and two golden candlesticks,
nine feet high, to Trinity Charch.
The other two are inclined to be close
isted. Stewart is the scholarly man;
Vanderbilt the shrewd man; 'Astor
the man of the world. Such are the
three wealthiest men in America.
Fe
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= rs THE CAUCASIAN PLAYED oUrs'

T. !
Tee Detroit Union relates the fol-
lowing amusing incident which lately
occurred in that city: pta1
5 On Saturday a young man of good
family, but with eccentric enterprise,
started a great sale of candies al the
market. To advertise his sale and at
tract crowd to his stand be RTrayed
himself in the typical costume Of Un-
Gle Sam-long claw hammer gray coat
stars-and-stripe trousers, highlwh
hat, standing collar. aud long, straight
white hair. To advertise his enter
prise he walked abouti the streets
awhile Coming ftlOWn w oadWard
avenue, about O'Clock in the eyening
he attracted considerable attention
and q great crowd. Some boys who
sold oranges on the Russell House
corner thought it was :. lots, of fun"
and pelted him with rotten oranges,
while one, more humorous than the
rest, approached the supposed maniac
aud struck him in the. face with his
fist. Thoroughly frightened now, the
candy merchant started Con the. mar
ket, the mob after him and. the ur-
chins playing a tattoo on his shins
with their boots and pelting him with
all sorts of missiles. It was astOihsh-
ing that the .appafition cot aotypical
yankee1 ON the streets ,ota9 Detroit
should excite so much fury, and that
the national costume should have on
the rising generations of iAmerieans
an effect similar to that of O. red flag
on q, bull, but such was the fact. But
this was not all the contulnely the
poor fellow suffered. On reaching
the candy stand there was dan Ger that
the rabble would clear out the whole
establishment, and an intelligent, peel
er nabbed the poor masquerader
and dragged him off to the Central
Station. There he was searched, put
into a cell, his clothes changed, and
he was sent forth in his own colors.
The funniest part of the occurrence
was, however, that two Ghinamen,
dressed in their national costume,
came into the Station attracted by the
crowd, and seeing what was the mat
Ter, had q good laugh in their, quiet
way " He,i he" said one of them TO
the UNION feporter5l lY Melican man
40 ikee Mclean clothes, Mclean
got hkeei John. Punchee
John in FIisco Pnnehee Melican man
IN Detroit. Velly funny he, he, top
side Galah 2" Hg &01 - Ggo9 4
The reporter expressed his entire
with the .eliptical-eyed
ION of the Orient, and meditating sad
: upon the fickleness Of human ma
ure, retired from the scene.3 it g
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.IusrIoE TO MoMEN.

Kentucky, which though no longer
a bloody, is still regarded as rather
dark ground, has done an act of JUS
tice to women which might well be
initiated by other States. The late
Legislature passed q law declaring
that the wages and compensation of
married women for labor or service
performed by them shall be free from
the debts and control of their hus-
bands. For a number of years past
the courts of the State have been au-
thorized to empower married women,
on the joint application of themselves
aud their husbands, to act as single
women in matters of business The
time is evidently not far ahead when
women will have the same rights as
men In regard to property-if they do
not have better ones. az0
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A CARPET STORY.

Mark Twain tells the following in
letter from London: ass
g 1t is said by those who ought to
know that when Buckingham Palace
was being fitted up as a home for the
Shah, one Of the: chief rooms was
adorned withla rich carpet which had
been designed aud manufactured es-
peeially to charm the eye OF His Maj
esty. The story goes on to say that a
couple of the Persians suite camelhere
q week ago to see that all things were
in readiness, aud that when they
reached that particular room and
glanced at the lovely combination of
green figures and whits ones in the
carpet, they gathered their robes care
full up about their knees and then
went elaborately tiptoeing about the
floor with the aspect aud anxiety of Il
couple of cats hunting for dry ground
in wet country, aud they stepped
only on the white figures, aud almost
tainted when they came near touching
green one. 1t is said that the expla-
nation is that these visiting PersiaMs
are all Mohamnedans, and green be-
ing color sacred to the descendants
of the Prophet, and all of these people
being so descended, it would be a
dreadful PROCLAMATION for them to de-
file the holy color with their feet
And the general result OF it. All was
that that carpet had to be taken up
and is a dead loss"
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THE CHEESE TRADE.
From the Boston Globe bel ost'3a1' q

I-# D.
From the Boston elobe.l
It is not generally known that the
export cheese trade Gofs this country,
so far as dollars and cents are con-
eerned, is almost as important as the
grain trade, and unless something
wholly unforeseen occurs, the export
trade this year viii be much larger
than it was last year Thea article of
cheese in Europe is not regarded as
luxury, as it is in this country. There
it is used as an article of food as much
as wheat or beef ia in the United
States. American cheese, too ia fully
equal to, if not better than the Eng
lish article, and is growing more and
more in demand. The cheese which
is now going upon the market is OF an
unusually good quality, and is eagerly
taken. AS an indication of the rapid
increase of trade in general, figures
are given showing that there were re-
ceived at New York during the past
five months 197,6 ,6S2 boxes, against
l40,l58 during the same time last year,
and the exports have been 266, ,S75
boxes against 70, ,481. This is an ex-
hibit of healthy growth for the dairy
interests of the country.
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Thsagh the voEia may 3 dalE aad oar feotstep.

-=s A4k t-As = o-1.i 1-A13 = Ae- ea-- 9StseS
No snnshine to gladden. OF eheel Us; s. IS
When the hearts that are round ns are cold asa
And no loving 7iiil bosom be hear Us = sgi5
Though fortune may frown1 On our des5late path
And no ray of ii ight be seen shining o"
stin soy, thodk unseen hSVers over the lie srth,
I For eaehclaud Aas a5silveFy Inning -
Thpqsh foFFAts Is Or treA4f r. with
yet. stiil we 1hSAst try to retnen. ea Der sg2 -
THAT the gi0omiest nfg l1t has 4 raifslnt morn,
and the AoWers bloom In spite of December
AAd " hat. thoasi the joys Of youth should De-
leH l5aFs, I'll lE1slftoa zla 81 10 H1e 60
They Ril ndt bsFest6FedlBy rePInings9 10
For 1IoBeIyet remains to 1enlisan the hearS,
And each cloud has a sIiVery. lining3x9 q
Though Winter be-O'er US. and all may seem,
E1a tFiearzfT bee Eatffsav asa AAst2&4-A
And the birds,ezen ltheif uestsahaye forsakenL.
fss eonfort'F = band for the sPrinEtimes Is
oLet yOuf confidence L never yeer be shaken. & &
As the ivy ciinEs hfm to the oak cfnmBlihg.
so fodhaa aHops your young heart s6o.d be
uai tWEmiak 8d5 3GGl3 lss& s52sAiA9 Eo8
And when yOai look iups tho the sky may be.
,h ddaxks Toi boizSq 9H5 sal19o 81
s Fhnkeaeh cloud has sflVery lining. sf
when stffsf ana cconniet wNonId reender vez sad
When youf pleasure is min gIed with care, va
Then smile Op your fortune and try to be glad,
. Bat ohFReter give way to despair 9aF
And when the Sough gales Of the winter are oaeF
: And tie bsight SON above us is shining, 7if.
You'll hnd thatyoaf sOrr0ws have all gone be-
9o8 f0reSfa 9di ,esbia3d -u0i'HsT sg7
And each eloui has asilV very nHiAg. p
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CHILDREN AND SNAKEs.-AtC Chance
ford Pike e,about two miles from York,
Pa, several young children belonging
to a family residing there we're iH the
habit of carrying bread to their play
ground, near the house. This excited
the curiosity of the older members of
the family, who visited the ohildren's
enclosure, aud there found @ adlarge
black snake with q litter of six or
eight young ones feeding on the
bread, the children standing around.
On the approach of the older persons
the snakes disappeared. Lbs j3aa
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J. WAGGoNER, NJ. D.

Physician and Surgeon, Office East end OF
Phenix Block, Ravcnna, Ohio. 49,.
g AM4frgga aVth: 1879 a z s ~ L1S7-R
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snANNEY 81 HATFIELp.

a4to-revs a and CounseIors at Law. Office
over First National Bank, kaEehna, ONO d
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Rates OF Advertising.
B,5siness cards!

WEDpFsIllz. 14OUSE
e1svsiand ohl8.s saso' per slays x A GIL-
LEEEE. EFopr1etOf-
pee 8 1S88s1y-s s-sE =
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j.. d. HOhtOl..
: TAYLOR HOKTpN. =
= ~ = sa,.sF' fou4fzelfors at Inv, Raven
~ fnfo. once in Phenix Block, over Sec
onaI NATIONAL Bankag g13g sfe .-as ~
May 6. 1862 3j-iy.
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get, swear you ars pretty good
looking. If You didn't wear such q
wide Fnfile on your niglt-eap. ~ -.
So Sir r. said /, looking very savage.
g Madam !" he answered, Initiating
my tone and voice to perfection. p.
"Oh, If I were out of this bed, sir, y
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..4,,~nava and Counselors ut Law. All
eIasses Of business pertaining to tne proles- s,
- Siou receive prompt attention OmeS over
Farmers Bank, GiEfetfsVHie' OiA0- ~
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md the birds,ezen ltlreiF nests have forsaken.
comforts Il hand =, for the springtime is
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-26

: A NOBEL CANDIDATES CARD.-From caro-
said to be put forth by WILLIAM Z. Ken
NERLY, Esq, of Clarke county, we publish
the following paragraph, with the remark
that we suspect Mr.. KENNERLY has con-
ceived the idea of running in opposition to
the En- Run Gazette, and with this part
graph as a specimen we warn NORRIS to look
to his laurels :.s..... p"'s-@ j.,
q "When reflect and contemplate the long
line of men of brilliant genius which for the
past thirty years has been furnished by
Clarke TO our State Legislature. and when I
contemplate their valuable and distinguished
services, am seized with an overwhelming
desire to go and do likewise, and be enabled
aftert' life's titful fever is over to leave my
children (ali that I will have to Icave) the
rich legacy and proud epitaph Of Here lies
one more of Clarke's distinguished sons.
statesmen, and patriots. who noblyfell bat
Ting for the spoiis7of office and the rights Of
man," -. '"s,.rsE -..--.
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The Fauo1lier Nee ting.

The reader will he attracted by our tele
graphic report of the discussion at warren
ton Yesterday. 1t will be seen that the Con
seryatiye cause was well indicated by It's
representatives. 1t appears that only one
of the Republican nominees stood for that
side. while the Republican candidate fol
the office of Lieutemnt-Guvcrnor, Mr.. HAMS
DELL, remained silent spectator. l.. ii.
CHANDLER was brought in to his assistance,
and closed the debate This WAS smart ar
ranrement on the side of our opponents:
but although they thus put their best foot
foremost they made but poor figure III aP-
healing to the noble citizens Of the Piedmont
country to Join the negroes in helping to
elect them, and thus take the Government
out of the hands Of the true people OF Viz
ginia and contide it to the negro and carpet
bag party, Which has plunged every state
Which has come under its rule into the
greatest trouble and the most Notifying de-
graduation.
We hope nov our gallant nominees will
20 ahead, turning not a jot out of their way
in their charge upon the enemy, giving him
no respite from the punishment which Is
his due.
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-spEcIAz. NaEaGEs. -


m-LINEN LUsTREs at Ea ana h0a''
worth 20 and 2scss
pARIsIENNE poPL1Ns at i2scsasardi Z
STRIPED JAPANEsEso oTHsn great yafss's'
at lssc. yard: - sd.
RoBE JAPANESE CLOTH only 2os. PEI safo'
nIAGoNAL PopLINs, zsc. o yard; .-''-
LAcE-sTRIpE Pc PLINs,in The ne" s''a'''' -
2sc. yard: ~. ,,,, aoc,
y,Gy1oNErrE JAPANESE PoPbINs only 'os'
yard;i"s,,t. r,ftI Jile<f 5>'..E -, - mo u
rUssoRE sU1TIEG CLOTH only . ana ss'' :
yard; s,-t 49, Z"
s1LK-MIxED PoPLINs at Soe.l d yard -
Black SILKS ut 81, sl.25. Size, Sl.75, ~ $40
sa.75, and 80 yard; ..a.a =,
Only few of those GRENADINE ROBES a' o
left; ... r.i.-.fr.l.l,-.,
25c yard; ...4.,. .,,Lrs :,
vrGN1oNETrE STRIPED GRENADINES at
90. 25, and soc. yard
r,ce,,ant FAsT-COLOR LAWNS at l2sc. yaro
PLAIN and STRIPED wAsH-PoPLIN at lsc.
yard;
EXCELLENT BL ACK and wHrTE.STR1PEs SIKH
e.. ING ut l5c. yard: ...' III -.
In fact, an excellent assortment OF .DhEos
GOODS. at prices fur below their value can DC ha'
LEVY BROTHERS.,
1o17 and 1919 Main street.
y1cToRIALAWN SUITS at 81. ;,o au ~ =
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thy Of the attention of the entire legal pro-
fession. s s
.sGood News.

sA telegram sannounee that on YESTERDAY
the Richmondand Atlanta Airline railway
was completed. This is glorious news:-tl4le
distance from Richmond to Atlanta and gu
Gulf cities, South Of It is sborteneda hum
-dred aud fifty miles by this exent.-,Ihat
gives to. this, city, q greatly increased advan.
tase in its trade with the Gulf States, and
this advantage should inspire here ut least
enough of enterprise and energy to make II
available. :, .,o,s-, at5a -.a. ..a'.,. 81
we consider, Richmond fortunate, since
the war in the contamination of several lm'
portant works. First comes the CHESAPEAKE
and Ohio railroad; secondly, we nave the
line from Richmond to Weldon consoIl'
dated, and so conducted as to give Rich
moud at least fair and equal chance Win
all competitors for the coast trade OF NorLn
and South Carolina; and thirdly, we, no"
| have. the completion Of the Richmond and
Atlanta Airline, WeImay add to these the
reconstruction of the York River line upon
u basis promising many benefits to this Guy
These achievements leave but little TO Ut
done. In tue way Of lines OF communities
tion we cannot see that we have anything
else demanding early consideration save The
railway from Richmond to Lynehburg and
| thence to Clifton Force. This important
work ought, in justice to our interests, TO DC
built very soon; but the financial difficulty
i, pow serious barrier. This Will be Ii
time-we hope not long time-remoVeo
and then the road will be unquestionaoIy
| built. ... s..... i
Let us now do the best with our greatly
improved connections with the South and
West. and we won't feel very severely tne
delay in the completion of the final ana very
important L" Straight-Shoot,' as it's called.
II seems to us that in extending our SOUTH
ern trade we might increase the variety OF
our trade by the introduction OF cotton. Ii
is subject we'll worthy of the CONSIDERATION
of our merchants and dealers.
Let us rejoice that we have at last the Al
hnta Airline
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The MoDcCs.-The Modocs have time
enough until the Sd of October to ponder
their case. The charge that they have COM
mitted murder Sin violation of the laws
of war; will rather puzzle them. Theft
reflections will find no aid from their recol-
lectioDs of the manner in which they and
their forefsthers have been treated, ana
Captain JACK will think it especially hard
that he should be denied the right to Kill
the white man in the same manner that the
white man killed his JAcK's) father. The
philanthropists have time enough to do q
great deal, but they won't save the Modoc'
from the rope. They would better, as con
temporary suggests, take up collection foI
the poor women and children that are nearly
all of the tribe that will survive after the
hanging.
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7soulsians, ghe sea slands " atst ana
Beaufort, and the plantations near, Savannah
as proof OF the inupacityof the Africsn 70
seep an improved and pfosperot1s country
from decay, much less toimprpvs one ena'
has not been tilledssfT hess noble5ianas' once
smiling with fertility, are under the negro
'srapidIy rciapsing into waste'ncios anu
jungle" Oh
The writer does not improve the picture
ne no goes on: The sugar crop In the most
southern parish has fallen or from u goo to
5000 hogslieads. Many sugar plantations
have been changed from sugar to the cult
walton of other crops; some are abandoned
in consequence Of unreliable labor and OPP
pressiye government. The labor Is tickle
and unreliable. The negro is taught to be
hostile to the white man who employs him.
At days notice the negroes will cease
gathering his crop, leaving it to rot or DC
lost, at the summons Of their political
masters to go and vote against their en-
ployer. This "prevents that community OF
int crest so indispensable to successful cur
ture." The'negroes accumulate nothlns'
I. They have no saving instinct" Ihey
spend all their earnings in food, fine clothes,
whiskey. and tobacco" TO gctluxuries they
deny themselves almost bedstead to lie
| upon; chair to sit upon. They can easier
dispense with necessaries than with luxurles.
| The women cease to work out, utterly neg
Iect their household duties, and are very
dissipatcd. But it is needless to copy all
that this correspondent of the Tribune says.
! Our readers need no information further
than to be informed that in the far South
the reculiarities of the African are in no
sense moderated; but on the; contrary !1ly
strengthened. ... a. &C. -
In what respect are We to hope for any
great improvement in government or III
physical comfort and prosperity when the
African clement so largely enters into the
governing power, and when it forms the
main source of labor? The New York 1ra-
bune says "the problem Of the South after
all is the labor problem" The problem Of
government is above that of labor. But is
either of them problem? Have they not
been both settled hslt-ccntury !? Look at
the West Indies. Are not African capacity
and African propeusites clearly defined by
their history i'll those islands, if we are not
satisfied by the older history of Africa, whose
race is as old, we suppose, as any on earth
and has it even civilized its own land after
| centuries of aid and example from the
phianthropist, the propagandist, and the
merchant?
The greatest folly Of the age is the attempt
to make politician Of the African and TO
make'him the equal of the white man in this
country. 1t is well that the truth Isl gradually
leaking out through northern Journals. The
northern people will understand the qucs-
ton better after while.
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! o. K.-The Norfolk Tirgin'dn and the
Raleigh Ners may rely upon it that though
General JACKSON did know how to spell, Ma
jor JACK DowNlNG pro(csscd, as does JOSH
BILLINGS. not to know how, and did actually
represent President JACKSON as writing so.
r." on papers presented to him to indicate
his approval of them. Such was the origin
Of the Use of those letters to stand for All
Correct" or, as DOWNING always spelled
the words "Oll Korrect." DOWNING also
wrote that when Jackson went to New York,
and was making speech upon the Battery,
he Dows1sa) touched him and told him to
give 'em little Latin, and that the General
broke out with SEC sen'per ty'annts, plu-
ribus mum, habeas corpus, cert'orart, &C.,
&c. All false stories Of course, but none
the less amusing at the time. 81
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LIABILITY OF RAILROADS FOR STOCK KILLED
BY THRM.-We publish this morning a re-
view, by one of the abest lawyers in Yir-
ginia, of the recent decision and opinion of
the Court of Appeals in the case OF Trout
os. The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
Company. 1t seems to us to be avery forci.
BILE presentation of the arguments which go
to show that the decision was wrong, -
The principles involved are important, and