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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07
Hoe TO be Hdppy.

Evidently Ariadne is not happy. But
who is? Nobody IS happy who is not
concoi;eJ. So it curiously happens that
only for imperfect characters is reserved
the life Of perfect enjoyment. There is
10 content 50 all embracing. SO peryading
and inyigora:ing rs self content. The
philosophers hold out other means OF
happiness. but they are moonshine to this
The mau whose bosom contains perpet
uaI principle Of sell-esteem. possesses a
balm Tor every woe. The blues that 50
easily bcset the rest Of humanity are
unknown to him. His ways are ways Of
pleaSaniness. The winds and the rains
may blow and dash against him; the
hurricane may shake his window shutters
and topple over his chimney; but within
all is peace. BE conccited and you will
be happy .-Scri6ner'S Monthly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07
Hart lIoney or Soft?

The question Of hard money or soft is
no new question in America; and tho
people who decided it, and thought they
decided il Tor ever. \ generation ago,
were just such people as The people who
are deciding it now. While there is. up
and down in places where noise can bo
made, 4 great body Of people who are in
debt. and live more or les, by debt. and
like to see what they call facility" IN tho
movement OF money, the great body OF
the people of the country earn theif money
before they spend H. place valnc on it
quite rs large Is they ough, 10 place; and
know perfectly well in their own history.
in that Of the country, in that Of The
rebels, aud in tha, OF the world, that any
play wi.h the standard is dangerous.-
When, therefore, in what are now old
times, Gen. Jackson appealed 10 the coun.
try to know whether il would have hard
money or soft, the country decided, very
stiAly, for a generation, TO have hard
money. What IS more, it tried TO separ.
ate, and for = generator did scpcratc, the
treasury from Tie business Of banking.
In that issue. the banking institutions
OF The country, and the financial men
very generally, took sides against Gen.
Jackson. They supported the United
States Bank. They made the strength of
the National Republican party. They
thought, rs some people do now, that tho
cry of a great deal OF money would bea
popular cly. They went to the people
on that cry, and were beaten out and out.
The organization which they formed wcre
beaten out and out. The organizations
which they formed were so beaten, that,
as party organizations they never pre-.
sented themselves again.
Thus the banks. the bankers. the people
who deal in money, are rs wise rs tho
laboring men. the farmers, the milers,
the great mass OF the middling interest
men Of the country were then. There is
now an alliance, very strong aud very
hopeful, between the people who have
least money and the people who handle
most. There is, therefore, every reason
10 believe that, so sool as the question of
more or less paper comes fairly before the
people. the people will determine that
thele shall be no enlargement Of the
amount oil currency which exists now.
II the people had not determined on
this, the President has. That seems 10
settle this matter for three years; for the
remark attributed TO Mrs. Grant seems
true. whether it came from her, or no:
People will find out, some time, that
when Mr.. Grant has made up his mind,
he is a very set man."-E. L. HALE, in
OlG and NcU for JtilC.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07

An exchange says: Compare the
publisher oil newspaper who has 10 go
all around the country TO collect his pay,
10 farmer who sells his wheat on credit
and not more than bushel to any person.
Ii any farmer will try the experiment ol
distributing the proceeds of his labor over
two or three counties, with an additional
one in two or three distant States for one
year. wo will guarantee that he will
mover, after that years experience, ask
q publisher 10 supply him with paper
year or two without the pay for it.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07

"A fine distinction was that the preach
or of the Richmond First Baptist church
made. "My brudder," said he, "when
you were all slaves dar might ha' been
sense fol cullin' slice of marsr's bacon,
or hookin' handful O. corn meal, or rob.
bin dc hen roost; for you all work hard
den, my brudders, and you earn it, my
brudders and sisters. But now you is all
free men dar amt no 'scuse whatever;
you's all on yer own 'sponsibility."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07

"A sermOnizer made these remarks on
the following soul saving question: "My
brethren, man cannot afford to lose his
soul. He's got but one. and he can't get
another If man loses his horse he can
get another; if he loses his wife he can
get another; ii he loses his child ho can
get another; but if he loses his soul
goOd-by, john"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07
A papa in Grcenville. Kentucky, h,

A papa in Grcenville. Kentucky, has
a daughter Kate, and Kate has lover
distastc(ul TO papa. On the lovers birth
day Kate bought nice gilt edged box Of
perfumery for q gift, and put into it
1.-THE contents are as delicate and inno-
cent as your love!' Papa got hold OF
the box before it was sent, and changed
the contents for bottle of soothing
syrup; Kate is now heart broken by the
continued and unexplained absence Of
her lover.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07
JOB PRINTING Of livery Description
Promptly and Neatly Executed.

SUb-ciihcrs can tell, by examining the colaIed
.iu affyrlc,l O. thcir rI.,Cr- She amoUnt dur and
those Wi,r.r. io tNtl Themselves 90 thr a. t.luc,U
payments, clu -,u', o. u- o., u...i. or hand to thC
nearest agent ">cpt. 'sl,' on tue -i5p, means
thc paper l- paid fur l1 tIlt taic. When money
i- sent carv ~hoUld o. taken 90 examine che >lii,
auL ir tle ulpuey IS uvtvtritcd ltliI tu weeks,
~ shouiI be appraised OF 20.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07

A law is proposed in California 10
make capital execution strictly private,
conccaling the date on which they are 10
occur, ard withholding all particulars
from the press and the public.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07

These grand old hills give back the measure
chin.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-07

| again; get u teacher. and go To prac
lieing."
but how am going 10 manage my
splSms?' sobbed the lady.
"Well, perhaps between us both-you
using your will power, and thinking o
your husband, going with him.and taking
care OF hm-and | doing my best in my
way---wc may be able to subduc them
but YOU must remember this, madam-dc
not let Mr.. Stephens have the laintest
suspicion that You think anything is the
matter with him; and above all. do moi
treat him like an invalid. Just amusc
him. aud that is all you know. just as you
used to when you were first married.
Another series of sobs from Mrs. Sie'
phcus.
Tnc Doctor arose 10 go. His patient
had entirely forgotten that hc had left nc
prescription.
About tea, Doctor?" she asked, as he
prepared 10 leave. "Do you Ihiuk it very
hurtlu ?"
AS an occasional tonic, | have no
objections to tea bat as daily bever'
age. madam, il is an invention Of the
devil Good morning"
John Stephens sought his home that
evening with heavy heart. Ills wife he
believed confirmed invalid, OF hypo
chondrlac--it mntlerod little which; oue
was ~ bal as lhc other. His rcmon
sta cvs were ot ~ avail. he WAS doubt
Iul even whclherhiJ wilc loved him. llC
opened the door so.,ly with his latch key
Ibis had become habitual; seldom did
,he gentleman show himself to his beloved
wife uu;i after Tho diniug bell had SUM
moncd the family to the dining room.
\ strain OF ma5ic mt and transliXcd
him on the very threshold. Abt's boauti-
tai song WA, being rendered, and his wilc
WAS the musician. He WIS Just IN time
T. hcar-
"rh, eyes that csuuot weep,
A.rthc -addc-t ,,cs o. all
For iuli year Til, charming voice had
been as silent =, the grave.
Company, pcrh,g-," h. muitcrcd.
Curiosity o,csc...Ae hrni. III opened the
par.or door aud stepped IN. There was
Mrs. john Stephens. bocominSiy atiircd.
ail alone. rs enthusiastic over the hnc
rendition OF piece OF music rs ho had
ever seen her.
"Nyhat does this mean, KITE 2" he
asked, with ouis;rclchcl arms.
"That have given ~ tea, and am
going TO try hard TO be well. guess my
voice will come back, john
IL guess So" nc replied, folding her
tight to his heart.
Three months after this the cure was so
radical, that Doctor Ellis made clean
breast Of The whole thing: and there Is
no word or SGT OF words that cAn provoke
50 hearty a laugh in this happy home Of
Tie Stephens rs this physiologically sci
entifc one-Peiicardium.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

Rings were manipulated during the first
political experience of the small General,
and older and more vindictiye members
Of the Golf family, and were made to re-
dound to their political and pecuniary
advancement. He also showed up the
ring by which test oaths and suitors
oaths were placed upon the statute books
o. West Virginia, by the same potent in
fluence Of the COTS, by which homes,
professions and occupations were torn
from their Legitimate possessors, to make
room for the employment of Golf men
and Goff means.
This was followed BY Colonel Wilson
in u scathing review of Radical persecu-
tions ofprivate citizens during the reign
of Boreman and Stevenson, amongst
which he enumerated with telling effect,
the lives, liberty and prosperity Of which
this ring had deprived many citizens of
Marshall county, without regard to sex,
the effect Of which was to convince the
large and intelligent audience which he
addressed that no amount Of filthy lucre,
or bonds, or stocks, stolen or taken way
by any Imaginary rings, could compare in
,normity, with the acts of this Infamous
Boreman-S Stevenson ring. Before the Col
onel concluded, the small general got
very tired of references to rings.
The Democrats were enthused with the
discussion, and lcftsin fine spirits. The
Republicans were correspondingly de-
pressed. You can rely on Marshall do
ing her duty. EX.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10
Hon. II. y. White and the Bethany
College bill.
MoUNpsvILLE, W EST VA, |
October Q, 1874.
Editors of the Register.

October Q, 1874.
Editors OF the Register.
A great deal has been said through the
prcSs and otherwise, about the votes and
acts of the Hon. II. :. White Of this
county. in the last legislature, on what is
known as the Bethany BILL | see that
YOUR ncighbor. 4. w. Campbell, takes up
the cudgel for Mr.. Mite, and in his
paper of the md inst, states that White
never voted for bill giving to Bethany
college = perpetual donation of three
thousand dollars a yesr. Tosci the public
right on this subject, will just state that
on the 21th day Of March. 1873, Mr..
White and nine other Republicans, voted
for the bin. and that the terms of the ap-
propriatIou were not FIVE years only, as
MIR. Campbell states, but was To last until
the good angel stood, one foot'on the sea
and the other on the land, and proclaim
ed that time should be no longer. Mr..
White would tax this people forever, to
benefit those who are already clothed in
purple and fare sumptuously every day,
whilst many thousands Of the homes Of
the taxpayers Of the State, are destitute
of the common comforts Uf life. Our peo-
pie should certainly remember such n
man at the ballot box next Tuesday.
Again, Mr.. Campbell says that a Demo-
cratic legislature passed that bill. In
reply to that part Of his article, have
the pleasure to say to the good people Of
West Virginia, that it was Democratic
Legislature that defeated that infamous
b;ll, and to-day Bethany College does not
,ceive one dime from, the public treasury
ofthis State. b. W. PRICE.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS,

The funeral services Of the late K'N.
Thomas Eddy took place yesterday nj
st. PauVs Church, New York. Th"
church was crowded to it, utmost "apn-
city, and among those present were many
| well known and active members oi the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Tho s"rvi-
ccs were very impressive and were con-
Quoted by Bishops Simpson and Jai"e''
The Bc,ia newspaper says that the
French government. with the puspos" ol
evading poltiral complications, has an
nounccd it, intention Of taking eicctiv"
measures to prevent the shipment of
articles contraband Of war across th"
Spanish frontier.
A di.patch from Fort Garry Sys, th"
mounted police near Fort Benton hal
broken up camp and were marching I"
Fort Ellis. The whole force !. ordered
70 winter nj Fort Pelly. IL is beloved
thoy have accomplished nothing.
The Nile is falling and the danger "I
disastrous inundatlOn Is over.
The Postal Convention was signed
Yesterday by all the delegate in the In
ternational Congress except thos" ir'n
France.
Senators Clayton and Dorsey, Jndg"
Mcclure and large number al other
leading Republicans Of Arkansas "lIi
attend the Chattanooga Convention.
They will De joined by adelesniion from
Texas.
The Archbishop of Cologne has been
rclcnsed, after an imprisonment 81 sM
months and nine days. The remainder
nrihe term for which he wa sentenced
will be- treated A. cancelled.
The President has appointed Charlie
G.. Hammond, Of Chicago, NJ a member
Of the Board Of Indian Commissioners.
Arrangements have been effected by
tie Committee on transportation with
nearly all Railroads for reduced rates, !"
person. wishing 10 attend th" Lincoln
monument dcdlcation and reunion "i
the army of the Tennessee, whifh taxi
place At Springfield. ILL.,, October l'th
and 10Th.
VIM. Davis. car washer employed at
the Piqua shop, Columbus, while walk
inc ON the railroad track, last night, was
run over by Incornotiye and in''nnIly
killed.
The Delegate 10 tho P"stal Congr"s',
ye.tnseay. presented q s"ryir" II silver
to their President.
The Fat Parish Church ~ Aberdeen,
the finest edifce or IT, kind in the North
Of Scotland, ha, been destroyed By fire.
The miners of West Riding, Yorkshire,
! England. having refused ~ consent 10
reduction ~ per cent on their wages,
have been locked out u the number of
coo.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

A DEMOCRATIC meeting will be held
at the Court House, in this city, tonight.
Mcssrs. OKEY JOHNSON, GEORGE O..
DAVENPORT, and +. &. CRACRAFT will
deliver addresses.
The meeting will be called to order at
about 7:SO NJ. Turn out all citizens,
and perhaps you will learn before it Is
dismissed, where Gen. Corr, Jr., stands
in this campaign. Whether he is Rad
ical an Independent; "thc peoples can
didate," ora FOREMAN man. It's very
necessary that his constituents should
know for whom they are voting.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10
DISCUSSION BETWEEN MESSRS.
WILSON AND GOFf.
(.OH Goes for Rings and Col. wilson
Takes Up the Theme--GOH Stie"e-

The grand discussion between the
competitors for Congressional h"nors IN
this district took place to-day, as per
announcement At an early hour tn"
friends of tho two parties from all parts
ofthe county began toarriv", ana by the
time SGT for the discussion, the Court
House was well filled.
General Gotf opened tho discussion IN
a speech Of ffty minutes, in which ne
attempted to show the people of Marshall
county that if elected Ia very decidedly
doubtful contingency he might b" rx-
pected Ia do anything that would further
the ends of the party he represented.
Your correspondent undertook To note
tb, number Of times that he used the
word ring" but AFTER using up an entire
maze Of an old book prepared for the
registration of vetcrs by Boreman,
Stevenson 4 Co. gave the enumeration
up in despair.
After throwing up the sponge on that
proposition, tried to note where ana
when the applause came in, with the
following result:
Applause lst, grew ont Of his elplana-
tion of the late contested Congressional
election case.
%. Was called forth by his fuls"mc
culogies on the hirelings of Gen. Grant,
who created the late disturbance IN
Louisiana.
IA. When he had che audacity Ia say
that "the Republican party had never
countenanced fraud or peCulstion in ns-
tional or State affairs.
4th. When he announced the trans
nsrept falsehood that no poltical
bauble could swerve him from the line oil
truth.
5tb. Was called forth by some Scrip
tural quotations that was unable 10
hear. "a
9Th. Was when he did what nine-
ten,hs of his audience will bear me out
in saving was the wisest thing he did
during the entire discussion, viz: to take
his seat.
Colonel Wilson came upon the stand
and during the time allotted 10 him,
dealt heavy and fearful blows upon the
dopp.r LITTLE General. He departed from
! his usual styie of debate in discussing the
;mportsnt issues involved in the present
CONGRESSIONAL canvass, and for once fol-
lowed the little U. s. Prosecuting Attor-
new into the line Of discussion to which
he seems best adspted-namely, his Ia
vorite subject of rings.
Colonel Wilson showed up IN an able
and mssterly manner how Registration
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

JUICE BRYAN, II United States Dis
trict Judge of South Carolina, and Of
course Radical las all United States
District appointees must be Radicals
says to the grand jury that ''thc absence
of criminal proceedings in this State for
many months past is very gratifying.
Now that is going right square back
on Moses and PATTERSON, of PennSyl-
yania, Radical United States Senator
for South Carolina.) If these Radicals
don't hold Convention and agree OH
some definite course, GRANT and WILL
LIAMs won't know whether to send
troops down South or not.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

Il 'oLoRED voter and poet, on return
"s lrom his interview with General
N''f' dr. at the McLure House the
'>"e' day, Was heard TO give utteranee to
'Ae following:
aassa aa Goff he say he wants Us vote
Eng DE as We used To be; l.r7
TT IN II ne goes for the bill we want
e ~hae RAIDS piQ 90 for HE"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

lHE Radicals have posted plscsrds
|U"A' the city containing this inscription:
Noir Tor General Nathan God, Jr., for
'"ASTess Yes, vote for him. You
VIE are willing to endorse the Civil
"sn's Bill in all its infsmy; you who are
1"ilns'o say that the Credit MObilier,
'''~imans Bureau, Boss SHEPHERD
1"d other steals are all right; you who
ate willing to endorse the Radical pro-
N'P''ve measures in this State; you
VINO are willing to see those measures
''aeWed,' and yourselves disfranchised,
,'u'e and vote for the Radical ticket.
you entertain such views rs these, ysu
,'a vote for General Corr, Jr., and his
s"c'a'es, conscientiously.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10
FOREIGN.
BuenOs Ayres Insurreetion.

RIO JANEIRo, October ga general
battle between the Government troops
and Insurgents is imminent, though
hopes are increasing that peace will be
restored on the resignation of President
Avellaneda. '.
RIO JANEIRo, October 9.-The rcvolu-
tion in the Argentine Republic increases
in Importance. !. Anissue Ut paper money
is probable in case negotiations for re-
Cancellation between the government
authorities and the revolutionists fail.
Montevideo is filled with refugees from
Buenos Ayres. The loan issued few
days ago BY the Brazilian government is
favorably received.
The Won Arnim Arrest.
BERLIN, October 9.-The National
Gazette declares that tho Won Arnim ar
rest is not connected with politics, but is
simply criminal procedure with which
neither foreign office nor Chancellor
were concerned. Tho Gazette also says
that copies arc in existence Of NIL docu-
ments that are required. .... d..
The Direct Cable Company.
LONDON, October "a circular has
been sent TO the shareholders of the Di-
rect Cable Company, informing them
that the management have decided IL
abandon about thirty miles Of cable
which is now lying on rocky bottom,
and effect splice at n more suitable
point. The circular says that in oil
about 100 miles of cable have been laid,
and satisfactory tests are obtained every
day.
English Accountant's Report Of the
Erie Railroad. r
LONDON. October 8.-Thc accountants
report of the Erie Railroad Company,
given Ia the Stock Exchange to-day, says:
But for the deficit uf Si56,Gii, shown 10y
the corrected profit and lnss account ~
existing September Both, 1874, S'0Wo
would have been available, subject
to adjustment of outside matters for
dividends in common stock, after the
payment of four dividends on preferred
stock for the two years ending June 10.
1878 The accountants anticipat"
that the value Of rccoverics from Jay
Gould will fall very far short Of their
nominal amount. An abstract of th"
statement of the assets and liabilities at
the company up 10 September 81, 1877,
shows the liabilities to b. $ll5.4I9,2ll,
and the assets SllS,2Gj,919. The report
covers n period from September 30, 1871,
10 March II, 1874.
Spanish Republican Success.
MADRID, October 9.--Thc Republican
army under General lAzerna has crossed
the river Elbc and taken Laquarlia
This success has made nh excellent int
preston here. Don Carlos with the bulk
Of his followers is ut Lariaja-do- Navarro.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

r,,Toes OF THE REGISrER:-Please an
.. that am candidate for the Of
-, msticr Of the Peace for Centre
." .,t., and respectfully request your
..ror,ble consideration. ,,,,>, ,rruu
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

r.,,, yotcr, or clay District:
,.rpounr. myself as candidate for the
,-,,,. Of Justice Of the Peace for Clay dis
49,, ,n.r, ur,. two Ia be elected, and most
,..,.c,flIy ask your sutirages;. ,,,>,
ir'P",tt J.. ~. j. CLARkSON.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10

q II, Ioirrs Of Centre District:
w., my..e,. EDITORS Announce the under
1osa candidate for reelection to the
- ps,ice of the Peace for Centre dis
net, h''p'' '' THOS. MCCORMICK.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-10
ANNOUNCEMENT.

MASKS. EUlTuRs: You will please an
uounrr Thu> K. Moiict as candidate Tor
County commissioner for Centre district.
ul the ensuing election, and obligt.
"cI MANY VOTERS.
FpIrE~ REGISTER: Pleas" announce
IT, John English ;tS II candidate Tor Com
U..>,luurr, inr Richiand district, and obiige
ucjrldg MANY NoTERS.
MASKS. EuITuRS Please announce j.
H. krudie ~ a candidate for the oilic" OF
Nounty commissioner for Clay district, ana
Oblige
0rtA MANY FRlENDS,
EnrEs up The R:-Plcase an
Hounce George II. Carnahan, as Il candi-
dale for County Commissioner for Web
>lrr rrdistrlCt, at the ensuing election.
"ctS MANY VOTERS.
knTuRs Or THE REGISTER :-Plcuse an
houncr Capt. Benz. Fisher for the office Oh
'ouuty Commissioner, for Clay district,
d'onr thar has been tried and proved faith
Ml and "hlIge host OF
UcIS VOTERS
tnIIVES "E REGISTEK.-Piease announce
VILLAIN klrviS as the Peoples candidate
i"f The "ficr uf Commissioner, for Centre
district ami obligu his
UC1l MANY FRIENDS.
hblToRS REGISTRAR Announce the name
" john haudlan, Esq, for the oftice oil
'"uhly Commissioner, ~ being worthy to
I'LL the said otfice another two years, and
""ig" HIS FRlENIS.
uvlg