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The outcast.

Her tympathies are yours and mine,
Her heart 10 full Of human love,
Her tsst0s, in spite Of tiusel shine,
Do nadeht against her nature prove,
Nok lees ker pity Il than ours,
NOeare her joys an idle jest
Sharp ere tina th0rns beneath the flowers
Sc Sasps unto her wornAns breast.
fs;sE ziE5sE3 3fsaasstfS - lt$f
O. eas,e into her lifs nf blame, .a
f5ke q, in holplessness Of grace;
t1noonnoiously received her name,
: sIJioons6iously assumed her place; sg
Bleseed With n9ternal c4re or cursed
VIII poverty 3 neglect, she rose
Throueii years graduation, and rehearsed
q Hee 7hture of allotted woes. H
II vns not II she eould vr would;
80 took her fato, Ike ua, On trust;
HSf FOLKS nxe no natuSal mood, II.
: Nor does she choose for Jewels, dnst;
NJ had she chosen, weII We know
Her lite haA beea our counterpart, ST
viii mOrs peRhape than We best0w b
II sympathies ofmind and heart.
The sianees of her svilseyes fa lfit
On ~ pass judgment mono the less & *
Than We, Who walk in sanity guise,
Condeslni1g what we only guess.
Where we disoern gulf between, ts
She sees . simple, Tine Of chance, f.t
And holds that ve Ike her had been,
I Bat for ths chain sf circumstance.
45uggs tsH giltise
The stars that guard the lovers talk
Afe not more chaste with holy light,
Than whom they guide her wayward walk
4 Yhroash t6s wasts places Of the night;
And she and We beneath their rays
Reason the sand, or reason not,
And naisinterpfet others ways
To make our own the happier lot. .f
Ard which Of us the saints shall say
She's wholly wrong nor partly right;
Or who, beneath that painted clay,
Pronounce there 10 no blameless white
Then cast not at her stones Of pride,
Housekeeping from our height above;
But, moving humbly n her side,
Lift up her life with saving love-
PHtnam's Magazine, 1868
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An Illinois Judge decides
that marrying revokes a mans
will. That Is no news to some
men, whose marriage not only
revokes their Wills, but snbsti-
tutes those Of their mother-ip-
law. a,asH
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Z
Dir. Post, a Wisconsin Chris
tian, went to church tho other
morning and found Mrs.
Schlfmgen in his pew. Mr..
Post did not follow the plan OF
most weak-kneed Christians
take another seat aud scOwl al
the woman through the SER
mon |; he took Mrs. Schlimgen
by Che ear and yanked her o0t
Of that seat 50 quick it made
every hair pin in her chignor
trenlble.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-06-06

The Senate has passed the
Civil Rights bin By q vote Of
% to Is. Senator Carpenter
was the only Republican who
voted nay. It is stated that
the bill will be defeated in the
House BY tiIlibastering. III.
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"A western editor notfc cling the
fact that it costs 913,O00 . year
40be GOvernorof Rhode Island.
inclines tothe opinion that Il
would bs better 70 buy tie
State outright. This would
cost something. iuasmuch -
tho chief city, Providence, j,
said to be the richest Ia, the
world.
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The Russian Minister Of War
has offered three prizes of5 900
8, 900 and Z, 600 roubles respec>
lively for the best essays on the
duties Of cavalry In warfare at
the present day. They need
not be written in Russian. The
one obtaining the first prize
will be printed and published
by the Government, and any
profit accrping from ita salt
win be handed over 70 ths
anthor in addition to the prize
aspirants for which are invited
to apply for particulars to thl
general staff III
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The Value f 1mmigrants.

The Value II Immigrants.
From the Mobile Resister.l
An eminent authority, Mr..
David A. Wells, the political
economist, calculates that the
amount Of money
brought, in cash, by each Inn
IS from $40 to 500. Il
But it is not the mere money
that the immigrant brings that
makes him go valuable as a.
contributor to the prosperity
Of a State. His bone, brain
and muscle are of vastly more
consequence. Mr.. Wells es-.
Inmates the average value OF
the wealth added by the work
of each new settler at $780,
With these data, taken from
social statistics, which are az
accurate as those Of insurance,
we can understand the practi-
cal result Of Introducing relia-
able whitelaborinto Alabama,
at even an extraordinary cost.
In 1850 there were 19, ,1O4, 900
acres Of land in cultivation in
this State. In 1870 there were
only 1881 900. In other words,
since the war more than4, 900,
GOO acres Of cultivable lands
have lain idle. It is almost
certain that at least one mil
lion acres more have been
thrown out since the census Of
1870. But taking the figures
Of the census we find vacant
four millions of acres. If the
planters were to give away hall
Of these lands the remainder
would double in value. The
division of 1890, 600 acres a
mong immigrants at the rats
OF eighty acres to each head o
a family, would supply q, ,O0t
families. These families would
i ~ ff s55ssz e q
furnish %, 600 male adults ani
q total population Of over 100,
O00persons. They would bring
into the State s., ,OOo, GOO in casl
and would add TO the wealth o
the State in bone, muscle ant
brain, not less than $40, 900,
600. "a
i The States Of the Northwes
understand this matter pei
fectly. Willnot the people Q
i Alabama understand ita On
lands are idle. Hundreds o
ships come empty to our port
!. from foreign countries. Wha
lis in the waya Nothing bu
1 want Of action by the Stated
VI ~ IS
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The weather, on account oi
q want Of rain, has been for at
least ten days, very unfayora-
BILE for the planter. In the
hills. the crops and gardens
are suffering badly, and even
on the river rain is needed tc
bring up late paintings, and
to nourish the corn and cottor
worked since the last rain
The prospect IS altogether
gloomy. Ouachita Telegraph
20th. llIa nj
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"a farmer man from jones'
reports that he was in his field
the other day when a thunder
storm came up. and, to use his
own words. .thar como = clap
Of lightning, which first hit q
mule, then . nigger, then the
mule again, and then the same
nigger. and neither Of them
war signed or skeered worth
shucks. It then struck 8 two
foot black gum and tore itintc
splinters quickor'n . owl could
wink. Georgia paper.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-06-06

The legislature of Texas re-
GENTLY incorporated the Orange
Bolivar Point railroad, a new
line, which connects with the
ST. Louis and Mexican Gulf
road and Jaaper road at Sabine
Pass, and 1[th the New Or
leans and Texas road at
Orange. The distance between
st. Louis and Galveston by
this route is shortened ninety
miles. It also passes through
the lumber regions Of Texas,
and: gives to that rapidly aug.
menting trade market facili-
ties. the want Of which haa
heretofore retarded . very
probable industry.
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Dollars and bense do not
travel together.
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49, - q Il
q According 70 q recent Parlia-
sabentary report there are in
Scotland 1890 landowners.
Of these. sevent y-ive proprie-
tors own 9,1Oo, 600 acres.
nearly one-half Of tho entire
acerage Of Scotland. The larg-
est owner is the Duke Of sath-
Ntfahd. Who tas / .176.574a acres.
with over eS5, 900 9 year.
Queen Victoria owns an estate
of $3.50 acres, worth about
12.O00 i wear.
y'i,. sa'lt-..s- -
I s = - lee1y colnel tua'
ekes 2 man INTO tne sna0ow
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The contributions acknowl-
eded by the New Orleans Re-
lief Committee, up TO last
Friday, amounts to $40, Il PIP
OF this amount Boston has
contributed nearly one-third.
stTelling an unyeracity" is 9
new and elegant phrase.
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The Republicans OF Tensai
have organized q Parish Exec
utive Committee which is moi
to be changed until june, 1877
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Corrupt Lssislatm& a,
iFrom the St. Charles Herald, Republican,
Office-holding in Louisiana
has become q profession, like
gambling, only not quite so
reputable, as gamblers do not
pretend to rob people "accord-
ing to law" but by "cold
hands, = packed decks, !" load>
ed dice and occasionally their.
demand for their victims purse,
may be backed up BY . revolv.I'
er. They do not enact laws,
to rob the people, but do II in
a more manly way, and take
their chances of arrest and
conviction. We can point out
men who hare bought their
way into the legislature ; either
with mouey. or the patronage
OF the State. Abotit six hu1-
dred dollars q year includes
about all the per diem and mile
age that any member Of the
Legislature can legally draw
from the State, and if they get
any moro, as q general thing
/ 1they steal it. That they do
1get more is shown from the
fact, that many Of them have
no other sotlrce Of incomes yet
they are sble to not only live
1yitheut work. but to wear fine
clothes, huge watch chaipps'
make extensive tours 10 TIE
]. North and elsewhere, while bile
many Of their govertaxed con-
stituents are eating their i1iea-
!. gre crust, earned BY honest
toll. that they are able e save
from the taxgath hefer: The conl; =
Hing election will give tbs, Pc
, publican party an oppoFtnnitJ
to rid itself Of these men whs
|legalize their own f5bberies
And We submit that nothing
bnt the election 'of honest ner
10 the next lsgislature VII
save the state from absoln
ruin. We cannot stand au6th
er legislature containing, suct
! q predon1inance Of thieves n
have controlled. every sessiOl
that has been held undsfalth'
Z present constitution Ofy III
Y akata. ai i8Ef 3seE LII III,
I'll t-salL Ls.-x--. sat.,.,;
Y a darkoy was trying to stoa
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Z IA y
a political party is only aset
of men protesting certain faith
aud purpose ; aud this faith
and purpose win be carried out
In good faith and applied to
aud for the public good, just
in proportion as this set Of men
are honest and faithfnlto their
professions and fprotensions.
So after all, honest men alone
'conttitute an honest party ] 60
that the slogan cry Of "Princi-
pies before men," is q humbug,
not to cay q foolish lie and
naked cheat. Il Homer Iliad.
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Congressman Beck of Kentucky.
From Wash Cor. If Chicaso fimes.I

Congressman Beck Of Kentucky.
From Wash Cor. of Chicago fines.I
Perhaps Beck comes as near
being the Democratic leader
of the house as any man.
Certainly heridoes the most
talking, and noise and leader
ship are held to be synono
nous. Infexible honesty ,and
expenses, are his prize attrib-
utes. The centre of a knot Of
about 30 administration haters,
he sometimes succeeds in
making them the nucleus fora
swinging majority, at an unex.
pected minute. They vote
with Beck on the presumption
that he has looked into the
measure and found it bad. Il
they are ever in doubt in this
respect, they still vote with
him, on the principle that he is
good to hit the enemy when
ever there is a chance.
When the appropriation
bills have been under consid-
Grafton, Beck has stuck pa.
tiently through them, with q
copy spread open before him
At about every other expeDdi
ture he has jumped up, witt
an amendment to cut down, q
strike out, the vital money
clause. He has usually beer
beaten on an immediate vote
or talked out Of his demand
by Garfield. This however
has never dampened his yea
for retrenchment, and he ha
been, ready to slaughter tn
next expense on the list. Il
a few cases he has succeeded
owingto the temporary absenc
Iof the republican majority, i
slicing off some item. Perhap
the item thus sliced may hav
been among the fairest ant
most requisite in the bill. Bu
it is all the same to Beck, VIII
believes everything recon
mended by the committee o
appropriations conceals
swindle. He states that b
! will not mix with such y crow
! another year, it being his il
tention to quit politics foreve
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A DECIDED MEAsURE.-Four-
teen of the principal merchants
of Yazoo City have issued a
card to the planters, in which
they say that
In view of the impoverished
condition of the country and
the utter difference Of q large
number Of farmers to the great
necessity Of producing corn
and other necessary supplies.
which, with q little care, car
be produced at home, we do
agree and announce, that after
the present season, we will
feel ourselves under no obliga
ton to furnish corn or othel
stock feed as plantation sup
plies. " s
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.e...ts e Industrial.
From the St. Louis Republican.

=
A suggestion from Gen.
Imboden Of Virginia has a very
important bearing upon rail-
road interest, in the Southern
states, He proposes to con-
meet the Ohio river at Louis
vile with the tide-waters in
Virginia at Norfolk by means
of a cheap, narrow-gauge rail
way, penetrating the rich
mineral counties of Virginia
and Kentucky. It is very
possible that a large number
of English miners, in the event
Of the railroad being built,
can be induced to settle on the
mineral lands, which include
some nine or ten counties in
the two states. Up to this
time this region has been ut
terly without railroad facili-
ties. But it abounds in enor-
nous undeveloped wealth.
Gen. Imboden says thatleven
a small portion of the now
uncultivated mineral lands
alone, lying within five miles
Of a railroad line between
Richmond and Louisville, now
unproductive to the owners, i
put into common stock of the
railway company, would form
] q basis oferedjt on which every
dollar Of the money needed t.
construct the road can be rails
ed on past-due mortgage
bonds in England before tn
end of the present year.
/ The road is intended to g
by Cumberland Gap, and vii
be the shortest route geog
raphy admits Of from Louis
J vile to the sea.
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Coal Gl.
From Che Ouachita Telegraph


From the Ouachita Telegraph
Accidents from the use of
coal oil have become very fre-
quent Of late, whether from
the bad quality Of the oil, or
from careless handling, we
are unable to say. No less
than a ha1f-a-dozen accidents
have occurred in town, in this
way, during the past two
weeks, and in each case the
burning Of q building came
near being the result.
Nearly all the disastrous
fires in Monroe since the war,
can be traced to coal oil. And
yet when we see people burn.
ing cheap oil, rushing around
with q lamp in hand in the open
air burning oil in y lamp
minus the chimney, blowing
the light ont, and doing nu.
merous other equally indis
Greet acts, the wonder with u
is that accidents from the use
of coal oil lamps are SO few.
The daily gazette., 1874-11-28
WILMINlGON. DEL,
inu3.t!
ALTON EY THE GOVERNOR
L STArE OF OELAw AXE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMKNT.)

Whereas an e!eation was he'd in the State
Of Delaware on Tuesday. tho Third day OF
November in the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and seventy-four, that be
NJ the Tuesday next after the first Monday
in said month in pursuance of the Constitu
ton Of the United States and the laws of the
State OF Delaware in that behalf, for the cleo
ton of n Representative for the people of the
said State in the iOrty-iourth Congress of the
United States:
And whereas the official certificates or re-
turns OF the said election, held in the several
,runties of the said State. having been duly
received and examined by the Governor, il
appears from them that the votes in tho said
counties respectively for such Representative
were cast as follows to wit:
In New Castle CO.. for Jas. Williams. .....hS20
IN New Castle Co. Tor Jas. Il. Lohand ..5i6
In Kent Count for James Wiiliams......34l
n Kent County. for Jas II. LoAand ......26s
In Kent County, for John W. Houston. J
In Kent County, Tor John o'Byrne.........
In Kent Coudty, for Isaac Jump.............. ]
In Kent C0urty, Tor N T.. Lutf. .............. /
In russcx County, for james Wiliams....A53S
In Sussex County, tor James X. Lohand 1918
And wacreas the returns duly made out
si-uel uni executed of the election for the
choice of Il Representative of AM for the said
state in tho forty fourth Congress of the
Uuited states atOrssald, having been duly de-
| ivercd to the q vernon by the respective
| ~hcrils Oi tail counties and the GUvernor
hlyiug examined the sail returns, and emu
| nerated aud useertalnet the number OF votes
| tor each and every candidate or person voted
| for for such REPRESENTATIVE theresult appears
/ as follows. to wit:
Tho whoenunber Of votes given for James
| Williams. IL 5e2.
The whole number of votes given for James
r, Lofand, 1l,04.
The who lie number of votes given for N. D.
Smithers, 4.
inc whole number of votes given for John
| W. Houston, |.
Tho whole lumber of votes given for John
l0'Dyrne, /.
,Tno wh9lenuuber OF voIes given for Isaac
Jump, l..
The whole number Of votes given for N. F
Luf. l.
| Now, therefore. ], JAMES PONDER. Cover
nor of the State of Delaware, do hereby de
| clare that James Williams has received thu
highest vote ut the election aforesaid. ant
therefore has been and is duly. and legal!
elected the Representative OF and for the Stat
of Delaware in the iorty-tourth Congress o
tho United States.
t--, In testimony whereof have here
SEAL. unto set my hand and caused tn
'-~-' Great Seal OF the State of Delawar
to be hereunto afii xed ut Dover. this tenth da
Of November, in the year of our Lord en-
thousand eight hundred and seyenty-foul
ana OF the Independence OF the United State
| the ninety ninth. -
By the Governor. JAMES P0NDER.s
JumS IL. PAYNrER.
Secretary of State. novl6.2w
The daily gazette., 1874-11-28

THE GEORGIA CoNaREssMRN.--The Ken
nesaw Route Gazette is the name OF paper
down in Georgia that publishes the follow.
inc: ..Iti is estimated that the combined
weight of the entire nine members OF Con.
gress iust elected In Georgia will not amount
10 900, pounds avo,rdupois. And 1t Is
further said by competent parties that ths
sntire delegation as whole, with one or
two exceptions, is the scrawniest ana haro-
est favored set of Congressman that ever
were elected from one State. But the beauty
comes in where it Is most needed, and where
it will do the most good, aud that is the
gross amount OF brains belonging to this
tea party. There is Mr.. Hartridge, from
the frst, a good man, lots OF sense, put
rather ugly. Mr.. Smith is little better
looking than Hartridae. while Gen .fooK Is
psssable only; he weighs pretty well. Col;
Blount is a neat, dandy little fellow; ana
sharp as brier. Harris Is tolerably hard-
featured and small. Gambler, oh my ne
md Alec. Stephens put together wouldn't
make a respectable shadow, and both are as
u0ly as a Digger Indian. McMullen has
Ka-Klux mold, and weighs about ninety
nounds. FELTON, Is o good-s.zed man, but
wlil never die with beauty. Altogether
they are the ugliest aud smar,est stt any
State will have In Congress.'
The daily gazette., 1874-11-28
Don't CrItleise.

Whatever You do. never set up for d
critic. We don't mean newspaper one,
but in private life, in the domestic cir
Gle, in society. 1t will not do any one
any good, and it will do you harm-if
YOU mind being called disagreeable. Ii
you don't like any ones nose, or object
to ones chin, don't put your feelings
into words. If any ones manner don't
please you, remomber your own. People
are not all made to suit one taste, recol-
lect that. Take things as you find them,
unless you can alter them. Even din
ner after it has been swallowed cannot
be made any better Continual fault
finding, continual criticism Of the con-
duct Of this one and the speech of that
one, the dress OF the other, and the
opinions Of 'tother, will make home the
unhappiest place under the sun.
The daily gazette., 1874-11-28
Practical Hints to "Ou, Girls >
LECTURE ON EDUCATION by CARL
SEIZURE.

SEIZURE.
The Hon. Charl Schurz, Monday night,
delivered lecture on Educational Prob
lems'' in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.-
Mr. Schurz said:
"I propose to speak seriously of seri-
GUS things. In no country is the subject
Of education discussed more thoroughly
than in the United States. The effect Of
early education is to make the mind ac-
tive and receptive: in one word, to fit men
for that self-education which is the duty
OF every man and woman. The real diff
Guilty is when parents think that their
duty is accomplished if they keep their
children, warm and healthy. Neither
woman nor O man can know too much.
1t is certainly true that the education Of
girls should be so directed that they can
earn their own livelihood, without de-
pendence upon others. No system Of ed
ucation should stimulate women to work
their way through life independent and
alone.
Il think it is the calling of women to
become married. Cheers. 1t is as much
the duty of woman to become q wife
husband and father. Good education
should therefore be directed to this end;
and especially is it more important that
this should be the end OF woman, for the
family circle makes the State. Woman
in her home and as wife and mother
has the highest duties to fulfill Our girls
should learn how to inspire and manage
home. think the practice of married
couples living in boarding houses and ho-
tells is exceedingly destructive of this,
and O. very large proportion of the do
nestle troubles we encounter in this
country is traceable to this life of board
ing houses and hotels. Very much OF
the reason is this, that our girls have not
been taught to manage home. For a
home it is not necessary there should be
Turkish carpets and silks, but it does re-
quire wise economy and good manage
ment. A home does more than any 9TH
| er institution to make q nation wise and
| patriotic. lCheers.] IA boarding house
| can never be this home. [Cheers Edu-
| cation should then be directed to enforce
upon our girls sound knowledge as to
practical economy and household man
agement. When the habits of the fe-
male sex are such as to cause marriage
lot to be thought Of because it is too
risky an investment, and when the bear
ing OF children is regarded to be- too
troublesome, then tho nation is fast de-
caying and vice will pervade the whole
social body, Cheers. Womanis the nat.
ural centre OF luxury and in her atmos.
phere it grows rankeet. Equally true is
it with the virtues, and with woman are
the virtues most completely developed
Our girls should, therefore, be we'll in
structed in household economy. This
n should not be confined merely to house
work. There is much to be learned a.
to the quality Of food"
The daily gazette., 1874-11-28
More Damaging Disclosures as 10
the Late District Government

IL is reported and generally believed
in Washington that the District Com
missioners. in their examination of the
books and papers of the late District
Government and of the Board Of Public
Works. have discovered many OF the
crossest irregularities in addition to
those which have been exposed by the
press and by the investigating commit
tee. Strong efforts are being made to
induce tho Commission to say nothing
about these things in their report to
Congress, but simply to give statement
of the condition Of financial affairs. II
the whole truth was to be known, it Ii
feared it would furnish ground Tor the
prosecution of some prominent men,
N0u York Tribune.