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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-11-11

We do nc! wish TO have the color
cl man deprived Of his vote, but we
DO wish him to vote intclligcntly ana
not in obedience to the dictates of
roguish dcmagngucs. lie will have
to prove himself worth of this great
boon if he hopes to retain it. The
mls!e eds Of the men he has elected
to office in the South, have ruined
the republican party in tho North, and
NOW Northern republicans have not
much love for him. Neither have
Northern democrats. The Now York
Herald, the largest paper in the
world, has already said that negro
Suffrage Is great mistake. We
w&rucd the coNorcd lnun bcforc
election that he was on trial. If
disaster come upon him, he must
blame hiuscli, not us.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-11-11
WI I'm IN sSR0R a.,
II. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
Wednesday Morning November u, 1874

Now that the Beast is politically
defeated in Massachusetts, is there
any possibility Of his carpet baggine
to South Carolina and running for
the Legislature ? lilo needn't
come, for Sherman has already lifted
all our spoons.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-11-11
FOR SALE.

BOUT fifteen head of Milch Cows, Dur
n nam breed Apply to
l.. p. a.UBLEY.
nov 11-x2t3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
The Advance I'm Coal.

Its apparent that in the coal trade the or,ii-
nary laws Of supply and demand are not allowed
10 operate, but are displaced By a forced and
arbitrary scale or prices; and a systsn OF
monthly advance in rates has been enforced
so that We have had the spectacle Of a steady
rise in the article OF coal, while almost every
other commodity has been dull and dropping.
The great combination engaged in this under
taking to keep up prices represents over
$500 olC 900, II is stated. There are one or two
large corporations which are not members OF
this ring, bat which are taking advantage Of its
operations 20 get large prices, keeping lust
enough under the ring prices 10 largely increase
their business. ShOul1 these cOrpOr atoms come
into the combination. the public viii be entirely
AZ their mercy. The mode of conducting the
business or the great coal monopoly is said to be
very simple, and is thus described: A "COm-
mittee OF Sixs' az they are styled, meet monthly
in New York city. A basket of champagne
and box Of cigars are brought IN; each mem
Der accuses the other OF cutting down prices;
then all are pronounced innocent OF that crime;
some good stories are told, and broad Jokes
cracked; and then they telegraph their agents
to advance prices IS cents, and stop running a
veek,-and the Imperial Six adjourn. Such A
monopoly and control of the great staple pro-
duct, which Il to the world Of industry what the
sun il to the natural world, the great source of
Light and heat would not be possible but for
the fact that the grand total Of 10000 go tons
OF anthracite or hard coal mined annually and
sent to market, sll comes from one small
locality in Eastern Pennsylvania,-the total
srea Of all the anthracite basins being but AZ
square miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
The ship Canal Through the Mary
land Peninsula


President Garrett, in his report, calls atten-
ton TO the desiTabiiity and feasibility of the
project Tor the construction Of hrst-cIass ship
canal through the narrow peninsula which di-
yides the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. This
canal will reduce the distance between Bslti-
more and New York, and the ports of New Eng
land and all European ports, over two hundred
miles fer steamships and ali large vessels. As
Baltimore has become the eH'repot of vast bust
ness from the sOuth and from the great west,
the economies OF transportation which can be
effected by this important reduction of distance,
Mr.. Garrett holds, will inuIe so largely to the
Interests If the consumers and producers OF i'm
mense regions that the enterprise is OF national
importance.
There are two projects for ship canals across
the peninsula OF M4ryland-one under a Della
ware charter, and the other under a charter
from the legislature of Maryland. The Della
ware charter eOntemp,ates a canal merely for
cOastwise shipping, its outlet far up on Della
ware Bay, with a width Of twenty-five feet, AMI
q depth Of only twenty-One feet. TIE Maryland
project i for substantial ship canal, sixty feet
wide on the surface and forty feet wide ar tue
bottom, IL and should have depth of at least
twenty-five feet. By The means OF this canal
the open sea cOuld be reached by the commerce
OF Baltimore with a saving Of 225 miles, besides
avoiding all the dangers o. navigation around
Cape Charles, AMI when completed would
make the Port Of Baltimore nearly a accsssi-
he TO ocean commerce as that Of New York
The connection or the two bays can be effected
~ a canal seventeen miles in length, and It
believed that Il could be constructed at q cost Of
about 100000. The Delaware project is
called the Ssssafras route, "a it connects the
head Of SassafEas river and BiackbiTd creek.
The heads o. these streams are opposite each
other IN the center OF the peninsula, and can
be connected By an excavation OF a little over
three miles through the open country. The
water in these streams is, however, very shsI-
low, and it would re almost As costly to iFedge
them % The proper depth as if Il we're ali open
excavation The Maryland canal proposes to
take Toute a hundred miles lower down on
the peninsula and various surveys have been
made, some Of which arc deemed entirely prac-
ticable.
The National Commercial convention az its
session in ISL, IL viii be remembered, memori-
Allied Congress to direct a survey to be male
between the Chesapeake and Delaware bays
Tor ship canal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18

The WoHsn's rights movement has been con
sicered IS peculiarly an American "institu-
ton, bat il would seem that 50 far "a practi-
cal results are concerned, the women OF the
Old World are taking the lead. Thus We note
that the women engaged in the book binding
trade In London have formed a Trades Union.
IL proposes 70 give its members the ordinary
advantages Of such an organization and some
thing besides. This latter is to consist OF an
employment agency, which will keep a record
Of the labor market fOr the benefit OF the mem
beTs. At PRESENT the women when cut OF work
have 70 spend many days in travelling from shop
70 shop in search Of 8 vacancy. Hereafter they
win tnd out 50 the agency the statistics of each
shop. II the full plan Is carried ont, they will
find there, too, board and lodging at cost, at
least while they are out OF employment.
The society VIII discourage strikes, and will
try 70 arbitrate al disputes. The admission
Zee is p cents, which may be paid at the rate
Of cents q week. There is also a weekly sub
scTipti0n Of cents. Only free" members, !. C.,
only those who have paid years dues, can be
Helped outOf the funds. They are to get, in
case Of sickness, 81 - week for eight weeks
3n the year. When 3 member dies her reIa-
lives viii receive sc ~ defraF the funeral ex-
lenses.
The plan OF Organization seems to be a seasI-
] lie one, and IL might well be adopted for siui-
Jar Unions OF women in this country IN csmulu
titles where sufficient number Of females are
employed IN workshops TO make 1t WORT
NEiIe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18

So fsr a our observation goes OF the neutral
Journalism which calls itself indie pendent when
1t = Only trimming, its wavs resemble those OF
small boys fishing in a brook, Who, when one
gets a bite, sll run TO drop their hooks into the
same pace Neutral journalism is ALWAYS
looking for 3 chance to cut under a party i0ur-
al and become an organ; or TO seduce its sub
seTibeTs by accusing II Of lack o. fidelity to the
Party. Its only diversion from this i IN ever
recurring attempts 70 start new Presidential
movement, ard become the organ Of that. The
so-cslied independent, OF neutral journalism,
Is the most seTVlie journalism there IS Ciacig-
TGtt Gazette.
Aha. Nov what neutral, seryils, called
independent journal of Cincinnati is getting
this Gig from the worthy Deacon smith?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18

TIE question OF a spring session OF the next
Congress IL on hand. The New York Post and
the Boston Herald favor il, and the Herald urges
npOu the republicans the obvious good policy OF
allowing the democrats to begin d" running their
chances for 1876" IS quickly as possible. Other
Independent papers are plying the republicans
With like advice TO give the democrats rope
enough to hang themselves with, right away.
But some CT the republicans seem to doubt
whether the democrats may not use the rope
to hang somebody else, instead OF adjusting II
20 their OWL jniquitCus necks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18

There seems 70 be some doubt whether Miss
Nushman's farewell appearance in Phrs del
La is really and truly her last farewell in that
>. But Philadelphia Is an exception. In all
riher cities this farewell viii be 8 true, bona
nte, undultersted Simon-pure farewell; the
genuine article and no mistake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
BOARDING.

RoARD AND LODGING at No. Gag street
cents. VIM. Il. GROWER poyl2-Ims
EURSIsHED ROOMS, with BOARD, at Gil r
u street northwest; location excellent and rooms
IISe1 l1lnlsnee. Terms moderate. nov7-2wr
E'lAsT-CLASS TABLE BOARD and fine Rooms
u OF the most pleasant part Of the Avenue Aprly
Mo. 1919 Pennsylvania av. northwest noy7.2gs
A FEW PLEASANT ROOMS for rent ON res-
Maryland avenue southwest. noy3.sws
EOR REET-933 street, between 9Th and Iot \.
u handsomely furnished ROOMS, en- suite or ain.
season. oct97-Ins
CHOICE TABLE BOARD AND ELHGAHT
" RoOms. together or separately, in ths best 10.
Smith, Hon. A. L. Barber, hon. A. b. Muifett and
Dr.. Verdi. Apply ct 1918 street n. w. sepi -om
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
IHTBE sUPREME CoURTOT TgE DIsTRI07
OF COLUMBIA

Holding Specta! Tern, nOUsrnbsr MA, lH4
II the case OF Thomas ii. G. Todd sud William Il
Tod, surviving Administrators OF WIGLIAM
TODD, deceased, the administrators Aforesaid have
With the appreciation Of the Supreme Court OF the
District Of Oolumbia aforesaid, appointed Tues
DAY the 18th December, lS4, for the Gnai settle
u said deceased, and Of the assets in hand
- Tar as the same have been collected and
turned into money; when and where all tue credit
tors and heirs OF said deceased notified TO attend
With their claims properly v9uched, or they may
otherwise by Law be excluded from ali benefit said
deceased estate: Procldsd, copy OF this order BE
pnblished once week for three weeks in the Eve
Ling Star previous 10 the said day. Test.
noyls-wvf A. WFbSTER, Register of Wills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
INTHE SUPREME COURT or THE pIsTRTCr
ii ltnI. o - = - - =

fi0ldtHg Spsei1l Tenn, NorS6lbsT I7th, 1875
IN the case OF Lewis J. Davis, Eugene Osrssi and
NlIllam r. LEACH executors Of LEWIS
JOHNSON, deceased, the executors aforesaid
lave, with the APPRECIATION Of the Supreme
Court q the District Of Columbia Aforesaid APPOINT.
Cd tuesday, the 18Th Cay OF December, A ID,
1875 for the maj settlement and distribution Of
the personal estate of said deceased and Of the
setsi9 hand as tar as the same have been collected
hnO turned INTO money when and where all the crei
tors ard heirs Of said deceased are notified 10 sttd
Win thelr claims properly yOUchee, or they may
otheTWlse by law De excluded from all benet in ala
deceased estate: Provided, COPY of this orjer bs
publlshed once week for three weeks in rThs Evsn
ing star pl eVlOus TO the said day. Test. ~ -'~
DOylS-wH A. WEBST 81. RAgIsfer Of VIII.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
MANTEL CLOCKS.

MANTEL CLOCKS.
We have Just opened, OF our own
DIREOT IMP0RTATION,
very large assortment Of Bronze, Gilt and Marble
MANTEL CLOCKS,
enbracipg all the very newest styles, which We Offer
1t the lowest rates.
N. W. CALF, DRO. z Co..
RnoyS-r .- Jewelers..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
MADAME BOSS.
MADAME FLORENCE,
COAL AND WOOD.

> 000 TONS LUMP AND Run OF MINE
HtOUU CUMBERLAND COAL for sale at low
rates. Offices, Ill4 and 32s Penn. ave-, south
slde. lnoVISlwl l.. sbERIFF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
INTHL SUPREME COURTOF THE DIsTRICT
a OF CDI.UMBIA

HoldIEs Spscia! Term, N0Us1bsr l7th, 1874.
Of ALFRED B. CLAX TON deceased, the adTninis-
sLstor aiCre5sid has, with the aPprobation Of Jhe
said, appointed TUESDAY, the 18Th dag OF Decen.
seI l4 for the hnal settlement aud distribution Of
the Personal estate Of said deceased, ana of the
assets in hand, as far as the same have been coll
ieoted and turned Into money; when and where all
the creditors Snc heirs Of said deceased are notified
% attend, with their claims properly yOuchei or
they may otherwise b. law be excluded from All
beneft in said dsceasedis estate: PTOriIsf, a copy
Of this order be published once a wsek for three
day. Test:
novls-w.3 S. A WEBsTEh, Register Of wills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-18
LOST AND FOUND.

CsT-On Wednesday evening, November Ilth a
be given If returned to No. 1923 9th street nor
west poyl82t
4 OsF-At t0rd7s Opera House, Iast evening, a
~ Il = l1I small OPERA CLASSES AID case, a
WkLLs, boom :, lever foer, P. o. dep't. 1t"
1 OsT-On 9Th street. bst-een X ana NJ, or In
- Columbia cars, Gold BALL part Of So ear
RIG bny person leaving the same at ll35 9th
strt CT will be suitably rewarded. n0vis u"
GS0 REwARD-Lost, in the vicinity Of I4th
ScU street and Pennsylvanis avenue, (north
questions asked II returned to 1885 street White
House Restaurant. nE
I OST- On the 18th instant, an ENVELOPE, CON
Of G CON pany, U 5. Infantry, AID other papers
I6e finder ID will please return them to CHAs.
OOSs. OALLAh, Nc. t34 Louisiana ave. nl3St
STRAYED-From the subscriber. ON Saturday
two ,w9ite,, one Toa1, aid one one dark red, 9t
mark with tar on the lsin. A liberal re- ~
Center Market. novI7 81
/ osT-on Friday afternoon, November 18th, be.
n tween the corner Of Is b and X streets north
street to PegDsylv ave., . CORAL BREhsT-
PIN: The finder will be suitably rewarded BY lesy-
street and New YorkFsvenue. nov72t-
4 0sT-0n the l4th instant, between two aud four
- O'Clock p. m. seven or eight small KEYS on
turned to 1349, corner of l4th and streets north
west. novl6-3t-
CAME TO MY PREMISES, ON THE I4Ta
- instant, a brown BUFFALO COW. The-&
pay ehsses and take her Ws afiRRsR
LOCK ER, Pennsylvania avenue, between 18th and
l4th streets southeast. noVl6-3tE
SOM REwARD WILL BE GIVEN. sad no
S-OO questions asked, for the return of the
Articles taken from my residence on November 5th,
ls4, and slOo will be paid for information that
should be addressed to u. GUTM An, III Bridge
street, S-orset Q, ~ y. 1ovu-m
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-03
The Care of Babies.

A baby is a very tender thing, people
say but most of them are very far
from knowing how tender. Imagine
how nervous you are in certain states
when recovering from illness, say, when
the fall of q book or the slam of a door
makes you culver and feel faint, as if
some one gave you a blow. That is the
way q young baby feels at its best. A
puff of wind will set it gasping, its
little breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver, a change of summer
air makes it turn death cold. A baby
is the most nervous of beings, and the
tortures it suffers in going TO sleep and
being wakened by careless sounds when
just dropping off" are only compar-
able to the same experience of an older
person during an acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought to pass the
first months of their lives in the conn
try, for its stiffness no less than its
fresh air. But where silence is not to
be commanded, baby may be soCthed
by folding a soft napkin, wet IN warmish
water, lightly over the top of it's head,
its eyes and ears. 1t Is the best way to
put nervous babies to sleep. / have
tried it hundreds of times for a child so
irritable that paregoFic and soothing
syrup only made it wider awake. A
fine towel would be wet and laid over
its head, the ends twisted little till it
made sort of skull cap, and though
baby sometimes fought against being
blindfOlded in this way, five minutes
usually sent him of into deep and bliss
ful slumber. The compress cooled the
little feverish brain, deadened sound in
his ears, and shut out everything that
took his attention, so that sleep took
him unaware. TeethiBg babies find
this very comforting for their heads
are always hot, and there is feyered
beating in the arteries each side.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-03
Buying and Selling Pennies.

There is a man in New York city who
is amassing a handsome fortune by buy
ing and selling pennies, two and three
cent pieces, and five cent nickels. In
many of the newspaper offices, news
depots, ferry offices, houses where cheap
goods are sold, bakeries and other
places the accumulation of small coin
very often becomes SO large as to be
cumbersome. It can not be disposed
of, for coin is so plenty that customers
object to taking it In change in any
great quantity, and IN business houses
where it is needed the regular sources
Of supply ere always ample. The coin
might be sent 20 the Philadelphia mint
for redemption, but the requirements of
the redemption department are enough
to discourage any business man. To
send pennies to the mint they must
first be sorted and wrapped IA packages
of five dollars each. Coin of each sep
arate mintage must be put together. It
Will not do mix the Old-fesEiOned cop
pers with the bright or bronze colored
nickels, nor can two OF three cent
piece be mixed with the pennies. II
they are packed IN this way they are not
even counted at the mint, but are ship
ped back to the sender without delay or
notice Of any kind. The law also pre-
scribes that the coins shall be packed
in iron bound boxes, and shipped at the
sender's expense. As coins are heavy.
the cost of transportation Is oOnsidera-
bic. The officials count the money at
their leisure, and sometimes the sender
does not hear from his consignment in
nearly a year. He thus loses the use Of
his money for that length Of time. This
combination Of vexatious details pre-
vents those who have an accumulation
of coin from sending It to the mint. and
It Beems as though the officials at Phila-
delphia intended that they should not
be troubled with it.
Every day a mao rides TO the newspa-
per and other Offices in q buggy, and
buys the coin which has been taken in
from the neWsbOys and the customers.
For the pennies and twe-cent pieces he
pay ninety-seven cents a hundred, and
for the three and five-cent uiekels he
gives ninety-nine cents for q dollars
worth. The sellers are glad to dispose
of the coins at this discount. The man
then rides 70 about the only tradesmen
in the city who desire a quantity Of PEN
nies-the pawnbrokers-and TO them
he sells the coins AZ par, taking their
notes for three months IN payment.
The pawnbrokeTs who have shops
among the poorer classes say that they
need small denominations of fractional
currency or coin, as many of their loans
do not exceed ten or hften cents Many
poor persons pawn their articles Of wear
ing apparel OF trinkets only when driven
TO do 50 by the want Of single meal Of
food, and sueh are not particular as 70
the denomination Of the money they re-
ceive. The pawnbrokers give their
notes without interest, thereby gaining
the use Of the money for three months.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-03
Child Life in shakerdom.

Children that are placed with the
Shakers at Lebanon are indentured to
Benjamin Gates, or some authority, IN
I'll they "become of age" he agreeing
in papers TO provide them food, cloth
ing, etc. They are then placed in the
children's order, under the charge of
sisters designated to care for them, who
commence at once to install into their
minds the glories Of the creed. In their
management never a blow is struck.
Refractory ones are punished by being
laid fat upon the floor, face down.
When they have been Thus kept proc
trate for a length of time, they are
taken up and talked to" the enoFmity
of the offenses pointed out, and are ex-
horted to behave better in the future.
Those from eight to a dozen years of
age " go to confession" every Saturday,
and " own mp" (or are supposed tO) to
the little sins of the week that have es-
capped the notice of their guardians.
And as they receive special approval af-
ter an apparently very full confession,
they carly learn to conlura up quite
enormous stories, knowing that they
" gull" their confessOrs into a deeper
belief in their peniteDee. Nov, don't
YOU feel better after confessing ali
tuAb ASKS the hnClGut NlEBlu WHO nts
heard the story. Yea, yea," says the
little miss, and tipping wink to her
companions. she walks out as 5edately
as a spinster Of seventy. Another meth
cd of punishment is to put the young
ster into a large sack, tying it tightly
around the neck. Shonld the child re-
fuse to get into the bag, it is drawn
over the refractory one, and then, head,
feet and all enveloped, he or she is left
to repent Of the offensive disobedience.
The children are sent to school four
months each year-the boys in the win
ter and the girls in he summer. Co-ed-
ucation hasn't the slightest support
here. The girls and the boys
must not converse together. II they
happen to meet, and il q roguish young
steF is bold enough to break the silence
with some pretty maiden, the maiden
must be deaf and dumb 10 him. "Isn't
there some boy here that you are just a
little fonder of than the others ?" is q
standing question in the confessional.
The reply always ig Nay" and the
blind old goodies believe il
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-03
secretarr Stanton,s Death.

What Jerry Black has darkly limited
is now boldly stated in some of the
papers, that Secre tary Stanton hastened
his death, during the last days Of his
desponding illness, by a partially sue
cessful attempt to cut his own throat.
It was one of his customs, runs the now
extraordinary revelation, to be shaved
st home, AM the duty was performed
by colored barber who came regularly
for the purpose. In Mr.. Stanton's pri-
vate apartment stood an improvised
shaving chair, and TO this the trusty
valet would 60 at the appointed time to
perform his duty. Mr.. Stanton had
been apparently falling IN health for
week, and had become 50 despondent as
to almost excite fears of an alteration
of the mind. On the evening of the
23d Of December the cOlored valet
called to shave Stanton. They were
left alone In the private apartment, and
Stanton teok his seat IN the chair. The
barber had partially finished his task,
and. laying the razor on a little table
beside Stanton, stepped across the room
for some water. A movement startled
him and he turned Just in time TO see
the giistening steel fash by the barred
throat, leaving q strssk IN IFS wake.
Rushing to the side of Stanton, the
barber caught the razor before another
stroke could G made. He called fOr
help, and in few moments there Wors
at the bedside the surgeOn-geneEnl, 3