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almost equal falling off in tile gene
raj vote! What has become of these
voters? Clearly a large proportion
Of republican voters have either left
those States, or have neglected to
vote. Had they left the State, such
reduction of the population would
have been too palpable to escape
notice by the local press, and as no
such notice has been gwen, we are
driven to the conclusion that they
remain there, but abstain from vot-
ing! Hence, we must next inquire:
why have they quit voting?
We are told that, in those States
in which the democrats predominant,
the negroes are orderly, submissive
and unmolested by the whites. No
doubt of it. But in the election re-
turns we see that there has been a
marked falling off in the republican
vote in those States and a CORES
ponding decrease in the general
vote! Now, we ask our most vim
dictive democratic reader, whether
these undeniable facts do not fur
nish ample ground for supposing
that the negroes in those States
Go not vote because they dare not,
and that they dare not because Of
the attitude assumed towards them
by the whites, whenever they at
tempt to exercise this right OF fran
chise, which is guaranteed to them
by the federal constitution, and in
the exercise of which it is made the
duty of the federal executive to pro
tect them?
Again, take those Southern States
which are controlled by republicans.
In some places in these the decrease
in the republican vote is astonishing,
as, for instance; in the four counties
of Mississippi named in the follow
ing table, which shows the vote in
the years 1872, 10 and IS, to-wit:
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TIE GRANGE ADVANCE.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, rs.
H.H. YOUNG, Publisher Il Editor.
Republican Nominees

For President
R. B. HAYES, Ohio;
For Vice President
VIM. A. WHEELER, N. Y;
For Presidential Electors
State-C. X. DAVIS. Ramscy:
" IS. MILLER, Cottonwood :
1st. Dis.-A. J. EDGERIoN;
3D. " "A. X. FINsETH;
I'd. Hans MAvrSNN;
For Congress, (Second Mstr'c:.}-
Not yet nominated
For county Auditor
S. J. WILLARD;
For Sheriff
N. S. CHANDLER;
For Register OF Deeds
CHARLES MCC1.URE;
For Judge of Probate
n. O. WERNER;
For county Attorney
J. C.. MCCLURE;
For Surveyor
WILLIAM DANFoRTH;
For Coroner
DR.. F. S. PARIS;
For Court Commissioner
n. 0. WERNER;
For Commissioner, 4th District
A. ]. GRAVES;
For Commissioner, 5th District
F. TETHER.
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President Grant to do the very thing
he is now doing; and it is, likewise,
incontrovertible evidence that con-
gress deemed such protection by
the President positively necessary,
for otherwise it would hardly have
regarded the subject worthy OF leg
islative recognition.
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Nobody ahlrms that the republi.
cans Of these counties have become
converts to democracy: or left the
country: 1t follows, therefore, that
the only rational accounting for this
wonderful falling off is found in the
belief that the negroes were deter
red by fear from voting.
Examine the accounts of outlavrv
occurring at the South, and We find
all the statements agreeing IN these
particulars: the negroes rarely kill
more than one or two whites in any
Of these trays, and they seldom es-
cape without a loss of from five to a
score or more. Can it be possible
that they are the aggressors, when
these results are shown? 1t is pre-
posterous to make such an assertion
for its incredibility is apparent to all
who give the matter a moments
thought. Were the negroes the as
sailants, or were they even prepared
and inclined to fight when assailed,
they would occasionally be victori-
ons and the losses Of the whites
would necessarily be greater.
The statements, then, whether de-
rived from democratic or republican
sources, all sustain the theory, first,
that the negroes of the South are
not protected equally with the whites
in their persons and property, and,
secondly, that they are restrained
from voting by intimidation and by
actual force. 1t is demonstrated,
therefore, that the local authorities
in the democratic will not and that
those in the republican States can
not afford them such protection. Is
it not plainly the duty of the federal
executive, under such Circumstance
es, to interfere? And, if necessary,
to employ the entire army and navy
Of the United States in giving these
people the ample and efficient pro.
lection which the law contemplates?
Most certainly it is. Even the dem.
ocratic house Of representatives SO
declared at its recent session.; and
were President Grant to neglect
to afford such protection he would
be denounced by democratic orators
and editors as hercely as he now is
for endeavoring to provide such
protection. The fact is, the resolu'
ton passed by congress is, to al
intents and purposes, an order tc
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The Southern Question.

nS oOu1NS'u SHuCoI'Oi'
Opponents of the republican par
ty object fercely to the policy pur-
sued towards the South, and stigma
tie everything said by republican
politicians, on that topic, as "faunt-
ing the bloody shirt" We do not
favor interference by federal author
tiles with the conduct of local affairs
in any State, but can readily imagine
that a condition may exist when it
will be imperatively demanded by
the federal constitutions. In such
cases, the censure ought to rest up
on those who cause tie necessity for
such interference, and not upon the
ederal officers. At this distance
from the scenes of disorder it is i'm
possible for us to know who is to
blame for their occurrence, and we
are foolish to believe all that we
hear on one side and discredit what
is said upon the other. This is al
lowing our prejud!ces to control Our
judgments.
In considering this subject we
should first inquire: what are the
provisions Of the constitution appii-
cable to these particular cases? In
that document itself the answer is
found, and we accordingly quote
from the 14th and 18th amended
articles, viz:
"No State shall make or enforce amy law
which shall abriige the privileges or ;mmu-
mites Of citizens Of the United States; nor
shall any State deprive any person of life,
liberty, or property without due process Of
law, nor deny to any person within its juris>
diction the equal protection Of the laws
Sec Article IA, Section l.
"Thc rights of citizens Of the United
States to vote shall not be denied or abridgs
cd by the United States, or any State, on ac>
count of race, or color, or previous condition
Of scrvitudc. See Article Is, Section l.
"Congrcss shall have power to enforce this
article by the appropriate legislation. See
art. IA, Sec. and Art. Is, Sec. 2.
Comfortably with these constitu-
tional requirements congress has, by
the appropriate legislation" made
it the duty of the President espec-
tally to protect the negroes of the
South, because it was believed that
they required such protection.
The remaining question now is:
has the President used this power
wrongfully? Democrats say that he
has, while republicans deny that &C.
cusation. Presuming that these are
equally worthy of belief, and be-
cause both statements cannot be
true, we are forced to set such testi-
mony aside altogether. Whence,
then, can we obtain the evidence
required for correct answer to our
question? The best method is to
take the generally admitted facts,
and, by carefully analysing them,
endeavor to draw correct conclu-
sions therefrom. These will inva.
riably guide us Alright, if we view
4hem unbiased by prejudice.
Now let us briefly examine some
Of the most important of these facts.
Take, first, those Southern States in
which the democrats are now doml-
nant and to which we are exultingly
referred, as examples of what the
South would be under democratic
rule. We find that these show, for
several years past, a marked falling
off in the republican vote, and an
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For the ADVANCE.
Centennial Letter No. S.
Cosket Building-'Singer Seuing Ma
chine Co. Neutrality-suspicious.
Educational Building.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 50, 10.
My last letter left us in the Art
gallery. We might spend great
deal more time there with unfailing
interest, but let us 90 elsewhere to-
day and return at another time.
Leaving the Annex we see the Cas-
ket Building put up by some Phila.
delphia undertakers, and those who
desire to see how much Of the vain
pomp Of the world is carried into
the grave, may step in and examine
collins. Here is coffin covered
with purple velvet with gold plat
lngs, there blue velvet with silver
plating, yonder one with white vel.
vet and silver trimmings. Here is
a coffin opened to show the elegant
lining, there another, child's coffin,
with Well-tlimmed robe of silk and
lace, and exquisite flowers. Surely
this is fine enough to suit the taste
of any mother; but she who can
scarcely afford decent dresses for
the rosy, healthy darlings that crowd
about her knees, who has but a hum
bic bed for the little ones who say
their Now I lay ME down to Sleep"
need not envy the mothers who are
able to have such elegant things as
we see here.
Next comes Singers Sewing Ma
chine co. Building. Machines are
running with all the ease which the
most skillful operators can COM
mand. Elegant young women of
the period dressed for street, car
rage, parlor and ballroom, all in the
richest fabrics, with the Singer Ma
chine stitch in ruftling, quilting, tuck
ing, braiding and embroidering,
stand in large glass cases, and look
as if they might dance and tiirt, since
they 50 we'll perform the other i'm
portant y part of woman's mission,
i. G., to look pretty; but they can't,
for unfortunately they are made of
papier machle or some other new
fashioned material. Don't overlook
the bell machine, which is very or
nate. having bells Of pearl or shell
to the number Of Is, set in table,
arm, and wheel Of jet. In the par
Tor are pictures showing how the
sewing machine is invading the
realm Of Art. There is a register
where visitors are requested to in
scribe their names and those who do
SO have the two-millionth part of a
chance to draw the two-millionth
machine manufactured by the Singer
Co. At least they receive card
saying that the two-millionth ma
chine is to be given to some one
who registers there, and the Auto
graph book Of the Company is large
and the names Of those who write
in it legion.
The Pennsylvania Educational
Building comes next. Other States
have space allotted them for Edu-
cational display in thu galleries of
the Main. Building, but there is SO
much to be seen right before ones
eyes which ever way he may turn, he
will hardly look up to see what is
above, and somewhat out of the
way. Many take no especial inter-
est in educational matters, and some
are too much fatigued by walking
about and trying to do two days
sightseeing in one, to think Of as
cending stairs. But here is an in
viting parlor in beautiful, octagonal
building which proves that the Key
stone State understands that popu-
lar enlightenment is the true key
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The Most Wonderful Discovery q
the 10Th Century.
DR.. S. D. HOWES
Arabian Mi|k--Cure
FOR CONSUMPTION!


And Diseases Of the THROAT, CHEST and
LUNGS. The only medicine Of the kind
in the world.
4 substitute .Yor Cod Lirer Oil.
Permanently cures Asthma, Bronchitis,
Incipient Consumption, Night sweats. Loss
Of Voice. Shortness Of breath, Catarrh.
Group, Coughs, Colds. etc, in few days,
like magic. Price 81 per bottle. Six for s.
Also, DR.. S. D. HOWE'S
Arabian Tonic Blood Purifier.
Which differs from all other preparations in
the IMMEDIATE ACTION upon the
LIVER, KIDNEYS AND BLOOD.
It is purely vegeta Bile, cleanses the system
of all Impurities, builds it rignt square up,
and makes Pure. Rich Blood. It cures
Scrofulous Diseases of all kinds, removes
Constipation and regulates the bowels. For
" NEHvoUs DEB1LlTY,' .'LosT N1rAL1rY,"
URINARY DISEASES and BROKEN Down
CONSTITUTIONS" 'chalienge the 10Th GEN.
fury" t. produce its equal. Every Bottle is
Worth its Weight in Gold. Price 81 per
Bottle. Six for S.
Also, DR.. S. D. HOWE'S
Arabian Sugar Coated" Liver
Pills.
They cleanse the Liver and Stomach thore
oughly, remove constipation contain no
calomel nor any cher injurious ingredient,
and act quickly unon Those organs, without
producing pl:n or wrak1eS:- pric. % cents
per box.
CONSERVATIVES
Should use al THREE Of the above IN e.licines,
S2s~Sold by J.. A. POOLE, Druggist.
Sole Agent for Rel Wing. ,}inn.
De. 5. b. HOWE. Proprietor.
22eow1y New York.
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Hats, Caps &C., which dispose for my
large Winter stock that manufacturing this place.
lie depend that will keep low prices and have goods
guarantee to be of good quality and the best of make
The Poor Mans FJ;c1 bound be always idea
in circulation that leave
things reported concerning and entirely false.
put in circulation by those who jealous of and who
able Soug the people
that am selling good goods and cheaper than
and that goods what them be- and keep
strictly price, al that by hundreds yes say, by
thousands OF customers Moreover have reduced the
article from from what they used be-
The price goods low that the purchasers need
by giving him hat shirt his bargain. don't ask
OF clothes that worth 12 $5 and SIS $780, need
look customer he soft that ask him
dollar will
you bet bottom dollar that winot take less
Good Goods: Quick Sales and Small Profits,
Is the of the Poor Mars F;1tvA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-12-21

all sources was not, however, enough to
carry out the original ambitious design.
A bust was accordingly substituted fcf
monument in the new plan, and it was
made of bronze, instead of type metal,
which is less durable. The bust is four
feet in height, and rests upon a pedestal
of granite having base four feet square
and rising ten feet from the ground. Upon
one side Of the pedestal is a tablet bearing
this inscription: Horace Greeley, born
Feb. 3, 1911; died Nov %, 1872. Founder
of the New York Tribune" On the
other side is another tablet in bronze, rep
resenting Mr.. Greeley as a young COM
positor standing at his frame and setting
type. On the third side there is carved in
the granite pillow, and on the fourth a
scroll with a pen.
The ceremony of unwilling the bust
was witnessed by about SOC persons,
many of whom were intimate friends of
Mr.. Greeley. Mr. William II. Bodwell
made presentation address on behalf of
the International Typographical Union
Mr.. E. G. Stedman read a very beautiful
poem, which Illuminated the character of
Mr.. Greeley by vivid light.-Chjcago
| Tribune.
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The Greeley Monument.

THE bust of Horace Greeley, which
was unveiled in Greenwood Cemetery
Monday, was a memorial planned by
American printers. and accomplished
: through their efforts. 1t was projected
four years ago, Immediately after the
death of Mr.. Greeley, by the printers in
the composing room of the New York
Tribune They asked their fellow crafts
! men throughout the country to contribute
, to the monument the proceeds of the set
tingof 1000 ems each, and the proprie-
tors of printing establishments to for
3 ward old type metal as material for the
Statue. The result of this appeal was
about 81 900 in money and 1 800 pounds
of old type. But the familiar saying that
IT is the practice of Americans, after hav-
ing resolved to build monument to dis
knnguished man, to abstain piously from
building it, was IL this instance again to
receive partial illustration. No further
steps were taken in the matter for fifteen
months. In June, 1874, the project was
& revived In the International Typographical
Convention, which met that year at St
Louis. A committee was appointed. and
y considerable sum rais.-d by subscription,
but the aggregate was still insufficient for
the purpose. An appeal was made to the
employing printers of New York CITY TO
make good Tie deficit They responded
generously, The money obtained from
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possible that such may have occurred in

possible that such may have occurred in
very unusual seasons.
When the monsoon does break it is
pretty much after the manner described
above; but for the first three or four weeks
thunder-storms are frequent, and the
downfall of rain more protracted and
abundant, with very little diminution of
temperature. Nevertheless a great change
takes place in the atmosphere IN so far as
before the advent of the monsoon, it was
too dry, it then becomes too humid, and
ones sensations for the first few days are
those one might experience while passing
through the drying room of large laun-
dry. Every article of use or ornament is
covered with Shiny condensation of
vapor which, unless removed, is quickly
converted into mildew; whilst, notwith-
standing the heat, it is found necessary to
keep charcoal fires alight in sitting and
sleeping -rOOms to i'll some measure coun-
teract the effects of the prevailing damp
ness. Then, too, comes an increased
plague of insects for which India is noto-
rious. Winged ants in thousands f1utter
about the rooms and ornament the furni-
ture with their discarded members unless
every open door or window is protected
by blind of split bamboo, whilst f1eas in
tens of thousands enjoy their span of ex-
istence to the great discomfort of the legit-
innate occupants of the house. Whence
these latter insects come and whittier they
go was always a mystery to me. On one
day not a member of this unpleasant fam
lily is visible, ON the next THEN presence
is but too patent even to the most
unobservant, and after a stay of some
days they have gone as suddenly as they
camel White ants, at all times a serious
annoyance, appear to acquire fresh ener-
gy, and neceSsitate numerous precautions
being taken against their ravages; while
other ants, both black and red, become
especially active. Frogs, of course,
abound, the whole plain being more or
less covered with water; but these are
not much of nuisance, except when
one happens to place a bare foot on the
| Shiny jacket of a wandering member of
the species whose fancy has led him to eX-
| plore the mysteries of his Tor herr bedroom.
The mosquito, whose powers of annoy
ance can only be appreciated by its vic
Tins, literally swarms at this period not,
| be it understood, in swarms of dozens to-
gether as gnats are seen in England, but
more after the manner of common house
| flies, each Individual being quite indie
| pendent in its motions. Another insect
which fortunately is not very abundant,
also makes its appearance about this
time. 1t does not sting or bite, and gen
orally is harmless enough, futtering about
the light, or crawling over the book one
is reading, until, perchance, a stranger to
its peculiarities may crush it with the
hand, when it emits a most offensive
stencil, which is very difficult to remove.
But as the monsoon progresses, the unu'
sual vitality of the insect tribe .diminishes
and gradually returns to its normal state.
Chambers J0urnaL
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

BALTIMORE has trebled its population
in thirty years.
A MINE of Muscovite" mica has been
discovered in Westfeld, Mass.
COLORADO has over half a million head
of cattle, and Wyoming 10000
THERE are now 5000 children in Japan
receiving instruction in the English Ian
guage.
THE vote of Cincinnati in the last cleo
ton was $4,000; of St. Louis, 1875; of
Chicago, $4,000.
THE dividends payable in Boston, Dec
1, aggregated 81, 766, 10. The manufac-
turing dividends did not make a very
good showing.
The population of Peru is decreasing,
being less than three millions. The de-
crease is attributed to earthquakes, dis
eases, civil war, and brandy, especially
the latter
THE damages done by floods IN eastern
Switzerland are estimated at $4,000, 900.
With so many warnings, it is strange that
disasters from this source should be so
frequent in Europe.
A RECENT census of India shows that
636 of the natives are authors and poets,
$50 astronomers, $4,000 fortune tellers
and pedigree makers, 10000 religious
mendicants, 5000 painters and sculptors,
IS, 900 actors and jugglers, and 1000
snake -charmers.
THE increase of crime in Massachu-
sets, which has been so noticeable since
the civil war, is still going on, though,
perhaps, not so fast as at one period. The
State Prison report, just made public,
shows that of 744 convicts at Charleston
ON the 1st of October, seventy-fve, or
more than one tenth, were church COM
municants
ONE of the most modern authorities on
mental arrangement records it as a start
ling fact, not a mere rumOr, that over
10000 persons Of unsound mind are con-
fined in lunatic asylums in the United
States, driven mad from over excitement
by spiritualism. Insanity from this
cause is also now very prevalent in En-
gland, and is increasing day by day.
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A F0Ol-Hardy Man Goes to Sleep with a
BOa-C0nStrictOr.

SAM JOHNSON, of this city, formerly a
Deputy Constable, came very near losing
his life lately, and if he had there would
have been general expression that he
tempted his fate by an exhibition of sin
gular fool hardness and a strange con-
tempt of the most ordinary prudence.
For some time johnson had the care of an
immense snake of the boa constructor
species. This sweet boon was left in
Johnson's charge by the propri, tor of one
of the side shows that was with Howe's
circus on its late visit to this place The
snake had been sick, and fearing that it
would die if it was carted about from
place to place, its owner made an arrange
ment with Johnson to take care of it until
such time as it should be sent for to again
appear in the exhibition. Sam has paid
all needed attention to his snakeship, and
the huge boa has quite recovered from his
illness under his considerate and careful
attention. johnson had tried to establish
friendly relations with the snake, and
fattered himself that he had succeeded
very we'll. Two or three nights ago, when
the weather turned so suddenly and Sc
verely cold, Johnson found that the boa
was benumbed with cold and ap-
parently half dead. With strange
disregard of consequences he took
the half-froZen snake from its box,
and placed it in his own warm
bed from which he had risen. He then
returned to bed, intending when the
snake should revive from its chilled and
benumed condition to replace it in the
box. Unfortunately Johnson fell into
doze and then into deep sleep. From
his sound slumber he was awakened by
horrible sense of suffocation about his
chest. He awoke to find himself in the
terrible coils of the boa constructor, which
had been warmed into life and fury in
Johnson's bed. The unfortunate man
comprehended in an instant his fearful
danger. Great drops of sweat started to
his brow as in an agony of horror he real
lied the nature of his peril. With the
energy of despair he grasped the snake
with both hands, and with almost super
human strength, and in manner he can
scarcely recall, succeeded at last in I'M
coiling its hateful folds from his body,
dragged the struggling boa to its box and
safely secured it in its old quarters A
severe nervous attack succeeded the fright
and horror the strange combat had occa-
stoned, and not another wink did John
son sleep that night. He can congratulate
himself that he escaped so easily. and that
his senseless tcmeTitY did not receive the
fatal punishment ii Invited ,-faasas Cir
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