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unnItele !. this religion of J,sua, both in ita
science Of a"l ami its science of man, mn.
derwent rapid pur, hcati0n. ,'.0
hhP"uy It separated itself from the fass
readings M ! suprrstitirns OF both Rome
ann denevt and dislosetl \ Cod who II in.
'eliig'nce might love and morals ,L,t
might spread "ut until IL reached woman in
u sui9ec'inn, the slave in his b,ndaye lie.
Tie children in their many form. of p.yl.c,
an suffering. The morals of Chris. spread
Out like tile rays OF the morning. and wh,,a
ah Athens would have been loving n picture
ara statue America was bowing in tears
over the condition uf .uankind, The sinyle
Ilea tiSt CHRIST lived and died for others i.
ohly a sublime statement of the truth ,has
tn highest altriDnte pi the soul is & ics,re
" roni'r nappine,S up IN even the humbless
OF Gods creatures. Politically the !te AMI
deaIh ~ Christ meant just that devotion Of
each one t" all an out of this ides ha>
come national trn'iernrs, unknown ia ull
the ages % stained N blood Such, then.
are some Of the pectliartivs which dlstip-
gush or c,nlury lr,m the free centuries
long before 1t III the worlds large life. A
pow rtul people can always find liberty If
tiny seek 1t. Thus tile Greek cities and
even 10 ue once muni independence. Bus
MOI all cities can tint the rear idps. pn',,,
which to ppnr the uun.r of tr,adnm H." H..
Arabs we found llnrrty. hut mn vn,,aIn.
Nd ,licatlon of ,nrir personal uriy;I,y Ths
poet horn before ,nIlwnys n'y.r ssn,, nf
il Iug train. H.. h,L ,n,ypr hr' ~, H..
idea rh,s old liIrrt, wnn ~. ,,vi.,nno I,o
Il rt and sword bur il h,J M o,"n,,..;y
but piracy and wee. and h,p,. II 4 81
d.y, Nm e1nsnrr,L in,rrt L,.,.ma. :, h', !"
rens,n oi existence. OnIv ,h., t,'". ""u Nv
great that tons AMID great iIns All ,hs
OH nee cit,,. nnl stutes m.rrI,;'J ;n, W .tio
world like the great hens, ,b =, m,r,h'd In ,o ''o
Dniel's dream That bnst rInnn,"i n';.S 'I'H
much gold an siIy,r hnt vI,.I ,h', ""M "I
Ionnd ,t,ous of 4 ,ue feet nnon uhiah !. WY
tcmptcd to adynne. w.r,. rl,v n'ni'., ~ a. =.
his vision saw il njI Leaten ~ ,,n,, % Tta ,a
freedom of our or, Ina rn,ne rn, rnn,, t's @
of rlay Iut nnon limbs NJ ;r,r ,nT na ;,. =,
iron, The close anl ins.n,r.hI. u nn;n, i, W 'e
states Nh. ,nnIic,,jun nf tr,".j,n, ."" W
to edu,alion. no morals and ;" r,J;,r;,n a,'y,
the limits strong a, brrss m "nnn "' wJ,ioh ,h;s %s
, 1876-02-26

SEA S@RPENT.-A most singular specimen
of the genus OplIidian was shown US hy
Capt Srratton, the eminent naturalist of
Nuah By. on his recen, visit to this town.
II was found life extinct, IN the beach near
Cap FIattery, by tile Capt and by him pre-
served rs II curiosity II measures about
Sven feet in lens th. Its head, ct u conical
shape, measures % nclIrs in circumference,
and with open niod,h, confronting the BE-
holder is q row OF teeth IN either jaw that
might quell the most fearless diver. remind
ing one oil that remarkable groop in sculpc.
urr, which time has spared us--the LAGOON
representing tn ApoIlnnan priest with
his two Snns, in ths folds OF two enormous
serp nts which had issued trnm the sen. the
story %; which IN 10 i il Vir5li's inimitabIe
stir. The holy o the reptile gr duLlly t..
% rs from the head e. the tale, VITA u prom.
in NJ Il nbrv.. an hrhw. rlning may
h entr' lelstl. II Is h.If'r NJ set iOurtL
III Itnt " ,Iu!y, and ronbn,S ica urcS unmls.
tlkabIy OJhIlim, an undr the ausp,cies
ut rX ,Jrrls promo IN cl IN infant sea ser.
pcut. W. kMrn hIl II ms mrn cnl Sighed
To the care Of ia e ) van tO De by hun
f"rSad d 10 the natlOn Il exposition ut Phil.
dclpdit --igw
, 1876-02-26
Selected 2urnl.
NJ GEN. W. II. LYLE.

Who cares for nothing alone, Is free
Sit down good fellow, and drink with me.
With a careless laugh and merry eye,
lie will laugh at the world rs the world goes by
lie laughs at power and wealth and faine,
lie laughs at virtue, he laughs Ut shame;
| lie laughs Ut hope,h he laughs at fear
| AT menUry's dead leaves crlspapd Sere.
lie laughs at the future, cold und dim
Nor heaven nor eartn Is dear ~ him.
oh, that Is the comrade tit for me-
| lie carce for nothing, biS soul Is free!
For lheed not custom, creed nor law;
l care for nothing that ever saw.
I'm free as the soul Of the fragrant wine
Sit down, good fellow, my heart 10 thine.
In every city my cups quaa,
And over my liquors riot and laugh
i laugh like cruel and turbulent wave
I ] laugh ut the church, laugh at the grave
laugh ut JOY, and we'll know
That merrily, m rrily hugh at woe.
i
When think that tho hour of death is near;
For know that death is guest divine,
Who shnll drink my blood as drink this wine.
lie cares for nothing, king is he
Come on, old fellow, and drink with me,
With you I'll drink To the solemn past,
Though the cup drain should be my last.
| will drink IN the phantoms Of love and truth
To ruined manhood and wasted youth.
will drink TO the woman who wrought my woe,
In the golden morning of long ago;
To heavenly face in u sweet repoSe,
To the lily's snow and the blood OF the rose;
To the splendOr caught from the orient skies.
That thrilled iu the dark OF her hazel eyes;
Her large eyes wild with the hre Of the South,
Aud the dewy wine Of her warm, red mouth.
I will drink to the shadow Of coming doom,
To the phantoms that wait on my lonely tomb.
will drink to my soul in It's terrible mood,
Dimly and solemnly understood.
And last OF all TO the monarch Of sin
He has conquered my palace, he reigns within.
Ny soul Is passing-!t dies away,
cannot tells 1t night or dayg
My heart Is burned and blackened with pain,
And terrible darkness crushes my brain,
I cannot see you, the end is nigh,
But veil laugh together before die.
Through awful ehasms plungc-I fall
Your hand, good fellow-I dle-that's all.
Mason City Erprcs'
, 1876-02-26

There is cave in Mexico which is said to
lie the largest in the world. A volcanic
mountain with an extinct crater covers it,
The last exploring pIrry consisted of 500,
prnvided with B ngal lights, and scianiiiic
appliances. Ata'b;pth oifiIly tccr, the r"ot.
in succession of halls, was 81 high that
rockets otrn exploited before striking it.
Lahyrinlhion pass 'grS leave the min hall in
every direction. Sh,lactitirs aud stnlngmit 5
abound Below this, Mt Il gr at dpth, are
two other immense caves from zach Of whiclI
issues q branch OF a great river. These tw"
rivers enter some five mil distant, Mt the
other siIe nf the mountain, flow parallel,
and issus a. !as. together. -Er
, 1876-02-26

josh BLins, sya: lUu Ann change
d,Iir 10y ku,,lng aftcr an edition has ben
worked or" Truthful Jush
b. caro- nre said To denote intellect. IF
that IS 81 what IN In,rIlectu4l creature
mule ILusL b..
, 1876-02-26
sNOMOMEszH DIRECTORY.

sNOuOuKslg nqREt-rORy
ssnmoy,s1 ArmrS SprM--nrr,cYps
II 4 GreSory Ie'''
W. H. Ward, Vie. Presidents
Isaac Cutbcsrt
Eldridge Morse, Lbrurtdn.
NJ W. Packard, Treasurer.
DR. A. C. Folsom. Cr Secretary.
49, ShN Sr'entFc DNpt
Trust,S
~ - -
=
SsoHoHIsH FREE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION.
orFicERs.
Eldridge Morse, President.
t,on pp,,.sh' uv.. n.,.,,,
4. C. Folsom,
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Hafea of 4dl.eltiai,,a.

Nafea of .5fdlieltiai,,a.
Column per year, in Y. s. Coin. sl00 90
IL :" " " 5000
Y " I" 4" 4" 5000
One square 10 lines, | insertion, ............250
;" " | month :. ......,....5QO
Legal notices 81, 90 per square first insertion; so
cts per line each subsequent insertion.
Special notices, special rates.
Legal notices charged " attorney or officer au.
thorizing their insertion.
Advertisements sent from distance and tran.
sien, notices must be accompanied BY the cash
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OFFICIAL DIRCECTORY,

Hon JOSEPH r. LEWIS Chief Justice, and Judge
Of the Third Judicial District Of Washington Ter.
rtOry Judge of the District Court Of the County
OF SnOhomish.
Geo N, McConnala, Prosecuting At'y
II. A. Gregory Clerk DIST C6urf
ben, ouecn, Shsr a.
W. II. Ward, . auditor
Eldridge Morse, Deputy duditor
T. Y. Marks, TREASURER
Hon Royal Haskell Probate J'tsge
VIM, II Reeves, . School Superintendent
Hugh Rosa. CWVner.
County Commissioners
C. r Kyle, Chairman, ofStiidguanteih PrciRct
VIM. J. Reeves, Qudto
VI. 7. Wight E. :. Rckreod
TERMS OF COURT.
District Court Third Tuesday Of March, and
Second Tuesday OF November Of each year
Probate Court,
Fourth Monday " January, April, July and
October Of each year.
, 1876-02-26
aNistellantuus.
THE BREAD OF LsFE.

Patriot SIN, Progress, and Religion.
~ Sunaaj SIaCoh--
Love OF Ssvu.
, 1876-02-26
Local Agents.

L. L Jewett, Seattle. for King County.
T. D. williams, for kitsap County.
r. Z. Whitney, for Whutc0m County.
L. II. BOtsiord, for Tacoma Pierce County.
j. b. Bingham, for New Tacoma. Pierce County
Our agents are authorized 10 receipt for all
sums paid them for use Of the paper.
, 1876-02-26
Tht 1orthern Star

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT
snohomish City, Snohomish County
- WAsHISGros IsRRIToRY,
By ELpRIpdE MORSE, E litor ami Proprietor,
Assisted by DR.. A. c. FOLSOM, Associate Editor
Terms OF Subscription.
300 per aunum In U. g. Coin; ss so per snnum In
.Surrencv lSvARfABLY IN ADVANCE,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
OUR DECISION.

To-day we hoist the flag of Tilden and
Hendricks for President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, and from this
time forward shall give them our cordial
and earnest support. In doing this we
only act in accordance with the declara-
tions and practice of the Ohio Liberal
since its foundation, viz: To cooperate
with that party which shall be most fully
in accord with its political convictions.
The Democratic party at st. Louis
placed itself squarely upon our platform,
and now that its candidates have fully
accepted the ideas therein set forth, we
would be false to our own promises, and
would stultity our own record if we did
DOT support them.
We therefore swing into line under the
Democratic banner, rejoicing to know
that at last it represents democratic prin-
ciples, and believing that once more the
time is at hand when the government
will be restored to the faith and practice
of the fathers of the Republic.-Ohio
Mansfield Liberal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
"THE LESSON OF MISSISSIPPI"

Under this heading James Redpath,
concerning whose loyalty to Radical Re-
publicanism there has been no question.
publishes his views in two-column ar
ticle in the Independent of August 3. The
first part is devoted to very exaggerated
presentation of the acts of the white cit
izens of Mississippi, the second part looks
more like straight forward view of one
who has discovered that his party has
committed terrible blunder, After dis
cussing the various phases of the situa-
ton he says:
"If we give complete military protec-
ton to the Negro in all elections in South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana
where there is large black majority we
shall establish system of government
which no white race on the face of this
earth either ought to endure or will en-
dure."
Mr.. Redpath then asks his party, OF
the world, we are not sure which, what
they are going to do about it?" For an
swer he might be referred to Grant, Cam
eron & Co. We hear that their remedy
is more bayonets. Those are their favor
ite schoolmasters. We commend this
view of Mr. Redpath to the Dispatch,
Leader Independent, and Gazette. The
Commercial is a hopeless case.-[Pitts.
burgh Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
THE VENEZUELAN SWINDLE.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 8.--There is much
in the Venezuelan swindle that has not
yet been told, and perhaps never will be
told. In letter from Murray to Stilwell
at the very inception of the fraud, after
speaking of the claim of Beales, Mobiles
and Garrisons, and asking Stilwell for his
aid in working the matter, Murray says:
"As soon as you reach Washington l
want you to post yourself as to the lay of
the land and write me in detail. John
son should have made the Resident
Minister Commissioner, which he had
power to do under the resolution author
izing appointment. The Commissioner
will make all the money. Cannot Tai
mage be rejected by the Senate as Com
missioner ?"
To show the real character of the gi-
gantic robbery, read the following &C
acknowledgement from one of the lobbyists,
highly respectable lawyer from Lafay-
ette, John A. Stein, in letter addressed
to Stilwell, Oct. 27, 1878: "a payment
has been made to the department by
coin drafts on London, amounting to the
enormous sum of $4,000. This falls due
on Nov. II, after which day suppose we
may call for our dividends. | do not
know whether steamer came in or not.
If so, should not wonder if she brought
some additional plunder along for us.
Ice has evidently been broken, and Ben
has concluded to come down and say
nothing more about it. \
Come over, if convenient, and let us con-
fabulate together over the situation"
The records of the State Department
show that Mr.. Stein did receive his pro
rata of the $4,000 as his share of the
"plunder;;" also that Stein held $4,000 of
Seth briggs two certificates, upon which
he received at that haul $2,l00. Sam
Cary was also one ofstilwell's correspond
ents atthis time, and aided him in obtain
ing legislation. ...
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17

In the book of estimates for 1877, Sec
retary Bristow asks for these objects 1ne
sum of $2S, 1901, ,4lO.SO. Yes, he is more
of a reformer than ever Carl schurz pre-
tends to believe that Governor Hayes TO
be. Eight years of Grantism has taken d !
from the public Treasury $4,000 49, "a
h thc ehaye of subsidies for rivers and
barbors and public buildings -Four
more wears of this system, if the rate OF
nropression which exists at present De
sustained, will require Sl5O,OOO,OOO ioi
the same loose purposes, even though the
President should give us in the future, as
in the past, a succession of reforming
Secretaries of the Treasury. 1t is worthy
of notice that amongst the items OF ex
pense charged to the year lS74'75 is ths
sum of 81, ,O46.SO "for promoting the ef
fciency Of the Civil Service"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
MR.. TTLDENS RAILROAD RECORD.


VIII the Editor Of the Sun please give an opin.
ion relative 10 Gov. Tlldens railroad record, and
oblige MANY PHILADELPHIANs
Our opinion of Gov. Tilden's railroad
record is that the stories against him have
been devised, expanded, enlarged, and
aggravated simply to prevent his being
elected President. They were pretty
well tried in this State two years ago
when he was elected Governor, but with
outsuccess and they are effectively refu-
ted by the answer in railroad lawsuit,
which the Governor and his associates
have just put in and published We be-
lieve there is nothing whatever in these
stories which should deprive him ofcon-
fidence and respect, either as private or
public man and, in our judgment, if
any citizen is deferred by such tales from
giving Mr.. Tilden his suffrage, that citi-
zen is unfortunate, and much to be
pitied.
A sufficient reason for supporting Mr..
Tilden is that he has been proved in this
State as Governor, and has not been
found wanting. He has effected great
reform in the State administration, pre-
venting public plunder, reducing taxes,
and serving the people from first to last
faithfully and strenuously. In doing
this he has not feared or hesitated to at
tack the most powerful and wealthy COM
bination of rascals in his own party-a
thing which no Republican politician ever
dared to do, except Mr.. Bristow and in
return for it the Republicans, headed by
President Grant, and supported by the
Republican leaders in Congress, and by
the majority of the Republican press,
have driven him from power.
1t is not necessary to study the remote
rast, or to explore the minute history of
railroad corporations, in order to discover
whether or no Gov. Tilden is the right
kind ofman to elect as President in 1876.
All that is necessary to settle that ques-
ton is to examine into his official action
as Governor. This being satisfactory, his
career as a private citizen and practising
lawyer, respectable as it is, need not be
taken into very particular account in
forming an opinion about him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS.
STATE PURCHASES.

The state of NEW YORK has placed 10000
copies of Websers Unabridged in as many of her
Public Schools.
The state of WISCONSIN, about 5OOO-nearly
' The The State Of NEW JERSEY, 15OO-nearly every
school,
The state of MICHIGAN, made provision for all
her schools
her schOOls-nearly ALL
The state of IOWA has supplied her schools
The state of CONNECTICUT has made provi
sion for her schools
RS-Over 5000 schools in INDIANA were sup
piled during the year 1862, and many more in 1873
and 1874
In other states many copies have been pur-
chased for supplying schools of cities, counties
and towns.
What better investment can be made for schools.
More than TEN times as many are sold of Web
sters Dictionaries, as Of any o'her Series in this
country
At least .tou;RfhS of all the schoo-hoOks pub
lished in this country OWL Webster as their stan
dard, and of the remainder few acknowledge
any standard.
Published by q. 4 c. MERRIAM, Springfield,
Mass. july20
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
4uidfal
WHAT GRANTISM COSTS.
EXTRAVAGANCE, RED TAPE
AND CORRUPTION
Where Millions are Squandered With.
out Benefit to the COuntry-Oihcial
Facts and Figures to be POndered
Over.
lcorrnsnondence % the World.l

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-No special es-
Inmates can give an idea of the constant
" increasing burdens of the system OF
Government which exists here. Ihe
Eocts must he seen in detail to be under
stood and appreciated. With the country
noorer than it ever was before and groan-
ing under the weight of unjust taxes,
with Congress making reductions OF ex-
penses for years past in obedience to the
demands and necessities of the people,
we see the departments and bureaus con-
tinually increasing their expenditures
and continually demanding more money
for the not very faithful discharge OF
very ordinary duties. No reform will
amount to anything which does not go
through these nests Of red tape and cor
runtion with the newest and stitfest kind
of broom. Grantism, like a cancer, has
sent its poisonous roots through our
whole administrative system. The IN
terest on the public debt, which was
S14O 100000 in the fiscal year 1868, has
Eallen to SlO3, 100000 in 1876, and this in
cludes in addition, the interest on the
Pacific Railroad bonds; but the "perma-
mont annropriations" for the fiscal year
1876 was $l49,0OO,OOO.
In lS59.6O the expenses OF the CIVIL list
were s6077 ,OOS, and the miscellaneous
expenses S2O,7OS,233. Iii lS67'6o the
civil list cost Sl9, ,l27, ,7S9 and the miscel-
lapeous expenses sSS,O92,O9l. In lo69-7O
Grants first year, the civil list was Sl5'-
sG6 336. the miscellaneous expenses, $780,
Os4 sOS In 1S74-75 the civil list rose to
$17 346 929 and the miscellaneous to $780,
59s 5S6. In lS75-76 there was appropri-
oted for the civil establishment S26,8OO,-
OOo. for public works, $l6755,OOO; for
miscellaneous, S69,OOO,OOO; and the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, "reformer" as he
was, asked S2l, 100000 over and above
the sums of these appropriations for the
year lS76-77 r.,
1t is only by a careful analysis of the
accounts that we are able to detect how
the bureaus and departments contnve to
mile up these expenditures, but the
mystery disappears as soon as analysis
is made.
THE CITY THAT SHEPHERD BUILT.
Washington is leading source OF ex-
pense to the people. The expenditures
on behalf of the city for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1875, were as follows,
from the books of the Register
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
Robeson :

How the "hoys in blue" must love a
party which pronunces "not guilty ="
a War Secretary who conspired to swim
die them out of their wages Albany
Argus.
And make profit out of the tomb
stones put over the heads of their dead
comrades.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
The New York Herald, is speaking Of

The New York Herald, is speaking of
the railroad suit against Governor Tilden,
says that his answer throws great deal
of light on the matter and that 1--WE haye
no suspicion that Mr.. Tilden's course in
this matter was in any way dishonorable
and we believe the suit is brought only
for its effect upon the canvass" 1t is
seldom that Radical paper is this hon.
eat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17


It is to be observed of these bureaus
that we have only given the cost of their
office machinery and that they are all,
with the exception of the Lighthouse
Board and the Mint, of recent and pure
" Republican creation. Most of them
indeed are direct products of Grantism.
We have not included an item of the
several boards in the Military Depart
ment, nor of the nine extravagant bu-
reaus in the Navy Department. The
Mints and Assay offices used to be run
under Democratic regime, for an annual
expense of about S2OO,OOOa a year, and
the light house establishment now con-
sumes as much money in one year as it
used to take in five.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND RIVERS AND HAIR
BoRs.
Senator Edmunds, in the Senate the
other day proposed to place the sum Of
$4OOOO0O in the hands of Secretary OF
War for the improvement of rivers and
harbors at his discretion. In the ensuing
debate Senator Logan decided that the
country was going to ruin because $780,
600 was not appropriated to roof over the
Chicago custom house, while some of the
Democratic Senators would never con-
tens to such an unprecedent act as to
give any one man the disbursement of
so much money "at discretion" Yet
Senators are accustomed without any
suueamishness which is apparent to out
siders, to pass an annual Indian Appro-
priation bill amounting to between $5,-
OOO,O and S6,OOO,O0O the major part OF
which is directed to be expended in GER
tain ways, "at the discretion of the Pres
ident." Under the present system, the
money spent .on public buildings and
rivers and harbors constitutes perhaps
the heaviest single tax which the people
have to endure, outside the interest on
the public debt. The aggregate of the
past few years is enormous-it is even
appalling, alongside of the benefit de-
rived by the people from these expendi-
lures. Look at the figures:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17

The investigating committee proves
and charges the facts to be that the fol-
lowing sums have been needlessly
squandered in the Navy Department by
Roheson.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17
Executors Sale Of Real Estate.
A Rare Chance TO Buy DeSirG-
bic Property.

The undersigned as Executor Of the last will
and testament of Samuel Lahm, late OF the city
Of Canton, Ohio deceased, Is authorized to sell at
Private Sale all his real estate.
Possession Of the residence on West TuscaTawas
time.
The farm in Perry township, containing about
800 acres will be sold as whole, or in tracts 10
suit purchasers. Possession to be given April ist,
1877
Easy terms Of payment will be made.
Canton, o., July TO- '76. JOHN LAHh.
jull36w
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-08-17

This $3,5OO,OOO does not cover all the
costs of printing by good deal, since a
large proportion of is covered upin the
contingent" expenses of the depart
ments and bureaus. 1t is enough to show
however, that under Grantism the print
ing bills alone have come to exceed per
cent. of the total expenses of the United
States Gov ernment.