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National Republican., 1876-09-30
WOOD AND COAL.

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GOAL! GOA LII CO LIZ
~ have aioat several hundred tons OF White
Ash, Lorberry and Lykens Valley coal. all sizes.
Persons laying In their winter supply would do well
TO call and get my prices before purchasing else
where. us / am selling at much less than market
rates for each.
q. L. SHERIFF.
nEr1CEv Ill4 Pa. ave. between llth and 18th SITS.
Orf fiCES' I S2S Pa. ave. between Sd and AZ SITS.
Wharf and KinddDg Wood hill; Sixth street and
Potomac river. se25-6t
National Republican., 1876-09-30
Stocks active and unsettled
The following are the closing rates for the
active stocks, telegraphed to H. d. Cooke ir,, 6
Co, from the New York Stock ExchanZa:- =.
| Opening. Closing

Messrs. H. E. Ofhey & Co., bankers northeast
corner Fifteenth and streets, repert New York
quotations as follows
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

IL.
Enough is now known of the circum.
stances attending the returns Of the Pres
idential vote in Louisiana, Florida, and
South Carolina, to render IL matter Of
certainty that Tilden carried both of the
first named States, and that at least two of
the electors on the Tilden ticket were
chosen in South Carolina. It is equally
certain that the Republican managers have
determined TO reverse thisresult BY means
Of fraud, perjury, forgery, and the, rejec-
ton of votes that were legally polled for
Tilden electors If this wickedness is per-
mitted to go on unchallenged by the men
who represent the more respectable portion
Of the Republican party, there is one re-
suit which must follow as surely as night
follows day, and that viii be panic be-
fore the first Of February such as this coun-
try has never seen. twill not be sinplya
Wall street panic, running stock jobbers
and deranging the values Of securities.
but it will extend to every branch Of
business, carrying disaster to all classes Of
society. Grants bayonets cannot control
the course Of trade, though they may be
used to carry through revolution in State
Governments; and when the whirlwind
comes, the Republicans will suffer quite as
severely as those who voted for Iilden.
II there is not patriotism enough in the
Republican party to induce an earnest and
outspoken opposition to the conspiracy
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Useful knowledge.

A man walks three miles In an hour. n
horse trots seven steamboats run e;obteen.
saline vessels ten. Slow rivers ao1 sour.
ranid rivers seven, moderate winds How
seven. storms move tbirtv-six. hurricanes
eighty; a riAe.ball one Thousand. sonnd
seven hundred and ninety tbousand. elec,
tricity. two hundred md eigbtv tbonsand
A barrel Of bour weighs one hundred and
nipety-six pounds: barrel Of nork two
hundred: barrel Of powder twenty-five:
frl;n of butter f;f,yts;v. trh of brt,ar
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December l77e-ls7s.

Tho roview Of ovonts n No,omhor
1776. left The eause Of msr;ea a. ono
Of the lowest denressions to which !. ave-,
sank Congress- was d;sbe"rtsnsd and and
irresolute. The armv was ilI.sunnl;sd and md
wasting away while reinforcemapp,s s;lad
to be Obtained in the face Of tho d;sast- ise
rous condition Of the service Some If
the leading officers in The service lac iaoksd u
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

l. Remember that in country places the
conveniences for putting out fires which
exist In villages cannot be had conse
quently use the greatest possible care to
prevent a confagration.
2. Keep buildings and furniture well
insured, and be careful not to let the in.
surance run out.
3. Never smoke or allow any one else
to smoke in barn, ,sshop, shed, or around
buildings or haystacks. Many man has
been foolish enough to smoke himself out
Of house and home, and many hired man
has set the buildings Of his employer on
fire in the same way.
4. Keep fountain pump or portable
fire extinguisher always on hand and al
ways in working order. A few days ago
| fixed up my pump, which had got a
little out Of order, and to-day it has done
effective service in protecting a neighbor's s
house from the flames. If every man who
went TO the FIRE had carried one of these
hand pumps, the house that was burned
might have been saved. Every neighbor-
hood ought to be well supplied with them.
5. Keep matches in safe place; when
laid around loose, rats sometimes ignite
them, and children not infrequently set
buildings on fire by playing with conye-
nient though dangerous articles.
6. Never connect house and barn
by a shed, or even a high tight fence. A
space Of at least thirty feet should always
be left between two buildings, and sixty
feet is much better If they are now con-
nected it will be long step in the way Of
protection to remove the shed or connect
ing fence. In case of fire it may be the
means of saving either the house or the
barn.
7. Never lay greasy rags around in
buildings. A neighbor once stuck hand
ful of rags with which he had been clean
ing his wagon axIes and machines into
brace in his barn. Awhile after peddler
passing by saw fame, called help, and
put out the fire which had been originated
by the greasy rags.
8. Never put hay into barn SO green
as to incur any danger Of spontaneous
combustion. In short, avoid all causes of
fire, and even the shadow and appearance
of evil. We cannot afford to lose our
buildings. In order to save them we must
be extremely careful in the use of fire.
Practical Farmer.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

A WIPE's PowER.-The power of q
wife, forgood or evil, is irresistible. With
out one, home must be forever unknown.
A good wife is to man wisdom, strength
and courage; bad one is confusion, soeas-
ness and despair. No condition is.hope-
less to man where the wife possesses
frmness, decision and economy. There is
no outward propriety which can counteract
Incidence, extravaganza and folly at home.
No spirit can long endure bad influence.
Man is strong, but his heart is not ada
mant. He delights in enterprise and action
but to sustain him he needs q tranquil mind;
especially if he is an intelligent man, with
a whole head, he needs moral force in
the conflict of life. To recover his COM
posure, home must be place of peace and
comfort. There his soul renews its stregth,
and goes forth in fresh vigour to meet the
labor and troubles Of life. But if at home
he finds no rest, and is there met with bad
temper, sulleness, Jealousy, and gloom, or
assailed with complaints and censure, hope
vanishes, and he sinks into despair. Such
is the case with too many who, it might
seem, have no no conflicts Of trials of life.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

The derivation of many words in CON-
mon use is exceedingly curious and inter.
esting. Probably few people have any
idea whence comes the word s'tramway,
by which the English denote a horse-car
track. It is derived from the second
syllable Of the name 0utram. The ances-
tor of Sir james 0utram, very distin-
guished General, who died few years
ago took a leading part in extending
horse railroads for drawing coal, etc.,
aud his roads were called 0utram ways,
and gradually the first syllable was dropped.
Another curious derivation is that Of the
word "wallop," meaning to beat. sTll
wallop him" is still frequent expression
in rural England. ItAarises from COM
plete naval victory Of Admiral Wallop, .
member Of the very ancient family d
which the Earl Of Portsmouth--who also
has the honor to represent Sir Isaac New
ton--is now the head.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

No good citizen win do anything arev-
clationary. But, there can bo no doubt
that revolutionary projects arc nov
discussing. And who are proposing them2
Let US see. From 18l7 to ISIS Il was
the accepted theory or action By Conexess
that the President Of the Senate Is only an
agent Of Congress to declare its will in 70 Z
spect to counting The electoral yoie Of any
contested State. From i860 u l876 81
was the acceptod theory of Congress tI>at
il any member Of either body objcctqJ %
counting any State, tho Prdsi1enl Of de
Senate could only count Il Whom, by !
concurrent VOTE " ho<h lodIas, Ne xns
authorized u count Il Nov, II a. Re-
p1blicna majority A he seaafe refuses
next winter q a. e1o1 <sis thccf5 1hi6t
seizins y, aa1 afoa sSs1Iz|6| Il s 1}a|5|
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politital gAairs.
Democratic Address 70 The Amerisan Peepls.


Democratic Address to the American People.
The committee Of visiting Democrats to
New Orleans issued the following address
December TO the People Of The United
States :--0n our arrival here, in casting
about for approaches to the officials who
control the elections IN this state, we dis
covered that they were all Of one political
party; that the goyerLSr had appointed
none but Republican supervisors Of cleo
tion, and that the returning officers consti-
tuting the state board were of the same
political school. Influenced by these in
auspicious surroundings, our thoughts and
hopes were turned toward the eminent
gentlemen who have been selected by the
President to be present and see that the
board Of canyassers made fair count Of
the votes actually cast, and on the 18th Of
November we invited these gentlemen to
meet and confer with us. This co-opera
tion was declined, but We nevertheless
have reason to believe that to this cores
pondence may be attributed the invitation
to US on the 18th ultimo by the returning
board to attend and be present at the meet
ing aa spectators, and witnesses Of its pro-
ceedings. Through this courtesy, and the
service Of competent stenographer, we
became possessed Of all the essential facts
developed on the face Of the official papers.
We have been furnished with certified
copy Of the duplicate statements Of votes
made'by the commissioners of election at
each place of voting in the state. From
these statements, it appears that the Tilden
electors received the following vote, to
wit:-McEnery, 83,712; Wyckliffe, 49,.
$50; st. Martin, 83,676; Pocke, 83,529;
Deblane, 83,667; Seay, SO, 3,S42; Cobb, 49,
579; Gross, 1862, and the Hayes cleo
tors received the following votes to wit
Kellogg, 77,152; Burch, 77,144; Joseph,
1889; Sheldon, 1884, Marks, 75,zz1;
Levissee, 1880; Brewster, 5,4573 jeff
rion, 1854. The result Of the vote for
presidential electors as disclosed on the
face Of returns opened by the returning
board in our presence, IS For Tilden
electors, McEnery, 82,223, Wyckline,
82,326; St. Martin, 50, ,l29, Pocke, S2,-
O36; Deblane, 81, ,O65; Seay, 81, ,242; Cobb,
Sl,959; Cross, S2,l09 For Hayes elec.
tors, Kellogg, 77,023; Burch, 76,983;
Joseph, 74,642; Sheldon, 74,678; Marks,
75,087; Levissee, 75,l57; Brewster, a..
276; Jeffrion, 1880.
In most cases the returns opened by the
returning board correspond precisely with
the certified copies Of statements Of the
y. A Z n
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Select 4oetrg.
From The Sunday Magazine.
The Aged Believer at the Gate Of Heaven.

I'm kneclinE at the threshold weary faint and sore;
Waiting for the dawnng for the opening of the door
Waiting till the Master shall bid me rise and come
To the glory OF his presence To the gadness Of his
home.
A weary path I've travelled, mid darkness, storm,
and strife;
Bearing many burden. struggling for my life;
But now the morn is breaking my toll Will soon be
DER,
I'm kncellng at the threshold, my hand is on the
door
Methinks hear the voices of the blessed as they
stand,
Singing In the sunshine of the glorious sinless land
o. would that were with them, amid their shining
throngl
lMingling in their worship joining in their song.
The friends that started with me have entered long
One by one they left me, struggling with the foe
Their pilgrimage was shorter their triumph sooner
woi--
lIowoylngly they'll hail when all my toll done
With them the blessed angels that know nor grief
nor sin
I see them by the portals, prepared to let me in.
. Lord wait thy pleasure; thy time and way are
Butt m wasted worn, and weary, 0 Father bid me
rest
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

We never knew q scolding person that
was able to govern family. What
makes people scold? |? Because they cannot
govern others? Those who govern well
are generally calm. They are prompt and
resolute, but steady and mild.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09
The Iowa Maidstone 2

The history of the "Iowa maidstone" as
it is currently reported, is curious and in
teresting Its wonderful properties have
been known about 135 years, and its fame
has spread throughout all the country in
the vicinity of its owner, Mr.. Evans. The
greatest reliance is placed upon its virtues
in all cases Of hydrophobia. 1t is said
that $50 cures have been effected by the
present owner, The stone is very small,
and looks something like dark sponge,
except that the pores are not so large.
Before operating with it the stone is heated
in milk and water; the patient is made to
exercise until the blood circulates freely;
then the skin near the bite is scratched
until the blood comes, and the stone ap-
piled. When filed with virus, it is taken
off, soaked in warm milk and water, and
the application repeated until the stone
will not adhere to the flesh. Sometimes
as many as one or two hundred applica-
tions are necessary. It cannot be easily
removed from an infected person, so great
is its power of suction; but upon the flesh
Of person not inoculated with the poison
Of rabid animal it has no more effect than
an ordinary pebble, unless he is diseased
with salt-rheum or scrofula. Such is the
marvellous history ofthe "Iowa MAIDSTONE 7
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

How few are our real wants, and how
easy il is to satisfy them Our imaginary
ones are boundless and unsuitable.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

Some goodness, is like the glowworm in
this, that it shines most when no eyes, ex-
cept those Of heaven, are upon il.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

There are persons who would be pros
trate on the ground iftheir vanity or their
pride did not hold them up. M
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

A little dry starch or arrowroot, moist
ened with cold water and placed on che
injured part will prevent the zkin disccl.
oring after brnise.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

They who do speak i'll Of themselves do
so mostly as the surest way Of proving how
modest and candid they are.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

The first step to selfknowledge is self.
iistrust. Nor can we attain to any kind
Of knowledge except BY like process.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

There are two ways Of going through
this world. One is to make the best Of it
and the other the worst Of it. Those who
take the latter course work hard for poor
pay.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

Mr.. William Cullen Bryant, pleasantly
talking in 80. Nicholas about the boys Of
his boyhood, describes the severity Of the
parents of the last century, and says Of his
grandfather that he can hardly find words
to express the awe in which he stood of
him--awe was SO great as almost to pre-
vent any thing like affection, A little
bundle Of bircheu rods suspended on a
nail in the kitchen was esteemed in those
days as much a part of the necessary fur.
niture as the shovel and tongs.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-09

= There is apparently misprint in the
chronology at this point. The loss at Char.
lesion in l778 is given as 100000. Previ.
ously, in the Cyclopedia, under the head of
Charleston, Mr.. Walford made the estimate
100000. A loss Of 10000 in Charleston
in l77s would appear to have been physical
impossibility.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
FLUCTUATiON IN PRICES DUR
ING THE YEAR.

Viewing the whole year 1876, the changes
in wholesale prices have not been all one way
by any means. Last January, -four was about
35 cents barrel below present figures in New
York, and No. wheat was quoted at SLOT to
81. IL against $1.26 now; sugar, fair refining,
was s to 81 cents per pound and g95si now. q
large advance. Hides have advanced from 30 to %
cents for South American, but leather is not
much higher. Refined petroleum has doubled
in price, ard promises to go still higher. Raw
silk has risen from S. to 80, the greatest in
crease in any raw material except petroleum.
On the other hand, cotton and wool are quoted
lower tLsn they were at the beginning OF the
year, Notwithstanding the sharp rise in the
past few months. cotton being 1919 cents per
pound of middling uplands, against 1917, and
wool 36sto 46against4 40 to 48 cents for the same
grade. Corn is from to IL cents in the bushel
cheaper, and of course, pork, which is now
quoted at $16.75 per barrel against 500 65 in
Janusry. Mess beef is unchanged. eeed-leaf
tobacco has fallen in price from 20 to As to 10 to
35 cents. Butter is or cents pound higher
Coffee is the same for prime Rio, but 4 cents a
pound lowerfor Java young Hyson tea has
fallen from 20 to 81 to Is to 80 cents and I'M
coiored Japan. common, from "a to 40 to is to
% cents finest Jap from go to IA to 40 TO so
cents; choicest 0oolong from IS to 50 to IS
to 70 cents. ka
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Too Much photography.

An old man who owns stall at the
City Hall market. took a notion few
days since to use his spare hours IN bet
tering his education. Procuring q
spelling book his face was seen behind
iG whenever trade was dull. cHe tired,
however, of spelling the words to him
self, and engaged the services of a boy
about Is years old, having the next
stall, to hear his lessons. Everything
passed off all right for two OF. three
DAYS. and then storm, arose and a eli
MAY came. Holding the book in both
hands the boy observed
ItssWe now come to the word swel-
come How do you spell it 90
"Well, sir, I spell it Y-e-lk-u-rl."
oNot correct" =, ~ C2 q Al
"K-o.m, them IS So a}4xg
nNo. sir. 80 aii -.
y"No, SIR -" - A.".Ss e.
8 "Boy, don't you lie to me, warned
the man. g~<K6F
81 guess I'll resign my Office, re-
piled the lad as he laid the book down.
q I've let you go on and sped cat with
a K, horse without any e, boy. with
double, to. it, because you are old,
and I didn't want to hurt your feelings.
But when you call me a liar, andsdon't
even know how to spell the word, it's
time for me to resign. Detroit Free
Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
CHICAGO BUSINESS INTERESTS.

Commerce of the City for 1S76-In Packing
Provisions, Live Stock, and Lumber, the
Garden City Still Leads.
The Chicago papers publish lengthy
articles upon the trade of the city, show
ing how it has been affected by the
stringency in the money market. The
facts, figures, and comparisons given
are worthy of consideration. We extract
as follows
The amount of property marketed during
the past year at this point was considerably
greater than in 1875. OF wheat, the receipts
show falling off, but in the grand aggregate
the movement was much more satisfactory
than was expected. Chicago retains her posi-
ton as the primary grain center of the world,
and, with good crops, is bound to make cred
liable showing n the receiving and handling of
cereal property. A detailed Statement Of the
past years movement, as compared with 1875,
shows the following result: ~, i
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
The Bones Of AgamemnOn.

Homer was about as distant in time
from the heroes whose exploits he has
chronicled in the Iliad as we are from
the days of Marlborough and Prince
Eugene, Turenne, Montecuculli and So
bieski. He was quite as near to Aga
memnon as we are to Louis XIV. Of
France. In fact, he was too near to the
King of Men to dare to touch with a free
hand those dreadful family histories
which required 700 years more of the
softening effect of tradition to fit them
to the uses Of Hschylus and Euripides
on the tragic stage.
Yet it has been doubted whether the
great event that the first of poets SO sin
cerely chronicled ever occurred, or
whether his heroes were other than myth
ical fancies with personal. names. It
is hardly a conceivable case that any
sane person should now doubt that Louis
XIV. was real sovereign OF great
country, and the French King did not
make SO great an impression upon the
world of his tirne as the son of Atreus
did upon the smaller world of heroic
Greece. It is doubtful, even, whether
the art of printing has increased the Wv
idness with which the memory of famous
men is passed on from generation to
generation. Printing certainly gives
ampler scope to our view; it gives us the
past in greater detail it is Like photo
graph Of a street scene in which all the
small detail comes out as clearly as the
greater facts. The commander of the
forces is there, and SO is the pedler Of
peanuts at the corner. But tradition is
like the historical painter who concen-
trated his skill on the attitudes and faces
OF the essential fgures-gives us the
hero glorifed, perhaps, and leaves out
the unessential nobodies. For this rea-
son tradition, perhaps, transmitted from
bard to bard the we'll studied traits of
the great figures with livelier fidelity
than written history can reach. It is
supposable that Homer knew Agamem-
non as wildly as this generation knows
Napoleon Bonaparte.
1t has been piece Of critical folly,
therefore, to doubt at any time the broad
facts OF Homer's chronicle; but this is a
folly OF which the world has seen the
last now that the patient deliver who I'M
covered the Pergamus of Priam has act
ually brought to the sunlight the very
bones of the commander Of the expedi-
ton against Troy. DR.. Schhemann's
discoveries have in them all the salts
faction Of naked reality. They are his
torical autopsies, as convincing on the
points they touch as post norton exam
nations are medically.-NeaO York Her
AID.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
The Late Inspector General of the
Army. -

The death of Inspector Gen. James
A. Hardie, which occurred recently at
Washington, is much deplored by Off
GERS Of the army. He was appointed as
cadet from New York to the Military
Academy in 1888, and graduated in 1843
with Grant, Franklin, Augur, Fred
Steele, and ingalls,. He commanded the
Fourth Regiment of the New York Vol
unteers in the Mexican war, and since
that time performed duty in various
portions of the country, and in the late
war was respectively aide-de-camp to
Gems. Mcclellan and Wool, and on the