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Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

An interesting relic of Oliver Cron-
we'll has just been discovered in Engs
land in an old volume on ''Philoso~
phical Furnaces. It contains ''Plan
of Battell" drawn and signed by Crom
we'll himself, with the positions of "My-
selfe," the ''Maine Bodie, " ''Fairfave, ;
the "Enemie," the "Enemie Stronge.' ,,
'.tIight Horses" BRIDGE" "Pass,
etc. and the admiration in his hand
writing:
'Oh may ye Lorde help me in my pious under
Sakin ge.
Bic We most highe, will cyett you off roote
and Rrancha -
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

The geographical dl-trlhution Of the
vote for and against the Centennial
appropriation was little curious.
Only sixteen Repuhlican votes were
given against the bill. OF these
Indiana furnished three, Illinois two,
Iowa. two and Michigan four, eleve Ii
in all that group of four States, leaving
but five for all the rest o. the couutry
There were fifty-eight Democratic
votes for the bill. These inclu:ed al
the Louisiana Democrats, three; four
of the six Texas members; ten of the
seventeen Pennsylvania Democrats;
all the Massacb usetts Democrats, in
Guiding General Banks; all the New
Jersey Democrats who voted; and ali
of that party from the Pacific coast.
Georgis, Alabama, North Csrolins:
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky
Tennessee and Missouri gave almost
votes against the PROPOSE
tiOn.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

The latest thing out in the way of a
lamp chimney is an unbreakabie one
made by the new Bastie process. This
chimney can be thrown violently upon
the floor, rolled along, kicked about;
but it resists all the laws which rule
ordinary glass. It will not break
when hung upon faring gas burner.
It costs three times as much as an or
dinary chimney, but one of this kind
will outlast a dozen of the old-fashion-
ed ones Result=economY.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
More amendments to the FEEDER,

More amendments to the Federal
Constitution continue to make their
appearance in Congress, the latest be
ing one on the subject of the civil ser
vice. It prohibits members of Con-
gress from soliciting appointments to
or removals from office; provides for
the appointment of civil service COM
mi ssion and also for the election of
sorle civil officers like postmasters,
subject to removal by the civil
service commission under reguIa-
tions established by law; but no
officer to be removed for religious or
political reasons.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

George Freeman, clerk OF the Blng-
ham House, Philadelphia, was ar
raiened before a United States Com
missioner in that city recently, charged
with having violated the civil rights
act by refusing to furnish the Rev
Fields Cook, colored, of Alexandra
Va. with q room. Freeman was held
to bail in the sum is 81 600.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

First Babcock. and now they are
reaching for Grants spiritual adviser.
Rev: DIR. Newman, of the Metropolitan
Methodist Church, Washington, has
been summoned to appear before the
Committee on Expenditures of the
State Department to explain his outlay
of between $5, 600 and $4,000. gold, in
making a pleasure tour of the world in
the capacity of Inspector of Consulates
and as a Special Agent of the Treasury.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
The peace of the world is

The peace of the world is further
threatened by another political con-
vulsion in Hayti, in which Gen. Canal
is to be the coming man. What, asks
the Macon Telegraph, has become of
the great ducal house of Lemonade aud
Marmalade? Where are Prince Pump
kinsquash, the Marquis of Nutmeg,
the Earl of Gilman Oh and Lord Gin
ger2 Are these quality niggers going
to be outshone by Gan, Canal at this
stage of internal improvements?
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
The Greenebofo Patriot ahys:

| = zzsJHEpstF sEAESs oE 3kssrEz
| D1rES4 - S3sSEE <JAEOLGH y.
~ EsAT ST syAS 4CCS PLzSsEE g.
The Raleigh Christian AdVocate In
It's la7t issue gives brief summary OF
tie great work done y dethodism in
North Carolina IL the century just now
draw ng 30 close. Buf what tongue
or pen is there that can tell the story
of the personal hardships, of the
psten: labor. the tireIess energy, the
solf-sacrificing devotion. the unfagglng
zeal of its ministry during all these
hundred years? The result is truly a
grand ole, and the Cnur III that has
accomplished it has right to congcat-
uiaie ltss If upon the abnndant harvest
that has crowned It's labors.
The 4Gvocato says:
This is a Centennial year NOT only
# cur national existence ard there
fore an important one to oil; but
to North Caro(iIa Methodists it is es-
peciaiiy Interesting III that il is the
ccut%nulsi anniversary of organized
McthCdiem IL the State.
Since the time tbat "Carolina Cir.
cut wAa hrss estabiehed and the
preachers came TO penetrate it's road
less swamps and foreste and TO preach
5he gospe, 10 it's scattered population,
great thiaRs havs been accomplished
whereof ~" should be glad aud secon1-
lng'y proud. The one circuit hse
become landed and 11ore: under
the supervision then OF one Confer
i
by thses dietlEct annual Conferences.
hen there were NC Church buildings,
aud tne preacher spoke in the log
houses ot the settlers. III barns and
Il ressE, at auy time aud under a,v
circumstances wherever aud when
ever he could fad an .>ud1ence
to receive bis message. Now in every
village and neiehbcl hood, in cities aud
TOXINS. are seen bumtIe and stately
temples erected to the s7ofship of God
''y the people called N-thodist-. Then
IL was only occasionally, and at long
Intervals. ;hat the pr1rcbing of the
gospei could bc i.eacG aud OBSTRUCTION
IN hoi' things received hy the people.
Now the church door is nearly always
open AID the pulpit rings almost
constantly with the promises and |
threats of the divine law. In that
portion of the territory comprised in
the n. @. Conference We have three |
Methodist colleges aud Methodist |
fchools without number, ranking with |
the BEST and pstfonizad wesl-a proof |
to the world that MetiiJdists appreciate |
and desire to extend the benefits OF |
liberal education.
God has indeed prospered us, both
in numbers and influence, and Il is but
right that We, the descen dants and fol-
lowers of those whose tolls the osntury
pact has seen, should fttinxly COM
the triunlphs which. by the
blessing of God, crowned their work.
We celebrate This centennial year not
IN the spirit Of bosstiug pride, but
rather in the spirit of thsnksgiv,ng-
giving praise to God for what has been
accomp ished aud invoking his bless
pRs for the future.
The centennial meeting in March
promises to be an occasion of pleasure
md profit. 1t is not intended simply |
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

The New York Herald is authority
for the statement that "there is less
gambling and drinking among the
congressman this year than for several
wears before" Which sounds sad when
we remember there was once ''party
of great moral ideas"
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
GOOD.

rhe Charleston NeWs and Courier
having had the strange audacity to as
sert that the South is as good
as any other part of the county, the
Cincinnati CONNIE rci0l straightway
conjured up visions OF renewed
Southern Confederacy asserting itself
'within the Union" rather than of the
Union. But the Commercial spectre
has not a leg to stand on rs our
Charleston cotemporary plainly shows
by telling. first, what it did not mean,
and secondly, what it did mean. III
daring to say in this land of the free
and home of the brave, that "the
South is as good as any other part Of
the country" These be strange times
Our cotemporary says:
In saying that "the South is a. good
as any other part of the country" We
mean that Southerner is as good as a
New Yorker, and has the same rights ;
that Southern State is as much a SOW
ereign State as a Northern State is,
and has the same rights. We do not
pit the South against the North, or he
Southern people against the Northern
people. All that we contend tor is
that there shall be no discrimination;
that Carolinian or Virglnisn shall BOT
be expected to submit to what New
Yorker or Hoosier would not stand.
and that what is permissible TO an
State anywhere shall be permissible to
every Stale everywhere. We are sic=
and tired of the cry that Georgian
must not say this thing because he Il
an ex Confederate, and that LouisIaoa
must not do that thing because it vas
- rebel " State. The Southern
States are in the Union. th-
| people III the Southern States
are American citizens; and States aud
| people demand the fuil measure oi
their constitutional rights, aud intend
to have it. The commercial talks oi
the "Southern Confederacy being o.
It's feet" What of the Northern and
Western Confederscy That C0uied-
erac,, whenever the South is IL quea~
| tion, does exist, whi'e the Southern
Con tderacy, territorialiy al ! po}:sl-
cal!y, is broken up aud gone. In'
existing combination is s.,at OF tAe
Northern followers of the Dlalne
Morton school against the South, and
not of the South against the Nort6.
And these Blaine Morton peopl, eter'
nally sneer at and abuse taa South, II
the hope that some Southerner, IL
print or on the stump, will say som
thing rash and violent. They have
been successful. and will no doubt b.
successful again. although their su"-
cess will do them little good. TIE
South does not want to discuss wai
Issues, and does not want 10 revive
questions that a, e SETTLED, But nhel
ours yelp at the heels of any American
he naturally kicks.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

ss time of rejoicing over the progress
AID present state of NJ thodism IN
North Ctrolina. But it is intended
also to revive and encourage our peos
pie for future work. In the language
Of Bishop Marvin We trust that '.the
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
yolunal.
WILMINGTON, N. c.,
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1876.

The larger portion of Rev. Charles
F, Deems address on t'Science and
Religion" has been republished in the
Popular Science Monthly. This Is
great compliment to a learned and
good man.
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
The New Orleans I'ioayune ga,

The New Orleans Picayune says:
The City Council yesterday adopted a
series of resolutions extending an in
vitation TO Don Pedro I, Of Brazil, to
make New Orleans the point of his
arrival in the United States on the oc-
casion of his contemplated visit A
COPY was ordered 10 be transmitted 10
his Majesty, through the Brasilian
ambassador at Washington City,
Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04

The rain at Louisville. KY, is gem
eral anG continuous. Residences and
stores in that city along the levee are
rapidly filing with water.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23
BEACH BANK, March, 1876.

The Democrats do not succeed well in
the role of reformers. 1t does not suit
their tastes, habits, or inclinations, and
they get on in IL something as an old
topper who should undertake to lecture
on temperance. wetting his whistle with
blackstrap or brandy after every pause.
They seem to have been SO tickled at the
discovery of a mares nest in the War
Department which they could use for
political capital that they kept the mat
ter from the knowledge OF the Republi-
can members of the committee as long as
possible, and only reluctantly admitted
them into the secret at last. But they
blundered fatally at the business. They
let Marsh, the most important witness
against Belknap they had. escape from
their hands and from the country in
spite of the warning of Mr. Bass, and
now the impeachment business over
which they made such q demonstration
hangs in mid-air, a mortifying exhibition
OF Democratic incompetency. They ac-
cused the Cabinet of soaring Marsh away;
but the Cabinet did not hold its meeting
till that rascal, who had been dismissed
by Clymer, was crossing the Canada line.
They raved because the civil court asked
the members of the COMMITTEES to furnish
the data for suit against Belknap to the
Grand Jury, when they were already un-
der the protection of the House and
could not have been taken out of it by
force. In short, they have bungled and
blundered through the whole business
from the outset by trying to use q public
misfortune for private partisan end,
and squeeze politi cal capital out of a ma
tional calamity. Every move they make
in the investigation business shows their
ignorance and incompetency, and their
unwillingness 10 60 to the bottom of the
matter and propose q real remedy in q
thorough reform of the civil service
proves their lack of earnestness. 1t be.
gins to look as though there was Dem
ocratic cat under the meal which they
are afraid of exposing, for it is hard to
believe set Of Congressional politicians
are half as stupid as these Democratic C
managers appear to be.-[N. Y Graphic.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23

We cannot hear the fall of gentle feet
Beyond the river they may cross no more.
Nor see familiar faces, angel sweet,
Through the distance on the other shore.
Where are the friends, companions, down the
Who shared our care and labor, gain and
Who wept with us, in sorrow, bitter tears
Who knelt beside US at the Saviors cross7
Some are a-weary ofthe world, and old,
And some had scarcely passed meridian
And some were gathered to the blessed fold
In all the beauty OF life's morning time.
A few had climbed the heights not many
And 6attled nobly for the good and true;
Many wrought humbiy on life's humble plain,
But all accomplished what they came TO do.
And as we walked together by the way,
They turned and lett u.s. left us one by one,-
Love followed weeping, but they might not
For ali her pleading, when their work was
done.
Shall we not meet again, or soon or later
Meet at the entrance OF the fnal goal?
Undo the tie that bound US, soul to soui9
Nay, by the holy instincts OF our love
BY every hope humanity holds dear,
i trust, In God, TO meet my treasures trove,
Tenderly loving, as we parted here.
1t must be SO, II eeathless mind retain
The no Dlest attributes that God has given;
Love, hope and memory count but little gain,
III what they gain on earth be lost in heaven.
And II the human love, that underlies
All that is true and good, in mans estate
AL that remains TO us OF paradise,
Were lacking there, heaven would be desc
late.
Nay, as the rich man knew, on Abraham's
breast,
The whilom beggar, at his palace gate,
As Saul knew Samuel, when, at Gods behest,
He came to warn the monarch OF this fate.
As Moses and Elias, heavenly bright,
Were recognized upon the mount sublime,
Shall we know our beloved, In the light
That lies beyond the shores of death and
time.
BEACH BANK, March, 1876.
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The Education of Crows.

In the battle of wits between the game
keepers and the crows OF Germany, the
latter are said to have acquired the
ability to count as high as six-rather
more than some tribes of savages, if the
tales of travellers are to be trusted.
To protect the young broods of pheas-
ants. the gamekeepers wage unsparing
war against the crows, which have con-
sequently become exceedingly wary and
good Judges of the range Of ordinary
guns. Various stratagems are resorted
to by the keepers, one Of them being to
erect shelters near the gathering places
of the crows, from which to shoot them
as they unwittingly approach. The
crows suspiciously keep aloof except
when they are sure of safety; but the
moment the keeper departs they flock to
their posts of observation with provok-
ing assurance 1t is found that the keep
ers must 90 to the cover in parties Of six
or more, then depart one by one until
six have left, leaving one or more behind
| to take vengeance on the crows Should
less number than six visit the shelter
and all but one leave it. the crows per-
/ form the subtraction correctly, and know
that there is yet no safety for them. Be
yond six, their mathematical faculty fails
or did some years ago: perhaps they
have learned to count more by this time.
1t seems that the crows Of Maine are
only half as highly educated. A farmer
in that State, exasperated by the depre-
dation Of crows among his sprouting
corn, lay in wait for them often and long,
but without success. Then he tried the
German stratagem. He took his son
with him to a shanty in the field, and
shortly after sent him away; the hungry
birds patientlg waited until the farmer
also departed. then they helped them
selves. The next day he took two per
sons with him with the same result; first
one person left the field, then another,
the crows cawing their approval. but re-
manning in their safe position; and not
until the third person had been seen to
depart from the field would the cunning
creatures trust themselves within gun
shot of the little building The next
day, half q dozen entered it. Presently
one of them went back across the field.
The crows mentioned the fact among
themselves, but kept their distance,
among the trees. Another person went
away, with the same result. Directly a
third emerged from the building -and
disappeared, kthe unhappy crows, hav'
ing reached the end of their mathemati
cal rope, came down in platoons to theiI
deferred breakfast, unaware of the three
armed enemies still remaining in the
building, who at once opened fire upon
the poor birds, whose great misfortune
was that they were unable to count more
than three.
A gentleman writing to the Portland
Advertiser says that this experimen
was tried repeatedly, but the crows in
yariably lost their reckoning when the
number exceeded three.
Evidently the education of the crow
of Maine has been neglected. 1t would
be an interesting experiment to repea
the process of deception to see how lonl
it would take them to count four, Of
more Scientific American.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23

A Qanbury man carried home four
quarts of soft shell CLANS in an overcoat
pocket. In the same pocket was a hand
ful of loose tobacco. The soft shell
clans had often heard of the weed, of
course, but this was the first sample they
had seen, and by the time the man
reached home each clam had nice quid
comfortably rolled under its tongue.
The CLAIMS were opened, and cooked,
without the family noticing the filthy
habit they had got into They were
served for breakfast and were partly
eaten. The Danbury man is now con-
vinced that he must either find some
thing other than pocket to carry clans
home in, or get a wider back-door.-
TDanbury News.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23
IFrom the Columbus Journal. !

From the Columbus Journal.I
Mr. Pendleton has told his story at
last, and such a story! He did not pay
anything to Mrs. Belknap, no not he,
but he gobbled half the swag himself
and paid fifteen thousand dollars to one
A. III Ransom, a clerk, who assisted in
the preparation of the claim" Aside
from this douceur to Ransom he says he
never paid dollar to any one on account
of the swindle, and he denies with EN-
phasis that Mrs. Marsh or Mrs. Bowers
travelled with him or his family in Eu-
rope. The railway company paid him,
he says, fifty per cent. of the claim for
collecting it, or fee of about $4,000 be-
sides the $4,000 paid him on account of
Ransom, making $4,000 in all, and leav-
ing only about $5S000 to the claimants.
1t would have been better for Mr.. PEN
dleton to let the original charges against
him stand than to attempt such an ex-
planation as this. That the claim which
he confessedly lobbied through the War
Department and pocketed the half of
was a piece of unqualified public robbery
there is not particle of doubt. Not a
cent of this money rightfully belonged
to the Kentucky Central Railway, to
George II. Pendleton, or any other per-
son or corporation. Now in what way
does it help Mr.. Pendleton to confess
himself the chief beneficiary of this
swindle2 Would it have been any less
creditable to him to divide with the Bel
knap women than to keep all the fees"
for himself and ASSISTANT
The key TO his success in this lobby
was his personal acquaintance and inhu-
ence with Mrs. Bowers. No other reas-
enable explanation of it can be given,
and if this explanation is correct, Mrs.
Bowers and not Ransom was the person
who really assisted him, and was really
entitled to his generous consideration.
1t is simply impossible that any one
could have earned fifteen thousand dol
lars in the preparation" of this claim,
but it is not at all improbable that if any
one was really entitled to compensa-
ton on account both of preparing it and
securing its payment, that person was
Mrs. Bowers and not Ransom or Pendle-
ton. Its payment anyhow seems to have
been mainly a matter of lobby fees, and
not af compensation to the railway, and
there is neither justice nor fairness in a
division of the proceeds between the two
less important and efficient lobbyists.
If there should be honor among thieves,
it certainly should not be lacking among
high-toned attorneys practicing before
the War Department.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23

.! let the soul its slumber break,
Arouse its senses and awake,
To see how soon
Lille, with lin glory, giides away,
AND the stern footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while we eye the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing moments glide
Away SO fast,
Let as the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream OF 10y
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier let US hope to find
Tomorrow than to-day;
Our golden dreams OF yore we're bright,
Like them, the present shall delight
Like them, decay.
Our lives, like hasting streams must be,
That Into one engulphing sea
Are doomed TO fall
The sea OF death, whose waves roll on.
Der king and kingdom, crown and th-one,
And swallow ALL
Alike the rivers lordly tide,
Alike the humble rivlet's glide
To that sad wave;
Death levels poverty and pride,
And rich and 1p,Sdn P1ST sleep lee side side
Our birth In but the starting place,
Life Is the running OF the race,
And death the goal;
There all these glittering toys are brought;
That path alone, of all unsought,
Is found Of all.
See, then, how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys OF earth
That lure us here!
Dreams OF a sleep that death must break.
Alas! before IL bids us wake,
We disappear
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23
THIS INVENTION

may be applied to many old loose plates, rem
dering them comfortable and firm I'm place.
This Is of Special interest TO those having very
Nat and unfavorable mouths, and who have
hitherto been unable TO wear artificial teeth, to
such il given a special invitation with the
promise of perfect satisfaction.
Dr. Boggess has purchased the exclusive right
for the counties Of Jackson, Ninton and Pike,
no one else having any right to use this inven-
tion within the limits of these three counties,
unless specially licensed by him. al fHfrfngers
traI be prosecuted. Let no one dissuade you
from trying this new invention. Remember
that Dr. Boggess has staked his reputation on
its merits, and warrants II to be everything em-
braced In the foregoing claims. II you would
have your Teeth extracted without pain, and
get "A new set of Teeth with the Patent Disk,
come TO Headquarters.
Dr. =. r.. BoGGESS. Reside mt ID, mist,
an. l3 76-f Jackson G. H., Ohio.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23

"Ah, gentlemen" said the wanderer
Winslow to the London bailifs, lone
never realizes how much he loves his
country until he has been absent from
it," "It's 'eavenly feeling as does you
honnor, Mister Winslow, sympathetical-
ly added one of his keepers, but a gent
in your sitiwation will ave to hadn't
that II America h'isnt Railways the 'ome
of the free = Brooklyn Argus.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-03-23

A bible is extant in Brooklyn which
contains some curious typographical er-
rors. The passage, And the Lord smote
Job with sore boils," is made to read,
"And the Lord shot Job with four balls :"
Again, the utterance of Christs, "He
that is not with Me is against Ne" is
distorted into the meaningless absurdity,
"He that is not With Ne scratcheth a
boar" The information that this bible
belongs in Brooklyn is purely gratuitous