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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-26

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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-26
MARINE DISASTERS.

The Lammcrmuir with Officers, Grew
and Three Hundred Coolies RepOr-
ted Lost.
LONDON, September 25.-The British
ship Lammermuir, bound from Cal.
cutta to Demerara, is reported at
Lloyds missing It's believed she was
foundered with all hands and three
hundred coolies.
FOundering Of the DardenoUgh- sixty
Lives Lost.
MELBoURNE, September 25.--The
Dardenough, from Melbourne to Sgd
ney, foundered near Jervis bay during
II hurricane on the 18th instant. Sixty
of the crew and passengers were
drowned.
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The Suspension Of Hostiiiiies Pro.
iOugCd by the Porte.

CoNsrANrlNoPLE, September o.
The Porte has agreed to proIong the
suspension of hostillties, and expresses
the hope that the powers will soon
communicate the conditions of peace
which they propose,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09
Warm winters.

The following record Of unusually
warm winters may be of interest in
view of the very exceptional warm
weather of our present winter:
In 1172 the temperature was so
high in England that leaves came out
on the trees in January, and birds
hatched their broods in February
In 1889 the winter was equally mild,
and the maidens of Cologne wore
wreaths ofviolets and corn flowers at
Christmas and on the twelfth Day.
In 1421 the trees fowered in the
month of March, and the vines in the
month of April. Cherries ripened
in the same month, and grapes ap-
peared in May. In 1862 the trees
were covered with leaves in January,
and the birds hatched their young
in February, as in 1172. 1885 the
same thing was repeated and it is
added that the corn was in ear at
Easter. There was in France nei-
ther snow nor frost throughout the
the winters 1888, 1907, 1909 1917,
and 1850. Finally, in 1862, even in
the north of Germany, the stoves
were no thghted, and trees lowered
in February
The record shows that in New
England in 1875, January was pleas
ant and moderate, and February a
sumner month" In173S January
came in like April; 174O there were
but two snow storms; February was
a summer month again, and March
the same; in 1851, January 18th, the
| frost was entirely out of the ground,
and February was like spring, and
''the winter ends a wonder through
the whole" In I756, in January,
the fish, as they are reported TO have
done this year, "struck in" from the
sea, the weather being so warm
February was-delightful, and March
clustering. but soft as May. ii
I773, Mr.. Smith records a summel
day on January 9th "wonderfu
moderate" and February 9th "nc
snow since December 18th, won
r derfui weather. We saw two robins
, In the year I775, Feb. p, the New
York Gazette and Post Boy reports
that "last Wednesday the weathe
+ was so uncommonly warm tha
{ many young lads went into the riy
ar TO SWIM
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Few words to the Girls.

A pastor of church in enc OF
our large cities said t. amenot long
ago. 81 have oflleiated ct forty
weddings since I came hers, and in
every case, save one. I felt that the
bride was running an awful risk"
Young men of bad habits and fast
Tenderness never marry a girl of
their own sort but demand q
wife above suspicion. So pure,
sweet women, kept from the touch
of evil through girlhood, give them
selves with all their costly dover of
womanhood, in the keeping OF men
who, il base associations, have
learned to undervalue ali that he
longs to them, and then find no re-
pentance in the sad after years.
There is but one way out Of this
that can see, and that is for you
to require in associations and mar
riages, purity for purity, sobriety
/ Tor sobrlety, honor Tor homer.
There is no reason why the young
men of this Christian land should
not be just as virtuous as its young
women, and if the loss of your so
eiety be the price they pay for vice,
they will not pay it.
This is plain, sensible talk, and
just such as ought to be needed by
all our bcys and girls. until the
much needed reformation is fully
established. Too much Of the hap
piness or misery of our children de-
pends on this for it to pass without
producing deep reflection. We
have never made suggestions
fraught with greater importance.
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Silent influence.

1t is the babling stream which
flows gently, the rivulet which runs
along day and night by the farm
house that is useful, rather Ghan
the swollen food or winding eata-
ract. Niagara excites our wonder,
and we stand amazed at the power
and greatness of the creator. But
one Niagara is enough for the world.
while the same world requires thou
sands and tens of thousands Of sill
yer fountains and gently flowing
rivulets, that water every farm and
meadow and every garden, and that
shall flow on every day and night
with their gentle quiet beauty. So
with the acts OF our lives. It Is
not by great deeds, like those of
the martyrs, that good is to be done.
It is by the daily and quiet virtues
Of life-the Christian temper, the
meek forbearance. the spirit of
forgiveness in the husband, the wife,
the father, the mother, the brother,
the sister, the friend, the neighbor,
that the thing is to be dene.--Ez.
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larceny under thirty dollars-there
By saving to the State Treasury at
least one hundred thousand dollars
per annum. Her annual State rey-
enue is increased by dog tax Of at
least one hundred thousand dollars
and a railroad tax OF perhaps as
much more. The ability of our
people to pay has been further in
creased by the reduction Of jury
fees-which will save to the eoun
ties at least one hundred thousand
more per annum; and yet doubt and
distrust are everywhere and the air
is rife with whispers of reputation.
In a future article we propose to
show by figures how little cause for
distrust there really is. In the
mean time what we need is firm
hand at the helm. Give us a pilot
who knows how to guide the ship
and hasaerve CROUCH to DO it. Let all
the friends of State credit speak
out; when the Democratic conven-
tioD meets, let its trumpet give
forth no uncertain sound-let every
candidate for any State office be
forced to take one side or the other
of this question. The interest on
the State debt must no longer accu-
muIate-it must be paid. The next
Legislature and the next Governor
must be elected on that issue. The
politicians who try to curry favor
with both parties must go to the
wall. The ship must no longer
drift-she must have a hand to
guide her. The party in power
next year must be a party with a
policy.
"Under which king, Bezonianf
speak or die" -CLarksville Chronicle.
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Christian Names.

Somebody has told us that the
ingenuity of the human mind is
boundless. But in the way of
Christian names it would seem to
be rather circumscribed. Look
around you and what do you see?
An endless array of Bills and Jims,
Toms, Dicks and Harrys, Joes and
Charles, Marys, Armies, Katties and
james. The majority Of us answer
to these names.
We have been at some considera-
bic pains to prepare a few figures
relative to the frequency of some of
those names. The st. Louis di-
rector was the basis OF our opera
tions. By actual count we diseov-
cred that in q thousand names of
males, 200 of them are John. That
is to say 20 per cent Of US men
answer to the beautiful name Of
john Every fifth man a John F!
What scarce fellows we Johns arel
Only 10000 of us in St. Louis; f.
10000 of Us in the United States
Verify, John thy name is legion.
In 900 names there is 100 Williams
and 100 James, or ten per cent OF
each, or 100000 each grand total
in the United States. Our table
stnnds nr fcllows.
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PreeOcity of Some Great VTri-
terS.

PrecOcity Of Some Great Wri-
Milton had written a considera-
BILE amount of verse prior to his
eighteenth year. Abraham Cow
ley's "Pyramus and Tishbe'' was
written at ten; his CONSTANTS and
Philetus" at twelve; and these and
other "poetical blossoms" were pub
ished when he was fifteen. Pope
composed ''The Ode of Solitude"
and part of an epic poem "about
twelve" All the writings of Thorn
as Chatterton were finished, and his
own self extinguished life was closed
when he had accomplished seven
teen years and three MONTHS
Collins's Persian Eclogues" were
composed at seventeen. Henry
Kirke Whites works were all pro-
duced while he was yet in his
twentysecond year. And we can
scarcely forget Connop Thirlwalps
"Primitia," written between eight
and eleven; Leigh Hunts "Juvenil-
Ia" or poems written between the
age of twelve and sixteen; Shelley's
"Queen Nab" at sixteen: Byron's
English Bards and Scottish review
ers"at twenty; Walter Savage Ian
dors's "Poems," published in his
twentieth year; and the Lyrical
Poems," Of Alfred Tennyson, issu-
ed at the same age. Henry Taylors
Isaac Commenus'' was composed
before he had attained his majority.
Douglas Jerrolds first play, though
not performed till his eighteenth,
was written in his fifteenth year; and
James Sheridan Knowles wrote his
first drama at twelve years of age,
for company of stage struck boys
among whom he was the"star."
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Editors.

One party censures him for writ
ing or allowing to appear in his col
umns certain articles, communiea-
tions or squibs, and another blames
him for not publishing the identical
thing for which the first condemn
ed him. We do not pretend to ar
que that an editor does not often
make mistakes-if he did not he
would be more than human-but
let him see his errors and then cor
rect them, as other business men
are obliged to do. But after articles
have appeared, to make unkind re
marks about the conductor Of the
paper, is ungenerous. OF course
the right of criticism and opinion
touching a subject discussed IN print
is accorded to every one, but this
can be without manifestation Of bil
iousness towards the editor.-Eaton-
ton Messenger.
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Selections.
A Victorious south.

The truth is, the entire South is
growing rapidly in population
There has been no great rush of i'm
but a constant trickling
into various healthy and fertile Sec
tions ofour fair Southland, of North
ern and Western families who seek
refuge from the lnclemency of their
colder climate. In South Carolina,
Florida and Arkansas and North
Louisiana this influx of popula-
has been very marked, while in Tex
as, there has been an absolute tide
of new people from all quarters of
the world. Here in Alabama we
have witnessed a current of immi-
grafton of no insignificant kind
Along the Tennessee river, through
out the valleys of North Alabama,
we find everywhere strange name s
and faces. A dozen villages have
sprung up around iron furnaces
which are owned by men lately from
the North. There is no question
that the South is asserting
her birthright. The gentle light
of the Southern cross is at
tracing the gaze of millions, and
when the census of 1880 is taken, it
will be found that the Confederate
struggle which forced the emanoi-
patton of the slaves has resulted,
under the MYSTERIOUS workings OF
Providence, in inscribing ultimate
victory upon the banner of the
South.-Ho5ile Register.
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a Word 10 Subscribers.

The following we quote from the
Greeneyille LatelEgsncsr: sThose
Of our subscribers who are indebted
to US, and have been contemplating
settling up, need not put themselves
to any inconvenience about the mat
ter four account We seldom have
use for any money, for when We have
it we are in a quandary as to what
to make of it. The
men we buy paper from take
rags for pay, and our printers are
always willing to take orders for
their wages, and you know the mer-
chants on whom we give orders al
ways advertise it out no matter
whae the amount is. We pay our
hotel bills with 'puffs', and we always
get a free ride on the cars and stages.
The postage we pay on our papers
don't amount to much, and the gov
ernment, under its present admins
tTation, waits on us until we feel dis
posed to pay it. Therefore you see
that we are at but little expense,
and beg you, friends, not to be par
ticular about paying US that little
amount oftwO dollars you owe US,
for SO small amount as that wouldn't
help us much no how. And besides,
we don t like to be bothered with
writing receipts for fifty cents, one
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terest and excitement, and it is our
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Important subjects in order to send
you a live paper, and to have men
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vert our thoughts from measures we
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alton, in order to keep up with the
times. We think, gentlemen, judg-
ing from your actions III the mat
ter, that your ideas accord exactly
with ours, and again appeal to you
not to trouble yourselves about pay.
ing your dues to us-newspaPer mer
are expected to work for nothing
and pay their board out of their wa
ges."
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when his Secretary of War steps
down and out for being detected in
selling by wholesale the patronage
of his Office. If this does not con
vince the Northern masses that a
change of administration is abso-
lutely needed, they would not be
lieve though one rose from the dead.
If it does not prove the death blow
of Republicanism, it must have
more lives than a cat. One instance
is given, in which the trade post of
Fort Sill was bartered away by the
thrifty Secretary for $4,000 cash
in hand, and an ANIMAL fee of $4,000
so long as the purchaser retained
it. The purchaser, of course, must
cheat the victims thus placed at his
mercy, out of these sums, to say
nothing of the immense profits in
addition which induce him to make
the peculiar Investment. In almost
every branch Of every department,
the same rascality exists and has
existed for years, as witness the de-
velopments on the St. Louis trials,
until, according to an authority as
careful and conscientious as the New
York Bulletin, our people are paying
$700,000,00O for the luxury of gov
ernment in its various forms-a
sum greatly in excess of the net
earnings of the entire country.
This it is that makes hard times,
that depletes our energies. Spend
ing on the one item of government
more than all we make, it becomes
very clear why each year finds us
worse of than the previous one.
But the half or more of this govern
ment burden, weighting US to the
ground, is a mass of corruption.
The first thing to be done is to lop
it off. Cut out the fostering flesh.
Remedial and healing measures
come after. The surgeon must pre-
cede the doctor.-American.
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The BeIknap Scandal.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes
bravely on. The crying need for
searching investigation into the va
rious departments at Washington is
made so plain by yesterdays devel-
opments that the most stolid Repub-
lican in the baekwoods of Maine or
Michigan must appreciate it The
Presidents Private Secretary has
barely been released from the pris-
oner's box by a verdict Of 'not
(proven) guilty" Of whisky frauds,
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BABCOCK.
Some New Facts Concerning
"SyIph" and His Friends
A Very Bad Showing.

"Sylph" and His Friends
A Very Bad Showing.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Times
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 29.-Facts are
coming to light which put Babcock
and his friends in a worse light than
ever. The defendants secret visit
to Mcdonald in Jail, few hours af-
ter the verdict, is now a proved
fact, in spite of the continued deni-
ais of Mcdonald, who seems to have
been properly posted. Constance
Mcguire, the collector awaiting sen
tence, visited Babcock the night of
the acquittal, and the day following,
Mckee, the convicted newspaper
man, was closeted with Babcock's
counsel, while Bevis and Frazer
were among the last to bid the gen
e-al goodbye. Not little signifi-
cant is it that several of these dis
tillers and rectifiers have within the
past few days organized a joint
stock distillery company, and one
of them, B. H. Angelke, has visited
jefferson City and filed in the Office
of Secretary of State the necessary
papers. There is little talk of peni-
tentiary terms and confiscated prop
erty. Your correspondent was to-
day put in possession of informa-
ton that Babcock was indicted
through the indirect efforts of his
fellow cOnspirators, for the express
purpose of being forced to save
them along with himself, and they
now hold his solemn promise to
help them out. About the time of
McDonald's trial, when the second
grand jury had just been empan-
neled, and Babcock's name began
to be mentioned in connection with
the conspiracy with ominous fre-
quency, there came to st. Louis q
man well known in Washington as
shrewd manipulation of ugly jobs
Upon his arrival here he became
the confidential friend of Mcdonald
and also had interviews with Mckee
and Mcguire, and some of theil
counsel and intimates. The cases
of Mckee and Mcguire were theI
before the grand jury, and while the
Washington stranger was still here
the bills were found against them
While not entering into the case!
in any way whatever as a lawyer, b.
became the confidential adviser 0
these men. After the whole scop
of the conspiracy had been talke,
over, his verdict was that Babcocl
must be indicted to save the rest
There was some demurring, but
was declared that the onlyhope lay i
the end in the direct or indirect 10
reference of the executive to thwaI
the course of justice, or in the eS
ercise of executive clemency.
was argued that Babcock, unit
, dragged in himself, would never e1
ert his influence to save the res
Mcdonald had just had his CORES
pOndence with Babcock throug
Grimes, and was able to speak frOl
experience. In these conference
! the Washington man obtained il
formation Of BabcUck's eomplicit
; in the ring, which showed that thel
was enough to warrant an indie
0 ment. The conspirators already
} trouble did not admit that BabcoC
= had been regularly in the ring an
. the recipient of weekly stipent
8 The version was, however, that
had been a good friend to the rim
and that he received presents
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The pencil merlzs yoo ses around this
paragraph thus mean that your sub
scription Is oal OF unpaid, aud that yor
are requested 70 pay up at once. Ne
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to cur friends and patrons. but
cash alone wiz Yay oar. expenses. and
we are. forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.
~ We enter no new names ON our
books without the money IN advance.
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A Credit Mobilier Vice President
an Emma Mine Minister to England,
crooked Private Secretary, a
bursted Freedman's Bank, s spot
ted Secretary o. the Navy plum
dering Boss of the District and
now a trading Secretary of War;
As live questions Of the hour, what
are "the Pope Of Rome or JET
Davis or AnderaonviIle, 70 this de-
lightful picture for the Centennial
inspection OF foreign nations?-
A1ssricaR.
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S4.450.O27
$I,s1s,7O2

Over due liabilities Jan. 1873, 1910 325
Increase of over due liabilities
since January, 1877 . $685. ,70S
'Can such things be and over
come us like a summers cloud,
without our special wonder" We're
our public officials utterly ineffi
cient and destitute Of all foresight
in lS75-or are they utterly ineffi-
cient and destitute of all foresight
in 1876?
Governor Brown paid the interest
on the State debt and we see the
cheerful summing upof his outgoing
Comptroller. The 40 cents State
tax stil remains and the last Leg
islature reduced the board of State
prisoners in jail, one-third and
placed upon the counties the cost
of criminal prosecutions in cases oi
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09

The best bid for immigration
southward IS made BY the State
whose finances are regulated and
whose honor IS uniarnished b. even
the suspicion Of desire 70 repudiate
its debt
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09

A Washington dispatch contains
the gratifying Intelligence that the
internal revenue collections for
the FIRST six months Of the present
fiscal year show an increase Of four
millions aad forty thousand dollars
compared with the same oflast year.
This is the first good result Of the
trials aud conviction Of the whisky
thieves.
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strong Words.

The Christian Advocate says:
"The william who brought his sweet
heart last week to Nashville, and
took her to a bagnio, from which
she fed with horror, and saved what
was dearer to her than life, deserves
to be hanged and quartered. Soei-
ETY. must-absolutely must--put its
ban on such detestable wretches.--z
The poor silly victim Of the seduceF
is doomed TO every kind Of damna-
tion, while the demon who ruined
her is admitted into "good society,"
and even viituoqs ladies, who would
be tainted by the touch of a fallen
sister, manifest no repugnance to
the presence of the demon who be.
trayed and ruined her. % Lord
how iongY"
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a school inspector visiting a
school said, sNow, children, who
loves all mems The question Was
hardly put before a little girl, not
four years old, answered, sAll wo-
men,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09

The Chicago TribsEs says the
Emma Mine investigation nnfoids a
chapter Of fraud. bribery and cor
ruption in high places scarcely less
startling and enormous than the
Credit Mobiiier disclosures. impli
eating United States Senators, Uni
ted States Judges, learned scien-
lists, bankers, etc. What an inspir
ing theme for the sarcastic pencil
Of Mast, If the implicated parties
we're only Democrats or ex-Confed-
crates And these.are the worthless
that would have impeaehed honest
old Andrew Johnson.-Anleri lean.
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I have read somewhere that Gu
oumbers planted VITA or near To-
matoes win be protected from the
destructive bug. ItisWorth trying
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09

WHAT is the best thing to hold
when you are out Of temper? Your
tongue.
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Business Notice.

Mr.. J. B. Stacy. Jr. from this
becomes the financial agent of
the CITizES, and will receive and re-
ceipt for moneys due this Office.
He will soon be round for 8 settle
ment with you, and he doesn't want
the sheriff to follow him either.
a good heavy pair Trace Chains for
% cents, cash.
feh22-4t FLAurr, NAnrrs & Co.
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$2,255,6O4 q

Issets over Liabilities 81, ,220,763 76.
ESTLMATE-JAN'RY 1876.
LIABILITIES.