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ons, the works of art or the works ofnature,"

tions, the works of art or the works mature"
has not ms yet been fully decided by our debat-
| ing clubs, but the prepondcrance seems to be
in favor Of art, for there is tendency on the
part Of our country youth and even old age to
rush TO the town to sccl, ont lis pleasures or
its profits.
There is something disastciui about the
farmer and his occupation To the refined and
polite, for he is generally regarded as an I'M
imanncrly and uncultiyacd boor, ignorant OF
the way, of the world and the rules Of society.
Til, may be true to great extent, bnt can
not but think the average farmer is Is intclli-
cent, refined and cultivated rs the average
merchant or mechanic even if his dreS, is not
rs fashionable or his step so elastic
Ifyou will turn to your Latin dictionary You
will find the word "colonuS,' which means Il
husbandman hence our English word colony
hence also, AngiCc, the word clown. Now,
since our modern cir2usscs have appropriated
this 'ringcd, striped and Speckled" individual
to themselves, who, together with the donkey
and the monkey, seems to have taken the i'm
aglnation of the country pumpkin" more than
the trained horses, elephants and camclS, it is
hardly fair to apply the term generally to the
husbandman of the present day. Yet we of
ten hear the farmer spoken of Us being
clownish.
The synonymous word Swain" has been
SOftcncd down to mean something very soft,
while the terms rustic" and rural" has be.
come as poetical as they are real Pope used
the word rustic as Synonymous with savage,
hence his 80. the --- untutored mind"
We could not expect anything better from
Pope. But the friendly poets, those who spent
the greater part of their lives in the country
speak more kindly, yet they do not give us
credit for all the intelligence we claim, but
perhaps, all that we deserve. Thus Thomp
son speaks of the farmer boys:
"Thc rustic youth, brown with
Meridian toll, hcalthful and strong
Goldsmith, speaking of the school master, says
that he Amazed the gazing ruSticS ranged
around And Gray, in hig Elegy, speaks of
Teaching the ualctcred rustic how 10 die
Cowper and many other ofthe pastoral poets
are full of rural happiness and rustic delights,
faithful kinds and gentle SWANS Burns
speaks of himscltaS
"Ihc simple bard, rough at the rustic plough,
Learning his luncful trade ut every bough.'
1t matters not what Byron or Tennyson or
Bryant may have said, for they are city poets ,
yet Bryant has written many pretty things Of
the countrr, even if he is an editor But
must stop this dcsultory essay, lest | should
offend. AVG.
Farm Rilrc.
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The blue glass curative process, recently so
recommended, and almost forgotten already
in thi, country, has come to the front again in
England, where DR. Davis director Of the IN
sane asylum at Maidstone Kent county Eng
land, reports some extraordinary rcSu It's OF
his experience with blue glass lighted apart
mcnts in the treatment Of insane patients.
On some of them the effect was remarkably
rapid and on the third day all underwent Il
radical change. Hystcrical girls, suffering
from Il mental weakness and commissions,
after the third day give no signs Of either.
LunaiicS who constantly remained in these
rooms, after three days asked for water to
wash themselves which they had never before
done and they were astOnShcd that they had
prey ,1usly been SO unClcan. Raying patients,
who ''rokc everything in pieces, after the third
day , pressed their sorrow for their miScOn-
dur, Dr. Davis states that always on the
thin DAY, when the critical moment of Il
chu,, for the better had come, the patient
w;s Effected with pains in the head, which,
however, were tranSitory, and were followed
bv a cessation of mental and bodily ailments
1t is said that similar experiments, with like
success, have been made in the health cs-
Establishment at Bcrndorf, near CoblcnZ,
Germany.
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\ new industry has been started in Mans
field. Mass. Ii is no less than the manutac-
turc OF icwclry out Of sour milk. This seems
a strange anomaly; hut it is fact The milk
come, in the shape Of curd from the butter
and chccscmaking counties in New York, and
looks upon It's arrival u great deal like popped
corn: but before it leaves their shop il under
goes Il wonderful change and receives the name
OF American coral The secret in making it
up is carefully guarded; but it is certain that
ii has to he hcatatcd very hot during which
coloring matter !, Introduced, followed by a
very heavy pressure Some OF it is colored
black and called jet, while some appears a.
cclluloid. 1t makes very handsome jcwelry
and is made into all kind, and styles known
To the trade
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The Most Unfortunate Man Ever Born
Farm Ridge

From the LouistO"n tla.) Democrat
\ Portsmouth man was going East with
his vile last week, and the train, started off
very suddenly while he was talking with his
friends. He grabbed hold ola woman chuck
ed her on the train, jumped after her and away
they went, fifty miles an hour, with his wife
shricking and tearing her hair on thcpattrom,
and woman he never saw before into high
pressure Mysteries in the car, calling him Il
monster and ynllins 't'a~o N.Y. 10y Il lcrrlu1c
mistake he had got hold of Il wrong woman,
and the conductor, refusing to listen to his
explanations, kicked him oct of the car, the
brakeman chucked him into the ditch the
sheriff met before he was half way back to
town and put handouts on him, and when at
last he rot home, he saw his business partner
holding his wife on his lap and telling her
that there were men in this world who loved
her much better lhan her taIthlcss husband
ever did He says the next time he travels
ln wi walk
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Favorite Cook Stove
March 81 1871.

IN. .a' boo the market We warrant 10 'u -urN We.
WIKI either hard or -Ifr coal. COZ auyt.
tt'l lgI rNIWurT
National Republican., 1878-12-12
swmArrvrn bnwI, disturb the street,


The two journals published at Freder-
ericksburg, Va, both Democratic, aud
known as the St,r and Recorder, are not em-
inently fratcrnnl. The Star is as Bourbon
ish us bigotry, hatred of the colored race
except when Democratic, and disloyalty to
the Government as reconstructed under
the results Of the war can well make it,
1t is ilIiberal, hateful and abusive. The
Rcc0,der may be no better, hut our limited
acquaintance with its merits and dement's
does not fully qualify us to sit in judgment
upon its qualities of journalism. We know
the Star better and have entertained linn
ited but good natured, controversy with it
without contracting q high admiration for
its journalistic fairness or generosity
But 1t is Bourbon Republican hater, and
of course, lives in an uugenial and illiberal
atmosphere, which necessarily makes it Just
what it is As we noticed yesterday morn
ing the Recorder charged that Colonel
WOLFF used the Star 10 fire off his pen at
THE REPUBLICAN,. This the Star pro-
nOunced false, and for that offense the ed
itor of the Recorder belabored the editor OF
the Star with a COW skin or horse hide or
some other vIllainous and disreputable
weapon. So says the telegraph and that is
the last information received from the seat
of War. Now, unless the allegation made by
the Recorder as to Colonel WOLFF is true, II
there was to be any cowhiding in the case,
WoLTz should have visited it upon the
Recorder man, for lie is really the injured
party by being represented as furnishing
brains fora Bourbon paper which denounces
men who are far the superior of its editor in
all that comprises worth as contemplate
carpet, baggers," for the reason that they
were not born on the soil of Virginia. In
our judgment, the cowhider should have
been the cowhidee, and another party
should have done the work. But no mat
National Republican., 1878-12-12
A CASE or CONSCIENCE.

The Petersburg (Va.l Post, Democratic
paper, that refused to support HINTON, the
nominee of that party in the fourth Con-
gressional district of Virginia at the recent
election, because of his unworthiness, is
now engaged in laudable and patriotic
effort to show up to the public gaze little
of the pure cussedncss' by which Demo-
cratic victories have been hitherto obtained
in Petersburg, city which is really Repub-
lican by at least 500, 1t appears from the
exposition Of the Post that of the eighteen
judges Of election appointed by the city
judge to conduct the election at the six
precincts in that city only eight served, "and
the places of all the absentees were filled
before sunrise in the morning by unknoCa
and irresponsible authority, and with men
whom Judge MANN (the city judge would
"yroJdJ'y acrer hare Selecied'
At some of these precincts two of the regu,
larry appointed judges acted; at others one
and in some not one of those regularly au-
thorized by the court put in an appearance
and the Post maniiests sincere and earnest
desire to ascertain who appointed those
"who did act and expresses its confidence
that Judge MANN did not, and that the
people do not know who did do it, or by
what legal and proper authority it was
done. The Post concludes its manly utter
ances as follows:
But in all future city elections 1t had better
be understood at once, when Judge MANN ap.
points commissioners Of election under the
law, they should either obligate themselves to
discharge faithfully that public duty and honor
or they should at once decline to do so, 50 that
Judge MANN may appoint other honest men
who will serve, and not subject the six ballot,
boxes of this cty-the second In the State-tO
be traded oG on the day Of election, or at mid,
night before like so many cattle in the sham.
bles, to a combination of political land pirates
and scoundrels, and to the humiliation aud
disgust of the honest masses Of our people and
the disgrace Of our city abroad,
We can but congratulate our cotempor-
ary on stop in the right direction in seek
ing 10 unearth Democratic deyiltries that
National Republican., 1878-12-12

the privileges Of the floor Of the Senate yesterday
during the delivery OF Senator Baine's speech was
Mr.. John Mccullough. the eminent tragedian.
Hon. ELLIOT G. CowDIS, a prominent member Of
the New York Chamber OF Commerce and who was
Arlington Mr.. Cowdin Is In the city to attend the
meeting Of the National Board Of Trade, OF which
he Is member.
JUDGE OTTO gave dinner at wormley's last night
at which were present Justice Waite, Of the Su-
prcme Court, Associate Justices Clifford, swayne
Miller, Field, Strong Bradley, and Harlem, Secre-
tarfes Evatts, Sherman, McCrnry, and schurz Post
master-Gcneral Key, Attorney General Deyens, So.
licitor General Phillips, Senators Edmunds, David
psyls MeDonald and NOorhees, general sherman
Admiral Wyman. Representatives J. ID. Cox, j. p
Usher, Il. p Smith Pollaok, Middleton, General
Dunn, Judge Wylle, Marquis dc Chanbrun, and Mr.
Coffee.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

IT Is very strange that some irreverent
Yankee Mudsill has not before this COM
pared WADE HAMPTON to SoLoN SHIN
Giles grandfather, who "fit into the Reyolu-
tiOn and was wounded-kicked by q
"mu-el,' you know. The truth is, how
ever, that the average Y. Mudsill aforesaid
has real tender regard for HAMPTON be-
cause of lis heroic efforts to restrain the
Rcd-Shirt Democracy from bul-dozng the
"niggers' and carrying things their own way.
The colossal result of his efforts in this di-
rection become instantly apparent when it
Is known that as many as 400 votes were
cast against the Democracy on the State
ticket in South Carolina last month. OF
course 1t was HAMPTON who permitted this
unparalleled exhibition of partisan lenency
and freedom of suffrage in State which
is legitimately Republican by $4,000 ma
jority. So it happens that a generous SYM
pathy now goes out to him from the North,
and for the mule.
National Republican., 1878-12-12
PERSONAL,

Hon. Emory sPEER, of Athens Ca, Is at wiilard's
GEORGE HAgDING, OF Philadelphia is at Worm
ley's.
Dir. !. L. POWELL OF Baltimore, is at the Ebblit
House.
Hos. W. WARD of Chester Pa, is at the Riggs
House.
Mn. $. DuScAS, Of Mississippi, is stopping at the
Arlington.
EDWARD ATKINSON. Of Boston, Is booked at the
Arlington.
JAMES II. sToRRs, Of Brooklyn is stopping at the
Arlington.
Hos. ELFRED WAGsTAFP, Of New York, is at the
Arlington.
Hos. MARTIN MAGISSIs, of Montana, Is a guest
at the Arlington.
iIQS. II. !. THORNTON. ofsan francisco, is booked
at the Riggs House.
CHARLES =, SMITH, editor Of the Albany Journal
Is at the Arlington.
u. NoR PRTgL, Minister from the Netherlands
is guest at the Arlington.
Hon. JosgPH JoRGENsES, Of Petersburg, Va, Is
registered at the Riggs House.
FREDERlCK FRALEY, president of the National
Board Of Trade, Is at The Riggs House.
POSTMASTER THOMAS l.. JAMES, wife, and son, Of
New York, are guests at the Arlington
SENATOR SARGENT len Washington for the Ber.
muda Islands, West Indies In pursuit OF health.
GEORGE COVERT OF Brooklyn; John 3. Albert, U.
s. n; George Clark and Augustus Marsh, Of New
York, are stopping at tho Ebbtt House.
AMONG the distinguished personages admitted to
National Republican., 1878-12-12

WHATEVER else may be said of him, no
one can deny that Secretary EvARTs has
been active since his advent into the State
Department in urging the promotion OF
American commerce with foreign countries.
Through the diplomatic and consular agents
OF our Government he has received much
valuable information regarding the con-
sumption of American products abroad,
which has been given to the press with good
effect, for II has pointed out new markets TO
our producers and opened up new channels
Of commerce His method of accomplish
ing this result was very effective, and was
simply to send u circular to those officials,
asking them to transmit TO the Department
all the information they could gather in
their immediate official localities bearing
upon commercial affairs, including the price
of wages cost Of production, articles of
general consumption, &c, This was the
practical effort Of statesman to serve his
National Republican., 1878-12-12

SENATOR CoNovER's experience with the
Democracy will serve to point a moral and
adorn a tale, provided the moral is deduced
and the tale founded upon deliberate in
gratitude. People who know him give
him credit for having voted for the admis-
sion Of BUTLER, of South Carolina, upon
convictions; Others do not. But it was to
have been expected that this service to the
Southern Bourbons would be rcquited by
at least tender regard for his personal
character in the Southern Democratic press
and the contrary is the fact The recent
groundless charges against him in connec-
ton with the Hot Springs appropriation
bill have been printed and reprinted the
length and breadth of that section with
comments something like the following,
which we extract from the Fredericksburg
(Na.) Recorder:
CoNovER Indignantly denies the charge,
which only makes the truth Of II more proba.
BILE. lie Is u Radical carpet-bagger Of the
kind that HAYES is so anxious TO restore to
power in the South by force Of the bayonet
and the deputy marshals: and though he did
vote to admit Senator BUTLER, of South Caro-.
lima, is generally mean enough to steal any.
thing he eau lay his hands on.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

THE bloody-commissioned LAMAR de-
clared at Cincinnati not long ago that Mis-
sissippi never witnessed more quiet and
peaceable election than that which occurred
in that State last month. lie did not
qualify this statement with an expla-
nation that Mississippi never has had
quiet and peaCeable election: on the
contrary, his intention was to con-
vey the idea that the November contest
was as free from bull-dozing aud violence
in the Pelican State as it was in Massachu-
sets. But General REUBEN DAVIS, another
Mississippian, Of as good, if not better, re-
putc as Mr. LAMAR, tells another tale.
DAVIS was one of the seeding NJ. C.'s in
'60-6l, and has been an uncompromisinr
Democrat all his life, never having wandered
| from the limits of strict party discipline
until last November, when lie ran as q can
DROw's) district. He claims that he was
elected, and now comes forward with q
public protest, from which the following
extract is made. 1t will be seen that he
differs widely from Mr.. LAMAR, and his
declarations are entitled to especial atten-
tiOn as coming from bull-dozed Demo-
crat
FELLOW CITIZENS: cannot believe that
any iair-minlcd man in this Congressional dis.
trict doubts the fact that a greater number of
votes was cast for me than my opponent IN the
! late election. Yet | was counted out. = =
! For the last two or three weeks of the canvass
was deued the right offreo speech-was often,
while speaking, so disturbed by my opponents
as to compel me to desist-and, upon other oc.
casiOns, threatened with violence If should
attempt to address the people. Yet
more, the purity Of the ballot-hox has been
violated to prevent the verdict of the people
being recorded. a FellOw.citizeus, this
Government is yours, and should be used for
the cOtnmOn good of the greatest number
Legislation which will accomplish this object
you must demand and have. Your right
to this is now denied you by the few, aud they
have announced an "irrcpressble conflict"
with you on this question. viii you tamely
give up the contest ?-abioctly give up to such
thRldom? No! Arouse yourselves for
actiOn-prcpare for the coming year. f"
FellOw-citizcns, your liberties arc IN danger.
Your Government is being npidly changed
into the government of the privileged few
into an Oligarchy. Eternal vigilance is the
price Of liberty. Put none but true friends of
the people on duty. REUBEN DAVIS.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

THE TILDEN leaven is working out in
Arkansas. The Little Rock Democrat rushes
to his defense whenever-which means fire.
quently-its contemporary, the Gazette, at-
tacks him, and does IL in manner indica-
tive Of left-handed assurance that his
barl o money is not yet entirely exhaust
ed. The Gdsette having compared TILDEN
to TWEED, the Democrat, in pursuance Of
this policy, had recent occasion to say
The Gd:ette ought to have more respect for
the Democratic party, IL none for Governor
TnDEN, who bore the banner Of tho party
through so calamity and successfully at the
last election, than to give him this unmanly,
ungenerous kick. We question a mans allie.
glance to the Democratic party when he writes
any such stuff. We should like to know upon
what basis of justice the GdseHe erects its com.
parison Of Mr.. TfLDES and Boss TWEED,
wherein the parallels Of their actions, public
or private, consist. We don't propose to make
Governor TILDES tho nominee of the next
national convention, but we do not propose to
sit quietly and sec him villifed In the house Of
his friends without cause.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

ter. We readily acknowledge to Q want of
penetration equal to fhthom and compre-
bend Virginia politics as they have been
revealed during the late election, and may
have the same difficulty in reaching wise
and just conclusion as to the real merits of
this emcmo between our Bourbon cotem-
poraries at Fredericksburg The next thing
in order under the code of chivalry would
seem to be duel, unless chivalry has lost
its prestige, for all concerned are supposed
to be warmed by the blue blood that never
submits to insult or outrage. We wait fur
ther developments with breathless anxiety.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

AT the beginning of the present session
the Buffalo CoHricr was hopeful that the
Democrats in Congress would not allow
their opponents to get the start of them in
calling for a searching investigation of the
cipher dispatches and dispatchers. 1t was
OF the further opinion that only the cne-
mics of Mr. TILDES and the Democracy
will throw obstacles in the way of thor
ough showing up of this whole business.
How strange it Is that this sage advice has
not been followed. Is it Mr.. PorTAH who
plays the laggard?
National Republican., 1878-12-12

THE extraordinary speed with which the
naval appropriation bill was rushed through
the House last Tuesday cannot fail to at
tract attention. Its consideration in Com
mittee of the Whole and in the House did
not consume an hours time This must
either be accepted rs a compliment to the
Appropriation Committee or as positive
indication that the Democratic majority is
not inclined to attend to the details OF legis
lative duty. The Republican minority
was, of course, satisfied with the bill, for it
did not differ materially from the Depart
ment estimates.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

SIMPSON is the name of the person who
is acting as Governor of South Carolina
during the mule-struck illness of Acting
Governor HAMPTON. SIMPSON is by cour-
tesy known as Lieutenant-G Governor Think
OF it! S-I-M-P SNIP, SON sON!. Plain.
plebeian SIMPSON, with an instead of q Y.
But SIMPSON does very well he began his
accidental career as sub-usurper by tender
ing his congratulations to the people upon
the good order which characterized the
late election.
National Republican., 1878-12-12

THE New York Star charges that Presi-
dent DAVIS was chained to his dungeon
floor at Fortress Monroe by order ofCHARLEs
A. DANA, late edtorof the Sun, at that time
Assistant Secretary of War. Since then
DANA has reformed, as it were In the
course of time, if he keeps on in this line of
reformation, he will know all about balls
and chains himself When Congressman
WILLIS gets him to Washington, in response
to asubp~na of the House, the fun will be-
gin.