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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

AGAR said, Give me heither pow
erty nor richest and this will ever
be the prayer of the wise. Our in
comes should be like our shoes il
too small, they gall and pinch U.S.
but if too large, they will cause us
to stumble and to trip. But wealth,
after all, is relative thing, sinss hG
that has little and wants less is prich|
er than he that has much, but wants
more. True contentment depends
upon what we have: tub was
large enough for Diogenes, bat a
world was too little for Alexander.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
HEIRS TO TWENTY MILLION

New York Sun For long time
past a tradition has been cherished
in the families of three brothers nam
ed Wentforth, living in New Jersey
that their maternal grandfather some
time about the year 1915, pre-empt~
ed the land on which the city Of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, stands. About twen>
ty years ago suit was begun for
this land by an heir belonging to
another branch of the family, bat
the three brothers were not SAN
guine as to its success, and refused
to allow themselves to be taxed
heavily to carry it on, When, how,
ever, last year Elsas Wentworth of
Elizabethport, one of the brothers,
was offered $500 for bis claim, he
refused, saying that if it was worth
anything it was worth more than
that.
Monday and yesterday were spent
by the heir who has been carrying
on the suit, in informing the Went
forths that the site of Little Rock
was theirs, the United States Courts
having at last rendered a decision
in their favor. The property thus
acquired is variously valued at from
$4,000, 1000 to $30,000,000. There
are ten heirs. Elias Wentforth is a
Spite driver, and is now working at
the North river end of Fifty ninth
street on a contract with K. G..
Brown with VIM. II. Vanderbilt -.
Another brother is keeper of the
draw of the Raritan bridge at Perth
Amboy. Neither brother is entirely
dependent on his occupation, and
Elsas Wentforth owns several houa-
es in Elizabethport. Owing to his
occupation he is well known all
along the river front, and his good
fortune is not the cause of envy,
even to those who belive in it. The
heirs of $40, 100000 are about to
take steps to secure possession of
Little Rock.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
REMEDY FOR DIABETES.

A friend in Louisiana sends the
following prescription for diabetes,
given by an old physician of forty
years, successful practice and of high
repute :
Parcb the hoofs of hogs, SO that
they can be pulverized. When pull
verified, give, for dose, one teas
poonful in cold water in the morn
ing. If necessary to repeat the
dose, give another teaspoonful at
noon.
The physician says, that he has
used it often, during his long prac>
tice, and it has never failed. He
has, rarely, had to give it more than
three times, and very seldom that
often, to effect perfect cure
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
HONORABLE EMPLOYMENT

There is nothing derogatory in
any employment which ministers to
the we'll being of the race. The
plowman that turns the clod may be
a Circinnatus or Washington, or
he may be a brother to the clod he
turns. 1t is every way creditable
to handle the yardstick, and to meas
ures tape the only .discredit con-
sists in having soul whose range
of thoughts is as short as the stick
and as narrow as the tape. There
is no glory in the act Of aAixing a
signature by which treasures of com
merce are transferred, or treaties be
tween nations are ratified the glory
consists of the rectitude Of the pur-
pose that approves the one, and the
grandeur of the philanthropy that
sanetifes the other. The time is
soon coming, when, by the common
consent of mankind, it will be es
teemed more honorable to have been
John Pounds, putting new and beau
tiful souls into the ragged children
of the neighborhood, while he mend
ed their fathers shoes, than to have
been set on a throne.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

KEEP HOME MATTERS PRIVATE. -
Preserve the privacies of your
house, marriage state, heart, from
father, mother, sister, brother, aunt,
and all the world. You two, with
Gods help, build your own quiet
world every third or fourth one
you draw into it With you will form
party and stand between you two.
That should never be. Promise
this to each other. Renew the vow
at each temptation; you will find
your account in it. Your souls will
grow as it were together, and at last
they will become as one. All, if
many young pair had on their
wedding day known this secret, how
many marriages we're happier than,
alas i! they are.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

WE live in an age of pleasant
frauds. Russia leather is made in
Connecticut, Bordeaux wine is man
ufactured on Kelly's Island, French
lace is woven in New York, Italian
marble is dug in Kentucky, English
cashmere is made in New Hamp-
shire, Partisan art work comes from
a shop in Boston, Spanish mackerel
are caught on the Jersey coast, and
Havana cigars are rolled by the mill
lion in Detroit-and for practical
purposes it is of small account. "a
rose by any. other name," etc. But
if one is troubled by notion that
things are inherently and forever
wrong and annoying-why then he
must cultivate exceeding shrewdness
and not hope to get things "cheap."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

Ten years ago Franklin j. Moses,
was Speaker of the South Carolina
House of Representatives aud spend
ing money at the rate of $4,000 per
annum. The money was stolen and
the expenditures for the basest pur-
poses. Now the same man, bank
rupt in pocket as we'll as in reputa-
ton, an outcast from society and a
fugitive from justice, has been ar
rested in New York for forging a
note, and he has been tanned over
to Gov. Hampton. IL
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
A BIG LAW SUIT.

j. II. Zeilin & Co., Of PhiIadel>
phia, have enjoined the DR.. A. Q.
Simmons Liver Medicine Company
of Chattanooga, Tenn, from manu-
featuring the Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, and the suit is now pending
in the United States Circuit Court at
Knoxville, Tenn which comes off
in May next.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

A subscriber asks u.s. "What is
good for warts on horses" We
don't know, We never owned but
one pair of horses-a wood horse
and clothes horse, and they were
never troubled much with warts.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

A KICKING GHOST. The other
night a colored man on his way home
spied something which he thought to
be ghost. The ghost stood exact,
ly in the middle of the road, anG he
decided to Investigate it, and poked
at with stick. The next instant
he was knocked twenty feet into a
mud hole. Moral-Never poke a
stick at large white mule when his
back is turned.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

A country editor claims to be in
dependent because he "wears no
mans collar" For that matter he
may be wearing no shirt, and yet
have a mind bound in the neck and
biased all over.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

THE character Of wise man con-
sists in three things, to do himself
what he tells others to doSsto act on
no occasion contrary to Iaetice, and
to bear with the weakness of those
about him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

For thousands of years philoso
pliers have stood at the corners Of
the streets, uttering words of wis
dom; but all the time the fools have
governed the world.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

ALL over the country doctors
are organizing medical associations
for mutual protection. Sick people
should do the same thing while they
have strength left.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
MOTHER AND SON.

There is no tie in the world more
beautiful than that which binds a
mother and q son grown old enough
to be her protector. A daughter
loves her mother, indeed; but she
sees all her defects, as one woman
always does see those of another
No doubt, with the unconscious ar
rogance of youth, she exaggerates
them. But the son loves his mother
with an ideal love--he sees her as q
man sees woman ; that is to say,
through a certain halo Of mystery.
Reverence is in feelings for her, and
at the same time sense Of her need
of his care-he is at once her knight
and son. He is proud of her and
fond of her at the same time. Her
image is sacred in his mind. She
may not be better than other wo-
men; but she seems so to him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

WE know man named Storey
who has not washed his face for fif-
teen years. [But thez ssS had his
arms amputated tiftden years ago
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

Voltaire once wrote to,A friend +:
81 hate life and yet | a1' afraid to
die"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

While thousands have seen him
saw, none have ever saw him see
blind wood saver.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

A hat from America makes New
Xealander full suit.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

Never swap dogs witha man UNI
less you give him two for one.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

TIE man who went 'out on lark
was really out on swallow.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
oEEICEs

UPSTAIRS, IN FREYERS- BRICK
Building, in the rooms formerly occupied by
Dr. Greer South Side of the Public Square
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26

III Satan sees man idle, he will
be sure to offer him job.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
Western & Atlantic R. R.
LII u trFs.:ss.a -. st;:assss
'KENNESAW ROUTE.
Train No. 1-NortAacard.

'KENNEsAw ROUTE"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-26
Che gIarietta soarual,

Marietta, Ga, Friday, April 90, 1873,
Vows made in storms are forgot
ten in Gains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12

two years, that the raiders were in
most cases marauding bands of In
dians; that he knew Of no case where
the MeXicanS had .efused to give up
on application property thus stolen
by Indians; that the MeXicans troops
expressed strong desire to put "a
stop to disturbances; that their mum.
bers had been increased for this pur-
pose; that in his expeditions into
Mexico he had invariably been treat
ed with great cOrdiality by the Mex
lean officers, and by the respectable
citizens of the frontier towns, and
that the Mexican trt ops, besides en-
deavOring unassisted to prevent raids
had co-opcrated with him for the
same purpose, will come like a wet
blanket on the military ardor Ofsome
of our patriots. The probability of a
war with our southern neighbor
grows fainter and fainter. Instead OF
finding in Mexico graves for our sol
diers, and an opportunity to sink
several million dollars, we must
make her great market for our pro.
ducts, as her situation and require
ments indicate she should be. The
reciprocal advantages of trade, while
developing the resources Of Mexico
will prove to our treasury source o
I Ever increasing wealth, and BY
proper use of our opportunities Mex
leo may help us to Danish the mex
crisis far into the indefinite future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12
YKGf RPDOTf.

"Your Committee" ought to be in
position, from his connection with
the Board, to deny aoithom investi.
eating any such charges as has been
made against one of its members. In
other words, the business for which
they were appointed is SO plain that
transactions such as haye been al
legged against them ought to be i'm
possible, and would be if they had
properly discharged their duties.
Something more is needed to satisfy
the people than a general denial. Let
the people know every item of ex-
penditure, and state clearly every
obligation in existence, toho to and
aoh0t for. Then item for item can be
verified, and the people who have to
shoulder this onerous load, feel that
at least they know the worst.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12

DR.. Getzendamer, lately appointed
a School Commissioner for Allegany
county, in letter to the Cumberland
Ne,os, in speaking of the present con-
troversy in that county, says:
"IfI am a member of the legally
constituted board, the public school
teacher of our county will receive his
money ,Ohep due, and will not be com
PEELED to have his check discounted at
the bank, nor will the money which
may be appropriated for school pur-
poses be diverted from its proper u4e."
How much better it would be for
the people of Garrett county if we
had few such men in our School
Board.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12

An opportunity is now offered for
the Herald to prove its fidelity to our
"people's" best interests. We can
remember when it was par excellence
the peoples organ. Not child in
our county to-day, nor tax payer,
nor an industry fanny kind that has
not cause to band together and, for
getting all other issues, stand by our
common schools, by our county cred
it, by our good name !; all of which
are compromised by our present COM
spiications. Will the Herald prove
its devotion to the people by 'speak-
ing out" for the right? Will it dare
apologize for the wrong that is about,
and handle with dainty admonitions
existence? Or will it, under the
party lash, in it's fight for the print.
ing, conceal the weakness of a bad
and corrupt administration of affairs,
but,loudly proclaim its devotion to
the, people? 1T sounds we'll!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12
VIII then Resign !?

When we suggested last week that
the School Commissioners should re-
sign, we did it in no partisan or UNI
friendly spirit, but in obedience to
what we believe is the wish of three
fourths of the tax payers ofour coun-
ty. Our people have looked upon
the administration of the present
Board, in its results, with unqualified
dismay, and the expression of discon-
tent is general and emphatic. We
cannot see how any of the present
Board, with any degree of self-com-
placency, can undertake to admin
lister trust for people who have
indicated such general wish that
they should "step down and out"
1t is impossible, on account of the
general want of confidence on the
part of the people, and their internal
squabbles, for the Board to carry out
with credit to itsell or with benefit
to the county, any scheme that may
be inaugurated for the benefit of our
schools. No one connected with the
Board seems to have understood its
exact financial condition, and the tax
payers look upon the financial condi.
ton of the county as almost hopeless
owing to the mismanagement o
lChOeUer is responsible for the "finan
ceering" of the Board.
Upon no grounds imaginable, ex
cept ignorance, can any member o
the Board justify the condition of it'
finances, as recently revealed, and i
he or they should plead ignorance
they plead guilty to influences" a
least for the positions they hold
Whether justly or nnjustly, the sen
timent Of the county is opposed tt
the continuance of these gentlemen il
Office, and such an adjustment of on
county affairs, as is imperatively de
manded, cannot be had while the.
are continued in place.
Mr.. Brydon has been amply twin
Gated" by his re.appointment, 0
rather by the failure of Judge Motto
to agree upon change, and it woult
be an act of graceful Difference to tn
wishes of his fellow citizens for hin
to "lead" in theresignation business
Petitions are now being circulate,
asking the County Commissioners t
withhold all the money they car
and if in defiance to public opinio
so vigorously expressed, these gent
persist in holding over, they can see
if they will, that there is nothing be
fore them but personal annoyance
elimination and recrimination witt
out end, and the total destruction {
our free schools in Garrett county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12
Extensive RenairS.

The State House at Annapolis was
ordered to be repaired by a law OF
the last Legislature, and thirty two
tblnpSenP AphsG:: Xfter tnne lapse lapse OF 81
two years the State Hours is not
finished, but the appropriation is,
and like Oliver Twist, the c0ntrac-
tors are crying fol more. Their esti-
mate is a modest one; they only want
about seyenty-eight thousand dollars
more to finish the repairs, which in
all will make about a hundred and
tWenty-thousand dollar for these
alterations.
We have always understood that
a great deal of money was spent in
the State House at Annapolis, and
that it had a wonderful capacity for
swallowing dollars and cents, but
this is the first time that we have
ever seen an itemized account of the
money expended in the State House.
This bill for repairs explains the
way in which the money goes,
through we must confess we never
heard it called "repairs" before.
Repairs" is good; we recommend
the adoption of the term to the
members of the Generol Assembly
this winter in any little business
transaction they may happen to have
with anybody. 1t will greatly
facilitate matters, and add to the
convenience and freedom of negotia-
tons. Still, we wouldn't put down
too much to the account of one ite r.,
as it might create suspicion in the
minds of base and low born persons.
This arithmetical conundrum, how
ever occurs to us, and we PROFOUND
it to the public: If it costs S12O, 900
to repair State House, what would
it cost to build a new one? Answers
respectfully solicited. -BaitimOredi.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12
State Assessment.

Mr.. Isid0r RaynOr is now engaged
preparinga bill relating to the modes
Of assessing property, and which he
will offer in the House at an early
day in order to have the subject set
tied as soon as possible. He will
confer with the Comptroller in ref
erence to its provisions this evening
before submitting it for passage. It
provides for the appointment of a
commission of SIX, who shall be prop
erty.ownerS with known acquintan-
ces with property in the various
parts of the State, and who shall con-
stitute board to annually make a
valuation ofall property in the State.
The salary to be paid them will be
fixed hereafter. Another plan pro-
posed by those who do not favor Mr..
Raynor's idea is to give the courts
jurisdiction in tire matter of appeals
from assessments, and to limit the
time for making such appeals to one
year after the assessment. This,
however, is objected to, on the ground
that it will seriously hamper the
business of the courts and be of
doubtful satisfaction to the appel
lants, as juries frequently composed
of other than competent persons for
this purpose would decide the ques
tons. A similar bill will be offered
in the Senate. Mr.. Raynor's bill IS
substantially the same as the law of
assessing in New York and Massa.
chusetts, which has been highly APP
proved of by Comptroller Woolford,
who visited those States last summer
to examine its working. He found
it more satisfactory to the owners
and more profitable to the State than
the old decennial system of Mary.
land Gazette. ...#- .....
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12
EEPninN Bulletin.

Among our valuable daily ex.
changes is the Baltimore EUenin9
Bulletin, which has been in existence
for fifteen months, and having sur
vived and safely passed through the
trials and perils of infancy, 1t is now
established on firm and enduring
basis. The Bulletin is out-spoken
and fearless upon every issue. and is
conducted with distinguished
ability, and we need but mention the
honored names of s. Tackle Wallis,
John w. Mccoy, Charles G. Kerr,
r.. w. Hall, and Laurence TurnbulI,
az Directors, for an assurance of its
heightened character. Subscription
5000 per year. Office l28 W. Balti-
pore street,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12

1t seems as ifthe suit now pending
before the Circuit Court for Anne
Arundel county, by which the Schoo
Commissioners of Prince Georges
county are seeking to compel Comp.
troller Wo"lford to distribute to the
counties the balance of the school
fund which he carries from quarter
to quarter, will be determined in
favor of the complainantS. The
elaborate argument which the Comp
troller made in his annual report in
favor of his view of the law made so
little impression on the Court that
on the day after this document was
published decision was rendered
that cuts away the ground from I'M
der his feet. The final decree has
not yet been passed, but from present
indications the position taken by the
School Commissioners generally
throughout the State will be sus-
tanned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12

the state troops were fully justified
in firing upon the mob. Eaving
been a soldier himself he probably
speaks from a military standpoint.
"a soldier" he says, lis stationed
or commanded to move as a soldier,
and has the undoubted right, in the
execution of his order, to prevent
himself from being forced from his
post or disarmed." He does not be
Iieve the workingmen, who felt
themselves aggrieved, contemplated
such terrible results as followed, and
passing to the lessons of the strike,
he expressed the opinion that while
there is much to cause sOlicitude,
there is much also to awaken conf
dence in the final solution of the
labor problem. Labor is growing
more powerful and more intelligent,
and the governor painly says tina;
the people have Il right to demand
that while the profits Of great corpo
rationS may accrue to individuals
their management shall rise above
merely selfish aims, and consult alSC
the public utility and welfare. He
goes further, and says that in the
prejudices which exist against the
corporations those who control then
may realize that the possession o
great wealth and the control OF grea
enterprises impose obligations to the
public which they cannot afford tt
| ignore.