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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

IT seems to be rather strange doctrine
that a whole man is worth less than a
piece of man, yet such is practically
the decision of California Court. This
Court recently gave man verdict for
$4,000, for having lost leg in railroad
accident A poor widow who had lost an
entire husband by the same casualty sued
the Company for damages The case was
tried at the same term, and she obtained
ajudgment for only $4,000. The Court
held that it was impossible to make a
good job of patching up dismembered
man at any price; that $4,000 even
wouldn't give the man as good leg as he
had lost, but that any woman with $4,000
could replace disembodied husband by
an entirely new article and have little
money left over.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02
The Reason.
dayton Democrat. |

The Cincinnati STAR announces that on
and after Monday next it will regularly
appear as an eight-page, forty-eight col
umn paper. We are glad to see this evil
dence Of prosperity and increased useful
ness on the part of the STAR. 1t has been
great success in journalism from the
first, because of its enterprise in gather
ing, and perfect fairness and reliability in
presenting the news of the day. The fact
that it is extending its lines" shows that
the public are appreciating its good quail
tiles.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

this time that the Enquirer and the in
flation orators were to have US "precipi-
taIed into frightful abyss of ruin,"
in consequence of the resumption policy
Referring to the flight of Mrs. Sprague
with her three daughters from her hus-
bands roof at Canonchet, the Gazette says:
"Unhappily this affair has heavily dam
aged the character of both parties 1t has
shown Governor Sprague a broken down
man, who was able neither to suppress this
intimacy in a manly way with (out?)
public outcry, nor to act in q
manly way when he did make an
outcry. On the other hand, her own state
ment of the way she made MIR. Conkling
her next friend is to her the most damaging
thing that has come out."-In a long
article on the Record of the State Rights
Party" the Gazette affirms that in dis
putes which have frequently arisen in
the history of the Government, the Jefferson
Democratic State Rights party has always
been on the side of the supremacy of the
Nation; that in the Charleston Convention
the doctrine of the Supreme Court in the
Dred Scott decision, which logically carried
slavery into every State by the force of Ma
tional law, was demanded by the Southern
wing of the Democracy should be affirmed
and that the Southern Democrats Sc
ceded their States upon the pretense
of the State right of secession. "But it
may safely be said," adds the Gazette,
that never has the supremacy OF the Ma
ton or the right of the States been invoked
by the Democratic party in behalf OF the
rights of man. In all cases it has been for
wrong, oppression and crime. 1t stands
against the Democratic party in all our his
tory that it has never used States rights or
the Nations supremacy but to destroy the
liberties of its citizens"
The German Papers.
1.-THE Volksfreund.l
Wyoming Territory elects Legislature
to-day.
The expenditures of the last Democratic
Legislature amounted, in spite of this years
extraordinarily long session, to about $l5,-
900 less than those of the preceding Repub-
lican Legislature.
Zach. Chandler is firmly convinced that
the Republicans will be victorious in
Maine. Now, we will soon see who is right.
as the election takes place next Monday.
rThe Voksblatt.l
Nearly eighty per cent. of all suicides
here are committed by Germans. What is
the reason?
Grant, it is once more stated, will under
no circumstances accept third nomina'
ton. The grapes are sour.
IT Democrat is to be elected as the fifth
Police Commissioner, it would not, in our
opinion, be hard for the Commissioners to
unite upon some esteemed citizen of abil-
ity, as for instance Colonel Len. A. Harris.
His election would be approved by all.
| TThe Freie Presse.l
| Mr.. Lackman's resignation has for a
number of days been in the hands of the
Chairman of the Democratic County Exec
utive Committee. This is an open secret,
of which the Volksfreund alone has not
yet been informed, for it brazenly de-
MES that Mr.. Lackman has declined. Well,
we believe that it is hard to part with the
last anchor of hope of the Democratic
party in this county.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

PERHAPS no system of taxation that
could be devised would bear equally upon
all classes of people or upon all sections
of the country. 1t is very certain that no
system of indirect taxation was ever orig
mated that was free from the greatest in
equality. Over ninety per cent. of the
internal revenue of the United States is
raised from three manufactured agricul-
tural products-corn, barley and tobacco.
All other manufactured articles, amount
ing to many hundred millions per annum,
excepting matches, perfumery, medicines,
&c, are entirely exempt from taxation.
Illinois, with population of little over
two and half millions, mostly agricul-
tural, contributes about S20,000,000 per
annum; Ohio, with less than three mil.
lions inhabitants, stands next, $1G,000,.
900; New York, with population Of
four and half millions, pays million
less; Kentucky, with less than mil
lion and a half people, pays million and
ahalf more than Pennsylvania, with about
three times the population. All the New
England States with population of three
and half million, or million and 8
half greater than Illinois, pay only about
one-sixth as much into the Internal Reve
nue. fund as the latter State. In 1915
the total aggregate of manufactured
products in the New England States ex
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

MoToRs for street railways that shall
enable the roads to dispense with horses
or mules are among the inevitable things
of the future, hence anything that looks
like solving the problem must be interest
ing to the public, and, we venture to as
sumo, to the poor jaded beasts as well.
The Second-avenue Railroad of the City
of New York has lately placed on a
portion of its line several of the cars of
the Pneumatic Tramway Engine
Company. These are propelled by
compressed air, which is stored up in the
unused space under the floors and seats.
The car is charged at one terminus of the
route and is capable of running twelve
miles without further attention, and a
speed of twelve or fifteen miles is
attainable. The speed is regulated by a
driver by simple device, who, by means
of levers, can start or stop it at pleasure.
The Third avenue Road of New York is
now running a car propelled by a steam
motor that is also well thought of for the
purpose. Both of these experiments are
being watched with interest by the
various surface lines of cars of New York
City.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

Martyrs to salt rheum, rejoice! The per
sistent use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap will
cure you. Use it instead of the greasy lin
ments and astringent washes with which
you have heretofore stimulated the disease.
1t is cleanly, safe and speedy. Depot Crit
tenton's, No. Sixth avenue.
Hurrah for the blacks and the browns
produced by Hills Hair Dye.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

THE latest proprietor Of the St. Louis
Times-Journal is credited with being a
man of wealth, graduate of Yale Col
lege, a geologist, an agriculturist, con-
chologist, Doctor of Laws and a polit-
ical moralist. As he proposes to purify
the political atmosphere of ST. Louis and
the suburbs, he should throw off his coat
and bend to the task. It's big contract.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02
IT appears that Texas passed at the

IT appears that Texas passed at the
late session of its Legislature Sunday
law about as searching and stringent ill
its provisions as any existing in the New
England States. The Sherman Courier
was lately indicted under its provisions,
and frees its mind by saying that "the
Connecticut Sunday Laws are lenient in
comparison with the Texas code of Sun
day morals. If a person die here on
Sunday he must be buried without a cof-
fin. No butcher must attend on Sunday
to the cattle Of which he proposes to
make steaks or outlets on Monday
Mill owners are to be prosecuted
if they build fires under theil
steam boilers before II o'clock Sunday
night in order to get to work early nexI
morning. The baker who heats up his
oven with like intent is punished. Sell
ing ice even for extreme sickness is 9
sort of felony. And even the gospe
preachers who preach for salary are moi
exempt if they preach on Sunday" In
addition to this Texas has a tolerably
strict local option liquor law, so that not
withstanding the celebrity she has at
tanned for the free use of shot-guns an(
bowie knives the State is in the matter
of legislation about as advanced as Mas
sachusetts.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

ceeded $1,O1O,OOO,OOO, on which only
three and one-half million tax was
levied, while Illinois paid 500, 900, 900 on
$2O5, 100000, and Ohio $16,0O0,OOO on
$269, 1850 value of manufactured
goods. The aggregate tax paid by all
the Southern States reaches a little over
$27, 100000.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

HUNGARY had champion wine
drinker, whose untimely death she at
present mourns Muki Bacsi is the name
by which he goes down to posterity, and
three-pint flask, too frequently emptied
at wedding, cut him down in the prime
Of life.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

a little difficult to see exactly when and
how they can be made responsible for
hard times and scarcity of money. AT
any rate, give us the railroads and we
will hear the debate afterwards.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

DAY by day, through all the summer
dispatches from England have repeated
stories, which were fully corroborated, of
the distress among the poorer classes in
consequence of reductions in wages and
a general depression among the manufac-
tories. Further reductions are now
threatened, and Manchester paper says
that the coming winter promises to be
one of the most severe that these people
ever experienced. The outlook is not
bright, even for next year, and the mill
operatives are advised by the journal
mentioned to find other means of sub
sistence, either there or elsewhere.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

THE Zulus have not only had hard
lines in their own country lately, but
they have been routed, horse, foot and
Dragons, in Dublin. A party of this
tribe were on exhibition there, when a
woman, who had lost son in Zululand,
charged upon them with an apron full of
stones, and put the whole gang to fight
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

THE superiority of French over Amer
lean bread is one of the things conceded
by every person, without exception, who
has travelled abroad. There is, however,
a perceptible improvement going on in
the quality of the "staff of life" provided
by the baker for the long suffering Amer
lean public, though unhappily there ex-
lists room for more. We are getting to-
day far better article than we were gen
orally able to procure five or even three
years ago, and with the sharp competi-
ton going on among the bakers, some Of
whom do supply palatable and whole
some bread, the matter ought in time to
correct ITSELF as it doubtless will. Apro-
pos to this subject the State Department
has issued recently a book, very interest
ing and valuable as reference, giving the
cost of various articles of food in tho
principal cities of the world. 1t appears
from this that while flour costs more il
France than here, on an average, the de
lcious French bread is served to the pco
pie of that country at one cent per pounc
cheaper than is paid for an inferior arti
Gle by the people Of the United States.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

AN Eastern divine has written book
entitled "a Pot of Gold" There is an
entcing suggestion of poker about pot
of gold which would make even Bob
Schenck's eyes snap.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02
HOP BITTERS.
90 VALUABLE TRu


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II you are young, and Hguffering from any indis'
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Hop Ditters willie Relieve You.
If you arc in the work Eshop on the farm, at the
desk anyw here, and feelE3that your system neeos
cleansing, toning or stm- ulating without ntexAs
eating, n
Hop Bitters isl What You Need.
II you are old and yourHpulse Is feeble, your
nerves unsteady, and yourH Hfacultles waning,
Hop Bittcrs will give you New Life and FlgeEs
Eop CoUan CUBE is the sweetest, safest and best =
Ask Children.
One Hop PAD for Stomach, Liver ond Kdneysis snpe-
ror to all others Cures by absorption ls per1ecL
d. c. is an absolute ard irresistible euro for drunk
enness, use Of opium, TOBACCO and narcotics.
Above sold by druggists. Hop Bttcrs Mfg Co. Rochester, N T.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

A NEWSPAPER published in Bolivia
charges that the services of the Car.
apuchos, a tribe of South American Can
nibals, have been secured by the Peruvian
Government to aid in prosecuting wal
against Chill. The representative OF
Peru at Washington denies the report,
but the Bolivian journal is specific in
details, and states that 1000 of these
savages have been selected for this ser,
vice, armed with macanas, or war clubs
and poisoned arrows On the night
previous to this arrangement the Cara
puchos INDUCED in feast at which they
consumed a number of prisoners of war
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewel
for the scalp, and for restoring the hair and
its color, has no equal
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-02

and for the dedication OF the new buildings to
Exposition purposes,
WHEREAS, The Industrial Expositions in the
past have been OF great advantage in this city in
furthering its commercial and manufacturing in
teests, as well as cultivatng taste for the fine
arts; and the dedication of the present new build
ings to Exposition purposes is an evidence to the
permanent establishment of Expositors in this
city; and
WHEREAS, The auspices under which the pres.
ent Exposition is opened is an event exceeding al
mott in importance any other in the history Of
our city;
Therefore, ]. Charles Jacob, Jr., Mayor of tho
City of Cincinnati, do issue this my proclamation
recommending all good citizens OF the City Of
Cincinnati to desist from common labor on said
| 10th day Of September, A. D. 1879, and aid in the
Inauguration of the Seventh Industrial Exposition
and the dedication Of the new buildings to Expo.
sition purposes.
| Given under my hand and the seal Of the City
of Cincinnati, this 18th day of August, 1879.
! au14-28t CHAIR ES JACOB. JR., Mayor.
/
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
Editor ATqus:

y
In my last paper l showed by actual
quotations from our present constitution
that all the wrongs now complained of by
our people as existing in our judiciary
system, may be nghted under our present
constitution, by simple act Of the legis-
lature. presume that every one under
stands that everything that a constitution
does is TO authorize the law-making pow
er-the Legislature, TO make laws, and that
II the proposed amendments are adopted
they can have no effect until put in force
by an act of the Legislature. This being
true, we will be in the same condition as
TO the matters authorized alike by the
proposed amendments and present consti-
tuition. II behooves US, then, 20 know
what powers are conferred upon the legis-
lature by the proposed amendments not
already enjoyed under the present cohstl-
tuition. Upon a careful examination of
the two Instruments find that everything,
in substance, may be done under the pres
ent constitution that may be done under
the proposed amendments, except the fol-
lowing:
LIST. Increasing the jurisdiction of jus
rices OF the peace from 500 TO 5000, and
allowing them jury when the amount in
controversy exceeds $40.
2nd. Increasing the number of circuits
in the State from nine TO thirteen, and
reducing the salaries OF the circuit Judges
from 50. 600 to $1,000, and giving to each
county three terms of Circuit Court each
year.
3D.. Reducing the salaries OF the Judges
of the Court of Appeals from 81, 25O to
$1,000.
Now, what Is three in this list of
changes that may not be made under our
present constitution thai our people de-
mand or have ever demaued ? Ninety
nine cases out Of every hundred brought
IN the County Court, involve less than
$500. We have demGnded that the
County Court be abolished on account of
the incompetCucy Of the justices compos.
ing the Court to decide questions OF law
and handle juries. Yet instead OF taking
away from this court its jurisdiction they
propose by this amendment to shut the
door of the Courthouse upon them, but al
the same time after having taken away
the President and one associate, send tie
other one single handed and alone, back
INTO his district, give him jury, allow
him jurisdiction. of $500, which is to all
practical purposes as much as the court
has, and all because he is incompetent.
More anon, GRoRGR GORDON.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
A COMPLIMENT TO THURMAN.

- SChA LAAiA< ~ n NM y ~
A reporter Of the New York Herald
recently had an interview with Senator
Thurman. 10 the course OF his article
concerning It, he takes occasion TO speak
Of him in the following cOmpliT entary
manner, which is worthy of note as CON.
ing from such a high source and as being
so sincere and discriminating:
"Senetor Thurman is a man of great
ability, and of great success. Ia the
course Of conversation with him he brief
ly sHetched the story of his political ca
reer. The recital was suggested by VII at
General Grant had said about his never ac-
cepting any public position unless it was
rendered 70 him without his own request.
'Thurmsus election 20 Congress. his 81 C
tion as Judge of the Supreme Court, az q
his subsequent election and re election .
Senator, were all, as he explained, unso.
lIcitod From the time he emerged from
privacy he gained the confidence Of his
fellow citizens; he has vindicated il by "a
long arduous and spotless public career,
giving 10 his duties his whole attention,
deCrivipg himself of the income which
might have accrued from the practice of
law between sessions OF Congress, and
thus preserving position as superior 10
malice and scandal as it is superior to any
criticism except that which concerns ex-
altp1 stat,ep,apclt,,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
" JUSTICE ON THE TOLL
GATES.
Editor Arg1ls

Editor Argts:
As Polly @. L." has monopolized
the correspondence from this place,
we will not notice the current events
but say a word or two upon a sub
Jet that is just now agitatiug the
minds of our people, namely, the or
der OF the Cou ty Court in which
they propose farming out the road
from here to Kingwood to one c.. c..
Craig. That such action was in d.
rect violation Of the will OF the peo-
Ple' no one will dare deny; and it is
amusing to notice the efforts Of a
certain learned knight Of the law, in
trying to justify the action Of the
Court 10 the matter. To che he says
There was petlucu from the low
er end Of the District When this
falsehood is exposed. il is then The
most wealthy and Influential men Of
hlngwOod, asked tor the re.estab-
lishment Of the gates, and we can
only conclude from what we gather,
that this settlement is about as relia-
bic as the Grst
In answer to the question why
this was do IL 50 secretly and g. hur.
riedlY, we are told that "the Court
Itself knew nothing Of il until the
last day OF the term" So much the
more reason forreiusing to carry out
this pet scheme of one man. The
whole truth OF the matter Il, that
certain members of that Court were
coSn.zant OF the matter even before
he Court convened on Septemb I
let, but they had not the courage ia
dc this thing openly and aboveboard
In the face OF the clearly expressed
wilt OF the people, and against all
law and justice. We say against al
law because there is no law TO iusti-
iy their action, BY re ference to Tia,
Acts OF 70 1t VIII be seen that ex-
cept upon certain conditions, the
Court may not farm out or lease d
road and erect g-tes thereon The
|'''' ''S"'t " bilo VI lntn 49, lndI
due notice OF their intention TO DO so
shall be given. Where and wher
has notice been given Of such a pur-
pose IN this case, when the Court al
NIT that they only knew of it on the
last day oil the term? We challenge
The originators of this scheme to pro
duce twelve influential men who ar,
wlIIlng to endorse their action anc
say 1t 10 just and right. Do this
and we will produce five hundred
directly against it, many of waou
stand pledged to and in overthrowins
this unjuet legislation.
Yes, gentlemen, pick your Gints
Tor our forces are CAT heriag, and ere
long you will be called upon to ex-
PLAIN why you thus attempt 10 over
ride the vi of tho people in order
to favor one man.
In this cor necton, it is our duty
TO exhcnerate Justice McGinnIs from
al blame, as lie opposed the meas.
ure earnestly and faithfully. Al
the same time, orr people woulc
Ike to hear from justice jenkins
We are inclined to cbiGk that b,
"C.uld a tale unfold"
More Pnon, JUSTICE.
Iunnehon, Sept. %, 1879.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-09-27
POLITICAL PLATFORM.

We are losing faith in political plat
forms. in feet we have % horror whether
holy or wholly we will not say of all 20
Iiiica platforms Three years since we
mounted a Democratic platform with Hon.
WIN. Lawrence. Dir Lawrence isa gen.
-l.man, but the drst We knew the speaker
aDd Che platform parted and we found
oursoIycs mingIlg with the audience in
'front.'
LAST Saturday evening We tdoI re-.
publican riatform-o1e OF tbe modern so,t
rut up 20 order for lhe nee Of Cen. j.
s. Garfield, and found &c Iust as unreliable
as the other sort and we soon found our.
seIves down 90 level with The common
people, % broken ub asa remcm
branccr Fortunately for others. but uo
fortunately for us. our mIslap was the ON.
Iy one we heard Of we had bopcI 20 trv
-ena'or Thurmans platform, Saturday
hlt pain a1m0lisbcs us 20 stay az home. --
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