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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-27
TONTINE PLAN,

upon the primo. pie of accumrlatng profits for dcn
ate periods which first introduced by this Socie
~, and has been recommended and endorsed by emf
Aent experts in Life Insurance. and by leading bust
Aess Forty Four per cent. has bee earned and
accumulated on the premiums paid on its Tontine Life
s'ocies. and forty per cent. on its Tortine EndOw
uent Policies, issued within the last five years.
The Directors OF the Equitable Life Assurance So
defy represent exclusively the interests Of the Policy
soldiers, and In presenting the Society to notice. they
Secs Of the strict ana conservative principles by
shith fts -arious departments are governed In the
.ssett ard IN the administration of the Society per-
sct security IL given for the future which is of great
nportsrre to those depending upon their insurance
{ hicies for the ultimate support of their families
No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
.nsactc Ms ~ the Equitable; none is more proIn |,
= II Just in its dealings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-27

tremiums are received ard losses are paid In cash
,y. Policies issued payable at the death Of the
. .sured, also payable at the end Of certain number
.. yeGs. Policies are also issued on the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-27
Weekly Kennebec Journal

Published every Wednesday morning the largest
folio paper In the State containing news political ar
tcles agricultural and scientific matter tales, poetry
anecdotes, household matter, markets, g., &C.
Terms, 81 per aanum in ddraace.
Transient Advertisements 500 per inch for first
week so cents week for each subsequent Insertion
Special Notices. 500 per inch for nrst week; 5o
cents per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices, in reading columns, &c cents per
line for first insertion 10 cents pr line for each sub
seIuent insertion.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23
NEW WAR SHIPS.

An ironclad 400 feet long. 10 feet
wide, so feet deep at the bow aud 90
feet at the stern, with solid ircn amor
Of one foot thickness, and . speed OF IL
knots an hour, is ~ be launched next
month from the royal navy yard near
Naples. 1t is to be called Italia, and
will be the largest war ship in existence
at the time of her completion.
Tho Engineer describes. under the I'll
tie Of "a Floating Fighting Island" .
new armor- clad vessel for the corstruc-
ton of which Scotch shipbuildiug
firm has received an order. This vessel
is to be 500 feet long, have displsce-
ment Of 1900 tons. and be propelled
by engines indicating 10000 horse
power. With an average drauGht OF
81 feet. this craft viii! have beam not
much less than % feet to get the stated
displacement She will look like no
other ship. She will show no side to
the sea, ~ her upper deck. rising from
the waters edge to the middle. fatty
curved. will form both side aud deck
and resemble the upper she'll of tor
toise. She will. in word. resemble a
floating island. up whose sloping beach
the waves will wash, rather than q
ship
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23
GOOD ADVICE.

And then remember. my son. you
have to work. Whether you handle a
pick or pen. a whcelbsrrow or set Of
books, digging bitches or editing o
paper, ringing an auction bell or writ
ing funny things, you must work. If
you will look around you. you will see
that the men who arc the most able to
work. are tho men who work the hard.
est. Don't be afraid of killing your.
self with overwork. my son. 1t is be-
yond your power to do that. Men can
not work 30 hard as that on the sunny
side Of thirty. They die sometimes. but
it's because they quit work at 6 Pm.
and don't get home till AN It's the
intervals that kill, my son. The work
gives you an appetite for your meals !;
II lends solidity to your slumbers; it
gives you perfect and grateful appre.
citation of a holiday. There are young
men who do not work. my son-youpg
men who make living by sucking the
end OF cane; whose entire mental do =
velopment is insufficient to tellkthem
which side OF postage stamp to lick,
NouHk uieh Wuo tuu TIC q neCktie cleVeD
different knots and never lay wrinkle
IN it, and then would 60 into West
Hill street car to 60 TO Chicago; who
can spend more money in q day than
you can earn in q month. son. and who
will go to the Sheriff's to buy postal
card, and apply Mt the office Of the
Street Commissioner for a marriage IL
cense. But tho world is not proud Of
them. son. la does not know their
name. even; it simply speaks of thom
as old So-an-so's boys. Nobody likes
them. nobody hates them; the great
busy world doesn't even know they are
there. and at the g:eat Cay of resurrec-
ton. II they do not appear at the sound
Of tho trumpet, and they certainly will
not unless somebody tells them what il
is for and what to do, l don't thiok
Gabriel will miss them or notice their
absence. and they will not be sent for
or disturbed. Things will go on Just
rs wsll without them. So find gu,
what you want to be and to do, son.
and take off your coat and make a dust
III the world. The buster you are the
less deviltry you will be apt 10 &c,
into. the sweeter will be your sleep. the
brighter and happier your holidays
and the better satisfied viii the world
10 with you. burlington Hseieue.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23
DAILY INTELLICENCER.
Sunday, November %, 1875
OREGON.

The Dalles N9un,aiaesr furnishes u'
items as follows:
At the close Of the morning service
at the Congregational Church last
Sunday it was announced that q debt
of 5000 remained in the building Of
the parsonage. Voluntary pledges were
male in a few minutes amounting &c
1885 so. In the evening additional
pledges were made to the amount OF
SIS. A little effort On the outside the
first of the week brought additional
nledges to the amount of $1GS %. This
reduces the debt to s501 %.
Diphtheria has made its appearance
with fatal effect. among the children
If the settlements of Ty0h Valley, IN
this county. From Mr. d K Butler we
learn that Mr. Albert Savage has lost .
daughter IS years Of age, his brother
Savage, three children, and Mr John
Mayfield one child. This is the first
report. We hope the next will bring
the news that the worst has passed.
and that We will not be called upon 10
record any more deaths from this terri
BILE disease.
On last Tuesday We were presented
with half bushel sample Of the finest
potatoes We have seen come to town
this season. by Mr. o W Cook, who lives
on hill farm, on Three Mile Greek,
Mr. Cook informs US that he raised
1900 bushels Of potatoes. 500 bushei.
Of wheat and barley. and 200 bushels oil
corn, besides good garden. He is
satisfied that the hill land is better
than the creek bottom for agricultural
purposes, and we believe he is right
about it. Certainly, finer potatoes
never were brought to this market
There are thousands Of acres OF this
kind of land still vacant within few
miles of this city, awaiting the coming
Of immigrants. Mr. Cook will please
accept our thanks for his kind present
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23

Mrs. Smith. of Westmoreland county
Va. who weighed 6l0 pounds. WAS bu.
ried q few days ago. Before the coffin
was delivered, two ordinary sized men
lay IN 1t side by side. At the funeral
it was necessa y to carry the corpse on,
OF the house and place it in the coffiu on
the sidewalk
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23
NOTICE..

NEWCASTLE. ". T. Oct. -. 1879.
HEREBY WARN ALL PRISONS PROM
/ trusting my wife Elizabeth 4. Marstn On my
account. 40 abe has lefs my bed and boand. and I
ahAl net be responsible for any hills contx0eted
after this dase.
oe3-dAwAV Me-. xAH1N.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23

A stage-driver in the White Nouns
tains, when asked what be thought Of
the Notch, replied "well, Was born
around here. you know. aud I dom
mind 1t so much. But il l should 60
down to New York, l reckon Ia gawk
around considerable myself"
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23

The disproportion of women to men
in criminal records is strikingly exem.
plitied in some statistics published by
the Italian Government. During The
past year the courts sentenced Al, 555
persons, Of whom 1899 were men and
only 1856 women. ami the police as
sizes condemned i5i4 men ANA only $50
women.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23

Patients" may consult By letter. receiving the
same attention a. by calling. by answering the
following questions:
i. Give your name and pos. Office address
county and State. and your neares. express once
2. Your age and sex,
;. Ooeupattonf
{. Married OF ringle3
5. Hight, weight no . and 10 health,
9. How long have you been sick3
T. lour complexion, color Of hair and eyes?
o hsve you . STOPPING or erect gait1
o. Relate without reservation all You know
ABOUT your case. EIelose one dollar ~ consult.
tssn lee. Your Letter will then receive our atten
ton. and ne will give y3u the nature OF yonr
disease and our candid opinion corce, ring
cure.
Ccmpsesa. Physicians Attsnd to correspond-oe.
All letters should be addressed to Disnenaarv
AzA5 saissss Asfsse. PNIsdeiphis. Pa
H. T. HELMBOLD.
Druggist aud Chemist,
~ Philadelphia. Pa.
soLDiEvERvwHERE.
issdAviy
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-23

On Puget Sound belonging 70 the lass Iaase vii.
ton. an prepared 70 DO any work 4 that NAe on
The sAortest notice aaA In the most complies
nanuef WIZ 90 70 any place on The Sound. he
bsse Of ref9encea Given.
All orders len at The Hardware Store Of 2. "
wUSrHOFf, on frosk sssess. VIII - promptly
attended 70.
40 seok Hssev: aad etAes sppasatss e. b
AAA q Am - A4plisa13ca q rsAessoAls ntaa
sssaH W. DURRlTY.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
The Administrations Financial
Policy.
The

In another place we have said that
the recommendation of the Administra-
ton that the coinage of silver be again
stopped and that greenbacks be Invested
of their legal tender functions with a
view to their final destruction, would
present a tangible and practical issue
upon which the Democracy could
righteously appeal to the country with
every prospect of success. 1t is simply
a scheme to destroy half of the curren-
cy with which the country transacts its
business throughout all the ramifcations
of industry, trade and commerce, in the
interest of the creditor class and the
National Bank monopolists which con-
troll more than half billion of capital.
Sooner than we expected a loud protest
is heard In the House Of Representa-
tives two Republicans, Mr.. Fort, of
Illinois and Mr.. Price, of Iowa,
and in the Senate, Mr.. Carpenter,
Republican, of Wisconsin, have
introduced resolutions against unsettling
the currency, which are aimed directly
at the proposition of the Administration !;
and leading Republican newspapers in
the Northwest are dissenting from it
in emphatic terms. While the Democ-
racy, with unimportant exceptions, are
united in opposition to the scheme, it is
Il rock upon which the Republicans
must inevitably split unless the Admin.
stration abandons its ground, and this
it cannot do without mourning the
opposition of the money power which
has controlled the legislation of the
government for the past fifteen years.
In another column will be found signifi-
cant extracts from the Chicago Tribune
and the Inter-Ocean, both Republican
journals of the stalwart class so far as
sectional questions are concerned.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
what's His Manner

TIE Springfield Mass Republican prints
I,k;a;ned extracts from a letter written
-. nerSon whom it decides as a former
IIn;on soldier at Aberdeen Miss to man
,,f.c,rrer in Holyoke, Mass. We submit It
=, ~, consideration of the friends In Mon
roe. ~,
..Iyeu 7 must talk politics again. When
-, fro,n the woods on the evening of
1leot;o,, we met numbers OF freedmen who
49, not permitted to vote The election
w 49, farce The Democrats, by arm
"a cerc4 seized two of the heaviest Republi-
can boxes (or. rs it is at present, the Ande-
nandent Party) in the county, ana they
we're not counted. They also stole lhe poll
III ~ another precinct, so there was no
u .'otir'r 5one They now openly boast that
tbs,- xYiU do the same next year, and that
- ,,.;ll rule the county IN spite of the
4 YANKEES This is not the language
If th. r.bbIa hut of the men that boast ot
-; sunerioritv. | do not know what
Find of n Government we have, II they are
permitted to 90 on in this way. he negroes
e. ver,, much disheartened, and the least
a,,couraoemeut from the white men would
make them rise up and have general mas
s,cra Rut this would not do, as they would
,ftaru,ard be slaughtered like rats. The
H. ,erati, PARTY is banded together here
in the nature of a conspiracy 10 deprive the
/ ,,,,,rro ,of his RIGHTS under the constitutional
aTSandments The Government freed them,
and ala II rs A war measure. and ! think
they are entitled to protection. Inc capt.
toIists of the East have some interest lu the
cotton culture of the South, but % the ne
orops are not given Justice they viii leave
the cotton culture Of the South to grow mp
in weeds which labor cannot cultivate
these prairies like the negroes. IL
strikes me that the white kelnbll-
cans of the South are entitled To a Int
consideration at the hands OF the present
Administration. / ann greatly encouraged
from the present and recent attitude oi lho
President He no doubt meant well, but
he did not know the depth OF ingraulule OF
these people | was very much reJolced at
the news from the North TINS evening ana
was glad that political demagogue Butler
was defeated II wa, q glorious victory all
through We want ueNt year To swell the
triumph no matter who the Republicans
nominate. II the Government viii just
give Us such protection rs Will secure fair
election and a fair court, we will bury the
solid South out of sight. This solid south
is only so bv virtue of the shotgun policy,
and ail other manner OF intimidation. III
the South is solid at all, il is solid ltcpubli-
can. | know you are tired of my writing
nolitics. but If YOU were here and witnessed
The arrogance of these would be aristocrats,
il would make your blood boil And what
are they but a parcel of slave ovcr>eers and
their progeny? | will close with three
cheers ior the Republicans OF the North,
East. and West"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
The Next Census and its Important
Lesson

The census to be taken next spring
will show a large increase of population,
but there will be a proportionate IN
crease of Congressional representation,
though it will be materially changed.
Congress decided few years since that
the House of Representatives should
henceforth consist of the same number
of members as compose the existing
House, and that at each decade the pro-
portion Of Representatives that each
State should be entitled to, should
be fixed by the proportionate Popula-
ton of the State. In all the East
ern and Southern States, except Tex
as, the increase in population has
been slow, and possibly in some Of them
none at all. The Western and Middle
States, all of which are Northern, have
gone ahead with wonderful rapidity,
and these, some of them, will almost
double their present representation IL
Congress and in the Electoral College
And as these States have gained, the
others, that is to say the New England
and Southern States Except Texas,
will correspondingly lose. This is q
disagreeable fact, but nevertheless it is
an inevitable one which stares US in the
face, and cannot be ignored The part
Of wisdom for the minority section is
to obliterate as far as they possibly can
the lines that have heretofore divided
the two sections, and to Danish the
causes that produced the old time bit
terness. The material concerns of the
West and the South are in direct and
immediate harmony, and the feeling
which mutually of interest produces
will assert itself, when the passion,
which have survived the causes that
really produced them, have subsidized
A policy based upon the recognition o.
this fact, and enforced by the practical
lessons of the next census, is what will
be needed, and the sooner our moulders
of public sentiment learn the fact The
better. Inevitably, we apprehend Mis-
sissippi will lose one or more Represen-
tatives: and this will bring up at al
early day the serious question of new
apportionment of the Congressional dis
tricts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
Uses of Sorghum.

Since the war an important produc-
ton has been started in Mississippi and
is rapidly on the increase, the cul-
ture of sorghum and the manufacture
of syrup. In what is usually known as
the upland region, sorghum is cultivated
on most of the well regulated farms,
and has come to be regarded as indis-
pensable crop as corn or cotton. 1t
produces an excellent quality Of syrup,
and after the cane is cut for that pur-
purpose, a new growth comes which
can be cut in its tender stage and saved
for forage. The want Of suitable
machinery in the manufacture of syrup
is apparent; but this will be supplied as
the business increases. We have
noted that DIR. Collyer, chemist of the
Agricultural Department, expressed
his surprise that people were so slow to
believe, so hard to convince, that sugar
of the best quality rs well as syrup,
could be produced from sorghum. eff
they viii give me" be said, stem acres
of ground to experiment on next season,
1 yiIlreturn twenty tons of raw sorghum
sugar fully equal to the best raw cane
sugar or forfeit my reputation" Two
tons per acre Is better result than
they reach on the average in Louisiana
with the sugar cane. As the method of
capitalization is now pretty well under
stood, the whole secret, he declares, lies
in the time to gather the crop. DIR.
Collyer tbinks the cost should not ex-
coed three cents per pound; that we
can certainly raise sugar in this country
much cheaper than W. can buy il abroad.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
Col. Roderic Seal.

EDITORS CLARION; Allow me a para
graph in your journal, to endorse Roderic
Seal for Speaker of the approaching House
of Representatives. There are few men in
the State better qualified for the place, and
since Gen. Featherston positively declines
the position, Seal should have no opposi-
ton, and he should be forced to accept it.
The House will need his services His
long career in both branches of our Legis-
lature-his great abilities, and his familiar
ity with parliamentary usage; and the
admirable manner in which he presided
over the Senate as President pro tenn dur
ing the war; and the fact that the Democ-
racy have never rewarded him in proper
ton to his worth and ability, all point him
out as the next Speaker of the House, and
should preclude any opposition.
NORTH Mississippi
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
James A. Barksdale INDICATED.

NO INDICTMENT FOUND AGAINST JAS. "a.
BARKsDALE FOR THE KILLING OF HENRY
NJ. DIXON.
Yazoo Herald.
The Grand Jury finally adjourned on
Wednesday evening, after lahorious and
useful session. No better Grand Jury was
ever impanelled in the State. The case of
Jas. A. Barksdale, for the killing of Henry
M. Dixon, was thoroughly investigated,
and no Indictment found. We believe all
fair-minded men are satisfied with the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury in refusing to in
diet Mr. Barksdale-which action, we I'M
derstand, was unanimous-and we hope
this is an end of this celebrated case.
The friends of Mr.. Barksdale are glad to
to know that he has been vindicated by one
of the most intelligent Grand Juries-com-
posed of men of all parties and of both races
the county ever had. And it is to be
hoped that the enemies of this young gen
tleman will cease from this time hence
forth, to speak of him as one who had taken
the life of another without cause or any
provocation to justify it. The law is as
powerful in Furnishing the wicked as it
is in shielding, as in this case, the innocent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10
Mississippi Valley Improvement Con
Vention.

At a meeting of the Mississippi Valley
Improvement Convention, at Louis
vile, on the 4th, addresses to the
Governors of States in the Missis-
sippi Valley and to the United States
Congress were adopted, urging the pro
priety of removing the snags and sand
bars in the Mississippi at the expense of
the Government, and also the passage
of law requiring owners Of sunken
vessels to raise the wrecks within sixty
days. They ask for appropriations sut-
fieient to secure the immediate compile
tion of the works now in progress 1t
cannot be possible that Il great interest
involving the commerce Of more than
half the States of the Union, will con-
tinue to be neglected by the Govern
ynent.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10

Ex-Gov HENDRICKS, in a recent In
terview, said that all that is necessary
for the Democratic party is to exercise
little of that sagacity and prudence
for which its leaders were once noted in
order to place the party in an advanced
position. that in regard to the measures
which are to be brought forward, moth
ing should be proposed until the
the party Is thoroughly united, and
then to march in solid column. He
thinks that the position assumed by the
Administration on the financial ques-
ton, as defined By the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury, viii divide
the Republican party in the West, and
have the effect to solidify the Demoera-
cY on the question of contraction.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-12-10

APART from its financial and section
al features, the Presidents Message
contains but little that is noteworthy.
1t urges the Acknowledgement of obdu-
rate Mormon RQlygamists; recounts the
details of our foreign relations, which
are as uneventful as usual summarizes
the report of the Secretary of the navy;
recommends appropriations for super
visors ana marshals at the fall elections
for Congressman; urges the creation of
additional circuit judges, and of an in-
termediate court to relieve the supreme
coqrt of the now overwhelming pressure
of business,
The recommendation for the creation
of additional judges. We trust, viii be
laid over until new Administration Is
installed. To pass it at this time would
simply be to secure the appointment of
a new set IF partizan and sectional
Judges. There Is reasonable ground for
hope that the Democratic party win
have control of the government after
March 4th, 1881.