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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-02
STOCK MARKETS.

CINCINNATI.-Beef Ca~ttIe-Cornmop, 1A@2c /;
fair to medium q 1912. 9oc.; good to choice "IIchpT
grades, 3Z@ic. with q few extra at 4Hc); fair to
good shippers, 44o6c fair to good heavy oxen,
2%i93%c, and fair 10 good re dars and stockers, ~
q &c. Hogs Common, So 1892 40 fair to go
hight, 50 45d2 80; ia to good packing grades,
81 5592 70, and selected butchers, 81 20 ] 2 so. Most
of the sa'es to packers were at 81 65@2 ~. She ,p-
Commtn to fair, 2@shc., and good to choice, $40
4I2c. per Id. gross.
BUfFALO-Beef Cattle-sales made of choice
steers at "a 7065 l. pr Zoe lbs good shippers
steers, 81 40 8 is; medium shippers steers. SO 60G
3 30. Sheep an | Lambs--S les of fair to good
Western sheep s. 5O@3 80 per 90 lbs. choice 10
extra Western sheep s !5(1t 20; Western lambs,
s4@i IS. Hogs-Sales Of Workers at 81 Too 2 so
| per 100 lbs, b t mostly at ~ 81; heavy grades,
fair to good, 81 61d2 IS; thoice heavy hogs, So 95
store pigs, 50 55@2 IS >
EAST LIBERTY, PA.-Beef Cattle-Sales made
of prime steers at 81 Sr@5 per 100 lbs. fair to good
grades, Si@4 so: common to fair grades, So 25@
1 stockers aud feeders, s3@3 so Hogs-Yorkers
81 1922 so per 100 lbs; PhiIadelp!ias, 81 Dogs
per 100 lbs. Sheep Common to extra, So 71@
2I.
Cincinnati, purchases Ii hit, at about
the followi' 6 prices: Unwashed--Fine merino, ls
@20c.; coarse clothing, 17@1sc. me alum clothing
2l@22c.; long combing, 24c. Fleece Washed---Ff.e
meriBO, so a Sic. coarse clothing, 27@2Sc. medium
clothing, SOC long combing, ,8!a33c. fuh
washed-Comnon 25926c.; good TO thoice, zoe.
Pulled SuTsr6ne, 24@25c.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-02
- esmmitiee without Fund.

~2elierBiaine Committee met at Wash
'ston on the 18th of December, and
Brmally akkno#ledged that they were
~F5ll6ss on account of want of funds, and
E~c5enFned to meet at the call of the Chair
man. It is thought thai, so far as any
practical Investigation goes, a neglect to
provide an appropriation will result in the
defeat Of the entire inquiry. Senator
Blaine, ia the course of his argument in
support Of the investigation, urged that, if
inquiry was to have any value, the commit
tee must proceed South Immediately and do
the greater portion of its work during re-
cess. It has bee ,me necessary to pursue a
different course, and it is generally con.
ce ed that the result will be seriously to
cripple, II not entir ly to defeat, the pur-
poses Of the investigation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-01-02

Report from the Wal In Central America.
A passenger by the steamer Granada, just
arrived from Panama and way ports, re-
ports that as the Granada was leaving
Masatlan, bound north, news was received
OF a severe battle between the forces of
clerical Chief Lerma and the national
troops under Gen. Escudero, military COM
mander AZ Guadalajara. Lerma, with his In.
dams had eaptured the town of Topic, in
the name Of the clerical party, and there
he'd nigh carnival for a few days. He also
held the road leading from Topic to the sea.
port Of San Bias. Upon the advance of
Eseuder0L erma marched out to meet him,
but was totally defeated and most of his ad.
herents captured, of whom eighty were i'm.
mediately hanged. The balance of those
captured, claiming to have been forced
into the rebel service, were allowed 10 go to
their homes.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
How Silver Ore is Sold at LeadviIIe.

The business of buying and selling
ores in a camp like this, when the out
put of the mines is so immense and the
value of dollars so great, has been re-
duced to a science, and is by no means,
as many have supposed, dependent upon
the fair dealing and honesty of the mill
men, who generally are the purchasers
The large mining corporations and
wealthy individual owners of productive
properties have their own assayers, as
well as their own scales at the mines
So far as practicable, similar ores from
the different pay-streaks are piled to-
gether for shipment, under the distin-
gushing titles of hard carbonates, iron
dark sand, gray sand, and many Other
varieties of ore. The assayer makes
frequent assays for the purpose of keep
ing a general knowledge of these separ
ate kinds of ore; yet such assays are not
the basis upon which sales are made
owing to the fact that such samples may
be either too high or too low for the bulk
of such lots, and the correct samphng
must be arrived at by the process Gus
tOmaTy at the sampling-works OF re-
serving so many pounds, at regular IN
tervalS, out of given weight of ore as
it is being crushed. This system gives
approximately the true value of the bulk
of ore, to ascertain which is equally to
the interest of the buyer and seller.
Samples from these bulk samples are
assayed by the mill-men and by the
owners, and, if the ounces closely tally,
the price to be paid is arrived at. II
too great variations occur, the assays
are made over again until they do agree.
The owner of ore, knowing the cost OF
milling and marketing ore, is as well
able to determine what the mill-men
can afford to pay as the mill-man him
self, and thus there is full and complete
satisfaction and confidence existing be-
tween the sellers and buyers of ore in
this camp. The weight of each ton OF
ore is made to tally almost to a pound
by allowing for the unavoidable light
waste in the hauling, and it is very sell
dom that disputes arise on this poiAt.-
LeadUtIle (COI.) ReUeilJe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Handy to Know.


Fire insurance policies do not include
in their indemnity among other things
the following: Fences and other yard
fixtures also store furniture and fixtures
and plate-glaSs doors and windows,
when the plates are dimensions of three
feet or more. 1t is important that this
fact be mentioned in the wording of the
policy, if such articles are to be included
under the policy. Careless, ignorant or
unsOphisticated brokers and agents very
frequently make mistaks in this respect.
The following articles also are not
included in the security of fire insur-
ance policy, unless mentioned, viz. ::
Jewelry, plate, watches, musical instru-
ments, ornaments, medals, curiosities,
patterns, printed music, printed books,
engrayings, paintings, picture frames,
sculptures, casts and models, money or
bullion, bills, notes, accounts, deeds,
evidences of debt, or securities. These
should always be specified.
If a building falls, no insurance will
attach or cover its loss, unless it is caused
by fire. Stolen property is not to be
paid by the insurance company. Losses
from explosions are not to be paid,
unless fire ensues, and then only the
actual fire loss is to be settled for
Property standing on leased ground
must be so represented to the company
and expressed in the policy. Goods on
storage must be represented as such.
The assured, in case of fire, must
invariably do his best to save it, and
carelessness in this respect viii vitiate
his claim. In no instance shall he
abandon his premises to firemen or
thieves. Where a party has a trust
worthy and intelligent representative,
agent or broker, whose business it is to
study these points and consult his own
and the assured's interests, by SO doing
it is sometimes safer than to risk it by
attending to the insurance himself
Philadelphia Insurance Reporter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

AN old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an Ea as.
India missionary the formula of simple veg
etable remedy for the speedy and permanent
cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrn'
Asthma, and all Throat and Lung Auecuohs,
also positive and radical cure Tor Nervous s,1l
Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative powers
in thousands Of cases, has felt it his duty TO
make it known to his suffering fellows Ac-
tuated by this motive and desire to reheVe
human suffering, l will send free of charge 10
all who desire it, this recipe, in German,
French, or English, with full directions Ior
preparing and using. Sent by mail by al al
dressing with stamp, naming this paper, W:
w. SHERAR, lag Po5cerS' Block, Rochester, ". L
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

relaTes the system and renders US liable to
attacks OF diarrhea, dysenteTy, blOody-fuX,
chnIcrd-morbus, cramps in stomach collie
and other painful and dangerous affections
for which DR.. PieTce's Compound Extract OF
Smart-N eed-comp0unde from the best
French brandy, Jamaica ginger smart-weed,
or wdtcr-pepper. an0dyne. soothing and heal
ings gums and ba sans, is a most potent
specific. It is equally ctlicacious in breaking
mp colds, fevers. and i1tammatory attacks.
Every household should be supplied with it.
Fifty cents by druggists.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume.
TESTIMONlALS OF CURES.
Liver Complaint.

ELLEJUY. Hluuut County. Tenn.
Dear str - 1 have taken your Indian Hood
~ rIp for Liver Complaint aud u has bern of uTcat
benefit 10 me I would nut be without yuu valuable
w. B. ROGER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Cures AgHe.

PROSPECT, Giles County, Tenn.
Dear Sri had the Agus for six months and OBJ
tanned relief from numerous medicines used Al
last procured some Of your Indian Blood syrup.
a short trial which completely cured have BOf
had Chill since commenced the Of your medicine
J.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
PaIpitation on the Heart.

tALLAWAF, Bell County,
Dear SfT-Ihis Is certify that troubled with
PaipatiOn Of the Heart. and have received more ben
efft from your Indian Blood syrup than from
any other medicine have used. therefore REQ
Ommend II to all out 81 health. WM. JOHNSON.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

THOUSANDS will bear testimony land do IT
voluntarily that VEGETINE is the best m edi-
cal compound yet placed before the public for
renovating and purifying the blood, eradicat-
ING all hUmOrs, impurities or poisonous serre-
tions from the system, invigorating and
strengthening the system debilitated by dis
ease; in fact, it Is, as many have called it,
t'The Great Health Restorer"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Best Medicine Eyer Used.

GLENLoCH. Monroe County, Tenn, Aug Is. 1879.
IeRT SiT-AIys.lf and vile have been greatly bene-
flied By the use OF your Indian BLOOD syrup
When commenced using your medicine my wIfe's
Liver very much out II order. but she Is
tirCly well. / troubled with sharp Pains In my
Chest, which the Syrup also relieved.
W J. EDMARDs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

CowAN, Franklin County Tenn, Aug %. 1879.
IeaT Si'-Thls IS % certify that have used your
Indian UIOod syrup Tor Liver and Kidney Dis
anil general arrangement OF the System. and u has
done moe good than anything 1 ever tT1rd- Ny
wife has also used the syrup for kidney. Liver and
Rheumatic Anection with the most beneficial results
r. VAUGHN.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Heart Disease.


wEzrCLuJF. Grlyson County. by. April 8. 1879.
. = ~ have used yrur excellent Indian
EluOA tfyrtfp Heart Iiseass and know Il 10 be
tis rt Tl'Ie . IN ~ " rid ia that disease would
not be Withuu. 10 for ten times the present cost
MRS. MATHA PIEKEIII.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia and Indi-
gpgffou

MATS 4EDvIiLE. Union Co. Tenn. March p. 1879.
DegT SiT-Aour Indian blood Syrup IS the
best mod cine ever q 7 the T-iY-T Comfla int
DyspeIsi AID iili ccsiun. and 3uid r-Clmn nd ali
afflicted Ut cd & liiis nature % give a trial
HAIKU ~ ELDHIUGE.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Resf Medicine EYer IIsa.d.

CORSWELL SrATTOss, Afenifee County Ky.
DeTT ST. have used your reliable Indian
Blood syrup for White Swelling, and have found u
the best medicine used.
MARTHA E. LESTER.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Pnenmnnia Cnred.

RicILAND STATION. Summer County Tenn
A'f1r SIR had Pneumonia in its worst form and
aso q 5 were uugh an was 50 bad when commenced
1siig me q a IN liam B4oOd syrup that could
sane - Ste =. hls L 3 iluHr after fair trial, an
s'Hha Hi9 N.-s REUBEN WHITE :
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

vance, .-.s. Lewis Count. KY March 20, 1879.
Dan Sir q. s. 10 - health Tor long time,
ami laTfu % e=inI- tinted With the Indian
ffOOu ~ wulCn lnIld % br just the thing
neoded q send g O. II. JOHN cox
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Recommends it TO All.

SUNIAIERyIII.E. Green County. Ky
De1y SiT-This Is % certify that wife and have
made a fair trial Of your Indian Blood syrup,
and recommend its use 70 ali in poor health.
CHAs. CoRUM.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
For COstiVeness.
Liver and kidney complaints.

DRESDEN. Weakley County. Tsnn.
DaGT Str - This IS % certify that your Indian
blood syrup IS the best medicine used for
Constipation and Sour Stomach. W. n HICKS
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
Best Medicine Ever Used.

PREsTONBURGH Floyd County. Ky July g. 1879
Dear SUI have used your excellent ImataR
Blood Syrup for several diseases. find 10 70 5s
the best medicine ever tried would b with
outi MRS. 5. p STEEL
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

BEEF STEAK Pound it, if you
choose, but it is not necessary. Place it
IN frying-pan over not too hot u fire,
and let 1t steam, having it covered close
~. DO not add any water. After half
an hour, or more, remove the cover,
salt; add a good lump of butter, and
fry until done. Care must be taken not
70 bpvn it while frying.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
From Hen 90 Heaven.

Sometimes the pains Of disease are so great
that it seems as if they could not be borne,
and sometimes the minor pains worry men
and women into the grave by preventing res
and sleep. Then the soothing influence OF
Warmers Safe Neryine is like a translation
from hell to heaven.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

CBEw Jaekson's Best Sweet Navy Tobsqeo
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18
$1,000 y =. =. 1
All Is Blind, Itcaing. or liberated
Piles thar DeBing's Pile
Remedy fails TO cure. Gives
Immediate relief, cures cas- g
OF long standing in l week,
tfH and ordinary cases In ? days.
~ - ~ - ~ nRHTIlN None genuine

toraopsr has printed black Pie 81 Stores E1d
Dr.. y. P AiEteT's signature, Phfld 81 botIle SOLO
by all druggists. Sent BY mail by J. = MiLIkR "a u
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

Inyalids, use c. GHbert's Corn starch.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-12-18

mBssHaE sdoTDs'i5e E5a6it C az; s IL, 10
vi SSzEE DIR. =. STIFFNESS, Lebanon. OHIO.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
An Old Statute Against Profanity.

The old Maryland statue Of 1928,
chapter l6, to which reference was
made by Attorney General Gwin in his
argument before Judge Brown, in the
k'drunk and disorderly" cases, was really
and more particularly an act to punish
blasphemy. 1t is the re-enactment of an
older statute, which must have been en-
acted originally at st. Mary's, and while
Father White was still in the colony.
The second section provides for the pun
ishment of all who profanely swear Gin
the presence and hearing of any magis-
trate, minister, the Commissary General,
Secretary, Sheriff, Coroner, Provincial
or County Clerk, vestryman, church
warden or constable, or be con-
victed thereof before any magistrate
by the oath of one lawful witness, or
confession of the party" The third Sec
ton enacts "that every person that
shall be drunk in the presence of any Of
the persons aforesaid, or shall be there
of convicted in manner aforesaid before
any magistrate, shall be fined for every
ofiense five shillings, current money, 70
be applied as aforesaid" The statute is
of more ancient origin still. The first
section, relating to blasphemy, is no other
than the first section of the Maryland
Act of federation, passed April q, l649,
chapter lst, of First Assembly, under
Governor Stones administration, and
called can Act Concerning Religion. "
The fourth section embodies the sub
stance of the several sections of the act
of 1928 in regard to the punishment of
breaking the Sabbath day, drunken
ness and profane swearing. The fifth
section was the ever-memorable one
concerning liberty of conscience "The
better to preserve mutual love and unity
amongst the inhabitants" This act
was cofirmed and made perpetual by the
act of June 10, 1866, passed when the
news of the restoration of Charles Ii.
was received. 1t was repealed by the
act for the establishment of the Church
of England, 1892, chapter ,, OF the first
Legislature under William and Mary,
and the other sections enacted into sep
arate Baltimore Sun.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Stewart Castle.

1t is rumored here that tne wife and daugh-
ter Of Ex-senator Stewar, are TO return to
Washington and reinhabit The great pile of
sandstone that is known as Stewart Castle
1t is the largest and most expensive house
in Washington, but, as the Yankee ladies
would think, the s3oo, 900 expended up
on it was sinful waste. 1t has been ad-
vertised for rent a, the modest sum of at
first SEC, eco per annum, and later at 81 s.
900 and $4,000. But no one has had
the money to pay such rental and hold
up the house besides, for it will require
several thousand year to hes, it alone
The moths have destroyed the greater
par. of the furniture. which was very
handsoms aud c. silly, having been made
to orcef in Paris; he fabrics Of uphois.er-
ing having been purchased a, the Expo
silion OF 1873. The house was occupied
only one wear. Miss Stewart was married
there, and her raby vas born in the house,
but a. er the Senators term expired and
tine Emma Mine pulled down his fortune.
the family moved to the Pacific Coast,
where lhev have since been.-Washine
ton Lister to St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Civil Marriage in Italy.

Catholic women of Rome in very large
numbers have signed and published
formal protest against the proposed
Italian law which makes the civil mar
riage obligatory before the ecclesiastical.
They solemnly affirm as an imperative
duty their unaltered faith in "the doc
trine taught by the one true Church of
Jesus Christ--namely, that Christian
marriage is a sacrament Of divine insti-
tuition, and that as such, it belongs not
to the civil power but to the Catholic
Church, to whom the Son of God has ex.
clusively confded the administration of
His sacraments" They feel profoundly,
they say, the gratitude they owe to Jesus
Christ for having sanctiied the marriage
bond with His Divine Grace, for by this
means he raised women to a higher scale
in the Kingdom of Grace; while ancient
paganism "left her in position of little
else than that Of slave to man; to
which state without the help of God she
will speedily return" BY the proposed
law the union between man and woman
"would be reduced to purely natural
and sexual act, with thorough con-
tempt for all that is sacred or divine in
the institution, which would facilitate
in every way that shameful concubinage
which has become in these days one of
the greatest curses of human society"
The protest is made mot only for the
violence which it would inhict ON all
Catholic consciences, but for the shame
and disgrace which would therefore be
entailed on our sex and on our faith"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Loving and Hating.

If you love, love more. If you hate,
hate less. Life is too short to spend in
hating any one. Why war against a
mortal who is going to same road with
us9 Why not expand the flower Of life
and happiness by learning to love, by
teaching those who are near and dear the
beautiful lesson? Your hands may be
hard, but your heart need not be. Your
form may be bent and ugly, but You do
not know that the most beautiful flow
ers often grow in the most rugged and
unsheltered places The palace for
care, the cottage for love. Not that
there is no love in the mansion; but
somehow, if we are not careful, business
will crowd ont all there is Of beauty in
the heart. This is why God has given
us Sabbaths and Saturday nights that
we may leave business in the office and
have heart-cleaning
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
The Queen Of Ali.

Honor the dear old mother Time
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow, plowed deep burrows on her cheek,
but is she not sweet and beautiful now
The lips are thin and shrunken, but
those are the lips that have kissed many
hot tear from the childish cheeks, and
they are the sweetest lips in all the
world. The eye is dim, yet it glows
with the soft radiance of holy love which
can never fade. All, yet, she is dear
old mother. The sands of life are nearly
run out, but feeble as she is, she will 60
further and reach down lower for you
than any other upon earth. You cannot
walk into midnight where she can not
see you; you cannot enter prison
whose bars will keep her out; you can
never mount scaffold too high for her
to reach, that she may kiss and bless
you in evidence of her deathless love-
When the world shall despise and for
sake you, when it leaves you by the way
side to die unnoticed, the dear old mother
will gather you in her feeble arms and
carry you home and tell you of all your
virtues until you almost forget that your
soul is disfgured by vices Love her
tenderly, and cheer her declining years
with holy devotion.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-08-07
Uphill Work.

So deep lies the love of variety in our
nature that few people do not, in the
long run, find it more fatiguing to keep
entirely upon level ground than to take
hill and dale, rough and smooth, as they
come. If the actual force spent in oc-
casional climbing is greater than is re-
quired for level walking, it is more
healthy distributed among the different
muscles, and the exhilaration of per-
petual change more than compensates
for the mere physical effort. There is a
somewhat similar advantage i'll the fact
that the fgurative journey OF life sell
dom remains long at one level. All
work has its time of toiling ascent and
of easy downward sliding. Life itself
generally begins with stiff climb, and
ends with less of active effort and more
rapid progress. Or, from another point
of view, we may compare youth to a
rush down toward the plains from
which later in life, we hope gradually to
rise to the serene heights of experience.
There is a delightful adaptability about
the up and down hill metaphor; it runs
equally well backward and forward
But, on the whole, the most natural use
of it is that which treats the mornings
journey as uphill work, and typifies the
absence of conscious effort, the quick
flight of time and the sense Of gradual
closing in and loss of vantage ground
which creeps over us with advancing
years, by the one word downward"
Down from the level tableland upon
which middle age takes its stand and
does its work, down into the gathering
shades Of evening, down toward the
valley through which all must pass
such is the course which to the magma
ton most lives seem to pursue At any
rate, the SORT of effort required at one
stage of life is quite unlike that which
we have to make at another, and these
changes would alone suffice to secure us
against stagnation.- Chambers Journal.