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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-14
The Situation Of the Markets

Meats were very Irregular, SELLERS would
give no specific quotations, only inlim"ting
they were selling at yesterday hgUres-when
they could get them This market may be de-
elared on the skirmsh line, and that line OF
uncertain location, length, depth and width
Anyhow there IS meat in town and enough OF
II to supply thcd mend
Corn ia steady, In ligh, receipt and slow sale
at 20 centB In shuck.
Oats are firm at % to 10 cents and in heavy
demand.
Wheat none Nary bushel reported as re-
eeiyed though "the census was not accurate
ly taken
Several commission merchants received in
structions from millcrs yesterday and today
to advance the prlcsof Flour 10 cents per hun
dred, They dids), Holders on their own ac-
count also put up their prlcts, aud therefore,
the bulk OF stock held IN town to-day is quo
table at 50 10 to 81 10 for fancy family.
Apples arc steady, SO TO speak THAT is they
didn't go down any to. day. The warm we2tn-
or IL bad upon them. We still quote at g TO
81 90 per tarrel,
Potatoes are unchanged
Coffee Is barely steady.
Sugar Is $3.50, that is In favor the buy.
ers.
Butter Is firm at 20 cents for prime.
Eggs are irregular ut u l.5 to 10 cents and
fair supply
Genc-al groceris We active, especially for
canned ODDS.
Wood Is very Scarce at 81 95 os2 .or two
horse load.
Coal is held at 81 per ton.
Building material is in very heavy demand. |
All types ure held at the outside figures be.
low
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New York, all rail, 81 SO per 100 pounds
Bostsn, all rail, 81 Il per 100 pounds.
Philadelphia, all rail, 81 "a per 100 pounds.
baltimore, all rail-, 81 IS per 100 pounds.
To New Orleans, al rail, 81 % per bale,
To New Orleans, by Red River, ~ rs per
bale.
To Galveston, ~ 70 per bale.
10 st. Louis, ~ % per bale.
On produce fron O.. Louis TO Dallas, $40 per
car, Kansas City, 800 per car.
Following are the rates from all points In Kan
sas south Of Kansas City:
To Dallss-Corn and oats per cwt, 81 l-2e; po-
tatoes per cwt, see.
To Hutchins-Csrl and oats, 4Sc, neur, 55s.
To Ferris-Corn and oats ,i5c; hour, SIC.
TO Palmer-Flour, $50; corn and oats, $50,
10 Ennis-Flour, Gle; corn and leafs, &c.
10 Rce-Fleur, Bic; corn and oats, 4sc.
Cersicana, Mexia, Groesbeeck, Kosse, Waco,
Marlin, Bremond, Hearne and Bryan-Flour,e5c
corn and oats, bec.
To Calvert-Flour, sc; Germ and oats, SOC.
Ok GnAiN-To New Orleans, l0cts per cwt. To
81 Louis, 4ects per hun lred.
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SWEET PoTAToEs-Red i0c. white SOC. per
bushel.
Coal 0u.-BelOw are revised quotations 10
f. test; In all size packages 80 10; In barrels
cents.
CLorIms PNs-Round, CSC; spring, q 90 per
box.
MEAsUREs--h bushsl, Iron boand, s. so per
dozeni two-hoOp pals, 81 10; three-hOOp. & 80.
IUBs-Threo nest, " .400bs9 .tDi eight nest
9.65i No. l, per dozen, $40; No. ., $3.50; No.
E.Ij.
.WAsHBoAnps-- Wood, 81 80; zinc, s2,2 New
Era, & .tr@s2.70.
WELL BUokETs-e5. 259s5 90 per dozen.
PCwDER-s 81 40 per keg of % pounds; Tx do,
%. 40 ca do, 81 SO; blasting kegs, 1873.
sHol-Drop, bag, S2.25@,2 3Oi buck, 2.t5
@i2 .65.
MAcKInEL-No. ! barrels, sl2; halt-barrels,
@ 80; kits II pounds, 81 10; No. barrels, $40.
CANDY-stCk, laG1l5c. pound. Fancy, 10
10 Csc. Prize candy 80,
Concentrated, 81 .G59s4.2 6.
RorK--slsal, u in basic, loo; cotton, 22c.
VISEGAR-Per gallon, 2O@G,c. Apple, 400.
.WRArPrNC TAPER-Rag and straw, doc. $50.
Toe. and $50. per bunch.
STABsH--iAc.
TuRNlps-Sl,J0 per bushel.
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Fruii and Nuts.

IEMoNs-Per box, IS CO.
PoP CoRS-Prlze packages, per gross, $40.
RAIsINs-IOnasn layerB, bSO93. 10; layers
ga. 10 10 ~. 90 per box.
PECASs-5 81 80 to 50 per bui hel,
Nurs--Ansnds 23H2de. per apounl: Brazil
ll@l2, Alberts, ll@l5; English WamutS,
nona; chestnuts, American, none; Italian,
none; peanuts, to 8; cocoauuts, IS.
DATrs-lO@l24o. per pound.
ORANGEs- Sound stock, Florida and Louis
lana, S.
CURhA Nrs-NMlOc.
PRUNEs-90lOc.
Wcmake the following quotations;
Loui'an o.angos, per barrel, tG.5O@7;
Mosslna lpmOna, pr box, $50; Palermo
lemons, pr box ,SiI,$j 80; coccanuts, per hun
bred $3.50; rats,us, layers, new, per boX,Si;
raIslns, London laye per box, $3.50; ohes-
nuts, domestic, per pound, 10 cents; almonds,
ner pound, g3Qg!i cents; pecans, cents; NJ
berts. 10 cents. Brazil nuts per pound, lOceuis;
apples, fancy. per barrel, 81. %; apples, choice,
per barrel, S9G32 %; potatoes, per barrel,
(R04'). 81 80; potatoes, per barrel (Pecrless),
S.. 30; onions, per barrel, Is 1O@s3. 5Oi garlic,
per string, - cen Il; dstes, In rails, per
pound 9cents; irOut, p9' barrel, S.; krout, per
half barrel, 1925 popcorn, prize boxes, per
half gross, ~ 50; New York factory cheese;
per pound, 10 cents; western cheese, per
pound, 10 entsi choice caObAgcs per crate,
80 80; pure apple vinegar, per gallon, 20 nts.
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Iron, mills, Wire, Etc.

InoN We quote merchant bar, &c rates
Norway aud Swedes, loo.
PLow sTEEL-Sc.
WIRE Smooth wire, No. 0, 7hc. Mes. 10 and
II, 7hc; No, Il, SC. per pound; barbed wire
10 to lls,i japanned, l0c; extra cut barb,
galvanized extra cut barb, Ike.
HoRsK suoEs-Per keg,t8 5O;mule shoes,s7 TO-.
HONOR SHOE NAILs--Per box, 20 pounds, No
7, 800; No. s, 81 76y No. 4, 80.
NAILs-From l0d to God, "a % rates.
TINNER's STOCK Block tin soc per pound ;
tin plate, liS20 sll per box; |. Q. llX20 sll 80;
do, l0NlI Sll 50i zinc, l2oper lbj solder, lie per
Id; sheet iron, n b &c per 10.
AxEs-Per box, one dslen, $40.
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wines and Liquors.

ALooH0L-S2.35 to 81 40 per gallon.
WuIsKy-Sweet .mash, 81 .25GsSI. S0j sour
mach, Sl.D@S5, according 6age.
WINRs-C laret, In case, So l5ssi; CatAwba,
per gallon, Sl.l0G&2i Port, per gallon, 81 20 20
%; Sherry, per gallon, 81 ,20@sSj Madeira, per
@Sle.
CuANPAaNE-COsks, In baskets, slsIs2O
Heidsieck, in basket, S2S; Krug, In basket. 81;
Domestic champagne, Sl0@lg.
ALR-Stock ale, per dozen, 81 ,l5@s2 ,50i Per-
ter, per dozen, s2aS2.b8
BorTIR BErR-St. Louis quarts 81, pints
Sl2 80. BudNiser Sl2, pin,s BIS 90.
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under 20 lbs, SOC.
HEMLock SoLx-IKATHrR - Best BufaI
slaughter. S0ci good do, 29c; best Mats moras,
$50.
OAK HARSnss LsArnnR-No, /, 400, do, No.
50.
HKMLoeK HARSrss LrArmA-No. !, IS; do,
No. 2, 50.
UrPxR-French calf, q. s5 to s2i do. klp.sl 10
@uS per pound; American calf, SOC, sal ,S5,
Do. kip, 6Sc.esl
CoLLARs-Duck, No. !. per dozen, 81, 80.
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BACON Long clear sides lO4, short clear
l0h breakfast bacon l2o,
DRY SALT-Long clear sides, %; ehort clear
9ke.
HAMs-.Plaln sugar cured, lie; canvass
ed do, l27f,
LAnD-1iercc, lOki half barrel, lONi pals,
to 10 pounds, ny; pounds, l2h.
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Wagon Woodwork.

sPoTEs-From to 2h inch, per set, XXX
select, s3; Xxx, s2.D.
SAWED rRLLoEs-lx to eK, 81 per set.
BUsGY wHEHLs-sAryen's patent, A, B, q, d
md r grades, IS to ga per set.
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Characterized, nonei grass do yearllngs,
saaSs; steers, from 3 to years old, sl60s2s;
Darn cows, Sl5@SlS.
IoRsEs-Mustang polies, s25 q SO; farm
die, $50 to Sl2b
MuLEs-From fifteen to sixteen hands high,
AIS to gliO.
IoGs-op foot, Si46iSc, for inferior toprlme
porkeTb.
MUTTON sHrRr-They are quotable At 81 .5OasS
per heap
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building Material.

BncK-Atthe kilns 81 80 to $40.
sToNR-Atthe Dallas quarres 30 per cubic
foot. Laid In wall lie.
Lu,BER-Native rough pine go per thousand'
Dressed on one side, s22 30; Flooring, tongu-
ed and grooVed, SG5; Dressed weatherboarding
sl6; Thrse-elghth tongued and grooved ceiling,
eli so,
SHiNGLxs-Cypress, s. per thousand; N stivs
pine, sap, 81; do heart, sS 70,
LATns-SS 6lper thousand
CEMENT Fort Scott, per bar, rs; Ros-
endale, sS SO; Louisville, Port land
q 30.
Plaster OF PAms-rer barrel, 81.
HAIR-Per pound, 7hr.
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Half the liquors sold are tinctured with
injurious compounds of the "chic berry"
order, and have bad effect on the system
Drink Lemp's beer, aud you will take some
thing not only pleasant, but hoaithy in its
effects.
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SUGAR. Crushed, t2c1$; powdered, l2c, gran
ulated, 70; a, la; clarified, llss to IL
'hoice Louisiana, llli strictly prime,
l0cl0h; fair to prime, O'4@Dh@lok
The prices 4 less IN hogsheads.
MoLkssEs AND SyHuFs--Loulslana molassea,
80 20 60c. Table syrup, 5jGB6.
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TESTIMONY OF DRUGGISTS. We hav
been selling Swift's syphniuc Specific 70
years, and regard il superior 10 anythin
known to sciences, for the diseases for which
1t is recommended. We have never known
Of single failure.
8. j. Csssels, Townsville, Ga. j.. F, Greer
q Co., Forsylhe, Ga. Hunt, Rankin 4 Lamar,
Atlanta, ga; Pemherton, Samuels 4 Rey,.
rolds, Atlanta Ga; Daniel 4 Marsh, Atlanta,
Ga.
ATLANTA, GA, July 4, 1874.
We have used Swlft's Syphilitic Specitlcin
the treatment Of conyicts for the last year
and be iev- II is the only certain remedy that
viii effect permanent cure for diseases for
Whlch you recommend il.
CIR Ant. hLpXANpFR d Co.
$1,000 rewRrd will he paid to any chemist
WHO wiz find, on Gnulysis of l01 bottles Of
y. $. s., one particle oil mercury, iodide potas.
si1m, on any mineral sub5lauce.
Prepared only by the Swift Specific COM
pany, Atlanta, Ga sold by George I. At
kins, Conner Walker aud w. H. Patte-so
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MEDICAL

Illustrated Marriage Guide, 96U pages, cloth /.
and gilt binding, so cents, same in paper
covers, . cts. Manhood. 10 cent?, Woman.
hood, 10 cents; Pamphlet, cents-securelv
sealed, by mail. Send money or postage
stamps. DR.. WHITTIER, the great specialist.
"'7 st. Chsrles Street. st. Louis. Mo.
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CorrHx-Rlo, common, lb@lbHc; ordi-
nary, le fair, lo1s; good. II;
prime ij4elsNi choice, lselsH; Laguayra,
TRAs-lmperiA, from l5a65c, yer nsnpaa
Young hyson, ioscoi oolong, i5@sOc; Japan,
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PaAcKEs-2 pounds, u ,s59s2.OOi 3 pounds
% 2b6S3 90,
TOMAToAs-2 pounds, 81 .l5aSl go; 8 pounds,
81 .801S2 90.
BLAoKBERRIEs--sl .56Gsl 10.
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CoAI-we quote Indian Nation at 81 per
ton delivered, or free on board; coke, $50, per
barrel Of one hundred pounds.
WooD-oak, Per cord, ~ 7SasS; pine, % %
eliverea.
CHARceALr--sixty cents per barrel.
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You will never, we'll, hardly ever, regret
to examine Jos. henCzer's groceries before
purchasing elsewhere.
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PR,IRE CmoKKNs-We quote.at zoe. apiece.
SQuIRRRLS-Per dozen, 6ro.
CnIoKENs-We auc:e S9,5o for spring; for
grown, 81 50,
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Seeds.

GERMAN MILLEr-We quote atsl copper bushel
white do, 9Oc.
Cottop-At the OIL MIL, lOc. per bushcl.
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MONEY AND TRADE.
YESTERDAYS MARKET SITUATloN'

improvement In Trade-Co ton weak
but Not Lower Meats Irregular
Corn steady-Oats steady FlOur
Advances wheat None-Cot-
fee Wcnk--Sugar Weak
Apples and Potatoes
Unchanged.
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Bagging and Ties.


BAeGINa--Standard. NJ.
ARROW THs-$2 90 per bundle.
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Free OF burrs, ane IS; medium, %; bury
II to copper pound.
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oYsTRRs-2 do zen for &c.
Fish, 10 loc. per Id.
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Cotton

Not very strong al yesterdays quotations, as
follows:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-05

DALE, otherwise Jordan, the Canadian
cricketer who was arrested as deserter
from the British army, and was duly
tried and sentenced to thirty-six days
Imprisonment, has got himself into still
worse trouble stepped out of the frying
pan into the fire, as it were. Instead OF
thanking his lucky stars that his SEN
tenoe was SO light, he just gathered him
self together and bolted. Of course ne
was recaptured, and he was given new
trial with celebrity that must almost
have taken his breath away. And now
once more he is under sentence, only
this time his sentence is to term Of 1856
days imprisonment.
KnEnY, the motor man, of Philadel-
phia, invented, among other things, q
vaporic Lift, intended for raising heavy
weights. The feat is accomplished by
means of belt strapped around the
waist, to which are attached numerous
small wires. Two of these wires are
connected with small instrument re-
sembling watch-case, which contains
wheels and springs. While Mr.. Kelly
was practicing with the lift, recently, he
burst blood-vessel, causing a severe
hemorrhage. He was found m his work
shop in an insensible condition, with
blood flowing from his mouth He was
i'll for several days, but his condition is
now improving.
By recent Cabinet order horse
leather has been adopted as the ma
teriaI Of which the boots issued to sail
ors of the German navy are in the fu-
ture to be made. Experiments with the
horse-leather boots have been carried on
for the last eighteen months, and with
such satisfactory results that the use Of
calfskin is to be altogether abandoned In
making naval boots and shoes. The
leather used is to be made of the skin
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-05
THE FEAR OF FIT.

No doubt it is unpleasant to be exoes-
sively obese; but the morbid dread Of
TAT, which has In recent years become
fashionable, has no foundation In phys
biological fact. Fat answers two pur-
poses; it acts as non-conducting en-
velope for the body and protects it from
too rapid loss Of heat, and it serves as. q
store of fuel. In the course of exhaust
ing disease it not infrequently happens
that the life Of patient may be pro-
longed until the reserve of fat is ex-
hausted, and then he dies of hamilton.
Fat supplies the material of the heating
process upon which vitality mainly de
ponds. In great excess it is inconven-
lent; but the external layings-on Of fat
is no measure of the internal develop
ment Of adipose tissue. Much less does
tendency to grow fat imply or even
suggest tendency to what is known as
&c fatty degeneration. It is time to
speak out on this point, as the most alb
surd notions seem to prevail. Again, it
is not true that special forms Of food
determine fat. That is an old and ex-
ploded notion. Some organisms will
make fat let them be fed upon the lean
est and scantiest and least saccharine
descriptions Of food, while others will
not be &c fattened" let them feed on the
s'most-fattening" of diets. The matter
is one in regard to which it is supremely
desirable and polite to be natural,
adapting the food taken to the require
ments of health rather than substance.
Simple food, sufficient exercise, regular
habits, with moderation in the use Of
stimulants, compose the maxim Of a safe
and healthy way Of life.-Loaeet.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-05
INHERITED .ANTYPATHIEs.

Cows hate dogs instinctively from
their earliest calfhood upward. I used
to doubt once upon time whether the
hatred was not of artificial origin, and
wholly induced by the inveterate human
habit of egging on every dog to worry
every other animal that comes in its
way. But I tried a mild experiment
one day by putting half-grown, town.
bred puppy into small inclosure with
some hitherto calves, and they
all turned to make common Roadway
against the intruder with the same strik-
ing unanimity as the most ancient and
experienced COWS. Hence am inclined
to suspect that the antipathy does actu-
ally result from vaguely-inherited in
stinct derived from the days when the
ancestor of our kline was wild urrls,
and the ancestor Of our dogs q wolf, on
the wild forest-clad plains Of Central
Europe. When cow puts up its tail
at sight Of a dog entering its paddock at
the present day, it has probably some
dim, Instructive consciousness that it
stands In the preseRce Of dangerous,
hereditary foe and, as the wolves could
only seize with safety single isolated
urus, SO the cows usually make common
cause against the intruding dog, turning
their heads in one direction with very
unwonted unanimity till his tail finally
disappears under the opposite gate.
Such inherited antipathies seem COM
mon and natural enough. Every spe-
cies knows and breads the ordinary enc
mics of its race. Mice scamper away
from the very smell of cat. Young
chickens run to the shelter Of their
mothers wings when the shadow Of a
hawk passes over their heads. Mr.. OAR
win put small snake into paper bag,
which he gave to the monkeys at the
Zoo; and one monkey after another
opened the bag, looked in upon the
deadly foe of the quadrumanous kind
and promptly dropped the whole pack
age with every gesture of horror and
dismay. Even man himself-though
his Instincts have all weakened so greatly
with the growth of his more plastic in
telligence, adapted to a wider and more
modifable set Of external circumstances
seems to retain a vague and original
terror of the serpentine form. = St
James Gazette.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-05
THE WASHINGTON MoNuarExT.

There is now good prospect that the
Washington monument will some day
be finished. In case the $677, 900 esti-
mated by the commission as necessary
to complete the work is promptly appro-
priated by Congress, Col. Casey prom
ises that the monument shall be COM
pleted within the next four years.
About $92, 900 of the 5000, 900 appro-
priated in 1876 has been consumed on
the foundation. An immense elevator,
capable of bearing ten tons, has been
erected within the shaft ab q cost of
10000, which is run by a fifty horse
power engine, and will be used in carry
ing stones to the top. An iron stairway
has also been erected at cost of &c.
600. Both the elevator and the stairway
will be permanent, and Will be carried
up as the work progresses. A railroad
has been constructed from the workshop
the foot of the monument, where a
derrick hoists the stone and puts it upon
the elevator, and little railroad at the
top conveys it to its place. Everything
is now substantially ready for the work
of laying new courses Of stone. Col.
Casey has on hand about $4,000 cubic
feet of marble and granite and about
100 stones, contributed by lodges and
private parties throughout the Union.
He expected that the first stone in the
new work would be laid on the 18th Of
July.
It is now proposed to carry out the
original plan, which contemplates a SIM
pie obelisk $50 feet in height, crowned
with pyramidian, or roof, fifty feet in
height. The base Of the monument is
ffty-five feet square, and its dimensions
will be reduced as it ascends until, at the
top, it will be thirty -four feet six inches
square. The proportions are in exact
accordance with the classic proportions
Of this style Of architecture, as deter
mined, after careful research, by George
P. Marsh, American Minister at Rome,
and the monument, when completed,
promises to be q more creditable work
than the advocates of other plans have
been willing to admit.
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HEs BEAUrIFUE HAND.
Sweet hanfi Chat. hela IN p,iue.

Sweet hsn6 Chat, held IN mine,
seems Che one thing cannot i've without,
The souls ono anchorage In this storm, and doubt.
take thee IS the Sign
Of sweeter days in store
For life. and moro than life, when Life is done,
And the soft pressure leads mo gently on
To heavens own Evermore.
have not much to say,
Nor any words that fit such fond request;
Letmy blood speak to thine, and bear the rest
Some silent, heartward way.
Thrice blessed the faithful hand
Which saves cen while it blesses hold me fast
Let NE net go beneath the floods at last,
So near the better land.
Sweet hand that, thus In mine,
Seems the one thing cannot hive without,
Ny hearts one anchor in lifes storm and doubt,
Take this, and make me thine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-05

In his address to the graduating class
at West Point, the other day, Gen.
Sherman said to them: eff you will
give me your youth and aspirations you
may take my rank and age. Let me
urge you not to toll by the midnight
lamp, but cultivate the heart and all at
fections. AIingle with the soldiers.
The men are not common, and you have
many things to learn before You can
command. Honor your position aid
your flag, loving your brother as your
self, and defend your country"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-05
OUR PRESIDENTS.


Presidents, four of them of Irish descent
Jackson, Tyler, Pierce, and Buchan-
an.
The President holds his Office for four
years. He must be a native of this
country, and must have attained the age
Of 35 years.
In the early days Of the republic its
chief magistrate was called ellis High
ness the President Of the United States
and the Protector of our Liberties" As
this title was inconsistent with our DEM
ocratic pretensions it was soon dropped.
Our chief Executive is not chosen by a
popular vote. He is elected by col
lege of electors chosen by the people.
Each State has as many Presidential
electors as it has Congressman and
United States Senators. New York has
thirty-three Congressman and two Sen
ators, hence its electoral vote is thirty
five.
In 1860 Buchanan's vote was 10000
less than half the total, and Lincoln's
100000 less than the half, yet the college
of electors chose Lincoln. In 1876
Hayes received 251, 900 votes less than
Tilden. The Sage of Gramercy will,
however, have to go down into history
81
In most cases, from 1889 to 1924 the
President was elected by the Legisla-
lures of the different States. The Pres
ident is not the executive Of the people.
He is the executive of the United States.
The original provisions of the consti-
tuition provided that the person having
the nexthighest number of votes cast
for President should become Vice Presi-
dent. It is pity that provision Of the
constitution is not in force to-day.
Through it's operation men Of opposite
political parties would become President
and Vice President, and much of the par
tisan character Of our Government would
be obviated.
No Roman Catholic has ever occupied
the Presidential chair. Ali the other
prominent religious denominations have
been represented. Grant and Hayes are
Methodists.
VIM. Henry Harrison, Zachary lay
lor and Abraham Lincoln were the only
Presidents who died while in Office.
Harrison assumed his office March 4,
1841, and died the next month. Vice
President John Tyler succeeded him.
Taylor served until July5, 1850; Willard
Fillmore served out the term. Lincoln
was shot on the 18th of April, 1866, An
drew Johnson taking his place.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, Harrison, Tyler and Taylor came
from Virginia; John Adams and his son
John Quincy from Massachusetts,; Van
Buren, from New York; Pierce from New
Hampshire; Fillmore from Maryland;
Jackson, Polk and Johnson from Ten
nessee; Lincoln and Grant for Illinois;
Buchanan from Pennsylvania; and Hayes
from Ohio. Weaver is from Iowa, Gar
field from Ohio, and Hancock from
Pennsylvania, although he lives on Gov
ernor's island. The last Democratic
President was James Buchanan, elected
in 1856. His opponent was John G.
Fremont, the first candidate of the Re-
publican party.
Ten Of the Presidents have been SOL
diers, and nine lawyers.