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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22
Turning 10 the Right.

Why does the custom prevail Of pass
ing, TO the right in drivingP This query
is somewhat difficult of answer, as
there are no substantial facts that can
be adduced in explanation. The Gus.
tom Originated, perhaps, in the early
DAYS of New England when the roads
were passable only to horsemen and-ox
teams. IN driving oxenthe custom mas
always been for the driver to walk on
the left side of the cart in order to bet
ter see the road, make the requisite cali
eulatiQns for teams passing in the OPP
posite direction, and also to enable him
to larrup the team with his right hand.
In this way the two drivers came to-
gether, and any accident by collision or
interlocking of wheels was thereby
avoided. When the roads became set
tied and were accessible to lighter We
hicleS, the ox-carts were, in a degree,
superseded by the forner, but the
drivers were probably the same, and
consequently retained their old-time
habits. The custom in England and
most foreign countries, withAthe excep-
ton of France, is to pass to the left in
travelling either by carriage or rail. The
English settlers of New England proba-
bly, retained CHS habit ION their first
entrance to thegnew world, but were
afterward Obliged to abandon itin view
Of the e~xigencies Of loeomoting by oxen.
II this theory, and it appears reasona
BILE, is accepted, the custom of passing
to the right by our forefathers was Of
course perpetuated to their descendants,
and has thus been handed down intact.
to the present day. However the sys-
TEN of locomotion in America now in
vogue may have originated, the custom
is uncouth and sometimes fraught with
danger. Why a mar who is driving a
spirited Or unruly horse should sit on
that side of the wagon turthest removed
from passing vehicles, and thus. by his
incapacity to obtain a full and clear
view of the road and his proximity to.
other vehicles, engender risk of limb or
even life, surpasses the common under
Standing. 1t may be argued that he can
better use his whip hand in this posi-
tion, but by passing to the leftFhe can
still retains the use Of the right hand.
and Mt the same time avoid the danger
of collision. FrNI BN W A&Ef
The same may be said of railway
travelling. The engineer is located on
that part of the engine the furthest re-
moved from the parallel trucks, and is
thus prevented from seeing any inn
mediate obstruction or dnnger that may
imperil the safety of the train. Until
within a fe Y years the Pennsylvania
railroad followed the English system
of passing TO the left, but for some un-
accountable reason it changed that
method of travelling for the prevailing
American way. Perhaps mechanics and
scientific men may be able to assign
some plausible reason for this custom,
but TO the average mind it is inexplica-
ble.-Hd1tf0rd Post.
.||f ..
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22

4 A Canadian defaulter played a cute
trick. Having stolen and skipped with
s 5000 which was intrusted to him in the
double capacity ofpostmaster and tele-
graph operator, ne stopped in the even
ing at q country village and stepped
into the telegraph Office There he
heard the message come over, "robber
escaped" The operator was a girl, and
he told her he was a repairer sent by
the telegraph company. She asked him
for hel5, as the wires were out of re-
pair. So he took the message in full;
but, instead Of copying out, invented.
and substituted M saying thatth thiei
was coming that way, and would try TO
pass himselfof for detective in pursuit
ofthe thief. Then he alt out again
and crossed the line, settling in the
United States. Meanwhile the pursu,
ing detective, who never caught Kim,
was arrested and trotted around the
village for people to look at as the big
thief, till the robbed man came up and.
released him. .lH54h ,/llN OH
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22
An Oriental MesmerIZer.

Strange stories come from India OF
the feats performed by a native mes
merizer named BUM, whose magnetic
power would appear to be found quite
irresistible by the lower animals, upon
which he exclusively exerts it. He gives
seances, to which the public are invited
to bring all manner of ferocious and UNI
tamable wild beasts, and holds them
with his g~littering eye. In a few sec
sonds they subside into a condition Of
cataleptic stiffness, from which they can
only be revived by certain passes which
he solemnly executes with his right
hand. A snake in a state of virulent
irritation was brought to BUM by a
menagerie proprietor, enclosed in a
wooden cage. When deposited on the
platform it was writing and kissing
fercely. BUM bent over the cage and
fixed his eye upon its occupant, gently
waving his hand over the serpent's rest
less, head In less than Il minute the
snake stretched itself out, stiffened, and
lay apparently,dead. BUM took it up
and thrust several needles into its body,
but it gaveno sign oflife. A few passes
then restored it to its former angry. &C
tivity. Subsequently asaYage dog, held
in a leash by its owner, was brought in,
and, at Buni's command, let loose upon
him. AS it was rushing toward him,
bristling with fury, he raised his hand,
and in a second the fierce brute dropped
upon its belly as though stricken by
lightning. 1t seemed absolutely para
lyzed by some unknown agency, and
vas unable to move a muscle until re-
leased from the magnetizer's spell by a
majestic wave of his hand.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22

Great quantities OF tobacco are raised
in Russia, the seed from which It Is
grown being obtained chiefly from the
United States.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22

Rather a cold snap, remarked the fox e,
as he put his foot into the steel trap.
W. shall have an open spring, was all
that the trapper ~vouchsaled as he APP
preached the animal,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22

A mere matter OF form-Locking M
type.-NCW York NeWS. And then Il
becomes a mere form OF matter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22

The salaries paid to Federal office
holders in The whole United States
amounts to S3l, 252. 1907.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-22

CTeUe'omd Tennessee,
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
The True Ring.

Marshall Swartzwelder, one of the
ables. lawyers in Western Pennsylva-
MIA and lifelong Republican. can't
stand De Golyer Garfield aud has
just announced his intention to sup
port General Hancock. Mr.. Swartz.
welder says:
Hancock is q thoroughly honest man.
He comes from a good stock, and pos.
sesses some OF those virtues that are
now only seen as rare curiosities that
have become iossilized and obsolete in
public life. lie will make history for
himself second TO none who have occu.
pied the Presidential chair. Of course
he will be msligncd and villiied, his
acts misinterpreied and his motives
impugned by the ragtag and bobtail OF
the country; but he will do his duty
nevertheless. lie has the requisite firm.
ness. One Of the strongest arguments
in Hancock's favor is his unquestioned
honesty as against the al least suspect.
ed honesty OF Garfield.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
order of the Republicans Procession

The following will be the order OF
the Republican campaign procession,
right resting on Marshall JEWELS
shirt front.
Credit Mobilier Band, 32a pieces.
Transparency, Oakes Ames' Memorandum
DE Golyer Award, 5000.
Republican Editors with files of 1873.
Canal Boat, Republican idea of the Ship oi
State.
The Boyhood Of the Campbellitc Preacher
Copy of his speech in favor Of John
Sherman.
Arthur.
Hayes Civil Service Order No. |.
Roscoe's Hyperion Curl, Detected.
u0reatest Effort" - Tune, Cannonchei
Echoes.
Two per cent. Assessment.
Carl Sehurz, with $3.50 Lantern search.
ing for German Voters.
The Administration en- masss.
Grants Forgotten Congratulations.
Blaine and Sherman, the Disappointed
Twins.
Eugene Hale's Tears.
Don Cameron, son Of Simon.
Jho. Logan Win OareiulIy Ihumbed Copy
Of Lindley Murray.
Anxiety about Vermont.
Office holders 10O, 900 knights of Sor.
rowful Ccuntenances.
The Register, of New Haven, kind.
ly furnishes the programme for gener.
al circulation among Republicans
and, in order TO give il as widespread
publicity a possible, the Democratic
press have volunteered to advertise II
gratuitously, for nothing, free Of all
expenses, thereby saving that much
money gathered by jewell for cleo
tioneering purposes. We are told by
the Register. that tbe line will endeay,
or to "dress up" and make : respect
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16

about four months. / had no need to
call upon them, as the State troops
were sufficient for the purpose. The
Federal troops, however, had great
influence in preserving quiet and in
preventing disruption by their mere
presence. The letter from Gen. Han
cock was just what l wanted. There
was no necessity for my calling upon
the Federal troops until my own force
as Mayor and the State force was ex-
hausted. All of my posse were in
dicted for murder on the verdict of
the Coroner's jury, and one of the
cases being tried as a test case, all
were acquitted"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16

created for the trial of offenses against
the civil law, should ever be permitted,
when the ordinary powers of the exist
ing State governments are ample ior
the punishment of offenders, IL those
charged with the administration OF the
laws are faithful in the discharge oi
their duties"
These maxims are not only sound,
but they serve to show what is more
important, that this great soldier was
as careful in his studies of the Con-
stitution, and of dutiful obedience to
ID, obligations, as lie was in those OF
the profession of which he is to-day
the brightest ornament. No civilian
however distinguished, and no states
man however eminent, could have bet
ter laid down the rule of conduct
which should govern soldier intrust-
ed with civil responsibility, or have
better outlined the principles of con-
stitutional law applicable TO it, than
Gen. Hancock has done. Unlike too
many who are content with empty
professions, he lived up to every dec
laration. His letter to Gen. Sherman,
written in the midst of the confusion
at Washington, and when many of
those accounted most wise had lost
their heads in the Presidential compli-
cation, may well be regarded as an
extraordinary production. Compared
with the speeches on both sides, it ex-
hibits Gen. Hancock as a profounder
student of the theory of our Govern
ment and of its practical working
than almost any Of the professional
statesmen" who figured conspicuously
on that occasion, not much to the ad-
vantage of their regulations.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
Real Statesmanshlp.
From New York Sun.

Prom New York Sun.
Tested by his official acts in Louisi-
ana and Texas, Gen. Hancock stands
head and shoulders above all other
commanders at that time in the ap-
probation of his duties as q soldier
under the Constitution, and in subor-
dinating the military to the civil au-
thority wherever law was to be ad-
ministered or obeyed. His remarka-
bic Order No. 40 was lesson to off.
GERS who delighted TO exercise arbi-
trary power oppressively, and who
were sustained at Washington iE all
their excesses, as well as an example
of voluntary submission, which entities
him TO the highest credit. In sub
sequent order, known as No. 203. is
sued on December 5, 1867, he defined
the proper use of military power in
such clear and concise terms that IL
will always be recognized as the true
application of the principle which
marks the dividing line between law
and force under Republican institu-
tions:
"The true and proper use of military
power, besides defending the national
honor against foreign nations, is 70 up
hold the laws and civil governments,
and to secure to every person residing
among US the enjoyment of life, liberty
and property"
"The Commanding General, in the
discharge OF the trust reposed in him,
will maintain the just power OF the
judiciary, and is unwilling 70 permit
the civil authorities and laws to be EN-.
barrassed by military interference"
Again from the letter to Governor
Pease
''It i of evil example, and full Of
danger 10 the cause of freedom and
good government, that the exercise Of
the military, through military tribunals
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
Gen. GariieId's Credit MobIiier Record
Fr0U his oioH sDorH tsstiD,ony befgy, II.
Poland (Onnikkek. Jun. II ls-a

Fron his oion sioorH festimony befoys u.
Poland Committee, jan. II, ls72
/ neper ol1Hed, reee,r>d or agre,d Ia,
eeirs any stoek cf the C,efa NsLlisr., .,lt
ne Union Pacific Ralroad nor mn de-
de,lds or PreGts arisHg .from ,,nsr d,
them.
From Judge Poiand's repDrf, PEI. i. Is-s
--Garrfeids tssfiHonV yey,uyed
The facts in regard % Mr. Gafgsls e..
found by the committee, are that he sy,..5
with Mr. Ames to take ten share ~! Ga.
Mobilier Stock, but did not psy fgr ,i.s
same. Mr.. Ames received the eighty 80,
cent. dividend In bonds and cold ,hrig T..
ninety-seyen per cent. and also received
the sixty per cent cash dividend. vii,s
together with the price of stgok and int.
est, left Il balance Of S229. This ,gu a.,
paid over 10 Mr.. Garfield by cheek ID,
The sergeant alarms and Mr.. Garfield ,ts,.
underslood thu 1im loas he baiaa,s NJ d...
ideHds afffr paying .for he stsek
FROM The Se~ York Times. Tei,ranry u, I,7s
Messrs. Kelly and Garfield Tre,er, ,
most distressing figure. Their ps'grs,,.
ton In the Credit Mobilier affair !. cg,r-,..
Gated By the most unfortunate cDhirad..
tions Of testimony.
From The Ne~ YoTk Tiue,. Fsl5fBAr9 ~ H..
The character Of the Credit Mai..a,
wHs no secret. The source of it rr.f,.
was very we'll known at the time Car rrs.s.
men booght IT, Though Oskes Amr. r.sv
have succeeded in coBcesling his osn rs1.
tive, which was 10 bribe Congresr,asr
their acceptance Of the stock Vb. ru, r.
that account innocent The dishnr.- ~
the act, hs participation IL 81 ots.r-t
fraud, still remains.
Some Of them have INDUCED in ,rs,.a...r
with reference b the matter yl..t ,..
been contradicted. The comult,rs et.
ttneHy yejeets the testimony n sereraI "a,
members. The can only he dans sr ia,
ground hdf II l. untrue. But ul'.u n,.
tiH,onv gire,t under oah - morally Mt
legally, gcJ'0y.
1t is the clear duty Of Congrc.s s.. f..,
with punishment all who took Cre4, ~.
blier stock from Oakes Ames
ffotn tbe Ns~ Yofk Tribune. Fslrziafy D. l.-.
james a. Garfield, Of Ohio, bud p,
shares never paid dollar; receive. 6 2.
which, after the investigation began. be-
wAs anxious 10 have considered a. .rr.
from Mr.. OHkes Ames 70 himself
Well, the wickedness Of All Of il E. ,lt,
these men betrayed the trust of tho people
deceived their constituents and. ty olA..ar,
and falsehoods, confessed the trar,l.,...
10 be disgraccfui.
Prom the Ncw York Tribune. Pei. ~ ls-.
Mr.. Ames estabiishcs very clearly ,as
point that be was not alone in ihi. rHar.s
If he - 10 be erpeiied for Jr,leyv. IL, men
'sho scers Jribod should % ,rih him.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16

protect the Southern colored man in
all his rights, and will they SO do ?
Since the war closed, for sixteen years
the Republican party have had abso-
lnte control of the executive depart
ment, and, until the last Congress, of
the legislative department of the gov
ernment, and most of the time by a
two-thirds majority. Has that party
given protection to the negro in the
sense in which they put the necessity
for so doing before the people? Their
very campaign cry is an admission
that they have not SO done. If at
the end of sixteen years they claim
they must be continued in power four
years longer that they may do it, how
long shall we, who have some convic-
tions rs to the misconduct of the party
in other regards as well as in this, put
up with all the other shortcomings of
the Republican party, in order to have
them fulfill their promises, so often
solemnly made, and as religiously
broken.
PROSPERITY FROM ON HIGH.
The only other reason given why
the Republican party should be con-
tinued in power is the present pros
perity OF the country, which, they do
not explain how, is due to the legisla-
tion or administration of the Republi-
can party. Is this claim just and
tenable one? Every business that
could not be effected by legislation or
administration is prosperous. The
Almighty, in his bensfcence to us, has
sent us the largest crops, of all kinds
of provisions for series of years we
ever enjoyed, and at the same time
also provided market for the surplus
of those crops, amounting in a single
item to nearly 200,000,000 bushels of
wheat in Europe by the failure of the
harvest there. Had the Republican
party anything to do with that a? Yet
the agricultural prosperity is claimed
for that party. The balance of trade
in our favor was due to that excess of
export over import. Is that due to
the Republican administration?
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
GARFIELD Appeals to tho People.

From Forncy's Progress.
James A. Garfield Is my name, Ohio Is my nation.
And all the stock got from Ames was for poor
relation.
| did not keep share myself, AZ can be clearly
shown,
Aud when got IL from oakcs Ames, thought 1t was
loan.
I am member OF the church, and do swear right
here.
That never got single share Of Credit MobiIier
He tried his best to get In but withstood tempta.
tailon;
And II you doubt my wori, my friends, why ask my
congregation
Abont that little paving check De Golyer gave TO me-
Upon my Bible Will swear took IL as a fee:
The only thing that troubled or gave me any grief
Was, when they asked me for the proof, could not
ind my brief.
About the tariff, would say, to put your minds at
rest,
I'm for protection in the East and free trade in the
West.
Ny record, you will hnd is good as far as remember
And ask you all 10 vote for me the second of next
November.
TUFRE MfItInys
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The confidence Of the Republican or.
gans that the fraud issue is dead l. An
atfeotation. They know better. They
are seeking, perhaps, 10 persuade them.
selves that they have one less lion %
encounter in the campaign but thus
far they have not succeeded. and thora
is no probability that they will.
Ii is the baldest Of all possible pre.
lenses that the retirement of ex.f;ov
Tilden eliminates the Presidential theft
OF lS16-7T from the contest. Il IA
pretense which involves the grossest
misconception of what the fraud issue
really is.
The Republican party stands convict.
ed before the country with deliberat.
falsiiieel.c:::. of the vote of two States /,
the Presidential election Of 1875. lts
candidate for the Presidency is one Of
the men who manipulated the machine
whereby that Justification was made
effective and the party enabled TO put
In the Presidential Office the man whom
the people had repudiated at the polls.
The question is whether the nnrtv
that committed this colossal crime
against the cause Of free government
and the purity OF the ballot boz. i Al
to be intrusted with the power il usnrp.
ed; whether the criminal shall be In.
vited to retain the property he stole.
with the answer to this question the
candidacy or non.candidacy of Mr.. Til.
den has nothing TO do. His nomination.
would not have increased the criminal.
ity OF the Republican party in this re.
gard. The failure 10 nominate him does
not paiiiate that criminality or relieve
the people from the solemn responsi.
bility Of Furnishing the criminal. a.
we'll might the burglar plead the death
of the man he has robbed in bar az hIs
prosecution as the Republican partv the
non. nomination Of Mr. Tilden h dspre.
cation OF the fraud issue. Their crime
was a crime against the people far more
than against Mr.. Tildcn, and 10 the
people they must answer for Il.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
able appearance. Uniform, bloody |
shirt, much worn. Rallying cry, "De
Golyer
Governor Palmer on Garfield.
now THE LATTER DESERTED TIE BELEA0UEE
ED.AKnY At cHIcgAHAuGA.

now THE LATTER DESERTED THE BELEAGuEE'
ED.AEHY At cHIcgAhAuGA.
Some misstatements having appear
ed regarding the speeches OF Governor
Palmer, of Illinois, wherein he speaks
of GarfeId's record, we are permitted
copy from a letter of his TO a gentle.
man in this city what Gov. Palmer did
say. AS the governor was at the front
ut the time his testimony will be re-
garded as unquestionable by any one
who knows the high character of the
man. The following is the extract
"In one of my speeches | said, in
speaking of Gen. Garfield, that in Octo.
Der, 1862, after our army was checked
at Chickamaugua and had fallen back 10
Chattanooga and was confronted at all
points south Of the Tennessee river by
the rebel army under General Bragg /;
when our lines Of communication were
straightened aud difficult and our sup
plies reduced, and il was apparant that
nothing was left for us but disastrous
retreat or a bloody battle, with our
enemy in position, General Garfield left
us and quit the army. lie had the
legal right to abandon the belesguered
army, but his conduct demonstrated
that he was without soldiefly instincts
or sympathies." Governor Palmer also
mentioned the singular fact that Gen.
eral Garfield consented 10 abandon the
command Of troops in the field, his own
regiment included, and accepted the
mere staff position which he held in
1868. and when he left the army in Oc.
tober OF that year.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
The Rebel Debt.

From the Chicago 1ims' Indj
To say Of the whole body Of "cam-
paign literature and stump oratory
with which the country is now cursed
that it is unmitigated rubbish, would
be to state a general truth. Coming
down from the general TO the particu-
lar, perhaps the most contemplate
part of all this food of rubbish Tex
cepting that which comprises mud
throwing at the candidates or their
great-grandmothers) IS that which sets
forth a narrowing fear that If Han
cock, instead of Garfield, should hap
pen TO get the first office, not only the
rebel war debt would be paid, but
every cx-slave owner would be com
pensated out Of the public treasury
for the loss OF his slave property. The
Times will not malign the personal
character of the stump orators who
emit such stuff a this by presuming
that they harbor any such belief, or
feel any such fear They do not.
Though they are demagogues, it does
not follow that they are fools, aud only
hopeless and irreclaimable idiots could
attach any weight whatever TO the
danger they not only suggest but al
leCe.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-16
Among the miscellaneous expenses
we're the following:

Making ! total of S5,762.63 spent for
"sundries," including the carriage, in
one year. In 1878 the taxpayers
paid bill of S1S4.65 for trip of the
Acknowledgement to Colorado, and an-
other Of s39.75 for a flyer to Long
Branch. A sample of the purchases
made with the money of the people is
shown in the accounts for 1877. The
sum of s22.20 was expended to pur-
chase the following books, which may
be indispensable TO a gentleman's IL
brary, but are not needed in the De-
partment of Justice Life of Prince
Consort," "Life of Marie Antoinette," F"
Life of Seward" North American
Rcrie1D, and British Quarterly. In
1877, 81 ,305 was expended for a por-
trait of ex-Attorney General Pierre
pont. The sum of 81 ,035.S3 was paid
for washing towels" in the period of
five years.
Landaulet Williams fell into dis
grace chiefly because he expended the
money of the government for the pur-
chase of a carriage in which he drove
about town with his wife. Almost
every member of Hayes Cabinet
drives for pleasure in vehicles belong
ing to the government. Pierrepont
expended more money than Williams
did for official luxuries. Taft's ex-
penditures in that line exceeded those
of Pierrepont, and the aristocratic
Devens has run up the bills to great.
er figure than Williams ever APP
preached.