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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09
The Fallacy Of Large Farms.

And still the cry is for more land.
Why don't they cry for more brains, or
more food for the brains they have, and
let the coveted acres 60 until they know
what to do with themp Many say that
they had rather let their land lie still
than to hire help, and so it lies as still as
they can make it. However, it does not
lie quite still. 1t is an elephant on their
hands, eating with its huge teeth of in
terest and taxes big hole into the
titled acres for its unworthy support.
This is the cause of it. 1t is no Govern
ment bond that can be hid away and is
the better for keeping quiet, but there
it is, exposed to the assessors eye, ex-
hausting the strength OF the owner and
the profit of the rest of the farm for its
Improbable existence. The land-pos-
sessing mania has worked more mischief
with progressive farming than any other
one obstacle ever found in its path.
That it springs from worthy motives it
is impossible to deny, since the holders
of much of this land have inherited it
from long line of ancestry who would
consider the sundering of a part sac
rilege. The ancestral yoke has proved
bond of strength in keeping certain
families true to the love of soil, though
it may be questioned whether it has not
always been the means of extirpating
many family, root and branch, who
would otherwise to-day be in posses
sion of a home, had the call of duty not
yielded to the call of pride, ..g
Could computation of wasted ener-
gies, time and means in our methods OF
farming ever be made, it would be
enough to set every farmer to-day in an
independent position. on his estate.
Think of the average returns of the
farmers through the country! 1t is
enough to make man blush with shame
for the honor of his profession. All be.
cause he will not concentrate his nerv.
Gus and muscular energies, his interest
account, taxes, and labor hire upon a
less number of acres. IG..G3a -
Concentration means power; diffu.
sion weakness. When that point is
reached that the land fails to pay inter.
est on its valuation, taxes and market
rates Of wages for the time bestowed in
cultivation, it had better 90 into the
hands of the next man who stands ready
to try his power upon it. We will
hazard the assertion that enough is lost
to the farmers every year through thi:
holding of more land than thew car
swing to pay for what extra help they
really need to make the rest Of tbeil
land return what it should. Planter.
Journal. Ht.. .la I'll
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

afterward. The bodies of the five
gamblers who were hanged were kept
swinging for two days, a guard stand
ing by with orders to shoot down any
one who should attempt to remove them.
Nor were the people of Vicksburg even
then satisfied. They followed the most
notorious of the gamblers into adjoin-
ing States, and more than one fell vic
tim to their vengeance. But they did
their work thoroughly-they rescued
their town from the domination OF the
cut-throats who had ruled it, and there
after Vicksburg was never called, as
she had been before that memorable
Fourth of July, ''the gamblers para
disc. ~. Il. Greene, IN the Philadelphia
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09
Death in a Lime. Kiln.

A Paris dispatch to The London Stan.
dard says: ga report from Pau, in the
Bases Pyrenees, announces dreadful
catastrophe to some workmen in lime
kiln. Two men, while watching the
kiln, perceived something half way
down the side of the furnace which re-
quired remedying. One of them, il try
ing to reach it, became asphyxiated and
fell to the bottom. His companion, in
trying to save him, met with the same
fate. Three others lost their lives in
endeavoring to save the two men, and a
sixth was only saved by his wife, who
prevented his descending into the fur
mace. 1t is needless to say that the five
bodies, when recovered, were almost be-
yond recognition.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09
Religious.
"AND YE SHALL KNOWn

There are briers in our way, M
Thorny places do we reach;
Lord, be with us night and day;
From Thy Holy Book, oh teachi
Balm in Gilead let US find,
Thy own tender words OF love-; ST.
Underneath us put Thy hand;
Father hear us from above.
I" AS thy day thy strength shall be:''
will guide thee with mine eyes"
Up, look up! if thou wouldst see
One who always standeth by.
Closed eyes, though all upturned,,
Could behold no vision bright;
Though so very close to mo, 4.
Thou must look to have the sight.
Hear the message, children dear,
= en- from God, whose name Is just;
Cast on me your every care;"
Leave it all, yes! all in trust gft co.
When the Land of Promise reached,
Land of rest and no more fears,
Thou shalt know" why have been set
Copies to be wrought in tears.
~ Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

xiii: 81: ga new commandment Igive
unto you, That we love one another
making up the eleven commandments
spoken of by the stranger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

The gayest social event which has
occurred in Montreal for years was
a masquerade and carnival on the ice,
at which the Governor-General. was
present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

The Gaelic plaid or breacanfeile is
as old as the hills of Scotland, and
though it was part of the dress of a
Highlander prescribed by the act of
Parliament of 1747, after the rebellion
of 1745, the restriction was afterward
repealed, and the plaid was made part
of the uniform of Highland regiments,
and was appointed to be worn by the
pipers of the Scots Fusileer Guards.
The tartan of the Forty-second Royal
Highlanders, which is known all, over
the world as the Forty-second Tartan,
was adopted by the regiment on its first
embodiment. Several clans, as, for in
stance, the Munros, Grants and Camp
bells, which directly contributed to the
raising of the Independent companies
of the Black Watch" were permitted
to wear this special tartan in addition
to that of their clan. The Seventy-ffrst
and Seventy-eighth Regiments wear the
Mackenzie TARTAN the Seventy-second
the Stuart plaid; the Seventy-ninth be-
longs to the Cameron clan; the Ninety
second, to the Gordon; the Ninety-third,
to the Sutherland; the Seventy fourth
to the Lamont; and in 1868 the Ninety
first Regiment (Argyleshire) was al
lowed to adopt Campbellite trews, the
officers wearing plaids and claymore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-04-09

"A Frenchman is about to be be-
headed. Under the guillotine priest
approaches him, saying, "My friend,
have you any last wish to makeP The
wish of dying manis sacred" EYES,"
said the doomed man, :" wish to learn
English" t,... .-.I.a
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
The Tariff System of Mexic o.

All who have had any commercial
dealings with Mexico unite in saying
that the tariff is most oppressive. Al
though imposed in the first instance for
revenue purposes, it has proved protec-
tive and prohibitory, and under it great
efforts have been made to encourage
manufactures for which neither the peo-
pie nor the country are fitted. Beside
the high rates of duties on imports there
are innumerable local fees and charges
which are troublesome and oppressive
to the highest degree Thus Consul Eos
ter gives some interesting examples OF
the results of such system of extortion.
A cask of three hundred pounds
of sugar cured hams cost in New York
$33. When it had reached the City of
Mexico the charges on it had increased
the actual cost to $93. Ten kegs of
nails cost in New York $24; when they
arrived in the City of Mexico the total
expenses of the importer had reached
$141. An imported barrel of flour costs
four and one-half times as much in the
City of Mexico as In the city of New
York; barrel of salt ten times; OilclOths
nearly seven times. Railroad freights
are proportionately high. The tariff
system of Mexico has even been de-
scribed as more oppressive than the tariff
system of the United States. The won.
der is that under such circumstances
there can be any commercial intercourse
between the two countries.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
Lightning Strikes a Church and Ter
rifles the MOurners.

During the funeral services Friday af-
ternoon at the Greenville On. j. Evan
gelical Church over the remains of Wolf
gang StOecel, a member of the Order of
knights Of Pythias, a thunderbolt struck
the building, descending to the ground
at the side of the church by way of the
lightning-rOd. The shock was terrific,
and the entire structure was shaken to
its foundation. A scene of consterna.
ton at once ensued. There were about
two hundred persons present, and a
simultaneous rush was made for the
door, while the building resounded with
the shrieks of women and children.
There were a sufficient number of
cOol-headed persons present to in
tercept the crowd at the
door, and prevent the loss of
life which must have ensued had the
vestibule and steps been reached. While
this excitement was going on number
of old ladies who were present fell upon
their knees and prayed aloud and earn
estly. Several of the Knights who sat
on the side where the lightning struck
were Frustrated by the shock, their
swords attracting the electricity The
minister exhorted the people to remain
quiet, saying, cit is the lightning of
God, which purifies all hearts" The
excitement lasted half an hour When
these scenes were going on in the church
another bolt struck the pole of one of
the coaches which was standing in the
street. shattering it and prostrating the
horses. The horses attached to the other
coaches took fright and ran in all direc-
tions. They were finally gathered to-
gether, and the funeral proceeded.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
Shnf Them lin.

The bill before the Georgia Legisla-
ture to shut up lunatic murderers for life
is very favorsbly received by the press.
The Charlotte Observer says of it; This
law ought to be passed, not only in
Georgia, but in every State in the Union.
The plea of insanity has become so com
mon as to attract general remark and
general derision. The more atrocious
and inexcusable the crime, the more
certain is the plea of insanity. Thus
murder trials become CHASTITY farces. and
thus the ends of justice become matters
of mOckeTy and ridicule. The murder.
ers SO acquitted are often turned over to
their friends at once or sent temporarily
to an insane asylum, where they pass the
time as privileged guests, and subse-
quently are turned loose, restored to
freedom and to sanity. Let it be under
stood that a successful plea of insanity
means confinement in an insane asylum
for life and that plea will be very seldom
put in. Murderers would, as a rule,
rather take their chances at swinging
from rope than pass their lives thus.
With such a law there will be fewer
so-called insane men and fewer muir
derers."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
The Misery OF the Czar,s Life.

The London Daily Meas says the
Car, as far as pleasure goes, might as well
be in a splendid private lunatic asylum.
Keepers surround him on every side, all
his visitors arc searched, and he knows
not even whether re can trust his keep
ers. The Cars position is scarcely
more enviable than, and in many respects
greatly resembles, that of the famous
man in the Iron Mask" No greater
precautions were taken to prevent that
enigmatic captive from holding inter-
course with the outer world. So difficult
and obscure has the position become
that desperate men might even attempt
to revive q famous incident in Russian
history They m ght murder or secure
the person of the Gar, and substitute
for him another Emperor, who should
be kept in the same lnviOlable seclusiOn
If the Emperor of Russia can be said to
reign, it is as the Lama Of Thiebel
reigns-a religious power, mysterious
and withdrawn. His every movement is
beset with danger, and his short journeys
have the perils of forlOrn hope.
The Gear is said to be man of great
personal courage; and there seems little
doubt that he will determine in the long
run to face the worst, rather than to ex-
ist in living death. to pass life like
that of rabbit which the ferret threatens
in its hole. He has the wretched choice
of living on in imprisoned seclusion, or
of boldly facing his enemies and leading
his own life as if they did not exist; or,
lastly, of breaking with all the traditions
of autocracy, attempting large reforms
and taking leap in the dark, which
cannot be more terrible than the present
state of Russi a.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
The Garfield Fund.

Mr.. Cyrus w. Field has written let
ter to the New York Times / ;tifying
the subscription of $25O.0O0 as a fund
for the benefit of Mrs. Garfield and her
children, on the ground of the worldf felt
sympathy with the President. himself
hanging between life and death, and
with his heroic wife watching by his
side fearing every moment to be left
widowed and desolate. He deems. more
over, such a provision necessary and
commendable in view of the mOrtifca-
ton suffered by Mrs. Lincoln, after the
assassination of her husband, in having
her case discussed in Congress and in the
papers, coupled with the paltry calcula-
ton how much-or rather how little-the
nation ought to give her-the whole
ending with merely the allowance of the
rest of that one years salary and-the
franking privileged ''This," adds Mr.
Field, twas all that a Congress which
voted $1,000 for Lincoln's funeral eX-
penses could give to the support of his
widow. This small provision was soon
exhausted, and five years after his death,
as if from very shame, Congress voted
her pension of $4,000 a year. Thus
slowly and grudgingly did the nation
provide for the widow of its martyred
President. If this is the way the gov
eminent treats the family of a chief mag
istrate who has died in its service, it is
well that individuals have the public
spirit to step forward to save their cOun-
try from such humiliation"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20

There is trouble in the American Iron
Association. Its organ plaintively com
plains that despite the full stocks and
low prices of American pig iron, the
Bessemer steel works throughout the
country are buying foreign pig for the
purpose of breaking down the American
market. In further complaint. it is
urged that if the Bessemer mills are to
have protection on steel rails, they have
no right to use foreign pig for those
rails, and that if all the Bessemer works
in the country would act on that rule
there would be no over-production of
iron. Then, as a means Of bringing the
Bessemer mills to terms, the pigiron
men threaten to agitate for reduction
Of the protection on steel rails. They
also advocate the passage of the Eaton
Tariff Commission bill, on the ground
that tariff revision. in the direction OF
reduction, will be powerfully pressed
and that the only question is whether
"this inevitable revision" shall be made
by Congress alone or with the aid of {
commission, they preferri1g the latter al
the least likely to reduce duties mate
rally.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
Richmond Dispatch.


The Chicago Times says Gas the
power to make such laws marriage and
divorce laws is not withheld from OF
prohibited to the national legislature by
the fundamental law, it results that the
national legislature has the power to
make such laws. For it is well settled
by the whole course of our history and
our jurisprudence that the Congress may
exercise all legislative power that is not
prohibited by express constitutional
limitation"
That declaration is directly in the
teeth of plain provision of the Federal
Constitution itself. and of the decisions
of the courts. We quote from the Con-
stitution
"The powers not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are re-
served to the States respectively, or to
the people. Article X. Of amendments.
So the Chicago journal is totally
wrong. But such is the knowledge OF
the Constitution of the United States
which has always characterized our
Northern contemporaries. They seem
never to have read that instrument.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20

Comparing our Southern papers with
those of the populous and wealthy
North, the Charlotte Southern Home
says:
"Our newspapers compare favcrably
with those of any State in the Union,
with all the liberal support and patronage
that the Northern people extend to their
local press. Our dailies, the Star and
Nelos and Observer, Constitution and
News (Georgia)-we speak of those in
our immediate vicinity-are managed in
a style that reflects credit on the master
ly hand at the helm that guides with so
little aid or earnest co operation of our
citizens. We venture to say there is
more hard work, mental and physical,
on each of our comparatively small pa
pers than the mammoth sheets of the
great metropolis. The reason is OBJ
viOus. There the papers are recognized
as the voice of the people and the chan
mel through which they obtain all knowl-
edge of the world, and they are lavish in
their support, which enables the estab-
lishments to employ sufficient force and
relieve the strain of one man. We know
the magnitude of work done and the
difficulties overcome, which we trust
some day the public will more fully
appreciate"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
Mormon PrOpagandism in Georgia

The Mormons are still carrying on
their mission work in certain parts of
Georgia, and we see it stated that an an
nual conference of the Church of Latter
day Saints is to be held this week in
FELTON,, HARRISON county, when it is an
nounced that ten or twelve travelling
elders will be present. The law-abiding
people of the State have, of course, no
remedy against the wrong that may thus
be perpetrated upon the credulous and
ignorant, but it would seem to be the
duty of the public authorities to make
proclamation at least that all citizens
who subscribe to the polygamous doc
trines of Mormonism are placing them
selves in virtual attitude of hostility to
the government and do so at their own
peril
We are no advocates of mob violence
under any circumstances; but. if the
law-abiding people of HARRISON county
were tOnotify these apostles of polygamy
that they would not be permitted to hold
meetings for the propagation Of their
demoralizing and infamous doctrines in
that county, they would be perfectly
justiiable in doing so, and in adopting
any peaceable measures to enforce their
determination.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20

Price McGrath, the well known turf
man. who died the other day at Long
Branch, was famous expert with cards
in the days when gambling was common
on the Mississippi steamboats,. The
Louisville C0u1Ier-JOurndL says that he
gained his first start toward wealth by
winning 100000 from an intoxicated
planter. With that capital he fitted up
in New Orleans the handsOmest gam
bling house in the country. During the
war he made fortune out of winnings
from soldiers in st. Louis and New
York. The Cincinnati Enquirer tells
the following story: while at Long
Branch not many years ago, party Of
young acquaintance went from Lexing-
ton to take in the races at that famous
resort. He met them and invited them
to his gambling house, saying they could
take their meals there when they wished
and could get anything they wanted, and
better than they could find anywhere
else. He imposed but one condition
upon them. Said he: 'AfteF you have
eaten and drank and smoked, you will
feel like playing in five or ten. Don't
do it. / don't want it, and you will
only be taking up the room of other men
with plenty of money, whom do want
If you think you can win you are
mistaken. We keep a game open
for suckers with plenty of money. So
just keep your five dollar bills for some
thing else.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20

The Census Office has begun to pub
lish some Of the details of the census Of
Texas. OF the fifty seven counties
enumerated on the first sheet of these
returns, fifteen have no population, and
the others have from three only to five
hundred inhabitants, the greater number
less than one hundred. These fifty
seven counties are practically uninhabit-
ed. There is plenty of elbow room"
in them for all the emigrants that Eu-
rope can send to Texas in the next fifty
years. 1t must be remembered, too,
that this great State is habitable in al
most every part, the "bad lands, from
Whatever cause, being very small in pro
portion to the whole area, while railroad
enterprise is opening up very large
part of the State to immediate settle
meut
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-20
The Tribune's Base SANDER on the
SOuth.

0O0AAe
The New York Tribune, true to its in
stircts, attempts to saddle the RESPONSE
bility of Guiteau's act upon the South.
The following paragraph appears in that
paper: Assassination as mode OF
government has been known for years at
the South The people never yet have
made it clear that they will punish with
political death the party which tolerates,
the faction which inspires and the lead
ers whose appeals to passion cause these
horrid crimes. If killing by irresponsi-
BILE and desperate men, for a political
purpose, is permitted to pass at the
South as the act of crazy individuals,
anG rot as the work of the party which
fires the passions of bad men and reaps
the benefit of their crimes, 1t is
certain that other desperate men
in other States will be inhamed
to similar passions and deeds not less
dark" Previous to this the Tribune
charged the responsibility of the act
of Guiteau, the stalwart Republican, to
the stalwart faction. 1t now seeks to
save its party from the stigma by limiting
at Southern influence and reviving the
calumnies as to the South which, until
recently, have blotted its pages. This
game, remarks the Louisville Courier
Journal, will not work. The Tribune
cannot wipe out the political infamies
which have besmirched its party for years
by raising the old cry. The filthy scenes
at Albany, the mud throwing at Repub-
lican leaders, the gutter-dredging of the
organs, received a fitting finale in the as
sassination of President Garfield by a
Northern stalwart, who made some OF
the most bitter speeches against the
South in the campaign last year.