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Year: 1879

A man employed on the farm of Will:
liam Potter, in Sassafras Neck, Cecil
county. Md, was dislodged from his po'
sition on the platform of a steam threshel
bya wagon being driven close alongside.
Another workman was standing near
him holding a three-pronged fork with
the prongs upward. Workman No.
was forced either to fall upon the belt
of the thresher, in which case he would
have been thrown into the machine, or
upon the fork in the hands Of his fellow
workman. He chose the latter course.
One prong of the fork struck him under
meath the chin, and glancing from the
bone, ran throug gh the lower and upper
lips and out about the check bone. With
some effort upon the part of both men the
fork was drawn out, when the wounded
man sank to the ground. He discon-
tinued work for the remainder of the
day, but was at his post the next morn
Year: 1879

The Rev. Mr.. Gober, Methodist clergy
man at Grass Valley, New, has settled the
Chinese question in his parish. He took
with him to Grass Valley from Sacramento
a Mongolian man.of-all-work The MEM
bers of the flock liked the shepherd, but
hated the shepherds dog, and it was not
long before the board of stewards de-
manded the expulsion OF the Chinaman.
The clergyman assured them that John
had lived with him q long time, was a
tolerable Christian and an exceedingly good
fellow, and there was no reason why he
should be discharged. The stewards subse-
quently informed the parson that they
would not pay his salary if he refused to
dismiss the servant. The reply was, "Come
to the church next Sunday" The church
was crowded on the evening in question,
and the sermon was awaited with breath.
less interest. The reference to the Chinese
question was brief but pointed. "The
stewards have told me that unless dis
charge the Chinaman in my employ they
will no longer be responsible for my salary.
Ny wife has learned to like John because
he is good Christian, thinks so much of
us, and does his work so faithfully. | now
answer you once for all that the Chinaman
shall stay with us, and shall continue as
pastor Of this church until the conference
sees fit otherwise to direct me, salary or no
salary, starve or no starve! have never
yet been intmidated from what l con.
sidered my duty as Christian, and do not
propose to be now Brethren, it strikes ME
pretty forcibly that it would be better for
you to follow the religion taught in the
Bible than that dealt out in the sand lots
in San Francisco" There was applause
from every side Of the church, and when
the preacher left the pulpit prominent
member of the congregation stepped up tc
him and said: "Parson you have partaker
of my hospitality in the past many time
Recollect that my latch-string hangs on the
outside when you come that way. There il
a crust in our cupboad when your salary
| failsu
Year: 1879

ONE OF Mr.. LINooLN's PARABLEs.-During
the war some western gentleman called at
the White House and harangued Mr.. Lin
coin in an excited manner about the omis-
sions and commissions Of the administra-
ton. He heard them with his usual
patience, and finally said: "Gentlemen,
suppose all the property you were worth
was in gold and you had put it in the hands
of Blondin to carry a cross Niagara Falls
on tight rope, would you shake the rope
while he was passing over it, or keep shout.
ing to him, 'Blondin, stoop little more,
go little fasterl' No, l am sure you
would not. You would hold your breath
as we'll as your tongue, and keep your hands
off until he was safely over. Now, the
government is in the same position, and is
carrying across stormy ocean an immense
weight; untold treasures are in its hands
it is doing the best it can don't badger
keep silence, and it will get you safely
over"
Year: 1879

A MARVELLOUS EscAPE.-At Cincinnati last
Sunday four-year-old boy, who was leaning
out of the fourth story of tenement house,
lost his balance and started whirling down
toward the brick pavement, fifty feet below
On the porch of the third story, immedi-
ately below him, stood little girl ten years
old, the daughter of one of the residents of
that floor. She saw the boy coming, and
by an instinct or purpose which amounted
to heroism, put out her arm to try to save
the boy. She did catch him at the risk of
being dragged over herself and of falling
with him. OF course she could not hold
such weight, but her arm was just strong
enough to turn the course of his fall, so that
he landed at her feet on the floor of the
third porch. His head struck the baluster,
and he had an ugly cut on his forehead
and one eye was considerably injured, but
his life was saved. The little girls arm was
famed, but not broken. She said she saw
him coming, and just thought she might
save him if she would put out her arm, and
she did it.
Year: 1879

CIVIL DAMAGE Law IN MAssACHUsETTS.-
"The Prohibitionists are much elated
over the passage Of the Civil Damages
Liquor bill through both branches of the
Legislature. 1t was fought hotly in the
House. 1t was first enacted by a vote of 81
to 60, and a reconsideration was refused,
after rattling debate, by vote of l03 to
lO5. The bill going promptly to the
Senate, was there enacted by vote of %
to H. The bill is modelled after The New
York law. 1t provides that any person
who shall be injured in person or property
or means of support by any intoxicated
person, or in consequence of the intoXca-
ton habitual or otherwise, of any person,
shall have a right of action against any one
who shall have caused the intoxication, in
whole or in part, by selling or giving intox-
eating liquors and any one owning, rent
ing, leasing, or permitting the occupation
OF any building or premises, and having
knowledge that Intoxicating liquors are to
be sold therein, or who, having leased the
same for other purposes, shall knowingly
permit therein the sale of any intoxicating
liquors, shall, if such liquors sold or given
therein have caused, in whole or in part, the
intoxlcation of any person, be liable sever
ally or jointly, with the seller or giver of
the liquor, for all damages sustained, and
the same may be recovered in an action of
tort. 1t is further provided that no licences
for the sale of liquors shall hereafter be
granted without the consent, in writing, of
the owner or lessor of the premises upon
which the business is conducted, and that
any owner or lessor of real estate who shall
pay any money on account of his liability
incurred under this act for any act of his
tenant, may, in an action of contract, re-


cover Of the tenant the moneys paid"
Year: 1879

Necessity is the mother of fair promises
as we'll as inventions-so we learn in read
ing the reports Of the Mississippi Labor Con-
vention at Vicksburg. Whether necessity
can also give birth to good will and a gener-
GUS fulfill of fair promises remains to be
seen. The constant thinning of the black
labor ranks i'll the Southern Mississippi
region has at last opened the eyes of the
South to the fact that the interdependence
OF employed and employer cannot be relied
upon in all cases as an excuse for or protec-
ton against injustice. If a call had been
made one year ago for all representative
colored and white men of the South to
meet in Convention for the common good,
the shouts of laughter on the part of the
planters would no doubt have been louder
than the amens Of the best portions of the
community. But great change has come.
The negro and the winter left together,
and empty cotton-fields now force planters
to be reasonable. Coming as the PROPOSE
ton did from the white people, much was
expected of the Convention, and the eXpec-
tations, it must be frankly admitted, have
not been fully realized. For some unex-
planned reason the foremost colored men
did not attend, and those present refused
to vote. On the other hand, q disgraceiul





demagogue," political trickster" and
suchlike epithets were altogether to freely
used. The action of the Convention in the
main, however, is great concession on the
part Of the South 1t is not disputed that
good and sufficient cause for the colored
exodus exist. Among the more important
are catalogued the low price of cotton and
the poor crops of last year, irrational modes
of planting, vicious system Of credit fos-
tered by the law permitting laborcrs to
mortgage their crops before grown, fear
that their political rights are endangered,
false reports of the advantages of Kansas
over Southern States, etc. We quote from
the report:


Your committee believe that the legis-
tion of our State should be shaped SO as to
| foster habits of industry among the colored
people, elevate the standard of social
| morals, and improve and preserve our com
| mon school system. That errors have been
committed by whites and blacks alike, as
each in turn have controlled the govern
ment of the State here represented, may be
safely admitted"


The resolutions adopted affirm the civi
equality of all races under the Constitu
ton, and pledge the Convention to protec
! the colored race against all dangers il
respect to the fair expression Of their wills
at the polls" A proposition to appoin
committees in the various parishes anc
counties to see that the will Of the Conven
ton be carried out, was voted down annie
some excitement.


The Convention at least demonstrate
that the negroes are making use of a teliny
argument in abandoning the country
Says the blade to the handle Of the knife
" If it were not for me there would be NJ
cutting" True enough; but when th
handle is gone, the blade finds what a use
less thing it is, to be sure. The South hav
at this late day found this out, and are no,
trying to save the black handle.-N J
Eranaiucr
Year: 1879

The evils with which Russian society is
now threatened are attributed by the Agencc
Russo to the prevalent laxity of family dis
cipline, and to the utter want Of religious
and moral training. The young idea thinks
itself superior to its elders, and respect has
fallen out Of vogue. There are multitudes
of beardless youths, with wan and enact.
ated countenances, who think they must
show their superiority over their parents
by expressing their precocious WEAKNESS of
life and chattering about transcendental
theories. Then there are little girls, hardly
arrived at maturity, who already condemn
modesty as something that is behind the
age, and hurl insolence at their betters in
mouthfuls of tobacco smoke. Then there
is the race Of pedants, who know enough
to pull down, but not enough to build up ;
too we'll educated to take to commerce, but
not sufficiently so to embrace an admins
trative or judicial career. Discontented
and envious, and in difficulties, they
naturally grudge others their success, and
heartily detest everything that is superior
to themselves. As necessary consequence
of such feelings, it is their dream to drag
society down to their own level.
Year: 1879

A Cars COSTLY LEGs.-In India four men
bought quantity of cotton in copartner-
ship. That the rats might not injure it
they bought a cat, and agreed that each
showld own one of its legs. Each leg was
then adorned with beads and other orna-
ments by its owner. The cat accidentally
injured one of its legs, and the owner
wound rag round it, soaked in oil. The
cat by chance set the rag on fire, and,
being in great pain, rushed among the
cotton bales, where she had been accustom-
ed to hunt rats. The cotton was totally
burned. The three other partners brought
suit against the owner Of the invalid leg to
recover the value of their cotton, and the
Judge decided that as the injured leg could
not be used, the cat carried the fire to the
cotton with her three remaining legs
They only were culpable, and their owners
were required to compensate the owners o.


the injured leg for his share of loss.
Year: 1879

Queen Victoria is said to object seriously
to the feminine fashion of wearing the hair
in fringe across the forehead. 1t is stated
further that she instructed the bridesmaids
who appeared at the recent wedding of her
son that they would not be permitted to
wear their locks in that fashion, nor to don
high heeled boots, nor to wear tied-back
gowns. Last year, it is reported, one young
lady who came to drawing-room with her
hair over her eyes was informed by the
Lord Chamberlain that until her hair had
grown she need not attend any more at the
palace.
Year: 1879

The Cincinnati Commercial (Rep.) thinks
that " if the fight in 1880 is to be narrowed
down to struggle between Tilden and
Grant, there are great many people in
this country who will go fishing during the
pendency of the conflict"
Year: 1879

As THE Gazette" is SO profuss In Its
apologies for its friends down in Missis-
slppi and calls the recent attempt 70
assassinate Mr.. Dixon because he choose
to run on an Independent Democrats
ticket, only . great row. We would
like to know II IL favors assassinating
any body, Democrat or Republican, who
would aspire to an office on a ticket
other than the regular Democratic tick
ct. Are the people of Mississippi TO be
compelled to vote solidly for one party
under threat of being killed That
is the question and not a mere squabble
for the spoils of oficel To bring the
question little nearer home, suppose
an Independent Democrat would take a
notion to run for City Council in the
Tenth Ward in opposition to the regu-
lar Democratic ticket and mob was to
gather and threaten to murder the indie
pendent candidate unless be would
withdraw from the canvass, would the
"Gazett," only call this little row
amongst Democrats Does the "Ga-
zette" comprehend the difference be-
tween little party row and hulldozing
can didates from running for office
Year: 1879

We WOULD not have the Herald
forget that it has not told how much
the Democratic party of Delaware has
done to educate the colored people
This would be fit subject for it to lei
loose on. As Delaware has been right
straight ahead Democratic State since
the abolition of slavery, it would be a
fit sample by which to measure Demo.
cratic sentiment on the question OF edu
eating coloret people, and remem bering
how ably the "Herald" showed what
had boen done in Alabama for the edu
cation of the colored people, We still ask
it to show up Delaware. This we have
right to do as the attention of the RE
PUBLICAN was called to the lovely Stats
Of affairs in Alabama.
Year: 1879

The FACT that Tennessee has refused
to settle the State debt at fifty cents on
the dollar with four per cent. interest
by a majority of Is, 900, is no indca-
tion that the people of that State intend
to pay off their honest debts. The
proposition was only defeated because
it did not wipe out all the debt. The
southern "chivalry" are continually y
prating about their honor, " but
whenever it comes to paying their hon
est debts they invariably repudiate
them. This may be considered homer
able in the South, but it certainly is
not in the North.
Year: 1879

The REAL honest Democracy OF Mas
sachusetts will have nothing whatever
to do with Butler, and in order to de-
feat him will vote the Republican tick
ct, be the candidate who he may
There is some talk Of opposition to tho
denomination Of Governor Talbot on
account Of his temperance record, and
it may happen that Judge Devens may
be called from the bench to head the
Republican ticket for Governor. This
would be most excellent nomination,
but in that case the State could have
the choice of two candidates, each OF
them having been turncosts. Butler
was first Democrat, then a Republi-
can, and now he is a Butler man all
through. Devens was Democrat and
ran against Governor Andrews during
the war; but now b. is a stslwart Re
publican.
Year: 1879

The strongest argument against all
the fine spun sophistry Of the Dsmoc.
racy Is the fact that under Republi-
can administration the country 10 on
the highway to prosperity. The ruin


that they and their relations, the


Greenbackers, predicted has not YET


made its appearance, and had the


Republicans had the power in Congress-


this prosperity which has in such .


signal manner blessed the country


would have been much farther advan
ced. Failing in carrying out their fnan'


oial policy now that prosperity aboundi


the Democrats come in and claim the


credit. As long as We had hard times,


dear money, idle mills and high pri-
COS, the Republicans were blamed for
1t. 1t was that party that was driving
the nation to poverty and ruin as fast
as it could, but o>seoner did the pol
icy of the Republican party begin to
bear fruit, and with resumption and
protection of American industries the
United States began to assume its place
as the granary and tbs workshop of
the whole world, than we arc told that
it is the result of Democratic meas
ures. With intelligent people these
prstenslons will have no effect. Those
who have closely watched the proceed
ings of Congress and have noted the
Efforts of the Democracy in the extra
session, to revolutionize the govern.
mental policy will. readily know to
what extent the Democracy are respon-
sible for the activity which marks
every channel Of trade. 1t should be
b,rne in mind that the very measures
to which the country owes its unex-
ampled prosperity now are those which
have been the most bitterly opposed by
the Democratic party Even the land
grant system, against which so much
has unmeaningly been said, and by
which the railroads of the great west
have been nurssd into existence, has
been the main cause of our ability to
market a grain crop almost large
enough to feed the world.
Year: 1879

The method of carrying out the shotgun
policy is thus described by ex-Congressman
Rainey: Son the night before election, fire
arms are blazing all over the South. In
every direction, in the fields, in the woods,
around the cottages of the colored people,
especially along the roads leading to the
polling places, is the incessant firing of guns
and pistols to be heard all night long. Is it
surprising thata widespread alarm should be
the result? Imagine the effect in New York.
What would become of Tammany's majority
if the Republicans of New York were al
lowed to keep up continuous fusilade all
night just previous to an election? Even
the Irish voter would be deferred from going
to the polls by considerations affecting his
personal safety"
Year: 1879

TIE argus continues to exult over the low
price that the great ship at Kennebunk
brought, and attributes the fact to Sherman.
the shipping interest was due to the war.
Is the argus going back to its old ways and
denouncing the Radicals as responsible
for the war? Let it be careful in its answer
or it may offend some of it's Greenback
friends. The fact is, the ship was sold un-
der the hammer to close up bankrupt es-
tate. 1t was forced SALE How many
things bring good prices under those condi-
tions?
Year: 1879

THE Boston Herald says: IF the Com
secured by helping Greenbackers into Office
it will be mistaken. No doubt there have
been abuses in the Republican rule, and we
are glad to see the dry bones shaken up, but
it is not wise method to secure good gov
ernment to put into power the most igno-
rant men in the community. Those who do
not know the difference between an honest
and a dishonest dollar cannot be safe and
wise administrators. If the Democrats of
Penobscot have decided to cease to be Dem
ocrats, they need not necessarily become
Damphools."
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica-
tion but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return preserve COM
mumcations that are not used
Year: 1879

With the above title, the undersigned will pub
Tuesday, July 29th, and running to the end of the
campaign devoted to the Honest truth about the
MONEY QUESTION and the SOUTHERN CUES
TION.


The Honest Truth will especially devote its col
ums to the interests of the Laborng man, and will
expose the folly and wickedness of the Demagogues
and Democrats who are now seeking to array Labor
taking away all chance for the return of good times
now dawning upon us.


The Honest Truth will show how the Northern
Democrats and Greeenbackers in Congress have
voted for everything the Southern Rebels have de-
manded. 1t will expose the record of Ladd and
Murch Greenback Congressman from Maine, and
show that they voted with the Southern Rebels all
the time.


The Honest Truth will advocate the election of
DANIEL f. DAVIS as Governor of Maine. He is
the first PRIVATE SOLDIER ever nominated for
high Office in the United States. He is man of the
people, from the people, with the people. Let's
give him lift, Boys!


The Honest Truth will be handsomely printed with
clear type, on good paper, and each number will
contain fourteen full columns of reading matter; the
columns to be the same length the Lewiston Daily
journal. The first number will contain, with other
matter, the speech to be delivered by Hon. John
Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury, at Portland
July 23d.


Terms of Honest Truth for the entire campaign
in
Year: 1879

THE temperance people are asking if
A. f. Mouton the fusion candidate for
County Attorney, is the same man who
voted for the druggist bill last winter, being
at the same time member of the order OF
Good Templars and under solemn oath to
sustain the principles of prohibition. The
records OF the Legislature and of the Stephen
Small Lodge answer that els the same man.
Year: 1879

ELSEWHERE will be found the earliest
papers on the money question which the
New York Tribune is publishing under the
title "The A B Cot Finance" They deserve
the thoughtful perusal of every reader.
Year: 1879

If the memoranda which appeared in yes
terday's Boston journal be authentic,-and
the Journal vouches for their authenticity
and says they were in Major Smiths hand
writing and bore his initials-the Greenback
candidate for Governor in this State was
willing last fall to abandon his financial
heresies and take his stand on hard-money
platform, if the Republicans would, as they
had the power to do, make him Governor
The evidence certainly strongly sustains
this statement, and unless candidate Smi til
can back up his anticipatory denial by fur
ther testimony the verdict mnst be against
him.


The picture the Journal presents is of a
man who attempted to sell himself to the
Republicans last year, and failing in that,
has entered into bargain with the Demo-
Gratis this year. If the portrait be faithful
we wish tile Greenbackers joy of their can
didate. Unless the allegations brought
against him are disproved theymust feel that
they are supporting man who has deliber-
ately swindled them, and will hasten if they
are honest men, to withdraw that support
The revelations, if sustained, will destroy
whatever chance Major Smith had to be
next Governor of Maine.
Year: 1879

Some people. ignorant of what good editing is, imagine the get ting of selected matter to be tEe easiest matter Tn the world, whereas it is the incest work that is done on thepaper. If they find the editor with scissors in hand they are sure to say, "Eh?! that's the way you get up or iginal matter ehY" accompanying their new and witty question with an idiotic smile or wink. The facts are that the interest, the morality, the variety, and the usefulness of pa per depend, in no small degree, up, on its selected matter, and few men are capable of the position who would not themselves be able to write many of the articles they se- lect A sensible editor desires con siderable selected matter, because he knews that one mind cannot make as good paper as five or six.
Year: 1879

One of the good effects of the re- vival of business is a marked de- crease in the number of tramps as compared with any year since 1873. Most of those now on the road are hopeless cases, so much attached to vagabond life, and so unfriendly to labor, that there IS little hope of their reclamation. Washington Post.