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Year: 1878

slowly and sadly to work. Now, said
angel, if they work we'll and manage
well, they can come slowly to the front
but if they sit down and mourn their
lot, long for the front, envy those who
are at the front; compile Heavenly
songs, instead of piling stone; write long
epistles and spend their time in securing
subscribers for the same, instead OF
sowing, their portions shall be taken
from them and given to others. Truly
thought I, it is much like earth, the ad.
vancement of the persistent and intelli-
gent worker. Man is under law, and
what he may be by personal effort is
largely determined by circumstances
An advance of FIVE cents bushel on
wheat will make some rich, and, at the
same time, ruin the fortunes of others
This wheat business is all wrong; it en-
riches some and beggars others. The
law ought to be changed.


As there was again decrease in the
number of arrivals, the angel had time
to talk on matters of business. / dis
covered that he had two characters, and
was surprised at the freedom with which
he laid aside the garb Of prejudice when
there were no arrivals at the gate. ]
asked him about this wheat business
and inquired how the law could be made
just. He answered:


From the very nature of things, no
legislative enactment can reach the case
We tried this once in Heaven, and sig.
nally failed. Before the price of wheat
can always be the same, several things
in nature must be changed; the supply
and demand must always be the same
and then the price will be uniform. To
accomplish this, there must be just the
same number Of bushels raised every
year. The number Of consumers ON earth
must always be the same; that is, the
Year: 1878

There is an old and familiar adagc
which says that people who live in
glass houses should not throw stones.
1t may bo remarked in this connec.
ton that from time immemorial
those who have lived in the most
fragile of these tenemonts are the
very ones who have been eternally
throwing stones.
Year: 1878

The young man had been giving
his views about everything to every
body for an uncomfortable half-hour,
when the old man said, with nice
courtesy. a beg pardon, sir, but ii
You begin teaching everybody ut
eighteen, when doyou intend to be-
gin learning anything2"
Year: 1878

When you hear an evil story of one
you know to bogood, discredit it, and
say so. Grapes are not gathered from
thistles; neither do thistles grow on a
grape vine, The fruit tells you from
what tree it came, but you also know
what fruit Il tree is likely to bear.
Year: 1878

An old traveller tells n pretty tough
story about being lost in the woods
with his dog, where he could find
nothing to eat, and had to cut of his
dogs tail, which he boiled for him
self, and aftorward gave the dog the
bone We would rather borrow one
hundred dollars than to believe that
story. f
Year: 1878

The total wreck of a Spanish vessel
and the loss Of all on board, more than
sixty years ago, is one of the sad events
recorded in the history of Smutty Nose
Island, Isles of Shoals. One stormy win
ter night this Inflated vessel was dashed
By the mighty violence of the waves
against the rocky spurs Of this island, and
every soul on board perished. The only
memorial of this catastrophe remaining
on the island is group of fourteen name
less graves, holding the bodies of men
washed ashore.
Year: 1878

present House are there from the South
who do not owe their election in part OF in
whole to the murder Of Republican voters
When this question is answered let the Re-
publicans Of the North, who so generously
added ir.y-iive members to the represent
alton Of the South in that body at tie close
o. the war, count up the bloody gains ~
of that contest.
Year: 1878

IT is becoming more evident every day
that the Democrats are more afraid Of Cen
eral GRANT as the prospective Republican
candidate in ls90 than they are of any
other man in the country-or cut of it. For
this reason they arc urging him for the sue
cession TO Senator OGLEsBY, of Illinois
Year: 1878

Now that the Bourbon Solid South has
been exposed in all its hollow loyalty, let
every honest citizen in the country strive to
keepit there until the last vcstigc of Con.
fodcrate Democracy is expurgatcd from any
connection with our national affairs. The
Bourbous are relentless in their persecution
Of LOyalsts when they have the power to
prosecute, and it will not do to take pity on
them, now that they are forced to defend
then bloody deeds in the late elections. In
y few days the LAMARs, GuRDONs, and
SINGLETONs will be on hand here in Wash.
ington with their accustomed plausibiity
OF sham Cancellation, begging places for
their retainers aud fhyOrs OF Rebublican Of
fcials. Give these in>idiOus shotgun dis
cples an inch Of concession, and they will
take an ell Of domination. Keep them
where they arc-on the defensive
Year: 1878

the situation. But all this has past and
gone. The partr is consolidated once again
its differences are all healed, and whether
its candidate be BLAINE, GRANT, CosKLISG,
or some other Stalwart, every man in the
country who is opposed to Bourbonism and
n Solid South will give him hearty and
enthusiastic support
Year: 1878

THE New York World regards 1t as an
evidence of seuility on the part of COmmo-
dore VANDERBILT that he should have said
of one of his sous " if he had little more
sense he might be put into business, while
if he had little less he might be put into
n lnnntic nsYlnm.n
Year: 1878

THE Cleveland Herald predicts an early
demise of newspapers in that city. 1t need
not ask for cemetery room at the National
Capital. for its newspaper burying place Is
crowded now, and another corpse is being
made ready. But, to use the language OF
the Hcrah, II is safe to predict that neither
" of the old, well established will be marked
"by the grim destroyer"
Year: 1878

following all the afternoon throwing their hsecy
canopy over tho plains OF Thebos. Not omiuous,
black Clouds big win rain and .hunder and bringing
awe, but light, trailing clouds, hanging over The
heavens like gossamer There the DESERT CON-
ing almost down 10 the river-grudgng the Nile
the strip OF which marked the line Of the tele
graph There was the desert-vast, wide, barren
with no vestpe Of life beyond belated peasant drv-
ing his camel, or flock OF birds hurryng came.
so the clouds were tort, and wo watched them
ut their play, grateful for anything that toog our
thoughts IRON the endless and irretrievabe
desolaton. Then the sun went down there
came the struggle between coming night aud
the stern, burning majesty OF the eternal
monarch OF nature. The pearls grays be-
came crimson and saffron. The shot forth
his power III sunburst Of light. There ridges
OF crimson and gold, luminous and flashing that It
might almost seem TO burn and hiss like flames in the
forge Then came the tranquil buc-Due Of every
shade--every conceivable TINT oil blue--irom that
which Murillo threw into the eyes OF the wonder
stricken Madonna IN the supreme moment OF her Joy,
TO the deep violet blue which tells OF the passion the
patriotism and the revenge Of judith The struggle
still went on, but tho victory with the sun,
and 1t only remained tor him tC die became
great king. The palm grew dim in the shadows
Tho flaming tints OF crimson and scarlet and gold be-
came brown and dark. The desert nushea with pur-
ple--with the purple OF wine-and II seemed II old
Esypt's kings spoke from the desert that once
their throne, procaiming their sovereignty. All
that was left the limo OF green that had become
black and tho desert that had become black aud
glorious sky above, with tho glory Of oonqucring
beautiful even In dsash-oeaunfu with the beauty OF
death.
Year: 1878

[From the Cincinnati Commercial, Feb. ISL


1t would be marvellous thing tho world 10 bl
finally Indebted to the enterprise OF Its newspapsrA
for the discovery OF tho North Pole and the unfolding
OF whatever mysteries remain undisclosed In the Arcs
tic region. Ship alter ship has sailed into the Polar
Seas, expedition alter expedition has been lifted
out TO discover the sources Of the Nile and other
great rivers Of Central Africa, but like these
expeditions they have been baffl,d and turned
back by the vast ice foes OF the Polar Seas
without reaching the end OF their Journey. ls
seemed at one time as though the stery within
the grasp OF Captain Hail. who penetrated notth tO
within u lew hundred miles OF the Pole, and had he
been supreme ON board his vessel and sustained "
officers OF equal pluck aud endurance there Is NOT
much doubt he would have surmounted all obstacles.
But IL Is useless 70 recount those vau endeavors. Eos
reason another they have all come
short OF the object of their search, and the
North Pole and tho question OF an opsn
that remain TO Ue solved. There Is longer
any doubt that the HERALD proposes to undertake
thelr solution. Iti hardly credible that Congress
VIII refuse the register peioned lori but should 10
condition OF our navigation laws, AND It would not 0o
profitable to the narrow policy whicn does not allow
private citizen TO take advantage OF the markeS
abroad IN the purchase Of vessola The Pandora
registered, the HERALD Will make delay in nttng
her out for the voyage and II very certain that
comfort OF tne officers and crew, or TINT Will be
needed to insure the success OF the enterprise will 10
omitted. This Polar expedition will awaken .
more profound interest throughout the civiliz "a
earned lame OF It's commander, and he will command
greater confidence III the outset In the success OF his
undertaking from the simple TACT that he has
peatedy succeeded SO often wnere others have failed
Year: 1878




wooing, that l am alive to all the Incidents OF the
vessel. Before sunrise you hear the ropes released
from tho shore struggling back TO the snip. You soc
the torches flashing up and down the bank, noling
the preparations Tor departure l sleep with my
cheek almost against the who window pane, almost
Oh the level OF the stream, and II l am weary Of
dreaming or Of seeking Tor dreams, have only to
open my eyes TO see the heavens IN all their glory,
the stars and constelIationsto Them again. as II
were embossed on the dark brown river You hear
the cries OF the sailors al their posts and answering
cries from the shore, and the boat pulls herself to-
gelher like strong man gathering Tor race and we
are away. You throw open your window ana put your
hand In the water and feel the play with your
fingers with almost tho old delight OF childhood. The
morning the sands and you watch the deep
blue oi the night melt into primrose and pearl The
brown sands OF the desert become palo again. the
groves Of date palms become palms in truth and not
the fances that almost startc you during tho night
In the early morning II Is COOL ana II Is noon before
the sun asserts his power and thor It Is not a
harsh dominion, Tor wo have known no hour as yet
when we could not walk up aud down tho deck IN our
fall garments without discomfort. Throughout the
day there Is that same open sky, the Same clear at
mosphere which makes far distant objects near as
you lind them In Colorado. omotimcs you soc With
wonder In the very heart OF the desert grateful
streams Of water skired with palm and sheltered by
hills. This Is tho mirage--one of tho most ire
quent phenomena on the Nile. Sometimes
u battalion OF clouds Will como from the
east and marshal themselves from HORIZON to
horizon, and the sight is rare indeed aud you cannot
know, you who i've in the land OF clouds and Storm
what beauty thcy conceal am thinking of one sun
set which saw an hour or two ago, peiore lett
friends on the deck At their coffee 10 do paragraph
or 30 In this wearsome letter. The clouds had been
Year: 1878

Commenting on the confession of McLin, the St. Louis Republican urges the importance of a thorough and sifting investigation before the Judiciary Committee of the House. It says:

 "Let us have the investigation. Let McLin and Dennis be summoned before the Judiciary Committee and allowed an opportunity to repeat their confessions and prove the facts therein set forth. Let them be viz orously cross. examined by the Re publican members of the committee, and confronted with opposing wit nesses. In short, let no stone be left unturned to get at the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The occupation of the Exec utive chair by resent incumbent until 1881 is oi CO pa atively little consequence. The exposure of the means by which he was placed in that chair is of incalculable conse- quence."

 We can see no good in such an in- vestigation merely for future effect. Every man, woman and child of ay craze intelligence is now convinced that the Democrats were cheated out of the Florida vote. The most searching investigation can add nothing to the intensity of that be- lief. It would be simply waste of valuable time that Congress should appropriate to better business. Much harm and no good to the country will come from reopening of the vexed quest;on.-Gazette.

 It seems to us that the position
Year: 1878

taken by the Gazette is most un. tenabie and erroneous one, and we regret to see the leading Democratic paper of the State take this stand for we do not believe that It rcprc. resen;s the feelings or wishes of tho party ID this respect. We protest against the party in this State being represented as fayoring the estab. lishnent of a precedent such as f. will make if Congress now refuses to take cognizance of a case of tho greatest fraud ever perpetratea in our government,-a case now fully made out, legally brought before it in proper form, and of which it has undoubted jurisdiction. There is T principle involved here which is as deep and broad as our very govern. ment itself, and upon which rests the very foundation of our theory of popular government. The inyesti. gation should be had, and it should be full and searching. "We can see no good Tn such an investigation merely for future effect" says the Gazette. To our mlnd it is for this identical reason-FoR FUTURE EFFECT. among other good and sufficient req. sons, that q thorough investigation should be had. 'Tls true few people now care whether Hayes serves out his time or whether Tilden is put in, so far as the mere personal oeeu- pancy of the Presidential office is concerned; but that is not the issue. The gist of the matter is whether fraud, once accomplished, shall be binding and valid, or whether it vitiates and poliutes.

 Congress will be recreant to the highest trust coniided to it if it falters now. What las been mere nnsub- stantiated rumor in regard to this great fraud is now placed before Congress in emphatic authenticated form. The sworn testimony of men who aided to commit the crime is now available. Witnesses are in Washington ready and demanding an opportunity to tell the straight of the whole black fraud. Will Con. gross now suppress the truth and thus become particeps criminis in the black deed by refusing to inyes. tigate? If so give us the names of every member who pursues this dis honest course and we will hold him up to the scorn of an outraged people.
Year: 1878

In our announcement column to- day will be found the card of this distinguished Arkansian submitting his name to the people of his State as an aspirant for seat i'll the U. s. Senate. It is utterly needless for us to tell any Arkansas man who Eli sha Baxter is. His name and his connection with the recent history of our State has made him one of the prominent men within our borders. In the darkest hour we have known since reconstruction he stood at the helm, and the happy termination of his administration is known to all. The faithful discharge of his duty then saved Arkansas, and the ex- pressions of gratitude which were then showered upon him in all shapes told how the people looked upon his acton.

 Although we have expressed our preference for another gentleman, our choice is influenced greatly by early and iong personal acquaintance with him, and we are not surprised that many who are uninfuenced by this cause make Baxter their first choice, for it will not be denied that he is before the people with as fair qualifications and with as great claims upon the affections of the peo- pie of Arkansas as either of his op- ponents. Gov. Baxter's views on the National and State Finances are, in our opinion, eminently sound. We refer to q report of his speech at this place in another column, which, although reported from notes hastily taken, will give an idea of hls views on the issues touched upon.
Year: 1878

Washington, his opponent from the Northwest, was true man. but being younger than himself by at least 3 full Senatorial term, and as he, Bax- Ter, would not be in that gentleman z way for another term, he thought he Walker, could very we'll afford to abide his time in peace.

 Thanking the assembly for their kind attention the Governor retired, amidst applause from bis hearers.
Year: 1878

The last issue of the LcWlSDure State contained an article headed as above, the first paragraph of which reads as follows:

 A few days since Judge L. W. Da- wis, of Russellville, who is candi date for the office of Circuit Judge of this Circuit, published circular in which he shows up his political record in It's most plausible light. About the same time an ardent friend of Judge Davis's, from Pope county, appeared in Lewisburg, and with the view of building up his friend, Judge Davis, and pulling down Col. Jaco- way, charged that Jacoway was a Brooks man, and that during the Brooks Baxter troubles he had made speeches at Dardanelle advising the people of that vicinity to stay at home and take no part in the war, etc., etc.

 We are utterly surprised at our esteemed contemporary for bringing the race for the Circuit Judgeship into hls paper in this style, which we must pronounce as anything but 'fair play" We had hoped to see THIS race run through on high and honorable grounds, and we know to certainty that we speak the senti- ments of our townsman, Judge Da- wis, when we say that HE so desired, AND INTENDS so far as he is concern ed. There is not a line in his clrcu- lar which MT. Feltus (editor of the State can construe into desire to build himself up by pulling his op- ponent, Col. Jacoway, down; and it is the grossest injustice for tine State to place him before the public in that light, and drag into the issue through the public prints an issue which is dead and past, and winch we know Judge Davis would spurn to use. It is sheer folly for the State to pick up every word it may hear outsiders say in this issue and drag it before the public. People, Ned, will talk, and it seems to us you ought to know better than to suppose they can always be kept within the bounds of propriety. Let the people of this district have a chance to decide the choice for the Judgeship upon the merits of the aspirants alone, and for decency's sake don't try to bias them by drag ging in dead political issues. Keep the public prints clear of this by guarding your own comments upon the subject, and rejecting anything from correspondent which tends in that direction. We trust we shall hear no more of thls kind of elec- tioneering in this contest,
Year: 1878

DAM in the right side, under the
i edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder blade. and
it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The stom-
ach is affected with loss of appetite
and Sickness the bowels in general
are costive. sometimes alternative with
lax; the head is troubled with pain.
accompanied with dull, heavy SEN
sation in the back part. There is gen.
orally a considerable loss of memory,
accompanied with painful sensation
of having left undone something which
ought to have been done. A slight,
dry cough is sometimes an attendant.
The patient complains of WEAKNESS
and debility he is easily startled, his
feet are cold or burning, and he COM
plains Of a prickly sensation of the
skin; his spirits are low; and although
he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try it.
In fact, he distrusts every remedy.
Several of the above symptoms attend
the disease, but cases have occurred
where few of them existed, yet exam
ination of the body, after death, has
shown the LIVER to have been exten-
slvely deranged.
Year: 1878

DRESS -DRILL.-The Grars will have q
ful-dress drill tonight at the rcgimental
armorY. They have been drilling every
night for several weeks past in preparation
for The competitive drill at the Fair next
Thursday.
Year: 1878

Read the lives of the Saints, and you will
God that you are gradually creating
society about you to which in come meas
ure you will be forced to raise the standard
of YOUR daily life.
Year: 1878

The total sum raised by the North to
relieve the sufferers Of yellow fever in
the South reaches the enormous sum
Of 81, 300, 900. This would hardly be
believed were not the actual figures
staring us in the face. Such an ex-
hibition Of deep sympathy on the part
Of the North should have a more fitting
recognition than the direct violation Of
the Constitution Of the United States
in denying the colored citizens Of that
section their rights, after the terrible
sacrifices Of the North, in war of
four years duration, to establish these
rights.
Year: 1878

Russia is beginning to manifest a de-
terminal on to interfere in Afshanistan


before the British forces get too far iuto
the bowels OF the land. Her first move
ment is TO announce that she will help
the Amser whenever she considers that
any Of her own territory in Asia shall
be menaced by British successes; and It
is reported that she will ask England
to guarantee that no changes shall be
made in the territory or independent
condition Of Afghanistan. II England
Is willing to give such a guarantee. her
act in beginning the present war was
the widest folly. That she will give
any such assurance is incredible. What
Russia is looking for probably is a pre-
text for interference, and If she is anx-
ious to fad one, 1t will not be long be-
lore she has an open quarrel with En-
ylaud,
Year: 1878

the world. 1t was the second
president" who prompted and sane
toned the marshaPs choice of the
Jules Simon ministry, in order to
have a plausible excuse for the act
Of the 10th Of May. After that
date the second president, who had
all along been secretly in power,
came openly to the front.


Help came from a quarter in
which few had thought of looking
for it. PouyerQuertier was one Of
those who were seriously alarmed
at the turn events were taking. He
is man of fortune, and he did not
want to make himself responsible
to the extent of his means for the
illegal collection of taxes levied
without parliamentary vote. He
held a consultation with his friends,
and at last at their pressing solici-
tations, he undertook to bell the
cat-in other words, to get the let
ter. He left Paris, he saw DeBro-
glie, and he got the le'ler, by what
means | have not been able to as
certain. If one-half of the things
that are said about DeBroglie's
present financial position be true,
the task could not have been SO
difficult as might have been i'm
agined. He is deeply in debt, and
he has besides as much reason to
dread social as does the marshal
political exposure. But these, !
confess, are uere guesses. The one
thing certain is that Pouyer-Quer-
tier got the letter, and placed it in
the marshals hands.


MacMahon was free.
Year: 1878

Even it we are not smart, we know
what to do when troubled with cough
or cold No doctor bills for us. We
take a 25c note, 60 to the nearest drug
store and buy a bottle of Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup. One dose relieves US and
one bottle cures us entirely.
Year: 1878

We invite the careful attention of every
honest man the article repuDlished from The NEW
YORK TRIBUNE. which gives the conclusions reached
from carefully tracing the cipher dispatches that
passed between Tdens corps OF assistants IN NewYok
and his neutenAn t. IN Florida Tne GOODNESS with which


these discussed the possible purchase OF oeotOr
and the readiness with which the FUNDS provided
N tho purchase was TO be done only once" s edfy


ing exhibition VI pure and spotess patriotism By the