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Year: 1879

Southern Sentinel (Hon Thos Spieht)l


some OF our exchanges are finding fault
with the State Executive COMMITTEES be-


cause they haven't either adopted a Demo


cratic platform or called a State Convention


for that purpose. Now, from our stand


poiut, they are wrong in either view of the


case. We are at loss to know how an EX-


ECUTIVE Committeeman make : platform


Their very name defines their duties and


power. They are TO EXECUTE what the


authority which creates them directs and


1t would certainly be a piece of barefaced


usurpation, on their part, To undertake to


dictate a platform, and we are surprised


that any sensible man should, for an instant.
entertain such an idea. As to calling a
State Convention for the sole purpose Of
putting financial plank in our platform,
when the Democratic masses of the State are
fully agreed upon the financial policy OF
the Government, il would be folly, nav


worse than that. it would be virtually ad-
mlttIng the correctness of the charge OF our
Greenbaek opponents that we have no plat
form. If 4 Convention were called and a
hnancIal platform adopted, what good would
1t doT Would it make the party any more
determined in their efforts to accomplish
the relief which all feel is demanded bv the
exigences of the hour2 Would the utter
ances of few men who might meet in
jackson on such mission, be a better guar
antee OF the earnest purpose of the Demo
cratic party of this State To do everything
IN their power to relieve the people from
the distress and oppression under which
they are laboring than the glorious record
of the party in Congress, including our own
State delegation? Nothing is truer than
the homely adage, 'acts speak louder than
words. If we wish 10 know the grand
foundation upon which great parties stand.
we must look, rather, to their public record,
than to any mere utterances of conventions
and judging the Democracy by this stand
ard, we need no better platform we want
no more faithful indication of its objects
than the imPerishable record which il has
made during the last few years. When the
last State Convention met in 1877, the
overShadowing question was, shall the Gov
of our fathers be preserved in its
purity, and shall intelligence and virtue, /
instead of ignorance and corruption, rule in /
)ur local State Government Hence the /.
financial question was pretermitted. Not
because 1t was not recognized as important, (
Dut because il was a secondary considera- +
.io-, only TO be made prominent after other
md grander battles have been fought and I
Won.
Year: 1879

Senatobia Express.]


The blind, leaderless canvass now being
made by the Democratic party of Missis-
sippi presents alarming features that point
to the total disbandment and overthrow OF
Democratic rule in the State, unless some
steps are taken to avert the danger-Oxford
Falcon.


The Falcon is entirely wrong in sounding
80 loud its notes of alarm. The Democratic
party of Mississippi is in no danger what
ever of overthrow or disbandment from the
want of a State platform or State leader
in the present canvass. There is no State
election, in fact, requiring such leadership
or platform. The approaching election is a
local one, and can only remotely relate to
national affairs through the next Legisla-
ture in the selection of a successor to Blanche
K. Bruce in the United States Senate In
what way can the Democratic candidates
for Sheriff, Clerk, and the other coun ~
offices be benefited by the adoption of a
State platform? Let the different counties
take care of themselvs in the selection of
their local officers. You just quit quarrel
ing with the Eagle, cultivate harmony in
your own ranks, roll up your sleeves and go
to work to elect your county ticket. That's
what you do, and hush your growing.
Year: 1879

The following notice has just been found
on tle door of a business firm IN this city 10 our
Crcditors-Wc have busted As everything else u gOns
up we trust you will not feel surprised'-lCamdeh
ntas
Year: 1879

The chief members of a Metho- dist church in Newark, N. J., much against the will of the pastor, al lowed company of minstrel pre- forms to show in the edifce, and one of the members expressed his great indignation in a Newark paper in this manner: q, for one, thank the Rev. Mir. Daily for his ringing protest against the desecration off our church by company of stroll ing negros. It was time some one spoke out on this subject. l am an Old-sashoned Methodist. I don't go to negro minstrel shows, because I believe them to be sinful and forbid den by the Book of Dicipline. And when negro minstrel shows are brought into the church where I worship, I think it is time for Meth odists to consider whither they are drifting"
Year: 1879

Benjamin F. Taylor, the printer poet
says:


Perhaps there is no department or en-.
terprise whose details are less understood
by intelligent people, than the ''art pres
ervative," the achievement of the types.


Every day, their life long, people are
accustomed to read the newspapers and
find fault with its statements; its ar.
rangements; its looks; to plume them
selves upon the discovery of some ro-
guish acrobatic type that gets into frol-
ic and stands upon his head; or of some
waste letter in it i; but of the process by
which the newspaper is made, or the
myriads of mills and the thousands of
pieces necessary to its composition, they
know little and generally think less.


They imagine they discourse of a won
der indeed when they speak of fair
white carpet woven for thought to walk
on, of the rags that fluttered on the back
of the beggar yesterday.


But there is something more wonder
full still. When we look at the hundred
and ffty-two little boxes, somewhat
shaded with the touch of inky fingers,
that compose the printers case noiseless,
except the click of the type as one by
one they take their place in the growing
line-we think we have found the mar
vel of art.


We think how many fancies in frag-
ments there are in those little boxes,
how many atoms CT poetry and eloquence
the printer can make here and there, if
he only had little chart to work by
how many facts in small handful"
how much truth in chaos.


Now he picks up the scattered ele-
ments, until he holds in his hand
stanza of "Gray's Elegy," or monody
upon Grimes All Buttoned Up Before
Now he sets Puppy Missing" and now
Paradise lost;;" he arrays a bride in
''small caps" and a sonnet in nonpariel;
he announces the languishing "live" in
one sentence-transposes the word and
deplores the days that are few and evil
in the next.


A poor jest ticks its way slowly into
the printers hand, like clock running
down, and its strain ofeloquence march
es into line letter by letter. We fancy
we can tell the difference by hearing by
the ear, but perhaps not.


The type that told a wedding yester-
day announces burial to- morrow-per-
haps the same letters.


They are the elements to make world
of. Those type are world with some
thing in it and beautiful as spring, as
summer and as imperishable as autumn
flowers frost cannot wilt, fruit that shall
ripen for all time. h.
Year: 1879

A thrilling story comes from Sal


Francisco. Our readers have alread,


heard of the fatal voyage of the shi


Templar, from New York to Rio de ia


n eiro, and of the fearful havoc whicl


the yellow fever made among her crew


both before and after her sailing agaiI


from that port to San Francisco. WheI


the Templar sailed Captain Armstrong


was accompanied by his wife and daugh


ter, the latter beautiful and accom-


plished young lady we'll known in New


York. After leaving Rio, the fever


which had decimated the crew while


lying at anchor, again broke out, and


more than half the ships company, as


well as the Captain himself and his wife


and daughter, were prostrated by it.


The wife died, and. along with many OF
the crew, was buried in the bosom of the
deep. Captain Armstrong did not die.
but after the crisis of the fever had
passed he lay for weeks between life and
death. unable to grasp the terrible situa-
ton or to give any orders to the bewil-
dered survivors. The first mate had es-
capped the fever, and was IN command of
the ship. He was an experienced and
capable officer, but his heart failed him
at last, as man after man fell at his
side and was committed to the awful
grave of the ocean. He resolved to head
the ship for the mouth of the Rio de la
Plata. Miss Armstrong heard the Or
der given and determined te prevent its
execution, and to carry the ship, in
spite of death and fate, to the goal to
which she had been consigned. She
was skilled mathematician, and had
learned the art of navigation from her
fathers instructions. She was still
weak and suffering from her illness, but
her heart was unconquered, She OBJ
tanned her fathers consent to command
the ship, and by her order the first mate
was suspended and the second mate was
put in his place. Under Miss Arm
strong's directions the ship was again
headed towards California. Every day
at noon the second mate took the me-
chanical bearings of the vessel, and SUBJ
mitted them to the girl for her calcula-
tions and commands. 1t would be an
endless story to tell, as California pa
per says, how each day she figured out
where the hopeless hulk lay on the
merciless waste or was driven into still
more merciless calms. Through the
winter months, through the spring
through the fullness of sum-
mer time she steered the ship Templar
into the waters of San Francisco Bay. |
There, at quarantine, the vessel lies at |
last at rest, and there Miss Armstrong
is compelled to wait until the health |
officers will allow her to enter the city |
which she had so bravely sought and |
found. Few women have done braver |
deeds, or borne with stouter hearts more |
terrible trials. The old Templars who |
gave their name to the ship which was
the scene of her heroic fortitude might |
have counted her a worthy member of
their glorious order.-C Charleston NeaUs |
and Courier,
Year: 1879


Dear one, my heart for fitting speech hath
made


fruitless quest.
III could put Il for a little while


Into the breast
Ot (tOr my own voice hath no power TO VIM


Some singing bird
I'd sing such song for thee as mortal ear


Hath never heard.
If could put this heart of mine within


The roses breast
The rose that haply on your bosom sweet


WIN sometime rest
I'd make its trembling petals burn and glow


With wOndrous hue
Such sweetness from its conscious depth
should rise


As rose ne'er knew.
And then the sweetness and the song would
thrill


In such strange wise
Your waking soul, that IL would read, and
heed,


My fond disguise;
For Love would be the burden of the song


The roses breath
Would be Loves perfect incense, sweet as
And strong as Death.
Because know not how to WOO, but in
n mans plain way,
humbly ask all fair things fer their aid
What did you say2
You think "A mans plain way all other ways


Must still ecltpse
Then take the story, darling-so and So


From my own lips.


-Carlofsa Perry.
Year: 1879

Perhaps the most daring deed that
ever won old England Legion of Honor
was that which was successfully per-
formed by Kayanagh during the Indian
Mutiny. Lucknow was besieged, and its
garrison was starving. Besides the lit
tie band of devoted men, there were
also women and children cooped up in
the Residency, at the mercy of some 50,-
600 or 10000 savage and relentless foes.
Daily, nay hourly, the little garrison was
growing weaker and weaker, and nearer
and nearer were pressing the dusky
sepOys, until it became matter of life
and death to the heroic few that Sir Colin
Campbell, who was known to be advanc-
ing to their relief, should be at once in
formed of their real state, and their ut
ter inability to hold out much longer.
A volunteer was called for, a man who
would consent to be disguised as a sepoy,
and who would risk his life among the
mutineers, in order to make the best of
his way to the advancing army. The
call was Immediately responded to-as
it generally is by Britons in the moment
of supreme danger-and two or three
men expressed their willingness to un-
dertake the task. From these brave
volunteers an Irishman named Kavanagh
was chosen, who, to his other various
qualifications, added knowledge of the
enemy's customs, and a thorough ac-
quaintance with their language. The
cOmmandant shook the brave man by
the hand, and frankly informed him of
the dangerous nature of the task he had
undertaken; how it was more than
probable that he might meet his death
IN the attempt. But the gallant fellow
persisted, and his skin was at once col
ored by means of burned cork and other
materials to the necessary hue. Hewas
then dressed in the regular outfit of
sepoy soldier. When night set in he
started on his lonely and perilous mis-
sion, amid the hearty " GOd-speeds'' of
'the furnishing garrison. In his breast
he carried dispatches for Sir Colin
Campbell, with the cOtents of which he
had been made acquainted, in case of
their loss. We have not the space at
our command to give ali the particulars
of his remarkable journey. He sue
ceeded, however, after many narrow
escapes and great hardships- during
which he often had to pass night after
night in the detested enemy's camp and
to march shoulder to shoulder with them
in the daytime; and, when he left them,
to swim across rivers, or to crawl
through the tangled thickets where the
deadly tiger asserts his sway-in reach
ing Sir Colin Campbell's camp; where,
to finish his stirring adventures, he was
fired at and nearly shot by the British
outposts. Kavanagh's narrative was
listened to with rapt attention by Sir
Colin, who Immediately gave orders for
the army to advance as quickly as posi-
BILE to the aid of the gallant defenders Of
the Residency. How the latter were
rescued is a matter of history. Kavan-
agh lived long enough to wear his cross,
hough he lost his life shortly safterward
in battle with the same enemy; but the
noble example he left behind him was
not lost on the brave hearts who event
ually saved India for England.-C Cham
berS'S Journal
Year: 1879

Next time you go out on the Michigan
Central Road, take a seat on the right
hand side of the car, so that you may
notice, about ten miles down the road,
a little old red farmhouse. The curtains
will be down, the doors shut, and rank
weeds and tall grasses will meet the fiY-
ing glance in the front yard. A month
ago old Nan Rogers lived there; to-day
the place is in the keeping of rats and
mice and desOlatiOn. The old woman
was widow and childless. If she had
a relative anywhere in this great world,
those who buried her were not aware of
the fact. She lived all alone, having
only bit of land, and being aided by
kind neighbors to raise enough to supply
her wants. Seven or eight years ago,
when her last child left her home to
meet a violent death on this same road,
the men of the rails became interested
in that quaint old farmhouse. One
night they saw bright light in one of
the windows. Its rays streamed out
over the flowers and full upon the rails
along which the wheels thunder, and
the engineer wondered over the signal.
The lamp was there the next night and
the next, and it was never missed for a
single night until one evening a month





and children, made friends with
the rushing trains and their burdens.
The train-men soon found that
the lamp was for them, and
they watched for it. During the early
evening hours they saw old Nanny S
face behind the light or at the doors,
and a thousand times conductors, en-
gineers, and brakemen have called
cheerily through the darkness. Z" Good
night old Nanny, God bless yOu!''
Winter and summer the train-men looked
! for it and the more thoughtful ones
often left bit of money with the station
men beyond to help the old woman to
| keep the bright light shining. The lamp
was not there for one train but for all,
and all men understood the sentiment
/ and appreciated it.


! One dark night not long ago, when
/ the wind howled and the raindrops beat
| fiercely against headlight and cab, the
engineer missed the signal-light They
! looked for it again and again, as one
suddenly misses an old landmark in {
city, and when they failed to find it {
hand instinctively went up to the thrOt
tie, as if danger lurked on the curve be
low. Each train that night looked fOl
the signal, became anxious at its absenc,
and made inquiries at the stations abov,
and below. Next day men went dow
to the little old house, fearing old Mann,
might be i'll. There sat the lamp on tn


window-sill, but the oil was exhausted
In her bed, seeming to have only fallel
asleep, was the poor old woman col,


and dead. Life and lamp had gone on


together, and men of rough look ant


hardened heart replied as they hear


the news; " Poor old woman! Ma


her spirit rest in heaven! !''-Detroit Ere
. Bl.eee
Year: 1879

Flowers nearly always begin to fade
and droop after being kept for a hours
in water; a few may be revived by sub
stituting fresh, but all may be restored
by the use of hot water. For this pur-
pose place the flowers in scalding water
deep enough to cover about one-third Of
the length of the stems. By the time
this is cold the flowers will have become
erect and fresh. Then cut off the
shrunken ends of the stems, and put
them into cold water. This process has
been proved to be quite eflicacious; and
flowers that have been gathered for some
time, and left without water, or that
have been sent a long distance, may be
made as good as new by a hOt-water
bath Of 1902. 1t is safer to regard this
as the maximum, because forced flowers
are delicate, and few very soft-tex-
tured, hardy kinds are not TO be par
boiled with impunity. The blossoms,
however, must never touch the hot
water at all-Only the stems for the
depth already mentioned. The water
in vases for cut flowers should always be
tepid, or even warm, rather than cold.
Year: 1879

Many of our readers have doubtless
heard of the famous travelling stones of
Australia. Similar curiOsities have re-
Gently been found in Nevada, which are
described as almost perfectly round, the
majority of them as large as a walnut,
and of an irony nature. When dis
tributed about upon the floor, table or
other level surface within two or three
feet of each other, they Immediately
begin travelling toward a common CEN
ter, and there lie huddled up in bunch
like lot of eggs in a nest. a single
stone, removed to a distance of three
and a half feet, upon being released, at
once started off, with wonderful and
somewhat comical celebrity, TO join its
fellows; taken away four or five feet, it
remained motionless. They are found
in region that is comparatively level,
and is nothing but bare rock. Scattered
over this barren region are little basins
from few feet to a rod or two in diam
eter, and it is in the bottom of these
that the rolling stones are found. They
are from the size of pea 10 five or six
inches in diameter. The cause of these
stones rolling together is doubtless to be
found in the material of which they are
composed, which appears to be lode
stone or magnetic iron ore Virginia


CitV E'ateTDTISe.
Year: 1879

the clergy than among the laity. The
memory remains intact in diseases of
the left side of the brain, and is much
affected in those of the right, from
which it may be inferred that the right
side is more the seat of this faculty than
the left.


From a physiological point of view
memory is diminished by over-feeding,
by physical exercise, and by education,
in this sense, that the illiterate have po-
tentially more memory than those who
know how to read and write. We re-
member, moreover, better in the morn
ing than in the evening, in the summer
than in the winter, and better in warm
than in cold climates
Year: 1879

you to be as worthy OF her as any
man living, and give her to you, conf
dent that you know how to prize the
treasure you have wOn.''


And so, not long thereafter, 1 mar
ried Adelina, the love of my boyhood,
and the crowning glory of my latter
WEARS.
Year: 1879

To PICKLE RED CABBAGE.-After
stripping off the outer leaves shave
down the cabbage fine, put it into a
crock and strew little salt over it, let
it stand until next day, then drain it,
pouring over it as much boiling vinegar
as win cover it, in which has been boiled
one ounce each of bruised ginger root,
whole black pepper, and whole allspice.
If the vinegar is good it will be ready
for use in a day or two, and will keep
for an indefinite period.
Year: 1879

ELECTRICITY IN THE FUTURE
John C. Draper, in a recent lecture in
the University of New York, said that
he thought that electricity as means
of light would soon be general, and that
among other means of its generation,
not only waterfalls but the action of the
tides would be employed. 1t would al
so be used as a means of heating and
cooking, and electro-magnetism would
be employed for rapid and economical
fOcOO1OtiOD
Year: 1879

Gen. Fremont will, in few days, proceed to the Salt river valley. and thoroughly post himself in regard to the situation of the Pima Indians, and the lands they are occupying, and from there will proceed to Wash ington, and ask that the Indian ques- ton be settled, and in manner that will be satisfactory to the people of that fertile valley, We apprehend that near the confluence of the Verde can be found suitable reservation for those red children of the forest, and one that can be obtained at q reasonable figure, and the location bc such that no conflict will arise be- tween them and the whites.-HiRer.
Year: 1879

Globe City in Pinal county. Two Of either board shall constitute quo rum for the transaction of business of their respective boards, and they shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are elected or appointed, as the case may be, and qualified. In case of vacancy, the governor shall appoint one or more, as may be required, to constitute a full board. The governor shall issue commissions to the persons herein appointed as wagon road commis- sioners, and to those who may here after be appointed to fill any vacancy that may arise.

 SEC. 6. It IS hereby made the duty of each of the said boards of wagon road commissioners, within thirty days after the passage of this act, to commence the survey and location of the respective roads over which they have been given control under the provisions of this act, and as soon as said surveys and locations have been completed, it shall be the duty of said commissioners to prosecute tho work of building said roads to con- pletion as speedily as possible.

 SEC. '. Each board of wagon road commissioners are hereby authorized in the construction of the respective wagon roads over which they have control, to employ men by the day or month, or to let the work by contract, as they may deem best. They may also pay for the work in bonds at not less than eighty cents on the dollar, or they may advertise for bids to pur- ! chase said bonds. Provided, that at least thirty days notice shall be given of such proposed sale of bonds, in one or more newspapers in the terri tory, and no bid shall be accepted for less than eighty cents on the dollar.

 SEC. s. Each of the said wagon road commissioners shall, before en- tering upon the duties of the office, give bonds in the sum of five thous- and dollars, with two or more sure tics, to the territory, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, which bond shall be ap- proved by the governor, and filed in the office of the secretary of the terrI- tory.

 SEC. 9. Said commissioners shall receive a compensation for their ser vices of six dollars each per day, when actually employed as such commissioners, and this shall be in full compensation for said services.

 SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of each board of commissioners to keep correct account of all expenses in- cured in the construction of the road under their respective control and management, and make full report O. the same to the governor on or be- fore January 1st, 1881, and the gov ernor shall transmit copy of said reports to the next legislative assem- ply.

 SEC. II. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.