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Year: 1878

Senator Morton, it is related, could have
been humorist if he had liked. In early
lite he had the art OF being exceedingly
funny with sober face. When he began
politics, he made, at Terre Haute, speech
so amusing that its fame spread, and invi-
tatiOns to speak came from all sides. Nor
ton was troubled. ''This is something of
hit have made thus far" he said to a
friend, ''if do not permit it to be my ruin,
feel the danger, and am going to strug-
gle against it. All these Invitations have
poured in on account Of the speech the
other night; they all expect something
witty. Now, the question in my mind is,
whether have the moral stamina to dis
appoint them. Only the greatest punsters
live to any age, and they are generally cast
aside after few months Of amusement,
like child's old doll, and never come out
again only on stale occasions for display
on account of what has been. politician
who goes. into wit as regular thing must
expect to sacrifice everything else to it. He
will gain no reputation as a sound man.
He will never get very high in honors.
People will not deem the author of witty
sayings capable OF originating large, solid
measures"
Year: 1878

Iknow not how to address you; have
never dared to come before SO grea. a tri-
bunal before, but do wish that could
show you my heart just as it is, with all
its aches and longings. Yes, longings is
the word. You men think that we women
folks don't care if VIC are not loved, so We
have a good home, plenty to eat and wear;
but do wish you could see into some of
our hearts. Down in the corner there is a
spark ready to burst forth into flame
which kind word and kiss will enkindle.
How much brighter would our work seem
if our husbands when they leave home
would greet us with some such token, in
stead of passing lis by, and walking in, ask
''if there is any MAIL" or some such trivial
question. /, for one, have good, kind
husband, just such one as have describ-
ed. Come, come, you men folks just try
love and kind words with kisses thrown in
as dessert. just try it for awhile, and my
word for it, home win seem happier, and
your wife's countenance will amply repay
you for all the expense you 60 into.
know my husband will kiss me ii go to


him and turn mp my face-he never refuses.
But it would 50 much better if 1t come
unasked-lf he would, when he came home,
just throw his arms around me, stOop over
and give me kiss, how much sweeter it
would be. We women don't like to make
all the advances. think tits the husbands
place as well as the wite's to come out of
this reserve and be as loving after marriage
as they were before. Often, oh. how often,


when my hubby comes in, look into his
face almost asking for kiss, but with
holding the words, how my heart would
ache if he should pass out without any
such token. have taken good many
cries over it, almost wishing were sleep
ing in the cemetery, rather than live to b.
. wife without love on my husbands side


What do care for riches without love to
weigh in the balance IwouM far rather
be poor and have my husbands love than
to have aD else besides. Give me love for
1t win weigh more than riches. just you
husbands try it. Try this receipt and see
how It works.--0orrespondenee, IoWa State
Register. !.
Year: 1878

The most perilous hour OF person. s
life is when he is tempted to despond. The
man who loses his courage loses all there
is no more hope of him than Of dead
man but it matters not how poor he may
be, how much pushed by circustanccs, how
much deserted by friends. how much lost
to the world if he only keeps his courage,
holds up his head, works on with his hands
and with unconquerable will determines
to be and to do what becomes a man, all
will be well. 1t is nothing outside of him
that kills, but wha. is within, that makes
or unmakes.
Year: 1878

There Is an element in pers On's nature
that exerts powerful sway over his life
and happiness. Some individuals at the
least obstacle give up, and sit down in de-
spondency-fold their hands in despair;
while others, apparently in the same cir
cumstances, seem to rejoice in overcoming
difficulties, and pass ahead with renewed
determination and strength. The differ
ence is natural in a great degree. One sees
courage or cOwardice developed in chill
dren at a very early age. Perhaps educa-
ton has to do with it, in some measure,
but still it seems as if it We're part Of the
nature; one child will be frightened at a
shadow, while another never sees anything
to alarm it, and is as fearless in the dark as
in the sunshine. AA


/ Courage sases ote many sad days and
gloomy hours. A courageous heart never
is borrowing trouble-looking for trials
that may not come. If they do come they
are met bravely. ''As long as a person keeps
his courage up, there is hope" said ply
sician, speaking Of one Of his patients who
was lowering between life and death. II
never give up sick person who thinks he
is going to get well; ard there is not much
use to try to save one who has no courage
TO live or to get well.' a


There was good deal of wisdom in the
remark; but sometimes it requires more
courage to live than it takes to die. Many
a person has fought with trials, curses and
tribnlatioBs, and come off conqaeror at
last, who would gladly have sunk Into the
grave in preference to facing the world and
keeping on bold front. To make the
best Of trials and Affections, and keep the
skeleton Of sorrow hid from mortal sight.
is far better than to clasp grief to the breast
and lie down in despair. Always rennem-
ber that ..unto each life some rain must
fall"
Year: 1878

The pastor of church in one of our
large cities said not long ago: IL have Of
ticiated at forty weddings since l came
here, and in every case, save one. felt that
the bride was running an awful risk
Young men of bad habits and fast te:lden-
cies never marry girls of their own sort,
but demand wife above suspicion. So.
pure, sweet women, kept from the touch
Of evil through the years of their girlhood,
give themselves, with all their costly dow
er OF womanhood. into the keeping OF
men, who. in base associations, have learn
ed to under-value all that belongs to them,
and then find no repentance in the sad at-
ter years. There is but one way out of
this that can see. and that is for you-the
young women of the country-to require
in associations and marriage, purity for
purity, sObriety for sobriety, and honor for
honor. There is no reason why the
young men Of this Christian land should
not be just as virtuous as its women, and
if the loss Of society and love be the price
they are forced to pay for vice, they will
not pay it. admit with sadness that not
all our young women are capable of this
high standard for themselves or others,
but | believe there are enough earnest,
thoughtful girls in the society ofour coun-
try to work wonders if faithfully aroused.
Dear girls will you Ee,p us? Win yen.
first OF all, be trlie to yourselves aud God !;
80 pure in your inner and outer life that
you shall have a right to ask that the
young man with whom You marry shall
be the same: The awful gulf Of dishonoc
is close besiale your feet, and IN it, fathers,
brothers, lovers and sons are going down,
VIII you help us in Our great work.
Year: 1878

We clip the following from the Taunton,
Mass, Household Gazette. Unfortunately
for BOzeInan we have few such men as
this article condemns, and who will do
well to profit by the advice therein con-
tanned:


1.-The poorest kind of a citizen is he who
is eternally running down his own town.
He can see nothing good in it. Taxes are
too high Is ths Asess nHas r fre 6qp @ 9qSpS5 gp ii
enterprise; no prospect OF growth; no
body to take the place of the leading busi-
ness men when they die; the whole con-
Germ is going down hill at a breakneck
speed, and nobody has sense enough to
put on the brakes. How often does one
hear such sentiments and much more of
the same kind, from the wise men who
spend their evenings sucking pipe about
the street corners, or abstracting bits of
sugar and cracker crumbs in the grocery
stores they haunt. 1t is useless to tell
them they are more to blame for dullness
in local business than any other persons,
for, self-consciOus of superior wisdom,
they long since have learned to look upon
themselves as Oracles, and think that wis
dom begins and ends Immediately under
their hats. Yet they are a positive injury
to the place in which they live-in fact,
benefit town only SO far as they are con-
sumers, and fertilizers of the soil in which
they are to hide their prophetic mouths at
last. No man Of such stamp ever put his
shoulder to the wheel to help along legi-
innate enterprise; ever was far-sighted
enough to originate single idea which
would result in the employment of capital;
or ever had kindly word for anything
which energy was seeking to bring about
until it became an assured fact.


The men of value to a town are those
who are always willing to talk it up any
where and everywhere. If they have no
capital to spare in new investments, a good
word in the right place is often worth dol
lars. They see advantages and tell Of
them. They cheer willing investors and
urge on sturdy laborers. They look be-
yond the present into the future. They
know that the sun shines for all behind
tlIC NlouttS uS hCI stS NuCD tlItN ttIc lnCltCu
away, and recognize possibilities for good
cheerftllly and willingly at all times and
seasons. They have warm and ready
hand for the stranger who seeks new
home among them, and do not set every
new man or woman down as thieves until
they are proved to be such One such
man is worth regiment of grumblers, and
happy is that place which affords them
home. The traveller in the West is sur
prised, and often annoyed, at the Dragging
about local advantages he hears from the
humblest villager as well as the citizen of
Of the largest cites. Yet for all this it is
a good falling. These mer have establish
ed their homes md believe in them. and
the jealous rivalry in growth between
neighbOring cities arises from the almost
universal desire for promoting local i'm
provemcnt and making the best of what
they have. Some of New England's towns
and cities want few more men to talk
them up, and less to run them down.


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&0mAfNPt Norton.
Year: 1878

If THE editor of the GAZETTE will
pay our little town visit We shall be
delighted to take him to the postofiice
and show hin through the building by
the permission of our worthy postmas-
ter, and we know he would be pleased
with its arrangement for the convenience
of all concerned. We like the economy
advoca ed by the GAzET1 E-but don't
admire that parsimony and stinginess
which would deprive everybody Of lit
tie comiort-Deldcdredn


We do not think the GAZETTE ought
to be charged as above, for its reference
to the extravaganza of the Republican
party exhibited in the expenditure OF
sixty or seventy thousand dollars on the
Dover postotlice. We distinctly re-
marked that eight or ten comfortable
buildings for postofiices in the various
town of the State could have been
erected for $4,000. We admire our
beautiful little rural Capital and its peo-
pie, and certainly would not deprive
them of single comfort notwithstand-
ing We would prefer to shed some of the
comforts of government upon other fine
places.
Year: 1878

the crops wouldn't amount to nothing
but they Is getting on fust rate. The
Lord generally brings things round
about right, notice. Don't go much
on the churches, and pleguey little of
some OF the members, but you don't
catch me going back on the Lord. Was
telling Sarry only last week we must
go over and, hear you preach some
pleasant Sunday Suppose you give
them tire real Bible religion. don't yes
That is what all say they do. anyhow.


The minister and his wife had but
little opportunity to utt er a word
their friend was so talkative; but they
would insist upon expressing their
warmest thanks to him and Sary Ann
for the truly generous donation.


After the rich store had been depos-
tied in the house. the man took the
minister by the hand. leaving IN it a
bill, saying.


There's my part of the fee; thank
Sary Ann for the sass. And then jump
ing into his wagon he drove away.


the minister unfolded the bill, and
10 its worth was twenty dollars Mrs
Watson clapped her hands, and fairly
shouted for JOY. The needed dress
and pants were bought. and to this day
there is no story which the minister
and his wife love TO tell so well as that
Of rhe Wedding Fee.
Year: 1878

This paper is not exactly afflicted with
the yellow fever this week, but it is
yellow from a bad case Of quarantine
it seems impossible to get our paper
from the quarantine station.
Year: 1878

For the information of the tax payers
Of st. Landry, we will call attention to
the fact that the tax collector is now
preparing to serve notices on all tax
payers, who owe taxes on PERSONAL
property, and as in many cases the cost
is far more than the tax, it would be
we'll for the public to take due notice.
Unfortunately there are so many people
in our parish who do not take Il news
paper, they do not nor will they know
this fact until the notice is at their door
and cost has already accrued on the
delinquent. Merchants and parties in
formed, should give notice to their
neighbors, so this cost may be avoided.
Times are hard enough and taxes high
enough without this extra tax, which
falls particularly on the poorest people.


Washington still keeps up rigid
quarantine against New Orleans, Baton
Rouge, Barry's Landing, CburehEille,
Bayou Waxia, Bayou Beuf, Jim Morris
and all other infected places. Quite a
commotion was created in town last
Friday, by some one circulating the
report that the editors of this paper
and the Washington News had fanked
the guards and were actually seen sit
ting on their Office gallery on Dejean
street, with 100 lbs of yellow jack in their
clothes. Immediately the alarm was
sounded and your poor editors We're
hunted down beyond the town limits,
and notified that although not excluded
by the regulations adopted by the Board
Health, they would create great an
easiness by their presence within the
corporate limits. Editors being pro-
verbally polite and accommodating
they readily agreed to the request, and
now they are both excluded from their
sanctums for we know not how long.
1t is great thing to be representa-
tive of the people.
Year: 1878

From the Boonvili- Advertiser


We call the attention OF our readers
to an able editorial from the Lexington.
Inteligencer on convict labor, which We
reprint to, day We do not doubt thai
the suggestions therein made are thu
very best. and. il carried out. will d.
much to remedy an alarming and grow
ing evil. As long as crime exists It mus'
be repressed and punished. 1t is nexi
tn impossible to devise Il punitive sys-
III that in one Sense will be free from
national objection. IN another sense; Il
we make one, that after deliberation
and information. and Consultation o
all surrounding circumstances, meals
and ends is the best we can construct !;
this ought to be cordially sustained amt
carried out. At whatever labor convict>
are employed. whether inside OF the
walls OF the prison or outside, there
must be unavoidable conflict with other
labor. We must either let them do no
labor and be heavily taxed for their sup
port, or we must make them support
themselves Which is the best tor the
public? What departments of labor
should receive their attention and oc-
cupatior ought to be selected by wise.
discreet managers, SO as to Interfere AS
little as possible with outside, honest in
dustries. Crime is a monster whose
presence always deranges the harmony
of society and destroys the symmetry
of law.
Year: 1878

There is Turkish allegory which
tells us that every man has two angels
one on his right and another on his left
and that they record the good and evil
that is done. If this be true that left
handed angel is pretty busy in these
days and the right-handed one may as
well 90 off on a vacation.
Year: 1878

FEELow- -CITIZENs-My recent an
as a candidate to repre-
sent Fayette and Shelby counties was
so close on the day of election that it
has been out Of my power to visit you
in person, and as it will take place to
morrow / feel that the magnitude and
multitude of evils which affiict us,
and is paralyzing every interest and
energy in State, county and city,
are of such importance that
circular addressed upon the
more absorbing questions of the hour
from me is not only advisable but i'm
perative atthis time. Ihave, therefore,
to say if elected (Which there are good
reasons to believe will be the result,
all the powers ! possess, with such as |
may be able to call to my assis-
tance, shall be spent in an effort to
give practical relief. This city must be
placed beyond the reach Of mandamus
writs and put in good sanitary cOndi-
ton or we canhope forno future prosper
ity. The fees of Office are too great, and
should be cut down to the basis Of
shrinkage in value of property, labor
and production in the State. All
public debts should be settled by the
same rule. This would seem to be
equitable and just. Current expenses
of the State can, by proper legislation
be reduced to one-half its present rate
1t ought to be done by the next gene
raj assembly. Before the war we haC
twenty-six courts in this State
now we have thirty-nine, at ;
cost to the people of quit,
three times as much as before. UpoI
the subject Of a national currency
from the outset opposed the contrac
tion, resumption and funding policy 0
the government, and favored payinI
the bonded debt in greenbacks ant
making them legal tender in paymen
of all debts due the government. 4
more efficient mechanics lien law il
this State is demanded. Our schoo
laws require amendments to Civ
them greater efficacy. These ar
some of the evils which now han
upon our system that can be dispose
of, with a great saving to taxpayer
if proper legislation can be obtained
With the earnest hope that you Wi
go to the polls tomorrow and vot
} as you may feel the best interests Q
all classes demand, / am,


Very respectfully,


JESSE +. Brown.
, December 20, 1878.
Year: 1878

A bill is pending in the South
Carolina legislature to make adultery
the only ground for divorce and pro-
hibit the marriage of divorced per-
son whose late partner is still living.
Year: 1878

EDITOR OF CHEF have noticed, for some time
past, that the Bxlleins invariabe crushing answer
to charges has been, The CAef lies" This argument
is conclusive and to the minds Of disinterested men,
carries irresistible weight have read the Chiers
remarks relative to the in which the printing
of this city let and find that the Bxets replies
in the old stran-"The Chief lies" It Is pretty
well understood here, that the chef does not lie in
this instance at least but states the exact fact Ny
authority for this statement il member Of the City
government who 10 in position to know all about it,
Our City printing, this year. under the contract will
cost the enormous of between i've and ten dollar


and is not worth cavilling about; but the truth is
truth. SKNxrxKptNK.
Year: 1878

The FATE OF RENEGADEs.-"There 10 honor
among thieves" is an old sdage and there is
another, that "the greatest rascal turns States
evidence" The fate Of the informer, the trait
or, the one who turns States evidence, has been
the came in all ages. He may have done so for
pay, or for revenge, or to secure some immunity
for himself; but after the act is done, he finds
that the pay is no compensation, the revenge is
no satisfaction, the immunity is worse than pnn-
ishment. man named York once brought
himfelf to believe that if he could tempt man
to do wrong, and then expose him, his fame
would be assured. He accomplished his pur-
pose, and the nsme Of York has since been .
disgracs in the land. Those who proited by
his infamy, despise him for it. The latest ex-
ample is that of one Anderson, of Louisiana.
He wanted revenge, and sought it by confessing
his own villainy. The men who are using him,
are trying to conv ince him that he is relieving
his conscience, and purifying himself; but when
they are through with him, they will turn from
him with disgust. He will not accomplish the
object for which he turned States evidence, but
he will have lost the respect of all human kind,
himself included. He will be cast aside, as too
dead to skin, and too Insignificant to create .
stink.
Year: 1878

How ARTEMUs WARD WhoTE.-A
friend of Artemus Ward who was with
him on the Cleveland Ediadedier for
some time, says he used to ho ince> antly
whiting his chair and desk. HIS man
ner of writing was as peculiar as every
thing else about the man. His mission in
life seemed to be to hunt up funny things.
When he found them, out of his own
head or elsewhere, he himself enjoyed
them better than any one else. AS he sat
writing when the funny idea struck him,
hs would laugh with guffaw which
seemed to shake him from heels upward.
He sat in Nh arm chair, always with his
left leg swung over the arm of his chair.
When the joke came, he used to pound
the table with his fist, slap the long, thin
leg that hung over the chair, and explode
with laughter. 1t was his habit to share
a good joke with his associates IN the of
fee at once. He loved sympathy, Ms if he
had been woman, and seemed to stand
a. much in need OF it, He wrote rather
rapidly, and writing seemed to come easy
to him. He laughed nearly all the time
he was writing.