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Year: 1878

An uncommonly atrocious crime was the rape and murder of Mrs. Ryan at Tomsh, Wis last week. She was a poor Irish washerwoman and had to support an inva- lid husband and family. She had been al work at the house of one Garyey, and was about going home when she was out. ragged by Garvey, Pat Reilly and two Ger mans named Ballfranse and Berger. Then she was dragged to her own premises where she was again violated by Berger. All the guilty men but Garvey have been ar rested.
Year: 1878

If there are four million of silver dollars coined every month for the year to come, there will be only ten cents month for each individual Tn the country and only 0l. 20 for the year. So you need not lay awake nights contriving how you shall cart k around. A
Year: 1878



 STxwART's HOTEL FOR WoMEN.-The A. T. Stewart hotel in New York, for working women will be opened on the Second of April. The rules and regulations for its conduct are now printed, and by them some idea of the work proposed can be formed. What is called the upper class of working women only can be aided by the proJect 1; that is very evident by the charges. Board and lodging range from six dollars to elev- en dollars week, and transient boarders are charged two dollars day. The three meals are thirty-fve cents for breakfast. twenty-five for lunch, and fifty for dinner j; or at the rate of dollar and ten cents a day. These are prices far above the ordi- nary working women in the city, and 1t Is rendered less possible for the poor to enjoy the building from the fact that sewing ma chimes in the rooms are absolutely prohib- ited, so there is no chance to do any extra work to pay for the extra benefit of such a home. Only women who are in daily work or employment will be admitted. All ap- plicants must present written testimonials of good character, and 'the manager may at any time, and with or without cause. terminate the right of any boarder to re- main in the hotel, and upon notice thereof she must forthwith remove therefrom." " This regulation is the most objectionable feature of the whole programme. Good character being the essential requisite of admittance, dismissal cannot but be dam aging reflection upon the person turned out and to have the power to intlct such damage rest arbitrarily in any one person, seems emine ntly unjust. It is now of in terest to see first whether there are working women enough in New York who are able to pay six to eight dollars week for their accommodations, and second, whether fl there are so many so near to independence, they are willing to undergo the censorship of this infallible and supreme manager.
Year: 1878

1t is to be borne in mind in considering the
political situation that the Southern question
has not been reopened by the Republican
party. The issue made by that party in
the campaign was the currency issue, and on
that the battle was fought. The accusation
that the Republican leaders have revived the
Southern question for their own benefit is
false.


The Southern question was fast disappear
ing from politics when it was reopened by the
South itself. Had fair election been per-
mitted this fall we should now hear little or
nothing of 'sa solid North" But murders,
bull-dozing, terrorism, ballot-box stuffing,
have stifed the voice of the majority in the
Southern States. There has not been free
ballot. The negro has iu effect been de-
prived of the suffrage. The constitutional
amendments have virtually been nulliied.
And all this has been the work of Democrats
who controlled the balot-boxes and at the
head of armed men broke up public meetings
and murdered unoffending citizens. These
men by their acts have revived the Southern
question. The outrages have alarmed, ex-
asperated, solidified the North. However
much we deprecate the revival of sectional
feeling we cannot remain quiet and see with
out protest the freedom OF elections de-
stroyed and the lives of citizens put in peril
If they attempt to express their opinions on
public afAirs or to exercise the right of suf-
frage. We say that if the electoral vote of
the South IS to be secure in this way, if
that vote is to represent the views of the
minority and not the wishes of the majority,
it must be met and overcome by solid elec-
toral vote in the North. This is necessary
unless the country is to be governed by
minority OF minority, unless it is to fall into
the hands of the men who are the heaviest
armed or can most successfully stuff ballot
boxes.


The South itself has reopened the South
ern question. fit wishes to close that ques-
tion forever it must cease its efforts to de-
stroy personal liberty, to disfranchise voters,
to carry elections by terror and fraud. The
responsibility rests wholly upon itself, and it
cannot escape the consequences of its mis-
deeds by shouting that the Republican party
is attempting to revive sectional issues.
Year: 1878

The Shoe and Leather Reporter has this
to say about the cheapness of money: In
this age of cheapness and plenty, the cheap
est thing, because the plentiest, is money.
The amount in existence is so much in ex-
cess of the legitimate demand, that it Is alb
solutely impossible to keep it all in circula-
ton. Although the use of it can be had at a
merely nominal rate of interest, large quauti-
ties of it are lying idle all the while in the
vaults Of the banks and in the Golfers of the
Treasury. The reasons for this are obvious.
When we were at the hight of expansion an
enormous supply of money was required to
conduct the business of the country. As
soon as the collapse came, very much less
sum abundantly suficed for the purpose.
The purchasing power of dollar nearly
doubled, and yet very few were actually re-
tired. The inevitable and early sequence of
panic is to reduce the rate of interest. In
proportion as prices fall, less currency is
needed, and capitalists find great difficulty in
placing their funds where they will be per-
fectly secure, and yet yield them an adequate
return. " 1t might have been
supposed that the movement of the enor-
nous crops which have been harvested this
year would have so quickened the call for
money as to provide an outlet for the boards
of it that lie accumulated in the financial
centers. In ordinary times the bankers have
all the customers they can accommodate in
the Autumnal season. Symptoms of strin-
gency are not unusual during this exception
al period. But now the circulating medium
is so redundant that the pressure to lend is
far greater than the importantly to borrow,
and, after all is turned to account that is
needed for the purposes of exchange, there
is still surplus that can be obtained
on the hypothecation of approved securi-
ties for merely nominal consideration
This state of things is, no doubt, partly at
tributabe to the fact that the industries Of
the country are not being pursued with their
Year: 1878

wonted vigor; but 1t is also due in a still
greater measure to the circumstance that the
contraction OF the currency has not kept pace
with the decline in values, and because of
the disparity, money is relatively cheaper
than the commodities into which it is con-
yertible.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The anne and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

JOE JOHNSTON is mentioned for chairman
of the next House committee on military ar
fairs. Will he seek an investigation of the
arbitrary and unconstitutional methods used
by Sherman to beat him in 1865?
Year: 1878

a p r 0 Q L A MI A Il . N.


The people of this state have received signal
latons of the goodness of God in the blessings He
has bestowed upon them throughout the year.
Health and prosperity have been given them in full
measure. Peace, good will and well being have pre-
vailed. The seasons have been propitious and Ma
ture has continued the glories OF the summer be.
yond its usaaI limit through long succession of
beautiful days, gladdening the earth and uplifting all
hearts IN JOY and thankfulness.


In order that the people may with one accord offer
their reverent thanks, do hereby in conformity to
the usage which santions and endears this annual
holiday, and by and with the advice and consent OF
the Council, appoint


Thursday, the 2S day Of November, 1873.
as day of Thanksgiving and Praise to God for the
rich gifts and constant Of the past year, and for
the promises and hopes that attend the coming of
the new year.


Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta, this


sixth day of November in the year OF our Lord


one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight,


and OF the Independence of the United States OF


America the one hundred and third.
By the Governor. SELDEN CONNOR.


$. j. CHADBoURNE, Secretary of State.
Year: 1878

II is hard for a young mother who has
not yet overcome the waywsrd tenden-
cies OF her own youthful nature, to real
ize the influence she exerts over her little
ones. She is continually surrounded By
critical imitstors, who copy both her
morals and her manners. As the mother
is, SO is her sons and daughters. 1t u
family OF children are blessed with an
intelligent mother, who is dainty and re-
fined in her manners, and does not con
slider il necessary TO be one woman in Che
parlor snd an entirely different one In
her everyday lite, but who il q true moth
er, and always tender, charming wom-
an. you will invariably see her habits OF
speech and her pleasant manners repeat
ed in her children.-Great, rough men,
and noisy, active boys will always tone
down their voice, and strive 10 step qui-
city, and be more manuerly, when she
stops 10 give them kind word or pleas
ant smile. for true mother will never
tsil to say and do all the kind and pleas
ant things she can that will in any way
help to lift up and cheer those whose lives
are shaded with toll and care. The moth
er of to-day rules the world tomorrow.
Think Of it when you are tempted 10 be
fretful and impatient. and guard well
your home treasures.
Year: 1878

we all considered far too lenient u Judge
ment. The ex. policeman came in for the
head-messenger' berth. with a house
rent free and present of fifty pounds
In addition to much very unmerited
praise, l received bonus of hundred
pounds, which, as my domestic circle was
shortly to be increased, contributed in no
small degree to the satisfaction OF the
household at Wood Green.
Year: 1878

Wood burns because it has6e prop
er stuff tor that purpose init; and a man
becomes renowned because be has the
necessary ssufin him. Renown is MOTTO be
sought, and sll pursuit of it is vain. A
person may. indeed, by skillful conduct
and various artificial means, make 8 SOFT
of name for himself; but if the inner
Jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will
not last day Goethe.
Year: 1878

Working leaven favorably situated
will certainly show itself. The sponge
swells over the rim OF the vessel some
times and hangs like snow-drifts to the
sides. The religion which does not lift up
the aims OF life to higher ends, does not
lift up the frowns of the face to pleasant
smiles, does not raise the expectations OF
life to higher Joys, must be poor leaven ;
or otherwise must be surrounded by un-
favorable conditions. Get the best. Keep
Il warm and let it work.. l.. WithrO,0.
Year: 1878

The week ending to-day was remarkably unsats-
factory in commercial and mercantile results. A
steady decline marked the course of the markets
for hog products and grain, and merchandise moved
slowly and at unremunerative prices But in the
speculative market on the Stock Exchange, the
week showed a marked appreciation III the values
of a majority of the stocks. The power of capital
and easy money is still able to fight against all
disturbing influences On the small transactions OF
400 81 shares for the week ending to-day, the gen
eral market shows an advance ranging from Il of
per cent to Der cent After a dectne in the middle
of the week stocks finally close strong and buoy
Year: 1878

Farmers are fast learning the lessen
that four feet are better than two
wheels; that good way to market grain
is to walk it to the purchaser; that corn
put on legs is enhanced in value, that
true economy is pTAet Ced, when only
the Valuab portiCA Of a crop is put
upon the market, arr when that crop
is put into meat, or its condition is such
as will by one other step produce it, he
has extracted from the Offering Of the
soil the gold andleft the dross. Again,
the raising Of cattle, swine, sheep, and
horses precludes tie necessity for so
much of machinery and expense in pre-
pairing for the harvests, and leaves the
sci richer and the owner more Of a
profit.


It seems but the morning-its very
dawn, at that-of the stock interests Of
the great West; the problem Of market
ing the cattle product has been satisfac-
torily solved; another step in the great
search for economy has been found, the
farmer saves by reducing grain to ami
mails and making them take themselves
to market, and the shipper has found
that the carcass can be prepared and
landed in foreign markets in even bet
ter condition than when starting, and
the carrying Of all the refuse saved;
and to-day we can furnish England with
beef cheaper than she can procure it
from her own slaughter pens. 1t gives
an UnfayOrable outlook to the stock in
terests of our English friends, but yet
we are the meat market Of the world,
or are fast becoming so; and Johnny
Bull can turn his attention to other
matters properly belonging to his island
home, while we supply him with his
round roasts and pOrterhOuse.


We now ship slaughtered meat across
the ocean: bear that in mind; it is no
guess-work, we do it; and the demand
for accommodations to do it extensively
will make the facilities forthcoming.
Instead Of sending the corn, oil cake,
and other products that England buys
to feed her cattle in its bulky condition,
let US concentrate it all in the animal,
and then send the carcass only, thus
furnishing at the least possible expense
the meat which they make so attractive
market for, They want good beef,
will pay for it, and Of this fact let breed
ers make a note. 1t costs no more to
send sweet, tender, and desirable meat
than its opposite, and it will command
a much larger price. There is no limit
to the demand, and the improvement in
quality will only add to the cOnsump-
ton and consequent amount required,
Year: 1878

1 am not finding fault with the little
bit of something tasty which you had
always at hand to fill up spare minutes,
to occupy your fingers while mammals
visitor interrupted your music, while
papa suddenly favored you with a bit
Of the Times, or even while brothers,
whose delicate constitutions prevent
activity in the morning, were daWding
over their breakfast. Nor do want to
prevent you from keeping really
beautiful piece Of ''fancy" work,
planned with art, to execute with taste,
skill and patience, when you can allow
yourself really elegant leisure. All
that I find fault with is the disprOpOr-
tiOn, the incOngruity, of saying that
our clothes are worth the time required
to make them look fine and dressy,
and yet not worth the time and patience
to keep them sound and Unblemished.
So I hope you will take up the darning
needles in good earnest. Darn stock
ings Obliquely. For this hint am in
debted to an old "gentIewOman" in
deed, who received it from a stocking
weaver. Place your lines exactly on
the bias, and your stitches so as to lie
also diagOnally with the lines Of the
stocking, and at right angles with the
lines of darning. Every column Of
stitches must be caught in your alter
nate lines, the first, third, fifth, etc,
in the first, the second, fourth, ETC., in
the second and so on. I really had
rather take the trouble to teach darn
ing as a regular lesson than see such
sights as I have seen within the last
few years. Leave a tiny loop at each
end to allow for the shrinkage Of the
cotton when washed; and as soon as
the stocking is worn soft, before it goes
into holes, darn the heel all over, the
foot across, and the upper side Of the
toe all across. Then you will avoid the
ugly daTns, like blOtches here and there.
Never sit daTning and gOssiping or day
dreaming. Always learn something
off by heart, something that really re-
quiIes a little attention while this me-
chanical work is going through your


fingers. Never darn with sewing cot
ton; take the trouble to get cotton fine
enough to match your material, and
darn blankets and wOOllen stockings
with cotton OF cotton or wool mixed,
for wool alone is too brittle to be use"
full. Darning damask with its own
glossy yarn, Grape with its proper cot
ton, and cloth between the tlicknesses,
and mending net and lace by carefully
Initiating the stitch, are really fine arts,
as you will know if ever you have to
pay for having them done because you
have not taken the trouble to learn to
do them yourself. Skill in any art
whatsoever is a marketable commodity,
and you need not expect the benefit of
it without payingit full value. Scarce
Iy less important than darning is the
art of piecing, which includes the
knowledge where, and Of what shape
the patches must be, as well as the
manner Of putting them on. 1t is al
most a safe rule not to stop short Of
seam; that is, to Unpiek seam, and
put in a piece all the way up, or down,
or across. After learning upon sheets
and such stout articles, you can mend
clothing; but I hope when you are
perfect at linen and lOngcloth you will
mend dresses, coats, gloves, carpets,
in fact every ''textile fabric in the
hOuse.-EE."
Year: 1878

There IS, perhaps, no subject OF equal
Importance which has been more ne
elected by the pulpit, press, and moral
lists alike-in regard to tie education Of
the young and old, the younger classes
especiaIly-than that of educating them
to right habits Of reading-habits that
shall both educate and morally elevate
their characters. 1t is usually, if not
always, true that the habits Of reading
and thinking which a person forms be-
fore he is twenty-five years old, will go
with him through life; and, if this be
so, why is it not also true that parents
and teachers should see to it, while the
young are under their charge, forming
their characters and habits Of life, that
they should at the same time form right
habits of reading. We fear that the
story of the-Old man, over eighty years
of age, to whom a Bible was offered, and
who refused it, and asked for a yellow
covered dime novel instead, is not an
isolated case. How sad a pictured a
man tOttering on the brink Of the grave,
to whom the habits of a long lifetime
cling close in death. Did you ever no
tice how people whU read this sensa-
tional trash that is so common nova
days care little to indulge in much
stronger diet2 It is generally fact
that those who habitually read trashy
weeklies and mOnthlies, filed with high
ly seasoned blood and thunder, do not
care to read other literature, unless it
be the ordinary daily or weekly news
paper, which contains the news of the
world; and then they merely scan the
columns, taking nothing definite IN;
they lay the paper aside hardly knowing
what has met the eye. unless it be a
sensational item-and even that is but
half read, so that a correct view of it
cannot be given. The daily and weekly
newspaper is a necessity now; and eve
rybody who wishes to keep up with the
times and know what is going on in the
world reads them. The newspaper is
an educator that cannot be dispensed
with. We do not wish to find fault
with the reading of light literature.
There are a great many excellent books
and works Of that description written
nowadays. The distinction between
light literature, and thrash" and 'sen-
sation books" is plain. The name,
sensation books" I think is aptly
enough termed; those books or. papers,
which for the most part address the
feelings and hold the sensuous fascina-
ton. The element of truth, which pu-
rifles, enlightens, strengthens and ele-
Yates the soul, is rarely found in them.
The good and the useful, as highest
ends in literature are not recognized by
their authOrs-nay! are too often held
in low estimation. No knowledge is
derived from reading such books, the
authors Of which pander to the lowest
passions. What weak ambition that
writer has who writes merely for ap-
plause-whO can be satisfied to exhibit
his mental powers in mere Blondin
feats. Intellectual gymnasts are about
as useful as acrObats. The book or pc
riOdical which has the power to instruct,
eElighten and help to rise higher intel
lectually and spiritually, has the only
basis of abiding fame.
Year: 1878

Some temptations come to the indus
trious. but all temptations attack the
idle. Idle Christians are not tempted
Of the devil so much as they do prompt
the devil to tempt them. Idleness sets
the door Of the heart ajaT, and asks
Satan to come in, but if We are OccU-
pied from morning till night, should
Satan get in, he must break through
the door. Under sovereign grace, and
and next to faith, there is no better
shield against temptation than Obedi-
ence to the precept that ye be Not
slothful in business; ferYent in SPIRIT
serving the Lord. "
Year: 1878

I'd rather be poor and merry, than
Inherit the wealth Of the Indies with a
discontented spirit. A merry heart, a
cheerful spirit, from which laughter
wells up as natural as bubbles the
springs Of Saratoga, are worth all the
money bags, stocks, and mortgages OF
the city. The man who laughs is doc
tor, with a diploma endorsed by the
school of Nature; his face does more
good in a sick room than a pound Of
powders or q gallon of bitter draughts.
If things go right he laughs, because he
is pleased, if they 60 wrong, he laughs
because it is cheaper and better than
crying. People are always glad to see
him, their hands instinctively go half
way to meet his grasp, while they turn
involuntary from the clammy touch Of
the dyspeptie, who speaks on the groan-
ing key. He laughs you out Of your
faults, while you never dream Of being
offended with him: it seems as if sun
shine came into the room with him.
and you never know what a pleasant
world you are living in until he points
out the sunny streaks on its pathway.
Who can help loving the whole sOuled,
genial laughter2 Not the bufOOn, nor
the man who classes noise with mirth
but the CHEEKY, cOntented man Of
sense and mindl A good humored
laugh is the key to all breasts.
Year: 1878

The ladies Of the west end or st. Louis
are organizing a social club to be COM
posed entirely Of ladies between the
ages Of eighteen and thirty years, who
will give during the fall season a series
of surprise visits, when all the members
will be disguised with false noses.
Year: 1878

The small bow has two prime objects
in view in getting fighting cut" to
his hair in warm weather. One is 10
show to his yigilant father that he has
not been in swimming, and the other,
because he can lie in bed five minutes
longer in the morning; he doesn't have
70 comb his hair.
Year: 1878

Advertising is a good thing, but
when a prominent grocer recently car
ried to a funeral an umbrella on which
was painted cOnspicUOusly the business
OF his house, aud held it over the cler-
gyman's head while heread the prayers,
the bystanders thought he was running
the thing in the ground.
Year: 1878

A good old lady from the country, on
seeing sOda-water for the first time, de
clared that she couldn't imagine how
they ever poured it into the bottle SO as
to make it stay till they could get the
cork IN.
Year: 1878

A Man shot at a cut, and brought
down his wife the first time. The most
part is, the wounded woman
actually believed that he aimed at the
cat. One of the most beautiful charao-
seristics Of a wife is the answering
confidence she places in the word OF her
hnRhand.
Year: 1878

When a woman makes up her mind
that a hen shall not set, and the hen
makes up her mind that she will, the
irresistible meets the immOyable, and
every law of nature is broken or pre-
vented.
Year: 1878

a ScOtchman when abroad declared
that no such grapes grew in the world
as those which in Scotland ripen in the
open air; ''bUt must premise, he add
ed cautiously. THAT like them a wee
sour.n
Year: 1878

No meat is healthier than mutton.
No meat can be produced so cHeaply
It can be slaughtered at any time, re-
quiring but a few minutes for the ope-
ration. And yet not one farmer in ten
keen sheep.