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Year: 1878

An nttcmpi i- made to diminish the force
Of the Florida confessions 10y covering them
with rdiculc and ridiculc where II il appli-
cable and appropriate is "a very powerful
weapon. But to be effective. ridiculc must
be basel on logic. II is an extraVagant pre-
eCntaton ~ some truthful phase of a sub
joct. But whore ridculc is wholly nappro-
pirate, it becomes offensive and shocking
Then it is a weapon which rccois on those
who employ it. There can be no ridculo Of
death, or of religion NJ more can patriot
Ism be made Ridiculous nor sincere peni-
tcncc. Ridicule cannot be- applied 10 mat
tcrs Of 50 much moment as the prcserva-
tion of our free institutions Of government.
The usurpation Of the Office Of President of
the United States cannot be maintained by
nh effort to throw ridicue ON those who ex-
pose the fraud and confess to participation
in the crime II il too serious an affair To
be drowned in ridiculc. "You cannot" once
remarked n statesman. YOU cannot ridi-
culo the wounds which q soldier has re-
ceivcd in defence of his country" Ncta,r,
can YOU take from the greatest OF crimes IT,
color Of guilt 10y rdiculing those who would
bring the guilt to light.





men Of little consequence. VIZ are told. In
reply IL may be said they were of enough
consequence to make Mr.. HAYES President
of the United States. If they We're OF suf-
ficent consequence TO make him President
by fraud, we think they are Of sufficient con-
sequence to put him out bytclling the truth,
especially when they are sustained by strong
CorrOhOrativc evidence.


NoQucstiOn can arise of gravor Importance
10 this country than the question whether
We have in the Office of President a man
chosen 10y lawful votes or an impostor; and
it must be gravely met and intcligently
answered. 1t cannot be r.diculed out of eX-
istcucc; and that point may as well bc under
stood on all sides at once. The people de-
mand an Investigation which shall result in
mn official establishment of the whole truth.
They care less what the truth Is than they
do about having il authOritltivcly made
known. They care less who shall prove 10
be the President elect than that the Presi-
dent elect, whoever lie may be, shall have
the Office.


To attempt TO dispose Of this great qucs-
ton by ridicule is idle and shallow. There
is no point of view in which it can be made a
trivial matter. II tho right to have II Chief
Magistrate Of the peoples choosing Is not
important, then nothing in public affairs IL
important; and il this can be converted into
ridiculc. then the blood Of two wars has been
ridiculously shed, and our whole system OF
government is ridiculous. This is a conclu-
sion to which the people are not prepared to
come
Year: 1878

Brig Gen. LIE Due, the tea, date, and palm
lunatic has secured from the House Committee
on Agriculture n favorable report on the hill
constituting the Agricultural Commissioner n
Cabinet officer to rank with the Secretary of
State or tho Secretary Of the Treasury. When
this absurd bill comes up in the House there will
be good opportunity for the Hon. SUNSET Cox
to make himself useful.
Year: 1878

Arc Harlem's rumor mOngers right in
averrng that a large interest in the New York
Elevated Railroad has been bought by the re-
cluse millionaire whose blinds are never opened
and who never repairs any house that falls into
his hands. and that his purpose is to hold the
northern terminus Of the road as near the Third
avenue depot as possible for some years to
cOmeY
Year: 1878

Husbands should always appear be-
fore their wives in a neat and becom-
ing attire. Remember that was one OF
your chief attractions during courtship
A man is not at all beautiful en- desha-
bile, and how can you expect to retain
womap's love if you Suddenly drop
all the Establishments that won it!
Husbands, be neat. Never come to
! breakfast with hair looking like n "fig
tree shaken by mighty wind" or soil
ed collar or neck~tIe all away. Never
lounge about of late hour in the
evening. in stocking feet, sans coat and
vest, and with slouchy suspenders.
Had she chanced to see you thus in
courting days, it would have taken q
vast amount of romance out of her,
depend upon it. Suppose your circum-
stances in life are such that you must
assist in doing the ''morning chores.
then steal to your room before she has
seen You there and change the working
coat for the dresslng-gown, polish your
boots and make yourself prescntable,
that no suggestion of the barn-yard
may accompany you to the breakfasts
table. The look of fond regard that
will surely greet you from behind
the fragrant coffee-pot will be suffi
|, cient reward.


Never wear clouded or angry conn
teuance in the presence of your wife.
No matter what the cares and annoy
ance of the day may have been, be.
fore her you should be all sunshine.
Thus you will make her happy and for
get your own troubles. In her own
sphere she has petty vexations to bear
that would break the spirit of any man
alive. Don't add the burden of yours,
too.
Year: 1878

We believe in small farms and thor
ough cultivation;


That the soil loves to eat as we'll as
it's owner, and ought. therefore to be
we'll manured;


In going to the bottom OF things,
and therefore in deep ploughing and
enough of it. All the better If it be a
subsoil pillow.
In large crops which leave land bet
ter than they found it, making
both the farm and the farmer rich at
once;


That every farm should own good
farmer;


That the fertilizer Of any soil is a
spirit OF industry, enterprise and To-
telligence-without these, lime gypsum,
and guano will be of little use;


In good fences, good farmhnuses,
good orchards, and children enough to
gather the fruit;


In clean kitchen, neat wife in it,
clean cupboard, clean diary and a
clear conscience;


That to ask a mans advice is not
stooning, but often of much benefit;


That to keep place and everything
in its place, saves many q step and is
pretty sure to lead to good tools and to
keep them in order;


That kindness to stock. like good
shelter, is q saving of fodder;


That it is good thing to keep an
eye on experiments, and note all-good
and bad;


That it is a good rule to sell your
grain when it is ready;


That it is a good thing to grow into
farming, not jump into it.;


That all of farming is summed up In
the manure heap on the farm;


In enriching The soil according to its
wants.
Year: 1878

A terrible death from phosphorus is
recorded. A young man left Paris a
few days back to visit his friends al
Lyons, and as soon as, he got into the
carriage be lit match by scratching
it with his thumb>nail. and piece OF
the incandescent phosphorus penetrated
under the nail and made slight burn,
to which he paid no attention. But
after an hour the pain became very
great, The thumb swelled, then the
hand, and next the forearm. He was
obliged to alight at the first station
and sent for a medical man, who de-
clared that instant amputation of the
arm was necessary. The patient in
sisted on postponing the operation for
a few hours until the arrival of his ia
ther. for whom he had telegraphed.
But before the latter could reach the
spot it was too late; the poislnous mat
ter had gained the arm, then the
shoulder, and any operation was herce-
forth impossible. The young man died
twenty seven hours after the burn in
horrible suffering.
Year: 1878

A tired editor may be allowed to turn
away from politics and discourse little
on the holy Sabbath. For surely to no
one is it more welcome II comes as a
memorial of the completion of the work
of mans redemption. 1t is the resur
rection of Christ from the grave, on
the first day of the week, that we see
the resson for the change from Satur-
day to Sunday. The Jewish Sabbath
commen crates the completion Of the
work of creation on the seventh day;
the Christian Sabbath commentaries
the completion of still greater work
Redemption! What monument is thisi
How expressive and how UNIVERSAL
No other monument could have been
made to extend it's influence as far Gs
the sun shines and to all people. 1t is
Iiimited to no age or cline. This day
utters it's speech to an the generations.


As the Sabbath SUI rises afterFa night.
of darkness and week OF toll, it pro-


claims Christ, the resurrection and tho
/ life. sH T~TETfS


The Sabbath is also 'benediction.
It'spreads it's blessings broadcast. 1t
Offers repose to man and beast. It
comes like n Joy fresh from heaven to
the woman weary and worn with hes
weekly toll, to the lawyer tired of the
din of the court room, TO the merchant
fatigued with selling goods and casting
accounts, to the farmer aud mechanic
Segrimed with dust and sweat, and
more than all TO the overworked editor
of large paper. During these hot
days when the mind is relaxed and the
nerves and brain almost exhausted; he,
of all others, halls with inexpressible
delight, the dawn OF the Sabbath day.
1t is an island of bright beauty rising
up in the midst of life's ocean whero he
rests amid holy memories aud quiet as
sociations. 1t is an oasis in life's desert
where bubbling springs and shady
groves invite the exhausted traveller to
rest and recreation. es


It is q safe refuge, created by God
himself for the security of those thar
battle for the right and the true and
the good. Il is a benediction so great
and so needed that it shows its origin
to be divine. Then the Sabbath is
prophecy of perpetual peace, eternal
safety aud intending repose. Every
Sabbath prophecies to the toll worn veter
an that he shall rest amid scenes of
fadeless beauty, beneath bowers brighter
and greener than ever bloomed in Eden
or exhaled their sweetness to heaven.


Such and so great is our appreciation
of this holy day.
Year: 1878

A physician says the cry for rest has
always been louder than the cry fol
food. Not that it is more important,
but it is often harder to obtain. The
best rest comes from sound sleep. Ol
two men or women, otherwise equal, the
one who sleeps the best will be the
most moral, healthy and efficient.
Sleep will do much to cure irritability
Of tember, peevishness and uneasiness.
It will restore to vigor and overworked
brain. II will build up and make
strong q weary body. 1t will cure q
headache. It will cure broken spirit.
II will cure sorrow. Indeed, We might
make long list Of nervous and other
malsdies that sleep will cure. The
cure of sleeplessness requires clean.
good bed, sufficient exercise to produce
weariness, pleasant occupation, good
air. and not too warm room, q clear
conscience and avoidance of stimulants
and narcotics. For those who are over
worked, haggard. nervous. who pass
sleepless nights, We commend the adop-
tion OF such habits as shall secure sleep;
otherwise life will be short; and what
there Is Of it sadly imperfect.
Year: 1878

New York Cor. Cincinnati GaEette.[


John Brown has been in the
Stewart concern for quarter of a
century or more, and has risen to
a very important position in the
palace of fashion. lie is a quiet
looking man, of courteous manners,
and is one of that class ordinarily
called a "shop-walker." Mr.. Brown,
however, has a vastly more impor-
tant duty than ordinary men of this
class He is the autocrat of credit,
and has for years studied the vast
range Of high life with a view to
know the ability to pay. Tie has a
list of the substantial portion Of
the beau monde, and also one OF
the doubtful class, to which is add.
cd general and rapid view Of the
trash which ilits about the world OF
show. Every year Brown makes
out new list, but such is the
change in social life that each month
Year: 1878

THE legislature of this State would do
well to require some statement from the
Banks in which it is interested at the next
session. And this should be the case es-
pecially as to the Farmers Bank, of this
city, whose Board of Directors it often
fills with men who own no stock in it.
The late Presidents salary, We have heard
was recently raised in very questionable
way by the votes of some of these direc-
tors.
Year: 1878

THE BALTIMORE Gazette has awakened
up to asecret which has recently lit seems
been forgotten in some party of that
State. 1t says: "The Democrats OF
Maryland can carry every Congressional
District at the next election if they arc
wise enough to put their best men in the
field. There is plenty of good material
to choose from and candidate can be
nominated in every District that will in
sure success. The people won't vote for
bad man simply because he is on par
ty ticket and this fact had better be taken
seriously to heart by the leaders. There
was a time when parry nomination,
no matter how Objectionable, was equiv
alent to an election, but all that has been
changed and enough independent voters
are to be found to insure the defeat of a
domination not fit to be made. If the
Democracy will take this tide at its food
it will lead them on to fortunew


Delaware constitutes but one district
but that district is State, and in the
choice of President by the House OF
Representatives the vote of Delaware
counts one as does all the votes of an,
other State count but one.
Year: 1878

The Gazette and Herald, the two Demo.
cratic papers OF wilmington which M
the rag baby" and were going to squelch
Senator Bayard, found their roosl ell
couldn't crow when they took him down
TO Dover. The convention unanimously
adopted gold aud silver coin or con
vertible currency.-Sinyrna Times.


The GAZETTE has always maintained
that gold and silver coin was legal ten
der; and never advocated paper legal
tender. But it seems that the time has
nearly arrived when the paper legal
tender should be used to pay all debts, or
cease to be disbursed by the government
Year: 1878

The second-class two cent papers
suffering, red faced editor, is mad be-
cause the people are not forced to buy
his vituperatiye sheet. Perhaps he will
apply to the next Legislature TO make
them subscribe to it, since he did send a
paid agent and an attorney to the last to
make the Sheriff advertise in it. But the
paper lost its circulation and dwindled
down and is now regarded as the least
and growing less daily. Even the stock
holders of the concern hate it and it,
editor; one of them considers him {
nuisance and is almost willing to Civ,
away his interest if he could get any de
cent man with any capital to take it.
Year: 1878

RAsE-BALL.-On Saturday evening the
Athletic Baseball Club, Of Petersburg, will
visit this city and play the Richmond Club
on the latter's new grounds, at the head OF
Clay street. The new grounds have been
fitted up with comfortable seats for the ac'
commodation Of ladies.
Year: 1878

The Consolidated Street Railroad Company an
nounce that during the concerts December 9th, by
the children OF the Public Schools, at Music Hall.
extra cars win run from Fourth street and Broad
way and from the terminus OF every other line, in
Year: 1878

The pretty and cosy saloon and restaurant of
our friend III. McGraw. opposite the Magazine
street Market, where can be seen some very
handsome paintings, has just received an at
tractlye addition. It is q street scene. repre-
senting the Immediate vicinity of the market.
ana IN Which are grouped over one hundred
ne1ghborhood.. each picture presenting the
f4r1iglna according to bis peculiar character
jump; is the handiwork of Mr.. DELANEY the
operator of the Magazine street station Of the
american District Telegraph and deserves a
Year: 1878

There was quite largo attendance at the
Crescent City Rifle Park yesterday. and much
enthusiasm was manifested during the shoot
ing. Tho scores givon below are very credit
able, when it is remembered the marksmen
have had littlo or no practice since the advent
t1ap
Year: 1878

Prices to suit the times" together with every
comfort the most fastidious could ask or desire,
and the most delicate attention to every want,
has made the ColOnnade the hotel Of PhiladeI-
phia.
Year: 1878

Says a correspondent, of our excellent
contemporary the Rural Newly orker,
Farmers who grow clover largely are
almost necessarily improving their land :
Would it not be more in accordance with
fact to say that farmers who grow clo-
yer largely" or grow large clover, give
necessary" and demonstrative proof
that they hare "improved their land7
SO 1t would seem, inasmuch as farmers
cannot grow clover largely on any but
improved or fertile land" Farmers
generally know that "clover cannot be
grown largely" on poor, hungry, iniertile
soil. Hence, improvement OF the land
must pnecede the growing Of clover; !;
after it has been improved clover may be
grown largely but not before, accord
ing to our experience and observation.
Alter land has been improved by Cultiva-
tion, and with the application OF man
ures, stable or commercial, that clover may
be used as an aid or factor in Keeping up
fertility, at least for a time. none who
has tried it will deny.
Year: 1878

your sky
Your winds breathing low and your birds that


king together,
Your misty blue that fills the hoows Of the HIN.
You can make day Of most enchanting weather.
But on this lovely morning you have for your
The presence of my only love, my darling, my


your sky,


To make this day the day of all the year.
Yet April do your best with a son wind nom tho


west;


blue above;
Let your singing birds sing loudly and your flowers


look up proudly,
So may you serve the lady of my love
Oh month Of changeful mienl your day may be


serene,
Or yoor stbbing east wind may be bringing rainy


weather;
Each is we come day, for II takos me nearer May,
When my only love and shall be together.
Year: 1878

TIE Columbia Herald and Mail
pays this deserved compliment to
one of the heroes of Memphis
"Coloncl ]. NJ. Keating has passed
through five plaques and is now at
his post, as one of the editors Of
the Memphis Appeal. This heroic
man is an honor to his profession
and to the human race. He was
cast in an heroic mold. May the
good Lord have him in his especial
protection. lie works sixteen hours
a day, part of the time at the ease
setting type"
Year: 1878

tion until the last three sessions,
when a quorum was secured. The
final result was reached at 6 pm.
yesterday. so that several of the
bishops left before the promulga-
ton Of the finding. This action
ends the matter for the church at
large as well as for the diocese Of
Michigan, whose convention can
now proceed at any time to elect a
successor to the deposed prelate
The church has been saved a repe-
tition Of scandal literature, and at


the same time the offender has


been punished according to law.
Year: 1878


TT HAVING come to our knowledge that
some parties who had fed the city at the out
brock of the epidemic have returned, con
tracted the fever and died. it is my duty, by
resolution of the Howard Association, to warn
all Refugees that, owing to the fact that we
have all we can do to nurse and care for those
who are here, If they come back to the city
before the epidemic has been officially declared
over. they will do so at their own risk and
with almost the certainty of having to provide
for themselves in case of sickness. Our pres
ent obligations are as many and as weightY as
we can carry, and we cannot, without break
ing down. assume any more. REFUGEES
MUST NOT RETURN. The fate of thos,
who have should be warning to al.


A. ID. LANGSTARF,
| PPeH,dent Howard Associations.
Year: 1878

In short paper. entitled Remarks on
Health which Prof. c. r. Agncw, of New
York, delivered before the Bank Clerks Asso-
citation of that city, the speaker. after COM
pairing the general health and physical de-
velopment of the men Of this country with
those of England, said:


.sThere must be something in the habits OF
the men of Wall street and its vicinity that is
unfavorahle to the highest conditions of
health, and my conviction is that that COM
plex something is not necessarily due to the
inevitable wear and tear of business believe
that it may be traced to defective stamina in
many men, aggravated to some degree by
sanitary defects in the offices in which they
work, But by far the most potent causes of
insufficient health are to be found in the habits
of the men as regards diet. exercise and gen.
eral home life. 1t will not do to say that these
conditions of insufficient health are the results
of the hard times


They were seen In as marked degree, II
not to q greater degree, some years ago,
when money was supposed to be plenty
Hard times compel 10 the practice OF fru.
gallty, to abstinence from many forms O
Year: 1878

so-ealled amtHements, TO The healthfu EN-
Of home. and TO seek ih fresh ait,
sunlight and sleep, inespensive remedies,
the restoration which mere luxury can never
give and which prolieality Is usually at war
with. Z think that much Of the Insufficient
health that we sec Is easily traceabe to the
bad way In which children are brought up,
Another cause Is TO be found In the
absence Of positive aud ruling fond
mess for out of-dnot life How many Of
our young men GO to business and home
from 1t In those evererewtied and pestilential
street ears, instead Of making 1t daily duty
to go improve their pedestrian powers as to
be able TO walk 10 and fro. For one man walk
ing to his business a thousand are conveyed
In dens on wheels, Under sanitary conditions
which Mr. Bergh would correct Mt once If at
tempted to be applied In the transportation pf
the lower animals Many men who live in
suburban places go to and fro from their bust
ness in that chamber Of torture called a smok-
ing car, submitting twice a day to be super
saturated with tobacco poison.


''There are some features In the archtec-
ture Of banks and other Offices, Dr. Agnew
continued. 'unfavorale to health. We often
see the counters Of a bank so placed that the
dealers get the daylight and the fresh air,
and the attendants work facing the sources ol
light. and stand In costly marble or hard
wood pen In an atmosphere vitiated by their
accurnulating exhalatiuns and the poisonous
efIluvia Of filthy currency When bank build
ings stand upon street corners. the desks
should be sa arranged that the attendants
may get the light over their shoulders and
the dealers enter and depart by the blank
walls When this is impossible. as where the
building does not occupy feotner, an
attempt should be made by sAy-lights tc
admit food Of light from above, OF tt
SO place the gas in massed burners. under
refleetors. as TO illuminate the desks bril-
liantly and aid in the ventilation. The high
and uniform temperature kept up In our of
fees during the entire winter is very un
favorable TO health II weahens the energies
Of the body by retarding all those processes
which should be actively engaged in the
manufacture Of animal heat, and etnbartass


ing the natural wear end tear Of tissue, tend


ing. to Increase the susceptibility to catarrhal
and rheumatic affection"


speaking Of the use Of Intoxicating drinks
Dir. Agnew said "Alcchol is n poison. anc
should be taken. like other forms Uf poison
only under the advice ot a iudieious nhysi
clan who does not abuse 1t IN his own dietary
Alcohol does not cure fatigue. 1t does no
give any additional bodily vigor. Tt may
conceal fer little the fatigue induced bJ
work. and by species Of anassthesia OF par
tial insensihlitY deaden our consciousness O
the prevalence Of veal and tear.
Year: 1878

4 letter from Cow Island says:
Sitting Bull is undoubtedly preparing for
war, and his scouts have already crossed the


Missouri He will probably not move his
main camp until spring, but small stealing


parties will be kept out to stir the Indians, 1t
Is believed nearly all tho robberies now going
on are committed in the interest Of the great


Uncpapa chief and that many of them are
| instigated by him.
Year: 1878

The defeat of the Daily bill in the Assem-
bly, yesterday indicates the intention of the
Legislature to leave New York and the
other cities of the State with an excise law
that cannot be enforced, and that has been
condemned by three or four previous Legis-
latures. If it could be supposed that the
cause Of temperance would be promoted by
this action of our representatives at Albany
there might be some disposition to accept
the decision with good grace. But it is
notorious that, under the present dead
letter law, we have a carnival of free
rum in New York, and always shall