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Year: 1879

TnG Suit Lake Herald states that The
herd Of camels imported into Arizona three
wears ago, and which because Of apparent
failure to acclimatize them tue owners
were obliged to turn loose, have bred
literally, have become acClimated and do.
uesticated to the region, and thrive as
though they had been in their nstive Asia.
Ills expected that the offspring Of the i'm.
ported herd will become accustomed to
the alkaline waters peculiar to that region,
and that they can be used to carry the
mineral products OF that country to
market. The former owners, believing
that there is money in their camels, are
now getting the rejected beasts together,
and intend to devote some care to the
breeding and rearing of them.
Year: 1879

Washington, Sept. Ex-senator La
mar is now reported to have made up
his mind that the assassination of Dix
on ought to be denounced. A few days
ago he told democratic friend that in
the political speech which he was ex-
pecting to make at Yazoo City, he
should censure the Yazoo plan in very
strong terms, but that he had declined
to do so before until he should come
face to face with its authors. He has
evidently become convinced by the ex-
preston of disapproval of the northern
press, that it will be good policy for
him to denounce the Yazoo assassina-
tion. A Mississippian who has been
hand in glove with the Yazoo democ-
racy since 1875, says Lamar will never
dare to say what he has expressed as
his intention of saying publicly in va
200 county.
Year: 1879

Fall River, Sept. 23.-There are indica-
tions that the spinners strike is about
over, and ndthegeneral opinion seems to be
if manufacturers would discharge knob
stick spinners and employ all their old
help at old wages the strike could be
ended in few hours. Eighteen spin
ners are reported to have signed an
agreement with their employers at Bor-
den City mills to return to work to-
morrow morning. The spinners held Il
meeting this forenoon, however, at
which several of these eighteen men
were persuaded not to return rs they
had agreed to do.


An old spinner this afternoon stated
that he and all the others of the old
spinners were ready to return to work
II all of them could do so. The manu-
facturers said that was out of the ques-
tion. They had u number of good
spinners now at work, and had agreed
not to discharge any of them for the
purpose of ending the strike. They had
a few vacancies which the old spinners
could fill if they wanted them, but Ia
discharge any of the present help to
make places for strikers was PROPOSE
tion that could not be considered
Year: 1879

FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS OF JURORS.


A stated term Of the United States Circuit Court
was held yesterday. with Judge Blatchford. Of the
Circuit Court. and Judge Choate. of the District
Court present. take action upon the recent act Of
Congress relative to the appointment Of q commits
sioner to with the clerks OF the respective courts
in the drawing of grand ana petit jurors. The law
quires that the commissioner shall be . we'll known
member of the political party opposite to the party
in power and would authorize in this city the ap-
Circuit and District courts, but the judges decided
that only should be appointed and act with the
respective clerks. The declarations Of Samuel H.
Lyman Clerk of the District Court. and OF John I.
Davenport Clerk OF the Circuit Court were read. to
and the name Of j. Nelson Tappan. democrat. was
then agreed upon aud entered as the commissioner
under the new law.
Year: 1879

PITTsBURG, Dec. 2O,-Last night
the Union freight line train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad parted while
descending a heavy grade on the
western slope of the mountains.
The engineer of the train put on
full steam but the rear part of the
train overlook the forward portion
at crossing and struck it with
fearful force. Five cars were
thrown from the track. H. D.
Hoover, brakeman, was instantly
killed.
Year: 1879

WHILE he was in Philadelphia,
Gen. Grant slept in the same bed
"upon which the Emperor Pedro re-
posed.n Such base design upon our
common liberties as must necessarily
be formed while the General placed
his head upon the pillow where once
royalty did recumbent lie, must be
crushed with an iron heel
Crush it, Tribune, and Dispatch, and
Chattanooga Times, and your Trays,
Blanches and sweethearts.
Year: 1879

How will the Daily Savage do as a
name for the new Reputation organ :?
The last part is certainly suggestive.
By the way, wasn't it just little bit
too bad to pass the franklin Reviesv
in searching for mouth-piece.
Year: 1879

A gentleman in the neighborhood of
Centreville, Md, vouches for the follow
ing, which he himself witnessed. He
says: 81 and my son were standing near
the farmhouse, in an open field, when
size of small birds far up in the air, cir
cling and darting hither and thither.
We watched closely, and after awhile
they approached more nearly the earth.
We then discovered that they were two
ducks and bald eagle the eagle en-
deavoring to capture the ducks, and the
ducks exerting themselves to elude their
pursurer. Far away in the distance we
could discern the main fuck, from which
the two ducks had been separated, fly
ing steadily to the cover of the forest.
The eagle would first poupce upon one
and then relinquish it, in order to cap
ture the other. Dropping that he would
return to his first capture, seemingly
like the dog in the fable, greedy to Sc
cure both. This was kept up for some
time, when the eagle, suddenly darting
forward, struck one OF the birds with his
talons, then swooplng upon the other
struck that too. The first bird fell at
our feet; we had hardly time to pick it
up when the other fell, with the eagle
following. We picked up the second
one, and the eagle observing our pres
ence flew screaming away. On exami-
nation it was found that the eagle had
struck the ducks on the head, nearly
severing the beads from their bodies.
They were fine-sized canvas backs, and
we had them cooked for dinner" The
witnesses Of the affair are persons of un-
doubted veracity.
Year: 1879

SENATOR HILL, Of Georgia, is In New
York with view of seeing If anything
can be done, even at the eleventh hour,
to heal the breach In the Democratic
ranks. He Is a man who stands very
high with both fact ons there, but there
Is no reason to suppose that he can ac-
complish anything rs q peacemaker be.
tween Kelly and Tilden. The feud
clearly is too bitter and too personal to
yield to outside per suasion or influence.
Other distinguished Democrats from
other States have tried their hands at the
same thing heretofore, but they have uni
formly ret red from the field, dishea arteil-
ed, II not disguised. The Senator from
Georgia can scarcely expect to succeed
where Thurman aud Randall and Eaton
and Bayard we're unable to accomplish
anything.
Year: 1879

WALL STREET YESTERDAY Stocks
we're more active than for some days
past, considerably higher prices were
made and the market closed at the top
figures OF the day, Money was steady
throughout at 8 to per cent for call
loans on stocks. Exchange was duh and
steady. Bonds of all classes were active
and generally higher.
Year: 1879

Mr.. l.. Ely Quigg, a young man who
graduated from our High School at the
class of the late scholastic session, and
a son of Rev. J. b. Quigg OF Milford,
Del, is determined to work his way
up, and more com,nendakle still, by
his own individual effort. Being bless
ed with more than ordinary ability he
will without doubt accomplish his de
sired purpose. He intends to adopt
a prote ssion, and as collegiate course
is absolutely indispensable towards the
attainment of a successful career he
will enter for number Of years at
Dickinson college. He expects to pay
his own way and in order to do this he
will put himself upon the gener-
osity of the public and will
through the coming summer give
recitations, visiting all the towns of
the peninsula. lie Las achieved quite
a success as an elocutionist in this city,
and from personal observation, we may,
in view of the praiseworthy motives
that aotuate him, give him an honor
able mention and commend him to the
favorable confederation of the press and
people.
Year: 1879

The moonlight excursion down the
Bay this evening on the staunch and
saucy little steamer "Susie Mccall" "
under the auspices of the Young Peo-
ple's Association of the West Presbyte-
rion church, promises to be the event
of the season. Vocal music, and lit
erary treat will be given going and
coming. To all who wish to spend a
pleasant evening and help along good
cause we would say by all means 60.
Year: 1879

Are made by J. Paul Brown at No. Ala
Market street. His popular gallery
will lee open all day on the Fourth of
July, and all VIII" may wish good
likeness Of themselves should not tail
to give him call. A photograph is a
thing that every person should have
taken and the place to get it done in
an artistic manner is at Browns Ala
Market street.
Year: 1879

More attractive than ever is Ball &
Anderson's art window at the present
time. The attraction is fine oil paint
ing of two beautiful little girls--full
standing figure in apretty position. The
likenesses are excellent, and the color
ing perfect. Everybody will at once
recognize them, as every day they may
be seen with their mamma walking on
Market street. We know them, and
then again we also know this gem was
photographically taken at Beecher's
gallery 3l5 Market street.
Year: 1879

A CotOred Judges Sentence, From


IFhicA an appeal is Taken.


WASHINGTON, January 6.


The Virginia Democrats in establish
ing the whipping-post as an instrument
of terror to keep negroes in order over.
looked the fact that it might happen in
some Districts where colored people
would be in the majority and would re-
taliate. This happened in Alexandria,
Virginia, where colorsd Justice of the
Peace has just sentenced wealthy
white man to be whipped for petty lar
ceny. The sentence would have been
carried into effect by colored Consta-
| BILE had not the case been appeal
ed. The case arises out of dispute as
TO the ownership Of some ice cut from
the Alexandria Canal, one of the parties
charging the other with stealing lot OF
ice Of the value of ten cents. The col
ored justice found the white capitalist
guilty of petty larceny and proposed tt
| administer to him the medicine that tht
whites intended for the colored people
alone and sentenced him to be whipped
The case ID now pending on an appeal.
Year: 1879

The old saying Opposition is the life
of busi ness has not been sustained IN one
instance at least. Since the introduction
of Dr. Bulls cough syrup all other cough


remedies have been dead stock and the


yenders are in despair.
Year: 1879

For several seasons we have closed out
our entire line of Coats, not carrying one
over, we desire to do the same this winter
and have made prices which we think will
accomplish IL. Call and see them.
Year: 1879

From the Terre Haute Express.


The bufaloes are diminishing each
year. II buffaloes were made the stand
ard OF values, and each buffalo legal
tender for 800, and our currency was
based upon buifalos, 300 of paper on each
buffalo, how long would it be, with the
increase of population and business, and
the growing scarcity OF buifaloes, before
it would require tvice as much labor and
property to purchase buffalo or its
equivalent, as it now does? No matter
how much the value and purchasing pow.
er of the buffalo should increase, its NOM
inal value would still remain 800. Its
increased value would only be measured
by its purchasing power, or the relative
cheapness of everything else. while its
nominal or money value would still re-
main 500, no more or less. Then sup
pose one state should demOneti2e the
buffalo base, and make the currency le
gal tender for all money purposes in the
state. Prices would cease to fall and be-
come stationary, but in the other states
the decline would continue as the buffalo
grew scarCer and dearer.


As the purchasing power of the buffalo
increased, its value would rise above the
value Of the 800 of currency in the state
where the buffalo was demonetized. In
the buffalo states corn and wheat would
be perhaps, so cents lower than in the
currency state, and although the relation
between the legal tender currency and
the price of commodities had not changed
particle in the state which had de-
monetized the buffalo, still the legal
tender notes would be at discount OF
so per cent below buffalo. Suppose at
the time this state dem onetized the buffa-
10, the Indebtedness of all the states was
$50 per capita, which condition and
finance policy would be most favorable to
the massesP In the demonctized state
the prices would remain stationary and
uniform, while in the buffalo state they
would decline 80 per cent. as the buffalo
standard appreciated in value, making it
either impossible to meet obligations or
requiring twice the labor and products to
pay the $40 per capita that was required
in the intelligent state. In the latter
state no injustice is done the creditor, but
in the former, the buffalo basis would rob
the debtor of the amount of the increase
of its purchasing power.
Year: 1879

Whose government is this anyway


Was it instituted to aid the few to rob
the many, Or Uprotectall IN their inalien-
able rights?


If 1t has any special favors to bestow,
who is better entitled to them than those
who defend it with their lives, and sup
port it with their means?


BY what right do few idlers AMI nom
producers monopolize all the credit Of the
government, and then tax the masses who
need it, for the use of it?


Why should the government pay the
banking monopoly premium for accept
ing the credit tokens, when the industries
of the country would be glad to accept
them for full value received without inter
est or cost to the government?
Year: 1879

Lioh thV MaiuV


The honest money ring managers Of
this city, made their campaign assess
ments upon the faithful who have so long
upheld them in their work of plumber and
oppression Of the Taxpayers of this city
and county, and at the response to their
demand, deposited in the merchants ma
tional bank sum that nearly reaches the
figures of $1,000.


OF course every intelligent person knows
that this large sum is to be used for the
purpose of debauching voters.


We much mistake the temper of the
voters OF this country who earn an honest
dollar by honest labor if they do not stamp
with mark as black us that burnt upon
the brow Of Cain, the pimp or leader oi
the old rotten ring who shall dare to insult
their manhood by the offer of bribe.
Mark them well!
Year: 1879

From tho Toledo (O.) Commercial.


A prominent and dignified attorney
who lives on a certain avenue a short DIS
tancc from Adams street, while eating
his breakfast few mornings since, saw
COW pass in front of the house which
very much resembled the animal that sup
piled the milk for his own table. He
thought it was his COW, and as old brln-
die had habit of forgetting to come
home when she escaped to the green pas
lures which surround the city, the attor-
ney left his half.fnished breakfast and
without hat and in slippers gave chase to
the animal. 1t was close race between
the dignifed attorney and the old cow,
and it is hard to tell which retain the
most dignity. She made good time and
so did the attorney. At last, however,
after q hot chase Of three blocks he caught
her and led her back in triumph to the
barn. What was his disgust to discov-
OR there his own COW quietly feeding
from the trough. He returned to the
house, and when the small boy, with a
twinkle in his eye, asked if he "caught
her" he was savagely ordered to go and
get his fathers boots and not ask ques'
tiOns.
Year: 1879

A PERPETUAL money oligarchy, with
powers passing from father to son, in con-
troll of the legislature of the republic, is as
heartlcss tyrant, and as incompatible
with constitutional liberty as the most
arbitrary despot that ever exercised sovor-
pign nowpr
Year: 1879

If the credit of the United States is
ample to float two thousand million dol
lars of bonds which command premium
over gold, simply because they draw per
cent interest, is it not good enough to
float an equal amount of grcenbacks that
as the hand maid Of industry can earn 4
per cent?
Year: 1879

Every note, bond, mortgage, or other
monied obligation given in 1873 and prior
to that, was given for dollars of the then
value. Now as the bond and mortgage
holders have succeeded through contrac.
tion and resumption in raising green
backs to the value of gold, why should not
the debtors combine and through legis-
lation reduce the face of their obligations
to their gold value when given?
Year: 1879

previously wetted, and apply salt and
lemon juice to both sides; or apply finely
powdered pipe-clay, or Fuller's earth, or
finely powered chalk. Expose it for
several hours to the atmosphere.


To PRESERVE MILK.-Milk often turns
by an acid developed in the liquid To
prevent it, add to the milk small por
tion of bicarbonate of soda. This is not
at all injurious to the health; but rather
aids digestion. Many Of the great dairies
on the continent adopt this method.


The WASHING OF FLANNEL AND Wool
EN- GooDs.-Use borax-a large table
spoonful in a pint of water; put some of
this into the warm water in which the
flannel is to be washed; put in no more
than one piece at time, and use some soap
Unnecessary. From time to time add some
more of the borax solution; rinse every
piece in warm water, shake it well and
hang up where it can dry quickly
Therefore it is best to wash fannels
when the air is dry. Some advise the
adding of little salt to the water in
which they are rinsed the last time, and
to use water just as hot as for cotton ma
terial, when, it is said, they will not
shrink, and always remain white.
Year: 1879

Ivan" writes from Washington: /
must give the Republican an account Of
an adroit and very pretty and harmless
piece of finessing resorted to by party
of young ladies here the other day, by
means of which the ladies concerned OBJ
tanned some very choice seats in the SEN
ate gallery, where hundreds were in vain
seeking admittance, much to the mysti-
fcation of certain senators, and an
attache of one of the legations The
ladies in question have a teacher of
modern languages who possesses a re-
markably fine presence and a cultivated
manner, and speaks French with true
French accent. Noticing that the diplo-
matte gallery was unoccupied, though
all the others were packed, the jolly
party proposed to their teacher that they
should pass themselves off on the polite
doorkeeper of the diplomatic gallery as
persons entitled to admittance. This
agreed to, they marched coolly up, with
their teacher at the front, who, affecting
to be a stranger to the place, asked the
doorkeeper in fluent French, if that was
the diplomatic gallery, and, upon receiv-
ing an affirmative response, she asked
him to admit them, which he proceeded
to do with great flourish, though with
surprise in his face, evidently wondering
how it happened that these legation peo-
pie had never presented themselves there
before, or that he had never seen them.
Into the gallery the fair deceivers filed
and took possession Of the front seats,
with all eyes upon them. Senators cast
their eyes upward, and stared puzzled,
unable to make out to which legation
they belonged. Again and again sena-
tors turned and looked. A member Of
one of the legations stepped in on the
floor of the senate from the side where
the diplomatic gallery is visible. His
eye fell upon the fair bevy and he stood
and gazed. A senator walked over to
him and evidently asked him who the
corners were, for the two stood and
looked, and walked away mystified
Meanwhile the ladies sat demurely look
ing on at the proceedings, soberly and
calmly as if they were in their proper
place, and were the foreignest Of foreign
prS
Year: 1879

A Kansas mule, of the brindle denom-
ination, was standing in a pasture field,
backed up uncomfortable close to a
mild-eyed Texas steer. The mule was
not feeling in very good humor He
had lost his railroad ticket, or had a
note to lift, or somebody had kicked his
dog or something. Anyhow, he was
cross, and feeling Just ready to do some
thing mean the first chance he got. By
and-by a careless swish of the Texans
tale gave him the longed-fo prsvocation,
and before the mule got his heels back
to the ground, the Texan thought some
body had shot him with a double-bar-
relied cannon. And then the steer
slowly turned his head, and opened
wide his clear, pensive eyes, and without
swearing or catching his breath or say
ing a word, he Just lifted one Of his hind
legs about eight feet from the ground
and tapped the astonished mule with his
cloven hoof, right where lie lived And
the mule curled up in knot and gasped,
"Oh, bleeding hearth And then he
leaned up against tree to catch his
breath, and sat down on the ground and
opened his mouth to get air, and finally
he laid down and held his legs up in the
air and said, in husky whisper, that if
he could only die and be over with it, he
would be glad. But be rot over it
little after a while, and as he was limp
ing sadly toward the fence, trying to
think just how it happened, and wonder
ing Just where he was hit. he met his
mother, who noticed his rueful eounte-
nance and his painful locomotion.


We'll" she said, land what's the
matter with you2n


Nothing the mule said family
"Oh, nothing. have just kicked a
book agent


Heaven save us" said his mother
with derisive accent, q thought you
had more sense. -Burljngton HalCkeye.
Year: 1879

Out in one of the suburban towns at
the East End there lives one of the
brightest, handsomest, and wittiest
three year-old boys in the country. He
has a phenomenal style of saying good
things, and his two latest are worthy of
publication. A short time ago he went
with his father to see a colt. He patted
the colts head and made quite fuss
over it, until finally the stable man told
him to be careful that the colt did not
turn around and kick him. When the
little chap went home, his mother asked
him what he thought about the colt. II
like him pretty well,n was the reply.
He's real tame in front, but he's awful
wild behind


A few days ago, at the breakfast table,
his mother said she dreamed that man
had shot her in the arm and then she
woke up. Master Five-year-old listened
with becoming gravity until the story
was done and then said: cts pity.
mamma, you didn't keep on sleeping.
You'd have hung that man before YOU
woke up. p Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Year: 1879

LONDON, May 9-The Stondards Berlin
dispatch says: The German government will
probably prohibit the importation OF tobacco
preparatory to the raising Of the duty on
that article. Sufficient tobacco has been inn
ported within the last few months for q years
consumption,


ACTION FAVORABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT


AND THE TARIFF QUESTION.


BERLIN, May 9-In the Reicbstag to-day,
a portion Of the tariff bill was referred to the
committee of twenty-eight members for sec
ond reading. This action is decidedly in
favor Of the government. That portion Of
the bill referred includes cotton and petro-
leum. The imposition of a duty On Iron is
doubtful
Year: 1879

THE New York correspondent Of the
Springfield Republican says Of Tilden 'I sup
pose he told the truth, and that Pelton and
Weed and Marble did not tell him of their
thought he was too high-minded to allow
them, but because they he knew was
too cautious and timid to permit such risky
and dangerous doings. 1t was not his con-
science, but bis caution and cowardice that
kept them away from him. They doubtless
hoped to secure the brilliant prize, and that
then he would be so pleased and grateful,
as to forget the moral obliquity of the steps
by which 1t was won." Forget it He would
never think of it.
Year: 1879

TEE Graphic makes curious bluuder, In
speaking OF Representative Reed as an ex-
clergyman. For the benefit of the Graphic,
it may be well to repeat, what is well known
to the people of Maine, that the only profess
sion Mr.. Reed has ever pursued, is that OF
the law. He took up his legal studies after
leaving the United States Navy at the close
of the war.
Year: 1879

THE Boston Post draws an extraordinarily
ridiculous parallel between the Tilden inves-
tigatlon, and the Winship case. There is
almost as much resemblance between the two
cases, as that set forth as existing in the old
conundrum. between an elephant and brick
neither can climb a tree.