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Year: 1879

Colonel Blanton Duncan is not noted fol
suavity of speech. He carries the sword in
one hand, and the vinegar cruet in the 9TH
er, and does cruel amount of rubbing in.
His letter to Mr.. Benjamin Bunker, whilom
Greenback leader and now discredited poll
tician, which we publish in another column,
is couched in anything but soothing Ian
guage. We should not be one whit sur
prised if it makes Mr.. Bunker mad-the
truth ,oiU hurt.


1t will be noticed that Colonel Dui can
still has faith in his visionary and impracti-
cable scheme of dividing the South on the
issue of irredeemable paper money. That
cannot be done. If the Southern leaders
find themselves unable to suppress the up
holders of an irredeemable paper currency,
they will jump to the forefront of the battle
and lead them. That is the course they are
now inclined to take. Their sympathies are
with Ewing rather than with Bayard. Natu-
rally enough they have no scruples about re-
pudiating debt incurred in the suppression
of tie Rebellion. The most prominent of



Alexander H. Stephens, unhesitatingy ac-
cepts the Greenback dogma. The Southern
leaders, almost to man, are ready to sup
port the Ohio idea and to fight the next
Presidential campaign on that issue.


Colonel Duncan's own experience in
Maine ought to show him that the Green
back movement in the North is engineered
by its leaders in the interests of solid
South, He came here to denounce both the
old parties. He found that the Greenback
leaders in this State desired him to denounce
but one He came here to preach against
both Bourbon intolerance and radical
hate" He found that the conductors OF the
fusion campaign in Maine wished to hear
only denunciations of the Republican party.
He came here to build up third party. He
found that he was expected to build camp
where deserters from the Republican ranks
could winter on their way to the Democracy
next Spring. And as soon as the fusion
leaders discovered that he was sincere in
litical organization they endeavored to drive
him from the stump.


The methods they employed are now well
understood. There are but few of the men
who honestly went into the Greenback move
ment who do not now perceive that they
were put to base uses by unscrupulous and
venal leaders. The intrigue so severely
commented upon by Colonel Duncan has
not been abandoned. In the Eastern part
of the State Mr.. Rust of the Progressive Age
is preparing to lead his following into the
Democratic camp, and already advocates a
union with the Democrats on the electoral
ticket next Fall. Here in The West men are
engaged in the same shameless and disrepu-
table intrigue. That it will fail is not the
fault Of the fusion leaders in this State.
They are doing their utmost to promote it.
In the light of recent events Colonel Dun
cans letter may be taken as warning as well
as commentary.
Year: 1879

ed upon this last week of the struggle with the
indications strongly in their favor. 1t is now
considered pretty sure that the Republican
state ticket will be elected by goodly majority.
The question of most doubt is about the con-
troll of the legislature. In this the Democrats
have so large an advantage to start with that
the Republicans will have to carry the state
by heavy majority to overcome the Demo
cratic advantage in the legislature. The state has
been carefully gerrymandered in laying out the
legislative districts so as to give the Democratic
party all possible advantage. Besides there
are other provisions of the law which are ex-
pressly designed to enable the Democrats to
keep possession of the legislature. Nevertheless
the Republicans of the state feel confident of
their ability to capture the legislature also,
this year. If they do so, Senator Thurman
will be retired permanently to private life.
Year: 1879

THE reason Colorado sits down on the
shot gun party so emphatically is that like
Kansas she has seen the Democratic tiger
face to face. A few years since she had a
Member of Congress foisted upon her by a
Rebel Congress that had not single scrap
of pen to show his right to the seat.
Year: 1879

GEN. WOODFoRD made bulls eye in his
New York speech when he said that when 1t
should become physically safe for Missis-
sippi Democrat to bolt Democratic nomin-
alton he would con slider it morally safe for a
New York Republican to bolt nomination
of his party.
Year: 1879

THE Louisville Courier Journal says the
long suffering of the South is worn out, and
that the Democratic standard-bearers should
assume the offensive and make things hot
for the North They are about as offensive
now as they can be-
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all indispensable, not necessarily for publica
ton but as guaranty of good faith


We cannot undertake to return preserve COM
muncatlons that are not used.
Year: 1879

At meeting of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company Canada. held here to-day sir Henry Tyler
said he thought the brightest prospect was dawning
The acquisition OF the line from Port Huron TO Chicago
WAS the most important IN the history of the
company IL would open up the best route 10 Manitoba
Up To the present time about 81 5O3oOO had been spent
in gaining admission to Chicago.
Year: 1879

Since yesterday noon the stone-cutters en-
p'oyed at Fort Smelling, at work upon the new
bridge, have BET n on strike. Last Saturday a
new kind of stone for the arch at the St. Paut
end of the bridge brought out for the men
to work upon. This stone being much harder
than the other, and more work upon it. the
men demanded more wages. The contractors
refusing to pay more. the struck. Then
calling meeting, a onmittee was appointed
to wait on the contractors to ascertain what
would be done. The contractors said no price
would be fixed for two days.


The men determined not to work until the
price was fixed. Upon learning this the con-
tractors informed them they could work upon
these conditions or quit at once. Thus mat
ters stand at present. About fifty men are
out Of mployment.


The price formerly paid was as follows Eigh-
teen cents per f. OF for stretchers; 20 cents per
foot for beaders. and % cents for pointed
face. At this rate the men claim they cannot
make IA living while working upon new stone


The result will probably be that most of the
men will be discharged and some new ones
will be engaged possible.
Year: 1879

The second performance of the play entitled
''The Last Man. was performed at the Metro
politan theater last night, before al audience
somewhat smaller than Monday night,
though none the less appreciative. The play is
one entirely different from anything they have
heretofore played, and is very interesting
throughout. The entertainment is one we'll
worthy of generous patron, &c, and will prob
ably run for several nights and draw good
houses.
Year: 1879

No use of having the chills, no use of
headache, ,or any Of the ills that come from
disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the N 81 stubborn case-will
relieve the system and make you feel like
a new person. Try it and be satisfied.
Year: 1879

We remain as yet some little in doubt as
to the methods employed by old artists to
perfect these miracles of TASTE We have
however, the absolute certainty that these
ancient masters were familiar with tho da-
mond, and their best work was made by
using this, the hardest of all substances, as
a tool A splintered fragment OF the dia-
mond served as scraping tool, and they
were well acquainted with the drill. Pre-
historic man worked at the very commence
ment of his existence. A Ph9nccian gem
"a lion attacking bull--shows how the
drill was used. A number of circular de-
pressons are found in the gems, which
mark the cxtrcmities of the. figures. This
was done not only for the sake Of effect, but
TO show the artist the limit of his work as
to depth After the holes were sunk, the
artist united the various portions .pf his
work by scratching Now the use of the
diamond point or splinter fixed in style or
iron socket, allowed certain flexibibility
of handling, which our modern processes of
gem-engraving do not permit. To-day the
work is done by means of minute retain
ing disk Of copper which is wctted with oil
and diamond dust. On the least applica-
ton of the substance to be cut to the disk,
it Is the disk (which bites into the stone.


The difference in manipulation is, then, that
to-day it is the stone which goes to the tool,
and not, as in olden times, the tool 10 the
stone. 1t Is more convenient, then, in
1879, to bring the cart to the horse. 1t can
now be readily understood why, in modern
work, time and labor being spared (the art
conception not entering for the present into
the subject)- why this work Of to-day Is
inferior to the art which is past 1t is
purely mechanical process now, for ro-
tating disk will no moro draw lines which
have feeling than will photographing pro-
cesses paint pictures. 1t has been stated
that we are not acquainted with tho meth
ods employed, by the glyptic artists. This
becomes quite evident from this fact, that
their best work seems to have been both cut
and polished at ono and the same time.


To-day VIC have no tools, no substance,


which will accomplish this double feat.
Year: 1879

The ago OF invention in which we live
requires that those who wish to be inform
ed upon the various processes by which
pictures are indefinitely reproduced should
be ever on the alert, 30 quickly do new
methods supersede old ones. n history of
tho Photographic art from the days of Dag
uerre to the present would probably interest
few people outside of tho profession, as
those who are not in it arc satisfied with
results and care little for the processes by
which the artist turns out dozen or 30 of
likcnesscs after he has for few minutes
subjected the sitter to posing in front of u
camera. This description has to do with
picturc-the artotype-in all respects
equal, and III many respects superior to
photograph, with the printing Of which,
after the preparation of the plate, the sun,
which Is 80 necessary in other methods, has
nothing to do The negative of the photo
graph is prepared with all the lights, as
they appear in the model, reversed. n
dark drapery appears transparent, and the
face and light drapery Opaque. From this
negative ordinary photographs are printed,
but IN the artotypc process the print is
taken upon film of gclatine on thick
Frcnch plate glass, when by the action of
the sun the gcatinc is decomposed In thos





the negative and disappears upon being
dipped in cold water. or course between
the light and dark are the half tones blend
ing into the light upon the one hand and
the dark upon the other, 80 that the most
delicate tints in the model are fully pre-
served. After being immersed in water
and thoroughly dried, the plate is ready to
use. a press similar to that used in litho-
graphing, but much smaller, is used for
printing the artotypc. The glass plate is
placed in position, and an ink roller, sup
piled with the finest lithographing ink, is
passed over it. Now comes the most in
tcresting fact in the entire process, and THAT
upon which it depends for its SUCCESS
The ink will adhere only to the glass
which represents the darker shades of the
model, and leaves no traces upon the gela-
tine, which is as hard as glass itself and is
to reproduce the lights of the model. 1t fol-
lows that in every part of the picture where
the gelatine has been removed ever 80
slightly, the ink adheres resulting in all ex-
act copy of the subject. After the ink
roller follows the tinting roller, which
softens the tone, sheet OF paper is laid
upon the plate, pressure applied, and an
impression made which is in all respects the
most faithful copy Of the model which it is
possible to imagine. The plate is imme-
diately sponged OFF and dried off, and
then the ink is applied and another
impression made as before. One plate will
last for printing from 800 to 200 impress
sions. After the impression leaves the
plate nothing should be done with it. 1t
rcsmbles a crayon, and has all tho sketchi-
ness and etching; but to satisfy the popu-
lar demand Cor glossiness it is made to re-
semble photograph by means of varnish.
Year: 1879

have been to Ccylon, Calcutta, up the
Nile to Cairo, and to the Sandwiches and
Brazil at CeylOn, one summer, the tar
red ropes hung like wet strings, and the
ship sizzcd like hot iron as she went through
the water. It's singular what difference
there il in the effect of heat in different
climates. We were off Calcutta in Mid
summer, and the planks of the Gadfly were
warped like barrel slaves, and she took wa
tcr,like sponge. We threw overheard u
valuable cargo Of cotton and Sheffield hard
ware. and towcd her into port where we
had her sheathed with Indian copper. We
went back to Liverpool and then sailed for
Rio. just across the line we struck calm
and laid by for eight of the hottest days
ever experienced. The heat was terrific.
The ropes got so soft we could not fasten
them, and they ran down to the decks and
laid around like snakes. The copper grad
ually melted from the sides and it raised
cloud Of steam around the ship as it drop
ped into the sea. The ship sprung leak,
and men worked at the pumps bare naked,
and you could almost see the flesh dsap-
pear from their bones. Finally we got a
light 'Norther' and went into Rio with a lot
OF skeletons. l have been where it is hot
messmatcs, or gcntlemen-awful hot-but
the al)tiredest hottest weather ever hauled
to in was st. Louis. l took a contract
there last Summer to pick up un-struck
people off the streets. went bankrupt in
three days. Why, they laid around thicker
than dead degs in Chicago during the pois-
oning season. have seen fagstones bend
double, and whole blocks OF pavement
twisted out of shape. The fire-plugs were
red hot, and the water in 'em boiling. The
sun wasn't more than rod away, and look
ed as red as furnace mouth. The air was
all in simmer, and the heat came down
with such force that you could not raise
your hand. 1t was just as bad at night.
Not breath of air, and the heat crowded
into thc buildings and was packed into the
streets. You couldn't get breath. One
night went down on the levee and found
gang of nggers with snow shovels throw
ing the heat into the river in great chunks.
| dropped off and swan across, and came
to Chicago. | have voyagcd to good
many places-never down below with Old
Nick-but don't believe the place can be
q hotter place than st. Louis.
Year: 1879

My bulldog, although al excellent watch
and good hunter, was anything but o.
water-dog When l fordcd streum he
would run around half a mile to avoid 60
ing into the water. Many q time had to
drag him behind me when did not want
to part company with him in for'ing a
river. AS he was invaluable 10 me both as
watch at night and rs a means of procur-
ing me pork, l was In the habit of giving
nm sousing every morning when water
was available to preserve his health.
One morning took him by the uape of
the neck and dragged him to the edge of
the stream to give him his morning bath.
Just as | reached the edge of the creek my
eyes eyes fell on something that cleaned IN
the water: released the dog in an instant,
and he fled with howl of relief. The
something had seen cleaning was mug
get of gold as large as my two fists 1t was
Ill the exact form form of bunch of grapes,
stem, fruit and everything complete l for
got all about the dog and his bath. A mo-
ment later was wading up to the knees in
the little creek looking tor more. An hours
search resulted in my finding another mug
get, small one.


at once decided 10 ascend the creek, for
was convinced that the orc had come from
It's source. ! followed it up until it became
so narrow and 80 shallow that could scan
It's entire bed while walking along either of
It's banks Although it ran through gorge,
1t had banks on both sides which rose gent
~ TO the sides OF the gorge, leaving wide
path In places the gorge widcncd on one
side or both, but generally on one side
that is to say, one side of the gorge as
sumed the form of section of a circle.
The stream did not widen with it, but tho
bank did, and in such places it was covered
with rich vcrdurc and occasional patches of
scrub.


pitched my tent on one Of these spaces,
gathered some scrub and built fire. Tho
rats were very numerous hcre-tho rocks
were fairly swarmlng with them and the
moment had pitched my tent they were
climbing over and over it. like scancn OH
the rigging OF man-of-war. Nothing but
the fact that they had plenty of food to live
upon kept these vcrmin from attacking
human beings. Having eaten Il hearty
meal, placed my dog on watch and de-
scendcd TO the creek. On entering it dis
covered vein Of gold running in an obliquc
direction across the stream. tried to pick
some OF it out, but at every stroke of the
implement the water splashcd up in my
face. Some other plan must he rcsortcd
TO. After surveying the ground l came to
the conclusion that could with consider
able labor change the direction of the
stream by cutting a semi circular chan
mel through the plateau on which my tent
was pitched. had no sooner made this
determination than set TO work. The
labor was hard, but 1t was swcctoned with
tho knowledge that there was strong pro-
liability of it's being well rewarded. When
l had succeeded in diverting the course of
the stream made an examination of its
bed. Instead of one found three veins of
gold crossing it, ] took out about six
pounds weight of the precious ore before
sundown.
Year: 1879

An unordained preacher OF the Epis-
copal church, named May, at Washing
ton, D. C., has drawn sl5, 900 prize in
lottery. He says he is going to build
church with the money. May has
interviewed on the subject and said:
81 have drawn the big prize, and see
no harm in it either feel as though
have been moved by the divine spirit,
and if thought there was any wrong
about the matter, Or that my action
would offend Jehovah, l would not
take a cent of it. don't know what
my church friends will say, but can't
help it, mean to rely on the spirit
of the Lord, and ifthey refuse to ordain
me because have won a lottery prize,
very well; can go on doing as | have
done before and preach the gospel on
nv own hook"
Year: 1879

md whys Because the laws Of those
States having been enacted since the era ,
of national freedom set in, are fair, just
and equitable, bearing alike upon'aii
protecting all, and making no distinc'
ton between man and man. Let Della
ware instead Of locking up her constl'
tuition and throwing the keys away
blot it out, and adopt that ofone Of tho
prosperous Western States, or even
that Of one Of the lately recon
structed States of the South, and
then will the eyes Of the immigrating
masses be turned towards her. 1t Is a
mistake to say that We are slandering
the people of Delaware, unless our op-
position to Bourbonism, and our hatred
Of oppression is construed to mean
SANDER. Let Delaware repeal her slave
code, improve her school system, en-
courage agriculture, commerce, manu-
factures and other industries more, and
aristocracy loss lot her administer her
laws fair and equitably, Furnishing a
white man Just as readily for crime as
black man, and then all these so call
ed ISLANDERS both inside and outside of
the State will cease.


The "Delawarean" in alluding to our
articles says: "They are certainly very
nauseous to the solid and substantial
portion of the people of the state."-
Perhaps they are. We never stopped
to consider that. We never thought
about who our articles might please OF
displease. We never considered the duty
of an Independent newspaper to bow a
supple knee before the shrine of wealth
and aristocracy. Wenevsr thought about
it being our duty to withhold the
truth, because of the high or exalted
position of some nabobs in society; mol
did we ever conceive it to be our duty
to take a stand against the humbles
in the State. In the REPUBLICAN, thu
poorest man in Delaware will find 1
friend, be his skin white or black, an'


until the unjust and discriminating
laws which deface our statute books ar
made more to conform to the spirit ofpro
gress and reform; and justice is admin


istered alike to all, we expect to so OF


slandering the State if that be called
slander.
Year: 1879

We wosLD ASK the "Every Evening"
again, how about that circulation
We do'not propose to drop the subject
here, though the "Every Evening"
like a spoiled, petted and poutty child
has resolved to not notice us any more.
When we knew we had 5000 circulation
and stated that fact we were called
liars time after time, and when at last
goaded to desperation, the "E. E."
challenged us for ar investigation into
this business of circulation, we prompt.
ly accepted the challenge giving all the
odds in favor of the "Every Evening"
editor. Though making that challenge,


and though We promptly accepted it,
he has no. either personally or by his
committee called upon us nor made any
investigation. On the contrary he has
pretended to become offended at our re-
port of drunken fracas at Market
street saloon, in which he was one OF
the principals, and he now makes that
as an excuse for not recognizing us any
further. Most intelligent people will
look upon this as very tlmsy excuse
and very small hole for large editor
to creep out a.. This does not lessen
our circulation, neither does it incre ase
his. They are yet relatively the same,
and as the editor Of the "Every Even


ing" has thrown down the gauntlet


and proposed an investigation, we in
s.st that it should be carried out. Our


press room is open all the time and NJ
impodimeut will be placed in the way
of full and complete investigation


This is due to us, because the editor o
; the "Every Evening" has said 50 ottel
that we lied, and now We simply wan
+ to prove by his own agents and wit
, nesses that we have been truthful.
4 the investigation is not made We shal
feel that we have been as completely
e vindicated as if it had been made, an
d hereafter the burthen of untruthful
a ness must rest on the other side.
Year: 1879

80, $40 pounds. Heat rarifies air to
such an extent that it can be made
to occupy $500 times the space it
did before. The violence Of the
expansion of water when freezing
is sufficient to cleave a globe of
copper of such thickness as to re
quire a force of $4,000 pounds to
produce like effect. During the
conversion of ice into water, 14O
degrees of heat are absorbed. Wa
ter when converted into steam in
creases in bulk $4,000 times. One
hundred pounds of Dead Sea water
contains forty-six pounds of salt
The mean actual depth of rain that
falls at the equator is ninety SIX
inches. Assuming the temperature
al the interior of the earth to in
crease uniformly at the rate of one
degree for every fortY-fve feet, at
the depth of sixty miles the degree
of heat would be sufficient to fuse
all known substances. The explo-
sive force of close confined gunpow-
der is SIX and a half tons to the
square inch. The greatest artificial
cold ever produced is ninety one de-
grees Fahrenheit. Water obstructs
one half of the perpendicular rays
of the gun in seventeen feet and
three fourths in thirty -four feet,
and less than one-thousandth part
reaches the depth of 200 feet; hence
the bottom of deep water is in total
darkness.
Year: 1879

They are killing fish in the
streams of Georgia by exploding
cartridges of dynamite under water.
So general has this practice become
that fears are expressed that in
many places the fish will be entirely
destroyed. But there is no law to
prevent it, and the novelty of the
business is sufficient to make it
popular.
Year: 1879

Christian Advocate; The con
stant fire poured upon the Southern
people by those who love us not
should not blind us 20 the fact that
there is a great army Of good men
and women in other parts OF this
country whose hearts are right TO
ward us, and that despite the efforts
of agitators in Church and State,
the number Of such is increasing.
Let no good man or woman despair
of peaceful country and fraternal
churches in these United States.
Year: 1879

We learn that q man who is
blessed with several attractive
daughters whose charms occasion


ally detain their admirers TO a
late hour, has invented an alarm
clock or an ingenious charac-