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Year: 1879

The Elmira N. Y.) Advertiser
mentions the case OF a little girl
taken with diphtheria who Is yet
PROSTATE but doing well, that is OF
much interest. In looking into the
child throat, the mother saw a
n,icrococus moving, which she re-
moved, together with another, and
which are now on exhibition in a
city drug store and being discussed
by the medical fraternity. They
are easily Seen by the naked eye,
though a glass helps one TO the
"true inwarliness" Of the critters.
The largest one is fully one-quarter
of an inch long, covered with hair
with head something like cater
pillar, tapering body and long. hairy
tail. Its body is formed 10 rings


It's color is about that OF one OF
those dark yellow Thousand leg
ged'' worms found under old boards
and stones. The smaller one Is
about one-sixteenth OF an inch long,
whitish in color, and requiring the
glass TO bring out its "beauty" OF
conformation. 1t is not a pleasant
thought to imagine such things IN
your throat, but they get there,
and from there into the blood,
beart and other organs, producing
paralysis an sudden death when
least expected. They are vegetable
parasites and exist in large colonies
in the diphtheretic membrane.
Year: 1879

The baby has gone tc school; ah mel


What will the mother do,
With never a call to button or pin,


or tie a little shoel
dow can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little hindering thing awayl
Another basket 10 fll. with lunch,


Another good-by 70 say,
nd the mother stands at the door to see


Her baby march away;
Then turns with sigh that is halfrelief.
And hall q something akin to grief.
She thinks Of possible future morn,


When the children, one by one,
v III go from their homes oot into the world,
To battle with life alone,
And not even the baby be left 70 cheer
The desolate home Of that future year.
Year: 1879

Idleness is the mother of vice,
and boy who is allowed to grow
up in idleness is pretty sure to be a
vicious man. The parents of such
boys have a fearful responsibility
resting upon them when they let
their sons run about late hours of
the night instead of keeping them
at home reading good newspapers
and books, and training them into
moral habits, so as to become re-
spectacle men instead of idlers,
rum drinkers, gamblers and loafers,
which is sure to be the case with
the night runners and day idlers,
then the responsibility is increased.
Give boys plenty to do, and you
will preserve their morals. Better
tired body than a vicious mind.
Year: 1879

The practice of locking up bodies
of men, and forbidding them the
necessities, not TO say comforts,
Of existence, is barbarous and IN
becoming the dignity of the law.
Yea, there is an injustice about the
requirements which makes the law
itself crime against citizens whom
it was intended to protect.


When one or two members OF a
jury take a different view of a case
from that entertained by the other
ten they commit no crime, neither
do those who differ with them; then
why should punishment OF inearcer
alton be inflicted upon the body 7
The law, we believe, presumes that
ali men are honorable and honest,
until proven guilty OF crime. Then
if upright and Intelligent men only
are placed il the jury box for
service why not allow them TO
serve faithfully under the influence
of liberty and in the possession Oi
true citizenship, rather than driven
as dumb brutes2 Has the law any
right to assume that a verdict OF a
iury of its own choice will be any
other than an honorable oneT--
IAlbanv Times.


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Year: 1879

Look at the date on the printed


label on your paper, if yours is di
rected in thai manner, and pay up
if your time is past. This in
cludes all who receive their papers
IN single wrappers, or at the Pu
laski Postofilce, or at the office of
who have not made
special arrangements with us. Do
not fail in this if you wish the
CITIZEN continued to your ad-
dress.
Year: 1879

Clouds beautify the sky and at
$mes hide the sun, just to show how
dependent upon it we all are. So
sorrows beautify this life and seem
to hide the face of God to teach US
how much we need him.
Year: 1879

She can warble like the nighting-
gale and make the piano keys rip
pie with music sweet as the mur-
muring brook when the zephyrs of
spring touch its placid waters; but
when it comes to waltzing into the
kitchen and getting a square meal
she amt there nary time.
Year: 1879

We feel that spring is here. A
person can go % sleep at night
without n stitch Of covering. and
wake up in the morning with
cold that would kill a mule aud
make an impecunious doctor leap
for 10Y.
Year: 1879

A young woman married an old
widower in Tannerville, Ca, and
soon fell in love with his son, who
was about her own age. The mat
ter was fully discussed by the trio,
and all agreed that it would be bet
ter for her to become the wife of the
son. The transfer was amicably
made by means of divorce. Since
then the old man has N marrled his
ex wife's mother, and the re ar
ranged family is harmonious and
happy.
Year: 1879

Arkansas Democrat: Enough
food is thrown away every year on
worthless dogs in Arkansas to sup
port five times the number of sui


fering poor in the State for the
same period. And yet a great
many people-dOubtless a majority
are opposed to any Infringement
of the sacred and malienable rights
of the dog. We are queer people.
Year: 1879

PATEayA REgcKE.-A son who WAS boast
ing of sI,"ceSS hunter in the presence of
his father, WAS fcarfully taken back by the
p, ternal rebuke. 1t seemed that the young
man had expended ammunition at sparrows.
Can our friend Charles discover the print If
not will he please remember that when we ad
verti<e it is our custom to charge. Our columns
are free to those who pay for advertisements,
and we do nat pass upon the gons' or bad quail
ity of the ware. In other words we d" not
propose to furnish either brains or reputation
for others
Year: 1879

To FARMERS ask our farmers to read
our article on the Northern Pacific railroad on
the first column of the second page. There is
great fear tina. farmers pay so much attention
to grain raising that they neglect many very
profitibIe branches of farming. Do not forget
that We shall have whole army to feed next
summer ami that such articles AS dried fruit,
butter. ergs, cheese and vegetables will be in
great demand There are young fortunes IN
store for lot of industrious people
Year: 1879

DEATH OF Col LoGAS.-Col Thos. Logan
died in this city yesterday. BE at one time SO
far recovere as to he able TO ride out, but took
a relapse which ended in his death. lie Was
the owner os the fine Percheon horses recently
brought here He lived in Carthage, Hancock
Co. Ill, and was a Colonel OF cavalry during
the war
Year: 1879

ALIE-The slobbering sympathizer OF the
TotcAman lies to his readers when ne Tells
them that the STATESMAN endorsed any man
for city marshal Mcneil would have obtained
five times the majority he did but for the sup
wort he received from that miserable sheet
TRY another tack sonny. Get some brains ;
and if you are fool don't parade the fact SO
much -
Year: 1879

upon this subject from committee Of the
present House, with Mr. SHELLEY or any
other Southern Bourbon as its chairman,
will not be worth the paper It is written
upon except as an evidence of the ability
of the writer thereof to conceal facts and
pervert the real meaning and causes con-
nected with this matter. II has been by the
wholesale repression--to use the mildest
term and not to refer TO wholesale murder
of the black vote of theSouth that he and his
fellows have been returned to Congress the
past six or eight years. And they have one
and all so misrepresented the facts regard
ing their return as to impudently assume
that the blacks have latterly joined the
Democratic party and voted the Democratic
ticket As matter of course, Mr.. Shell
LEY's report, III he has brass enough to make
one, will be of piece with this assumption,
and the world will be told therein that the
blacks are fleeing from political and social
elysium that they are enticed by promises
of forty acres and mule" and that Re-
publican emissaries have overspread the
South for the fell purpose of overthrowing
aud disturbing the law-ahiding (?) placidity
of Home Rule. In short, Mr.. SHELLEY is
getting ready to defend the bloody political
diabolism of the South against an attack
upon its most vulnerable point.
Year: 1879

To-day will witness the victory of Gen
erl WILLIAM MALONE over the Bourbons
of Virginia, illustrated in his election to the
United States Senate as the successor of Scna-
tor WIrHERs. Years ago this man MAHONE
made a fight for the supremacy of the sham
Conservative party in that State and won, but
was not permitted to share in the fruits of
success, Since then it has been his sole OBJ
ject in life to bring those who cheated him
out of his victory to satisfactory account.
With this object in view, and with superla-
tive craitiness combined with mastery and
daring leadership, he has spread dissension
in their ranks, sowed the seed of discord,
and finally, making use of an illy-defined
issue over the State debt, has organized con-
quest out of confusion.


His election will be, consequently, q per-
sonal victory in the most emphatic sense.
But the question remains to be settled
whether, MS the result of that personal
achievement, he will be enabled to pursue an
independent or non-partisan course i'll the
future; whether his pledges 10 the Republi-
cans Tor the reform of obnoxious systems will
be fulfilled, and whether he will permit the
| logical destruction ofBOurbonism i'll Virginia
to ensue, or whether, like all of his prede-
cessors in Southern Independentism, he
will return from his successful exploiting g
with the opposition directly into the Demo-
cratic camp?


| We are inclined from what we know OF
the man and of the nature of his recent
canvass or campaign to hope for the best at
his hands, and to trust him as an honest re-
former until he proves to be the contrary
And this trust is our answer to the forego-
ing questions.


1t is not in the nature of things, perhaps
that he should ever become an anti. Confed.
crate Republican, so to speak, nor do we ex.
pect or demand that he ever will be. We
do think, however, that so far as it is posi-.
bic in State affairs for him to exert any in,
fluence for the recognition of equal politica
rights all around, he will do il, and we shal
be greatly mistaken if, when he reaches the
Senate, he shall be found voting with the
States Rights Secession BOurbons of thai
body.


For these reasons we shall insist that tht
result of to-day's contest in Richmond will b,
n defeat of and rebuke to the Democracy
of the Old Dominion. At least, ii will re
cord grand stride forward in the direction
of the overthrow of the accustomed Bourbon
domination in that State.
Year: 1879

SAM Cox still insists that the Tammany
Democracy did noble thing and good
thing when they stabbed TILDEN and ROB-
IYsoN in the back during the late fall elec-
tions Perhaps it was good thing politi-
cally speaking; but by the same token the
nobility of it is not so apparent, and there
is question whether the stabbing was so
effective as Mr., Cox would have us all be-
lieve. 1t certainly does not appear that the
stabbee is any worse off than the stabber
and the prospect is that both will be most
decisiyely stabbed when the next stabbing-
match comes off
Year: 1879

MORE than fortnight has now passed
since Congress met, and the sum total OF
dearly beloved Bourbon majority in that
body is related in the history of the passage
of two appropriation bills by the House
And these bills, it must be understood, re-
quired no work in their preparation or dis
cussion in explanation of their provisions
They were, simply and plainly, a mere tier
alton Of the estimates of Republican officials
in the Executive Departments.
Year: 1879

THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN has latterly
increased the expense Of its daily produc-
tion by printing its news in smaller type
than heretofore and rc'enforcing its corps OF
newsgatherers. Our readers will notice,
however, that even with this condensation
of reading matter, which enables us to print
at least four columns of additional news
our advertising patronage is so great as to
crowd us for space at all times. Meanwhile
our daily contemporary at the other end OF
the Avenue has reduced its size and space a
fact which shows, possibly, that the rain OF
prosperity has not descended with over.
whelming copiousness upon the heads oi
the unjust.
Year: 1879

THE Post yesterday appeared in an al
legged new typographical outfit and reduced
in size something more than column. BY
narrowing the width and shortening the
length of its columns it saves much of the
expense of composition, and gives to its
readers more than column less of the
products of its peculiar style ofjournalism
But it would have been the manly and
straightforward thing for the Great Ma
tonal Democratic Organ TO have acknowl-
edged this reduction in size while Boosting
of its new dress and to have explained
that this enforced economy on its part is,
perhaps, in keeping with the impoverished
prospects of the Democratic party gem
orally
Year: 1879

The pretended ignorance of Mr. sHEL


LEY, of Alabama, and other Southern


Bourbon Representatives regarding the ex-
odus and its causes would astonish the pub
lie generally aud convict him and them of
an utter lack of proper understanding of
the affairs of their own States, if it were
true. But il Is not true, and the inyestiga-
tion of the movement proposed by him is,
as every intelligent man knows, covert
demonstration for the eventual distortion
Of the truth regarding the hegira. A report
Year: 1879

ANOTHER Indian IN lssacre has Just
been escaped by our soldiers some
twelve or fifteen Of whom have no doubt
been killed. And we should not be
much surprised If the next news should
inform us that the command of Major
Thornburgh, three companies, that were
surrounded by the Indians when the
messenger left the camp, had been mas
sacred, just as Clusters command were.
The Major was killed in a charge he
made, at the head Of his men, when he
found his command was being led into
ambush. These red devils ought to be
used as the British used the butcheI eIs of
the English soldiers In India.
Year: 1879

The Smyrna Times comes to hand
THIS week in an enlarged and improved
form, with a column added to each page
and all the columns heightened. The
Times always was good local paper,
and with its increased facilities will
doubtless become better and more use-
ful than ever before. s
Year: 1879

Two years Imprisonment and $1,000
fine is the penalty for punching holes
through the coins of the United States.
Those who are in the habit of punching
should bear this in mind, and perhaps
1t may save them from trouble.
Year: 1879

During the past few days, the police
have had but little to do in the way Of
making arrests. The only case before
the Mayof this morning was an ordinary
drunk, and the offender was required TO
pay so cents and costs,
Year: 1879

The Bangor, Me-, Wing, january Is,
says;-A Glenburn farmer came into the
city recently and among other things pur-
chased some rice aud pint Of whiskey
Fearing that the bottle might get broken
on the way home he placed il ia the box
containing the rice. When he reached
home and took the box from the plug he
found that the stopper had got out Of the
bottle and the rice and whiskey were thor
oughly mixed. He dumped the contents
OF the box behind the barn, and in short
time huge turkey came along and as he
was not as particular as the farmer, eobhled
up the medicated rice. Shortly after thia
the farmer was greatly surprised 70 find
the turkey lying out behind the barn adaad
as door nail, " aud yowing vengeance on
the man who sold him whiskey rank en-
ough to kill turkey, he carried the bird
into the house. The farmer was soon after
seen to carry the naked bird-as eyerv
feather was gone with the exception Of
the wings and tail-out behind the stable,
where he 4eft it on the snow. The next
morning he entered the stable, il being
hardly light, he detected what be thought
was the ghost of that intemperats turkey
and could almost feel his hair rise but he
made up his mind to investigate the maj


ter and boldly advance. Imagine his sur
prise, on getting nearer, to discover the
bird shivering on the roost and looking al
him with reproachful eyes for having stolen
his clothes while helplessly drunk. AT last
accounts the turkey was doing as well as
could be expected during this zero weather


This is capital story but people car
use their own discretion whether to beliey,
it Or not.--Edrs. Advocate.
Year: 1879

NEARsIeHTEDEEss or CHILpRRN.-
Encourage the pupil to look off the book
frequently, TO change the focus Of sight
Dy regarding some distant object. Il Is
not enough to look around vaguely; the
eye must be directed to something which
must be clearly seen, like a picture Or
motto on the wall, or bit Of decoration.
The greatest damage to the eye of The
pupil is tho protracted effort to focus the
printed page. 1t was simply barbarous
the way We used to be awhacked'' IN
school, when we looked of the book. Il
IS easy for the teacher to know the differ.
ence between the resting Of the eye and
the idle gazing around that cannot be Al
lowed l regard this rule as the most i'm
pOrtant, and the disregard Of the mos,
prolific Of trouble.
Year: 1879

The store room is large and conveniently ar.
ranged the buildings are nearly new, and
well adapted to any public business. This
property is on the Main street in Taneytown,
and adioins the depot.


Fourth. q MARCEL Of land containing
Year: 1879

shall be open to settlers under the
homestead laws to The extent of 100
acres to each settler: under this bill
any person who has, under existing
laws, taken a homestead restricted
TO so acres may enter the land en-
braced in his original entry or he
may surrender bis entry and be en-


titled to enter lands under tie
homestead laws the same as if the
surrendered entry had not been
made, without payment of fees or
commissions and residence. and cul-
tiyation of such land embraced in
his original entry shall be consid-
cred residence and cultivation for
the same lcng 9Th of time of land en-
braced in his additional or new en-
try, and shall be deducted from the
five years residence and cultivation
required by law Provided, That
in no ease shall patent issue upon
an additional or new entry until the
person has actually resided upon
and cultivated the land embraced
therein at least one wear.
Year: 1879

RAINY RIVER PRoDUcr>.-Tl:e
Alber,on Star Says: Fifteen miles
northwest Of lhjs village, on the
Canadian side OF Rainy River, the
keel OF another new steamer has
been laid This vessel will be a
Srie-wheeler, intended for general
purposes during The season of navi-
CATION, and il IS the Intention Of the
promoter Of tie enterprise TO have
Ler ready for trade on the opening
OF navigation. The machinery for
her is on the way, and will be for
warded by the means Of teams OH
the ice across the Lake of the
Woods. The gentleman for whom
This new vessel is being built is Mr..
Samnel Doakes, a pioneer settler
OF Rainy River. This viii make
the third vessel hat is now under
process of building here, to supply
a want that the increased trade Of
this part Of the country will de-
mand ere long.
Year: 1879

The article referred to is the one
in which we spoke of the improve
ment, made within few years and
now being made in the country
about Superior by the residents in
the way of clearing, fencing and
cnltiyaling the lands; and in which
We advocated the raising by taxa
ton of $1,000, more or less, to be
expended in opening roads in va
rions directions from Superior into
the country as an aid 10 the deveI-
opment mentioned. Our ideas as
expressed in that article met with
general local favor, and now We are
especially pleased TO find heavy
nonresident tax payer like Mr..
Robbins voluntarily coming forward
with such hearty words ofappr oval.
The books which Mr.. Robbins
kindly sent We have not yet found
time to read, but from a glance over
their pages it easy to see they con-
tain multitude of practical illus
trations and suggestions calculated
TO awaken thought upon the sub
jects winch they treat of We are
cheerfjtIly ready to lend them to any
person young or old, who may de
sire to read and study their contents


The "godshelp those who help them
selves" The people Of Superior will


thrive if they learn to I've upon their
own resources, developed by the la
bor Of their own hands In no place
IN the country IS there better
chance for man who depends upon
his manual labor for living thar at
Superior, provided hc will become
the owner Of his own little home or
farm. A railroad to Superior will
ONLY benefit tile owners of land.
The mere laborer will be no better
of after the railroad has been con
structed than he is now; in fact the
chances are that sharper compe-
tition, higher cost Of house rent and
living generally will render his con-
dition worse unless lie nov be-
comes the owner of some lots or
land. If every person living in SUI
perior becomes interested as a land
ell proprietor there will be little
danger Of reckless or UnHise
Year: 1879

The secret of the intense indignation that
has displayed itself in certain Democratic
quarters over Mr.. Woods reappointment as
chairman Of the Ways and Means Committee
is explained in our Washington dispatches.
Mr.. Wood has formed an opinion for which
the business men of the country should be
grateful-that il is not wise to attempt any
amendment of the tariff at the extra session
Of Congress and he proposes to adhere to
that opinion, IN spite Of the Southern Demo
Gratis, who are fierce for an immediate attack
upon the whole system of Revenue laws, who
want to tear the tariff to shrcds TO repeal the
Internal Revenue laws. to TeGuact the income
tx, and, in short, 90 plunge the whole country
at once into the turmoil Of a controversy which
would bring trade TO q standstill, and would
inevitably continue after this session. Mr..
Woors determination that these subjects shall
not be opened at this session Of Congress.
deserves the cordial support Of every bust
ness man, every manufacturer and every
laborer. and if he is sustained i'll it, will
mean a reprieve for the country Tor more
than six months from ruinOus agitation and
uncertainty. He should have, and doubtless
will have the solid support of the Republicans
in Congress in his position, but be should
also have the emphatic encouragement of all
those outside Of Congress who know that in
taking this ground, he has undertaken TO de-
fend the general prosperity.
Year: 1879

The election at Bordeaux of the revolution
ISL BlanQui by a majority OF 1,47l over the
Moderate Republican candidate threatens to
provoke the conflict between the Radicals
and the French Government which the
latter seeks to avoid. The Government res
olutey refuses to release Blanqui from prison,
because hc has been persistent dstuT0er of the
peace since his first revolutionary act in 1927. and
lsnow in jail for provoking hostility TO the Govern
ment Of National defence during the Franc0-Gcr-
man war. The extremists urge that BlanGups
election entities him TO consideration; but as the
Government feels that it must draw the line some
where, it is probable that his election will DE an
nulled and that he Will be forced to remain where
hn j.
Year: 1879

Usually apologies are the signal Of peace


but where DR.. Justin d. Fulton is the speaker
and the Baptist Conference the audience, even
an apology is merely the prelude to a storm.
II is difficult to sec how he could have made
more of surrender than he made yesterday,
in withdrawing the remarks which the Con-
ference considered dlscourteous, and dirclaim-
ing any intention to impugn the honesty or
honor of any member. A microscopic eye
might rest on the fact that DR.. Fulton did
not admit that he considered hls own words