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Year: 1879

The Reformed Episcopal Church of
the Covenant was filled to overlooking
last evening, the pastor Of the church,
Rev. J. l.. Estlin having announced a
week ago that he would deliver SER
mon to the young men. The pastor
announced as his textt the words: "He
that gathered in Summer is a wise son ;
but he that sleepetb in harvest is son
that causeth shame"


He said the sentence was fgurative
one and was not to be taken in the
literal sense. The poet in represent
ing the aged man, refers to the seasons
and speaks of the glossy curls by the
white locks Of winter, youth he said
was companion of summer, for then
the young man is vigorous, he is pos
sessed of his faculties and mind and
has the full bloom of health. The
farmer delights at the approach of
Summer season as he then fills his
barn with plenty; the sick man is made
glad with the approach of Summer; the
professor worn out by close occupation
to study hearts with delight the Sum-
mer as to him it is time to recuperate
his health. All universally, he said,
delight at the approach of Summer
when they can thereby gain strength
for the new life as it were. The speak
or said the Summer is the season for
great opportunities; it is the time for
the improvement Of the mind. All the
men who have become celebrated did
50 when they we're young, that is they
laid the foundation in youth. Time
gaid the speaker is valuable and when
once lost can never be regained. A
young man should discipline the mind
and by perseverance work out that
character which would be an honor to
him in old age. There is always work
for an active man, men of industry.
The man of zeal, Of integrity, of hon
esty, that is the kind of metal that is
now demanded universally throughout
the world. The speaker advised the
young men to believe on the Ruler Of
the Universe and he urged them to
have Christ Jesus as their Captain to
direct them through life.
Year: 1879

The Weekly REPUBLICAN although
not sixty -four column paper, contains
more reading matter than any other
Weekly in the State. Last weeks issue
consisted of twenty-nine columns OF
reading matter and eleven columns OF
advertisements. We are giving more
now for the money in the way Of news
to our country than was ever
before offered to our country
readers. The Weekly is bsing
printed on good paper that will bear
considerable handling. The circulation
is healthier than it has been for years
past and that speaks well when We say
that we have not had a canvasser out
(until this falD before for nearly five
years. The Wilmington merchants
lose a good opportunity Of reaching the
Psninsular trade through its columns.
1t circulates largely in all the counties
of the State. We challenge competi-
ton.
Year: 1879

Correspondents Of the Republican,


MEssRs. EDlToRs: 1t has been said by
one of our most prominent doctors OF
the old school faith, that more than two
thirds of the cases Of scarlet fever at
tended by him were little children who
had caught the disease while attending
public school, in many cases from their
companion sitting alongside or near
them, and that be had no less than six
patients from one school in less than
one months time. Now we would sug.
gest that tho Board of Public Educa-
ton notify the teachers to dismiss any
scholar who should have this dreaded
disease in their family until the mem
Der of said family should be considered
out Of danger by the doctor in attend
ance. Also to request all parents,
through the columns Of the press, to
keep their children at home during the
visitation of the fever. We hope the
above hint will be acted upon by the
Honorable Board, as the fever is on the
increase among the children Of our city.


HEALTH.
Year: 1879

James Gill was this morning before
His Honor for appropriatiDg the bed Of
vacant cart at Water and Orange
streets, as a roofing place. The neigh
bors incessantly complain but because
he was sober and being broken relic
of the late war he was released with an
admonition.


James Huggins, for being drunk, was
fined so cents and costs.
Year: 1879

Joseph Richards while lowering the
gate of the Atlantic Garden on King
street below Third, on Saturday after
noon at five o'clock, was severely in
jured by slipping from meat block
In falling his head came in contact
with stone and long cash across his
forehead was the result. He was pick
ed up unconscious and carried into his
residence adjoining, where his wounds
we're attended to by Doctor Joseph Ed
wards.
Year: 1879

Gail at our Drug Store and get a tria
bottle of DR.. Kings New Discovery
free Of charge, if you are suffering with
a Cough. Cold. Asthma, Bronchitis
Hay Fever, Consumption, loss of voice
tickling in the throat or Lungs. Ghis
is the great remedy that is causing SO
much excitement by its many wonder
fnl cures, curing thousands of hopeless
cases. Over one million bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery have been used
within tbs last year, and have given
perfect satisfaction i'll every instance
We can unhesitatfngly say that this is
is really the only sure cure for throat
and lung affections. and can cheerfully
recommend it to all, Call and get a
trial bottle free Of charge, or regular
size for 81. 90.
Year: 1879

Kidney diseases afflict the greater part
of the human race. and they are constant.
ly on the increase but where the virtues OF
Kidney Wort have become known, they


are held in check and speedily cured. Let


those who have had to constantly dose


spirits of nitre and such stuff, give this


great remedy trial and be cured
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3o,-The quarterly
interest on the four per cent loan falls due
to morrow. Checks for the registered in
terest 3d. 900 in number, have been sent
out by the treasurer The post Office here
could not mail all Of them in one day, 49,
600 being sent off yesterday and the bal
ance to-day, The total amount represent
ed by these checks is $4690,878.


An interesting decision has just been
made by acting Secretary Bell of the In
terror Department, In the case of Hugh
Lyons against Rachael Stevens of Salt
Lake City. involving the question of right
these parties had to q section of land In
the Salt Lake City land district The
claim OF Lyons is rejected on the ground
tnat the tract was not subject to preemp
ton or settlement by him. Rachaal Ste
Vens, 1t appears, is one of the several wives
of j ohm u. Holman, who she recognizes as
her husband. and he to all llintentsiand pnr.
poses, governs and controls her acts. The
decision holds in view of the polygamous
condition, that if first polyeamous wife.
while voluntarily retaining that illegal re-
lation to man, may in her own name OBJ
tain title to 160 acres OF public land, the
second or twentieth wife may do the same
and the so called husband would thus OBJ
tain in fact for his own use and benefit the
control of that numb Der of tracts of public
land. This will not be permitted under
the homestead or preemptiou laws IF the
so called wife, the decision continues,
should repudiate the illegal relation and
cease to violate the positive laws Of her
country and of the civilized world, the
+tact that she had at one time been called
the wife of man and maintained that re-


ation to him, wonld not operate as a bar
r


voluntarily maintains and acknowledges
her position to be that of a plural or poly
gamous wife, should be permitted to make
a homestead or pre-em p,ion entry of public
land. as the very fact that she retains such
relation is conclusive evidence that the
entry is not made in good faith for her
exclusive use and benefit.
Year: 1879

Frank MiIler's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced by the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade of
these goods is always standard and their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line. dtf
Year: 1879

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

BY reference to the report of the
County Board, it will he seen that Il
resolution was adopted at the recent
meeting to issue bonds to the amount
of 5000 to fund the floating debt of the
county. Bids to take the bonds are to
Ike received up to April s, 1879.


We learn from the Commissioners
that they will probably be taken at 8
per cent. without any commission.


See notice that tie Board will lie in
session again on April Stl,, when the
bonds will be issued.
Year: 1879

ANNUAL STATEMENT


We puSlisl tlis week tile Annual
Statement showing the financial conli-
ton OF the county. Give it a careful
examination and see where the money
goes and where the county stands. It
certainly shows light debt.
Year: 1879

TO FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS


Subscribers to the ADVANCE living
outside of Mobiles county will please
remember that when we notify them
of the expiration of their subscription
and they do not respond. we take it for
granted that they do not want the
paper longer, and our rule is to strike
their names off.
Year: 1879

COUNII IHEE BOUNTY.


The Commissioners have reported on
the County Tree Bounty allowed to our
friend F. J. Porter, of Grand Prairie,
and the report is to the effect that the
law was not strictly complied WITH
We have no doubt that Mr.. Porter, with
Il number Of others who applied for
bounty, labored under misapprelen-
sion. The law is strict in requiring
that the trees should not only be plant
ed but successfully gro,cn for three years
previous to March, 1873, and that they
must be not more than one rod apart.


Bounty has been allowed in other
cases, and the interests of the county
demand that the matter should he look.
ed into in all cases and where the law
has not been strictly complied with, the
money should he refunded to the county.


MORE TROUBLE WITH THE NAILS
Mr.. Fitzgerald writes us from Her.
sey under date Of March %:


What is the matter with your paper?
Last week we didn't get it until S:ltur-
day. In fact, this often is the case.
This week we have not got it ut all.
SO many ask What is the matter, that 1
thought would ask you. There is 4
good deal OF dissatisfaction about it.
Last week We mentioned the fact
that the Grand Prairie and Hersey
mails fail to reach our subscribers. A
few weeks ago complaint came from
Bigelow.


This is not only annoying but is do
ing us quite al injury. Our subscrib-
ers tell lis that if they cannot have the
paper on time they do not want it.


There is no excuse for the Hersey
and Bigelow packages not being
promptly on hand Thursday night.
We believe the trouble is due to the
carelessness of the route agents who
fail to put the packages off.


If any of our subscribers know of
any Post Master in the county being
derelict as to his duty in this matter,
please report him to us and we will re-
port him to the department.


AS to the Grand Prairie mail, it goes
via Bigelow. The mail leaves Bigelow
Friday morning for Grand Prairie and
the ADVANCE ought to he there by
Friday evening.
Year: 1879

+. Cooper, of Adrian. the handsome
and popular proprietor of the Adrian
livery was in town on Monday and
made the ADVANCE five dollar green
back call. There is some virtue left in
human nature vet.
Year: 1879

They never quite leave us, our friends who have


passed


Through the shadows of death to the sunlight above
thousand sweet memories are holding them fast
To the places they blessed with their presence and


love-


read.


Speak mutely though still with an eloquence rare,
And the songs that they sung, and dear words that


they said,
Still linger and sigh on the dcsolate air.
And oft when alone and as oft in the throng,
Or when evil allures sin draweth nigh,
\ whisper comes gently, nay do not the wrong"
And we feel that our weakness is pitied on high.
In the dew-thrcaded morn and the opaline eve,
When the children are merry crmsoned with


sleep.


We are comforted even as lonely we gricve,
For the thonght of their rapture orbids us to weep
We toll at our tasks in the burden and heat
Oflife's passionate noon They are folded i'll peace
1t is well. We rejoice that their heaven is sweet
And one day for US all the bitter will cease.
We too will go home DER the river of rest
As the strong and the lovely before us have gone
Our sun will go down in the beautiful west,
To rise in the glory that circles the throne
Until then we are bound by our love and our faith
To the saints who are walking in Paradise fair;
| They have passed beyond sight at tho touching O
death,


But they live, like ourselves in Gods infinite care.
Year: 1879

CHANGE OF CIRCUMsTANCEs.-"S Save me,
Doctor, and I'll give you thousand dol
lars"


The Doctor gave him remedy that eased
him, and he called out:


"Keep at it, Doctor, and l will give you
check for five hundred dollars"


In half an hour more he was able to sit
up, and he calmly remarked:


"Doctor, l feel like giving you a fifty
dollar bill


When the Doctor was ready to go the
sick man was up and dressed. He followed
the Doctor to the door and said:


essay, Doctor, send in your bill the first
of the month"


When,six months had been gathered to
times bosom, the Doctor sent in a bill
amounting to five dollars. He was pressed
to cut it down to three. After so doing he
sued to get it, got judgment, and the
patient put in a stay of execution.
Year: 1879

The situation in the coal regions about
Pottsville is assuming an alarming aspect,
much more so than has been the case since
1875. The cause of the trouble amongst
the strikers is solely attributable to the
secret organization known as the knights
of Labor" which is the fomenting element
breeding disorder in the district. By many
it is feared the situation will ripen into riot
and thereby necessitate vigorous resort
to measures to quell the dissatisfaction.
Year: 1879

Just fair enough to be pretty,
Just gentle enough to be sweet
Just saucy enough to be witty,
Just dainty enough to be neat
Just tall enough to be graceful,
Just slight enough for fay,
Just dress enough to be tasteful
Just merry enough to be gay.
Just tears enough to be tender,
Just signs enough to he sad,
Tones soft enough to remember,


Your heart through the cadence made clad
Just meek enough for submission,
Just bold enough to be brave,
Just pride enough for ambition,


Just thoughtful enough to be grave.
y tongue that can talk without hGrming,
Just mischief enough 10 tease.
Manners pleasant enough to be charming,
That put you at once at your ease
Generous enough, and kind-hearted,
Pure as the angels above:
Oh, from her may never be parted,


For such is the maiden I love.
Year: 1879

According to some agricultural statisti-
clan the United States has 100000 more
farmers than it had four years ago. 1t is
said that twenty-five million acres of land
have within that time been placed under
culture, and allowing one hundred acres to
each farm, the number Of new followers of
the plough are as above stated. If this
statement be true, it would 60 to argue
that farming is not SO unpopular as some
would have us believe; although with us
the farmer boys are disposed to turn their
attention more to law, divinity, physic and
loafng.
Year: 1879

We are told that business men feel
good because they have reached bottom at
last" We have no advices from the thou
sands who "reached bottom" so far below
the surface that they can never hope to
move in business circles again. There is
no resumption for them.
Year: 1879

The amount OF specific tax collected
and paid into the treasury for the year
ending May 1, 1879. was S70.0S or
this amount S50.3lS, were collected
from fire and Sl9.77l from life insur-
ance companies. The expenses Of the
insurance bureau for the same period
were SO, 40S.6l.


The tabular portions of this report
are prepared with the fullness, clear
ness, and accuracy which mark all the
work OF our insurance bureau.
Year: 1879

Edison was interviewed last Satur-
day, when he explained the delay in
bringing his electric light before the
public as follows:


The subdivision OF the light is per-
feet, but L am improving tho light
every day. The latest improvements
give me nearly seven gas jets per horse
power, and there are indications that |
can increase that number to ten. just
so long as we can see our way TO get
ting more gss-light per horsepower
We shall give no exhibitions. The plat
mum burner is a settled thing. In all
carbon lights not more tlnn A per
cent. of the horsepower goes into the
lamp. We get 50 per cent. in our
lamps. i recognize the impatience of
the public over the delay in bringing
the light before them, but We must
start with a perfect plan, 1t is ne
cessity. Suppose we erected our
stations and lighted New York city,
losing horsepower that might be saved
10y a perfect lamp or generator In
time the lamps and generators would
have To be thrown out aud new ones
substituted. The company would lose
millions Of dollars. We are going TO
perfection. even in the supply of metal
for burners. / have been bothered to
find dynamometer for measuring the
horsepower used to generate the cleo
tricity for the light. / made dozens Of
them before got one that is absolute
ly perfect. IL measures within a thou
sandth of a horsepower what goes into
a generator aud what comes out of IT,
Snch are some Of our difiulties. We
may be able 20 spread the whole thing
before the public in three OF four weeks
aud the time may be much longer; but
Just so long as we can see chance for
improvements We shall continue our
experiments.
Year: 1879

At midnight last night another unfortunate,
weary Of this worlds cares. ended his earthly
career by jumping into ths river from Of the
Canal street ferry wharf. The unfortunate man
repaired to the ferry wharf and took his seat
upon one OF the benches placed there for the
convenience OF passengers.


For awhile he seemed to be- lost In deep medi-
tation but suddenly he spraDg TO his feet and
walking to tho edge OF the wharf jumped In.
Two young men who happened TO be on the
wharf state ihat they saw the man come down TO
the wharf and take his seat on one OF the
benches. Suddenly hs got up, and walking to
the edge Of the wharf raised his right hand on
wicked world and all" jumped into the river.


They rushed to the edge Of the wharf them
selves In hopes Of rendering him some assist-
anne but reached there only In time to see him
sink TO rise no more. Thy say that he never
came to ths surface after he sunk the first time.


They Immediately reported The case to the
barbor police, who procured o lantern and q
body. and, u unsuccessful In this. to try and
find his hat or some remnant OF his clothing
that might lead to his identity. but were unsuc-


They fi then NV Visited tbs wharf and gave Il a
thorough search for the purpose OF seeing II
the suicide had left anything behind him be-
fore taking the fatal leap. but found that he had
not.


The young men who saw him jump into the
possible for them to give full description of
him. but say that he was about six feet tall,
dressed In apparently black clothes, and limped
on one leg.
Year: 1879

The special agents yesterday held confer
ence with the Collector. preparatory to their
departure from our city. This was about the
only event that occurred worthy Of note H. the
building. outside the depostions taken before
Commissioner Lane
Year: 1879

:. Live In Tensas parish. My husband was hung.
Tommy Kemp and two other men came and got
him. This was two weeks before election. Don't
know why he was hung. He was about fifteen
yards from the house when arrested. The three
white men who took him had guns They took
him in the direction Of the swamp, about three
miles below Greenbrier. Tommy Kemp, one OF
the men who took him, came and got a wagon
and brought his body back. The men who ar
hands benind him and carried him of.


To Col. Levy-Do not know how old Tom
Kent is. He is . young man. knew him we'll.
/ do not know the two men who were with him
Never heard why he was arrested. or why he
was hung. My husband was arrested after the
gin was burned. We lived about two miles from
Wate rlroof at the time Of the riots.
Year: 1879

ferring the Indian Bureau to that Depart
ment The interference is not only un-
justifiable, but calamitous to the public in
terest 1t now looks as if the best wisdom
of the Nation should be brought to bear
upon an adjustment and reorganization Of
our Indian policy, so that the interests of
the Government and its wards shall be
mutually cared for and protected.
Year: 1879

Mr.. TILDEN declines to act rs an in
spector of the approaching election. This
would seem to argue that his stock of per-
sonal ambition had exhausted itself, for
this is the highest position that promises it.
self to him in the future. This is the last
tribute TO his greatness that his own party
Is likely to tender to him. and if he rejects
it that ends his claim, tho it may not end
his barrel. His recent interviewer, adviser
and confidential friend who got him at log
gerheads with Mr.. SYPHER when he was in
nocent of the whole matter, will take care
of that bar'l.
Year: 1879

THE Eleventh Annual Reunion of the
Army of the Cumberland will he held in
Washington on the 10Th and Goth of No
vember prox. Here is a chance for our
good people to display their public spirit
and aid in making it an occasion worthy of
the Capitol of the Nation.
Year: 1879

THE plethoric supply of money in the
country has given an unusual impetus to
speculation in all channels fact which
prompts the Washington correspondent of
the Baltimore SuH to mcralize little and
to admonish the public generally and every
body in particular not to forget the bitter
experience of the speculative period which
preceded the panic of 1873. We think,
however, that the 'stock indicators" are not
so well patronized as the Sun writer i'm
agines. He possibly grounds his surmises
upon personal observations of his immediate
surroundings on Newspaper Row, and every
one knows that speculation of the widest
and most imaginative kind is always rife in
that quarter.