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Year: 1879

LATE REMORSE. - Have YOU ever
stood by the grave of one dear to you,
and been compelled TO remember how
much happier you might have made
that life which has now passed beyond
your reach e? Has the hasty or unkind
word come back to you, and repeated
itself over and over till you would gladly
have given year Of your own life to
recall it and make il as if it had never
been? Let us remember that those who
are living may soon be dead, and beware
of adding to the things done that ought
not to have been done. Many a heart
has languished for the tenderness with
held in life, but poured ont too late in
remOrse and regret. Let us be tender
to our friends while they are with US,
not wait until they are dead. Let US
bring all possible sweetness and tender
ness and truthfulness into all our Tela-
tiOns, thus blessing and being blest. So
shall we ally ourselves with heavenly
legiOns, who will fight our battles with
the power of darkness. So shall we,
amid the changes of our earthly lot,
plant ourselves upon the everlasting
foundations, and calmly note how the
things Of this world fade and pass away,
knowing that we have laid up store OF
things that will endure.
Year: 1879

The Misses Garrett, sister and cousin
Of the well-knOwn London physician,
Mrs. Garrett-Anderson, are responsible
for the recent fine art craze for the
Queen Anne style OF decorative art.
These two ladies studied house decora-
tion for several years with a leading
London firm, and are now successful
business women, as well as artists. A
New York friend who went to call upon
one Of them was directed 10 handsome
house whose furnishing she was over
seeing. The lady found Miss Garrett
on her back upon scafioldi at work
upon the ceiling, which she was
sketching for her workmen to finish 10
colors. Il will be seen that she is not
afraid Of work, and that she earns bel
eucces-
Year: 1879

Mr.. Norton had been a prosperous
New York merchant ever since Elinor
could remember, and had the reputation
of being as sound financially as he was
morally. But at last the tide Of fortune
turned, as it always does, alas. for the
great majority, and, after desperate
effort to save himself, the broken mer-
chant went down in the general crash
Of IS, more fortunate than most others
only in this, that he had a clear con-
science and was as poor as he seemed.
Year: 1879

The POLICY Of the Democratic party
must be made aggressive if it intends To
win the cause of the people in the next
Preside ntial fight. If it is earnest for
the people and in favor Of lower taxa
ton, it must adopt the means for success,
and one OF the chief means is the de-
struclion of the policy OF their enemies
the means especially provided to Sc
cure to usurpers the power over the cleo
tions. The peal therefore, of the cleo
ton laws provided to give success to The
late adminst tration--to enable 1t to sue
ceed itself This must be done and W,
are glad that the Democrats have stei
this matter and resolved 10 rep al thes.
Laws. The Republican Senate has re
fused to reduce expenses and the peopl'
will justify the Democrats even in hold
ing all extra session, If forced to this ne
cessity for the object sougLt-ihe decrease
OF national expenditures.
Year: 1879

done. There is another matter. II will
be observed from the State Treasures
report that the Stale is holding first
mortgage lien against the p. w. \ b. X.
r., which is convertible at the opt on OF
the holder into stock. The stock pays
eight per cent. aud is selling at sb5
Now, why not convert this mortgage int
stock and sell tie stock immedia ely an1
redeem SO much of our State bonds? l.
is the business Of the Legislature to gel
the State out of debt, and We feel that i
is our duty to urge that body to discharg'
Its obligations to the people by reducing
the bui den on tax payers
Year: 1879

Ex. I'm rep. of g. W. S.


In tho face Of far greater obstacles
than we have ever before encoun.
tered in the work of the Order, we
have organized far greater number
of new lodges since the last session
of.ths Grand lodge than during any
other like period in the last ten years
Hard times and tough old winter,
with deep snow and impossible
roads, have conspired together to
stand in the way of our accomplish
ments, but we have the pleasure of
announcing the organization OF 100
New LODGES. This achievement is
all the more gratifying because Of
the heavy odds against which it has
been won. The snow is gone, the
roads ore settled, and it is now a
glorious time for work. There are
three months before the Grand
Lodge session. We can just as we'll
have fifty more new lodges in that
time as not. Let each County Dep
uty give US at least one, and we will
accomplish much more. There is
not County Deputy but can do
that if he tries. The Grand Lodge
DONATES the charter and books to
each new lodge, and the officer in
stituting it receives the charter fee
for his expenses and services in work
ing it up and organizing it. Re.
member that what wo do now we
shall have to rejoice over at the Ses-
sion. If we would laugh then, we
must work now.
Year: 1879

A regularity of the climate of
Galveston in winter, and until late
in the spring, is the dropping Of
what is called the "night dew"
During the whole night, commenc-
ing at eleven O'Clock and lasting
until near sunrise, a sound as OF
gentle rainfall is heard. Though
the moon and the stars may be
shining clearly, ana not cloud to
be seen, 1t Is the same-the caves OF
the houses are dropping water you
hear the constant fall upon the tin
roofs overhead-on the porch be-
yond your windows. In the morn
ing you are surprised to see the evil
denee, seemingly, ofa heavy shower
Just before day. The streets look as
though they had been heavily
sprinkled to lay the dust. The
phenomenon does not occur in hot
weather, unless cold norther
sweeps down from Denver end the
Rockys.
Year: 1879

Protest against the Quarantines.


At a meeting held at Memphis
on the 18th inst, by the Chamber
of Commerce and Cotton Exchange,
the following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously passed


The citizens and merchants of
Memphis, on behalf of the city and
of its citizens, regret the hasty and
unjust action of the authorities of
the State eff Arkansas and OF New
Orleans and other cities in proclaim
ing a quarantine against us in adj
vance of any epidemic in the city.
We regret that the railroad trains
of the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad have been discontinued
under the direction of the Governor
of Arkansas, and that the steam
boats plying between Memphis and
towns in Arkansas are forbidden
from landing at points in Arkansas.
We know of no sufficient cause to
warrant such extraordinary con-
duct. Acting in good faith towards
our own citizens and to the public,
the Board of Health of Memphis
has announced the first appearance
of a few sporadic cases of yellow
fever. The chances are that we
will have no epidemic, and certain
ly there is no reason at the present
time to prevent the most timid and
prudent person from coming into
or'remaiping in Memphis. There
Is surely no reason to apprehend
any infection from citizens leaving,
or any goods of any character going
from this city. We need make no
argument on this occasion. There
have been no new cases for three
days, According to the best infor-
nation, there is no epidemic here
of yellow fever, and no reason to
believe there will be. Therefore,
we most respectfully request the
Board of Health of the State of Ar
kansas to send its own representa-
tive to this city to examine and re-
port to the State authorities, and in
the meantime we respectfully urge
that the order of quarantine against
Memphis be revoked. The city of
Memphis has in all respects COM
piled with the rules and regulations
prescribed by the National Board
of Health.


Resolved, That Arkansas, New
Orleans and other cities that have
quarantined against us be requested
to observe and respect the rules and
regulations suggested by the Ma
ti0naI Board of Health and adop-
ted by the Sanitary Council of the
Mississippi Valley.
Year: 1879

In an able article on "Newspaper
work and workers." it is truthfully
remarked that there is no profess
sion but enjoys immunity from OBJ
servation as to its modes. The
preacher writes in the privacy of
his study, and can concoct platitudes
or pad out plagiarisms that would
be the ruin of the editor and re-
porter. The lawyer eOnsults his
client and organizes his campaign
in private, bringing into court only
as much as makes for his cause and
against the cause of his adversary.
The doctor plies his pOtions and
launches in his lancet in secret. If
the patient recover, it may be the
medicine or it may be in spite of it /;
if he die, il may be the pills or
Providence-the physician is seattle
less.


Moreover, the WORK Of the press is
continuous, as well as constantly
public. There is no rest for the
weary. Space is no more annlhi-
lated by telegraph than time by
Journalism. The evening and the
morning are not merely the first
day, but all the seven. Night ann1-
hilated as all its quantities of repose.
Every minute of every hour of the
twenty-four is occupied by some
workers doing some work that
shows itself in the newspapers of
the day and afternoon. Repetition
is as impossible as rest. Facts are
ever new. Comments must be as
fresh as facts, and the edition is the
remorseless giant that eats up all
the seconds. The making Of news
papers is perpetual motion in a
thousand fields. In such a work
demanding ceaseless effort, permit
ting no pause, exacting eterna! and
ever-varying exercise, il lS impOs-
sible for wheat to be unmixed with
chaff, for accuracy not to be inn
paired by mistake, for injustice not
occasionally to be done.
Year: 1879




While . travelling menagsris was
recently holding its exhibitions for .
few days at LIE Mans, France, . superb
lion escaped from its cage through the
negligence Of an attendant. The ami
NAL paced up and down the tent quiz
city, but naturally excited great alarm
The proprietor Of the collection had .
luminous idea, that of satisiying the
king of beasts to prevent him from
doing any mischief, and accordingly
threw his majesty an abundant sup.
ply of raw meat. The plan succeeded
admirably. fer the lion, after gorging
himself with an unusually ample
meal, walked quietly back into his
cage and went to sleep. OF courae he
WAS at once effectually secured, bat as
soon "a the occurrence became known
the municipal authorities ordered the
menagerie to be removed from the
town without delay,
Year: 1879

Fort Mckinney, Jan. PA shoot
ing affray occurred here on the 10th
inst, resulting in the death of Private
Ringer, company d, Ninth infantry.
A drunken soldier of the same COM
pany fired the fatal shot. The murder
er will be turned over to the civil au-
thorities.


A soldier was killed day or two
since by log rolling on and crushing
him to death.
Year: 1879

THE most welcome news yet from
the Cheyenne escapade is at hand this
morning. Twenty-three killed and
nine wounded is good days record.
1t is pity though that seventeen more
remain. They may yet stir up trouble
among peaceable bands.
Year: 1879

SENATOR BURNSIDE and Representa-
tive Hewitt are comforting with respec<
to the postponement for the present of
the army bill. Perhaps Burnside wants
to avoid a defeat by preventing the bill
from coming up at all.
Year: 1879

We feel sanguine that the early compile
ton of the Little Falls 6 Dakota Railroad
is an assured fact. The recent sale of a
controlling interest in tie road TO Col.
Crooks and his associates, while looked up
Oh, by some, with suspicion, is, however,
the best that could be done under the cir
cumstanCcs. Sooner Or later We would
have had to gone on the market and sought
capital with which to build the line, and if
we had done SO, could we have made as
satisfactory an arrangement and agreement
as has just been c0usummated The parties
who have negotiated the purchase, gave all
guarantees we could reasonably ask or eX-
pect. They furnish the money, and they
| furnish the brains, and what capitalists
would not demand controi of the property
in which their moneys were invested Col
! Crooks and Mr. Clough are not the men to
do any dirty work Or trickery for any par
| ties, and as far as they are concerned we are
confident they will act in good faith, and
if, as some claim, we are sold out, we as,
sert that neither Of these gentlemen are
parties to the sWindlc. But we are of the
impression that the present company will
act in good faith, for they have control of
piece of property which will prove
good investment and yield handsome
profit to the owner. This line is located
through one of the richest tracts of farm
ing country in the State, and there is not a
single doubt but it will pay from the start.
1t has the sympathy and will have the sup
port of the people along the line. This
road can charge paying rates and do over
two thirds Of the business, for the people
look upon it as their road, and will always
so consider it, no matter who controls it,
so long as their rights are respected. Be-
fore long our people will be called upon to
vote the bonus, and we do not expect a
single negative, for they all know it will
give them cheap fuel and lumber, good
prices for their produce; it will add from


S. to $40 per acre to the value of every
acre of land in the county. They know
, this, and will work and aid the enterprise


that assures them relief from monopoies
Year: 1879

The railroad company have decided to
furnish no more wood, in less than carload
lots, to st tions west of Litchfield. The
reasons for this action are probably the
scarcity of wood, expense, loss from FIRE,
wastage, &c. The issuance of this order
has caused considerable excitement and
been the subject of much comment; the
action of the company being bitterly and
savagely denounced and universally con-
demned Apparently we must accept the
situation and make the best Of it, be the re


suits what they may. There is no question
but this order willworR . hardship to tie
settlers, as many who buy tllcu cord OF
Year: 1879

half cord, do not know where the money
is to come from to purchase more when
that is gone, and hence it will be imposEi'
BILE for them topurchasc at wholesale. OF
course, several could club together and buy
Il carload, but man with the last stick in
his stove has not got the time to drive
round the county and hunt up dozen men
who will club with him to purchase car,
and then wait until the order is filled.
What is to be done? is the question. Our
advice is for farmers to burn hay. In
many portions of this State, hay is largely
used for fuel, and as there is an abundance
of grass in this section, we might as well
commence using it at once. as it is only
question of time when we will not even
have the privilege Of buying in six cord
lots. The large and steadily increasing de-
mand for fuel, lumber, ties, timber, &c, is
rapidly consuming and destroying our
forests, and sooner or later, we will have
either to burn coal or hay. Coal is expens'
i've, the high freight rates and our distance
from coal mines makes this fuel very cost
ly. For the present, we can get along by
having some party open yard and retail
the wood; this will raise the price of fuel,
as the dealer must have profit; but We
must keep warm and must have a fire, no
matter what the cost or expense. Hay is
cheap, and makes good fire in common
wood stove, and it will be we'll to try the
experiment, for more or less of it will have
to be used until such time as we can grow
trees on our farms, or get cheap fuel from
some other source.
Year: 1879

the united parties are to be expected Following
the impulse which leads them to take shelter
in the camp OF their friends, the GreenDack
leaders III Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
and other Western States. will also make the
best terms they can with the Democrats
and agree TO turn over their followers for q
stipulated share OF the prospective spolis'
The Republicans in these States will be pleased
to have only one enemy to fight instead ol
two. The California election will he watched
for signs of the disintcgration of the brutal
Kearney faction and for evidences of the re-
vival Of Repubicanism on the Pacific Coast


In the Southern States which vote this year
there will be practically no contest The ke-
publican party throughout the South Is
crushed under the heel of the Confederate
brisadicrs, and if any independent move
mcnts are terminating they will scarcely show
themselves above the surface until after the
great Presidential struggle of 1850. 1he
South will be kept solid mt whatever cost oi
oppression and outrage. On this depends the
whole Democratic scheme of Oyerturning the
results of the war; reversing the verdict oi
history, and making the worse appear the
better cause.
Year: 1879

ont of the contest thoroughly united ana
fully aroused To the dangers of government
bv Solid South, and it is sustained by
Solid North There is not single Northern
State in which, on fair ana honest Note'
the Democratic party can prevail III "9
new assault upon the Union. The President
will take care that the path to an
election by fraud is not opened. The Demo-
cratic party will find that It has fully exposed
its own purposes and character, without gam
ing a hair breadth in practical advantage ana
has aroused the whole North TO resist It's reV0-
lutionary attempts, and to forbid It's return
tO mower.
Year: 1879

Judging from the confident opinion OF the
French Minister Of tho Interior, the Senate
will Join in the call for Joint assembly Of the
two houses to revise the Constitution 50 that
the Legislature may hereafter sit in Paris.
This may be better than au open rupture with
the Deputies, but if the Senate continues to
submit to them simply FOR the sake Of peace,
it will give a dangerous impulse to radical
schemes.
Year: 1879

thority should be invoked, and an important
matter referred TO the dilatory action of the
home Government Lord Lorne's plea that he
was unwilling to establish a grave precedent
for the whole empire is not likely to ailay
the excitement. The Canadians are con-
cemed only for their own rights, and will
not readily forgive the Governor-General for
his lack Of resolution and disregard for con-
stifutioual uSageS
Year: 1879

The controversy that took place as TO the
behavior of the crew of the Pommennia last
November, when that vessel sank in the Brit
ish Channel, did not include the captain, who
did his duty so bravely that our local autbori-
ties have been moved to offer him public
reception in honor of bis conduct. Captain
Schwensen tells the story Of the disaster IN
another column. The public has had time 10
forget it in the past five months-an age in
these days of newspapeIs-aud viii find that
he tells it in very simple but picturesque
fashion.
Year: 1879

Tie Albany Law Journal, in the following short extract, deals out a much needed protest against an evil which exists to far too great an ex- tent:

 The pardon mill is one of the great est encouragements of crime. Par dons ought to be exceptional. The chances are nine to one that a convict will be pardoned, if influential friends petition forit. The chances ought to De exactly the other way. This cer. taintr of punishment would do more to deter the commission of crime than anything else. It seems hard to say it, but the sufferings of the innocent wife and children ought not to infu- ence the matter, and if not allowed to do so, men would perhaps hesitate about involving them in misery. In the punishment of crime men lose sight of general considerations in the particular application, and out of ten derness for individuals weaken the force of the example.

 The remedy lies with the people, where the fault exists more than it does with the executive.

 It is a comparatively easy matter for the friends of any condemned criminal to get long list of names to petition for pardon. Men do not exercise the moral courage to refuse their signatures. In thousands of instances they do not even stop to enquire if there IS any merit in the case or not. It's all wrong, and be- fore man puts his name to petl- tion asking for the exercise of the pardoning power, he should make minute enquiry and be sure that it is an e ktraoMnary case, for ordinarily Nthen a jury of intelligence, as all our juries are supposed to be, sit up on case, and after hearing all the law and evidence, condemn the crim- inal to punishment, he deserves it, and it should not be averted by the rardoning power. It is far more ire quently the case that jury lets criminal go clear who should receive punishment, than for them to convict one who does not merit it.
Year: 1879



 --The Russellville DEMOCRAT in commenting on the result of the election recently held in that place to determine what the free school tax for the next year should be, says

 "We are ashamed and humiliated to have to record the fact-the shameful and outrageous facs-that on last Saturday the proposition was voted down to have a public free school here thIs coming year"

 Comment IS unnecessary; there is something wrong or the people of Russellville would not have voted themselves so great an lnjury.-Al- ma Herald.

 h is due our town that this matter be understood just as it is. The largest taxpayers in our town almost all voted for and favored the mills school tax. The vote was carried against tax by the very parties who should have favored it-by the votes of those who have least taxes to pay and most use for free school facilities. Men voted against the tax who have five and six children to send to school and who do not pay five dollars tax, State, county and municipal, all put together, They were induced to vote thus by having their prediudices worked upon, and by being deceived by few men who wish to keep the poor in poverty and ignorance-for he who now wants to keep the people ignorant wants to keep them poor, because ignorance IS poverty, The saloon influence iu our town was also against the public school tax. So you see how it was. It will not hap. pes again,
Year: 1879

It is most gratifying to know that our medical college has been organ ized, and the faculty of learned pro. fessors have purchased the Sprando building Tn this city at cost of five thousand dollars, and will open the school in October, This assures us of their own confidence in the sue cess ot the institution, and they should be sustained by our own State and our neighbor, Texas. Llt- tie Rock is healthy location, board cheap, the faculty headed by Dr. F. o. Hooper, with twenty other pro fessors and lecturers, as competent as any similar college in any nelgh- boring State, and every citizen of this vicinity is deeply interested in its prosperity. The college is start ed under the auspices of the Arfan- sas Industrial University, and we doubt not, will receive the aid of our State government, the cordial sup port of the medical profession, and of all our people. Success to our home institute !-L. k. Democrat,

 Then's the sentiments of this DEMOCRAT, too. Success to our home Medical University.