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Year: 1879




The Southern bulldozers make haste to con
mittee has established the truth of the charge.
against them. The leading bulldozing organ
of South Carolina labors through three col
umns to show that the Democrats have not
sucha bad case after all, and. then in fervid
peroration upsets all its work by turning bul-
ly, and thus virtually confessing judgement.
1t declares that "with the negro, without him
as class, the Democracy, white and colored,
will retain possession of the State;" that ''for
peace, for security, and for the conservation
of their political rights, the white people
of South Carolina have fought before, and
they will not abandon the fight now that the
ballot is more effective than the bullet
Year: 1879

THE Tilden Bureau is clearly enough food
ing the South again with editorial pabulum.
The contributions do not appear in the more
prominent journals of the South, but in the
more obscure and rural ones. In those the
tune about Tilden being the only man who
can carry New-York State is ground out with
great persistency. 1t is varied with remarks
about the folly Of nominating Western infa-
zionist, and thus losing all the Eastern and
Middle States. Tilden's denomination by &C
clsmation is already predicted, and if the
South makes up its mind to have him again,
of course the party will have to bow in acqui-
escence.
Year: 1879

TIE infamous gerrymander Of Ohio last
spring is justified by Senator Thurman on the
ground that it saved the organization of the
National House to the Democracy and Sc
cured the party should the next Presidential
choice fall into that body. The outcome, he
says, proves that it was a "wise political
move, and the old man grows quite gleeful
as he contemplates the fruits of the theft.
There is no higher law in the mind of great
Democratic statesman than party expediency.
Gin. GaZ.
Year: 1879

TIE Potter investigation was begun for the
purpose of proving that the election of Presi-
dent Hayes was not legal. After almost two
years of its existence it is well to revert to
this, simply for the purpose of refreshing the
public mind regarding nearly. forgotten fact.
Year: 1879

Fashion never favored the
ladies with Il neater, more Ell
lirely comfortable glove than
is now found in the tinted
cotton gloves, at once tidy
and economical. But when
soiled they must be washed,
and washing fades them, and
they then appear in that hue
known asivory white, much
sought for IN silk goods, but
which is anything but invi-
ting in a cotton glove. To
obviaie this Inconvenience, |
first wash them carefully on
the hand, rinse repeatedly,
and tint them in this mans
ner: TO a pint of boiling wa
ter add a teaspoonful of Ar
nold's ink; into this dip the
gloyes,stirring them constant
ly till of the desired hue, re-
membering that it will be
lighter when dry. Roll in q
towel, when nearly dry draw
them on the hands.


Other inks may, perhaps,
serve equally well.
Year: 1879

Ones record as a citizen, sol
dier and honest man counts
for nething in the effort to
forward the claims Of "A com
petitor.. This is not as it used
to be, and if the canvass in
Mississippi be conducted in
this way it will not only re-
snlt in divisions among your
selves, and lose you, finally,
that strength which results
from unity of action and feel
ing, but gain YOU the ill Will
nj that party North, without
whose aid you cannot hope to
be represented in the govern
ment.


] confess that l have read
not only with surprise, but
with pain, the character Of
the canvass being conduc-
ted; and l warn you Of the
end that will surely come
from it. This advice may
seem impertinent 20 some, but
to the cool, clear headed, con
servative, thinking element,
it, will be approved.


The Southern people in cit
les, counties and States must
throw overheard the profess
slonal and the would be poll
ticians, and select and elect
men vino know when speech
is silver and when silence is
golden Politicians gavethe
South her 'lliad of wees
and they have come to the
front again only when she
seemed to bewalkine outcnce
mole in the byways of pros
perity. Take care, now, that
they do not again clotlle her
in sack clot..i and ashes.
Year: 1879




least expensive with all who
have a smoke house, and ey>
cry farmer should have a
good one. is to keep the hams
hung up in the smoke-house
which should be kept perfect
ly dark at all times. We
have eaten hams SO kept two
years old, and they were a.
mong the very best we ever
tested. Uniform darkness is
a complete protection against
the attacks of insects. "s
Year: 1879

The youthfulK King ofSpain
was so delighted, we are told,
at the success of his wooing
that lie committed several
breaches of rigid Spanish ct
iquette-- such as calling at
times when he was least ex-
pected by his future bride
and kissing his hand to the
balconies Of the Villa Belle>
garde. All who have been
lovers, says the New York
Sun, will readily excuse the
happy monarch for the small
otfenses, and will picture to
themselves the young King
in the act of unccnsciously
committing them. A coins
parison of the picture thus
made would De interesting.
A young. man standing in
the hall, with his hat in his
hand, a young woman in a
red wrapper worked with
white thread, and her hair
done up in papers, just taxi
ing herself out of sight thro'h
the dining room door. A
Young fellow disappearing on
the sidewalk, his face turned
back and up, pedestrians try
ing to avoid the perils of
meeting a man who walks in
one and looks in another,and
the lover throwing kisses tc
to a chamber maid with u
dusty cloth III her hand whom
Ill the ardor Of his passion he
has mistaken for her whose
image is in her mind. These
pictures are not warranted
true to the original scenes !;
but they arc doubtful, many
times reproduced i'll the col
lection we have mentioned.


Fine Chewing Tobacco at A. O.
Middleton's at As cents per pound,
call and see it --no trouble to show
goods. mean just what lsay. |
Year: 1879

To remove glass from old
sashes, a mixture Of three
parts of potash with one part
of unslacked lime laiG on
both sides with a stick, and
allowed to remain for "a
hours, will soften the putty
enough to cut out easily
This mixture will also take
off paint and even tar.t
Year: 1879

An official investigation was made
this afternoon into the cause of the ac-
cident at Jackson, and the testimony
shows that the telegraph operator re-
ported the express train forty-fve min
utes late, so the train men began max
ing up freight train on The main track.
The express train made up the time
lost, and came dashing into Jackson on
time, and hence the disaster.
Year: 1879


Beneath Affections somher cloud
With eS ry sense i'll anguish bowed,
Ny stricken soul III dust doth lie:
My God . hear my cry!
Thou Who didst weep at Laz rus tomb
Thou Whose dread eye can pierce the
" gloom
Ofpight and dcath-rass me not by:
My God ! o hear my cry 81
Make NE to feel what gracious power
Hath comprised me from hour to hour
1t doth with blessing shield me Still
Shall refuse the Ill
Shall / forget Thine halIoweti ear
Is ever bending, list'ning near
That Thou IN pity 'ng tenderness
The mourning heart Wilt bless
Shall forget the cup OF woe
Which ThOu dldst drink while here belo W
Drink 20 the dregs-in.. mu.mur not


Against Thy bitter lot
Then, Thou di,lst die my soul to save
such mighty love ilinmes the grave
The pat h to 1nee-N til Heavenly light;
. Strengthen Thou. my sight
And let me lean upon that love;
Direct my thonghts from earlh above
To where, midst anthems ccastloss swell
Our Lorea One eer shall dwell.
Secure forever from the i'll
That we on earth must battle still
How can We MORN when such may be
Our portion. Lord, with Thee


Chicago Tribune
Year: 1879

"To die and have everybody read you
age on the coffin platem cried youu9
lady who had been dangerously i'll TO
some days, ''it's too much p and she in
continontly had good cry. She begal
to improve from that moment.
Year: 1879

National Associated Press to the Star.


CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-The Inter-Ocean spe-
cial correspondent on the train with Grant
telegraphs graphic account Of Grants de-
scent into the Sutro Tunnel, where he was
accompanied by one hundred and fifty
people drawn on cars by mules tandem.


The company, composed of girls and
miners, sang patriotic and sacred songs,
Grant declaring it was fun, and joking with
those around hlm. Over 1000 people were
at the train to bid Grant good-by, and
cheers from thousands covering the street
rent the air.


On the car with US are the Governor
Mayor and dozen ladies and gentlemen
with delegation from Reno. After we
leave Reno, Grant, his wife and son will
constitute the party, occupying train Of
two palace cars to Ogden.


GOES DOWN IN 4 HOLE AND MAKES SPEECH.


VIRGINIA Cry, Oct 30.-Gen. Grant
and party descended the "C' shaft and
visited the lower level of Bonanzas un-
der the guidance OF J. w. Maclsay. He
subsequently visited number of mills,
and was made an honorary member of the
Pacific Coast Pioneers. The General made
speech, saying that nothing he met with
abroad gave him such pleasure
as the reception here. True, his greeting
there was honest and hearty, butit showed
merely the esteem felt for our country BY
foreign nations. 1t would have been quite
different a century ago. Now we are re-
garded as the most powerful nation on the
earth. We have much which European
Nations have not; we have a population
which as yet does not threaten to crowd
any inhabited district, or exhaust the pro.
dnctiveness of the soil; We have an extern
sive soil and numerous undeveloped re-
sources to exhaust before our population
becomes so dense as to make the rails
ing sufficient to live on a serious
problem. In this respect we have great
promise for the future. The fact of the
matter is, we are more thought of abroad
than we think Of ourselves, yet at the same
time we think considerable Of ourselves
and we in fact are q little conceited over
our advantage. The newspapers and poll
ticians, however, think there are a good
many bad people in the world, and that
things are OH the verge of ruin; but Iguess
we are all right. Still we can be improved.
If was not an American would not dare
talk this way for fear of being mobbed. /
thank you all for this kindly expression of
YOUR eSteenl
Year: 1879

National Associated Press to the Star.


New York, Oct. 30.-The wife of George
Francis Train was found dead in her bed
yesterday at the house of her father. The
physicians attributed her death to paralysis
Of the heart.
Year: 1879

The annual meeting of the society of the ClaSSon
Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, was held
ON Friday evening letter from the pastor the
Rev Dr. Joseph T. Duryea, ammo uncing his reslg-
nation of the pastorate of the church, and that he
had accepted a call TO the Central Congregational
Church. Boston, was read. In II he says: d" /
have had no purpose or wish to separate from YOu.
Nou will recall the fact that have several times
refused 10 heed the calls of the most important and
desirable churches in the land. Some of You will
remember the circumstances of my coming TO this
church Those who consider these things will
acdut me of unworthy sentiments and feelings III
forming my present determination. This prepares
the way for the declaration that nave cOnteln-
plated the simple question OF my duty To the
clurch and cause of Christ large while coming TO
a decision 10 accept the call to Boston. ] am not
going because | desired the place on my own ac-
count. l am not going because desired
TO leave this place ON any account
l am going because / believe it is my duty
10 preach the Gospel in the pulpit Of the Central
Church in Boston. No one need ask his brother
why have gone. There il no hidden reason to be
sought. An independent and honest conviction Of
duty Is the explanation. Let this suffice. In ask


ing YOU to accept my resignation of the pastOTatc in
this church. and to unite with me by your commits
siOners in the request for It's continuation by the
Presbvtery, allow me to thank you for all you
have been TO me during the years We have been to-
getherp


Messrs Bartlett and Hamilton were appointed
commissioners to represent the church before the
Presbytery, and to express the sentiment that the
church does not concur In the pastors view that
daty calls him elsewhere. aud desircs to dissuldc
him from pressing his request for dissolution Of
the pastoral relation TO the church, The best
methods for providing for the debt OF the church,
$50, 900, were Jnen discussed,
Year: 1879

All infringements upon the patents and sys-
applying the electric procctonof the Central once
Svstem Ifomess Burglar Alarm Telegraph Company OlS
Broadway will be dealt with the full extent OF the law Tor
such provided.
Year: 1879

When the board of trade marks wheat
up FIVE per cent. it is strike for greater
profits.


When the lumber merchants mark lum-
ber up dollar a thousand, it is nothing
more nor less than a strike for better
prices.


When the railroad magnates meet in
Chicago and unite on a schedule of higher
freight rates, it is simply a strike of gi-
ants to extort more money from their pa
irons.


When merchants meet on change and
agree on 10 per cent. raise, it is also a
simple strike, and when all these capital
lists, interests combine together for gem
eral advance in prices, it is simply COM
munism of the most gigantic character,
while everybody throws up their hands
and hurrahs for the boom of "the good
times coming"
Year: 1879

From the Record and Farmer.


Farmers who are wide awake and given
to investigation don't SOW SO much wheat
per acre as they formerly did, and they
don't SOW it so deep. The great, heavy
harrows of ten Or twenty years ago are not
now employed by them in covering seed,
and the drill, which can be depended on
better, is becoming universally popular.
In broadcast sowing, after the ground is
thoroughly prepared, the Thomas smooth
ing harrow covers the seed deep enough.
A Wisconsin writer gives the result of an
experiment in planting at different depths
ON the surface, one-fourtb inch, one-half
inch, three-tourth inch and so on to sew
eral inches. That on the surface lay two
weeks before sprouting; that one-fourth
to three-fourth inches deep came up in
four or FIVE days, and SO on, getting later
as the depth increased. The last to come
up was planted three-and-a-half inches
deep, and was fourteen days in reaching
the surface. None planted deeper ever
reached the surface. At the end Of six
weeks that planted one-fourth TO one-hali
inch deep stood way ahead Of the rest.
Year: 1879

When we know that the present bust.
ness boom is the result of an unexpected
and unnatural influx of coin from the
old world, would it not be wise before
venturing too much upon its permanency,
to consider whether the financial condi-
tions OF the European nations are such as
to enable them to allow this coin to re-
main with us? Is there any probability
that this excess may flow back? If it
should flow back, withdrawing the basis


from an inflated condition of prosperity,
what would be the result? During the
present century we have had ten business
booms and periods of prosperity from the
same cause which is now giving impetus
and activity to trade, and ten times cor


responding reactions and financial crashes
and revulions have followed. We are
again entering upon the terrible expert
ences of the past. The resumption trap
is set, and fools are rushing for the bait
Year: 1879

WEwant currency that will pay debts
and taxes at par, dollar for dollar.
That people do not care to hoard.
That cannot be exported.
That is obliged to cooperate with labor
in order to accumulate.


That will seek labor and investments.
That is obliged to work for living.
That can be regulated in volume and
value by the people.


That is based upon the credit, wealth,
good faith and responsibility of all the
people.


That no clique or clan can monopolize
That shall serve, and not oppress the
Masses.


That can fight our battles as we'll as gild
cur palaces.


That will supply the laborer with lux.
ury az well as the rich.


at will not make the poor poorer if il
es not make the rich richer.
Year: 1879

If farmer has horse for sale, he val
ueS the horse at certain figure, the buyer
may value it differently, and so may a
dozen bystanders each place a different
value upon the animal. At last price is
agreed upon between buyer and seller,
and money measures the value agreed up
on. Our money Is divided and subdivided
from dollars down to mills, and forms the
unit of measure bV which all products are
exchanged.
Year: 1879

THE national banks have an aggregate
capital of about $50O,0oO,0OO, and there
are 1900 of them. Their power for evil is
as much greater than the old banks as
are their numbers and combined capital.
We HAYS no one man able to crush the
monster, but we have Greenback army
who will try to do it.
Year: 1879

ALE the power that gold possesses over
paper, is what the law imparts to it. Let
the nations of the world clothe their pa.
per currency with legal tender functions
and deprive gold of that quality, it is
doubtful if gold would be worth dollar a
pound. The great object Of bankers and
usurers the world over is to limit the vol
ume Of legal tender money to the smallest
possible compass, consequently a metal is
selected that is very scarce, and cannot be
materially increased. This is to compel
producers and wealth creators to initiate
their credits that the banker and usurer
may reap rich interest harvests.
Year: 1879

The sleeping dog is aroused in Iowa.
A host of speakers are rising up from the
people and giving their time and their
talent for the good of the cause. These
local speakers are doing effective work.
Men take the stump who never thought
of making political speeches before and
talk with the same earnestness that men
talk in religious ieviyals. These local
speakers have interests in common, with


the people, and have more effect than
lawyers who talk for pay and notoriety.
Year: 1879

PUT your house in order, gentlemen,
for until you can dam the Mississippi
with bulrushes, and turn the current up
stream, you cannot stay the Greenback
tide either in the south or north.
Year: 1879

Lutclrs Liring Age for 1ss0.-The fact that
this standard weekly magazine has had sue
cessful career of over th'rty-fve years against
much competition is proof sufficient that it
meets an undoubted want of the public. 1t
furnishes what is essential TO American readers
in great and indispensable current literature
"a literature which embraces moro and more
every year the work of the abest thinkers and
writers of the day. AS the only satisfactorily
plete and fresh compendium Of this litera.
ture, its Importance and value have steadily
increased. 1t enables the reader, at triaing
expense considering the quantity and quality
of the reading furnished, to keep pace with the
best thought and literary work of our time
and its great convenience to every intelligent
person or family can therefore hardly be over
rated.


The extra offer to new subscribers for 1886
and the reduced clubbing rates are worthy o.
note in the prospectus published in another
column. The magazine is well worth the at
tention ofthose who are selecting their reading
for the new year. AS the multitude of peri
odicals increases more and more beyond the
means and leisure OF readers, tho value of such
a comprehensive one as this becomes more and
more apparent.
Year: 1879

During the lattcr part of tho Forty fth
session Of Congress Mr.. GARFIELD said that
the man who attempted to obtain political
preforment OH sectional grounds would find
himself woefully mistaken. At n banquet
shortly thereafter he shook hands with an ex-
Confederate on tho opposite side oil the table
with dramatic effect, aud said that the bloody
chasm had been closed. In less than six
months aftcrwaId he was the most vigorous
waver of the bloodiest shirt in all the Ohio
campaign. Last Thursday he availed himself
of another opportunity for a theatrical dis
play; and, In response TO an ex.Confedcrate' s
tribute to General THOMAS bravery, said that
IL the Army of the Cumberland once sent its
bullets to wound IL now sent its heart to heal,
and that he was glad the day of wounding was
over aud the day of healing had come."-AteH-
d,idria (Va.) Ga=ette.


Our cotemporary has convenient mem
ory or it would recollect that the Demo-
cratic party "exhumcd the bloody shirt
and waved it in the face of the country
during the extra session of the Forty sixth
Congress, or it might have slept, aud Sec
FIELD but nearly every Republican states
iuan Of the North desired peace aud good
| fellowship between the two sections oil
our common country upon the basis OF
the issues settled by the Constitution and
the laws of reconstruction, but the Soutl
would not permit it to be 50. The attempt
TO repeal and wipe out the measures born o.
the war was challenge TO Northern pa
triotism which was promptly accepted ano
met in manner to admonish the South
| that those measures would be sus-
tanned by Northern sentiment at the ballot
box. The issue was joined and the result
is known. Every Northern State that has
spoken since the extra session has declared
positively and even emphatically that thu
measures born of the war must and shal
be sustained. General GARFIELD may hav,
desired that our future contests should no
be marked by sectional lines and asperities
but the conduct of the South forbade il
and subsequently he has merely kept i


line with the people. 1t is the South an
not the North that is responsible for exist


ing sectionalism. That section has til


remedy in its own hands if it will apply i


So long as the Democrats put the blood


shirt into the hands of the Republican


they will continue to wave it,
Year: 1879

HOME RULE in Mississippi means 1903
Democratic majority on joint ballot in the
legislature of that State over aconsolidated a
vote of six Republican members, one in the
Senate aud five in the House. This, too, in
State which under fair count gives thirty
or forty thousand Republican majority.
Year: 1879

THE anti GRANTEES within the Republi-
can party-and there are very few OF
them-are now joining hands with the
Democrats in their efforts to defeat his
nomination. But it is noteworthy fact
that for one Republican who thinks he
ought not to vote for GRANT there are hun
dreds of Democrats the country over who
know they viii vote for him.
Year: 1879

WE have gratifying intelligence from
South Carolina as to Republican prospects
in that State If the Republicans of that
State will nominate Hon. A. S. WALLACE
for Governor,with State ticket composed of
gentlemen of his integrity and general
worth, they will sweep the State by ma
jority so large that it cannot be subverted
by tissue ballots-the favorite Democratic
device for overcoming the Republican
majorities of that State.
Year: 1879

THAT ex-Secretary BELKNAP should be,
and is a GRANT man, now disturbs the
equanimity Of large number of self-ap-
pointed guardians of our public affairs.
But it remains to be indicated that any
friend of the General has yet been put
upon the defensive by the frequent current
illusions to this fact What General
GRANT did in the BELKNAP case was moth
ing more nor less than any reasonable man,
with conscientious appreciation of all the
attendant circumstances, would have done
in the same situation. This being con-
ceded, it makes no difference whether Mr..
BELRNAP is for him OF against him.
Year: 1879

He is here. There can be no possible
doubt Of it. His footprints are clearly
discoverable in yesterdays Post The boss
blackguard has left the new field of his her
culean labors in the old Granite State and
returned, like the hog, to his wallowing in
the mire of billingsgate at the National
Capital, thus giving the good people of New
Hampshire additional cause for thanksgiv-
ing. The Post has been weakly and child
like, but comparatively decent for some
weeks but now it teens with mature d
meanness and billingsgate, and hence we
know that he has returned. II breaks the
monotOny slightly but beyond that it is not
OF the slightest consequence.