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Year: 1879

THE declaration is now made, by author
ity or otherwise, that the Democratic SEN
"ators do not intend TO hold any relations
with CoNKLING, except such as may be-
"come necessary in the transaction of bust
"ness." Because this statement is made,
where, and by whom 1t affords no evil
dence Of IFS truthfulness but should it
prove true that these Senators who have
put themselves in the wrong and have got
caught at il, now assume such boyish
attitude, what Of it? No sensible man of
sclErespect would feel it very severe af-
Fiction to be cut off from the society of a
class of men who skulk behind their par
Iamentary privilege" that they may vio-
late the rules of decency and propriety and
offer insult with impnnity, and who wan
tonly break faith with their peers It may
be regarded by some as unbearable to be
deprived Of the society of such men, hut
the better sense of civilized human nature
would prompt TO the endurance of such
priyation with patience and resignation.
Year: 1879

THE Montgomery (Ala.) Haa corrects in
part our statement to the effect that rab-
BILE assailed Judge BRUCE and the district
attorney, and made it necessary for the
marshal TO interpose in behalf of their per-
sonal safety, According to the Mail--and
we are inclined 10 give it credit for truth
fulness in this case-Judge BRUCE WAS not
at the hotel, but at his residence; hence
that part Of our information was incorrect.
That the district attorney was violently as
sailed by gang of rowdes, headed by n
member of the bar in their interest is adj
mitted, and on the authority of a Democrat
we have already so stated. The iulorma-
tion upon which we based our first state
ment came to us through Alabama sources,
and we make correction in relation thereto
with more qualification than we made the
Year: 1879

Mr.. Barry, in his work, Russia in
lS10,' tells a story of the time when
slavery was an institution i'm that
country. 4 certain iron-master caused
a man who had offended him to be
locked up in an iron cage, and kept
him confined i'm il for length of time.
At last, while he was absent on n
journey, the case of his wretChed
prisoner came 10 the knowledge of the
Governor of the Province. The Cover
nor caused the man, cage and all, 10 be
brought TO the Government town and
invited the tyrannical iron-master 10
dine with him. After the dinner was
over the Governor sent for a quail i'm a
wooden cage, and offered to sell il for
ten thousand roubles. The offer being
treated az a joke, the Governor said he
had a more valuable bird TO sell, and
told his servants To bring it in. Fold
ing doors flew open, and the iron cage,
with its miserable captive, was set down
before the astonished guest


Now" said the Governor, "what do
you think of that for quail? But this
is very expensive bird; J want twenty
thousand rOubles fer him"


All right" said the alarmed pro-
prietor; 81 will buy this one. Send
him down to my works without the
ca ge, and your messenger shall bring
you the amount"


The matter was thus pleasantly set
tied, and the company adjourned in un-
disturbed harmony to their coffee.
Year: 1879




a representative OF the Ncys yestcr-
LAY fell into conversation with Hugh
Lamb, who for nearly seven years has
been foreman OF the Consolidated Vir-
ginia mine, and fiOm him learned some
queer things in relation 10 the ventila-
ton Of that mine. lie says that about
a year ago there was a period OF six
weeks that the air changed from n down
cast to an upcast at the g.. and G.. shaft,
and from an upcast 10 n down cast AZ
the Consolidated Virginia shaft Dur
inc the period the heat became intense
a somewhat similar, but worse change,
has recently been Effected by which the
G.. and G. shaft has an upcast OF air
without the corresponding downcast at
the Consolidated Virginia, except in
tie south compartment Of the shaft.
which has been chambered OF from all
other compartments, or boarded mp"
as 10 is called. In consequence Of this
change the heat in the mine il intense.
lie carried n thermometer all through
the one thousand seven hundred and
fifty level and not q place was found
below one hundred aud eight degrees
Fahrenheit The oncl thousand eight
hundred and fifty level is as hot ~ the
ono ihousand and seventy. Lamb is of the
opinion. however, that this viii last but
@ few days longer, and that when the
connection is made between the two
thousand level and the one thousand nine
hundred and forty Of the California the
aircurpnts will bercstored tO theirus
and normal condition, aud the bonanza
mines will bc 81 they ever have been.
the best ventilated mines in the Com
stock Mr. Lamb further SAYS that
when the wind shifts from its accus-
toned southern quarter into the north,
ventilation is always bad in the mines.
and that we have had "a great deal of
north wind within the last two weeks
IL is because of the impOssibility Of men
working ON the one thousand seven hun.
drcd and nifty and one thousand eight
hundred and fifty levels thag they have
been discharged It was s. necessity
both as humanitarian measure and fo,
the interests Of the stockholders of the
I mine When better ventilation Is go
cured they will be returned.
Year: 1879

National Associated Press to the Star.


New YORK, Sept. 22.-George Tones and
= friend from Pittsburg named IT, A. Ire
main went to see Spiritualist seance in a
we'll furnished brown-stone house up town
yesterday. They paid dollar each for en-
trance Tones SAYS: when the spirit of
Mary came out into the room about eight
feet from the cabinet, the passage was clear
in front of me and went for her like a
streak of lightning and threw my arms
around her.


''She screamed and struggled, and several
of the men ran to her assistance. My
friend ran to help me, but he fell over the
seats, and the spirit got away from me.
That ghost weighed one hundred and fifty
pounds if she weighed an ounce and fully
identified her as the medium. A woman
who had been sitting behind where stood
cried out: You nearly killed my daugh-
ter, and you ought to be shot with pistol,
and I've good mind to shoot you for treat
ing spirit in that way The spirit had
very little clothing OH, and her face was
whitened to give her CHASTITY Look"
Year: 1879

Charles Lindner, who was arrested under
a warrant of Governor Bishop upon the
requisition of the Governor of New Jersey,
was before Ju lge Smith to-day IN the Court
of Common Pleas for the purpose of inquir-
inc into the regularity of the proceedings.
The charge against him in New Jersey was
that he had forged bank check. The
Deputy Sheriff of Newark was present and
demanded the surrender OF the prisoner.
The hearing of the case was laid over to
"Wednesday.
Year: 1879

city, who desired to secure her services in
concerts during the coming season, as fol-
lows: "The kind feeling which you were
pleased to tell me still continues toward me
in America, Notwithstanding the lapse of
time since my departure from that youth
Inspiring country. can only fill my heart
with still deeper gratitude toward that
great continent where eceived such warm
hospitality and met with such an apprecia-
ton of my cherished lot"
Year: 1879

The City Counc of Columbus will ar
rive in the city tomorrow morning, and
after WISHING the Exposition will make
tour of the city. A committee will be ap-
pointed from the City Council to wait on
the visitors.
Year: 1879

The Cleveland Leader Of Yesterday, in
an article on this subject, says: "But it is
not only the banks and Board Of Trade
which show q gratifying increase Of bust.
ness. 1t needs only glance at the streets
of Cleveland on Saturday evening to show
how general and substantial is the i'm.
provement in business. From Q o'clock
until 10 the central part OF the city Is
thronged. The retail stores arc crowded
with people who have been al work all
the week and have money with which to
purchase clothing, shoes, groceries, and
many luxuries which they have hitherto
for q long time past denied themselves
Mechanics Of all kinds, particularly car
penters, painters, plasterers and the other
tradesmen engaged in building, are busy
and in great demand. A prominent plan.
ing mill, working every man for whom
itcan find space, Is obliged 70 turn away a
great deal Of work that it is unable 10 do.
There is at least three times as much


building in progress in Cleveland now a.
there was a year ago, and the number Of
idle men is proportionately less. This il
the situation five months after resumption,


which, as the Democratic statesmen were


franticalIy telling US a year ago, would
ruin the country and reduce working peo
! pie to penury."
Year: 1879

The Democratic caucus committee otthe
House held a conference this afternoon
and agreed to recommend that no further
plans be decided on by tho majority until
the Senate shall have disposed OF the
Warner silver bill, which passed the
House Saturday. Theproposition will be
submitted at the joint meeting Of the
Senate and House caucus committee to.
morrow evening": 6AlN aATil|G
Year: 1879

"They do these things much better in
France" There no man is permitted to sell
adulterated articles of food. Stocks are sub
jected to examination by inspectors appointed
for the purpose, and poisoning is made very
difficult indeed. In this country. if we may
credit Professor George F. Angel, one of our
best authorities on fooc adullerations, the fa
cilities for poisoning are extensive, and little if
any check is imposed upon the poisoners if thew
only do their work in the course of trade.
The statements he makes are certainly very
poor sauce to so with our dinners, but 1t may
be better to listen to them, even at the cost
of a.spoiled appetite than to go on in the use
of authorizations until we find ourselves writh-
ing from the effects of some poison or other.
He tells US that almost every class of articles
now sold in this country for food is more or
less aduterated, and that many of these adul-
terations are extremely poisonous. For ex
ample pickles are sometimes colored with
poisonous salt of copper. Cayenne pepper is
aduterated with red lead, mustard with chro-
mate OF lead, vinegar with sulphuric acid, ar
senic and corrosive sublimate. Our tjellies,
preserved fruits, favoring syrups contain
poisons. Cream of tartar contains terra alba.
White stone is ground into fine powder to
mix with soda and sugar and four-they
have three grades of the powder. Coffee is
mixed with peas and chiccory. The adultera-
tions of tea are too numerous to mention.
Plaster of Paris and bone dust stray into
flour barrels. Lead, mercury, arsenic and
copper are used to color confectionery. Milk
is adulterated with water. and impure water
at that, taken from wells standing near cess
pools, and SO becoming pressing invitation to
typhoid fever. A hundred other articles
might be mentioned that are made Injurious
in their preparation for market.


These are pretty dishes to set before Amer
leans who are greater than Kings-infnitely
worse than the raw game of the nursery
rhyme. Yet we go on "taking our poison
reg'lar," and are rather inclined to laugh al
men who suggest the appointment of food in
spectors or the establishment of board of
health. We are so afraid somebody wants a
salaried Office we prefer to spend our money
on the doctors and the undertakers.
Year: 1879

THE Bangor Commercial is trying to make
savage remarks about the Boston Post. The
words of the Post which provoke the ire of
the Commercial are these referring to Maine
legislative "reformers:" "They have doubt
less done good service in reducing State ex-
penses In some quarters, but in their rivalry
to become known as the boss reformers
they overstep the bounds of reason. During
fhe war OF the rebellion 1t used to be prac-
tce among army officers to tie weights to the
tails OF the iackasses to prevent them from
braying and thus giving notice to the enemy.
It might not be bad plan to tie, say
weight OF eight or ten tons, to the coat-tails
Of some of the so-called reformers in the
Maine Legislature to keep them within
hnupdo -
Year: 1879

THIS is how the Barron case looks to the
New York Herald: "Insurance companies
whose agents have sharp eyes, did not doubt
at the time that this was case of murder,
and the public will not, with all the facts be.
fore it. But who has tampered with those
accounts. and whose good name is to be
saved at the expense of this calumny OF
the dead?n
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commup
cations. The name and address OF the writer are IL
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubcstio
out as q guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON
municatiOns that are not used
Year: 1879

IT is quite too absurd to believe that Will
liam Elliot was murdered. Evidently he
committed suicide. 1t must be apparent to
any detective that he knocked himself down
on the.sled, split his skull open with an axe,
horribly maDgled himself, rolled himself up
in blanket, and then sent his team on to
the railway station to convey the susp' 'cion OF
murder as we'll as the bag of oats. When
found he was still breathing and presented
symptoms of poisoning by morphine. The
motive for the suicide is evident. He had
been town collector. With great cunning
he scattered forty-two cents about his body,
so as to give the idea there had been a
struggle and an attempt at robbery. 1t is
not yet stated that detectives are practising
the trick so as to show how easily it can be
done; but that will come in good time.
They are only waiting to see if anybody is
going to pay the bills. Mr.. EIliot's debtors
have no doubt that he committed suicide,
ana will decline to pay over anything to the
estate,
Year: 1879

The Japanese are born polite. Their par
ents were, and these in turn, came from cen
turies of polite ancestors. As an infant the
natives soft bones and waxen mind took
shape from the national mold. From his
mothers apron -strings-no figure here-he
passed into the iudicious care of elderly gen
tlewomen, learned in department, who in
structed him, through years of pupiage till
proficient in all the niceties of an etiquette
which, as we shall see, approached to the
character of an exact science. Arrived at
years of discernment, he could not fail 10
perceive that he not merely should be but
must be a gentleman. Decorum was part
of his duty as a citizen, and rudeness n breach
Of the peace, if not indeed a capital ofTense.
due observance OF the ceremonies was stat
utory law, and violation of them n misde-
meanor which rendered the offender liable to
the severest penalties which the linked tyr
annies of law and fashion could devise
These regulations covered every relation of
society and extended beyond to dictate the
etiquette of devotion. Even the gods were
to be worshiped in good taste.


The operation of this singular social code
resulted in as beautiful a science of manners
as the world has ever seen. As nowhere have
manners been held in higher esteem, or more
studiously cultivated, so never have they
been brought to nicer perfection in any age
or country.


The relation of good breeding to goodness
we may leave to the metaphysicians. We all
feel the advantage which polished address
and culture give the possessor of such accom-
plshments. At the same time we may see
how possible it may be that the very prince
of darkness is gentleman" There is no
scoundrel after all, like the scoundrel in
broadcloth. That the japanese themselves
perceive there is no necessary connection be-
tween formal and real courtesy may he seen
from one of their popular maxims, which
says that "Those skilled in speech and man.
ners have little kindness"
Year: 1879

the sashimi was that live fish should be
brought in. sliced while alive aud served.
We were not brave enough for that, and so
we contented ourselves with looking at the
fish leap about in their decorated basins, and
seeing them carried away, no doubt to be
sliced for less sentimental feeders behind the
screen. As final course we had peas pre-
pared with horseradish, a cake of wheat flour
and powdered ice. The dinner came to an
end after a struggle of six or seven hours,
and as we drove home through the illuminat-
ed town, brilliant with lanterns and fireworks
and arches and bonfres, it was felt that we
had been honored by an entertainment such
as we may never again expect TO see.
Year: 1879

The indications all point to ca, reer of unexampled financial pros perity. The course of real prosper ity can hardly be mistaken. The only fear is that wild speculation may set Tn and take the place of the very bright state of affairs which has once more dawned upon the coun- try. People who felt through the hard times that,.there must be solid bottom, which when struck would have reacting influence upon the condition of affairs, appear to have been sound in their conclusions.
Year: 1879

Still the cotton bales come tumb- ling In at the rate of about 100 per day.

 No use to look around as long as E. Roth is alive, if you can not find what yon want in his store you had better quit and go home.
Year: 1879

Having the CAPITAL the STOREROOM Capacity, and all the FACILITIES for doing extensive business is my aim to reduce my PROFITS LOW to CASH CUSTOMERS business will be largely increased by gaining the of ALL who wish get the MOST
Year: 1879

Under the green trees
just over the way
Jack i'll the pulpit


breaches to-day;
Squirrel and song sparrow,
High IN their perch.
Hear the sweet lily bells
Ringing to church.
Come hear what his reverence
Rises to say
In his queer little pulpit
This line Sabbath day.
Fair is the canopy


Over him seen,
Painted by Natures hand
Black, brown and green;
Green is his pulpit,


Green are his bands;
In his little green pulpit
The little priest stands.
Year: 1879

O1l tuc UdllhS OL JL6 OQlO, DelOT6 bD6
advent of railroads, when steamboats,
piled between Pittsburg and the West,
lived sturdy farmer, whose spare
time was spent in chopping wood with
which he supplied the passing boaAs.
One winter boat was laid up at this
place on account of the ice, and during
longy cold winter burned the old
gentleman's wood. When the ice
cleared away, the farmer presented his
bill, which the captain refused to pay.


"You will pay itl'' said the old man.


"I'H not pay it till / please!'' re-
torted the captain, and ordered the old
man off the bOat-a request which he
complied with.


A little later he appeared on the
bank, axe in hand, and commenced
chopping at a large tree hanging
directly over the boat, which would
not be able to move for several hours
on account Of the flow of the ice. The
captain, with an oath, asked him what
he meant by cutting that tree when he
knew it would fall on the boat.


''Will you pay me for the wOod?"
asked the farmer.


NO! lUdIGu ODO I'd pldlil.


"Then I'll fell this tree on your boat, -
and the sound of the axe rang out on
the air.


The captain stormed and swore and
threatened to lick the old man, but to
no purpose; the weli-directed blows of
the axe were gradually eating away
to the heart Of the tree, and unless
something was done soon, it would fall
and crush everything beneath it.


Finding threats and entreaties use
less, the captain finally brought out
swivel-gun, which all the boats then
carried, and loading it, pointed it right
at the tree. Faster flew the chips as
the old man saw the preparations for
war, when the captain sang out:


will you quit chopping at that
tree?"


"Will you pay me for my wood?"
said the old man, never losing a stroke.


IN give you just one minute to get
away from that tree, and if you're not
gone then, III blow Satan out of you'll"
cried the captain, as he called for a
light and primed the gun.


Without a word, as though some
new thought had struck him, the old
man shouldered his axe, and, shaking his
fist dt the captain, STROBE toward his
home, and was seen there no more. In
few hours the boat pulled out and
steamed down the river, making a
landing at Steubenville, twenty-five
miles below. AS the captain stepped
On the wharf the sheriff walked up, and,
tapping him on the shoulder, informed
him that he had writ for him, and
would tie his boat until he paid little
bill.


"What bill?"


''The bill for that wood you burned
off me. and wouldn't pay for, you wall
eyed slinkl'' put in the old man, who
had been concealed up to this moment.
and he added: 81 walked down here
to ketch We, and burned if wouldn't
walked to Cincinnati afore I'd let ye
get ahead of mel''


The captain saw it was no use to
fume about it, for the old man had the
law on him; and after paying the
amount, with additional costs, and the
old mans mileage each way, he
was allowed to depart with his boat.


The woodman took the next boat
home, with his money in his pocket,
saying to the sheriff as he left: IF it
hadn't been for that Internal swivel
gun I'd a-mashed his eternal old
boatlh
Year: 1879

Twill not be long-this wearying commoti0n
That marks its passage in the human breast,
And, like the billows on the heaving ocean,
That ever rock the cradle of unrest,
VIII soon subside the happy time is nearing,
When bliss pain, shall have its rich increase
E'en unto Thee the dove may now be steering
With gracious message. Wait, and hold thy peace;


Twill not be long
The lamps go out the stars give up their shining
The world is lost in darkness for awhile;
And foolish hearts give way to sad repinfng,
And feel as though they ne'er again could smile.
Why murmur thus, the needful lesson scorning?
Oh, read thy Teacher and HIS word Alright
The world would have greeting for the morning,
If 'twere not for the darkness of the night.


Twill not be long
Twill not be long the strife will soon be ended
The doubts, the fears, the agony, the pain,
Win seem but as the clouds that low descended
To yield their pleasure to the parched plain
The times of weakness and of sore temptations
Of bitter grief and -agonizing cry;
These earthly cares and eeaselesS tribulations
VIII bring blissful harvest -and-by-


Twill not be long
Twill not be long the eye of faith, discerning
The wondrous glory that shall be revealed,
1nstructs the soul, that every day is learning
The better wisdom which the world concealed
And soon, aye, soon, theren be end of teaching,
When mortal vision finds immortal sight,
And her true place the soul in gladness reaching,
Beholds the glory of the Infinite


Twill not be long
''Twil not be long '' the heart goes repeating ;
1t is the burden of the mourner's song;
The work of grace in us he is completing,
Who thus assures us-.'It will not be long,,
His rod and STAFF our fainting steps sustaining
Our hope and comfort every day Will be;
And we may bear our accomplishing
As He who leads us unto Calvary;


Twill not be long
Year: 1879

One of the most remarkable facts
in German university life is the extra
ordinary decrease in the lumber of the
students of theology. The decrease is
so great that in several States there has
been an insufficiency of candidates for
the pulpit. At Kiel there are at pre-
sent twenty-four, at other German uni
versities twenty-eight students of the
ology, altogether fifty-two. Fifty years
ago there were no less than one hum
dred and sixty-eight students Of the
ology at Kiel alone.
Year: 1879

THE Indianapolis Journal and the Cincin-
natl Gazette urge that representation in the
next Republican National Convention be
founded upon the number of Republican
votes cast at the preceding election, rather
than upon the electoral vote of the State.