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Year: 1879

In the early part of the late war,
when Gen. Grant was in command of
the army before Vickshurg, IL number
of officers were gathered at his head
quarters, havinga Il pleasant social time
One of them invited the party to Join IL
social glass; all but one accepted. He
asked to be excused, saying that he
"never drank" The hour passed, each
went his way to his respective COM
mand.


A few days after this, the officer who
declined to drink received a note from
Gen. Grant to report at headquarters.
He Obeyed the order and was soon in
the presence of the general. Grant say 5
to him: "You are the officer, believe. -
for their acquaintance was slight, "who
remarked the other day that you never
drank" The officer modestly replied
that he was. "Then,n continued the
general, ''you are the man have been
looking for to take charge OF the COM
missary department, and | order that
you be Diet lied for that duty.n lie
served his country faithfully until the
close OF the war, and was honorably
discharged. Years passed, and Grant
had come to be president. The officer
had settled down to the duties of pri-
vate life, and the little incident was
cherished as il pleasant memory.


The trouble on the border between
Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande
attracted the attention of congress. and
commission was ordered to ascertain
the facts and report Again President
Grant remembered the man who ''nev-
er drank" and appointed him chairman
OF the board. The place was accepted
and he faithfully entered upon tie
work the report submitted shows the
thoroughness with which the duty v:s
discharged.


While engaged in this work he ma, {,
the acquaintance of gentleman who
owned an extensive cattle ranch Ia
southern Texas. That acuuaiptan %
inspired confidence, and years after.
when the Texas gentleman decided to
sell his ranch, he placed it in the hands
OF the man who "never drank,n and
during the last month he has effected
the sale of the ranch of two hundred
thousand acres of land, and several
thousand head of cattle for an even
million dollars out of this he gets Il
commission that will be snug fortune
these hard times. The company that
bought 1t will enter largely upon pack
ing beef for foreign markets, slaughter
ing. their meat on their ranch from
their own herds. The superintendent
OF their business has been rendered ia
and accepted by the man who "peye,
drank" and he goes in few days to
his new field of labor. This takes
Year: 1879

had penitentiary, has it been without
a representative from this family. Only
once since he came here has he shown
the faintest trace of sorrow, and that
was yeaI ago when | gave him a let
ter announcing the death of his wife.
For little time he was quite broken
down, and sobbed as if his heart would
break" He had loved his wife passion
ately, and he had some qualities which
in other circumstances would have
commanded respect. Somehow there
are terrible mistakes made in life and
with life. Bearfield had been born to Il
heritage of crime, and might well cry
out, ''from our fathers cometh our
misery"


am not going to discuss so grave a
subject as the relations of crime and
punishment; but any one can see that
there ought to be distinction made
between the punishment of pl Professional
thieves and murdeTers, and the punish
ment of occasional and ignorant offend
els. Surely, also, the law ought to care
more for persons than for things YET
here is Il child of ten years for IN at
tempt to steal, sent to chains and hard
labor for forty years, while the white
man who kills one Negro, and would
Kill any number willingly, has Il far
lighter punishment. Then in regard to
the claiming Of men, women and chill
dren together in the streets Of towns
and villages, is there any language
strong enough to condemn it? Setting
aside its cruelty and injustice, it is so
indecent that every respectable citizen
ought to demand its instant abolition.
Besides, there is no doubt that the
chain-gang laws, and the laws regard
ing cOnvicts were made with special
reference to the Negroes. No such laws
would ever have been made if it had
been certain that white men and women
would be the class most likely to feel
their cruelty. Christian Union.
Year: 1879

Yes, think what life of labor your
wife has to lead, and try and Tighten
her cares by all means in your power.
You come in at nOOntime, tired with
your mornings work, and expect the
dinner always to be ready on time.
After you have satisfied your hunger,
you take your "nOoniug" of half hour
or more, while she goes right to work
again, and takes no incoming at all, eX-
cept to continue her never ceasing
round of arduOus duties. After supper
you take your rest, and she keeps on
with some kind of work until bed time.
And so on, from day to day, year in
and year out; and is it any wonder
that the bloom of youth so soon fades
from your once fair young bride, and
that she soon becomes worn out ? In
the Struggle for a competency, most
young farmers do not think how impOr-
tant a part the wife plays in making
success assured, and that she, often, re-
ally contributes more than half towards
success. Give her more recreation,
more help in the house, if you can pos
sibly afford it and give her a chance
to ride out, on occasional evenings, to
forget, for Il while, her cares and trials,
and it will do both you and your wife
much good.
Year: 1879

Successful advertisers admit that the newspaper
is the most effective advertising medium, and the
Oest agency for communication between people of
all classes


'udicious advertisers select those papers which
nave established character and influence. They
are read by thinking people and people of enter
prise-the most desirable in all communities to
reach byadvertising
Year: 1879

ing about. 1t was of the moral effect
of self-sacrifice.


That man or woman who does not
feel humber, who does not feel life to
be better worth the living, and trial
more bravely to be borne, when the
narrative of patient self-sacrifice is
read, has need of missionary efforts in
his or her personal behalf. w.
Year: 1879

LETTERS received from Maine men who
went to California with the Lewis sand-bow-
er represent the machine to be failure and
say that all hopes of deriving any benefit
from it have been given up. The men are in
sad plight, without money, without pros
poets, and with no means to get home. They
are seeking employment wherever it may be
found. Naturally enough they are bitter in
their expressions regarding the projectors of
the enterprise, and very likely unjust. They
do not consider that the leaders may be as
sorely disappointed as the followers. The re-
suit of the experiment is unfortunate, but 1t
teaches a lesson. Men should not engage in
undertakings where the whole field is strange
to them and where they are forced to rely i'm
plictly upon the representations of experts
having their own ends to gain or enthusiasts
governed by the warmth of their imagina-
tions. Where men familiar with mining hes
itate it is not best for the inexperienced to
engage. There is however, it must be con-
fessed, very little consolation in this moral
for the unfortunate men stranded on the Pa
cifc coast.
Year: 1879

The Shoe and Leather Reporter intimates
that the British outcry against American
beef is not wholly disinterested. 1t says:
The competition Of American beef with that
raised in England has been so severe, within
the past two or three years, that it has had
an exceedingly depressing effect on all those
in that country who are interested in cattle
raising; perhaps it is not surprising, there
fore, that they should become aware of the
prevalence of infectious diseases in American
cattle, when neither cattle raisers, shippers
nor American consumers, have had any pre-
vious intimation thereof. If, however, the
shipments of live cattle should be dimin-
ished on this account, there would probably
be corresponding increase in our exports of
dressed and canned meats. This phase of
the trouble might be looked upon at least
with equanimity by our tanners, for when we
ship cattle on the hoof we are furnishing ex-
cellent hides for the foreign market, but when
the slaughtering is done here we have the
privilege of making the hides into leather
before shipping.
Year: 1879

THE remarks of Mr.. Mclaughlin of this
city before the special committee on the
insolvency law at Augusta Saturday we're
misinterpreted. He did not characterize the
national act as grab law. That term was
applied to the custom in force before the
enactment of national law concerning In
solvency. 1t was the repeal OF the general
law which necessitated legislation by the
States. Among the objections brought against
the national act, and they were many, the
claim that it gave privileges to any one class
of creditors to the prejudice of another was
not advanced.
Year: 1879

Mr.. Tilden seeks to preserve his reputation
for honesty aud plain-dealing at the expense
of his common-sense. He asks us to believe
that he became an imbecile Immediately after
the Presidential election of 1876 and did not
recover his mind until the decision of the
electoral tribunal was rendered. He gravely
affirms that he who had exercised the closest
supervision over all the details of the cam.
paign, he who "always led his tronps in per-
son." surrendered the leadership the moment
the vote was cast, and permitted fools and
feather-heads to look after the count, to CON-
promise his good name. and to enter into en-
gagements which he or the executive COM
mittee of the political OF ganization which he
represented was called upon to fulfill.


Mr.. Tilden tells us he was elected President
and that the Republicans cheated him out of
the office to which he was chosen by the peo-
pie; and almost in the same breath assures
US that he remained at home making NO
resistance to those who were robbing
him, organizing no combinations to
defeat the schemes of his enemies, not
even taking the trouble to acquaint himself
with the doings of his lientenants. His
nephew and housemate was confessedly en-
gagged in negotiations for the bribery of
Southern returning boards, and the negota-
tions on the one hand were carried on from
Mr.. Tilden's house. But the Democratic
candidate took no interest In the proceed
iugs, did not trouble himself to enquire what
measures were on foot to further his claims,
was even so careless and uninterested that
he did not seex to know the purpert of the
kilograms delivered at his house at all hours
of the day, and presumably meant for its oc-
cupant. He knew that Marble, Weed and
the rest of his leutepants who had been act
ing under his orders all summer and fall were
in the South. He knew that his nephew
and next friend was in Baltimore on busi-
ness connected with the count. But he
didn't care enough about the matter to in
quire into the progress they had made.
When Pelton's negotiations in South Caro-
lima were at last forced on his attention he child
that young man-and his nephew took the re-
buke o much to heart that he went off and
tried to buy Florida. all this time, curiousIy
enough, Mr.. Tildel knew of Republican al
tempts to cheat him out of the disputed
States. He swears to that in his testimony
before the Investigating committee. That is,
he knew what the Republicans were doing
but was entirely ignorant of Democratic in
trigues.


Mr.. Tilden denies too much. That is the
misfortune of his position. He could not
well admit more without compromising him
self. But he might have adopted more in
genious and plausible line of defense. He
might have sworn, for example, that he had
bear-blood in him, aud that his alternating
time always began the seventh of November
and lasted until March. Perhaps he could
persuade people to believe that.
Year: 1879

THE revelations brought out by the Potter
sub committee at New York are sad and dis
graceful; but 1t is for the benefit of public
morality that they should be made, and the
men engaged in them exposed. The keen,
vigorous and alert cross-examination by Mr..
Reed contributed materially to the bringing
out of the truth. His services are promptly
acknowledged by all who favor a full investi-
gatiop, and the abuse of him INDUCED in by
those retained to plead for the defense shows
that somebody has been badly hurt. Mr..
Tilden's friends cry out because they have
been made to smart.
Year: 1879

CALEB CUSHING was not generally credited
with political sagacitY. Indeed his entire
political life was one of blunders. But his
tear of the man on horseback led him to make
one remarkable prediction. Just after the
Presidential election in 1860, when war was
threatening the country, he said to another
Democratic politician, "What would one
give if he could only know which subaltern
of the United States army will be the next
President of the United Statesr
Year: 1879

We do not read snony nous letters ana communl
catons. The name and address of the writer are IN
sl cases indispensable, not necessarily for publicae
out as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve corn.
munications that are not used
Year: 1879

l@ It was the Duke of Wellington who
said "great nations cannot wage little wars, y
and England will be apt to realize the force OF
this remark when she gets through with this
Zulu business. Twenty FIVE hundred English
men have already perished in that war, 2e,-
900 regulars are now in the field, and the cost
of the war is S2,5O0,00O a week. Nothing
could be worse than this statement.
Year: 1879

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A letter in The Towsontown, Nd, Jour
nal, says As there seems 10 be desire
amongst farmers generally TO learn what
they can in regard 70 the nature and hab-
Its Of the Hessian hy, or wheat hy, il may
mot be amiss for me to give them, through
your valuable Journal, the result Of nv ex-
perience with it for the last 40 years, and,
without pretending TO know all about 1t, /
think | have learned something worth
knowing.


First, | have never had wheat injured
BY the fly TO any extent 10 the fall, and
never injured BY it in the spring when the
wheat was clear Of IL in the iaIl. Then
the question is, how to guard against its
attacks in the fall, and here seems to be
the great trouble, Now my theory, which
seems 70 be supported by my experience,
Is that the fly delights in dry, hot weather,
and should the weather be dry aud hot al
the time Of sowing, and continue 80 for
several weeks, the hy Is sure 10 attack Il.
just when the weather Is most uufavorable
for its growth, and regardless Of the date
of sowing, and viii lay and hatch, and law
again, making continual siege, which viii
result in the destruction Of one or the
other, the fly or the wheat.


The first eggs are layed when the wheat
is very young and tender, aud the shoot ia
which the egg is deposited ceases to grow
then and forever, but the root being nm.
injured will send up other shoots. aud then
comes the tug Of war. Ifthe land is very
rich and the weather very wet at the time
Of Matching the wheat will gain the vic.
tory If not, the battle will continue, and
II the winter be continuous cold one
they will not hatch till spring, in which
case short crop win follow. They win
then make their last deposit Of eggs, and
the wheat, weakened BY exposure and ~
attacks, will make a last effort and put
forth all the strength Of root and soil, and
in consequences of forced and rapid growth
the straw will be soft and fall before filling.
resulting in short, shriyeled crop.


But should the reverse of all this hap
pen-should there be warm wet spell Of
weather at any time ia the fall or winter,
just warm enough to hatch the eggs, but
changing suddenly to wet and cold, and
the fly eggs hatched without chance to
make another deposit of eggs, the wheat il
safe.


The best crops ! have ever made have
been full Of ay in the fall and killed in
winter, and | prefer to sow early rather
than run the risk Of winter killed wheat
and rust at harvest, TO which late sowed
wheat is most liable.


No amount of constant freezing will
kill the fly egg. The only thing fatal L
them is to hatch and not have an oppor
tunity TO lay eggs again, and wet weather
would be eifectual at this particular crisis
Year: 1879

SAYING "HArEFUL THINGS. What
a strange disposition is that which leads
people to say "hatsful' things for the
mere pleasure Of saying them You are
never safe with such a person. When
you have done your best to please, aud are
feeling very kindly and pleasantly, out
viii pop some underhand stab, which you
alone can undentand--a sneer which is
masked, but which is too well.aimed to be
misunderstood. It may be at your per.
son, or your mental feeling, your foolish
habit Of thought on some little secret opin-
ion confessed in moment Of genuine CON
6dence. 1t matters not how sacred It may
be to you, he will have his fling at it; aud
since the wish "a to make you suffer, he is
all the happier the nearer he touches your
heart. Just half dozen words, only for
the pleasure Of seeing cheek flush or an
eye lose its brightness, only spoken be-
cause he is afraid you are TOO happy OF
too conceited. Yet they are worse than
80 many blows. How many sleepless
nights have such mean attacks caused
tender hearted menl How, after them,
one awakes with aching eyes aud head, to
remember thatspeech before everything
that bright, sharp, well-aimcd needle Of q
speech that probed the very centre Of youi
soul
Year: 1879

compel, the EXTREMIST vigilance and care.
fulness, because after all is done that
can be done, on sea or on land, the skill
aud the power Of man have their limits,
and our refuge Is in God.
Year: 1879

FNHE evils Of sensational literatre for the young


Il are well known, and the want of an antidote mas
long been felt This Is supplied by IIarpar's Young
People beautifully illustrated weekly Journal
which Is equally devoid OF the objectionable iea.
tuIes ot sensaL Juvenile literature and OF that


The Volumes ofthe Young People begin with the
hrst Number, published In Novemb Der OF each wear
when Lo time Is mentioned II will be understood
that The subscriber wishes to commence with The
Number next after the receipt OF order
Year: 1879

THE FoRTY-sECoND STREET BRANCH


Travel on the branch line from Third avenue and
Forty ysecond street to the Grand Central Depot
recommended yesterday after a suspension of some
months. 1t will be remembered that during the
winter serious accident occurred at the junction.
and Immediately thereafter the branch trains ceased
running Since then important alterations have
been made. OF old trains direct to tho South
ferry station, but now passengers from tho Grand
Central Depot alght at the Forty second street
tion pass over bridge elevated above the tracks.
ana take short train running from Third to
Fourth avenue. Two trains are there in usc and
time rs lost, train goes either every minute.
The walk the bridge in such weather as that Of
yesterday is thing but pleasant, and it is hoped
a shed will be erected Ii to shelter
Year: 1879

WASTE NO T1ME.-Tine lost can never
BE- regained. After allowing you, proper
time to rest, don't live an hour Of your
fife without doing exactly what is to be
done in it, and going straight through
with it from beginning to end. What
ever it is, take hold Of i At once, and fin.
Ith It up square'y then to the next thing
,sithout q moment dropped out between.
It is wonderful to see how many hours
prompt people make day it is as iftbey
picked up the moments the dawd,er, lo.t.
II you ever find yourself where you have
% y many things pressed on you chat you
hardly know where TO begin, let me tell
you = secret. Take hold Of the first one
chat comes to hand and you will find the
rest will all fall into file, and follow after
like company Of we'll drilled soldiers !;
end though work may be hard to meet
when it challenges you iu squad, i. is
easily vanquisled il you can bring it into
line.
Year: 1879

TauE ELoousscE.-Milton says: yet
true eloquencs find to be none but the
serious hearty love Of truth" And haze
endeavored. 40 far as I have been permit
ted to speak At meetings Of nv county
men. I am not conscious that have ever
usad an argument which ] did not believe
to be sound. or have stated anything IS .
fact which did not believe to be true
Year: 1879

The illustrations for this work made for II by
visited the places depicted specially for the
able tor their freshness, their
artistic character their fidelity and for
beauty of their execution Having been produced .
Of nearly


ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
he rank of the costly and
tuous productions of the American press.
Year: 1879

by TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD


NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec. 3. 1879.
1t is generally understood that the Governor will.
within the next few days. call a special session Of
the Legislature to pass act enabling Memphis.
now the Taxing district. to put herself in such
thorough sanitary condition by next summer as to
prevent the repetition OF yellow fever epidemic.
Year: 1879

t1oh TO Attend q Reunion Of Federal


and Confederate Armies At Salisbury.


Salisbury, n. c., Sept. l6.-The reunion
OF survivors Of the confederate and federal
armies arranged to take place here on Oc-
tober 23d ls attracting . great deal of at.
tention. Invitations have been sent to all
prominent officers Of the two armies. 1t.
Gen. T. II. Sheridan in reply to his invita-
ton to be present courteously declined,
pleading official, duties, and expressing bis
sympathies for the success of the move
ment. The reply Of General Sherman is as
follows:


The time is too remote for me to make a
promise, but l assure you that it would be
most amicable to me personally and 80.
cially to meet you on any suitable occasion.
There is no use in my mincine terms.
Whenever and wherever the honest men
Of North Carolina meet to allay sectional
and party animosilies and to cultivate feel
ings Of fraternity and respect for their fell
low citizens of the United States it will be
to me most tempting to come to Salisbury
before with a vast army leaving desolation
behind, but must not be construed as as
senting to the proposition that confederate
and union men were alike worthy of cele-
bration for the terrible history of l86l-'65.
l would much prefer to come on some civil
occasion when all are absolutely equal, all
alike interested in the present and future
glory Of our common country. There were
very few union soldiers in North Carolina
during the war, though We believed the
people generally we're opposed to secession
and war; so that your meeting, if confined
to the surviving soldiers Of North Carolina
will be in fact confederate reunion, where
would certainly be out of place. All
soldiers in their social reunions glorify
their deeds of heroism, and this reunion
will hardly be an exception, and it would


be a strange sight for Gen. Sherman to
cheer the victories of his enemy and res
pond 10 the claim that because soldiers of
North Carolina were brave and true to
their state and section their cause was a.
sacred as ours, which finally triumphed
and made our union more glorious and
more resplenent than before. Were pre-
sent and you should suppress this natural
feeling, l would feel myself an intruder.
marring the actual happiness of a festive
occasion. l know that the soldier element
we're the first to lay aside the angry parti-
zan feeling Of the war and are now leaders
in the new epoch which is soon to add
wealth and prosperity to our whole coun-
try; and when some occasion arises when
We may all meet on common ground in
North Carolina to celebrate some revolu
tionary event or to, encourage SOME modern
enterprise it will give me great pleaaure to
come to Salisbury, to Raleigh, to Guilford
court house, or any other place in the old
north etate. 81
Wishing you an agreeable reunion, but
asking you to excuse me, am with respect
Yours, most truly. s..
W. T.SHERMAN. q
Year: 1879

TEAM VIGNEAU, Livery and Feed Stable, on
y North Main street opposite the court house
square. Single and double teams and saddle
horses to hire. Good care taken of all stock
placed il his stable.