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Year: 1879

And now the sovereigns of Ar kansas. will have an opportunity to vote upon the proposition to ingraft into our State constitution an amendment forever prohibiting the payment of any portion of the Rail road, Levee, or Holford Bonds. The Little Rock Democrat announces that it will oppose the ratification of such an amendment, on the ground that It is a question which belongs to the courts.
Year: 1879

The undersigned, minority report of your committee appointed to investigate and ascertain whether or not any member of this house was offered or received a bribe to influence his vote in tbe senatorial election, are of the opinion that while a proper discharge of the duty devolved upon them rendered It necessary to admit testimony which could not be justified by the ordina ry rules of evidence, as applied in courts of justice; yet we fail to see, in the scope we have given the in vestigation any Infringement of the ordinary rules of propriety.

 Your minority fully agreed, and concur In the majority report in re- gard to the Hon. R. W. Johnson, and the Hon. J. D. Walker, and would add that the same is true Of the other senatorial candidates. Your minority are further of the opinion that there is no evidence before this committee indicating that any mem. Der of this house received a bribe, or valuable consideration, to influence his vote in the recent senatorial election, but that the peculiar con ficting and contradictory character of the testimony taken, renders it impossible for your committee to say, with positive certainly, whether or not any such offer was made, and therefore desire to submit the tes- timony taken for your considera- tion.

 W. c. BRALEY.
Year: 1879

"A bill to audit claims against the State for property taken and dcs- troyed by Clayton's militia in the dark and bloody days of his admin istration. did not pass. We are glad of it, for under it many claims would have been paid which never should be saddled upon the tax payers of the State.
Year: 1879

The House, by the adoption of the Coody resolution knocks off a large size patch of whitewash with which the committee endeavored to plaster the bribery matter. The ac- tion of the house will undoubtedly be sustained by large majority of the people of the State who know anything of the character of the evi- dence adduced.
Year: 1879

more willing to allow opinions and respect them, than are the southern people. As mass they are brave, liberal and kind. Every mans poli- tics are his own private property, no one will object to you on account of your politics so you are honest.
Year: 1879

The act to change the time of our State elections so as to have them occur at the same time our Congressional elections take place, failed to pass, and hence we will continue to elect our State ticket in September.
Year: 1879

The general assembly provided for the establishment of an insane asylum, to be located at Snow Springs, Garland county. The ap- propriation for it is $40.000 for building, and $I2.500 per year for year for supporting the same. We give the assembly due credit for this important action, although we be- lieve it would have been far better to have adopted the majority report of the committee, which was to locate the asylum at Dardanelle Springs, Yell county.
Year: 1879

Here is the Gazette's parting salutation to the 22d General As sembly of the State of Arkansas:

 Under the constitution the gener- al assembly came to an end last night at l2 o'clock. The fact is the house let go and quit at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Senate about o'clock. All of the usual courtesies extended on such occasions by one body to the other, so as to fix their adjournment at one and the same moment, was either forgotten or purposely avoided. Each house, without any regard or respect for the other, simply quit. There was no adjournment sine die. The reason there is no general assembly to day, IS because the constition pro hibits it and all the members have gone home.
Year: 1879

Down the little drops patter,
Making a musical clatter,


out OF the clouds they throng;
FRESHNESS Of Heaven they scatter


Little dark rootlets among.
"Coming to visit you POsies!
Open your hearts to Us, Roses :"
That is the Raindrops' song
Up the little seed rises
Buds Of all colors and sizes


Chamber up out Of the ground.
Gently the blue sky surprises


The earth with a soft-rushing sound
Welcome the brown bees are humming
I" Come for we wait for your comingl"


Whisper the wild flowers around
"Shower, it Is pleasant to hear you -
" Flower, it is sweet to be near you p


This Is the song everywhere.
Listen the music will cheer you


Raindrop and blossom so fair
Gladly are meeting together
Out in the beautiful weather.


o, the sweet song in the air


Lucy Larcom st. Nicholas for April.
Year: 1879

Harpers Magazine.


He who lives in the country and has
no asparagus bed has at least one heavy
sin Of omission on his conscience for
which he never can give an adequate ex-
cuse If the man who does "not pro-
vide for his own house is worse than an
infidel, f" he who will not 50 bother with an
asparagus bed is anything but orthodox,
and yet cannot call himselfa a nationalist.
Some are under the delusion that an as
paragus bed is an abstruse garden prob
lem and an expensive luxury. Far from
it. The plants Of Conover's Colossal
(the best Variety can be obtained ofany
scotsman at slight cost. / have one large
bed that Yields almost a daily supply
from the middle Of April till late in
June, and | shall make another bed
next Spring in this simple way; As ear
" in April rs the ground is dry enough
the sooner the better-I shall choose
some warm, early, but deep soil, enrich
it we'll and then on one side of the plot
open furrow or trench eight inches deep.
Down this furrow | shall scatter Il heavy
coat of rotted compost, and then run a
plough or pointed hoe through it again.
By this process the earth and compost
are mingled and the furrow rendered
about six inches deep. Along Its side, one
footapart, | will place one-year old plants,
spreading the roots, and taking care to
keep the crown or top of the plant five
inches below the surface when level !;
then halffIl the furrow over the plants,
and when the young shoots are well up,
fill the furrow even. / shall make the
furrows two feetapart, and after planting
as much space as | wish, the bed is made
for the next fifty years. In my fathers
garden there was a good bed over fifty
years old. The young shoots should not
be cut for the first two years, and only
sparingly the third year, on the same prin-
ciple that we do not put young colts to
work. The asparagus is a marine plant,
and dustings Of salt sufficient to kill the
weeds will promote Its growth.
Year: 1879




The Chicago Tribune notes, as one of
the healthful changes that are taking
place in trade, the fact that farmers
now are disposed to purchase what they
need for cash. 1t says: 1.-The Granger
organization taught the lesson that he
who bought for cash and ran no bills
made large saving, and this lesson has
been extensively carried into practice.
Country dealers, therefore, as their cash
sales increase, can in turn purchase
stocks on shorter time and ON better
terms than was possible under the ex-
elusive credit system, The greater the
extent to which farmers and all others
can purchase all they need for cash. the
greater and more profitable to consul
mers, to merchants and to manufactu-
rers will be the exchanges that take
place
Year: 1879

In 1895, in the township of Eastman,
Mass, a regulation was made that every
unmarried man should kill six black
birds and three cows a year as long as
he remained single. IF he neglected
this order, and wished to marry, he was
not allowed to do so till he had shot his
full number of birds.
Year: 1879

A good way to cook ham is to bake
it. Soak about twelve hours. Wash
very clean, trimming away any rusty
parts. Wipe dry, and cover the part
not protected with skin with paste or
dough made of flour and hot water
Lay in dripping pan, with the paste
covered side upwards, with enough
water to keep it from burning. Bake
until fork pierees it easily, allowing
about twenty-five minutes toeach pound
of the ham, Baste occasionally with
the drippings to prevent the crust of
paste from cracking off When done,
peel off the crust and remove the skin
of the ham.
Year: 1879

IT is folly to keep old sheep. They
should be turned off to the butcher
while they are in their prime. 1t does
not take half as much to fatten them
then. When they get old and thin, in
order to put them in condition to slaugh-
ter, the whole superstructure must be
rebuilt. Four sets of lambs are all
eve should bear; this will bring her to
five years, and this is an age when, with
little extra care, she will round up to a
fine and full carcass. Exceptions may
be made when the breed is scarce, and
the blood is more desirable than any
thing else.
Year: 1879

A. X. Mcclure, who is at Washing
ton, writes to his paper, the Times, "
under date of December Sd, that unless
some of the rear fellows on one side or
the other shall stumble into one OF the
many political magazines about Con-
gress and touch it off, there will be
nothing done and very little said in
either branch until after the holiday
adjournment. Both parties are
slow to take the lead and only some
unforeseen accident can precipi-
tate anything Of Importance be-
fore Congress for month to come. 1t Is
probable the Democrats won't take up
any of the contested election cases un-
til after the holiday recess. Neither
side has settled its policy for this Pre-
sident-making session and both fear
some fatal blunder by taking the ag-
gressive. Meantime there are many
confidential conferences all around the
political board, and there is a promise
of wisdom in the multitude OF counsel
ors. The great leaders are playing Mi
cawher and the country will be glad to
wait with them until something turns
up.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Senator Call,
Of Florida, said to the 81. 'bune" cor
respondent Tuesday that the sugges-
ton that the Legislature of his State
should appoint the Presidential Elec-
tors next year had been discussed,
but 1t never met with approval in any
responsible quarter. He was asked if
there was any reason to fear that the
Democrats would not be able to carry
Florida by a vote of the people.


He replied that under ordinary cir
cumstances, and with any fair chance
|of success, the vote of Florida would
BE- cast for the Democratic nomi-
nees; but If events indicate that the
North will be solidly Republican, and
that there is no prospect OF electing the
nominees of the Democratic Convention,
there is ample room to doubt whether
Florida will fall into line for certain de-
feat.


Another Democratic Senator, who is
well informed on Southern affairs, said
the Southern people are sick and tired
OF being the forlorn hope of the Demo-
cratic party. They are only Democratic
besause that party promises to give
them control of their own affairs. They
do not love the party for its own sake,
and If it becomes apparent that the
election of a Democratic President is
not possible, more than one Southern
State is likely TO fall out of the Demo-
cratic line. Even if the chances are doubt
full and the Democratic Convention does
not nominate good candidate, it is not
improbable that some Southern State
will go over to the enemy. "We re-
member Grant favorably," continued
the Senator, "and recall number Of
kind acts towards us under his admin
istration. 1t would not be hard for us
to support him, or fall into line under
any other good Republican, and make
the best of it. We do not fear the Re-
publican party, and do not believe
there Is any danger to the South in all
this talk of its csntralizing tendencies. y
Year: 1879

Just now one of the most engrossing
topics of the hour for Senators and Rep
resentatives in Washington is the ques-
tion of the appointment of Supervisors
of the Census.


The law provides for the appointment
of $50 of these officials. Although the
compensation Is only $500, and the
duties are onerous, there are considsra-
tions which make the positions in a
political point of view very desirable.
AS the Supervisors have the power and
duty of appointing a large num-
Der of enumerators in their respective
districts, opportunity for the exercise
OF local patronage could hardly be sur
passed, and it is already apparent in
many districts the attempt will be
made to make the Office of Supervisor a
training school for Congressional as
Ipirants.


The Democrats claim a share Of these
appointments, and will no doubt receive
them. These officials are to be appoint
ed by the President and confirmed by
the Senate, but the work of examina.
tion as to the qualification of aspirants
is placed under the control of General
Walker, the Superintendent of the
Census. The law provides that the
enumerators shall be selected without
regard to party atfiliation, but says
nothing in this respect about the selec-
ton of Supervisors.


General Walker, however, interprets
the act by its spirit, and says that no
political considerations whatever shall
govern him in selecting Supervisors.
He says that it is true that Congressman
OF all parties have called upon him to
suggest names for his consideration, but
no one has yet ventured to urge the Sc
lection of. candidate on partisan
ground alone.


He is very glad to avail himsef Of the
local knowledge and advice of Congress-
men in regard to the qualification of
aspirants. Some of the State delegations
are holding meetings to decide on can
didates whom they will unitedly sup
port.


General Walker expects to have a
list of Supervisors ready to submit to
the President and to Congress imms-
diately after the holiday recess.
Year: 1879

A little chap upon whom the rod
has evidently been spared to his harm,
jumped on one of the shitters at the
depot and fell off few seconds there
after, directly in front of the shifter.
His escape from death was almost mi
raculOus,
Year: 1879

SGA bachelor upon reading that two
lovers will sil up all night, with one
chair in The room, said it could not be
done unless one OF them sat on the floor.
Sach ignorance is painful.
Year: 1879

had deliberately and studiously plundered.


Now that the party begins to raise It's
head above the sea Of oblivion into which It
plunged eighteen years ego, Its first claim
is its honesty it's patriotism, and its devo-
tion to the public welfare. Nobody as hon
est, as capable, or as well fitted to manage
a government saved from destruction at
their hands by the Republican party, as
these graceless pretenders, now. They seem
to think that history relating to Democratic
management Of public affairs has been
blotted out and forgotten. They do not
seem to appreciate the fact that the imper-
ishable record Of their misdeeds has been
preserved for the study and warning Of fu-
ture generations; and hence their childlike
and bland air of innocence when they ap-
peal to the popular Judgment to again trust
them with the duties, interests, and respon.
sibilities Of Government which they
have deliberately wronged and plundered
since 1889, whenever in power, down to
1861, when they betrayed section Of the
Nation into rebellion, and robbed its treas
ury of the last dollar the people had placed
there. With such record to confront, the
organs of the Democratic party put on the
shameless face of q foot-pad or tramp, plead
ing their honesty of purpose and practice
as their claim for restoration to confidence
and power once more. But for history
they mighttsthaps succeed; but in the face
of it tits scarcely possible, when the peo-
pie are aroused to thought and reflection.
Their only hope now is to get through on
their mendacity and check, and hence the
extraordinary exercise of those agencies.
They will be taught, however, during the
coming year, that they can neither plunder,
deceive, nor lie themselves into power
again against the page OF history they have
deliberately made to confront and bar
| them out
Year: 1879

ITO the people: IF you want me, I'll serve,
but will not seek the place nor cleo
II" tioneer for Il in any way. GRANT never
came TO more sensible conclusion in his
life than when lie determined to continue
his stay abroad"


With the broad ocean between General
GRANT and his native land-with marked
indifference on his part as to the next
Presidency-w without his presence to in
spirit friends and awe his nemies-without
the display and trappings of vast receptions
by his own countrymen, TO add flre to the
GRANT boom, and intimidate the dlettdnti-
the people can now proceed to make their
own choice of leader.
Year: 1879

To The Editor Of the National Repnblioaa:


SIR: The post says an assessment of per
cent. was levied on the poor clerks of the Treas
ury Department. the amount In each case be.
ing figured out and placed opposite the poor
clerks name, and he was then required to
subscribe. Being one of the poor clerks my
self, take the liberty Of mailing that false
hood before it goes any farther, aud take par
are Republicans very checrfully subscribed to
the fullest extent that we are able, and will be
only too glad to do so at any and all times
when our contributions can aid in the success
OF the Republican party, either State or Ma
tional. HOW'S THAT?
Year: 1879

REGARDING the impeachment Of Presi-
dent HAYES for his attempt to keep the
United States courts open, the Democrats
are liable to get themselves into another
muddle They say il will not be made be-
cause it would be futile in the end, but in-
innate that they would try it if they were
possessed Of the requisite two-thirds vote to
secure success in both Houses. This same
argument should have deferred them from
attempting to repeal the National election
Year: 1879

THE Democrats threaten to pass a bill
next winter that will prohibit political as
sessments. Let it pass. Congress might as
well say what the employees of the Gov
ernment shall as what they shall not spend
their money Tor after they have earned and
received it. the proposition is so absurd
that nobody will respect it. However, so
long as no assessments are now made, aud
only voluntary contributions are received,
such law would only be II shot in the mir /;
but it would exemplify Democratic mean
ness.
Year: 1879

laws in the late extra session of Congress,
but IL did not; and, as it is well known,
they made repeated efforts 20 accomplish
that result in compliance with an alleged
solemn sense Of duty. The logic of all this
is that they are in duty bound to proceed
with their threatened impeachment of the
President Notwithstanding the certainty
that they have not the power to carry it
through.
Year: 1879

In the blindness of their love for the
seditious policy of recreant statesmauship
pursued by their party in the late extra
session of Congress, the Bourbon editors of
the country are boasting that they have
nulllitied the National election laws. 1t has
come to this pass that great and would-be
powerful party, in free America, openly de-
clares its own disgrace and appeals to its
followers for support on the ground that it
has by mere brute force, and in defiance of
the Constitution, prohibited the enforce
ment Of unrepealed laws on our statute
book; but they count without their host.
There can be, and probably their will be, SUI
pervisors of election at the polls, supported by
deputy marshals, if any occasion should re-
quire il under the terms of those laws. This
Administration has already shown its back
bone in defiance of the Bourbon tyranny
which developed this scheme of Nullifca-
ton, and it will not hesitate TO carry out
the consistent and logical result of that de-
fiance, even ut the risk of incurring an at
tempt at impeachment, if necessary.
Year: 1879

JEFF DAVIS recently declared, speaking
Of the conflict between the North and the
South, that he "comprehended its full sig
"nifcance from the very beginning" 1t is
pity, perhaps, that he did not enjoy SIM
liar significant comprehension of its ending.
Had he done so, he would not now be alive
to decline the senatorship from Mississippi
in such way ms to insure his election
thereto.
Year: 1879

IT is apparent that HENRY WATTERsoN's
recent abandonment OF his advocacy of TIL
DEN's nomination was mere pretense.
Hen-Rye was too noisy, you know, and the
old Cipher-Ogre muzzled him for the time
being. Meanwhile the still-hunt goes on.
Year: 1879

SENATOR WINDOW has more elements of
strength as q Presidential candidate than
many people who are not well acquainted
with his career as q public man are aware
Of He is practically the father of our Ma
tional cheap transportation system, and his
reports on that subject TO the Senate would
of themselves furnish an inexhaustible re-
source of campaign material. 1t is true that
system has never been completed but in
the event that he should become candi-
date for President it would be natural that
its completion would become an issue in the
contest. "WINDoM and internal improve
ment would not make a bad campaign
crv
Year: 1879

THE post seems to have had some personal
II is intimated that those noble specimens
of the equine gave personal ofIense to the
editor of the post by refusing to recognize
him on account of the size of his ears.
Hence his bray
Year: 1879

THE Boston Globe truthfully remarks
that last years election was an eye-opener
to the people of Maine. We add that the
proceedings Of Messrs. LADD and MURcH
in the House since then have had similar
effect, and we believe that the eyes of the
Pine Tree State Republicans will not be
closed until they have fully repaired the
blunders they made in that election.
Year: 1879

SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, is certain
that the WARNER silver bill or his own
blatherskite silver resolution will pass Con-
gress Mt the coming winter session. But this
VEST is liable to he pulled down from its
exalted position ms political prophet.
Year: 1879

THE contribution Of money for Republi-
can campaign purposes by Republican Of
fcehOlders is set down as an objectionable
sin by the Democratic press. Az the same
time that great engine of truth and justice
overlooks the political assessments levied
upon the employees of our dearly beloved
Democratic Congress. This is hardly fair
Year: 1879

EVEN Governor DoRsHEIMER says the Dem
ocratic ticket in New York will be headed by
ROBINSON and POTTER. He should have
added that it will carry the State by not less
than 10000 majority.-AtldHta Constitution.


Yes; he could say that if he desires to
indulge little romancing.
Year: 1879

WHILE the WARNER bill was pending its
Democratic advocates in the House ad-
vanced the argument in favor of its pass
age that it would be vetoed by President
HAYES, and that the veto could he used to
Democratic advantage out In Ohio. Now,
however, since the bill has been practically
vetoed by Senator BAYARD's revolt against
King Caucus, this argument is no longer
heard in Democratic quarters. In fact, the
silver question, as manipulated by the
Democrats, has proved to be two-edged
sword, cutting both ways and doing the
most damage by its reverse action.
Year: 1879

WITH the yellow fever pushing its dread
presence upon the South and the quinine
market on the rise, the last and most boast
ed Democratic measure is working mischief
instead of good. The Chicago Inter- Ocean
thus dishes up the case:


If DAVID DAVIS sold quinine short for O
fall under Democratic manipulation, IL will
shake his boom before he fills his contract.
The advertisement for quinine has been worth
millions to the manufacturers After all this
eoquence the necessity of quinine is felt and
n majority of people will not be quite happy
unless they have box of pills handy for an
emergency. The great Democratic leader
having sufficiently advertised soothing syrup
and auinine, should turn his attention to the
liver The Democratic liver is bilious.