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Year: 1879

tion of mutual respectand good feeling
all over the land-eyen in 1879 the
sincerity of the South is questioned,
and the statesmen of the Republican
party resort to the pitiful expedient
of setting up one little country news
paper, with patent outside, as the
sole exponent of Southern sentiment.
A hundred dailies and thousand
other weeklies, with millions of read
ers, are passed by, and the voice of the
wild, patent outside alone is heard by
the Radical party This is merely in
cidental, but it seems, in a small way,
to illustrate the unfairness and
injustice of the life long enc
mics of the South. The further
off the bolder they are; the less they
had to do with the front of the war
the more reckless of truth and decency
now. The murder of Porter, a popu-
lar actor, by Currie, a desperado, at
Marshall, is used all over the North
to demonstrate the old theories Of
Southern barbarism and lawlessness,
yet he was refugee from justice in
Kansas, and did not represent the
section or State in which he commit
ted his crime. None of the sheets
which denounced him as an exponent
Of Southern civilization at first have
taken the trouble to make the correc-
ton. So we might make counter
charge, that the war, begun against
the South when it was found that
slavery was not profitable north Of a
certain geographical line, has been re-
ligiously kept up until this day. The
lesson that we have to learn can be
condensed into a few words. We
must, while dealing justly and liber-
ally with all men, take care of our
selves, build up Southern manufac-
lures, farms, commerce, journalism
and literature, and while not seek
ing any advantage over any other
section-East, Middle or North
we can at least assure the world
and " the rest of mankind" that we
do not occupy to the general govern
ment the dependent relation of Ire
land to England, AlSace and Lorraine
to Germany, Hungary to Austria, Oh
Poland to Russia, but that all the
States are free and equal, one and in.
dissoluble in the Union forever.
Year: 1879

1t is rather fine thing to be boy, and
have free indulgence in the healthtul sports
OF youth, rather than the more harmful pas
times of after years. The pure spirit of the
boy turns instnctively to those recreatlons
which appeal to the heart, and cause many


older people to look yearningly back to the


days of their youth. See with what beaming
| tenderness the small boy seeks to win the


confidence of the poor, friendless, covering
dog that be finds roaming sadly through the
street. The boys face glows with compass
sion, and his voice is low and sweet as he
murmurs pet names to the fOrlorn animal,


slowly approaching it with outstretched hand.


ready to tenderly pat its shaggy coat. Grad


ually the suspicious of the dog are overcome


and the hand of the boy caresses the harm


less brute with a kindness that only boy
can show. With his arm soothirgly around
the dogs neck, the boy cries in hoarse


whisper to his friends, hitherto hid behind
the fence: ''rve got him, boys" and they
appear cautiously on the scene, while the
first boy occupies the dogs attention with en-
dearing epithets. To practical y0ungster it
is only the work of moment 10 aff1x the an
cient tin pail to the reluctant tail of the dog,
and with a wild shout of joy the boys jump
back while the terrified dog with his rattling un-
known horror in close, pursuit tears madly
down the street, rending the air with howls.
This is one of the most hallowed and unalloyed
pleasures that brightens boys life, ana yet
there are beartless men who would rob cur
youth of snch harmless pastimess as the fore
going. What use are stray dogs and old tin
pans if not to re united by our boys in the
closest of ties +? A harf-hearted man in Flint,
Michigan, flinty-hearted man we might say,
had some innocent boys dragged before a
minion of the law Magistrate and fined $40
for indulqine in the time honored practice Of
tving dog to tin pan and then letting the
tin nan loose
Year: 1879

''How many a mans life" asks the author
Of "Wild Life in Southern Country" ''has
centered about the wagon?" And this author
continues: ''As child he rides in it as q
treat to the bayfield, with his father as lad
he walks beside the leader, and gets his first
ideas of the great world when they visit the
market town; as man he takes command
and pilots the ship for many long, long
year. When he marres. the wagon, lent for
his own use, brings home his furniture. After
while his own children go for ride in it,
and play in it when stationary in the shed.
In the painful ending the wagon carries the
weak-kneed old man in pity to and from the
old town for his weekly store of goods, or
mayhap for his weekly dole of that staff of
life his aged teeth can hardly grind and
many plain coffin has the old wagon carr
to the distant church yard on the side of led
hill." And then how many man in tho
South has lost his life be athe
waeging tongue.
Year: 1879




On the Goth of March, at about 2 o'clock
q. w., we had some very heavy thunder and
lightning, aud terrible shaking was plainly
felt. On the next day it was found that the
northeast side of Chstto0ga mountain, four
miles northeast of Tallulah, Habersham Co.,
Georgia, slOping down to the Chattoogs river
ut an angle Of forty five degrees, the top of
the mountain being about 1900 feet above
the river, was gradually sinking. A party OF
men visited the mountain last Sabbath, and
found that it was not sliding but sinking.
There was break near the top, and at one
place over the top of sloping ridge was q
perpendicular rock, the depth of which was
about sixteen feet and the extent thirty or forty
acres. The bank was in tn shape of horse
shoe, the toe being at the top of the noun
tain. Trees were standing with their tops
downward and the roots up, and large stones
were seen on the mountain. About three
years ago we, felt severe earthquake at
night. The night was clear, and it was re-
ported that s'Devil's Pulpit" was shaken
down. An old man living near this noun
tain informs Us that large crack was dis
covered about the time of the quaking, but
little notice was taken of it until recently.
Some fear is manifested by those living near
the mountain. It is not uncommon In Flor
ida for large bodies of land to sink, but
don't think it common in mountain country.
as our mountains are nearly all composed OF
half rock.
Year: 1879

In announcing the marriage of Miss Julia
E. Smith, of Glaston burg (wide]y known for
her refusal to pay taxes because she was not
voter), at the age of &c, the Hartford Cour-
ant says: miss Smith, as it happens, not
only secures husband, but at last fulflls in
peace the ambition that has 80 often sacrificed
her Alderney in the past. As we understand
the last change in the married woman law,
the wife owns her property absolutely, has
the use and control Of it, and cannot transfer
the management directly to her husband.
even if she wishes; but still, by virtue of his
being her husband, he is required to pay the
taxes on it as If it were his. Assuming that
this is correct, the lady is now removed from
the burden of tax-paying. but remains as ever
mistress of the COWS and farm. Perhaps the
law was not framed to meet this earecial
case, but at least it solves It very happily
Year: 1879

One of the cleverest hoaXes ever perpetra-
ted, was one invented by Swift, and intended
for the public good. He caused to be print
ed and circulated some ''last words" of q
street-robber, named Elliston, purporting to
be written shortly before his execution, in
which the condemned thief was made to say:
"Now, as am dying man, have done
something which may be of good use to the
public. l have left with an honest man-the
only honest man was ever acquainted with
the names of all my wicked brethren, the
places of their abode, with q short account of
the chief crimes they have committed, in
many Of which have been their accomplice,
and heard the rest from their own mouths
have likewise set down the names of those
we call our settlers, of the wicked houses we
frequent, and all of those who receive and
buy our stolen goods. have solemnly charg-
ed this honest man, and have received his
promise on oath, that whenever he hears of
any rogue to be tried for robbery or house.
breaking, he will look into his list. and if he
finds the name there of the thief concerned,
to send the whole paper to the Government
Of this here give my companions fair and
public warning, and hope that they will take
it," We are told that Deans ruse succeeded
80 we'll that street-robberies were for many
years after few and far between.
Year: 1879

An Indian account of the death of Custer
will not, think, prove uninteresting. The
Indians say that after the general stampede
Custer tried to rally his men around him. He
waved his pistol in the air and shot it off
twice to attract his men. Two or three
gathered around him; but as the Indians still
continued to advance, one of the soldiers
tried to run away, and Custer fired at him
and killed him, and then seeing the case was
quite hopeless, the Indians gathering around
from all parts. turned his revolver on himself
preferring to die by his own hand. The In
dians say that they think this man was Custer
as he was chief; but thev are not certain
of the fact. Rain-in-the- Face took soldier
prisoner, but he was not allowed to live long,
as he was killed at dance that followed the
fight. The Indians here all agree on one
thing-that the number of Indians killed in
the fight was thirty-six; they give their
names.
Year: 1879

Professor Quinton declares his belief that
at some future age of The world man Will
have attained such q complete mastery over
the forces of nature as to be able to commun-
icate with his fellows over long distances,
and from country to country, merely oy tne
exercise of his will power. When this perloo
arrives our wife can halloo over the back
fence to Queen Victoria and ask her whether
she intends to have her new spring SILK made
up with Camargo basque displaying the
vest, or q shirred front with bouffant black
drapery-or somehow that way. ana ever
rv man will be his own Atlantic cable.-Nor-
gistOson Herald. ~ .ial
Year: 1879

A German physician has demonstrated
that early rising is very bad habit. He has
taken trouble to collect information as to the
habits in this respect of several persons who
have lived to an advanced age, and be finds
that in the majority of the cases the long liv-
ers have INDUCED in late hours. At least
eight out of ten persons who attained the age
Of eighty years and upward were in the habit
of not retiring until the early hours OF iha
morning, and of remaining in bed until ths
dav was far savanccd.
Year: 1879

THE New York Tribune, which we feel
justified in assuming entertains no affection
for General GRANT, now discusses the
"GRANT problem and virtually counses
that he shall break silence on the Presi-
dental question. This is no doubt an in
geniousy devised trap for catching the
General, but it will never spring upon him.
General GRANT does not seek the nomna-
tion, and it may, perhaps, never be rendered
to him but Of one thing the Tribune may
rest assured-he will never anticipate the
people by indicating in advance Of their
action what he will or what he will not do
under certain circumstances. He certainly
will never decline an honor in advance of
its tender, for that would be ridiculously
!" too previous 1t will be time enough
for him to speak when he is spoken to by
the people on this question.
Year: 1879

That rests solely with his fellow-citizens
and himself, and how the future is to solve
its problem time alone can tell. Should his
countrymen with marked degree of unan-
unity court his return to public life he
might be induced to yield to their wishes,
but if left to the promptings of his own
desires in all probability he will never
again assume the responsibilities, duties
and vexations of public trust
Year: 1879

THE Bourbons, having transferred their
iniquitous methods from the South to
Maine, find that there are men in the
Democratic party in the North who are too
honorable to countenance the Maine out
rage, and who now protest most strongly
against it. The result will be, if that great
wrong is persisted in, that the Democratic
party at the North will be disrupted as it
was during the rebellion.
Year: 1879

Our Pheuix dispatch is a surprise in that it announces the death of King IS. Woolsey, a man widely known in Arizona and one supposed to have been in the enjoyment of sound health. He was emphatically pioneer, and a man of energy and ambition both financially and politically. How his estate will foot up will not likely be known till after an official appraise- ment, but he always conducted busi- ness on a pretty large scale in stock raising and farming, and latterly in grinding grain and dealing in flour. His political aspirations made him the subject of some severe public comment, but however much of t may have been based on facts it must be said that King s. Woolsey led an industrious and enterprising life, and was always popular in his own county when a test of popularity was tried with another at the polls. Our knowl- edge of him was not of an intimate character, but we feel justified in say ing that few men in Arizona were

 ruer to her walfare, more jealous in building up the Territory on her nat ur9I resourcps more attached tO if Our Phoenix dispatch truly says his death is "a great loss to the com munity"
Year: 1879

She clasped her hands on my arms, She laid her cheek on my shoulder. The tide of her tears fell warm

 On hands that trembled to hold her. I whispered plying word.

 AS the ship moved slowly apart. And the grief of the friendless poured It's choking weight on my heart. For graves in the evening shade Were green on far-oT hill, Where the joys Of her life were laid

 With love that had known DO chill: But however her heart might yearn, We were facing the fresheuing breeze. And the white wake heightened astern On tho rolling floor or the seas. She quenched the fire or her tears,

 Uplifting her meek brave head. ."Or dark or bright be the years,

 l wilItake courage" she said; Smoothing back her loose-bIowIng hair, And her shawl drawing closer the whiI She dranil ia the strong sea air,

 And left the old shore with a smile.

 -lTEe University Magazine
Year: 1879

TUCsoN, June 27.

 EDITOR CITIZEN: There is much talk about party organization nova days, and the time does seem auspi- cious. Looking across into Califor- nia, parties enough may be found to please the most fastidious politician. By following the Californians, Ari- zonians can have a large assortment of parties. They are not needed here to promote legitimate business, but some of cur fellow-citizens seem anxious 1. for active partisan parties. California is now trying to run four parties Democratic, Republican, Working mems and EoLorable Bilks-the two latter being composed of dissatisfied members of the two former. Arizona is now believed 10 contain such an as sortment of partisans that all four par ties, and even a fifth, can be organized. There are enough genuine working men who would probably enjoy sea son of rest to form the Restingman's ! party, inasmuch as they are men who either want to be actively at propeJ work or enjoying rest and quiet; there are perhaps enough men opposed to work and who will not do it except under extreme pressure and necessity ! to make up a somewhat numerous ! Workingmen's party; and just at this time there may be found ample and suitable material in the old Republi can and Democratic parties to make l up a pretty large party of Honorable Bilks; and after these three were fairly started and recruited up with all the members properly belonging to them there would still be enough left to or l ganize better Democratic and Repub lican parties than can be otherwise done. These suggestions are submit ted during this delicious weather which seems to beckon people into the shade to talk partisan politics.

 SMITH.
Year: 1879

THE cameIbreeding industry is promising in Arizona says a Salt Lake paper and the New York Herald copies it. The article of which this sentence is the introduction, in specu. lauve and in some respects amusing. The writer says it is thought the new generation of camcls will be used to the alkaline waters peculiar 10 the southwestern section, and can be made scrviceable in transporting the mineral products of that country, across the long deserts of sand, to places where they can be profitably worked
Year: 1879

A PRIVATE letter from an Oakland gentleman of intimate acquaintance with the business condition in Cali fornia and around the Bay in par. ticular, writes as follows on the 26th '. It is so dull that there is literally nothing being done except in eases of necessity This dullness seems to ex tend to all walks of life excepting pol tiles"
Year: 1879

TIE Prescott Enterprise has been printing a little matter on mining since we complimented it on is con scientious and almost exclusive aJten- ton 10 partisan politics. Its edition of June g, had two mining items which appear to be original, and two copied from the Silver Belt.
Year: 1879

THE offer to write up an account ot Adams Fall and its immediate conse- quences for THE CITIZEN is respect fullvdeclined. Tue trouble created by that affair is pretty well understood and settled as well as it can be, and Il would do no good 10 stir it up again
Year: 1879

A Baltimore florist sends the Boston
Journal of Chemistry the following form
ula for liquid manure for flowers. The
materials May be had at any blacksmith
shop:


Put one bushel of the clippings from
horses hoofs into barrel and fill it up
with water. Let it stand for a week,
when it is ready for use. Apply it with
a watering pot. All bedding plants can
be watered with this liquid every other
day, If they are not pot-bound; repotted
plants should be wattered ouce week
until they have plenty of working roots
to take up the manure. It will also be
found excellent for hard-wooded plants
three weeks after the plants have been
watered with the manure, the foliage gen
orally changes from green to a golden
yellow, moving from the stem down to 8
point of the leaf which however, lasts
only for few weeks, when it changes tc
dark glossy green. Plants under this
watering grow very strong; the flowers
are very large and bright in color
Plants thus treated can be kept in
very small pots for long time with
out being transplanted. This is es.
pecially advantageous to the market gard
ener, who can sell his plants in three OF
four inch pots, while he would have to
shift them into five and six inch if he
used rich soil alone. Flowers watered
with this liquid manure will bring TWEEN
ty-fve per cent more than otherwise; be
sides using in small pots, they are lighter
can be packed closer, and are easier to bt
handled. The fertilizer is not stimu-
liant, but plant food, and plants that arr
watered with it, if planted out, will con.
tinue growing and keep in good growth
which cannot be said of guano. 1t is al
powerful as guano, as quick in action
and more lasting.


It will not do the slightest harm to tn,
foliage; most other liquid manures spoi
the foliage when they come in contac
with it. 1t forms nc crust on the pots o
soil. 1t is cheaper than any other goot
fertilizer which is used in liquid form
The chips need be renewed or replaces
only twice year, while the water can b
withdrawn every day. When liquid GU
ano is used too strong it will cause tn
plant to drop all their leaves. This Ii
quid will not, even if used once or twic
| q day for q short time
Year: 1879

Somebody's child is dying-dying with the
flush of hope on his young face and an inde-
scribable yearning to live and take an honored
place in the world beside the companions of
his youth. And somebody's mother is thinking
of the time when that dear face will be hidden
where no ray of hope can brighten it when
her heart and home will be left desolate-be-
cause there was no cure for consumption.
Reader, if the child be your neighbor's, take
this comforting word to the mothers heart be-
fore it is too late: Tell her that consumption
is curable that men are living to-day, aged,
robust men, whom the physicians pronounced
incurable at the age of twenty -ive because
ne lung had been almost destroyed by the
disease. Dr. Prices Golden Medical Discov ry
is most efficient Alternative for separating the
| scrofulous matter from the blood and lungs,
| and imparting strength to the system. It has
cured hundreds of consumptives.


| CAREFULLY AVOID THE USE of rasping
cathartics They weaken the bowels and
leave them worse off than before. Use in
stead, that statutory, non-irritating aperieni
and anti-bilious medicine. Dr. Morris We


ETABLE LIVER PILLS, which will not only


achieve the desired object, relaxation of the


bowels, without causing pain or weakening


them, but promote digestion and assimilation


and depurate the blood. The pills are sold b,


all Druggists.
Year: 1879

Cultivating beard.


Sitting at the foot of boarding house
table.


Wearing tight boots with big wad of
cotton-darning in the heel.


Walking through crowded ferry-boat
with year old baby in your arms.


Passing the club or billiard room with
out ''dropping in to see who's there"


Having bad cold in the head and no
handkerchief within hailing distance.


Being asked what time it is when your
uncle is keeping your watch to suit his
time.


Endeavoring to persuade tailor that
the longer your bill goes over, the sooner
will the sun of resumption rise like for
ty-cent skyrocket.


Carrying scuttle of coal up stairs
while the partner of your joys stands in
the hall and yells, ooh, Henry, what q
dirt you're making ON my new carpet 7


For the first time in ones life asking 8
girl if she ''wouldn't like to 60 out some
evening next week." and have her coldly
say, mo you mustn't keep late hoursI"
Year: 1879

The eleventh annual convention of
the Women Suffrage Association assembled at
Washington on the 9th. A committee of
three was appointed to wait ON the President
and inform him that there were twenty mill
ION women in the United States, he having
ignored that fact in his recent message, and
thnf he would be wise to make some mention
OF them in future messages.


A DELEGATION of Indians from the
Cherokee Nation called on the President on
the 9th. They stated that their people were in
q prosperous condition and were opposed to
tie transfer Of the Indians to the War De-
partnent.


The Potter Committee, at its meet
Year: 1879

1t looks very much as if the Demo
cracy had found its Waterloo, or, j
you like it better, had met its Appoma
tox. After these terrible defeats il
the West and the utter decentralization
that is making confusion worse con
founded in New York, where they seen
to have lost sight of the real enemy III
their front while engaged in a factious
war to the death among themselves,
what hope is there that the party will
ever again be able to make any show
of strength in the solid Radical North
We confess we see no future for the
Democracy there, and the struggle for
the control of the National Government
might as well be given up. For more
than fourteen years has the contest
been kept up, the South standing solid
for the party that seemed most friend
ly, Just, and sympathetic at the North,
only to experience a new disappoint-
ment, and have victory turned into de-
feat, at each determined trial of strength
til and when it hopes were highest
How like our battles of the war have
these contests in the civic field been.--
"Richmond State (Dem.)