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Year: 1879

Never was the literary outlook brighter for
the children; never did the holiday season
usher in better and more delightful crowd OF
new books for the boys and girls. First on the
list comes Mr.. Sidney Laniers admirable work,
The Boys Froissart. If ever writer was
born to set all sweet souls in the way of manly
deeds-it was Sir John Froissart. In the tine
and spirited words of Mr.. Laniers preface:
''Froissart helps youth forward and age back
ward" There is q free, rich life in the chroni-
cles of this historian that never loses, i'll years
or change of fashion, anything OF its rare
quality His pictures of the chivalry OF the
fourteenth century are vivid and powerful, and
take the reader back to the times of knightly


deeds. Delicious is the sketch which MIR.


Lanier draws of the manner in which good Sir


John set forth to make up his history No


burning of midnight tapers for him-he


mounted his horse and rode till he met some


well-scarred warrior; and then this courtly


model for all war-correspondents to come


would interview the knight or squire, note


book in hand, and so write his history as fast


as the warriors made it. And when the boy
who reads Mr.. Lanier's volume, selected with
such faithful skill from the great bulk OF Sir
Johns writing (for the good knight was some
what lengthy in his descriptions-men had


time to spare in those days) when this fortu-


nate boy who reads of the wars of the four


teenth century feels his eyes flash and his


cheek aglow with swift-springing blood, he


will hear Mr.. Lanier's clear, kind voice as he
says:


As YOU read of the fair knights and the foul


kniphtsfor Froissart tells of both,-it cannot but
occur to YOU that somehow it seems harder to be a
good knight nowadays than it was then. This is be-
cause we have many more ways of fighting now
than in King Edward the Thirds time. A good


deal of what is really combat nowadays not caed
combat


And then follows few words of reminder to
the boys that ballot and speech, political party
and convention are not less suited to knightly
souls than were heaume and lance, battle and
tournament. In brief (for so many books for
young people still await notice that not over


much space may be given even to so fine an one
| as this Mr.. Lanier has brought the very spirit
of ideal knighthood down to the present day.
| and set it forth in form which will be attrac-
| tive and delightful to every manly boy. The
| gratitude of the country is due to man who
| does such potent work for the good OF its fu-
| ture voters and lawmakers The volume is
Year: 1879

1t is given out that the Governor and
Council will take no notice OF the request OF
County Attorney Rounds for hearing in
order to prove that the Washington County
returns have been tampered with by fusion
officials. 1t is much TOD be regretted that
this course has been resolved upon: for the
result of the refusal to give a hearing will be
to strengthen the suspicion to almost GER
tainty that returns from Democratic towns
have been doctored. If members of the
Council have proper regard for their own
regulations and for the good name Of the
State they will not put themselves in the
position of striving to screen men guilty OF
wrong-doing and thus provoke the belief
that they are to avail themselves in their
conduct of the canvass of that wrong-doing.
The charges made by County Attorney
Rounds cannot be lightly dismissed. Ii they
are true, then the fusionists have been
given the opportunity to see the defective
returns and make the necessary corrections.
If they are false the Council has only to ex-
anime them in order to demonstrate that.
They cannot afford to put themselves upon
their dignity or fall back upon their charac-
ter The accusation is too serious to be
successfully met in any such way. They
have said that they shall throw out every re-
turn that has technical defect. They
have refused to permit the Republicans to
see the original returns, or to permit them
to make the corrections provided for by the
act of 1877. If Democrats have been per-
mitted to see the returns and amend them
or substitute other returns for defective
ones, then those in whose custody the re-
turns are have been guilty of dishonesty and
are parties to corrupt conspiracy to change
the understood result of the State election.
That Democrats have been allowed this
privilege is charged by a responsible man
who asks hearing in order to prove his
allegations. If the hearing is denied the
legitimate inference will be that the Govern
OF and Council have no desire to get at the
TRUTH and that the privileges they deny to
Republicans have been granted to their own
political friends. No candid man of what
ever political party, can come to any other
conclusion The refusal of the Council to
allow an inspection Of the original returns,
followed by the refusal to give Mr.. Rounds
hearing, will be construed as an admission
that the returns have been tampered with
and will not bear inspection.
Year: 1879

HARTFORD Courant: Governor Garcelon
of Maine and his Democratic board of can
vassers are giving the Republicans good rea-
son to believe that they are intending to
doctor the returns, as has been rumored, so
as to create Democratic Legislature. Re-
fusal has been made to allow Senators and
members-elect to inspect the returns for the
purpose of reporting errors, if any exist, as
has always heretofore been done. This ac-
ton is taken on the ground that the law I'M
der which such examination is made is un-
constitutional. 1t is a somewhat unusual
thing for the officer charged with the execu-
ton Of a law to set himself up as judge of
its constitutionality. However, we do not
believe that the Democratic board have the
nerve to carry out the rascality which they
have evidently premeditated
Year: 1879

IT is now asserted that the person who
bought the Treasury report is the Washing
ton correspondent of the Chicago Times,
and that he sold copies to the New York
Tribune and Cincinnati Enquirer. He also,
it is alleged, procured the theft of the Pres
ident's message and "divied' the plunder
with the New York Times and Cincinnati
Enquirer, they paying him $500 each The
Chicago paper made little by its discredita-
bic enterprise, for the Tribune of that city
learning that its rival was ''setting" the
message, telegraphed to New York where
the stolen document was already on the
street and had it sent to Chicago over ten
wires. The difference of time between the
two cities gave the Tribune its opportunity.
Year: 1879

Ir is now intimated that Republicans will
be furnished by the Secretary of State with
certified copies of the returns. If the certl-
fication be as worthless as that one which
appeared from the Secretary in the notori-
Gus Argus Supplement published during the
campaign the copies will be as inaccurate as
a fusion statement concerning the public
Year: 1879

THE Bangor Commercial says Governor
Garcelon comes from good old Huguenot
stock Let us hope that blood will tell, and
the Governor do his best to conduct the count
with good old Huguenot honesty.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publica-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munlcatlons tnat are not used
Year: 1879

THE eighth of January has been selected
by the suckers round the bar'l as the occa-
sion for great Tilden demonstration. 1t is
not understood that any attempt will be made
to work, up enthusiasm in the meeting
by reading the testimony taken before the
Potter Committee Gov. Garcelon will, OF
course, be present. He is a man OF Jack
sonan firmness," and the glorious memories
of the eighth of Janua ry appeal strongly to
him
Year: 1879

Among recent fiction is to be noted Messrs.
Harper's library edition of Miss Mulochs new
story, Young Mrs. Jardine, novel whose pur-
pose is thoroughly good, while its sentimental
ity is occasionally something too much. Its
neat and attractive binding is in the style OF
other volumes of the Library edition
Year: 1879

{ five years, the special champion of "hard
money" 1t opposed the issue of green
backs" during the war; it demanded Il
return to specie payments at the close Of
the war, and continued to demand such
return until after the passage of the re-
sumption act of 1875. It's leading men
held the issue to be unconstitutional
when it was made, and all the Democrat
ic members of the Supreme Court held
the act under which greenbacks were Is
sued 10 be unconstitutional and the policy
to be dangerous, when the illegal tender
case was finally decided


Fourth-The business of the country
is unquestionably rcviying under the IN
fuence of an unfuctuating standard Of
value, and medium Of payments brought
back by the present parity between paper
and coin. SO long as that standard and
medium is maintained, no one fears to
invest capital and embark in enterprise.
But if we are to break down resumption,
millions of capital will be boarded by the
timid for safety and millions more will bc
withdrawn from productive industry 10 be
used in the gambling spcculations Of the
gold room, which will begin as soon as
the margin between paper Is rcopcncd by
the depreciation which is sure TO follow
new issue of grccnback currency


Fitth-The doctrine that Government
should issue all the currency of the com
try, is not true democratic doctrine. 1t
was foisted on the party in this State. in
1878, by political trimmers, who thought
to take advantage of the temporary dis
tress of the country, and carry themselves
into power at the cost Of sacrificing both
principle and consistency, and proposing
new financial policy directly opposed to
the entire record and all the traditions Of
the party.


Sixth-If this course is persisted in, it
Will result in a split in the national Dem
ocratic party, and its defeat next year.
Thousands of Democrats cannot be IN
duced to support the party Of their choice
if it adopts a policy that they believe
ruinous to the industries of the country.
1t is time to teach party managers TO
study not only what seems to be politi-
cally expedient, but what is right-the
the right is always expedient.


In accepting the presidency of the
Honest Money League of Cleayeland,
do not abandon the principles Of true de-
mocracy, butrcassert and emphasize them.
| hold these principles to be true, in COM
mon | believe, with majority Of the
National Democratic party. | do not
believe it wise even in a party sense, to
abandon correct principles and sacrifice
consistency for the sake Of local and tenn
porary party success, and am sure that
it is not right and patriotic to do it.
Year: 1879

The President of the Honest Money
League at Cleveland, Ohio, is a Demo
crat who holds to the old financial prin-
ciplcs of his party, and rejects the here
sizes adopted by his fellows there and
elsewhere. When he assumed the chair
of the Cleveland League he made IN adj
dress in which he gave statement OF
what he understood to be Democratic
doctrine in regard to the finances, accom-
panying it by historical sketch Of the
Democracy and its relations to the cur
rency The speech should be read by
those Portland Democrats who pretend
to be hard-money men while they are as
sisting the soft-money cause: though 1t
is not probable that they are moved by
principle or by anything nobler than a
desire to get a share of the spoils of war.
But there are honest Democrats in the
State who will be interested in the fol-
lowing summary of the Cleveland mans
speech:


tirst-Ever, experiment with paper
money issued by any Government except
our present one, has ended in reputation
and general bankruptcy. Our present
greenbacks are an exception only because
of the Limitation of the quantity and the
known intention and ability of the Gov
ernment to redeem them. To exceed the
limit now fixed by law would be a viola
ton of faith and would unquestionably
be followed by repudiation and general
bankruptcy.


Second-From the organization of our
Government till within the last few
years, the policy of currency consisting
of paper issued by authority of Govern
ment, was held in universal abhonence.
No statesman, jurist, or student OF polit-
ical economy of any eminence, can be
quoted in favor of such system. All the
eminent and honored statesmen of our
past history are squarely on the record
against such policy.


Third-The Democratic party was
from its organization until within the past
Year: 1879

FUN IN THE EFAMILY.-Don't be afraid
of little fun at home, good people J.
Don't shut up your house lest the sun
should fade your carpets, and your
hearts, lest hearty laugh shake down
some of the musty old cobwebs there
Ii you want to ruin your sons, let them
think that all mirth and social enjoy
ment must be left at the threshold with
out, when they come home at night
When once home is regarded as only
a place to eat, drink and sleep in, the
work is begun that ends in gambling
houses and reckless degradation. Young
people must have fun and relaxation
somewhere; if they do not find it at
their own hearthstones, they will seek
it at some other and perhaps less profit,
able place. Therefore let the fire burn
brightly at night. and make the home
stead delightful with all these little arts
that parents so well understand. Don't
repress the buoyant spirits of your chill
dren. Haitian hour of merriment around
the lamp and freight of home blots
out the remembrance of many a care
and annoyance during the day; and the
best safeguard they can take with them
into the world is the unseen influence of
a bright little domestic sanctum.
Year: 1879

10 CURE A FELON.-Take a pint of
common soft soap and stir in air Stacked
lime till it is of the consistency of gla-
zier's putty. Make leather thimble,
fill with this composition and insert the
finger therein, and the cure is certain.
This is domestic application that every
household can obtain promptly.
Year: 1879

"The Lord loveth cheerful giver,"
but there's no use chucking a copper
cent into the contribution box loud
enough to make the folks on the back
seat think the communion service has
tumbled off the altar.
Year: 1879

One OF the servants of the International Hotel.
No. 10 Park row, about haifpast six O'Clock last
evening discovered fire In one OF the rooms In
the servants quarters. n the rear of the building.
which extends through to No. Is Ann street. About
fifteen girls were the floor where the fire was and
were soised with panic Some of the terror stricken
women ran hcadIong down the stairs to the street.
screaming as they went. Others attempted to leave
the rooms by the iron fire escapes attached to the
hotel In a rev minutes the hre engines arrived in
answer to an alarm aud went to work. The flames
were issuing from the top door and the rst floor
Of No. Is game OF faro was In progress. The gam
bers locked the door and resoutey refused to allow
the hremcn to enter until compeledto by the police
by the time entrance was effected most Of tho
gambling apparatus was cleared away, but the room
was crowded with hashily dressed young men aud
boys. The fire was extingushed with but little
trouble. The loss is estimated at 5000
Year: 1879




To-dsya stock market was tinged with dsappoint-
ment. With the disturbing elements of heated po-
ltical contest out the way and the prevalence of
belief that there would be decided let up in the
money market well established, it supposed
that general "boom" in prices would naturally en-
sue. The election is over and consigned to the limbo
of past and gone political contests. but the money
market is but shade easier and there has been no
"boom." Therewere higher prices early in the day and
afterward subsistence that partially recovered
from. At the very end quotations were considerably
mixed. There was scarcely anything upon the list
at the close either quite so bad quite so good as
1t had been during the day. In fact the market
like well made salad. offered de-
cided smoothness of uncertainty as to whether
the acidity of the bears the oness of the bulls
was most prominent in the mixture. Nevertheless,
any fair Stock Exchange jury would have rendered a
verdict that the market was mot guilty of weak
ness. Against the stringency of money which for
the better part of the day compelled the payment Of
bonus Of u to per cent. and did not admit OF
better than 116 and interest at the close. the
share market struggled manfully. There was some
little oozing out the strength of the day. but
nothing like especial pressure to sell. Stocks
were strong at the close. though valuable frac
tions had been Topped off of quotations. There is
but little diminuton in the faith in higher prices
for stocks soon ease returns to the money
market. and this ease is being watched for
with intense eagerness. Much is expected
from the disbursements in the shape
Of dividends and interest and. from
the payments from the United States Treasury
account Of the redemption Of $4,000 900 six per
cent bonds. Changes in stock quotations to-day
were unimportant and exclusively influenced by the
variations in the price of money. large increase
OF earnings is reported for the grangers the same
being $lS7 8O1 the St. Paul road and $13s 900 for
the Chicago and Northwest line during the fourth
week in October. and for Iron Mountain $129.0OO
during the same month. There occurred sudden
breakdown Of about five per cent in Delaware and
Hudson at one time but it was SO evidently due to
artAce that when the raid ceased the decline ceased
and a sharp rally followed as matter Of course
Erie was strong and advanced but other stocks had
rs much US they could do TO hold their own. They
did 1t. however with very considerable success. as
the price list of the day will show.


Total sales at the Board to-day $50 425 shares
against 325. .l14 Monday. Following is u synopsis
OF the days business
Year: 1879

The Democratic Policy nc Washington


this Winter.


The Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun, who Stands in" with the
Democratic managers at Washington, and
isgeneralIy well informed as to their pol.
icy, telegraphs to the Sun Of yesterday as
follows in regard to the course that will be
pursued in Congress this winter:


"AdviCes received here from Democratic
leaders OF high national repute, especially
from Southern public men, leave no doubt
thata broadly national and conservative
course will be the Democratic policy the
coming winter. Zealots will be made to
take back seats. Passionate defamation,
tropical rhetoric and sectional reCrimina-
tion will be severely set down upon.
Snch safe and conservative leaders as
Bayard, Whyte, Herman, Randolph, Cor
don, Lamar and Ransom will demonstrate
that the Democracy OF all sections are
anxious for a cordial alignment with the
national feeling. the character, capital and
responsibility OF the country. The Re-
pubIlcans will be furnished with no more
campaign thunder in the shape OF foolish
utterances OF excited oratory addressed to
backwOods audiences at home rather than
to the intelligence of Congress and the
country. With the advantage OF the hand
some victory in New York, and with no
handicap Of silly utterances from would
be leaders in Congress, the best informed
Democrats here claim that the party is
sure OF q substantial and enduring victory
next year.


lfthe Republican party has done moth.
ink else in the late elections than to bring
about such wholesome change OF feeling
as thit among the Democratic leaders, it
has certainly not labored in vain. To
compel the Democratic leaders to recog.
nize the necessity for an alignment with
tue national feeling""- is a great feat Of
itself. 1t means in plain English that the
States Rights secessionism OF the party is
to be laid aside, at least for the present.
1t accords with theadvice Of the poet who
said that it was well to assume virture il
yOH have it not"


We thlnK, however, that tho american
people will not be badly fooled by any as.
sumption of achange of heart on the part
of the Democracy until they have
brought forth some fruits meet for re-
pentance. - =. They will not forget that the
party has played fast and loose ever since
the war, and that whenever it had a
show for success it could not keep its
cloven foot hidden.


The solid South has well understood
mortgage on the party, and inasmuch as
the stream cannot rise higher than its
fountain, so the nationality OF the Demo-
cratic party, controlled as the party is by
the South, cannot be a very trustworthy
article.


'wnOn the devil was sick, 81


The devil monk would bc


When the deIl got we'll


The devil monk was he"
Year: 1879

1t is not known as yet how tho State
ticket, othel' than Cornell, stands in New
York. 1t seems to be close shave bet
wecn Hoskins, the Republican candidate
for Lieutenant-G Governor, and Potter, the
Democratic candidate. The State Treas
nreship is likewise in doubt, and may be
the other offices. This being the case, the
claim that New York is q Democratic State
is at least premature. The editor OF the
Tribune telegra phs as follows in regard to
the situation:


ave don't give up tue State ticket, but
il We lose 1t, it will be by so close q vote
that Democrats will have little TO boast OF.
Tammany has been badly beaten in the
city, and it will probably cripple John
Kelly and leave Tilden in almost as
strong u position in his party as though
he had been able to force Robinson upon
q united party. At the same time, Il
leaves New York in doubt next year, with
this advantage for Republicans, that il
"TIlden is able to force the Democratic
party to nominate him, there will be an
element in that party in this State, not
perhaps as large as 1t was this year, but
still considerable in number, which will
be hostile to Tilden, and will certainly not
work as hard for him as they did this
year for Kelly. In other words, while the
Democrats were split this year for Gov,
G9rnor, the struggle between Robinson and
Kelly had a tendency to bring out the
last Democratic vote, every one OF which
was cast for the remainder OF the Demo
cratic State ticket. II the result Is de
ieatOt this ticket, or even its election by {
very small majority, Tilden's chances o
carrying the State next year, when somt
Democrats will certainly be hostile, vii
be slim. Everywhere else we SWEEP
things, and we teel here, therefore, a
though Republicans had no cause TO b.
despOndent over the result. We have 60
iomake big fight in this State next year.
Year: 1879

Asthe prospects for foreign mission
under a Democratic administration do not
loom up very Aa.teringly since the elec.
tons we expect soon to hear OF Colonel
Ben stirring around once more in this dis.
met,
Year: 1879

TIE nail mill is SO much behind with
It's orders that it made aproposition this
week to the operatives to work until nine
O'Clock in the evening, but part Of them
refused, and the plan was Abandoned
Belldire independent.
Year: 1879

An occasional contributor sends this item, clip ped from the New York Tribune: The Dutch set tiers in South Africa exceedingly fond of physic and although extremely penurious in all other ways. nisgardly. in fact, to tho hafpenny, they will not scruple at the slightest symptoms of ill- ness to send for doctor. Should surgeon once obtain repute deservedly otherwise, his fortune IS certainly made he most ridiculous crcum. stances often insure to him this good luck and the amount or money he receives yearly is sometimes very surprising. General Cunynghame was told that medical practitioner lost his credit by sim ply prescribing the use of liberal ablutions to an elderly lady. Her husband was dreadfully angry

 making his reInonstrance in the following terms "Ioung man, you are stranger in this country, and recommned new customs, which are contrary to usages which we know to be true rules to heal h. have been now married to my 'vrw' for thirty five years during which time water has scarce touched her body. It is not, sir. by your persua- sions that such inroads can be made into our man ners : you are ignorant of our mode of life and do not understand our wants"