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Year: 1879

DIX weeks ago tO-day that excellent Chris
tian lady, Mrs. s. Y. McMasters. mingled for
the last time with the congregational Christ's
church. One day later her life went out, and
alone in the rectory adjoining the church her
body lay undiscovered for nearly twenty-four
hours after life was extinct. Acursory med
ical examination resulted in verdict of
apoplexy, and with no public inquiry the
last sad rites were performed. The busy
world went on, and the going out of single
life WAS likely to be soon forgotten,
save by the immediate circle of friends, when
the startling rumor was whispered that foul
murder had been com mitted. The investiga-
tion of these rumors, which was carefully
and elaborately made by the GLOBE, fur
nished confirmation of the crime having
been perpetrated. There are comparatively
few in this community who do not believe
that this estimable lady was foully murdered,
and still this great crime, perpetrated in the
very heart Of the city, goes uninvestigated
and unpunished. l>#a
A still more singular feature of the affair





fully satisfied and admit that her residence
was entered and that she was robbed, but
persiste ntly scout the theory that the great
or crime of murder was perpetrated. In
this they make great mistake. The Ger
tainty that the lesser crime was committed
carries with it the certainty that the greater
was also perpetrated.. There is no evading
this conclusion, and no theory can be de-
vised to explain the death from natural
causes. The physicians who rem
dered the hasty verdict . Of apo
plexy have never dared to urge
the eXhumation of the remains for the pur-
pose of an autopsy. st least one of the
physicians who inspected the body, has pri-
vately declared that the death was not ap-
oplect;c, but professional etiquette has pre-
vented him from taking public issue with his
medical brethren. Unfortunately it is now
too late for an autopsy to determine that the
though her death must permanently pass
into the unexplained mysteries. =
The watch and key have never been dis
covered, and in view of the conceded robbery
it is strange that we are compelled to add
that no attempt has been made to discover
them. While petty offenders are honted
down. here is an admitted burglary and
generally believed murder, which is allowed
by the authorities to sink out of sight with
no attempt at an investigation. The pecu-
liar treatment which this terrible crime has
received, is only exceeded in mystery by the
deed itself. Every interest Of society de-
mands that such a deed should be fer
reted out and the perpetrator pun
ished. Respect for the memory
of the unfortunate victim demands the in
Fiction of the utmost penalty OF the law
upon the perpetrators of the crime. In the
face of all this the important time for pur-
suing the inquiry has been allowed to pass
without o movement It has been treated
as though an effort to discover the murderer
was reflection upon the estimable lady
who fell a Victim to what was only intended
for burglary. but which developed into
murder to conceal the lesser offence.
Year: 1879

THERE is q difficulty between Germany
and Japan relative to the cholera quarantine,
the former government declaring that it
must not be maintained. If the Germans
want q dose of that epidemic we see no rea-
son why they should not be accommodated,
though it is the first time in our memory
that anybody has had hankering after it..
Year: 1879

The Zulu war is over for the time being,
yet the difficulties involved in regard to the
possession of South Africa are by no means
ended. The Beers are not at all pleased at
the aggressions of the British army. They
have once been forced to abandon region
they had settled and improved, and it now
looks as if it was the intention of Great
Britain to crowd them still further north.
They will not go, however, without des-
perate resistance.
Year: 1879

The fire at Deadwood, by which the young
city was destroyed, was far more disastrous
than at first reported. The loss will reach
at least three million of dollars, and five
thousand persons are left homeless. The
suffering will no doubt be intense, but it is
fortunate that the winter has not set in as
yet. We have confidence that before snow
flies, nearly all of those now homeless will
be provided with comfortable shelter, and
that none wal be allowed to suffer for lack of
food in the meantime. ..g
Year: 1879

TIE revelations made in the management
of the Freedman's bank show that there
has been great deal of rascality, and that
the most the creditors can hope to receive in
addition to that already paid them is twenty
per cent, making total of but fifty per
cent. The last dividend can only be de-
elared, however, in case the government
buys the bank building at good round
price. Tho managers are all well-to do in
the world, while the depositors are mostly
suffering extreme want on account of their
10ssea e r
Year: 1879

A STRONG ticket and a good platform is
the universal verdict relative to the late
Democratic convention. Men of both par
ties agree in this, and they equally agree
that the Republican ticket is weak.
Year: 1879

DOUBTLESS all will recall the story of the
express train, and smoked through his jour
ney in calm confidence that his dog would
come in all right. When the train stopped
he had the sad task of untying the head and
backbone of the dog. The apple .tion of
this story will be seen at once. The argus
hitched the old Democratic bull dog to the
rear of the Greenback train, which was go
ing at rapid rate down grade. Tuesday
morning in-was the sad dutyof our neighbor
to unhitch the head and backbone of the
beast from the ruins of the Greenback train,
which had been wrecked.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
tion but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
mupmRlons that are not used.
Year: 1879

THE Wisconsin Democrats are wiser than
their Maine brethern. They have adopted
hard money platform, pure and simple.
Perhaps it was the disastrous result diffusion
in Maine that drove them to it.
Year: 1879

THERE ought to be no doubt of the result
of the trial of the Chisholm murderers in
Mississippi and there would be none if the
trial were held in State where the masses
of the people abhor murder. Unfortunately
Mississippi is not such State.
Year: 1879

SOME of the State officials are losing their
heads. One of them was in town yesterday
claiming that the returns had been cooked"
and that the House and Senate were fusion.
Some ice applied to his brow would possibly
restore his senses.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBE NOW for the MUSICAL RECORD, and
receive weekly all the news, and plenty of good
music, for $500 per year.


IN PRESS. WHITE ROBES, a charming new Sun
day School Song Book.
Year: 1879

Your attention is respectfully
called to the subject of the above
circular. You will readily realize
the Importance of the combina-
tions embodied in my invention.
which makes it unquestionably
the most practical, efficient and
reliable Fire Escape heretofore
introduced to the public.
Year: 1879

that to-day must wish you all goodby. After an
association with you Of ten years we have come ut
last to .hhs pars r @ % to saw sooSby II .e hard for
me to leave you. love this church and its con-
gregation. and no matter where my future
find another church which l shall love
we'll. If you ask me- then. why l
90 will say that. after giving the subject great
deal of thought and having looked at it on every
side have concluded that. for my interest and for
the interest of this congregation it is best that
should go. The principal reason for my conclusion
in the premises is that there is gradual decline of
the congregation in its size well in its financial
ability, and this decline am powerless to prevent.
Having done my utmost to overcome the difficulty
/ now consider it best 10 60 away and let
another come in NV who may be able r.,, to do
new pastor you may take new courage and
thus save the church from the danger that
rounds it. rejoice account of having laid here
q foundation upon which another may safely build.
1t is best however, that should co. You need u
pastor and need new church. 1t is my hope
and belief that you will not forget me when am
gone. and i is my prayer that the grace or the Lord
Jesus shall be with yon always; that grace will be
my work among you. Whatsoever have done has
been subordnated to that chief end that the grace
OF God might be with you.


A NEW CHURCH NEEDED.


For that purpose l have urged you to build
another church III a better neighborhood. as have
seen business moving up town and tenement houses
increasing in the lower portion the city. have
seen substantial men Of the church move up town
with the business, and having noticed that other
churches have been ruined by this means, and be-
lieving that in few years this church would cease
to be selfsupportng. have urged you to seek
another place. don't wish that all the Christian
labor which has been expended here shall be thrown
away. Not for your sake. but for your childrens
sake and for Christs sake. urge you again not to
let the new church project die, but to take Of
and increase tho building fund. Stand by the
church, and when you get pastor stand by
him. Let no one leave because I am leaving. but
Let each of you stand the closer in the place where
the Lord has need of you all. And now farewell.
and may He on whom our lives depend watch over
us all and finally take US to Himself in that house
above not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.


During the delivery OF the discourse many Of the
congregation were in tears.
Year: 1879

Immediately at the close Of the Sunday school of
the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday meeting of the
friends of Mr. Tamage was called in the corridor of
the edihce to take action with reference to his
turn. Major Corwin presided. and stated that Mr..
Talmage would sail for homo next Saturday.
and he thought action looking to
his reception should be taken. discussion
then ensued as to the best means of
receiving their pastor and it finally decided
that the members OF the session and Board Of Trus-
tees should sail down tho bay to meet him and
escort him home 1t was also resolved to tender
HIM grand public reception in the Tabernacle on
the evening of October 3. Committees were ap-
pointed, aud the meeting then adjourned, to meet
on "Wednesday evening ut the same place.
Year: 1879

CERTAIN Boston Methodist clergymen
deny that Garrison was inspired by God in
his work. But none of them probably,
would accept the Democratic doctrine of
1860, that he was inspired by the devil Ger
tainly no man ever acted more heartily and
consistently in the spirit of the new COM
mandment
Year: 1879

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


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

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Year: 1879

When they rob a man in Deadwood they
make him "put up his hands" When the
thing is to be done in Wall street the party,
according to the Boston Commercial Bulletin,
is asked to put up margin.
Year: 1879

Medcne of tbe of Mervan vi ae % ol
pupil of that institution he was distinguished for
industry and zeal in the pursuit of professional
knowledge, and his examination for the degree of
Doctor of Medicine entirely satisfactory to his
instructors. have known him for several years
and believe him to be physician eminently pre-
pared to be useful and also of an unexceptionable
moral character. take great pleasure in commen-
ding him to the esteem and confidence of the COM
munity. SAMUEL CHEW, NJ. D.,
Professor of Principles and Practice of Medicine


in the University of Maryland.
Year: 1879

When you gett to the station, hunt up
the agent and ask him what time the
next train goes. Never mind about
telling him which way, for he can ask
you that. 1t will show whether he is
paying any attention to your question.
Then ask him what time all the other
trains come, just to see if he knows. IF
you think of it, ask if they stop, if they
are freight or passenger, and other lit
tie things you can think of, for you
know he gets paid for answering ques-
tions. 1t doesn't matter whether you
intend riding on the train or not. If
you are tired, go-and sit down, but do
not rest longer than necessary, for you
have not inquired if the road is going to
change time soon, and what time the
train will be likely to get through on the
new card. Ask him what time the
trains run by on his road, and how
much faster that is than Chicago time,
for be knows, and if he does not tell, it
is because he is uncivil. Just as the
train is coming, and the ticket agent is
closing his ticket window to go out to
the train, rush up and tell him you
want a ticket. Don't say anything
about where you want to go. See how
near he can guess at it. Give him $40
bill, and after he has hurried up to get
out his change box, if there is any silver
among it, say to him: "Here, l guess l
have got the change" for this is the way
to find out his disposition. Then it is
a good time to tell him you have
trunk to check. The world was not
made in day, and what's the use of
being in a hurry, you know? Put your
ticket IN Jour pocket-book, and button
two or three coats over your pocket.
Don't make move to get it ready for
the conductor until he asks you for it,
for he may miss you and you would be
that much ahead. Then he has lots Of
time to wait, but if he hasn't it's not
your fault. During your trip ask the
conductor all the questions you asked
the agent, for perhaps the agent has lied
to you about some of them. 1.-THE con-
ductor answers you short in reply to
any of your questions, it is because he
is mad at you for buying ticket. He
wanted you to pay him SO he could
knock down the money-for they all
steal, you know.
Year: 1879

THE Pocasset tragedy recalls the case
Of one of Truman Phinney, a farmer of
Geauga county, Ohio, who, ten years
ago, went crazy at Methodist revival
and became seized with the idea that
the Lord had commanded him to kill
his son. At three o'clock one morning
his wife was aroused by her husband,
who was engaged in whetting the butch
er knife in very diiigent way. Hav-
ing noticed that he was little strange
the day before she was alarmed, and
asked what he was doing. At first he
would not tell her, but at length, with
great show of reluctance, he said that
the Lord had revealed to him that in
order that the whole household might
be saved his little son must be sacrificed,
and he was getting ready to carry out
the will of the Lord. The alarm of the
mother was beyond description, but she
kept perfectly cool and appeared to be
greatly interested in what was going
forward. AT length she attempted to
persuade him to put off the sacrifice
for time, but this he would not con.
sent to. He said that now was the ac-
cepted time and the day of salvation.
Finall.' she suggested that it would be
proper to have certain neighbor pres
ent, as he always took so much interest
in all that was going forward IN the
family and was withal very pious. TIC
this Mr.. Phinney assented, and with his
wife went to invite the neighbor to the
sacrifice. The neighbor came and sue
ceeded in securing Phinney before he
completed his bloody work. He was
taken to the Cleveland insane asylum,
where ne died some years later.
Year: 1879

When. sometimes, our feet grow weary.
On the rugged hills of life
The path stretching long and dreary
With trial and labor rife
We pause on the toilsome journey,


Glancing backward in valley and glen,
And sigh with an infinite longing


To return and begin again.
For behind is the dew of the morning,
In all its freshness and light,
And before are doubts and shadows,
And the chill and gloom Of the night.
We remember the sunny places


We passed SO carelessly then,
And ask, with passionate longing,
To return and begin again.
All, vain, indeed. is the asking!


Life's duties press all Of us on,
And who dare shrink nom the labor,
Or sigh for the sunshine that's gone.
: And it may be not far on before Us


Wait faffer places than then. - = {
Life's paths may yet lead by still waters,
Though we may not begin again.
Forevermore upward and onward


Be our paths on the hills of life,
And soon will radiant dawning


Transfigure the toll and the strife,
And our Fathers hand will lead us


Tenderly upward then;
In the joy and peace of fairer world,
He'll let us begin again.
Year: 1879

She stands beside the cottage door


To watch the dying day,
Her raven hair is sprinkled DER


With flakes of silvery gray;
And many line of sadness sears


That pale yet lovely face,
To mark where slow and silent tears
Have left their lasting trace.
And still her whispered thoughts will tell
OF scenes that are no more,
And scan the once-loved form that dwelt
On mem'ry's shadowy shore;
Again the little cot to deck,


That now SO empty stands,
Again to feel around her neck


The touch of tiny hands.
How long, the weary spirit cries,
Within this world of pain,
Ere meath the never-fading skies
meet them once again?
And as she views the silver night,
Slow sweeping to the West,
A murmured prayer in faith takes flight
To Him who giveth rest.
Anderson Critc1ett in Temple Bar.
Year: 1879

Look TOWARD THE PREACHER.-1.
He occupies conspicuous place, invit-
ing the eyes of the hearers, so that, be-
ing seen, he can be the better heard.
2. OF course he looks at you, for you,
among others, are the one addressed,
and it is but fair that he should receive
as good as he gives; and you would
think it strange if he should look any
where else but at you.


8. Looking at him encourages the
preacher to believe you are attending
and are interested in what he says.
4. If it would be uncourteous not to
look at person holding a conversation
with you. is it less to avert the eyes from
the preacher while he is addressing you
5. AS teacher of the most moment
GUS of all truth he has a right to every
testimony you can give him of your in
terest in what he breaches, and looking
at him is one of those testimonies.
6. Look at the preacher, because your
good example will aid in recalling the
wandering eyes of others, rebuke their
| inattention, and restore their lost sense
of propriety.


I. Looking at the preacher is emf
nently favorable to keeping up the
minds attention to his message. The
eve helps the ear, and both help to fixed
ness of thought upon what is uttered.


s. Gazing in all other directions lhan
at the speaker gives him the discoura :
ing belief that you are not a good hear
er.-Nea0 York Observer


CURRY.-Take cold chicken, turkey
or cold lamb, cut it in small pieces, and
put in fryingp pan with about pint or
more boiling water; let it stew rev
moments, then take the meat out,
thicken the gravy with a little flour,
add a teaspoonful of curry powder, pep
per and salt to taste, and let it boil up
once; have some rice boiled whole and


dry: put it around the outside of the
platter, and in the center put the meat


and throw the gravy over the meat, moi


the rice, and serve.
Year: 1879

For New England and the Middle States,
northwest winds shifting to essterly and
southerly during the day with increasing
cloudiness and snow during the afternoon or
evening, slight rise in barometer on the coast
followed by falling barometer and no decided
change in temperature.
Year: 1879

Were ] candidate for any of the petty
offices within the gift of the city, that look so
large in the boyish Imagination of the anna
teur editor who presdes with such grace over
the local columns of the Democrat, this con-
temptible insult might be justified. Instead
of retracting the statement, repeat it, The
amount was assessed. but l understand the
amount collected will be smaller. II is a dis
grace to the city of Augusta.


Respectfully yours,


H. NJ. HEATH
Year: 1879

The republicans Of Augusta are TO have an
other grand rally, at Union Hall, on Thurs
day evening, to be held under the auspices of
the Young Mems Club. There will be speak
ing by several members of the legislature.
Year: 1879

The impression prevails that only the univer-
sity clause of Jules Ferry educational bill will
be proceeded with and that the nnti-Jesuit
clause will be deferred until next session OF in
definitely.
Year: 1879

Here lies an old woman who always was


tired,
For she lived in a house where help was


not hired;
Her last words on earth were, Dear


friends l am going
Where nothing amt done, nor churning


nor sewing,
And everything there will be just to my


wishes,
For where they don't eat there's no wash


ing of dishes!
I'll be where loved anthems will always


be ringing,
But having no voice T'll get rid of the


singing,
Don't mourn for me now, and don't mourn
for me never,
For Pm going to do nothing for ever and
ever"
Year: 1879

WE have just seen map from the rail
way office in San Francisco, showing
Tucson on the main line. This, with
many other evidences, ought to stop the
reports set in circulation by uninformed
or foolish persons, that the road will pass
some distance south of Tucson.


The Tombstone Express Company now
advertises to make four trips per week to
the mines The route is well stocked and
under good management, so that travellers
can rely upon good accommodations and
rapid transit.-CuizeR.
Year: 1879

Since February 18th the Citizen has ap-
peared AS a daily. This is a move in the
right direction. Pima County can well
support daily newspaper, and should
have had one long ago. Tucson is now u
town of much business importance, and
one of the liveliest west of the Rocky
Mountains. We wish the Daily Citizen
unbounded success.