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Year: 1877

One of the natural excresences
which disfgures the surface of the
moral character of man is dissatis
faction. Whatever else man may or
may not be he is never satisfied.
Surround him with all the luxuries
Of life-indulge him even in the
princely extravaganza of a square
meal and a Bourbon cocktail three
times a day, and a clean shirt twice a
week-and yet the half-famished
demon of dissatisfaction will still
prowl through the avenues Of his
soul and frighten afar the serene
tranquility Of his breast.


"Man never is, but "a % b blesaod.n


A curious instance Of the utility
OF the magnet is mentioned IN the
Adelaide Register of June 18th. A
young lady sat. down on a settce on
which a needle had carelessly been
left. 1t pierced her thigh and to
tally disappeared in the flesh. Med
ical men said it could only be
reached by large incision, and
concluded to leave it time In the
hope that it might work itself out
The pain, however, became so Sc
we're that the young lady was con
fined to her bed. SO a magnet was
suggested. and a powerful one be-
ing procured and applied, in four
hours the needle reached the sur
face, raised and protruded itself
through the skin and was instantly
extracted. 1t had been in the flesh
three weeks.
Year: 1877

Yes, blow your own horn; give 1t
a blast, and let modesty blush il
she will. Extrcme delicacy has
been the stumbling block of thous-
ands of real good and capable men
Make a noise; it will attract some
body. Let the world know that
you are alive and intend to drive
things until you get TO the top of
the hill and make a fortune.


To the man of energy and pcrse-
verance, mountains are bot mole
hills; tits only the drones that fail.
Some men see only the black side;
thus they edict disaster--always
complain of hard times--always
wait for something to turn up.
Such never see good times nor
prosperity, neither will they ever
find friends or admirers among first
class business men. If you would
succeed at anything don't stand
still. Go ahead. Don't be afraid
Do something. Ifyou don't blow
the horn, somebody else will, but
not for your benefit, except 'in a
hornr
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post says, 'probably nine
hundred and ninety-nine gallons out
of every thousand that are sold as
brandy, are made from a vile com
pound OF whisky, swill, distilled
spirits and chemical abominations,"
and adds: "This is equally true Of
wines" And as it is also equally
true of whisky, what in the name Of
goodness are we to do for some
thing to drink? 1t looks as if we
are to be driven to the pump in
spite of us. If the world at large
knew OF what yilIainous stnffs bran
dy and whisky and wines are made
the present crop of drunkards
would be about the last, or, at any
rate, all future crops would be small.
Nearly or quite all the liquors that
are retailed nowadays are undoubt-
edly a slow but sure poison, and to
drink them habitually is simply
round about way of committing sui
eide, and unless you guard yourself
carefully, the way is not so round
about either Courier Journal.
Year: 1877

Yon have defranded your neigh.
Dor. You have done him an injury.
not accidently, but on purpose.
You have sought your own profit
inficting loss upoa him. You
have taken what does not belong TO
you, but to him. You must then
proceed TO make restitution. Goat
once. Go TO day If you can. State
the facts frankly and honestly. Ac
knowledge your wrong doing, and
repair the harm as fully as you can.
IL will cost you a struggle to do
this. When, however, you have
made up your mind 20 the struggle
you will probably find IL easier than
you expect. But whatever You do.
don't keep this burden upon your
conscience. 1t will stand between
you and God. IL is an obstacle YOU
can not ever got over. You may
forget that II is there; but there Il
is; and you on one side and Al
mighty God is on the other.
Year: 1877

The following remarks arc toe
good to be thrown aside without al
least passing notice. They are
true to the letter, and suitable tc
all localities. We are of the opin-
ion that the weakest capacity can
not fail to understand them:


1t is astonishing what exalted no.
tions some persons have Of their
own Importance. They seem to
imagine they are altogether neces
sary TO the onward roll of our little
world. and, that if by any means
they should be showed out Of the
way, the screws would be loose so
that the old machine would no long
er hold together; and of course if
such important personages only say
to an editor, 'stop my paper" the
whole establishment must 60 to no.
thing instantly. We have often
laughed in our sleeve-though out
wardly we looked as grave as an
owl-when one of these regulators
of the world has marched into our
editorial sanctum and ordered a
discrimination of his paper. And
it always does as good to see how
the starch is taken out OF him while
the editor smilingly replies, Ger
tainly, sir, with the greatest pleas
ure, just as soon as the clerk has
entered a hundred or more names
which have just been sent in" The
mighty man willis down like the
narrative Of whipped Spaniel, and
he shrinks away, muttering to him
self, "Well, am afraid that stop
ping my paper has not ruined him
after all"


These swells who stop their pa
per on account of some milf which
has found Its way into the cranIum,
are sure to watch the time of the
next issue, thinking that not anoth-
er number will make its appearance;
and they are sure to borrow their
neighbor's copy to see if it does
not contain the EDITORS farewell ad-
dress to his readers.


We once knew a minister, who,
in describing the Christian. char
lcter, and circumspection Of mis-
walk, said the way to heaven re
luired as much care as it did for
1 cat to walk on wall covered with
broken bottles. 1t is something so
with the editor, if he is to please
everybody.
Year: 1877

Up in New Hampshire, whore 1
used to live when boy, says Gov.
Noyes, there was an old deacon who
was a great deal more pious than
honest. He was an old hypocrite,
and when be had done particular
mean act he eased his conscience by
going out into a field, along one
side of which is stone wall. aud
kneeling beside IL prayed tho Lord
To topple II over ON him II he had
done anything offensive TO him or
wrong in his sight Well, We boys
found 1t out, and one day when VIC
saw the deacon making for the
stone wall, we got on the other side
and waited. He knolt down accord
ing TO his usual custom, and went
through his usual formula, closing
with the petition 90 have the wall
topple over IL he had done anything
wrong. And we toppled II. Jump
ing out from under the stones, the
old man cried. in tones Of mingled
disgust and alarm:


"Good gracious, Lordl Can't
you tell when a man Is jokingY'
Year: 1877

Ihe season OF InNSfmIJbeDCS US


All miasmatic complaints, in other
words, all disorders generated by un-
wholesome exhalations from the earth
or water, are prevalent at this season.
In every section subject TO the visitation
of fever and ague, or other forms of in
termittent disease, the causes which
produce these maladies are now actively
at work. This, therefore, is period of
the year when the inhabitants of such
districts should prepare their systems to
meet the unwholesome condition of the
atmosphere by course of tonic and
Alternative treatment. Foremost among
the invigorants, recommended by time
and experience as means of fortifying
the system against all endemic and
epidemic maladies, stands Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. By timely use OF
the Bitters, the feeblest resident of an
unhealthy soil may escape the sickness
which, without the aid of this potent ally
of nature, will be apt TO overtake the
strongest. oct4-4t
Year: 1877

If your life has been so ire
nroachable as to leave your enemy
no opportunity tor detraction with
out inventing a ealumny against
YOU. consider what a comfort 1t Is
that malice cannot hurt you with
out the aid OF falsehood, and where
this is the case, you may trust to
the fairness Of your character to
clear itself in the end.
Year: 1877

Every young man should remem-
Der that the world will honor indus
try. The vulgar and useless idler,
whose energies of body and mind
ale resting for occupation, may look
with scorn upon the laborer en-
gagged at his toll; but his scorn is
praise, his contempt is honor.
Year: 1877

This is a funny old world any
how. Men and women will ride
dozen miles through rain and storm
TO attend a circus or show; but the
appearance of a cloud in the dis
tant heavens on Sunday morning,
no bigger than ones hand, is made
the excuse for staying away from
church
Year: 1877

Frederick Douglass, the colored
orator, in a speech delivered at a
town in Western Maryland a few
days ago, among other elegant
things, said: AS it was to no par
ticular section that slavery was
owing, so it was to 70 particular
side that the freedom of the colored
race was due 1t is true that the
rebel armies fought for slavery and
the Union armies for freedom, but
IN the beginning both armies would
have united to rivet their chains
upon the limbs of the slaves. So
strong was the feeling that the
Union soldiers threatened to throw
down their muskets and go home if
the colored race should be incorpo-
rated in the army. But when the
war became doubtful, and the South3
ern armies, defiant and victorious,
threatened Washington, then and
not till then were the services of the
colored men accepted, and from that
moment the freedom of their race
was assured. Amidst the crash of
jarring sections, born in blood and
Graded in the storm, the liberty of
this colored American sprang into
being, and their freedom they owed
to Almighty God.
Year: 1877

1t matters to us not so much in
life what part we play, as it does
to play our part well. In a drama
it is not so much a question who
played the king or the peasant, as
who played the part best.
Year: 1877

A prominent farmer in the wheat
belt has this to say: 1T is my
candid opinion that great deal is
gained in drilling wheat. In the
first place the saving in seed, where
large area is sown, will pay the
cost of drill in one or two years, a
bushel of seed drilled being fully
equal to a bushel and a half or
more sown with the hand. Then l
know from experience that drilled
wheat bears the winter much better
than broadcast: and lastly, drilled
wheat can be cultivated. The yield
is greater and the quality of the
grain finer than where the seed is
sown broadcast. The price of a
drill is from $50 to 100.
Year: 1877

what TO do with our daughters:


Teach them seli-relancc.


Teach them to make bread.


Teach them TO make shirts.


Teach them not to wear false hair.


Teach them not to paint and pow
der.


Teach them to wear thick warm
shoes.


Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.


Teach them how to make their own
dresses


Teach them now to cook good
meal.


Teach them TO wear calico dresses
and do it like queen.


Teach them TO say no, and mean IT,.


Teach them TO regard the morals,
not the money, Of beuux.


Give them u good, substantial, com.
mon school education,


Teach them that good round rosy
romp is worth fifty delicate consump.
tives.


Teach them 10 have nothing to do
with dissoluto young men.


Teach them accomplishmcnts--mu-
sic. painting, drawing-il you have the
money to do it with.


Teach them TO cultivate garden.
Teach them that God made them in
bis own image, and that no amount Of
tight lacing will improve the model.
Teach them that II good, steady me.
chanic, without n cent, is worth dozen
oil patcd loaiers in broadcloth.


Teach them the essentials of life
truth, honesty, uprightness-and at
suitable time lot them marry.
Year: 1877

A RELIGIOUS CounTsnIp-A young
gentleman happening TO sit at church
in pew adjoining one in which sat a
young lady, for whom he conceived Il
sudden and violent passion, was desir-
Gus Of entering into courtship on the
spot; but the place not suiting formal
declaration, the exigcncy OF the cause
suggested the following plan;


He politely handed his far ncighbor
an open bible with pin stuck in the
following text;


Second Epistle Of John, verso g.
"And now bcsecch thee lady, not as
though | wrote new commandment
unto thee, but that which we had from
the beginning, that we love one an
other"


She returned it pointing TO the "a
chapter OF Ruth, verse 10:


"Then she fell upon her face, and
bowed herself to the giound, and said
unto him, why have ] found grace in
thine eyes, that thou shouldst take
knowledge Of me seeing that | am
stranger"


He returned the book, pointing to
the 18th and liih verses Of the 81
Epistlc Of John;


Having many things to write unto
you, would not with paper and ink,
but | trust to come unto yOn and speak
face TO face"


From the above interview, q mar.
riagc took place the following week.
Year: 1877




If the Lord has enriched you in
temporals, though you have not feared
him, you have every reason to expect
tha. he will do as well for you in spirit
uals, if you ask him to do so You
call at q friends house on horse
back he takes your horse into the
stable, and is remarkably attentive
to it the creature is well groomcd,
well housed, well fed you are not at
all afraid that you will be shut out
there is surely u warm place in the
parlor for the rider, when the horse is
well ellaccommodated in the stable. Now,
your body, which we may liken to the
horse, has enjoyed temporal prosperity
in abundance, aud surely the Lord will
take care Of your soul if you seek his
face Let your prayer be, "My God,
my Father, be my guide. Since thou
hast dealt so well with me in these ex.
ternal matters, give me true riches,
give me 10 love thy Son and trust in
him and so be hcnceiorth thy child
SpWgeon.
Year: 1877

Hon. Levi Maish, member Of Con


gross from the York district, this State


has offered an amendment TO the Con.
stitution Of the United States in re.


gard to the election Of President and


Vice President.


"Thc citizens Of each State, who
shall be qualified to vote for Represent.
ativcs in Congress, shall cast their votes
for candidates for President and Vice
President by ballot, and proper returns
Of the votes cast shall be made under
seal, within ten days, to the Secretary
Of State, or other officer lawfully per.
forming the duties Of such Secretary
in the Government OF the State BY
whom the said returns shall be publicly
opened in the presence of the Chief
Executive Magistrate OF the State and
Chief Justice or Judge OF the highest
coart there, and the said Secretary,
Chief Magistrate, and Judge shall as
sign to each candidate voted for by
sufficient number of citizens q proper.
Tomato part oiithc Electoral votes to
which the State shall be entitled in
manner following that is to say They
sh9ll divide the whole number Of votes
returned by the whole number Of the
States Electoral vote, and the result.
ing quotient shall bc the electoral ratio
for the State, and shall assign TO can.
didates one Electoral vote for each
ratio Of popular vote received by them
respectively, aud, Unnecessary, addition
al Electoral votes for successive largest
fractions of a ratio shall be assigned to
candidates voted for until the Electoral
votes of the State shall be distributed
the said officers shall thercupon make
up aud certify at least three general
returns, comprising the popular vote
by counties, parishes, or other primer
pal divisions Of the State, and their
Of Electoral votes as
aforesaid, and shall transmit two there
OF, under seal, to seat OF Government
of. the United States, one directed 10
the President of the Senate and one to
the Speaker OF the House of Repre-
scntatlves, and third unssaled return
shall be forthwith filed by the said
Secretary in bis office, be recorded
therein, and be at all times open 10 in.
spection.'
Year: 1877

Many Russian and Roumanian ofdcers'
knowing that, if taken prisoners they would
be shown no mercy by the Turks, are carry
ing poison about their persons to rid them
selves Of life and save torture, in case they
fall into the hands of the enemy.
Year: 1877

VOTE FOR CONFIBMATION.


IBY TELEGRAPH To- TIE TRIBUNEl


WASHINGTON. Nov. s.-Ihe Senate Committee on
Commerce will hold no meeting this week but will
undoubtedly be called together Dy It's chairman Mr.
Conklinp. as early as Tuesday or Wednesday next
Until that time the New-lork Custom House ap-
pointmcnts remain nominaly in the custody of the
committee. with no action upon them possible. Even
after the committee meets it will probablybo several
days. perhaps weeks before they will be brought
before the Senate and there s belief which seems
to be shared by many Republicans, that an attempt
will be made to postpone the disposition Of them to
the regular session.


Some very influential Democratic Senators, in
speaking of the apparent intention to defeat the
Ncw-York nominations by hiding them in the
piceon-holes of committee, have said within a
lay or two that they do not mean to allow them to
be treated unfairly if they can prevent it, Their
intention is not only to vote for the confirmation
of the New-Ymk nominations when they
are brought into the Senate, but. at the
proper time, to move that the committee be
discharged from the further consideration of them
# it does not report upon them with reasonable
promptness. These Democrats say that the confirm
alton this session, of Messrs. Roosevelt and Prince
and of General Merritt, depends entirely upon the
uumber Of votes which the Administration
can command in the Senate. Every Democrat, as
nearly as they can learn, will stand by the
President i'm this matter and II he has supporters
enough among the members of his own party the
new Custom House officers may be commissioner
within a short time, in spite of the opposition oi
twO-thiTds tirce-fOurths of the Republicans
Senators. This is what Democratic Senator'S say.


Republicans do not seem To care Ia discuss the
subject, and simply reply 10 those VINO SPEAK WIN
them on the subject that the nominations took Their
customary course and are not subjects for debate
until report ~ made upon them.
Year: 1877

ACTION OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION RIGHT


[BY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.l


WAsHINGroN Nov s.-AssociateJustice Strong,
IN speaking TO a friend respecting his recently pub
llshed letter to G.. w. Jones, of Tennessee in which
he gave expression in the language Of private cor
respondence, to views in relation to the Flee
toral Commission, said to-day, that he regarded this
publication as an inexcuSable breach of confidence on
the part of friend of many years standing.
He added that, while the views were not incOnss-
tent with those he had always and does now, enter
tertain there is vast difference between the man
ner in which they might be mentioned in private
correspondence and that in which they were to meet
the public eye. In tho former there are oc-
casonal antiquities, which might lead to
n misapprohensOn of meaning, as the eX-
preston in the letter that a great wrong
was peIpetrated might he regarded as alluding to
the Electoral Commission and Its results, whereas
the expression had reference TO the action OF the
Returning Board in Louisiana. He believed the
tribunal. which was invested with the powers of
Congress for a specific purpose had no right 10 20
back of the returns, which were, at least on their
face tho action of the State. Under this con-
viction he acted then, and would do so again under
similar circumstances.
Year: 1877

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE


WAsHINGTON, Nov. S.-Senator Stanley Mat
thews says that there was authority for the dis
patch sent to "Kienans Wall Street News Agency"
yesterday, reporting him as having said that the
President will sign the Silver Bill He has never
said to any one what the President would or would
not do in reference to the Silver Bill He expressed
opinion, in private conversation, that the bill
would pass and that it would not be vetoed. He did
not profess to speak from any knowledge, and was
not so understood by those to whom he speaking.


The Finance Committee of the Senate at its
meeting this morning talked over in an informal
way the Bland Silver Bill, which has been referred
to it. The views of the several members of the
committee pretty well known. 1t Is doubtful if


majority Of them would vote for the passage of the
bill in It's present form although they might do so.
and there is no doubt that more than half of the
committee are in favor of the passage of
silver bill at the present session. Tn
der these circumstances the Senate will
probably have an opportunity to discuss and vote
upon the bill, either IN its present or an amended
form, very after II is decided TO proceed with
ordinary legislative business.
Year: 1877



 To the editor of the DEMOCRAT:

 Your paper goes to it's subscrl bers this week full ofnews. It il welcome visitor at my house and should be read by every vote in Pope county.

 l It is the duty of every man tt subscribe for his county paper and some other good paper pub lished at the capital of the State or elsewhere.

 If our farmers would read more and think for themselves, we would have a much better com. munity. Instead of them going to town for the purpose of asking the town people the news, they would be posted upon all matters pertaining to their business.

 How long will my brother far mer live in darkness and not try to inform himself?

 He should read and post him. self on all political matters, so he can vote intelligently, and discuss the political issues with some de gree of eloquence, and not let others think for him.

 If he does let others think and plan for him, those that think and plan will get the dollars and the farmer get nothing.

 I have this proposition to make to my brothers, the tillers of the soil. Let us, q mean every far mer in Pope county) subscribe for Five Dollars worth of good newspapers, and read them care. fully for two years, and see what the result will be. l am certain that every one will say that it is the best investment that he has made in his life; and that he would not take 6fty dollars for the information gained.

 And there is still another gain by having good readable matter at hand, it will improve your chil- dren, for they will read a news paper as soon as they learn to read

 How many farmers in Pope will join in the above proposition?

 am subscriber to seven news papers, and would not be without them for. five times their cost.

 I am yours truly, B. W. G.