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Year: 1879

The following, in regard to Sena' tor Bayard's resignation as chair man of the finance committee, is from the Mobile Register:

 If he cannot act in acordance with his convictions which are those of all the conservative elements in the North, East, West and South, with out being subjected to discourteous treatment, there was no other course for an honorable man to adopt. The Senate, however will but perpet- uate the act of discourtesy by accept ing his resignation and therefore we shall expect to see unanimous vote of the party refusing to accede to his wishes, and as some amend for his wounded feelings and the wrong that has been inflicted upon hrs commit. tee, all further proceedings on the imperfect Warner bill should be brought to an end until the finance committee is ready Tn it's own good time to report the measure with such amendments as the majority may decide.
Year: 1879

We last week asked a question or two for the consideration of the anti Tilden democrats. The Little Rock Democrat adds the following:

 And if s. J. Tilden is such an enemy to the "toiling masses," such Q friend of bondholders and aristo- crats-why did he, while Governor of New York, reduce the taxes paid by these "toiling masses" to the ex- tent of something over fifteen mil lion dollars. Ifhe is such friend to aristocrats and the money power, why did he break up the most cor rupt rings ever known to American politics?

 If he is friend to corrupt cor porations and an enemy to the people, why did he throttle the in famous canal ring of New York? If he is an enemy of the people why did he put Tweed in prison and break up his ring2 Ifhe was an enemy to the people (especially to the people of the South), why did he. as Governor of the great State of New York, denounce as murder the attempts of Sheridan to carry out his ''banditti order?"

 Let some anti-Tilden man now come to the front and answer these questions. Vituperation and gener' al abuse, copied from Radical pa pers, will not answer. The people want the facts in this case.
Year: 1879

A gentleman who lives at Hope informed the Democrat that he had raised this season, from patch oi ground of less than six acres, straw berries to the value of over three thousand dollars. Now, what this man did, can be done by hundreds and thousands of other men. There are thousands of acres of land along the line of the railIoad, just as good just as convenient to market, which can be had for mere trifie. The great advantages of southwest Ar kansas for small fruit culture, are to be found in it's excellent soil and the early ripening of the crop. The gentleman referred to sold some of his crop as high as $ll per box, It is strange that thousands of active and enterprising men do not al once go into the businesss. It is most profitable field for invest ment. Il. R. Democrat.
Year: 1879

MARSHAL, TEX, June 28. In the case of the State ys. Jas. Currie, in dicted for the murder of the actor, E. C. Porter, the State announced that lit was ready for trial, with most of the witnesses present, including Bar rymoae. The defense presented the afildavits of five witnesses by whom it was expected to prove that Currie was provoked to the assault in self defense. Their witnesses being ab- sent they asked to have the case continued.

 In reply to the motion for 6 con- tinuance the State filed a full answer with affidavits. Six witnesses, in- cluding the restaurant keeper where the killing occurred, said that at the time of the killing the only persons present were Barrymore, Porter, Miss Cummens, Currie and the pro prietor. The motion to strike out the counter afidavits of the State was sustained and the continuance granted. The court room was crowd ed and great interest manifested.

 To us and to all others who desire to see the laws enforced and crime punished, the proceedings in the Cur. rie trial thus far look like a shame full and contemptlble farce, not only calculated to bring the Texas au- thorit;es into disrepute, but also to embolden and encourage such des- peradoes and outlaws as Currie in their hellish deeds. We were clear. ly of the opinion at the time the murder was committed that it was one of those cold -blooded, deliberate, unprovoked murders which would have justified the populace in taking Currie out and hanging him on the spot. It is pity now that it was not done, tor there are two chances to one for the red-handed murderer to be turned loose-turned loose, too, where there is not Q shadow of a doubt about his guilt,-turned loose by the claws delays" and by the shallow legal technicalities conjured up by cunning lawyers who for q few paltry dollars would thus release one of the most desperate villains now unhung, and send him out again armed and gloating upon his prowess as q murderer and law defer to shoot down some other inoffensive citizen, l What a curse to law and order it is that we cannot have courts which will mete out speedy justice to such villains as Currie! What curse and shame it is that an outlaw like him can by the use of money and the influence of friends stay the exc cution of the laws and make farce out of the courts! If the people of Texas should let the foul murder committed by Currie go unpunished and unexpiated by the life of the red handed murderer it will be re proach to them and q victory for out lawry which will do that State more injury than it will be able to over come in the next ten years.
Year: 1879

The south stands, and will contn- ue to stand, by the democratic party. When it can not, by argument and protest, shape the policy of the party in accord with it's own views, it will stand by the party. There need be no mistake on this score. Yet the south will give tangible proof of the fact that it IS sick of revolution and strife, and will give it by marking out the democratic policy for itself in future. The southern people will not again allow the north and west to draw up programme for the south to carry out.-Charleston (S. c. News

 We proposed this course last win ter when we advocated the election of | southern man as speaker or the house. We are sill of ,hc opinion we wer- right tleu Gazette
Year: 1879

| AdEA A EANA "A v 7 tFS n lhTJiSfS f4-A~

 CUkSION.

 Tuesday morning the Arkansas Press Excursion party started out from Little Rock, to be gone on a two weeks tour through Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

 We regret very much that impedl- ments arose in our way which pre- vented us joining the party. We had hoped to participate Tn the pleas urable recreation and valuable obser- vation which this trip through the great "Goiden Northwest" will af- ford. We are disappointed, but we wish all our brethren who have been so fortunate as to go safe, pleasant and instructive trip. If we under stand tue true object of the excur- sion it is not merely to afford the editors chance to jollify and dissi- pate. If we understand it correctly it is to afford them an opportunity to see and mingle with the people of the section they visit with a view of seeing the magnificent cities, the fine farms, the great manufactories, the fine stock of the Northwestern States and learning what enterprise, industry, pluck, and energy will do for country-to see what it has done for country with perhaps far fewer natural advantages than our own Arkansas, and thus to bring ourselves to realize what may be made out of our own State. If we understand it correctly it is to let the people of the sections visited know that Arkansas has newspapers, churches, schools, and all other con- comltants ofenlightened civilization, and to bear witness by the presence of the editors of the State to the fact that we are not the heather semi barbarians which we have some times been represented to be. It is to tell those people that we have here State, which is destined soon to be one of the greatest amongst all her sister States, and to tell them that we want more strong arms and willing hands to ald us in the grand work ot converting our vast forests into tangible wealth, of putting oul magnificent and almost boundless tracts of rich and idle lands into a state of productive cultivation, oi rescuing from the depths of mother earth the hidden treasures Of mineral wealth which lie buried in our noun tains and hills; to tell them that we want capital to start factories here where we have SO much and so many of the raw materials; to tell them that we will welcome all honest, in dustrious, energetic men and women to this great field of labor which promises 0 sure and remunerative reward. To tell them that we will ask no man his political or religious | inclinations if he will only come and make good, active, honest iaborel in the vineyard.

 We trust every editor and repre-. sentative of Arkansas who goes on the trip will remember that such arc some of the objects for which they goY and that their conduct may be such as to reflect credit upon oul State, and leave favorable impres J sion wherever they po.
Year: 1879

The Atlanta (Ga,) Constitution allst calls attention to the largo, amount of "futures' selling in the. cotton market of the present time, and to the vast profits coming from the advanced price of cotton. It then shows that the mere spectators pocket the heavy gains, not the toiling agriculturalists that grow the cotton. On thls basis it pro. ceeds to say: 1t may be well for planters to remember that if they are in position to hold their crop during the months Of September, October and November, they have absolute control of the market, and it may happen that all this gambling which has been going on may result in high prices and profitable mar kets. If the gold men have really turned their attention to cotton speculation, as seems evident, tue only Substantial thing about the whole business will be the cool and conservative farmer who is able to hold cotton until such times as may be to his interest to place it up- on the market" The Constitution alist fails to notice that when the cotton is grown and baled for mar ket. he who holds it from sale to await some expected contingency, becomes himself q speculator, wheth- CT the cotton he Is spectativeiy keep ing in his ginhouse was grown ny himself or another makes no differ once. If farmers choose to keep their cotton out of market until rChristmas, the prices will be high until that date, hut if they put it on market at New Years, then prices will go down. In fact, it would be postponing the. .begining of the cotton season from September lst to January lst, that would be all. If the grower desires to speculate in cotton, which he has as much right to do as others, though we think he would not be acting with wlsdom--it would he a blundering plan to do so by keeping his cotton~ In the glnhouse, subject to fire ant other possibilities. If he thinkr cot ton will go up let him sell his crop, and so be clear of accidents as far as that is concerned, then buy fu- lures, putting up the regular margin and retaining the mass of the money his crop brought him. Should the expected advance come, he has but to sell out his futures and pocket his profits. Should cotton decline in. stead of advancing, by selling the cotton held when the turn of the market arrives, any serious loss may possibly be avoided. The advance of cotton with the advance of the season may possibly, therefore, be an argument for buying futures, but 1t is no reason of itself for holding cotton off the market. Ant, if gam bling under the name of speculating is to be indulged in, why buy futures and pay margins at all2 Let Brown bet Smith that cotton will be cent, or half or quarter of cent high CT, at particular date agreed upon, and let the loser pay whatever is the difference of price between the timo of the bet ard the given date, and all the "beneiit' of buying future is gained, and comparatively little risk is endured,
Year: 1879

In the garrett of a wretched tenement-house at
No. 1OG Greene-st.. yesterday, the dead body of a
dwarf, who for years had been of the most
familiar sights in the streets, found hanging
by the neck, suspended from nail in the door, The
feet touched the foor and from the position it was
evident that the man had struggled hard and reso-
lutely to die The furniture and surroundings were
wretched and unclean. The dwarf. whose name
was Wilhelm Viohtenic. had lived there alone for
and memoranda scrawled on the door and windows
of the room proved beer was by far the most i'm
portant item. His praycr-book full Of beer tick
whom habits of dissipation had driven from his home
IN the old country twenty years ago. He found
work as O sweeper III the Strcet-Ceaning Bureau Of
this city, and held his place there for than ten
years up to the dag before his death, when the
nelghbOrs noticed that he moodly kept his room IN
stead of going out usual. When at work in the
street, Vichtenc's shape and Giminutive size at
tracted much attention and elected many remarks,
which he bore good-naturedly.
Year: 1879

On the Second Avenue Branch of the elevated
railroad, yesterday, number of men. engaged in
the construction Of station at Rvngton and Al
len-sts. attempted TO move large derrick from Its
position, leaning the track on the east side of
the street. John III. Keeland, one of the wor1men,
went to the top of the derrick to cast off the head
line, and, descending, incautiOusly slid down the
loose fall line HIS weight threw the derrick over.
and it fell upon the mans neck Just his mead was
level with the sharp edge of the guard rail on the
track. Keeland's head was cut from the body aud
rolled into the street. The body fell, entanGled in
the derrick ropes. Several of the wOrkmen stand


ing directly below escaped instant death only by
the quick action of their comrades. who saw the
danger and pulled them aside III time Henry Nc
Farland, of No. II Eldrdge-st, was struck ard had
Damon, who was on the track when the accident
occurred was thrown several feet by the cOncus-
sion but grasped the ties. and saved himself from
falling TO the street.
Year: 1879

stove. 10 ia thought that slight draft from tho
window blew the fumes from the can in contact
with either the get the stove and the explosion
followed The room for some distance around was
filled with flames and two men who were eating
their dinners burned about the face and arins
They were William Gray and Edward Okeefe.
seize upon the wooden flooring which divides the
sixth and seventh floors, but were checked almost
instantly with a private hose fed from a tank on
top of the building The total loss VIII not exceeu
IS. The large number of persons employed In the
building. especially the girls. were greatly fright
ened for q few moments.
Year: 1879

W.


"You cant be so very bad, or you
wonld have killed as all before now,r
said the woman as she rose up and
taking q platter Of meat in one hand
aud plate Of bread in the other she
extended them towards her Yankee
guest. He helped himself, bowed
his thanks and next IN jmout was out
Of tho house aud crossing the fields.
No alarm was given, and in u short
time he was safe from pursuit,


II having become known that n
Federal scont was about, every ef-
fort was made to intercept AMI cap
ture him Twice he ran az inst pa
trolls aud was fired on, anI again
horsemau Jumped right over him rs
he crouched behind q log, Even
when ouly mile from camp he rau
into the arms Of bush whacker,
an I while the LITTER VAS left dead in
the bushes, Dave entered the camp
with ballet inbedded in his sh ,ul-
der. but walking bravely and bearing
news greatly desired.
Year: 1879

True hospitality is q thing that
touches the heart aud never goes be-
yound the circle OF generous i,npnl
ses. Entertainmont with u truly
hospitahle man means moro than
the mere feeding Of the body: it
means an interchange of soul gifts


Still it should have its laws. as oil
things good must have laws to
govern them.


The obligation to be hospitable is
q sacred Que, emphasized by every
moral code known to tue world aud
n pratical outcoms Of tho second
great comman iment.


There should never be q guest in
the house whose presence requires
any considerable change in domestic
economy.


However much tho circumstances
of business or mutual interest may
demand in tho entertainment Of u
stranger, bo should never be taken
into tue family circle unless he is
known to be wholly worthy of a
glance in that sanctuln sanctorum OF
social life; but when once man is
admitted to the home iireside he
should be treated as If the place had
been his always.


The fact Of an invitation gives
neither host nor guest the right 10
be master Of the others tine, and
does not require even temp Jrary
sacrifice of one entire individuality
OF pursuits.


A man should never be SO much
himself as when he entertairs a
friend.


To stay at friends house beyond
the time for which one is Invited il
to perpetrate a social rDbbery


TO abide uninvited in friends
home is as much misdemeanor as
borrowing his coat wi thout peruis
sion. Ia is debasing the coin oi
friendship to mere dross when man
attempts to make it pay his hotel
bills.


The fact OF two men having The
same occupation aud Interests in life
gives to neither Il social right to the
others bed and board. \ travelling
minister has no more right to 60
uniuvited to II fellow-prerher' $
house than travelling ship ioeper
or shoemaker has to go uniuvi.si to
the house of his fellow craftsman
Men are ordained to tho ministry as
preachers, teichers, AMI pastors, aul
not as private hotel keepers.
Year: 1879

In order to accommodate the large
business of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company in
Reading, 400 cars are required every
day to transport its coal, iron: lime
stone, and ship away its production.
This would make four trains of 100
cars each, or string Of about eight
squares in lengh. The prices Of tub
ing and pipes have advanced, and
business is exceedingly active at the
above point.
Year: 1879

Frank Wilson, the one that Josh
Rogers wants TO see again, is young
man of about % years of age; some
where between five and six feet high
muscular, though not very fieshy /;
light Completed ; gray eyes; very
light colored and long moustache,
but no whiskers; is quick spoken;
well dressed in a black or dark suit,
and rather gentlemanly and prepos-
sessing in appearance has a scar
across the inside Of one of his hands,
as if cut with a knife. This descrip-
ton would suit Wilson pretty well for
about the third of December, when
he procured horse at Rogers livery
stable and left, with the ostensible OBJ
ject Of riding up to Peru, bus doubt
less with the real intention of getting
away with the horse, which is des-
cribed as follows: A good sized brown
piebaid gelding, slim or shave tail,
head up and an excellent, tireless
traveller. Wilson is said to be sport
aud had his pockets stuffed with bank
bills, some of large denomination.
Rogers has made considerable effort
TO discover the whereabouts of his
horse and the thief, but as yet has
not heard a word of either. Wilson
was here and in this vicinity, some
months, but we do not remember his
appearance, and in getting his des-
cription there is some conflicting
opinion regarding his age and height,
some making him younger and some
taller than our description. There
seems to be a mystery among the
boys as TO where Wilson got such
loads of money, as he was known
to be a common farm laborer last fall =,
shucking corn by the day. and doing
other such work; and the theory OF
some is that he was ''shover of the
queer" and that his apparently in
dustrions habits was only a blind for
the more successful operation of his
real money making business. How
ever, whether this be true or not,
there has been no case of passing
counterfeit money traced to him, or of
which he was suspected, that we have
heard of. But Josh Rogers would, all


the same, be delighted 10 renew Mr..
Wilson's acquaintance for q brief
period.
Year: 1879

- Are there any poor families, or
individuals in the city, destitute or
needing help, this severe winter9 If
so they should receive help. The
people are benevolent, and all that is
necessary for them to open their
hearts and purses, is to call their at
tention to deserving objects. It was
good to help those scourged with yell
low fever-it is good to alleviate suff-
ering everywhere, but frequently OBJ
iects of charity are more easily seen
at distance than many cases among
our very neighbors.
Year: 1879

The prospect for the wheat crop for
1880 is very promising aud encour-
aging. That sown in the early part of
September is up and looking remark
ably well. The crop has been put ia
better in this section than we have
ever know it before. Owing to The
dry weather in the latter part of Sep~
tfmbe: and the early part of October,
mary nf ear farmers were q little late
IN sowing, but if the season continues
warm su i. will root and stool well, it
w,ia be light 1T harvest time
Ck8Uet2nd Banner.
Year: 1879

All the fairs give the first premiums
and special awards of great merit 10
Hop Bitters as the purest and best
family medicine, and we most hearth
ly approve of the awards, for we
know they deserve it. They are now
on exhibition at the State Fairs, and
we advise all to test them. See
another column.
Year: 1879

soith the gloss and freshness Of youM
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, ana badness often, though
not always, cured by its use. Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead of foul
ing the hair with a pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. It's
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent baldaess. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dan
gerous, and injurious to the hair, the
Vigor can only benefit but not harm
it. If wanted merely for a