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Year: 1879

Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, who went


with Mrs. Chisolm to attend the trial of


Henry J. Gully for the murder of Corne-


liza Chisolm, statei; The trial was a


dreary farce from beginning to end.


Judge Hamm did his duty fearlessly and
justly. ThomasS S. Ford, district attorney,


did his duty we'll and bravely. [ think
the prosecution made out clear and
complete case Of murder The charge of
the judge was distinct, direct and positive,
and yet the jury were only out long
enough to take one ballot, and write a
verdict. don't know how to account
tor this verdict on any grounds that are
not discreditable either to the intelligence
or moral sense of the jury, and I do not
think that the nine white men on the
jury were lacking in intelligence. The
three negroes evidently possessed neither
brains nor courage. The whites We're all
Democrats, so were two negroes. The
Jury was fairly drawn. The verdict does
not represent Gilo 6 +l, e,raat mo-,
of negroes nor white Republicans, nor yet
OF a small minority of the sober and law
abiding Democrats. These three classes
combined constitute a clear and decided
majority OF the citizens and legal voters
of the county. l am sadly and reluctant
~ compelled to say that | believe the YER
dict truthfully and honestly represents
the present judgment and wishes of the
general majority of white men of Kemper
county, and they think it was unfortun-
ate but natural and almost excusable that
Judge Chisolm, John P. Gilmer and
Amos Mcclellan were shot by the mob in
DeKalb.
Year: 1879



 We have seen Memorial to Con. gross gotten up by some of tile friends of Major David West of this county, praying the congress of the United States to grant that silver haired 0ld veteran soldier pension Of Fifty Dollars per month during the re- mainder of his rapidly declining years.

 Major West was born in the old North State on January 9th l792. His father emigrated to Tennessee in 1903, and in 1858 Major West crossed the Mississippi and adopted Arkansas as his home and State. Since that time he has been a citi zen of our county, at various times filling important positions of trust and honor. He was made a Mason December 9th 1919.

 The gallant old Major is now almost eighty-eight years old, and although his health is moderately good, he is too decrepit and feeble to provide for his few wants by man ual labof.

 Major West is ohe of the few men to day living who passed through both the war of 1872 and the Mexi- can war as q brave and honored sol dier. He has honorable discharges from both the wars, and although he might, no doubt long ago have &c., cured the bounty of the government he has served so faithfully, in the shape of a pension which would have made his declining years comfortable he has never asked for, nor enjoyed any such bounty further, than the scant little pension of $S per month winch was allowed him under some old statute as soldier of the war of 1912. The Mexican pension bill which the last t#o sessions ui Congress has attempted, but failed to pass, would not have benefited him any, as under it's provisions he could not have received any pension.

 His case is rare and exceptional one and merits the consideration of Congress. We understand the Memorial will be presented to our Governor and State officers and the Members of the Supreme Court for their signature. We hope they will be cheerfully given and that the old war scared veteran will receive the grateful recognition of his gov ernment by getting the pension al lowed him at next session of Con- gress.

 We bespeak the friendly exertfon of our representatives in Congres for the measure.
Year: 1879

Farmers had better have patch es on their clothes than on :heIr farms in the shape of mortgages. Keep all patches of the latter kind of your farms if possible, even if you have to wear patches on your backs or limbs instead You will feel better for i. some time.

 Colman's Rural World states q solid truth in the above short, terse paragraph-a truth which every far mer should selze upon, ponder over, and bring right home to himself Take it as you may, view this truth from whatever position you will, it will be found solid and stubborn.

 Resolve to live free from debt and you will feel more like lord of ere ation.
Year: 1879

Washington Post: The figures that show the motement of popula- tion, to the new farming lands of the west are almost startling.

 During the year that closed with last month not less than sixteen million acres of government lands were taken up by homestead entries alone, and fully fourteen million acres of new lands were sold to set tiers. It is estimated that half a million people settled upon the new lands in ISTSsand the number for the present year promises to be eysa greater
Year: 1879

From the very best information we can gather from our exchanges which are watching closely the New York politics, we are led to believe that Robinson will come out vic torious. He is evidently gaining. The city and country democracy are in harmony and working in ear nest for him, while the Kelly Tam manyites and the Cornell supporters are weakening. The Cornell ticket will be scratched by many who do not want to sec machine politicians control the affairs ol the State. Com paratively few democrats will march with kclly to defeat and political ruin.
Year: 1879

-Dlspatches from Washington announce the fact that the Ohio clerks in the Treasury department at Washington (and their name is legion) have been granted ten days leave of absence, on full pay, to go home and take part in the campaign. Here's Radical civil service reform for you.
Year: 1879

The Western Immigrant is now fitting up handsome reading room for the convenience and comfort ot the public--so that all who wish to spend quiet hour looking over ex- changes, &c., can do so.
Year: 1879

Last Sunday mornings Gazette came booming out with supplement oftwo pages-maklng the Gazette a ten page paper. We are glad to see this evidence of prosperity in our ex- cellent city contemporary.
Year: 1879

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

 On hands that trembled to hold her. whispered pitying word,

 As the ship moved slowly apart, And the grief of the friendless poured Its choking weight on my heart For graves in the evening shade

 Were green on a far-off hill .L Where the joys of her life were laid With love that had known no chill. But however her heart might yearn, We were facing the freshening brees And the white wake heightened aster, On the rolling floor of the seas. She quenched the fire of her tears, Uplifting her meek, brave head. cor dark or bright be the years, 7 I will take courage" she said. Smoothing back her oose-blowing hair, And her shawl drawing closer the while. So she drank in the strong sea air, And left the old shore with a smile.

 -Unfrersity -AIga-in..
Year: 1879

Another correspondent asserts that they have
not all been abandoned, but he does not specify
which of them is to be tried. The former ac-
count ia probably correct. Messrs. Dayitt and
DAILY are practically at large without bail, as
they never gave bail for their appearance at
Dublin. Placards have been posted throughout
county Kerry, it is believed at the instance of
The O'Donoghue, who has heretofore opposed
the nationalist, calling for monster meeting
at Killarney on the 26th inst The language of
the placards is violent, but advises agitation
within the law.
Year: 1879

Especial TO the Democrat


WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-As indicated In these
dispatches last week. Robertsons bill passed
the House easily to day, but the amendments
appropriating funds for immediate use. were
all beaten. The bill will have no difficulty In
the Senate, unless 1t should be crowded out Of
consideration by press of other business. 1t Is
the best that can be done this session.


The appointment Of Badger is intended as
compromise between the various factions OF
Louisiana Radicals. who have been struggling
for precedence In the shape OF patronage for
the last three months Hayes said that he had
selected Badger for Collector because he did
not appear to belong to any organization other
than the Republican party at large. and because
as Postmaster he had shown disposition to
make politics secondary to the duties of his
Office. There is no doubt of his confirmation.


So far as the nomination has any factional
significance whatever. 1t is favorable to Kel-
loRg's influence and against that of the War
moth Sheridan faction. There is no doubt that
Warmoth's claims were strongly pushed for the
place, though It was done secretly A. G. B.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON. Feb 5.-The nomination of
Badger to be Collector of the port Of New Or
leans is regarded here as complete defeat of
the Wells and Anderson influence that was


laboring earnestly to keep Smith In office. It
Is even stated that Wells and Anderson will be


removed soon after Badger Is confirmed.
Year: 1879

w. j. Kelly, the famous witness before the
Potter committee who proved the forgeries
OF names to the electoral certificates on which
Hayes was seated, has returned to this city.
He reached here Tuesday. and Yesterday
made his first appearance since his suddeT
disappearance at the Custom-House.
he appears to be thoroughly satisfied with
himself and his circumstances although he
was somewhat cast down in consequence OF
the TACT that some Of his old friends mani
tested strong disposition to give him the
cold shoulder
Year: 1879

Andthen remember, my son, you
have to work Whether. you handle
pick or pen, a wheelbarroW OF a.
set of books, digging bitches or edit
ing paper, ringing an auction bell
or writing funny things, you must
work. If you will look around you,
son, you will see that the men who
are most able to live the rest of their
days without work are the men who
work the hardest. Don't be afraid
of killing yourself with overwork,
son, 1t is beyond your power to do
that. Men cannot work so hard as
that on the sunny side of thirty.
They die sometimes, but it's because
they quit work at P NJ. and don't
get home until 2 A. NJ. It's the in
tervals that kill, my son. The work
gives you an appetite for your meals
it lends solidity to your slamber, it
gives you a perfect and grateful ap-
probation of holiday. There are
young men who do not work, my
son; y oung men who make a living
by sucking the end of cane; whose
entire mental developement is insult
fcient to tell them which side of a
postage stamp to lick; young men
who can tie a necktie In eleven diff
ferent knots and never lay a wrinkle
in it, and then would get into West
Hill street car to go to Chicago; who
can spend more money in day than
you can earn in a month, son, and
who will go to the sheriff's to buy a
postal card, and apply to the Office
of the street commissioner for a
marriage license. But the world is
not proud of them, son. 1t does not
know their names even; it simply
speaks of them as old SoansO's boys.
Nobody likes them, nobody hates
them, the great, busy world dOsen't
even know they are there, and at
the great day of resurrection, if they
do not appear at the sound of the
trumpet, and they certainly will not
unless somebody tells them what it
is for and what to do, I don't think
Gabriel will miss them or notice their
absence, and they will not be sent
for, or be disturbed. Things viii go
on Just as well without them. So
find out what you want to be and to
do, son, and take off your coat and
make a dust in the world. The bus
ier yon are the lest deviltry you viii
be apt to get into, the sweeter will
be your sleep, the brighter and hap
pier your holidays, and the better
satisfied will the world be with you.


Burlington Haa0keye.
Year: 1879

One of the most striking powers
possessed by animals is that of find
ing their way home from a great dis
tance, and over a road with which
they are supposed to be unacquaint-
ed. 1t has long been a question
whether we are to attribute these re-
markable performances to a purely
intuitiYe perception by the animal of
the direction and the practicable
route to his home, or whether they
are the results of a conscious study
of the situation, and a definite car
rying out of well-judged plans.


Probably the mot prominent ex-
ample of this wonderful power is
the case of homing pigeons. These
pigeons are very strong of wing, and
their intelli gence is cultivated to a
high degree; for their peculiar 'gift''
has been made use of since slime
whereof the memory of man runeth
not to the contrary" The principle
of heredity therefore, now acts with
much more force: nevertheless, each
young bird must be subjected to Sc
we're training in order to fit it for
those arduOus competitions which
annually take place among frst-rate
birds. As soon as the fedgling is
fairly strong on its wings, it is taken
a few miles from the cote and releas-
ed. 1t rises into the air, looks about
it and starts straight away for home.
There is no mystery about this at all,
when it has attained the height of
a few yards the bird can see its cote,
and full of that strong love of home
which Is so characteristic of its wild
ancestors, the blue rocks, it hastens
back to the society of its mtaes. The
next day the trial-distance is doubled,
and the third day is still further in
creased, until in a few weeks it will
return from distance of seventy
miles, which is all that a bird -Of.the.
year is eft" to do: and when two
years old, will return from 200 miles
longer distances being left to more
mature birds. But all this training
must be in a continuous direction; 4
the first lesson was toward the east
subsequent lessons must also be: mol
can the added distance each time ex.
ceed certain limit, for then after
trying this way and that, and failing
to recognize any land mark, the bird
will simply come back to where il
was thrown up. Moreover, it must
be clear weather. Homing pigeons
will make no attempt to start in q
fog, or if they do get away, a hun


dred chances to one of getting lost


Nor do they travel at night, but set
tie down at dusk and renew theil
| journey in the morning. When snow
disguises the landscape, also, many
pigeons go astray. None of these
circumstances seriously hampers the
semi-annual migrations of swallow;
or geese. They journey at night, as
well as by day, straight over vasl
bodies of water and fiat deserts, true
TO the north or south. Homing pig
cons fly northward or southwark, ,east
Year: 1879

cues; they are for you to speak from
the last words of the persons who
speak before YOU 1 said, Cues be
id; / never heard of anything but
billiard cue.' Well night came.
The house was packed. Up went
the curtain. Buntline appeared as
Gale Durg,


AN OLD TRAPPER,


and at a certain time Jack and 1
were to come on. But we were
little late, and when l made my ap-
pearance, facing 5000 people, among
them General Sheridan and a num-
Der of army officers, it broke me all
up and l could not remember a
word. All that saved me was my
answer to a question put by Bunt-
line. He asked, What detained
you? l told him I had been on a
hunt with Milligan. You see Mill
igan was prOminant Chicago gen.
tleman who had been hunting with
me a short time before on the plains
and had been chased by the Indians
and the papers had been full of this
hunt for some time. Buntline saw
that I was sup a stump for I had
forgotten my lines, and he told me
to tell him about the hunt. I told
the story in a very funny way, and
it took like wild-fre with the au-
dience.


'While 1 was telling the story,
Buntline had whispered to the stage
manager that when 1 got through
with my story to send on the In
dians. Presently Buntline sang out,
The Indians are upon usP Now
this was pie for Jack and ], and
we went at those bogus Indians red
hot until we had killed the last one
and the curtain went down amid a
most tremendous applause, while the
audience went wild. The other act
ors never got a chance to appear in
the first act. Buntline said, $50
ahead with the second act; it's 60
ing splendid I think that during
the entire performance neither Jack
nor myself spoke line of our origi-
nal parts. But the next morning
the press said it was the best show
ever given in Chicago, as it was so
bad it was good and they could not
see what Buntline was doing all the
time If il took him four hours to
write that drama.


"Our business was immense all
that season, and if we had been man.
aged properly we would have each
made a small fortune. As it was l
came out $4,000 ahead. In June,
1878, 1 returned to the plains, came
East again in the fall, this time my
own manager. l got company,
took the noted wild BllP with me,
but could not do much with him as
he was


NOT EASY TO HANDLE,


and would insist on shooting the su-
pers in the legs with powder, Just to
see them jump. He left a few
months later and returned to the
plains. He was killed in August,
1879, in Deadwood.


"In the summer of 1876, I was
Chief of Scouts under General Carr,
fterward wit h General Crook and
General Terry.


"On the 18th of July I killed yell
aow Hand, a noted Cheyenne chief,
and took the first scalp for Custer.
1 returned to the stage in October,
1876, and during the season of 1876
and 1879, 1 cleared $4,000. I have
generally been successful financially
on the stage. 1 am now in the cat
tie business in Nebraska, to which
place will return as soon as the sea-
son is over, providing nothing Sc
rious occurs to call me nome earlier. "
Year: 1879

A local preacher had been preaching in
the afternoon in q village not far from
Newcastle, England, and having accom-
panied ono Of tho chapel members to his
house, was OF course introduced to his
wife, who appeared very glad to see him,
and warmly pressed him for full quarter
of all hour to stay to tea. lie at last con-
sented. While all this pressing was going
on, the husband was quietly standing by,
preparing to wash his hands and face. The
good lady then went to get the tea ready,
and 1t was not long before both the tea and
her temper were brewing; for hearing, as
she thought, her dearly beloved washing,
she made for the little window which com.
municatcd between the kitchen and pantry
where she was, and taking advantage Of his
position, moro quickly than one conld say
'Jack Robinson" she administered two or
three hard raps on his bald pate, accompan-
led with the exclamation ''l'll learn yc to
bring them hungry preachers here to tea
every timo they como to preach !" w


AS soon as the unfortunate individual
could get the soap-suds out of his eyes lie
began to think what 1t all meant, but could
como to no other conclusion than that the
old lady had made % sad mistake which
she also found out, for upon returning to
the parlor, she saw her husband patiently
awaiting his turn to wash.


f&3Ng - q tESE!t '.a
Year: 1879

Many years ago, at Carne farm house,
where relatives Of mine were then living,
the household cat was observed to enter a
bedroom in course Of being spring cleaned.
The looking glass being on the floor, the
cat, on entering, was confronted with its
own reflection, and naturally concluded
that he saw before him real intruder on
his domain. Hostile demonstrations were
the result, followed by rush to the mirror
and then, meeting an obstacle to his ven
gcance, q fruitiess cut round to the rear.
This manocuvre was moro than once re-
peated with, of course, elual lack Of sue
cess Finally, the cat was seen to deliber-
atcly walk up to the looking glass, keeping
it's eyes on the image, and then, when near
enough to the edge, to feel carefully with
one paw behind, for tho supposed intruder,
while with Its head twisted round to the
front 1t assured itself Of the persistence Of
the reflection. The result Of this expert
ment fully satisfied the cat that he had
been the victim Of a dclusoin, and never
after would he Jcondescend to notice mere
reflections, though the trap was more than
once laid for him, 2ji Il.
Year: 1879

In the course of the day, says Temple,
in his Travels in Peru" had an OPP
pOrtunity of shooting a condor, it was
so satiated with its repast on the car
cass of dead horse as to suffer me to
approach within pistol shot before it
extended its wings to take flight, which
to me was the signal to fire, and having
loaded with an ample charge of pellets,
my aim proved effectual and fatal.
What a formidable monster did be-
hold in the ravine beneath me, scream
ing and tapping in the last convulsive
struggles of livei 1t may be difficult to
believe that the most gigantic animal
that inhabits the earth or the ocean can
be equaled by a tenant of the air, and
those persons who have never seen a
larger bird than our mountain eagle
will probably read with astonishment
of a species of that same bird, in the
Southern Hemisphere, being so large
and strong as to seize an OK with its
talons, and to lift it intQthe air, whence
it lets it fall to the ground in order to
kill and prey upon the carcass. But
this astonishmentm must in great meas
ure subside when the dimensions of the
bird are taken into consideration, and
which, incredible as they may appear,
l now insert UerbGtin, from note
taken down with my own hand: "When
the wings were spread, they measured
sixteen PAGES (forty feeD in extent,
from point to point, the feathers are
eight PAGES (twenty fee) in length,
and the quill part, two palms (eight
inches) in circumference. 1t is said TO
have power sufficient to carry off a live
rhinoceros."
Year: 1879

A private letter received in this city
from passenger on the Pacific Mail
steamship Colima, which sailed from
Panama, May 5, speaks in fiattering
terms of the good qualities of the vessel
and her officers, and relates the follow
ing incident of the trip down the coast:
4" On May II, at eight a. m, while set
ting the awning, sailor slipped over
board. The ship was going some
twelve miles an hour. They had a
boat in the water, manned by four men
and the third mate, in fifty-two seconds
after the sailor went over, and in four
minutes they had him in the boat, a
long way astern. When he fell in the
water he had on boots with the legs cut
off, which he kept on. He lost his hat
and deliberately swan for it and put it
on. When picked up he had his sheath
knife in his hand, having drawn it TO
be prepared for a stray shark. On
being taken aboard he took hand at
an oar, and helped hoist the boat on
returning alongside.-SGn francisco
Alta.
Year: 1879

Few men die of age. Almost all die
of disappointment, passion, mental or
bodily toll, or aooidnnt Tho raas;o.as
kih men sometimes, even suddenly.
The common expression chOked with
passion, has little exaggeratiOn in III;
for even though not suddenly fatal,
strong passions shorten life. Strong
bodied men often die eyoung-weak men
live longer than the strong, for the
strong use their strength, and the weak
have none to use. The latter take care
of themselves and the former do not.
As it is with the body. so it is with the
mind and temper. The strong are apt
to break, or, like the candle, to run,
the weak to burn out. The inferior
animals, which live temperate lives;
have generally their prescribed number
of years. The horse lives twenty five;
the OK fifteen or twenty; the lion about
twenty; the dog ten or twelve; the
rabbit eight; the guinea pig six or
seven years. These numbers all bear
a similar proportion to the time
the animal takes to grow to its
full size. But man, of the animals, is
one that seldom lives this average. He
ought to live hundred years. accord
ing to physical law, for five times
twenty are one hundred, but instead of
that he scarcely reaches on an average
four times his growing period; the
cat six times; the rabbit even eight
times the standard of measurement.
The reason is obvious-man is not only
the most irregular and the most intem-
perate, but the most laborious and
hard-worked of all the animals. He is
also the most irritable OF all animals;
and there is no reason to believe
though we cannot tell what an animal
secretely feels, that, more than any
other animal, man cherishes wrath to
keep it warm, and consumes himself
with the fire of his own secret reflection.