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Year: 1879

Editor Courier: Iendorse, hearth
ly endorse. your leading editorial 10
last weeks COURIER, wherein you
declare that the great mission Of the
Democratic party was to restore and
establish peace and good will between
the North aud South; but [ 90 further
now, and say that the Democratic
party has failed in this great mission,
failed from no real fault of its own, but
because of inevitable circumstances


The great cause of its failure, in my
judgment, is, the fact that the history
of the Democratic party is iasepara5y
written with, and is part Of, the late
civil war and its causes and place the
party ou ever so broad aud national
platform, and let our leaders talk and
preach with all the sincerity and pa
triotism possible, the Northern mind
will associate it and them with rebel
ton


1t Is sectionalisnl, and only section
alism. that beats the Democratic party
Not that the Democratic party intends
to be sectional, but its history gives
the Republican party plausible pretext
to make the Northern people so regard
it.


Here, then, is the great advantage
of reviving the old Whig party:


The old Wings have no record or
history for or against the late civil
war, and therefore the Republicans can
with no plausibility maintain a charge
of sectionalism against us.


When the old Wing party went
down, it went down with the platform,
''the Union, the constitution and the
enforcement Of the laws" inscribed Oh
the bannerl What better cry than this
now to build up National party2


The great bulk of the Wbig party
10 the North went over to the Repub-
licans, as a choice between them and
the disuuionists, and the great bulk Of
them in the South have, since the war
been acting with the Democrats, in the
interest of peace and reconciliation
What better history to build up ma
tional party upon?


Some of the issues which charac-
terized the old Whig party are obsolete
and some accomplished facts. and
hence, there should be no just cause
of antagouism between it and the Dem
ocratic party. But, upon the great
principles of home rule, peace, recon,
cialation, the Union, the constitution
and the enforcement of the laws, all
non -sectionalists could unite. North
and South, aud if old line Democrats
had to swallow some minor differences
for the sake of the success of these
greater principles, they would be moths
ing more than thousands of old Wings
have been doing in cooperating with
the Democrats.


Think of these facts.


OLD Wine.
Year: 1879

In the early dawn next morning we
drove to Kaire, a place Of 1900 IN
habitants, along a Gne road with shell
tering trees The town stands on a
high bank of river. From the top
Of the Collectors house there is an ex
teusive view over a rich, we'll timbered
country. There are many monkeys,
some very large, and though they in
jure the crops, no one molests them
This care Of life in regard to the lower
creation is a principle of Hindu relig
ion more strictly observed than that of
care Of their fellow creatures outside
the circle of their own family connec-
ton. Within that circle they are won~
derfully kind. Hindus of high caste
never take life. Some are strict vege
tarians, and in order to preserve life
will irighten away fish from parts of a
river where they have reason to expect
English Officers TO come in inquest of
them. Even the much abused money
lender refuse all advances to fisher
men. On one occasion [ came upon
an extensive inclosed park with shell
ter sheds, maintained by a native ban
ker, into which horses no longer fit
for use were charitably received and
fed that they might wear out their
lives in quietness. And yet female in
fanticide is undoubtedly too common,
sixty four females to 100 males being
not an unusual proportion 10 the popu-
latiou. A native judge explained this
to me by the great desire among the
lower class to Vtermarry with the high
er, a lower man being ready to pay a
needy man of the higher order large
sum of-money to induce the son of the
higher rank to marry his daughter.
But when the lower man has DO mon.
ey, as is too often the case, the female
infant is apt to be neglected and al
lowed to die.-LThe Nineteenth Gem
tury.
Year: 1879

10 know q thing is right, and
not to do it, is a weakness. When
you know q thing, maintain that
you know it; when you do not
know it, admit the fact; this is
wisdom. Fear not poverty, but
fear missing Of the truth.
Year: 1879

Much indignation is felt among citizens in Newark
over the reckless way in which policemen use their
pistols and clubs. Following up the shooting OF the
man Wheeler by Special officer Nathan. Officer Hart
man yesterday came very near putting bullet in
the brain of a boy. dog had fit and Hnr man
tried shoot IL took four shots TO bring the dog
down. TWO OF the shots whistled past the head Of .
boy walking the sidewalk.
Year: 1879

utes later with the schooner Cytie next on the list.
about five minutes ahead of the sloop Kate.
which led the schooners Estelle and Phantom.
There was then delay of about quarter or an
hour after which the Vision Madeline. Intrepid,
Mantle and Rambler came to anchor.
Year: 1879

finished and ingenious piece Of carpentry
| have ever bchcid.


In the interior Of the side Of the cask
he bad driven several nails about two
feet from the ton, on which he had sus-
pended IN wash-leather bass, the jeWcry
hc had stolen.


You my easily imagine the surprise
c9inced by our passengers on discovering
that the thief was the man for whom each
and every one of them entertained such
regard and even affection


At the expiration Of three days from
the date Of the pleasant passengers DE-
lection We landed IN Meihcurnc, where
duty compelled me to hand him over 70
the police but rs no one cared to remain
in that town for the purpose OF proSecut-
ing him, he was summarily dealt with.
The presiding magistrate sentenced him
to SIX Years imprisonment with hard la
Year: 1879

Five hundred and forty five vessels have
already been wrecked this year at loss
of $3.50 900. This is an increase Of one
hundred and forty-tive vessels as COM
pared with the corresponding period Of
last year


There are two ways Of going through
this world. one is to make the best Of
it, and the other is to make the worst Of
it. Those who take the latter course work
hard for very poor pay.
Year: 1879

Different waters, like different dis
eases, require different treatment TO pu-
rify them; and all waters, no matter
how impure they may be, can be made
quite pure for drinking or other domes-


ic purposes without distillation, pro-
viding the proper materials be used,
and sufficient time allowed the agents
to act; but in many samples of water /
have found distillation to be the quick
est and cheapest mode of purifying
them. All filters In use that | am
aware of, only purify the water from
solid impurities, mechanically suspend
ed in the water. The following is a
description of filter that have often
used, which purifies foul water from
impurities heldin solution as well as
from suspended solids. Take any suit
able vessel with perforated falsea bot
tom, and cover it with layer of ami
NAL charcoal; on the top spread layer
of iron filings, borings or turnings, the
finer the better, pmixed with charcoal
dust on the top of the filings place
layer of fine, clear silicious sand, and
you will have . perfect filter. Allow
the foul water to pass slowly through
the above filter, and you will produce
remarkably pure drinking water, be-
fore placing the iron filings in the fill
ter they must be well washed in hot
solution of soda or potash to remove oil,
or other impurities, then rinse them
with clean water; the filings should be
mixed with an equal measure of fine
charcoal. If the water is very foul 1t
must be allowed to filter very slowly.
The deeper til bed of iron filings, the
quicker they will act. The above Is a
simple, cheap and very efficient filter,
superior to any other 1 know of, AMI it
has the advantage of being free to every
one who chooses to make it. Ihave not
taken out patent for it, and am not
aware of any other person having done
so; think l am the only person who
has used it. The foulest ditch water
treated in this way, is rendered quite
pure and fit for drinking. may men
tion that l have made it practice dur
ing the last 27 years to boil all my drink
ing water. 1t is the safest plan for
man moving from place to place. You
cannot always carry filter and chem
icals about with you, but you can al
ways manage to get boiled water. People
talk about it being vapid and tasteless,
but am used to it and like it.
Year: 1879

The very low price of good cheese
and its production in excess of the de-
mand have led the manufacturers into
a serious consideration of the methods
by which the home consumption can be


increased; and this, of course, brings
up the question of the value of cheese


as food. Is it true, as is claimed by a
leading stock journal, tina! cheese con-
tains at least fifty per cent. more nutri-
ment in a given weight than beef. As
the two retail at nearly the same price,
this is an exceedingly interesting ques-
ton. Let us first look at the matter
from the point of production. 1t has
been lately shown that fattening steer
and milch COW eat yearly nearly the
same amount of food for given weight
and time, and that the product of gain


in beef on the one hand and milk on the
other are of almost identical food
value. I'm the light of such facts, does
| it seem reasonable that the cheese pro-
ducer can go 10 the extra labor of milk
ing and manufacturing the cheese and
still undersell the beef producer by
thirty-three and one-third per cent.
In time Of great depression like the
present, beef as well as cheese must be
sold at very nearly the cost of produc-
tlon; and as both are largely exported,
we must consider the effect of this on
the price to be nearly the same with
each. If, under such circumstances,
the cheese-maker can give us fifty per
cent. more food for our money than the
beef-raiser, it is n most interesting
question for all agrlculturists to know


how he can do it. Bischof, Henneberg,
| Stohhman, Grouven and others have
found the composition of pure lean
flesh to be about twenty per cent. of
nitrogenous matters and from four to
ten per cent. of fat; but as Z. Smith


remarks, in his work on food, this is
not fair way to arrive at the food
value of any part of the beef. For IN
cNCIN CuSC a SOl VAN aihVuhe VI PhAS '"e
is attached, which is used as food and
increases the value. The only proper
way to arrive at the food value of beef
Is to accept the results obtained by


Lawes and Gilbert in determining the
percentage of fat and flesh used as food
when the whole carcass is considered.
These gentlemen found that In every
100 pounds of fat beef there were fifteen
pounds Of nitrogenous constituents and
thirty-6ve pounds of fat. Now, aver
age new-milk cheese contains per hun
dred pounds about twenty-three pounds
of nitrogenous constituents to thirty
one pounds of fat; that Is, four pounds
less of fat and eight pounds more Of
nitrogenous matters. 1t is known that
in the body by far the greater part Of the
nitrogenous elements of the food are
transformed into fat and consumed for
the production of heat; and in this
transformation two parts of the former
are required to produce one of the lat
ter; consequently, the eight pounds OF
nitrogenous matter In the hundred
pounds of cheesei n excess Of that found
Year: 1879

in a like quantity Of beef are fully
counterbalanccd by the four pounds of
fat which the latter contains in excess
Of the former. Cheese and beef of this
composition should, therefor, be ofabout
equal food value, If equally digestible-
which is not the case. Ii Is true that
some kinds Of cheese make IA better
showing than this, especially those that
have an extra quantity OF cream incor-
pOrated; but when we consider that
considerable part of cheese is not digest
ed, as was proved by L. Smith, It will
not do to give the best cheese greater
food value than beef.
Year: 1879

From Our Own Correspondent


The several new brick blocks on the burnt
district are rapidly approaching completion.


Fred Seymour is daily increasing biz stock OF
hardware. Bennett and Manley are doing a
good business in the same line.


Quite number OF our citizens anticipate
going to Lawrence on Saturday evening next
TO hear Elizabeth Cady Stanton.


The NJ. E. social at A. ]. DAVIS on Tuesday
evening last was very pleasant affair, the
music and ice cream both being very nice and
refreshing.


The funeral services OF Eflie Cook on Friday
last were very largely attendedrand much sym
pathy expressed for the afflicted friends. On
the same day large barn was being raised IN
the south part of the town near Freeman Rug
giles mill, and as they were trying to use pull
leys the horses give back asd the bent fell,
killing one man instantly, and several others
barely escaped. Mr. Fishers head was cleft in
twain, and be perhaps never knew what hurt
him. Sadder still, he leaves a large family-a
wife and several children to mourn a husband S
and fathers loss. When will people learn to
exercise proper amount OF caution on such
OCCASIONS?


The memorial services in commemoration of
the death Of Bishop Ames were both pleasant
and instructive. The pulpit was appropriately
draped and decked with flowers, and the ser
mon and music very good and to the point.


With President and Marshal who are loya
to their Office, Hartford is promising to become
q more respectable and inviting town, and We
hope that il will soon be so that stangers com
that such profanity, such vulgarity, such bois-
ferrous talking is not allowed in other places.
Now, while we believe our town to be fully at
moral and refined as most other places in many
respects, yet this sort Of public nuisance has
been allowed till it has become disgrace ant
a stencil in the nostrlls Of our people; but oi
late our village board have showed disposi-
ton to purify our street etiquette little, and
instead OF snatching up noisy, drunken lndl
an or some country green-horn that did no
know any better, they have commenced at horn
and with those who know better but are to-
reckless of their own self respect and the goo
name OF their own town to do better. A ne'
reign has commenced and all are to be served
| alike
Year: 1879

Two gentlemen were talking about the Mack
trial yesterday, and one deplored tho fact that
the women we're more anxious TO hear the
testimony than the mer, when he said with a
good deal of emphasis and earnestness,-"lf
knew that my wife went to the Court House to
hear that stuff, l would put her across etc,
when his friend remarked, "Well, you will have
your hands full when you get home, for your wife
has been there all day "'-Janesvllle Gazette.


The foundation Of all immortality lies in the
idea that il is morally right for man to visit
place which it is morally wrong for his wife
to visit.
Year: 1879

series OF drawing meetings has been
inaugurated in London to discuss laws affect
ing women. These meetings are designed to
encourage among women the study OF the avs
OF their country, and thus enable them 10 ac-
quire that knowledge which every citizen s by
law assumed TO possess, and the absence OF
which leads 10 many practical difficulties in the
conduct OF business and to give them wider
and more intelligent interest in the legislation
Of the country aud in matters affecting the
welfare of the community. II Tclass with
such objects should be formed in our public
schools. there would not be 80 many ignorant
voters thrown upon the community in the next
decade as have been in the past.
Year: 1879

FOR inc kHPuBLlCAh.


MEssRs. EpIroRs AT the fire OIL Sat-
urday morning, was witness OF one
of the most disgraceful scenes that |
ever witnessed. After the tiremen had
gotten in service and were nobly work
ing to prevent two dwelling houses
from burning, one of our First District
policemen arrived on the ground and
commenced to blackguard the tiremen.
He raved and swore like crazy man.
But still this did not end the pro-
gramme. While our First Assistant En-
gineer was in the yard directing a
stream, this beautiful policeman was
standing on the railroad, with his re-
volver in his hand, ordering these men
to come out of there. Now Messrs.
Editors, if this policeman!is going to be
Chief Engineer the tiremen had better
close tn cir engine house doors and nail
them up, But if Chief Engineer
McCrea is to be boss, then such a man
as this had better keep away from the
fire grounds or be turned off the police
force. The tiremen will risk their lives
to save property quicker than any
other class OF people, but if they are to
be blackguarded by such man as this,
they had better stop running to fires.
On Saturday evening this policen n
had the impudence to make use OF the
following expression: 81 have priority
over Charley lukens, (meaning the
First AssistanD or any other man on
the fire grounds If somebody viii!
answer this question, and kindly tell
who is engineer it will greatly oblige


A FIREMAN.
Year: 1879

While the family Of Mr.. William
White, living on the Hare's Corner
road, were at dinner yesterday, three
bad boys fell afoLl of the pigeon cote
and pocketed some of them. MIR. White
captured one of the boys who had a
pigeon in his possession, and after
tying him put him in carriage and
brought him to the police station to de-
liver him into the hands of the police,


When he arrived at the station he
antied the boy and stepping out at one
side of the carriage, the boy stepped out
at the other side and gave leg bail.
Mr.. White followed in hot pursuit for
a couple Of squares, but the boy flying
as if he had borrowed the wings of the
pigeons he had stolen, was too fleet for
Mr.. White, and the latter gave up the
pursuit. lie thinks the boy will hardly
venture after his pigeons again.
Year: 1879

A young man named Walter Brown
in perambulating along the banks of
the Brandywine on Sunday afternoon,
made misstep and pitched headlong
into the race. A young man named
Mack assisted to pull him out of the
water when it was found he had sus-
tanned but little damage beyond good
ducking. Those who walk upon the
banks of the race should be careful not
to get top heavy.
Year: 1879

The executive committee of the So
ciety for the Suppression of Crime, will
meet at the Holly Tree Inn this eve
ming at u o'clock. A full attend ance
of the members of the committee is re-
ouested.
Year: 1879

Another Large Wholesale Auction job


bing, Notion and Fancy Goods House.


The public are not slow to recognize the
multiplying and increasing signs of trade i'm
prevements in our midst for it is evidence of
advancement to better times and growing ac-
tivity in business circles st.@ 9


A new house has been established at No.
1G3 East Third street, under the firm name of
Brecher, Becht g. Co., for the transaction of a
general wholesale auction job business, con-
sisting of dry goods, notions fancy and fur
nishing goods, hats, etc, etc. In fact any
and every class of goods of saleable and
marketable nature.


The prime object of this house will be to
secure the best class of goods at the large
auction, commission. wholesale and bankrupt
sales in the large cities, one member of the
house being constantly in the market for that
express purpose. All purchases made for
cash. consequently their trade can rely upon
the fact that in purchasing their goods from
this house they are absolutely buying them at
from Is to 10 per cent. less than regular prices,
an advantage these times that all shrewd bust
ness men will avail themselves of. All goods
are sold for cash, Or they will beshipped G. O..
D., with the privilege to the buyer to examine
the goods, make his selection of the goods, he
desires, and pay for only what he wants Such
facilities for doing business are very rare. 1t
is an entirely new feature in business, and will
| unquestionably be popular with the trade.


Country merchants should make a note Of this
fact, as this house will make it special branch
| Of their business to respond promptly to all or
ders by mail, with the same care and attention


as if their patrons were personally present.
| The firm commences business with ample CAPT
| tai, and a splendid stock of new, fresh goods.
All are prompt, active business men, and pos


sess the pluck and energy requisite to enable


them successfully to develop large and profit
| able business, and place them in the front rank


of our enterprising and prosperous merchants
Year: 1879

a small amount Of money will secure for any
young man the most charming spot for home .
in the CITY,. Watch the auction sale of the
grounds formerly known as the Gqstave MUNICH
property.
Year: 1879

Senator Ioar's forcible speech, of which a
synopsis is elsewhere given, is an able expo
sition of the purpose of the revolutionary
measures which the Democratic majority in
Congress- are pressing to passage. He
clearly shows that their policy has no prece-
dent 10 our history, is contrary to pariamen-
tary usages in the motner-and, and is un-
wise and dangerous. The Democrats are at


tempting to override the veto power, to
force the Government into embarrassment, to
trade upon the necessities of the nation.
The issue is sharply and clearly stated by the
Massachusetts Senator. This struggle ty
the Democracy is not for great constitus
tional privilege, not for the liberties of IL Q
people and against the encroachments OF
men in authority, but is for the liberty to
cheat the people out of their choice by the
stuffing OF the ballot boxes and the manipula-
tion of election returns. The Republican
party is contending for the maintenance OF a
law whose object is to secure free aud fair
elections and guard against fraud. The Democ-
cratic party is contendiDg for the liberty 10
cheat voters out of their choice, to overcome
the honest suffrages OF the country by fraud
ulent votes in great cities that, like New
York, are completely under Democratic con-
troll. The pretence that the election laws
interfere with the freedom of the ballot in
the South is not worth moments consider
alton. The only interference with voters
there is offered by the armed bands OF Demo-
cratic riders that irighten the negroes from
the polling places. Whatever the sentiment
OF the majority of voters in any Southern
State may be we all know that the vote of
every Southern State will be cast for Demo
cratic candidates. No law now on the
statute-book can prevent that. 1t is not Tor
the South the Democrats are fighting. They
are fighting for the control of the State Of
New York, and if they can in 1880 as they
did in 1868 count 81 900 fraudulent votes in
the city, they can command The electoral vote
OF that State and will very likely succeed in
electiug the next President. 1t is for this
privilege, the liberty to perpetrate fraud thai
that they are contending. lis for the puri-
ty OF elections that the congressio nal minori-
ty is making its fight. This is, nakedly
stated, the question over which the two
great political parties are quarrelling.
Year: 1879

THE World fatty denies that it is about to
undergo change in ownership or manage
ment. 1t says too, that from the 1st of May
1876, when the ownership and conduct of
the paper came entirely and absolutely under
the control of its present editor, that control
has remained untouched aud unmodi6ed in
his hands. This statement ought to put an
end to the rumors that have spread about
concerning changes in the World.
Year: 1879

IN 1856 the Democratic National Conven-
tion that met at Cincinnati declared: "We
are decidedly opposed to taking from the
President the qualified veto power by which
he is enabled to suspend the passage of bill
whose merits cannot secure two thirds the
Senate and House." A change has come
over the spirit of the Democratic dream.
Year: 1879

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


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

THE Cincinnati Gazette has interviewed a
number of the represen ative business men
of that city with retereEce to the business
outlook for the spring. 1t finds universal
cheerfulness and large increase of business
over that of last wear.