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Year: 1878

Farmer Fish-for The ex-Secretary of
State announces to Herald correspondent
that he has retired from politics. and pro-
duces the evidence of blistered hands as
proof that he has taken to tilling the soil
declares his belief that General Grant
is not a candidate for a denomination for
the Presidency. Having enjoyed for
years, and still enjoying the ex-Presi-
dents confidence, Mr.. Fish is in a posi-
ton to speak with some authority ON the
subject. The ex-Secretary of State pro-
nounces General Grant the most simple,
unassuming and unselfish man he ever
met, and believes that, but for the bitter
assaults made on hlm in advance, he
would have declined his second nomina-
ton. Mr.. Fish believes that the agita-
ton of Grants candidacy comes not
from his friends but his enemies, although
at the same time he does not see any dan
ger to the Republic in third term. As
to the coming democratic candidate
Farmer Fish thinks it may be Thurman
and will not be nlden; but then Hamil-
ton Fish Is not as good authority on
democratic politics as on President
Grant. Mr.. Fish condemns the New
ork Cusl ON House removals as impoli-
tic, unfair to the Senate and IN violation
of the spirit of the Tenure of Office act.
As to the effect of the removals on civil
service reform Mr.. Fish naively express
es the wish that he could discover any
civil service reform in Washington
Herald
Year: 1878

The steamer City of New York. Of the Ininan line


after ten years service between this port and Liver


pool has been completely rebuilt and rcntted and will


Bail tomorrow her hrst voyage since she has been
ovcrhaulcd. SO thoroughly has the of improve
ment been accomplished that former passengers ON
the New York would scarcely know her. She has
been supplied with new boilers and compound en-
gincs and is heated with steam throughout. Her
saloon exceedingly light and airy and cannot fail
be free from tho noxious odors which make dining
on board ship so disagreeable. Each stateroom is
suinptuously furnished, and is given sofa well
the customary berths Size is characteristic OF the
cabius of tho City OF New York. and passengers by
her Will ind their rooms sufficiently large to live in
Tor voyage. Each room has pneumatic bell. and,
what is OF vastly more Importance % good Kerosene
lamp instead of the wretchcd gim which formerly
was stuck in and made TO do duty for two
cabins at one time The staterooms are all outside
ana hcir ventilation Is perfect BESIDES the passages
leading TO the rooms are especially well ventilated


In most steamships these passages end ia cut de sac
where the air ~ almost thick enough to be cut with


knife; but on this vessel tho ventilation IL from the
upper deck, with an ingress Of air both ends.
that current is sustained MT all times The ladies
cabin - IN especially noteworthy apartment. Ii Is
furnished III purple velvet and has a bathroom at
tachcd tq H. There ARE, besides, other bathrooms


and the smoking room. which IL ON the hur.
rcane deck, III al elegant resort for gentlemen: but
probably the peasancst resort un the ship IL the
surgery especially for such of the az have
no real occasion to go to it, IL s worthy OF reuark
that the stssrage passengers are carried the same
Year: 1878

bustion. 1t is evident that the obviating OF this
heat must greatly lessen the resistance and thus do
away with one OF the main difficulties in the way or
nsing electricity for general lighting purposes.
MR. CHARLES PERKINS ON THE FUTURE OF ART


IN AMERICA.


The last of course OF six lectures art deliv-
cred last night at Association Hall by Mr. Charles Per-
kins before about couple OF hundred people The
lecturer was announced to talk upoT"The Future Of
Art in the United States and he led up to his subject
by giving his auditors very elaborate history of art
in the early days also calling attention To the clements
that appeared to govern its progress. He was eyi-
IDENTITY OF the opinion that art not creature of
spasnodic growth, but rather .he gradual result to
be obtained from artistic surroundings, and adyo-
Gated the building up of museums and art galleries.
where those artistcally inclined could roam with
freedom ana study the handiwork of the old masters.
~ conclusion Mr. Perkins expressed great faith in
brilliant future for art in the United States.
Year: 1878

The dwelling house with two lots, corner 5th
and Mulberry streets, will be sold at reasonable
figures and on favorable terms. Tie house is
provided with good cellar and fine well o,
| water. Apply to


j. PARKER HAYwARn
Year: 1878

The bond proposition is again defeat
ed by a majority of 10000 to 10000
against. It may now be considered
settled that the people will vote down
any proposition to pay these bonds in
public lands. That they ought to be
paid in some way, all honest men are
arreed.
Year: 1878

Subscribers to the ADVANCE living
outside Of Mobiles county will please
remember that when we notify them
of the expiration Of their subscription
and they do not respond, we take it for
granted that they do not want the
paper longer, and our rule is to strike
their names off.
Year: 1878

AN APPRECIATIVE uOUSE.-The
Emmert Proprietary Company, of Chi
cago, in renewing their advertisement
for the next year, write rs follows:


Although in our renewal of contracts
we are making reductions of Is to 25
per cent in price, we make an unusual
exception in your case by advancing
the rate 33t per cent, and changing
copy but four times in the year i!.stead
of twelve times. You held to your
contract manfully last season.
We enclose you check for pay ynent in
advance first half year.


Now, if that house don't sell good
articles, it isn't because they are not
an appreciative company Of advertisers.
We shall go at once and get some Of
their Axle Oil to grease up our joints,
some of their Nerve and Bone Lini-
nlent to soften Uur heart and some Of
their Uncle Sans Harness Soap to
clean up OUR character.
Year: 1878




THE Missouri Republican is and
has been for many long years, dem
ocratic paper, but any man who will
read it and give an unbiased opinion
touching it will admit that it is one
of the fairest and most candid demo-
cratic journals in the whole country.
We give below its honest views upon
the army bill of Congressman Ban
ming, democratic chairman of the
military committee of the House:


There are certain politicians in
congress who seem to think that the
people, irrespective of party, are Bit
terly opposed to the army and will
approve any measures which tend to
cripple and destroy it. The people
have no such feelings. They recog-
nizo the imperative necessity of our
national police, and want nothing
done to lessen Its efficiency. They
desire, Ofcourse, to run the army as
economically as possible, but do not
want economy pushed to the point of
niggardliness. They want in that
department of government, as in all
others, to cut off all needless expend-
itures; but they do not want to be
"penny wise and pound foolish
in short, they understand and appre-
ciate the value Of permanent militia
ry establishment, and as to its size they
consider that ga business question:"
to be discussed and settled on "bus-
iness principles" And "business
principles" in view of the events of
the last two years, will not permit
the reduction of our military estab-
lishment below its present dimen-
sions without exposing tho country
to grave peril.


Mr.. Banning and his frienos may
rest assured that the popular eye is
upon them, and that their "picayune
prejudice and demagogueing misrep-
reservations" will not elevate them in
popular estimation. Should they suc-
ceed in seriously damaging the army
the people will visit them with ap-
propriate punishment, but we believe
there are enough sensible men in
congress to defeat any bill which
promises such q result.
Year: 1878

A bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature which pro-
vides that no person having a hus-
band, wife, child or parent shall will
to any charitable or other society,
corporation or object more than one-
fourth of his property. Amy bequest
in excess of that amount is made in
valid, and no bequests executed less
than two months before the death of
the devisor shall be good in law.


We favor such law. 1t is not
right that parents should cut off their
children or their near kin from the
benefit of their estate. If the chill
dren be improvident let provision be
made for trustee of the property
for their benefit, but to permit parents
to will away to religious educational
or any other associations their estate
and deprive their children of it, is
wrong; it is unjust to the children
and against public policy.
Year: 1878

V0 NOW VdStvPotbsB0 H0pOUuC0U6


Win a Victory.


Under all the discouragements
heaped upon the New Hampshire re-
publicans by the course Of the ad-
ministration, they have fought good
fight and won. The center Of battle
was on the legislature, as it detcrmin-
ed whether republican or democrat
should be tho next Senator elected
from that State. The victory of the
republicans in this part of the battle
seems to be as decisive as ever, but on
the State ticket the loss to the repub-
licans is from a majority Of 1000 a
year ago down to from one to three
thousand this year. The result is o
grand test OF the vitality and fidelity
of the Granite State republicans to
their party, They were divided in
sentiment upon the character of the
administration, but they reasoned {:
Hayes reign is brief and our vari-
ances arising from his course will
soon pass away, while our grand old
party and its vital principles must
and shall live on and on, and so they
rallied to victory.
Year: 1878

During the last year Of the late war
when call was made for One-year
men, there was young man in West
Virginia that had some aspiration for
military honors. He wrote to the
Governor for captains commission
to raise company of one-year men.
He was sent second lieutenant's
commission, with privilege of cap
tain if he got up company. He put
up tent, hired q man to beat the
drum, and in few days got one re-
cruit, and that was all he got in q
month. The Governor, thinking he
might have company raised, wrote
to ask him if he had hundred good
men for one year. Tho lieutenant
wrote back that he did not have q
hundred good men for one year, but
he had one id good man for hum
dred years.
Year: 1878

A decision of considerable public
Importance has been recently render
ed in the Supreme Court of Massa-
chusetts to the effect, in the case of a
church subscription, that mere
promise to pay without considera-
tion, does not give sufficient ground
for an action to compel the subscriber
to pay. The opinion has hitherto
been advanced that q subscription
was prima facia evidence of debt.
Year: 1878

vote, though one member of the
board declared there was mistake
and called for recount, which was
refused. Hanover was in an intense
excitement all day and especially at
the count in the evening.
Year: 1878

New YORK, March ia dispatch
from Berlin says Germany upholds
the proposition Of England submit
ting all the terms of the treaty OF
peace to the Congress except the
question of pecuniary indemnify.
Year: 1878

ELDoRA, H., March l4.-Ed. Regis
ter: Eldora was somewhat excited,
last evening, over the announcement
that the books Of ex-Auditor d. B.
Morse had been examine ed and found
to be $1,000 short, and further that he
had made clean confession of the
whole affair. Right away there were
ever SO many 81 told you SOS" all
over town, but your correspondent
must confess that he hardly thought
SO severely of Mr.. Morse, although
we well knew from reliable sources
that he was being bled all through
his term by the old ring that came
near bankrupting our county, and
when the Ledger of this place bought
its engine and boiler. and Mr.. Morse q
name appeared upon the note as guar
antee for payment, there was many a
good citizen who at once came to the
conclusion that the Auditor needed
watching. And it will be remember
ed how last year the ring worked
valiantly for his denomination, and
when he was defeated wall went up
through the Ledger that "good man
had been sacrificed" etc.


From the Developments it seems
that Morse commenced operations as
soon as he went into office. 1t is well
known that county auditors have
charge of the permanent school fund,
loaning the money, etc. As the in
terest became due Morse would re-
ceive the money and receipt for it,
and in many cases the principal of
notes was also paid. Instead of turn
ing the money over to the Treasurer,
he commenced regular system Of
pocketing interest, principal, and all
that came into his hands.


Since vacating the office, January
lst, he has been teaching in our pub
lie school, and was possibly not
aware Of the investigation that was
going on of his accounts, and when
brought before the Board he owned
up at once.


After the confession he asked to be
allowed to 60 home, promising that
he would return when wanted, and
the Board let him go. Soon after a
warrant was sworn out for his arrest,
but strict search failed to discover his
whereabouts, and up to this hour he
has eluded the vigilance of the Off
GERS. The county will lose nothing
by the defalcation, as Morse's bonds.
men are all good. If caught, the
giand jury will have q chance at him
week after next-and the District
Court will make quick work of his
case.


This certainly cannot be laid to
keeping man in ofiicc too long, for
Morse had only served one term, blu,
he developed more irregularity In
that short length of time than the
general run of office holders usually
do. News.
Year: 1878

Matthews called up his resolution
to refer the communication of the
Secretary of the Interior, In regard
to timber depredations, to the COM
nittee on public lands and have il
printed In the Record. Mathews
said he asked to have the document
printed in the Record as matter of
justice as the Department from hich
it eminated had been attacked yester-
day in the Senate.


Blaine said that he thought it fair
that the Secretary of the Interior
should bc heard, but at the same time
the Senator from Ohio must be aware
of the fact that he was asking an ex-
traordinary privilege, to have this
document so printed. He reserved
the right to reply to it because the
document was in reply to what he
said in the Senate upon recent oc-
casion.


Sargent opposed printing the doc.
ument in the Record as setting q bad
precedent and not because the con-
tents of it was SO very creditable to
its authors that he feared them. He
argued that the document was, made
up from statements Of spies, who fol-
lowed men into their places of busi-
ness and reported their conversation.
He referred to the action of Congress
in abolishing spies in the custom SER
vice and said that Congress then put
the stamp of condemnation upon us
ing Pouches method Of spies.


After some further debate Mat
thews read the reply of the Secretary
of the Interior as part of his remarks.


The communication having been
read, Blaine spoke at length of the
action of tho Secretary of the Inte-
rior. He said the Secretary did not
happen to be q native of this country.
He could not help that and he, Blaine,
did not mention it as reprosch to
him. He was born in the Kingdom
of Prussia which was fifteen thousand
square miles less in extent than Mon
tana and the Secretary, perhaps, with
the instinct of his boyhood applied
the land laws Of Prussia to Montana
and not the land laws which have
been used in settling the United
States.


The Secretary Of the Interior for
got the magnitude of our country,
although he was charged with the ad-
ministration of that Department
which should study it carefully, and
that the one dollar per acre stumpage
exacted by him from the people Of
Montana was excessive. The wood
land within sight of the spire of Trim
ity church, New York City, would
not bring the stumpage which tho
Secretary of the Interior demanded
of the people of Montana.


It was thing conceded by the
Government that the hardy pioneer
who went forward to settle
the country sheuld have
the water, air and wood free. Refer
ring to the abolition Of the informer
system in the customs service, abol-
ished few years ago, he spoke of
the course of the Secretary Of Inte-
rior, then q member of the Senate,
and said he waxed wroth because q
rich importer was interfered with
by detectives, but now the lonely set
tier in Montana could be visited by
spies and pimps.


HOUSE.


Hales amendment to the diplomat
ic bill, increasing tie salary of four
principal ministers from $4,000 as
provided in the bill, to $l7,5OO, the
pro cou% oolo painctaI 90 - 110
Year: 1878

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March A.
Che west bound passenger train was
thrown from the track six miles west
of North Platte at 2 30 this morning
by q broken rail. The engine and
mail car passed over all right but the
baggage and two coaches and Sleep
er were badly wrecked. Fortunately
no one was hurt. There were three
emigrant cars attached to the rear of
the train which werc replaced on the
track and taken back to North Platte
with the passengers who will remain
there until the next regular train west
tonight.


The Colorado Central train, 90 long
snow bound at Taylor and Lone Tree
arrived here at 10 q. m.
Year: 1878

MANNERS OF HUsBANDS. The honey
moon cannot last forever, and to all men
there comes point in their lives where
they have to decide whether the amenl-
ties, courtesies and sweetness which char
acterized the early days of their affection
shall be continued or whether they shall
be given up, and harsh sentiment, and
speech, and thought, and feeling shall
peryade their lives. To Some CE us, per
haps, this time has come, and we have
not decided rightly, and harshncss has
crept into that which has been perfect
melody, and there has been chronic dis
order IN our family circle. Reform your
conduct, husbands, if you have lapsed
from tkat sweet era Forbearance is the
keystone Of married life. There can be
no discord, there can be no large diTer-
cencies from truthfulness, SO long as the
husband forbears and the wife forbears-
The temper shonld be kept under perfect
control.
Year: 1878

Why GIRLS CANNOT THROW STONES
The difference between girls throwing
and boys is substantially this : The
boy crooks his elbow and reaches back
with the upper part of his arm, to about
right angles with lis body, and the fore
arm at an angle OF forty five degrees; the
direct act of throwing is accomplished by
bringing the arm back with a sort Of snap,
like the tail of snake or whip-lash,
working every joint from shoulder to
wrist, and sometimes making your elbow
sing as though you had got q whack on
the crazy bone The girl throws with he:
whole arm rigid, the boy with his whole
arm relaxed. Why this marked and IN
mistakable difference exists We never learn
ed until, at a somewhat advanced period,
We drove into book Of physiology, and
learned that the clavieal, or collar bone,
in the anatomy Of female is some inches
longer, and set some degrees lower down
than IN the masculine frame This long.
crooked. awkward bone interferes with
the full and free action OF the shoulder,
and that's the reason why girl cannot
throw a stone
Year: 1878

A LEssos.-The New York Times re-
marks that '.if the democrats had not at
tempted TO make case on the irregulari-
ties OF the Louisiana returns, the country
would never have learned OF the slovenly
manner in which many OF the electoral
returns from the states were prepared" Ii
the Potter committee accomplishes moth
ing in the progress of its investigation, it
has, at least, directed the attention OF the
different states TO the necessity OF some
better system for the counting OF votes
and making election returns. In the last
presidential election the returns from
thirteen states were more or less irregu-
lar. 1t would be disgrace to the coun-
Try if anything Of the kind should occur
again.
Year: 1878

THE MYSTERIES OF THE SHAD.-It Is
well known that the shad, Ike the salmon,
spends considerable part OF his life no
BODY knows where. The fish experts,
Who had spent ali their lives in the shad
business, testified on the subject before
committee of the Connecticut legislature
this year One said the shad came TO
Connecticut from Florida by the way OF
He'll Gate, and the other said a Connecti-
cut river shad never went twenty miles
south of Saybrook. Neither of them
knew anything positively about it. The
fish appear in spring, in swarms, fat and
lively but In the winter not shad, dead
or alive, is to be found in the rivers nor
the sea They are IN their submarine
feeding ground somewhere.
Year: 1878

The Key West FLA. Key says "Our
fishing smacks report a stream of fresh
or poisonous water along our bay coast
from two to ten fathoms out, that kills
all the fish in its range. They report
sailing for 200 miles through dead fish,
covering the sea as far as the eve could
reach with all the varieties. Immedi-
ately on the shore the water is salt and
natural, while less than mile off it
appears of red brick color.
Year: 1878

For peach, apple and pear trees there
is no better plant-food than common
ashes scattered over the surface of the
soil under the tree. Cinders from black
smith shop or foundry are excellent for
the apple, pear and cherry. Common
salt scattered over the surface of the
earth under pear or apple trees about as
thickly as you do wheat when seeding, is
highly recommended as an antidote to
blight. This also secures protection
against the aphis on pears or other fruit
trees. The aphis is a small woolly in
sect that9works on the roots of apple and
pear trees, frequently destroying life.


If your trees show sickly appearance
and there is no sign above ground Of
disease or insect depreciation, look be-
Year: 1878

As President Hayes will not call an
extra session of the new Congress, the
remainder of the present Congressior -
session will be devoted by the Demo.
Gratis to the manufacture Of party capi-
tai for 1880. II with all the apparent
advantages on their side they have
failed to make any capital, it is hard to
see how they can make much during
the next session Of Congress after all
their fraud bubbles have exploded.
They have sent several investigating
committees over the country in the
search of fraud at great expense to the
nation, and they have always been
most wonderfully successful in unearth-
ing nothing but Democratic frauds, the
last thing in the world that they were
after The Potter Committee ever since
it started out under the leadership of
the redoubtable Ben Butler, has been
playing the game of chow not to do it,,
in the vain hope that something might
be discovered which would invalidat.
the title of President Hayes. Even
Ananias Anderson the most notorious
liar on record, has such a supreme
contempt for the committee that he has
turned upon it, and denying his own
testimony, demands the money that
was to have been paid him for his per
jury. Was ever a committee brought
50 low When it meets again it will
have a chance to listen to what Rem But
Ter knows about a Massachusetts Green.
back campaign, and by way Of reliev-
ing the dull monotony. they can sum
mon Tiden before them, to tell what
he knows aboutcipher kilograms. What
miserable farce that committee is
playing before the people No wonder
the loyal North tired of such foolish
ness. on Tuesday disapproved of it in
almost tn under tones.


The committee can do a good work if
it wants to do it. They can examine
into the truth of the cipher kilograms,
and if the truth is established they can
denounce the party that tried to pur-
chase the Presidency, and have the
guilty punished. Honest, conscientious
men would do this. The committee
having full power to go where they
please, and hunt up what they please,
in relation to the Presidential election
of 1876, could ascertain what means
were used to carry the Republican
States Of the South for Tilden, and af-
ter having fully made themselves &C
quainted with the plan by which States
giving from 20, 900 to 10000 Repub-
lican majoritiss were made to give ma
jorities for Tilden, they can report the