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Year: 1877

TIE WEATHER.-Thc storm centre which was


on Friday in the Upper Missouri Valley has


moved northeastward over Lake Superior, at


tended by rains and violent winds from the


west, southwest and south The area of the


depression extends southward to the Ten


ncssee line and from the Missouri to the Hud-


son River Valley. Rains have fallen over


the Ohio Valley and the lower lake region,
the st. Lawrence Valley and slightly on the New
England coast The highest pressure is on the
Southern and Northern Atlantic coast Ycstci-
day the temperature rose on the coast sonthward
Of Sandy Hook but fell northward toward the
British Atlantic provinces. II has fallen some
what in the North and West and also in
Eastern Texas. But over the lake and central
regions it has risen decidedly. 1t is probable
TINT stormy weather will be experienced on
the New England and New Brunswick coasts
during the coming two days, and dan
uerous winds will blow in shore along the
.oast from Halifax to Boston. Steamers out
pound for Europe yesterday will be ovcrtakcn
" this storm on tomorrow or Tuesday. The
PRESSURE on tho Pacific coast Is slowly falling
The weather in New York to-day will be cloudy
3 hazy and warm, probably with rain and high
outlzWestcrly winds
Year: 1877

hardly need q written character" We are
told that the qualifications of those present
"ine themselves" will be carefully scrutinlzed
but lust think of man, a self-respecting man
and high-toned lawyer, presenting himself "
for such place.


There is no lack of learning, ability ana char-
acter among the lawyers of the United States,
and we are willing to believe that all the nine
gentlemen who are spoken of for the vacant
seat are fit to occupy it. Moreover, 1t is quite
possible that none of them have authorized
"the use of their Names" as the phrase Is,
for the Office; and it may even be annoying TO
them thus 70 be paraded and registered as
"applicantsr in the Office of the Attorney
General. Such proceeding may be perfectly
regular, but the Office of Judge OF the
Supreme Court of the United States hardly
needs to advertise for proposals to I'LL IT,
Moreover, if W. were squeamish we might ask
what the Attorney-G General has to do with the
matter7 or why the suggestions or nominations
should 20 through his oiice7 The noml-
nation is the business of the President, ana
not of the Attorney General; and the fitness
of tie candidate should be so clear and lndIs-
pntabe as to render certificates, recommends
tlons and petitions quite supcriluous.
Year: 1877

If there is one thing for which The sincere


lover Of republican liberty in America has
constantly prayed, it is that parties might not
be drawn into the struggle between capital
and labor. Arising under a despoGsm, that


struggle has meaning. IN republic 1t Is
always blind and fatal mistake. Labor, l.
really wrongcd, can make its own laws in this
country. The sense Of real and serious wrong
will compact the laboring classes, and that
class is p majority here, and has the power.
But there must he no doubt about the reality


of tie wrong. The safeguard of the Republic


is in the fact that the majority OF ak its voters,
the men whose votes control a majority of its
States, are farmers, and are either owners OF
the soil, and therefore capitalists as well as
laborers, or are inseparably linked in interest
Year: 1877

The effort Of the Home Rule party TO disci-
pline those members who have exasperated the
British Parliament by persistent "iilibuster-
sing" appears to have ended in failure, the
meeting held for that purpose having broke mp
in disorder The party may henceforth have
to tolerate the obstructonists, or cease to have
q semblance Of harmony.
Year: 1877

President Diazs readiness to pay the second
ipstalment of our award, and to acknowledge
the English debt, viii improve the credit Of
the Mexican Republic, and inspire confidence
in his administration. I'is formal recognition
cannot be long withheld, should he continue
to give such substantial proof of his willing
ness to conduct the government on satisfac-
tory basis.
Year: 1877

Two important decisions are reported from
the United states Supreme Court One deter
mines the right of the Fedora. Government to
take measures for improving navigable rivers,
even though IN so doing it should close the
only river mouth within the boundaries of a
given State. rhe other decision accores to
Virginia the right to prohibit the citizens Of
other States from planting oysters in Ware
Rivcc and will perhaps bring disappointment
10 some Of our enterprising OystermeD.
Year: 1877

Investigations into the frauds on the revenue
which it is alleged have been perpetrated ny
coloring sugars promise to elicit more than
the usual interest that attaches to Government
suits involving the fair fame of our merchants.
The testimony is likely to include analyses
from chemical experts, ald il these are called
i'll question, there will be lively work among
the gentlemen who manipulate solutions and
test-tubes. The assertion on the part OF the
Government is, first, that imported sugars are
colored so as to be graded as at less
than their real value, and hence to
pay less tban their appropriate duty.
70 this the reply has been that the darkened
color was due 10 caramel or burnt sugar, and
it was an open question whether such coloring
did not real, rs well as apparently reduce
tine grad. Bet now n Baltimore chemist
comes forward ana says that the colonng mat
ter is ulmic acid, and net burnt sugar or cara
mel. If this point can be substantlated, the
case must go lard with the importers, but
perhaps 10 grcspilg at mimic acid the authori-
ties will find that they have very slippery
Year: 1877

The death from hydrophobia of Martin
LoIenz, boy less than five years old, is one
of the few instances Of the kind in which fear
and nervousness can scarcely have taken much
part. But even though the nOn-beheyers should
be compelled 10 admit that the malady IS in
some instances real, tho fact win remain thlt
the fear of hydrophobia is moro frequently
fatal than the disease. The publicity given to
hydrophobia cases makes them seem to be fire.
ouent but if tested hy statistics they would be
found raror than deaths by lightning.
Year: 1877

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for their wool and mutton. Think
of it! What a fine wave of
wealth is rolling into their, lap.
On an average the farmeks of
every county of Ohio receive
over one hundred thousand dol
lars cash annually for their sur
plus wool and mutton. For a
sheep is both food and cloth
ing. [ wish some of the ad-
vocates of dog culture had to
live and clothe themselves upon
dog products for a week. They
would soon be willing to ex-
change for wool and mutton.


Now if Tennessee would pro-
duce only ten per cent. of the
wool and mutton that Ohio pro-
duces, the reviving effects would
be instantly apparent. But be-
fore that can be done the dogs
must be in part got rid of. No
body should object to paying
one dollar tax upon a good dog,
in order to rid the State of the
tens Of thousands of worthless,
sheep-destroying ours, which
are a blight upon industry, a
hindrance to immigration, and
a tax upon labor.


l have been often applied to
by those who wish to engage in
sheep husbandry in Tennessee,
if [ thought the law would be
repealed. [ say to such, wait
and see. If it is, all thought
of that business in this State
must be abandoned. A gentle
man in Ohio writes me that in
very many instances the sons
of farmers there, skillful sheep
raisers, want to come South, en-
ticed by the mild winters and
high price which Tennessee
wool commands. They can win
ter sheep here at one-fifth of
the cost there. But all idea of
successful sheep husbandry in
Tennessee must be abandoned
if this law is repealed. A State,
very many Of the counties of
which were shown, when the
law went into effect, to have
more dogs than voters, is not a
cheerful place to engage in sheep
raising.
Year: 1877

A worthy wife of forty years
standing, and whose life was not
made up of sunshine and peace,
gave the following sensible advice
to a married pair Of her acquain-
tance. The advice is so good and
so we'll suited te all married peo


pie as we'll as those who intend ell
tering that state, that we here pub
lish it for the benefit of such per-
sons: "Preserve sacredly the pri.
vacies of your own house, your
married state, and your heart. Let
no father or mother, sister or
brother, ever presume to come be


tween you two, or to share the
Joys and the sorrows that belong
to you two alone. With Gods
help, build your own quiet world,
not allowing your dearest earth
ly friend to be the confident of
aught that concerns your DIMES.
tic peace. Let moments of alien
alton, If they occur, be healed at
once. Never-no-never speak of
it outside; but to each other con-
fess, and all will come out right.
Never let the morrow's sun still
find you at variance. Review and
renew your vow; it will do you
good, and thereby your souls will


grow together, cemented in that
love which is stronger than death.
and you will become truly one."
Year: 1877

- - ~ 49,
The hope Of the house is in trouble,
HiSpqsical cries rend the air,
While hiSfeet and his,hands beat tattoo
Pet s bumped his poor head on the stair
"Run quick for the camphor and linen;
Find out just the distance he fell p
mo matters" roags out the young hero,
"For mother has kissed it most WELL"
Q, magical kiss we have felt it
1TFull many time in our youth,
And there never was medicine like ID,
Or ointnent so precious forsooth.
The dew from the lips that had parted
To drop words of pity for pain
Seemed akin to the breath of an angel,
And never was rendered in vain.
We oftentimes wish for a soiace


As trusty, as speedy, and sure
When we rise from the shocks and the


bruises


That mortals must ever endure;
When we battle with care and with sorrow,
With heartaches we never may tell;
Then we think of the time in the distance,
When mothers dear kiss made US well
Year: 1877

An experienced lady says good
way to pick out husband is to
see how patiently he waits for
dinner when it is behind time.
Her husband remarks that a good
way to pick out wife is TO see
whsther the woman has dinner
ready in time.
Year: 1877

Some persons are utterly in
capable of appreciating a gener-
Gus act. Merely because a young
man calls on a young lady half
a dozen evenings during the
week, and occasionally drops in
between meals, there are peo-
pie mean enough to insinuate
that it means something be-
sides anxiety about the health
of her sick mother.
Year: 1877

A Chicago man encountered q
drsped figure in his basement hall
the other morning, and mistaking
it for his wife's dressing maid,
hugged it ardently for several
seconds before be discovered that
it was a Deputy Sheriff in an UI-
ster overcoat.
Year: 1877

A postmaster thus expressed
his opinion that his official re-
turns were correct: Il hereby GER
tify the four going A Count is as
near Rite as | know how to make
it if there is eny mistake it is knot
Dun a perpese." That postmaster
voted for Hayes.
Year: 1877

Those Of our citizens who are fortunate enough
to te able to seek reepite from the labors of the
business season just closed. and to recuperate
their energies at some of the many delightful
summer resorts to be found IN the Northern
States and Canada, will be glad to learn that the
old favorite Jackson route, under vigorous and
efficient management. has become one of the
very best travelling thoroughfares in the country.


Hundreds Of thousands OF dollars have been
expended, as we are credibly informed, during
the past twelve months for new iron and steel
rails, new cross-ties and new bridges, and to- day
it may be safely said that no road south Of the
Ohio river surpasses the great Jackson route in
smoothness and perfect safety. We have had
occasion, during The past few weeks, to travel
quite extensively over that road and we can thus,
cellence in every particular which goes to consti-
tute good road.
Year: 1877

The New York Sun, more prompt than
other daily journals Of that city, renders
full justice to our State securities and
to the wise and honest administration
which has attracted capital ard induced
permanent investment therein. The
following reference to our consols and
financial system evinees the Suns just
and intelligent view OF this subject


Not long ago the immense natural resources
Of Louisiana were described by o careful corre--
spondent Of the Sun, With good government
and an honest financial policy. Louisiana can
hardly fall TO prosper. We observe In come Of
our Republican contemporaries disposition to
depreciate Louisiana securities by chasing
them with the bonds Of States which have made
no adequate provision for the payment Of In
terest and the redemption OF principal. This
The bonded debt of the State is limited by the
constitution to s1B,o D9s. La point Of fat IL
In hardly over *lt 100000. BY the present
funding system the only constitutional bonds
isauabe ara the cons0ls. the interest on
which does not depend upjn any Legislative
made by coDstituticnal provision setting aside
for the purpose q bh mills tax entirely beyond
the reach OF any official or any department OF
the government This In deposited as soon Bs
collected, with the bank which acts as the States
Fiscal Agent and hlch has already guaranteed
the payment OF the Juy and January interest


We entertain n, apprehensions for the credit OF
Louisiana. Her great natural wealth and the
economical an honest administration Of Coy.
Nichols should give her securities good stand
Ing In the markets. nm apparent attempt to
bear those securities Ia the occasion OF these re-
Year: 1877

What Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer means by
his elaborate and very peculiar letter
descriptive Of President Hayes policy
(printed in the DEMOCRAT Of yesterday
whether it Is written in bitter irony to
expose the Presidents ingratitude and
Inconsistency, or in covert commenda-
ton and approval, will puzzle all inge-
nious minds. We think, however, that
the Presidents champions may be able
to deduce from the statement and the
conclusions Of this mystical German a
logical process through which the force
Of much OF the satire Of Pulitzer Is
greatly weakened.


Pulitzer's main proposition is that
Hayes got into the presidency through
the fraud Of his own party; that he
Is the conscious receiver Of sto-
len goods; that he has administered
these goods in the interest Of the party
from which they were stolen; that he has
made "dead corpse" Of the principal
thief and has, while excluding Samuel
J. Tilden from physical possession Of
the place to which he was justly enti-
tied, installed therein the spirit Of
which that eminent citizen was the in
adequate embodiment. He has done
more than that; he has expelled the
chief perpetrators of the fraud Of the
party in the electoral villainy; has bro
ken the spell of the bloody shirt and
silenced the cry of REBEL" etc.


To all Of which the supporters Of
Hayes have this ready and logical
answer:


The President Of the United States
does not receive the office, nor does he
administer it, as mere personal gift,
purchase or endowment, nor is he
expected or required by any ethical
law to recognize any obligations of graf
itude towards the party or towards indi-
viduals who may have aided in elevat-
ing him to this position, by whatever
methods. His highest and strongest
obligation is to recognize and carry
out the will Of the majority Of the
people OF the United States; the
Office he has obtained, by what
Year: 1877

The owners OF houses, and all people
engaged In trade, complain Of the hard
times aud pathetically inquire when
thore will be change, revival OF
business and hope in this city. We
can answer this inquiry by saying
''when the stock subscription Of the
New Orleans Pacific railroad is COM
pleted to the sum demanded to render
that enterprise speedy certainty"
Considering that there are seventeen
millions on deposit In our banks, we mar
vel that weeks delay should occur in
making up the comparatively small sum
required by the managers to fulfill their
pledges to the people to complete this
road In time to participate In next sea-
sons business.


The mere assurance Of such result
will impart new life TO every branch OF
trade and business, attract new cap
ital. increase immigration and give
enhanced value to every species Of pro-
perty.


Capitalists and property holders Of
New Orleans, rouse yourselves from your
lethargy and lend q hand to bring back
the trade which belongs to this city and
has been diverted from 1t as result Of
that lethargy and lack OF enterprise
go to the meeting tonight at st. Pat
rick's Hall and aid by all means in your
power the president and directors OF the
New Orleans Pacific In their patriotic
efforts to build that great road.
Year: 1877

The glorious Fourth will be celebrated
this year much according TO the custom


which has prevailed the last hundred
years. The lapse of time does not serve
to lessen the ardor with which the day is
celebrated and changes but little the mode
of expression. Patriotic orations, ringing
of bells, professions, music. dinners. and
the blaze of gunpowder. have lost moth
| ing of their popularity in connection with
the celebration of our national independ-
ence. The numerous and serious acci-
dents and great disasters which have been
occasioned by the reckless use of powder
have caused some needed restrictions up
on the use of that article, nevertheless
there will be no lack OF the smell of sui
phur to remind us how the Yankees
thrashed the Britishers and won their in
dependence.


According to appearances the Fourth
will be celebrated more generally this
year than usual The cities and larger
towns make more than their usual demon
strations, while the rural towns present
frequent and highly credtable, prepara-
tons in their precints for observing in a
suitable manner the anniversary of the ma
tons birth. Doubtless the ev ents Of last
year, the centennial exhibition, the parade
and eloquence which the hundredth ami
versary called out, created an enthusiasm
so great that tho impulse is yet felt in our
communities and inspires them to great
er efforts at this time.


The word most necessary 10 be spoken
in advance Of the day of jubilee is one of
caution against fires and accidents. Mil
lions of property have been destroyed by
the careless use of fireworks and firearms
on the Fourth of July, and thousands of
persons have been killed or crippled Tor
life by accidents that could have been
avoided by ordinary and reasonable care.
The public authorities generally give
proper attention to this subject, but there
is need that all good citizens assist by
their advice and example in checking
that reckless exuberance of patriotism
which endangers communities and indi-
viduals and turns this season of national
rejoicing to one of sadness for the disas-
ters which attend it.
Year: 1877

If we take the words of the Southern
leaders in reference to the matter of edu-
cation. we are led to think that they in.
tend TO give the colored race an opportu-
nifty for education if we look at their
acts, whether In Louisiana or in South
Carolina, we see that the first step taken
since the removal Of the federal troops,
Is one backward toward the old princi-
pies and practice of slavery. Then no
education was permitted the slaves. Now
the conditions under which learning is ac-
quired are made obnoxious. In the most
fundamental point, point even more vi
tai than the right OF suffrage, the South
ern democracy perpetuates the theory OF
the dependence, the pariahising tine blacks.
1t is perfectly idle to talk about political
equality when and so long as one-half oi
the population is subjected to such, and
30 much only. education as the other hall
permits, or processes to bcstow. The
Constitutionalist is both wise and bold ir
rebuking the repudiating corporations in
its own State; it and the South will bs
sill more sagacious and honest when they
acknowledge and live up to the doctrine
that citizen is citizen in all politica
respects. and entitled TO an equal benef


In and from all general and public laws


Whipping the devil round the stump is 9
short-sighted policy; it will never bring
peace, prosperity or permanent suprema


cy for the whites. There is a more ex


cellent way, and it is to be found in eoua


and exact justice; In making equal laws


In taking the fool Of the oppressor off th,
neck Of The weak.-Proridence Journal.
Year: 1877

The reports from the Danube show tina
the war is being pushed with great vigor
as though to make an end of it as soon al
possible. with little regard to the imme
diate sacrifice of human life. 1t is plain
notwithstanding accounts by way Of Con
stantinople making the Turkish side ap
pear as well as they can, that the Russians
have had the best Of the fighting. in sue.
cessfuly crossing the Danube and estab'
lishing themselves on the southern bank
Such an advantage gained at this stage oI
the war argues ultimate Russian success
and that not very far IN the future.
Year: 1877

FfOth tht NeW fOrk TIMES!


The general tenor Of to-dsy's news Is that
the railroad strikers perceiying the necessity OF
separating themselves and their cause from the
issues raised by the riotous element Of which they
formed part and for whose acts they are directly
responsible. The companies appear disposed 10
take the men at their word, without inqulrng too
closely into their completely or sympathy with the
work Of destruction and violence.
Year: 1877

as if he were wreckless fellow that
did not care what became of him. Did
any man ever apostrophize drink, and
holding the glass of liquor in his hand,
say: "Here l stand in vigorous health,
fine physical development in ambition,
l have mother and sisters that cling
TO me with loving affection | am re-
spectacle and respected, look into the
future with confidence, my ambition is
high and my hopes are bright; now with
this will ruin my health, with this |
will blast my prospects, with this | will
stain my reputation, with this l will de-
stroy my manliness, with this l will
break my mothers heart, with this l
will bring disgrace upon all who love
me, with this / will burn out the last
priciple of violated truth, and a poor
half purified carcass, men shall sweep
me away as with the pitiful leavings OF
the dram shop, aud in after years shall
be spoken OF with bated breath. / will
take my first step toward that consum-
nation, in taking this my first glass.
Was there ever such consummate fool,
and yet meu are doing it, doing it in
Boston, doing everywhere, with more
horror to themselves than the mind Of
man can conceive.
Year: 1877

There is a startling epidemic of baby
shows in the west. In one day three Of
the halls in Cincinnati we're given over
10 this sort of entertainment, and we
are told that there were two hundred
fine looking babies, ''quite a number
from the wealthiest families of the city"
There was also eolored baby-show for
"two nights only" at which number
of white bachelors were judges. The
arrangement and display of infants
were perfect" there being zone CON-
plete set OF triplets,' according to q
newspaper account. The police arrange
ments, it is comfortable to know, were
thorough, for one shudders to contem-
plate what might have been the result
had the colored Misunderstanding the
one complete set Of triplets--got loose
among the prominent white bachelors.
Cincinnati justly feels very proud OF
this last baby show, as it is the hrst
colored entertainment of the kind ever
given in this or any other country.