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Year: 1878

attention to the fact that Los An
6 sles has been almost unlnhablta.
Bile since the expiration of the
street sprinkling contract. The
Council which will end its term
Thursday seems to US to have been
governed by too great a delicacy.


Under the impression that 1t had
no power to enter into any contract
exceeding three hundred dollars In
amount that body has allowed our
citizens to suffer from a nuisance
which is worse than an epidemic


would have been. Col. Hewitt In
forms us that many persons who
have come down to Los Angeles
for a heightened stay have pur-
chased tickets for San Francisco
the next day, alleging as reason
for their change of mind that, as
they were intent on health and
pleasure, they would not remain In
place In which they were choked
to death by the dust. Their change
Of base showed common sense.
Certainly our people cannot afford
to repel those who seek Los Ange-
les for pleasure and health by leav-
Ing our town In Its present filthy
condition. The Council could very
we'll have made contracts from
week to week, and they had the
perfect certainty of being sustained
by tho public in all the provisions
they might have made for protect
ing the public health. The dust Of
our streets is not only an intolera-
BILE nuisance but 1t is highly injuri-
Gus to the physical we'll. being of
our people as well. Give US the
.prinkling carts, by all means, as a
lem aud both of hygiene and de-
csncy.
Year: 1878

BEFORE the Peoples ticket was
nominated we expressed our belief
In the unwisdom of tho fusion. 1t
may be that q stiaight Democratic
ticket would have failed of success.
In the language Of the homely old
adage. "every dog has his day."
and the Worklngmen were almost
certain 10 succeed once. But the
Democracy, by nominating a
straight ticket aud winning or los
ing on well defined and recog gnized
issues, would have had much to
console 1t in defeat. We are told
that "sweet and bitter are the uses
Of adversely" We confess that we
can dlstill great deal of useful iu-
struction out of defeat. AS for the
victors in yesterdays battle, we
do not envy them the gratulations
in which they will, of course, in
dulge. They should be moderate
in their exultaiion. They will
find themselves entrusted with the
government of our city. Upon
their wise exercise Of this trust
will hinge their ultimate victory or
defeat. We trust they viii justify
every hope that has been placed in
them. AS to the successful candi-
dates, while we did not advocate
their election, we shall give them o
fair trial and speak OF them as
their official acts shall warrant.
We did not villify any of them per-
sonaliy during the campaign and
va do not propose. now that they
have won, either to sing their
praises or to indulge in single
word of envy or uncharitablenes'
We trust that both they and their
constituents will be mutually
pleased with their work when he
terms of Office of the new incum-
bents draws to close. But, above
all things, Messieurs OF the new
Council and of the old, sprinkle the
streets.
Year: 1878

The Republican press concede
that the Democratic majority in
the next Senate Of the United
States will be at least ten. Arumor
comes to US that the Republican 8
Of the Zack Chandler stripe, in
'eir desperation at losing both
bran ches of the next Congress. are
& ling to attempt some desperate
system of "bull -dozing" to get con.
troll of the next House OF Repre-
ssntatives. They may spare them
sslves the trouble. The Demo-
ATTIC party will hold on to all that


belongs to 1t Of right and woe-be.
ii le the men who seek to violate
the Constitution in the interest CT
faction. The Constitution of the


United States makes each House


the absolute judge Of the qualifica'


tions Of its own members. There
are no Ifs or butts about it. Accord
ing to immemorlal usage the Clerk
OF the House of Representatives


makes up the list of members from
the data at his command. The


House has q right to revise this list
after 1t has organized, but only
the names put upon the roll by the
Dam )cratlc Clerk have right even


to appear In the hall of the Repre-
sentatives. This usage is sane
toned by the rules of the House
itself aud by the practice Of every
American party since the fonnda-
tion of the government. Should
any innovation be attempted on it
at the dictation of the President or
his Cabinet the Am ,rican people


will be prepared to assert their
rights at once. The Democratic


party has not tho slightest idea OF
permitting itself to be treated to
any more eight to seven tactics.
Both Houses on the 4th of next


March will be Democratic and any
White HOUSE intrigue to disturb


the verdict of the people will recoil
upon its authors.
Year: 1878

A rich man had cheated a poor
widow out of field which had belong
ed to her husband, aud which was the
only property she had, in order to
make his own garden larger. A day OF
two after the poor woman met him in
that very field with an empty sack in
her hand. With tears in her eyes, she
said to him:


Sir, wish you would give me just
as will ill this sack


The man laughed aud said: 4 can't
refuse such foolish wish as that


The widow filed the sack with earth.
and then said: And now, sir, am go
ing to ask you to help me lift this on
my shoulder"


The man had no wish to do this, but
the widow begged him so hard that he
was obliged to lift the sack he found it
was too heavy for him to move. He
told the widow so, and she said:


oh, sir, if you find only one sack OF
earth too heavy, how will you be able
to bear the weight of this field, which
holds thousands of times as much earth,
upon your conscience at the day OF
Judgment


The man trembled at these words
and gave her back her land again.
Year: 1878

The other day gentleman, residing
IN neat modest cottage, caught a
tramp prowling about his back yard,
evidently trying to steal something.


why don't you come to the front
door if you want anythins?' Indignantly
roared the proprietor.


That's what Pm looking for was
the impudent reply.


Didn't you see it on the other side OF
the house.' reterted the gentleman.


How was 1 to know that was the
front door, No silver door plate, no
bell, no telephone, no statuary' no
servant to take your hat and cane.-
Tell your boss there is a gentleman out
here who is waiting for his breakfast


When the gentleman got back with
his shotgun the tramp was not there
any more.
Year: 1878

If you want to ask a favor of a man
the surcst way is to begin by appealing
to his vanity. IL is the FOOLS rule, but
il is the shortest road TO success. We
all think ourselves a great deal bigger
than we are, and 1t pleases us to be told
that we are of vast importance, even
though VIC know it is mere fiattery.
Year: 1878

Good breeding is guard upon the
tongue; the misfortune is that we put
it of and on with our fine clothes and
visiting manners, and We do not wear
it where it is wanted the most-at
home.
Year: 1878

A Mississippi editor, meaning well,
put in his paper, Raise and eat more
chickens and buy less bacon.' When
he went home to his dinner he met a
shrill voice saying: who is running
this boarding house? You or me?
Year: 1878

Did it ever occur to anonymous
writer's who send scurrilous and abusive
letters to newspapers with whose opin-
ions they chance to differ, that they are
placing themselves in an attitude SO
mean as to deserve contempt? ? When
men have the courage to express their
sentiments either verbally or over their
own signatures, ther views must COM
mand respectful consideration if tenn
perately uttered. But when they re-
sort to the shelter of irresponsible viii
hcation and the protection of the un-
traceable letter, they should not forget
that he is not usually considered above
the grade of brute who seeks to drive
MS Knife or strike his blow under cover
OF darkness. The knife may sometimes
wound, the blow occasionally smart;
but unless it be from the hand of utter
degradation, the pain cannot be so
great as that of him who has played
the part of the bravado.
Year: 1878

The Returning Board Trials.


New Orleans, Jan. 24.-The members
of the returning board presented a
petition to the Superior Criminal Court,
praying for the removal of the case
against them to the United States
Circuit Court, under section Gal of the
United States revised statues, on the
ground that the law authorizing the
drawing of juries in and for the parish
of Orleans in criminal cases, operates
unjustly to the accused, inasmuch as
it places in the hands of the officers
authorized to empanel juries, powers
which enable them to draw such
jury as they may see proper; and that
in this instance out of the whole venire
there is not colored man; and for the
further reasons that by virtue of the
existence of great public prejudice in
the mi..ds of the white population of
the city, officers have willingly drawn
such jury as are believed to be i'm
pressed by this prejudice. Judge Whit
taker ordered the application filed.
Year: 1878

Washington, Jan. 24.-It has been
stated by number of members of the
syndicate that the syndicate had not
asked to be released from the last SUBJ
scription, and although the contract
will expire on the Goth, the syndicate
will aid Secretary Sherman to the ut
most in placing this loan in the United
States, and expects that large share
OF subscriptions made will pass through
their hands. Secretary Sherman's
terms to the public are better than
those contained in their contract, and
the profits now on subscriptions will be
larger than under the contract.


Those deeply interested say that the
President declares that he will not ask
the present Congress to make an ap-
preparation to pay the five millions
awarded to Canada by the fishery COM
mission.
Year: 1878

Washington, Jan. 24.-The Pacific
railroad companies had hearing be-
fore the railroad committee of the
Senate on the bill to provide sinking
fund to cancel the Indebtedness on ac-
count of bonds issued in aid of the
construction. The companies con-
tended that so much time had been con-
sumed since they first proposed set
tlement, that it would be necessary to
grant them an extension of time beyond
the maturity of the bonds in 1900, or
to take back the unsold land of the
companies in part satisfaction of the
claim.
Year: 1878

THE House committee on Rules are
now revising the cumbrous system of
rules now in use, and will reduce the
number to about 126 instead of the
present 166. Some important changes
will be made, the chief being one pre-
venting filibustering under the morning
hour custom. 1t is proposed also to
add a provision that, after the special
report from a committee shall have
consumed the morning hour two days
it shall then go in the regular order to
the committee of the whole.
Year: 1878

have it acted upon at once. He expects
to have it referred back to the House
in few days. He is certain of passing
the resolution by large majority as
soon as its object is understood. Bragg
has been here long enough to find out
that Washington fairly swarms with
officers, pet favorites, who are stationed
here with nothing to do. These men
usually wear civilian clothes, and so
are not noticeable to the general OBJ
server. 1t is rule of etiquette among
army officers here to wear no uniform,
badge or sign except on state occasions.
Year: 1878

Boston, Jan. pa portion of the
Indebtedness of Massachusetts consists
of bonds of the Troy and Greenfield
railroad, which are payable in either
gold or silver coin, and were made in
1862, when gold and silver were equally
recognized as coin: To relieve all am
biguity relative to this amount, the
House committee on Finance has re-
ported a bill making the entire state
debt payable in gold.
Year: 1878

THE ten thousand unemployed
workingmen Of Boston who held a
meeting on the famous Common to
make known their unfortunate condi-
tion, added to the moral force of their
position by their orderly demeanor and
the temperate tone of their speeches.
Year: 1878

A DELEGATION of printers from the
government printing Office at Washing
ton were before the Senate committee
on Printing yesterday, asking the re-
peal of last years law, which reduced
their wages below union rates.
Year: 1878

The last thing in sociables, to raise
money for the church, is the auction
sociable, at which women are sold to
the highest bidder, for one evening
only. The auction sociable is thus de-
scribed by Pat. Carney, of the Wauke-
sha Democrat, who attended one and
bought an old lady of seventy-five, and
played pretty to her all the evening:


after the company has assembled,
the ladies retire to private room and
don long, loose dresses and conceal
their faces, and then are brought out
one by one, and sold to the gentlemen
at auction. The highest bidder takes
the lady, and 50 on until all of the la
dies have been sold. After the auction
is over, each gentleman must pay his
whole and undivided attentions to the
lady he has bought, and the lady must
not receive any attentions from any
other gentleman. Thus the evening
passes until late hour, when the Ia
dies throw off their masks. In many
instances Il gentleman finds that he has
been counting his own wife, and II
young gent has been sweet on his own
mother, sister or some married lady
friend"
Year: 1878

We think Gov. Porter did right in
refusing to commute to imprison ment
for life the death sentence of Ste
ven Grifey, colored. who was on FRI
day last hanged at Newport for the
rape of little white girl, This
thing of raping the little girls of the
country must be punished with stern
and irrevocable sentence of death.
Grifey died confeosing his guilt
As usual tremendous crowd was
present, and the prisoner died
quickly. He professed hope in SAL
vation, and quite q touching scene
occurred over the last words betweeH
himself and his father. He declared
he was not so drunk when the crime
was committed, but he knew what he
was doing. It is useless TO say such
crimes are palliated by the low order
of mind exhibited by the perpetra-
tors. IF even brutes could be guilty
of such offences against humanity,
they should be put to death.
Year: 1878

Has gone to talking sound sense after
the following fashion. Neither grim
death nor Radicalism can come over
him the policy of contraction


My own views are positive enough. j
believe in honest money and plenty Of
it. At present we evidently have not
enough for the demands of trade-not
enough. to start up the industries of the
country. / think it would have been
wise for the House TO have passed the
bill we matured in the COMMITTEES Of
Coinage, Weights and measures, which
provided for the issue of silver certiti-
Gates to be used in the place of bullion.
We cannot turn out the bullion fast
enough. Three more mints are requir
ed. France to-day is the best fiscal ma
ton on earth, because she never allows
the currency to fall short of demand.-
As to resumption, | very much fear that
after January /, 1879, we shall be like
the man operated on for fever, the fe-
yer went, but the man was dead.
Year: 1878

"THINGs is woRKEN. All along the
line come the music of Readjustment
and returning reason. The Peters
burg Post and the Abingdon Standard
put up prayers for Readjustment and
Cam Patteson and Col. Newman
simultaneously come into print against
i,yeaeema6e Fiat paper money. In
the mean time the Richmond State,
as if it smells treason in the letter of
Gen. Williams, declares the coming
Legislature mob, which, it claims,
should be dispersed. The Coupon
advocates sit like Kangaroos on their
launches, beat the earth with their
tails and cleave the air with their fore
paws over the Fiat of the people that
the thorn of the Funding Bill shall be
extracted.


Now, notice the result! You may,
if you can, gentlemen, disperse the
Legislature, as Cromwell did the Par
lament You may veto Holidays
approval of the bill for this session
You may promote contraction of
the currency and augmentation of the
public debt; but if you do the peo-
pie of Virginia will rise in their ma
jesty and politically behead the last
one of you. You will fail to chain
Eolus or behead the royalty of pub
lie ODinion.
Year: 1878

however, Of making any fuss about
if, and exposing himself to the
charge Of sleeping in church, he
lay still as if in fit, and allowed
himself to be carried into the YES
try, while the doctor felt his pulse
and pronounced it decided case
Of falling sickness. After the
patient had recovered, by the ap~
plieation of cold water to lis tenn
pies, the doctor sagely advise him
to eat only the most laxative food,
and drink nothing stronger than
table-beer, by way Of preventing a
recurrence of the sickness.
Year: 1878

notoriety. Soon after he had IN
trodueed his subject, the cry OF
fire! fire | FIRE. in the street very
much disturbed the congregation,
and many were about to retire,
when an elderly lay brother rose
and said 7:


IF the congregation will be com
posed, I will step out and see i
there is any fire near, and report


The congregation be came com
posed, and the minister proceeded.
Taking advantage oftheioccurrenee,
he called attention to fire that
would consume the world Ia fire
that would burn forever in the lake
that IS bottomless land had just
concluded 4 sentence Of terrible
import, and not without manifest
impression on his audience, when a
voice from tile other end Of the
church, as if in fiat denial Of all he
had said, bavled out


It's false alarm !!
Year: 1878

An exchange says, Two New
Orleans lads quarrelled, and one
stabbed the other with red.hot
nail Yes and it might be re-
marked that this bad boy had been
standing on the street corners for
two hours shiyering, with the red
hot nail in bis. hand, waiting for the
other boy to come up and be stab
bed.
Year: 1878

The effect was iadicrous in the
extreme. The old man returned ];
but the inopportune response spoil
ed the force Of the eloquent appeal
from the pulpit, and even the
preacher could scarce refrain from
joining IN the universal smile that
passed over the congregation.
Year: 1878

Thornburgh was close on the heels of
the Indians and expected to overtake
them in short time, but the Indians
succeeded in getting the command of
the main trail by sending out scouts in
different directions, but the troops
struck the trail again after losing q
little time. Thornburgh has several
good stock men as guides who are well
posted in the country where they are
travelling.
Year: 1878

FULL instructions have been issued
by the war departnaent.to army officers.
as TO the posse comitatus clause of the
army appropriation bill. They are in
formed that they must be guided strict
ly by the constitution and acts of con-
gress In using their forces if
Year: 1878

We arc thoroughly in earnest in the desire to get all our people to do more reading and thinking for themselves. It is the only way in which the masses can protect themselves from imposi- tons. from deceptions and from hum bugs It is the only way in which they can retain and secure their liber- ties ito read and think for themselves. But what, says one, would you have us read? We would have you read FIRST, YOUR OWN HOME PAPER. It is your home paper that feels for your interests, and that furnishes you such informa- ton as most intimately effects your in- terests. But, says our ordinary fault finder, you don't give us reading matter enough. Don't we? Well, we give yon far more than you can get ous of any book which costs YOU the same sum of money. We give you far more than we could possibly give you if all men supported the press just as you do. But we are not going to tind fault, for we have had a very good support in dear old Pope county. We are now going to make you an offer to meet this objection of not enough reading. It is this:

 To every man or woman who will send us hIs or her name with the price of our paper in cash, (s1.50) within the next Sixty Days, we will send our paper one year, and in addition, will send free of all cost, for twelve months, an excellent monthly paper called the Farmers Review, published at Chicago. Illinois.

 The Review Is hanesomely printed. l6-page folio, and has all the depart ments which any first class agricultural journal ought to have, all edited ably and industriously. The article extract- ed from it and reproduced in to-day's DEMOCRAT is specimen of the kind of literature you will get from it. Besides it gives full prices current and market reviews.

 Re member this offer is for only 60 days, and you should send your names at once for this offer.
Year: 1878

Hope is life and we who living


Have no hope, are as the dead,
Who in gloomy graves are sleeping
While the sun shines bright DER heat
IT'S the source of all ambition,


'Tis the life of every scheme,
In it we see the future


VI every prospect, every dream.
Hope will cheer the broken harted,
Soothing sorrow, curing pain,
'Tis the star of friends when parted,
For in it they meet again,
It is that which makes the future


Seem pathway bright and fair;
Lifting oft poor weary mortals


From the depths of woe and care,
Hop is Gods great gift from heaven:
Radiance from a higher sphere;
Priceless boon, in mercy given,


Helping us to do and bear.
Year: 1878

Over 10000 square feet Of surface is
covered by the sheds and buildings OF
the company, and the increase of Its
business may require this to be largely
incr eased this season. Sufficient space
cun not be afforded for detailed de-
scription OF the process used, or all the
machinery employed in the stave factory,
in converting the blocks of wood into
the stock ready to make the barrels, but
no description would be con plcte with
out mention of the machinery being
added and the buildings erected for the
manufacture from wood of


EXCELsIoR,


An article second only to hair for mat
tresscs.


At present all of this article comes
from the East, and ranges in price from
p to cents per pound. The best OF
timber is required Tor this purpose.


Eastern Excelsior is made out Of Pop
lar which Is considered inferior to the
Balm for this purpose.


They have the exclusive right to these
machines on the coast. and already u
contract tor 500 tons of the manufactur
ed product. The new building is 20x4O,
very heavy framing, and will be separat-
ed from the old mill by solid brick wall
as fire preventive.


Eight machines are to be set up side
10y side in space of 20 feet. 14f small
knives, called splitters, are firmly set,
like type locked IN a form, in space
only inches wide; these are made to
move rapidly upwards and downwards,
splitting the surface of the wood by
their shnrpened points.


The splitters are followed by knife
that cuts off the product called Excelsior
which is carried on an endless apron made
of canvass to the bailing press, where 1t
is pressed into bales of the size of 2x2x4
feet, which weigh some 250 pounds.


The wood used must be very firm, dry,
live and elastic, when these fine hair like
shavings will possess nearly all the quail
ities OF hair for mattresses such as clean
illness, sweetness, elasticity and durabili
ty.


Already some 500 tons have been con-
traoted for, with increasing demand the
works will be increased to meet it,
Year: 1878


An angel In the book Of life
Wrote down an infants birth,
Then added, ere he closed the page,
"Too beautiful for earth |"
And when the reaper Death passed by
He read the words and smiled
Then folded in his Icy arms
The lovely little child.
The mother wept, but angels sang
In soft and sweet accord
And welcomed the transported flower
In the garden OF the Lord.
The mother wept She will not weep
When all her days are run,
And at the gates of paradise
She meets her little one.
An infant soul, all pure and bright,
From every earth spot free;
A babe to bless that mothers sight
Through all eternity.