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Year: 1879

We had an agreeable call yesterday
from the Hon. c. 7. Butler, OF Jefferson
county, late Senator from the Twelfth
West Virginia district, who is now in this
part Of the State in pursuance Of his du-
ties as Lecturer OF the Grange order, de-
vering addresses to the members Of the
organization in various localities. He lee
tured last evening in the eastern part OF
this county, and will speak in Brooke and
perhaps other counties before he returns.


Senator Butler is an intelligent farmer
and very sociable and agreeable gentle
man, but we fear that he does not always
give the farmers the right kind OF doctrine
on the financial questions Of the day. He
alluded. yesterday to the fact that the
papers published in the cities seemed
to be printed in the interest Of hard
money views, in contradistiuction, as It
were, to the views held by farmers on the
money question. Our position is that no
class OF men in the country are moro in
teresled in sound currency than the far.
mers. They are the producers, to a large
extent, Of our exports. They raise the
wheat, corn and pork that are now going
abroad in such vast quantities, and that
have turned the balance Of trade so largely
in favor OF this country. The price OF
their products is established abroad on a
hard money basis. We do not fix the
value OF such products in this country, but
We do fix their cost to us. Cost is one
thing and value is another. The cost can
lie enhanced by poor currency OF our
own, but the value is fixed by the cur
rency OF the world in the markets OF
Europe. Hence the value OF bushel
Of wheat or corn, or OF barrel
Of pork, is fixed by competition
in Liverpool, lIavrc and Bremen, and wa
must sell in those markets in competition
with foreign producers. Until recently
Russia could undersell US in wheat in
those markets, and she made the price,
and continues to make it, at which we
must sell our wheat. She sells on gold
basis and so must we. This we must do
regardless OF what the wheat may cost us to
raise Hence. our safety as wheat rails
ing country is in the soundness Of our cur
rency, and our consequent ability to pro-
ducc wheat cheap enough to sell it in
Europe as low as it can be raised and
marketed by the Mediterranean and
Black Sea countries.


Much as we complain in this country
al this time Of low prices, they have
really been our salvation. We owe our
balance Of trade to them, and we would
lose that balance and commence once


more to export specie il we were to again


initiate prices. The only security we have


for the continuation of specie payments is


IN our continued exports, and initiation
would be fatal to these exports. Hence
farmers, US a class, are specially interested
IN keeping down the cost OF producing
their crops by guarding the soundness ol
our currency.
Year: 1879

Iris stated that they are now making
artificial Ice down South at a cost Of only
70 cents per ton. One factory turns out
fen tons daily in the form OF blocks two
and one.hali feet long by ten inches in
thickness. The manufactured article is
said to be superior to natures product.
Year: 1879

JUDGE JAcEsoN's presence in this town
had large tendency towards preserving
the peace in this county, last week. Even
the Greenbackers don't want to fool with
the Nation Charleston Leader Of +h
Year: 1879

A CLEAR INFERENCE.-u is too true that most of the patented medical preparations thrown on the market emanate from men who can lay no just claim to a professional educa- ti0n, and who are, consequently, totally un- qualified to originate a really valuable prepara- tion. But we have the pleasure of stating that we know of one exception, at least, to this rule. We refer to Dr. Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y., the discoverer and proprietor of the popular medicine entitled the Favorite Reme- dy He is not a stranger in this region of the country, but regular and favorably known physician and surgeon of Rondout, where he has practiced his profession for eight years with degree of success which has surprised not only the general community, but also other members of the medical fraternity. Dr. Ken nedy is graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the city of New York, and was for three years surgeon in the Cnited States army during our late war. He has also been a member for several years of the Ulster County Medical Society As surgeon he has no superior in the State being siugularly bold, skillful and approximately succr ssful in his operations. Is ii not fair inference, We ask, that when surgeon, who has operated in so many vital cases and never lost one Ofthem, assures the people that the Favorte Remedy purifes the blood. thereby curing ScrOfula and all Scrofulous Affections, Bilious Disorders, Kidney Complaints, Constipation of the Bow els, as well as all that large class of ills pecu- liar to women-that they simply take him at hls word and are cured according to promise ? In fact the Doctor himself does not hesitate to admit that part of his success in surgery is due to the use of the Favorite Remedy in the after treatment of the patient, which prersnted the return of the abnormal formations removed by the knife by giving tone and strength to the system of his patients which had become de bilitated and weakened by disease.

 In conclusion, we hope that no one who may be suffering from any of the diseases for which the Favorte Remedy is recommended will hesitate moment to secure bottle and test the truth of what we herein allege. We are willing to pledge our veracity for it that none will be disappointed or deceived

 Eg-Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is now for sale by all our druggists at one dollar bottle. 2.4W
Year: 1879

Let us be thankful, that so good, useful, and rare man has lived here so long, We ought not to be sorry that he is gone He had serv- ed out his time. Why should we grieve when so ripe sheaf is gathered into Gods garner Eighty six yeasesis a long time to live on the earth Very few are good for much, in body or mind, after tEat; not many, indeed, up to that age, so far advanced; for, Eff our years be fourscore, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away"

 For Dr. Fowler, the appointed time had come 'sThe earthly house of his tabernacle' had got cd Who could wonder? The storms had been beating on it so long, that the walls were beginning to crumble; the doors were trembling on their hinges; the frosts of age had fallen on tower and turret decay and weakness were coming everywhere, and ''they that looked out of the windows, were soon to be darkened." It was his time to die He had done his life's work well, and now, at the close of that lise's long day, he was simply going home, like workman tried and ready for rest.

 Servant of God, we'll done

 Rest from thy loved employ:

 Tie battle fought, the victory won,

 Enter thy masters joy!''

 A rare and beautiful character has vanished from our sight. A child-like, unselfsh, true hearted. grand old man has bidden us all goodbye, and gone to be with God. Let us try to have his faith and goodness; and hope to meet him agaln sometime, where age, and infrmity, pain and weakness sin and death are not
Year: 1879

WONDERFUL The most remarkable
invention of this or any other age is duly
chroniced by the Columbus (Ohio) Dis
patch. 1t is based upon electrical proper
ties of the fur in cats. For generating n
powerful current, the cats are securely
tied tail to tail in pairs, and by the loo p
thus formed they are suspended from a
heavy insulated copper rod that passes
longitudinally through the cage, TO the
ends of which are attached the telegraph
or telephone lines. With battery Of
128 cats the inventor succeeded in gener-
ating a current so strong that it instantly
pclarized all the lightning srresters and
demagnetized all the switch boards on The
way to Omaha. The operators all along
the line were terror stricken, and rushed
from their Offices. Eighteen hundred and
nine glass insulators were broken and as
many poles shattered, as if by lightning.
A great deal more damage would doubt
less have resulted if the copper rod over
which the battery was suspended had not
suddenly become red hot and burned the
tails off the cats and let them drop.
Year: 1879

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE Con
sTITUTIoN - Amendments to the now
Constitution are already being discussed.
1t is announced that during the first week
of the next session an amendment to the
Constitution will be proposed in both
Houses of the Legislature, providing for
the amendment of Article seventeen Of
the Constitution by adding thereto the
following: "SectiOn 4. After the first
day of January, 1881, no person shall be-
come by purchase, the owner of more thar
100 acres OF land. If, after said day, any
person, shall by gift, grant, will, heirship.
or in payment Of II just debt, become the
owner of more than 100 acres of land, he
or she shall lave five years, after his or
her right to the possession thereof shall
have occurred, in which to dispose Of the
surplus. The Legislature shall enforce
this Section by proper laws providing for
the sale and transfer by the State of any
and all lands heId contrary thereto"


Should the amendment be passed by the
Legislature it will be Iubm itted TO the
people for ratification ct such lime us the
Legislature may select-probably at she
next general election.
Year: 1879

TIE CoLoRADo PLAN.-The Governor
OF Colorado telegrapbs that the State is
willing to bear n the expenses Of the Z te
war, il Congress will allow it to dispose
of the Indians to suit itself, and will give
it their reservations. The Colorado plan
is simple but comprehensive one. 1t is
proposed to exterminate the Utes, ard
then TO divide their possessions. The
Government will, OF course, not listen 10
such proposition. twill treat it as un


civilized and barbarous. And having ft>


ly rebuked its advocates, will take steps
TO have it carried out under the national
authority. The Utes are the creditors Of
the Government for a large amount, and


TIE Government does not want to dis
charge its obligation 10 them. In order
TO do 50 Congress would have to appro-
pirate money, and the people would have
10 pay IT,; and when the elections come
On Il could not be shown that so much had
been saved. But the case assumes a diff
erent complexion now. Ten times as
much will probably have to be spent in
killing off the Utes, but then it will be
tpossrbSe TO c0nfscate their reservations,
and with the lands to placate the miners
and 'prospectors whose hwless encroach>
ments precipitated the outbreak. And
thus the Colorado plan will be carried out
after all, and with the great advantage
'.hat nobody will think of charging the
Government with injustice, because it will


be argued that the U les had to be sup
pressed, and being suppressed it was Of
course necessary to dispose of their lands.
In this way civilization will be benefited
and source of difficulty got rid of, at the
trifing sacrifice of every attribute and
quality which civilization is supposed, in
conventional phraseoogy, to be distin.
,guished by.-Reco1d- Unton.
Year: 1879

THE temperance "boom" in Wes,er-
vile, Ohio, will not commend itself to
quiet people. Gunpowder used AS a
means of abolishing the liquor traffic is
in advance of the age, and although The
blowing up of a saloon by the temperance
people proved entirely eftectual, the ex-
ample is not to be generally initiated
The plan of blowing up tho saloon keep
ers by praying bands was much safer,
and had the redeeming merit of being in
side the limits prescribed by law.-N. Y
Star.
Year: 1879

john B. REED, of the New York
Times, comes back from nm Ohio trip To
say in an intery lew that the feeling for
Grant is so strong that the delegation to
the Republican convention in 1880 will
be for Grant instead OF Sherman.
Year: 1879

GENERAL GRANT informed General
Miller that While in China he learned
from the Viceroy that the Chinese Gov
ernment was anxious to cooperate with
tho United States in checking the inn
migration from China to this country
The General seemed to think the question
could be quickly and easily settled by
friendly negotiation.
Year: 1879

ALL the leading Governments of Eu
rope, and the United States and Chile on
this side, have united in accepting new
international code of ocean rules and sig
mails, which will come into operation
about year hence.
Year: 1879

Give any boy saw and hammer and
he will make cart to please him better
than the costliest vehicle ever turned
out. The wheels won't be true circle,
but that fact won't bother him bit.
Rusty ten-penny nails will make excel
lent linch-pins nd an old soap.box is
"body" to- ,e proud of, especially if
the brand on it was stenciled with red
paint. The tongue is made of an old
broomstick or the limb of tree, accord
ing to the state of the old broomstick
market, and no time is wasted in calcu-
lating curves and angles. A shingle
nail will hold handle in place, and the
cart is ready to hold the big boy of the
neighborhood, whose "horses" are to
be the little boys. 1t is a proud mo-
ment in the life of the builder and own
er of that cart when "she' is first run
out. Future Presidents gather to COM
ment on the workmanship, and declare
it boss, and the convention" nearly
always reaches the unanimous conclu-
sion that nothing is lacking unless it be
some blue paint on the handle. The IA
vorite boys of the neighborhood are ready
to sacrifice pride and position to draw
that cart the first time, and when the
big boy has gathered up his lines and
made ready there is dash down the
walk which may leave wheels here and
there, and end up in general wreck,
or prove the staying qualities of rusty
old nail driven home with stone or a
fiat-iron.


The man who has been boy without
a boys homemade cart never more than
half enjoyed his boyhood days. He
might have succeeded in getting his kite
up, but what is kite-fying compared to
front seat on cart " humping" along
the walk at the rate of five miles an
hourp-DetroH Free Press.
Year: 1879

Indeed, the late summer has charms
of its own; and the spirit is less restless
and inquisitive than in the earlier sea-
son. 1t is a time for hammocks and for
lounging upon the dry sward under
trees, or drifting idly in your boat upon
the river. The great hawks sail round
and round, the birds gather in social
flocks, and there is no fret or hurry in
Nature. Christian Union.
Year: 1879

Every good word and act and gentle
touch has it's fruit, and serves our kind !;
every smile that we shed upon q child ia
an act of devotion to our human proyi-
dcncc and a deed Of charity.
Year: 1879

The Prince of Wales who for some
years past has been on the high tide Of
popularity, has recently given great um-
bragg to Somersetshire and Cornish ten
antry by resembling a decision to reduce
their rents-on account of the present
hard iimes-bY IS per cent The poor
Prince is placed in rather an awkward
position; his mothers niggardliness and
his own lavish disposition have combined
to involve him tremendously in dept.
am told on good authority that his Royal
Highness is indebted to London trades
men alone in the sum Of e2,5oo,ooo.
OF course, the heir apparent can obtain
unlimited credit; all his creditors are sure
of their money sooner or later. and even
in the event Of his death before his ascen.
sion to the throne, there is no doubt OF
their being paid in full. Still the claims
upon his purse are most pressing, and the
question OF "ways and means" which
many a poorer man has lately had to take
most seriously into consideration, has not
been without significance to the future
King Of England. Most Of the gentry
and noblemen of England have lately
thought it their duty, or policy, to forego
a considerable portion Of their income to
those who till their lands. The Duke
of Bedford has remitted 50 per cent Of
his rents, which is clear loss Of &c.
COO year to him. Whatever the faults
of the Prince Of Wales may be, stinginess
could never be Justly ascribsd to him, and
very dire must have been the necessity
which could have induced him to alter
the determination he had come to, to
follow the example OF so many leading
peers and gentry in sacrificing a portion
of their income to the pressing needs Of
the distracted and disheartened English
farmers. =, Lcndon Correspondence of the
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Year: 1879

The passengers in No. 153. Of the Hoboken line
driven by James Kerins. had escape from q
terrible death in Jersey City on Saturday night
When the Grove street crossing Of the Erie Rail-
way the driver signalled by the gateman to GO
ahead. but when the had reached the middle Of
the crossing the gateman discovered approaching
train and began to lower his gates. Tho driver
endcavored 10 clear tho track advance Of the ap
preaching train but the gates struck the top of the
car. crushing 1t n The passengers out pellmell
and the train just grazed the platform The
company will sue the railroad company for tho
damage to the horse car.
Year: 1879

New York Tribune, llth.


The postal laws prohibit the sending
of live animals through the mails but
nevertheless, many living curiosities
lind their way into the postofice.
Whenever discovered they are de-
tanned, and are usually killed but
this action has been taken on the re-
sponsibility of the postmaster. A few
days ago the Tribune announced the
arrival of a horned toad, and as he
was good specimen Colonel James
concluded to make him a test
case. The toad was forwarded to
Washington accompanied by letter
which set forth that the creature
had been sent on without the usual
detention, because CLOSE confinement
in the Office would endaager its ex-
istence. The postmaster also asked
advice regarding the disposition of this
class Of nnmailable matter, as he was
not authorized to destroy It; and he
added that if he were authorized he
was unaware by what painless method
its destruction could be accomplished
The department has replied, approx
ing the action of Postmaster James in
forwarding the toad without delay,
and recommending his course as a
precedent in future cases. 1T is with
no little qualification, says the writer
Of the letter, that the department
recognizes through your letter that
Mr. Berghs good influence prevails
in the postofice of New York"
Year: 1879

the chairman of the court, Judge
Reid dismissed Pillows petition, say
ing that the legislature, by the act of
1879, clearly indicated that, instead of
drawing the warrant in favor of the
clerk for costs accrued against the
State in criminal cases, as provided in
section $50 of the code, the comp
troller should draw it in favor Of the
county judge, whois directed by said
act to pay the amount over to
the county trustee, to be kept by him,
separate and apart from other funds in
his hands, and to be paid out by him
only upon the warrant of the county
judge, The case will be appealed.
Year: 1879

LITTLE Rock Democrat: We regret
to announce the temporary suspension
of the Fort Smith Herald. The edi-
tors, in making this announcement,
say they have no complaints to make
of any one, but that financial pressure
cOmpels the step. We nope to see the
Herald revived at an early day.
Year: 1879

The New York Herald publishes a
communication urging the establish
ment Of permanent English opera in
that city SO confident is the writer
of the communication of the success
of such an enterprise, that he is will
ing to be one of party of ten who
shall subscribe $4,000 each. The
New York Express ridicules the idea
that a permanent English opera could
be established there on capital of
$500 600.
Year: 1879

San Francisco Post A heroic young
man jumped off the San Rafael ferry
boat about a month ago and rescued
from drowning a daughter Of one Of
our richest stock operators. The
next day the grateful father sent for
the hero and presented him with a
point on stocks To-day the heroic
young man is walking around on his
uppers and sleeping on benches in the
plaza. This is a true story.
Year: 1879

TIN from Kentucky, and perhsps
you never heard of Captain Phillips
experience in a railroad wreck 2" Well
Captain Phillips is a conductor on the
Louisville and Cincinnati Short Line
Road, and at the tine | speak of, wa.
running q freight. 4 heavy storm had
followed his train from CINCINNATI
severe winter storm that was accom-
panied by fearful wind and rain, and
had ragged a considerable time. His
train was just beyond Walton, thirty
miles the other side of Cincinnati, and
was approaching bridge that Spanned
a little creek that empties into the
Licking River. Usually this stream is
low, but on that night (Ihis was some
four years ago it had become a swollen,
roaring torrent. \ passenger train
had crossed the bridge safely, bat is
gave way under Captain Phillips train.
He was in the cabOOse, which was next
the tender. lie was alone there. As the
caboose rolled upon the bridge, Cap
tain Phillips fcltcar, bridge and every
thing else suddenly sink beneath him
He felt the cabOose and engine part,
and then the caboose struck the rush
ing stream. The cabOOse light went
out, and the wafer poured in upon the
flooring upon which he stood. The
Captain was thrown down, but he re-
gained his feet and ma naged TO stand
while the car was swept along. Ii was
an awful position. The water poured
in and rose higher and higher around
him; the car floated. but it turned
from side to side, pitching and rolling
and struck with fearful force upon the
cotton trees that stood in the way of the
torrent. Phillips did not loose his
presence of mind, but struggled per


sistently TO reach the car door. Again
aud again he approached it, but the
rolling and plunging of the car threw
him back. The minutes seemed hours
to Phillips. The water in the cabOose
rose higher and higher-past his knees,
past his waist, up to his chest, over his
shoulders, even up to his chin, Finally
his head struck the top of the car when
the car changed its motion. Suddenly
when all chance of escape seemed out
of the question, the ear door burst open
and by tremendous effort, Phillips
reached and braced himselfin its frame
work. The next instant he seized a
limb of a cottonwood tree, against
which the caboose was carried. He
held tight, and the car was swept on,
while he hung to the tree. The other
cars of the train rushed past one by
one, and more than once the tree he
clung to was struck by them. SO great
was the force of the torrent that the
locomotive was carried many yards
down the stream, and some loaded ears
of wheat were swept into the Licking
River and down to Cincinnati thirty
miles away. Phillips was rescued in
the morning.