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Year: 1878

Southern people decorate the graves of the
Confederate dead it is not to be regarded
as persistence in the heresy of secession,
but as tribute Of natural affection to those
who were dear in life.


AS an honor paid to national valor
we see no great objection to including
the Confederate dead in these horal dec
orations. The war having ended and its
passions and animosities being at length
allayed we can afford to be just,
and even generous, to the bravery
of the Southern soldiers. General
Grant paid them handsome tribute in the
interview which we published few days
since, and the country may safely accept
his Judgment of their military qualities.
value the vigor and gallantry of those
against whom they fought. The time has
come when we may recognize the courage
and skill of both the Northern and the
Southern armies Us n priceless national pos
session. In future foreign wars the North
and the South will fight side by side, and
the nation is stronger in power and
prestige by the military vigor displayed
by the South. Foreign nations will
fear us more and be slower to
push controversies to extremities when they
consider that in a war with the United
States they will have to contend against the
combined military resources of the two Sec
tions which were separately SO formidable
when they measured their strength against
each other. The demonstration given by
both sections of their splendid fighting
qualities is valuable contribution to the
military prestige of the United States
Year: 1878

The Yuma Sentinel is q little clustic in it's remarks upon the matter of the Governor listening to petitions sent to him from the pcO- pie, making special mention of the one asking for the cOmmutation of the sentence of Lewis from hanging to imprisonment for life and the one upon which the Governor ap- pointed a certain man Notary Public for Yuma county.

 In the Lewis III utter we happen ed to know that the Governor was not so m uch influenced by the peti- tions as by other facts.

 In the broad sense of the law Lewis Was not guilty of murder ill the first degree and therefore ought not to have hanged. The Judge and the leading Attorney for the prosecution do not think him guilty of murder in the first degree. In the Lewis clse, Governor Hoyt did right and the sober solid sense of most of those conversant with thc facts fully justify him. In the mat ter of the Yuma Notary the Cover nor appointed him upon the strength of the petition belrirg a few re- spectable' (although unwillingl names.

 If your people will, in the orli- nary and very proper manner ask the Governor to appoint one of youl citizens to any office of trust or responsibility and he is rather a bad or improper one or becomes such, then like men, bear the blame your selves as you should anl don't act the boy in foolishly blam ng the Governor who has kindly complied with your request. Were you one of the Yuma petitioners brother George?
Year: 1878

The peach crop of Salt River Valley cannot be excelled, according to the number of trees in the United States. No finer climate exists for the raising of all kinds of delicious fruit. It would be well for our farmers to turn their attention more to the raising of fruit.
Year: 1878

Brick For Sa l e At the the Brick Yard in Phenix on and after the 9th day MAY. For plrticnlas inquire at the yard in the Southern Tart of town one plnek below the Phenix Flouring Mill.

 ALLEN { TE W.
Year: 1878

Al the next session Of Congress
this great enterprise will make the
last great effort 10 secure an apDro-
priatiOn. What the South asks i
simply an act Of Justice. Millions
were appropriated for the Union
and Pacific road, and the South,
taxed for the benefit of of this road,
Insists that she be treated with re-
spect and justice. If the friends Of
this great enterprise will unite, we
believe they viii succeed. As a
rule, We are opposed to subsidies,
but a grand enterprise of the magni-
tude of the Southern Pacific, one
which would give employment 10
thousands upon thousands Of men,
put In circulation millions Of money
and open up a highway through n
very paradise Of country, and furn-
ish cheap homes to million Of idle
mechanics and wOrkmon, we can
see no good reason why tho Gov
eminent cannot lend the enterprise
a hand upon honorable terms when
not jeopardizing the treasury one
mill In so doing. Men oppose the
Pacific road only from n
want Of a careful investigation Of
the result,
Year: 1878

the Democratic party, feeling that the
popular heart beats in unison with it,
appeals to every lover of constitution
al government, whatever may have been
his former party affiliations, and especi.
ally to those who have hitherto acted
and sill believe with us, but who now
mistakenly hope for relief from other
parties, to unite with us in our efforts
to maintain just and economical ad-
ministration of the State governmen t
and to rescue the administration Of the
Federal government from the hands of
the INSCRIPTIONS party which has
ruled it for seventeen years, and which
has hesitated at no course to perpetuate
its unhallowed rule.
Year: 1878

Young men out of business are fire.
quently sadly hampered by pride.
Many young men who take more pride
than money, bring back all pride and
no money at all. A young man who
works for his board, no matter what
honest work he does. has no reason
for shame. A young man who eats
the bread of idleness, 10 matter how
much money he has, is disgraced.
Young men starting in life ought
to aim, first of all, to find place
where they can earn their bread and
butter, with hoe, axe, spade, wheel
barrow, curry combine matter how.
Independence first; the bread and
butter question settled, let the young
man perform his duty faithfully so as
to attract attention, and let him con-
stantly keep his eye open to do better.
About half the poor proud young men,
and two thirds Of the Door, disgraced
young men are always out Of worL
The young man who pockets his pride
and carries an upper-lip as stiff as a
cast-iron step scrape. need not starve,
and stands a good chance TO become
rich.
Year: 1878

A special meeting of the Board of Health
was held at o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
at the bone rendering establishment on the
Lancaster pike, just beyond the limits of
,he city, complaint of which was made at
the last regular meeting night but one. The
place was declared nuisance.
Year: 1878

The Gazette says member of the Grand
Jury Of this county intends calling the at
tention of the Attorney General to the late
shooting affair, in which officer Brick!e shot
a colored man named Dave Williams, from
the effects of which he died. The case will
probably be investigated by the Grand Jury
at the November term of Court.
Year: 1878

All the companies in the coal combination
have ordered an advance in prices of from
ten to twenty cents per ton, with tho
exception of the Lehigh valley, Miners
wages will remain the same.
Year: 1878

IT is ENTERPRIsING. FEARLESS, RE-
liable and newsy, and the peer of any weekly
newspaper published in West Tennessee. con-
tanning all local events of Importance in the
city of Memphis and Shelby county. No
labor or expense will be spared to maintain it
in every department at the highest possible
standard. and to commend it in al! respects
to the confidence and approval Of the best
classes in the surrounding country, being
strictly
Year: 1878

AS our September election ap,-


proaches, the various candidates and


the people generally will feel and


evlnce growing interest in the


coming contest-not a contest OF
carnal destruction, but one in which


the veal or woe, the joy or sorrow,


Of many aspirants to office, as well
as the general welfare of our coun-
try, is materially concerned; conse-
quently it is essential that sober
reflection should guide US, and nee
essary that a growing interest should


be telt in its approach, its result
and consequence. We should look
forward to it, not as the coming OF
a circus or menagerie, where the wit
of clown may amuse for g while,
or the Gagged occupants Of the forest,
collected to CRAFTY curiosity, attract
ING attention often by their fierce
growls and grimaceS, may interest
for an hour those who buy their
tickets or steal their admission.


Such we really feel is not the proper
avenue to the ballot box, but we
should approach 1t with a calm, de-.
liberate and honest purpose. Did
you ever duly reflect when approach


ing that box with your carefully
folded ticket, how much Of your own
future welfare or injury, or how
much of the future welfare Of your
fellow-creature, or how much Of the
prospective good Of your country,
you were holding between your fin
GER and thumb? II YOU never have,
then pause and consider, as you
would do if you were approaching
the ruler Of your country, With q
drawn sword, to destroy him. In
deed, the ballot box is the ruler OF
your country, whose voice will de,
eide the destiny Of our Republican
government. The elective franchise
(our liberty to vote) the prerogative
of every male adult citizen Of the
United States, is the diadem Of our
American independence. 1t IS the
richest boon ever won by the blood
Of our ancestors and bequeathed tc
us as a sacred heritage. Then i.
you would not tarnish its briliiancy.
hold it aloof from the stain Of reck


less or mercenary hands, and wave
it onward and upward in the sun
light Of honest intentions. Approach
tie ballot box with an eye single tc
the welfare Of all. You hold al In
tegral number in your hand, con
tanning the elements Of civil liberty


and your imperative duty to youl
friends, your neighbors and your
country, as we'll as to yourself, de


mandS judicious disposal OF it or
the I'd day Of September next, and
in all subsequent elections. Then
when you meet the disappointed


down-cast candidate, you can fee
that you have gratifed no venge


ance, strengthened no prejudice.
inundated no fellow-creature upor
the political altar, crushed no noble
aspirations, intentionally abused nc
power of the elective franchise, nol
reared any barrier to the future
prosperity and happiness Of your
country, Then with q conscience
void Of offence to God or man, re


turn to your bed at night, "as one
who wraps the drapery Of his couch
about him and lies down to pleasant
dreams" ". Ii.
Year: 1878

TIE amount of grain finding its
way the seaboard at present is
simply immense. In one day recently,
there arrived in New York city by q
single railroad-the New York Central
eleven hundred and thirty-four car
loads. When the new crop from the
West gets fairly in motion, they will
realize down East that the Great Amer
ican Desert has taken the lead in re-
storing national prosperity.
Year: 1878

New York, Aug. 20.-Gen. Butler
addressed meeting of several hundred
workingmen last evening He said
there had never been fair division in
the country, or within the last quarter
of a'century, between capital and en-
terprise, nor between enterprise and
labor. That was the reason why most
of the money invested in enterprises
was borrowed capital, and must pay a
large interest, then when that interest
was to be got again it must be got of
labor.
Year: 1878

JORDAN has the reputation of being
a rugged, uninviting thoroughfare,
along which supervisors are negligent
and no poll-tax collected, but the un-
prejudiced conclusion reached by the
man who stumbles through the world
with no baggage in the matter of tact
is that the aforesaid slandered highway
is bran-new Nicholson pavement COM
pared to the condition of his own path
wav s4
Year: 1878

A MICHIGAN man by feeding tramp
accidentally found long-lost brother
of his wife. We suppose this should be
taken as a terrible warning against
something or other, because he has had
to keep on feeding him ever since.
Year: 1878

THE colered people of Washington
City and vicinity, have caught the wes-
tern fever, and many contemplate emil
grating as early in the fall as possible.
The advance guard of large number
of families will start the last of August
or first of September.
Year: 1878




No TRAMPs IN THE SoUTH-The tramps
do not take kindly to the Southern States
probably because the negroes do not take
kindly to them. In that region colored
people have charge Of the Kitchens and
ing mendlcants ravors:: - .rda;"ted- to show
one reason why so few tramps are to be
found in the South Another reason is
that the South docs not afford the same
advantages for plunder and free living that
are to be found in, the North. There was
an irruption of tramps into Louisiana last
winter during the sugar. making season.
They pretended to be in search. of work,
but when furnished with employment, they
soon showed that they were not fascinated
with it. They wandered from one planta-
tion to another, and became as much dis
gusted with the country as il was with them.
The negroes showed them no favor, and the
planters closed their doors against them
They were found to be an undesirable ac-
cession to the population, and the New Or
leans Democrat advises that ''if there is
more cotton produced than can be picked
by our own people, it is better to let it rot
away than bring down this visitation Of
tramps upon us, nndor the dclusion that
they will do any work"
Year: 1878

ROUNDABOUT WAY OF HEARING
There is passage from the cavity of the
drum of the ear to the throat, known as
the Eustachian tube. Its main purpose
seems to be to regulate the pressure of
air in the cavity; but under certain cir
custances it serves to convey sounds to the
inner ear. Writers on physiology record
instances in which persons who could not
hear through the external ear were enabled
to do SO through tho mouth. Another
roundabout way of hearing is by means OF
the tooth. A simple experiment illustrates
the transmission of sonorous sounds by the
vey 'feebld slpfaa068&s' that solid bodies con-
Lay watch, face downwards, ON table
and stand so far from it that you cannot
hear the ticking. Now let one end of a
wooden rod rest on the back of the watch,
and grip the other end with the, teeth
close the ears with the fingers, to exclude
other sounds, and tho beat of the watch
will be distinctly audible. Other sounds
may be conveyed in the same manner. If
one end of very long rod be placed on a
piano and tho other held between the
teeth, one can distinguish the tune played
though his ears be stopped. That the sound
is tranmitted better through solids than
through the air is shown by the old expert
ment of suspending poker or an iron bar
by n cord held with the teeth. IF the iron
be struck the sound will appear louder than
when heard in the ordinary way. Engin-
GERS when they suspect a leakage or other
mischief inside the cylinder of steam
engine, sometimes put a small piece of iron
between the teeth, press it firmly against
the outside of the cylinder, and close the
ears, when the sounds produced within be.
come clearly audible.--Journal Of Chem,
iSty.
Year: 1878

| FARMYAHD MANURE.-Everybody will


admit tho statements made by scientific az.


riculturlsts concerning tho laws of plant


growth and the relation of manures to the
crop. We all understand that plants never


take up and assimilate food in solid forms


that they must obtain that upon which


they feed and grow in gaseous state from,


the atmosphere, (which amounts to fullv


ninety per cent of their entire food, or i'm


a liquid condition through the soil; and
that the food elements in farm yard manure


must go through certain chemical changes
SsiSrs sss R!sSt Gag avail itself Of them:
tests give that thousand pounds of this


undecomposed manure will yield on an ay-


erage but five pounds of nitrogen, six and
a half pounds of potash and little over
two pounds Of phosphoric acid-tho most


necessary elements of plant food, and those


which 1t is essential to supply to the soil
for the perfect growth of aA farm crops-
So far we agree with those who advocate
the use of patent chemical mixtures AS fer
tillzers, because we recognize them as the
truths OF science--but beyond this We cannot.


For instance we do not believe that nine
hundred aud eighty-six pounds of solid
matter In thousand pounds of farm yard
manure Is worthless that it does not act a
most Important part in the economy of plant
growth and soil improvement, or that it is
just us well if not better to dump this over
the bank, and supply its place in the soil
with fourteen pounds of absolute chemical
sp2aA&l4 -Ssst ikarAlia. .the n,ntters
not to be forgotten IN the makine. : say;sr
and use of farm.yard manure or animal
dung its mechanical action in the soil per-
forms most important part in the growth
of the crop, in bettering the condition of
the soil as the home of the plant, and in
unlocking and rendering available the inert
fertility of "mother earth" The applica.
tion Of this nine hundred and eighty.six
pounds of updecomposed organic or vege-
table matter in every thousand-or about
ninety-five per cent of the bulk of all ami.
NAL manures-performs most essential and
important agency on the inorganic and
earthly PARTICLES of the SOIL in setting free
plant food. Among these may be mention
ed that its fermentation or decomposition
in the soil gives just those physical con-
diGopa 10 the rQotlats af be. Sn,inSS sI.l.4,-
which. t5nsods IN ats Ffrss stages to giyesit
o good start. Besides, as is well known, its
application to some soils renders them. light.
porous and readily aeratcd assists them in
the power OF absorbing and retaiping fer
tilizing clements, which would be lost but
tor the presence and action of these organic
and vegetable matters in the soil Increases
the amount Of dew fall and enables it to
hold the influences of that and of rain,
much longer than would otherwise be the
case, and gives the soil the ability to gather
and keep the fertilizing gases of the air
and earth, and prevent the mineral ele.
ments which are in solution in the soil from
being carried down beyond the reach of
the rootlets Of the growing crops. What
an important agency is this, and how essen
tial to the growth of the plants Maine
Farmer.
Year: 1878

APPLE DUMpLING-Use good sized,
rather tart apples, pare, and remove the
cores envelope each separately in puff paste
and tic it in piece Of cloth ; boil or steam
for one hour. Before serving, remove the
cloths, cut a piece from each and put in
some sugar and fresh butter; replace the
piece of paste, and sprinkle with powdered
sugar. If preferred, they may be served
with liquid sauce or sweet cream. The
same correspondent sends
Year: 1878

BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGs.-Pare and
core smooth apples of uniform size, and fill
the cavity of each with sugar and little
cinnamon. Divide the paste into as many
parts as there are apples; roll each piece
out square, and inclose an apple in it, slight
Fly wetting the edges to make them stick
Bake in shallow pans, and serve with hard
sauce.
Year: 1878

less than six months nor more than three
years. The Court is directed to render n
Judgment against the officer or agent for
the amount Of damages sustained by the
party injured, to be collected by execution


Under the provisions Of this section the
citizen has an ample remedy, and know
that the Courts of the United States would
be as ready to afford relief to the citizen
against the unlawful acts of officers as to
punish tn. citizen for violations of the law
The laws of tho United States are enacted
by the representatives of the people, and
are designed to promote the general welfare
OF the whole people. The Courts of the
United States A5cns much the COURTS, of the,
people. as the State Courts, and are as ready
to protect the rights Of citizens as the State
Courts are. .s. z,...


In my opinion it is essential to the hap
piness and prosperity of the country that
Communities should not be Kept in state of
excitement over the question of conflict
OF authority between the laws and Courts
or the United States and those of a State,
and, to avoid this, citizens should be encour
aged TO appeal for redress against the al
legged unlawful acts of officers of the Uni
ted States to the Courts of the United
States.


You will understand that in writing as
do do not disparage the character or ju.
rlsdiction of the State Courts, but wish
to point out to you that the laws of the
United States not only make provision for
for the PfottcsfoS o. ene cltlzes nag against fne
misconduct Of its officers; that these taxes
are to be collected through the instrument
tality of the officers and Courts of the
United States, and that all grievances can
be better redressed in the same manner.


Respectfully, GREEN b. RAuM,


Commissioner.
Year: 1878

A matronly lady asked one younger
in years why she did not require OF her
companion to teach her the French IAN
guage. To which interrogation she re-
piled that one tongue was enough Ter a
lady
Year: 1878

"Herein do exercise myself to have always
n conscience void of offence toward God and to-
ward men."-Acts xiv. lG.


What is conscience? The indicator Of
our doings; the tablet on which are writ
all our deeds, good and bad. We find q
good conscience spoken Of seven or eight
times in the New Testament. In this
portion of the Acts Paul speaks of "a
conscience void of offence toward God,
and toward men" Let US see if we can
understand what the apostle meant.
= The conscience that God has given US
is the guide of our lives when it is void
of offence" Paul meant that he always
acted SO that his conscience did not re-
proach him, and, more than that, SO that
his conscience approved Of what he did.
Void of offence, that which is often
sive, or might cause another to stumble.
He kept his conscience so pure and en-
lightened in regard to duty, that he act
ed in accordance to its dictates, and his
conduct was not displeasing to God nor
Injurious to men. Toward God, he
endeavored to discharge all the duties OF
public and private worship, did CONSTANT.
ly what God required, believing all He
has said, and doing all that lie approves


Let me try and show you what | mean
by acting 90 that the conscience ap
proves.


There was q lad in Ireland who work
ed at linen manuGactory and one day 9
piece of cloth was wanted to be sent out
which was found to be shorter than il
ought to be. The master thought il