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Year: 1878

ADvIcEs from Washington inform us
that Senator Bayard says from appear
ances the Bland silver bill will pass the
Senate without modification and by a
majority of nearly two-thirds His strong
est friends in Delaware still hope that he
will not record his vote against it. He
has so frequently said that no vote of his
would ever deprive the people of the use
of silver money it would be only a grace
full acknowledgment of his devotion to
those generous Delaware friends of his,
who have devoted so much of their time
to him, to do this. The only difference
between him and the troops of Della
ware friends, including the Governor of
the State, is as to the limitation of silver
as legal tender. Aud what is the use of
limitation, (when we want all the silver
we can get,) since large bills are univer-
sally paid by check and the remonetiza-
ton of silver is so sure to bring green
backs to par with both silver and gold
Then payment, as before the rebellion,
will be made in either paper or coin.-
Nine-tenths of the Democrats of the State
will feel deeply disappointed if Senator
Bayard votes against this bill They want
TO see the votes of the whole Delaware
delegation cast for its passage.
Year: 1878

GOLD Down AeAIN.-The probable
passage of Bland's silver bill has reduced
the price of gold again. 1t opened this
morning at 10li. The New York Herald,
which is violently and insanely mad for
single gold standard, honestly said yes
terday, if the Bland bill did pass gold
would at once 60 down. Other dishonest
gold advocates have been saying the
passage of the Silver bill would put gold
nm .'tti| A-N
Year: 1878

She came TO the station little lato,
and had to make a rush for the train.
When sho reached her seat her hat fell
of. She got it on. but IL topplcd over
TO one side, and, when she tried 70
Straighten IL up, her hair came tumb-
ling down. She lost her ticket twice
before the conductor reached her, and
would have lost il again If he hadn't
taken it away from her. She reached
up TO put bundle in tho rack above
her head, and burst her collar button
of her dustcr, and stuck her fingers on
four pins in her dress before she could
find ono that she dared take ont 10 70.
pair the damage. Then just as she
thought she had got comfortably scttled
her little hand valise, packed to burst
ing with enough things 70 load Sara
toga trunk to the muzzle, exploded, and
she nearly worked herself into fragments
getting it together again. Then by the
time she got the yalise shut up her hat
tumbling off again, and by the time she
got the hat Strengthened back TO its
place, her hair tumbled down again,





and as soon as she got her nair twisted
up, and harpooned it with couple Of
hair pins, the yaIise went of, aud when
she got of at New Prague, Ahe tucked
the gasping valise under her arm, and
tried to corral her topping hat and wan
dering hair with one hand, and az she
fluttering and struggling into the depot
one couldn't help thinking that it would
be safer and more convenient 10 run
her in sections and 1ag her against
everything. l have seen this woman
on several other trains, and she has
never been able to keep herself togeth-
er. There seems to be moro average
humanity about her neater sister. She
isn't so aggravating, but she keeps you
III a state of agonizing suspense, for
You never know where she is going tc
give way next.-BiwlinytOn Ha'okeye
Year: 1878

We want our readers to stop Just
for one moment and look at this mat
ter. These nurses who have gone out of
the pure air of their homes to II =
plague-stricken towns, to handle and
tenderly care for dead and dying men
who are utter strangers to them, need a
higher courage than any soldier march
ing into the thick of battle. They
gain nothing, neither pay nor glory.
Their victories are not watched by a
proud country, for whose honor they
gave their lives. If they die no weep
ing nation will, year by year, hang
laurels on their graves. The Howard
nurse is only mentioned in the papers
as tone Of twenty-five arriving on
such date, or zone of twenty" who
are dead. His name nobody knows.
If he falls, his friends only learn of it
because he fails to return. There is no
battle-cry or martial music to cheer his
soul in its last struggle with death; in
the future there is to be no roll-call of
victorious army, and with proud an
swer TO his name, "Died upon the
field of honor" He gives his life for
some poor plague-stricken wretch, prob
ably of less value to the world than
himself, in the poisoned air Of soil,
tary chamber, where there is none but
God to know. He IS buried hastily in
nameless grave, with shuddering and
fear, and quicklime is thrown upon The
body. The sacrifice ho makes out o.
pure love to God and humanity, ant
this sacrifice is now making, not by on,
man, but by every one Of the hundreds
of nurses sent out by the Howard a.
soclation. Every one of them carries
his life in his hand as he goes-N. 7


Tribune.
Year: 1878

Charles Mantelman, a Suablan by birth, simply bored holes in Jumps of gold, closed them up with black wax, and threw these Jumps into the crucible when the masses were in full fusion

 He was detected, however, and cruelty beheaded and quartered at Regensburg, about 1870. Another worthy, one George Honauer, met with similar sad, fate 8 few years after at Stuttgart, where he was hanged. This ingenious gentleman always travelled with large chest, with. a double bottom to it, concealing his own son, sharp lad of about ten, who used to come out from his hiding place at night and put the gold into the cruel ble, in which the mass was in fusion oyer the laboratory fire. Honauer pre- tended that it was indispensable to leave the mass few hours to itself, and the laboratory was, therefore, always care fully locked up for the night. The poor boy on one occasion caught a cold in the head, and his irrepressible sneezes led to the detection of the trick. Another, a Swiss adept, used to stir the fused mass with sticks of wood deftly bored at one end and filled with gold, which readily dropped into the mass. A ser want of his always managed to put few of these so prepared sticks upon the bundle of wood which his master used to stir the mixture with. This trick was also detected in the end, and visited with eondign punishment.
Year: 1878

A flour mill owner relates the follow ing experience I have condenser in the mill that separates the fine -four. The spout leading from the condenser in the elevator, through which the fine flour passes, clogged up. The spout is on the grinding floor, just in front of eight run of stone. One of the millers was with me. He put his lantern on the floor, I standing about four feet from him, and the same distance from the lan- tern. The man put one hand into the hand-hole, and with the other he grasped the spout, when all at once the -four started down, forcing itself through the joints, about one quart in quantity, and fell about ten feet in spray. It imme- diately ignited and made report like a pistol, with much force and intense heat There was blue blaze reaching from the floor to the ceiling, fourteen feet high and ten in diameter, and lasted sev- eral seconds, burning the mans eyelids and winkers, and one of his wrists. At the same time I was thrown back against one of the curbs of the stone, my head, whiskers and eye-winkers being consid- erably scorched. Fortunately there was no opening to conduct the blaze to the upper stories or dust-room, or we cer- tainly should have had more serious explosion. Itignited more like gas than powder. Ifeel that much caution should be used in moving with lantern where there is much fine dust; nor would I enter dust-room with light since my experience.
Year: 1878

PREMoNITIoNs OF AUTUMN.-There was no
other sound, except the song Of the cricket,
which is but an audible stiffness for though
it be very loud and heard afar, yet the mind
does not take note of it as a sound, so entire
ly does it mingle and lose its individuality
among the other characteristics of coming
autumn. Alas for the summer The grass
is still verdant on the hills and in the valleys;
the foliage of the trees is as dense as ever, and
as green the flowers are abundant along the
margin of the river, and on the hedge rows,
and deep among the woods the days, too,
are as fervid as they were a month ago and
yet in every breath of wind, and in every
beam of sunshine, there is an autumnal infiu-
euce. know not how to describe it. Me-
thinks there is n sort of GOODNESS amid all the
heat, and mildness in the brightest of the
sunshine breeze cannot stir without thrill
ing me with the breath of autumn, and be-
hold its pensive glory in the far, golden
CLEANS among the shadows of the trees. The
flowers, even the brightest of them-the gold
en- rods and the gorgeous cardinals-the most
glorious flowers of the year,-have this gen.
tie sadness amid their pomp. Pensive au-
tumn is expressed in the glow of every one of
them. I have felt this influence earlier in
some years than in others. Sometimes au-
tumn may be perceived in the early days of
July. There is no other feeling like that
caused by this faint, doubtful, yet real per-
ception, or rather prophecy, of the years de-
cay, SO deliciousy sweet and sad at the same
time. .-NdthdRieL Hawthorne.
Year: 1878

A great inundaton having taken place in
the north of Italy, owing to an excessive fall
of snow in the Alps, followed by a speedy
thaw, the river Adige carried of bridge
near Verona, except the middle part on which
was the house of the toll-gatherer, who thus,
with his whole family, remained imprisoned
by the waves and in momentary danger of
destruction. They were discovered from the
bank, stretching forth their hands, scream
ing and imploring succor, while fragments of
the only remaining arch were continually
dropping into the water. In this extreme
danger nobleman who was present, Count
of Pulverini, held out purse of 100 sequins,
as a reward to any adventurer who would
take boat and deliver this unhappy family.
But the danger was so great of being borne
down by the rapidity of the current, of being
dashed against fragment of the bridge, or of
being crushed by the falling stones, that no
one in the vast number of spectators had
courage enough TO attempt such an exploit.


peasant, passing along, was informed OF
the circumstance and of the promised reward
Immediately jumping into a boat he, by
strength of oars, gained the middle of the
river, brought his boat under the pile, and
the whole family safely descended by means
of a rope. Courage" said he, ''now you
are safe" By still more strenuous effort
and great strength of arm he brought the
boat and family TO shore.


Brave fellow !" exclaimed the count, hand
ing the purse to him, "here is your recon-
pense,


II shall never expose my life for money,
answered the peasant. MY labor is sufi-
cient livelihood for myself, my wife and chill
dren. Give the purse to this poor family,
who have lost all
Year: 1878

The cause Of my trouble and discomfort
Is where to get good CIGAR for cent. 's
Take this advice, YOU will iind 1t best:
Hereafter smoke. .WHITLoCK'S Key West.
And If for one you'll pay 10 cent,
To get something good and be content,
BE sure you get WHITLock's Model Cigar;
They are for sale most everywhere
Year: 1878

Several days ago a couple Of Brook
lyn lovers went to'he cemetery, drank
IA lot Of Iaudanum laid down in eacl
others arms and prepared to die
The laudanum didn't work according
to expectation, and the young lady
has now brought suit against him for
breach Of contract. In turn the young
man is to sue the druggist for false
pretences. And the cemetery assorI-
alton is to sue all three for treapass.
The course OF true love is mighty
hummocky.- Danbury News.
Year: 1878

A Cumberland youth dreamed :
few nights ago that he WAS on his bri
dad tour to Niagra and to avoid a
threatened collision with an ap.
preaching train, loapel from his i'm
aglnary sleeping car, cruelty leaving
his visionary bride to her SITE. When
that young man awolo he found that
he had, III lis sleep, Ioaped through
an open window and found himself on
the roof Of the porch below in rather
scanty costume. He is still looking
for the lovely bride.
Year: 1878

THE Silver lining to our financial cloud is
again exhibiting itself. In the past ten
days the price Of the shining metal has adj.
vanced five cents an ounce in the London
market under u prospective demand for sill.
yer coin in the threatened war in India. Ii
this kind Of thing keeps on gold will very
soon begin to be rated below par, whatever
that standard Of values may be. In fact, il
Germany were to remonctize silver to-day,
~ she may at any time, to correct the error
Of demonstration, as this country has gold
would no longer be accepted as the sole
standard by any class Of lnanciers. One
way TO aid this result is to establish free
coinage of silver in this country. Our Ger
man ncighbors would then understand that
we are in earnest in our endeavors to return
to a bi.metallic sytem, of which both cOun-
tries, Germany and the United States, were
fairly robbed by the covert Vaccinations oil
the. he.RUTHsCHILDs.
Year: 1878

WHEN FIrz-JoHN PORTER asked for the
privilege of a rehenring Of his case he SIM
ply claimed that he had discovered some
new evidence, which he desired to submit
10 the authorities as the basis of future ac-
ton, either by Congress or the President,
regarding the disabilitic7 imposed upon him
by the sentence of the court-martial of 1868
Since then he. has gradually encroached
upon and beyond the limits of this privi-
lcge, until now it appears that he not only
desires to present newly-discoyercd evil
dence, but to 20 over and over all. the old
testimony taken by that court But this
desire is circumscrbed pby fear that
repetition of some of this, old testimony
will iniure his case; hence the refusal of
his counsel to call General POPE as wit
ness, although that officer has sgnided his
willingness to respond to such a call with
out delay.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Hayes got into the White House by
bargain, an arrangement, trade. -Tht
investigations of the Potter committee
have made that plain if it was not plan
before, His Inauguration was not the re,
sUlt of the election alone 1t was in con
sequence Of an understanding with certain
southern men which was come to long after
the election was over.


Hayes bought himself in. His admin.
istration, which came in by bargain, il
now trying 10 buy itself on. With mean
ness of spirit characteristic of those who
steal into places where they have no right,
it offers, in the most abject manner, TO pay
for the faiutest recognition. Through Mr..
Commissioner Raum it proposes to let up
on the worst offenders against the United
States Government in South Carolina if in
the old hotbed of notification Its own off,
GERS can only be treated lenientlyl Raaaa


All this is consistent and in keeping. An
administration that bought itself in may be
expected to buy itself on.


We do not think in the days of Andrew
Jackson an officer who had telegraphed to
South Carolina supplication for mercy or
leniency to United States officers would
have remained in Office very long.


But then Gen. Jackson did not buy
himself into Office. He never ceased to re-
gard with abhorrence the man who once
intimated TO him that he could become
president by an understanding and ar,
rangement." He did not buy himself in.
He did not buy himself on. @'a ef


aayes is a man of different stamp
Trade is in bis line. He got in by a trade
He is trying TO get on by fresh trades
N. y Sun. ' 80 -ssa
Year: 1878

The Virginia Chronicle tells the awful
story Of a mans death at the Savage
carpenter shop in that city. The man,
whose name was William Carpenter


was boring hole through a stick Of
hard wood about three inches thick and
eight feet long, and was leaning his
might against 1t, under the impression
that there was a guage attached to the
machinery, to prevent the block going
further along the augur than the dis
tance required. Suddenly a workman
near Carpenter observed an indescriba-
BILE look on his face as his body shot
forward and doubled over the terrible
machine. 1t had passed, like fencer's
sword, through his stomach and wa.
protruding at the back. He was liter
ally impaled upon the augur, which
was churning his intestines at the rate
of from 1000 to 1900 revolutions per
minute. In the midst Of this horrible
agony, Carpenter seems to have main
tanned his presence of mind, for he cast
himself backward, and got off the au-
CUR, falling to the floor as he did 90.
The most terrible excitement prevailed
among his comrades in the shop, and
there was rush to the PROSTATE man.
The sight must have almost paraly zed
them. Carpenter was lying on his
back, with his clothes torn and twisted
above the region of the abdomen. Just
above him the deadly augur was still
whizzing, and clinging to 1t was mass
Of intestlnes, the loose ends Of which
spread out with the revolution. and
gave the auger the appearance Of buzz
saw. He was taken to room and the
physicians who were summoned decl-
ded that he had better die under the in
huence Of chloroform Before the drug
was administered he was told that he
would never come from under its infu-
ence alive. He merely nodded, bade
those about him goodbye, and In few
minutes was unconscious. He lay In
this state as calmly as a sleeping child,
until little after o'clock the next
morning, when the influence Of the
chloroform passed of, and he opened
his eyes. He did not seem to suffer
much pain, and occasionally talked to
his attendants. He died at 8 o'clock,
and, as those who saw him said, "Dled
like a man." His last wouds were, ~
am passing into thsunknown."
Year: 1878




Nothing presents a sadder commeD-
tary upon the present condition of
society than the large number Of
families, both In town and in the coun-
try, but more especially in the latter,
that subscribe to no ,aper of any kind
Hundreds and thousands of families are
thus growing up utterly ignorant OF
what L. transpiring In the world around
them ignorant of the mighty events of
the day. But who can tell the vast
amount of injury that Is being inflicted
upon the rising generation--those who
are to take our places In the busy world
at no distant day--growlng up without
any knowledge of the present, or any
study of the past this ignorance, too,
being imbued into them by the sanction
Of those who should, and doubtless do
know better, did they only think Of the
injurious effects Of their insane course.
Let the head Of every family think OF
this, and place In the hands Of those
whom he is responsible for the means
of acquiring some knowledge of he
moving panorama In which we act our
different parts.
Year: 1878

Only baby's grave


Some foot OF two at most
OF star dAised sod, yet think that God
Knows what that little grave cost
Only baby's grave!


To children ever 30 small
That they sit there and ring; 30 small q thing
Seems scarcely grave at all


onlys bsbys gravel


Strange how We moan and fret
For little face that As here such Il space,
o., more strange could We forget
Only bsby's grave


Did We measure our grief by this,
Few ars we're shed on our bsby's head,
know how they fell on this.


Only bsby's grave


vii the title lf be much
Too small gem for bis diadem


WHO kingdom Is made OF such
Only baby's grave!


Yet often we com 10 sit
BY tho little stone, anl thank God to own.
We are nearer heaven for it,
Year: 1878

No machinery being used 10 their manu-.
facture and will be Of the BEST MATER.
IAL, and made by the best work men, and
under his own supervision. l shall sell
these goods at prices very little higher thar
machine made shoes.
Year: 1878

There 10 one Republican editor in this State
impartial, that Of the Port Tobacco Independ-
snt. He does not decry the rings of the De-
mocracy inconsistently with the success of his
party BY corrupt rings therein, Whether his
objection comes from averice or ambition TO
enrich himself to reign in his own party and
have that in the ascendency too, or sincere
antipaihy TO ring-rule he must have credit for
consistency and pursuance of an honest course.


In speaking of the riugites of his party he
says that be has "raised the stardard Of revolt
against John L. Thomas, because he believes
him to be corrupt and incompetent to manage
the party, and he opposes the State Central
Committee because it does not represent the
Republicans Of the State, is incompetent to
discharge the trust in Its hands, and Is the
plant tool Of the Baltimore Collector of Gus
TOMS"
Year: 1878

MoSTGoMERY COUNTY, Dec. 9th, 1878.
Mr. Editor As your correspondents on
reform seem 10 be getting in earnest,I will at
tempt, in my humble way, 10 give you few
of the ideas of some OF our people who would
like to see a change in the laws regarding
petty thefts, which have become 70 be Of too
frequent occurrence, thereby entailing loo great
| and unnecessary expense on our law abiding
and tax paying people. Some OF our people
think our Magistrates ought to have stated
salaries, and have the power to impose
a fine for all petty thefts under thirty
dollars. Let the fine be double the amount
| stolen, and 10 case he fine is not paid 10 one
| hour after the Magistrate renders his decision,
then let the said Magistrate order the said
criminal to receive not less than ten or over
| thirty lashes; then we could get along with
one judge for our colnty court.


There is another thing which is getting 10
be of vital importance and ought 10 he altered,
that is when our School Board makes an esti-
mate for our schools let it be final, for we can
not see the philosophy in having four well
Informed and sworn men 10 say what it will
cost to run our schools for one year and then
for the County Com missiouers to say 1t will no.
require that amount; and by cutting down
the School Board s estimate they very often
stop our schools one quarter OF the time that
the law says they shall be kept open, thereby
depriving all needy children OF that much Of
their precious school time, and, / might say,
clipping the teachers out Of one quarter Of
their years salary.


have always thought our teachers as we'll
as our Magistrates, ought TO have stated
salaries and living ones at that.


II the above ideas were ingrafted in one of
our hoped-for reform laws il would not be
long before we would have better schools and
less stealing Would not that be reform, in
deed


Mr.. Editor, is not this the proper time TO have
called convention for each district to send Eve
Of their best men to Rock vile TO try 10 harmo-
nize and bring together all elements Of our
party so that they may agree on some plan
that will give us some hope Of our Democratic
future? For as the party now stands it is a
conglomeration of nothing that any depend
ence can be placed in. Let US harmonize and
prepare for all future political contests SO that
We can present solid front to all frauds
Let us return TO the old fashioned conventions
of our fathers with the minority from each
district represented therein, then their will be
no cause for disagreement, as all elements
would be respected and represented 10 the
nominating convention.


The above items, as also Local Option, is
freely discussed by our people, thereby show
ing that they will hold our future delegates
responsible for acts done or neglected 10 be
done while representing this county in the
future sessions that will be held at Annapolis.


COUNTY DEMOCRAT.