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Year: 1879

The following is an extract from
the recent speech of Fred Douglass in
Baltimore


eve have been more unsettled by
schemes of colonization and emigra-
ton than from any other cause. First
Hayti, then Jamaica were our Ca
naans. Next came Nicaragua, and
that would have been a 'Niggeragua,
while Liberia has been a standing
land of Canaan. l am against this
going. The moral and social power,
strong though invisible, is being to
the manner born. The men who
made Rome worth going to see were
the men who stayed there. If we
could stay in the South in slavery We
can stay now. We have advantages
there which VIC could have nowhere
else. Our people in the South have
a monopoly of the labor market. They
are the arm, the muscle and the hand,
with the vantage ground of the con-
stitution behind them, men sympa-
thizing with them in every state, and
the power to say, "Give us fair wages
or your fields will 60 untitled" In
the North and West we have no such
advantage. They will be confronted
by Irishmen, Germans and Chinese,
who can do all kinds of labor, even to
handling the wood-saw and whitewash
brush. IF the negro has not wit and
wisdom enough to combine for higher
wages in the South, where will his
sagacity be when he goes Northf Cap
ital is not divested of its central at
tribute there-that of getting labor as
it can. If you go North you will
have to take yourselves with you
your qualities, your efficiencies and
deficiencies. Sympathy may be yours
for a time, but it will change into
contempt, scorn and detestation, un-
less you become self-sustaining and
self-supPorting."
Year: 1879

The fattering prospect of an early


settlement of the state debt is hailed


with. delight by large majority of


our people. Intelligent and thinking


men realize the favorable results to


accrue from a final settlement OF this


vexed question, and hence their anxi-


ETY. to close the issue. The proposed


compromise, in our opinion. comes as


near uniting all the factions as any


that could have been submitted. True


there are malcontents who urge OBJ
jections to it, but upon examination


these are found fallacious and ground


less. Some claim that the debt should


be paid dollar for dollar; but this is


one of the impossibilities. Other


sticklers hold that fifty cents with


four per cent. interest is more than


we are able to pay. 1t is held again


by the high tax organs that the action
of the legislature in submitting the


proposition to the popular vote is a
forced settlement, unless the bond


holders en- masse agree to it. 1t must


be remembered, however, that the


holders of these bonds are scattered
over the states, while others reside in
Europe. 1t is no easy matter to call


these gentlemen together and have an
expression from them in a body. The
Enloe-Baxter committee visited New


York, and the conference with the
bondholders there was satisfactory,
and the majority of them favored the
compromise. This is certainly gratis
flying and promises a general accept
ance, for when the facts are canvassed
by our widely separated creditors and
our condition is known to them, they,
too, will fall in with their New York
brethren. The leading opposition to
a settlement on the proposed basis
comes from the ancompromising ene-
mics of Democracy, and among these
We may instance our neighbcrs, the
Huntingdon Republican, strict par
tisan journal, and Bro. Bruton, of the
jackson Wing, a newly converted
but Jealous Greenbacker. For purely
partisan purposes, it is unfortunate
that these two papers should attempt
to lead their readers into error upon
this vital and all>important adjust
ment. The time for action has come
and a miscarriage of the proposition
will result disastrously. The state
has gone too far to recede, and we
must meet the question boldly. Our
future prosperity depends upon it,
and our suffering industries call loud
ly for the pressure to be lifted. Re-
stored credit, confidence and ability
will he ours as in years gone by. As
for us, we shall support the settlement
heartily, feeling assured when the
voice of the people is heard at the
polls in August it will be carried by
an overwhelming majority.
Year: 1879

Under the new postal regulations it
is provided that mail matter directed
to a public official or to an officer of a
corporation or person holding posi-.
ton therein having an official desig>
nation should be delivered to the per-
son actually holding the Office or the
position designated, Notwithstanding
the name of another may also appear
thereon, the presumptive intention of
the sender being that the article of
mail matter shall reach the Office, etc.,
addressed rather than the individual
named.-Nashcille american.
Year: 1879

CONE TO THE FROST.-Owing to the fire
we are compelled to call upon all owing this
office back indebtedness to settle up. Ii all
the money on our books Was paid we should
have sufficient to build fire proof brick
office and thus save source of constant
worry and anxiety.
Year: 1879

Orr SurrLEMEsT.-In spite Of the great
drawback our office experienced by its being
turned out Of doors, by reason of the fire on
Welne,daylast, We are yet enabled by nea rs
Of hard work and determination to rise
superior to difficulties to issue a supplement
containing much matter of local and general
interest
Year: 1879

En- Jurdan's sample room is headquarters for
those who imbibe the pure and unadulterated
article. Ell is one If our oldest citizens, and q
universal favorite from the Rocky mountains
down to tide water
Year: 1879

CONDITION OF SrocK.-The most OF the
stock We are told is in a fair condition. ana
are likely to go through the rerent caid speh
Ill right. But i. will n, do to have many
such cold snaps with seven or eight inches o.
snow ON the ground. Grass is too short ana
scarce to tide them over bad spell OF ten OF
twelve DAYS duration. The best thing tha'
could he done in many places wouid De 10
drive them to the grass and keep them away
a General thing are poor rustlers and greatly
s,snd in need Of some such care; this Is true
particularly when ~ feed has been provided.
Year: 1879

UNTIL DR.. Alban generously onerea
us his services as compositor In our hour
of misfortune ws we're not aware thst
he was q first-class sprint" Hut such Is
the fact Had not the fraternity come so
calamity to our assistance We "ouio
gladly have accepted his kind services
Year: 1879

well received by the audience. The ground
tumbling by the three acrobats attached TO
tue troupe was as good, If not better, than
any ever witnessed by our theatre-goers.
Taken altogether, 1t is very amusing show,
and those wishing TO enjoy hearty laugh
should see 1t. The same programme will
be repeated tonight.
Year: 1879

The heat OF the Senate chamber is having
On injurious effect upon the canvas upon
which is painted the picture Of the storming
of a redoubt at yorktown, the gift OF Mr..
Corcoran. Both OF the lower corners are
already "drawn" considerably, and ugly
waves are beginning to appear. The sub
ject should receive the attention Of the pro-
per officers before the work is seriously
damaged.
Year: 1879




The statement is made that gen.
tleRlan iii the party now travelling
with Gen. Grant writes here that
Gen. Grant will not again be can
didate for President under any cir
cumstances. 1t is very we'll for Gen.
Grant to make this declaration and to
have it sent here for publication. II,
when the time comes for making the
nomination, the skies look propitious
he will, Of course, take the nomination
if he can get it. If the outlook is
gloomy, he can fall back upon the
declaration now made. The signs
thicken that there was a deep-laid
scheme concocted rs soon AS Gen.
Grant left this country to work up
sentiment which would demand his
denomination for President at the
hands of the Republican Convention
in 1880. The man who originated
this scheme and the men who are now
most actively at work pushing it, are
of the same class who hlockaded all
the avenues Of the White House dur
ing Gen. Grants administration, and
who did so much TO make that admin
istration odious in the eyes of the
country. These men do not doubt.
nor does any one else here doubt. that
with Grant back in the White House
their influenza would be as overshad-
owing as before. Indeed, so little
prudence and discretion have some of
them they are even now, at this long
period in advance, chuckling over
their anticipated return to luxury of
power and plunder. The shreNder
politicians among the Republicans
who are not prejudiced by personal
interest in nor personal infatuation for
Grant, have no hesitancy in express
ing the opinion that unless a great
change in public sentiment occurs,
Grant will really be the weakest man
that the Republicans could nominate.
Year: 1879




The movement in favor of Grant
for ;hird term is being silently man.
aged in this city, and no opportunity
is lost to bring forward the General ;
name on all occasions where it is be-
lieved it will do him good. An in
formal meeting of the members of the
Union League was held a few eve>
nings ago, when it was decided that
steps should be taken to send repre-
sentation of that body to San Franz
cisco and meet the ex-President on his
return to the East.


The matter was discussed in all its
bearings, and will be brought official
ly to the attention of the League in
due. course of time. There will be
quite train to 60 out from this city,
including a couple of cars with city
officials and City Councilmen, a car
load of the Leaguers, and another
with personal friends Of the General,
who will desire to have the first shake
with him when he sets his foot on our
shores.


Authentic information is to the
effect that Gen. Grant will reach the
United States about the latter part of
October, or probably later if he can
arrange it. After a short stay here
he will make tour of the South, and
visit the scenes of his military achieve
ments in the late rebellion. Then he
will return to Philadelphia, where he
will make his residence.
Year: 1879

The name of the would-be assassin
of the Gar of Russia is Alexander
Solovieff, name easier to write than
pronounce. He is q school'master OF
Torgpez, Government of Pleskoy. 1t
is dangerous now for man to have q
drop of royal blood in his veins, for
some fellow will be looking for it with
a bullet.
Year: 1879

THESE GOODS have carefully selected the best
the confidently that
goods have been offered such extraordinary low We buy
strictly cash and sell strictly cash. We credit and
will themselves from embarrassment G credit
We the of Milan that under circumstances d
goods rt being prepaid We keep books Of our cash
sales and thus the engnga bkeeper This


done with enables sell goois om 10 to cent below regular
selling prices.
Year: 1879

Are large that will only be able small st of hs goods
hand We ask the people this lock
prices before buying elsewhere Oar goods cheap and good that they
themselves Each clerk thus enabled wait several


early the morning avoid the rush. You viii he better
waited upon, and have time to select goods
Year: 1879

MAKING A BONFIRE OF WoMAN's CLorHr.-
This morning, ia the Police Court, a colored
man named Henry Campbell was arranged for
assaulting Martha Robinson, q colored woman,
afraid that he would hurt her: that he had
been coming to see her, and he beat her. and
afterwards took all the clothes she had except
Ing those she had on and piled them up Ia The
field, when he set flre to and burned them
She enumerated quite long list Of clothing.
The prisoner stated that she never had that
amount Of clothes, and the court cut him short
by imposing sentence OF six months In jail
Year: 1879

NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALrH-The House
committee on epidemic diseases has authorized
Chairman Young to report to the House, with
favorable recommendation, the bill recently


passed by the Senate making provision for
health ~
Year: 1879

ing for information regarding the Withholding
OF the contract for the construction Of the re-
fngeratfng fhip, provided for by Congress, was
referred to sub committee with Instructions
to report without delay
Year: 1879

Scribe. Doth not your people buy
raiment Of me? And doth not my
heart rejoice at the prosperity OF your
city. and my desire go out after the
welfare of your people2 Now, heark-
en- not unto Samuel or Daniel, but
give unto me the loayes and fishes,
and show for a season to prove unto
this people how my heart meditates
upon their welfare and my soul de-
sires their gain. And he appheth
himself diligently to please the peo-
pie.


Then there arose a great clamor
among the people, saying: Give us
more men; the harvest truly is great,
but good hands are scarce, and some
say James the Pilot, a man of valor
and much knowledge, runneth; 9TH
ers say not SO, but the people say:
Come out James, amid peradyenture
the mantle may fall upon thy shoul-
ders. And the whole city is in an
uproar and sociability reigneth, very
muchly aboundeth everywhere.


And they now shaketh, who never shook before,
And he who always shook, now shsketh more


And a new song is in their mouths
and their hearts are in their hand as
they say to you on every corner:


Howdy, howdy, howdy do9


How's your wife and how are your
For your good most do thirst,
Remember me April first
And this endeth the End chapter.
Year: 1879

Ifa man has the legal right to sell
liquor he will laugh at the requests of
the Murphies. If he has not the ie-
gal right, then put the screws to him.
Change the law and not the dealer
It would be less trouble.
Year: 1879

Never lean with the back upon anything
that is cold. Never begin Journey until the
breakfast has been eaten. Never take warm
drinks and then Immediately 60 out in tho
cold air. Keep the back-especially between
the shoulder blades-well covered; also the
chest well protected. In sleeping in cold
room, establish the habit of breathing through
the nose, and never with the mouth open.
Never 20 to bed with cold or damp feet; al
ways toast them by fire ten or fifteen min
utes before going to bed. Never omit regu
lar bathing, for unless the skin is in active
condition the cold will close the pores, and
favor congestion or other diseases. After ex-
ercises of any kind never ride in an open
carriage or near the window of car for
moment; it is dangerous to health and
even to life. When hoarse, speak as little as
possible until it is recovered from, else the
voice may be permanently lost or difficulties
of the throat be produced. Merely warm the
back by fire and never continue keeping the
back exposed to heat after it has become
comfortably warm. To do otherwise is de-
bilitating. When going from warm at.
mosphere into colder one keep the mouth
closed, SO that the air may be warmed by its
passage through the nose ere it reaches the
lungs. Never stand still in cold weather, es-
peciaily after having taken slight degree of
exercise, and always avoid standing on ice or
snow, or where the person is exposed to a
cold wind.
Year: 1879

An application was recently made before
the English Patent Office for patent for q
new motor. In the specification that has
been filed it is described as IAN improved ap-
paratus for raising water and obtaining mo-
tive power" The principle upon which this
new motor is founded is that ''an apparatus
raising water twenty feet will raise twenty
times as much water as is necessary to work
itself, less friction, the apparatus being con-
nected with and being worked by water
Wheel" In other words, the inventor has
set out to prove that machine can be made
which will not only work itself, but generate
sufficient power to work any fixed machinery
or propel vessels. Next to perpetual motion,
and kin to it, this new self-acting device, if
its practlcability can be demonstrated, would
be one of the most remarkable yet recorded
in this age of great inventions.
Year: 1879

MIR. Darwin might turn to some account a
story which is told in the German papers
about the manner in which an intelligent dog
adapted himself to his condition. A deaf
and dumb lady, living in German city, had
a companion, q younger woman, who was
also deaf and dumb. They lived in small
set of rooms opening on the public corridor
of the house. Somebody gave the elder lady
little dog as q present. For some time,
when anybody rang the bell at the door, the
dog barked to call the attention of the mis-
tress. The dog soon discovered, however,
that neither the bell nor the barking made
any impression on the women, and he took
the practice of merely pulling one of them
by the dress with his teeth, in order to ex-
plain that some one was at the door, Gradu
ally the dog ceased to bark altogether, and
for more than seven years before his death he
remained as mute as his two ''companions." ;"
When expression by sound was useless, it
fell with him into absoiue silence.
Year: 1879

From the New York Times.]


Some few years ago Zulu hunter. hearing
young British officer speak somewhat light
ly of native prowess, offered to give him a
specimen of it by killing single handed a
huge lion which infested the neigborhood.
The challenge was accepted, and the brave
fellow set out upon his dangerous errand, the
officer and several of his comrades following
at distance. Having drawn the beast from
his lair, the hunter wounded him with we'll
flung spear, and instantly fell flat on the
ground beneath his huge shield of rhinoceros
hide, which covered his whole body like the
the lid of dish. The lion, having vainly
expended his fury upon it, at length drew
back few PAGES. Instantly the shield rose
again. second lance struck him, and his
furious rush encountered only by the impene-
trable buckler. Foiled again, the lion
crouched close beside his ambushed enemy,
as If meditating siege; but the Wiley saw
age raised the further end of the shield just
enough to let him creep noislessly away into
the darkness, leaving his buckler unmoved.
Arrived at q safe distance, he leveled his
third spear at the broad, yellow flank of the
royal beast with such nnerTing aim a. to lay
him dead on the spot and then returned COM
posedly to receive the apologies and congrat-
nations OF the wondering spectators.
Year: 1879

Moodiness in women may almost always
be traced to an overtaxed condition of the
system, too much care and too long contin-
ued monotony in daily pursuits. A wife and
mother surrounded by family cares is acted
and reacted upon the same sights, sounds and
labors nntill the freshness and vivacity of the
spirit becomes word out. We are so con-
stituted that our natures demand for their en-
joyment of life and for the vigorous exerise
of our powers change, variety and relaxation
For lack of these the interest in life dimns
the mental horizon life becomes con-
tracted and seems not worth living for
Then come various unhappy moods and take
possession of the mind. To learn to control
and Danish unhealthy moods is one of the
tasks that must be undertaken by every wo-
man who would lead happy and useful
life. The first step is to recognize their ex-
istence and influence. Reason must be called
to the aid to declare that feelings of despon-
dency, hopelessness, complaint and discour-
agement are but the result of q mood, and
therefore can be resolutely held in check If
one can only bring ones self to make the
frank acknowledgment mentally, 81 feel
mean, cross and ugly to-day" and then to
restrain speech and action accordingly, the
battle is half won. But vigorous action must
be resorted to in order to dispel the mood,
and for this nothing is so effective for women
as to leave home. even il but for an hour.
Get away where other influences will act up
on the mind and body. If dependency and
a complaining mood are dominant, 60 to see
some fellow creature who is in real distress
the remedy is almost specific for such a
mood. Above all things, moods need to be
dealt with effectively, not subjectievly.
Don't 90 to introspection don't think about
yourself; don't set it down to a sinful heart,
or to any religious or irreligious cause. The
cause of moods is purely physical one. and
must be reached through the physical nature.
Change of occupations or surroundings, Of air
and exercise, are the remidies for moods
Year: 1879

There are words that speak OF quenchiess love-
Which burns in the hearts we cherish,
And accents that tell of friendship proved


That will never blight or perish;
There are soft words murmured by dear, dear lips,


Far richer than any other;
But the sweetest word that the ear hath heard


Is the blessed name of mother
Oh, magical word! may it never die


From the lips that love to speak it.;
Nor melt away from the trusting hearts


That even would break to keep it.
Was there ever name that lived like this?


Will there ever be such another
The angels have reared in Heaven shrine


For the holy name Of mother
Year: 1879

CHICAGO, March 17.-Some excitement is
created here by the publication of special
from Toronto of cable news to the effect that
the Chicago cattle exported in the steamer
Brazilian had, upon their arrival at Liver
pool, been found to have pleuro-pneumonia
and had been slaughtered. The truth of the
report is doubted, as there never has been
trace of that disease found within this cattle
district. 1t is thought this is part Of the
Canadian administration scheme to DESTROY
the trade between Great Britain and the Uni
ted States and establish the protective policy.
The Collector of Customs at this port does not
believe that any diseased cattle have been ex-
ported from here
Year: 1879

BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOw.
IL it so far from thee
Thou canst no longer see
In the Chamber over the Gate
That old man desolate,
Weeping and walling sore
For his son. who is no more?


o AbsalOm, my son!
Is it so long ago


That cry of human woe
From the walled city came,
Calling on his dear name.
That il has died away
In the distance of to-day?


o AbsalOm, my sOn.
There is no far nor near,
There is neither there nor here,
There ls neither soon nor late,
In that Chamber over the Gate,
Nor any long ago
To that cry of human woe,


o AbsalOm, my son!
From the ages that are past
The voice comes like blast,
Over seas that wreck and drown,
Over tumult of traffic and town;
And from ageI yet to be
Come the echoes back to me,


o Absalom, my son!
Somewhere at every hour
The watchman on the tower
Looks forth and sees the feet
Approach of the hurrying feet
Oh messengers that bear
The tidings of despair,


o AbsalOm, my son!
He goes forth from the door,
Who shall return no more.
With him our joy departs;
The light goes out in our hearts;
In the Chamber over the Gate
We sit disconsolate.
o Absalom, my son!
That t is a common grief
Bringeth but slight relief;
Ours ls the bitterest loss,
Ours is the heaviest cross;
And forever the cry will be
"WOuld God had died for thee,


o AbsalOm, my sOn!'
Year: 1879

While engaged last May in watching the
transit of Mercury, Professor Proctor and
his assistant observed an intensely bright spot
in the center of the planet as it moved across
the suns disk. 1t is reported that seen through
their powerful refracting telescope, it appear.
ed as a mere vivid point of light, central in
the plannet, like hole pierced in the middle
of piece of round black card board 1t was
permanent from the time the planets centre
touched the one limb of the sun until it left
the other limb--a period of seven hours. ''If
the observation was reliable" says CON-
mentator, lit proves that the planet has a
hollow axis There are hypothesists like
John Bleves Symmes who have long held
that the axis of our globe, as we'll as the axis
of the other planet-spere of our solar system,
is similarly hollow, with clear tubular pas
sage from the north to the south pole. If
such is the fact, it is thought that should any
of the baloonists of Cheyne's expedition reach
the pole, they will be rather warmly received,
the theory being that if the earth is hollow
cylender, each of the poles is the mouth of
vast furnace. In this way German spe-
cialist accounts for the aurora borealis, at
tributing the mysterious ''northern lights to
the glowing crater at the pole.
Year: 1879

COST OF PUBLIC BUILDINGs.-There Is dlspo-
slt1on prevailing in the House committee on
expenditures on public buildings to tnaupurate
an investigation looking to the ascertaiHment
OF the actual or necessary cost OF various pub
TIC buildings throughout the United States