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Year: 1878

Recently, in Fulton county, Ind.
two young men went to religious
meeting, In a country school house,
TO cause a disturbance. During the
meeting q thunder storm came up,
lightning struck the house killing one
Of the bad young men and badly in
juriDg the other. This was called q
miraculous warning.


About the same time Of the above
occurrence, at Hooker. Gage county,
Nebraska, while the Rev. Truman A.
bull was at a school house conduct
ing a religious meeting. while in the
vigor of health, and without a mo-
ment's warning he was stricken dead.
This also must have been a miracu-
lous warning, in the opinion of seDsi-
BILE people, If the first case was. But
we think that natural causes produc-
ed both results. and that the Lord did
not By a special interposition of his
power punish either the young men
who went to meeting to break it ul
or the preacher who went to build up
his church.
Year: 1878

years one after another Of the COM
panies In which he was insured have
gone to pieces, and when he died.
several weeks ago, all his policies were
Worthless. His wife and children are
penniless.


Some time ago Secretary ScburZ
discharged sister of General Meade
from the Interior Department, lady
65 years old. with no income except
what she received as a government
clerk. At the time of her discharge
considerable noise was made about IL
by General Hamilton and others.
Schurz defended the removal by claim
! ing that she was incompetent. See
retary McCrary has given the lady a
clerkship in the War Department
where there are very few lady clerks,
and she is now doing work aud doing
it well that was formerly done by a
man. That is the kind of a man
Schurz is.
Year: 1878

Pennsylvania wants Congress to
not NEEDLE with the tariff so far as
that State is concerned. The State
Senate recently by a unanimous vote
adopted the following resolution:


RESOLVED, That we hereby respect
fully but most earnestly urge upon our
Senators and Representatives, in Con-
gress the importance of united action
OH their part in opposing any change
of the present tariff system, so far as
the same affects the material interests
OF this State.
Year: 1878

President Hayes is reported as re-
Gently getting off a rather grim joke.
He said that when he was elected he
found the Republican party dead. and
his efforts since has been to resuscitate
it! He has all the vanity necessary
for such a remark.
Year: 1878

Recently at Richmond, Ind, while
clerk in the post office was stamp
Ing letters. one letter exploded. burn
ing his hand severely and throwing
the stamp several feet across the
room. Some mischievous person had
put some explosive substance in the
letter on purpose to work the result
that followed.
Year: 1878

The President has signed the bill
making it lawful for defendants in
criminal suits brought under the Uni
ted States statutes to testify in their
own behalf If they so choose. and it
is now law of the land.
Year: 1878

The whipping-post bill did not pass
the Kentucky legislature after all. 1t
went through the house by large
majority. but was defeated in the Sem
ate by the casting vote OF the presi-
dent.
Year: 1878

We do not know that 1t makes any
difference whether jeff Davis put on q
woman's dress or not. We are more
interested just now in watching the
politicians. who are seeking all kinds
of disguises to get safely down into
Davis neighborhOod. A number of
them will try it and look "thin" be-
tween this and the next Presidential
race Inter Ocean
Year: 1878

New York, Aug. 14.-The Tribune
says: The shoemakers of this city are
determined to aid their fellow workmen
who are now on strike in Chicago, by
forwarding remittances from time to
time, so long as the strike continues.
They urge the Chicago men to hold out,
even against the threat of introducing
Chinese labor. The men in this city
say it may not be long before they have
the same contest here, and that they
will then require pecuniary aid.
Year: 1878

NEW YORK is supposed to contain
people Of wealth and liberality, hence
the appeal for financial aid from the
Mayor of Granada, Miss. The South
erners are always ready to abuse the
people Of the North, and when assist
ance is needed, they are just as ready to
ask it, and it is always given.
Year: 1878

In OUR telegraphic columns will be
found the skeleton of bill to prevent
Socialism in Germany. It lacks only
one requisite to completely and forever
stamp Socialism out of Germany. And
that Is a section prohibiting upon pen.
atty Of death any person of a Socialistic
mind, from breathing. But the bill
may be so amended.
Year: 1878

It cos!s less ibau half a cent c day
to take weakly paper; less than
dilircus hen would earn in a mouth Mt
the market price of eggs; less than n
cigar fortnight. and very cheap ono
at that; less than a barber would
charge by the yca7 to keep ones hair
triu.cd less than an energetic Kitchen
g;rl will waste ia week. a penny
a day can be saved in many q better
way than stoppiug your paper.
Year: 1878

A VAGABoND SAGE.-An old man of
very active physiognomy, answering to
the name of Joseph Willmot, was
brought to the Police Court His
clothes looked as il they might have
been bought second handed in his
youthful prime. for they had suffered
from the rubs of the world more than
the proprietor himself.


What business


None I'm traveller.


A vagabond. perhaps


You are not far wrong. Travellers
and ysgsbonds are about the same
thing. The difference is. the latter
travel without money. and the former
without brains


Where have you travelled


All over the continent.


For what purpose


Observation


What have you observed :


A little 10 commend much 10 cen
sure. and . great deal TO laugh at


'Humph what DO you like


'Ah andsome woman that will stay at
home; an eloquent preacher who will
preach short sermons: good writer
that will not write too much and q
fool who has sense enough 10 hold his
tongue


What do you censure'


4 man who marries girl Tor her
clothing; a youth who studies medi-
cine while he has the use Of his hands ;
and the people who elect a drunkard
10 Office


What do you laugh at!


Il laugh at man who expects bis
position to command that respect which
his personal qualifications and qualities
do not merit


He was dismissed.
Year: 1878

SOMETHING WORTH TRYING.-A new
remedy for catarrh is crushed cubeb Der.
res smoked in pipe, emitting the smoke
through the nose; after II few trials this
will be easy to do. If the nose is stopped
up so that it is impossible to breathe. one
pipeful will make the head as clear as a
bell. For sore throat, asthma and bron-
chitis, swallowing the smoke effects i'm.
mediate relief. 1t is the best remedy in
the world for offensive breath, and will
make the most foul breath pure and sweet.
Sufferers from the most horrible disease
liberated catarrh, will find this remedy
uncqualled. and a month use will cure
the most obstinate case Eating the un-
crushed berries is also good for sore throat
and all bronchial complaints After smok.
ing do not expose yourself to cold air for
at least fifteen minutes The berries are
perfectly harmless. and there is no use in
going to ''calarrh doctors" while you can
procure this remedy. They can be pro-
cured at any drug store CAicrgo Trio.
HH6.
Year: 1878

Happy will you be if you learn what it
is to find love and occupation. II is no
use TO ask what those VINO love God do
with Him There is no difficulty in spend
in. our time with friend we love; our
heart is always ready to open to him; we
'Io not study what we shall say to him
out it come, forth without preme,litation;
we can keep nothing back even if we have
nothing special to say; we like to be with
him. q, how much easier it is to love
Than to fear Fear cunstrains, fetters,
perplexes one, but love persuades, conf
fnrs, inspires. expands the soul, and
makas one desire what is good for its own
sake. - Ftnci0N.
Year: 1878

The apples are ripe in the orchard.
The work Of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands reiden,
In tue bloom of the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsire


Sits, pale in his easy chair,
While gentle wind of twilight


Plays with his silver hair.
A woman is kueelng beside him,


fair young heal is prest
In the 0rst wild passion of sorrow
Against his aged breast.
And far from over the distance


The faltering echoes come,
OF the hyIng llast Of trumpet


And the rattling roll of drum.
Then the grandsire speaks in a whisper
The end no man can see;
But we give him to his country,


Aud we give our prayers to thee"
The volets star the meadows,


The rosebuds fringe the door,
And over the grassy orchard


The pink-white blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty,
And the cottage is dark and still,
There's nameless grave on the battlefield
And new one under the hill.
And q paid, fearless woman.


BY the cold hearth sits, alone;
And tue old clock in the corner


Ticks on with a steady drone.
Year: 1878

The strong sympathy shown to the af-
ficted cities of the south by the more for
lunate cities of the north is something not
to be easily forgotten. On every stle we
hear Of most noble efforts being m,de to
raise contributions in aid Of the afflicted.
While the north with lavish hand is sooth
ing the fevered brow of southern suffering
she is building monument TO grttilu le
which will be luminous forever r.-lNs,o Or.
cans Times.
Year: 1878

SEEK INNOCENT PLEASURE Seek pleas
ure whenever you can consistently do SO.
No enjoyment, however inconsideraole, is
confined to the present moment A man
is the happier for life from having once
made an agreeable tour, or lived any
length Of time with pleasant people, or
rni wed any considerable intervals of in-
nocent pleasure,
Year: 1878

To him who is penniless, debt Of fifty is
as fatal as a debt of five hundred. There
There is total inability TO pay. So
are we all before God. Yet here the
helplessness is supposed to be feH and
confessed. Frankly forgaUe; freely gra-
ciousy cancelled the debt. That is the
only kind OF forgiveness that would answer


in such case Of utter inability. Unless we
can be saved without merit, we cannot he
saved at all.-JacchuS.
Year: 1878

1t would hardly be denied that this pref
erence Of fellow servants in Christ is u
general duty of ChriStitns; but do we so
love Christ and the particular members of
His body thLt it is impossible to withhold
The honor? The sentiments and beliefs of
anoi her may not be preferable to our own,
and the manner of his life may not be all
hat could be desired, but there must be
that disposition and heart that will surren-
der Il good to the good of another, and
that will DO so always. Men are not to
abandon their places which have been Civ
TN them of God for The purpose of letting
others into lhem whom God does not place
there, but they must be in the hands of
God and of the church, willing to receive
I less rs well us IL greater honor rs they
may direct. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that such II heart and life possess such
beauty and character that the best love
and confidence cannCt be withheld from


hem. 1t is the character that is Christ


like, and rs such will he beloved of the
good. Ii is ours to prefer others in honor;
the rest is none Of our business No man
need fear thlt the Lord and the church
will fail to get out of him what he is worth
or can do. Some are afraid that the Lord
will pass them ut less than par. But the
Master knows HIS own business. What q
world of love and good will if this Bible
principle and rule controlled all hearts.
None great, none small; all Christ S.
Telescope.
Year: 1878

: THE SINGULAR FIsHERMAN.-A gentle.
man once hal II pond in his garden in
which he kept number Of rare and beau
tiful fish. But, much to his annoyance,
he noticed that the fish began to disappear,
and become fewer and fewer, so that he
felt sure some poacher must have stolen
them from the pond. though he could not
account for the fish bones which were
often found scattered about on the ground.
He determined to find out the cuprit, and
/ so, choosing n spot in his garden where he
could see without being seen, he began to
watch the water.


! He soon saw his flvorite dog, n bull-ter-
rier. come stealthly down to the water
edge and station himself on plank
which served a. a bridge across the pond.
Here he stood quite still. gazing most in.
teGtly into the water below, until he
canght sight of fish. Then he dived
down and soon came up again with fish
In his mouth, which he carried to the
shore and quickly devoured, returning.
when he had flushed. to his plank. to help
himself second time. lie was not always
successful, however. Sometimes the fish,
es were too sharp for him, and then he
would


TRY, try, try again."


His master was more pleased with the
dogs cleverness than vexed at the loss of
his fish and took great pains to instruct
his flvoritc in the art of fishing. He
taught him to dive down and capture fish
at the word of command. Just as many
dogs fetch sticks out of the water when
they are told. And often the dog had to
display his powers, not only when lie
wanted meal. but when his masters
friends wanted amusement.-S S. Aduo-
cate.
Year: 1878

Editor Democrat show Senators and
Representatives the danger Of their attempt
to patch the so-called constitution of 1863 at
tention is draWSD to the possible effect OF their
proposed amendments Separate and dis
tinct amendments are proposed. Assuming
that the people should yield their righto to
make and establish an entire constitution, to
the extent of voting pro or con upon these
amendments, and it should, as in a close con-
test it may, happen, some should be adopted,
and others rejected, the effect would impair
rather than improve the conditioro of our
people.


Take, for instance, the amendments regard
ing the ludiciary:l


Should the amendment intended to take the
place of the present article seventy-tve be
adopted, and the amendment eleven be re-
parish of Orleans would have concurrent and
unlimited iurisdiction-not to be changed by
the Legislature-in all probate and criminal
matters, and in all civil matters where the
amount in dispute exceeds one hundred dol
lars. exclusive of interest The evil of such
6onstitutionalCJ legislation can readily be
perceived.


Again, should the previous amendment be
adopted, might it not with, at least, some
reason, be held that the SupremeoC Court thus
established under it have to be reappointed ?
Is such the possible object Of some mem
bers of the Legislature?


Other incongruities could be pointed out
Patchwork, gentlemen, will not do. Even
when attached to solid structure the neces-
sary symmetry is lacking when put on such a
rotten structure as the so-called constitution
money, an imposition ON the people.


An entire new constitution alone will meet
the necessity and desires of your constitu-
ents EPI. G..
Year: 1878

he aggravated the offense of entertaining
opinions heretical to his constituents by hurl-
ing their instructions back in their faces and
going 1t alone This unfortunate attitude lie
still further made deplorable to the super
fetal observer by the fact that Lamar fought
to lose and strove to fail all Of which put to-
gether is enough to condemn the greatest
statesman that ever lived In the esti-
there is phase Of the attitude of Lamar
which, when properly estimated, redeems
many IL not all Of its faults. Whatever may
have been the possibilities of Lamar's action
In an economic sense, and however seriously
his vote might have initiated against the in
terests Of his own people and all other peo-
pies who work for q living and are poor, there
are two facts which must not be lost sight Of.
They are first, the fact that Lamars vote and
speech against the silver bill has more effec-
tually drawn tho teeth from the standard
northeastern argument that the solid South
represented the doctrine OF reputation than
any action ever taken by any other represen-
tative OF the. South in Congress-; second, II
Southern men and Southern enterprises when
they go to England or to France or to Ger
many to borrow money. The South has
already set on foot comprehensive scheme
for


BORROWING MONEY IN EUROPE.


and it has been proposed in various quar-
ters to send q commission of Southern repre-
sentatveS over there to set forth the advan-
tages OF loaning capital in that section. Now.
whatever may be our domestic notions, and
undsputed as our right is to regulate our in
ternal monetary system according TO our
own views or prejudices, it Is q fact that when
we go abroad to borrow money the first step
is to conform to the financial notions Of the
lender You or | may cherish the belief that
a piece Of paper, or OF silver, or Of copper, or
OF sheet iron, stamped with the American
eagle and the figure is five dollars But Ii
we want to borrow five dollars Of some man
who believes that 1t takes q certain mum Der OF
grains of gold to constitute that valuation,
we must adopt his views SO far as that debt
is concerned or we can't expect to get the
money Lamar is u man of long foresightS.
He is one OF the few men who pay more at
tention to their foresights than to their
hindsights. He saw III the. silver bill.
as it was being engineered, a
credit OF this country abroad. and he saw that
the South, with it's present needs and aspira+
tions, would derive great disadvantages as q
borrower on the European bourses from it's
record of an unbr0ken silver front. Thus
Lamar determined to step out OF the line and
take the consequences, whatever they might
be temporarily. OF opposing the expressed
wishes of his constituents. The result Is that
the South can go to Europe as borrower
with


LANAR's SPEECH
and vote in it's pocket as saving clausessa he
importance Of this fact may not be aR2re-
ciated now, but it will be as soon aSAny
Southern State or enterprise attempts to me-.
gotate a loan across the ocean. 1t is we'll
enough to bear such facts In mind and to give
men credit for their good intentions, even
while we criticse them. A. G. b.
Year: 1878

New YORK. March 1O-A special to the Times
eas that the story that Gen. Garfield was in
yited to New Hampshire to answer the Chand-
Ter letters. and was afterwards advised not to
Injurious to the Republicans. tnrns out to be
piece of fiction, without foundation or known
parentage.


Gen. Garfield WAS invited and urged to go to
New Hampshire by proper persons to give in
vitations. He, declined solely. because of the
tendency OF the tariff bill in the COMMITTEES of
Ways and Means. He did not feel that it would
be right to leave the committee at this time. He
was never asked to answer Chandler. The sub
lects Of his speeches were not suggested and he
himself never thought Of pursuing such q
tourse9 The story probably came from the
Chandler side and was intended to advertise
him and magnify his importance.
Year: 1878

French Market was attended yesterday
morning by large number of visitors


Yesterday afternoon our centralo streets
presented quite lively appearance the visit
ors who came to our city for the Carnival
adding their numbers to the promenaders.


On Canal street yesterday there We're quite
a number of ladies out riding. This custom
ought to be more generally adopted, for there
is no more healthful exercise for ladies than
riding horseback
Year: 1878

The levee opposite the lanyard on the
swamp side Is submerged.


The levee on the Old Basin below Eaplanade
street has given way in several places.


Several fences in the Eighth Precinct were
blown down by the storm Saturday night and
Sunday morning.
Year: 1878

In the California Legislature a bill has
been introduced making pilots commits
sion run during good behavior, instead OF
requiring renewals from year to year.
This is just such a bill that should be in
troduced and passed at the next meeting
of the Legislature in this Territory. In
T, marking upon the bill! San Francisco
exchange very sensibly says: "rhere are
many reasons why the principle of this
hill should prevail. First, it is an essential
and fundamental principle of civil service
reform. Second, the education of pilot
l. acquired by years of experience, and
the longer he serves the better pilot he be-
comes. A man cannot fit himself to act
as pilot in few months. nor eveH-in a
few years. A part of their education is u
knowledge not only of the bottom of he
bay bur of the tides. eddies. currents and
like conditions OH which often the fate ofa
ship may depend. Every sbipmaster will
prefer an cd and experienced pilot to a
new one. whatever the reputation the lat
ter may possess Us seaman. There is
another point to be considered. The pi-
lots at present have to go before the Board
of Commissioners every year for re-
newal of their commission, and TO bring
influence to accomplish their object. Men
holding their positions in their precarious
hold are always subject to political and
other asse ,sments. This we conceive to
be wrong. A pilot should hold his place
during good behavior, without being COM
PEELED once a year to propitiate board of
commissioners. 1t takes ten years of a
sraman's life to acquire the local know
ledge which most ofOur present pilots pos
sess, and men whose fitness has been tested
in so difficult and responsible branch of
service should not b. made dependent on
the whim of the board of uommi ,sioners.
Year: 1878

About the last man i'm the world who
en-heartcd and oyer-mice fellow. who can't
endure friction, can't stand tritlng hard
ship. and Tor whom nothing west of the
AlIeghenieS is good enough. Many per-
sons of this unhappy class would rather
starve respectfully ut the East than earn
food and success by wrestling with rough
circumstances "out West Such had
better remain where they are.
Year: 1878

We understand that the executive
committee of the parish made proper
arrangements for campaign fund at
its last meeting, by appointing q finance
committee and making an assessment
on candidates. We trust every Demo
crat in the parish will aid the committee
in its labors by seeing that every mem
ber of the party is registered. No one
can uote unless registered this year. Our
enemies are active aud seem to be better
organized than ever before. All we
need to rout them is full registration !;
let us have it. 4 zs5 -"
Year: 1878

There is not a single newspaper in the
State, unless it be the Courier, (and
that does it in a secend-handed Way
which does not express qualification at
the action OF the State convention we
regard Major Burke as one of the strong
est and most available men in the State.
We preferrHd him as % candidate to Mr..
Moncure; we supported him in the
convention, and aided in his election !;
we have no apologies to make for eur
conduct, and are ready TO render at any
time to the people of st. Landry an ac-
count of our stewardship. t 5-s a.s#
Year: 1878

The New Orleans Board of Health
refuse to raise the quarantine, fearing
that yellow fever of malignant type
may be introduced. This reminds us of
the story of locking the stable when the
horseis gone. II the fever is not of a
malignant type that kills thirty-six per
cent of those attacked we would like to
know what is malignant.