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Year: 1879

[San Antonio Heraldl


The Texas and New Orleans road presents
scene OF activity and hustle. The recent
order of President Terry to place the road In
first class condition before November | Is
being carried out, and large force OF hands
are at work on different portions of the road,
raising the bed and improving the track
where needed. 1t Is contemplated TO have
the roadbed aised at leaRt three feet before
the above time and In few months the road
will be one of the best ballasted in the State.


Judge Crosby, the able manager Of the
road, Informed Telegram reporter yesterday
for three now locomotives and 100 new box
and Hat cars. Thirty-five of these cars are
to be made In the North and sixty-hve in this
city, This order is to be followed by an addi-
tional one Of $50. The gentleman estimates
that the business OF his road will increase
ten fold by the end of the year, at which time
two daily passenger trains from New Orleans
will reach this city. In answer to his opinion
as to what he believed would result from the
building Of the road to Houston, he said it
would prove of greater benefit than all the
other railroads combined This would be the
objective point Of emigration from the North,
South and East. The entire coast country
would be rapidly settled up. Factories and
business houses would spring up. and In a
short time Houston would have an immense
increase in population. The benefits Of the
road in his impartial Judgment, would be be-
yond the brightest expectations.


The road from Orange Is being pushed for
ward Steel rails for the entire gap have
been purchased and are being delivered at
Lake Charles. The right of way had been
secured. as most of the land belongs to the
government. The survey has been made and
the route agreed upon.


The road will be built In eight months, and
in that time the Crescent City and Bayou
City will be linked together with bands Of
steel "On TO New Orleans, and to the devil
with Galveston" is the Grange Tribune 8
watchword
Year: 1879

To the Editor Of the Democrat:


have seen the name Of Mr.. John g. Flem-
ing mentioned for the convention by a
working man as representative Of the In
dustrial classes Of the people. | and many
of my acquaintances belong to the working
classes, but In voting for man to represent
our interests we wish to know his views, and
what he proposes to advocate in the interest
Of the working people. We would like for
Mr.. Fleming and other gentlemen running
for the convention to step 20 the front and
explain to us what they think and propose tc
do for the cause Of reform and low taxation.


CITIZEN.
Year: 1879

COLUMBUS, O., March IA member of tn G
City Council received an anonymous eommu-
nication this evening from some person
threatening to burn the city unless work was
provided for those out of employment. There
has been dozen or more incendiary fires in
the city within week. Citizens held large
meeting tonight and adopted resolutions
asking the Council to offer o reward for the
arrest of any person found setting fire to
buildings. The number of police has been
increased, and everything Is being done to
prevent parties from carrying out these
threats
Year: 1879

all like him"


IL II a great misfortune to young Don that
he has not the gentle ways of the old man,
who asks about your children and your per
sopal success In life, and makes you think
that he is interested in you whether he ls not.
1t is strange how mankind likes to bee fooled:
Ia IL not irue that we had rather be treated
gently and good-naturedly, even when we
may know there is no heart behind the greet
ing, and shat the silent man is the better
friend, and the quickest to help you when In
trpuhlp9
Year: 1879

reduce the chances Of n successful resort to
the courts by this company. We have from
the first advocated the dissolution of this
company, and would like to see the bill as
passed promulgated Immediately, as we yet
believe no good will result from delay.
Year: 1879

There is in Cincinnati National
Association for the Promotion of Mar
riage." Its constitution says: "We
have viewed with alarm and the deepest
concern the rapidly-growing tendency of
the people of the, country, particularly
those living in the larger cities, to remain
unmarried-a condition unnatural and
prjudicial to the welfare, success and
happiness of the country; therefore, to
correct this evil, we do establish and
organize a society,"" The aim of the So
ciety is declared to be Sin all honorable
ways to promote the marriage of citi-
Zens; and to secure such an end this
society will, so far as in its rover, assist
and give material aid to young couples
in beginning married life, such as help
ing them to secure homes and the hus-
bands in getting employment, or in any
other manner within the province of the
association" The society has not been
long enough in existence to afford the
means of judging of its practical value.
1t held a picnic recently, at which the
attraction was the marriage of three
couples; but it was not claimed that the
mating had been brought about in any
unusual way. Six thousand persons paid
twenty five cents each for admission, and
there was a great deal of dancing and
beer drinking. The marriage ceremony
was performed on a high platform, so
that all could see. The bridegrooms
were an engraVer, painter and ped
dler, and the newspaper reporters gal
lantly described all the brides as beau
tiful,
Year: 1879

part TO gel the farmer out of the way while
his sister was removed.


What was the object of the abduction
That was the interesting question. Several
days passed, and the neighborhood was still
in excitement over the missing girl, when a
servant, cleaning out the CRATE in the room
occupied by the stranger at the inn, found
a scrap of paper clinging to the chimney.
1t had been partly burned with others, but
had been carried up the chimney by draft
and clung to protuberance. This scrap of
paper was thought nothing of by the SER
want, and would have been thrown away if
the landlord had not seen it and observed on
it the name "Layman." This attracted his
attention, and he read all that was there
1t was as follows:
Year: 1879

A curious case of death is that of Karl
Goler, a butcher, who died in New York
from malignant pustule. He had been
handling some diseased meat, and his
with the virus. He rubbed his mouth
with his hand, and shortly after the ma
lignant pustule appeared, and in few
days caused death
Year: 1879

The undersigned takes this
to the people Of Yankton particularly his many
friends and for the
DUDLEY & HAWLEY through the many years in which
that firm has carried business in this city, and
desires call the attention these and that Of
the people generally to the enlarged facilities
sive assortment and comodious late
firm had provided and which of Dudley
& Hawley, possesses


In the line of the Hardware trade
Copper and Sheet Iron Ware he es
equal in all anything the north
tent.


In the future by constant application business he homes
to see the Hardware trade of the region naturally r
utr TO to this point centeed here effort to
make 1T Tor the interest OF the people within region to pur
chase their Hardware Tnware Sheet Iron
Stoves and all other articles in this line from


Yours gratefully and respectfully


GEO. z. hAWlEY.


Union Block, Third ST.
Year: 1879

HERDING NOTICE,
The undersigned respectfully gives notice that
he will be ready to herd stock, this season as
usual, and will be ready to commence as soon
as grass is fit. A three-quarter Durham bull
will be kept constantly with the herd.


CHRIS CALLISON
Year: 1879

The Argonaut has the following upon
Chinese immigration


"We are alarmed upon this coast ut
this incursion of Chinese. 1t is not av-
arice, greed or cowardice that prompts
US and all classes of our society to say
to the law makers of the east that we
have serious apprehension of the con-
sequences OF Chinese immigration. In
the language of Senator Booth we de-
clare that it is cur conviction "that the
practical issue is, whether the civiliza
tion of this coast, its society, morals,
and industry, shall be of American or
Asiatic type" 1t is to us question OF
property, civilization and existence.
We are III earnest, we are compelled to
be, and what we now demand is that
the American people shall consider this
question. We do not ask for action or
legislation except as the result Of mature
and deliberate thought-conviction fol-
lowing investigation, action following
conviction But we do repudiate, with
indignant contempt, the hypocritical, re-
ligious, praying, superficial cant of trav-
cling preachers and mercenary lecturers,
who visit this coast, and then think to
cheat God and the eastern people by
their superficial and sentimental bosh
upon question they have not the hon
esty to examine or the intelligence to
comprehend. With such men as Mr.
Justice Field, of the Supreme Court,
Senator Booth, The entire press and pul.
pit, and all the leading men Of all the
professions of the coast, united in re-
garding the Chinese question as one Sc
riously menacing the national, moral
and political welfare Of the country, we
may at least ask the thinkers, politicians
and statesmen Of the country to give the
question deliberate and careful consider
ation.n
Year: 1879

A pretty shabby looking man walked
into the Office of q Western newspaper
and approaching a man in red shirt
and top boots, who had his feet on
desk and his chair tipped back, re-
marked:


"Are you the editor ?"


81 am, sir; but haven't time to talk.
If you've anything to say, boil it down
to stickful."


The visitor eyed him sharply for a
moment, and then drew seven-shooter
from his pocket and advanced a step or
two The editor turned pale as death,
when the other said


"Don't be frightened, ] shan't hurt
you I am tired of life, but have toe
much self-respect to commit suicide.
Here, take this poem on Spring and this
pistol and do your duty as a cititizen who
loves law and higher standard of liter
ature."


His pistol was handed hack, also the
poem, and the yersiier remarked as he
stepped toward the door


"If l were rich and had everything
necessary to make me happy, and should
offer you an ode on Spring, you would
kill me, but now you are too mean to
pull trigger. / thought could come
in here and be quietly massacred, but 1
can't. You are the most contrary man
l ever saw" Then he marched out with
solemn grandeur.-N. Y. Sun.
Year: 1879

San Francisco May 1O.-The returns of the elec-
tion are a complete surprise The total vote Of
the city was 81 934, The majority against the new
Constitution was 1,23S


Returns from the interior confirm previous ad-
vices, and the instrument is adopted by msjori.
ty from six to ten thousand. Farmers seem To
have voted almost solidly for it, The result has
caused much bitterness of feeling in business cir
cles where 1t is looked upon to considerable ex.
tent as an attack upon city interests by the inter-
ior. There is evidently determination, however
to make the best of what is believed to be an un.
fortunate issue of an important question. The
press Of the city counsel quiet acquiescence in
the inevitable and sustain the endeaVor to ward
OFF any Ill effects expected to follow SO radical
change in the organic law by a careful choice Of
officers and conservative construction Of Its pro-
visions.
Year: 1879

Why WOMEN MARRY.-Tanify Fair,
in a recent issue, says: The question
which we considered last week, why
Men Marry" is an interesting one; but
il must be pronounced inferior 10 the
question "Why Women Marry" in the
degree in which men are in all respects
less interesting than women. The vii.
lingness of women 10 marry is greater
and more patent than that Of men; and
We will add, that Il u great deal more
wonderful. That women have, to use
a colloquial phrase. the worst oi It all
through life, we entertain no doubt: and
that the matrimonial state, as under
stood by experience. has, as a rule,
fewer attractions for them than for men,
we also believe 10 be true. Yet, while
there are many men who from choice
abstain from marrying, and still more
who put of marrying till the last practi-
cable moment, we doubt If there are
any women worth mentioning who re-
fuse the married state from option and
deliberatlon, and not many who post
pone marrying ill late period Of lie
from a general repugnSnce TO having
husband. That women refuse individ-
ual men, and sometimes go on refusing
man after man, is true enough; but then
their objection is to the man and not TO
the condition Of life the man proposes;
or, not unfrequentiy, their refusal arises
from meIe skittishness, from a feeling
that they may do better, or from a cheer
(uI conviction that there is plenty Of
time TO "think about IT," As n rule,
however, women who have the chance
Of marrying, marry, and they would
marry yet more promptly than they
do were it not that they are frequently
held back from taking foolish step by
wise parents or dissuading friends.-
How is this apparent paradox 10 be cx-
planned There is less TO induce "A
woman 10 marry than TO induce men;
vet men hesitate TO marry and women
lump at marriage. Some will answer
that man is sarationaland woman anlrra-
tional animal: but over and above the
distinction being too uncomplimentary
TO be true, Vt is one Of those plausible
explanations that explain nothing
Again. il IS sometimes affirmed that, in
marrying, men sacrifice liberty, where
as women, IN marrying, acquire it. Bot
this is an epigram easily disposed Of
When men sacrifice what is called lib
erty BY marrying, they are already tired
Of Their liberty, or that particular form
Oft which bachelorhood enjoys, and,
were the point thoroughly examined,
we suspect IL would be found that they
abandon a form Of liberty Of which they
are weary for another form they have
not yet possessed.
Year: 1879

t%"Could you tell me, sir, winch is
the other side of the street," On be-
ing told that il was across the way, the
tight one said, That's what I SAID; but
a fellow over there sent me over
here
Year: 1879

GENERAL EWING sent a note to his
wife at O'Clock last Wednesday an
nouncing his nomination for Governor
by the Ohio Democratic Convention, in
which he received this reply: "Your
news is stale. have already had scores
of callers to congratulate me. Now come
home yourself and let your wife con-
gratulate you."
Year: 1879

The louisiana negroes show the char
acteristic political education of the New
England carpet-baggers. With them all
is fair in politics, and with that idea
they made aflidavits in New Orleans
that they were paid to vote for Kellogg
which in Washington they swear are
false. All such testimony ought to be
disregarded. 1t is quite apparent that
the scoundrel who would sell his vote
for money would contradict his oath
also for more money. Kellogg is 10
better than the negroes he has helped to
lead astray and paid to vote for him as
Senator, and if he hopes to win his case
by such evidence we hope he will fail
utterly.
Year: 1879

In THE procession which marched to
serenade General Ewing in Washington
last Friday night transparency was
carried on which was represented a bal
lot-box pierced with q bayonet. This
was exceedingly appropriate as repre-
senting the attitude of the Democratic
party on the question of military inter-
ference with elections.
Year: 1879

FATAL RESULT FROM A bLow'-
The killing of negro boy, on Saturday
nv another negro boy, with base ball
BAT. proves the danger of allowing angry
passions to prevail. Ordinarily negro
MIGHT be struck q dozen times on the
head and little damage result therefrom.
Rut here is a case where the blow from
a boy of twelve resulted in death to his
play.fellow of thirteen.
Year: 1879

IT is little strange that good six per
cent. bank stocks should be so low when
four per cent. bonds sell above par. 1t
is fact that many of our safest men
hold national bank stocks to be about the
best and safest six per cent. investments
tina are to be had. Wilmington bank
stocks are especially desirable.
Year: 1879

fuERE was a heavy frost in Michigan,
a furious snowstorm in New Halnp-
shire and Vermont and violent hailstorm
in Northern Maryland on Friday even
ing. Still it would not be safe for the
average citizen to wear his ulster down
,o,ra Iau
Year: 1879

A SENSATION has been caused in Lon
don by the fact that Lady Molesworth
has been honored with the company of
the Princess of Wales at dinner. This
is believed to be the first time that the
Princess has accepted an invitation to
dinner in London at the house Of any
lady of lower rank than countess.
Year: 1879

1t seems that the conversion of
the Desert of Sahara into an inland
sea might not after all be so much
of blessing to the continent Of
Africa as was claimed when the
project was first broached. AT a
recent meeting of the French Geo
graphical Society, at Paris, DR..
Cosson, member of the Institute,
combatted the scheme with many
arguments. He did not believe
that the climate of the interior of
Africa would be changed by an ar
tifcial sea. Its shores would be as
arid as those of the Mediterranean
In Tripoli; but If the climate should
change, the date crop, which is the
principal support of the natives,
would be ruined. The routes of
the caravans from Tpnis and AL
giers to the interior would also be
destroyed and the whole inland
trade deranged. DR.. Cosson also
predicted that the pressure of the
mass of water would produce per-
turbations in the currents which
feed the artesian wells in the Oasis,
and might cause them to fail, and
thus entail the loss of hundreds of
palm trees. His views as to the
climatic influence OF q Saharan
sea were opposed by other members
of the Society.
Year: 1879

A well-known physician of this
city is responsible for u story that,
although disgusting, may serve to
show how the yellow fever germ
was preserved through the intense
cold OF last winter: A South Mem
phis woman, whose husband died
of the fever last year, not only pre-.
served the clothing which he had
on when he died, but even the
sheet upon which he lay, covered
as 1t was with stains of black
vomit. She keeps these relics In n
wooden chest, and every now and
then takes them out, because, as
she says, the smell reminds her of
her dear Willie.
Year: 1879

A clergyman at Methodist
camp meeting at Bucyrus, Ohio,
prayed that God would kill one
member of every anti Christian
family in the county. This excited
the wrath of the sinners in the
congregation, and they tore down
the tent, whipped the minister, and
would have tarred and feathered
him if he had not fed.
Year: 1879

Joaquin Miller, speaking of Sit
ting Bull, thus explains how his
Sioux Highness came by his name,
the key to the conundrum having
been impaired to him by the In-
dians themselves: IAN Indian is
never honored with n distinctive
name," said Mr.. Miller, "until he
has done something noteworthy,
and which reveals a marked trait
of character. When Sitting Bull
was a young man he was shot in
the legs and disabled, but he sat
bolt upright on the ground and
continued to fight with the fierce
ness of wounded buffalo bull, and
it was thus incident which drew
from the tribe the appellation of
Sitting Bull.n
Year: 1879

At legal investigation of a
liquor seizure the Judge asked an
unwilling witness: "What was in
the barrel that you had?" The re-
ply was: "Well, your Honor, it
was marked WHISKY on one end
of the barrel, and pat Duffey' on
the other end, so l can't say
whether it was whisky or Pat DUFF
fey in the barrel, being as 1 am on
my oath.n
Year: 1879

There was once good little boy who
was sent by his mother to the bakery
on a Sunday morning for the weekly
pot of beans. The sidewalk was slip
perry, the bean-pot was slippery, and, as
the good little boy wore nothing but
slippers on his feet, it is not at all sur
prising that he fell down, broke the
bean-pot, and anointed the sidewalk
with his mothers breakfast While he
was weeping over his misfortune, bad
little boy, whose mother had also sent
him to the bakery for her weekly pot Of
beans, coming along, laughed and
mocked exceedingly at the poor boys
sorrow. Now, while he was yet thus
mocking and laughing, man running
for a doctor knocked the bean-pot from
the bad little boys hands, breaking it
into pieces and spreading its savory
contents over the sidewalk, whereupon
his laughter was changed to weeping,
and he lifted up his voice and mourned
vociferously. Moral: Never pork fun
at the unfortunate, for you never know
how soon you may bean trouble your.
self.-Bost07a Post,
Year: 1879

THE plague fright at Berlin has re-
called the extraordinary precautions
taken during the cholera epidemic of
1881. A cord was drawn in front of
houses supposed to be infected. The
keys were given to police agent, who
three or four times a day went to see
what the inmates wanted. He then
placed what he brought them on a
table outside near the door. The money
was put into a glass full of vinegar, and
the agent took it out with spoon. The
paper on which the commissions was
written down he took up with pincers.
When a sick person was taken to the
hospital a police agent preceded the
vehicle with a bell, and two soldiers
kept every one away from the sick per-
son. The doctors wore cloaks and masks
of oil cloth. The skin of dogs and cats
being deemed particularly favorable to
the dissemination of the disease, persons
were recommended to kill them, except
where they were positively necessary.
For months the inhabitants lived in
trepidation, and an old lady actually
hanged herself for fear of the cholera
reaching her. The precautions gradually
became matter for ridicule.
Year: 1879

The gentleman who maintains the
chief ecclesiastical authority over the
Indians has very little of pomp and cir
cumstance when he travels among them.
A covered wagon cannot withstand the
winds that sweep across the prairies, SO
putting into an open wagon sufficient
provisions for himself and driver, and
food for the two horses, the excellent
Bishop Hare begins long journey
among his wild charges. At night he
sets up his tent on the open prairie, or,
wrapped in a buffalo robe, sleeps in the
wagon.
Year: 1879

NEAR Ashland, Oregon, early one
morning recently, forest of pine trees
was seen bending down as though bowed
bya terrific gale Of wind. At the same
time not breath of air was in motion.
During the previous night a furious
storm had passed over the forest, accom-
panied by rain and snow, and the steady
force of the wind had bent the trees
and held them in that position until the
falling snow and freezing rain had fast
ened them in unyielding bonds of ice,
and so they remained until the sun set
them free.
Year: 1879

ARTIFICIAL teeth we're manufactured
in China centuries before they were
produced in Europe. The material used
In bone or ivory, and the tooth, having
been sawed and filed into proper shape,
is fastened to the adjoining teeth by
copper wire or catgut string. III two or
more teeth are required, they are made
In one piece, and, a hole being drilled
through the entire length, double wire
Is passed through it and looped over the
natural tooth at one end and tied to the
teeth mt the other.