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Year: 1879

THE Somerset Reporter wants to know,
you know. 1t asks: ''Didn't Chairman
Dana in his speech to the Democratic
Convention forget to mention that he and
other Democrats in the House voted several
times to give E. F. Pillsbury 164 per cent more
for doing the State printing than the lowest
bidder offered to do the work for? And
didn't the majority party in the House leave
that matter in such condition that E. f. P.
can receive the award and thus exemplify
Democratic economy by giving the public
work to the highest bidder after the example
of Boss Tweed, that illustrious Democratic
precedent?''
Year: 1879

HE Rockland Opinion in speaking of the
assertion of the PRESS that revival Of
business is indicated by the diminution in
the number of failures and decrease in the
amount Of liabilities, asks to be excused
from accepting the reports" found in the
Republican papers. We respectfully refer
the Opinion to the Eastern Argus of the
10th inst, where it will find that same Gre
port which it processes to doubt
Year: 1879

THE Boston Herald believes ''that the
common sense of great majority of the
people teaches them that currency always
redeemable, and therefore of a certain and
permanent value, is better than a currency
which fiuctuates from day to day, having no
real value behind it, 1t is a great cause for
thankfulness that we have got back to
sound currency without jar to business
for it must be remembered that the panic
came eighteen months before the policy of
resumption was decided on by Congress, and
that the revival of our industries was un-
mistakably begun with the return to honest
money'
Year: 1879

The Maine correspondents of the Boston pa
pers, with one accord acknowledge that Re-
publican defeat is inevitable in September
Mime Standard.


THE above statement is as true as most of
those the Standard makes There is not
a word of truth in it,
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for pubca-
ton but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used
Year: 1879

THE Bangor Commercial says Secretary
Sherman forgot to say that one reason why
the four per cent. bonds sold so rapidly was
because the bonds We're ''not taxable'' The
Commercial is right in saying that that is one
reason why bonds bearing so low interest
were taken. If the bonds were taxable the
Government would have to pay larger
interest, large enough to include the tax.
What then would be gained by taxing them?
The money collected by tax would have to
be paid out again in interest; and in add-
ton we should have to pay the cost of col
lecting the tax. The statement made by the
Commercial shows the absurdity of the de-
mand for the taxation of bonds.
Year: 1879

THE Springfield Republican finds Secre-
tary Sherman's speech "a triumphant cele-
bration of the policy of resumption as extri-
eating us from the collapse following upon
imitation, and as giving opportunity for the
revival of material interests, and an indorse-
ment of the present Republican attitude of
defiance to the purposes of Democratic lead
ers. The financial reasoning of Mr.. Sher-
man is conclusive and his whole attitude in
the present canvass one of strength, es-
pecially in a State like Maine, where the
Greenback party has now nothing but
name to cling to, and where the Democracy
never could have sympathized very heartily
with the policy pursued by their party at
Washington. As speech for campaign
consumption, and uttered by the Secretary
of the Treasury himself, it will be likely to
bring back to the Republicans many thous-
and votes in Maine"
Year: 1879

THE manly, vigorous and wise speeches
the Republican candidate for Governor is
making in this county are doing great good
to the cause and making votes for him. He
is man the people will like to look upon
and listen to,-and then vote for. The meet
ing at Bridgton last night was large and EN-
thusiastic and fitting opening of the cam
paign in that section. Old Cumberland is
getting thoroughly reused and promises to
give good account of herself in September
Year: 1879

: The Biddetord Union and Journal brings
the following cheering news


A gentleman of South Hollis, few days
since, assured us that Greenbackism in his
locality is fast assuming the character of "dis-
solving views" They are dwindling away as
q party organization. If the editor of the
State Democrat is very anxious about it, this
gentleman can give the names of fifteen men
who voted the Greenback ticket last year who
will vote the Republican ticket next Septem-
Der if they live Everywhere are the Republi-
can Greenbackers leaving the truck-and-dicker
drive, and returning to the true fold
Year: 1879

On November lst the Philadelphia
and Reading coal and Iron Company
will make an advance of prices of coal
and the Philadelphia and Reading Rail.
road will advance its tolls ten cents pei
ton from Schuykill Haven to Philadel.
phia, making the rate $l.so per ton,
trusting that the other companies car.
rying to Philadelphia will follow the
advance, but confident whether they
do so or not, the company can dispose
of its entire tonnage at the higher pri.
ces. This advance of ten cents per ton
will raise the minimum which governs
the wages Of the employees Of the Coal
and Iron company from II to s per cent,
below the basis of the wages of the EN-,
ployees of the railroad company for the
month OF Novem ber will be advanced s
per cent, and in the future for every
advance of ten cents in the rates OF
tolls and transportation from Schuykill
Haven of Philadelphia between $l.s0
to 81, and additional advance of per
cent. will be made in the wages of EN-
ployees of the railroad company. As
an evidence of the advance in the price
of coal, we have but to state that the
rates of freight for shipment Of coal
from Phi lade lphia to Wilmington has
been increased from % 10 60 cents per
ton.
Year: 1879

From the North American.


What interests have the people of
Delaware in common with those of the
confederates of the cotton States that
they should send TO the United States
Senate two members whose votes are
convenient means OF helping on the
sectional aims of the oligarchy Is it
not time for the Diamond State to as
sert its national prerogatives, and send
men to the Senate who will legislate
for Delaware
Year: 1879

Announcement was made in the sew
eral Catholic churches on Sunday that
a fair would be held during the winter
for the benefit of the orphans of both


sexes, under the care of said church.
Year: 1879

DAILY does it become more apparent
that the underlying purpose of the
Bourbons in Washington is to establish
in practice theory of our political sys-
tenn which is older than the resolutions
of 1898, and older than the written Con
stitution itself. 1t is not against the
National election laws that the hostili-
ty of the Bourbons is especially di-
rected. 1t is against the implication of
these laws that there exists such po-
litcal being as the American Nation,
with power to protect American citi-
zens in the enjoyment and exercise of
their rights and privileges as such citi-
zans. There is no Nation, and there
ought to be none, say the majority.
There is nothing more than a league of
States-a Confederation with no attri-
butte of National sovereignty, no SUI
preme authority, no power to protect
any man unless he happens to be in
some foreign country. There is no
such thing as National Elector, and
no such thing even as National citi-
zen. There is no citizenship but State
citizenship, and no citizen of a State
can look TO any other than State an
thority for protection and redress OF
grievances, except in case of injury by
other States, or citizens thereof, or by
foreign powers or aliens.


Patrick Henry maintained that this
ought TO be the theory of our political
system, and he and those who agreed
with him vehemently opposed the rati-
iication of the Constitution because II
contemplated Nation. and not q
league. Not long after the ratification
of that instrument its former opponents
changed their ground, and asserted thai
the rope-of.sand theory was the true
theory of the Constitution. That theo
nv was transmitted from the bitteresi
enemies of the Constitution to those
who, after its adoption, claimed to be
its only true friends and infallible ex'
Founders; and the Bourbons of to-day
inherit it from the same source. II
is the theory which at last bore
its own proper fruit in the
war for the destruction of the
Union. 1t was to this theory that Mr.


Ben Hill referred when he said thai
the South event out OF the Union hug


ging the Constitution to her breast. '
| II is this theory which was supposed tC
have been annihilated by the victorious
armies of the Union, but which thu
South, forced TO abide in the Uniol
against her will, still hugs to her beast


and proposes to force upon the countr,


or starye the Government to death


There ought to be no occasion to com
Year: 1879

tive men of the opinions of your Sec
tion. Communities are acted upon in
masses, and we all know how often in
this worlds history reason is dethroned
by feeling, and passion usurps the
province of reason. But you are better
educated, you are better informed, you
are better instructed; you deal more
with the outside world than the people
of your districts. Ought you not to be
leaders, not followers, of their ideasP
Ought they not to take instruction
from you, and ought you not to so teach
and control them that not only individ-
ual men but organized masses shall
learn to look TO justice as right and to
strive for rightP You have among you
statesmen who, in other times and
other duties, have made these halls
vocal with the advocacy of great rights;
you have orators in whose blood the
warm currents of youth still flow with
manliness and power, men whose life
seem to have been touched with the
rod of Hermcs; whose voice in the
hustings and hall rings out like silver
clarion. You have soldiers as brave
as ever Wallace led; men who have
commanded armies greater than those
with which Napoleon swept the CONT
nent of Europe on fields more deadly
than those on which were decided the
destinies of nations; you have states
men fit to stand by any one of the gov
ernments of the world. Will you not
listen to the voice ofpeacep Win you not
understand that you are needlessly
forcing upon us this propositions Not
e
the United States can he enforced, but
whether or not the United States has
any "peace" which it may and can
maintain. Now ask you to pause on
the threshold of this question and en-
deavor to take away your own minds
from the impress of natural association
and natural feelings. You may be OPP
posed, men may revile you; regard
them not, it is but the scream of the
vulture which you scare from his prey.
You may, some of you, be called upon
to sacrifice yourselves. Remember the
highest offering of citizen to his
country, or of a soldier to his cause, is
not always valor, but is sometimes sac
rifice. Remember that when the earth
gaped in the forum it was not fruits nor
wine, nor gold nor precious stones,
nor the offering of forest or flood; not
the gladiator, slave, nor rude bar
barian; not the client OF freedman; no,
not even the child, nor wife, that could
avert the threatened danger, but the
Roman citizen himself, patrician sol
dier, knight, clad with the regalia, and
armed with the weapons of the highest
type of citizen, soldier and leader.


Mr.. Chairman, l repeat my PROPOSE
ton, that the United States is n Gov
ernment of limited power, delegated to
it by the Constitution, but limited only
in number and not in quality. The
powers of the Government are the
supreme law of the land when orga-
nized in the form of law by the Natio-
nal Legislature, and when they are so
organized they must be enforced by all
the powers of the Government or the
Government itself will fall to pieces
and be destroyed, and remain only a
derision to the enemies of free govern
ment throughout the world.
Year: 1879

PRoFEssoR QuINToN declares his be-
lief that at some future age of the world !
man will have attained such complete
mastery over the forces OF nature as to
be able to communicate with his tel-
lows over long distances, and from
country to country, merely by the ex-
ercise of his will power. When this
period arrives our wife can halloa over
the back fence to Queen Victoria and
ask her whether she intends to have
her new spring silk made up with a
Camargo basque displaying the vest,
or a shirred front with boutfant back
drapery-or somehow that way. And
every man win be his own Atlantic
cable.--NorriStOt0 Rerdld. s at
Year: 1879

We invite your inspection of new samples of
piece goods, just received from the celebrated
house of Devlin & Co.. New York, embracing
the choicest novelties for spring and summer
1879, from which we we will be pleased to for
ward your order for clothing to measure in the
latest New York styles, at prices far below
those usually charged by. merchant tailors for
first class work
Year: 1879

man, her Lieutenant Governor is German,
and her Secretary of State an Irishman, and
of her thirteen Congressmen only FIVE are na
tive Missourisns


The Milwaukee Sentinel, speaking of Pres
idential candidates, says: I'VE don't want
torchlight man. What is wanted is a level
headed man who has too much sense to de-
velop useless party wrangles, and backbone
enough to form and carry out reasonable and
sensible plans for administrative reform. Ed
munds is that man."


A politician may not forget his calling, even
at q funeral. Senator Bayard, who visited
Texas to attend Congressman Schleicher's re
mains to their final resting place, felt the
pulse of every Texan he met in regard to the
proposed division of the Lone Star State into
two States. The Democrats must have two
more Senatorial and Presidential votes.


The Democratic South says: ''If the
Northern Democracy is of opinion that it can
get along without US, let them try it." In the
House Democratic caucus of 147 the South
has 80 votes, and evidently holds the balance
of power. Ii threatens to vote against any
Western or Northwestern appropriation until
the Mississippi matter is settled.


The yicksburg Herald thus tells the whole
story "As to getting money out of the
Treasury, whatever we are justly entitled to
we want. We won't quarrel about the claims
of 50 called Southern loyalists but we will
quarrel with Mr.. Bragg and other Northern
men of both parties if we do Rot soon secure
some sort of an equalization of national aid. y


The versatile swearer, st. Martin, declares
that he was so enraged when General Butler
informed him, in the presence of the Potter
Comm,ttee, that he lied, that only his perfect
command of himself restrained him from kill
ing Butler on the spot. Is it 30 One would
think the average Louisiana witnesses would
get used to mild intiuidations of that sort
and take them with entire composure.


Mr. Hendricks has carefully seated himself
on the financial fence again. A reporter of
the Indianapolis Journal politely asked him
how he stood on the question, the other day,
and he replied that he occupied precisely the
same position as in the last Indiana campaign.
Everybody remembers about that. He made
quasi soft-money speeches all through the
canvass, and then on the eve of the election
came down with a slam on his hard money
foot, thus restoring the scientific accuracy Of
the lifelong straddle. That's where he is
| to day
Year: 1879

This Iittleseutence should be written
on every heart, and stamped on every
memory. 1t should be the golden rule
practiced not only in every household, ,
but throughout the world. By helping
one another we not only remove thorns
from the pathway, and anxiety from
the mind, but we feel q sense of pleas
ure in our own hearts, knowing we are
doing o duty to fellow creature. A
helping hand, or an encouraging word,
is no loss to US, yet 1t Is benefit to
others. Who has not felt the power OF
this little sentence? Who has not need.
ed the encouragement and aid ofa kind
friend? How soothing, when perplex-
ed with some task that Is mysterious
and burdensome, to feel gentle hand
on the shoulder, and to hear g kind
voice whispering: "Do not feel dis
couraged; see your trouble, let me
help you" What strength Is inspired,
what hope created, what sweet graft
tude is felt, and the great difficulty Is
dissolved as dew beneath the sunshine.
Yes, let US help one another by endeav'
oring to strengthen and encourage the
weak, and lifting the burden OF care
from the weary and Oppressed, that life
may glide smoothly on, and the fount
of bitterness yield sweet waters; and
He, whose willing hand Is ever ready
to aid US, will reward our humble en-
deavors, and every good deed will be
as 'sbread cast upon the waters, to re-
turn after many days." If not to Us, to
those we love.
Year: 1879

The people of the west end OF Belmont
county seem to be decidedly opposed to the
removal of the County Seat, or rather to the
expenditure of 500, 200 or $500, 900, as the
case maybe, for new buildings. Canvassers
in the western townships, in the interest of
st. Clairsville, report that they have obtained
400 signers to the remonstrance in Somerset
township, 422 out of a vote of 437 in Goshen
township, Kirkwood and Union solid, and
700 in Warren township. The rural popula-
tion generally sign the remonstrance, except
in Warren, where most Of the petitioners for
removal are farmers. From the information
now at hand, it would seem that large ma
iority of the people in ten of the sixteen
townships in the county are opposed 10 the
removal This opposition comes mainly from
men who object to increased taxation, or even
to a continuance of the present tax burdens.
Five years from now they may look at the
question in another way, but now it is impos-
sible to convince the people that it is to their
interest to encourage a scheme for the in
crease or continuance of the present rate Of
taxation. The question is premature and
sprung at the wrong time. 1t would be the
part of wisdom for Bellalre to retire the mat
ter for time, and bring it to the front, if de-
sirable, in three or four years. Then, when
the promised business revival is fully inaugu-


rated. when wheat is worth more than 80
cents a bushel, when corn brings more than
50 cents bushel, when corn brings more than
As cents, when tobacco and wool can be rails
ed at profit, the people may be able to view
the matter in more favorable light. 1t can
not be expected that men who are pressed
hard TO pay ordinary expenses and taxes; who
are engaged in q struggle for existence, will
deliberately vote to increase the burdens
which already press sorely upon their shoul.
dcrs. Many persons may favor the removal
of the County Seat as an abstract proposition,


but they are utterly opposed to voting one
cent of extra taxation for such purpose at
this time. They don't want = new Court


House either at st. Clairsville or Bellaire.
Gentlemen having this matter in charge
should postpone the question until the people
are ready to decide it. Now they are op-
pressed by the presence of hard times and tax
alton, and viii not vote for any scheme which
has tendency to continue the financial diff
culties in which they are involved. Il Barnes
vile Enterprise. =
Year: 1879

BEN. HILL in the Senate on Monday en-
deavored to make amends for the little family
row in the House few days ago on the
Southern claims matter. Senator Hill took
very virtuous grounds on this point, stating
that he was opposed to paying Southern wal
claims, because to do so would bankrupt the
Nation. He expected, however, few reli-
gious and educational institutions, which had
lost their all in the war. Hills speech shows
pretty clearly how frightened the Democrats
really are over the injudicious exhibition ol
the cloven foot that was made by the hot


headed members in the House of Representa-
tiYes.
Year: 1879

PROBABLY no one preparation has
received so much praise rom its "a
irons, nor Is 80 deserving of eommen-
dation as HALLS HAIR RENEwER!
We but echo the voice Of the millions
who have used it when We pronounce
1t Tie best Hair Dressing In the world.
It stands unrivallsd. Those who are
affected with itching or irritation, fad
relief and renewal In this Invaluable
remedy. When the hair u inclined to
fell of, moderate use OF the Remover
will strengthen the roots OF the hair.
and ifit exhibits tendency TO turn
gray 1t will restore the natural color.
FULTON MOI Telegraph.
Year: 1879

The demagogues in Congress, who have
voted to take from the Treasury the sum 81
fifty to one hundred millions Of dollars, to
fatten claim agents and squander on all sides,
will be the very men to sneak out of voting
the taxes to meet the outlay. This great pen
sion fraud amounts to a scheme to confscate
and parcel out the money in the Treasury for
the benefit of local politicians. II is worthy
the blatherskites who believe in ''coining''
paper money, and doing everything to destroy
the credit of the country that is disgraced by
their Ignorance. e.-TCin. Com.
Year: 1879

The rumpus which General Bragg has
stirred up by his Southern claims speech is
likely to give Randall good deal Of trouble.
The South is beginning to see that its only
hope for grab is to organize the next Houss
in its interest, and to have Solid Southern
Speaker. There would be music then.
Year: 1879

DAIN in the right side, under the
1 edge Of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and 1t
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism In the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation In the back part. There is
generally considerable loss of mem


ory, accompanied with a painful SEN
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.