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Year: 1879

Somebody says very beautifully, "a good
life is visible philosophy"


A lie is like a fish out of water. 1t may
wriggle and flop and make great fuss, but
if you let it alone it will die of itself,


1t may be, as some one has complained,
terribly monOtonOus for man and wife to live
together for thirty years without quarrel,
but it is an experience in which very few
couples have INDUCED themselves.


A German farmer disputed his tax bill.
He said ~ pays the State tax the county
tax, and the school tax but pays no total
tax. Use got no total tax and never had
any"


young artist has painted the picture Of a
dog under tree, and the work is so artistic
ally done that none but the best connoisseurs
can tell the bark of the tree from that of the
dog.


George" said a sohoolmistress to one of
her unruly scholars, why is it that you be-
have so badly? When you first came to
school you were obedient, submissive and
willing to learn now you are just the con-
trary." "Well, to tell you the truth, maTm,
said George, II was not much acquainted
then"
Year: 1879

There appeared in the HERALD, few days ago. a
complaint by gentleman named Foster to the effect
that his children had received religious instruction
in one Of the Eighth ward schools On the letter
coming under the notice Of City Superintendent
Jasper that gentleman instituted an investigation,
the result Of which, he establishes the fact that
the complaint is unfounded. 1t seems, Mr.. Jasper
says that in Primary School No. 80 three classes did
not assemble in the main room owing to the room
being too small. and in one of these classes Miss
Breen. the teacher has been in the habit OF opening
the exercises with the Lords Prayer, in saying
which the pupils join. This, Mr. Jasper says, is all
the ground there is for charging that children
ceive religious instruction. He reports that the
teacher. who is of the same religious faith as Mr..
Foster, certainly had intention to affect the
ligious training of the children.
Year: 1879

of c,ub law which the committee of the Beefsteak
Climb have laid down, and on which they have acted.
That principle is that it is right and necessary to
expel from a club any man who makes an attack in
a newspaper upon another member of the same
club What are the consequences of the new
and contrary principles which the committee have
affirmed? Simply that every club becomes the
inquisitor into every act done by every member to
every other member. If takes away b s cook buys
house over BIS head. throws doubts upon the
chances of BIS horse for the Derby. A must be
turned out of every club to which b belongs; and
this must be done. be IT observed, quite irrespec-
tive of the question whether is or is not justified
in his conduct. If G, who belongs to the Athenaum
we'll d, ventures declare his opinion that DIS
last book is dull and unreadaole, or II he alleges
that u is member Of government OF thimblerig
gers, he also must be turned out OF the Athe-
neum. If E. actor whoisbelongs to the Beef
should dare to present to the public a burlesqme
travesty of F's "Shylock," must be turned out OF
with H. should accuse in public print OF being
unpatriotic in his public utterances, out goes q.
Nay. if H. who belongs together with to the Turf
Club, should seduce rs hatmaker into ironing his
own hats better than Is. then II must be expelled.
1t is useless to answer that Mr. Laboucheres attacks
Mr.. Lawson especially Objectionable and
cruel This is granted; but if a club may take up
outside quarrels when they serious, may it
do so when they are not serious; if it may avenge
injuries inflicted outside when they most
Objectionable and cruel. may it do so
when they are less or least Questionable





outside quarres. and there is absolutely limit
to club Interference. The principle laid down by
the committee Of the Beefsteak Club is that there is
limit it, and il that principle is admitted and
generally acted upon it will be absolutely imposs-
BILE for any club to exist unless every member of it
is prepared to accept, to approve aud to admire
every action. however trivial. of every other men,
bsr of that club, to the most minute particulars.
and 10 refrain from any expression of adverse opin-
ion of the most trihing character Fortunately
the committees of clubs in London tor
the most part composed of gentlemen. Now.
Dan n lee
cessity for keeping the common ground of
club sacred from individual disputes of outside
character. whether those disputes be of personal
of public character. Lawyers who have taken to
society they take to riding late in lfe have
a difficulty in comprehending either the distinction
the necessity for distinction between what =
club may and what it may not require Of its men,
bers But habit of good society has fortunately
given to those who form the committees OF the good
clubs finer OF the proprieties and though it
is necessary protest against the principle that
has been laid down by the committee Of the Beef
steak Club there is reason to apprehend that this
principle will ever be accepted in clubs Of higher
standing and greater importance"
Year: 1879

1t has often been remarked why SO frequently fire.
men injured or killed at ress The very character
Of their business leads them into dangerous posi-
tions, and in many cases they are not conscious Of
danger until the tottering wall or roof envelops
them. In order hereafter to guard against such
accidents the Fire Commissioners have detailed an
Intelligent and competent fireman whose only duty
shall be at fire to detect every ntimation OF danger
ana instantly notify the chief in command so that
the men may be ordered away before the calamity
occurs This is move in the right direction on the
part OF the Commissioners, and. If strictly carried
out, Will be the means of saving the lives and limbs
OF many of our brave hrenen.
Year: 1879

indeed. He might we'll be pardoned If he denounced
the government which marked him out. But Mr..
parnell careful to betray the slightest
symptom of personal irritation; only he ifpos-
sible emphatic than usual in warning his
hearers not to let themselves be seduced into any
illegal act which the government might lay hold or
as the coveted pretext for inaugurating reign or
coercion and terror all over the land.
Year: 1879

The difficulty which has lately arisen between the
Beefsteak Club and Mr.. Labouchere is the sub
ject Of much discussion in the London jour
nails. Vanity Fair says:-"But what we do very
much concern ourselves with is the entirely
new and very dangerous and destructive principle
Year: 1879

We concur with the Herdld's view, for it
is selfapparent that in a contest between
the Solid South and the Solid North the lat
ter would have majority of 93, but trans
fer of AZ of its votes to the candidate of the
South would elect him. All consideration
of third-party candidate securing a State
and possibly throwing the election into the
House may now bc dismissed as wholly out
of the question. The struggle will lie be-
tween the two great parties, and the Ma
tionals can do no more than to make their
influence felt by swelling the vote of one Of
these parties by combination, or decreasing
it by running an Independent ticket. In
the existing state of public opinion there is
not the slightest hope of Democratic success
without the 80 votes of New York.


With these secured there are still II to be
gained. Indiana might give the required
dozen, with three to spare. New Jersey
and Oregan might possibly squeeze the
Democratic candidate in, and the exact
number needed might also be given by Cali
fornia and Connecticut. All these five COM
bined, without New York, would fall 8
votes short of the number required. Out
side of these six States we do not believe
the most enthusiastically sanguine Demo-
crat would claim a single vote. On the
vote of New York, then, the contest mainly
turns. If that State casts its vote for the
Republican candidate there is scarcely the
shadow of hope for Democrat President.
| If it goes Democratic the election of a
Democratic President is not made certain
but there is something more than q bare
possibility TILDEN claims that no other
Democratic candidate than himself can
carry the State, and he knows that, unless
there is free field for fraudulent voting in
New York city to overcome the Republican
majority outside of Manhattan Island, even
he cannot do it. Hence the desperate battle
waged in his interest for unprotected polls
and unlimited fraud.


The Herald's view of the case is eminently
conservative and cautious, and clearly shows
why the Democrats are now so desperate
and so persistent in their desperation. They
desire to break down the safeguards against
fraud and corruption which the election
| laws interpose, so that the clty oil new fork
may oyerwhelm the honest vote of the rural
districts by its food of illegal votes, cast
through false registration and repeating.
With TILDEE as their candidate, and the
flood gates of dishonesty thrown open, they
hope to secure thirty-ive of the needed votes
to swell the Southern vote toward ma
jorIty But even if these safeguards are en-
tirely removed, which they will not be, the
tide has turned so strongly against the DEM
oeratc party in all thoughtful and bust
ness circles under its revolutionary indica-
tions, that the Republican majority will
rise to that of 1879, thus settling the ques-
ton beyond aperadventure. If the Repub'
licans carry New York, which is certain un-
der an honest election, and more than prob
able under the most adverse circumstances
New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Indi-
Year: 1879

The exodus of the colored people Of the
cotton and sugar States seems TO have
aroused the planters to sense of what this
departure means and what 1t will bring in its
train of consequences. They freely admit in
open convention that the colored race have
been wronged and oppressed to point be-
yond the average power of endurance, and
that the exodus is not without provocation.
They even go so far under menacing con-
sequences to them, rs TO admit also that
these causes should be removed. This may
look like a step in the direction of relief,
but confidence in such relenting will be
slow of growth for the simple reason that
the spirit out of which the provocations
have grown, although rebuked, is not up
rooted These provocations never should
have existed, and never would under q
proper regard for the equal rights which the
law ostensibly vouchsaies to the citizen ey-
erywhere in this free country.


1t has required severe and practical les
son to teach the planters Of the South what
they should have known before, that their
plantations are worthless to them without
labor to perform the tillage and the gather
ing in harvest. They should have under
stood, what they would but for their aristo-
cratic cussedness, that after the colored
| slave had become freeman, invested with
equal rights, that if his services were to be
retained for any length of time he must be
treated as q citizen and not as chattel. a
modicum of common sense would have
taught the landowners that their only
source of labor was the colored race, and
that their only hope of securing that labor
was by treating the blacks III every Other
relation, save that of society, as they treat
each other They should have learned fal
in advance of this exodus that they mus
respect the political opinions and rights o
the colored citizen, and deal will
him honestly and justly in al
matters of business, if they expected
to secure his confidence and aid in the con
duct of their enterprises. This they neg
lected or despised, perhaps; aud hence tn
exodus has come to punish them for tn


wrongs they have perpetrated. They nov
promise to reverse their policy, but there i
a latent fear that they cannot be trusted
that this promising opens the eyes Of ex
"pectation only to be closed again in dis
appointment. If the people of the Soutl
can but learn and practice the lesson O
good faith, civil respect, and honest and fai


dealing with the colored man, we shoul,
sincerely advise him to remain in the LIANT


of his fathers and in the home Of his youth


but never at the expense of his equal right


as free man and citizen Of the Unite


States. 1t has not afforded us any NOR


pleasure to contemplate this exodus than i
did to witness secession and rebellion bu
, it having come as the result of injustice W
have regarded it as an act of humanity t
aid in ameliorating the condition of thes
wanderers from oppression.


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Year: 1879

ana, and Oregon will follow, and we shall
then have what the Democrats have Sc
cured by their Evolutionary schemes, a
"Solid North /" against o "Solid South.
Then the Ship of State will right up and
stand on an even keel State sovereignty
will be subordinated to the Federal power
loyalty will become the badge of citizen
ship, and we shall become nation once
more, instead of confederation of discord-
mt enrtinna
Year: 1879

simple reason that II sold one Of It's superior
presses to THE NATIONAL REPuBLIcAN
Printing and Publishing Company, andre
ceived its price and its pay precisely on its
own conditions The post states distinctly
that the BULLOCK Press Company was
forced to take 81, 500" for press that it
had Just furnished the office at some $4,000,
thereby insinuating that the BULLOCK Com
pany was in n strait, and was forced to
part with its property for q mere nominal
sum. Such falsehoods based on malice, must
lead those thus assailed TO exclaim: Thou
liar Of first magnitude What pes
tilent knave is this same; q beetle
headed, ilat-eared lSnavep We have
met and exposed every slander OF
any importance aimed at this Office and
its business interests. We have done so for
the reason that there may be residents here
who do not understand the true character
Of the post and its management, and we
might otherwise suffer prejudice thereby.
Never was there such shameless tissue of
lalsehood as has been doled through that
sheet TO do us harm, and never was man
driven through so small hole as our cal
umlnator has sought for way of retreat.
Year: 1879

UNDER the alleged constitution of the G,
s. A. the President thereof had the right
and privilege to veto any obnoxious section
or portion of an appropriation bill and ap-
prove the remainder. 1t is, perhaps, n pity
that the President of the United States does
not enjoy similar privilege.
Year: 1879

SINCE Senator DAVID DAVIS dropped
down among the Presidential aspirants on
the Democratic side of the fence the gang
seems TO be very much crowded. They are
very generally of the opinion that the bet
ter place for the fountain of S. S. is in its
accustomed elevation astride the pickets.
Year: 1879

Augusta CnrOnlClel
Genreal Chalmers fought the battle Of Fort Pill.
low again yesterday. IL Is to be hoped now that
he will remain vndicated at least until the end Of
the extra session.
Year: 1879

IT would be rather burdens0me to the
taxpayers at large, it is true, but it would
save the Republican managers a great deal
of money in the way of campaign expenses
if this Confederate Congress could be kept
constantly in session until the Presidential
election next year 1t seems to be the ihte
of the Bourbons to make political capital
for their onpOnents.
Year: 1879

THE Democrats claim that the LADD bill
is not retreat from their original BECK
programme. Almost in the same breath
they argue that the President will sign that
bill, because it is simply more emphatic
re-enNctment of law already on the stat
ute book. If this is not retreat, what is
it? And it is one to which they were
driven by the force of the veto message,
Year: 1879

TIE most commendable feature among
Senator BLAINE's characteristics rs a public
man is his willingness to bear his share of
the burdens Of the party campaigns outside
of his own State. 1t is now announced that
he will speak in behalf of Republcanism
and good government in Ohio during the
coming Gubenatorial canvass If other
party leaders, especially in the Senate, e,would
follow his example in this respect, it would
be better for all concerned.
Year: 1879

A letter from Cincinnati, written in
very cautious language and signed only
by an initial, made inquiries OF the
President Of the Lime Kiln Club as to
the average number of deaths in the
club, and suggesting that the writer and
the president might make good thinS
by standing in with some medical col
!ege and dispo3ins of the cad"vers,'
Great indignation prevailed all through
the hall at the reading Of the communl'
cation, and resolution was passed, au,
thorizing the secretary to write out and
most anon the door notice, Offering w
reward for the arrest of the writer OF
the letter. Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

Great care to personal appearance ana
surroundings is to be commended, nut
that alone will not win the battle OF lie.
Behold the mule. he is not particular
about putting his "best foot foremost,
and yet who can get the advantage OF
hint The respect accorded him is born
of fear and partal,es not of admiration,
but he carries his point and recks not
what he wrecks. He tolls and makes
things spin, and Solomon in all his glory
was not so we'll "heeled." Go to the
mule, thou dandy, study his ways and be
wise.
Year: 1879

Cheap Cement.--A cheap and efficacious
fire and waterproof cement can be made
by taking two parts of finely sifted iron
filings, that have not become rusty, and
mixing with one part OF perfectly dry and
finely powdered loan; then knead the
mixture with strong vinegar until the
ingredients are thoroughly incorporated
and until plastic mass is formed, when
the cement is ready for use. This ce.
ment must be made as wanted, since it
quickly hardens, and, once so, is never
lit for use again.


10 Retain the Color Of a Lapn or Calico
Dress.-One tablespoonful of alum, one
tablespoonful of salt, dissolved in one gal
Ion of soft water; soak the dress, wash as
usual, and rinse in the salt and alum,
Year: 1879

An industrious farmer of Columbia


Ct, makes the astonishing statement
"that if all the time spent by all the men
and boys at the store and post office was
spent in a proper manner in the cultiva-
tion of the soil, the whole town could be
made like garden" This is start
ling statement, and yet may contain
much truth, for it is fact that in too
many rural towns there is tendency to
congregatc and engage in kind of gos-
sip and conversation that is neither edu-
eating nor refining in its tendency. Bet.
ter by far stay ut home and read some
good book or agricultural paper, which
is instructive, rather than spend time so
unprotitable.-Neao ENGLAND Homestead.
Year: 1879

From the beginning of recorded time,
life has been strange problem. It is
unsolvcd to this day. If you ask man
Of three score years and ten what has
been the purpose and object of his ex-
istence, he can give no answer satisfac.
tory either to himself or to you. II you
ask him whose years, by reason of
strength, have been heightened to four
score, and he can only reply by bewil-
dered shake of the head. Starting out in
the n morning of life we are lured onward
over the thorny path by the foot of q
rainbow, whose brilliant colors are ever
near, but never attainable-which all
gently fade away as the shades of even
ing fall


What is the great end of life, its chief
good, the summum bonum, as the old
Romans were wont tu call it, has
always been a subject of
dispute among philosophers. It is
easier to tell what it is not, than what it
is. The real life, that which man is ever
getting ready to live, is never lived. We
think it is Pope who says:


"Man never is,


But always Is to be, blessed"


Were we to go into every place of busi-
ness and occupation in city, and could
get the calm, serious attention OF the
proprietor for few moments, he would
frankly tell us that his daily humdrum
existence, the perpetual cares and annoy
ances to which he submits, do not con-
stitute the life which he hopes one day
to enjoy. That life, whether he with
whom we talk be thirty, sixty, or eighty
years OF age, is still in the misty future.
It has not yet been reached. It Is still,
az in the morning of existence, the ever
receding foot of the glorious rainbow. 1t
is no nearer to him Of eighty than to him
OF thirty.


Nearly all men, with greater or less
grasp and plan, are engaged in struggle
for wealth. But all will tell US that it is
notfor wealth itself that they toll and plan.
None are soroid enough to admit that.
Tney strive to attain wealth as a means
to an end. that end is the ideal life that
is yet to come. Thus the great tide Of
humanity sweep on through life, never
dreaming, never realizing thet the pass.
ing days-their days of preparation to
live-are all that there is Of life.


Somewhere irf some of his Writings,
Cicero rays that TO study philosophy is
nothing but to prepare mans self to die.
A more agreeable and pleasant view of
philosophy, is to teach men to live-to
realize the main object of life and to adapt
our philosophy to its attainments. Glorious
old Montaigue's view of philosophy and
the end of lite pleases us better than that
,, Of Cicero. Said this really great man:


land to say the truth, either our
reason does grossly abuse US, or it (phil-
osophy) ought to have no other aim but
our eontentn'ent only, nor to endeavor any
thing bat. in sum, to make us live well,
and as the Holy Scripture says, at our
ease. All the opinions Of the world agree
in this, that pleasure is our end, though we
make use Of divers means to attain unto
it: they would all of them otherwise be
rejected at the first motion; for who
would give ear to hlm that should pro-
pose afliction and misery for this end
!" Let philosophers say what they
Year: 1879

NEW YORK, July 3l.-The Italian Portfolio, the
murderer OF Bolender. made another attempt
upon his life In prison yesterday. notwith-
standing his promise to the priest not to repeat
leptly against the edge OF an iron bath tub
while being taken from his cell and cut q cash
In his head, and afterwards endeavored to
crush his skull while passing under the iron
cannot kill himself by violence, Portfolio has
again determined to Starve himself to death
and has refused for two days to take anything
but water,
Year: 1879

Philadelphia has been at work for the past two
weeks surveying the route for new railroad,
which will connect this place with the Erie rail-
way at Hawley, Pa. The first steps towards
grading this road were taken this morning.
Year: 1879

LABOR TROUBLES AT FALL RIvER-Another
assault occurred at the WeetamOre mill last
night. Just as the help were coming out from
work, after the shutting down OF the MILL one
of the working spinners was met by striker,
who asked the spinner II he was not going to
stop working. The spinner answered "No,"
when the striker struck him in the face, knock
ing him to the ground Chief Wade, of the
state police, arrived In Fall River, yesterday
afternoon, with ten policemen.
Year: 1879

SAVED BY HER PRESENCE OF MrNp.-Aunt
dolly Kersey, q colored woman or vernon, Ind,
while drinking at q spring was struck on tho
foot by cOpperhead snake. She tied her gar.
ter tightly around her ankle, hobbled q mile 20
the Doctors and though the swelling reached
as far as the hip her life Is likely to be saved
Year: 1879

TRIAL OF FALL RIVER STRIKKRs.-In the dis
trlct court at Fall River, Mass, yesterday, Hugh
ney were each adjudged probably guilty OF
intimidation by threats OF sp1nners employed In
the Slade and Wampanoag mills These cases
are the first that have been tried there and the
court room was crowded throughout the day.
Year: 1879

THE L1QOUR WAR has broken out again among
the small dealers at Long Branch, and warrants
were issued last evening by Police Justice Lane
managers and prOprietors OF the ocean Hotel,
for violation OF the excise law in selling lager
and liquors In the pavilion at the head Of the
pier without a license. The LelandS have a
license to sell In the hotel, but the complainant,
Reid, a citizen representing the small dealers,
whose trade is demOral1Zed by the crowds who
drink On the pier paviliOnS, claims that the Le-
lands have no right TO establish an unlimited
number OF bar-rOOmS. The LelandS claim that
the pavilionS are part of the ocean Hotel,