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Year: 1878

After Mercedes death KING Alfonso
passed every moment not absolutely
needed for business of state secluded IN
the Escurial, spending many hours IN
the vaults and declining to see any one;
His table was always set for two, and
he would remain gaping at the vacant
chair opposite him, hardly touching a
morsel of food. 1t required the earnest
representations of his family and minis
ters that this seclusion might breed pop
ular discomfort to induce him to return
TO Madrid and resume his audiences and
public appearances.
Year: 1878

"A tenant had been importuned SO
frequently for his rent that in climax
of evaporation he turned on the land
lord with the cogent and conclusive re-
tort: "Now, you needn't put on so many
airs, old man. Why, | owe enough IN
this town TO buy up all your old
hnnseS.N
Year: 1878

The MoDocs who were subdued at SO great
a cost in 1873, were removed, after their sur
render, as it will be remembered, to a reser-
walton set apart for them in the Indian terri
tory gentleman who has lately travelled
through that territory reports to a Texas pa
per that they have made good progress in CIV
ilization. They have four thousand acres Of
land, on which they have built pretty COM
Portable houses, and have fenced and in culti-
vation more than eight acres of land for each
person in the tribe. They raised this year
one hundred and seventy acres of corn and
one hundred and twenty acres of wheat, and
cut one hundred and forty tons of hay. They
have two hundred and thirty head of
cattle, besides hogs and poultry. Fifty-nine
of their children attend schools Up to this
time they have received some assistance from
the government. but hereafter they are ex-
pected TO maintain themselves They appear
to have done nearly as well as the same num-
ber of white people, equally destitute, forci-
bly, removed to n strange land, and required
to earn their living by labor TO which they
were unaccustomed, could have been expected
to do. These Modocs, however were not alb
solute savages. They had lived among or in
the neighborhood of white people for many
years, spoke English freely, and some of them
had earned comfortable living by work on
farms of their own, or as farm laborers, be-
fore they left California.
Year: 1878


Through the weary day on his couch he lay,
With the life-tide ebbing slowly away,
And the dew on bis cold brow gathering fast,
While the pendulum numbered moments passed II
Aud heard low voice whispering say:
''When the tide goes out ne will pass away.
Pray for a souls serene release
That a weary soul may rest in peace
When the tide goes OUT
when the tide goes out from the sea -girt land
II bears strange freight from the cleaning sand.
The white-winged ships that silent wait
For favoring wave and wind that's late,
The treasures cast on rocky shore
From the stranded ships that shall sail no more,
And hopes that follow the shining seas
oh the ocean wide shall win all thss


when the tide goes OUT
But, Of all drift from the shore TO the sea,
IL the human soul to eternity
Saddest, most solemn Of oil, "A soul
Passing where unknown waters roll,
Floating away from the silent shore,
Like a fated ship to return no more.
where shall the surging currents teud,
Slowly dividing friend from friend,


"When the tide goes out p
For one parting spirit pray. oh! pray,
While the tide Of life is chbing away,
That the soul may pass over summer seas
That clasped of old the Hesperides,
In a barque whose sails, by angel hands,
Shall be- furled on a strand of golden sands;
And the friends that stand on silent shore,
Knowing that we shall return no more,
Shall wish us Joy Of q voyage fair,
With calm, sweet skies and favounR air.


"when the tide goes out
Year: 1878

WAsHISGroN's IDEAS OF THE C1v11 SERVICE
When Washington was called TO the presi-
dency in 1873 there were no regularly organ
ized parties, and there was no room for pat
ronage in partisan sense. and nothing could
exceed the justice of the rules by which he
was guided Called TO the executive chair
even against his wishes, he said he would go
to 1t under no pre-engagement of any kind or
nature whatever. but would hold himself alb
solutely at liberty to act while in Office with
sole reference to justice and the public good.
SO much depended on wisdom and impartial
ity in this matter that, in case of injudicious
or unpopular measures with regard to appoint
ments. the government itself would be in the
utmost danger Of being utterly subyerted.
My political conduct" he said ''in making
nominations must be exceedingly circum-
spect" Again Il do not intend to be sway
ed i'll the disposal of places by motives arising
from the ties of friendship and blood" All
this time it is not to be supposed there was
nobody to prevent his claims" Even be-
fore his Inauguration. Washington was greatly
annoyed by applications for appointments.
and invariably represented to such persons
the delicacy OF his situation, and the impro-
priety Of bringing such matters before him.
He apprehended what afterward proved true
that there would be a hundred competitors
for every Office of any importance but for a
long time ne would give no decisive answer TO
the applications of any candidates whatever,
and would only nominate such persons as in
his judgment were best qualified to discharge
the duties Of the departments to which they
were appointed. As between an intimate
friend and determined opponent, he gave a
lucrative Office which both had applied for to
the latter with the following explanation :;
My friend | receive with cordial welcome.
He Is welcome TO nv house and welcome to
my heart but with all his good qualities he
is not a man of business His opponent with
all his politics so hostile to me. is a man of
business. My private feelings have nothing
TO do in the case. am not George Washing
ton, but President Of the United States. As
George Washington, l would do this man any
kindness in my power. As President of the
United States, l can do nothing. -!Scr5Rer
ytor january
Year: 1878

The HoRRoBs OF WAN At PLEvNA.-The
correspondent Of the London Times, writing
of the scenes at Plevna Immediately after the
surrender. says that hundreds of Russian
skeletons lay gstening on the hill-sides where
they had fallen during the assault of Septe1n-
Der The bones were generally completely
bare. Those nearest TO the Turkish earth
work had been covered with few inches Of
earth, which had been washed off by the first
shower, and now they lay as naked as the
Others The Moslem outpost pits were
among these skeletons, many of them being
not more than yard distant Notwithstand-
ing the infectious neighborhood Of these hor-
rible human relics, not a shovelful of earth
had been thrown over them. Singular it
may seem, many of these skeletons had dis
tinct expressions, both in the attitude in which
they had fallen and in the position Of the
Aeshless jaws. As ] sat on my horse and gaz-
ed on the horrible spectacle, l could distin-
guish those who had fallen without suffering
from those who had died in agony, and the
effect was such as l shall never forget"
Year: 1878

The article which appeared In the DEMO
oRAT yesterday morning ON the subject of the
transfer Of the inmates OF the City Insane
ASYLUM to the care of the Sisters of the LOU
isiana Retreat Is calculated to do Injustice to
both the present Administrator Of Public
Buildings and the Administrator elect. We
feel, therefore, that o correction is necessary
and we make 1t Of our own accord without
any complaint from the parties who may be
agfieved. The article would lead to the in
ference that the past administration Of the
Insane Asylum had been inhuman andt that
brutal Indifference to the unhappy inmates
prompted the incoming officials to obtain the
injunction prohibiting their transfer to the
Sisters Of the Louisiana Retreat, that g. eer-
tain amount of official patronage might be
retained It Wac not our intention to make
any such CHARGE and. had the article under
gone the supervision of the editor, 1t certainly
would not have appeared In its present
shape.


This much We say of our own accord,
prompted solely by our eense Of
justice. The general views presented
in the article we abide by. We believe
that the transfer should be made
in the interest Of the unfortunate pa
tients. In the Louisiana Retreat they would
naturally be more tendelay cared for than in
an asylum the administration Of which Is
frequently changed and which the city is I'M
able properly to support No class OF pa
tients so much need gentle treatment and the
Influences Of pleasant and familiar surround
ings and faces rs the insane. Certainly,
therefore, they would be better off with the
Sisters Of the Louisiana Retreat than in the
City Asylum.


The Injunction seems to be based on
the illegality of the transfer. We have not
examined that point; but If the transfer is
Illegal, the law, we think, should be changed.
Only the crest question Of humanity should
control the MATTER and we are far from think
ing that any OF the parties to either side of
the controversy would subordinate that ques-
tion to the meaner one Of political manage
1nent or patronage
Year: 1878

The faithful will have u last chance to get
their hands into the public purse Tho Devens
outrage mill, with Leonard as chief OPERATOR
Is to open in this city in q few days, and per
diem and mileage will again be in order.
The average colored voter may be expected to
prepare his af1idavits with great haste and
small truth He has had much experience in
affidavit making in Louisiana and can be re-
lied upon to do his full duty to the party at
this iunctIlre-for q consideration.
Year: 1878

An amendment making the payment OF q


poll tax qualification for voters was voted


down in Missouri at the late election by an
immense majority. Not a single candidate in
the field dared announce himself as in favor
of this measure. The principal cry made
apainst the poll tax was that it would prevent
MANY citizens from voting. AS it is. Missouri
casts very light vote, the city OF 81. Louis
seldom polling as many votes as New Orleans
1t was claimed that, under such condition
of affairs, the persons who did not perform
their duties as citizens and who neglected to
vote ought to be taxed rather than those who
went to the polls like good American citizens
Year: 1878

The New York Sun says the assured return


OF Conklng to the Senate Is not attributable
to his strength, but to the contemplate weak
ness Of the elements opposed to him. It was
more the administration winning O. defeat
than Mr.. Conkling winning q victory The
Sun WAS disposed to tolerate him because he
said nothing in his speech at the Republican
nominating convention about the Electoral
Commission, but he will enter upon his third
term, POLITICALLY dying man" In regard
to his Presidential aspirations, tho SIN says


When, therefore, the small band Of enthu-
siastc admirers Of the Senator talk about
further political promotion for Mr. Conkling-
about nominating and electing him to the
Presidency-we think such talk is idle We
venture to predict, and we make the predic-
ton confidently, that the author Of the un-
constitutional Electoral Commission bill will
never be President of these United States,
and will never be nominated for President by
the national convention of any political party.
Year: 1878

It is not often that counterfeits can drive
genuine notes out of circul alton, and yet this
Is sometimes the case. The counterfeits OF
the five dollar notes Of no less than seven
national banks have been so numerous and
dangerous that it has been found absolutely
necessary to withdraw the genuine notes of
these institutions from circulation. The
counterfeiters are too much for the banks
and the latter have bad to give way.
Year: 1878

It is charged that a regular bargain was
entered into between Hayes and Wells where
by Wells and Anderson were given the


patronage of our CustomHouse on the un-
derstanding that they were to send three he
publican members of Congress to Washlhs


ton from this State. Wells himself among
them. The old Returning Boarder now
ever. found it impossible to deliver, as
he promised; the only possible kepuo-
ljcan district of the State went Democratic
by 6Ooo majority, and Wells himself was
buried out Of sight under Elam's majority
Instead of the promised three not q single
Year: 1878

A PRETTY STORY. A Paris banker, q
self made man who ha known the strug
giles of poverty in his young days, had an
old time piece over his bed when he
he was boy he used TO say to himself {:
"When you are rich, you will buy pic
ture clock. representing II hamlet with its
church and in the steeple clock and at
the foot of the village II railroad, with n
train in full motion, and on one side the
sea, with ships sailing by" All these
things were made to work bv machinery
in the clock which the rich banker bought.
The train whistled and ran along the line
and the ships were tossed in the sea and
the key which set them in motion was
carried in the old gentleman pocket
The clock had tho place of honor In his
drawing room, surrounded by paintings
which cost their weight in gold. and
there it remained for years. His wife and
children did not like it. They laughed at
il. They could not understand his whim.
They did not know of all the old dreams
which that picture awakened in him. His
friends laughed at him for letting it re
main in the drawing room. So no took it
into his own room. Whenever he want
ed to renew his youth he would wind up
the old clock, and then the steeple would
chime, the sea roar, the ships toss back
wards and forwards. and he would feel as
happy hs in the old days when he used to
dream sbou, the wonderful treasure.-N.
Y. Tribune.
Year: 1878

In an old church yard stood stone,
Weathcr-msrked and stained,
The hand Of Time had crumbled ii,
So only part remained.
Upon one side / could Just trace,
'ln memory of oar mother -
An cpitaph which spoke of "home"
Was chiseled on tho other.
I'd gazed on monuments of fame
High towering to the skies;
I'd seen the sculptured marble stone
Whore great hero lies;
But by this epitaph paused,
And read II o'er and o'or,
For had nevor seen inscribed
Such word. as these before.
"Sho always made home happy" Wha
A noble record left
A Legacy of memory sweet


To those she loft bereft
And what testimony given


BY those who knew her best,
Engraven on this plain. rudc stone
That marked their mothers rest.
1t was u humble resting place,
know that they were poor,
But they had seen their mother sink
And patiently endure;
They had mark cd hcr cheerful spirit,
When bearing, one by one,
Her many burdens up the hill,
Till all her work was done.
So when was stilled her weary head,
Folded her hands 80 white.
And she was carried from the homo
She'd always made so bright,
Her children raised monument
That money could not buy,
As witness of noble life


Whose record is on high.
A noble life but written not


In any book of fame;
Among the list of noted ones


Mono ever saw hor naino
For only her own household knew
The victories sho hadwon--
And none but they could testify


How we'll her work was done.
Year: 1878

SEVERANCE, May g. 1873


After long tour through the western Counties, l
find the Chiefs article on Gov Anthony and Green
back Governor have echoed as far as the setting sum-
There is in fooling any longer with bondhold-
ers. The people are in earnest The fight will be
made this issue, in the Fall. mans past record
won't am ount to hill of beans if he is not in sympa
thy with the public. Every man in the West is for
greenbacks and as the greater part of them are new
settlers, they feel the effect of hard times more than
we old settlers in the Fest / have met and talked
with many of Col Phillips leading friends, and they
that he won't be n candidate that
Year: 1878

This question is taking prominence; and from
pretty general expressions, Col. John A. Martin,
oi The Atciiison Champion, seems to be the favor
lite against Gov. Anthony. If Col. Martin has
any aspirations for the Office of Governor, in the
near or far future, 1T seems to that be will be


wasting golden opportunity if he refuse to be
a candidate now. We believe he has not indi-
Gated determination way or the other.
Perhaps he is sensibly keeping silent, to see
whether he is really wanted, before coLsenting
to be a candidate. The Only objection that
could be raised against him, would be the nnm-
Der of important Officers that Atchison already
holds but this objection wouId operate against
him less than any other man that could be Sc
lected from that locality. He is known all over
the State, and is universally popular. He.wolld
weaken the ticket in no locality in the State
but we believe would strengthen it in all. He
is steadfast Republican; was an advocate of
the silver bill and, in fact, is with tue people
of Kansas on the currency question.


1t will require no special effort for the Repub-
licans to carry the State ticket; but that ticket
should be selected with reference to local sue
cess. With such candidate as Col. Martin, or
many others that could be named, a large pro-
poItiou Vi Tue heDuDllcan UEeenDaCkerS could
not he induced to vote against the Republican
ticket But with George T. Anthony the nomi-
nee, scarcely Republican Greenbacker would
touch him; and the disaffection would involve
the loss of many County officers and members of
the Legislature. The late interview with
George A. Crawford discloses precisely the sort
of man Kansas has for Governor. He would
sink the State rather than not glorify himself,
crafty his personal vanity, aud display his NAL
ice. almost every man who has been connected
with the Agricultural Board, has expressed utter
disgust at the dctatorial, tyrauaical, AMI rule OF
ruin way in which the Governor attempts to run
everything to suit himself; and We have heard
the opinion freely expressed that if there is fail
ure to hold State Fair, the coming Fall, it will
be his fault. Such as that, who chils
everything he touches, the people want no more
Of They still think this is the tate of Kansas,
not the State of Anthony; they want good
man for Governor of Kansas, and one willing to
let the Kingdom of An thony run private Gov
ernnieDt for its own honor and glory.
Year: 1878

II The Bulletin speaks of receiving letter
from farmer, which it declines to publish, in
which the Commissioners are charged with hay
ing been bribed by the Railroad Companies to
enforce the herd law. 1t is unnecessary to state
that no person wrote such letter to the Bulletin;
but that the editor takes this plan to cast an in-
ucndo upon the Commissioners. He knows that
he dare not make such q charge directly, but
adopts this plan of casting suspicion upon them
Year: 1878

e Once more the Bulletin relates the affect
ing narrative of what fearless, outspoken pa
per it is, that cannot be Influenced to advocate
what it does not believe to be right. Appoint
that fellow United States Marshal, and dry mp
his yawp.
Year: 1878

REAL DANGER.-The country is arousing to


the danger Of Communism, as it is being devel-


oped in all the large cities. They number thou


sands, and are arming and drilling, with the


avowed purpose of killing, burning and plum


dering, if any attempt is made to suppress their


unlawful proceedings This dangerous element


is largely foreign, and is exclusively under the


leadership of foreigners, and has been trans


planted in America from a foreign soil Tue


Reign of Terror, during the French Revolution,


almost a hundred years ago. still causes a feel


ing of horror, whenever it is mentioned That


was Communism, in full sway. The reign of
Communism at the close of the late French and


German war, was another characteristic speci-
men. This is what Communism is to be in Amer
lea. The leading spirit in the United States, is
Frenchman named Megys, in New York. He is
the man who murdered the Archbishop of Paris,
during tho reign of Communism last above men,
toned. How he escapes punishment for his
crime, we cannot understand, unless it he that
there is no treaty existing between the United
States and France as to the extradition of crmi-
nails, or that his deeds have been srnoothed over
by some legal process. But some means should
be taken to prevent repetition of his atrocities
ill this country. On Easter Sunday, the Com
munists held revel in New York, at which this
man Megys was leading spirit. He announced
the Object of Communism to be, first and fore
most, the assassination of all priests, and the
destruction of the churches; then followed the
more innocent doctrines of equal division of
robbing the rich to give to the poor,
and other things of like character. The worst of
il is, that an attempt is being made and with
success, to draw the legitimate or
ganizations of working men into this lawless
movement that will prove most
destructive to the interests of honest labor 1t
behooves not only working men, but all good
citizens, to stop and think, and where they
nre being led to by these new tangled move
ments, that promise such great and impossible
things for the poor man and the laborer
Year: 1878

DIED PooR.-How seldom it is that men who
make their millions by peculation or gambling,
have anything left by the time they come to lie
down and die. Tweed, who controlled millions
of dollars, and commanded the revenues of the
largest city in America, died in poverty and in
prison. John Morrissey, who owned gambling
helIs by the score, where millions of dollars ere
lost and won annually, is dead, and it is said
that his estate will not pay his debts Both men
threw away enough money every year to have
made any reasonable person independent for life,
and leave something to their families They
were both charitable; but they robbed and i'm.
poverished thousands, to enable them to bestow
ostentatious charity upon a few.
Year: 1878

V' Kansas exchange complains of the way


in which the State Historical Society is managed
and fears it is to become permanent leech upon
the State Why, bless your innocent soul are
you just beginning to suspect somethingi Here
after, the State Historical Society will apply
regularly for its little appropriation, increasing
its demands each year, with regular set of
pensioners to be provided for at the public ex-
pense. The State Agricultural Society CON-
menced the same way, with q modest appropri-
alton to exhibit fruits or circulate agricultural
information for emigration purposes; but it has
grown TO be a regular department, with room in
the Capitol building, and demands. its pluuder :,
every session of the Legislature, with as much


authority as the Executive Department. The
State Library has crept up in the same way.
There are yet lots of old seeds in the State who
have not been provided for, and other depart
ments must be created. An Emigration Bureau,
a Commission on State Institutions, q Claim
Fund Commission, and a lot of
other things, will come in, in good time.
Year: 1878

men were convicted, and hung three
weeks afterward. They protested
their innocence to the last.


y few days later Bowling Green
was startled by the news that the In
surance Company had refused to pay
Mrs. Smalls' policy on her house, on
the ground that it wasshe herself who
had set fire to it.


WOOlman acted as counsel for the
Insurance Company, and exhausted
all his ingenuity in order 10 win the
suit, but he was beaten, the jury re-
turning verdict for the plaintiff.


Mrs. Smalls then had the insurance
agent arrested for defamation of char
acter, and, in his terror, the agent
revealed that WoOlman had caused
him TO solicit her insurance for so large
an amount, and that he had after
ward instigated him to refuse paying
the policy.


a warrant was issued for Wool
mans arrest, but before it was execu-
ted he shot himself through the head.


Among his papers, strangely
was found an account of his
with Ralph.
Year: 1878

When mules ears begin to ex- change approving mods in accord ance with the vibrations of this tail, it is time for the inhabitants in the immediate vicinity to get away from there, without trying to be stylish about it either.

 The man who will take q paper for a year and then refuse to pay his subscription because he doesn't like the paper, is as mean as the fellow who drops leaden nickle in the contribution box for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers.