smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

causes dyspepsia. aud poor teeth produce
sour stomach because the food is not prop
erly masticated. Keep the teeth healthy,
and the body at large will be in trim. Use
.SOZODONT regularly, for it is pleasant
and healthful. Once in the house it stays
there.
Year: 1879

So much black silk has been ordered
by dealers in England for the mourning
for the late Princess Alice that an appre-
ciableimprovement in the trade of the
South of frances is felt.
Year: 1879

MusKRAT farming is a rural industry
in Iowa. A good pond or marsh well
stocked is said to yield profitable re-
turn after two years, the trapping being


done in winter, when there is plenty of
leisure, and affording much amusement
to the younger members of the family.
Year: 1879

THE Cook DIVORCE AND INJUNCTION CASES,
Yesterday, in the Equity Court, Judge Mac
ArthurO the cases OF Mrs. Cook against Prof,
Cook for divorce, and against the same and Mr.
and Mrs. Coleman for Injunction against the
disposal OF the property, were called. The hear
Ing In the latter case was begun, but the testi-
journment was taken until the 22d inst. A rule
was issued on the defendants to show cause
why they should not be attached for contempt
court by removing 9 plano. In the divorce
case rule was issued on the examiner to show
cause why he does not produce In court the
testimony In that case. 1t Is understood that
the reason for its nOn-prOduction ia that the
tees have not been paid
Year: 1879

RANDALL MILL BE SPEAKER is
stated that Samuel J. Randall is sure Of
the Speakership of the House, IS enough
Republicans will vote for him to elect
him, even if the Greenbackers should
draw off large portion Of the Demo
cratic vote. Republican organs in WASH
inpton openly state that Republicans will
help to elect Randall, who has always
treated them fairly.-Reading Eagle.


That may be gratifying to the Eagle,
but We do not think it would be alto
gether so to so firm and consistent De-
mocratic party man as we have looked
upon Mr.. Randall as being. We desire
to see Mr.. Randall elected Speaker solely
for the good of the country, believing
that the Democratic party is the only
party that will pursue straightforward
patriotic course in the interest Of econo-
my and good government and we do
not wish to see such man as he depen-
dent in any way upon our opponents for
the honor our party has to bestow. We
are sure the Democrats will attend to
this matter and settle the question as to
who will be Speaker without the aid of
the Republican members.
Year: 1879

THAT WAS very rigid line which
some of the members of the Board Of
Education, at the last meeting, endeav-
ored to draw upon the graduating classes
of the High School, to prevent the hold
ing Of their commencement exercises in
the Grand Opera House. We have not
been able to see any reason why they
should not 60 to the Opera House, If
there is no extra expense attached. They
are the children of the people at large,
and the desire to witness the display at
the commencement gives great populari-
ty to the public schools, and raises them
very high in the estimation of the public.
The schools were never so popular as
they have been since the commence
ments were held in the Opera House.
Year: 1879

MIR. Belts RESOLUTION in reference
to the conduct ofteachers toward children
was very proper and that gentleman
might find it in his heart to offer another
one that would require teachers to desist
from the practice of keeping children out
of the school-house for 10 or Is minutes
in the cold and rain while they enjoy
themselves in the school rooms. This
has been complained of to us more than
once as a regular practice on the part Of
the teachers at No. 4.
Year: 1879

ONE of the bad things that may befall
a public man is the loss of the confidence
of his friends. Therefore they will not
read his speeches. 1t was so with the
Adamses, with Benton, with Douglass


and even Webster himself, although a
pensioner upon the merchants of Boston,
never received their enthusiastic admira-
ton after his famous announcement that
"a National Bank was an obsolete idea"
Year: 1879

Court HOUSE AND REMovAL.--The
bill authorizing the building of a new |
Court House for this county, locating it |
in this city and providing for the removal |
of the courts and county offices of record
here, passed the Senate, yesterday, as
already announced by special telegi am
10 the GAZETTE in our Ate edition.
As will be seen by reference to the re-
marks of Senators Sharpley, Cooch and
McWhorter, the question had been amply
discussed and well canyassed. A few
weeks ago these gentlemen were ayerse
10 any heavy outlay of money for this
purpose at this session; and not one of
them would have voted for the bill that
was first introduced asking authority TO
eXpend one hundred thousand dollars
for the purpose Of buildings a new Court
house in New Castle.


While each one OF them desired
economy, they were favorable to build
ing in this city if new building was
authorized; and, perhaps if they could
have been assured that Improvements
would not be added to the present Court
house they would still have voted to
postpone the matter to save the expendi-
ture OF money for at least two years TO
come. But, it was reported that $15, 900
or $4,000 would be expended upon the
old building if new one was not au-
thorized.


Again the judiciary brought all their
arguments and influence to bear upon
the Senators. They cited their own ex-
perience in the present badly ventilated
Courthouse, aud they backed this UP
by the report Of grand julies for num-
Der OF years in addition it was pretty
clearly proved to them that sum quite
equal to the interest of the cost of the
buildings would be saved to the county
by the removal of the Courts to this
city. These arguments were greatly
strengthened by the urgent appeals from
the members of the bar, and large
number of the most influential trades
men and business people of this city.


The advantages to the whole county
that must result from the removal of the
Courts to this city must prove very great,
and the saving to our business people, in
the matter of time will be felt very
Sensibly. If the bill passes the U,u,o :,
will undoubtedly crafty Wilmington and
its best citizens: and it will solidifv th,
county and dispel that prejudice whicI
has SO long been damaging to the II ad,
and influence Of ou city in the estima
ton Of many Of the citizens of tb,
county.


1t will be seen that our regular Dove
correspondent presents the position of TIN
bill as it now stands in the House, in
Way favorable to its becoming a law. Ill
says Messrs. Ware, Dean, Doran an,
Riggs are favorable to the bill. This i
majority Of the delegation. DR.
Chandler, the Speaker, we think i
most likely to vote for the bill. Mr.
Cochran is opposed to building at thi
time at all. Mr.. Lamhson is perhaps til,
only member that may be counted on ~
certain to vote against it and even he
when he sees the passage of the bill


inevitable, may reserve his vote.
Year: 1879

SENATOR BECK is still in Washington


He is reported as saying that no Presi.
dent has ever yet used the veto peroga.
tive to check the repeal of law. The
veto power has been conferred upon him
solely to prevent unconstitutional and
hasty legislation or legislation designed
TO encroach upon the judicial or legisla-
tive departments. This is good point
and Democrats should bear it in mind in
their conflict with Mr.. Hayes next week
Year: 1879

Gen. Garfield of Ohio speaks at City Hall
tonight. There is no need to introduce
him to our readers Maine people delight to
hear him; for they know how eloquent and
effective a speaker he is. The Hall will be
packed and his utterances will be cheered to
the echo.


But we want to say word to each Repub-
lican that listens to Gen. Garfield tonight.
You, Republican, Will go to the hall and
listen with delight and liberally applaud,
and go away feeling confident OF victory,
feeling very likely that you have done your
whole duty. But you must remember that
something more than listening to speeches,
however good, is necessary to victory. You
must remember that the strong position the
Republican party now holds in this contest
is due to hard, persistent, intelligent and
untiring work that has been done for weeks
and months by men who have not contented
themselves with listening to speeches or
making them, but who have put their own
shoulders to the wheel, trusting to no Her
cules of an orator to eXtricate the Republi-
can cart from last years baked mud. You
must remember that without your co-opera-
tion this work of weeks NAV be wasted.
You must remember that you have duty to
perform, the duty of putting your shoulder
to the wheel, the duty of stripping off your
coat, blouse or b1oadcloth, and going into
the fight. You must remember that when
the speaker calls upon Republicans to re-
deem this State and so send good cheer and
aid to your brothers in Ohio, as very likely
he will do, and as you enthusiastically ap-
plaud the appeal, as you very likely will
you must remember that he is talking to you,
that it is yo,T aid he is asking for, that it is
to you the argument and appeal are ad-
dressed, to you personally.


Remember these things, Republican, when
you are at the Hall and after you get home.
Remember them, and act, work. do all that
lies in your power, as an individual, to carry
the county, to carry the State. And remem-
Der, too, that casting your vote for the Re-
publican nominees is not all that you can do.
Look about you and you can find plenty of
work. Do that work.
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT of the Bangor Wig at
Parkman writes that paper: II am happy
to be able to report that of the fifteen or
more Republican Greenbackers of last year,
fully two-thirds of them propose to vote
with us this year. There are also several
old Democrats who cannot take the combs
nation dose, and will vote for Corporal Davis.
1 have no knowledge of any one who voted
the Republican ticket last year that will not
this. We expect to poll as large a Republic
can vote in this town in September as we
over did -
Year: 1879

Boston Adrertiser: Our special CORE
spondent in Maine gives very encouraging
account of the progress of the canvass in the
southern county of the State. Last year the
combined votes of the Democrats and Green
hackers exceeded the Republican vote in
York county by 1900. This year the two
parties unite on the county and legislative
tickets, and yet our correspondent predicts
with assurance that the Republicans will
carry the county.
Year: 1879

THE argus is still rallying the PRESS upon
an error it made at the beginning of the
canvass concerning the time of State cleo
tion, an error the argus did not discover till
long after it was corrected. The difference
between the PRESS and Argus is this: The
PRESS made typographical blunder; the
argus makes political blunders.
Year: 1879

THAT latest Argus supplement contains
statement about the State printing made by
the man who was subsidized by the fusion
lists in this fashion. The State printing was
given to him at rate sixteen per cent.
higher than other responsible parties offered
to do it for. In justice to him it should be
said that the disgrace resting upon the sub
sidizers is greater than the disgrace resting
upon the subsidized.
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and commune
cations. The name and address of the writer are IN
all eases Indispensable not necessarily for puDlca
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


Ne cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muncatlons tnat are not used.
Year: 1879

THIS from the Somerset Reporter: The
pay roll of the Republican Senate for 1879
was 1913 less than for the year 1878, and
the pay roll of the fusion House was $3.50
more than 1878. Had the House pay roll
shown the same relative reduction as the
Senate it would have been $1,000 less than in
1878 instead of being $3.50 more. This
shows difference of 81, $50 in favor of the
Republican Senate as compared with the
Demo- Greenback House. How is that for
sweet economy?
Year: 1879

Every Democratic -Greenbacker dates his
comparisons from the year 1856, the lastyear
of Democratic rule in this State, as an Arab
| reckons from the Hegira.


Well, how did the Democrats get along
the last year of their rule? They received
and turned into the Treasury for general
/ State purposes the sum of $4,000 from the
sale of the public lands, which they now say
were all sold or given away by the Republi-
cans; they sold and turned in IS, 500 of stock
of the Augusta Bank owned by the State;
and they increased the bonded debt of the
State in the sum of $4,000, ir time of
profound peace, with no unusual demands
on the Treasury. II at was Democratic fl
nanciering.


No wonder they could get along with tax
of two mills on the dollar. A rate of four
mills is necessary now. Why? Because
one mill on the valuation is levied especially
for the common schools. That was not done
in 1856. Then it takes two mills of taxation
now to pay the war debt and interest, for
which the Democratic party is clearly re-
sponsibe. If it were not for these items,
the common schools and the war debt, the
rate of State taxation need not be more
than one mill on the dolar-or one half
what it was in 1856.
Year: 1879

THIS is the concise way in which the
Independent puts it: The crime of San
Francisco is that of an individual; the crime
of Yazoo City has been adopted as that of
he people. That is the difference.
Year: 1879

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnisheu
with Card certificate signed by Stanley L. fuiien'
Editor All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
will confer favor upon us by demanding credentias
of every person claiming to represent our Journal
Year: 1879

A MEXICO correspondent of the Lewiston
Journal says many in that vicinity who
voted the Democratic or Greenback ticket
last year will vote the entire Republican
ticket this year. He says only one town
within his knowledge shows the least symp-
tom of Greenback-Democratic gain. That
town is Greenwood. He adds: Never since
1861 has there been time when the changes
of men have been so favorable to the Repub-
lican party as to-day. | am somewhat con-
versant with the action of men politically
in this section during all these years; have
been able to place men politically, where
their vote was thrown or was to be thrown,
and feel assured that l state the honest
truth when say no voter in this vicinity
who last year voted at all, and who voted
the Republican ticket, will vote the Green
back or Democratic ticket, while there are
many changes the other way.
Year: 1879

THE MISTAKE of the Democrats in
CONGRESS was in not reducing the army
IN ten or fifteen thousand men four years
AGO, and thus introducing policy of re-
trenchment and reform, as the party had
promised to do. This was unfortunately
prevented through the votes Of few
men connected with the Democratic
organization, which were cast persistently
against the great body OF members OF
the party and with the Republican party,
the very men who now seek to use the
army at the polls to defeat the election of
Democrats to Congress, and to continue
the same extravagant policy hat the Re-
publicans have managed to retain, and
will retain as long as they hold the Off
ces. When the Democrats get into
power the tactics of the Republicans will
undergo change. They will immedi-
ately demand reduction Of the num-
ber of office-holders, and a reduction il
the salaries also. The votes Of tht
Democratic men in Congress that gav'
25,O0O men to be held for political ser
vice to their opponents, were vote
against economy, and votes in favor o
Radicalism. They were given too afte
it was apparent that the Republican poll
ticians never regarded for one momen
anything that does not tend to put none


in their pockets or saddle the countr
with expensive salaried officers.
Year: 1879

The SILVER QUESTION is one that in
terests every taxpayer. 1t is especially |
interesting to the poor who labor for their |
living. From labor after all, all taxes
are paid. Consequently the whole pub
lie debt of the government, now in
bonds, is to be paid in gold and
silver. If, as the gold standard people |
argue, silver is worth only IS cents to the
dollar, then if the government bonds are
paid in gold only, instead of silver, OF
course the laboring taxpayer will have
tOpay more thanif the debt is paid, interest
and principal, in silver and gold. II .
bonds, when originally given, were to be
paid in lawful money of the United
States, hence they were payable in legal
tenders as well as in silver and gold.
They sold with that understanding, and
brought only forty to sixty cents. Now,
the whole effort to keep silver from being
coined isto secure payment in one metal,
gold-made dearer by the demonstration
Of silver. The U. S. mint now buys
enough silver bullion for IS cents to
make dollar when coined. 1t, there
fore, makes something more than the
actual cost of the coinage, which We
think is about II cents in this countr,
and in England, hence the government
makes per cent. on the operation. TIL,
question before Congress for the last tw,
days has been whether silver should b.
coined as cheaply as gold, which is coin
ed for the amount it costs; that is it cost
the man who has gold bullion only abou
ten or eleven dollars to get 800 wort
of 1t made into dollars, whereas it cost
the man who has silver bullion fiftee
dollars to get 500 worth of it made I'M
dollars.


1t Is argued that the mints were esta
lished to furnish coined money, and
fix the value thereof. That to attem
to make money out OF the coinage


bullion is taking from the miners pa
of their labor, and it is calculated to {
stroy this industry, instead of encour;
ing it; that gold and silver are produ
Of the country adding to the wea
thereof, and 1t is the part of wisdom


coin gold and silver as cheaply as it
be done, in order to encourage min
and mining labor. The more we HI
Of these precious metals the easier ,
it be to pay our debts; and the less


have of them the harder it will be to


our debts. This is so obvious that


one must see it. The less money Il
itpaper is not money, but its repre-
tative-the more man will get for


farm his house, or his horse. He
the cry raised against silver imitation
the gold dealers. Now, this is
thing entirely. Who ever heard of
yer imitation in this country before


rebellion? 1t was always the other '
there was never enough of silver.
ifthe gold operators could get silver


of the way, they would realize just al
20 per cent. more by getting prop


and labor for that much less becs


all the greenback circulation is III


their control through the agency of


banks and Secretary Of the Treasury
Year: 1879

The following is from Boston
correspondent, with a description of
one of the kinds of palms he enum-
crates


Editors Florida Agq'icatJturist:


Are you not mistaken in saying
that the true Sage Palm (Sagus
Rumphii) will grow in Florida ? 1t
is native, as you mention in your
article, of the region IL degrees north
and south of the equator and would
probably require constant tropical
heat so that it is doubtful if it would
ever flourish in the Cocoanut-P Palm
country of extreme South Florida.


You may have in mind a tree that
grows well in some of the gardens of
st. Augustine and elsewhere. 1t re-
sembles the wild Coontie and is erro-
neously called "Sago Palm but in
fact is not palm at all, but a cycas,
a genus OF trees between the palms
and the ferns. The species in the
gardens OF Florida is the CycaS Rev-
ol1ta. A preparation of sago is
sometimes made from it, hence the
popular name, sago palm.


/ nave been interested in the in
formation you have collected in your
paper on various palms. 1t will be
some years before much original
matter can be published on the sub
ject of exotic palms in Florida as the
material for it does not yet exist. l
have been reading up little on the
subject in our libraries and have
about come to the conclusion that
there is very little available, practi-
cal information eXtant on the ques-
tion of what palms will grow in the
comparatively cool climate OF Flor
Year: 1879

Editors Florida AqricuI,uiSt:


Your paper is regularly at hand
and read with great deal of inter
est. Being a subscriber to the old
Agricultewist, 1 was panied at it's
announcement of suspension and
know very well how hard you, Mr..
Senior Editor, tried to revive it. And
when the way was open for you to
start anew in giving this State a val
liable agricultural paper it was with
much pleasure l became subscriber
to the new enterprise. Your paper
is doing a good work and only now
and then do some of its many writ
ers slop over. This ecstatic gush
about Florida has been its greatest
drawback and you know very we'll
the people OF the United States who
are looking towards this State with
an ordinary soil, yet wonderful in
productiveness and possessed of the
finest climate, probably, on earth)
want reliable-what we might cali
bread and butter information. Those
poetic descriptions are we'll enough
in their place, but when a man in
Michigan, Vermont, or any other
northern state, who has only $500
saved after his many years of labor
and is now looking for home, where
his bills for fire-wood and cough med
icine will not predominant, he wants
to know, first, about the prospects
Year: 1879

Editors Florida A9ricultuist


We are all under obligations to
our friend, THE FLORIDA AGRICUL-
URI ST, for teaching us how totestab-
lish homes in the wilds of Florida
how to plant and bring into bearing
orange and other fruit trees, and how
to success ully grow crops of sugar
cane, cotton, tobacco, strawberries
and early vegetables And now we
want to know how to render these
homes attractive; what flowers are
best suited to outdoor culture; what
trees and shrubs to plant for decora-
tive effect, and how to lay out our
pleasure grounds with taste. The
ladies are all fond of these things, and
their interest and sympathies won,
the men will follow, and the end will
be an increased attachment to their
tavorite paper and the homes it has
taught them to adorn.


For several years have subscribed
ste-za' certain family paper-a very
good paper as times go-but still my
wife would now and then say: "Hus-
band, I don't think it best to take

that paper any longer; there is SO
little in it," At last an extensive
household department was added,
embracing Horticulture, domestic
economy and amusing correspondence
and gossip about home matters.
Since then / have heard no more hints
about stopping that paper; indeed,
there is now general scramble for
it the moment it comes.


Apart from the refining and ele-
vating influence Of bit of the Eden
around ones dwelling, there are few
things that so effectually strengthen
home ties and clothe with lifelong
interest the spot which, by habit and
association becomes dear to us. How
many of us tondly linger over the re-
membrance of one particular rose
bush; one climbing honeysuckle that
filled the air with fragrance around
the porch of the old homestead; the
lilacs, that each returning spring put
forth wealth of clustering blossoms,
whose dewy freshness yet dwells in
our nostrils like the scent of the roses
around the poets shattered vase ?
Who does not afectionately remem-
ber one old apple or pear, or cherry
or nut. tree, whose fruit surpassed
any tasted since And many wan
derer, after the long lapse of years
feels an irresistible impulse to make a
pilgrimage back to the spot and once
more refresh his memory and sight
with objects SO interviewer with
thought and retrospection as to seem
part and parcel of his existence, and
often recurring to the mind, haunt
him pleasantly, even in his dreams.


IfTHE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT
will encourage taste for the aesthetic
as we'll as the practical in agriculture
and horticulture, it will be doing
good work that will certainly be ap-
Year: 1879

1t transpires that the revolutionary
lumult in Venezuela has a very patri
otic object in view. That country
has been ruled for nine years past
by President Blanco without the
shadow of a constitutional right and
by the exercise Of despotic power.
The people are trying to compel his
retirement.