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Year: 1878

In another column will be found a telegraphic request from the citizens of Tucson to the Department Com mander, asking him to station few cavalry guards along the Southern Pa cific Stage line to protect the United States mails. and the travelling public from the depredations of fhighwaymen. The Commanding General replies that he has no troops to spare for such a purpose, and even if he had he could not send them to protect the United States mails, as that would be contrary 10 the recent act of Congress forbidding the use of the army as posse comita- tus.

 Noble, brave, useful armyl At least 800 cavalry are stationed in Arizona we have no Indians 10 fight now no trouble in the Territory except that caused by the wholesale operations of highwaymen, and yet the General Commanding says he cannot spare even twenty or thirty out of 800 to as- sist the citizens in protecting the mail and in capturing robbers. Pray, what do these 800 men doS Does it require that number to guard the homes and wait upon the officers We had hop ed better things of our new con- mander, but alasl here is the same old story-an emergency, human life in danger, property plundered and de- stroyed, the United States mail stolen and riied, civil authorities and the government defed, and yet the army can't come-that is, not just now-not enough troops. Perhaps by and by when the trouble is over they will be on hand. What protectionl

 But again. The General says he could not send troops even if he had them as it would be contrary to law The United States Army cannot pro- teot the United States mailsl Nation al Police, hired, fed and paid by the United States, and yet cannot protect United States property! A regiment of cavalry with nothing to do but 10 keep up a military telegraph (which is always down. and escort and wait upon their officers, and yet none to spare to defend our citizens against public and common enemiesl Val tent, noble, useful armyl Do send us some more troops. Won't some of our Territorial exchanges work up another false Indian excitement to bring back the active(0 Eighth?" Troops are such protection. It is quite the thing to feed and pay an armed force to do your fighting and then when the emergency comes wake up to And you must defend yourself, whether prepar- ed to do so or not, as it is not conve- nient or not lawful for your mercensry force to come to your relief Won't some one please duplicate the Forty fifth Congress and the War Depart ment? We would be so safe if we only had couple of regiments more. The government will spend about $1,00O,- 900 to support troops in Arizona this year. For what?

 We quit right here for this time. In fact it is necessary, we have asked al question and can't answer it. Perhaps some kind friend will enlighten us shortly and then we will continue. Until then we commend our present. troubles and necessities and the action of the Department Commander toI statesmen and all others interested in the public good.
Year: 1878

ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-A re"
nights ago young gentleman VINO liVed on
tbe extreme west end OF Broad street, stop
ned at iruit-Stand in the vicinity OF the
Theatre and bought some fruit when he
designed taking to some of the young, '"dles
~ his household. He gave in purchase
tcD.doIIar note, which was changed and the
money for the articles bought taken out.
ur noticed two men standing near by, out
Maid no special attention to them. He went
on his way, and when some distance up
Town noticed the same two men follow
;no him. As he crossed vacant iot
in the ueigbborhood OF Elba he drew ms
nistol. fearing that he would be attacked,
and his suspicion proved to have been well
grounded, for soon one Of the men rushed
upon him and they closed, the gentleman
raising his pistol and firing. the ball enter.
inc the robbers side. The companion Oh
the would.be thief fed. The man who was
sbo, fell. and uttered cry. The young
gentleman went back and found the man
hadly wounded He took him up and sent
him TO hospital, where he probably now
is. The police will no doubt take hand in
the case.
Year: 1878

TABLEAUX FOR TIE BENEFIT OF CENTE-
NARY CHURCH.-The tablcauX which the
ladies OF Centenary church have been pre-
pairing for some time past are progressing
finely. Vocal and instrumental music,
which will follow each scene, will prevent
the usual pauses which are so irksome to
an audience. This promises to be more
attractive than any former entertainment OF
the kind. The tableaux will be given nex'
Friday night. ef
Year: 1878

e WHILE Beaconsaeld was being ovate.l
at Charing Cross, for his successful
scoop, as we think it should be called,
Waddington, the French minister, was
being mathematical for coming home
with an empty game bag, and condemn
ed to the everlasting demnition bow
vows by the angry Partisan press for
not giving them something to boast of.
Year: 1878

"There seems to be but one remedy, ant
that is a slow one, and not immediately
effective. To reacn it both farmers and
capitalists need to be educated to it. Bu,
it seems to be inevitable that it must come
about in the course Of time. It is a change
of ownership of the soil, and the creation
Of a class of land owners on the one hand


and of tenant farmers on the other!" 71


With Mamon in the pulpit, Jay Gould
in the Tribune. to defy the power Of the
people and challenge Congress-, urging the
rich to put on the screws TO grind down
labor, Belmont, through his high place in
the temple of Democratic faith, telling the
people that they must be contented with
the fate of European paupers, followed up
BY the Times, proclaiming the inevitable
fate of the farming and laboripg popula-
tion to submission to landlordism such az
it exists in England, and tenant like
subjugation such as prevails in ireland


Such is the fate to which an adultress pul.
pit, and the subsidized press. representing
the Capital of the Bondholding and Bank
Association aristocracy, have proclaimed
for the American people.


Can any man, disposed to be fair, refuse
to believe that conspiracy, having it's
origin in New York, with ramifcation id
every quarter of the land exit and that its
object is to cluso the worker. ~
Year: 1878

STARTLING NOVELTY IN COTTON SLOWING IN


NEW ORLEANS.


A site has been selected, with about one
half mile Of river front, on which will be erec.
ted cotton warehouses sufficient to handle
1000, 900 bales Of cotton each season. These
warehouses will be in ten divisions, and will
be built with brick walls and iron roofs; no
wood whatever in any part of the structure.
Each division will be furnished with storage
cribs made Of wrought gas pipe, perforated
with small holes, and so arranged that every
bale of cotton rests on the pipe, and not upon
any other bale Every bale will be exposed
to view for selection, and any one bale can
be taken out without moving any other one
on the tier. The cotton will be slowed in
the crib tiers and taken out by travelling n.y.
draulic cranes. More cotton can be slowed
by this plan on the same area of ground, than
is now done. The perforated gas pipe crib
tires are 80 connected that current of heated
air can at any moment be thrown around ev.
cry bale of cotton in the press and dry it if
received wet, and keep it perfectly dry in
wet weather; ard in case of fire q. shower
of water can at oace be thrown upon all sides
of every bale of cotton in the press and i'm
mediately be followed by shower of heated
air until it is dry again. The air will be heat
ed by the escape steam of the presses, and
thrown in by fan blowers, and the water sup
piled from elevated cisterns, always kept full
by steam pump. The yards will all be COW
cred with glass roofs, so that cotton can be
classed and weighed in all weather. The
entire levee, from the warehouses to the front
of the wharves, will be covered with an iron
roof, 80 that the receiving and shipping Of cot
ton can go on as we'll in wet as in dry wealth.
er. The flooring of the whole will be of gran
ite blocks, faced perfectly level.


There will be eight presses, each capable of
turning out 1000 bales of compressed cotton
every twenty.four hours or 10000 bales alto
gether. Steamboats, will discharge their cot
ton at the press wharves, and cars from all the
railroads will unload under the sheds at the
rear of the PRESS Ships and steamers will
load at the press whsrves.


The main office will be in the business GEN.
tre of the city, and connected by telegraph
and telephone with each division of the press,
so that sellers, buyers, brokers, shippers and
ship captains, can at any moment step in and
learn the condition of their cotton, or trans
NIT any orders to their classers, weighers,
press clerks or their ships There will also
be g. pneumatic tube for the instantaneous
transmission of written orders, samples Of
cotton, &C., such as are now used in many
large cities. "


The loss of the distant spinner from dam.
age by stain, resulting from wet bagging and
mud to which bales are now exposed, will
be entirely saved when the cotton is handled
Year: 1878

ADMIT THE SuN.-Don't shut out the sun
even though the carpets suffer little under
it's ardent CLEAN. We are more active under
the influence of sunlight, and can think
better and act more urgently. Let US take
the airiest, choicest, and sunniest room in
the house for our living room-the work
shop, where brain and body are built up and
reuewed-and let US have bay window, no
matter how plain the structure, through which
the good twin angels of nature-sun-light
and pure air-can freely enter Dark rooms
bring depression Of spirits, imparting sense
of confinement, of isolation, of powerlessness,
which is chilling to energy and vigor; but in
bright rooms is good cheer. Even in g loomy
house, where walls and furniture are dingy
and brown, we have but 10 take down the
curtains, open the windows, hang brackets,
and let the warm sun stream freely IN, to
bring health to our bodies and JOY to our souls
Year: 1878

in dry, clean house under cover, and always
kept dry in a warehouse until put on board
ship. The loss to the spinner is now fully
twenty pounds per bale, and after the first
crop is sent forward in this improved condi.
ton, Orleans cotton will command at least
one dollar per bale more in distant markets
than cotton from other ports-Neu Orleans
Democrat.
Year: 1878

and also good many not in active business
are bankrupt by Endorsement or other outside
connection. It is, therefore, about a fair con-
clusion that one in nine of the business
men of the country have failed in the past ten
years. This is bad enough, but it is even be-
low the general rule that one in every six
men fails, which has been accepted BY statis-
ticians. ~
Year: 1878

There can hardly be greater sign of pros
perity in community than q disposition to
help one another-lift a little when neigh.
boris wheel gets stuck in the mud.


We know ola place where mans barn,
with all its winter stores Of grain and hay,
was consumed by fire in the night.


Immediately all the men of the country
side mustered and hauled up timber for q new
barn, and then big raising came of. After
that the sound of twenty or more hammers
was heard until the whole was shingled and
sided. But their deed Of kindness was not
done yet one after another they offered to
take head or two of his stock and Winter
them for him, thus greatly reducing his loss
and assuring his heart Of the more durable
riches of brotherly love and neighborly good
will. No one can compute in money the
value Of one such example Of noble liberali-
ty in the community, especially in its intiu.
ence on the young.


Where this spirit prevails thereis sure to
be progress in place, even if all the improve
ments are in their infancy. Xxx. go


People will come and settle ID a place which
bears such good name. Now, if you desire to
see your place growing popular, do what you
can to show yourself good neighbor, espe-
cially to those who need little extra help.


IT. man starts tin.shop or blacksmith's
shop in your place, don't harness up and drive
of FIVE miles to buy your pans and get your
horses shod, just because you have been in
the habit Of doing it. alg5 ifGsN s5,i


Patronize the new conner when you want
anything done in his line. Speak encoura.
gingly to him and we'll ofhim to your neigh
bors. Little words of approval or censure 60
a long way, and when once you have spoken
them, you cannot call them back.


Help the sick, especially if they are poor,
for poverty and illness are indeed heavy
burden. Perform all acts of loving charity
which fall day by day in your path. remem.
bering who it is has said, Eye shall in no
wise lose your reward" Country Gentleman.
Year: 1878

POINTED PARAaRAPHs.-The more intel.
lect man has got, the more simple he can
afford to be. r. l..r


After all said and done, if there wasn't any
thing but lambs in this world, life and NUT
ton would be great drug.


Everybody laughs at a monkey, but nobody
respects him.


The road to ruin is always kept in good or
der, and those who travel it pay the expenses.


What blessing it is to be simple; to have
the body satisfied with simple food and the
mind satisfied with simple truth. y -. -.


The bottom round Of the ladder is safer
than the top one. -


If men Of brains were always men of honor,
this world would be comparatively safe.


It'll tough to be poor, but to be ashamed
of it is putting salt on sore.


We are all Of US poor just as we want more
and rich as we want less. ,..',s.
The more a man or woman knows the less
they gossip about their neighbors. Culture
kills CAB. .so"
Year: 1878

The Democrats III Congress are pleading the
baby act REGARDING the cllneGs. They say Ia enter
upon the invest CATION assume that Congress has
the right To impure into the private an irs o. persons
holding official position hut II the Republicans order
inveSu the Democrats will not oppose IT. Ihs
is very silly, aud also COOL III view of the out
rageOus DISREGARD personal and official privacy here
tuiurp shown by Democratic Investigators The truth
is summed up in minute nusnell-they are afraid to
investigate for the facTs have already been TOO clearly
established to be dsproved.
Year: 1878

The quail IL game bird, about one
size larger than the robbin, and goes sc
fast that they hum when they fly
They have no song. but whistle for mu
sio the tone is solitary and sad. They
are shot on the wing, and man may
be good at arithmetic, fust-rate at pars-
ing, and even be able to preach accepta,
bly, but if he amt studied quail on the
wing, he might as well shoot at a streak
of lightning in the sky as at quail on
the go. Briled quails, properly sup
ported with jellys and a Champagne
Charlie IL Just the most difficult thing
in my humble opinion, tow beat in the
whole history of vittlcs and sometime
to drink. I am no gourmand, for
kan cat bread and milk five days out o.
seven, and smak my lips after | gel
thru. but if I am asked to eat briled
quail by friend, with judishous ac'
compartment, l blush at fust, then how
my head, and then smile sweet acquies
ence-in other words | always quai
myself before such request.
Year: 1878

Suppose q meadow in which million
daisies open their bosoms all at one
time to the sun. On one Of them,
while yet it is q bud, little stone
has fallen. At once crushed and
oyershadowed, it will struggle bravely
against all odds to expand its petals
like the rest. For many days this
effort is continued without success.
The tiny stone "a mighty rock to the
fower) squats on its breast, and will
not admit single sunbeam. At length
the flower stalk, having gathered
strength by its constant exeriion, ac-
quires force enough to oyerbahnce the
weight and toss the intruder off. Up
springs the daisy with "a bound; and in
an instant another flower is added to
the vast multitude which in that meas
dow drink their fill Of sunlight. The
sun in the heaven is not incommoded
by the additional demand. The new
conner receives into its. cups, as many
sunbeams as it would have received, al
though no other flower had grown in all
the earth. Thusit isthe SUR, flute though
it be, helps us to understand the abso-
lutte in6rmitude of its maker. When
an immortal being, long crushed and
turned away by load Of sin, at length
through the power of new spiritual
life, throws off the burden and opens
with q bound to receive Heavenly
Fathers long offered but rejected love,
the siver is no: impoverished by the
new demand upon his kindness. AL
though thousand millions should arise
and go to the Father, each would re-
ceive as much Of that Fathers love as
if he alone of all the fallen creatures had
come back reconciled to God.
Year: 1878

In all the actions which a man per-
forms, some part Of his life passes
We die while .doipg that for which
alone our sliding life was granted. Nay,
though we do nothing, Time keeps
his constrnt pace, and flies as fast in
idleness as 10 employment. Whether
we play, or labor,'Or dance, or study,
the sun posts on, and the sand runs.
An hour of vice is as long as an hour Of
virtue. But tho difference between
good and bad actions is infinite. Good
actions, though they diminish our
time here rs fast as bad actions, yet they
lay up a happiness in eternity, and will
recompenso what they take away by a
plentiful return at last When We
trade with virtue, We do but buy
pleasure at the expense Of time. So
it is not so much a consuming Of time
as an exchange As man sows his
corn, he is content to wait while, that
he may, at the harvest, receive with nd
vantage.
Year: 1878




This convention business, says Speighf'
Daily Paper, is the Trojan horse that
wire.pullers and self:servers want to
bring iu every time, IF the people
| haven sense enough to put up proper
! nominees they haven't sense enough to
vote at all. This thing Of conventions
and their i necessity means that, if it
means anything. We don't know
whether the people havo sense enough
to take care OF their own political affairs
or not, but for one Of tEem We want to
try our hand on It. And We don't see
any necessity under the sun for a con-
vcntion, if the people are competent t.. to
make their oovn nominations: 1t viii!
be seen that with Il Democratic control
in any county a nomination is nothing
else but election. An else is going
through the motion. What we UNDER
stand by primary election is plain
open handed game.


Let every Democrat in his precinct
20 and put in his vote Immediately for
the nominees he wants, and let every
mans vote count for itself when the
voters come up from each precinct club,
or gathering, speaking for itself and to
the count in aggregatins the votes of
the county to determine The nomina-
tiohs. Count the votes and let those
who get tue highest Vote take the per-
simmon. 1.-THE people are fools enough
to elect dishonest and Incompetent men
to suit local or other ptejudices, it is not
a bit worse than to be- sold out to rings
and ring masters wbS feather their own
nests every time. l'Wo j1st want the
thing done fair, that is ALL We want
the people Of the State'to take an inter
esst iin their own affairs and talk 1t out
in Meeting" 'SOmeof the graudest
men the State ever produced have come
out Of the hunblest walks of life and We
want to see the people Of the State walk
to their places like men and not like
any mans chattels. Give them-no,
let them take their own affairs in their
hands and attend to it like men, and
choose honest, brave, uncompromislns
representatives. People of Carolina,
these arc the men you want, and they
cant bo squeezed out Of a clique or
ring. Every time the mouse comes,
and the mouse is sod6eody's cousin, or
brother-in-law. or tool. That's what's
the matter with Hannah !
Year: 1878

The Hartford Post records an Incl.
dent which is timely warning to the
owners of telephones. 1t says;


On Sunday morning, when the sud-
den fash. of lightning was seen and was
followed by a sharp peal of thunder
DR.. John A. Stevens was using the
telephone extending from his home on
High street to the drug store in the
Hotel Capitol. The clerk of the drug
store had his ear listening for q com.
municatiou from the doctor, when sim
ultaneously with the peal Of thunder
he received severe shook in the ear
the report sounding like the discharge
of gun. His power of hearing was
more or less affected all day. Dr.
Stevens saw fash of electricity play
about his end Of the instrument, and on
examination it was found that all the
delicate wire had been entirely destroy.
ed By the Lightning. Had the doctor
been speaking at the tube ct the time o.
the fash he would probably been dan
gcrously injured.
Year: 1878

The man capable Of defrauling a
widow would chase mosquito for its
fat, says Western editor. Many men
have been guilty of chasing mosquito
for its blood, continues the Norristown
Herald. and they were not very mean
mon either.
Year: 1878

When. learned man, intoxicated
with his reading, takes first step in the
world it is very often false step. If
he takes counsel only of his books he
runs tho risk of never succeeding in his
porisctA
Year: 1878

Both the Czar and his uncle, the Elm peror of Germany, have twice narrowly escaped being shot but the deadliest and most nearly successful attempt upon the life of the former was of 8 more in- siduous kind, and is still known to only very few persons, even Tn Russia. There is in the Winter Palace at St. Pe- tersburg small " elevator" consisting of an easy-chair fixed upon stand, originally constructed for the Czar Nicholas, who was wont to mount in this fashion to his cabinet on the third floor of the palace. On one occasion, after state dinner, the present Czar, instead of taking his seat in the chair as usual, offered the place to lady of rank who had been friend of his mother. The Countess, fattered by the compliment, took her seat at once; but she had not risen many feet when the chain snapped, and down came the chair with terrific crash, finging out it's occupant upon the floor with broken limb and other seri ous injuries. The dismay of the con- pany was extreme, and all were loud in expressing their thankfulness that the Czar himself had so narrowly escaped catastrophe which, however, no one looked upon in any other light than that of very unfortunate accident. But one of the imperial pages, shrewd young fellow, who lad himself witnessed the catastrophe, had his own thoughts about this '" accident" and took the earliest opportunity of inspecting the broken chain, when he at once perceived that it had been sawn half through, close to the staple. The announcement of this discovery fell like thunderbolt upon the assembled grandees, and not mo- ment was lost in calling up the palace servants for examination, when it was found that foreign lackey, who had en- tered the service some months before, and who had up to that time borne an excellent character, had unaccountably disappeared. The affair, however, was hushed up, and to this day many per- sons who are acquainted with the story, consider the whole occurrence either i'm aginary or purely accidental.
Year: 1878



 Dr. Waters of Boston, author of the alkaline treatment for burns, recently said in an essay read before medical society: Apply to the burned surface bicarbonate of soda, if it is wet sur face, in fine powder but if it is dry burn, use paste of bicarbonate of soda and water, or strong solution of the bicarbonate of soda in water, and apply to the burned surface. This relieves sunburns as we'll as burns from hot coals, melted sulphur, hot iron and steam. AL ways dispose the burned surface so that the blood can gravitate toward the heart if possible, as otherwise continuous pain may be felt, due to the dilatation of the blood vessels from the weight of the contained blood."f ,,ats.t, e;a.1.', s.f