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Year: 1878

1t you can give your son money enough
to support him all the days of his life. send
him to college by all means; but if he must
earn his bread and butter by head or hands,
think twice about the matter before you de-
eide to give him collegiate education. In
most all our large establishments, such as
manufactures. publishing houses, newspaper
offices, commercial and railroad counting
rooms, there are some graduates OF colleges.
Where do we find them ? At the top? In the
chief place? We generally tnd the college
bred employed ana the ignorant man en-
ployer. When we say Ignorant, We merely
mean that his knowledge is OF different
kind from that which is acquired in colleges.
The graduate generally knows something
about Athens, kome, and Jerusalem, but the
gentleman who pays his salary is extremely
we'll acquainted with Chicago, New York,
Cincinnati, the United States and various sea-
ports, and nations now existing. In news
paper and publishing houses we should natur-
ally expect to find the trained mind govern
ing And so we do; but it is usually the mind
tia: Was trained in the school OF business,
not in the classroom of college, With
several well-known exceptions, our principal
DerlOOlCalS were OWuCu NY uCu VI OuSAACSo
and as rule, the college-bred men create
commodity in which publishers deal. But
there are the professions, you say. True, and
they too areg ,,verned by business men. There
are railroad kings who have hold upon the
lawyers OF twenty countries. Even teachers
are employed and dismissed by men of bust
ness, who usually in country towns hold the
school offices. Such facts are worthy to he
considered, when the question of going to
college comes up in the family. -Four years
of the forming period OF life when character
is the most susceptible spent chiefly in intel
lectual pursuits, and in the society of persons
exempt from the common lot of mortals,
may be the most delightful, but it certainly
does diminish in many students that indepen.
dent spirit and conquering energy which
makes men masters of their career. The son
of a poor man who must begin to earn his
substance soon after graduating is only toe
apt to subside into the ranks of those who
are governed, and remain there as long as he
lives. 1t is unfortunate that the country
should :be controlled by strong men, who
have no intellectual life beyond the value OF
business. Nevertheless, SO it is; and the
youth who means to be master of his career
who means to pay wages, not take them


who means to achieve plans of his own, moi
execute the plans of another, would do better
to submit to the rough training OF business
and enjoy his college at the other end of life
not forgetting in the meanwhile that the
most important part of every mans education
is that which he gives himself.
Year: 1878

The Japanese have the story of Rip Van
Winkle in another form. A young man
fishing in his boat on the ocean was invited
by goddess of the sea to her home beneath
the waves After three days he desired TO
see his old father and mother. On parting,
she gave him golden casket and key, Dut
begged him never to open it. At the village
where he lived all was changed, and hecould
get no trace of his parents until an aged wo-
man recollected having heard their names
He found their graves hundred years oio.
Thinking that three days could not have mace
such change, and that he was under speu
he opened the casket. A white vapor arose,
and under its influence the young man fell 70
the ground. His hair turned gray, his form
lost its youth, and in few mements he died
of old age.
Year: 1878

NEW YoRK, Nov. 1.-The proceedings in the


Vanderbilt will case opened this morning with
an examination by proponents counsel of


Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, whose evidence
BILE her to return to her home Mt
Mobile. Mrs. Wilson testified that she
knew Mrs. Com, Vanderbilt in the
South, and visited her and the Commodore in
time with the Commodore during Il drive to
Central Park. After driving her through the
park he took witness around to show her the
villa which he said he had given to Miss
Hawley, on account of her engagement to his
son George. He said his son William was the
only one who had given him any comfort He
said his son Cornelius had given him great
deal of trouble, and that when Cornelius had
made matrimonial engagement he went
to the young lady and told her
as ne thought she probably expected II. lie
assaid he expected his son William and Will
liaii19s g. son would be the perpetual honor OF
Che family. He told the witness that the
greatest peace and comfort of his life had
been derived from his second marriage; that
Mrs, Vanderbilt had always been n mediator
between him and Cornelius, and that the
bountiful consistency Of her Christian char
acter had done more to bring him to religion
than all the sermons he ever heard.


The next witness called by counsel was
Sam'l Teneyck, who first met the Commodore
In 1856 He al ways visited him when he came
to the city. He had business Ielatiohs with
him saw him often in 1874 had q CONVERSE
tion with him on one occasion on spirtualsm;
told him that myself and some friends had
visited Slade, the medium; The witness told
him some things that nappehea, t., an" me- pc
son, / Thought you had more brains thar
to believe any such damned nonsense
Several weeks after, i'll company with
friends, the witness again VISITED
Sade The witness inadvertently, alluded
to II in the presence Of the Commodore who
told the witness il he (witncss) could not tind
anything better to talk of with him he should
forbid witness coming to SEQ him. Witne,s
once spoke OF Cornelius to him. He tod VII
ness not TO talk of him that he didn't amount
to anything. In 1874 witness asked him Wnao
he Intended to do with his enormous wealth.
Year: 1878

New YORK, Nov. 1.-The Times Washing
ton special says: A report circulated some
time ago that Mrs. Hayes had relaxed her
rigid rule to exclude wine from the White
House table. There is no foundation for this
story The rule established by Mrs. Hayes
will continue to be enforced during the COM
ing winter, and the only exception likely to
be made will be at the dinner annually given
by the President to the diplomatic corps.
Upon this occasion no wine glasses will be
Year: 1878

placed before the President or Mrs. Hayes
This dinner is always under the direct man
agement Of the Secretary Of State, and being
semi official in character, Mrs. Hayes does
not feel at liberty to interfere
Year: 1878

Canton Almost Free Of the Disease
Thanks to N Generous Public.


Especial TO the Democrat


CANTON, Miss, Nov. The pestilence is
about at an end. There nave Deem only a IeW
cases In the past three days and no deaths.
In the name of our people 1 thank you for
keeping our condition and necessities before O
generous public, and will tax you no further.


EMMETT l.. Ross,


Editor Canton Mnif
Year: 1878

He said he didn't know; that II he left it to
his relations i would be scattered, and that
he thought William was The only one who
could keep 1t together


The case was then adjourned to Wednesday
rcv
Year: 1878

LONGEVITY is remarked by physicians
that longevity is much dependent upon the
feelings and occupations of the mind. The
individual whose thoughts are centered and
whose ambition is aroused by some attractive
enterprise or project, seems to live n charmed
life There is less sickness and death among
the busy portion of the community than in
the circles of the idlers the retired merchants,
gentlemen Of fortune and leisure, seekers of
mere pleasure and qualification of the senses.
The active man can hardly afford the time to
be sick. 1t is not when soldiers are ON the
march, or in agreeable active service, that
mortality most invades their ranks, but when
encaunped for an indefinite period, or confin-
ed to the dull routine of barracks after a live
ly campaign. 1t is often a surprise 10 note
the continuous and fatiguing labor endured
by statesmen and professional men during
periods of intense excitement, or the labOri-
GUS tasks accomplished ut times of planting
and harvesting by the farmer who is thorough
ly interested in what he hopes will prove re-
muneratiye crop. Pleasant and constant en-
ployment is the safest armor against the ap-
proach of disease and the shafts of death.
Year: 1878

The GREAT WALL OF CHrSA.-The great
wall of China was measured in many places
by Mr.. Unthank, an American engineer, late
ly engaged in a survey for Chinese rnilway.
His measurement gave the height of Is feet
and width ON the top of II feet. Every few
hundred yards there is a tower u feet square
and from 20 to % feet high. The foundation
of the wall is of solid granite. Mr.. Unthank
brought with him brick from the wall,
which is supposed to have been made 200
years before the time of Christ In building
this immense stone fence to keep out the Tar
tars, the builders never attempted to avoid
mountains or chasms to save expense. For
300 miles the wall goes over plain and noun
tain, and every foot of the foundation is in
solid granite, and the rest of the structure
solid masonry. In some places the wall is
built smooth up against the bank, or cahons,
or precipices, where there is a sheer descent
of 1000 feet. Small streams are arched over,
but on the larger streams the wall runs to the
waters edge and a tower is built on each side
On the top of the wall there are breastworks,
or defences, facing in and out, so the defend
ing forces can pass from one tower TO anoth-
er without being exposed to an enemy from
either side To calculate the time of build
ing or cost of this wall is beyond human skill
So far as the magnitude of the work is con-
cemed, it surpasses everything in ancient or
modern times of which there is any trace
The pyramids of Egypt are nothing compared
to it.-LOHdQH Times.
Year: 1878

How TO De GENTLENAN. We want few
private words with the boys The truth is
we have great idea of boys. We used to
think that men were made of boys. We be-
gin to think now that these were old-fash-
ioned notions--that they are all out of date.
We look around and see a great many person
ages grow up, with mems clothed on, who
are called men. But they act and behave so
that we feel certain that they We're never
made out of boys. If they had been they
would know how to behave better. Where
they came from we do not know. But what
we wish to put into the ears of the boys is
this-be gentlemen. In this country every
boy may grow up to beagentleman if he will.
1t is not necessary that he should become
rich-and most boys think it is-nor is it nee
essary he should become distinguished man.


But some impatient ones are asking: 'How
can we become gentlemen? How can a boy
60 about making himself one Can he work
for it!' Yes he can. And the harder he
works in the right way the better But he
must study with his eyes and his ears. Read
ing books and newspapers is not enough He
must think and feel as well as speak and act.
Can he buy it? No, he cannot Money will
buy great many things, but it will not buy
what makes n gentleman. If you have mon
ey, you can 90 to n shop and buy clothes.
But hat, coat, pants and boots do not make
gentleman. They make a fop, and soOe-
times come near making n fool Money will
buy dogs and horses but how many dogs and
horses do you think it will take TO make a
gentleman? Let no boy therefore, think he
is to be made gentleman by the clothes he
wears, the horse he rides, the stick he carries,
the dog that trots after him, the house he
lives in, or the money he spends. Not one of
all these things do it-and yet every boy may
be gentleman. He may wear an old hat
cheap clothes, have no horses, live in a poor
house and spend but little money, and still be
gentleman. But how? By being true,
manly honorable. BY keeping himself neat
and respectable. By being civil and oourte-
ous BY respecting himself and respecting
others. by doing the best he knows how.
And finally, and above all, by fearing God
and keeping his commandments. Parish
Visitor.
Year: 1878

Under an arrangement with the State Cen
tran Committee, We furnished that body with
our dispatches and they furnished us with
theirs This was done 10 save costs. Ne
printed the bia3ks which were sent to out
requesting dispatches la be sent IN. The ar
rangement was mutual beneficial, bu;
moTe 80 To us, financially, than The commit
tee. In ibis connection We desire to state
that the STATE Central committee amt Writ
W. Walton are one "nd The same. Writ has
been the committee, and he a'one, 50 he II
entitled To the CT, dit 4 the committee Lave
done well, sni blame Il not.-TOpskd Com.
sROHCcllth.


Ii We're better that the above had not been
written. II il is true that the committee
turned the campaign over TO WiTt Walton, IL
was a most fiagrant and wantcn neglect of
duty, and without parallel in the history
of political campaigning. Mr.. Walton Is a
young man ofgood ability. He is our friend.
He can always expect us in the future as in
the past 10 lend any support in our power 10
crafty any reasonable political ambition he
may have. But TO turn over an important
political campaign 70 an inexperienced clerk
ought TO deprive every member of the COM
mit'ee from ever holdin. n similar position
again. We knew there had been an inxcu.
able amount OF b.undering in the manage
ment of the campaign. Its like was never
known in this State or els where: but We
shall be slow TO believe Writ Walton is 10
blame for it.-ItTrsoIs Su


The committee seemed TO US at the time
to be run in the interest If a clique. There
was lack of fairness and good sense in its
management. We did not intend howev-
er to say one word about it and would not
had the Cammonue, III keep quiet. The
French gentleman of that paper while on
visit to Leayenworth expressed himself as
disgusted with the action of the committee.
What is up?
Year: 1878

The Pleasanton ObseuT announces a
proposition for new kind of liquor law,
which has the charm Of novelty about il,
and is Al least worthy OF the attention Of
the Legislature. The CbserTer says:


We are very much pleased with Mr.. Rus
Hargrave's proposition 20 do away with the
disagreements and hard feelings incident to
the opening Of saloons by means Of petitions
He suggests change in the law. something
after this manner. Whenever man wishes
10 engage in the liquor business let him ask
for a special election, at which men and
women over the age of p are 10 vote aye or
nay TO his request. The person asking for
the election must enter into a bond for the
payment Of tie costs Of such election, and
must abide by the decision of the citizens
of the town. Such a method would do away
with the rsncOr and bitterness attendant
both upon the selection of town councils and
the presentation OF petitions OF course an
election OF this kind would involve some
strife, but those for and against could work
cnergetically and at the same time personal
aggravations, backbiting, etc, need not be
80 notorious as now We commend the sug-
gestion TO the careful consideration of our
representative In the legislature, and trust
he Will work foC the passage of such law or
for one equally desirable.
Year: 1878

The Cincinnati G0zstte carefully counted
the people ii sttenda ance at the various
Protestant churches in that city last Sun
day, and also those in attendance at the
Sunday theatres, the same day, and it finds
that only twelve thousand went TO church,
while twenty thousand went 10 the theatre.
There is an important lesson in this simple
fact. which the clergy not only OF Cincin-
nsti but of every other city, might profit by
and it may he expressed in very few
words: II you will preach something the
people want to hear, they will come and
hear you; if you do not they will go to the
theatre You can't force people to come to
your church 10 hear sermons that do not
interest them, no matter how much you
nav think il will rebound to their eternal
good to feed upon such spiritual mama. If
the people will be benefited by listening to
your preaching, you must first induce them
to listen 10 you First catch your rabbit,
YOU know
Year: 1878

ISt Joe Herald, III


The Kansas City Times, Democratic,
says:


"The chief cause of our political woes
has been the curse of slavery inflicted upon
the States"


Oh, yes 1t ha, taken you a good many
wears TO find it out. When We said the
same thing twenty years ago you called us
lunatics and idiots, and visited US with
every kind OF social and legal insult and
indignity. But We are very glad that you
have learned so much, even if you are
twenty years behind the times.


The leading peculiarity of Democratic
platforms in recent years has been their ac
ceptance of Republican doctrines. They
fight Us to the last inch on our leading
principles, and when We have won they put
the same principles into THEN platforms.
They even took our old leader, Mr.. Greeley,
aud made him their candidate for Pre-i
d mt.


The Republicans have won all the battles
of the last two decades and they will keep
on winning Victory goes with the party
that Is based upon principle and that makes
an aggressive fight. Apologiats do not win
the popular heart.


But, since the Times has learned that
slavery was "curse" and ''the chief cause
| of our political woes" can it not go a step
| further? Can it not admit that the viola
| tion OF the right OF suffrage is a curse and
political woe? Within five years every
| Democrat will admit the crime and folly OF
the course now pursued in the South. The
| Republican voters white and black, in the
Southern States are not allowed to 90 To
the polls and vote. They are deprived OF
| the ballot by the bullet. Do you think it
will win? Do you think that the intelli-
gence of the people and their love Of fair
play will long consent to these birbarities
The South il bIting off her own nose she
enjoys il and thinks she can rule the coun-
try by organized and systematic outrages
1t is Just what will ruin the South and over
throw forever the Democratic party.
Does the South grow? Do emigrants 60
| there from the North or from Europe?
That section is avoided IA plague spot.
Farmers and mechanics want to live where
life and property are secure and where
they can vote a. they see lit. They stay in
the North they people the new Free
States. The West grows while the South
languishes.


Very soon a new census will be taken
When that is done, and a new Congress
has been elected on the new basis. the
South as a political power will cease to ex-
ist. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Mime
sofa will have more Congressman than all
the bulldozing states.


And vet the Sou h does not see it. She
continues the manners and customs of sla-
very. Twenty years after she has been
politically wiped out she will wake up and
admit that she has OILY resped the reward
Of her crimes.
Year: 1878

The CINCINNATI Gozetfe srgues that the
fact of the President having been such a
warm advocate of the policy OF concilis-
tion, will give additional force and strength
10 the new position which circumstances
have forced him, reluctantly, 10 take. Says
the Gazette:


But II the President has been extreme in
his attempts at Cancellation, this very fact
is now bringing a strength TO the Republi-
can pIrty which il could have obtained in no
other way. By his course he has len the
Democrats OF the South without a shadow o
excuse. There is no pretense that political
adventures from the North Were eating up
their substance. There was no ground for
complaint that the hand Of the general gov
ernrnent rested heavily upon them Further.
in the States where fraud and barbarism
have had full sway, their own chosen and
popular leaders had pledged their own honor
and the honor OF the people of their States
that the legal and constitutional rights OF all
asses should be sacredly maintained


And now, in view OF all that the President
has done, and in view of these pledges vio-
lated as ruthlessly as oaths were brok en- to go
into rebellion, the whole Republican party,
gathering strength which would never have
come to it except for the Presidents course,
is falling into line as the North once before
fell into armed ranks TO compel the obssrv-
ance of law and enforce the provisions of the
Constitution. The Presidents position was
right when he adoptei.it, and while Republi-
cans have had good reason TO criticize some
of the steps in regard to patronage taken un
der It, in the main it has been right, a right
and statesmanlike thing to try, and 10 persist
in until the South either accepted ii in good
faith, or, by repudiating it, left herself with
out excuse. The failure ofthe policy" carries
with II as strong yindication as its success
could bring. And as the North once more
solidifies itself against lawlessness, the def
ance of the Constitution, and the barharism
of the South, no Southern lman or Northern
doughface can complain that this Republican
administration has not made every advance
that men of honor could demand.
Year: 1878

New OrE lines IIl


Excellent as hospitality is, in the main, it
NAV be so managed as to become fault.
IL requires more attention and delicacy
than Is commonly supposed; and when
these are absent, as they often are, the end
it has, or ought to have, in view is apt to
be frustrated. Hospitality is, in many
cases, regarded too materially-too much
from the side of the entertainer, too little
from the side of the entertained. Persons
who offer il are frequently 80 satisfied 10 be
showy and profuse that they think OF very
little else. Their hospitality, conspicuous
and generous though it be, is a dismal fail
ure, surfeiting, tiring, and worrying those
it was especially designed to gladden. and
crafty.


Many Engllshmen who have done the
States, as they would put it, have returned
home to long illness, invalidism, or death,
and the American climate Is made respon-
sIble therefor II Is the national hospital
ity, sufficient to destroy giant, that is or
was the cause Of their suffering. There are
to-day scores of celebrated Europeans who
are anxious to see the Republic, but who
are deferred from coming by fear Of our
hospitality They are sure that they have
not the constitution and the vigor to endure
it. They stand in dread of our mistaken
generosity; they apprehend that they may
be distressed and injured by an inordinate
and supernatural kindness. Verify, this
sort of hospitality is worse, especially for
its recipients, than no hospitality at all.
Year: 1878

Nothwithst anding the poetical presump-
tion that every American ri imbibss an
undying affection for republican institutions
at the m Maternal breast, it has become quite
the fashion of late years for those American
girls who are supposed to represent "our
best society" TO marry titled foreigners
whenever they can. Hardly a month passes
without glowing account IN the papers OF
the alliance Of some fair daughter OF the
New World with some arisiocratic scion OF
the Old; the giving away Of some lovely
incarnation of the stars and stripes and uni
versai suffrage, to some youthful or aged
exponent Of monarchisl government and
hereditary nobility. These accounts, hand
somely colored, and perhaps, brilliantly
exaggerated for home consumption, serve
to rouse the envy or the ambition OF other
daughters; and the consequence Is that "a
custom more honored in the bresch than In
the Observance" is increasing much more
rapidly than the public or private interest
seems to demand.
Year: 1878

The patience of the South will soon be ex-
hauSted with the Republican waite SHIRT de-
viltry in the North. which does not hesitate
to buIld0Ze the White House poteEtate.-
Courier Journal.


Yes, "the Republican white shirt devil
try in the North" has shown itself for
months past, in every city or village, gath
ering money and clothing to mitigate the
sufierings OF The people of theSouth. Thou
sands have stinted themselves &c add their
mite. The people of the North have i'm
agined that il was some evidence Of good
fellowship, and the Republican white
shirt devils" will endeavor to analyze the
exhausted patience" OF the grateful people
of the South who may respond to this sen'i
Year: 1878

The hue and cry against silver is first
class fraud. The enemies of the double
standard, not being able to win in the prior
contest, are resor ing 10 lower methods than
open opposition to carry their point. Let
the government stand firm and honor its
enactments, ard the gold-bugs will soon
come 10 terms.