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Year: 1879

Our telegraphic dispatches convey the
important information that OURAY has
thrown up the sponge and informs the
Government that he despairs Of surrender


ing the murderers of MEEKER and his as
sistants and is ready to join the army in
making war upon DOUGLASS and his party
This is virtual pOstpOnement Of the mat
ter until Spring, as it is useless TO make
war in that cold and desolate region during
the rigors of winter. In this condition of
affairs is fully exposed the utter folly of the
tafy policy Of the Indian Department,
which interposed to prevent the army from
Furnishing these offenders promptly and
with merited severity. The experiment of
the Indian Department to secure justice
and punishment by treaty has been tried
and failed, aud the country is Informed that
it must await the coming of spring,
or the pleasure Of these sayages, before
tho punishment of these murders, If ever


can be accomplished. The Department is
either utterly ignorant Of the Indian char
acter or has been far too credulous in trust
ing the tribe which has been guilty of this
Year: 1879

THE GreenbacSs represent the strong
est Capitalization of power in our Govern
mental system. For this reason the South
ern Bourbons propose to wipe them out and
substitute the old ante-bellum State bank
issues in their stead.
Year: 1879

THE New York Tribune has at last ven
tured for the first time upon the sea of Sun
day journalism 1t is simply the seventh
day publication of an able newspaper which
is as full of ability and good reading on
the Sabbath rs on any secular day of the
week. 1t must prove success, rs it is only
a question whether the reading public want
q good newspaper seven days in the week.
Year: 1879

THE Washington Sentinel gives token of
abandoning the Democratic party, as the
chances of its rehabilitation "are exceed
"ingly small" and of coming to the aid of
the Republican party if it "will only drop
"GRANT." In other words, it finds no food
on the Democratic table, and proposes to
take seat at the Republican board if it
can have its choice of the slices. This is
alike magnanimous and modest
Year: 1879

A STUPID Opposition writer, affrighted at
the bugbear of an Empire under GRANT,
declares that I" it is not GRANT we have to
fear, nor the Republican party, but the
people back of both, without whom the
"eonspirators are not Of enough account to
"be feared or hated" If this declaration
means anything at all it is that the writer
believes that the American people-not the
Republican party, mind you-are not to be
trusted with the power of selfgovernment
for fear they will destroy themselves, over
throw the institutions upon which that self
governing power is based, and hand the
country over to monarchy. The plain
logic of all this is that the anti-GRANT
men, of which the writer quoted is one,
should be endowed with vicarious powers
to attend TO the wants of the people and
supervise our governmental affairs to the
exclusion of all those who may differ with
themregardingo our next President. In the
language of DUNDREARY: "What -
"nonsense ~
Year: 1879

THERE is movement on foot in our
dearly beloved Bourbon Congress to re-es-
tablish the State bank systems. This is to
be done by repeal or modification of a
certain section of the National Bank act.
OF course the end of the movement will be
not only to abolish the National banks, to
which no serious objection can be offered if
it is delayed until the proper time, but
also to wipe out the greenbacks. The idea
that the General Government can issue a
currency of its own while the States are
prohibited from doing likewise, is simply
abhorrent to your average States Rights
Bourbon.
Year: 1879

The Truth is the title of new eight-page
weekly journal which has just made its APP
pearance in this city under, the editorial
management of Mr.. L. w. KENNEDY, who is
not unknown in journalistic circles at the
National Capital. Thisjournal wears the evil
dences of marked ability, is very neat in its
typographical appearance, and fit fully sus-
tains the assurances given in its prospectus
and advent, will no doubt prove success.
1t is an independent literary journal. After
the appearance of the Post in our midst it
is not strange that special effort to sustain
the truth against lis constant assaults should
ho put forth in its defense. Hence The
Truth.
Year: 1879

TT appears that General GRANT re-
moined for ten minutes only" at one of
the public dinners given in his honor at
Philadelphia last week The report is that
five hundred guests were assembled to do
him homage" as the anti-GRANT press
phrases it, and that he merely put in an APP
perance, remaining just long enough to be
seen by them, and then incontinently abb
scnted himself Thereupon his Bourbon
detractors rise to remark that some one has
been snubbed, and that this man whom
they are wont TO say delights only in the
Year: 1879

A gentleman sends to an agricultural
paper an amusing description Of How a
Toad takes off his Coat and Pants" He
says he has seen one do it, and a friend has
seen another do the same thing in the sam
way:


About the middle Of July I found a
toad on hill OF melons, and not wanting
him to leave, hoed around him; he ap-
peared sluggish and not inclined to move,
Presently l observed him pressing his ell
bows against his sides, and rubbing down
ward. He appeared SO singular that I
watched to see what he was up to. After a
few smart rubs his skin began to burst open
straight along his back. Now, said j,
old fellow, you have done it; but he ap-
peared to be unconcerned, and kept on rub
bing until he had worked all his skin into
folds on his sides and hips; then grasping
one hind leg with both his hands, he hauled
off cne leg OF his pants the same as anybody
would, then stripped the other hind leg in
the same way. He then took this cast
off cuticle forward between his fore legs into
his mouth and swallowed it; then, by rails
ing and lowering his head, swallowing as
his head came down, he stripped off the skin
undt rneath until it came to his fore legs,
and then grasping one of these with the OPP
posite hand, by considerable pulling stripped
off the skin changing hands, he stripped
the other, and by a slight motion of the
head, and all the while swallowing, he drew
it from the neck and swallowed the whole
The operation seemed an agreeable one and
occupied but short time
Year: 1879

Summer vacations have now become a
permanent institution; yet they are of
comparatively recent origin. Our an
cestors never thought of travelling be-
yond the limits of their city, village or
native valley, except when driven by
their affairs or their predatory instincts.
What lay beyond the familiar circle Of
their daily lives was foreign to them,
and rather to be Stunned than sought.
The traveller by choice was looked upon
as bold and foolhardy. Men and women
lived in narrow groves of their own,
and had no desire to emerge into larger
space. But times are changed. The
modern facilities for intercourse and
communication have greatly enlarged
our world. In one sense enlarged. in
another belittled, for while our expert
ence, through personal travel, books and
the reports of friends, has brought the
distant near and interviewer it with the
associations of daily life, it has drained
away the sources of mystery which fed
the Imagination of our ancestors, and
compensated the littleness of their actual
world with indefinite conceptions of the
vastness and wonderful nature Of the
world that encircled it. If the earth, ms
they conceived it, was fiat to us, in
another sense, it is still fiatter. Still,
our new way is an improvement upon
the old, for man needs variety of thought
and action to perfect his intellectual
nature.
Year: 1879

A lawyer keeps his own counsel.


Not hard to take-Garden sauce.


A pretty cornseat-A number one
slipper.


Whoop skirts are much worn on the
frontier.


Fair one, if you don't want some fell
low tosteal your heart, you must steel
it yourself.


A perpetual-motion watching machine
A mother with several marriageable
daughters.


1t is really amusing to examine the
maps of the different railway lines, and
find on each one their own road conyen-
iently represented as direct as the
bird flies" and all competing lines
crooked as a rams horn or the streets of
Boston.


The editor who wrote what he in
tended to be complimentary paragraph
concerning battle-scarred soldier, who
had honored his sanctum with call,
was exasperated beyond measure on
taking up his paper the following MORN
ing, and seeing his fine effort utterly
ruined by the intelligent compositor
making it read, & battle-scared sol
dier. ~ Chicago Commercial Advertiser.
Year: 1879

The Morning Comes before tne sun,
Slow buds the pink dawn like rose
From out nights gay and cloudy sheath,
Softly and still it grows and grows,
Petal by petal, leaf by leaf,
Each sleep-lmprisoned creature breaks
Its dreamy fetters one by one,
And love awakes, and labor wakes
The morning comes before the sun
What is this message from the light
So fairer far than light can be?
Youth stands a tiptoe, eager, bright,
In haste the risen sun to see;
Ali check thy longing, restless heart,
Count the charmed moments as they run,
1t is Ife's best and fafrest part,


This morning hour before the sun.
When once thy day shall burst to flower,
When once the sun shall climb the sky,
And busy hour by busy hour


The urgent noontide draws anigh,
When the long shadows creep abreast
To dim the happy task half tone,
Thou wilt recall this pause Of rest,
This morning hush before the sun.
To each one dawning and one dew
One fresh young hour is given by fate,
One rose flush on the early blue
Be not impatient then, but wait!
Clasp the sweet peace on earth and sky
By midnight angels woven and. spun,
Better than day its prophecy


The morning comes before the sun.


Susan Coolidge
Year: 1879

The constantly increasing use of COM
mercial or chemical manure in this cOun-
try is an indication of progress in agri-
culture but it is well to do things with
moderation. and to hold fast the old that
is proved, while accepting and utilizing
to our best advantage the good things that
are new. Prominent among the old that
should not be neglected is stable ma
nure. not only its use. but also its careful
manufacture we should not merely utilize
what we cannot help making, but we
should make as much of it as we can prof
itably. II will of course not pay to keep
animals solely to serve as machines Tor
working hay, straw and roots over into
manure. and then to sell them at loss:
but while the vicissitudes Of the local mar
kets may occasionally reduce the price
of stock to so low II point as to produce
this result, we do not think that any tair-
minded farmer will contend that as gen
eral thing he cannot sell well-fatted
beeve, or good heifer. or a sturdy brace
of steers that he has raised, for more than
their cost. If he has fed them poorly and
they are lean and scrawny, he may not
find buyers if he has fed them well,
somebody will take them at paying
price; and the more literally they are
fed. the better their manure. And when.
the farmer has this manure he knows just
what it is good for, and whathe can do with
it, if he has had any ordinary amount of
experience to guide him in his business;
and it is of all manures the least
likely to give him the go-by, with the
plea that the season was unfavorable
for its work. Used properly, as every
good farmer knows how to use it, it can
never do any harm, notwithstanding some
of the foolishness that is occasionally seen
in the papers about the matter. In an AZ
ticle which has lately come under our no.
tce we are treated to several assertions as
to the bad effect of stable manure on the
quality of certain crops. for which we be-
leve there is very slight foundation if any
at all and when there are not assertions
rs to harm to that has been done, there are
suggestions, supplied by the writer's fer
tile Imagination, of greater harm that may
be done. 1t is asserted that vegetable are
more watery, and otherwise of poorer
quality. when manured with stable manure
than when chemical manures are used
that pigs dung imparts flavor of its own
to roots and to tobacco; and 1t is suggest
ed that the decaying animal matter of this
manure may cause disease in animals that
feed on grass produced with its aid. Farm
ers should learn by practice how to make
profitable use of chemical fertilizers; but
they should not be led by any such wild
statements and hints as these to give up
stable manure it is. after all. the staple
feeder of the crops of any long-settled
country, and in the present condition Of
things the human population of the world
cannot be fed and clothed without its as
sistance.-New York Tribune.
Year: 1879

On Friday night at a late hour Miss
Virginia Rawls, the young and inter
esting daughter Of Fraucis II. Rawls,
the Town Sergeant of Suffolk, Va, left
her home, as her mother supposed to
visit neighbor. Not returning In q
short time her father went for her, but
found to his surprise that she had not
been to the neighbor's house. The
parents beco ming alarmed, made search
for her all night without avail. The
mysterious disappearance OF the young
lady threw the whole town Of Suffolk
into excitement on Saturday, and con-
lecture was rife on every hand. Final
ly colored man was found who profess
cd to have seen her going to the Nsnss-
mond river soon after leaving home.
The river has been dragged for the
body all day long, but 80 far without
success. There are persons who believe
that the young lady is alive and will
be heard from, but the more general
opinion Is that her disappearance Is the
sad ending Of some love affair and tina,
she has drowned herself. In the mean
time the parents are in an agony o.
alarm and distress.
Year: 1879

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TO SEE ASK TO SEE
And We will gladly show the largest and
Hosiery int the United Sa prices
possibly ina comparison goods
suit
Year: 1879

There was young man with shaddock,
Who met young maid with haddock,


He thought, "How wish


She would give me that nsh
IN legal exch snge for my shaddock !"
Tho maiden, who did not like haddock,
Thought, "Oh, what beautiful shaddCcK


III were not SO shy,


should certainly Try
II he'd give me that fruit for ny haddock,
He went on his way with his shaddock
She went on her way with her haddock;


And 80 cruel is fate
r. That, until I was too late,


Neither one oil them heard


That, by speaking the word,
He might just as we'll have had haddock,
And she might as well have had shaddock
Year: 1879

investigation was continued at New
Orleans on Saturday, and witnesses
made oath to such contradictory state
ments as to bswilder any disinterested
hearer. The Committee hope to gel
through in time to leave for Washing
ton to-day.
Year: 1879

The bridal veil originated In the custom OF
performing the nuptial ceremony under a
square piece Of CLOTH held over the bride
groom and the bride, to conceal the bushes
of the latter. At the marriage OF widow 1t
was dispensed with.
Year: 1879

A negro hack driver named Bill Reed
was arrested at Little Rock, Ark, on the
2Sd inst, for attempting to blow mp his cast
of wife and another woman, with gun powder.
The package was placed under the bed on
which the two were sleeping, the explosion
throwing them in the air, seriously injuring
the wife and completely wrecking the
building.
Year: 1879

In . special car attached to the express
train for the west which left the Erie rail.


way station at Jersey CITY ON the evening
of the 22d inst, were 80 destitute boys and
a family consisting of seven persons who
were going to seek work and homes. They
were accompanied by James Brace, an
agent Of the Children's Aid society, but the
expenses Of their removal were betrayed
by Whitelaw Reed from funds which had
been placed in his hands by charitable
gentlemen to expend US he thought best in
relieving wants of suffering in New York.
Year: 1879

Secretary Sherman appeared before the
scoinage, weights and measures committee
in the house on the 26th, and gave his views
relative to the conversion of the trade dollar
into bullion. The value Of the trade dollar,
he said, was greater than like amount Of
bullion, hence it would not be possible to
purchase coin for the purpose of melting i,
into bullion. He considered the act Of
1873 demonetiziug silver, q grave blundsf.
He stated small notes would be exchanged
for fractional coins, at the treasury depart
me nt at any time.
Year: 1879

Preliminary papers have been served in
the suit which 8. B. Chittenden and Gen.
Butler agreed should be brought to test the
validity of the reissue Of United States
legal tender notes in time Of peace. The
suit has been brought in the United States
Circuit Court for the southern district OF
New York, and is founded upon genuine
transaction in the regular course of bust.
ness. The trial Of the action may not take
place for month at least, but whstsver the
decision 10 by Judge Blatchford, may be the
defeated party will appeal to the Supreme
Court Of the United States in time probably
for argument at the October term,
Year: 1879

Of course no woman ever did such
thing, but supposing now, for the sake
of argument, as it were, that woman
was to go to church for the purpose of
showing off her new sacque, would 1t be
sacrileeious, so to speak, Boston
Traveller.
Year: 1879

Some employees OF of the Pittsburg,
Titusville and Buffalo Railroad related
strange and horrible story yesterday. 1t
seems that o man died last week at Tri-
umph, small place not far from Tidi-
cute. The body was kept three days
and OF the expiration of that time buried.
Then some curious persons remembered


hat sister OF the deceased had lain in
tadeath-like trance for several days. 1t
was suggested that the man had been
prematurely buried. This suspicion took
so strong hold upon the people that it
was resolved to exhume the body, and
the coffin was disinterred Saturday last,
after having laid three days in the grave.
The lid was wrenched off, when q hor-
rible sight greeted the eyes of the resur-
rectionists. Evidently the supposed
corpse had revived, and the wretched
man had fought desperately for his life.
Imprints OF his finger nails were visible
on the lining of his coffin, which in
some places was torn into shreds. The
coffin itself was strained and wrenched
apart at the Jennings in the death agoniss
of the miserable man who was buried
alive. He had turned completely over,
and was found lying upon his breast, his
distorted countenance indicating the
frightful suffering be had undergone


Pittsburg Dispatch.
Year: 1879

The operation for the TRANSMISSION of
human milk into the veins of sick pa
tient was done for the first time, it is
said by the New York World, by DR..
Howe, at the Charity Hospital in that
city, few days ago. The patient was
young woman of French descent. She
had been suffering for long time from
two or three large dorsal assesses, and
all kinds of treatment failed to arrest
the suppurative process that was slowly
drinking up her blood When vein in
her arm was opened the pulse was beat
ing at 1926 per minute, and shortly after
the TRANSMISSION commenced the patient
complained Of an intense pain in one of
her knees, which changed to her arm,
her chest, and then back to her knee.
A moment later she became quiet and
stopped breathing for moment, when
respiration recommended. Two ounces
of milk had been injected, and the pulse
had risen to 180 but it went down rapidly,
and the patient was soon breathing
naturally. Dr. Howe said the patient
would suffer no harm, but that he had
seen enough to convince him that the
TRANSMISSION of human milk should be
abandoned as an unsuccessful expert
| ment.
Year: 1879

Special Correspondence of the GAZETTE


DOVER, DEL, Feb. 4, lo79.-A meet
ing of the colored people was held day
or two ago, with view OF securing an
educational appropriation from the Leg
islature. The following was adopted:


WHEREAS, We believe that an educa-
ted community is more elevated in its
morals, as well as more advanced in its
temporal affairs than an uneducated COM
munitv; and


WHEREAS, We have viewed with pro-
found regret the degraded condition of
our people through the want of educa-
ton and feeling that our means are so
limited that we cannot give our children
the educational advantages necessary to
make them honorable and useful citi-
zens therefore, he it


RESOLVED. That we pray the honorable
Legislative body now in session that it
take into consideration the condition of
our colored schools and make such an
an appropriation for our schools as il may
deem our necessities demand.


Arrangements are being made for
State Convention, which will be held on
Tuesday, Feb. Is.
Year: 1879

The Proposed Negro Territory.


New York, Jan. Ex-senator VIM
dom's proposition looking to assisting
the colored population of the south to
migrate to new homes in the west, is
favorably received by representative
colored men, delegation from six
southern states calling on the senator
yesterday, including Senator Bruce and
Representatives Cain, Smalls and
Rainey; told him the colored people
are not satisfied with their condition /;
that they would be willing to move,
and that local clubs have already begun
to agitate the question. The delega-
tion thought that a hundred thousand
able bodied colored laborers could be
induced to leave their homes if they
should have even moderate assurance
that they would improve their condi-
tion. Window assured the delegation
that he was thoroughly in earnest and
had no political purpose to accomplish
by his resolution.
Year: 1879

Was it Piracy9


London, Jan. 23.-Capt. Adams, at
Cork, reports sighting about fifty miles
west of Fastnett ship on fire, and a
steamer well manned in the neighbor-
hood. On going to the assistance of
the vessel, he was warned by the steam
er to keep on his course or he would
burn too, and to not report what he
had seen, else he had better look out
for himself on the next voyage.
Year: 1879

the secretary of the senate, and former
ly private secretary to Vice President
Ferry, remembered burlesque certif-
cate from Louisiana called the "Smith
certificate" It was suppressed with
out objection. Did not know what be-
came Of it, Last saw 1t in the official
teller's office. Did not remember that
there had since been any application
for it.


The committee then held secret ses-
sion.
Year: 1879

By misprint yesterday the types
made US say that Matt Carpenter emf
grated to Missouri, instead of Wiscon-
sin. However, the ordinary reader
was able to note the mistake, but it is
one of those unpleasant episodes that
constitute thorn in the usually rosy
pathway of editorial life.
Year: 1879

The banks OF the Rio Fuerto arc lined
with stately bignonia trees; and here l
saw for the first time the singular rep
tile which the Spaniards call iguana and
the Portuguese eaymam do motto-i. Q.
'trcc-alligator.' The latter name may
have been suggested by the formidable
appearance Of an animal which atttalns
a length Of seven feet and a weight Of
sixty-fve pounds, and jumps from tree
to tree with the impetus OF tiger.cat;
but there is no doubt that the iguana Is
the most harmless creature Of that size
which ever jumped or flew or swan on
this planet OF ours--the most harmless
creature Of Its slze, we might say, for
the little goldfish and the robin red
breast are boasts Of prey compared with
tho tree-alligator they will hurt fly,
but tho iguana Is strict vegetarian,
and like an orthodox Hindoo endeavors
to prolong his life without shortening
that of a ow-creature. Still, with
Its saurian beak, Its preposterous claws
and the row of brlstles along It's back
bone, this giant lizard Is a scandalous
phenomenon.