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Year: 1878

EXTRAVAGANCE IN ADMIN

 ISTERING THE STATE GOV

 ERNMENT.

 Elsewhere in to-day's paper will be found . letter from . we'll known citizen of Yell county touching upon the subject indicated by the heading gwen in this article. We invite the close attention of eur readers to what this correspondent says, for it is . question which the taxpayers ought to investigate and scrutinize closely. In our present condition we cannot afford any extravaganza, and until we get the existing heavy indebted ness hanging over us discharged we ought to curtail our expenses in every quarter that it can possibly be done without impairing the efiicien- cy of our State Government. Three hundred thousand dollars per annum is too much for our State Govern. ment to cost, unless the expenditure gave us something more to show for it If we ever expect to get able to do anything toward paying our debts WE MUST RErRENcH. There is no word in the vocabulary which could be so advantageously adopted as the watchword for the approaching cam paign as the word ''Retrenchment." " Every man who the people support for the Legislature this year ought to be required to make this his policy.
Year: 1878

| Resolved, That the election held on MAJ


fth, 1878, be and is hereby declared null an(


void, and the seat Of Martin Farrelis hereby


declared vacant.


This proposition of Mr.. Wooley, supported


by the Every Evening and Commercial


would disfranchise whole Ward
1t was one without any warrant OF
law Or precedent, save the high-handed des-
potism of the board of return judges of
Philadelphia, during and after the war.
The bald grant of power, that the Board OF
Education is the judge of the qualification
of its members, by no intendment or inter-
pretration, enables 1t to issue fiat of dis.
franchisement against Ward. A fair
election Is to be priced, but better far a
dozen unfair ones than such a high-handed
outrage upon the franchises of the people.
The point taken that no decision could be
reached unless the ballot boxes were opened,
and inquiry made as to whom each vote
was cast for, was good law, and had many
precedents to support it In the books. Who
could direct the opening of the ballotsboxes?
is the next question. Most certainly not
the Board of Education. No such power
has been granted to them, and none vests
in them by implication. The Chancellor
could decree their opening, upon bill filed
by contestant; or the Superior Court, in a
mandamus proceeding, on the application
of the relator or respondent, might do so,
to inform itself The assumption that will all
the fraudulent votes were cast for Martin
Farrell is imper yond measure
The law is very plain, punish the wrong-
doers; make an example of them, that de-
ter fraudulent voters, from perpetrating
their yilliany-and all will be right. Diss
franchisement was fashionable during the
war The war is over.
Year: 1878

the Treasury books have always been about
as clear as mud. And If the money matters
are found to be all right he will have made
pubic the need Of change In the manner
OF Keeping their books. It is safe to saw
that either fraud is covered up or the book
Keepers department of the Treasury needs
such degree of reformation as will enable
one OF ordinary Intelligence to get some
IDEAS OF cur financial standing by careful
inspection of the books.


Sitting BULBS threats are being urged to
influence Congress to vote Mr.. HAYES the
authority to raise $4,000 volunteers between
sessions. Don't do it.


Professor Henry's death is the local event
now most discussed. He was the head of
u the Smithsonian Institute, and his death,
tnough not unexpected, is referred to by all
with deep regret. HnToN.
Year: 1878

There was fracas on Market street near
Front, last evening about 8 o'clock, between
person who had too much whiskey aboard ,
and gentlemen who tried to prevent him
from going into a liquor saloon. Loud
words, cut head and good deal of ex-
citement was the result.
Year: 1878

During the past month we have been
clearing our stock OF old goods, and are
now Left with a line of new and desirable
styles for the Spring trade, Our store,
which is tn most commodi0us IN the city
or State, occupying three tloor+, and with
enterprise back of it. our intention is this
season to outdo all former efforts to make
the Boston One Price Clothing House The
place to buy Clothing and Gents Furnish
ing Goods. With the confidence of tn pub
lie that FIVE YEARS SQUARE DEAL
ING has not impaired, and our established
system of Cash and One Price to all, we
feel assured the present season will prove
a successful one. Visit our store aud look
at our immense stock Of Ready Made
Clothing for Men, Youths, Boys and Child
rem.
Year: 1878

Gen. Hemphill, of the Abbeville Is. c.


Medium, wrote to Gen. B. F. Butler, just


after the debate in Congress about the


Doorkeeper, asking him whether he


meant what he said and really hated the


South, or was merely talking for political


effect Gen. Butler in reply says:


you ask me if hate the men of the


South. By no means; nor did l ever


hate them. l hated their rebellion, their


treason, their effort to break up the unity


of the country and destroy the Govern


Eaent, and l did everything l could to
prevent it and, until they surrendered


their arms, to punish those who were en-
gagged in it. They were during that time
the enemies of my country, and therefore
my enemies. They had forfeited, accord
ing to the law, their lives for treason
against the country; but in all govern
mental action communities are rarely
punished; men are. But by the terms
of the surrender at Appomattox the
Southern people were allowed to lay
down their arms, return to their homes
and live as good citizens. By the acts
and proclamations of amnesty all their
excepting certain constitu-
tional ones, were obliterated and they
were given all their rights. Every one of
those rights l respect as much as l do
the rights of anybody else. Your letter
shows you to be reasoning and, l as
sumo, q reasonable man. Now, do you
think | ought to prefer, everything else
being equal, for Office or place under this
government, the man who fought against
it to a man who fought for it, especially
when the man who fought for it was dis
abled in the fight !? Members of the House
who were in the Confederate Army pre-
fer one of their comrades who fought
with them to one of mine who fought
against them. Do you inquire of them
whether they hate my comrade and the
whole North because they do so? think
not. Why, then, do you inquire of me if
hate the men of the South who fought
against me because prefer the men who
fought with me, and who have been dis
abled in so doing, for office?"
Year: 1878

The House of Representatives has placed
itself square upon the record in respect to
the Presidents title by very emphatic
vOte-2l2 to 2l-adopting Mr.. Burchard's
resolution to the effect that Hayes and
Wheeler were duly declared elected by the
last Congress; that no subsequent Congress
can have power to reverse that action, and
that any attempt to annul or disregard such
action or the title of the President would
be revolutionary. This resolution is similar
to that recently agreed upon by the House
Judiciary Committee, which that COM
mittee failed to report in time to prevent
Mr.. Burchard from forestalling it, by a vote
OF eight to one, the dissenting member
being Proctor Knott.


The overwhelming votes by which the
House Of Representatives declared on
Friday that the attempt to unsettle the
Presidents title to office was revolution.
~-. marked the end of possible danger.
The defeat has been so quick and so crush.
ing that the people have hardly had an op.


unity to realize the peril. A majority
.. the democrats voted for the Burchard
and Hatridge resolutions and in obeyine
the irresistible public opinion which de
manded the reputation of the scheme
they simply recorded the general condem
nation of the purposes of dangerous schemes
Year: 1878

MUcH has been said in the papers re-
Gently about the communist who, while in
times Of strikes and civil commotions have
the power to do great mischief, neverthe-
less are numerically an insignificant body.
They are mostly rationalists and infdels
and the leaders are in the main venders of
beer and their followers get much of their
enthusiasm from this fluid. The n. y.
Tribune has taken the trouble TO investigate
and finds the strength of the organizations
in New York and Brooklyn does not much
exceed 1000 men; there is nothing to
show that they are armed, or have any plans
for an uprising, or for any disturbance OF
the public peace, save by defamation
There are few Americans, and fewer Irish
men enrolled and there IS nothing to show
that there has been any increase in mum
bers by reason of the hard times, or the
universal difficulty in getting employment
The bulk of the membership is German
and its inspiration and profit alike arc
found in the national fluid. The stories o
the great strength of the New York Com
mune must be numbered with good many
other things that might have been i'm
portant, if true.
Year: 1878

THERE is ground for abundant congratu-
lation in the fact that the attempt of the
House to scale down the Army has been
finally defeated in all its important features.
The conference committees have agreed
and the two houses have asscnted-that the
force shall be left at $4,000 men, and that
the whole question of reorganization, in
Guiding the proposed enlargement of the
functions of the War Department by the
transfer of the Indian Bureau, shall be re-
ferred to the Congressional Commission
proposed by the Senate. With yexatiou:
Indian war in prospect, this is a reassuring
decision, which will be useful also as pre-
cedent to be quoted against the people who
will 60 on bowling for reduction.
Year: 1878

THE report that Germany is ripe for a re-
public in case Of the death of the Emperor
and the attempted accession of the Crown
Prince will hardly be credited, and yet the
recent manifestations of the strength of
determination Of the Socialist party make
it not absolutely impossible, says the
Boston Journal, that a revolution might be
attempted. The attempts at assassination
will injure the cause Of Socialism very
much with all moderate people and do
much to Illustrate any revolutionary out
break, but the situation is perhaps more
grave than is fully credited outside of Ger
many, and justifes the uneasiness if not
the alarm. The German people are discon-
tented. One cause is just and reasonable.
The burden of military service and the cost
of supporting the immense army are
altogether too heavy for any sense of free
dom or prosperity, and the prospect that it
is to be maintained forever as q part of the
system of government is altogether too
much for patient endurance. Notwith-
standing the perpetual threat Of uprsal by
France, the majority of the people are at
present convinced that the condition of
Germany does not require such an enor-
nous force. This honest and reasonable
conviction is intensified by the hard times,
which produce the same effect all over the
world, in making nations selfish, unpatriotic
and ready to seize the most obvious and
impartial means for relief regardless of its
future effect. In addition to this there is
the reaction that always follows a strained
endeavor, in nations as in individuals, and
makes them grumble at slight discomft'
after heroically risking their lives.
Year: 1878

Our correspondent last week "pitched
into " our Congressman rather prematurely
as on the same day of our publication in
telligence was received that government
survey of our creek had been ordered.
This IS the desired entering wedge, for il
the officer should report favorably after
making the survey, (of which there is little
doubtl it is presumable that Congress will
make the necessary appropriation to i'm.
prove the navigation Of the creek.
Year: 1878

The insanity of DIR. J. G. Aver, of
Lowell, affords terrible warning to ad-
vertisers. Here was a man engaged in
the manufacture of pill not differing
much from hundred other pills that
may be obtained at any drug store In
an unguarded moment he made up his
mind that he would advertise, not in the
picayune style of the ordinary dealer
but in comprehensive sort of way, by
which he could reach every possible
purchaser of pills He started with the
idea of devoting half his profits each
year to advertising The result might
have been foreseen He accumulated
money so rapidly that he did not know
what to do with it. When he rolled to-
gether $4,000, 900, and had vainly tried
to find some outlet for his increasing
profits, his mind gave way under the alb
sorbing cares of his vast business. and
he is now patient in an insane asylum.
How easily this calamity might have
been averted. If he had stuck to the
conservative methods of many of our
merchants, and refrained from advertis-
ing, he might have been passing quietly
through bankruptcy now, instead OF be-
ing loaded down with his uncounted mil
lions 1t is a dangerous experiment for
a man who does not want to become
rich to advertise Or if he advertises at
all, he must advertise grudgingly and at
long intervals, lest his profits should
grow out Of all proportion to his require
ments, and he soon would tnd himself
burdened with wealth Advertising con-
Quoted on the principle of devoting one
half the profits of buiness to it, is, VIC
repeat, dangerous experiment 1t pre-,
cipitates fortune upon the advertiser
so suddenly that the chances are he will
not know what to do with his money.
Year: 1878

1t seems to me that the very kernel
of our individual religion lies in our
christian helpfulness to one another
and. as far as regards our fellow beings.
our truest expression of it runs over
along this line. At the same time, it is
truth poorly understood, at least poor


ly practiced Very much of our own
happiness and the happiness of those
about us, lies in the daily practice OF
this spirit. 1t is the little things OF
life that largely make our happiness
or misery it is the little worries Of
life that gradually wear out the powers
of nerve and brain. And small kind
nesses have great power to soothe and
cheer and comfort us. We can show
our desire to help Others by habitually
speaking kind to them. How many an
over-worked wife and mother would
start with glad surprise at some kind
word of love and encouragement spoken
by her husband. in the morning And
how many husband after day Of
toll and anxiety, would forget it all
just through the influence of kindly
smile of welcome and a CHEEKY word
from his wife ! / say these little things
have a great power to make home
happy, and keep the remembrance
fresh and bright of hours long since
passed by. Then little thoughtful acts
will surely follow the kind words, small
in themselves, but showing the loving
thought which prompted them. Do not
put off these things until it is too late,
but do them now.
Year: 1878

Indian archery is somewhat different
from that practised by the young la
dies and gentlemen of more civilized
society. These latter take the arrow
between their fingers, place it against
the bowsprit, and make it assist in bend
ing the bow An Indian does not do
this He takes his arrow between the
thumb and index finger, and pulls the
bowstring with his middle finger nor
does he raise his arrow as our boys and
girls do he shoots straight out from
his shoulder, and appears to take no aim
whatever. He hits the mark, though,
too often. as the soldiers at the garrison
can tell, who have flung their caps or
hats into the air. at some Indians sug
gestion only to have them pierced by an
unerring arrow. The growing papoos-
es, that is as soon as they are able to
toddle, are furnished with bows and
arrows, of which the points have been
sharpened, and may be seen about the
reservations, shooting at marks, and
small birds, or anything else that may
happen to attract their attention. They
generally become experts at the age of
about ten or twelve, but are not allowed
to graduate in buckage and all the pleas
ures of the chase until they are


sixteen or eighteen Then is the time
the real pleasure of the Indian is found
to eliminate in his first hunt after
buffalo.
Year: 1878

A humbug is like a bladder; it don't
amount to much until it is blown up,
and then. like a bladder, one prick of
pin lets all the Importance out of it.


Genius hits the bull'S-eyc the first
time, if it hits it at all Talent hits it
by.long practice.


| don't suppose there is an absolutely
necessary man now living ON the face OF
the earth, but you can hardly find one
but what thinks he is the man.
Laughing is said to be weakness,
but the wiSest men | ever knew were
always on the lookout for good laugh.


All the great truths are the most sim
pie, just as simple as twice one are
/ two.


The real true friend is the one who
tells you of your failings, but hides them
from everybody else.


| [ prefer Il dead man to thoroughly
lazy one; you can bury the dead one,
but I believe there is law against bury
ing the other fellow.


Don't hunt for happiness, but hunt
for as little misery as possible.


How TO KEEP VEGETABLES IN WIN
TER.-There are few general rules
which should be well understood, and
which, if understandingly applied, will
enable those who raise their own veget
ables to keep them in good condition in
nearly all instances much longer than
is often done. These rules are l..
To keep them cool without freezing,
and without alternating changes of tenn
perature. 2. If they dry up and shriv
alfas beets and parsnips), apply by ex-
ternal means a certain amount of moist
ure. 3. If they do not shrivel but rot
(as potatoes and squashes), let the air
which surrounds them be dry and cool.
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1878




MRS. E. W. CHANDLER.
Yes. was once a little girl, darling,
And 1 loved to sit on my mothers knee;
was just as full Of mischief all the long day
AS ever a little girl could be.
ran about the garden and fields
To gather the first Wild flowers of spring,
And picked the dandelions with faces so bright
That grew near the Id garden swing.
had some well dressed little dollies, too,
And one that was black as night;
dressed 1t one day in red and blue,
But all said it looked like fright.
MY mother told me nice stories of
What happened when she was young;
OF her girlish sorrows, and her pleasures, too
And of things she said and done.
And Christmas came then, as it comes to each


place,


With plenty of mirth and good cheer,
And we hung up our stockings by the old fire


hearth,


And lay listening, old Santa Claus footsteps


to hear.
But we soon were far into the land of dreams,
Auu IOrkOt even CdItd NlduS illiuSclIs
For sleep bro't to us new joys and bright scenes
That dismissed all tho't of that mystical elf.
But when we awoke at morn's earliest hour,
We knew our old friend had been there;
And we enjoyed his good gifts as we never can


again,


For time has stolen our life's bright dover.
Now am getting old, little darling,
But l can never forget those long ago days,
Nor how l walked beside my mother to church
To hear people chant, in sweet music. Gods


praise.
Now love to read the dear old Bible,
And wear glasses to make the words plain.
And know that ere long He will take me
Away from this world of sorrow and pain.
And as catch bright glimses OF heaven,
And almost see the bright angels in glory,
My mother is whispering to me of Gods love,
Repeating her old earth's story.
l know she's been waiting long time.
Until my days on earth are DER;
That her hand will be the first clasping in mine
When l reach heavens evergreen shore.
And now, little darling, if you wish to learn
The way to true happiness here,
Seek first the knowledge that comes from


above,


And give yourself to His keeping and care.
That He may crown with His love all your days,
And keep you from sins fearful snare.
And clothe you in his robe of righteousness,
Is your grandmother's loving prayer
INDEPENDENCE, Feb. 9th, 1878.
Year: 1878

Money remains in good supply to borrowers on
good collateral, and call loans were done generally
at 2 per cent, depending upon what was offered
Toward the close however, aU active demand car
ned the rate 10 4dj per cent closing at per cent
There is not much dong in commercial paper, and
rates are scaled as follows
Year: 1878

Harper & Brothers call attention in let
ter to the HERALD, which we give else
where, to remarkable revival Of an evil
that was thought to be pretty we'll rooted
out of the book trade in this country.
They inform the public Of the existence Of
book made by some unauthorized person
pretending to be o complete record OF Stan
ley's adventures and explorations in Africa,
and made. no doubt, with the intention Of
diverting into the pockets of its ''enter-
prising" publisher some portion Of the
money that it is to be supposed the popu-
lar interest in Stanley's achievements will
produce. Such book would, of course,
not be difficult to make by any person who,
with scissors and paste pot, had atten-
lively followed Stanley's own record of his
doings as given to the world in the HERALD
during some years past, and who had with
the same care laid away all the maps
made by us from Stanley's sketches
and memoranda. Such a person might
even urge that as these letters
were published in the newspapers
without the protection of copyright he had
the right to use them. But what must be
the spirit of that person who, slowed in
some comfortable corner at home, watches
and follows the thrilling narrative of the
daring adventurer in the African wilder
ness, and for years cherishes the deliberate
intention to endeavor to procure for himself
some portion of the reward justly due to
the heroic explorer, and never once in all
those years has one generous impulse to
throw his copy into the fire? But that sort
of trickery cannot prosper with the Ameri-
can public, and the Harpers have done all
that is necessary to prevent its success in
announcing the fact of the existence OF this
piratical edition.
Year: 1878

Within the past few days some small i'm
provements have been made on the elevated
railway in Third avenue. More speed seems
in places where stations should be there
are piles of lumber and stone, and some
men-though utterly inadequate in num-
ber to the necessities of the public and the
reputation of the road--are at work. But
the degree Of improvement is by no means
what it should be- The directors having
taken the responsibility of opening the road
for travel there should be the strongest
available force kept at work night and day
until the passengers receive the full equiv
alent of their passage money. An open
platform to wait upon, On uncovered stair
way to ascend in the rain, a walk of half a
mile in order to get a train at all, q
movement that is apparently controlled by
jerk motion, and the absence of terminus
in Tryon square, where most downtown
people would prefer to take their trains,
are disadvantages not at all counterbal.
anced by the few accommodations which
the road offers. The directors should, in
Justice to their own personal regulations
| if the rights Of the public seem of nc
consequence to them, transform theil
road from its present position o.
/ q quasi-nuisance into business enter
| prise conducted according to those princi-
| pies which appeal first of all to public con


fidence. If they really prefer to insult ol
swindle the public they should become


either Street Cleaning Commissioners OF


''confdence" men, the former requiring th'
| exercise of less sense and the latter of les
| capital than the. manage ment OF an elevated


railway demands.
Year: 1878

the hope that in the warm days and cold
nights Of the Northern September they
would germinate and blossom and bear
fruit, the countrymen would laugh at the
author of the proposition as an imbecile.
They would wonder what had become of
his sense if he proposed to plant at this
time any ordinary crop that ripens out of
doors in Northern summer. Yet these
men fear that tropical plant for the
yellow fever germ is strictly tropical
plant of microscopic proportions-the
fear that this plant, which can only be
germinated with temperature OF eighty
degrees continued for many days and
nights, will germinate and reproduce itself,
and contaminate the air of q town in North
ern New Jersey in the middle OF September.
Even in New Jersey people ought to know
better