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Year: 1878



 It having been settled by the vote of the people that our County Seat is to be changed. the next question which present itself (it now being virtually settled that Russellyille will be our County Seat) IS: "What kind of Court house shall we build?" It has been said by some that if Kussellville gets the Court house she will insist upon fine building--a structure which will loom up in magnificent proportions and whose architectural beautios will rivet the admiration of all be holders. It has been said that we will want to .'pile on the style' to the extent of some enormous sum of money. Now as we have been accus- ed of being at the head of the Rus sellville Ring we will just say that this is mistake, and we pledge the people of the county that we shall oppose the taxing of the people even single cent for a Court house, un- less it appears very plainly and un- mistakably that decided majority of our taxpayers wish some small additional appropriation made and added to the 2,500 already given by Russellvile. We contend that there is no necessity under the heavens for Pope county to want to put on style now. We are in debt and our people arc already taxed enough. Twenty hundred dollars in cur rency will build Q very fair Court house. It will build q house more commodious than the one at Dover and it will last the county for forty years. When we get free from debt and get our taxes reduced down to low figures and get larger popula-

 

 tion and larger tax list so that there will be more of us to pay taxes and so that the burden will fall more lightly on each one, then if we want to indulge in the luxury of a fine Court house It will be well enough. But for Pope county to now want to build a fine Court house, is too much like man strutting about in broadcloth who is not able to pay his honest debts.

 We state our position on this question, therefore, to be this: after the County Seat has been located here, we will favor the Commisslon- CTS who may be appointed, taking the $2500 offered by Russellville and building the very best house which can be built with that sum, without making q dollar additional appropri ation. The furniture, the doors, door frames, windows and perhaps other parts of the old house can be used, so that we can get very good house without having it cost the people a dollar.
Year: 1878

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New YORK, April l6.-The World to


morrow publishes long and important


letter from a Utica correspondent, be
ling the sum of series of interviews


with Senator Conkling there at inter


walls during the past few months. The


relations between the correspondent


and ConkIing were such as made en-


tire frankness necessary on the part


of the latter; and tie World adds


that the correspondents name will be
forthcoming if the slightest real occa.


sion for publishing it should arise. In


the interviews the Senator spoke with


the utmost freedom about the success
sive steps that led to the formation of


the electoral commission, and the part


had in it by prominent Democratic and


Republican members of Congress, and


by President Hayes and friends. In
the course OF the interviews tie cor
respondent asked: Il would like to
know whether you think the true his
tory Of the Louisiana electoral busi-
ness will be told in Congress; if so,
how soon?'


Conkling replied:


Yes, think it viii. / do not see
how it can be kept down. There are
too many avt nues Of information open
today to make concealnent Of avail
much longer. No reasonable nan
can doubt that there was some kind of
II bargain between the friends of Mich.
oils aud that man Hayes; aud that
Stanley Mathews and Sherman were
privy to t. 4 very great many peo-
pie have become exceedingly curious
To know precisely what the bargain
was, and exactly how it was carried
ont; and Yankee ingenuity will be-
sure 70 find some means Of getting a:
the information. / cannot say how
soon the facts will come ont, for some
thing may occur any day to force
them to the surface. 1t will probably
be best t' e them come out naturally
The result will be That the whole coun-
try will be appalled, by the dishonor
of this administration.


| tell You, sir, that never in the his
tory Of the nation, has there been in
the entire four years OF an administra-
tion so much corruption by the barter
ing Of Offices, rewarding OF political
iavorites, traffic with political leach
ers, and the bargain and sale Of the
electoral franchise, as during the past
year. The people will not believe un-
til the proof is shown them; but the
proof will be forthcoming. The pco-
pie say Hayes is a good man and
means well, but they do not know
what they are talking about. When
all the facts ale known about this ad.
no one will ATTEMPT to
excuse the man on account of his sup
posed goodness, nor .,ct because he is
weak and ignorant. The acts that
have disgraced this administration
have all been done before the opened
eyes of the President"


Conkliug then reviews the history
of the electoral commission. He says:


"The country was in actual danger.
Yes; meaa the danger was real and
imminent. The point Of peril was not
in the South, but in the West. 1t was
that the Republican lead
ers had determined to have Vice-Pres-
ident Ferry count the votes at all haz.
ards, and declare Hayes elected; and
the West was determined on resis-
tance 1t was to be no child's play in
that section. General Steadman had
10000 men enrolled and assigned to
regiments for the purpose of seating
Year: 1878

tive. The party has been crushed out in
the South by means which we will not now
recall. 1t therefore has desperate strug-
gle in prospect for the control of Congress.
and if the President has any preference
for republican principles, here is grand
opportunity to manifest it by cooperating
with the Congressional Committee in its
efforts to stay the further encroachment MT OF
the ex- Confederate democracy. As for
the more radical republicans-the men
with strong convictions and the courage
to back them,-they are willing now, as
they have been many times before, to pass
over the offences and lapses OF the past
for the sake of success in the future. The
safety of the country, under republican
measures, is more to them than the pun
ishment of anybody.


The country is to be congratulated upon
the spirit which anilnates the opening of
the republican campaign of 1873, upon
which so much depends. Now let the
State cony entiOns act in the same spirit
omit endorsements and denunciations, and
90 straight for the objects they seek to
accomplish. Let the past take care of its
dead. The republican party has duties to
perform in the interest OF the future, and
ii can carry the solid North only by stick
ing to them faithfully.
Year: 1878

The democratic journals are disgusted that such
a tremendous pow-wow has been made over so
small matter as change of Doorkeepers. They
think it shows a lack Of republican ammunition.
1t shows, on the contray what large scandal the
democratic party can make out of the smallest Of.
fee in ITS control which has any pap connected
with it for distribution. The republican party had
the control OF the Office for years, and it was
too small for scandal them 7y5JuHe
Year: 1878

AT revival meeting in ship-build-
ing town near Biddeford, an over.
Jealous convert shouted in excited
tones: "Brethren, l was 30 full OF
glory this morning that l couldn't get
my pantaloons on for long time, and
bad to open the window to let some OF
the glory out ! And when ! got to work
ON that topmast didn't care where the
chips fsw nor who. they hit r'-Bosio"
pul
Year: 1878

Ir's all very well to talk about econo-
my. but the difficulty is to get anything
to eeonomize. The little baby who puts
his toes in his mouth Is almost the only
person who in these hard times mana
pes 10 make both ends meet.
Year: 1878

YOUNG GIRLs.-Our young girls do not
understand the witchery of bright eyes and
rosy lips, but set Off their beauty by all the
artificial means which lie in their power,
never rejecting that by 50 doing they destroy
their principal charm-that of innocence!
The rounded cheeks, the bright ewes, the
waving hair ofa girl in her teens need only
the simplest setting. Rich fabrics and
sumptubus adorning are more for the matron,
her dress gaining in ample fold and grace
ful sweep as she puts on the dignity Of years.
The seasons teach us something here if we
go to nature for an object-lesson. How diff
ferent her charm from the deep, maturing
summer, when the hues are decided; and
the air is loaded with perfume from thou
sand cehsers. The schoolgirl is only on the
threshold of summer. she has not crossed
it yet. Let her copy the sweet grace of the
spring on her graduation day, and discard
artifciality for nature.
Year: 1878

The sale of newspapers of all kinds is less than it was few years ago-the necessity for economy showing itself in the failure to buy SO many daily pa pers. People are still economizing and preparing for worse times than have yet been seen, which there are not wanting many to predict. Bank ruptcies continue and the decline in prices of all kinds of property has not been checked, though, in some arti- cles, the lowest possible price seems to have been reached. The cotton manu- lecturers are talking of reducing pro ductiOn in order to make prices better, and at Fall river this is quite likely to be done. There is much anxiety about the savings banks since Mir. Smiths Home bank has been closed, but mon ey is abundant and the rates of inter- est lower than ever before. As spring comes on and the weather is milder than usual, there is less suffering the poor and a more cheerful aspect of things, at least on the sur face.-Corr. Springfield Republican.
Year: 1878

Those who have never personally in

 spected the lower levels of our mine!

 may obtain some idea of the degree o

 heat to be fouud therein by visiting

 the Savage works at the change ot

 shifts. The men-packed together as

 close as they can stand on the cage

 are popped up out of the shaft all Steaming hot, for all the world like a

 bunch of asparagus just lifted from

 the pot. They make their appearance

 in a cloud of steam that pours up con.

 tinuously from the depths profound, q

 and are dimly seen until they step

 forth upon the floor of the works. As

 the men land and separate, each car

 rles with him for half minute bis

 little private cloud of vapor. As this passes off the man is seen to be naked

 from the waist up, his skin as wet as though he had just been lifted out of a pool of water. The men bring up with them-besides the steam-an amount of heat that may be felt by the specta- tor as they pass All this is at the top of the shaft, where it is considered quite cool-what, then, must It be hun dreds of feet below, where the men started frOm-down where the water stands at 157 degrees Fahrenheit? Down there no steam is seen-it is too hot for it. It is only when the hot, moist air coming up from the lower regions strikes the cool air toward the top of the shaft that it takes the form of steam. Down there where the men come from you must keep your hands off the pump column and the pipes, and if you pick up any iron tool you will put it down without being told to do so. Down there they handle things with gloves on, or wrap rags about the drills they are guiding and iron'ap- BtA' NeNto NAASJ oiO hApfIu5s anu NOh U there, too, you will learn to keep yoarI mouth shut after you have drawn al few mouthfuls of hot air into your lungs. Perspire? It IS no name for it. You are like a sponge that is being squeezed. You are ready to believe that you have ten million pores toI every square inch of surface, or as many more as any authority may men, ton, and that these pores are as big as the cells of a honey comb. You gol for ice water and it almost seems to hiss as it passes down your throat you keep going for it, and thus, ir short time, find out what becomes of the tons and tons of ice that are daily in the mines. Remain be- low among the miners for an hour pr two, and when you are finally pop ped out at the top of the shaft, all red not and steaming, among the other sprouts, you will appreciate he beauty, the light aud the cOolness )f the upper world.-Virginia (Nev)
Year: 1878

A poet sat up in his attic

 And wrote of a castle in Spain. Where dwelt fair Maiden. Rosalia,

 His wife's given name was Jane. With hunger and cold for his roommates He bade the world be of good cheer, And in gay, laughing verses predicted A springtime of happiness near. His airy creations Of fancy

 He clad all in garments of gold, But the poor, weakling children around

 him

 still shivered and cried with cold. His ve-ses brought him dollar, The dollar brought victuals and drink The gayest Of songs are oft written When tears mingle fast with the ink.
Year: 1878

the air." was written at least twenty years
after he had given his heart to Christ. The
more closely any of us endeavor to live the
life of holiness, the more constant will be the
struggle to prevent any iniquity from having
dominion over us. The chief danger comes
from the unexpected quarters. Open op-
position seldom does a Christian any harm (;
1t oftener fans his zeal into warmer glow,
and rouses his devotion to higher pitch.
Ii is from the stedhhy, silent marches OF the
enemy that the chief danger comes. We
imagine that the enemy was annihilated.
But like the Philistines which lowered on
the frontiers of Israel, and though often de-
feated, were continually stealing over the
border again, so sin survives every defeat it
receives. God permits all this to keep us
watchful and to teach us our utter depend
ence upon him. Yesterday we had set
to" with an unruly temper, and felt 80
ashamed of its outbreak that we said This
shall be the last time that this besetting sin
ever gets the upper hand" But tomorrow
the provocation will come again from an un-
looked for quarter, and the battle must be
fought over again. So we must begin to-
morrow with the prayer, Let not this sin
gain dominion over me-" Sensual appetites
have this same characteristic also, that they
are never destroyed entirely. When we
dream that they are dead, they are merely
sleeping. John b. Cough says that the idea
that conversion annihlates the physical
appetite for drink" is absurdly false. 1t is
equally absurd that conversion annihilates
any other foe to spiritual life. True con
version does a better thing for US than that
it arms us with grace to vanquish the foe as
often as he attacks us. The true time to
strike the enemy is the very first moment we
discover him, before he has got into the
citadel Theodore l.. Cuyier.
Year: 1878

What message do our Sabbath days
bring to us To those who toll all the week
long the light of the Lords day seems farer
and fresher than that Of any other. A per-
son at Newcastle who had house to let
took an applicant for it to the top of his
house, spoke of the distant prospect and
added, ave can see Durham Cathedral on
a Sunday" "On Sunday" said the listener,
land pray, why not on Monday 7"
Why said he, " because on the weekdays
great furnaces and pits are pouring forth
their smoke and we cannot see so far; in.
deed we can scarcely see at ALI but when
the fires are out our view is wide" Is not
this true symbol of our Sabbath-days
when we are in the Spirit The smoke of
the world no more beclouds the heavens and
we see almost up to the golden gates. Such
days do speak, indeed, and tell us OF the rest
which remaineth. They sing in our ears
with soft and gentle voice, and tell us that
we shall not always need TO bow like galley.
slaves, tugging at the oar of this worlds
work, but may even now look up TO the
place where our home awaits us, and the
weary are at rest. These peaceful Lords
days call US to the top of Shemir and Her
mon, whence we may view the land of oul
inheritance. They cry to us, "Come NJ
higher" They beckon us to commune witt
him whom, though now we see him not
yet believing, we rejoice with JOY unspeak
able and full of glory" All days speak, bu
Sabbath days speak best--they are orator.
for God These resurrection days, thes'
days of the Son of Man, these have ange
voices. '" lie that hath ears ~ hear let hin
hear, &C II. SpHgeon.
Year: 1878

When Agassiz visited Oxen, the great


German naturalist, the latter showed TO the
young student his laboratory, his cabinet


his magnificent library, aud all his varied
and costly apparatus. At length the dinner
hour approached. Oxen said to Agassiz,
3" Sir 10 gather and maintain what you have
seen uses up my income. To accomplish
this have to economize in my style OF liy-
ing. Three times in the week we have meat
on the table. On the other days we dine on
potatoes and salt. regret that your visit
has fallen Oh a potato day." Aud so the
naturalist, with the students of Oxen dined
on potatoes and salt. In the charming bi-
ography of Mr.. Ticknor one meets many SINH
lar instances in his intercourse with the
scholars OF Germany. He found men of world
wide fame living with the utmost frugal
ity that they might devote time and means
to scientific research. This is self-denial
it is denying the lower self for the sake OF a
higher. Aud can any one fail to honor and
reverence it ? And what is Christian self
denial 1t is denying the lower self for the
sake of the highest impulse man is capable
of, love to man, love to Christ. DO not the
times call us to this On every hand there
is suffering and yet there is ample means


If the people of God were willing to do, fol
the sake of Christ aud his cause, the very
thing that Oxen did for the sake OF science


would there be any lack f-Nationai Baptist
Year: 1878

WHAT TO him was love or hope? What
to him was JOY or carer lie stopped OH u
plug OF Irish soap the girl had loft on
The topmost stair. and his feet new out
like wild fierce wings. and ho struck
each stair with the sound like drum
aud the girl below with the scrubbing
things, laughed like fcnd to see him
como.
Year: 1878

will begin at Alexandria and beexten1ed east.
thus opening up magnificent country Oh the
alluylal bayous, and giving the road q heavy
and lucrative trade from the start. When the
gap between Alexandria and the Mississippi
river is completed, the iron will be laid from
Alexandria west. 1t was necessary to grade
nearly two hundred miles, In order to give the
company basis of credit. Having made ne
gotiations by which the road can be ironed
and equipped, it Is very desirable to put all
the track graded In running order The COM
tractor Is now laboring under disadvantages
on account of the distance from navigation,
and the cost OF transporting his supplies and
men by wagon.


The track will be laid from Alexandria to-
Bayou Goula, and in the event of failure TO
consum mate negotiations now pending for
place to Algiers opposite New Orleans the
company has the right to cross the river and
construct their road on the east bank to the
city. Major anBs states that inc rott viii viii
be running to this city in eighteen months


This Is certainly most cheering news, and II
well calculated to- hght aaps the gloom which
has Overspread the faces of our merchants
and real estate owners for some time past.
We hope to be able from time to time to report
progress on this great Southern railroad.


Yesterday afternoon Major James met g.
large number OF our citizens at the Cotton
Exchange, and after an interchange OF opinion
was had upon the Importance of connecting
Shreveport with the great commercial marts
OF the world, Major James stated in sub
stance what is given above, adding that loco
motives. rolling stock and iron had been
bought for cash, and would soon arrive, and
that the work OF construction was progress
ing very rapidly. He also stated that on the.
completion of the gap between Bayou Goula,
and Alexandria, which will occupy only a.
short time, a large force will begin work at
this end, while the other portion Of this force
will be engaged laying ties and iron between
Bayou Goula and Alexandria. Although
Major James has two years in which to com
plete his co9tract he is confident that the
entire work will be completed and through
trains running between New Orleans and
Shreveport within eighteen months.
Year: 1878

The voice of the people Of Louisiana on the
fifth instant pronounced in favor of q consti-
tutional convention by an overwhelming ma


iority such as surprised even its most zeal


Gus advocates. This shows that there has
been deep seated conviction throughout the
masses that this vile instrument OF oppres-
sion is at the bottom Of all our troubles. We
venture to say that at least tvo-thirds OF the
members elected to either house are directly
pledged in favor of Immediately calling a con.
stitutional conventional convention that will
deal with the question of our fundamental
laws; not by patchwork, but by wiping the
whole fabric out of existence from Alpha to
Omega, and to erect in its stead a system OF
laws designed to further the vital interests of
our State and general happiness OF its people.
Year: 1878

The dispatches this morning report Dis
trict Attorney Leonard as having furnished
at the Cabinet session list of acts OF intimi-
dation and violence against Republicans In
this State on the part of the Democrats atthe
recent election. We wonder if he informed
the Cabinet Of a deliberate plan among the
negroes. at Caledonia to seize the polls, set
fire to the residences, and murder every white
and colored Democrat that they could lay
hands on We wonder if he informed the
Cabinet that in a speech to a public meeting
which can be vouched for by citizens Of in
tegrity who were present and heard him, ne
Year: 1878

used arguments of sgn incendiary character,
calculated to stir up the bad passions of the
races such as the sGpply-purchase-a and ad-
vance argument he made use Of lately, We
that on the day of election he himself coun-
seled the colored people to retire from the
polls and give up the contest, without the oc-
currence OF a single act Of violence during the
dow
Year: 1878

We have received the New Orleans Daily
DEMOCRAT, and it seemed that we were look
ing upon the face of an old friend as indeed
we were, and one who has thrown himself
into the breach made upon the corrupt rings,
which like vampires have been sucking the
substance of this State, 10, these many years,
and with the motto, never give up the Ship
will march on to victory.
Year: 1878

P1rrsBURG, Nov. 1.-THE anticipated strike
of the glass blowers took place last evening,
and $50 men left the works, declaring they
would not return till sent for on their OWL
terms. This will cause suspension of every
glass house in the city. The cause of the
strike was an attempt of the operators to in
crease the amount OF time without an increase
NJ
Year: 1878

In 1876 the people gave the Republicans g.
scare and a thrashing that they will never
forget, and in 1873 they give the Democrats %
solemn warning. Both parties are on their
good behavior. The final report and award
will be made IN 1880.-l Philadephia Times
Year: 1878

By tho means of which every family " give their linan that brilliant polish peculiar to fine laundry work saving time and labor ill ironing m re than it's entire cost. Warranted. Ask for StarChlolr Pcrfumed Starch Gloss. Sold everywhere. Wl1 would be without it after reading the
Year: 1878

PHYSICIANS OF high standing unhesitatng
ly give their Endorsement TO the use OF the
Graefenberg. .Marshalps Catholicon for all ie.
male complaints. The weak and debilitated
lind wonderful relief from a constant use OF
this valuable remedy. Sold by all druggists
fl50 per bottle
Year: 1878

I'M glad to say that our child is gen.
erous little body. The other day her
grandmother gave her a cent to buy her.
self some candy. As she was going out,
she discovered little beggar- boy on the
front steps. She looked down on the
ground, apparently lost in thought.
Finally, with the sweetest smile on her
beautiful face, she stepped up to the
child and, laying her hand on his shOul-
der, said, in a gentle tone, "IIere, little
boy, take this cent, and go and buy your
self a suit of clothes and some dinner
! Independent.