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Year: 1877

There is but one purpose for which
farmer is justified in borrowing mon
ey at ten per cent. That is to build a
manure cellar. There are few farms
which lack one where the yearly loss
by the lack falls short Of a hundred
dollars.
Year: 1877

strike at the root of these causes of functional
disease of the liver;


FIRSTLY relieving the acidity of the stom-
ach, and rendering the digestive functions per-
feet.


SECONDLY supplying the blood with proper
food material to perfect the secretions of the bile


THIRDLY gently stimulating the restored Or
gans to a vigorous efficiency.


In this harmless yet certain remedy is found
the only physiological and philosophical solution
of this great
Year: 1877




The Register Of yesterday publishes
without comment, the following para
graph from the Upshur County Banner ;
The Wheeling Register supports Charles.
ton for the permanent seat OF govern.
ment. This is easily accounted ior. II
the Capital ia to be removed from Wheel
ing, and il the location OF the same tends
to build up town and make it anything
like manuiacturlngpoint the further il
Is away from Wheeling the less injury it
will work to the wholesale interests Of
that town.


Wepresumc that the Register is willing
that the Bonner, or any body else, should
entertain and lnculcate this or any other
plausible reason OH its part for coming
ont on the aide of Charleston for the
Capital. But unfortunately for the
theory put forward by the Banner on
behalf OF the Register, the latter is on the
record as saying during the last
session Of the Legislature that
Charleston had no capacity to be
stimulated into growth by the location
OF the Capital. The remarks ofth Reg.
iaer on this head were very uncompIi.
mentary to Charleston. The selfish greed
and impotency Of that place were both
adverted 10 by the Register. Nothing was
said Of the responsibility Of Clarksburg
for the passage OF the removal act. Now,
all Of a sudden, it is the Clarksburg lamb
and not the Charleston wolf that muddied
the stream. There is a great deal Of hu.
man nature in that old fable.


1t twould be very ridiculous to accept
any such theory as that put forward by
the Banner. Everybody knows that
Charleston is a mere appendage of Gin.
ctnna!i, and that every thing that she
buys, including an immense amount Of
poor whisky, comes from Cincinnati.
Whatever increase Of buying capacity
'Se may receive BY becoming the seat oI
government for West Virginia would in.
NFe "once and exclusively to Cincin-
natl AllPesons familiar with the run
OF trade between the two places do not
need to be assured of such result. On
the other hand, CIarksburg is now and
always has been since the build
ioE Of the North Western rail-
road a patron Of this market, Not
day passes that shipments from Wheel.
ing to Clarksburg cauno. be seen At The
depot Whoever saw any shipments
there for Charleston, Possibly suob
sights may have been witnessed, but il
would need a well supported afidayi. to
give the fact general credence.


The Banner must find some other ex.
PLANTATION for the RegaleI, course. The
plea Of commercial Jealousy is too attep.
"ated ior acceptance in this community.
Year: 1877

A special agent who seized 10000 logs
stolen from Government timber in South.
western Louisiana says that there is
only one Deputy Marshal to guard the
property. Large RATS Of timber are
moved d night TO be towed down the
river for shipment. The Commissioner
Of the Land Office will give the matter
his prompt attention.
Year: 1877

In morning paper an interviewer
gives his recollections of conversation
he had with Brigham Young. In rid
ing with the prophet he noticed an
adobe wall. some nine feet high, par
TALLY in ruins:


What was that wall built for :"
asked


That was built tor two purposes"
said the prophet lit once extended
all around Salt Lake. 1t was little
Chinese wall. with loop-holes and gates
and round houses"


Then Salt Lake was walled city
-"


"Yes, it was walled all around, and
the wall cost great deal of labor. too.
Hundreds of men worked all winter on
it."


But you have not told me the two
purposes for which it was built" sug-
gested.


well. tho chief purpose of this was
to keep 800 or 400 emigrants from be-
ing idle You see we had large emf
grafton one wear of 800 or 400 ablebodied
men. They arrived in August. too late
to do anything on their farms. Now
mn idle man is a bad man. STILL We
had nothing for them to do. How can
l employ thems' ] asked myself
Then l thought of this wall. To make
it seem necessary. We had TO pretend
that we were threatened by the Indians
around us. This WAS easily done. for
several bands Of Indians had been hov
ering about the town. In few days
we worked up the enthusiasm for pro-
lection. and put these hundreds of idle
men to work The wages were small
but they all worked steadily during the
whole Fall aid Winter


And no Indians ever troubled the
town :"


mo | never thought they would
But 400 idle men would have troubled
il. We were in more danger from idle
men than Indians And this has al
ways been my idea. Whenever have
found an idle Mormon have set him
TO work-kept him bnsy with his hands
and brain. and then he Is ALWAYS sure
to lie coed citizen"


Would 1t be so very unwise Ia do for
the whole nation what Brigham Young
did for the poor of his city. his mem.
ory is held in deserved respect for his
sense aud tact in dealing with business
emergencies. and in no case were these
qualities shown 10 better advantage
than in building this wall. Brigham
Young was quite correct in saying that
idle men were always danger. We
have found that to our cost within the
past two months In n really we'll
governed State there would BE- no idle
poor. The community would find some.
thing for idle hards 10 DO, and so rob
the devil of his most efficient recruits.
" J. Graphic.
Year: 1877

A RIcH and parsimonious, and very
old gentleman, on being taken to task
for his uncharitableness, said :. True,
| don't give much but if you only
knew how it hurts me when give any
thing. you wouldn't wonder. am in
hopes to feel different when | inherit
brother Bills property
Year: 1877

IN the article contributed to the last num-
Der of the North american Reuie,o by a
"striker" he says: ''Has labor any rights? If
so. what are they ? Our claim is simple. We
demand fair audges." The public would be
glad to see that demand compiled with, but
to insure that result several things are neces-
sary. The old demand for "fair days
wages for fair days work' expresses one of
them. 1t is obvious that no individual or
corporation can continuously afford to pay
for any service greater sum than it legiti-
mately earns. 1t is only question of time
when such expedients end in bankruptcy.
The best reliance for fair wages, therefore,
must be found in fair work. The prosperity
of the enterprises that afford employment is
also matter of deep interest to every man
that expects to live by wages; and hence the
welfare of the workingman is identified with
measures that protect and promote the sue
cess of the capitalist. All heavy blows against
great industries inevitably react against the
laborers who depend upon them for livll-
hood,
Year: 1877

II looks as if the monotony of life at Alas
ka, was presently to be broken by grim-vis-
aged war. The beautiful town of Sitka-that
fashionable resorts named as the coming
battlefield, on which the Indians and the
whites are to try conclusions. The whites
stand first-rate chance of getting whipped,
for they only number fifteen, while the Indi-
ans number two hundred. The latter are
lead by the bold warrior, Sitka Jack, who is
reported as having blood in his eye, the ac-
cordant war-paint upon his face, and as
spelling for fight. He has summoned the
men of other tribes to meet him and his,
around the council fire; and the whites, very
naturally, are filled with apprehensions
touching the RESULT regarding plunder Of
their town aud the massacre of themselves,
as among the possibilities Of the near future.
Under the circumstances, it would, perhaps,
be well for the fifteen to leave Sitka. 1t may
be endeared to them by reason of its bracing
climate and its freedom from mosquitoes, but
what shall it profit the fifteen, if they retain
their residence and lose their scalps?
Year: 1877

WHAT is known as the electoral
period" has commenced in France. For
few days the tyrannical restrictions upon free
speech are moderated little. Public meet
ings are permitted at which candidates can
express their views under certain well-defined
limitations. But no one can speak unless he
is a candidate for Office. Hence it happens
that those who desire to utter their opinions
on political issues announce themselves as
candidates whether they really want the
election or not. This electoral period" is
one of the customs of the country, which even
Fourtou dare not set aside. The speaking
will continue until few days before the
election when all debate must be closed. The
voters will, therefore, go from these discus
sions almost Immediately to the polls and
they are not likely to cast their ballots amiss.
There is no abatement of confidence among
Republican leaders and there is indeed great
hope that signal victory will be achieved.
Year: 1877

BIG ROAD told the President he wanted
5000 boxes of money to get civilized on.
The impudent fellow! He might as well have,
asked an appointment as Post Trader and
been done with it.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous etters and eoInnluli
cations. The name and address of the writer are IN
all cases Indispensable not necessarily tor pnphcaton
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1877

SAN FRAScrsco, April LA Chico dis.
patch says that owing to the Obloquy cast
on the Labor Union by the recent dis
closures, the more respectable portion Of
that order assembled last evening and de-
nounced the action OF the Council Of
Nine as being unsanctioned by the or
ganization, and to restore the peace and
confidence OF 1.-THE community it was unan.
imously resolved 10 disband the order.
The citizens committee are working &C.
lively to insure vigorous prosecution Of
the parties arrested. Every precaution
is enforced to prevent the possibility Of
an escape or rescue. The town is return
ing to its wonted quiet.
Year: 1877

A SINGULAR RAILROAD ACCIDENT
For many years we have been hearing
about locomotives "bucking the bull off
d BRIDGE" but the case was lately revers-
ed. At Danvlle, Virginia, as a freight
train was approaching a bridge across a
creek, an infurated bull sprang upon
the track. The engineer put on the
breaks and blew the whistle, bu. the bul
stood firm. The cowcatcher struck the
bull just at the entrance of the bridge,
the engine was thrown from the track
and struck with great force on the tr estle
work which at once gave way, and en-
gine, tender and six cars went through
with terrible crash. The engineer was
terrible crushed aud will die. The boil
er Of the engine exploded and cars and
bridge were soon wrapped in fsmes.-
The bridge, which was I20 feet long was
totally consumed, the engine rendered
worthless, aud the damage in cars and
freight is very heavy. Hereafter the
adnge will have to be changed, for bull
on railroad track is evidently some
thing not to be fooled with.
Year: 1877

DIsBANDED.-Th The Chico Laborers'
Union has disbandcd, after meeting Of
the most respectable members had been
held To consider the situation. The acts
of The Council OF Nine" by whom the
various arsons and murders were believ-
cd tu have been set on foot, were repudi-
ntcd and denounced. We do not ques-
tion but some good men have Joined the
society, but their groundwork of action
is such as to invite the co operation OF,
and give encouragement to, men of no
character and less principle. hence the
nets of the Chico ruffinns which would
never have been committed had not the
perpetrators felt ass ured that they were
IN some measure sustained by the opin-
ln Of u portion Of the community. A
secret organization founded on race pre-.
jndices, will draw to itself low characters
who failing to accomplish their object by
lawful means will not hesitate to resort to
unlawful ones. Whether the Laborers'
Union, as body was really responsible
for the wholesale massacre at Chico or
not, public opinion will hold it so, and it
took a wise course in disbanding,
Year: 1877

There is and has been for some time. a
disposition shown by the press, to give
the start to a movement which will cul-
inmate by doing away with the Grand
Jury system. To do this will require
very thorough revision of our criminal
law and practice, and it should be freely
discussed before such radical change is
made.


Under the present workings of the jury
system in county like ours, grand and
trial jurors are requiie ed to possess tho
same qualifications, and are drawn and
summoned in the same manner. The
names ofthose who are to net as regular
jurors are selected from each township
according to population and placed in a
box, and when a jury is needed, the
Judge before whose court the jury is to
appear, makes an order tha. a jury be
drawn. Ii it be grand jury, not less
than twenty-five nor more than thirty
must be drawn. Thus, the first name
might be from Cinnabar precinct, the
second from Hay Fork, the third from
Lower Trinity, and so on until every pre-
cinct in the county would be represented,
thereby putting citizens to great trouble
and the county to great expense. And
after all is said and done, the work Of the
body summoned at such expenso and in
convenience may be worse than useless.
The testimony is generally of an er pdrte
character, which often results in the find
ing of indictments which, if both sides
were heard as in trial by petit jury,
would have been ignored al once.
/ There will have of course to be some
legal machinery between the exam ming
magistrate and the trial jury. In what
manner this will be formed-what should
take the place now occupied by the
Grand Jury we are not prepared to say.
But the Grand Jury system is falling into
disrepute and it is to be hoped tnat the
power to decide what cases are and what
are not, cases to be brought to trial,
should be vested in some manner more
/ simple.
Year: 1877

THE CHICo AFFAIR AID THE CITI-
zENs.-Last Saturday night the citizens
of Chico held meeting to which only
those who were neither members of the
Caucasians nor Labor Union were admit
ted. 1t was a gathering of the farmers
from all over the valley, to take steps
looking to the protection of their property
during the coming Summer. They are
determined to rid that pnrt of the State
OF the class now in Jail. Not one of them
will give employment to II single person
known to belong to either Order.


1t is reported on good authority that
DR.. Glenn called together his men and
discharged all who were members Of the
Order Of C"nca,ians, telling them to burn
him out if they dared to.
Year: 1877

A TERRIBLE EXPLosGoN.-At Santa
Cruz on Tuesday one of the powder mills
two miles from The city, WAS blown up,
the mill containing nine tons of powder
at the time. A man named Brown was
blown to atoms, another named Murry
was severely wounded but had miracu-
lous escape, being only fifty feet distant
from the mill when it exploded. Pieces
of the building were blown mile from
the mill and the shock was so great that
brick buildings in the city were shook
and cracked and large amount Of glass
broken.
Year: 1877

TWENTY THREE thousand pages Of re-
ports of Congressional investigations
made last session, have already been
printed at The Government Printing Of
fee, and the work is not yet finished
No practical good has resulted from
scarcely any of the investigations made
and therefore the immense expenditures
of the public funds were without any
ompensating result.
Year: 1877

VERMONT justice is peculiar in some
respects. The Governor has pardohed
one Hobbs Of St. Johnsbury, who had
been some months in Jail because he
couldn't pay fine for Drunkenness and it
is said that under the present laws there
is no way by which II man unable TO pay
fine for drunkenness can escape imprison-
ment for lite except through the pardon
OF the ExecutiNe.
Year: 1877

ONE of the interesting features of The
celebration of the battle Of Bennington
next August will be sham fight, in
which all the militia of Vermont will
take part. 1t is proposed to have rs
n ear n reproduction of the old battle as
possible, and already preparations are
making for event.
Year: 1877

THE Louisiana Commission is now in
session. Just exactly what is expected to
be accomplished by its investigations we
are unable to see, but presume the Presi
dent wants all the light he can get before
deciding the vexed question.
Year: 1877

Thus early, General Hancock has been
minded to say to the uniiring interview
er that he shall not seek the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency next time,
but if the party should set fit, ETC., etc.
That's the way they always talk.
Year: 1877




Some further light upon the true in
tent and meaning of the Presidents re-
forming order has been obtained
through an application of Boss Keyes
to the Postmaster General. The Boss
informs the head of the department
that four Of the five members of the
Republican Central Committee In Wis
'consin are postmasters, and he asks IL
their signatures to call for State con-
vention will be construed as q
violation of the order. Mr.. Key
might have informed Mr.. Keyes
that the bare fact OF membership OF the
committee, without the performance of
any act, is clear violation of the letter
and spirit of the new rule; but ne did
not. On the contrary he blandly as
sured the Madison postmaster that the
committee of postmasters might sign
the call, attend the convention and call
it to order. without doing violence to the
patent India-rubber civil service refor-
nation which is to be the browning
glory Of this administration but they
must not undertake to direct the DELHI
erations OF the meeting or to control it's
action. This latest explanatory note
reduces the whole business considerably
below the comedy level. What remains
of 1t is too stupid even for farce.
Year: 1877




That the prosecuting officer In New
orleans had perfect right to commence
proceedings against, and the Grand Jury
the right and possibly reasonable cause
70 1nd1ct, the members OF the Louisiana
Returning Board, no one will of course
deny. Nor can 1t be claimed that the
proceeding is In any sense breach Of
laith on the part OF the authorities or
the political leaders, since whatever may
nave been the terms OF the agreement
or understanding upon which the elec-
ton difficulty was settled, it is plain
enough that no compact between
politicians to forbear proceedings
could be held binding upon the
courts and officers Of the law,
The decision Of the Electoral Commis-
sion was based upon the fact that all the
methods and processes OF the election
were provided for by State authority as
q matter of purely State concern, that
the Federal government had no bust.
ness nor right to go behind the face Of
the returns, and that it devolved upon
the State authorities, and them only. to
see that the election was conducted hon
estly and the result honestly returned.
II there was fraud in any OF the details
of the process, it was an offense against
the State law and cognizabIe by State
courts. No authority exists by which
the crime, ii any there was, could be
condoned, and certainly none exists
which could bind a prosecuting officer
not to proceed against,'or a grand iur
not to lndict, the offenders. Upon the
lace OF this transaction, then, there
seems TO be nothing improper, or that
can be called betrayal of faith.
Year: 1877

Especial to the Democratl


MONTREAL, July 9.-There are Indications
Of an exciting time on Thursday when the
annual parade of the Orangemen will be
made. Orangemen from Canada West are
expected In large numbers. Nightly drill
has been going on for weeks past in this city,
and fire arms are being put la orderby the
opposite party. The prospects are that a
hostile meeting will occur between the two
bodies, and that blood will be she'd.


Notwithstanding the admonition and advice
OF the authorities and clergy, the procession
will be large, and 1t Is certain that men who
participate in it win carry deadly weapons
secretly. There is great excitement and the
authorities are moving quietly to see what
action can be taken to prevent bloodshed.
Year: 1877

tain displacing the warmer and lighter at
mosphere of the room, which finds its exit
uu the chimney. The tubes should COM
municate with the outer air on level with
the floor, and should be carried vertically
upward in the room for about four or five
feet A constant supply of fresh air is
thus insured without the slightest liability
to draught, as the current goes directly
upward until it strikes the ceiling. Lit is
then diffused downward. mixed with the
heated air of the ceiling. The same prin-
ciple can be carried out in any room with
a sash-window, by cutting out two or three
holes an inch wide aud three inches long
in the wood work of the upper sash where
it Joins the lower one The columns of air
assend directly upward, just inside the. win
dow, and mix with the heated air in the
upper part of the room. If this system
were universally carried ont, We should
hear less of rheumatism and chills caught
by sitting in daughts.


Persons should cultivate the faculty OF
detecting sewer gas in houses. Typhoid
fever is often caused by the escape of this
gas into the house through defect of the
traps and drains. However bad the drains
may be outside of the house, there is little
to fear, provided the gas can escape ex-
ternally. The following two very simple
pecautions would naturally diminish the
ceases of typhoid fever: First, every main
drain should have a ventIlating pipe car
ried from it, directly outside the house, tC
the top of the highest chimney; secondly,
the soil pipe inside the house should be
carried up through the roof, and be opeI
at the top.
Year: 1877

This morning as DR.. Gait was driving
towards Moline, on the back road, he
heard a single carriage coming behind him
at a good sharp pace, and, on looking
around, he beheld a woman holding the
reins behind white pacing horse, and
they were just coming just as though they
were used to passing anything they pulled
out against The Doctors horse-the old
carriage horse-pricked up his ears and
stepped along at sharp gait, still the
PAGER gained, and just as he was passing,
the Doctors old horse forgot all about his
age, the dignity of his profession and his
reputation for steadiness, and settled d
little nearer the ground, poked his nose
forward, stuck his toes out in front and went
away from that presumptous PAGER at a
1888 gait. Has Moline anything else in
the trottlng line?
Year: 1877

1t is very disagreeable sometimes to
give reasons, and sometimes it is very diff
fcut as well. but in this case it is neither
difficult or disagreeable, but pleasure to
accommodate our scholastic aldermen. 1t
was because we had agreed not to say any
thing against the road until 1t was COM
pleted, and we are not going to either. 1t is
nice little road. 1t is real nobby-it's pret-
ty-"such a love of road, as the ladies
say. Everybody should have one in their
garden, it only takes fifteen feet Of ofground.
If you have no garden put it in the door
yard, Now you know why the quotation
is not complete.