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Year: 1878

Never cast aside your friends if by any possibility you can retain them We are the weakest of spendlhrifts il we let one drop off through inatlention or let one push away anolher, or if we hold aloof from one through petty jeal ousy or heedlr,s slight or roughness Would You throw away diamond be- calse il pricked you? One good friend is not 10 be weighed against the jewels nf The earth If there is coolness, unkind- ness bel tween Us let us come face to face and have it out. Quick, lefole the love grows cold fife is too short to quarrel in or 10 eaHy black thoughts of friends. II is easy to losea friend, butt Il new pne will not come for calling, nor make up for the old one
Year: 1878

IT is, perhaps, due TO Captain VANCE
the new nppointmcnt-clerk OF the Treasury
Department, to explain that he has been I
supporter, and an active one, Of the genera
policy Of the Administration from the first
His selection for the position is therefor,
not to be charged as II reward to a recent
convert any more than it is to his Academia
residence in Ohio, friendship with Congress.
man FOSTER, or the nOn-partisIn civil.
service-rcform methods of the appointing
power But he will make a good officer
nevertheless.
Year: 1878

The Opera House was, last night, filed
to suffocation to hear the lecture Of Past
Grand Chancellor julius <. Rsthbone, of
Washington, the founder of the order 10
this country. The lecture was very lucid
exposition of the philosophy of Pythianism,
and illustrated 1t with a great many apt
episodes Of Greek and Roman history. The
livery of the lecturer was excellent and be
gave great satisfaction to the very large au-
dience present.


Upon the stage, in semi-cirele, were
marshalled, the uniformed corps of the Or
der; back Of them a beautiful scene Of an
old bsronial castle, which was in perfect
keeping with the purpose Of the meeting.


We are quite sure the large audience were
delighted with the whole affair. A banquet
followed the lecture, on which occasion the
feast of reason and flow Of soul, gave zest
to the enjoyment. ...
Year: 1878

DESPITE the predictions Of the gold men
that, as soon as the silver bill became q
law, gold would appreciate greatly, facts
prove the very reverse. Instead OF going
up In price, gold has been coming down, or
rather silver is climbing up towards IT, and
promises, in little while to stand on the
same level. Oh what will our Willie do
Year: 1878

While there may have been instan-
ces of crimes by individuals this charge
OF wholesale and organized deprivation
of political rights to negroes, or others
in any southern State is known to be
false, and a base perversion of facts
zan purposes. The Forty sixth Con-
gress will see that Mr.. Hayes and his
subordinates will exercise no authority
not conferred by the Constitution and
laws. The country shall have peace.


We would like our able contem porary
to tell US how Charleston polled $4,000
votes out of population Of so, 900, and
how South Carolina, with 10000 more
Republican voters in it than Democrats,
sent solid Democratic delegation to
Congress also why there was no Re
publican State ticket run in the State
President Hayes will not overstep the
bpunds of his duty, and whatever pow
or is needed will be conferred by the
Congress Of 1881, if not by the presen,
Congress. The Republicans will con
troll Congress yet, so don't be alarmed


The Republicans should see that the
members of their party, whi.e and
black, pay their taxes, and they will
be entitled to vote. Not otherwise.


This is just what the Republicans Of
Kent county wanted to do, but the
Democratic assessors of Kent county
would not assess the Republicans. A
Democratic Levy Court of that county
adjourned night previous to the time
they had promised to assess the colored
people. Only assess all the Republi-
;ans and their taxes will be paid.


From the MiddIetown Transcript


1t is highly probable that in the CON
test of 1880 party lines will be tightly
drawn between the two great political
DO odies that have so veil fought each
other for the past twenty years, and,
whether there may be but two parties
or half score, the Democratic and Re-
publican ranks will be solid, and be.
tween them will come the tug Of war.
Those who have leisure can amuse
themselves figuring on the next Presi-
dental contest in the House, but the
people will elect the man at the ballov
box and what is more, this time they
will see that he gets his seat.


We think our friend Transcript is
correct. 1t will be as it has been for
'wenty years past, the man that Is
elected vii take his seat. There has
been no deviation from this rule since
1850, and from present appearances
there will be no change of politics in
the next Presidency.


The cone State of the Peninsula"
suggestion don't seem to strike the
Kent Ne,os as a good idea. We are sorry
abont this for we were going to Chester
Year: 1878

A YELLOW FEVER INCIDENT-The New Or.
leans Pic0yune prints the following in its
issue of Friday: "On Wednesday morning
last the eleven,year old son Of a prominent
his father that he had abandoned pet scheme
that had been working in his mind. He
thought that there were too many poor people
suffering from yellow fever. He therefore re-
quested his father to hand in his purse, CON
sisting OF $3.50, to the Howard Association,
that 1t might be applied for the benefit Of the
poor. The father compiled with this generous
the money to the association. In the evening,
to his great grief. when he returned home he
found that his SON had been taken with the
fever; but later the boy showed evidence of
Improvement, and there were no grounds for
aDDrehenSiOn"
Year: 1878

VIe"s


NEW YORK, August ga special to the
Herald from Cincinnati says: Archbishop
Purcell was called upon yesterday and the
alleged Interview between him and Kearney
shown to him. After reading it carefully be
laughed and uttered the words


RIDICULOUS STUFF"
adding: "kearney came here, and with him
vas his secretary. received them as receive
kearLey'S first words to me were: I'm Den
his Kearney, and heard you was going to eat
me-, l locked at him moment and replied:
u DO not think anybody would want to eat
you very much Then he spoke to me about
the Catholic Telegraph having stated that he
was an Orangeman. OF cOui Sc was willing
II any wrong had been done him by that paper,
to be held accountable for IT."


What about that blasphemOus remark he
mace, as 1t was reported in the interview"
HE made no such remark In my hearing"
THE ARCHBISHOP THINKS KEARNEY BLACK
What was your impression of Kearney?"
think him a foul-mouthed BLACKBOARD,
and the less notice that is taken Of him the
better of society will be. He is fomenter Of
mischief, and can DO the cause he processes to
aWhat was his manner in addressing your"
he boasted of having made himself, and
seemed very proud Of It. He claimed to have
been in command Of a ship when only Is years
o and az such stuff as that had heard





In Boston, and had made up my mind about
him. After he left here l wrote to that friend
! had no reason to change my mind from
what it had been. namely: that he was vile
blackguard.''


There were no threats used toward you by
him?'


mo: his language was staggering and un.
courteous, but not threatening. he would
scarcely threaten a person of my years. no
matter what rank or position he held in life."
Then the interview greatly magniies the
occurrence, doesn't it?'


"Yes, you can say through the Herald for
me, that the statement which was sent to the
California paper Is any thing but true; that
what little did occur between Kearney and
myself has been grossly exaggerated"


The Archbishop was considerably worried,
apparently, over the publication and the
of kearney, but still he knows that 1t cannot
do him any harm, as he !the Archbishop is
too we'll known, not only In the Catholic
Year: 1878

IN ORDER TO REDUCE STOCK


WITHOUT DELAY,
TO MAKE PREPARATION FOB A LAEGE


FALL STOCK,
FOR THE NEXT FIFTEEN DAYS / OFFER


The FOLLOWING


SPECIAL BARGAINS.
Extraordinary Reduction.
Year: 1878

There is no question but the press has |
received hard usage at the hands OF the
legislature both during it's first and Sec
oud session. The radicals were on one |
extreme but the DEMOCRATS have been on
the other-the former were rascally Out
shrewd, while the latter have been, we
presume, honest but excessively stupid.
In the name of retrenchnent and reform
they have cut down rates to the starva-
tion point.


We are very we'll aware that the argu-
ment could he used that papers are not
compelled to take contracts at these
rates, but this is not Il fair argument.
Newspapers are designed more tor tho
subservience of public interests than any
other Institution and therefore are deser-
wing of at least Il moderately tar remu-
ueration for their labor. No Intelligent,
unprejudiced nlaL doubts for IL moment
that the crushing out OF carpet-bag goY-
ernment in Louisiana has been of incal-
culable advantage to the taxpayers OF
the State. Nor does he doubt that this
desirable result has been mainly duo to
|
press for long years was kept down in
the very dust of poverty through radical
| Legislature, and it was not an unreason-
| ble hone thaa When the fight was won
| and the demo Gratis came into power the
nress would be fostereu to Il reasonable
and legitimate extent. That this hope
has never been realized is a fact sadly
felt by every paper in the state. we
have a realizing sense that the Times has
sunk at least $4,000 during the seven
wears it has been run. That it could
have made money by a betrayal OF the
public interest no man not thrice sod
den ass doubts. And we assume that
every one of our suffering contemporaries
in the state has similar record.


Fair wages for honest work Is rule
every honorable and light-minded man
adopts IN the conduct of his private at
fairs, and there is no good reason why
legislative, parish or municipal bodies
should not adopt the same rule. II
merchant in Shreveport had IL vacant
clerkship for which there We're u hal


dozen applicants whose necessities woulo


virtually force them to accept any wages


the merchant might see fit to offer, Is II


at all likely that he would put the place


up TO the lowest bidder and Knock II


down to the impecunious applicant wht


should offer to work for say SlO pei


month, when he we'll knew the man couio


not live on that amount! Wo th'hS
not.-ShrCvcpor Times.
Year: 1878

The tremendous power possessed by the
Louisiana Lottery Company is attracting
the attention of prominent newspapers
abroad, although most of those in New
Orleans seem to be under tho control of
that mammoth gambling concern. A Wig
orous fight las been and is still being
made upon this lottery concern by the
New Orleans Democrat, but the immense
profits of this concern enable it to resist
successfully all the attacks of this able
paper. The chief OF the lottery company.
Mr.. Ashas. T. Howard, by his shrewd MAN.
ipulations Of the Louisiana Legislature.
has acquired power :. hich is likely to
overshadow that once exercised by War
moth or Kellogg. With the aid of the
press Of New Orleans. he has only to gain
| that OF the neighboring country parishes
| to give him absolute control of the Lou
isiana Legislature.


Lottery dealing has been so generally
recognized as one of the most dangerous
and demoralizing species OF gambling,
that in nearly all the States of the Union
it is prohibited. There is n law forbid
ding the use of the United States mails
in carrying on the lottery business, but
from the manpcr in which the circulars
and schemes of this peculiar company are


circulated it would seem to be dead


letter. But the magnitude of the opera
tions of the Louisiana State Lottery Is


beginning to attract the attention OF in
tluential newspapers outside OF tho State
in which it is located.
Year: 1878

The boy then is to be cultivated in
a general way. What there is of
him that is good, is to be brought
out, developed; we therefore must
restrain the evil which is expected TO
exist, more or less, in all. After the
boy is developed, the man then is to
do the rest. He is prepared, or
should be to do Tor himself II he
has the habit (secured by his educa-
tien) of self, Independent thinking,
abstract reflection, there will bc
lack to fiR1 out He will master thu.
subjects that come in his way; and
bis way viii be cleared, aud he will
know and be able to do. Interest will
make him do.


It is difficult s2metimes 10 excite
interest. 1t is moro difficult to give
direction to the future life in the
path it is to take. AS we have said
circumstances control that.
Year: 1878

At festival at reformatory in
stitution recently, gentleman said
of the cure of the use of intoxicating
drinks: 81 overcame the appetite
by recipe given me by old DR.. Hat
field, one of those good old physicians
who do not have percentage with a
neighboring druggist. When 1 called
on him, he said: Now that you
have the moral courage I'll tell you
the tonic which l have used with
effect among my friends for twenty
years. expected of course some
nasty medicine stuff but no; he
prescribed an orange every morning
half hour before breakfast. Take
that, and you willneither want liquor
nor medicine I have done so reg
ularIy and find that liquor has become
repulsive. The taste of the orange
is in the saliva of nay tongue, and it
would be as well to mix water and
oil as rum with my taste.n
Year: 1878

Men are drowned by raising theil
arms above the water, the unbuuyed
weight Of which depresses the head.
Other animals have neither motion
or ability to act in a similar manner,
and therefore s.tiTn naturally. When
man falls into deep water, he viii
rise to the surface, and win continue
there If he does not elevate his hands.
If he moves his hands under the
water, in any way he pleases, his
head will rise so hish as to give him
free liberty to breathe; and if he will
use his legs, as in the act of walking
up stairs, his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that ne may use
less exertion with his hands. or apply
them in other purposes. These plain
directors are recommended to the
recollection of those who have not
learned to swim in their youth, as
they may be found highly advantage
Gus in many cases. s.-Sapitariaa
Year: 1878

.sDear Mr.. Hassksye, should one
take ones soup from the side or end Of
the spoon 3-EDw.p Oh, well, If you
have got SO stuck up and proud that
you have to eat with a spoon, We don't
suppose it makes any difference, but we
s.,npose you have enough reverence for
s.le good old days and the grand old
simplicity Of the better times, and take
your soup as your father did; blow it
until it Is cold, then lift the plate with
both hands, and empty it BY steady
and long continued suction, making a
fiipperins sound with your lips at the
conclusion of the services to indicate to
the waiter that yon are ready for the
next course. It's these new tangled
ideas that are driving the o.1 simplicity
and the old purity out Of style and ex-
istence, and crowtling society to the
edge of the awful precipice thas leans
and totters in crumbling wea s9e.ss over
the fathornless abyss Of ea44aotfaa and
destruction
Year: 1878

A VIcKsBURa wife informed her
husband the other morning that
she was working herself into the
grave for the want of a girl, and as
he went out, she leaned back and fell
to weeping. The children were maxi
ing noise in the hall as he passed
out, and he called out: "You want
to stop this racket! Your mother
won't live week, and when you get
q step mother here next spring, she
won't put up with any such fooling 70
When he came home to dinner, his
wife met him with smile, and said
''Isn't ours a cosy home, Richard,
with only our little family to leok
after ?''
Year: 1878

A SOUTHERN paper says that some
months since q young lady, twenty
five years of age, went into Botetourt
county, Va, from an adjoining county,
and took charge of school. The
lady with whom she boarded soon
thought she could see an attachment
spring up between the school-narm
and her son of eighteen; but when
she approached the lady on the sub
iect, she was told that her son was
altogether TOO young to be attractive
in her eyes. So she dismissed all
suspicious at once. Friday evening
the school closed, and on Saturday
the teacher left for home. Sunday
morning, after the rest of the family
had left for church, this young man
followed on, and now they are one
flesh. It seems that when packing
her trunk TO leave, she took care to
put in nearly all of his clothes, and
had also made arrangements to have
some one meet him with conveyance
a few miles from home.
Year: 1878

GRAT1TUDE is ike the good faith
of traders-it maintains commerce
and we often pay, MT because it is
just to discharge our debts, but that
we may more readily find people to
treat US.
Year: 1878

A MAINE girl lett her clothing in an
open boat and hid herself, and when her
parents We're crying and saying if they
only had her back they would obey her
slightest wish, she appeared and said
she wanted to wary Jake.
Year: 1878

y


is certainly creditable, considering the very
important items of expense fastened upon
IA by a Constitution made up in the inter-
est of fraud and extravaganza. 1t ls true,
says Mr.. White, that the rate of taxation ls
much higher now than before tho war, but
that is absolutely necessary II the same
amount of revenue is to be raised, because
the assessed value of property to be taxed
ia immensely less now than it was then.
Not only lie all the slave value obliterated,
but real estate has greatly deprecated.


All this looks we'll enough for the inten-
tions of the governing powers, still the fact
remains that taxation is enormously high.
A man must pay about 80 much tax here
as his whole revenue would amount to in
Europe, for in many European countries
three per cent year is considered very good
interest on ones capital. Here the tax
eatberer would take the whole of that for
public purposes.


1t must be admitted too that three
feurths of our public revenue is required to
pay interest on the public debt, burthen
bee ueathed to US by the dishonest rascals
who in the name of the Republican party
took forcible possession of our State Gov
ernment and kept it under the protection
of United States bsyonets. The thievish
ingenuity of these vagabopds is now called
the Louisiana debt, and the interest OF
that debt is nearly as great an incubus
upon the Democratic party as though crea-
ted by it's own mismanagement.


Our late Legislature did nothing towards
Tightening that burthen perhaps it could
not but it did not show any great anxiety
to attack wickedness in it's strongholds
While giving it credit for some consider
able movement in the interest of economy
we find the Lottery Company, the Slaugh
ter House monopoly, the Gas Company
the Old and New Canal frauds, the Sheriff
bonanzas and all the other inventions by
which people are plundered without tht
intervention of the tax collector-all in full
bloom, all unhurt, all as safely entrenchel
as ever.


We want more than mere economy il
public expenditure-we want the outside
taxation stopped. If we must pay thre


per cent, let that be all let taxation fol


private pockets come to an end. 1t is clea
that we did not have the right sort of mel


this time for this work. OF course there ar


honorable exceptions men who did inaugu


rate measures that ought to have beer


passed but were not. These few men cal
stand on their record. Those who have n


record ought to be left at home next time
Year: 1878

anity, that undertakes the blessed boon Of
heaven, and that is cold and deaf to the word
of command, which alone can ensure joy on
earth and victory in heaven.


"By Thy holy helpp Let this be every
Christians watchword. "The house Of tho
Lord" this the blessed boon we all should
value. "DepartW the word of command when
we linger in the path of evil, or when we
hesitate in the narrow road of duty, virtue,
honor, Truth.
Year: 1878

The Society of st. Vincent de Paul will make
q general communion at the ? o'clock MASS
this morning in the Cathedral, for the intention
of the Holy Pontif. lately deceased, Plus TX.
The Mass will be celebrated by His Grace, the
Most Rev. Archbishop.
Year: 1878

The blossom cannot remember what becomes
of it's odor, and no man can tell what becomes
of his influence and example, that roll away
from him aud 60 beyond his ken on their mis-.
sion.
Year: 1878

The Germans, very naturally, are
indignant at the oft-repeated twaddle
that the German vote is going solid
for the Democratic party. They re-
seat it as belittIing the German
mind. They declare that among
Germans there is as much individu-
ality of thought and action rs among
any other nationality or race; that
Germans think and act as indepen-
IDENTIFY as Americans, and that this
campaign will prove no exception to
their general course. They love free
dom they hate slavery in all its
forms. They emigrated TO this cOun-
try in the pursuit of freedom, Of in
dependence in thought and action,
and declare that the great mass of
their voters will be found in Novem-
ber, as in all times past, under the
banner and shouting the names of
the candidates of the only party
whose history and creed are guaran-
tees of that liberty and independence
in the pursuit Of which they sought
the shores of America.
Year: 1878

From all parts of the country re-
ports come of the immense sales and
increasing demand for that deserv-
ingly popular Sewing Machine, The
Old and Reliable "STANDARD," the
price of which the proprietors wisely
reduced to $50, including all the at
tachments, and at once secured for
them popularity among the peo-
pie, far beyond that ever yet attain
ed by any other machine at any
price, the consequence of which is,
agents are leaving the old high priced
machines, and seeking territory for
the "STANDARD." Knowing from
experience that with the best goods
at the lowest price they can outsell
all other Machines, where the supe-
ior quality and low price is made
known. This splendid Machine
combines all the improvements. Is
far ahead of all Others in beauty and
durability of its work, ease of man
agement, light running and certainty
of operation, is sensibly made upon
sound principles, with positive work.
in2 parts all steel, and can be safely
put down as the very perfection of a
Serviceable Sewing Machine, in
every particular, that will outlast
any Machine, and at price far down
below any other. 1t is thoroughly
warranted for five years. Kept in
order free of charge. And sent to any
part of the Country for examination
by the customer before payment of
the bill. We can predict equally as
large a demand for them in this
section as in others. Families desir-
ing the best Machine manufactured
should write direct to the Factory.
And enterprising persons wishing to
seize the chance should apply for so
desirable an agency. See advertise
ment in another part of this paper.
Address, Standard Machine Co., Cor,
Broadway and Clinton Place, New
York.
Year: 1878




II We would but check the speaker
When he soils neighbor's fame,
II we would but help the erring
Ere we utter words of blame;
II We would, how many might we
Tarn from paths of sin and shame.
All the wrongs that might be righted
If we would but see the way!
All, the pains that might be lighten'd,
Every hour and every day,
II we would but hear the pleadings
OF the hearts that go astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold
OF our selfishness and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,
Let us strengthen ere we chide;
Let us, ere we blame the fallen
Hold light to cheer and guide.
All, how blessed-ah, how blessed
Earth would be if we but try
Thus to aid and right the weaker,
Thus to check each brothers sigh
Thus to walk in duty's pathway
To our better life on high.
In each life, however lowly,


There are seeds of mighty good;
Still, we shrink from souls appealing
With Gmid, "If we could"
But God who judgeth all things,
Knows the truth is, "If we would"