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Year: 1879

SINCE his return to Philadelphia, in fact,
from his arrival at SAN Francisco down to
the date of this writing, many curious
people haYe been trying to learn from ex-
Secretary BoRGE something Of General
GRANTS intentions regarding the next
Presidency, Bnt they have not succeeded.
MI. BoGE does not know, and apparently
General GRANT does not tnOw-that is, if
he does he will not tell any one, not even so
intimate friend as the venerable ox-Sccre-
tary. This is, Of course provoking and
very unsatisfactory TO the curious inqui-
rers in question. We imagine, however,
that if they will seek the information at
other hands their curiosity will be graf
flied. by other hands we mean
the people of the United States or that part
of them who serve to make up the nomna-
ting force Of the Republican party. They
have the matter in their control and will
dispose of ii for the best interests of the
country, regardless of what Mr.. BoRGE oil
even General GRANT himself may think.
Year: 1879

THE Bourbons now propose to run their
ton laws through on two wheels dissection
they call it-and hope to secure thereby q
repeal Of the test-oath law, and also TO pre-
vent the use of the public moneys for the
repression of illegalitics at the ballot-box
1t remains to be seen how expert they are
at this kind of bicycle legislation. We i'm.
agine, however that their acknowledged
ability at political strnddling will not serve
their present purpose. In the end the whole
gang of caucus bicycleists will find them.
selves sprowling in the dust or squirming in
the quagmircs of Notification.
Year: 1879

The frantic desire of the THuRMAN.VAL-
LANDIGHAM Copperheads out in Ohio to
support and honor the brave Union soldiers
on the Democratic ticket is duly appreci-
ated But the more they exhibit this de-,
sire the less the rank and file of the thou
sands of ex-Union veterans in that State
seem inclined to vote for EWING and RICE.
The truth is those veterans are accustomed
to training in good and loyal company.
Year: 1879

THE three branches of the Govern
"ment" says the Democratic organ, ARE
placed by the Constitution upon an equal
footing Very true, and for that reason
Congress has no right 10 interfere with the
duty of the Executive in the administration
of laws which still remain upon the statute
book-laws which were legally enacted by
Congress and which that body has failed to
repeal. In thus attempting to interfere
with the Executive, Congress assumes to set
itself up as the superior OF all the co-ordi-
nate branches, and to declare that it is it.
self the Government. We want no better
Republican campaign capital than is cou-
tanned in this admission of the Bourbon or.
gan and the logical deductions mererrom
The seditionists are thereby convicted out
of their own blatant mouths
Year: 1879

SEcRETARY SHERMAN made some
very sensible remarks in his speech at
Boston, as q man certainly should who
attempted to give himself boost for the
Republican nomination of the Presi-
dency. No doubt other nations have
considered us the greatest braggers that
ever existed, and we may have been, for
really 1t is difficult to tell when a
Yankee tongue will stop when it gets to
going on favorite theme then what
be desires to tell is only surpassed by
what he wants to learn by questioning
sach as will answer. The Secretary


however, did not wait to be questioned
on the matter of the greatness of OF


products. He volunteered to saw. tha
tour productions of all the great arti
cles essential to home life are NOR,
varied and abundant than those of an,
Year: 1879

MAYOR ALMONDS statement oi the
case of the arrest of Charles Green,
negro. as sent TO Mayor Stockley and
published in the Philadelphia Tetegraph
will be found elsewhere. We hope this
will b. the last case in which Wilmington
officers will volunteer to arrest and take
prisoners to Philadelphia. The news
papers of that city have so much preJu-
dice against any Democratic officer from
what was a slave State that their repor-
ters find it hard to tell the truth where
there is an opportunity to create SEN
sation In contrary direction.
Year: 1879

ONE GRATEFUL RED MANA CRATE
full Indian is real novelty and one has
lust made himself heard at Washin gton,
after the millions that hayebeen expended
to feed and clothe the tribes annually for
q half century. A letter has been re-
ceived which says that one Henry Jones
of the Sac and Fox Agency, who had held
the appointment of blacksmith, has
ca lied this day to make the following
statement "He says that some years
ago he was poor, and that his present
prosperous condition in life is mainly
due to his persevering habits of industry,
aided by the Indian Department in Civ
ing him a salary Of 500 per annum for
his services. Nine years ago he was a
blanket Indian, and spent much of his
time in the rural sports Of his people,
without care for the morrow. Being
naturally gifted with intelligence, he
reasoned with himself (unaided by ad-
vice from others) that he had at least the
intellectual advantages which would
enable him to emulate the white mans
ways in good habits, and he accordingly
pushed forward TO reach that goal that
would render himself and family com
Portable and happy.


'He now has 100 head Of cattle, be
sides mules and horses, 40 acres of gooC
land adjoining the agency, 20 undel
corn, a good house, barn and well. Ii
consequence of these agreeable sur
roundings he feels that he can live will
less salary than he has been receiving
and that the remuneration for his ser
vices as blacksmith for this fiscal yea
may be $60U instead of $700 as hereto
fore. He desires, at the same time, I
return thanks for the encouragement h
has hitherto received at the hands of tn
Honorable Secretary of the Interior an
the Honorable Commissioner of India
Affairs"


Just how many poor blacksmiths
tue country there are that would ha,
been very grateful for being the reciI
eDts Of $700 year for so many yea
"no fallar can find out" But neverth
less the authorities at Washington see
quite proud to find there is one Indi
VINO can be purchased to abandon t
blanket and take to the sledge, even at t
heavy cost Of $700 year. Pertinent


this, however, 1t would be satisfaction
learn how much use this fellow made


the hammer. Whether after all be


not idle four-fifths of his time aw


without working al all.
Year: 1879

REV. Mr.. wILLEY's friends have taken
mn hi. case and it would appear from
the resolutions and signatures follow
inc them. in another column, that there
vas no truth in the rumors that were put
in circulation in the nelghborhood OF his
church by some parties whose names are
not stated in the article we publish else
where at the request of the Secretary OF
the official Board of the Church.
Year: 1879

The receipts at the various posi- ohceS
throughout the country for the first quar-
tar Of the year have just been footed up
and reach the enormous sum of $780,
oO, being the largest quarters receipts
in the history Of the government.
Year: 1879

Is local and constitutional remedy and Is applied to
the nasal passages hy nsuna thus aaying innan-
nation and pain md Il once correcting cleansing
and purifying the secrcon- internally
moist and neuirallzes the acid poison rat has Us
Way into the stomach and thence Into the blood Thus
cure PROGRESSES in both directions. and i does not
seem possible for human ingenuity 10 devise more
Year: 1879

The opponents of public schools will find some questions propounded in the following article from the American Journal of Education which they will have difficulty in answering:

 This public school system, when considered as question of political economy. q question of loss and gain to the State, will be found to rest upon solid foundation.

 Many people confuse themselves by dealing with questions which they have not qualified themselves to consider. The right of the State in education, is an example of this kind.

 The people in their sovereign en- pacity, acting in their own munich pallty, and with respect to their ob- legations other than local, are and must be the only judges of thelr own will, and their action is the only legal standard of civil right or wrong.

 Surely a mere stateirient of such fact is sufficient, and must satisfy every one that action in matters edu- eetional rests upon the same founda- tion as the right to take any action at all.

 The question of expedicncy is quite a different question, and should be discussed by itself. OF course any one is at liberty to question the wisdom of our political constitution, National or State, but any such question is manifestly irrelevant in a consideration of political powers.

 MOTIVES EXAMINED.

 Without attacking the motives of any individual, it is necessary to re- mind ourselves that in matters eda- cational as well as in other human institutions, self-interest plays part. It is humanly necessary that self. interest should be a factor, and one in itself not undesirable. But 1t would evidently be absurd and per nicious to allow it to control legis- lation.

 Those whose personal interests would in any way be subserved by the destruction of Public Schools must be heard as witnesses, but St
Year: 1879

If the people would vote a tax sufficient to give each school dis trict at least six months school in the year, and parents would see that their children attend, the next gen eration could doubtless find men to send to the legislature whose every sentence would ring out with mean ing and intelligence. The pulpits of the country would not be disgraced with a class of men whose words arc meaningless jargon, as is often heard, and worse, grammar might be improved by sambo, who has just lad aside the shovel and hoe as a slaye. The idea of church send Ing out, or even permitting, men to preach the gospel who have not the industry or brains to learn and know how to express themselves in pure Anglo Saxon, is to our mind su premely ridiculous; but for county to send men to represent her in the Legislative halls of the State who do not understand and speak correctly their mother tongue, is out of reason and beyond all bearableness. We might as well send man to teach Tn the common schools the English Ian guage who cannot read, and expect an uneducated man to legislato or enact wholesome and salutary laws for the government of the people. We have heard men on the stump and in the pulpit who were perhaps little more entertaining than that noisy, long.eared animal descended from the ono that Balaam conversed with while on his mission Of cursing, and who, themselves, did not know the force of the words they were attering.-Altus Recorder and Fruit Grower.
Year: 1879

American Journal of Education Why should not the teaching pro fcssion have as much high honor and public regard as either law or medi- cine? If we look at the work it's members are doing for society, they ought to stand as high as the men whom we send for when we are i'll, or those whom we resort to when wc wish to go to law
Year: 1879

Speaking of the new departure ol the Prescott Dispatch from the old and safe paths of democracy and its

 wandering off into the uncertain and untried marshes of the greenback hobby, the Pine Bluff Press says:

 "The position that we take at this juncture is, that there is no neces- sity for third party, in this state, inasmuch as all that is valuable and practical in it's declaration of princi- pies, arc the cardinal doctrines of the Democratic party. Nobody knows thls better than the Hon. Rufus K. Garland. It has been the means of restoring confidence and prosperity in every financial crisis through which our country has pass ed since the drawing of party lines. It is, and has ever been, the great conservative party of the country. Contending for principle, it fell face foremost, and then accepted the situation" Arising from it's ashes, it is to day in possession of Congress and ought to be of the whole government. Whatever relief the people have experienced since it's restoration is the result of it's policy and wisdom. It could not hope to accomplish much in a single extra session. It fought heroically against the encroachment of Federal power for the sovereign principle of local self-government. We have faith In the future and believe that the next session of Congress will afford all legislation necessary for the relief of the peoplc--that is to say, as far as mere legislation can be productive of good. There are many other conditions upon which the welfare of a people depend. Upon the question of finance, there is not much contrariety of opinion in the South, and whenever the Southern phalanx is broken the power that is now stemming the tide of 'Impe- rialism," tyrannical monopolies, pro tected banks and bondholders, will go down in the success of the party already convicted of gigantic frauds upon the ballot box and incalculable wrong to sovereign rights. Break the s'solid Democratic South as you threaten, and tue success of the Re publican party is assured. The peo- pie know what that means. The "Grecnback- Labor party based up- on the money Idea alone, may hold the balance of power-it will either ally itself with the Republican party, as it has done. or support the Dem ocratic party-it cannot reasonably expect to be a formidable factor in politics. If it supports Democratic policy and measures it will have demonstrated the utter folly and danger of it's formation.

 The advlce to the people and the press of the State, in particular, "to keep coor' was hardly necessary, in asmuch as they have never been known for hasty, precipitate action, and have always, as far as our ex- perience goes, been regarded as con. servative and prudent in the highest degree, biding their time with pa tience and ayerse to following after strange gods.
Year: 1879

| Woulu miilllcSJiJ be pIcpoStciouo U act upon their advice.

 Why is it that so many who nevc visit or patronize public schools that those who are identified witt 1priyate and competing schools l should take such an interest in pub lie schools, and that their interes should always take the form of fault finding?

 Do any Of these objectors show . difference of plan, or a greater sue cess in the results of the private schools2

 | Do they furnish their statistics a: do the public schools2 Do they invite the general public to acquaint themselves with every detail of management, and to judge them by q fair comparison2 Or dc they preserve discreet silence in regard to the details of their OWL management, and content themselves with assertions in regard to the pub llc schools?

 Are any of these assertions veri l fled by a careful examination into the facts of the case?

 AN APPEAL TO FACTS.

 Can it be shown by an appeal to facts that those educated in the pub lie schools ever find themselves at 2 disadvantage with those whose training has been received from pri, vate institutions?

 Are not the public schools sup ported by those whose own ednca- tion was received there, and who should be the first to discover theil inferiority were real?

 In cases of competition do the pu- | pills of the pubic schools yield to others of the same grade, or is the contrary fact beyond ontradiction

 In scliool matters as in all other matters there must necessarily be some who are possessed with an uhwise zeal.

 If we claim that no system has yielded as good results, we are safe if we assert that no system at the present day yields better results, and that no system yields it's results al so SMALL A COST, the statement can. not be successfully controTerted: il we insist that no other human insti tutiop has enlisted the services of SC many able and devoted men and women, we are not likely to meet  with. successful objection: if we maintain that granting the imper- lection of our public schools, they are yet lot so imperfect as other so cial institutions, we shall have nc fear from any comparison.

 But on the other hand, we cannot clam for public schools, as we can not claim for any human institution that it alone is of value, or that il has realized its fullest possibilities We can, however, reasonably ask that those who find fault should show a remedy, and make clear tc us that some substitute will retain the excellences and do away witl the objections to public schools.
Year: 1879

WHAT Xulu discipline and rule were
is clearly indicated 10y story told by
Cetowoyo himself while on his way
down to the place Of embarkation.
Pointing to bush which hc designated
by the name OF tho Coward's Bush, he
informed his conductors that in tho
front OF that bush Chakn used to sit
after baltic had been fought in order
to hear accusations of cowarlicc against
any OF his soldiers. II n man woro con-
yicied on what seemed sufficient owl
deuco he was expected TO stand still
with his left ann high above his head
while an nssogai WAS slowly and by de.
grovs thrust downwnrds from the arm
pit till it pierced the heart.
Year: 1879

Tue pain incident to snow blindnGs SIS
is perhaps as intense as any that was
ever experienced by human beings. A
very simple method OF avoiding tho in.
furious effect Of tile reflection OF the
suns rays upon tho snow is by blackcn.
ing tho cavities around the eyes. This
oan be done With piece OF coal or tho
charrcd ond Of n stick, and will be
found fully as effective rs colored
GLASS,
Year: 1879

has been forwarded to Washington.
Oranges desiring to secure the advantages
of the Agricultural Department, will see
how important it is to make prompt re


ports to the State Grange, and above
all how important it is for farmers to
preserve their organization as Patrons
of Husbandry. Gen. LIE Due wise
ly sees that the Grange can be of great
service to his Department, and that the
Department can be equally serviceable to
the agricultural interests ofthe country as
represented by the Grange. Let every
Patron, then, rally to the support of his
Grange, and, by working hand in hand
with each other and with the Department
of Agriculture, demonstrate that "Agri


culture is the most useful, healthful, hon
orable and independent of all vocations." !"
Year: 1879

1


Within the past year, two eninently
respected bodies of agriculturists have set
forth, in earnest language, the necessity
of there being established bureau of ag-
riculture, to constitute department of the
government, co-equal with those of State,
war, interior, and the others The plan
contemplates secretary of agriculture to
be admitted to the cabinet, thus giving the
interest a voice in the management of ma
tional affairs, such as ifs magnitude and
Importance have long entitled. to.


The proposition is by no means new
one, for the agricultural press, especially
the Western portion of it, has long advo-
Gated it, as have number of individuals
interested in agricultural pursuits. But it
is matter for congratulation that the Ag-
ricuitural congress at Philadelphia and
the National Grange have taken hold of
the measure with an earnestnesss that we
believe will arouse the people to pitch of
enthusiasm that will ultimately have an
effect upon congress.


The present agricultural department has
done good work, faulty and weak as It's
management has generally been, and with
the pittance that has been allowed it in
the government appropriations. But it is
only step toward the real recognition
which the agricultural people desire to
have, and deserve to have, from their num-
Der, and their importance in the material
affairs of the nation
Year: 1879

EDITOR PATRON: 1 have received quite num-
Der of copies of your most valuable paper, and
have Circulated them in the county among good
Patrons, who are willing to aid you in next to the
most holy and laudable cause that can come un-
der our consideration, viz: the permanent and
greatest good to the masses. But the sad fact
that our ruinous business system admonishes us
that progress is an end in that direction unless
agriculturists and producers generally heartily
cooperate in their best interest and change their
base their mode of business and adopt cash sys-
tenn strictly. This is their only hope of salvation
financially.


Farmers and workingmen are honest, confding
classesthat takeeverything easy and for the TRUTH
and in order to be perfectly posted should take
some reliable paper published strictly in their in
terests. Spectators, capitalists, and money CEN
tiers, have out their agents. and have their reports
manufactured always before the crops are gath
cred, SO that they can gamble on futures, or by a
general understanding force price on the market
which they could not do if every kind of business
was done on a cash basis A cash business will
bring the millennium in finances; female influence
will produce it in the social world and the gospel
OF Christ in the religious world Then the Wolf
usurers will feed with the Lambs of Agriculture,
and Piety, Peace and Plenty will abide with us all
our days, and ~our ways shall be ways of pleas.
antnesS, and our paths be paths of peace"


l have been talking thinking and writing in
this direction for twenty years, and should live
twenty years longer l would consider my time
well spent if could aid in the least in inducing
the South to become self supporting And why
not? We have the coal, iron, water power, tim
Der, mines of gold and silver. favorable climate
and health, and we can produce all the necessa-
ries of life in the greatest abundance. ORGANIZED
cooperate! exchange from the field to the facto-
ry! act on a cash basis and the victory is ours.


When l sat down to write to you thought i
would just say something in the way of an apollo
gy for my Tennessee friends, why they do not
take hold and subscribe for papers devoted to
their interests. The main reason is, they are not
able, and this is bad time of the year to begin
taking paper. 5tf 70 III. H. L. YEARGAN.


Murfreesboro, July II. a1afa@ 55f


But farmers take political papers by the
thousands, and these papers are owned
or controlled by the professional politi-
clans, who are always in sympathy with
the Money Power. These papers discuss
no question nor advocate no measure in
the interest of the farmers. The farmers
do not understand these things, and that
is the reason they are so slow to support
ajournal like THE PATRON, which is con-
Quoted in their interests exclusively.
When they are educated and become bet
ter informed, they will join the Grange
and give it an earnest support, and they
will take hold of their press and make it
stronger and more powerful than all the
political papers in the land. --
Year: 1879

stop working it passes away. Sup
pose you go to work and earn $I.25 a day
and spend the same, at the end of the year
you are no better off than at the begin
ming. You have only lived. Suppose you
spend 81, or, better still, S5 cents; then
you have become capitalist. 1 began to
preach at $3.50 year; I've been there,
and know what it is. My rule was then,
and has been ever since, to live within my
income. So itwould have been, no mat
ter what my business. Spend less than
you earn; then you will acquire capital,
and your capital will be as good as that of
any other man"