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Year: 1878

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 1s.-Three
colored men who were believed to
have been concerned in the murder of
a prominent white citizen were killed
by a mob near here on w Wednesday
night. The murder, which was a
hendish one. took place about two
weeks ago. and a negro named Silver
was Immediately hanged for the crime
This was not thought to be sufficient
to vindicate the law, and on Wednes.
day night mob was formed, and pro.
ceeded first to the residence of Tom
Turner, near Brucetown. They called
for him 20 leave his cabin and go with
them, but he refused, saying If they
wanted to kill him they must do 1t
there. He would not submit to b.
blindfolded, and was shot in the pres
ence OF his wife. He was found yes
terday by the Coroner lying in his
night clothes in his bed room, and
with four bullet holes through his
body, all mortal wounds. In the
woods near by we're found the bodies
OF Edward Claxton, of this city, and
John Davis, both colored, hanging To
the limb OF a tree. Nobody in the
neighborhood could give any informa-
tion as to the lynchers of these men,
except that warrants for the arrest had
been issued the day before, and had
not been served. There were seven
men In the party which killed Turner
but none of them could be recognized
by his wife. The affair occurred IN q
rich and thickly settled district,
where the machinery of the courts is
supposed to be in full operation.
Year: 1878

Projsots to utilize at least q portion Of the


idle colored female labor of this city have fol


some time occupied the minds cf some of oul
best citizens, but 90 fer without any practical
| results. There il a numerous class Of female


oolored labor 10. this oity, which st present is


totally unemployed; this labor is of the more


muscular enough for fl sid work, and fit only
| for the lighter trades, where msohinery does


the hardest part oftthe labor. Why not then


utilize this labor, which at present is mostly
| idle, In converting q portion of our great
Southern staple into woven fabrics, aud thus
make it profitable to the whole Southern coun-


try = The necessary capital for an undertak-


or East it would be bat fair that the people
who have been educated ont of their former
sphere of usefolness should be helped to again


become o productive class. The cspital thus


furnished would not alone be q true charity,


but would also prove profitable. The expenses


OF living are new perhaps as low, ii not 10 wer.


in this city as anywhere else where option


fabrics are made; other necessaries of life,


such as clothing, fusl and shelter can be had


at less expense here than at any other place.


taking the year round; then again, the kind


to learn, quick. ard more intellig gen than much


OF that employed in Great Britain the super
abundance of this labor makes it very oheap---
kno wledge of the business being available at
less than one half Of the wages now paid at
Fall River. Locations for Cotton Mills, with
all the necessary facilities for shipping goods,
receiving the raw material and fuel, with the
least possible charges for handlinGS aboun1 In
the city and its vicinity there can, therefore,


be no reasonable doubt that q venture Of this
kind would prove eminently successful in a
pecuniary point of view, bssides making q
large portion of our population, which at
present edds almost nothing to the wealth of
she State, perhaps one of the most productive
elements of our community. We have no
don bt that # the uecessary Buildings and
machinery were erected, the working cspital
could be found among some of the more wealthy
class of our ancient free oolored population,
who, in fact. would be the proper parties TO
move primarily in this matter, with Q view to
obtain the requisite means from the capitalists
OF the East. The question is of more moment
than casual observer might suppose, and
every citizen who has at heart the welfare of
the whole community is interested in provid-
ing suitable employmen OF for the clase of labor
of which We have spoken.
Year: 1878

How A LITTLE GIRL FACED DEITH-willle,
bright little daughter of Mr. T. w. Walton,
died recently at her fathers residence, near
Roanoke. in the seventh year Of her age.
Little Willie had been Rlck long time, yet
she boEe her an ction with all the patience
and fortitude of one much older. On the day
Of her death she called her little brother and
sister around her and divided among them her
toys. She fingered until O'Clock in the even
ing, without the least apparent change, Ia
perfectly conscious condition, talking TO those
around her. She counted the strokes as the
clock tolled 7, and when It had finished she
turned to her father and aaid " Pa, will
never hear the clock strike again give me an
apple" The spple was given her, and after
eating piece Of 1t che began talking Of dying,
expressing great aversion 70 being pot under
the ground after death. She WAS assured that
Only her body was burlsd-that the GRtRit left
the body and went to heaven. This seemed 10
give her great relief, and again addressing her
father che said IS ma watching for me IN
heaven IN and on being assured she was, she
said f: Turn me over, then, and let me dle.7
She VAs tondorly turn ed on her side, and spoke
no more. The clock tolled 6 all the ssmo, bat
little Willie never heard it-ShO was dead.
Year: 1878

We borrow this heading from the very
interesting and circumstanital sketch of
the EXODUS Association" by our corre-
spondent at Charleston, printed in the
HERALD yesterday. 1t was kept stand
ing for many months at the head of the
columns of the Missionary Record, a
Southern religious newspaper, edited by
the Rev. Richard II. Cain, the colored
Representative in Congress from the
Second district of South Carolina, fur
nishing the keynote to animated and
persistent appeals to the colored popu-
lation of the South to improve their con-
dition by emigration to Africa. The
seed thus widely sown fell into a con-
genial soil. and at present emigration to
Africa is the uppermost topic among the
most intelligent and energetic portion of
the freedmen. This inspiring idea is not
freak of excited negro imaginations,
but business enterprise which will bear
its first fruit IN the sailing from Charles
ton to-day or tomorrow of the Liberlan
emigrant ship Azor with all the passen-
she was allowed to carry. This interest
ing voyage, which will be commemora-
ted in the future history of Africa as
that of the Maytlower is in the history
of America, is the result of many months
of preparation, and is the first step OF
what may turn out to be the Christiani-
zatlon and civilization of Africa, the
creation of a new and lucrative COM
merce and the solving of the destiny OF
the African race in American.
Year: 1878

THE Republican has discovered that
Messrs. Given and Carpenter, the County
Collectors of this Hundred, are substantial
citizens, taking care of the fruits of their
industry and like sensible men expendino
what they save from frugal living in as
sisting to build up the city. 1t was late
IN finding this out but it is better late
than never. 1t does not however see
that IN this the taxpayers have the fur
ther insurance that their money is being
Collected by trusty and safe hands, and
that there will be no danger of defalca.
uon IN payments. Hereafter the Levy
Court should make it point to appoint
no man collector in any part of the coun
ty, who is not substantial citizen, and
who will not make his payments in good
time.
Year: 1878

hand, and it would light him through
all the darkness he has to pass through
without any trouble, and when you
come to die, he could hold the lamp for
you when yougo to ascend the golden
stairs


And that precious scoundrel kept on
that strain until he had sold half a
dozen to every female in the room.
Cheek, Oh,ho.
Year: 1878

CINCINNATI paper: Understand me,
Mrs. Trevor. l don't say that your man
was drunk, or that he had been drink
ing. even, but my husband says he can
prove by three witnesses that they saw
him try to pare an apple with cork
screw in broad daylight. and l thought
that looked so suspicious I felt it my
duty as neighbor to come and tell you
about it.
Year: 1878

The process used in cutting diamonds
is exceedingly interesting, for we all
know that the hardest substance in the
world is this stone; yet when presented
to us in the form of a jewel it is cut in
most precise and geometrical man
ner. Diamonds, like most crystals of
the same formation, can be split in a
certain direction; this property, known
as cleavage" allows the first rough
shape to be given to the stone, and
also to remove the outward crust, or
such parts as are defective. The stone
is then fastened with cement to the end
of the extremity of stick, and as moth
ing but a diamond can cut another, it
is rubbed against another diamond
mountedin a similar fashion. Diamond
dust mixed with oil is placed between
the two stones. A flat surface, or
g facet" is thus formed on each dia-
mond. The cement is then heated,
and the position of the stone changed,
and this operation is repeated until the
diamonds show the elements of the
shape that is ultimately to be given
to them. The grinding and polishing
to which the stone has still to be sub
jected are done on circular steel hori-
zontal tables revolving at great speed
and covered with diamond dust and oil;
the stones are held to brass handles
with soft solder. The process is long
and expensive, besides requiring great
skill on the part of the workman, who
can greatly increase the value of a
stone by skillful cutting. Diamonds
when cut affect either the shape of
Z" brilliant or that of a &C 'rOse." The
brilliant has a flat surface at the top,
called the table," from this the facets
slope outward till they reach the
"girdle,'' or point of greatest width
of the stone; from there they decrease,
forming an invertedpyramid terminated
by small facet. Rose diamonds are
made out Of thinner stones, and often
chips from large diamonds, and are cut
in pyramidal shape, the base of which
is in the setting. Almost microscopic
roses are used for ornament in gold
work, and, when set quite close togeth-
er, form caillouti. Diamonds and
most precious stones are sold by
weight, the unit being the carat. The
value of diamonds increases with the
size more than it does with the weight,
SO that a two-carat stone is worth four
times as much as one-carat stone.
Diamonds are most valuable when
quite pure white, but pink, black and
dark yellow diamonds are often of great
value. Imitation stones in glass have
been made, with more or less success,
at different times, in different coun-
tries, but they can in very few in
stances pass for real gems. The most
dangerous gems are those called doub-
lets. where thin coating of real stone
is applied to base of colored glass;
the sapphire is one of the stones that is
most successfully initiated in this way.
Frederic Voss, in Hdrper's Bazaar.
Year: 1878

Several subscriptions for this paper for period of six months have run ogt. and go adopted the plan Of marking fl cross on the paper. to show that the time hod expired. Several, seeing the mark, sent us the money to renew their subsctiI- tions. Th0ro arc others who have not dono so. and aftor reasonable time we stopped the papor We request of nil subscribers who fail to get their paper to send us n postal card, and if thelr time has not expired, VIC will furnish gn0ther copy.

 We are publishing very cheap paper, and in order to do so successfully, we ask payment In advance, more particu- Iarly from those who reside at distance and we respectfully ask that when ordering the paper they will send the money also.

 We send the paper to my post office in the United States and Canada for one dollar. There is no extra charge for postage.

 There remains but three moro issues of volume l, and we are in hopes of hearing favora1ly from all the friends and patrons, of THE BEE and as many new ones as may be pleased to favor us with their patronage.
Year: 1878

"A prominent Democratic Senator, in
Speaking of the chances of Senator Bayard
for the next Presidential nomination, said
th the statement ad been made that he
would 60 into the convention with the
support of a old South. Though, he was
an admirer of Senator Bayard, yet, Of his
own knowledge, he could say that the
hard money views Of the Senator would
find no sysmpathy in the South, and un>
less great and complete change of feel
ing on financial questions was had, he
greatly doubted. whether Mr.! Bayard
would receive the support Of delegation
frem even single Southern State.
Year: 1878

The suffering Of our brothers in the Mis-
sissippi valley is almost incredible. Through
the reeking miasma and the fever-laden at
mosphere the wall of woe and misery comes
to us. Every instinct of man, every throb
of conscience and prick Of duty prompt to
action in relieving the plague-smitten peo-
pie of the South.


In other cities, measures have been taken
to give help to the suffering. Here, to our
discredit, no organized effort has been
made beyond the simple appeal to the
Young Mems Christian Association, and
that Of the Catholic Temperance Union, of
Memphis, which we published in yesterday
mornings HERALD. Have any of you ever
thought of the facts as they exist in the
plagued citiess A whole family sickened
to death, lying IN unutterable agony of body
and mind. Children tortured with thirst
and racked with pain, calling upon their
sick or dying parents for help. unable to
comprehend why It was not given. No
doctor to give relief. No nurse to combat
the disease. The ministers of religion worn
odt or unable to attend. The gasish light
of the hot sun laden with woe and suffering.
Death holding high revel in those sad Mis-
sissippi homes, while we here are eojoying
ourselves in the healthy breeze, within the
n r,}nn}n
excursion.


Shame upon you men and women Of Will
mington Your brothers and sisters should
not die "the dogs death" while you have
the means of relief Organize in mercy's
sake, and let the fullness of your charity
atone for your tardlness In action. Our
Mayor is large-hearted let him take the
first step by calling our citizens together.
Year: 1878

We haye been told that it takes three
generations to make a gentleman we
may believe that it will take Us much or
more to make a woman. A being of
radiant physique the heiress of ancestral
health on the natural side; creature
forever more of nerve than of muscle,
and therefore trained to the energy of the
muscle and the repose of the nerve ply
scally educated by mothers of her own
fiber, and by physicians of her own sex
such woman alone is fitted to acquire
the drilled brain, the calmed Imagination,
and sustained aim which constitute intel.
lectual command.


GA creature capable OF this command,
in whom emotion intensifes reflection,
and passion strengthens purpose, and
self-pose is substituted tor self-extrava-
gance-such creature only is com petent
to the terrible task of adjusting the sacred
individuality of her lie to her supreme
capacity of loye, and the supreme bur-
dens and perils which it imposes upon
her.


"a man in whom the sources OF foelin O
are as deep as they are delicate, as peren-
nial as they are pure; whose affection
becomes a burning ambition not to be
outvied by hers, whose daily soul is large
enough to guard her, even though it were
at the cost OF sharing it, from the tyranny
of small corrosive care which gnaws and
gangrenes hers-such man alone can
either comprehend or apprehend the love
of such woman.


''No man conceives what a woman will
do or dare tor him. until he has surprised
her nature by the largest abnegation of
which his own is capable. Let him but
venture the experiment. il he will find
him vanquished by her in generosity to
the end OF the sweet warfare Then first
he knows what he has won for then only
does she suffer him to know. 1t is not
till then that reverence and surrender
radically begin their life in her. Nay,
then, he is the man, he only among men,
who understands what woman's tender
ness IS. With her he is a crowned crea-
ture but with him she is afree one."-
An extract from the "Story OF Avis" by
Miss Phelps.
Year: 1878

There are ten shades of red this. season in women's toggery and three hundred and forty seven shades of blue about the husband and father who foots the dry goods and millinery bills
Year: 1878

The necessity for cToss-tOwu surface railways is
au Immediate result of the opening Of the rapid
transit roads. The scheme for the extension of the
Forty Street Railroad from Tenth-ave. to
the East River would be unobjectionable, if. in
accordance with the law of the State the acquies-
cence of two-hrds of the property had been
obtained and tho franchise had been put up at auc-
tion and sold to the highest bidder, was done in
the caso of the Twenty-third Street and other
roads. The privilege of operating the proposed
line is worth $3.50, 900 at least and the only COM
pensatou which the projectors offer to the city is
beggarly provision by which three per cent of the
earnings shall be returned to the treasury; and this
clanse can be repealed at any lime by the
Board of Aldermen. Under the circum-
stances Mayor Ely acted wisely in veto
ing the bill which had been sanctioned
by the Common Council and his action should be
promptly sustained. Chapter 14O, Laws of 1850,
provides that


The Common Councils of the several cities OF this
State shall hereafter permit to be constructed In
vthont the consent thereto OF majority in interest OF
the OF property upon the streets IN which sH,d
tanned For the purpose OF determining what eonsti
said majority IN interest reference sua DC nad 70
the assessed value OF tho whole located upon suoh street
or avenue.


As this law is so explicit the potitioning corpora
ton should be compelled to file satisfactory evi-
dence that tho acquiescence of the property
has been secured in this instance. The Aldermen
cite as an excuse for ignoring the requirements of
the law. n tricky little clause in a bill smugglcd
through in 1876. The ostensiblo purpose of the bill
WAS 10 facilitate the construction of railroads be-
tween counties. The tricky clause lngeniously
Riyes TO Common Councils and village
trustees similar power within their limits.
Everybody knows that the Legislature in
passing this claw never dreamed that it was
thro wing the streets of New-York again at the
mercy of its Aldermen. We got through with that
system good while ago, aud the people are not
likely 10 consent that the Board of Aldermen shall
now again assume power which would give
them the opportunity any day to locate a
street railroad up Fifth-ave. down Broad
way. Points enough were strained In forcing
through the rapid transit roads to meet an impera'
tive public necessity. Tho people are now in no
mood TO have the points strained even more for the
sake of helping along crOss-town surface roads for
which tho real need is far less lmpressng.
Year: 1878

of many Democrats, and stand good chance
Of success.


Meantime, the Democratic organs are shout
ing to their followers that the great thing is
to stand firm, and not bother about the cur
rency question. which is of no importance
whatever, and "only a piece of claD-trap
" to bait the unwary with" And Senator Bar
nun. contemplating the muddle with painful
solicitude, keeps weather-eyo on the Legis-
lature and the main chance. His activity will
begin with the nomination of State Senators
and Representatives. If he secures majority
of these he can afford to look on the rest Of
the struggle with philosophic serenity,
Year: 1878

shoud draw political dead-line through the camp.
and then decree that anyone who crosses it to reach
after an office be shot in his tracks unless be can
prove by an unmistakable brogue that he was born
In green little island over the sea. Fortunately
there is no law to prevent hard-money Democrats
from helping to send Mr.. Brigham to Congress or
10 prohibit Democratic clubs from following
the example already set by two OF three of
these organizations which have determined
to support Colonel TOffey for Sheriff. The
elections Of these gentlemen under the circum-
stances could hardly be classed among Republican
victories, but it would teach the trainers of the
anthropoid ticket a lesson which would not be
liable to drop out of their memories in hurry.


III theatrical managers do not by -and-by learn that
they get their moneys worth in the advertisements
they pay for and that this business transaction gives
them no claim upon the editorial columns, II will
not be for lack Of sharp lessons. 1t is Booths
Theatre, now, which undertakes to extort favor
able criticism from The ECeaing Post by dis
continuing its advertisement, on the alleged
ground that the criticisms are injurious. The
Post very properly tells the managers that they
will get just the same criticism again when
ever they to deserve it, whether they stop their
advertisements or not. The Post must be mis-
taken however, we think, in attributing the piece
Of dOnkeyism which it describes to that expert
enced and sensible manager, Mr.. Harry Palmer. 1t
is much more like the clumsy handiwork of the per-
son who desires to be known as Commodore I"
TOOkpr
Year: 1878

The new State of Colorado takes a special
interest IN the subject of fraud in elections.
The Democrats of the State, being highly in
dignant at the acts by which their party
Presidential election, made the Great Fraud
of 1876, as 1t is usually termed by
Democratic authorities, leading feature
in their platform. By this means the
people of Colorado were led to consider
the whole subject of cheating IN elections
Year: 1878

General Buffers Republican constituents OF
the With Massachusetts District are not
content with the prospect of his defeat as a
candidate for Governor, and with the certainty
of his retirement as a Congressman; they de-
mand, by the unanimous voice OF the Con-
vention, that he resign his seat, even for the
brief term that remains of the present Con-
gress. And the set of resolutions in which tins
mest reasonable desire is expressed make
highly edifying reading, considering the iat-
tude from which they come. The General Is
denounced as a traitor to the Republican
party for his course during the past two years
in organizing a new party to break down his
own, and in antagonizing the Republican
party in the House, in the Potter Com
mittee and at home, although he accepted
his last nomination from Republicans as a
Republican. Therefore, his constituents call
upon him to retire from a seat which he
gained by false pTetenCes, and, with consider
able pathos, remind voters who may be


listening to his seductive promises, that they
have been found in the past "neither gold
"nor good paper, but kind of fiat currency,
"hayIng no intrinsic value cheap. deusiyr,
irredeemable and worthless" These are the
accents of truth, and the voter who trusts
Butler will come to that conclusion after
election. Bat we doubt if the country ex-
pends a great deal of sympathy upon the sad
plight of the With District The voters there
knew Il few things about Butler when they
elected hlm, and it may serve a useful pur-
pose to let him stand for the District a little
while longer
Year: 1878

The suspension. pending the Adelphi inves-
tigation, of the Steamboat Inspector who pro-
nounced the boilers of the steamer to be
sound, is a just act His certificate was only
three months old when the explosion showed
the boilers to be fairly rotten, and he will
be expected to reverse the usual rule and
prove his innocence.
Year: 1878

The report of the condition of the Peabody
Educational Fund makes an encouraging ex-
hbit, in spite of the financial embarrassments
of the past year. The people of the South
have seemed most anxious for instruction at
the time when it seemed most difficult to give
it; the attendance at the schools is greater
than ever before, and the interest more nearly
nnlYersal
Year: 1878

The question of the constitutionality of the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment, which
is, to be argued before the General Term of
the Supreme Court, should be heard without
delay. Whether the taxing power may be
vested in that Board is matter too inn
pOrtant to be left in doubt. 1t should be
authoritatively decided by the Court of APP
peals before the approaching session of the
Legislature.