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Year: 1878

The LOuisidnian, Mr.. PINCHBACK's paper,
utters the following admonition to the Re-
publican party relating to the future of
politics:


II the recognized leaders of the National
Republican party desire the assistance of the
colored voter OF tho South to stay the food
tide of Democratic success which aims at Ma.
tonal power in 1880, they have neither by
word or deed demonstrated that desire; and
IT, as in 1876, the controlling influences in that
organization conclude to run the concern with
out colored voters, there is no reason in the
world why we should poril our own future
and that Of the race in the South, by assuming
the role Of political mendicants aud suppicat-
ing for the opportunity to be again deceived,
debased, and deserted.


The LoHisidnidn also presents the follow
ing as the probable future attitude Of the
Democracy:


Democracy in the South is still determined
aggressive, and hopeful, and hold the machin
cry OF the local governments of this section In
their hands, and are playing desperate game
for high stakes-the Presidency. The United
States Senate is virtually Democratic now, and
the retention Of power in tho lower House o
Congress will mako assurance doubly sure In
1850. If there are any sanguin8 people In thi.
country who believe and expect them to fail tt
improve every opportunity to accomplish the
purpose for which thoy have struggled through
disaster and defeat, for twenty years. we ar,
free to confess we are not Of that number


The editor of the LOuisidnidn has been
maltreated. He was entitled to seat in
the United States Senate, and was, in our
judgment, uniustlv kept therefrom. Under
this disappointment he does not enthuse
much for the Republican cause, while hs
admits that the Democrats are steadily
moving on to victory-a prospect which
does not make him appear very sad. w,
had sympathies with the editor of tn,
LOuiSidnidn when he was denied his seat IN
the Senate, for we thought il great mis-
take and q positivs injustice but this is n,
reason why ho should nurse his soro toe
beyond a reasonable period, and becom,
lukewarm toward cause and party tina
have done so much for him and his people
The Republican party, its principles, and
its destiny have mission that extends be,
yond the mere matter of individual prefer
ment and, when that measure is not filled
to answer personal ambition in every in
stance, it affords no good reason for dealing
the party blow in the face.
Year: 1878

FIELD is his name He has been full
fledged citizen OF the United States for the
lengthy period Of two months. Now he is
exalted to the national Office of Doorkccpcr
of the House of Representatives. The moral
OF ull this Is that the Democrats were afraid
TO trust u man whose continuous conncc-
ton with their party might be calculated
to make him q follower in the footsteps of
FITZHrGH, PATTERSON, and POLK. A man
who had been weaned from Democratic
habits by temporary association with the
Khedive of Egypt proved to be the most
available candidate ut their disposal. In
other words, they groped in Egyptian dark
ness for All honest man.
Year: 1878

THE absquatulated VANCE threatened two
years ago to make things musical hereabouts.
The nearest approach to realization of his
threats seems to be his recent elopement
with handsome female music teacher.
We listen with eager ear for the first strain
Of his melliiuous notes rs the detectives
place their hands on his broad and manly
shoulders out in San Francisco and inform
him that abduction, seduction swindling,
corruption, desertion, and false pretences
are combined in the grand chorus OF charges
that pursue him in his harmonious escapade
harmonious, Of course with his disgrace
full attempt to besmirch honest men through
the means of Democratic Congressional
investigation.
Year: 1878

The Democratic organ had an article re-
Gently giving credit to two comparatively
obscure Democratic Congressman for having
saved the people millions of money in the
recent mail lettings. This is an astounding
demonstration Of funkyism for which we
feel certain the gentleman named will not
thank the writer. What makes the matter
so transparent is the fact OF its being utterly
impossible for the persons named to in any
way the most remote have influenced one
in a thousand of the bidders, even had they
been so disposed, which is doubtful. 1t IL
an old and trite maxim, which il would be
well for our contemporary to remember, that
where there is plausible cause lurany state
OF facts 1t is not worth while TO strain n
point for others more obscure 1t is well
known that the saving in this case is due to
causes far beyond the control OF individuals.
The competition in bidding was greater
than ever before, on account of the general
stagnation of business. Aaother reason lor
the low estimates is that everything re-
quired In the mail service is cheaper than
four years ago; indeed, Than ever before.
Moreover, on many routes there are less risks
to run from savages and other Interruptions


To these cuus,s may be added the fact that
more people than usual, owing 10 the hard
Year: 1878

THE Democratic party will not reap
very rich harvest of respect and confidence
in its sacrifice of Polk. This little patch
of reform is by far too small to cover its
multitude of sins, and withal is rotten of
itself
Year: 1878

The Missouri delegation in the House
lost golden opportunity to do a generous
thing and at the same time accomplish
shrewd political stroke yesterday. If
they had, backed up as they probably would
have been by the votes and influence of
such men as BRAGG and BoUCK, of Wis
consin, ex- Union generals, gone to the aid
of General BrTLER's proposition to elect
ex-senator SHIELDS to be Doorkeeper, they
would have fairly covered themselves with
glory General SHIELDS, it is true, is sixty
eight years old; but he bears honorable
scars now in the battles of his country
fought when some of the men who now
ignore his claims were in their swaddling
clothes. Among them is a wound, still open,
received in the Mexican war. Since that
time he has serv, d ~ United States Senate
Major General in the Union Army Com
missioner of the Land Office, and in other
positions of trust and honor. But he was
probably back-capped," as the sporting
phrase goes, by his Union record and the
Southern Claim Agents-otherwis the ex-
Confederate majority Of the Democracy in
that body-determined TO make fight for
the preferment OF some patriot of their own
peculiar intensity of devotion to the old
flag and an appropriation" On the whole
it will be admitted that this last "brick ;
from Ben. BUTLERs hat struck something,
and the effect of the strike will hardly be
accepted as an opening wedge to his entry
into the ranks of the Union-hating Democ-
racy. Hit 'em again, General.
Year: 1878

Yesterday afternoon lady stepped of
the street cars at Fourth and Market street,
and lust as she reached the sidewalk a
street urchin, about ten years of age, put
his hand in hsr pocket and taking her
pocket book. attempted to run away when
the lady caught him by the arm. In the
struggle which ensued the young scamp
dropped the pocket book, and breaking
away before assistance could arrive, made
good his escape. Several parties chased
him down Fourth street, bat could not
catch him.
Year: 1878

News from Berlin says the recovery O.
the Emperor is progressing wonderfully
To- day he celebrated the forty-ninth ami
versary OF his marriage. ,as


Arrests from treasonable Eutterances
among the classes infected with Socialism
continue to be very prevalent. aa2a &c..


The subject of the approaching Congress
of powers In Berlin attracts relatively less
public attention than the internal crisis,
which is kept prominently in view by the
activity of the police and the partisan pre-
parat tions for the approaching election.
Year: 1878

Work on the Cool Spring Reservoir has
not been vcly brisk for the last few days.
owing to the wet weather. However, Coz
siderable advancement has been mad, and
they arc now making ready for puddlina'
the sides of the reservoir, preparatory to
walling with Drick
Year: 1878

THERE is some rumor of an independent


candidate for Coroner coming out from the
Erank of the defeated Democratic candidates
The person who Is dreaming of this action
Ia ad better take care. The Democracy is
in no mood to be annoyed with disorganizers.


Jacob Butz was fairly nominated, and will
ha AIpctad
Year: 1878

TIE CHINESE FAMINE.-The Well-fed
American pnblic reads in the Asiatic
news of the day that seventy millions of
human beings are starving to death i'm
four provinces of China, and the an
nouncement makes less impression up-
on it than the death of almost any dis
tinguished man of our own nation.
And yet if the busy throng reflects long
enough to catch the significance ofthese
figures it should be startled and appal-
led by the magnitude of suffering and
death which they represent. For these
seventy millions are men and women
and their children. They are human
in their anatomy, human in their
thoughts, affections, hopes, fears and
aspirations, and this almost countless
swarm is threatened with wholesale
starvation. Let us imagine every man,
woman and child in the United States
and the Canadas with only the scantiest
store of the coarsest food on hand and
no hopes of replenishing it, and TO
this number add about twenty millions
more in the same condition and we shall
get an idea of the extent and grow inp
horror of the Chinese famine. Take
ali the living human beings on the globe
and here are a sixteenth of them i'm the
fearful extremity of famine. IL Is the
problem of life and not of indigestion
with which they are contending, and
Il seems likely TO prove too knotty for
their solution.
Year: 1878

knew prominent New York lady
who gave great reception to new pas
tor from across the water, four or five
hundred people being present. Many of
the young men, Sabbath school teach
ers, etc, became so boisterous that the
hostess was greatly mortified, and
resolved never again to offer wine at
her public entertainments. A promi-
nent New York merchant. originally
an Englishman, never sat down TO
table without his wine and brandy.
and his three sons, in consequence, all
grew up drunkards. One became SO
abandoned that his father cast him out
of the house. AT last, some temper
ance people brought about his reforma-
ton, and he came to see his father Oh
New Years day. The old gentleman
said, "My son, I'm delighted to see You
again. I'm glad you've reformed"
Thoughtlessly he said, Lets drink TO
your better life, one glass of sherry"
The young man hesitated moment,
and then thought he would just drink
one glass. The old appetite revived,
and that night his father found him
dead:drunk in the stable.-rWilliam T..
Dodge.
Year: 1878

Some women are 10th TO credit their
husbands with good intentions. or to
give them credit due their genius and
enterprise. Such a woman lives on Adj
ans Avenue. She was fairly crazy
about ceramics, but in the midst of her
pottery decorations she was summoned
to New England to see dying relative.
Her husband, good soul, decided to ce-
ramic that house TO the most complete
extent during her absence, and he in
vested enough money in fancy transfer
pictures TO have bought his winters
coal.


lie pasted old Roman heads on the
new ell-posts, bordered the edges of the
stairs, had a paper monkey climbing up
each leg of the extension table, pasted
an alligator on each panel of every
door, had sailors tumbling over each
other on the water pitcher, ran border
along the Dashboard of the parlor,
pasted the teapot with red roses, bor-
dercd all the mirrors with lean dogs
running after fat rabbits, and gummed
the head of trotting horse Oh the back
of every chair. The panels in the bed
steads blossomed with girafles reaching
out for weeping willows and serpcnts
trailed around the legs of the piano,
and shot mad glances at small mules
with their heels in the air.


Some men would have stopped here
and waited TO be patted on the back and
encouraged to go ahead. This man
only waited TO lay in new supply of
pictures and make some more paste.
He whacked a dozen girafles on the tea
kettle, two or three of whom seemed
intent on going up the spout, fastened
an elephant to the handle of the spider,
and made the stove boiler fairly howl
with its burden of camels marching up
and down with their backs all bumped
up.


When every door-knob had been or
namented with the phiz of Queen Eliza
beth, and the family camphor bottle
made the groundwork for Spanish
bull-fght, the husband threw the shears
and four knives, two spoons and his
paste pail over the alley fence and
waited for his wife's return. She ar
rived the other day.


lie sent her home in a carriage from
the depot, and waited an honr or so
before following her. When he thought
she had had time to thoroughly inspect
his work he went home. Several bows
were playing on the walk, and as the
husband was unlocking the front door
they saw a woman's hand suddenly
reach out, seize his collar, and haul in
on him, and as his heels twinkled in the
air voice filed with emotion called
out:


I'll paste rhinoccroses on you Till
you can't wink"


They are in Il scrape at that house
scraping ceramics from the earth into
eternity Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1878

''But all who drink do not become
drunkards." | know that; but if fifty
young men begin TO drink, some will
assurcdly be ruined by ii. Then there
is risk. Now, we all desire safety
and security. Suppose you desire to
travel from New York to Chicago, and
there were two lines of road-one OH
which there were accidents constantly
occurring, on every train some disaster,
passengers killed and wounded; and
on the other, never since its opening
had there been a single accident.
Which road would you take? If Won
are sensible, and regard your own well
fare, You would take the safe one.
Suppose some one should tempt YOU to
take the risky road by telling you how
much more beautiful the cars were.
and what jolly company you would
find Oh board the train; YOU would
say: 81 care not so much for gaudy
cars and jolly company as for my
safety; want to be safe" Now, it is
your safety we seek when we urge YOU
to abstain entirely from strong drink,
There is no certainty that you will be-
come victims if you begin to indulge,
but there is risk.-[Exchange.
Year: 1878

a small church in Iowa that was stag
gering along under n comfortable debt,
and it looked to him as though it would
just be recreation for him to lift n coun-
try church out of the depths, after his
experience and success with the big
| churches in the great cities, with their
overwhelming indebtedness. So he
tackled the quiet little rustic Ebenezer,
and shook il out of all the debt he knew
of in about ten hours, and the building
was clear of all incumbrance.
Then, before the benediction was pro-
nounccd, the senior deacon arose and
stated that there had never been but one
payment made on the organ, and that
the accrued interest Oh the deferred
payments now amounted TO about dou-
BILE the principal.


Well, they raised this amount. and
Brother Kimball was OH the point Of
picking up his hat, when the sexton
rose and remarked that the man was
around last week, and said if the fur
mace wasn't paid for, the notice having
run year over their time, he would
take II out before next Sunday.


Mr.. Kimball laid down his hat, took
of his coat and the furnace debt was
lifted.


lie got one arm into his coat sleeve,
and nodded TO the pastor to dismiss
the congregation, when the president
of the Woman's Aid Society said she
wished to remark that the society had
been unable to fulfill their pledge to
pay for their pew cushions, and the mp
holstcrer had served notice on them
and she believed suit would be com
mcnced next week.


Brother Kimball groaned, slid his
arm out of his coat sleeve, headed the
subscription in the usual generous man.
ner and soon cleared the cushions,
throwing his coat over his arm and STRAIT
ing for the door on the run as soon as
this was accomplished. But the chorister
called out that he would like their dear
Brother Kimball to remain and assist
them i'll an effort to pay for the hymn
books, and also for having the organ
tuned. The 'dear brother eroaned.
stopped and assisted.


Once more he started for the door.
But Deacon Ophiltree said he believed,
while they were trying to clear off the
church debt, it would be well for them
to remember that the sexton had not
been paid anything since 1874, and that
the interest was running on his back





pay all the time. So Mr.. Kimba.l hal
ted once more and struggled along
until the sexton was made happy.


linen he got to the door, but some
one had locked it, and while he was
hunting for the key good sister arose
ana stated that the baptismal robes had
never been paid for, and the woman
VINO made them wanted the money.
inquiry OH this subject revealed the
startling fact that the robes had been
loaned TO neighboring churches, and
lost long ago, but they had to be paid
for, all the same.


Inc money was raised, and Mr.. KIM
ball WIS trying to climb out of the win
dow when he was pulled back and in
formed that there was an old tax title
on the lot when they bought it-that it
had never been cleared off.


Mr.. himball got this little flaw
cleared up with neatness and dispatch,
and was running brislily down the aisle
when he was collared by trustee and
informed that the man who had grained
the pulpit and kalsomincd the ceiling
last winter was there and wanted his
money
Year: 1878

At the beekeeper's convention, in ses-
sion in New York this week, when the
adulteration of honey was under discus
sion it was asserted that the bees were
fed with grape sugar or gincoss, and that
much of the honey offered in market is
adulterated. The Legislature OF New
York is to be asked to enact law
making the adulteration of honey pun
ishable ofiense.
Year: 1878

THE TWENTY THOUSAND MEN to be
sent by Russia TO the borders of Afghan
istan as "corps of observation" are
likely to see great deal Of interesting
lighting if they stay there long enough.
Great Britain is making elaborate prep
arations for what must In the end become
a war of conquest, IL there is hereafter to
be anything like security for the North
ern provinces of India.
Year: 1878

The WATER COMMITTEE is on the
right track; and we hope that the ordi-
nance offered last night by its chairman.
Lewis Paynter, Esq, will pass the
Council unanimously. Mr.. MEG Glinchey's
ordinance reducing the salary of the Chief
Engineer to $1,000 is also right. 1t will
buy as much now as S12O0 would four or
ilve years ago. If our citizens without
regard to party would only encourage
the members of Council to go forward in
the work of reducing expenditures we
are sure they would take it kindly and
we think act upon their advice.
Year: 1878

THAT stamped label on the cigar box
raises the price of the cigar from one
cent before the war to five cents now ;
that stamp on the match box raises the
price on box of matches from one cent
10 three cents; and on the box of medi-
cine for the baby the odious stamp does
the same. We are as much opposed to
having the lobby feed to keep these
stamps on as we are to subsidies for rail
roads and steamships. We beliese mem
oers OF Congress are paid to keep these
stamp laws in existence as they are PAID
u keep the patent rights renewed by such
men as Howe and Singer and the corpora
lions run in their names.
Year: 1878

THE spectacle of Unitarian confer
ence sitting in Methodist church is not
the least interesting and suggestive sign
of the times. Twenty years ago 1t is
doubtful whether any Methodist pastor
and board of trustees in the country
would have ventured, even if they had
desired to throw open the church doors
for such a gathering.-N. y. Sun
Year: 1878

IT IS very queer that while the foundry
people were nominating their Temper
ance party ticket, Mr.. Mann who is such
an advocate for the negro, did not suggest
the name of some colored brother for a
small place among the faithful.
Year: 1878

IN New York city while the public
school teachers continue to receive higher
salaries than the majority of the skilled
mechanics, two thousand three hundred
and eighty children were turned away
from the doors of the public schools be-
cause there is no room inside for them
Year: 1878

Most men and women must keen
In the traces, and keep pulling the
year round. All the more, there
fore, it is their duty to take things
easier as the longer days come on.
Take longer rest at noon. Put on
less steam when you are at work.
Snatch Sunday now and then
from the middle of the week. You
can'tP You can. People find
time to be sick and die. These can
just as easily find time to rest ard
keep well. All does not depend on
finishing that dress or fencing that
field, or putting up so much fruit,
or catching so many customers.
Better that the children should
wear old clothes than that their
mothers should be laid aside by a
fever. Better that the corn crop
be q little lighter than that there
should be no one to harvest it. Put
up the store shutters earlier at
night; prepare palmer meals in the
kitchen. Take a MONDAY nap
yourself, and give your employees a
chance to go fishing Of an after
noon, now and then. That only is
duty which the Lord lays upon us,
and he is not so hard a m after as
we do sometimes suppose.
Year: 1878

How q Standing Collar Won a suit.
New York Dispatch


All things are fair, so it is gener-
ally thought in war, in a horse
trade, or in a law case. It is prob
ably on that bad rule that the late
President Lincoln acted when he
defeated an antagonist before a
jury. The anecdoto is thus told by
DR.. Bateman:


He was often pitched against
eminent lawyers during trials iu
the Sangamon County Circuit
Court. On one occasion he was
opposed to very able advocate,
who made apoyerful, eloquent and
convincing speech to the Jury, aud
Mr.. Lincoln saw that it had been
very effective on the minds of the
jury. The gentleman, moreover,
was a man who was very precise in
his dress as well asmann.er and ora
tory.


But Mr. Lincoln had been OBJ
serving him, and saw a flaw in his
usually faultless attire,


"Gentlemen of the jury" said
cold Abe, when he arose to speak,
" the gentleman who has Just
spoken has made y strong a rgu-
ment. He has quoted the law Snd
evidence, and it is not for me to say
that he is wrong. He may be Or
rect in all that he has said. But
want you to take a good look at
him. Look especially at the upper
half, and then, gentlemen, tell me
if any man who comes before you
with his standing collar buttoned
wrong end to- with the points
sticking away out behind his ears,
may not be altogether mistaken in
all his arguments"


The plan was successful. Mr..
Lincoln had broken the spell which
the eloquence of his opponent had
thrown over the jury.
Year: 1878




Our community was shocked on last
Monday evening by the announcement
OF most outrageous crime having been
perpetrated FIVE miles south of Oxford
While alone at her residence the wife Of
Mr.. Rufus Warner, highly respectable
lady, was outraged and knocked in the
head with an ak, and left insensible
weltering in blood. It seems that her
husband was absent and the children
away from the house, but one of the lat.
ter, on approaching, saw a white man
run out Of the house with an ak in his
hand The screaming of the children
aroused the neighbors, and the citizens
OF the whole country turned out in
search OF the perpetrator of the foul and
hellish crime. We learn that some eight
or or ten tramps are now under arrest at
W ater Valley, and there is one in the
oxford Jail, but as we 20 to press moth.
ing definite is known IS to who commit.
ted the deed. Mrs Warner is still lying
insensible and in critical condi ton.