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Year: 1878

JUDGE DAVID SHEEKs becomes 8
candidate for the Legislature to repre-
sent TraYis and Blanco counties.
Everybody knows his merits. He is
an able lawyer and advocate, and as a
representative of the people would re-
fleet credit upon the district. He will
command a very large support from all
classes who would see our people rep
resented. With him in the House and
Terrell in the Senate, this would no
longer be known as the "orphan dis
trict of Texas"
Year: 1878

Has it never occurred 20 the thought.
full reader that the New York AdcO-
cate, which is now sent all over the
South, at twenty-five cents year, to
men WHO never hesrd of it until they
received the paper, is kept alive in a
strange way! Any printer will state
that the paper cannot be published for
'ess than one dollar year for each
subscriber. Seventy FIVE cents is thus
lost on each subscriber. 1t boasts that
it has subscription list of million.
Now who loses the $3.50, 900 sunk in
its publications A paper which at
tempts to build up party by appeal
ing TO the envy, the prejudice and Gu
pidity of the poor as we'll as to the
ignorant, must be supported by those
plotting to destroy free institutions.
All history shows that when the
poor are aroused against the rich
and form parties on agrarian ideas, free
government approaches its end. To
escape destruction under the taxing
power, capital secures an army and its
leader governs the state. There is no
tyrany like the tyrany of msjorities
who Override constitution, and it is
g strange fact that In no state platform
of tue Greenback party Is the Consti-
tuition of the government referred to or
devotion to its limitations expressed.
A Northern capitalist openly avowed
his willingness last winter to give a
million of money for monarchy. May
not the money of such men be now
given to promulgate ideas, which when
revolution is attempted, will accom-
plish his wish2
Year: 1878

PEOPLE who advocate the concession
of the privilege of suffrage to women
may not be pleased to see that ell the
candidates for the Governors Office in
Massachusetts, favor woman's suffrage.
Both Talbot and Butler are personally
in favor of woman suffrage, and DR..
Miner is running on a woman suffrage
platform. The Woman's Suffrage
journal says:


To try, therefore, to enlist suffra-
gists, as such, either for or against
either of these candidates, would be
absurd. The choice between them
must be made on other considerations.
The woman suffrage battle must be
made in the choice Of Representatives
and Senators, who will vote for woman
suffrage in the Legislature next winter.
Year: 1878

IT does seem to rs, if sammy Tilden
expects the Potter committee 70 make
much fuss about his having been
cheated in the big game Of bluff, that
he should have those books that were
taken from the ecurt house By violence
brought back.
Year: 1878

The DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BILL.


The meeting of the Senate committee on
District OF Columbia which was to have been
held to-day has been postponed until TO-
morrow. 1t is the intention of the committee
TO report the new District government bill with
amendments to the Senate Tomorrow Sena-
tors ingalls, and Harris, the subcommittee to
whom the bill was referred for revision, are at
work on the measure this afternoon, and will
report the result of their aborS to the full com
mlttee tomorrow morning.


SESSION OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE


DISTRICT TO-DAY.


The House committee on the District of Co
lumbia to-day agreed to report a resolution to
the House, prohibiting the changing of horses
on pennsylvania avenue. This will do away
with the open air stable which the Washington
and Georgetown Railroad Company has so
long maintained at the intersection of Penn
SylYanla avenue with 1St street.


The committee also agreed to the bill, re-
Gently introduced in House by Mr.. MAYHEM,
land heretofore printed in THE starr REQUEST
ing information as to whether the Court of
Claims has the time to pass upon and adjudi
cate the claims against the District of Column
bia.


1t also decided upon the recommendation of
the subcommittee appointed to investigate
the subject that all the railroad lines coming
into the city Of Washington should do so on
the same tracks, and directed the clerk of the
committee to invite the companies interested
to confer through their representatives with
the committee on that subject.
Year: 1878

THE CONVICT LEGISLATOR VoTrD Orr
the Ohio House yesterday resolution declar


ing the seat OF Representative John O'Connor
vacant was voted 0n-6l yeas and Is negative
votes being cast. The decision OF the Sneakar
as to the adoption or defeat of the resolution
was reserved until TODAY
Year: 1878

In the Country. Their Stock of fine goods will be
unusually large. and We understand they intend to
reduce largely, in order 10 increase their loans.
tt cir enterprise and faithful care for legitimate
business should he encouraged. my6-u
Year: 1878

An ominous indication of the lawless tenn


per of portion of our population is afforded
by the war against labor-saving machinery
which has broken out in some parts of the


West. Mowers, reapers, and other heavy
instruments of husbaudry are broken up,
barns and ricks are fired, and farmers warned


that unless they at once so back to the sole
employment of hand-labor their property will
be destroyed. This raid upon machinery is a
direct result of Communist teachings. Our
idlers have been taught that no man has a


right by the exercise of industry, frugality or
ingenuity, to earn and save more money than
is earned or saved by his idle, dissolute or
spendthrift neighbor. They have been taught
that the accumulation of property is theft.
They have been taught that the rich man
is expressing them and taking the food from
their mouths. They have been taught that
the Money Power has reduced them to pov-
erty and distress. Believing these things
they lCok upon the farmer who has planted


great fields and expects at haryest-time to
sell immense crops, as robber who is taking
the bread from their mouths, who makes his
wealthy refusing to employ laborers and uses
instead iron machines that multiply his i'll.
gotten gains at the expense of his fellow men.
He is bloated capitalist who starves Others
that he may live in luxury. Logically enough
they assert what they have been taught to
Year: 1878




BEFORE getting excited over the ruling out
of Columbia from one of the races of the
Henley regatta it is well to recall what the
English journal, PaU,Mall. had to say of the
crew some weeks ago. 1t said: "Their steer
ing is decidedly erratic. 1t would be great
pity if foul should take place in any race in
which they are engaged, for in such case
we should never hear the last of it in the
American press. If, however, the Columbia
men do not manage their steering gear better
in the regatta than they do at present in prac-
tice, it will be over on foul, more especially
if they are drawn three in heat" 1t is just
possible that the English did not intend to
cheat, and that the steering of the Coumbias
was not absolutely perfect. 1t would be a
pity to justify the i'll opinion held of us by the
Englishmen and cry foul play whenever we
happen to be defeated.
Year: 1878

TITUS OATES ANDERSON, before the SEN
ate committee in 1876, testified that he signed
and swore to the protest from East Feliciana
as supervisor of the election. He now swears
before the Potter committee that he signed,
but did not write or swear to that protest,
because it was partly in blank, and was un-
true in the statement that intimidation in the
parish had prevented the Republican major
ity from registering and voting. But all the
witnesses called to verify that statement
prove that he did write, sign and swear to
the protest, and clearly establish his treach-
cry and perjury and his corrupt bargaining
with the Democracy to perjure himself as
means OF fraudulently securing the State to
Tilden.
Year: 1878

THE Republican Congressional Committee
ought to hurry up its work, as the Potter
Butler committee is about to adjourn. Mrs.
jerks has gone home, Anderson has found a
warm climate, and the sources of Republican
campaign capital are being dried up.
Year: 1878

A CORRESPONDENT wants to know about
the reduction of the tobacco tax. The bill
for the reduction passed the House, but for
tunately did not succeed in passing the Sen
ate. But the agitation of the question had
Year: 1878

Paper emissions by the government are
of n nature SO Liable to abuse, L may say
so certain to be abused, ihat the wisd ON of
the government will be shown by never
trusting itseIf W tn SO seducing and dam
gerOus n power"
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
nut as a guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
Year: 1878

"I will cay but one thing in praise Of
my daughter" said happy father
at that daughters wedding-breakfast.


"She is a thorough and practical house
keeper" Gould any compliment have
been higher? What an Endorsement it
was of the good sense and prospective
comfort of her husband ! For man
has so much of the animal in his nature
that he cares more for a good dinner
than he does-so long as his appetite is
unappeased-to listen to the music OF
the spheres. Heavy bread has made many
heavy hearts, give rise to dyspepsia and
it's herd of accompanying torments.
Girls who desire that their husbands
should be amiable and kind should
learn how to make light bread. A story
is told of a happy wife who, when asked
how she managed her husband 80 sue.
cessfully, replied, with roguish smile,
"My dear, I feed him WE'LL" There is
a great deal in that. Those wives who
are entirely dependent upon hired cooks
make sorry show at housekeeping.
The stomach performs very important
part in the economy of humanity; and
those who are forgetful of this fact com.
NIT o serious mistake. Even the lion


may be tanned by keeping him well-fed
Year: 1878

"A foreign paper contains the following
in regard to the cure of rheumatism by
the means of bee stings. The cores
pondent says: "That his wife having
suffered SO much as to be unable to en-
ioy any sleep or rest for the space of six
months, the right arm being very lame,
preventing her from doing any house
hold work, making her unable even to
dress or undress herself, and having
heard that q farmer, quite incapacitated
by rheumatism, had been accidentally
stung by bees and thereby got entirely
cured, he persuaded his wife to try this
remedy, as the pain from the sting Of
the bees would not be greater than that
already suffered. Three bees were
therefore laid and pressed upon the
right arm. for q considerable time. in
order that the poison bladder OF the in
sect should entirely empty itself. The
effect produced wus astonishing, as the
lady, even on the first night, was enabled
to enjoy long, good sleep, the first time
for at least six months, the racking pain
being entirely gone. The arm was, OF
course, swollen greatly in consequence
of the stinging, but the swelling ols'
appeared gradually upon the application
of some cooling lotion. All pain was


gone the lame arm recovered its pre-.
vious vigor, and not the least sign OF


rheumatism hes since shown ltseiI'
Year: 1878

To understand the philosophy of rain,
few facts from observation must be
remembered. Were the atmosphere at
oil times of uniform temperature, we
should never have any rain or hail, or
snow. The water absorbed by it in
evaporation from the sea and earth
would descend in an imperceptible
vapor, or cease to be absorbed by the
air when it was once fully saturated.
The absorbing power OF the atmosphere,
and consequently its capacity to retain
humidity is proportionately greater in
warm than cold air. The air near the
surface of the earth is warmer than in
the region OF the clouds. The higher
we ascend from the earth the colder we


find the atmosphere. Hence the per-
petual snow on very high mountains in
the hottest climate. Now when from
continued evaporation, the air is highly
saturated with vapor, though it be
invisible and the sky oloudless, its
temperature is suddenly reduced by
currents descending from above or rush
ing from higher to lower latitude, its
capacity to retain moisture is dimin
ished, clouds are formed, and the result
is rain. Air condenses when, it cools,
and, like sponge. filed with water and
compressed, pours out the water which
it cannot hold. How singular, yet how
simple the philosophy of rain.
Year: 1878

An aquarium, which is source OF
never ending amusement to the members
of household, can be easily made. In
fact, any glass jar that will hold from a
half gallon to gallon OF water will an
swer for child's aquarium. The tanks
with flat sides, of course, are better, be-
cause the things within look much larger
than they really are. If you stock it with
fish alone, the water must be changed
every few days, or they will die; but II
few water plants be added, the tish
and plants will both do nicely for long
while without changing the water. Any
common plant such as you will lind IN IN a
shallow fresh water pond will do. The
water slat-work has little chickweed-
like leaves floating on the water, and
others of different shape below. This
and the mermaid weed you will readily
find. Wash the plants, pick away all the
dead parts, and tie in small bunch; to
this fasten stone to keep it down, and
put it into the jar. Keep it from direct
sunlight for day or two. Get dozen
or two of snails, of as many different
kinds as you can, (they are abundant in
small streams,and on the edges ofponds,) }
and put these in the jar also. Put in a
few young tadpoles if they can be had,
and couple of small fish. If, after a
while, the fish come to the surface often,
to breathe, there are too many animals
for the plants. The snails will crawl
along the sides and eat off the green
scnm which forms upon the glass, and
if there are not enough snails to do this,
tie O bit of sponge to stick and rub
the glass until it is clear. Tadpoles
develop very slowly, and the changes
can be watched. Lizards are very anus
ing to have in an aquarium. They are
fond of flies ii thrown upon the surface
of the water while living. Small fresh
water Holsters can be found In most
rivers, and also look very pretty, A few
white pebbles and pretty shells may be
placed in the bottom of the jar. Both
instruction and amusement may be de-
rived from this easily contrived aqua
rum in miniature. /"


A little boy asked his mother to talk
to him, and say something funny.
"Hos can II" she asked, "dont you
see am busy baking these pies p
"Well, you might say, Charley, won't
you have pie? That would be fun ny.
Year: 1878

You cannot dream yourself into q
character ; you must hammer and forge
yourself one.


Alas if the principles are without
us, the height Of station and worldly
grandeur will as soon add cubic 10 q
mans stature as to his happiness:


What is even poverty itself, that a
man should murmur under it? 1t is
but as the pain of piercing maiden 8
ear, and you hang precious Jewels IN the
wound.


We cannot study our hearts too fre.
quently or too closely. Every DAY a
new lesson is to be learned, and one
which may surprise if not confound US;
No man ever prospered in the world
who did not know something of the
human heart. It is knowledge neces:
sary to, and added to perseverance and
industry, is the key to success in Life.
Year: 1878


Yon hillside with its shafts Of cleaning white,
Bathed in the glory Of the setting sun,
Holds many grave where, hidden from our


sight,


Some loved one sleeps, ife's toll and labor
But theie are graves over whose slumbsring


mould


Nopoished marble rears its stately head,
And where no fragrant flowers above unfold
TO waken pity for the quiet dead.
These are the graves deep down within our


hearts,


Where lie the hopes and dreams of early


years,
Buried from sight, but 8 'gnalled by such marks
AS only can be made by blood and tears
Some early love that crowned us in our youth,
And made life glorious for short sweet
Some cherished promise, robbed OF strength


and truth,


Crushed in the morning of its newborn


power.
Here is the spot where memory has engraved
The form aud face Of one We called friend,
One for whose welfare we would cen have


braved


Censure and heartache to the bitter end.
But twas not wisely done and SO We draw
Before the treachery Of the smiling eyes
A heavy veil. The cold world if it saw,
Would proffer pity in thousand lies.
So lifo goes on. We lay the forms away
OF thugs We loved not wisely but too well,
And in the lapse Of years ve lesrn to stay
The fretful chanting Of their funeral knell.
We learn to smile, before the smiling throng,
Although tho adder's fangs be deeply set;
And join, perhaps. our voices in the song,
To soothe the pain We never can forget.
And thus we learn to envy the calm rest
OF those who sleep beneath the silent sod
; Bound with ife's CALLING chains, We know It's


best


To bend our heads and pass beneath the rod
And when We see some mourners helvy clad
In robes Of black, haggard, with tear


diramcd eye,
We know their lives would be more bright and


glad


Could they but reason-it Is life to die.
Mourn rot the slumbering dead. but rather


say,


Blest are the sleepers. Years may come and


80:
Heads that are brown and gold may turn to


gray;


But they are done with earth and tears and


woe.
Somewhere, we know, beyond the world Of
3 They will at last have found sweet Lethes


stream;


Where life is love, and love one long true
= dream
Year: 1878

Yesterday forenoon William Jacks, DR.,
about 10 years old, went out to
the Brandywine in company with several
other BOYS after "bull fuckers" Among
the number was boy by the name of Bow
m an. who had q revolver. Little Jacks
asked for the pistol and after carrying It
some distance be began handling 1t careless.
ly when 1t went of, the ball passing through
his hand, breaking the bone of the third
finger. This 10 the second boy who has
been shot while after bull fuckers within
the last few days, and we must say the
boys are getting the worst of IT..
Year: 1878

Their was quite large and highly re-
spectacle attendance at St. Paul's fair.
There was great deal OF pleasure derived
by the young people present from their
pleasant and pleasurable intercourse With
each other. It will remain open during
this week. We conjure our friends to visit
the Fair and aid good cause.
Year: 1878

In two years the Dover Delawarean
will be entitled to vote, as it closed its
18th year last Saturday. We esteem the
Delawarean as one of the best weeklies on
the Peninsula, and it is deserving of the
success it is meeting with.
Year: 1878

cattle and fodder, until a perfect picture
of Thracian lake dwelling is brought be


fore us. But 1t is unnecessary to go to
Thrace for parallel to the Swiss pile
houses. The lakes and wider rivers o.
our own country afford instances of a
similar habit of life among our pre-
historic ancestors. But nothing has yet
transpired to equal in importance and
interest the old lake villages which are


now the subject ofsuch ardent research
in Switzerland. Much as We have learned
in recent years about the strange and
interesting people whose traces have
been so suddenly revealed, it is probable
that still more remains to be discovered
The language and religion, the poetry
and tradition of the Ages Of Stone and
Bronze in Europe would indeed be
contribution to our knowledge of pre-.
historic man. LOUIS.
Year: 1878

Alas, how strange that men will yield
To poison's deadly drink,
And sacrifice their name and worth.
And sever every link
That binds them with noble tie
: To love, and to humanity.
Intemperance' sway rules well the day-
Easy and smooth the track;
The difficulties one would meet,
Would be in turning back;
For entering once, the day within
Is naught beside deep depths of sin.
Why not resist, in lifes first start,
This dread, prevailing curse;
Shrinking with horror from lis sight
And from its maddening use?
The future which they know TO be
Want, ruin, sin and misery.
Have wreiched homes and broken hearts
A doomed and saddened life?
Tears shed in vain, and prayers so Oft
Breathed by drunkards wife;
Have such like miseries failed to save,
And turn men from a drunkard S


grave:


q will reformation come,
And spread his influence round:
Turning the tide of present blight,
And Temperance pure abound?
Then welcome all such joy as this,
Reality of earthly bliss.
With patience, hope, and trust, we wait
Such future scenes to see,
Longing for time to turn the course
OF immortality;
o, strive for this, our greatest aim,
From drunken vice mankind reclaim.


-Erchdnge.
Year: 1878

Do you know you have asked for the
costllest thing


Ever made oy the hand above?
A woman's heart and a woman's life
And a woman's wonderful love?
Do you know you have asked for this


priceless thing,


As child might ask for toy?
Demanding what others have died to


win,


With the reckless dash of "a boy?
You have written my lesson ofduty out,
Manlike yoa have questioned me:
Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul,
Until I have questioned thee.
You may require your mutton shall al


ways be hot,


Your socks and your shirts be whole;
require your heart be true as Gods


stars,


And pure as His Heaven your soul.
You require cook for your mutton and


beef,


/ require far greater thing;
A seamstress your wanting for socks and


for shirts,
l look for man and king.
A king for the beautiful realm called


home,
And man, that the maker, God,
Shall look upon as be did the first
And say @it is very good"
1 am fair and young, bu. the rose will


fade


From my soft, young cheek one day
Will you love me then mid the falling


leaves,


Asyou did 'mong the bloom of Mayi
Is your heart an ocean so strong and


deep,


Imay launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she becomes bride.
l require all things that are grand and


true,


All things that man should be;
If you give this all / would stake my life
To be all you demand of'me.
If you cannot be this-a hundress and
y. ST cook


You can hire, and q little to pay,
But womanis heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way.
Year: 1878

The fight between Army officers and
the Indian Bureau is likely to be taken
up very early in the session Mr. Schurz
has of course espoused the side of the
Bureau and General Sherman that Of
the Army.
Year: 1878

Another matter-the guarantee of the
interest of the Texas Pacific Railroad
bonds-willsbe pressed to an early hear
ing. Prophecies lack a good deal Of
being facts, sometimes, and l forbear
But it is evident to those looking on
that the reaction in the public minds
provoked by the oppressive course Of
the Central Pacific road towards those
forced to patronize it, has been favorable
to the T & P enterprise; and this has
been rendered much more decided by
the refusal of Huntington's road to
comply with the laws and by its def.
ance of Government authority.
Year: 1878

THE STAR Of tome rrow will contain a list of
those receiving on New Year Day who may re-
quest or authorize the publication of their
names in such list. Matter intended for these
announcements dor which no charge is made)
may be sent in at any time before tomorrow
noon.
Year: 1878

A SOCIALIST ADDREsS.-The national execu-
tive committee OF the socialist labor party have
issued an address from their Cincinnati head
quarters calling for mass meetings everywhere
on January Is TO condemn the action of the
German government in suppressing the free
dom OF speech and OF the press
Year: 1878

quite IoIufDahCt OcCuTreu Yesterday in the
Lutheran church at Somerset, o. Within the
past few years about two-thirdS OF the congre-
CATION became dissatisfied with the preacher.
and withdrew. They have been wrangiing for
the possession of the church building for some
time, and yesterday decided to take it by storm
Those In possession called the city marshal TO
their assistance and elected the intruderS. In
the afternoon they organized the church and
held services unmolested. Each party now
threatens TO resort to law
Year: 1878

THE PRESIDENT and Mrs. Hayes, Vice PreSi-
dent Wheeler, Secretary EvartS and General
sherman left for New York this morning to
attend the annual meeting Of the New York
Historical Society. They Will return tomorrow
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