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Year: 1879

THE Canadian correspondent of the
London Times declares that the
Princess Louise is very much pleased
with her new home. The Duke and
Duchess of Edinburg and a Russian
feet commanded by Russian prince
will arrive in Halifax about June,
and there the Marquis of Lorne and
Princess Louise will pass the summer
The Prince of Wales and the Duke Of
Argyll are under promise to visit
Canada within the next year.
Year: 1879

WHAT does it profit man to have a
good business and to be making money il
he does not have health to enjoy it. Many
n mans life is made burden to him by
fever and ague when, if he would only
use Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic he would find
speedy relief 1t restores the appetite,
stimulates the digestion and corrects and
gives tone to the stomach, and is whole
some, invigorating and unfailing remedy
in bilious and malarial fevers and fever
and ague.
Year: 1879

If you wish to touch the feelings of
others by the means of music, your
heart must first have been touched by
its thrilling power. If you wish to
exaSperats the other editor in the vii
lage you must first listen to the organ
grinder twenty minutes before giving
him two dollars to play the balance Of
the afternoon for your contemporary.
Il Utica Observer
Year: 1879

BESIDES his salary of FIVE thousand
dollars and mileage, every congress
man is allowed one hundred and
twenty-five dollars worth of station
cry. A careful estimate of the amount
of pens, ink and paper that this sum
would furnish, shows that to consume
it all each member would have to
write letter every ten minutes dur
ing the session. Very few do this, and
as consequence they have super
fluffy Of stationery to their credit, and
it has been discovered that many OF
them trade out their balance in razors
glasses, fancy desks, boot black.
ing, cork-screws and the like. Gen
eral Banks is the only member who is
known to have taken a bible.
Year: 1879

new lork llmes.l


President Hayes cannot afford to
act the coward in this matter. An
approval of the bill, while it may
secure the votes of the Pacific coast.
will lose to the Republican party a
great many intelligent citizens of the
East who go to make up the rank and
file Of the organization. A pocket
veto will disgust all parties, and put
in the power of the Democrats of the
house tremendous lever to use in the
coming elections. The only safe and
honorable course for President Hayes
is to veto the bill in straightforward,
manly fashion The Republican party
is willing to stand upon its principles,
and a perfect enunciation of these
principles will be veto of the anti
Chinese bill by the executive of the
nation who owes his position to the
Republican party,
Year: 1879

CINCINNATI. Jan. 29.-The miners at the Star
strike. They struck sometime ago for certain
concessions which the company had refused,
and the latter ordered them TO vacate the homes
they occupied. This they refused to do AMI the
matter was finally settled By the com pany tax
Ing JudRment.b but agreeing that the men should
continue to Q cupy their homes II they would
go to work. The men arranged to 70 TO work
yesterday, so as to get coal ahead to enable the
Ashland works to resume February 1, but a
crowd came over from the neighboring mines
and prevented this.


There Is also trouble at Princess furnace. and
the superintendent being unable to compro-
The works There Is now ai probaslty aaa snH doYn o
general shut down In this vicinity, In which
case there will be great suffering, as over a
men will be out OF EN- ployment and
without means OF providing food
Year: 1879

We do not state it for fact, but it 10
reported as . fact, that yesterday morn
ing Mayer Almond issued positive in
structions to the Chief, sergeants Of
Policemen. patrolmen and specials, for
bidding them to enter any drink
ing saloon while on duty, except 70
quell a disturbance. The penalty for
doing 80 was for the first efence, sus-
pension for one month without pay,
and for the second offence absolute
suspension from the force altogether.
These are good rules II adhered to, and
would still be better If they covered
the whole time, whether of or on duty.
II they are good when on duty We
cannot see why they should not be
equally as good while of duty, and il
policeman must really have nip
FOR the benefit Of his health when of
duty, We cannot see why he should not
need it just as much when on duty.
We rather surmise however that
the Mayor will find it convenient
not to strictly enforce the rules
be is said to have laid down for tn
government of his su Lordinates, deem
ing it more becoming to err on the side
Of lsniency and mercy. A repetition
Of the anecdote of the farmer and his
sheep may not bs wholly out Of place.
Tho farmer was one of large class,
who though indulging in strong drink
to excess could not fail to see that John
his hired man had the same fault and
even his son Jim had already learned
the habit of the father Upon the
commencement of a new year the far
mer called John into the presence of
himselfand son when the following little
colloquy is said to have ensu-d


"John," said the farmer, "you know
that during the last year you have
drank too much, now if you will not
drink any during the coming year, |
will make you present Of sheep at
the end of the year.


agreed" said John.


"Father," will you give me sheep
too If don't drink ~ said Jimmy.


"Yes Jimmy, you shall have sheep
teo."


Jimmy delighted at the work of re-
form that had been so Unexpectedly in.
looked quizzically up into
his fathers face and said: ''Father,
hadn't you better take sheep too ?"


No doubt proper application will be
made of the above moral. l.
Year: 1879

The DEMOCRATS of Kent and Sussex
who rule the State, refuse to give even
increased representation t. New Castle
County, leaving out of sight the ques
tion of representation according to pop


rlation and they, like New York
Democratic politician we have read of.
are asking, "what are you going to do
about it," That same question was ask
in Rhode Island some ~ years ago and
and Rhode Island people answered it
By getting up a little rebellion Of their
own, which soon brought the answer
Delaware may profit by the lesson.
Year: 1879

The VALIANT Independent organ at
Fifth and Market streets, is preparing
to endorse Tom Ewing of Ohio, the king
of soft money heresies. |: has not had
word to say against him yet. Prob
ably it is waiting for instruction from
across the ocean from its master when
he arrives on the other shore. How
independent
Year: 1879




The Next Census.


Those who have aid much attention
to the question Of growth Of population
are of tho opinion that in the last tel
years our population has increased
10000, 900, and that the total will now
amount to As, 900, 900, and some equally
we'll versel say that it will reach 5O,.
sOO0, 900 in 1880. Superintendent Wal
ker Of the Census Bureau is of the
opinion tha. the first figures given are
more nearly correct. The creates; in
crease viii be in Kansas, Missouri,
Texas, Minnesota, Nebraska and some
OF the Western territories. Everything
indicates in the main that there will be
. marked increase in the Western
State, there will be decided decrease
in many If not most Of the Southern
States, especially in those States from
which there has been large exodus
Of colored people. Now, the great thing
is to have an honest census taken in
1880. If tho census is honestly taken
in the South, it will undoubtedly reduce
the number Of representatives in Con
gress from tha. section, and consequent
ly lessen the numerical strength OF the
boasted solid South. We have no idea
at all that an honest census will be
taken il left to the Democratic bull
dozers who 8 utfed the ballot boxes with
tissue ballots, after having gained .
brief reign fgeneral cussedness in order
that the South might be made solid for
Democracy, and if great care is not
exercised such States as South Carolina,
Mississippi and Louisiana, will by means
Of fraud and dishonesty report popu
lation one-thirl larger than they
really have. With regard to the re-
ported preparations Of the leaders there
to falsify the returns in order to secure
political advantage for that section Gen
eral Walker thinks it could only be sue.
cessful through conspiracy OF large
number of agents Of the Bureau, and
further says the most complete and
comprehensive plans are being made to
secure accuracy in all the statistics
We sincerely hope that this will be full
ly realized, but our faith in the honesty
Of the average Southern politician who
will no doubt be called upon to do the
enumerating is such that We do not ex-
pect any honest census TO be taken in
the bulldozing states OF the South. This
is too important subject to be tamper
ed with for political power, and any
conspiracy to mutilate or corrupt the
reports of the consus Of 1880 should be
made punishable by imprisonment for
life, made sure by positive interdic-
tion of pardon. The Brigader bull
dozers are depraved and dishonest
enough to do such clandestine work, in
fact they are well known to be capable
OF doing anything in the category of
crime, and it will require the greatest
skill and management of this important
department by General Walker to Sc
cure an honest consummatien of the
work he has in hand to do. Let US at
this time more than any other in the
history of our country have full sum
nary Of the country's population, sta
trtics and such other valuable data as
viii show our relative progress in the
last tecade, and which will be full
and tir resume of the status of this
great a d growing American Republic.
Year: 1879

The Industrial Society, interesting it
self in considering the too generally sad
condition of the wage-worker when the
season of his activity had passed, saw
that it can hardly be expected that dur
ing his working season he could make,
without assistance, adequate provision
for his old age, since the amount he could
possibly save from his wages was made
quate, and, besides, the wage-worker has
seldom the opportunity to become an
expert in the technicalities of investment.
As result of their investigations, in 1851
an association, which now consists of nine
firms, was formed to meet the difficulty.
Their rules are as follows; The work
men from the age of sixteen are given
the opportunity to deposit three per cent.
of their wages with the State Treasury
and at the same time the employers, for
the purpose of encouraging this saving,
and to increase the amount deposited,
agree to contribute also three per cent. OF
the wages paid the workers of both sexes
in their employ who have reached the
age of eighteen and sixteen. Two
thirds of this last sum are to be added
to that deposit by the workmen, the other
third being used as fund for paying the
expenses of the accounts, to be dis
tributed for the assistance of aged or in
firm employees, and finally for increasing
the pensions, which were too small to
support their recipients. To further the
objects of this association, from funds
collected by subscription, n large
building has been erected to serve as an
asylum for aged and invalid workmen,
and it now shelters 256 such-men and
women. The funds thus raised, invested
and on hand to invest, amount to very
nearly 200, 900 francs, and the manufac-
turers have reduced their contributions
to one per cent. upon the amount OF
wages paid by them. The principle has,
however, been SO thoroughly introduced
into the industry of Alsace that it is al
most rule without exception, that the
large industrial enterprises of that coun.
try consider it a duty they owe to thei,
operatives to provide for and to assist
them by some such plap. In some oases
where the fund investelfis large enough
| the pensions are paid without requiring
| the operatives to ocontinue their contribu.
ton, thus enabling them to make imme.
diate use of all their wages.
Year: 1879

THE Democratic New York World says of
the conduct of Austrian officials in the old
Polish province of Gallicia, cit would have
reflected no discredit on Republican poli-'
tician in Louisiana or a Democratic politi-
clan in Maine" Those Maine Democrats
who have so freely condemned Louisiana
Republicanism will fully appreciate the
force Of the comparison made by the World.
Year: 1879

AT social meeting held by some of the
leading Democrats in this city Immediately
after the late Presidential campaign, one of
the speakers claimed and proved that Charles
H. Chase was "the great American figurer."
The title amused his friends at the time, but
did not appear to be particularly pleasing to
the Captain. Now that he taken such an
active part in figuring Portland out of her
representation he has fresh claim to the
appellation and no doubt will take much
pride in it. Therefore let the Hon. Charles
H. Chase be known after this as ''the great
American fgurer."
Year: 1879

THE Democratic World says of the follow
ing resolution offered by Senator Hamlin at
the Bangor indignation meeting, nothing
could better illustrate the truth of these
plain words than the recent perversion of
the popular will in Maine by Governor Gar
celom and his Greenback allies"


'ResolUed, That absolute acquiescence in the
will of the majority is a first necessity in the
existence and perpetuity of the Republican
form of government, and that a successful eff
fort to deprive the people OF their votes is
treason against the Government and crime
against liberty, tending to overthrow our free
institutions


That is very well; but unless the Demo-
Gratis Of Maine wish to be considered as the
accomplices of Gov. Garcelon they must
speak out in denial at once. Until then the
Greenbackers will not be held solely respon-
sible.
Year: 1879

THa Democratic Brooklyn Eagle is out
spoken in its opinions regarding the steal in
this State 1t says: ''We are glad to see
that the Republicans of Maine are fully
alive to the great wrong that has been com
mitted against them. The Republicans OF
Maine are called upon to vindicate the
rights of majority of the people to choose
their own agents, under laws of their own
devising. The logical ground for the Re
publcans of Maine to stand upon is this:
The voters of Maine have intrusted our can
didates with control of the Legislature.
This control has been taken from them un-
justly. We will not submit to this, and if
you Democrats have chosen to do otherwise,
under similar circumstances, that is your
business and not ours. We trust, therefore,
that the Republicans of Maine will do all
that freemen can do, to maintain honest,
popular rule in their State. Their example
as precedent to the Democrats will be
worth all It will cost, and we will have a
better security than exists at presentfor the
assurance that popular rule will not perish
in the hands of majorities-where alone it
can be made permanent and sure"
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and communl-
cations The name and address of the writer are IN
all indispensable, not necessarily for publica
ton but guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munIcatlons that are not used
Year: 1879

THE outspoken utterances of the Chicago
independent Democratic Times on the cx-
ecutive usurpation in this State are refresh
ing reading. The Democrats are beginning
to know how it is themselves to have indie
pendent papers.
Year: 1879

JUDGING by the expressions of opinion
which come from all quarters there is but
one belief in regard to the course of our ex-
ecutive-and the belief is that it is wholly
unjustifiable and indefensible.
Year: 1879

The Indignation meeting held at
City Hall last evening is SO fully reported
in Our news columns that extended COM
ment is unnecessary. 1t was large. earnest
and enthusiastic. ihe men gathered there,
apparently without distinction Of party,
fully realized the gravity of the situation,
and were for no hasty action nor violent
language. They knew that the city had
been deprived of its proper representation
in the Legislature, that the will of the people
of the State, as expressed in the usual and
legal way, concerning the choice of their
lawmakers has been defied, and that the
decision of the ballot box had been over
thrown. They felt that grievous injustice
had been done, not under cover of laws
susceptible of various constructions, but in
defiance of laws clear in language and in
tent: ard they were sternly resolved to hold
the doers of the injustice to strict account.
The universal sentiment of the meeting
found its voice in the resolutions adopted.
The citizens of Portland are resolved that
all just and legal means shall be taken to
undo the nefarious work of the dishonest
and corrupt canvassing board that has de-
fed the expressed will Of the people, and
refused to recognize the verdict given at
the polls. They believe that there is
remedy i'll the law, and that remedy they
are determined to find and apply. But they
will countenance no violence, and disdaln to
adopt the cry of the conspirators, that one
wrong must be met by another.
Year: 1879




The LITTLE Boys DEcL AL TON
At one Of our public schools small boy
was called upon by his teacher to give
a defamation. when be delivered the
following brief temperance address:


81 am little fellow, but am going
to talk upon big subject. IT'S not too
big for such as. we are either. Some
men laugh about little boys and girls
forming cold water armies, and say !:
"What good can they do" Let me tell
you.


"You have heard of little mouse
that hon helped out OF little trouble
and laughed at him because he said
something about returning the favor.
Well, the great lion was caught in a
hunters net, and he roared and growled
bit and that was all he could do. By-
and-by the little mouse came along. and
gnawed of, one by one, all the cords Of
the great net and let the lion 90. That
is what we mean 10 do. We may be
very little mice, but we mean to gnaw
of every cord of the great net that has
bound down our country for so many
years. The net is intemperance, and
our cold water pledge can cut of all the
deceiving threads that work so pleasing
fy, as wine, beer and cider, as well as
the stouter cords, rum, gin and brandy.
Now, don't you think we can do some
things We know we can. Intemper-
ance shan't catch Us at any rate
Year: 1879

sigh and weep tonight, dear wife,
For old and happy days when we were young;
When this great world was fair and bright,
Our work of life ther only just begun.
Twill bring the tears to my dim ewes
To see the woeful changes Time has wrought;
They say the new ways are the best,
But | am sure that some were dearly bought!
How strong we were! How glad we felt
To drink new life from mornings early


breeze!


How like the presence Of a friend,
Were the protecting arms of those old trees!
And how We loved the fires bright blaze
lis cheerful sparkle was our only light;
But now we sit by stoves quite dumb,
Aud black and dreary as q stormy night!
We labored with hearty will,
plowed from early morn till dewy night;
And you would spin and weave our clothes,
BECAUSE to work with me you thought it


right,


Then with sack upon my arm
I'd toss the wheat upon the fallow field;
And ripe, while cutting with the hook,
Thank God, and not machines, for bounteous


yield!


l know they think that am slow,
They call machines great and valued boon; L;
They're made so perfect ana complete
That wheat is cut and hilled and baked by


noon"


To plant the corn We took our hoe,
But now they drive the planter and long rope; /;
They say their work is better done,
And that fast work is our great country's


hope!


No work is done without machines,
And they are full of complications strange.
The poor old man is left alone
Farmers belong to what they call the grange!
With Cristian fellowship and love
We once could meet to humbly preach and


pray;


We'd sing with hearts aglow with love,
And shout and talk of faith along the way.
But now with aching heart feel
Religion, like the rest, is something new;
For we must pray in costly church,
Upright and stiff, i'll bright cushioned pew!
Now the dear bibles laid aside
And papers read the world is moved by steam!
And now machines are made to talk!
Alas it seems like some wild, cruel dream!
This worlds a strange, Oewildering place
cannot think all change is for the best!
The ways and things onCe loved are gone,
And am signing for the land of rest!


HOPE VT PRosIM
Year: 1879

1t was not a very sensible or very
graceful thing for Dean Stanley to say
what be said recently in London at din,
ner party given by an American gentle
man. Neither was the statement one
that either positively or comparatively
could be considered truthful While Wis
itIng this country short time since be
enjoyed the hospitalities of the people of
the Northern States, and particularly Of
New England, to which he mostly con
fined his visit, and seemed to return to
the classic shades Of Westminster imbued
with a very favorable impression of that
portion Of America and American society
that fell Immediately under his own obser-
vation. But Of those sections Of the coun-
try that be didn't see, and of the social


life thereof, he seems to have formed a
very rash Judgment, and very injudicious


", so far as time and place goes, has given
it to the public in an after dinner speech
a speech for which no apology can be
given, excepting that it was made ''be-
tween the walnuts and the wine"


On the occasion alluded to the distin
guished Dean of Westminster denounced
an entire section Of this Republic as ''sunk
in barbarism and unworthy of any ssnypa-
thy or any recognition by the phi'anthro
py and high civilization Of England 1t
is quite probable that Dr.. Stanley was
honestly infused with this belief while
sojoufning in America. While canned
baked beans aud Goldfish balls carry with
them none of the moral or aesthetic at
mosphere that prevails where they are
prepared, there can be no doubt but that
the Dean, in feeding upon these sectional
ylapds, in their fresh SAVIOR, hot from the
oven, swallowed good deal Of the local
prejudices that there exist against the
land of terrapin and gumbo soup and
canvas back ducks. But it was in ex-
ceediugty bad taste, it strikes U.s. for him
TO explode his hastily formed and expaIte
CONCESSIONS upon miscellaneous social
company amongst whom were one or two
thus stigmatized


Especially so as within sight Of the
grand dome Of ST. Pau's London, there
exists more revolving evidences Of human
depravity, vice debasement, crime-more
results of the oppressive influences Of a
pe'nicious government, more innocent
suffering aui more barb.rism than can be
raked out Of any section of this country
with a moral or political fine toothsd
comb in the hands Of church synod or
campaign committee Cincinnati Star.
Year: 1879

Too Much ScIENcE.-The London
Lancet is constantly finding out some
thing or other to make people nervous.
Some time ago it showed that the con.
sequence Of getting ones head "sham.
pooed" at a bsrber's was au attack Of ty
phoid fever. So people gave up being
shampooed, especially the people with
b.ld heads Then it discovered that
every house was flied with sewer gas,
and that they were all going to be poison
ed. Then there was death in the milk,
and that was banished from the table.


Next the Lancet discovered that coup
le of glasses of wine day were fatal e
the constitution, and it followed this up
by announcing that the water Of London
was very dangerous, so that a: this mt
ment it left nothing whatever to drink
Then it clearly proved that jam tarts were
bad for the health, but most people who
had tried them in sufficient quantities had
found that out before. The reason as.
signed by the Lancet was that the jam in
the tart was doctored.


ntsiHg mus depIi'ed US VI Tie Tvs
chief articles Of sustenance, jam tarts and
milk, the Lancet wishes US to leave of
wearing clean linen. 1t says that tbs
Iaundresses live in infected" places, and
that we run the risk Of catching small.
pox aud scarlet fever from the clothes
they bring home. The same way will
taiors, 50 that the only really safe course
now open to US is to go without food and
without clothes. In this condition We
must not 60 indoors for shelter for fear O
sewer gas. Never was Christian people
reduced to more miserable plight Is il
not just possible that what we want il
the present day is little less science anG
a little more common sense - English
Paper.