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Year: 1879

has written letter to the Hon. Frank
Mckinney, chairman of the Ohio demo-
cratic executive committee, in which


he states that after brief visit To


Washington he will go to Deer Park,
Md, where he will remain for q few
days preparing his first speech for the
campaign. Senator Thurman is of the
opinion that he cannot speak in Ohio
as early as the Goth of this month, but
he will lot the State committee know
when he reaches Deer Park. The Sen
ator says that it is impossible for him
to say how many speeches he will make
during the campaign, but that he will
make all he can. He has suffered ss-
verely from cough and sore throat,
but says that his stay at the Isle Of
Shoals has nearly cured him, and that
If he could have remained there two or
three weeks longer he believes he
could have been perfectly cured. He
has fears that when he goes West again
the trouble will return. He hopes for
the best in this respect, and says when
he gets to Ohio hs will spare no pains
to insure the success of the democracy.
The senator is Of the opinion that bad he
gone direct to Ohio and commenced
speaking that he would have broken
down before this time, although his
general health is good.
Year: 1879

We are informed that an explosion
took place at Quarryville this morning
in which two m-n were seriously II not
fatally injured. From the limited
knowledge our informant had of the
affair We learned that the two work.
men, who were colored, were engaged
in blasting. A premature discharge
took place. The arm of one of the
men was badly lacerated, and the head
of the other was seriously cut. 1t ii
thought that the skull was fractured
They we're brought to their homes in 6
carriage, somewhere in the Ninth ward
in this city.
Year: 1879

tired Journalists IN Met BY HIS


Wife with a Hatcher Knife.


A retired journalist Of this city Is
wondering whether 1t Is true that
"true love never runs smooth. " II
true, then he most ardently desires
that the wife Of but few months had q
more loving way Of showing her true
love than by brandishing butcher
knives in his face.


The Journalist is yet but fresh from
the green hills Of Chester County which
is by no means an indication that he
aud the hills are OF the same color. He
came down TO the city, tat, plump, jolly
and good natured. When he laughed
bis $50 pound corporosity shook like q
bowl full ofjelly. But then he was alone
in the world and when he thought Of
his wifeiess and childless state, melan-
choly sighs escaped from the depths Of
his ipmOst soul.


This could not last long. He soon
found his affinity. Into her willing
ear he poured tales of untold wealth
and OF farms which he possessed In
Chester County. He had been the bo-
som friend OF Governor Hartranft and
had enjoyed lucrative positions under
the broad seal of the commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania and the signature Of her
Governor. Can it be wondered that he
woed and wonl


He listened to tales of houses and
bonds possessed by the jewel of his
soul who he could now call his 0wn.-
They were wed. Life to them was q
fairyland full Of singing birds and
beautiful flowers. Business was not
good, subscribers came in tardily for
the great weekly and business men
took their job printing to other offices.
The larder began to get low. The wed
ding garments got seedy. The h oney-
moon vanished in darkness. The Ches.
ter County farms being the property
of ethers yielded no revenue.


The houses in this city turned to
myth. %he paper was discontinued.
Want stared them in the face, and last
night when the husband went home to
meet his loving spouse, he was met At
the threshold Of his door with flashing,
angry eyes and brandished butcher
knife.


OF course he darkened not that door
again and now he is homeless but not
a wifeless wanderer again. He has an
idea that this is not exactly the way
that true love runs.
Year: 1879

Yesterday afternoon young man by
the name of Harry lie Fevre, employed
at the Lobdell Works, met ith pain
ful accident. Mr.. LIE Fevre was carry
ing a ladle of hot iron when a fellow
workman accidentally y ran against him
which caused Mr.. l.. to spill the iron
some of which falling on him burnt his
left foot. The unfortunate young man
was taken to his residence at 304 Poplar
street. The physician was called and
to day Mr.. l.. is doing as well as can bt
expected.
Year: 1879

This morning man came to the Of
fee of DR.. Ogle to secure his services to
amputate the arm of man who had
been seriously injured on tho farm Of
one of the McCoy's, near Hare's Corner.
Who the injured man is, and under
what circumstances the. injury WAS
done is not known.
Year: 1879

The prevailing belief of those who have
not associated much with deaf people il
that to make them hear it is only neces
sary to raise the voice. This, in most 10,
stances, is a complete mistake. Few men
aud still fewer women, who are not pro
fessional yocalists, speak plainly when
they speak with loud voice, and hence
ii often happens that the victim of theiI
kind efforts is il no way assisted 10 the
task Of understanding them, while all those
who may be near are made aware Of hi
misfortune. The proper way is to SPEAK
slowly and distinctly, for with the deal
the recognition Of volume of sound exists
just as near-sighted man has u perception
Of an object, only in one case as in the
other, the outlines and divisions are un-
uncertain and confused. As this is rare
ly understood, those who are troubled will
deafness soon find that attempts at gen
eral social intercourse bring with then
moro discontinue than pleasure, and the
natural result Is to force the sufferer int
a kind of mental insulation. There ma,
be natures so strongly nodded as to be in
fuenced bya separation from the small
delights of social life, but in most cases Il
is productive Of more or less mlsanthropic
opinions.
Year: 1879

KEEP YoUR SEcRETs.-The whole
world is full Of people craving for conf
dence-people to whom q secret is like
gold in chiId's pocket, burning to be is
sued. Those who are high 10 rank and
blessed with every advantage, are often tor
mented for want Of "a true friend, mean
ing hereby some one to whom they can
conhde secrets. And on those who will
simply take them and keep them, they are
willing to bestow friendship; to those who
would be in such confidence it is enough
that they follow the advice already given
of never being directly or indirectly the
means Of disseminating gossip Of any kind.
In connection with this subject the render
may properly be advised against curiosity.
There are people who cannot see letter
without craving to know to whom 1t was
addressed, or cannot find anything written
lying on table without involuntarily pick
ing it up. The Paul Pry is the meanest
character Of society, and he who would
feel superior in strength and in integrity,
should strive vigorously to have nothing
in common with such type Of baseness.
Bear continually in mind the fact that in
the art Of conversation the secret lies not
so much in knowing what to say as to
what avoid saying
Year: 1879

How TO KEEP a SIruArIoN.- il
down as foundation rule that you win
be faithful in the least Pick up the loose
nails, bits Of twinc, clean wrapping paper
and put them in their places, be ready to
throw In an odd half hour or hours time
when il viii be an accommodations. and
don't seem to make merit Of Il. Do Il
heartily, though not word be said, be
sure your employer viii make note Of i.
Make yourself Indispensable TO him and lle
viii lose many Of the opposite kind before
he win part with you.
Year: 1879

WHAT MAKES THE WIRES Hum
Most boys believe that the humming sound
made by the telegraph wires is caused by
the messages hurrying along to their des-
tination Most men believe that the
sound is caused by the vibration of the
wire in the wind. A writer in an Aus
trian journal, however, calls attention to
the fact that one who will give close OBJ
servation both to the wire and the sounds
will find that the latter make themselves
obvious likewise when there is a total alb
sence Of wind; and in a quiet morning In
winter, when the wires appear to be Gov
cred with frost to the thickness Of finger,
they nevertheless carry on lively vibra-
tons and singing while the air Is totally
quiet According to this writer, there
fore, the vibrations are due, not to the
wind but to changes Of the atmospheric
temperature, and especially through the
action Of cold, asa lowering Of temper
atuTe Induces a shortening Of the wires
extending over the whole length Of the
conductor. A considerable amout Of fric.
ton Is produced on the supporting bells,
thus inducing sound, both 10 the wires and
the poles.
Year: 1879

Limberger cheese is considered more
profitable to the maker than any other
cheese, because, from a given quantity
of milk, more weight is obtained and
better prices realized. Thousands of
tons are produced in New York and
Wisconsin at less than half the cost of
the imported article.
Year: 1879

The legislature is preparing to give the State lands to the counties in which they lie. This we think is very wrong move. We recollect before the war how the school lands and the proceeds thereof were dis posed of to the great disadvantage of the interests of the children that should have been benefited. No one expected a man that borrowed money of the common school com. missioner to return 1t with interest," always some why's and wherefores to prevent its collection-and the land and the money was all lost that belonged to the county that could be reached by sharpeas. We shall be surprised if the counties make anything out of these lands.- Fort Smith Elevator.

 No State in the Union has ever had more magnificent landed bequests than Arkansas, and none has made so little out of them. The prodigal son was not greater prohigate in the management of his estate than the State of Arkansas. It makes little difference now as to what dis position we make of the lands that are left; one tmng IS certain there will be little profit from the proceeds of their sale. If the State could do nate the last acre to settlers who would make homes and deyelope the resources of the State and add to it's wealth and prosperity. it would be q great gain. The State, as a land speculator is conspicuous as fail ure.-L. k, Democrat.
Year: 1879

Judge McA11sTER's charge to the jury in
the 6u111vAx-HAN murder trial WAS to
the effect that the accused must DO allowed
to plead that he was, when he fred the fatal
shot, in fear Of imminent personal danger Of
his life; and, further, that, even though the
jury be now Convinced that no such danger
existed, yet they must not let that fact guide
them if they thonght that the accused did
fear she danger.' In other words, the killers
terror, though M-founded, after it has slain
his victim, may save bis own neck from the
halter. To the ordinary observer this looks
like nonsense; yet when such person is
talking with Judge McA111srEn's friends he
is apt to be easily silenced by the assurance
that such is the settled law Of the land, and
that the Judge had no choice but to SO de-
clare it. Now, it happens that this is
not the law, in the case in question,
because another principle comes into play,
namely, this: that if the person Offering this
plea was the orig ginal assailant in the affray
during which he became SO terrified and did
the fatal deed, then he is estopped from
blending his fear as his excuse. This is in
the Law. ANY other position
voulE be absurd The original assailant
Year: 1879

Nobody stands higher in respect Of those
qualities which entitle a man to the conf
dence and esteem Of his fellow-cihzens than
Judge BOOTH. He has been pure in his great
Office. This is the frst-the highest-eulogy
that can be pronounced upon the character
Of Judge. Judge BOOTH has never rendered
an unjust Judgment. It is safe to make this
broad assertion, since the partisan bitterness
evoked By the present contest, were the
contrary true, would have been sure to
bring the facts to the surface. Shall the
upright Judge be deposed to give ploce to an
untried man? One Of the strongest tributes
to Judge BoorH's true worth CONSISTS in the
devotion-nay, affection-of the hundreds OF
students of the College Of Law who have en-
loved the benefit Of his counsel and 1nsuuo-
lions as Professor in that institution.
Year: 1879

Voters should remember that the only
charge preferred against Judge WILLIAMS is
that he owes money which he is at present
unable to pay. Is every man in this commu~
nifty thus situated to be denounced as un-
worthy of confdence2 Are the thousands
who, under stress of the times and Of cir
cumstances, sought the relief Of the Courts
Of Bankruptcy, to be adjudged unworthy Of
public trusts? Is tho property qualification
to be interpolatcd in the Constitution to
crafty the spite Of q vindictiva old man?
We call upon the hoary old sinner who pur-
sues Judge WILLIAMS with degree Of passion
and hate worthy the arch fend we call
upon him TO point to asingle unjust decision
made by Judge WILLIAMS during his long
career on the Bench We challenge him to
name onet
Year: 1879

money inferred from engaging cAt7H-
siyely in its manufacture, or the intent to
steal lnferriblo from the willful taking Of an-
others goods without leave md Without pre-
tense Of title. For thousands Of yours the
accused was never permitted to testify on
this question Of intent, or on any other, be-
cause it was assumed that no truth could be
got out Of him concerning it. It Is the in
terror and vital question in all criminal
cases, and under our statute permitting
the prisoner to testify there is nothing to
exclude him from swearing to an absence OF
criminal intent while swearing at the same
time to acts from which The law infers the
intent But, after the witness has done
all his swearing, the fact still re-
mains untouched that the selection
Of deadly weapon with which to inaict m
injury raises legal presumption Of an in
tent to kill, such as the use OF ones fists OF
Of walking cane would not raise. The
evidence Of prisoner, while it may be tech
nically competent to be heard, !. e., admis-
sible, is as unfit in its nature to convince as
evidence that the prisoner eating had no in
tent to satisfy his hunger. he is not COM
petent to swear away the power Of infer
ence, or the rules of common sense, and his
testimony when given falls under the same
general principle of the human mind which
causes it to be impossible to prove that a
given amount of roofing done in field
where sheep and hogs are pasturing together
was done by the sheep and not by the
hogs. Of exactly thus character is the
testimony Of an armed man, who shoots
at known unarmed man, to the ef-
feet that he feared great bodily harm,
but did not intend to intiict any. Judge
MoAI11sTER, therefore, in charging in such
broad terms in behalf of 6u111vAN's compe-
tency to disprove the intent to kill, inferrlble
from the use by him Of Q deadly weapon,
should carefully have distinguished between
his competency to testify to the assertion
and his competency to establish its truth
This involved that distinction between COM
potency aud credibility, and between eVi-
dence which is in accordance with common
experience and that which defes it, upon
which Judge McA111sTEa wholly failed to
dwell. In the day of his fuller vigor, when
he sought to administer justice rather than
to administer WITNESSES to the defeat Of
Justice, he would not have left such essential
points garbled or untouched.
Year: 1879

favor Judge WILLIAMS reelection, and Will
vote for him, because they EMO"
BY experience that they can trust to his H.
tegrity, his good judgment, and his thorough
knowledge of law. The people OF COOK
County, every man of whom may be a htl-
CANT some day looking for JUSTICE cannot
afford to ignore the sentiment OF the Bar IN
this case, nor to consent to the retirement OF
q Judge who, for sixteen years, has oon1-
manded the confidence and respect OF every
person in the community except WILBUR F.
CTopEv
Year: 1879

Wo have no disposition. to do Judge
D1cKrx injustice, and therefore concede
that he was not nominated by the Democratic
Convention held in this city, and that, there
fore, he is not running as the Democratic
candidate While concediug this, it must be
added that the Democratic Convention did
not nominate him, and did not indorse him,
because he-bcing Democrat, and running
in strongly Republican Mstriot-would be
injured by such nomination. It is to be
added TINT all the Democratic tickets voted
in this city will bear his name as candidate
for Judge of the Supreme Court.
Year: 1879

makes himself responsible for all the conse-
quences Of his assault. To say that an
armed man can go to his unarined enemy's
house, assail him first with words and then
with blows, and then become in such fear of
his miserable life that be must kill that un-
armed enemy in self f-defepse, il to blaspheme
the majesty OF Justice, and to insult tho COM
mon sense of the whole world; and to
charge jury in such case SO as to leave
such IN impression on their minds places
the Judge on the bench in a relation to the
prisoner at the bar and his crime which one
hesitates to characterize in words.
Year: 1879

A large number Of the Democratic men,
bers Of Congress have already gone home,
aud it is well known that the balance of the
uasayory crowd wish themselves well out OF
q bad scrape. Present appearances indicate
that the Democratic backdown will rasem-
BILE the Bull Run rout, when every fellow
will look out for himself.
Year: 1879

- hare made up my mind thdt this young man
ought not to be e0nuicted Of murder. ."-Judgf
AcAl1isfer.


This from the Judge on the Bench, Of the
criminal in the dock who was to be tried by
him, who thus decided the case in advance.
We venture to say that not since the time Of
JE1FnErs has there been an instance OF SO
base q prostitution of the judicial Office.
JEFFREYs intimidated witnesses, buiGed coun-
sci, condemned the innocent, and pro-
nounced sentence in defiance Of both law
and Justice, in the interest of the Crown.
AIoA111srEn wrapped the ermine Of his high
Office about the person Of the criminal
charged with the shedding Of innocent
blood, shielding him from the avengiug arm
of Justice in the interest of assassination.
JErFRE9s was servile instrument Of cruelty
and oppression; McA111srER the. slave Of
blind prejudice And we are asked if this
is all the chnrge We have to prefer against
MoA11BrKR. As if this is not enough! We
answer: This offense is so heiuous that it
tips the scale against all the virtues that may
be possessed by Mr. McAL11sTER-





Tho two Advisory Committees Of the
dominant party in Congress held long and
important meeting yesterday, at which they
discussed the situation relative to the ap-
preparation bills. THURMAN presided It
was decided to recommend the passage of the
Army Appropriation bill, with the proviso
that none Of the money shall be used in the
payment of expenses incurred should tbs
troops be used for police purposes at the
polls. It was also determined to pass the
other bills, emitting any provision for the
payment of Supervisors or Deputy Marshals
OF Elections. The Committee also agreed to
recommend the passage Of separate bill con-
faining the principles vetoed by tho Presi-
dent relative to the method Of draw
ing juries and the abolition Of the
Jurors test oath. The Committee took par
ticuler pains to announce that, while their
action might in some quarters be regarded as
q "backdown," those who threatened to
withhold the supplies did so on their own
hook, and not on behalf Of the party, for
whom they mad no authority to speak. Tho
Committee will meet again Monday. by
which time the recommendations will be
fnrmuIated
Year: 1879

"Remember mep

 The words sometimes how lightly spoken. and Yet in their real significance so

 Full of tender meaning. A natural Feeling of the human heart-this wish to Be remembered, and every time the Promise to remember is thcughtless cast Aside, or, even stranger. is rudely Broken, some spring of gladness is died up, Which might otherwise have caused an added Joy to perhaps broken-hearted one. Some roses withered. which should have had an Added sweetn sss o'er the path of lite. Remember me !" Iris almost sad that we Should need to ask thls boon from those we love {: And yet, fond hearts and true are oftentimes

 Forgetful of their dearest friends, when time And absence have been long between them but Still this heart cannot well bear the thought that All forgotten, by those to whom now

 So fondly cling, I in the grave shall lie; Then oh l ask of you rem member me

 When death has closed these weary eyes, and this Weak frame of dust is hidden heath the ground, Remember not my sins and follies. my Pride, mistakes, and oft-repeated faults, but Send out to me thought of kin dness, and Of regret that I'm no more-a thought of Pity for my weakness, 8 tender

 Thought oi love for what there may have been of Good. Still more. ask not only of my

 Earthly friends Remember me-" but when earth To me grows dim, and mortal help shall fail, O Lord, wilt Thou not then Remember me.''
Year: 1879

4
Correspondent Philadelphia Times.l
met the general the other day and


asked him who would be the next
president.


Grant" he replied promptly. "He
will be the next president and the last
president" a


"After Grant--what 7"
"The empire, by G ID! I am ready
for it. 1t is part of the inevitable.
When the North by the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments injected
100000 savages into the belly of the
Constitution they made popular gov
ernment impossible. Grant is man
of power. Alec. Stephens thinks he
is the greatest man, probably in public
life to-day. | like him well enough
myself-a d-n sight better than !
do any of his crowd. He has to a
pre-eminent degree what will COM
mand the irresolution Of these times.
And that is a dauntlcss courage


SIS there no democrat who has the
same quality ~


"None--unless it is Bayard. He
comes Of the purest and bravest strain


\
of blood that ever flowed through
Americans veins. Ii he has the nerve
of the old Bayard who turned his back
on Burr and his party because he said
Burr had led the party where no
clean-handed gentleman could follow
it, he will do. ! suspect the blood is
not losing its temper. Tom Bayard's
father gave us hint of the old spirit
when he left the Senate in 1860 be-
cause he would not swear that he did
not sympathize with the South. But
if Grant wants the presidency, and /
think he does, it will require man
that can meet the lightning open-eyed
to stay his steps to the White House.
Once in there, you might as well try
to tear the lightning from its seat in
the clouds as to get him out. But let
it come. Grant and the empire. That
is the prophecy of an unrepentant
rebel ~
Year: 1879

A Defiant Response to the Presidents


Message.


NEW York, Dec. 5.-A Salt Lake dispatch
states that at Mormon conference last Sun
day, Apostle, Jonn Taylor, the head of the
Mormon church, made an address, in which,
after stating that the laws of the government
should generally be obeyed, but that as the
law of God sanctioned plural marriages, they
should obey the law of the Lord in preference
to any other, he called upon the congregation
to manifest by the raising of hands if they
favored the law of God in this respect, and the
response was unanimous. This is considered
an answer to President Hayes message con-
cerning the execution of the law against
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, Dec. A bill will be in
troduced in Congress on Monday authorizing
either Secretary SchurZ or a commission to
negotiate with the Ute Indians for removal
from their reservation in Colorado.


An Important Financial Bill.


The House committee on currency oday
authorized the chairman to report to the
House for passage an important bill requiring
the reserves of the national banking associa'
ton to be kept in standard gold and silver
coins of the United States in place of legal
tender notes.


The main object of the bill is to effecta dis
tribution throughout the country of a consider
able portion of the coin accumulated in the
Treasury, and incidentally to release cor
responding amount of legal,tender notes now
kept by the banks as part of their reserves.
Year: 1879

SHADES ENGLISH MUSTARD and CONGRESS
Yeast Powder received the Award at the Mechan-
les Fair. Both pure and standard articles, and
sold by most every grocer in Portland. Try them
and Won will have no other