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Year: 1876

SOME, Democratic enthusiast telegraphed
from Columbus that Governor Hayes had
withdrawn from the Presidential contest.
Yes, there may be now and then a man who
would rather withdraw than be President on a
fair count, but Governor Hayes does not be-
long to that school of mortals
Year: 1876

THE man who came in with an "article ma
turely prepared on the details of the Electoral
College," still insists that an editor throws an
inkstand with greater precision than Tell shot
an arrow, and wears No. 10 boot that is
quite as lively as it is large.
Year: 1876

MIscHEvoUs CHARITY.-Some years
ago l picked up several children in
Chicago, and thought would clOthe and
feed them, and l took special interest
in those boys to see what l could make
of them. don't think it was 80 days
before the clothes had all gone for
whiskey and the fathers had drank it
all up. One day l met one of the
little boys for whom / had bought
a pair of boots only the day before.
There was a snow storm coming up and
be was barefOoted. Mike" says I,
shows this ? Where are your shoes q
"Father and mother took them away, "
says he. There is a good deal that we
think is charity that is really doing a
good deal of mischief and the people
must not think because we do not give
them money to aid them in their power
ty that we don't love them. for the
money would 60 into their pockets to
get whiskey with. 1t is no sign that
we are all hypOcrites and insincere in
our love that we don't give money |
believe if the prodigal son could have
got all the money he wanted in that
foreign country he would never have
come home. and it was good thing
for him that he did get hard up and
had to live on the husks that the
swine ate. And it is a good thing
that people should suffer If they
get good living without work. they
will never work. We can never make
anything of them. God has deereed
that man shall earn his bread by the
sweat of his brow. and not live on
other peOple.-Moody.
Year: 1876

At last, in spite of the Pope and the
devil, both of whom made hard fight
for its defeat, the religious liberty clause
of the Constitution has been triumph
antly passed in the Spanish COrtes or
Congress, and by splendid vote Of go
yeas to 84 nays The Pope has labOred
by promises, threats and prayers to Sc
cure the passage of law forbidding the
exercise of any religion but his own in
Spain. He has claimed it as his right
to have liberation of the Protestant faith
suppressed by law. And he has been
defeated, snubbed, and told to mind his
own business. Such result in Spain is
one of the grand events of the age, and
proud mark on the roll of time 1t is
another nail in the cofin.of intolerance,
bigotry. persecution and of Popery, the
mother of it all.


To this glorious result the eloquence
of CASTELAR, has doubtless contributed
much. He seems to have come to the
tribune for such a time as this, endowed
with ability to perceive and will to meet
the crisis, when a word well spoken is
the salvation of the people. He has
spoken the word. Other men have been
raised up for the time. And Spain,
weak, distracted, burdened and in peril,
has risen to the height of this great oc.
casion, and pronounced against the Pope
in favor of religious liberty throughout
her borders.


And now where is the civilized coun
try that refuses to its inhabitants the
right to worship God after the dictates
of their own consciences? Turkey il
hardly to be called civilized, and Turkey
is still a prosecuting power. processing
to give liberty of religion, but denying
it whenever it is practised. And Tur
key is hanging on the verge of ruin
The Pope and the Sultan. the Sultan ant
the Pope, noble pair of brothers ar
crying for the right to persecute, witt
their expiring breath. And God shal
give them to drink of the wine of thei
own pressing, and the dregs thereof the.
who have their mark shall wiring then
out and drink them.-N 7. Observer.
Year: 1876

Lost-somewhere-a golden hour
or this glowing autumn day;
Since the sunrise, ere the sunset,
have lost Il on my way.
Was II when sat and loitered.-
That short chain Of such great cost,
slipping idly through my fingers
That my golden hour was lost?
Was talking OF my neighbors.
Weighing all their hopes aud cares,
And too full Of idle gossip
Well to mind my own affairs?
Did fret away the minutes
Was mumuring9 ? was l cross?
Where could all my sense have flown to,
That met with such loss?
FOR my hour was jewel,
And with sixty small ones set;
Round each minute sixty seconds
Made the radiance brighter yet.
They could buy me. what riches.
And what wisdom could they bring,
Each was worth, IN It's trse value,
All tho jewels OF a king.
For the Lord would give me something,
Gf went to him) for each;
o how precious those short lessons
He can in a minute teach.
how grand those views OF glory
Which a second can make known! q
O my hoursl my minutes
Never more, alas, my own
Some might have well invested
other peoples lives 10 bless;
These bright moments, wisely traded,
Purchase healing for distress
o has anybody seen II?


Seen my precious hour Of gold?
would 60 to buy another.
But such treasures are not sold.
God prepared for me a number
just how few do not know
Did he give them for no purpose,
But that should lose them so?


-Zion's Herald
Year: 1876


he could leave some tracts there.


"A whole carload if you want to,
was the prompt reply, and the little old
man placed package on beer table.
and softly remarked:


There is no nobler cause than the
cause of the heather. We should all
contribute small share Of our worldly
wealth to shed the gospel light across
the seas"


A pair of bOxing-gloves were softly
reposing on table, and the little old
man felt Of them and went on;


alt makes me sad to see such sinful
things lying around when the cost Of one
glove might save dozen souls in Afri-
ca"


Three or four of the boys had dropped
in, and the saloon-keeper winked al them
and replied:


DO you want to earn FIVE dollars for
the heather ?"


"Verily do"


"Put on the gloves with me and knock
me down, and I'll ante up cash enough
to convert whole regiment of African
| sinners"


"The cause is noble, the inducement
great, mused the little old man, as be
toyed with the gloves.


The boys encouraged him to 60 In,
desiring to see him knocked wrong end
up. and he finally got out Of his overcoat
with the explanation:


alt can't be a sin to box for the cause
Of the heathen."


The saloonist meant to lift him over
one of the tables at the first blow, but
the blow was warded off very handsome
ly, and the little old man sighed


"Ah-uml The heather walk in wick
edness and they have souls to be saved !"


''LoOk out, now," cried the saloonist,
as he got in left-hander.


Verify, will, and | will give one in
return-for the heathen."


He struck staggering blow, and the
salOOnist didn't feel quite SO enthusiastic
as on the start. He took the defensive,
and he soon had all the work be could
do.


That's another for the ignorant minds
on the far-off shore y sighed the little
old man as he knocked the saloonist
against the wall.


There wasn't any science about him,
but he struck to kill, and his arms were
flying around like the spOkes of wagon
wheel.


Don't crowd on a feller," called out
the saloonist, as be was being driven
back, and he got mad and put in his
hardest licks. He meant TO smash the
little old mans nose as fat as window
glass but be could not do it. He got
in two or three fair hits, and was begin
ming to regain his courage when the aged
stranger sorrowfully remarked: my
friend, the heather call, and | cannot
tarry much longer. Take this one, and
may it broaden your views on the heath
en- question. Receive this one in the
spirit rendered, and you may be sure the
FIVE dollars shall beacon light as far as
it will CO.


Hedelivered two sledge- hammer blows,
right and left, and the saloonist got the
last on the ear as be lodged the first.
He went over in beautiful style, and as
be regained his feet he felt in his vest
pocket for the wager.
"If you'll come around here tonight
and do that again I'll double the money!"
be growled, as he paid the wager.
my road points toward BOstiDg. I"
softly replied the old man, land | can
not tarry. Let US part friendly. for |
only boxed thee for the heathen's sake.
! gave TO thee, for the heathen's sake
I gave TO thee, thou hast given to the
. heather, and now, farewellP'
A young lady, in class studying
Year: 1876

THE following extraordinary lines worth repeat
ing The poem as mere verse, is very ine-but as an
enigma II Is maryelous.l


Twas whispered in heaven, twas nuttered in hell,
And echo caught family the sound as it fell;


On the confines OF earth twas permitted to rest.
And the depths Of the ocean its presence contest;
Twill be found in the sphere when tbs ryen asunder
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;
Twas allotted 10 man with his earliest BREATH


Attends at his birth, and awaits him at death;


Presides DER his happiness. honOrs and health;


Is the prop OF his house and the end Of his wealth
In the heaps or the miser 'iis boarded with care;


But is sure to be lost with his prodigal heir.


It begins every hope every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman tolls; with the monarch is
crowned.
Without It tho soldier the sailor roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home


In the whispers or conscience its voice will be found,
| Nor cen in the whirlwind OF passion be drowned.
Twill soften the heart; though deaf be the ear.
| Twill make It acutey and instantly hear;
/ But in shade let II rest like a delicate flower;
| Oh breathe on it softly-t dies in an hour.
Year: 1876

THE FINAL APPEAL FROM THE STATE


REPUBLICAN ORGAN.


From the Dover sentinel, Of Saturday.


SPEAKING as an independent Republi-
can journal, owned by no clique or faction,
and standing for purity and principle Gas
well as harmony and against electing
bad men to office--especially when they
have been fraudulently nominated-we
once more advise our friends in New Cas-
tie County to 'scratch' and defeat How
ARD M. JENKINS. 't.


He forced his name before the nominal
ing electors against the protest of even his
own friends. lie made his nomination a
condition of his working in the party
traces. lie was, as is known and conced-
ed in Wilmington, counted in by fraud.
His persistence and folly about running
for office, and his unwillingness to listen
to the advice of his friends, illustrate his
character and show him to be so unreason.
able and impracticable as to be danger
GUS, self-willed legislator. Add to this
the fact that he la not identified with the
interests of our Delaware people,-tha
he is devoted to certain so-called reforms
that are the epitome of fanaticism; tha
he and his paper have never ceased II
abuse our people and some of our trues
Republicans, and to foment trouble ant
dissension in our ranks-and it will b.
seen at once that his election would b.
the hight of impolicy, dangerous alike t.
the best interests of our State and Party
1t would stultify those who are Republi
cans from principle.
Year: 1876

The rooms of the jefferson Democratic
club, third story of Nos. 6 and s E. Third
street will be open throughout the day
and night tomorrow, and election returns
will be received there, from all part OF
the country, as fast as received by the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Year: 1876

The Democratic leaders base their hopes of
success on the assumption that "the people
want change" The Democratic party has
done nothing to entitle it to the public conf
dence, has done much to earn for it popular
reprobation, and conducts the campaign on
the cry that matters cannot be made worse
and may be made much better by change.
Let us see about that.


There doubtless have been faults and short
comings in the Republican administration
the last four years as there have been in
every administration since 1889. 1t is not in
the nature OF human governments to be per-
feet. But it is the megest folly to assume
that because times are hard and business de-
pressed the fault is with the Republican par
ty. or that The election of Tiluen would
bring about good times. The return of the
Democracy to power offers absolutely no i'm
provement. We are suffering from an ire
deemable currency. Shall we get relief from
party that proposes to indefinitely postpone
specie payments, to initiate our currency, to
depreciate and even destroy the national
|
of industry in the Southern States. Shall
we get relief from party that proposes to
restore the old order of things, to draw the
color line and thus drive away capital and
put stigma on free labor? We are suffering
from extravaganza in expenditures. Shall
we get. relief from party led by hungry
Office seekers, party whose record shows
that it can steal and waste more than any
other organization which was ever entrusted
with administration


Nothing whatever is to be gained by
Democratic restoration, for the reason that
the Republican party is in no way response
BILE for the hard times. The origin of our
troubles is not to be found in governmental
misrule, but in economical mistakes, mis-
takes which cannot be corrected by acts of
Congress nor by presidential proclamations.
The national extravaganza, the over-produc-
tion, the gutted labor market, the want of
confidence in business circles, cannot be rem
edied by political changes. What is to be
expected from the rule of party led by
rebels and repudiators is deepening of dis
trust, further paralysis of business, con-
tinuation of uncertainty in trade circles,
further disturbance of the labor market in
the South, continuation and intensification
of the evils arising from an irredeemable cur
rency. These things the election of Tilden
will signify.
Year: 1876

To the Editor Of the Press:


confess that am amused at your efforts to
prove that John G. Talbot was a rsbel sympa-
thizer during the war. Next, expect to see
you attempting to show that Marcelus Emery,
"Gov" Pillsbury and other Democratic editors
of that period were in sympathy with the Reb-
els. Every leading Democrat in Maine at that
period was opposed to the war and if John G.
Talbot had been an editor, you could fill your
paper with his bitter comments if you could
secure a file Of his journal for that period.


Opposed the wari of course John @, Tai
bot did. In; sympathy with the rebellion. of
course be was Marcellus Emery will deny
that he did not take sides with jeff Davis--in
the course of a few years, If he does not now.
Even E. f. Pillsbury would have US believe
that he wasn't responsible for the Kingsfeld
fasco. Indeed now recollect that your
neighbor, the Argus, was at times nearly of the
same stripe. 1 remember about the time of the
great battle of Gettysburg the most critical
period in the war-I came across COPY OF the
Eastern Argus. 1t was full of discouraging
statements and insinuations. 1t opposed Mr..
Lincoln and in all its columns there was not q
word to cheer and encourage the people of the
North. 1t was partisan, and as partisan pa
per did its utmost to shake the confidence of
the people in President Lincoln, and those
about him. 1t gave the people to believe thst
the war never could end in victory for the
Union cause.


In 1864 in the!Wilderness, a Democratic bull
let put me out of the fight for sixty days and
l came back to Maine. The rebel Democracy
we're rampant. I can remember them now.
Some of them are dead, the rest ale spouting
for Tilien and Reform. Never were men so
bitter and malignant They read of the terri
BILE losses of the federal troops with evident
satisfaction They were even more bitter than
Year: 1876

Governor Bard is one of the speakers
announced by the Democrats in this city Sat
urday night. Now who is Governor Bard ?
He was an original "Grant third-termer."
Once the President, at the solicitation of
Senator Spencer, appointed him Postmaster.
He is rambling fellow. At that time he
hailed from Georgia. "Governor" Bard had
great trouble to get his official bond. After
time man signed the bond on the consd-
GRAFTON that his son should have place in
the Office and take charge of all the money
and keep the key of the sale. [Bard is for
Honesty and Reform. He held the office
until Mr.. Jewell became Postmaster General
when Bard was turned out because he
"sloshed around generally and was too unan-
imous." Bard was nominated for Governor
of one of the territories by President Grant.
but the man was shown up TO be so thorough
hummer that at the end of few days, be-
fore the Senate got at the nomination, his
name was withdrawn. That's the amount
of Governor that Bard is. He has tray
elled in this state with "Governor" Pills
bury. He is the same sort of Governor.
If Governor Kimball could be added to the
list it would be worthy trinity of brevet
executives. We have been told, on the au-
thority of Georgia man, number of the
disreputabe transactions of this "Governoro
Bard.


He has been roundly abused by the Demo-
cratic press, but now he is all right. He
bankers after Honesty and Reform and the
central reservoir of coin or greenbacks for
which he will not hesitate to give his 81. o.
u" He has given good many of them.
He rarely takes them up.
Year: 1876

TIE exposure of Tilden's perjury is having
its effect upon the better class of Democrats.
Frantic efforts are made to show an honor
able record for the sham refoImer. But per-
jury committed by Samuel J. Tilden stares
them in the face whichever way they turn.
The leaders are defiant. The charge they
cannot refute they strive to ignore or meet it
with the characteristic Democratic reply Of
Tweed, swell, what are you going to do
about it9" They do not care for charges II
they can keep the information from th
people. They rely for success upon their Or
ganizaton, upon their active canvass, and
upon the money with which they will be sup
piled from head quarters.
Year: 1876

we DO not read anonymous letters and communi
caucns. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily tor publication
but as a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
n.cssions that are not used.
Year: 1876

WHILE Mr.. Tildeu is sending to our Maine
people so many documents, will he insert in
one OF them an explanation of his apparent
wilful perjury respecting his income tax?
That would be the tract that would cause the
people to believe that Reformer Tilden Is an
honest man.
Year: 1876

AN Indiana paper says that the Democrats
OF Brown County, that State, capped the cli-
max of idiocy by hosting a soldiers gray
shirt, stained red to represent blood, on
pole, and marching with it at the head of the
procession. OF course this was designed to
riGicule what is known as the ''bloody shirt,
rhetoric of The Republicans, but it would
not have required an ounce of brains to see
that it would react with terrible effect on the
Democrats. No soldier could witness the
spectacle with out indignant rage.
Year: 1876

THIS is much like the Lamar and Bob
Toombs style of defamation in 1861. To
read it one would never suspect that it was
the utterance of lips which had sworn to up
ho'd the Constitution and obey the laws
passed Hereunder. 1t has the ring of the
old JEFF. Davis-Lamar-Singleton treason. II is
from the Southern States, of Mississippi.
"We have done nothing, as a people, for
which we have to reproach ourselves. Then
away with the degrading and ruinous policy
of conservatism, by which we tacitly
admit that we were wrong and the North
were right in the recent war. Away with it,
we say. 1t is SANDER upon the dead who
died for US. 1t is stigma upon every man
who fred gun for us in the grand heroic
struggle for liberty. Down with it; spit up
on it; trampe it under foot, and brand with
shame its base unworthy defenders" This
fellow ought to be looked after by his friends
Year: 1876

privilege of riding forty-ive min


utes daily upon a sheet of water


unsurpassed by any in the State.


Some would-be wits have suggested


the propriety of Vassar sending a
crew to the college regatta, but we
do not very well see how this could
be accomplished unless few neigh
boring mud puddles were rented to
practice upon, as the size of the
'1ake" could not possibly admit
practice there. As for the "respon-
sible boatman constantly in attend
ance," does not the description
bring vivid picture to the minds
eye Of a sturdy old salt who has
wearied of following the sea, and


has settled down to pass a ripe old
age in otium cum dignitate? This
was an ideal boatman before we
went to Vassar. Here is the reality.
Fancy a lazy, ill-natured, disagree
able, overgrown Irish boy of some
seventeen summers, who refuses to
give a boat to a young lady sunless
yez have an ORDER" who frantically
waves sand shrieks for the boats
when they are out beyond the
allotted time, and you have faith
ful portrait of the Irresponsible
boatman" of the Vassar College
who is constantly in attendance .
Year: 1876




In a populous city of Northern
Italy the wife of a distinguished
jurist was seized with epileptic
spasms, which to all appearance
ended in death. The physicians
recognized all the evidences of dis
solution. Her features were dis
torted, cheeks and eyes sunken, the
lips blue and bloodless, skin cold
and fabby-a phenomenon which
from hour to hour became more
pronounced. Finally, even the
spots that usually precede decom.
position was observed, and as the
weather was very warm, it was
thought advisable not to delay the
burial. The woman was laid in a
wooden coffin and deposited in the
family vault. Those who are ac-
quainted with the arrangement of
the Italian ceremonies know that
the individual cofins are placed in
inches, one above another, some-
what as the fOlios are arranged on
the shelves of a library. The inches
are lined with marble slabs, but left
entirely open. The vault itself, on
the contrary, is securely closed by
heavy wooden doors. In such an
niche the coffin in question was
placed. A year later, another mem
Der of the jurist's family died. The
following day he went himself to
the cemetery to see which niche
the new coffin should be placed in.
When he opened the doors the
skeleton of his wife, enveloped in
what remained of her shroud, fell
into his arms. A careful examina-
tion revealed the following facts:
The woman had burst off the coffin
lid, and then gone to the door and
made an effort to force it open also,
but in vain. The double door
would, of course, tend to deaden
her cries, and then the guardian Of
the cemetery lived on the opposite
side of the inclosure. She must
have lost consciousness during her
effort to force the doors, for she had
fallen against them, and her habi-
liments had caught on one of their
iron fasteningS, and in this position
she had finally died. There was,
however, abundant evidence every
where in the vault of her having
been conscious for q considera BILE
length of time.
Year: 1876

On our diminutiye pond there
are about six good sized boats,
which are carefully guarded by "a
responsible boatman constantly in
attendance" as the catalogue hath
it. In addition to lecture funds,
our respected founderdid not leave
a boating fund, 50 the good round
sum of twelve dollars per annum
must be paid for the inestimable
Year: 1876

tided over, but whenever the coun-
try is fairly on its legs again we
trust the Western and Southern
Senators and Representatives will
form an offensive and defensive
alliance for the purpose of giving
the Mississippi its due. 1t is the
main artery Of the continent, and
it has been treated as if it was a
mud puddle, which a single hot
day would dry up, 1t is time this
sort Of foolishness had an end, but
it never will end until the West
and South are leagued against it.