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Year: 1876

THE GRAND UNION" This hotel has
gained wide popularity both on account
of its eligible situation-it being directly
opposite the Grand Central Depot-and
the excellent manner 10 which it is kept
By stopping at this house, guests save the
heavy expense Of carriage hire ami ex-
prcssaee, baggage being carried TO and
trcm the depot without charge 1t is first
class i'll every respect, and yet the rates of
charges are lower than at any other first
class house in the city. 1t is conducted
upon the European plan.
Year: 1876

Cheerful looks make every dish feast. "
How can a person look cheerful when
suffering from the pangs of collie, cholera
morbus. rheumatism, and many little ills
that flesh is heir to. Use Rennes Pain
Killing Magic Oil; it will make you hear
better. see better. taste better, fell better.
and will actually make you feel cheerful
and look handsome. 1t works like a
charm.
Year: 1876

A pastor of church in enc OF
our large cities said t. amenot long
ago. 81 have oflleiated ct forty
weddings since I came hers, and in
every case, save one. I felt that the
bride was running an awful risk"
Young men of bad habits and fast
Tenderness never marry a girl of
their own sort but demand q
wife above suspicion. So pure,
sweet women, kept from the touch
of evil through girlhood, give them
selves with all their costly dover of
womanhood, in the keeping OF men
who, il base associations, have
learned to undervalue ali that he
longs to them, and then find no re-
pentance in the sad after years.


There is but one way out Of this
that can see, and that is for you
to require in associations and mar
riages, purity for purity, sobriety
/ Tor sobrlety, honor Tor homer.


There is no reason why the young
men of this Christian land should
not be just as virtuous as its young
women, and if the loss of your so
eiety be the price they pay for vice,
they will not pay it.


This is plain, sensible talk, and
just such as ought to be needed by
all our bcys and girls. until the
much needed reformation is fully
established. Too much Of the hap
piness or misery of our children de-
pends on this for it to pass without
producing deep reflection. We
have never made suggestions
fraught with greater importance.
Year: 1876

larceny under thirty dollars-there
By saving to the State Treasury at
least one hundred thousand dollars
per annum. Her annual State rey-
enue is increased by dog tax Of at
least one hundred thousand dollars
and a railroad tax OF perhaps as
much more. The ability of our
people to pay has been further in
creased by the reduction Of jury
fees-which will save to the eoun
ties at least one hundred thousand
more per annum; and yet doubt and
distrust are everywhere and the air
is rife with whispers of reputation.


In a future article we propose to
show by figures how little cause for
distrust there really is. In the
mean time what we need is firm
hand at the helm. Give us a pilot
who knows how to guide the ship
and hasaerve CROUCH to DO it. Let all
the friends of State credit speak
out; when the Democratic conven-
tioD meets, let its trumpet give
forth no uncertain sound-let every
candidate for any State office be
forced to take one side or the other
of this question. The interest on
the State debt must no longer accu-
muIate-it must be paid. The next
Legislature and the next Governor
must be elected on that issue. The
politicians who try to curry favor
with both parties must go to the
wall. The ship must no longer
drift-she must have a hand to
guide her. The party in power
next year must be a party with a
policy.


"Under which king, Bezonianf
speak or die" -CLarksville Chronicle.
Year: 1876

One party censures him for writ
ing or allowing to appear in his col
umns certain articles, communiea-
tions or squibs, and another blames
him for not publishing the identical
thing for which the first condemn
ed him. We do not pretend to ar
que that an editor does not often
make mistakes-if he did not he
would be more than human-but
let him see his errors and then cor
rect them, as other business men
are obliged to do. But after articles
have appeared, to make unkind re
marks about the conductor Of the
paper, is ungenerous. OF course
the right of criticism and opinion
touching a subject discussed IN print
is accorded to every one, but this
can be without manifestation Of bil
iousness towards the editor.-Eaton-
ton Messenger.
Year: 1876

The truth is, the entire South is
growing rapidly in population
There has been no great rush of i'm
but a constant trickling
into various healthy and fertile Sec
tions ofour fair Southland, of North
ern and Western families who seek
refuge from the lnclemency of their
colder climate. In South Carolina,
Florida and Arkansas and North
Louisiana this influx of popula-
has been very marked, while in Tex
as, there has been an absolute tide
of new people from all quarters of
the world. Here in Alabama we
have witnessed a current of immi-
grafton of no insignificant kind
Along the Tennessee river, through
out the valleys of North Alabama,
we find everywhere strange name s
and faces. A dozen villages have
sprung up around iron furnaces
which are owned by men lately from
the North. There is no question
that the South is asserting
her birthright. The gentle light
of the Southern cross is at
tracing the gaze of millions, and
when the census of 1880 is taken, it
will be found that the Confederate
struggle which forced the emanoi-
patton of the slaves has resulted,
under the MYSTERIOUS workings OF
Providence, in inscribing ultimate
victory upon the banner of the


South.-Ho5ile Register.
Year: 1876

The following we quote from the
Greeneyille LatelEgsncsr: sThose
Of our subscribers who are indebted
to US, and have been contemplating
settling up, need not put themselves
to any inconvenience about the mat
ter four account We seldom have
use for any money, for when We have
it we are in a quandary as to what
to make of it. The
men we buy paper from take
rags for pay, and our printers are
always willing to take orders for
their wages, and you know the mer-
chants on whom we give orders al
ways advertise it out no matter
whae the amount is. We pay our
hotel bills with 'puffs', and we always
get a free ride on the cars and stages.
The postage we pay on our papers
don't amount to much, and the gov
ernment, under its present admins
tTation, waits on us until we feel dis
posed to pay it. Therefore you see
that we are at but little expense,
and beg you, friends, not to be par
ticular about paying US that little
amount oftwO dollars you owe US,
for SO small amount as that wouldn't
help us much no how. And besides,
we don t like to be bothered with
writing receipts for fifty cents, one
dollar, as these are times full of in
terest and excitement, and it is our
duty to keep our mind confined to
Important subjects in order to send
you a live paper, and to have men
coming in and wanting us to write
a receipt for 80 is calculated to di-
vert our thoughts from measures we
should have under careful consider
alton, in order to keep up with the
times. We think, gentlemen, judg-
ing from your actions III the mat


ter, that your ideas accord exactly
with ours, and again appeal to you
not to trouble yourselves about pay.
ing your dues to us-newspaPer mer
are expected to work for nothing
and pay their board out of their wa
ges."
Year: 1876

when his Secretary of War steps
down and out for being detected in
selling by wholesale the patronage
of his Office. If this does not con
vince the Northern masses that a
change of administration is abso-
lutely needed, they would not be
lieve though one rose from the dead.
If it does not prove the death blow
of Republicanism, it must have
more lives than a cat. One instance
is given, in which the trade post of
Fort Sill was bartered away by the
thrifty Secretary for $4,000 cash
in hand, and an ANIMAL fee of $4,000
so long as the purchaser retained
it. The purchaser, of course, must
cheat the victims thus placed at his
mercy, out of these sums, to say
nothing of the immense profits in
addition which induce him to make
the peculiar Investment. In almost
every branch Of every department,
the same rascality exists and has
existed for years, as witness the de-
velopments on the St. Louis trials,
until, according to an authority as
careful and conscientious as the New
York Bulletin, our people are paying
$700,000,00O for the luxury of gov
ernment in its various forms-a
sum greatly in excess of the net
earnings of the entire country.


This it is that makes hard times,
that depletes our energies. Spend
ing on the one item of government
more than all we make, it becomes
very clear why each year finds us
worse of than the previous one.
But the half or more of this govern
ment burden, weighting US to the
ground, is a mass of corruption.
The first thing to be done is to lop
it off. Cut out the fostering flesh.
Remedial and healing measures
come after. The surgeon must pre-


cede the doctor.-American.
Year: 1876

A POOR man. who had a large fam.
lily, broke his leg, and as he would be
for sometime destitute Of the means Of
grace, it was proposed to hold pray.
er meeting at his house. The meeting
was led by Deacon Brown. A loud
knock at the door interrupted the SER
vice. A tall, lank, blue.frockei young
ster stood at the door with an OK goadl
in his hand. and asked to see Deacon
Brown. Father could not attend
this meeting. he said. but he sent his
prayers, and they are out here in the
cart They were brought in, in the
shape Of potatoes, pork, beef and corn.
The meeting broke up without any
benediction.
Year: 1876

There was duke once who disguised
himself, and placed a great rock in
the middle Of the road near his place,


Next morning n peasant came that
way with his ox-cart. "Oh, these Ia
zy people, said he. There is this
big stone lying right in the middle OF
the road and no one will take the
trouble to put it out OF the way And
SO Hans went on, scolding about the
laziness of the people.


Next came a gay soldier along. His
head was held so far back that he
didn't notice the stone, and so tumbled
over it. He began to storm at the
country people around there for leav-
ing a huge rock in the road. Then he
went on.


Next came a company Of merchants.
When they came to the stone, the
road was so narrow that they had to
go of in single file on the other side.
One of them cried out, "Did anybody
ever see the like Of that big stone ly-
ing here the whole morning, and not
a single person stopping to take il
awayf"


II lay there three weeks, and no
one tried to move II. Then the duke
sent around word to all people in his
lands TO meet where the rock lay, as
he had something TO tell them.


The day came, and great crowd
gathered. Old Hans, the farmer, was
there, aud so were the merchants. A
horn was heard. and splendid caval
cade came galloping up. The duke
got down from his horse, and began u
speak to the people gathered there.


"My friends. il was | who put thi,
stone here three weeks ago. Every
passer-by has left ii just where il was
and has scolded his neighbor for moi
taking it out of the way"


He stopped down and lifted up thu
stone. Directly underneath it was
round hollow, and in the hollow lay
small leathern bag. The duke he'll
up this bag, that all might see wha
was written on it; "For him wh'
lins up the stone" lie united th'
bag. and turned it upside down. an'
out upon the stone fell beautiiu
gold ring aud twenty large. brigh
gold coins.


So they all lost the prize becaus'
they had not learned the lesson, o.
formed the habit Vi diligence.
Year: 1876

There was great excitement about half-past ten
yesterday morning Wall street A horse har-
messed to truck, became frightened by something,
and, starting william street, rushed down the
street The truck coded with a coal cart Water
street. and went almost over it, The horse then
dashed down toward the East River. The driver sue
cceded in turning the horses head down South street,
wheels OF the truck became locked in those OF wagon
standing by the water's edge opposite No so South
street There crowd collected at the foot of
Wall street staring at tho body of drowned woman
lying the water and had the horse not been turned
aside he would have dashed into the assembage, and
probably have caused considerable loss OF life.
Year: 1876

II took Samuel }. ILIen quarter OF a
century 10 tind out the corruptions Of Tam
many saClems, and then Joined the com
mittee CT seven1y more for personal safety
than the public good. Il took him several
weeks to write letter OF acceptance which
any ordinary lawyer could have written
within two hours, provided always that lie
had a GOOD cause. It took dim several
weeks to explain tie difference between
his real aid apparent Income, and then he
may have cleared his skirts Of perjury, but
he has made il pl45u Tat he robbed his
country OF Thousands ot 0Jli4rs by throw
ing the responsibility on the assessor, who
knew rotLing about his incOms ard could
only guess. Il viii take him some Weeks
longer to explain the difference between
stealing as his former associate. Tweed


stole-by addition, division and silence
and stealing 0y cnncealment negatively.
1t has taken him fifteen years TO consider,
and Ee has not yet discovered that the war
to maintain the integrity Of the Govern
ment was right that rebels in arms should
be treated harshly, or that it is constitu-
tional to suppress formidable rebellion by
crippling its resources. He still thinks the
abolition of slavery unconstitutional. He
undertook to expose and punish the New
York canal ring, and on that capital to
mount into the Executive chair. The
canal ring is unpunished, the money is not
recovered, he is on the way to the White
House, but he is on slow coach, and will
reach there after the place is filled. He is
q slow coach "reformer' slow.
Year: 1876

selves in office as to enable them to claim
precedence in purity of morals or excel
lence of administration. Nor Is it to be
assumed that incapacity, ignorance, or
venality in office in the South are entirely
new growths. Some of the most rapacIous,
unblusbing and open peculators of the last
few years in the South were ante bsl!urs
members of the State Legislatures or held
other high positions.


Let it not be forgotten that there would
have been no Republican party in the
South but for the carpet et-baggers; that they
stood up for the Government aud the
freedman where nobody else would, and
that the native white population refused to
participate in. any measure of reconstruc-
ton. From that day to this no honest
effort to help the Republicans establish and
maintain good government has been made
by the late rebels. They have been, as a
rule, malignant obstructiouists; and they
are now leagued with the Northern Demo-
Gratis in an attempt to put the Government
in the hands of its enemies, robits Treasury
TO pay Confederate claims, restore to OIL
cial position men who should have been
tried for treason, nullify the acts passed to
enforce the amendments to the Constitu-
ton and leave the amendments themselves
praclically nugatory.
Year: 1876

The Democrats are as much concerned on
the subject of importing votes into Indiana
as though they had never engaged in the
business. Now, we know nothing person
ally about the present charge, but we do
know the Democratic party invented ballot
box stuffiDg, importing voters and voting
on fraudulent papers, as well as voting
without any papers, as they did in Illinois
under her old constitution. Their opposi-
tion to honest voting and to all laws IN that
direction has been so persistent that we
doubt their honesty now-no one doubts
their willingness to repeat" the same
thing. They are opposed to the rigid en-
forcement of honesty in New York, and are
in favor OF it in Indiana. This little Virtu-
Gus spasm don't amount to much as against
fifty years practice of the crime they now
condemn or praise to suit the place.


Lying, as well as fraudulent voting is a
Democratic institution. F. o. Prince,
secretary of the National Democratic Com
mittee, has discovered villainous scheme
(all fraudulent voting is villainous, and that S
the reason Democrats are such viliains) to
carry Indiana by wholesale frauds-a cor
ruption of ali the judges Of election and
stufing every ballot box in the State.
Now, the fact is, the Republican party has
never had any occasion to resort to such
measures, and consequently is lot skilled
in such means Of carrying elections as are
the Democrats by long experience. Mr..
Prince has been simply imposed upon, or,
more likely, that he makes this charge
solely for political effect. He charges,
also, that the scheme is to be applied to
Ohio in the same way. This is another
proof that Democratic rebel ref0rmers are
the salt of the earth; if they can't get to
heaven in any other way they can liz them
selves, that is if fraudulent voting don't
succeed, which they prefer TO try before
resorting to the former. To counteract this
SCHEME" all the Democratic papers are
advised to howl fraud from this time till the
election; and one member of each county
committee is to be sent for, instructed and
equipped, so that they can. put watchers on
their guard. 1t looks to a man up a stump
in swamp as if the publication would be
all sufficient, and also that this may be a
Year: 1876

IF TILDEN is innocent in regard to the
misreporting Of his little income tax il 1862
why does the W0rId and Judge Sinuott
waste so much ink and paper in the matter :?
Ananias and Sapphira were not struck dead
for keeping back part of the price Of the
possession they sold, but for lying about it
afterwards. The fate of poor Sapphira
should be warning to Judge Sinnott and
the World. They should remember that
her punishment as the lying confederate
of her husband was just as severe aud fatal
as that inflicted upon the principal.
Year: 1876

WHEN will the World find room to print
the official letter OF Secretary Conaut,
showing the fslsity of the Democratic
charges of corruption and extravagauce
against General Grants administration ?
The World need not be afraid of shocking
Governor Tilden's nerves by printing it,
for he was promptly furnished with copy
of this journal confirming it.
Year: 1876

WHILE the Democratic press of the
North express a holy horror of Judge
Taft's circular of instructions to officers OF
the law at the South, and characterize it as
a declaration of martial law by the Gov
eminent, it has not single word ofrebuke
for the martial orders of the armed ban
ditti of South Carolina, which assumes con-
troI Of the local government of the State in
dtfance of al law.
Year: 1876

scheme to do the very thing denounced.
They will bear watching; look out for them.
Remember that it will be much easier to i'm
port Democratic votes from Kentucky into
Indiana than those of the opposite political
views, because the former are so much the
more numerous in that State
Year: 1876

THE editor Of the World displays his
ignorance by speaking of Zack Chandler
as 'rtead of the internal revenue" 1t will
be news to its readers to learn that the IT,
ternal revenue has been transferred to the
Department of the Interior, of which Mr..
Chandler is Secretary.
Year: 1876

The Democrats, contrary to their usual Gus
tom, have been doing some dirty things at the
primaries in Louisville, Ky. The Democratic
papers say that they are not creditable, which
means that they are disgraceful. The pure
Democracy of the South, going "solid" for
reform, suggest the necessity for some law to
regulate Democrats at primary elections and
prevent them from exposing their inherent
depravity, and so mar their prospect of REFORM
ing the country and politics generally.


The question of Mr.. Tilden's liability for the
income tax withheld from 1869 to 1868 was
practically settled yesterday in the United
States Circuit Court at Providence, R. l., in a
suit brought to recover the tax where the party
had withheld his returns and allowed the
assessor to impose penalty Of fifty per cent.
on his supposed income. The court held that
this could not be made plea in bar, and rem
dered Judgment for the full amount of tax
that should have been paid. VIII Mr.. Tilden
''Walk up to the captains office and settle"


What an opportunity for retrenchment" ="
was lost by the ex-Confederate House when it
allowed an item of 900 " for bringing home
from foreign countries persons charged with
crimes" to go into an appropriation bill. Had
it ever been suspected that the first draft upon
this fund would be to bring Boss Tweed from
Spain, and at a time, too, when his presence in
this country might materially interfere with
The prospects of their chosen leader, there
would have been a howl for retrenchment
when this item was reached that would have
been heard with joy by Tweed in his seclusion,
and prevented the unconstitutional appropria-
ton of the public money for such a purpose.
Year: 1876

HARD ON THE YouNG MEN.-A lady
requested US to insert the following.


Wanted, one hundred and fifty young
men, more Or less, of all shapes and
sizes, from the tall graceful dandy with
hair sufficient OIL his upper lip to staff a
BARRIERS cushion, down to the little
bow-legged, freckled faced, carrot
headed upstart. The object of this is
to form a gaping corps, to be in attend
ance at the church doors al the close OF
divine service each Sabbath evening, TO
stare at the ladies' as they leave church,
and to make delicate and gen:lemanly
remarks on their person and dress. All
who wish to enter the above corps will
appear on the steps of the various
church doors next Sunday evening,
when they will be duly inspected. their
names, personal appearance, and quality
OF brain registered in book for that
purpose. To prevent general rush,
we would state that no one will be en-
listed who possesses intellectual capaci-
ty above that of well-bred donkey.
Year: 1876

The weather now is getting fine,
AND soon we'll get the danGeline,
| saw bird sci on tree,
/ looked at him and he looked at me.
Then he commenced to sing a song,
About the permits that are wrong,
He sang awhile and then he'd cry,
Then wagged his tail aud shut his eye.
He said dear sir it is too bad,
Your city father must be mad,
Tell the council the laws unjust,
Repeal those laws they really must.
Go tell the council would say,
Don't treat your farmers in that way,
Your market it is very good,
But make it better as you should.
Let them come without the tax
With their produce and nickuack,
Invite the people all come,
Do not make them stay at home.
Invite them to come by all roads,
Bring their produce by wagon loads,
He shook his tail and winked his eye,
Then away the little bird did fly.
Then up jumped frog bloody noun,
He said the permit must come down,
He said dandelion now was free,
And farmers they should also be.
Then todie jumped clear out Of sight,
And as he jumped he said good night,
There | stood in silent wonder,
He took water and went under.
A snail met then in my way,
With long ears and color gray;
His voice was hoarse and very loud,
And said the council were very proud.
He'll tell the council to their face,
The laws they made were disgrace;
They wont let farmers come to sell,
Then draw his horns into his shell.
And then again stood in wonder,
And in the distance heard it thunder;
And in its echo it plainly said,
'Tis time for you to 90 to bed, and


did.


--Hagersio,Dn News
Year: 1876

A NEW METHOD OF STARTING RACE
HoRsEs.-A Saratoga dispatch says:
''The dissatisfaction occasioned by
the bad starts given in some important
events has induced the Racing Associa-
tion to adopt new method of starting
horses which bids fair to be success
full. Hereafter there will be virtually
two starters, and the horses are to be
taken about thirty yards back of the
actual starting line. The first starter
will get the horses in line, and will be
invested with power to punish jockeys
for disobeying his orders by suspend
ing them or imposing fines. After the
horses are in position he will give
them the word to go, and if they are
fairly even when they pass the second
starter he drops his flag. This will
prevent a horse from gaining the ad-
vantage of running start.