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Year: 1876

THE SUNDAY QUESrloN.-As 10 the
opening the centennial on Sunday We
do not see how the question can admit
Of doubt. 1t is not proposed to set
al The machinery of the exhibition in
motion, or even to open the bazlars
for sale of the miscellaneous articles
with which the fair aboands. Il is
not intended to make tie exhibition
a workshop or a wholesale store. 1t Is
proposed that the main building with
It's wonderful collection of articles of
beauty and utility the agricultural!
hall, with its suggestive and TO TIL
me display Of the fruits of the farm,
the fores', and the vineyard the
horticultural hail, with It's rare coIlec


tion of plants from every zone and
from almost every land the United
States building, with its intelligent
and instructive array of the resources
and attainments Of the Republic ; the
art galleries, with the thousands cf
pictures from our own and other
countries, shall be thrown open TO the
people. It is proposed that the beau
tiful grounds which surround these
bui!dings-the lawns, the terrace
burdened with flowers, the ravines,
the romantic river, rich with associa-
tions of the days when the Indian
roved in wild freedom, ana when the
fathers Of the country dweIt there,
shall be permitted to them on Sunday.
We cannot imagine any objection to
this that does not arise from needless
ness or bigotry. Those who favor the
opening are the true friends of the
Sunday, and the more the question is
considered the more certain will be
the resulI.-Ne1 York Herald.
Year: 1876

SUIorDE.-Last week we had the
news that toe Turkish Sultan had ab-
dicated This week we have the fur
ther intelligence that the Sultan died
by his own hani-committed suicide
This rapid succession OF events sng'
gests the idea that the Sultan was
first compelled TO surrender his throne,
and after that being a useless ineum
brauce, was guilty put out Of the way.
This is nothing new in the history OF
Turkey, and shows what small pro-
gress that coGntry has made in either
civilization or humanity.
Year: 1876

THE Missouri democrats in their
State convention refused TO express
an opinion upon the financial question
The language of the resolution in re-
lation TO finaces is as follows


We are in favor of the r,slmE ton act Of
January, 1879; but in as much as the narion-
al convention of the democratic party is to
be held within the next thirty days, we
deem it inexPedient to adopt any resolutions
respecting the currency and finances of the
country, but refere the same 10 such Conyen-
tion, hereby pledging ourselves TO support
Its platform. and TO give the electoral ticket
OF Missouri for it, nominee.
Year: 1876

ENGLANn is clearly at the bottom of
the war that is about to be precipita
ted upon Europe, and she goes into
the contest almost single handed and
alone. The gallan;ry Of the little isl
and in boarding the Russian bear in
his den must command the admiration
OF the world, and We can only hope
that in the end the British lion will
come out Of the fight with bis glory
undimmed. This war means the
domination Of Europe and the nations
who now measure swords contend for
the mastery Of the world. The friends
of despotism will naturally side with
Russia, as the embodiment of brute
force. The friends of liberty and pro
gress will just as naturally range on
the side of England, who in this strug
gle is emphatically the representative
of freedom.
Year: 1876

PRESBYTERIAN UNITY.-The long ex-
listing breach between The Presbyteri-
an churches of the North and South
has at length been satisfactorily
closed, and both branches are again
united in the bonds of fraternal friend
ship. This is only as it should be,
and augurs well for the re establish
ment of complete union in political
sentiment as well as IN religious faith
between the lands of the blue and the
gray.
Year: 1876

Moody AND SANKEY AND MErHoDIsN.
The ministers Of the New York
Methodist church are endeavoring to
measure the effects of the recent Hip
podrome revival by counting the con-
verts made during that period OF re
hg'ous enthusiasm. The results do
not appear TO give satisfaction, and it
Is Ihe almost unanimous opinion of
the experienced Methodist clergy that


'ra.s do not reach the public heart
rev.. -""ular church mission
ary work
Year: 1876

Gen. Jubai Early. the gallant old Vir-
Hinia hero, has published an appeal to
the people cfthe South for contributions
"a the Lee Monumental Associa ton, a
portion Of which we reproduce in the
DEMOCRAT this morning. 1t is meet
that one Of the ablest and most gallant
u the living heroes Of the Confederacy
ahould oall upon his countrymen
to contribute something to the


monument Of the greatest OF It's de-
parted Ieaders 50 long as mankind
yeverenoes virtue, honor5 heroism,
and loves true greatness. the memory OF
Lee will live But none the less should
She people. whose history he has glori-
Hed, manifest their admiration and love
Cor him 10y erecting this monument.
Pcrishahle brass or marble cannot
GIti 10 the fame OF Lee, and when
these have crumbIsd into dust,
Ahe world will still possess the
memory OF his life and character as the
heritage of mankind. Yet the youth
Of the country should see that true
nobility of character and heroic devo-
tlon to duty are ever honored, and that
tho world should see that the country
men Of Lee are not unmindful OF
his most glorious life and noble death.
Year: 1876

There had been murder at Red Fox
Run, one Of the tributaries of the Smoky
Hill River, in Western Kansas.


murder was not a novel thing in those
days, for of the eighteen men sleeping in
the unfenCed graveyard on top of the un-
dulatng right bank of Red Fox Run, not
one Of them had died natural DEATH
Eleven had been killed in the summer of
'67, by the combined band of Santanter
and Roman Nose, when all the tribes on
the plains united against the whites-lour
had been killed in her bar-room rows, one
in duel, and two by Wild Horse Smith
one of the most noted desperadoes that had
ever come to Red Fox.


But Wild Horse Smith was tried by a
jury, each time, at but a few hours after the
crimes, and it was proved to the satisfaction
of his peers, that the dead men pulled first
but Smith, with his usual luck and dexterity,
got in the first shot.


In view of these facts, no jury of that
kind, aud in that day, could do otherwise
than to bring in verdict of justifable
homicide, so Wild Horse Smith was ac-
quilted, and became the model of the many
bad men, and the terror Of the few good
ones.


He was tall, bony man of thirty.fve,
with gray eyes, long, dark hair, and long,
leathery cheeks, as devoid of beard as the
plains about Red Fox Run were Of trees.


Four or five families had moved into this
part of the State to farm in the rich bot
tom. Among them was Zachary" Bow
man, who had family consisting of his
wife and children, the oldest, Sarah,
a handsome, healthy y.looking girl of twen-
ty.


As there were very few young ladies in
Red Fox compared TO the number of men,
and as there was not one who at all equalled
Sarah Bowman in personal charms, she at
once became the belle of the settlement, and
was besieged by dozen marriageable men,
among whom Wild Horse Smith stood first
in his own opinion.
Year: 1876

Our fathers God from out whose hand
The centuries fall like grains Of sand,
We meet to-day, united, free
And loyal TO our land and Thee!
10 thank Thee for the era done,
And trust Thee for the opening one.
Here where OF old, by Thy design,
The fathers spake that word OF Thine
Whose echo is the glad refrain
or rended bolt and falling chain,
TO grace our festal time from all
The zones OF earth our guests we call.
BE with US while the New World greets
The Old World thrCnging all its streets,
unyeiling all the triumphs won
BY art or toll beneath the sun;
And unto common good ordain
This rivalship OF hand and brain.
Thou who hast here In concord furled
The war flags Of gathered void,
Beneath our western skies fulhl
The orlent's mission OF good will,
And, freighted with Loves golden fleece,
Send back the Argonauts OF peace.
For art and labor met In truce,
For beauty made the bride OF use,
We thank Thee, while withal we crave
The austere virtues strong to save,
The honor proof to place or gold,
The manhood never bought or sold
o! make Thou us, through centuries long,
In peace secure, In justice strong;
Around our gift or freedom draw
The safeguards OF Thy righteous law,
And, cast In some diyiner mould,
Let the new cycle shame the old!
Year: 1876

A boy drove into the city, his wagon loaded down
with food TO feed the peo pie OF the Brishgoyerned


town;
And the little black-eyed rebel, so cunning and SO
Was watching for his coming from the corner OF her


eye.
His face looked broad and honest, his hands were


brown and tough,
The clothes he wore upon him were homespun,


coarse and rough;
But one there was who watched him, who long time


fingered nigh
And cast at him sweet glances from the corner OF


her eye
lie drove up to the market, he waited in the line
His apples nd potatoes were fresh and fair and fine;
But long and long he waited, and no one came to


buy,
Save the black-eyed rebel, watching from the cor


ner of her eye.
"Now who will buy my applesG" he shouted long
And "who wants my potatoes ?" he repeated to the


crowd
But from all the people round him came no word Of


areply,
Save the back-eyed rebel, answering from the cor


ner OF hor eye.
For she knew that meath the lining OF the coat he


wore that day
Were long letters from the husbands and the fathers


far away,
Who were lighting for the freedom that they meant


to gain or die;
And tear like silver gistened in the corner Of her


eye.
But the treasures-how to get them crept the


question through her mind,
Since keen enemies were watching for what prizes


they might and:
And she paused while and pondered, with pretty


little Sigh;
Then resolve crept through her features, and a


shrewdness fired her eye.
SO she resolutely walked up to the wagon old and


red
MAY have dozen apples for u kiss 2" she sweety


said;
And the brown face flushed to scarlet, for the boy


was somewhat Shy,
And he saw her laughing at him from the corner Of


her eye.
"You may have them all, for nothing, and more II


you want" quoth he.
81 will have them, my good fellow, but can pay for


them" said she;
And she clambered On the wagon, mlndlng 10. who


all were by,
With laugh OF reckless rompng in the corner OF


her eye.
ClingIng round his brawny neck, she clasped her


fingers white and small,
And then whispered "Quick the letters thrust


them underneath my shawl
Garry back again this package, and be sure that you


are spry!"
And she sweetly smiled upon him from the corner Of


her eye.
Loud the motley crowd were laughing at the strange


unglrish freak,
And the boy was scared and painting, and so dashed


lie could not speak:
And "Miss, Ihave good apples," a boder lad die


cry;
But she answered, "No, thank you," from the cor


ner OF her eye.
With the news OF loved ones absent TO the deai


friends they would greet,
Searching them who hungered for them swift SHE


gded through the street.
''There Is nothing worth the doing that 1t does moi


pay 70 try"
Thought the little black-eyed rebel, with twink,


in her eye.
Will CARLETON, in Huper's Mgozi"e jo
June,
Year: 1876

The New York Herald publishes a des-
patch from Poughkeepsie, New York, CIV
ing an account of recent eruption or up
heaval in the highlands at the base of Su-
gar Loaf Mountqin. The eruption ap ears
to have taken place on Wednesday last,
when there was "A violent upheaving of the
EARTH accompanied by loud report and
great quantities of dirt were thrown down
the mountain. There were two upheavals
en- Wednesday night and one on Thursday
morning, each followed by the fall of ad-
ditional quantities of earth, so that the
amount of debris has greatly increased since
Wednesday noon. A large white wood tree
about foot in diameter and fifty feet high
was hurled thousand feet, from the top of
the hill to the railroad track below where it
struck boulder and was split i'll half a
gardener living near the scene of the up
heaval, says that the land was saturated
with water, several streams running through
the grounds, and that these streams have re-
Gently disappeared, On this statement the
theory is put forth that an immense quantity
of water percoating through the sandy soil
met at one point and formed an underground
lake, which having filled up the cavern in
which it had formed, at length found a vent
for its growing volume of water by lifting
the earth above it and huring it down the
hillside. The water released from its prison
rushed down the mountain side, cutting deep
ravines and carrying everything before it,
Great throngs of people visit the scene Of
the upheaval daily to see the embankments
of the ravnes and cavern crumble away and
fall into the chasms left by the streams of
water,
Year: 1876

miles from the settlement, he was himself
shot by some person or persons secreted near
his route. That his arm was broken, and
he would have come back at once, but fell
in with an army train returning from Pond
Greek, and the surgeon gave him all atten-
ton, and took him on to Harkcr, where
he had been for ten days under attend
ance.


This was all said in a plain fearless way
that accounted for everything, and should
have carried conviction with it but the
judge had made up his mind, and with well
affected solemnity, passed the sentence of
death, and then pointed to a tree back of
the Coyote Saloon as very suitable place
for the execution.


There was no want of ropes and Frank
Cotton WAS at once seized, aud the jury,
with wonderful zeal, were about to pick him
up and carry him to the tree, when they
were startled by piercing cry, and the next
instant, Sarah Bowman. pale us II spectre,
with her hair disheveled, and her brown
eyes twice their usual size, rushed in and
threw her arms about Frank Cotton.
"Men you are about to become murder
ers 2" she shrieked, and the bravest started
back in alright.


"Do you want the murderer Of Henry %
she asked, fastening her eyes on Wild Horse
Smith


YES Yes !" cried the crowd.


"Then seize him. | saw him do the deed,
and there he stands -


Her long white finger WAS pointed at
Smith, who now turned liyid, foamel at the
mouth, and finally hissed,


"It's liew


"Sezc him before he escapes, and hear me
out"


There was ring of command in her
voice, and some OF the party drew their
pistols, and laid their hands on tie judge.
Then Sarah Bowman told how she had
been up the run, gathering flowers, the
morning of the murder how she saw henzy
and Frank Cotton shaking hands when they
parted and then that Wild Horse Smith
rode down ravine, out ot llcr2y sight
soon after which she heard three shots and
then saw Smith galloping away a. if in
pursuit of Crlton.


"Wild Horse Smith is the only man in
this part Of the country who has Spencer
rifle and here are three shells | found
near Hcnzy's body. Whose gun will they
ft?"


The shells were passed from hand to hand;
they were Smiths, the body was cXhumed d.,
and the balls found to fit the shells, and
Frank Cotton showed a similar bail that had
been taken from his arm.


How quick the current of public opinio n
changed, and how bravely they resisted
Smiths efforts to get away They saw
through all and felt that the brave girls
illness was the result of the shock the mur-
der gave her He confessed, deiiantly, and
was hanged back OF the Coyote Saloon, with
the rope that was prepared for Cotton. Then
another grave was added to those on the
bank of Red Fox Run-numher twenty
and the bit of board at the head hal ri dely
carved on it "Wild Horse Smith, hanged tol
the murder of lIenzy"


Red Fox Run is well to-do, law abiding
place now, within sound of the locomotive
whistle. Sarah Bowman is Mrs. Cotton ,anC
while Frank thinks her the hest woman il
the world, everybody in that region think
her the bravest.
Year: 1876

Economy IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, When
a Norristown woman asked her husband for
two dollars to buy a calico dress, he whipped
a paper out of his coat-tail pocket and point
ed to an editorial which clearly showed that
female extravaganza was the ruination of
some of our best men, and even the country
itself was being dcmoralzed from the same
cause. Then he gave her ten cents TO buy
hairpins, lit a ten-cent cigar, aud left the
house-and lost three dollars playing bill
lizards before he returned home -AOTistOVa
Herald.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Bergh has won point on
the turtle question. He remon-
strated about the manner in which
the turtles are carried from Key
West. TO this answer was made
that any way with a turtle was a
proper way, as it was an animal
without feeling, and could be car
ried in any position without caus-
ing pain. Whereupon Mr.. Bergh
prints a certificate from Agassiz
Showing that the turtle is a Sensi-
tive animal, and that there could
be no severer torture than that to
which it is exposed by our dealers.
He suggests that when turtles are
brought to market they should be
kept in tanks of water, and allowed
as much comfort as possible while
they do live. We think Mr.. Bergh
is right. 1t is just as easy to carry
the turtle in a tank of water as it IL
to tie its fins and throw it into The
hold of a vessel, Or tie it on its bacl
in an attitude which AN emmen
scientific authority declares NOT on
ly to be torture to the animal 'bu
the cause sometimes of poison il
the food.
Year: 1876

workers would of course possess
sufficient knowledge to be able to
direct and suprintend every opera
tion. There would certainly be
nothing mental in such an occupa-
ton, and we do not see why the
daughters of gentlemen in reduced
circumstances should not seriously
undertake it, not merely to the
very great advantage of their own
families, but also, perhaps, later, in
some profitable organization where
young women of the poorer classes
could be trained and employed
under them. If some one would
bring systematic gard ening into
fashion, we should not only hear
very little of the need for stimu-
lants and the other weaknesses OF
young-ladyhood, but we should no
longer see so many weedy borders,
unpruned and unfruitful vines, and
greenhouses devastated by aphides
and thrips.
Year: 1876

obscure Men Happiest I'm wedIOck.
Alabama Baptist.l


No woman will love a man the
better for being renowned or prom
inent. Though he be the first
among men, she will be prouder,
not fonder; as is often the case she
will not even be proud. But give
her love, appreciation, kindness,
and there is no sacrifice she would
not make for his content and COM
fort. The man who loves her we'll
is her hero and her king. No less
a hero to her, though he is not to
any other; no less a king, though
his only kingdom is her heart and
home. 1t is a mans own fault if
he is unhappy with his wife, in nine
cases out Of ten. Itisa a very excep-
tional woman who will not be all
she can be to an attentive husband,
and a very exceptional one who
will not be very dlsagreeable II she
finds herself willfully neglected. 1t
would be easy to hate a man who,
having bound woman to him,
made no effort to make her happy;
hard not to love one who is con
slant and tender, and when a wo-
man loves she always strives to
please. The great men of this
world have always been wretched
in their domestic relations, while
mean and common men have been
exceedingly happy. The reason il
very plain. Absorbed in them.
selves, those who desire the worlds
applause were careless of the little
world at home, while those who haC
none Of this egotism stroye to keeI
the hearts that were their own, anC
we're happy in their tenderness.
Year: 1876




Captain Lays internal machine,
which is now being experimental
with at Washington, if it does half
that is promised for it, will prach-
cally make an end of naval war
fare, for no armor nor guns would
avail against it, and it would de-
stroy any vessel that could be set
ahoat before single shot could be
fired. 1t consists of a small sub
marine, cigar-Shaped craft, pro-
PEELED by chemical engines, and
steered by a telegraphic apparatus
communicating with the shore or
small fleet crafts from which the
machine is launched. 1t carries a
barrel and half of dynamite
enough when exploded under the
largest iron-clad to blow her to
atoms, and the dynamite is also ex-
ploded by electrical current trans
mitted through a wire connecting
with the shore or vessel from which
the machine is launched. All that
is needed to sink the most formid-
able navy aAoat is a fleet tug OF
two equipped with, say a dozen OF
these machines, which could be
launched before the tug got within
range Of the vessel to be destroyed,
and propelling themselves under
water with almost incredible speed
could be steered by the telegraphiC
apparatus directly under the hos
tile ships and exploded by an cleo
trio spark to destroy them. Should
the machine prove equal to this
when it gets into use, as shortly il
would among all nations, nayaI
battles would no more be thought
of than battles in balloons.
Year: 1876

The board of equalization will probably place
the valuation of railroad property in this state
at little over S55.O00,000.


The board of 1874 fixed it at that sum and
that of 1879 at $45,oOO,O0O.


Mr.. Litton atty for the Atlantic e Pacific
road was IN attendance before the board yes
terday Hon David II. Armstrong testified con-
cerning the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, that the
whole amount of the bonded debt


Debt, gold bearing interest. 1G,1S5,646 OIL
Amount of gold interest. 971,139 so
Currency interest. t............... 116,500 90


He further stated that there was no way in
which to pay the interest due in July on the
first mortgage bonds of S7.500,000, except an
issuance of receivers certificates which may or
may not be issued. He would not give ten
cents on the dollar for the bonded debt that the
road would not be able to pay even the interest
on its bonded debt until it was extended to the
Pacific coast the track is miserable and dam
gerous for travelling. His opinion was that the
road would have to be sold out next October.
1t can barely pay the expense drumming it cut
side of paying the interest on the debt or taxes


AS to the mode of assessing railway proper
ty Mr.. Armstrong thinks tax on the gross
earnings and sinking fund created thereby
would be the only way to tax railroads.