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Year: 1876

This question is often asked by parents
in regard to their sons, and by the friends
of many young men; and, although
there is no rule for asccrtaining, we may
yet some iClca of what young man will
become by observing his actions and
works.


solomon said, many centuries ago, that
"tven child is known hy his work,
whether it be good or evil Therefore,
when YOU see Il hoy slow to 90 to school,.
indifferent about learning, and glad of
every opportunity to neglect his lessons,
YOU may take it for granted that he will
he n blockhead,


When you see boy anxious to spend
money, and who spends every cent as
Soon rs he gets it, younmy know that he
will lie spcndtlritt.


When you sec a boy boarding up his
pennies, and unwilling to part with them
for nny good purpose, you may set 1t
down that H. will he u miscr.


When you see n boy willing to take
strong drink, you may rightly suppose
that lie will become II drunkard.


When boy is disrespcctful to his pa
rents, disobedirnt to his teacher, and un.
kind to his friends and pInymatcs, it is a
sign chat he will never be of much nc.
count


When you see n 10y looking out for
himself, aud unwilling to share good
things with others, it is n sign that he
will grow up selfish man.


When you see boy punctual at school,
attentive TO his lessons, eager for ad.
yanccmcnt, and respectful to all with
whom he is brought into contact, you
may bc certain that he is forming good
habits and cannot tai! of becoming a
Man of influence.
Year: 1876

of the final shape to be ASSUMED hy
, wards and punisIrmcnts we know little.
rrt W. need MT know more. As in
,ooth we 90 to school each day and
,Iy tlithiully, not reading the future,
u,t knowing whether the bar or the
pnlpt or the path of business will ask
,,r our mind and heart, and us in our
childhood days we know not where onr
home ,hall hr, whether Ivy the IludsOn
or the Mississippi or 10y ocean or lake,
and as we know not what friends will
stand nearest us in iar.of future DAYS,
Tut in our ignorance move on until
time slowly evolves the plan Of God, so
a, to the greater future beyond the tomb
we must clasp the present tH our heart
anl thus walk on and on waiting for the
flowing stream of me TO carry US to the
great sen. As to the laughing babe, at
last old age comes with snow-white hair,
80 to us all here to-dny in health and in
i'm, rance of the future the great eternity
will come ut last telling us all its JOY
and sorrow in words never to be re.
called,
Year: 1876

Squire Frazer received yesterday large
lot Of campaign documents printed in Ger
man for political uses, to distribute among
the German speaking population, and he
would be pleased to have them call for
them.
Year: 1876

From the Boston Transcript


There is an old gentleman that comes
down town on foot every morning who
appears to be a great friend to dumb ami
mails. Whenever he sees dog scratch.
ing at a store door to be let in he prompt
ly opens il for the animal. The other
morning be made a mistake in the dog
business. He let one 10, and soon the
same canine came rushing between his
legs, nearly throwing him down, and
covering The lower part Of his pantalOonG
with paint. A man with overalls on .wai
chasing the dog, trying to get line Shol
at him with q paint-brush he had in hil
hand. The old gentleman expostnlated
with the irate painter, for such he proved
to be, saying: ,..,..,, ,...,


AMY good man, why do you wish to hurt
that dog%


because he has tipped over my pain
and made IN internal mess Of everything
Some blasted old idiot let him into th,
store when we were all trying to keeI
him outside while was doing some paint
ing; he jumped through the door, stucI
his forelegs into the paintpot, and tippeS
il over. Brown paint on q marble boo
looks well; don't itI IWish people woult
mind their own business"
Year: 1876

Passengers, do not be humbugged or deceived,
but remember the Missouri Pacific is positively
the only line from Lexington running to the
Union Depot at st. Louis. and the only line by
which you Can avoid long. tedious and tire
some Omnibus transfer through the city of st.
Louis. When you wish to travel do not fail to
call ut the Missouri Pacific Ticket ONCE in City
tiOn. iunejotf
Year: 1876

bov drove into the city, his wagon loaded
down
With food to feed the people Of the British
governed town;
And the little black-eyed rebel, so cunning
and shy,
Was watching Tor his coming from the corner
of her eye.
Year: 1876

It is very curious to witness the want
Of logic in some gentlemen. They are
great sticklers for nominations by bal
lot, and hold that that mode is the way
to settle all differences and that every
body is ready to yield to the will Of the
majority expressed through the popular
vote yet in the case under discussion
by some Of our correspondents, great
fear is expressed of trouble to the party
should one or the other be found TO have
received q majority of the delegates
thus elected by ballot. Now, we agree
with the Herald in it's remarks, viz: at
is all bosh to talk Of trouble" on this
score,
Year: 1876

the people who have turned up
since A. T. Stewards death are not great
liars that great millionaire was very iu-
different as to his relatives. They now
turn up In great numbers and already
1900 have claimed kindred and asked to
be remembered in the division of the
estate. If these people 60 into Court by
the direction of the New York lawyers
the estate will be pretty certain of di-
vision. As there is enough in it to give
them all living, it would pay to form a
ring" All settle in one bailiwwick and
the jury could easily be controlled,
either by the legatees or the heirs. In
any event the lawyers would hold the
case in hand until the property was pref
ty well melted down. 1t is probabla that
it might be saved from division by the
rapidity with which the real estate
might increase in value. In that case
the lawyers might get IL in chancery and
thus secure perpetual revenue from it.
Year: 1876

In the New York Times of yesterday
appeared three column biographyof
ex Governor Edwin ID. Morgan &C
companied by an editorial Endorsement
OF the biographer's suggestion that
MIR. Morgan would make a good can
didate for the Presidency. This
bringing out of confessedly strong
New Yorker on the eve of the meeting
of the convention is net favorable to
the faverite son, Conkling. 1. will
give rallying point to such of the
New York delegates as are hostile to
Conkling, and furnish the best excuse
for a bolt,
Year: 1876

The attendance at the Centennial is
constantly increasing. On Monday the
number of cash admissions was 1855,
and on Tuesday we learn that the re-
ceipts were still larger. This is not only
full realization of the most sanguine
expectations Of the Commissioners, but
more. 1t is simply wonderful, and only
goes to prove how immensely attractive
the great show is becoming.
Year: 1876

A Bass singer, with bad voice, was
corrected by the conductor of a choir
who said to him; "Sir, your are mur.
dering the music" my dear sir"
was the reply, ut Is better to murder
it at once than 10 keep on beating it
as you do"
Year: 1876

If Mr.. Blaine had not been engaged in
the dirty business his own party MEM
bers complain Of the Congressional Com
mittee would have been saved all the
time and trouble Blaine has given in at
tempts to clear hls skirts Of the drip
pings that attach to them and are likely
embarrass him at Cincinnati.
Year: 1876

We notice the arrival of new fall goods at
Messrs b. w. Ingersoll 4 Co. Their stock will
be very extensive, comprising everything in
the dry goods line. To those who have dealt
with this hrm, we need not say, that they sell
good goods ami at the lowest prices. They
till orders from all parts OF the state and goods
are sent with promptness and care, they are
opening aud selling some great bargains i'll
staple and fancy goods. We have heard from
those who have dealt with them and they are
universally satisfied with the goods they have
received and the prices OF them. Send in
your orders and get the worth of your money.
Year: 1876

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


Encouraged by the attention you grant to the com
plants Of street car passengers am led utter pub


lie protest against assertion OF the principle that
"might Is right" which obtains in the demand OF the
Fourth Avenue Car Company for conts additional


fare nom every passenger who goes above Foriyrourth
street. though II be bet two blocks beyond and though
he may have entered the car but few blocks below |
have occasion frequently to visit members OF my
family up town, taking the cars mentioned a.
Eighth street. leaving them at Forysixth distance
much less than that for which the allowed fare six
cents. am almost invariably charged eight cents,
and whep. on OCCASION l fooiishly, perhaps but
mildly Presumed suggest TO the conductor that such
charge was not just most lnsolenty told that he


would not carry people who did pay their fare.
VI course do not consider the conductor responsible
lsave ior insoence and the money for each individual
ema matter, but the principle seems unjust and
reoel accordingly and hope should II in the
ngal though thereby might have opportunity to put
into my own pocket the thousands which there
from annually result II limit must and may be set
Tor tho SIX cents fare why not put thus From Park


Through TO terminus, or nearly So eight cents from
intermediate TO intermediate points, six ccntss The
way traffic will fully balance in the company's favor
know others 10 whom the present arrangement seems
as truly an imposition as 1t does to me. EQUITY
Year: 1876

might meet and settle the matter In dispute without
State or local Interference


SO far as the action OF the committee TO-
night may be taken crterion-and
the value OF the criterion is within every
oody's power TO estimate for himself-the hrst
choice for the Presidential nomination seems to be
Hendricks, the second Thurman and the third General
Hancock The Western democrats are disposed 10
break up the twothirds rule for the National Conven-
ton and the discussion shereupon was most signin-
cant portion OF the proceedings tonight The money
question Was resoluely kept out OF sight


THE DEMOCRATIC FINANCIAL POLICY NOT YET


DEFnIrIvELY sETTLKD-rHE CAUCUS COM


MrTrEE STILL UNDECIDED


The Democratic Congressional Caucus Committee met
again to-day at Senator Thurmans house to prenare
financial policy, but still failed agree upon
ure. The committee seem to be as far as ever from
reaching result So far the only matter which has
received the sanction Of = majority vote Of
the committee a naked proposition that
the resumption law should be repealed until
thing else provided 10 take its place. and this
result was reached nogatvely-viz, by voting down
the proposition as II came from Mr. Holman in the
simple Affirmative form that the law should bo re-
pealed rl.e adverse vote by which this motion
rejected was given the Interpretation above
toned.


SECRETARY BRIsTow AND rHE NEW HAMPsHnE


CAMPAIGN.


Republicans in New Hampshire prominently engaged
in the management OF the State campaign elcgraphed
TODAY TO republican Senators that II Secretary Bs
tow leaves the Cabinet, either by being forced
by resignng, the republicans may abandon all cxpecta-
ton OF carrying the State. This has produced
strong effect here 1t has thoroughly alarmed the poll
tcians who do not feel that they afford to lose
New Hampshire
Year: 1876

New YORK. Feb. II, 1870
To TIE EDITOR HERALD


Tho question OF mo seat no fare" which for
some time you have been generously advocat-
ing IN behalf OF the people of this city
places me at liberty 10 call your attention to an
importanI fact regard to it, In every car, you 60
in you will sec written In a conspicuous way beware
OF pckpockets." /" And why should the company
the passengers OF this gang OF theves Simply because
they take the advantage OF tho overcrowded
rob the people Besides your other arguments OF
venience to passengers this, no doubt, will help the
cause you advocate. Respectfully yours,


A RESILIENT OF THIS CITY.
Year: 1876

!. B. heagher anc Mesdames Caldwell Alice woodruff
and Hall will appear and the proceeds the eniersn-


eni will be given the fund formed for building the
new Church OF st. Agnes VI this city After the play
there will be reception and dance which all per-
sons present az the comedy will be admitted
Year: 1876

The medical value of mustard plaster is
understood in every family. Much time is
spent in preparing a poultice, and often the
mustard is of poor quality and will not act,
causing great suffering. This trying incon-
whence is now perfectly overcome by Benson's
Prepared Mustard Plaster. 1t is a great i'm
proVement on the ordinary article. 1t is very
clean, and can be applied and removed without
discoloring the clothing or soiling the skin.
1t does not deteriorate with age. It is always
reliable, as only the best quality Of mustard Is
used in its preparation. It is ready for use at
any moment by simply dipping It in water.
1t is sold in half yard pieces, at IS cents per
roll, by all druggists Sent by mail, on re-
ceipt Of price, by


SEABURY & JOHNSON,


Pharmaceutical Chemists, n. Y.
Year: 1876




yese secret organizations, not to mention
o ,ners of similar nature, are a peculiar
feature of our times, and deserve a more
serious consideration than they haveyet called
forth from the public press. The writer of
this is rot in possession of the statistics to
show the present numerical strength of either
OF these Orders, but it is fair to conclude that
after run of less than ten years they already
number in aggregate some millions. The
Order of the SoYereigDs, which is far more
recent in its origin than the Patrons, had
already issued twenty-three thousand dispensa-
tions for new councils in April, 1875. Both
Orders have large and fourishing councils in
nearly all the States and Territories, from
Massachusetts, to California and from the
lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The saving
effected by means of the former in agricultural
appliances alone has amounted to several mil
lion dollars, while all the economies ofdomestic
life have been most materially benefited BY
means of the latter.


But, important as these advantages are,
'Le -.IeaGy have, and sooner or later must
begin, to exert a social and political bearing
far more important, for institutions of this
sort cannot continue always to follow the
same rut. They are powerful educators. New
ideas will get lnsinuated, and whatever may
have heen the original purpose of them-what-
ever may be the present feelings of their men,
bership-they will come to take a wider rage
and will include objects which did not enter
into the original plan of them.


Called into being by the rigorous exactions
of soulless monopolies, and by whatever the
ring influence of large or small corporations
could grind out of their hard earned accumu-
lations, they have only undertaken at present
the hard task of


REGULATING, JUST LITTLE,


some of the more intolerable abuses of the cor
poration system. But the masters of wealth
are Gs shrewd in the management of their in
terests as they are anxious and determined to
maintain them. They can easily make some
temporary concessions now in order to gain
the time and appease the rising tide of oppo-
sition, but in the end they calculate to win. If
the Changers get some of their own men into
Congress and the Legislatures they cannot
warrant them against the temptations to
bribery. The average conscience cannot stand
the strain OF these trying times, and Msmmon
is great God and able to pay well for his
privileges.


In the light of such facts who can venture to
predict that the Patrous and the Sovereigns
will very soon have occasion to disband VINO
does not foresee that they have a great work
before themf But, who can foretell what vast
results will be accomplished through them
and like organizations before they can safely
lay down their arms? l scarcely dare more
than hint at what l see. PLING.
Year: 1876

don't take down their signs in dull times nor
stop advertising.


Small Handbills printed for seventy five cents
per thousand at the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
job Office.


Business Cards printed for s2.25 per thou
sand, at the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office.
Year: 1876

Printing Offices with small facilities can
save money by having their printing done at
the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Job Office. Our
unlimited assortment of job type and fast
presses viii enable US to allow twenty per cent.
on al orders,
Year: 1876

The people must bear in mind that by
the result of the coming election will be
settled the question of the manner in
which the nation will inaugurate the see.
ond century Of its existence. Upon the
nature of their decision in this matter
will, in all probability, depend the nature
of the second centennial celebration. At
this time we have a big show at Philadel-
phia, and we have lately seen much bum
ting flying, and heard much banging,
cracking and patriotic speaking, yet, un-
derlying all this, there is a painful de-
preston of spirits at the spectacle which
we present to the world. Trade ruined !;
the army outwitted and defeated by a
band OF savages; the navy almost worth
less, Notwithstanding the enormous sums
that have been appropriated for its con-
servation; capital unemployed and labor
sitting idle in the streets; the govern
ment in the hands of the perfdious and
corrupt, and this the cause of all the 9TH
err evils. Shall the second centennial
witnessa similarly deplorable condition
Of affairs The people have it in their
power now to answer this question. If
they elect the Cincinnati ticket, they will
perpetuate all the ills which now the
country is enduring. These will grow,
and as they increase in size and strength
they will become SO embedded in the
soil, that it will be impossible to uproot
them. The second centennial will be no
better than the first. II, however, rs there
can be no doubt they will, they give their
sufirages to Tilden and Hendricks, they
will send in men who will make short
work with dishonesty in whatever guise
it may appear, and the second centenni-
al will be gloriously y celebrated by hap
py and contented population, who will
honor and reverence the names of those
who fought so well a hundred years be-
fore.
Year: 1876

The following is from the Fort Smith
Independent, of the 9th:


at is our painful duty to announce the
death of this inestimable lady, by the
inhalation of chloroform. on Tuesday
morning. We are informed that she OBJ
tanned the chloroform from the drug.
store of DIR. Bailey, Of this city. While
we are not disposed to censure the per.
son or persons from whom she obtained
the article which resulted in her death,
yet it should be warning to druggists
to be more particular in dispensing in,
discriminatory such articles in future. 1t
is we'll known that Mrs. B. has been for
some time been laboring under mental
arrangement, resulting in the taking her
own life. Her death will be regretted
by large circle of relatives and friends" +"
Year: 1876

bB~Mark Jackson, of Vine Prairie
township in this county is announced as
the Republican candidate for Senator in
this District composed Of franklin and
Crawford. We learn he viii make A
canvass efthe District.
Year: 1876

will also give. II Austin would have
a perfect newspaper the STATESMAN
shows to day how the end is to be az
tanned. The STATESMAN grows with
the growth of its circulation and
volume of its advertisements. Will
not each citizen therefore who would
have the capital of Texas esteemed for
the taste and intelligence and numbers
of its people remembers }nt the
STATESMAN is the city's feat repre-
sentative and plenipotenharE The
capital of Texas is seen thr4fgh the
medium of its press even as the United
States finds itself measured in intellS
gence, decency and in power by og3
brother-in-lsw Cramer at COpenhagen.
or by the foxy, cold-handed and blood
less Maynard at ConstantInople. Each
citizen of Austin thus finds himself, no
lens Uolens, if interested in the facts or
fame of the place, directly and person
ally interested in up-building and pro-
noting the prosperity of theSrArEsMAN.
Each letter from each merchant in Aus
tin to his country correspondent, and
from each citizen to each stranger
abroad, should commend the STATES
MAN. Extend its circulation and its
enlargement and value will progress
with even greater relative rapidity.
They who discover defects of to-day
should read what is written here, and
thus learn how these defects are to be
readily remedied. Give US advertise
ments and subscribers, and we will
speedily give you, as shown in the
steady Improvement of the paper in all
its aspects, the best paper published
outside OF the metropolitan cities of
the Union. 1t is needless to swell
along the pavement and point out de-
fects in the newspapers for which there
is only one remedy. We see them
long before you dream of their exist
ence, and you need only remember that
if yeu do your duty the journalist will
not be remiss in discharging every OBJ
legation imposed by an intelligent and
generous people.
Year: 1876

bays of the west of Caney to this line
of railway, and thence to Columbia,
where q reshipment could be made
by steamers to the end of Galveston
Island, when the cars would again


take up the freight and after a run of
a few miles deposit it in the city OF
Galveston. The writer knows little Of
the economy necessary in handling
freights since in q distance of about
one hundred miles he would have
freight handled three times. Boats
that world bring freights from the
westef - up Caney TO the railroad
eonld PAS little expense deposit
tls1l A. the city of Galveston, for
when y boat reaches the mouth of
Caney il Issent a short distance from
that ofaSe Colorado or the western
entrance III Galveston bay. No more
bensiiIs could be derived to Galveston
frd &c proposed connection at the
Aead of navigation on Caney than if the
road from Columbia to that point were
not built. The writer also op-
poses the building of the road to
Wharton, as a financial propriety,"
forgetting that the opening of so
rich a country would in itself
give support to narrow gauge. The
lahGs fI0m Columbia to Wharton,
along the old graded lfnr5 are the Baes1
IN the world, and donations of such
lands to the railroad company would


be valuable, while on the other route
little would be obtained of value.


Should this railroad company desire
paying route they would follow the
old line of the graded road to Wharton,
and thence as far up the Colorado val
ley as possible, even to the city of
Austin. A line could also be car
ried west from Wharton, answering
any demands in that direction, hut
this one would be of secondary impor-
tance to the one following the course
OF the Colorado river. Mr.. Hurley
and his associates should by all means
bald this road, and if it points to-
wards Austin its people should take
lively interest in Its early construction.
Year: 1876

WE tried Texans" and then the
word "Tex-i-ans," and IN both in
stances were harshly condemned for
ignorance In the one case and affecta-
ton in the other, and we quit. The
word "Texan costs less to write and
print, and as the STATESMAN will still
be pegging away at the next Centen-
nisl, we will concur with the Dallas
Herald and prefer the term that does
not part its HAIR in the middle.
Year: 1876

CHAOS may come, but we have done
with Grant. He lives not after the
fourth of March. Such is the fat of
supreme law of the land; but isn't
Grant ultima suprema lere His will,
we opine, is the higher law.
Year: 1876

Col. LOWRY, who was long and we'll
trained as an editor and eminently
popular in this capacity in Mississippi,
has taken charge of the editorial con
duct of the Fort Worth Standard.