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Year: 1876

suppose that the White League, or the
mass Of the active and controlling mem
bers of the Democratic party in the
Southern States, have any more fraternal
feeling for the people Of the whole coun-
try than the members of the Republican
party in the Northern States. IL is not
in the North that relentless or vindictive
hostility Of feeling has ever been shown;
and the Just and legitimate unwillingness
of the patriotic intelligence of this part
Of the country to intrust tho government
TO the allies Of the White League senti-
ment and spirit is not q narrow, section.
al, detestable, unworthy, unfraternal, un-
generous, or unpatriotic feeling: IL is
simply the dictate of common-sense and
common humanity, and il is totally un-
accompanied by any wish or purpose Of
a harsh and repressiye policy Indeed,
the wretched condition Of many parts of
the Southern States is by no means en-
tirely due 10 negro suffrage, or scalawags,
or Republican ascendency. but in the
greater part to the logical results Of sla-
very and to the conduct of the Demo
Gratis who most loudly complain Of OPP
preston.


The assumption so sedulously fostered
by Democratic orators and organs, that
the Democratic party is the great and
Heaven-appointed agency Of national
conciliation, is as baseless as its other
claim Of being the party Of reform. Its
record Of reform is exhausted by the
turning out Of Union soldiers who are
not Democrats from few minor offices
and the reduction of the salaries Of a
few poorly paid consuls, A Democratic
restoration, instead of promoting peace
and goodwill, would make the mild in
timidation" of the Southern colored citi-
zens a systematic tyranny. il would food
Congress with Southern claims, and il
would stimulate and invigorate the eccle-
siastical hostility to the schools. An era
of absolutely unchecked Democratic as
tendency in this country was one Of des-
potic Southern leadership, Of undisguised
hostility to the Union, to the people of
the North. and to the safeguards of
American liberty. 1t is this knowledge,
and the consciousness that the traditions
and training of two generations do not
pass like a morning vapor, that cause
those who sustained the war but who
now differ radically upon some great
questions of public policy, still to main
tain their party organization, and to op-
pose a united and resolute front TO the
effort to secure Democratic restoration,
not for the purpose of sectional oppres-
sion, but for the sake Of the common
welfare. and Of fastening the era Of a
real fraternity.
Year: 1876




The labors of the Codifying Commits
sion, now in progress, ought to result in
very great economy to the State in the
way of simplifying the laws and thereby
reducing both the necessity and the pre-
text for new legislation. The truth is
that the multiplicity and confusion of
statutes has given rise to a great deal of
unnecessary tinkering and amending,
partially through ignorance as to what
the law is, and partially from iustiiiable
inability to find out what il is. 1t will
be a part Of the salutary work of the
Commission to disentangle this cOnfu-
sion, and to state the law as it exists so
clearly and precisely that a wayiaring
man, even though a member of the Gen
eral Assembly, need not err therein. The
result ought to be that the apparent ne
cessity for new legislation will be vastly
diminished and the length of legislative
sessions reduced about onehalf or two
thirds. Instead OF having two or three
hundred pages Of new laws manufactur-
ed every session, the whole WORK of the
session ought to be easily comprised
within fifty pages at the outside, with
even then plenty of room Tor fringe
work.


There is a we'll grounded and popular
conviction that there is great deal too
much law-making going on nowadays,
and the truth is it requires q man of
pretty active mind and a good deal of
leisure to keep up with the changes con
stantly being made in the statutes. Part
OF this evil grows out OF the foolish no
tion common with new members that
they must introduce bills or die. politi
eally Many of them seem infatuated
with the thoroughly mistaken notion
that a member cannot impress his use
fulness upon the minds OF his constitu
ents except by introducing bills or max
ing speeches, and consequently we have
everlasting uukering with existing stat
utes, and no end OF new legislation, &C
tual or proposed. One result is that th'
laws OF the State have been converted in
! to q confused medley OF contrabands an,
Year: 1876

Taking into consideration the character of its
vouchers, the history of Its cures and the i'm
mense increasing demand, Vegetine may be
fairly entitled the leading medicine OF the age


For scrofula In the blood, Vegetine is an In
fallible remedy, and no person need suffer from
tumors, ulcers, and all diseases arising from
Impure blood, n Vegetine IN used according TO
directions There Is not a case of scrofula In
however the vital functions have not lost their
power of action, all that may be said TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding.


Vegetine is pleasant to the taste, mild In its
influence, and absolute in its action ON disease,
as the following unquestionable evidence will
show.
Year: 1876

py aSSUclAUcu fIGHS.


PoTTsvLLE, Pa, August 22.-The dis
patches from New York this afternoon, an
nouncing the disruption Of the great coal
combination, caused considerable excite
ment in this vicinity, and great deal of un-
easiness is manifested in the mines, as to the
ultimate results. Its generally conceded that
there will be decline in the price q coal,
and corresponding reduction in the
miners wages, they have latterly been
making only half time, and In
some instances only one-third time,
and with the near approach of the cold
weather, there is q gloomy outlook for the
winter. Individual coal operators will
suffer severely, and It is predicted that they
will not be able to continue business, should
prices decline below those maintained by
combination.
Year: 1876

Yesterday afternoon very valuable horse
belonging to Eastburn & Armstrong, and
attached to wagon took fright, while
being driven from Brandywine Summit
camp meeting to this city, and ran off. In
striking the vehicle against bridge the
animal was detached, and dashing in full
tilt against tree he was instantly killed.
He was valued at about two hundred dol
lars.
Year: 1876

An exchange gives tho following
account Of a wessel's stratagem, with
the suspicious remark that it was
vouched Tor BY = friend: "a grist
mill was infested with large rats, un-
til weasel came there and destroyed
nearly all of them. There Vas, how
ever, one largo rat which he could not
conquer. They had several pitched
battles in which the rat whipped tho
weasel, until, whenever the rat ap-
peared, the weasel would seek safety
in flight. They were watched for
several days, when the weasel was
observed to be digging hole under
pile of lumber. After he had COM
pletei it, he approached the mill, and
the rat came after him as usual. He
made some show Of fight until he had
got the rat interested, and then ran
into his hole. The rat followed, whom
the weasel was seen to como out ct
tho other end of the hole, and run in
at the entrance after the rat. Subse-
quent examination proved that tho
weasel had made the hole large en-
ough for the rat to enter, but had con-
tracted the other end 80 that he could
not get out. Having thus trapped
his antagonist, the weasel took him
in the rear, and easily conquered.
Year: 1876

In his day it was the habit Of the
polite world Of the Capitol, dressed in
their gayest, to repair to the Senate
Chamber to listen to him whenever he
spoke. He was everybody's pet. No
man has ever had such admiration
since. No man has ever got habitu-
ally such splendid and brilliant audi
enccs a. he. Those were days of
grand debate, when the press had not
gained such prestige-before oratory
had given way in Congress 10 the re-
porters. There we're no holes in the
sky then, and you could not prick IN
orator, like bubble with witty sar.
casm. Clay never disappointsd-he
would not have dared. But he dared
things that no other man then or now
would dare. At the end Of . bril-
liant passage he would pause delib-
erately, and walk six steps across the
aisle to Robert J. Walkers snuff box,
and taking . pinch gracefully be-
tween his finger and thumb, return to
his desk and put it with such ineffa-
bic distinction TO his nostrils that tho
whole audience was ready to burst
into applause. With any other man
this would have been ridiculous.
Clay made it sublime. 1t was like
the great king going to bed in the
presence of sdmiring courtiers.-Ex.
Year: 1876

Down in Mexico, Mo-, young la
dy and young man get out on the
steps Of = Sunday evening and enter
into a contract. For each shooting
star he is to receive kiss. On one
of these interesting occasions a half
hour passed away and not q solitary
star shot across the sky. But after a
while the cherry lips of the young
lady parted and she called her young
mans attention to the flying meteors
that were about to escape his obser-
walton; then she got to calling his at
tention to the lightning bugs, and
finally got him down to steady work
on the light Of lantern . man was
carrying about the depot where the
trains were switching. Artless girl
Year: 1876

Do not be discouraged because
your parents are poor, and not able to
give you all you want. Daniel Web
ster, in early life, was poor boy on
poor farm. Henry Clay rode q poor
old gray mare to mill with grist to
feed the family Of his widowed moth
er. Douglass was born and inherited
poverty. Lincoln cat wood and split
rails in early manhood. Henry Will
son was born in poverty, want sitting
by his cradle. From ten years of age
until twenty-one he worked for a
yoke of oxen and six sheep. Quail
not at poverty. 1t is good place to
begin. Look up. Aim higher. Earn
and expect better things. There are
a plenty Of ladders 10 climb, and it
can be done easiest without encum-
brance. Nearly every grea, and
good man in Iowa by necessity went
barefoot and wore patched breech"s
in early life. The log cabin in the
valley is better place to begin the
race Of life than the palace on the
hill. The world needs good men, and
is seeking them every year. True
merit never goes unnoticed or unre-
warded. Book learning and practical
knowledge have to be happily CON-
bined to make the successful man.
Seek knowledge. Stand perpendicu-
lar. Never listen to prevarica,ion for
convenience or for success Any end
accomplished by deceit or dishonesty
is only temporary and delusive. Let
every boy resolve at once to be hon
est and upright, no matter how for
tune may smile or frown. Follow
the footsteps Of other great men from
poverty to the lofty positions they
have occupied in the hearts Of their
countrym-n and in the world.


II the boys who are now growing
up around US are to legislate for the
twentieth century, they should early
dedicate themselves TO truth and
honor. If they are to be farmers,
road. masters, school trustees, legisls-
tors, judges or governors, they should
early learn the difference between
money making and money stealing.
Cultivate, then, keen sense of integ-
riiy, and determine through life, what
ever may betide, the right to approve
and the wrong to condemn. In no
case, either in earnest or Joke, make
light of virtue or excuse or palliate
vice or immortality. Stand by the
right, and be able in any company to
look an honest man in the eye. DO
these things, and you will be happy
and the world better by the influence
OF your example.-State Register.
Year: 1876

Who carries the mail from Os-tra-
gou-nosh, away up on the Minnesota
line, to the nearest frontier settlement
IN Dakota? 4? Why, Boss, q mongrel
kind of dog, an apparent ultimate re-
suit of the mingling of every kind of
dog found in the territory. Boss
master a year ago, was a drunken
half-breed who was paid 50 trip in
summer, and s. in winter for taking
the mails distance OF some sixty
miles. Boss master was honest, and
never purioined a letter, but he had
way of drinking on the road, and the
mails were often delayed. Last JAM
uRry the mail carrier never reached
his destination, but was found frozen
stiff in a snOw-bank, three miles be-
tween Jobley's run. Boss was keep
ing guard over his master and the
mail. Now Boss runs the machine in
bad weather. All that has to be done
is to take Boss and secure the letters
round his neck in an Oil-skin wrap,
and away goes Boss to the end of the
mail route on the biggest kind of
lOpe. There is no use of starving
Boss, like people do pigeons, to get
him to work, though he does expect 8
feed at the conclusion of his Journey.
No one as yet is intriguing for Boss
place. Sixty-twO miles as the crow
flies, carrying the mail through the
snow, is not a position most office
seekers care for.
Year: 1876

Some one who has taken the trouble
to post himself on the laws governing
railroad passenger travel, SAYS that
extra charges for failure to buy tickets
are universally sustained by the
Courts, but there must be full Op-
portunity to buy afforded by the tick
ct seller. Passengers must show tick
cts when asked for. As to stopping
off, there is only one decision, which
is that passenger cannot "stop Off
and resume his journey without the
previous assent of the company. AS
to the obligation of the road to furnish
seat to passenger q decision says ::
"a passenger who exhibits his ticket
need Eot surrender it until he has
been furnished with a seat.n A rail-
road is not liable for things stolen out
OF passengers seat, there being no
previous delivery to the company's
servants ; for the same. reason the
company is not liable for baggage in
the passengers own care. Passengers
who neglect to look after their own
baggage on arrival at their destina-
tion cannot recover it IL it is lost With
out fault of the carrier. Baggage left
in station houses for the passengers
convenience, after it has reached its
destination, comes under q new class
Of rights and duties, the baggage mas
ter assuming the position OF "gratui-
tous bailee," who only becomes liable
in case Of gross negligence. The obi
cation OF the railroad as carrier ceases
when it has delivered to its owner ii
the place of destination, or when he


has had reasonable opportunity of re.
eeiving and removing it. 1t will in


terest sportsmen to know that they


may recover for the value of dogs


when then entrust them to baggage


masters for hire, because of their ex'
clusion from the passenger cars.
Year: 1876

In the Ohio House OF Represents
tives, yesterday, q resolution was
adopted against the third term. The
vote was most emphatic, standing
elghty-sevsn to fifteen. Among the
hlteen votes we're those Of Thompson,
nom this county, aud FentOn, from
Fulton. That is not a fair expression
OF public sentiment in this State up
/ on the question. Not more than one
IN every hundred are in favor of the
third term. .'-TOledO BLade.


Well, do you propose to allow the
one in hundred to give the vote of
Ohio in the National Republican Con-
yention for Grant, when Hayes is
dropped ? There is reason to believe
that Hayes will drop at an early stage
OF the proceedings, and what We want
20 know IS, who the delegates that
are being carefully fixed up for him
throughout the State, will 90 fIr when
he is gone. They need not pretend
that they can not Contemplate thSt
contingency. They must contem-
plate it. Suppose when Hayes gets =
complimentary ballot or two, the
question comes whether Grant is } be
nominated, or whether Blaine, Bris-
tow, Washburne, or some other strong
man shall receive the Ohio vote.
That is the practical question. 1t is
too plsin to be misunderstood and too
keen 70 be evsded. The editor OF the
Blade need not attempt to get CT
with the notion that there is no dan
ger of the nomination OF Grant.


1t IS q clear case that Grant has the
Republican South, which will have
ten times as many votes in the Na-
tton2i Convention as in the Electoral
College. That is, we may count upon
all the reconstructed States for Grant
in the Nationsl Republican Conven-
ton, while South Carolina is the only
one whose vote would probably b.
given him in the Electoral College.
The colored people, especially the
most ignorant of them, are uuani-
mously for Grant. Threa-fourths of
them would vote for him for Emper-
or tomorrow, snd Gil. Haven would
rise up t. bless them. There Is pow
erful Methodist faction for Grant.
Bishop Simpson is for him and very
few Methodist preachers are willing
to say that they are not for Giant,
while many of them unhesitatingly
approve the third-term project. Then
there is good deal of force In the
feeling expressed by Mast, in one Of
his cartoons, that We want Grant,
with his military boots, 70 stamp up
on the POpe's big toe. We may add
the Rings that are best supplied with
money. It may be claimed by Grants
friends that he is great rlng-smash-
er, but the Indian Ring, the Army
Ring, the Navy Ring, the Whisky
Ring. and all the little rings know
they have less to fear from Grant than
anybody else who is likely 10 be nom
mated. When we add the Ollice-
holders, who are always for going gu
with just the sort of civil service re-
form that We have had, it is apparent,
We think, that the thIrd-term move
ment is not within the Republican
party Insignificant, and that in order
to beat it the friends of other csndi-
dates must combine against him.
Cincinnati Commercial.
Year: 1876

The Atlanta (Ga.) Herald OF the
24th inst. gives an account OF the diff
ficulty B3ggagemaster Hunt met on q
trip from Chattanooga the day pre-
viOus. The Herald says:


At Chattanooga man from some
Western state got aboard the train.
He had, chained about the neck, a
large yellow wolf. 1t appeared to be
docile enough while in charge of his
owner, although to q stranger bis
fierce eye and grinning teeth were
sufficient to keep one at distance.
By considerable pulling and kicking
and jerks, the man succeeded in get
ting him aboard and putting him in
the baggage car where he was chained
in one corner. As might be well
imagined, the baggage-master did not
fancy such companion in his car
alone, and protested against the
act, but was repeatedly assured
that the wolf was harmless and
would attack no one. Thus the
baggageman's fears were allayed,
aud the train started. 1t leaves
Chattanooga before light and the
baggage-master was left alone in his





train had not proceeded very great
distance before it became necessary
for the baggage master to adjust some
pieces which he proceeded to do. In
moving about he either forgot the
presence of the brute or depending
upon what the owner said in regard
to its viciOusness, went too near his
wolfship, which, of sudden made q
spring at MIR. Hunt and seized his
coat tail. Turning to fight the ami.
NAL off it seized him again, tearing
his coat half off. Mr.. Hunt fought
the wolf off and made his escape in
to the next car, where he informed
Conductor Bell of what had taken
place. That officer felt outraged at the
danger to which his subaltern had
been subjected, and started in to dis
patch the brute, but thought it best to
inform its owner of what had trans
pired before proceeding on his errand.
The proprietor of the One-horse me-
nagerie was aroused and informed of
the situation, and told that he must
make reparation for the damage done
or he would be short of a wolf very
soon. He offered to console the in
jured party by saying that the wolf
was playing, and that it frequently
tore his clothes off in these little. an
tics. But this did not restore the rent
garment or allay the anger Of the bag
gage master, who insisted upon his
making good what the beast had
made worthless. After considerable
parleying and pickering they finally
compromised on $10.50. After that
the wolf had the car pretty much to
himself the balance of the trip.
Year: 1876

An unsophisticated stranger was
yesterday taken in and done for to the
extent of $55 by this delusive panel
game. Doubtless we have some dele
gates from the black-leg fraternity of
San Francisco in our midst, and this
is one of their funny little antics.
Hitherto Los Angeles has been COM
paratively free from monte sharps,
confidence men and the like list of ell
egant sneak robbers. The game of
''Twenty- One" which it seems they
thought fit to commence on, is well
known in larger and more populous
cities. 1t is easily explained.
You are walking along the
street Of strange place where an af-
fable stranger accosts you and soon
gets into commonplace conversation.
Then he suggests that perhaps you
would take drink. If you don't drink
then maybe you would have cigar.
Inside the saloon, the affable gentle
man meets friend somewhat gone in
liquor who has some dice and offers to
bet that the said A. g. can't throw
twenty-one with them. The trial is
made and the gentleman somewhat
gone in liquor oses-another trial
and the same result. Then the
intoxicated individual gets excited
and offers to bet one hundred dollars
on another throw. The affable
stranger hasn't so much money about
him. If you could lend him say fifty,
sixty or seventy dollars to make out
the amount, he is certain of winning,
and then he will pay you back, or will
step over and get it out of his trunk.
The money is handed over unsuspect-
ingly, and you are fieeced. The affa-
BILE gentleman and the intoxicated in
dividual usually make their exit from
the back door about this time. We
trust that none of our citizens will be
taken in by this transparent system
of robbery.
Year: 1876

Among the modes of punishment in
vogue in the East there are few that
are not characterized by barbarity in
we like, hold the theory in America
that the execution of criminal
should be carried on as a determent
to others rather than as society's re-
venge upon him personally for the Of
fense committed; but with Indians
such an argument would not hold wa
ter for a moment, and this is suffi-
ciently proved by the refinements of
torture which many of their modes of
punishment involve, and which seem
specially designed as much to crafty
the morbid taste of the beholders as to
accomplish their ultimate design on
the victim.


Although the English have done
much to abolish these barbarous modes
of execution in the different native
States under their control, they still
prevail in some parts of the India EN-
pire; notably at Hyderabad and at
Baroda from the latter Of which capi-
tails we have received the following ac-
count of the mode Of executing crimi-
nails with the elephant:


The wretched ictim is bound hand
and foot, and then by means of rope
tied around his waist, is secured to the
hind leg efthe elephant, whichis then
driven at brisk trot through the
streets of the city. OF course, at every
movement of the animals leg the body
of the man is lifted up and dashed a.
gainst the ground; and it is well for
him If one of these conclusions should
haply prove fatal, in which case his
sufferings are at an end.


Otherwise the miserable wretch Is
taken outside the citv, where he is
placed with his head upon stone,
and the elephant, raising his enormous
foot, crushes 1t as easily as Ntsmyth
hammer would Barcelona nut,
Year: 1876

A live seal was brought into town
yesterday. 1t was captured at New
port Landing.


We are informed that a Mormon
settlement and church has been es-
tablished at Gospel Swamp.


Many of the gum trees in Cowan's
Grove near the depot, will measure 20
inches in circumference. They are
not over two years old.


A large portion of the farming COM
munity were in town yesterday to at
tend the Grange meeting. No busi-
ness of any Importance was transact
ed.


Some of the farmers will experience
trouble in cutting their grain this sea-
son, owing to it having been beaten
down by the rain on last Friday.