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Year: 1875

Nashv lie B3nne-.l


During the thunderstorm yesterday
about twelve o'clock, John E Mills, a
well-knOwn citizen OF this county, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
while standing in the porch Of his resi-
denCe, about two and half miles from
the city on Brick Church pike. The
lightning struck the southeast corner Of
the house, which is a frame, tearing off
some of the we8theTbOarding and did
considerable work at the corner diagon-
ally opposite. But Mr. Mills was stand
ing in the portico at the southwest cor
ner near OF against post. He was look
ing out at some fine stock in q pasture,
and had been heard to say, a few miu-
ates before, that he wished they were in
the stable. \ wire Oh which one vine
clung was directly over his bead aud
evidently conducted the fatal electricity
to its destination. The charge passed
from head to foot, discOlOring the flesh
ia spots beneath the ears, along the
back, right side aud right leg, and burst
ing open the right boot. he fell and
with a culver Of the lip expired. The
only other INN ate of the house severely
shocked was Mrs. Piper, but she received
no serious injury. Dr.. Menees Of this
city was Immediately sent for and at
tended. Mr.. Mills about fOrty-tive years
OF age. He left q wife and child and a
grown son. He was a great fancier of
fine stock and 8 man of extensive POpu-
larity. His remains will be conveyed
to Mount Oiivet for interment, the
funeral taking place from the residence,
with divine services, this afternoon at
two o'clock.
Year: 1875

THE school board has done the very
best possible, with the means ct its dis
possl, for the children next year, and
we are satisfied that if opportunity Of
fers for better, better will be had. We
regard the school board model among
local legislative. bodies. The members
are sctustedl. by love for their work,
and an enthusiasm that is in marked
contrast with the enmity Of the shallow
souled enemies Of public education.
Year: 1875

A HUNDRED Thousand is the msjOrity
claimed for the Democrats in New York
next fall. With such a backing, Cover
nor Tilden's show for the Presidency is
not bad one. The Tribune thinks it
due to the Empire City, which it claims
is fast becoming the financial, literary
and intellectual Of the country, that it
should have the honor Of furnishing at
least one President. And the Philadel-
phia Chronicle to this responds: "WeH,
the field is open to all corners, and il
MIR. Tilden is the man, we say yes and
amen to it, for a better cannot be found,
not even in the Democratic party, with
its scores Of distinguished men," We
say so too.
Year: 1875

Now THAT business is dull and the
weather is hot, and lager is most fash-
ionable, politics are coming to the sur
face. Candidates for the general coun-
ell are popping up, and the list of would
be mayors increases at an alarming rate.
We advise gentlemenItO keep cool; the
ward and city conventions will settle the
question Of eligibility, and say who shall
and who shall not serve the people.
The enemies Of the public schools will
not be among the number called upon
to serve
Year: 1875

THE correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune IA Mr.. Thompson), now travel
ing in the south, like every other ass
who makes a hurried visit to a section
wholly different from his, quarrels with
our people because our ways are not like
those Of the north. The good work at
Bunker Hill on Thursday goes for moth
ing with your Thompsons. They are
nothing, if not t.fault-9nding.
Year: 1875

Up FROM Louisiana comes the most
cheering news. The PicGy1lne says that
concurrent testimony from every quar-
ter Of that State is to the effect that the
crops are well advanced, healthy and in
admirable condition. In the matter Of
rice and cotton, it is possible already TO
form reliable and intelligent estimstei !
and, as regards sugar, there must occur
within the next five weeks some
tremendous and utterly unprecedented
freaks of nature to prevent the yield from
being one OF the largest, according to
the acreage, ever known in the State.
Year: 1875

and the second was tabled. The third
was adopted and the fourth was cOnsid-
cred by sections, and that section refer.
ring to the watering OF stock was laid
upon the table. The section relating to
the uniform system Of keeping accounts
was adopted. The section for uniform
classification for the various articles o!
merchandise in all, was tabled, as was
also the section relating to uniform
system OF posting schedules. The sec.
ton referring to receipts for quantities OF
merchandise was adopted. The resOlu-
ton referring to the improvement ofthe
national water lines was amended so as
to be limited to the existing water lines
and then adopted.


Adjourned sine die.
Year: 1875

TIE Philadelphia Chronicle expresses
a general conviction when it says that
with the opening Of the fall trade there
will be q resumption of the old-timed
activity in business, and return Of the
prosperity which for two years has de:
serted Us. The cessation OF the great
railroad war, the termination Of the
great coal strike, the restoration
Of good feeling between the sections,
and the generally prevailing feeling Of
confidence among all classes Of business
men, clearly foreshsdow "the good
time coming" being in the near future.
Year: 1875

THE NieolsOn pavement is rotting very
fast, and presently we shall have to
spend another million for pavement, if
repairs are not pushed rapidly. Can't
something in that direction be done dur
inK the summer?
Year: 1875

PARIS, June 18.-The bureaus of the
left have resolved to offer no amend
ment to the constitutional bills as they
come from the committee of thirty, and


to take all possible steps to hasten the
final dissolution of the assembly. The
left will move tomorrow that the public
power bill be placed on order Of the day.
Year: 1875

Speaks he not OF religion So he speaks
When he the ruin OF the victim seeks.
How smooth and gracious were his words


how sweet


The fiend his master prompting his deceit.
Books TO smuse and instruct he brought,
Like that old serpent with temptation


fTaught.


By pleasant tales and dissertations gay,
He Wilcd the lessons OF tue truth away.
OF moral duties ne would talk and prove
They gave sanction and commanded love.
Year: 1875

among the ablest of our Executive
papers. Ofhis patriotism-his hearty
devotion to the esUnion-there can be
no question. He gave illustrative
proof of this in Tennessee, when to
be an outspoken Union man was at
tended with danger that few men,
however brave, dared to encounter.
During the dark days of the war his
was abont the only cheering voice
that came up from the South. rec
ollect with what enthusiasm he was
received when he came to Indiana
to rebuke treason and strengthen the
faith of the supporters of the Gov.
ernment when its existence was in.
peril. He lived long enough to make
friends of thousands of his enemies,
and the welcome that he received
when returned to the Senate, of
which he had been for eighteen years.
a conspicuous member, and before
which he had been tried as q GRIM
inal, was as creditable to his former
as it was honorable to
himself. His love of the Union
found fitting expression in his dying
request, that the flag of the Union
should be his winding sheet Peace
to his ashes, and honor to his mems
ory! HUGH MCCULLocH.


London Aug. 2. 1875.
Year: 1875




A gentleman arriving from Marcus
brought the news OF capture of a
wild boy q few miles from that place.
The boy was first discovered wallow-
ing in pond OF shallow water. and
when approached he broke like a
quarter-horse. running about mile
before he could be overtaken hv men
on ponies. Riding up near, the boy
was Iassoed, when a fierce contest
ensued. the strange being striking,
kicking and laaging about in a most
fearful manner. and apparently be-
ing frightened almost TO death.
Finally he was overpowerad, tied
and taken to the house of the man
who FIRST discovered him. His body
was covered with hair about four
inches long, and from size and ap-
pearance he is supposed to be about
twelve years old. lie is unable To
talk but possesses reasoning power,
and now follows his captor about
like dor.
Year: 1875




To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:


1t is said the fox will sometimes.
in emergency, travel backward and
cover up his tracks as he goes to pre-
vent pursuit. This is sfrewd in the
fox, but the hounds are not caught
with such chaff: The wide inter-
change of knowledge Of the present
day among the general mass of the
people, enables them to scent ont
the doings of rings formed for self
aggrandizement.


The Republican party has been in
power for fifteen years. and its lead
ers have had high old time making.
themselves rich and luxurious in the
midst of the miseries of the people.
They are now beginning to feel that
they are hotly pursued by millions
of indignant people, who plainly see
their rapaeity. So they are resort
ing to the cunning method of cover
ing up their tracks to prevent pur-
suit by closed circuits of action scru-
pulously guarded from the public
view. Will this be sufficient for their
escape? The collection of revenue
is rotten to the core. The officials
stealing from both sides-from the
taxpayers and from the Government,
so that while those paying taxes are
severely bled, not much over half
the taxes collected find their way
into the Government Golfers to liqui-
date the enormous Indebtedness of
the Nation. 3


There was a great show in 1871.
that the public debt was being paid
off at the rate of ten millions of dol
lars q month. That elected Grant
President. But what has been done
since then? Nothing; absolutely
nothing has been paid, but the debt
has been growing bigger and bigger
every year. while the people have
scarcely no currency for the common
interchange Of its commodities. La
bor. therefore, is going a begging
for work. Thousands upon thon-
sands Of people are living from hand

to mouth. on the verge of starvation.
There is no work to do that will pay.
If all these people could get work in
manufactures at remunerative prices
for labor, they could buy with cash
sheir supplies from the farmer, and
all would be benefited and prosper.
But this is not the way the money
goes. This is being gathered in by
the bondholders, and by the rings of
officials, and heaped up in their
strong boxes, awaiting the day when
labor will be as cheap as the coolies
of India, or the poor of central Eu-
rope then these hoarders can have
every poor mans nose brought down
to the grindstone, and kept there
from continual want.


Shall these pompous political lead.
ers be disappointed by placing new
men in power that will give new life
and energy to the country?-men
who have been tried in the fire OF
adversely, and will come forth pure
and undetiled, with a sense of Jus
tice and honor like the patriots OF
old, to labor for the general good in
council, and force back the cormor-
ants with their ill-gotten gains to
obscurity. even to the penitentiary
If necessary. **x
Year: 1875

A French woman, 63 years of age,
killed herself the other day because
her children said she was too old TO
marry. How sharper than d SER
pants tooth it was.


A novelty in costume is a fan. the
handle of which forms q pocket
handkerchief holder. Some fans
have also a tiny sccnt-bottIe insert
ed at the bottom Of the fan handle.
And thus fan beeoms handkerchief
sccnt-bottle and fan ia one.
Year: 1875




To wait for girl, and then mot git her.


A woman dressed in mems clothes
visited a variety show in Washing
ton and was arrested. The poiice-
man who made the arrest Is mar
ried man with several daughters, and
the moment he saw that woman
draw her foot up under her and sit
on it. he penetrated her disguise.


a venerable sage. advising a
young man upon courtship and
matrimony, said "Thero IL more hap
piness in one year Of married life
than in forty years Of hanging
around the wrong woman Quite
true but who now days, hangs
around the wrong woman. or even
the right QUO. for forty yearai
Year: 1875

These dictionary men and women of
to-day, says an exchange, presume to
come forwad and think they know how
spelling-school was conducted forty
years ago. But it's all mistake They
were never there and helped to do it
then what can they know about it They
never walked two and three miles through
the SHOWS and blows of a winters night
to spelling-school, in a school house
away up in the hills, just for the sake of
sitting beside a sweet little bright-eyed
girl in striped calico gown, with a small
linen collar, and white apron. They
never knew the pangs of jealousy from
seeing another boy chosen to sit beside
her; and they never felt the awful mis-
cry of getting the mitten, and having
to walk off, knowing that the other boy
was trudging home in bliss beside that
striped calico gown, with the plump lit
tie hand of that bright-eyed girl resting
confdingly in his arm. Nor did they
ever feel the singing pain of frosted
ears, which every boy was willing to
hazard getting for the sake of seeing the
girl he felt so tender about Those were
happier days. We thought we had our
sorrows then, and weighty ones they
were, too, but now we know that we had
so much of youth, and life, and hope,
and trust, and tenderness, too, for the lit
tie bright-eyed girl in the striped calico
gown, either she or another, that we look
back to those spellingschool days of forty
years ago with feelings of infinite long
ing; and some of us who wear specta-
cles find that when we go over the scenes
of those days, somehow our glasses be-
come dim and need wiping.


Shall we ever forget Webster's spell
ing book and the long words our mothers
gave us while we were practicing for the
school? All many of the old boys and
girls have been "spelled down, never
to take their places again the old school
house, too, is gone, and the sods of the
churchyard cover somany ofthe teachers
that after your best efforts your spelling
match of to-day is only very common
affair compared with ours in old days
i Yet if the revival of this pleasant old
custom will make our boys and girl:
better spoilers, or if it will give them 8
little of the happiness that we enjoyed
: so much, and which we still remember
! sovividly, why, bless them, let themspell
and why not
Year: 1875

AT the depot, on the arrival and de


parture of passenger trains early in the
afternoon many incidents, amusing, SEN
sational or business.like take place. OF
these, some of the most pleasing are
presented by young ladies who have
visited the depot to meet friends of their
own sex who are expected to arrive


The lady thus intending to receive gets
herselfup charmingly, knowing that she
will have to run the gauntlet of two or
three hundred eyes at least, and securing
masculine as escort arrives at the depot
half an hour ahead of time, falls to wor-
rying for fear the train has already got
in. Being assured on this topic she in
spects the wearing apparel of the other
ladies in the sitting room, wonders why
the train doesn't come, gets up and looks
out of the door, taking advantage of the
opportunity to arrange the folds of her
dress, and fiutters back with the exclama-
tion "The trains coming but looks as
though she would like to slam door
when she ascertains that it was only a
switch engine she saw The train finally
enters the depot, and she becomes more
and more nervous wonders if Lizzie is
really on board, wonders what car she
is in, and suddenly catches sight of a

pretty but anxious face, at one of the
car windows, calculates Oh p as per-
son might on being tickled, supplement-
ing it with You dee-ar sweet !" Then
a rush is made for the forward end of
the car, but on a second thought she
starts for the rear end, on the third
thought goes for both ends at once.
Meanwhile the fair traveller has alighted
on the depot platform and they get a
good look at one another, breath an
"Oh-h p make little preliminary
bounce, and then spring forward, with a
hop, skip and jump movement, and the
two pairs of red lips come together ca
smack, while the young men standing
near by turn away, feeling that good
things are being wasted, while the ladies
whose friends didn't come, or who never
had any friends, remark, =" Wonder
where she got that hat " The above pro-
gramm is carried out daily. Some
times the programm passes off without
a mishap, and sometimes in don't. For
instance, yesterday young lady attired
in the height of fashion appeared to meet
a friend. They were about forty feet
apart when the latter stepped from the
car, and preparations for the grand rush
were made in second, and the prelim.
mary "Oh-h and bounce were well


up to the standard but in the hop-skip


and-iump business the young Sacramen-
tan came to grief, owing to the make Of
her dress, which was gathered so tight
about her limbs that she couldn't steT
out, but stood there prancing, like rab


bit burrowing hole in the ground, un
til her friend overcame the distance
between them and gathered her in al
embrace so fond that the modification Of
her failure must have been forgotten.
Year: 1875

1t is mans own fault if he is unhap-
py with his wife, in nine cases out Of ten.
1t is very exceptional woman who will
not be all she can be to an attentive hus-
band, and amore exceptional one who will
not bevery disagreeableif she finds herself
wilfully neglected. 1t would be very
woman to him, made no effort to make
her happy; hard not to love one who
was constant and tender; and when
woman lovesshe always strives to please.


The great men of this world have oft
en- been wretched in their domestic rela-
tions, while mean and common men have
been exceedingly happy. The reason is
very plain. Absorbed in themselves,
those desiring the worlds applause were
careless of the little world at home;
while those who had none of this ego
tism, strove to keep the hearts that were
their own, and were happy in their ten
derness.


No woman will love man the better
for being renowned or prominent
Though he be first among men she will
only be prouder, not fonder, and if she
loses him through this renown 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 comfort The man who
loves her well is her hero and her king.
No less hero to her though he is not
one to any other no less king, though
his only kingdom is her heart and home.
Year: 1875

BY MRS. NJ, A. KIDDER,
At all times. and in all places,
What a sea of human faces
Meet us, greet us, day by day,
As we tread our beaten way
Some are faces full of care;
Some are plain, and some are fair
Some are tender, some are cold;
Some are modest. others bold.
But the face that troubles me
More than any that i see
Is the child face full of sadness,
That should portray only gladness.
Little faces come and go.
Pinohed with poverty and woe,
In and out the busy throng
Never singing childhood song!
As life's moments swiftly roll,
How these faces haunt the soul
May they. when all hearts are tried,
Shine as do the glorifiddl
Year: 1875

= An Iowa paper tells of smart
wife who helped her husband to raise
seventy acres of wheat. The way she
helped him was to stand in the door and
shake broom at him when he sat down
TO rest.
Year: 1875

THE Pittsburg Commercial, referring to
the rumor that ex-senator Pool, of North
Carolina, is an applicant to succeed Mr..
Delano as Secretary of the Interior, says:


awe are at a loss to know on what grounds
his claims of preferment are based. He has
Tor long time been an unquiet Pool, but that
can hardly be considered a recommendation.
1t is the still waters that run deep.n


We can relieve the Commercials mind
on these points. Mr.. Pools claims are
based solely upon the fact that he needs
support from some source and cannot get it
from the people of his own State. He no
doubt believes it would be the generous
thing to live upon the people of the entire
country, under the circumstances, 80 that
the per capita expense would not be 80
large. He certainly is not of the deep-run-
ming kind, for he is shallow pool, and
except when disturbed by some unexpected
commotion, very stagnant one. Just
now, he explains his failure to oust Mr..
Delano by stating that there are two fac
tions in the Republican party in North Car
olina, and that his appointment would re-
suit in the disafection of one of them. In
other words, he assumes that the State is
divided, the divisions being the Poolites
and the anti-Poolites. 1t appears, however,
that the party is really united, and that it
is better organized for effective work during
the pending campaign than it has been since
Year: 1875

In another portion of THE REPUBLICAN
most interesting and elaborate reference
to the Supreme Court ofthe United States
american Law Rsvieso, and discusses the
question of facilitating the business of the
Court. The subject is not new one, and
it is more than likely that Congress will
soon address itself to a consideration of
means for this exaltation of the power of
sought cannot be obtained in any other
way. The simple fact is this. Too much
labor is imposed upon the Court and for
the sake of illustration we refer to what is
familiar 10 every lawyer, but may not be
so well understood by the people generally.
Our lowest national courts are the district
courts. In every State there is one, and in
some of the larger two. For each court
there is district judge. The circuits in
clude much larger territories than the dis
tricts. There are only nine of them, and
for each there is circuit judge who, with
Justice of the Supreme Court, holds his
court twice a year; and the judge of the
district in which the Circuit court is held
may sit with the circuit judge. This court
tries the highest crimes against the laws of
the United States and certain class of
cases of appeal from district courts. 1t is
generally understood that the most import
ant business and duty of the Supreme Court
is the securing and establishment of a cor
rect and uniform construction and interpre-
tation of the Constitution of the United
States.


What we mean by an exaltation OF the
power of the Supreme Court is its relief
from Circuit Court duty. The number of
circuits can be increased, and additional
judges can be appointed. This would give
the nine judges constituting the court Of
last resort an opportunity to hold two or
three sessions annually in Washington, oc-
cupying in all some nine months of the
year. This would give them more rest
than they now enjoy, and much more time
for the study of cases and the preparation
of opinions. AS it is, the Justices of the
Supreme Court are overworked, and the
proof is afforded by the fact that only three
hundred and ten cases were disposed of for
the term ending last April, leaving six hun
dred and twenty unconsidered. At this
rate, with the new additions constantly be-
ing made, the present court will all be in
their graves before the docket is cleared
1t would be more dignifed to keep the
court together, and they would enjoy the
advantage of permanent homes at the Cap
ital-a most important desideratum. A
Justice of the Supreme CourtSis human
being, and, like all lawyers, he requires
time, ease and permanency for study. He
has to work quite as hard as the great law
yers who appear before him. Again we
direct attention to the elaborate points
made in the article printed from the "Re-
view," and invite from the bar expressions
of opinions thereon.