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Year: 1876

We take pleasure in correcting an
error into which we were lead by
wrong information in regard to DR..
Brooke and the Supervisors. The sal
ary of DR.. Brooke has not been raised
as we were informed. The Doctors
time of service will end in April next,
and the Supervisors have passed an
ordinance that the hospital physician
shall receive $1,000 per annum, the
ordinance to take effect from and after
April next. We commend the action
of the Supervisors and ask pardon of
DIR. Brooke, and in justice to the Doc
tor, We will further state we have been
informed from q reliable source that
he never complained to the Supervis-
ors nor any one else, that his salary
was too low or that he wanted it rails
ed, but has to the best of his ability
discharged all the duties of his posi-
tion as though he was getting S150per
month. This sets the Doctor right on
the record.
Year: 1876

Notwithstanding the accumulated
mails of four days came in night before
last, our Postoffice was open on time
yesterday morning. The little article
on this subject in yesterdays HERALD
was not put in by an unkind spirit.
Mr.. BENT has no better friend than
our reporter who wrote it. When re-
porters are hard up for an item they
will sometimes note down things that
had better be let alone. We presume
there is no Postmaster in the United
States who has less complaint against
him
Year: 1876

Carriages will leave the PicO House
at IL noon to-day to convey friends of
the champion walkers to see the end
of the great match. A special carriage
will be sent to carry either or both of
the champions home should they not
be able 20 walk back or should they
faint by the wayside. Two carriages
will be sent for the heavy man of the
press who champions Los Angeles.
We expect to see large turnout.
Year: 1876

aTuufOnS De maue 10r the Killed ana
wounded, and the non-combatants be
sent to the rear.


AFTER THE SAINTS.


A bill is pending before the Senate
excluding Utah polygamists from ju-
ry duty in trials where brother Nor
mon is party, or the interests o f the
Mormon Church are involved. Under
the present mode of selecting jurors in
that Territory, 1t is so arranged that
the panel is about equally composed
of Mormon and Gentle, and in cases
as above mentioned, the verdict is un-
deniably a chung jury" An ortho-
dox Mormon denies the right of any
power on earth save the Mormon
Priesthood to administer an oath.
Consequently, the oaths they take
in Gentle courts are not cOnsid-
cred as binding on the conscience,
when in conflict with the teachings of
the church of Zion. Were polyga-
mists excluded from service on grand
and petit juries, the speedy indictment
and conviction of these sanity trans
gressors against the laws of man and
of morality would, it seems, be the
most effective manner of suppressing
it ultimately. AS there is no religion
connected with polygamy. such dis
qualification is clearly constitutional.
There is some difference between the
''free exercise of religious libertyrand
the free exercise of licentiousness un-
der the name of religion. Living in
defiant violation of the law, they are
practically under its ban; and their
well known bias in favor of their
church, and eternal hatred to the Gen
tile world, is of itself sufficient to ex-
clude them from jury service in such
cases, just the same as an individual
is challenged for bias.
Year: 1876

The Old South Church property has at
last bccn sold for 100000, with the rcstric-
tions, however, that while the church re-
mains on its present site it shall not bo used
for business purposes or for religious
services on Sunday. The restrictions are
to continue in force for so years. If the
church is moved from its present site, the
restrictions do not affect the use to which
it may be put, nor do they affect the use of
the land after removal of the building.
Year: 1876

Tweed is already on his winding home
ward way. lie will be sent from Corunna
to Cuba IN the Spanish mail steamer which
sails on the 2lst inst. William .Hunt will
be also returned as a prisoner, though
what is the charge against him we do not
know. lie may be arrested as an accessory
to Twecd's escape.
Year: 1876

There is not to-day handful of men
who were active twelve years ago in build
ING up Confederacy OH the ruins of the
Union, who are now working with the Re
publican party. They are all working with
might and main for the ascendency of the
Democratic party, which is substantially
mat OF twelve years agO.-.Sun Francisco
Botcta Rp.)
Year: 1876

There is one remedy for intimidation
and only one: when both parties are
solicitous for the negro's vote, both parties
will unite in seeing that he votes without
let or hindrance.- Christian Union.
Year: 1876

The great crime of the Republican
party, for which it deserves the sever
est rebuke of the American people and
the condemnation of mankind, is that
OF lowering the standard of moral sem
timent, lnculcating the idea that
stealing from the Government and de.
frauding the people are venial offenses;
and that men who have filled their
pockets by abusing the power entrus>
ted to them, are no less worthy OF re-
spect and honor than are men who
have pursued q course of integrity.
There are men in that party who, in
private, do not scruple to acknowledge
that they prefer to vote for I,epubli-
can, who is known to be a thief rather
than for a Democrat who is undOubted-
ly an honest and worthy man.


The eject of such teaching upon a
community observing men cannot
fail to see. 1t discourages all those
who feel an honest pride in maintain,
ing reputation for honesty and cor
rect conduct, and it gives encourage
ment to the smart rogues who are
regardless Of the means by which they
increase their fortunes. There are not
a few of the active men of. that party
who are much more proud of wealth
than ashamed of dishonesty. They
make an ostentatious display, live in
costly mansions, and drive fine horses,
while those who know them are aware
that the means which support their
luxury has not been accumulated by
any honest work in which they have
been engaged.
Year: 1876

DIR. Do LEWIS has been heard from again
He says no man should eat more than two
cold mince pies just before going TO bed, and
that IL is injurious for young men to sit i'm a
cold room with nothing on but a night
chemilOOn, reading dime novels until after
midnight. These remarks have the merit of
containing more sound sense to the square
inch than much of the Doctors advice NOR,
Year: 1876

In order that the matter may be fresh in the minds of those officials whose duty it is to push the matter, we again advert to the fact that there is considera blc reclamation of tax money paid to A. s. Fowler in 1872, due the people of Pope county. This matter has been permitted to re- main unsettled too long already. The money has been withheld from needy men about three years already, and if there is any regard paid to the rights of the sufferers, this matter will be brought to a final settlement at next week S term of Circuit Court. As we understand it the only thing now in the way of settlement is the pending injunction case against Fowler. With that settled, the aggricved parties can then bring their claims against Fowler and his securities. Let this. matter have the attention which justice demands at the approaching term of our circuit court.
Year: 1876

To the editor of the DEMOCRAT:

 We see in your issue of today, a letter from Mir. John c. Rye, of this place signing himself as SUI perintcndent of our sunday school. Had he simply signed his name to the article, we would not have felt called upon to answer it, but as he signs himselfin his of ficial capacity, many may suppose that he expresses the sentiments of the entire school, which is not the case. Nor do we wish our friends who were with us at our May Day pie nic to suppose so.

 Ii any one eat his dinner "the second time" we are glad of it, as we had plenty for all, and we are glad they enjoyed it. But that man who eat two dinners, we think lives only in the imagina- tion of the superintendent.

 As to the dance that came off in the court house in the after noon, we have this to say, that if there were drunken men there, we did not see them, and some of us were about the court house all the time. And furthermore, they danced at the court housp. which they had perfect right to do. They did net dance on the pie nic grounds and did not disturb any one there in any wise, and the dancing did not commence until after the pie nic was over. And furthermore we think the re- marks of Mr. Rye are entirely un- called for, and calculated to mis- lead people who are not acquaint- ed with him or the citizens of Do yer, and those to whom he refers in his remarks. Therefore we do sincerely hope that our friends visiting us on that day will not hold our sunday school or the peo- pie of Dover responsible for the letter of Mir. Rye. A W McAn- ally, B F Bayliss, w l Mcclellan, R B Hogins, w B Young, Rufus Il White, c L kirksey, and T M Neal.
Year: 1876

SULPHUR STRINGS, May f, 1876. To the editor of the DEMocRAT:

 About three years ago l had a fin, young apple orchard; in the spring the rabbits began to peel them, and to prevent the destruct- ion of my orchard, l mixed tar andss grease in equal proportions and coated about half the trees; 1; this stopped the rabbits, and l thought 1 was certain to have plenty of fruit, but 1 soon found a worse pest than the rabbit; the tar ruflled the b TX and left den for insects, and to day there is only eight out of forty alive that was coated, while those that re- ceived no tar looks finely. A small flat headed worm seems to breed in the tree near thu ground and finally cut the tree so that the wind will break them off at or near the ground. Don't drive stobs near the tree, they will cause the wood lice to damage them. I consider tar q certain death to young trees.

 We had a white frost in the vally on the morning of the 3d in 't; but little damage done.

 Farmers should look well to their hogs for there is a fine pros pect for q sweet mast this year.

 e. P.
Year: 1876

A word of caution in regard to buying on mortgages, whether It be acceptable or not, may not be out of place just at this time. There IS nothing wrong, per SC, in giving mortgage to secure your merchant for supplies or goods advanced. This is all right, and the merchants cannot be blamed for wanting some as surance of receiving his pay. The danger against which we would caution those who buy on mort gages, is the tendency to buy too much. We have had some eXpe- ricncc, and we know men will buy.a great deal more when they are getting goods and supplies on time, than when they pay the cash right down for them. It IS no uncommon thing for small far mers to say, "well $50, $75 or $l0C will be all l want, and l will just give you mortgage for, say SlOo l know that will cover all shalI want" When pay day comes and the account is cast up it IS generally about twice as large as our small farmer placed his wants at. Now instead of buying more when we get credit, we should buy less, for credit always costs something. We caution those who have to buy on mortgages t' purchase only what their necessi ties actually demand. Catch Ill once, and be the slave of th' mortgage system no !oASe..
Year: 1876

tLe situation is the stubborn per sistency with which some good democrats lug the currency issue into the campaign. They seem by their actions and words to say that they would rather see the Democratic ticket defeated in the approaching campaign, and re- lnand the country into the hands of the present party who have plunged our finances into their existing condition, than to drop their greenback hobby for long enough time to march in . solid phalanx to the polls in November after the party which alone is responsible for the gold interest bearing, non taxable bonds is de feated and routed from place and power, then will be time enough for the democrats to attempt to doctor the currency.

 If Tlldcn secures the nomina- ton at St. Louis there is but one thing winch will prevent the dem ocrats from making a successful campaign; and that is the preju- dices of these fanatical greenback men. To keep step and march steadily forward under the ban ner of Democracy, ill the wake of whatever standard bearers the St. Louis convention may furnish us is the first duty of democrats. After a democratic president is inaugurated the greanback hobby may again be mounted.
Year: 1876

Two weeks ago we appealed to our citizens to take some steps to commence operations on this road, and VIC asked some ones who would give prestige to the move mcnt to initiate the matter by proposing some plan of operations. We have as yet had no response. Since then we have seen and talk ed with several men of some prominence from those counties. They are anxious to get q road to the l.. k. & Ft. s. Ky, and they want to know what we are willing to do toward it without further delay, for they say they must have an outlet to the south. Now, we know that our citizcus favor this road and realize its advantages as much as we do. Every sone to whom we talk on the subject is warm 'ad- vocate off All seem willing to do something toward putting the road through.

 This is good, but gentlemen, don't you know that good will will not build the road unless it is accompanied by action? Time is slipping by, and the first thing you know the summer will be gone, another crop will be gath cred and ready for market and there vii. still be no road from the counties north of us to this place. If we are ever going to do anything to try to extend the trafic of our town into a broader scope ot country now IS the tune. It will cost no more now-noJ as much-as it will to talk about it two or three years more without doing anything. live are going to do anything in the premises, let's % to work and do it; if not let's say so and quit wasting breath talking about it, for talk amounts to nothing; you may try talk for the next twenty years, just as you have done for the last two, and you will find no more ac- complished than you have accom- plished by your last two years l talk
Year: 1876

It will now be but few weeks more until the assembling of the National Democratic Convention at St. Louis. As yet it is uncer- tain who that convention will give us for standard bearer during the Presidential Campaign. There has been q plentiful offering of names for the position, and the names have all been such as to inspire the belief that whoever may be selected, all good demo- crats can rally to the standard without any regrets or misgiyings. Any one of the names mentioned in connection with the Presiden- tial nomination-Hendricks, Til den, Thurman or Bayard-would furnish standard bearer, in whose patriotism, integrity and ability the rank and fife of the party could place implicit conf dcnce. Any ono of these names could lead the campaign to glo- rious and victorious conquest; provided, all the time, that there is no dissention in the ranks of the party. There are democrats enough in the United States there are honest men enongh in the United States, who are tired of the fraud, abuse, and profliga- cy of the administration party, to elect the ticket put out by the St. Louis Convdntion, with either of these gentlemen at its head. The great point in the coming campaign is to secure a change in the admluistraJion-to put out the present incumbent party and install D new one. To place the administration in the hands of the Democratic party is the first step toward the reform for whicl, democrats have contcnded during the present regime. To accom-. plish this purpose is the first duty of every democrat in oul

 broad land. Minor issues must

 be submerged in this great prime object. To effect this the whol,

 army of the democrats must keel

 step. There must be no strag ling to the rear after side issues

 There must be no wrangling Il the ranks over minor details o policy. To shape the policy o a Democratic administration vii

 be the work to which we will tnrl

 oui attention after we have sue ceedcd Tn securing democratic regime.

 The most ominous indication o
Year: 1876

Elsewhere we make room for another call upon this getleman to announce whether or not he will be candidate for rcpresenta- tive. As there seems to be a question as to Mir. G's. candidacy, we think it is incumbent upon him to state in unequivocal terms whether or not he desires to en- ter the race for this office. If he is to be candidate his friends wish to know it; if he is not to be a candidate, it is due other gentle men who are aspirants for the same office, that he say so. If MT. C.. has no notion of entering ing the race, it is hardly justice to other aspirants for him to al low the impression to exist that perhaps he may be 9 candidate; ; he should now give frank free answer, and put the question of his candidacy at rest either one way or the other.
Year: 1876

melodeon. Last of ell, when you are leav-
ing with that basket with the only half
bushel OF pears tucked between your knees
and you are limiting that you do not hold
baskets in the city, be SO good as to tell the
poor woman that you do not suppose she
ever comes to the city, but that if John hap
pens to be in New York you hope he will run
into the store for a minute and let you know
how they all get along Do not refuse
the big piece of sponge cake she has put up
for you; it is easy to throw it out Of the
car window. When you reach the depot get
your flask filled, and tell John that you sup
pose with what currant wine his wife has
made he does not care for whiskey. Do not
ask him to come to spend week, with his
poor tired wife, at your house but with the
joyous exclamation that the first thing you
purpose to do the minute you reach the city
is to get first class beefsteak, which you
have been hungering after for month, watt
your hand grandly, and sing out. "Goodby,
John"
Year: 1876

North Carolina journal which sup
ports Tilden says :-"Black against white
twist and turn it as you please-that's
the issue in this and every other State. !"
We are sorry to think this is true. 1t
is one of the misfortunes Of our pol
itics, and prevents an intelligent con-
sideration Of important questions. Black
against white, North against South, race
against race, section against section, this is
the result of ten years Of peace" Whatis
more, any such contest must be a losing
contest in the end for the South. Nothing
is surer. Even if Tilden were to be elected
and to attempt the policy of Mr.. Johnson
the policy which his Southern supporters
expect-his administration would fail as
irretrievably as Johnsons failed, and the
republicans would come in power again as
intolerant as ever. If the Southern men
were wise they would take this question out
of politics. Let them put an end to intol-
erance and ostracism. Let them concede to
the negro what the constitution gives him
political equality. Let them invite the
negroes into their political associations.
Cease this vain effort to substitute political
slavery for personal slavery. Hang up the
shotgun. In time the whites will rule, as
in the end they must rule. But they never
can do SO by SO treating the negro and
the immigrant that the whole North, from
the sheer sense of fair play, is bound to sup
port them. The South needs wisdom. She
has valor and fortitude, but wisdom is want
Year: 1876

In THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS print
this morning very interesting letter from
our correspondent with General Crooks ex-
pedition, detailing, in picturesque language,
the experiences OF a trip among the Big Horn
Mountains, where it is believed that even
the foot of the red man has not penetrated.
Hoping to find the evidences of the existence
of gold on the crest of the Big Horn our
correspondent was induced to make this
journey, and though he failed in this pur-
pose, or saw only signs of the absence of the
precious metal, his descriptions of scenery
mountains and the rivers and lakes, ridges
and canyons of mountains-and of the wild
life of exploration are sufficient to repay him
for his toll and the reader for the perusal of
his story. Next to adventures by flood and
field, by unknown paths among strange
mountains and valleys, is the pleasure of
reading about them This story will be
found as fresh as the breezes which blow
over the grand peaks of the Big Horn, ten
thousand feet above the level of the sea. and
we commend it to our readers, especially to
such as sigh for the mountains but can only
contemplate them from afar.
Year: 1876

FRIENDLY INDIANS, and especially half
breed Sioux, are not so trustworthy that the
safety of an army or an expedition can be
allowed to depend upon them. We have al
ready suggested this in the HERALD, and our
despatch from Bismarck this morning touch
ing the Custer massacre is confirmation of
what we alleged against the danger of
trusting Indians. According to this story
Custer was not only betrayed into the
hands of the savages by half breed guide,
but the Sioux were warned of the attack
which followed the misrepresentation Of
the guide. If not true this narrative is very
like what might have been true, and it is
corroborated by many circumstances which
show that it is probable it is true. AT any
rate it is warning against trusting any one
whose friendship for the whites is betrayal
of his own people.
Year: 1876

In the first days of August there is he
gira of townspeople toward up-country
farms tits the month when school children
are everywhere free and when fruits are
ripening. He who has wife's cousin in the
country now resumes his acquaintance, to
drop it again with the advent of colder days.
Country relatives are bores in spring, nui-
sances in autumn and utter evils in winter.
August alone shows them in all their rural
loveliness We hope our reader has dis
tant relative revelling in verdant luxury
upon some green, sloping hillside, where
fishing is good, cucumbers brittle bait easy
to dig and horses easy to ride. If by any
possibility it is uncertain whether you are
related to your distant cousin or his wife
will treat you well for the sake of the other.
Be sure to take with you all your white duck
clothes, so that the farmers wife may enjoy
the hot wash days. A large empty basket
will be handy, for when you leave you may
bring with you the only half bushel of pears
the poor fellow has been able to raise. For
real country pleasure long, thin walking
stick is desirable, and with it you may poke
down the few peaches that the poor, red-faced
woman has been watching all summer long
and hoping to brandy for winter use.
Nobody goes into the country without wish
ing to get fat on pure cream so every morn
ing at ten, when you rise for the second
breakfast, which has to be prepared for your
sake, go into the cool cellar skim the cream
which is rising for the churning and do not
forget to leave a city-like taste Of cocktails
in the cup and pan. 1t would be we'll to go
into the field at any time and ask the farmer
to take you to the town for your letters, and
if you can invite some fellow citizen to visit
you the former will go down for him with
the best buggy. He will be delighted to
leave his work and 60 if you will only pay
the six cents toll. Sometimes the quiet
farmer has had the wish to give his children
taste of watermelons, and as he has sue
ceeded in raising five or six, to the delight
of the poor youngsters, who go down into
tho patch every day to see the green monsters
grow, have no hesitation in plugging every
blessed melon until you get one to suit you,
then sit on the fence and eat it in sight Of
the little ones and spurt the pits at them.
They think city men are so nice. Melons
are country productions, and you must not
forget that you go to get country food and
luxuries-' plain, healthy, country fare, you
know" Country people get SO used
to melons and plums that you can
take them all for yourself You had better
90 to church on Sunday, when the farmers
wife can stay home, and stew over the stove.
boiling pears and getting up nice tea against
your return. Before you start ask her to
wash and iren white necktie for you When
you come back from church make fun of the
music it may be har sister who plays the