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Year: 1875

If we will examine the characters
of those who control the democratic
party to-day, we will find that the
great majority Of its leaders belong
to one or the other of these classes.
First, we will take the last mention
ed above. Is there any neighbor-
hood destitute of its democratic
leaders, who are confirmed cynics,
fond of declaring the world corrupt
and wishing evil to all who refuse to
subscribe to whatever they may say?
We have never yet found such a
place. Hate is the ruling passion
of these men. They fancy that they
have been wronged and hate every
body who will not sympathize with
them. Still they are polite, and
contriving SO maintain themselves in
influential positions, are able to
shape the policy of the party they
act with.


Next is the unprincipled class.
These have all their lives been des-
titute of honorable impulses and
are miserably selfish. The best rep
resentatives we now call to mind are
those demagogues who have made
themselves conspicuous by leaving
the dominant party, because it re-
fused longer to tolerate their arro-
gance. Their purpose in changing
sides, besides gratifying their wishes,
is to punish those who have offend
ed them, and as they can only hope
to do this by exercising control Of
the opposition organization and u.s.
ing it, they manage to get into its
lead and whoever interferes with
their maintaining themselves there
attracts their deadliest animosity.
They are always Jealous in the ad-
vocacy of party measures, no mat
ter what those measures are, but
their assumptions of personal i'm
portance are USUALLY too offensive
for endurance, and they rarely retain
the confidence of their followers for
a considerable length of time.


At present, these classes control
the democratic party, but are them
selves unconsciously directed by the
monied class, which furnishes them
the "sinews of war;" The thought
full, worthy men of that organization
have little to do with its manage
ment. If they occasionally gain
the ear of the party and suggest a
rational course of conduct, they are
speedily pushed aside by these rest
less malefcents, who are too jealous
to allow the party to be benefited
by their wisdom.


These are the reasons why that
party cannot become instrumental
in aiding reforms; and it cannot be
released from the domination OF
these pernicious demagogues while
its organization exists. To entrust
such men with power must endan-
ger the public safety, and sincere
wishers for reform prefer to continue
the republican party in authority,
rather than resort to an alternative
which they cannot hope will be 9TH
erwise than unfortunate.


| On Sunday of last week, in Ma
Year: 1875

"A MANEh > MEAAO1AL MADAt-N7s1-


Baltimore is called upon 10 mourn the
death Of an elderly Iniser who, in bis jour
uev through this world, had spent little
else than his life. There was method ID
his madness, for sii5ely miser may be said
10 be mad. a short time before his death,
he info med a friend that lie had never
given away a cent, nor spent one when the
expenditure could possibly be avoided
Four wears ago be married
tbi-d wife. and though she was
vOnng. and be was In bis dotage,
he lad entire aseendenCy over her, COM
pellipg her to work In a factory and turn
over her wages 10 him. HG assumed the
whole responsibility Of the household and,
under his penuriOus management, notning
went 10 waste. Some six years ago he pur-
chased a cheap pine coffin, and stored Il I'D
his tenement, biding patiently the
dav when he would need 1t Tor
his final wrap. Shortly before his
death he told his wife that his
funeral expenses must not exceed SO, ana
10 that end he directed that his body De
carried 10 the grave on the shoulders OF
men. instead Of in a hearse. Learning,
however. that the mode OF conveyance


would cost at least SIP, be decided upon
the employment Of an express wagon,
which could be had for the purpose for
about s.. Finding that barber's tarih for
shaving a corpse was something more than
his charge for the same service 70 q
sick man, he sent, on the night
before his death, for one OF the razor
craft. who did the work 10 the old gentle
mans satisfaction. The widow was mind
fuI of her deceased lords injunctiones, and
the total expenses Of the funeral were
SS.75. The miser left property valued al
$4,000, the result Of pinchiDg himself ana
family through a long series Of years By
his win IL was divided between his VIE
and a son by a former marriage.
Year: 1875




The comments made by Judge En-
mons a. Memphis, last Thursday, on
the decision holding the Ku-Klux pris-
oners Of Gibson county for trial by the
Federal Circuit Court, will cause much
surprise in legal circles, especially in
view of his charge last Monday to the
grand Jury on the Civil Rights act.
Though we may not fully assent to it,
for reasons given below, we can under
stand the argument by which a con-
spiracy of armed forces surrounding a
Legislature and terrifying it into the
passage of a statute forbidden by the
Federal Constitution, might be regard
ed as punishable by congressional leg
islation. From this the cOrOllary Is le-
gitimate that "conspiracies which over
awe a State and force 1t to deny
the equal protection of the law IS
punishable by Federal statute
while violence by citizen against clu-
zen is not So" This suggests the sim
pie question, Did the jail delivery IN
Gibson county last August "oVerawe
the STATE and force it to deny the equal
protection Of the law" to the sixteen
negroes? As a matter Of fact, the
State was not overawed, the Governor
hastened to the scene, and the local
authorities arrested all the suspected
parties except those whom the Federal
Marshal refused to deliver up for trial
Year: 1875

TAKE a man and pin three or four large
tablecloths about him, fastened back with
elastic and locped up with RIBBONS; drag
all his own hair to the middle Of his head
and tie it tight, and hair-pin on about five
pounds of other hair and big bow Of rib
bon. Keep the front locks on pins all
night and let them tickle his eyes all day;
pinch his waist into a corset, and give him
gloves a size too small, and shoes ditto, and
a hat that will not stay on without a tor
turing elastic, and frill to tickle his chin
and a little lace veil to blind his eyes
whenever he goes out to walk, and ne will
know what WOman's dress is.
Year: 1875

Corpus Jhrlsu GaAette.


From our Rio Grande exchanges, as
well as from our correspondents, it appears
that no little excitement exists at present
along the line Of that river. Armed men
in large bands aIe making their appearance
on American soil, and for what purpose Is
thus far mere conjecture. The military az
Ringgold and Brownsville hold themselves
in readiness to operate At a moments no
tice against the intruders, but up to our
latest advices no cause had been given
them for so doing. Inhabitants along the
river feel greatly concerned, and trouble is
anticipated. To us it appears as a desperate
resolve on the part Of the Mexican people to
involve the United States and Mexico in
war, and the sooner they succeed the better
it will be for the peace and quiet Of both
countries. Bad bio d exists and its fiery
heat must be cooled. Outrages perpetrated
upon the Mexicaps by Americans, and
rice rerSd, have so prejudiced the races and
engendered bad feeling that scarcely any
salve will prove healing but a resort to
arms. Even if il does not extend beyond
a second Cortina war, it must come sooner
or later, and let every one be prepared.
Year: 1875

IT is very unfortunate for tie good name
of Massachusetts that the burial Of Senator
SumDer should have been turned into a
pecuniary job, and that various parties
should have got their hands into the treas
usy under the pretext Of pay ng honor to
the dead. Twenty-nine thousand dollars,
il seems, is what the funeral cost the State
of Massachusetts, in addition to nearly hve
thousand spent by the Senate Of the United
States.
Year: 1875

PRESIDENT GRANT has agreed to be
at Lexington IN the forenoon and at
Concord IN the afternoon, on the day
of the centennial celebration, and hav-
ing express ID desire to travel over
the same road from Boston that the
British did on the morning Of April IS,
I775, the National Laneers of Boston
have been detailed TO act as escort over
the entire route, and, after dining at
Lexington, the Ancient and Honorable
artillery will escort him to Concord.
Year: 1875

JEFFERsONvILLE, March 26.-Eighty
conYicts in the State prison, at work in the
foundry, made bold and desperate attempt
to escape al three O'Clock this afternoon.
They suddenly quit work, OveTpOWered the
guard, tied and blindfolded them, and sue
ceeded in partially cutting hole through
the outer wall, when a general alarm was
given. The outside guard rushed TO the
rescue, and on top Of the walls forced the
cOnvicts, at the muzzles Of their Spencer
rifles, to desist further attempts at escape.
The leaders in the conspiracy were prompt
ly dealt with, and all is quiet again.
Year: 1875

WAIT till TheOdore's mother-in-law
gets on the stand. Did that young man
saw her mouth was like a gate? 1t IS a
declaration Of war, and there shall be such
a war as that young man has not dreamed
Of fLms far
Year: 1875

TzR hostile Sioux may do some i've
~ BAR lifting before the Black Hills
gold fever SINNERS down, and it is sug-
gested that all who start for that new
FL Dorado would do well to take an
extra wig or two, IS part of their outfit.
Year: 1875

In the Michigan House Of Represen-
tatives, a majority Of four members Of
the Railroad Committee have reported
against subjecting railroads to local
taxation IN the towns and districts
through which they run, holding that
a specific tax on earnings is the proper
mode of assessment, and all others are
unjust or impractioable. A minority
of one dissents. Even street railways
IN that State are free from municipal
taxes, paying a specific State tax.
Year: 1875

Whether the expectations which
have been entertained Of an improved
condition of trade for the present year
are to be realized or not the next nine-
ty days will determine. That these
hopes of revival have not been san
guine is true, but the disappointment
which may follow their non-falfllpent
will be none the less serious. With
the exception Of a few important 10
calities, the agricultural production
has been unusually large, and the IA
vorable prices that prevail for several
leading products ought tostimulate an
early realization. The movement of
crops is the old fashioned legitimate
machinery by which 20 get money into
circulation, and thus increase the pur-
chasing and debt-paying power Of the
people, especially in the agricultural
localities. That this would be vital
step toward improgemeutin trade none
viii deny, following as itdoes two years
of great economy, aud IN view also of
small stocks Of merchandise and ex-
ceptionally low prices for all staples.
Great manufacturing centres and i'm
portant importing interests ought to be
benefited by the absorption of aeeu-
mulated stocks of goods, and the whole
country should feel the thrill of new
life in business. A few weeks will de-
termine whether this viii be the effect
of an immense increase in the wealth
of vast producing class; and though
it will undoubtedly take many months
to realize this wealth, the operation by
which that realization will be carried
forward oughts soon to be manifest and
the probable result pretty definitely
anticipated. We are, therefore, on the
eve of most important and critical
season in the commercial history of the
country, aud close observers will watch
with some anxiety the indications
which the next few weeks will afford.
american Grocer. ih-sl iall
Year: 1875




The failure Of the great gold bank
at San francisco seems TO have fallen
upon the financial community quite as
unexpectedly as that Of Duncan, Shef-
man x Co, and it should be remem-
bered that it was much larger affair,
its paid-up capital being Eve million
dollars gold. 1t issued no notes, be-
ing bank of deposit. exchange and
discount only. There are no note
holders to suffer, and it is given out
that ample assets remain to meet the
claims Of depositors. The suspension
will be less felt over the country than
that Of Duncan, Sherman & Co, but
the result on the Pacific Coast may be
all the more disastrous for that reason,
its business being mainly confined
to that region. We need not go
far to find the actual cause of the fail
ure. Every sensible man knew that
somebody must be ultimately hurt by
the hetremendous speculation in rainiug
stocks inaugurated by the famous '.big
bonanza of silver. X appears the
Gold Bank indulged largely in this
outside business, and really failed as
amining speculator rather than as a
bank. In the latter capacity it mani-
tested the most remarkable strength
even to the end, paying out over its
counter 81 ,400, 600 in the very day it
closed. This amounted to one-third
of its capital. The immediate cause of
the enormous run" on the bank,
which constituted the immediate cause
of its SUSPENSION. has not yet beenex-
planned by the telegraph Union and
American. asff-
Year: 1875

More farmers have called on US and
given encouraging reports Of the rap
idly improving prospects of the toOac-
CO crops than of any crop this year.
They say their first cuttings are light
but that the late tobacco is thicken,
ing up finely and will make good to
baeco. 1T is an i'll WIND that blows
no good" aud fortunately for the farm
ers great deal of their early tobacco
was eaten by grasshoppers and as many
as four or Eve paintings we're made be-
fore a stand could be obtained. Con-
sequently a large proportion Of the
crop is late, aud will therefore stand
every chance of being excellent
HdrtsuHe SeHtiAet sisss lr
Year: 1875

Now, | propose to recapitulate and
mention in few words about all that
/ have said as being necessary to make
farming pay. First, have good farm,
good stock, good farm tools, and good
wife who can preside with dignity In
the kitchen as we'll as in the parlor.
Then have good comfortable shelter
and place for them all, keeping every
thing in its place Especially the wife),
stay at home and give close and good
attention to all (your wife iaeiuded),
at working time, at feeding time and at
all other times. Plow deep. and cul-
tivate your land we'll before planting,
and cultivate your crops we'll after
planting. Do not depend upon any
one or two kinds of crops, but raise
variety of all kinds that you can fnd
market for, or that you may need
yourself, buying as little as possible of
anything that your soil and climate
will produce. After you have COM
pleted a crop. savei it at the proper time,
which is as soon as 1t 10 ready to save.
Sell when you have reason to believe
that the market is at its highest, and
in order to keep better posted about
this than you would otherwise be. take
two good newspapers which will ma
Year: 1875

A century since the maa who now
enjoys leisure and abundance, and


whose hours OF labor are not overlong,


would have been forced TO work the
livelong day, for bare and coarse sab-
stance, while many of the ignorant
emigrants who now swarm throughout
then attempted 10 come into the colo
MES.


The great difference in the condition
Of the mas of the people a century
since aud at the present iime consisted
in this, that then nearly all knew how
ts get moderate comfort from little
means, partly because the labor Of
that day was nearly all of kind that
stimulates intelllge nee; there was
much drudgery, but not the routine
and monotony which now marx the
condition of those who do the com
moner sort OF work 1he Irish servant
of today can obtain for her wages bet,
ter clothes and more of them, Is fur
nished with better food and more Of 1t
and Is better and more comfortably
housed than the mistress Of the house
century since and these changes have
come because the division of labor, the
extension 0 commerce, and the i'm
proTements in means OF transport have
brought distant places near, and have
increased production. The workman
Il the iron furnace, the weaver in the
mill, the man who tends the machine
in the boot factory earns higher wages
and may be able to live far better than
the blacksmith, the cobbler, or the
carpenter of old time But he earns
his substance in a far different way,
and the abundance that he may not be
an unalloyed benefit. Why is not the
man or woman Of to-day who performs
the drudgery cf the world equal in
thrift and intelligence to those who
once did the work which they now
do9


The rersor is not difficult TO find
The cobbler then used his brain as
well as his lapstone, the blacksmith
was an artisan, leader in the church
choir, and chief speaker in town
meetings the carpenter of that day
was craftsman; with poor tools, un-
aided by machinery, he was compelled
TO build his dwelling place, and he
built it firmly and well, the house and
the man were built up together, and
each was strong and true.


The housewife spun and wove the
very cloth in which the family was
clad; and as the web was woven. thrift
and intelligence made part of the warp
and woof. Each man and woman was
the builder of brain" as we'll as of
a home, and there could be no comfor.
table subsistence without true man.
hood and true womanhood. Harper's.
Year: 1875

FT9al Every Ere.ings editorial. Of yes-
.erday;


AS between him aud Valentine we
r'Hk We would prefer Whitley because
valentine IS the only remaining hope of
las X. i Tor sny continuance whatever
1n power, but the choice would be a difi.
cult one und We think We would rather
ahoot at q directory and vcte for the
man at whose nspe the bullet stopped.
that 10 vote for either of these"


It is evident there is no money to be
set cut of either candidate.
Year: 1875

The recent introduction and extended
use of eolored or striped stockings, and
the evil effects experienced by the wear.
ers OF them, have served to direct the
attention of the physician and analyst TO
the question of the dyes used in coloring
them. The Pail Mall Gazette, in motto
ing the evil effect of wearing colored
hose, cites several instances where the
FIRST symptoms were intense irritation in
the skin of the feet, swelling, and an in.
iiamed appearance; then an outbreak of
watery blisters Of all sizes, from groups
Of the size of hemp-seed to single blis-
ters on the sole OF the foot larger than a
five-shilling piece. This condition was
accompanied by general feverishness,
rigors, loss of appetite and sensation
OF pervadlng malaise. In severe attack
the patient was rarely able to walk for
three weeks, and after one attack passed
off it was often followed by another of
milder type. In one case a gentleman
was obliged to wear cloth shoes for
upward Of eight months, and with
other patients the system has been so
impregnated with the poison that
blisters have reappeared at intervals,
not only on the feet, but on the hands,
ears, etc., for more than three years
There was no doubt as to the cause and
method Of this b!ood-poisonng, for the
blisters first came in stripes correspond.
ing to the colored stripes on the
stockings, and the laundresses com.
planned Of the irritation and in
famed condition Of their hands after
washing these poisonous articles
A Scotch lady who suffered from a
like cause brought q successful suit
against the firm which supplied her
with the goods, and it was for.
mally announced by them that hence


forth the use of arsenic in the compost
tion of the dyes would be discontinued.
Although having no wish to appear as
alarmists, yet it is evident that the occa-
sion is one calling for watchtul care on
the part Of both purchaser and manu-.
faatlrer. AS We have suggested above,
these faots are worthy of special consid-
Grafton at present For, where the fash
ion of wearing striped stockings will,
without doubt soon be confined to gem
tlemen alone, yet the use by them of
questionable colors may result in the
disastrous effects above described.
Year: 1875

4 wire clothes line agent called on a
well.to=do farmer at Meridian, Oayuga
county, and tried to sell him a wire
olothes-line. The farmer declined, and
the stranger made him an offer to give
him line if he (the farmer) would give
his name as reference to use in the vi.
cinily. He gave his name on slip of
paper presented by the stranger, and
WhiCh was apparently carelessly folded,
and about two weeks from that time re.
ceiyed an inyoiee for wire amounting to
$lOOasper order. The carelessly folded
paper proved to be an order made to a
third party, and the best he could do in
settlement was to pay 800 to be released
from the order, or take the wire and pay
the bill,
Year: 1875

WILL BUY AQUARTER BOND OF THE
w Industrial Exhibition Company of New


Each Quarter Bond participates in Four
deemed.


The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter Of the below named pre-
miums ~
Year: 1875

The following we extract from a
letter to Col. Peel, dated Panamint,
June 9Th: "DEAR COL: 1 would have
written sooner, but thought would
get all the information l could regard
ing the mines in Panamint before
writing. lave visited the two
Wonders - Jncobs and Stewards.
They are large veins and rich leads,
though not so god as the Wyoming
or Hemlock. The ore at the bottom
Of the Wyoming, at the 150-foot level,
is much better than at the surface,
where it assays into the hundreds.
The Hemlock, belonging to the same
company, is also very rich, and gets
better as it goes down. They nave a
great quantity of ore ready for the
mill, which is very rapidly approach
ing completion and is one of the finest
in the State. 1t will be running by
the middle of July. have not mem
toned the different districts and num-
ber of leads for the reason that have
not space on my only scrap of paper.
Many people think Panamint played
out. They will see as soon as the mills
begin to turn out the bullion. Shove
up the railroad; it will get all the
freight it can carry. Why don't you
advocate the building of crushing and
smelling works in Los Angeles I
am sure it is the best investment in
reach of your people. When the road
reaches this country, there will be ore
for ten such works. This is the finest
mineral country have ever been in,
and have seen them all.


Yours, etc., A.
Year: 1875

THAT handsome, affable, genial,
whole souled stranger to BLACK
STONE, JOHN LORD LOVE, would be
delighted to succeed himself to the
Attorney Generalship, and possibly
the Republican party may renomi-
nate him. But JOHN is hardly up to
the standard, and we can ill afford to
indulge in another four years guess
ing at the conundrum, "Why is the
Attorney-General like necessity" We
are acquiring considerable population
now from the Yankee land. Some of
them are SO shrewd they might guess
it, and then the laugh would be against
us. We hope JOHN won't run again.
He is too good a fellow to be sacri-
feed, and besides, after four years of
puzzling his hair over the knotty
questions submitted to the Attorney
General, he ought to have leave of
absence to 60 over to Humboldt Bay
and fish awhile. Fish is said to be a
food.
Year: 1875

do not wish to deceive any one into
the belief that it is paradise to which
all may have ownership without
money and without price. ADAM was
the only man the world ever saw to
whom garden of paradise was fur
nished free of cost, and he did not
know enough to keep it. There are
many gardens of paradise here, but
they cost money and they are in the
hands of men who know their value.
There is room here for many more,
and we want men to come and make
them, but we wish them to distinctly
understand that though the reward is
certain the task is one of time and
labor.