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Year: 1876




David had said that he would spend
his birthday at home-that June day
which has always been the one holiday
of the year to the widowed mother-but
on the morning before arrives letter
which tells her that he is obliged to de-
lay his coming. London is very full, he
says, and he is very busy ; so he cannot
get that days holiday.


In every line of this letter the mother
can read his disappointment, as well as
the sorrow it gives him to disappoint
her aud tears come and blot out the
loving words, as well as the proud de-
scriptions of the home which is all ready
for her now, out in one of the pleasant
northern suburbs. They blot out even
that simple request at the end" Think
of me more than ever tomorrow,
mother, and pray for me just at night
fall at that very hour when we have
been used to sit together in the porch on
other happy birthday nights.


There is the present of money which
most letters bring her now, and it is
while she holds this money in her hand
that she forms sudden resolution,
which comes to her at that moment as 80
natural one that she wonders where il
has been hidden before.


She is on her way from the village
postoffice when the plan suggests itself,
and when she reaches home Cher steps
quicken in the new excitement) she sits
down in her old seat on the porch and
makes it all clear to herself. David is
working very hard, and is to be lonely
h.xkh oh<.H Hat
use his gift to her than by giving him q
pleasure he cannot expect, and 80 pre-
vent his being solitary on that day which
they have never yet spent apsrts AS
he cannot come to her, she will go to
him. All how his face will brighten
when he sees his mother come in How
he will start up with outstretched arms to
clasp her That moment will repay her
for any trouble she may have in reach
ing him.


When once the resolution is formed
it holds her tenaciously, and she begins
her preparations at once, glad and ex-
cited as q child. She packs her basket,
putting in chicken and butter and eggs
and cream, because David has said that
he never enjoys these things in London
as he does at home; and she smiles as
she ties dainty white cloth over them
all; for she is picturing her boys de-
light when he shall unpack these luxu-
ries which she has brought him from
his own village. All that night she lies
awake, yet rises brisk and active, almost
wondering IL she can be the Mary Sulli-
van who has never entered q railway
carriage in her life. he, traveller,
starting alone TO far.off. city of which
which she knows nothing.


Taking her basket on her arm, she
walks to the Rectory to leave the key OF
her cottage with her clergyman, and to
obtain from him instructions for her
journey. He gives them clearly and
Year: 1876

The first vacation of David's has
passed like dream to his mother, and
now that the last day has arrived, she
feels as if only a week had sped, though
she had so regretfully and hungrily
counted (each morning and each night
both the days that have been spent and
spent and those that are to come.


Another long absence follows; anoth-
er bright homecoming (in the frosty
Christmas darkness now); another alb
sence; and 80 on, and on, and on, until
David comes home from school for the
last time of all.


He meets his mother just within the
porch, where the flowers bloom that
summer as they have bloomed through
every summer of his life, and he has no
cloud upon his face. But, later
on, his mothers anxious question is an
swered little sadly.


"Yes, mother; heard from the law
yer yesterday. Grandfather's will does
not mention either of us. He has given
me all the help he meant to give. Well,
he has been very good, and now / am
ready to make my own start in the world.
But I must go at once. One delicious
day with you here, then fer London |
Don't look 30 sad, my mother; this shall
not be long separation; not even SO
long as the old school terms, for I will
soon come back to fetch you"


So after this one day he goes, laugh
ing over his scanty purse, because his
hands are strong. he says, and his for
tune, hope and courage. But when he
looks back, it is only through mist of
tears that he can see the little cottage
where he leaves his mother in her loneh-
ness.


After David's departure the days pass
for Mrs. SulEvan just as the old school
days have done, except that now she has
q daily excitement in his letters. Never
can she settle to anything until the post
man has come up the garden path. and
given into her trembling hand the letter
David never fails to send; the letter full
Of love and bravery ald hope) which
does his mothers heart such good.


At last one letter comes in which he
tells her he has found employment in an
accountants office; employment which
is very easy to him, and which lie likes,
though the salary he is to receive is
smaller than he had anticipated when he
so hopefully began his search.


"But will work 80 well" he writes,
"that the firm will raise my salary soon,
and then 1 will come for you. All |
mother, / can indeed work hard and
long and steadily for that good end"


So, in the cottage, Mary works hard
too, confident in the realization of his
plan, and living with him, through her
long day-dreams, in a London which
exists in her imagination only--a wide,
calm city where all the young men have
David's face and David's nature, and
guide skillfully the machinery of the
world.


! But the time goes on, and David only
Year: 1876

Illinois and Iowa Democrats are
fearful of committing some serious
bIunder If they should nominate
State tickets and draught resolutions
before the st. Louis convention Is
held. There is such lack OF har-
mony In the Democratic camp this
year that they are unable TO tell Just
what is Democratic gospel until after
the National Convention shall have
assemhl
Year: 1876




A few gentlemen who deserted the
Republican party few years ago to
join the Liberal ranks and share the
spoils Of that party lin perspective)
have determined to bring new
political bantling into tho world,
that shall turn and overturn until
they shall occupy the seats OF power
and glory. Carl Schurz, Horace
white, Alex Bullock, ID. Woolsey
and VIM. Cullen Bryant have ex-
pressed willingness to become spon-
sors for the infant by Issuing call
for convention 10 he held In New
York, May Is, "to consider what
may be done to secure the election of
men Of national reputation to the
highest Offices Of the Republic, whose
character and ability will satisfy the
exigencies of the present situation,
protect the honor Of the American
name, prevent the national election
Of the Centennial year from becoin'
ing mere choice OF evils. and salts
~ the popular desire for genuine
REFORM"
Year: 1876

The New Jersy Legislature has
had under consideration bill pro-
.viding for the taxation of church
property, and that body has decided
that church wealth need not pay Its
jnst share of the State expenses for "A
few years TO come.
Year: 1876

The bill providing for the issue oI
silver coin OF the denomination ol
ten, twenty, twenty-five and fifty.
cent pieces has passed both branches
Of Congress and will soon become q
law. BY tho provisions Of this bill
the Secretary Of the Treasury Is di.
rected to provide for the issue OF sill
yer coin Of the above mentioned do
nominations and Of standard values
for the redemption OF an equal
amount OF fractional currency when.
ever presented for that purpose and
until the whole amount outstanding


about forty-two million dollars, shall
have been redeemed. Thus will the
national debt have been decreased
several millions, each piece Of scrip
honorably paying Its full face value
Year: 1876

To TIE EDITOR or THE HERALp:-
Under the above caption, II you will permit me,
desire TO outline to your readers possible and much
needed invention, In the hope be caught up by
some Of tho Inventive specialists among them and
made tho OF profit themselves and Of saving
and security 10 our country. In my recollection no
election has occurred whereof the cry fraud
been loud and repeated either side Whether truo
or raised for merely party ends people
must sooner later distrust Of tho popu-
lar vote aid of respect the authority 90 con-
stitutcd


As I understand the spirit OF our government II Is
born or the belief that majority holding common
political Iaith rucs that ihe represents tho
faith and wish Of the voter, that the voter shall be
free 10 vote as his conscience Dictates unembarassed
BY considerations affecting bis purse his social stand
ing or his liberty


undor our present plan Of voting such conditions


witnin tho personal knowledge OF every intelligent
these are known to be acts.


The employer may know how his en- poy6s vote, and
under the ntmidation OF discharge unduly influence
them


The unwary or ignorant may become Tho victim or
OF the common tricks Of substituting. and
the very ticket he desired 10 oppose


The votes, when cast, may be wrongly tounted. OF.
when fraud Is practiscd made To defeAt Tho will Of tho
people.


our government, nnd calls Tor remedy. As iuly
s~cring this cnd, propose, instead OF vote holder,
vote recorder Ths can be constructed on VEL known





stanty add up, the votes, thus making wrong count
impossible, while tho iootings would be ready 10 bo
despatched the moment the polls closed
Recording boxes OH this principle couid be
structcd that The voer could make Of
candidate. WIN bell and the aid o. spring to bc
wound up, II could publicly the fact each
vote The dial announcing the whole vote might bo
public for all to the voting progressed. while
the result TO each candidate, recorded each sepa
rate dial, might be Kept enclosed until ready public
announcement with the close Of tho polls.
Ear more complex problems have been reduced TO
ION
The adoption oi such box would ncccssitato tho
votnr doing litlc thinking. He must least know
and remember the name Of the candidate for whom no
desires to vote.


He must be sober enough TO distinguish between the
candidates


IL might. however, DO perfected as TO compete
successfully with the present system this respect;
So there could be possible objection 10 It's ndop-
ton seriously, think our moshod OF voting could bo
improved upon.


| Who will undertake TO secure for the poor man q
chance TO vote he may choose without jcopardizinR
his cmpioymentS


Who will undertake to stop tho cry Of fraud that ID
embitterinR and demoraiizng our party strugglesf
Who will undertake 70 stop the waste OF tns sDeni
Year: 1876

THE EXCITEMENT VERY MUCH ABATED--THE


POOL BUYERS IN FEVER HEAT--How LONG


WILL THRY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR


MONEY?


Judging from the small amount ofcxcitemcnt which
prevailed yesterday in tho city concerning the three
doubtful States u pretty certain that republicans
and democrats alike have become heartily sick OF The
Year: 1876

HERALD reporter paid a visit yesterday afternoon
Building and, after waiting few moments met that
gentleman his return frsm court. Mr. Beach was
ul OF legal business ben the reporter commenced to
talk the Presidential question: but with his
iomed courtesy, he gave up his business and talked
freely the political question. MIR. Beach said, in
his opinion Hayes would certainly be the next Prcsi-
dent IL is not question OF who obtains the most
votes, but who counts the most, and there is
be very little doubt about the result. When first
read General Grants proclamation and Governor Kel-


ggs letter OF invitation felt satisfied that they had
Everything arranged satisfactorily The counting
has in all probability, been done already before
The returns made by the local authorities, so
HAT the work OF the colored members Of
The Returning Board will bo simphhed. There will
probably be some exciting scenes before the next
President takes his seat but they cannot amount to
In counting the objection should he raised TO
the OF LOUISIANA issue might be raised between
the democratic Congress and the republican Senate; /;
but IL only have eDding wIh republican
President and republican administration in power.
Ii appears n pity that the question has not been
brought before the United States courts before this
that state rights ana other important matters which
the present laws define rather loosely could be ar
ranged more satisfactorily.


There appears 10 be little doubt that the repub
.can party have made up their minds 10 put Hayes IN
the White House at all hazards AS far the correct
vote is considered there is not much doubt about Til
den's election he in all probability carried all
three States but there not much chance OF his being
given any one OF the tnfoc.
Year: 1876

We have the satisfaction of in- forming the taxpayers of Pope that at last our continued agita tion of the illegal and erroneous taxes collected by Fowler in 1872, has had the desired effect of get ting our officials to look after the matter, and the thing is now talk ing Il shape winch will soon bring it to a finale and secure justice to our defrauded tax payers. The injunction case was called up at circuit court this week and the injunction made perpetual. There is now nothing in the way of bringing Mir. Fowler and his bondsmen to settlement and we feel certain that our county court will do so. The prospect IS now very fair for those who are enti- tied to reclamation to receive it in time to hel D them out in their neXo tax payment.
Year: 1876

We must suggest to Land lords and land owners, that the great shrinkage in value of almost all kinds. and the unrenun. erative price of farm products demands, for the coming season, a decided reduction in rents. We are much pleased to note that some of our largest and most successful land lords have already shown dispo sition to recognize this necessity and have accordingly made very considerable reductions to tenants for the next year. This is wise and We think that some of our land owners who rentel lancs at very high rates during the pres ten year would be acting wisely and commendably to even go so far as to make considerable con cession to renters on the present years crop. We think it would be just and right for the land own CTS to remit q portion of the rent and share the misfortune of the unfortunate tenant who has been almost despoiled of the re suit of his years labor by tue ray ages of the boll-wor.n, or from other causes over which he has had no control. Don't let mans inhumanity to man bring distress to the hard working tenant.

 By all means land owners should reduce rents. Where they have been high reduction of at least twenty five per cent should be made. We know of some who have already signified willing ness to do as much as this, anu we hope their good example will De conculred in by all our land owners. In fact, we have no doubt but that it will, and we feel privileged right now to assure all who are on the move that by com ing to Pope county they will get lands at lower rate of rent than has prevailed for many years. We think about five dollars will be the average rent for good river and creek bottom lands.
Year: 1876

Without any exageration or misrepresentation we think we m.y venture the assertion that

 there is no county in the State of Arkansas which surpasscs ours Pope--in the average excellency

 of her lands. If there is any. thing in having soil adapted to the production of every kind of crops and every class of truck that this climate is susceptible of growing we may fiatter our selves that our county will some day blossom into one of the most luxuriant scenes ol fertility and agricultural beauty that has ever been opened up to the enraptured vision of man in this western country. Our location, geopraph- ically, is indeed, favored one;
Year: 1876

As a disinterested spectator, but at the same time, as a demo crat feeling a deep interest in the unity and harmony of the demo- cratic party of the state, we have watched anxiously to see what turn things in the Third District would take since the election of Col Cravens. The Democracy of the whole State is interested in the settlement of all differences between the late rival factions in the Third District, and a disgrace full scism in that portion of the democracy IS reproach to the whole State and has it's demoral- izing effect upon the whole State organization. It seems to be the desire of all parties, as it should be, that the past should be for gotten. But to us it appears that there is something more to do than merely to shut our eyes to the past. We believe that the democracy outside of the Third District should insist upon def nite settlement and fair under standing right now between the two factions in that District; for the narrow escape which we have made this time admonishes us that it will not do to wait until another two years shall roll round and find two congressional com mittees Tn the Third District each claiming to be the legitimate and regularly constituted head oJ the Democracy of that district. Now is the very time to settle that matter, and in our opinion it will be much easier to settle it satisfactorily to both factions than hereafter. The facts of the case are now all fresh in the minds of the people and neither naItv can come any chicanary over the other nor over the peo- pie.

 By all means let this matter be ainicably and falrly settled at once. If it is not it will be cer- tain to come up two years hence and will be the means of repub- lican securing a seat in Congress from the Third District.
Year: 1876

In order that none but the 'trooly loil" might be called to posts of honor the Republicans put upon their electoral ticket a post master in each of the states of Oregon, Vermont and Winconsiu. Now they are in a stew because the question of the eligibility of these post master electors is raised The result may be that & Tilden elector may be declared elected in each of these states.
Year: 1876

The city was full of squatters yester-
day. The recent decision of the Sec
retary of the Interior in regard to
lands located with what is known as
lieu warrants, has impressed the COM
munity that all these lands thus loca-
ted can now be preempted by actual
settlers, who will hold the lands by
paying government price-S2 so per
acre. There never was a greater mis-
take. That some of these lieu warrrnts
located in this county will not hold is
certain, but not more. than one out of
ten will prove to be spurious. To as
certain if these warrants are good it
will be necessary to go to the General
Land Office at Sacramento to see if
the 10Th and 36th sections in lieu of
which these lands were taken, were
actually occupied at the time Con-
gress granted the 18th and 36th
sections to the State for school


purposes. And if they were claimed
by Mexican grants, to see if
the final survey of these grants have
been made. If they were settled
or If the final survey of the Mexican
grants was made. then these lieu
warrants will hold the land upon
which they were filed. We mention
these facts that men may not lose
their time and money. None but men
who are accustomed to look into the
most intricate subjects can determine
these questions, and they cannot do it
without thhe and expense. Very few
people succeed who are in the habit of
going Off half-cecked. Quite a num-
Der have filed on lands to-day, and
will go to the expense of settling on
lands from which they will have to
Year: 1876

TO Los Angeles belongs the honor
of having sent the ablest, most prac-
tical, fairest minded and most indus
trious member of the Assembly that
graced that branch of the Legislature
at the session just closed. No man
made better record than Gen. JOHN
r. MCCONNELL, and no. man per-
formed as great an amount of labor as
he. He labored necessarily from the
first to the last day of the session, and
his work was such as to meet the ap-
proval, not only of his constituents,
but of the people of the whole State.
On measures affecting the prosperity
of Southern California Gen. MCCoN-
NELL has been right all time. The
ARCHER freights and fares bill-a
measure that would have set this
portion of the State back at
least ten years - was killed by
the opposition of General Nc
CoNNELL, and for this alone he de-
serves the thanks of every resident of
Los Angeles county. Appropriation
bills to the amount of nearly half a
million dollars were sent up from this
county. General MCCONNELL well
knew that they would add heavy
burden to the shoulders of the tax pay
ers and he laid aside some and cut
down others to reasonable sums.
The people of this city and county
haye reason to feel proud of General
MCCoNNELL's Legislative record
they are proud of him as a citizen and
Legislator and we hope on his return
in a few days they will express their
regard for the man and their approval
of his record in a manner which all
shall understand to mean "well done
thou good and faithful servant
Year: 1876

We may say it without prejudice or
partiality that the taxpayers of Los
Angeles are not too favorably i'm
pressed with the executive ability of
the Common Council. This opinion
is not so much due to want of conf
dence in the present Council as to the
lessons of experience learned from the
proceedings of former Councils. The
city's work generally costs from three
to ten times as much as, for like work,
is paid by private parties. 1t is high
time this custom of bleeding the Cor
poration was put an end to. The city
pays cash and her work should be well
and cheaply done as if for private par
ties and the people are determined
that reform shall be inaugurated
which shall give the city better SER
vice for less money. The city charter
was fonnd to be defective and the de-
fects so far as discovered have been
removed. 1t was believed that the
city's improvements could be man
aged to better advantage and the
funds more economically dsbursed
by Board of Public Works consisting
of three persons, than if left in the
hands of a dozen. And as the people
were not willing the Council should
disburse their money, so they were
not willing that body should appoint
the members of the Board of Public


Works. The law now provides that
the Governor shall appoint the men,
bers of the Board until the next mu-
nicipal election when the office will
be filled by the people. This is all
there is about it. The matter has been
publicly discussed on the streets for
weeks, but it seems the Express was
not consulted and hence its "Revolu-
tionary Measure" article of Tues
day. The fact is that though
blowing about its enterprise in
procuring news the Express had
no Legislative reporter during the
latter part of the session, and its read
ers were supplied each evening with
the HERALD's special reporters re-
port, which everybody had read in the
morning. If Senator JONES had sup.
piled his Los Angeles paper with
Legislative reporter he might have
sent the proceedings more in detail,
and thus enabled the editors of the
Express to know what everybody else
has known for weeks. The City
Charter, as it now reads, will save the
taxpayers of this city thousands of
dollars per annum, and secure a bet
ter class of work for less money than
the city has heretofore been favored
with.
Year: 1876

1t may be season of hard times,
and money may be very tight, and
GROWERS may have some reason to be-
moan their melancholy condition !;
but the general improvement going
on in and around the city does not in
dicate any such state of affairs.
We have never seen as many new
buildings going up at any one time
since we have known the city-nor
have we ever seen half the amount of
land in cultivation in the surrounding
country as we see this Spring. Neither
have we ever seen the people looking
more hopeful, and less embarrassed
than they do now. Indeed we con-
slider that we are now in the midst of
prosperity, and that we shall have
greater prosperity this Fall there is
no doubt. Occasionally we meet a
gloomy old fogy who says "times are
very hard" but this has always been
the case. Some men are always in a
crisis and alwas will be, but sensible
people do no mind what they say.
Year: 1876

The Express repeats its falsehood
that the manager Of the HERALD
stated to the Board Of Supervisors that
the circulation of the Republican ex-
ceeded that of the Star, and says that
there were forty persons in the room
at the time. Why does it not get
some one of these forty persons to
substantiate Its statement, and thus
remove the brand of falsifier which
we have fastened on it?