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Year: 1876

powder and bail.


TO THE INDEPENDENT vOTER.


The citizen whel he goes to the polls to.
day must consider we'll what he is going to
vote. # -y,t M -,<I Eph|


This Is one Of the the times exceptional
in the affair. Of men and party. Love
Of party is the foundation Of intelligent Cit
izenship. But that love Of party which u j.
attracted by the good deeds Of party, is
not the kind which leads citizenship to fol-
low blindly after in the full light Of the
misdeeds Of that party.


This is time exceptional in the affairs
Of men and party, because it is the hra'
time within the history of American gov
srnmsnt party is on trial for the darkes''
crimes that have ever been committed 3.
political organization. Now the discrlm-
nation between this party and the one
that proposes to arrest its progress IN dis
honesty and expressions, is what IN intel
lgent citizenship is called upon to-day TO
do.


We are giving no advice in this matter
to Democrats. because they are Democrats
by reason of their opposition to a party
that has brought shame upon the country,
| and plunged us into the depths of an over
whelning taxation. They have no reason
| to argue with themselves in the matter OF
! whether they are following blindly after
party. The object against which they are
fighting is light enough to prove to them,
by the simplest instincts ofjudgment, that
they are following in the course that cons
cience and right would dictate, even If
they had no political preferences.
Therefore, we are not giving Democrats
advice. We are talking with those men,
who have voted the Republican ticket,
since that party came into existence. Men
who are Republicans because their party
was the one to strike down the hand raised
| in rebellion. But now the asperaties Of
war have been calmed. The South has
sued for peace, and these war Republicans
are the ones that are in the balance, await
ing determination to decide the course they
shall pursue.


| 1t is to this class Of voters
that we address ourselves. 1t is
to those, who have loved the party


because of its war record that we now
counsel, those who do not want to vote the


Republican ticket, because it will be tc


sustain party that has betrayed all the


trusts that they have put in it, and they


desire that change which only the Demo.


cratic party can bring about


| 1t is such men as these that must weigt


we'll the claims Of party. This is all tha
anv one asks of an intelligent citizenship
We are as morally certain, that if thi


class of voters take the advice here of1ere'


and not allow their judgmentto be warpe'
+ by party love, that they will be led t
r embrace the Democratic cause which.


the one for this change in Government ths


the country demands that makes the RI


publican voter of to-day hesitate and res
d son with himself whether he can vote


sustain the party Of dishonesty, or aid th


one that does not beg or force public opin
ion. but submits its claims upon cles


merits.
Year: 1876

A REPORT is in circulation that Mr..
Isaac Gruob has said that he does not want
the German vote; that all he wants is the
Irish Vote. We emphatically deny that
Mr.. Grubb ever made any such assertion,
and he himself has called at this office to
state that such a statement is n lie in the
throat of he who utters it.
Year: 1876

The after-ife and world do not seem to us
TO be remote or mystical any more than any
earthly country is remote aud mystical be
cause it is beyond our sight. Nor do those
who have passed into the unseen seem TO
have gone far or be really separated from us.
The vision of spiritualized beings must. in
tine nature of things. be finer than the vision
OF material beings and while we cannot see
them doubtless their dear eyes constantly
behold us. And as to what some have sug-
gested that, if this were so. then would our
SHINING pain them, being beheld we would
say that this does not hold in reason; for
sure it is that they cannot be more sensitive
to our sinfulness than is God and il Gods
heart can bear the spectacle ID our trans
gressions, why should We think that those
less sensitive 10 wrong-doing than is lie
should not be brave enongh to bear the
sight They who are there are much wiser
than we who remain They see the end
from the beginning, and what consultations
they may have come to them from their
lofty view Of things we know not but we
may imagine that they are great and many.
We should not worry ourselves overmuch
touching such intricate questioning, but
rather rejoice that those who were dear TO
u.s. and in whose life we found Joy, are
actudily living ana IN state OF mex pres
sble happiness Nor does that distance
seem TO be too distant because of the fact
that il is being lessened daily, and the space
between us shortened. We know not how
soon, we may not tell the day or the hour,
when the gates shall open, and We be ad-
mitted where they are. But we cannot
doubt, if we believe in Christ and have faith
in immortality, that we shall come to them


some day-the day of Gods appointment
and put our arms around them and have
them with us forever, And this coming
together of those who have loved aud still
love, but have been for brief time apart !;
this reunion of souls that were as one, but
were separated and kept apart for a brief
space; this meeting and having and enjoy
ing those we crave and all that we have
crayed purely, men call death, and drape
the royal event with Grape and fill the gate
way OF mans final victory with lamenta-
tions. II we could be unselfsh enough TO
think less of what we lose and more of what
they gain, how different would the fashion
of our funerals be In my fathers house
are many mansions II it were not so,
would have told you."-The Goiien Rule.
Year: 1876

light cast upon them by this womans brave
words


Take your protection, if you will" she
went on, after waiting in vain for reply.
Proclaim yourselves traitors aud towards,
false 10 your country and your God, but
horrible will be the judgment YOU will bring
upon your heads aud the heads Of those
that love YOU. tell you that England will
never conquer ! know IL and feel 10 in
every fibre Of my heart Has God led us so
Tar To desert ms now win lie, who led
our fathers across the stormy winter sea,
torsake the children who have put their
trust in Him For me. stay with my
country, and my hand shall never touch the
hand, nor my heart cleave 10 the heart Of
him who shames her..


She flashed upon her husband gaze
which dazzled him like sudden lightning.


Isaac. We have lived together for twenty
years, and for all Of them have been true
aud loving wife 10 you. But am the child
OF God and Of my country, and if YOU do
this shameful thing, will never again own
you for my husband


MY dear wife" cried the husband
aghast, Won do not know what Won are
saying. Leave me for such thing as this Z"


" For such thing as thisl She cried,
scornfully. What greater cause could there
be | married a good man and true,
faithful friend and a loyal Christian gentle
man, and IL needs no divorce 10 sever me
from q traitor aud coward. II you take
your protection, you lose your wife, and IL
lose my husband and my home"


With the last words the thrilling voice
broke suddenly with a pathetic fall and
film crept over the proud blue eyes. Per
haps this little touch moved her hearers a.
deeply as her brave, scornful words. They
were not all towards at heart, only touched
by the dread finger Of panic, which, now and
them will paralyze the hravest. Some had
struggled long against it, and only half
yielded at last And some there were to
whom old traditions had never quite lost
their power, whose superstitious consciences
had never become quite reconciled 10 the
stigma OF rebel, though reason and Judgment
both told them, that borne for the cause for
which they bore It, It was title Of nobility.
The words Of the little woman had gone
straight TO each heart, be its handspring
what it might Gradually the dropping
heads We're raised. and the eyes grew bright
with manliness and resolution. Before they
lett the house that night, they had sworn a
solemn oath 10 stand by the cause they had
adopted and the land of their birth, through
good or evil, aud to spurn the offers of their
tyrants aud foes as the deadliest insults.


Some of the names of those who met in
that secret council were known afterwards
among those who fought their countrys bat
ties most nobly who died upon the field of
honor. or reioiced with pure hearts when the
day of triumph came at last The name of
the little woman figured ON no heroic roll,
but was She the less a heroine
Year: 1876




When the gentlemen who have the Cen
tennial Exposition in charge were discussing
the subject of opening the grounds and build
ings on Sunday an incident occurred which
very forcibly shows that early impressions
are lasting" We want all the boys and
girls of the land to read it, and then so walk
in life that they never need TO make such a
humiliating confession. After all had been
talking on the question, and some were
getting tired of the discussion, Mr., Haynes,
of Nevada, rose and said Mr. President,
before the question is taken wish to say a
word. | feel like returned prodigal, and
want to make a confession. More than
twenty years ago | went out from an East
eru home to the far West. have lived since
then beyond the Rocky Mountains. where we
hardly have Sabbath, and where other
than the best moral influences are about US.
But as have listened here this afternoon,
old memories have come back TO me-" The
speaker struggled with strong emotions, and
he continued, with choking voice; "All
these truths were familiar TO me long ago,
and it seems to me again, to-day, that hear
them repeated as | used TO listen to them
from the lips Of my sauted mother, as every
evening ! kneeled by her side in prayer
want to give my vote in favor of obsery-
ing the Christian sabbath h"-ioundi and
Messfu0er
Year: 1876

Any great movement for good in social
life begins at home. IL begins with fathers
and mothers. The first and highest social
duty is to make home cheerful and active,
Husband and wife must do this for each
other. Without this their mutual affection
will dry up. II they have children, it is their
duty TO make home sweet and precious to
them. Children with good homes seldom
go to bad. Girls who have learned to trust
their mother, in their whole round of thought,
seldom get talked about Boys who are
made to feel the strength OF fathers and
the tenderness of mothers love, seldom
run wild. Their natural love Of fun and
mischief does not bind them over 10 the
DEVILS service. Pleasant, cheerful bright
homes, then, are the great demand. They
may be poor, but they can still be pleasant
and attractive and good. The heart and
spirit are more than furniture and dwelling


ChurcLmdp
Year: 1876

It is said God measures the earth. Man
measures the earh II is said God walks
on the wings OF the wind. SO does man. In
a sense he has laid his master-hand upon the
elements 1t is said God weighs the hills ia
scales, and the mountains in a balance
Man weighs planet against planet, aud in
the hand of Newton was the balance ia
which this very world was weighed. You
say, how great is man SO do l. But how
little is the greatest man, after all. Let him
come down from these heights where he has
been exploring; let him come up from these
depths where he has been examining down
IN the very foundations of the earth let
him leave that chariot Of fire where. by his
geuins, be has yoked the powerful spirits Of
fire and water; let him try TO do good works
let him try 10 do good work let him try
even 20 think q good thought and as Paul
says and ! fancy no one is prepared 10
gainsay him--he Is not able he Is not suf
cient to think even one good thought. Re
tanning ia his intellect very much Of the
image Of God, man has lost it IN his heart
lie is but the remains Of what be was lie
is but the skeleton of his former self The
tight bonds of death and sin devour him. and
leave not much more OF him, in sense than
the dogs left Of Jezebel. go see this
cursed woman, and bury her she is a kings
daughter; and when they went they found
nothing but the skull, and the feet and the
palms Of the hands.
Year: 1876

him, and even after he is dead and gone she
will water his grave with her tears. ! know
there are unnatural mothers, mothers who
have drank so much liquor as TO have drank
up love, but God knows mothers heart and
its love for her child, and lie says even she
may forget her child, yet will lie not forget
us. In the sixteenth verse of this chapter
lie says, Behold have craven thee upon
the palms Of my hands" Our names are
upon His hands, not marked ont might
rub oh-but cut in. God thinks good deal
more Of US than we do Of ourselves Every
hair Of our heads He has numbered. may
pull hair out of my head and throw it
away--it is nothing 10 me--one hair-but
God knows of it aud which one It is. 1t may
be number ten thousand five hundred lie
knows HOOdg
Year: 1876

cool seli-possession, prompt action, or heroic
patience. Ignorant fears are more likely 10
be,perpetuated in child by thoughtless
mother than is a discreet knowledge Of how
70 avoid danger. A child that will climb 70
the roofs top or 20 the caves edge, will often
lear to pass through a room alone II it be
told that mouse is in it, and this little grey
mischief was never known 10 attack any.
body. A worm is unpleasant 10 look upon.
but " IS not an active enemy to mankind,
and It should only be avoided in the presence
OF o child, just as we would avoid contact
with any other disagreeable object. There
are children who live in such perpetual
dread Of some Of the most innocent Of little
creatures, that their health is often seriously
impaired, and their slumbers are frequently
a misery and an injury 10 them, from the
appalling dreams which are the consequence
Of all The real dangers that are likely to sur.
round it, and she will wisely guard it. aud
show 1t how and when to guard itself. Tie


tfolrOU0if0u
Year: 1876

The people We want 10 bless are passing
away Stand at the gate of our great ceme-
teres and You will see a constant stream of
corpses passing In, and on the roads around
the city, leading to these cemeteries, there is
constant black procession passing out
To-day, therefore. let us get to work, for the
grave is swallowing up the people, and hell
is devouring them 10 DELAY is TO commit
fresh sin every moment you delay. II it is
your duty to work. then 1t is your duty at
once We must all do more for Jesus Christ
and that more must be done at once. II de
laycd. shall it ever be- done There must be
a real doing OF it, Let us 90 up and pos
sess." Let us give up trying-we have been
trying long enough. DO we not make too
much provision for failure Like Prince
Eugene, let us deem nothing impossible
" The lord Of Host. is with MS, the God Of
Jacob is our refuge" That is, says one
provided We undertake reasonable things
| say, II We undertake things that are above
reason. To Sidney Smith a subalteru once
said, believe that fort is unattackabe.'
" That is not an English word. sir, replied
the general. No more is it Christian word
" here the enemy has got in we can get in,
too. wish that something would happen
10 make us think more OF the debt of obliga-
tion under which we are laid TO the Master,
and TO feel His love in all its power. Then
lie would put such strength into you that
from this moment your weakness would be-
come irresistible. The church would not
want for men If she only believed in God ;
nor for money, though We are poor people,
perhaps one OF the poorest OF the denomina-
tions. II you have got truth in your knoWl
edge, and grace ia your experience, and a
warm heart in your bosom, then you have
got the major, and the minor will come by
aud-hy. Some may say we are Ignorant and
poor. Yes, we are a long row OF noughts.
Our Brother Wiguer is large nought, and
Mr.. Brown is a nought, and am nought;
but put one before them. The noughts
themselves are the means OF developing the
possibilities of the One Up, then, and let
not your hands b. slack in the dayo battle
&C. H. Spurgeon.
Year: 1876

God is able of these stones to raise up seed
10 Abraham. Able to save them 10 the ut
termost that come unto God by Him. What


lie has promised He is able TO perform. Able
to make all graces abound toward you, that
you, having all suficiency in all good things,
may abound in every good work. com
mend you to God, and TO the word of His
grace, who is able to build you up and TO
give you an inheritance among all them that
are sanctified. Able TO keep that which |
have committed unto Him. Able TO keep
you from falling, and present you faultless
before the presence of His glory with exceed
ing Joy. Able TO succor them that are
tempted. Able to keep all whom the Father
hath given Him, so that lie will not lose one
Able to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think. Believe ye that lie is
able to do this
Year: 1876

MAJOR MINOR MEPIwETHER hiss
been called upon by very large num-
bar Of our citizens to become a candi-
date before the convention tomorrow
for legislative honcrs. We have no
purer or better citizen than Minor Meri-
wether, Snd few who would better dis
charge the duties Of the place his friends
desire him to fiV. If nominated We
shall heartily support him.
Year: 1876

SINCE 1869 President Giant and the
Radical party have added more thsn
orty thousand Off holders to the civil
l st. There is hardly an appropriation
bill in those seven years which does not
create new off ,es or raise salaries.
Year: 1876

The RIdicsls might IS we'll undeI-
stand first as las. that the Democrat OF
the south will protect the negro in The
right Of suffrage. We are the advocates
Of free speech and nee bsIlot.
Year: 1876

NERVOUSNESS AND NERvINEs. Ner-
vousness is one OF the prices we have To pay
Tor civilization; the nervous savage fs a
being unheard OF. For this disorder, which
Is partly OF mental and partly of bofily ma
ture, relief Is sought In various ways, and
among these we may place the employ ment
OF narcotics. The temporary relief Afforded
by these drugs fs very apt 70 lead those who
suffer from nervous sensations TO put too
much trust In and resort too frequently TO
them. In the long run they prove most de-
structive to health. Their use has of late
become so frequent as to threaten society
with serious evil. 1t has been boldly con-
tented that chloral Is to be found In the
work k-boxes and baskets OF nearly every
lady in the west end of the metropolis, "to
calm her nerves." No doubt this is an ex-
aggeration, but IL Is q fact that New York
chloral punch had become an institution
scarcely year after the Introduction
OF chloral into medical practice, and now It
turns out that Germany-"sober, orderly,
paternally- ruled Germany"-has such a
thing as morphia disease spreading among
It's population. The symptoms are not un-
like those of opium eating. Experience
suggests that persons suffering from this
disease should at once be deprived OF the
drug. Their willfulness and liability to re-
lapse, however, are so great that 1t is said
that only about Is per cent have been seen TO
recover In large series or cases. From
CusSeLs Magazine.
Year: 1876

BRINE FOR BATHING THE FEET OF
HORsEs.-A correspondent writing 10 the
Practical Farmer, In relation TO the use OF
salt and lime for bathing the feet of horses,
says: have tried strong brine on founder.
ed or hoof- bound horses, and with good re-
suits. made q solution OF salt and applied
1t three times day BY washing the legs and
pouring upon the bottom OF the feet, and
holding them up q few minutes to let it
strike In. saw the wonderful effects in q
few days. account for 1t In this way. Salt
Will extract moisture from the atmosphere,
which keeps the feet moist. Salt operates
nearly like grease upon the foot. The hoof
becomes soft, yet pliable. Like q chunk Of
wood saturated with salt or brine, It is
tough yet moist. Thus IL 10 with q horses
foot. Here let me add that the practice OF
rasping cracked hoof to tougher 1t is all
folly. Apply brine, and you will effsct a
cure. A horse that Ia driven upon a hard
road 10 liable to get stiffened. have seen
valuable horses driven upon our own plank
roads few days get quite lame. L reasoned
10 myself as to cause, and adopted the use of
brine as aremedy, which proved effectual.
Year: 1876

In this Department will be found, not only the rich which we have heretofore made speciality, put also excellent house and street dresses from $20 Upwards made in equally good style. M l.L
Year: 1876

return my sincere thanks to nv
old customers for their generous
patronage, aud trust they will not
forget to call on me at my new To-
cation. ! will give three square
meals OF the best provender for
One Dollar. First class colored
gentlemen always in attendance TO
see stock elegantly entertained.


October n.
Year: 1876

It ia impossible 10 account for the great
aisparity in the vote cast for the different
candidates on the Hayes Electoral ticket in
Bouth Oarolina upon my theory consistent
with fairness and honesty. In one case the
majority reached 1900, and in mother it
was only 23o-a difference Of 1,270 votes
It is out Of all reason to suppose that such
IN amount of scratching was dono
BY the Republican voters on the
Electoral ticket, for the roturns on
the Democratic sido show no corresponding
gains, the disparity there being in no case III
axcess Of ni3out 100 votes. Obviously tho
.olored Republicans were made the dupes Of
deception and fraud in tho ballots Furnished
them, and It is not unlikely that in tho
course Of the count by Democratic judges Of
election good deal OF tho scratching was
done. Where intimidation would not work
rasoality was relied upon to giyo the vote of
South Carolina to T1LpEN, ald the oombina-
ton narrowly failed Of SUCCESS.
Year: 1876

The Democrats Of the House assert that they
will not appropriate any money to meet the ex-
penses of the Government until after the Presi-
Dental election controversy shall have been de-
Year: 1876

An alarm of fire was turned in about O'Clock
last night from box 6l3 which was occa-
stoned by the burning Of q barn owned by John
Ebert, on Benning's road. The fire was the work
Of an incendiary. The barn was completely con-
sumed with all its contents. A loss Of about
2,0O0 was sustained
Year: 1876

1t is to be deplored that our yonnS
people are reluctant TO marry l'""ause
they cannot at once set up expensive
or stylish housekeeping. Late marri-
ages are becoming so largely cbarac.
teristic Of cur social life on these false
and self j rounds OF social economy,
that socie y as whole, and religious
life in particular, are seriously
damaged. If man has gained q
position that enables him to marry
with ordinary prudence, let him mar
ry, and let not the prudence be
pressed too hard; young love, if true
and godly, will make early struggle
wholesome and joyous. If he has
found a woman who will make him
happy, let him take her to modest
home, the loving wife of his youth.
His life and bis fortunes will be bet
ter for it.